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Schmoosh the Fruhgen's page

18 posts. Alias of Pact Stone GM.


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Behind Enemy Lines:

Moonpate wrote:

"Ahh, Schmoosh, you are too clever for me in my current poor state of mind and without a good drink or three. I will have to spend some time thinking of a cracker of a riddle for you whilst dreaming this awful day away. In the meantime, please do tell my friends in the Aqua-Parts where we are and to make haste in coming back to us. It is entirely not fair that we ripen here in this forsaken desert while they bathe in blissful waters."

Schmoosh does his best to hide his disappointment that Moonpate is unable to give him the answer to Karek’s riddle, which is to say it is not well hidden.

He does not seem to comprehend that Moonpate has only just awoken.

“I will tell them for you, but they are already trying to travel to you. Though, it is unlikely they will actually make it to this hole. They are probably going to be eaten in the Tumen Oasis tomorrow, before they can get here. If you need something from your minions, I would go and get it there.”

Schmoosh does not mean to be insensitive, as a creature of the elements, the fruhgen just perceives death differently.

“I do rather hope Karek tells me his answer before he is digested.”


Behind Enemy lines:

Moonpate wrote:
Moonpate sits up wide awake as best he can in the hammock. "Schmoosh, you've talked to Karek and Halstadt, my dwarven friends?!? Where? When? Are they well? You see, we've become separated."

"Separated? No, their bodies are all still intact. They are right here with me and the Star Tribe in the Aqua-parts."

"Moonpate, did you lose your minions? That's silly."

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OOC: As an auto-success - this is his immediate field - Moonpate will know:

1. The Star Tribe is one of the largest tribes of Jann (all-elemental genies from the prime material plane) in Osirion. "Tribe" is a bit of a misleading term as many of them are quite cosmopolitan these days and far from primitive.

2. I'm sure you got this anyway, but Aqua-parts is gen speak for the elemental plane of water.

OOC: If it assists, we can assume Moonpate interrogates Schmoosh until he gets the scoop on the Dune Squad, i.e. he knows where they are and what they are presently up to. If Moonpate does so, the fruhgen regularly guides the conversation back to his riddles, so it's a lengthy process, but one we can say takes place. But what then?


Behind Enemy Lines:

Moonpate wrote:

In a slightly amused whisper, "Schmoosh, my little drinking buddy, what are you doing here?"

"I have three riddles! One from the steel dwarf Karek and one from the fire dwarf Halstadt and one from. . . me, I think."

He then launches into a recitation of the riddles, which if you are not sick of them yet, are as follows:

I'm a source of air,
And I have no hair!
Who am I?

"I'll give you a hint - it's someone in this cave right now but it's not him," says the fruhgen pointing to Hurgah.

I keep us safe from your most hated and dangerous enemies,
I am a means of ingress and egress from dangerous places,
Yet I can be used to trap or ambush your enemies,
I am cramped and lightless, yet I am warm,
What am I?

"It doesn't rhyme but Halstadt is just a beginner."

Though similar this name does sound
A different meaning comes around.
Now I am a part of whale,
Now I describe our sad wet tale.

"No hints for this one!"


Behind Enemy Lines:

Hurgah the Reaver wrote:

Hurgah regards the tiny head with curiosity, then reaches out and shakes the hammock.

"Wake up, wizard. We have company."

The fruhgen looks around, its eyes wide.

"Why is Moonpate closing the lids on his eyes? And why is he inside an elemental-constructed hole of dirt? Is he pretending to be a mole? I saw a mole once."


"This Riddle Will Get Solved. . ."

Behind Enemy Lines:

The cap pops off of Breach's wineskin and rolls on to the cavern floor.

A moment Hurgah sees the liquid head of one of Moonpate's gen friends suddenly come out of the canteen.

"Oh Hi!" the creature says as it turns to you in surprise as though expecting someone else. "Can Moonpate come and play right now? It's really important! It involves a whale and a tale."

OOC: Just a reminder - Hurgah has met Schmoosh before, during the good old 'Killer Kampers' days, but he does not know Schmoosh's name.


Karek Kogan wrote:

Karek stops briefly to look at Schmoosh again. Ye can dalk to Bade? Dad's a good drick!

"But you can talk too Karek!" says Schmoosh helpfully. "I see you do it all the time - it's when you move your jaw up and down."

Once the fruhgen patiently reminds the dwarf of the basics of verbal communication, the creature makes a lunging motion upwards. As Schmoosh does so, the fruhgen's head abruptly disappears.


Schmoosh the Fruhgen wrote:

I keep us safe from your most hated and dangerous enemies,

I am a means of ingress and egress from dangerous places,
Yet I can be used to trap or ambush your enemies,
I am cramped and lightless, yet I am warm,
What am I?

Karek Kogan wrote:
A dunnel, Schmoosh? A slightly bemused Karek replies.

"Drat! Double drat! You are so good at this!"

The fruhgen suddenly places his hands above his head and starts twisting them in a circle, in a strange gesture. Perhaps the creature is spellcasting, but there is no visible effect.

