Edie could go for water right now... but *carefully*
The tiefling undoes the helmet section of her armor and cranes her neck forward.
"Just the edge of a splash, please. Some of it will get down in the armor but if we can minimize that it'll be less chafing." she comments. "Less chafing equals good."
"Yes some water would be wonderful."
Keeyan's water cools your throats; you'll avoid heat stroke for now. There's a slight yeasty tinge to it, as if Cayden Cailean can't help but provide just a little bit of beer.
Seiryu says some stuff, but due to avoiding the topic of politics on the board and the kinda-sorta real-world setting, it has been delicately excised from this post. Summarized, she is far more radical than Edie, and though she is not confrontational, she is enthusiastic... and it comes off in kind of the same way.
As for miniatures:
"Yeah, I do commissions! Are they little people figurines or tanks or terrain or? Y'KNOW WHAT IT DOESN'T MATTER! I'll do whatever!" She excitedly flaps her wings again, this time bobbing her head from side to side; Archimedes takes flight, does a quick circle, and lands back on the same shoulder seconds later. It seems he's used to Seiryu's mannerisms.
On roomies:
"I have two roommates, actually! Well, four if you count their cats. Which you should, because three of them are technically cats! Just one's a lot bigger than the other two and carries an axe and doesn't like when I sing songs about her."
"But I still do."
"Speaking of which: I love that! Star-wing, Star-wing, itty-bitty Star-wing! Love to grab the shiny thing!"
Speaking of which, the bird returns:
On that note: Bella, you have yet to cross any landmarks you recognize firmly and can tell the direction from.
Seiryu doesn't seem to hear Klyto until about three seconds after he speaks, at which time she rather suddenly turns to face him. "Oh! Uhm..."
"About three miles!" says the tengu.
She calls you all over to a shallow pool, pointing a feathery finger (at least, you assume there's a finger under there; tengu physiology is tricky to grasp for those not familiar). About lined up with her finger is a turtle head poking from the surface.
"He's so cuuuuuuuute!" she coos.
Edie is making nice side-chat, but getting concerned. Getting a bit off the beaten trail, here. She may be also a bit of a geek.
"Character minis. Got a few off HeroTinker from the Kicker. Haven't been able to get them painted, though. One's an elf sorta woman but she's wearing custodian coveralls and has a broom! She adventures to clean places up. The other is a tengu like you, a real commedian who has a darkwood shield and a sawtooth saber and likes to beat on people with his shield. He follows Irori because he likes learning new things every day."
"Is that 'as the raven flies three miles' or 'trail three miles'? Edie inquires gently.
Keeyan provides water as stated, with a slight chuckle when perhaps it's just a bit more than just water. He keeps himself well hydrated, considering switching to ale but deciding against it until they are in a safe location.
Seiryu doesn’t seem to hear the question of ravens and distance. She’s too entranced by the turtle, apparently.
The rest of you, however, notice a lumpy ridge with a glassy black eye surface in the pool beside you, very definitely looking in your direction. It’s slowly moving toward the edge of the water...
The shoreline for that particular pond is about fifteen feet away from Bella and Keeyan, and twenty from Edie and Klyto.
Edie has watched nature films!
"CROC! Seiryu WATCH OUT!" Edie shouts as she pulls out her lovingly crafted Lucerne hammer and moves slightly to be able to catch the crocogator before it attacks the party or the guide.
Seeing the creature, and his friends getting ready to fight it, Keeyan decides to help with his new ability.
Choosing Edie, he gives her a blessing to aid her aim.
Bella will make a gesture of a hex targeting the creature...
Seiryu glances over at the croc for a split second and turns back to the turtle.
”He’s not hurting anyone!”
Everyone may act!
Edie recovers quickly from the Stupid she just heard.
"YET." She intones ominously, and the strength behind her voice almost evokes a bastard child born of Abaddon and draconic ilk as she strides forwards, then swings mightily.
Far more concerned over the safety of his friends than a reptile in the water, Keeyan continues his blessing to Edie.
Bella will shoot a arrow at it...
As the croc begins to move toward the group, Edie's hammer is guided by Cayden's famously steady guidance-- or maybe it's luck? Regardless, it thumps onto the croc between the shoulders. An arrow hits it square in the forehead... and bounces right off its tough hide!
The croc doesn't seem to mind Klyto's blade, either.
The beast lunges forward with a splash and snaps at Edie--
--but Edie is quick to position her weapon between the two combatants.
As it repositions itself for another bite, its tail whips around at Klyto. The wayang takes a quick backpedal and manages to only briefly lose his footing as the tip of the croc's tail knocks his ankle.
Round 2
Damage Count
Croc -5
Bella -1NL
Edie -2NL
Klyto -4NL
Keeyan -4NL
Seiryu ???
The Party is up!
Bella will shoot again at the croc...
Keeyan holds up his new mug and calls out, "May the Blessings of Cayden Cailean guide all of our attacks against this beast. Fear not for we have the power of a God on our side!"
Edie is fighting crocagators. Is there a ticking sound?
The tiefling backs up slightly to take another swing at the reptile.
The croc, feeling that perhaps getting bashed around isn't good for its long-term health, turns tail--
--and flees on its little gator legs!
Round 3
Damage Count
Croc -17 -1NL
Bella -1NL
Edie's AoO -2NL
Klyto -4NL
Keeyan -4NL
Seiryu ???
