Eina laughs at the last line of the chant, the image of a tiny fey giving the big wooden man a hug amusing her.
"I think we'd either need to shrink Shield down or make you bigger little one."
"That unit is perfectly functional at her current size," Shield said as it worked.
"And I thought Dwarves lacked a sense of humor." Eina mutters under her breath.
Tbblbitz frowns at Eina:
I like my size, it is fun.
Suddenly a smile brightens on her face.
You want to see. Suddenly the diminutive green woman dodges over and touches Eina causing her to suddenly shrink in size.
Cast Reduce Person - as a spell like ability.
See, isn't it fun.
Tbblbitz grins as she dances up in the air and out of the reach of Eina.
Seeing the frown on Tbblbitz' face Eina flushes with embarrassment.
"Oh, sorry, I just mean-- HEY!"
The sudden shift in size and perspective leaves her on her backside.
The little flying green woman continues dancing in the air.
Its fun being small. You can poke people and then hide and they will never see you. Or, you can hide in trees and drop nuts on guys in armor. It makes a really cool clanking noise when you hit their helmets.
Shield easily secures the gem after working for it a while.
"Poke? I thought you'd have turned their hair purple or something." Eina says as she dusts herself off after picking herself off the ground.
After looking at herself then at Tbblbitz, Eina looks puzzled.
"How come I'm not as small as you?"
"Juist jammy ah jalouse," Ibrox sarcastically answers for his fellow fey.
Shield quietly hands the gem over to Wolf
Tbblbitz laughs at Eina's question.
If you were this small you would discover how fun it is, and then want to stay this size. We can't have foolish dragon girls this cool size now can we?
Nora laughs at Tbblibitz antics with Eina. "haha, Eina, you're not trying to smite the little thing? Does this mean that we get to play in the future too?" Nora asks, a hint of something wicked in her words.
Tbblbitz huffs and puffs our her chest at Nora and looks very mock offended:
Smite me? Whats the point? I can't be hit. Plus, that usually requires evil. Demon girl, you know me better than that. You are just lucky that my magic does not work on your demon blood. Otherwise, you would have to be hiding from hungry hawks and falcons about now.
"I don't see why not. It'd make forging small bits and bobs a lot easier." Eina answers Tbblbitz, choosing to ignore the foolish comment.
Nora's question about playing leaves her a little worried. She knows that she isn't too happy to hear that little wicked note in her voice.
"The little fey is right. Besides, it's just a prank, right?"
Tbblbitz shrugs: I would think so. Usually only lasts a few minutes. Suddenly her eyes light up. But, hey, you never know. Perhaps you will be lucky and stay this size.
"Maybe, or maybe you'll wind up getting bigger!" Eina teases, laughter sparkling in her eyes.
Once Shield hands the gem to Wolf he stops digging and observes that the green line comes up to the gem and no longer runs on the ground.
"Wait. Wolf we have more important things to deal with. Hawks and Falcons? Really?! You can make them come to me? And shrink me?" Nora asks, with Enthusiasm and a laugh. She stops for a moment and shrinks down to the size of a child. . Her demonic attributes disappear but otherwise she appears the same.
She stops for a moment, and looks at the diminutive fey.
"Okay go! I'm ready. Oh this is going to be such fun! I've always wanted to ride a hawk. Okay well maybe not always... but for at least the last 30 seconds or so." Nora adds, a look of intense concentration on her face as she wills her spell resistance to drop.
She peaks open one eye a few moments later, a slight look of disappointment on her face as she appears to be the same size. "Oh well, okay Wolf, lets head back to the tower."
When Nora requests, Tbblbitz nods her head at the no longer demonic demon. Nora feels a slight tingling, but nothing appears to happen. Tbblbitz scratchers her head and frowns. A few moments later, she attempts the same process, with the same lack of a result. The fey then frowns and the sighs.
Sorry, your still a demon aren't you? You just look like a trouble making halfling. I don't think that my magic will work on someone who is not at least sort of human like, and from this world.
Then her smile comes back.
But look, Eina is still small. Maybe we could find a giant eagle for her to ride.
"I can fly! The wings aren't just for show sister." She stretches her wings wide, to their full four foot span.
And to further prove her point, she takes off and begins to follow Wolf back to the tower.