"I am going to try Halstadt's new riddle out on Moonpate! I bet he'd like it. And if he doesn't know, he'll have to tell me the secret of the whale's tale!"

Whatever the fruhgen is doing he seems to be pushing a little harder.


Halstadt Morgrym wrote:
"Tunnels keep us safe from our most hated and dangerous enemies. Tunnels are means of ingress and egress from dangerous places. Tunnels can be used to trap or ambush our enemies. Who doesn't like cramped lightless warm spaces?" Hal replies as if the question is bordering on insanity.

"Good try Halstadt," says the fruhgen, "but when you tell a riddle you're not supposed to also give the answer at the same time."

"Try it like this:

I keep us safe from your most hated and dangerous enemies,
I am a means of ingress and egress from dangerous places,
Yet I can be used to trap or ambush your enemies,
I am cramped and lightless, yet I am warm,
What am I,

See!?"


OOC: Unfortunately it appears the Paizo dice roller still hates Denis. : (

Perhaps Schmoosh can assist as well:

"PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!"

Diplomacy:1d20 - 2 ⇒ (11) - 2 = 9

So close! Faren is not swayed by an elongated "please".


Karek Kogan wrote:

We hab a source o' air. Karek points as Schmoosh. Lookid all da bubbles.

The fruhgen nods excitedly:

I'm a source of air,
And I have no hair!

"Hey Karek, I think I got a new riddle!"

I'm a source of air,
And I have no hair!
Who am I!?


"That's why I called them - they're from where you're from!"


"They just got here!" protests the Fruhgen.


Halstadt Morgrym wrote:
"Hrrumph. Am I the only one who does not find drowning to death amusing?" whispers Hal with his arms crossed.

"No! Not amusing at all,” says the fruhgen, “but afterwards could you tell me what it was like?”

OOC: As more a force of nature than a living being, Schmoosh has limited insight to mortality.


Schmoosh thinks for a moment on Belleson’s question and then answers.

“I believe you groundlings would call it a break-in.”

“Actually I believe so would the owners.”


"I help! But I don't know how. Except that you can't be seen here."

Then still grappling with everything Karek and Donkor have told him, the frugen adds:

"So you're saying you actually met the Weaver of Mists!? Is she here too? This gets worse and worse!"


Karek Kogan wrote:

Karek shrugs, a motion that seems almost comical underwater. Ask'im is name, den.

Donkor Sooron wrote:

"Indeed, Schmooch, I am the Sooron. Although how you come to know my name is a mystery. . ."

Schmooch's gears are still turning as he listens to Donkor's story.

3 . . .

2 . . .

1 . . .

As Donkor finishes, the fruhgen turns almost translucent in color. At first you think he must be impressed, but then you realize he's expressing a different emotion. One you've never seen a gen show before:

fear

"We. . . we shouldn't be out in the open like this. We need to hide."


While they may be clever at linguistic riddles, groundlings were never that smart at the best of times. The trick is to be patient.

Karek Kogan wrote:
Schmoosh. Pleasure. Dis, Karek says, pointing at Donkor, is Donkor Sooron.

“No, no,” the fruhgen answers shaking his head like a vibrating tuning fork for emphasis, "That’s one of Moonpate’s friends. Remember? Try to think - you were there.” Then he adds, “You might just be confused because he’s still carrying one of the gate’s points of exit which. . .”

And now it’s Schmooch’s turn to do the heavy thinking. You’re not sure how many gears are up in the fruhgen’s head, but they are definitely turning now.


<------ Congrats to Hal for finally eliciting a name from a (relatively) long-standing NPC. You shouldn't read into the avatar choice anymore than I couldn't find anything better. At least it's blue.

Halstadt Morgrym wrote:


Hal looks at the doors and his surrounding once again and then glances back at the frughen, "Well met friend of Donkor. I am Halstadt Morgrym,

"Friend of Donkor?! No, I've never met the Sooron. I'm just one of Moonpate's Vhu'shans.* I thought you might know Donkor."

OOC: Why do you force me to make this weirder than it already is?

"Please to meet you Halstadt of Morgrym. They call me Schmoosh, fruhgen of the Torrential Rain, vacationer to the place you groundlings call Abendego."

Halstadt Morgrym wrote:
. . . while I understand your gesture I fear that such a tactic will not last very long for us. Friend Donkor and all of us will perish soon if you cannot lead us to a place where there is a pocket of air or a portal back to our world".

"There are many ways to travel in between the five parts, Morgrym-Walker, but very few for groundlings. I still don't understand how it is possible for you to even be here.

"I can't lead you to such places, but I might know those who can." That strange frown that falls over the little creature's face whenever it starts to think for more than a second is once again making an appearance. It's locked in indecision.

This text box is a translation for Aquan speakers only. How did you not know it would be mandatory for this adventure?. . .:

*Vhu'shan is a word that loosely translates into something like mentor or informal teacher, except in its bizarre cultural context everyone has many Vhu'Shan - often dozens, and they infrequently meet to discuss your development as an entity.