Bella goes to draw a arrow but decide to let it go.
Seeing the croc turn to run Keeyan casts Create Ale in his mug and raises it. "Thank you Cayden! That could've gone poorly.... But the valiant have held the day!"
He tips it up, then swings it around for the group, "Anyone thirsty? Or hurt bad?"
Edie chooses decency, but caution!
Edie roars and lunges after the crocagator, winglets flaring wide and looking very much the embodiment of a woman possessed by the most evilest of evil from Abaddon.
She does *not*, however, take a swing at the fleeing thing, hoping that her dramatic display will outright terrify the thing into moving even faster away.
Once the lizard runs off she lets out a quiet hacking cough, shaking her head and turning to Keeyan. "Yes, please."
Edie feels badass!
The croc flees into the swamp, running for its life!
COMBAT OVER!
Seiryu, who hasn't been paying attention to any of this, turns back around to see the croc departing. "See what I mean? They prefer smaller prey."
Her pockets are bulging more now than ever.
Keeyan chuckles as he moves over to Edie, casting the orizon again and offering the mug the tiefling, "Enjoy! It's well deserved after that display! Do you happen to notice that our guide seems to have bulging pockets now? They weren't so full when she joined us. Might be good to watch her?
Edie is wary, but wise
Edie takes the proferred mug and does a quick check of her personal belongings to verify that nothing disappeared mysteriously during the fight. "Thanks. I'll keep it in mind."
"Seiryu, what kind of herbs were you collecting while we were fighting? Or did you get the turtle as a new pet?" the tiefling inquires with a toothy smile. The tone is not accusatory, but in the time-honored tradition of sales clerks anywhere asking Did you find everything you were looking for today? or Do you need help finding anything today?
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"No, I don't have anything with me to house the turtle," she says in the tone of a sulking child. Just like that, however, her pitch changes, and she fishes through one of her bulging pockets and pulls out the sausage-like end of a cattail, a few mushrooms, and some shiny rocks. "I found all kinds of cool stuff for my alchemy, though!" she grins.
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"Lotsa stuff!" she says. "At first I was just trying to find some stuff that would help the bees because they're really important! But then I realized I could combine a wheel of cheese with a slice of cheese to make a potion that enhanced my stamina, and I've kind of just been experimenting since then?"
It's worth noting, for anyone who takes Keeyan's booze and has drunk beer before:
It's not particularly good. It's not bad... but it lacks any complexity or depth. This is the beer that an alcoholic would drink to keep from withdrawal.
But technically, Klyto's statement about Keeyan being the best at making it might be true, given that it took him approximately six seconds to make it.
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Bella says to any offer of beer,"No thanks...I am a beer snob. If you can make more water though I wouldn't turn it down."
Keeyan grins at Bella's words, "Sure. Cayden may have the constitution of a God...." "But we simple mortals need plain water now and then. He understands and the regular version of the spell covers that."
Bella will offer her water skin to be filled,"Thank you."
She looks at Seiryu,"How much farther is it? Do you know anything about orcs in this area?"
Seiryu… well, a bird can't exactly frown, can it? But you see her expression shift in such a way that it creates the effect. Something about the angle of her face and the way the feathers near her eye ruffle inward.
"Orcs? I mean, I only kinda know about the elves," she says, "I actually don't live anywhere near here. But I saw a hut nearby! Whoever lives there probably knows a lot!"
Starwing speaks:
Edie is along for the ride...
After getting re-hydrated/re-beveraged and her throat soothed back down, the tiefling joins up with the rest of the party and shrugs the hammer back into it's holster.
"Well, let's get moving then. Daylight's wasting. Some of us have to get back to work sooner rather than later." she offers soberly.
"She is on her way...I hope the hut has AC."
[…]Klyto turns to his new bird friend
The pair of ravens are quickly in the air. Even flying, it's easy to tell that Starwing is more graceful.
Maybe because Starwing isn't loaded down with bacon?
Regardless, as the group begins to follow Seiryu once again (stopping, as usual, every thirty seconds to stop and pick up or inspect something neat), the two return only a few minutes later. Starwing alights daintily upon Bella's arm; the Baconator goes for Klyto's shoulder and nearly falls right off of it, clinging desperately and flapping to right itself.
Aside from a scratch to the armor, Klyto's fine.
"I don't know if I can fit this rock in my pocket without taking something out... maybe I could put it in my crop? …Do I have a crop?"
"Well it the hut is not ACed." Bella says with a hint of disappointment.
Edie is a people person... sometimes...
The tiefling picks up her pace a bit and then shrugs to Klyto. "I'm not sure if I'd consider myself a 'good people person', but I've got a few years of dealing with the general public. Things to keep in mind, though: It's someone living out in the middle of nowhere and probably because either they don't like being around people OR people are complete asshats to them OR they've got some sort of illness they are trying to protect other people from."
Edie is trying to be optimistic and non-judgemental. She's had to deal with the homeless that have come into her workplace, and the people who have mental health issues. She understands all too well how cruel people can be -- and it's not just children.
...unless you're into that kind of thing...
"Seiryu, do you need me to carry the rock?"
The tengu's eyes light up and she lets out an ecstatic caw. "Yeah yeah!!!" She passes the stone to you; it's nice, but nothing amazing. Just a Cool Rock. Kind of a faded orange.