"What is our heading?" Shield rumbled to Wolf, idly scanning the immediate area.
Tbblbitz smiles:
Cool, a trio to birds we are.
With that, she turns and follows the others, continuing to talk and ask questions incessantly as they go.
Once you return to the tower, there is still nothing around. No threats on the way either. Following the green line back to the tower and the barely visible door frame. A relief of two stones are on either side of the door frame, where the line leads to.
Nora peers carefully at the door again. "Guess we should probably follow the next green line..." Nora says with a sigh.
"hopefully this one is just stuck in a tree." She adds hopefully.
Ibrox readies his sword and shield and follows along with the group.
On the way back to the tower, the diminutive fey decides that the party redcap has been much too quiet, and, thus, she flits over and lands on his broad shoulders.
So, is it true that three our of four redcaps have been thrown, physically, out of a football match? I hear you guys have even been banned from most stadiums in the First World.
"Nora, given how things have been going for us, I highly doubt that we'll be that lucky."
"Och aye. We loue oor fitba 'n' kin git a bawherr rowdy," the redcap replies to the smaller fey.
Decr, who had been following silently up to this point, stops for a moment and tilts his head in an awkwardly curious angle.
"What is football, Ibrox? I don't think I've heard you speak of it. Is it like rock ball?"
The gem that was recovered fits perfectly to the right side of the door but nothing happens.
The group slowly follows Nora as she leads them after the next line. It leads you to a 400 foot diameter lake, with a small island in the center. A tree covers most of the central island. The line follows along on the water over in the direction of the island.
Looking into the water there is no wildlife or vegetation in it and it is crystal clear. Many rocks make up the bottom of the lake, larger ones as it gets deeper.
"Some o' th' rocks seem tae shift, bit nae lik' a crab bit th' rocks themselves seem tae roll whiles." Ibrox offers.
Perception:
Fitting about and staring down at the water, the tiny fey sees nothing out of the ordinary, other than a really cute green fey staring back up at here.
This is cool, I can see my perfect reflection. I wonder what is on that island. Should I fly out and check?
"Might not hurt. Though Maybe Eina and I should come, just in case trouble happens." Nora suggests.
"Yeah, after all this place has thrown our way, who knows what's next." Eina says, what little of Ibrox' speech she can understand making her a little nervous.
"Is reconnaissance required? This unit is durable and not inconvenienced by water." Shield asked.
Tbblbitz snorts in derision:
You big people would stick out like a sore thumb. I could probably sneak into a kings throne room and make a nest in his crown while he was wearing it without being noticed.
"Just be careful, okay? If you need help, we'll be there as soon as we can." Eina tells Tbblbitz.
Tbblbitz looks to the others.
Any other thoughts before I head out to this cool looking island.
Although she is speaking, she is also watching her reflecting in the water, marveling at how the ripples change things.
"Just be careful. Who knows what's going to come out and try and kill you. This whole island is distinctly evil." Nora recommends.
"Don't go too far. We don't want to lose track of you here."
"It is a small lake. Perhaps we should go around?"
Tbblbitz smiles:
Don't worry gorilla man. They will never see me.
With that, the tiny green woman pops out of sight and disappears somewhere.
Cast Invisibility
Fly as stealthily as I can to check out the island.
Stealth: <-- +20 (invisible & moving), -5 (moving at more than 1/2 speed)
--> she will fly about 20' up at a speed of 45. Using double moves, this should be 90' per round.
Many little multi armed monkey like creatures run around and play in the upper branches of the enormous tree. Beyond the first layer of branches which seem to drop down from the tree to make an outer wall, is some bipedal lizard like creatures each with a sinuous tail. There appears to be no head to these creatures but instead there is just a gaping maw surrounded by three powerful mandibles. Gleaming jet black teeth line the inner mouth. Three small eyes ring the maw, interspersed with the mandibles.
The green line comes over the water straight to the island, through the wall of branches and to the trunk of the tree. It looks like it goes down into the ground under the tree.
Does it look like there is a tunnel where the green line enters the ground?? Or does it actually go into the ground?
Tbblbitz will fly as close as she needs to, being overconfident and pretty sure that even if something does manage to hear her, it will just think they hear a bug or something.