"That's not sanitary." Zellgato clicks his neck piece sealing his military suit and moves in and applies a Healing Serum on Alt-Greer and starting to help him move towards the door. His skin crawling as he touches an ally-yet also in the form of his fears. "We get out of here and I"ll look at that."
Void is dead. The door waits.
** spoiler omitted **
Picking up Alt-Greer-Lizard-Raksha and giving a shout "He needs medical. NOW. We need to get him out. His vocal tone emphisizing the fact Greer had very little time left if he doesn't recieve aid. Aid we may not have. At least not here in the tower, or even perhaps this world. Yet, bringing infection elsewhere, or even bringing Void itself elsewhere isn't worth the one perhaps.
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Nissa bolts! “Tarantula! Greer needs medical attention!”
Charles rears up, grabs alt-Greer with his forepaws, and sprints for the exit with his other four feet.
Charles rears up, grabs alt-Greer with his forepaws, and sprints for the exit with his other four feet.
Unless told otherwise, The Olympian will continue to carry Nissa away from the implosion.
Kai tells you the device is set at around the very same moment that Void dies, releasing his spores as a final attack. Perhaps Void will get what he wanted--Greer's death--but he won't be around to see it.
The heroes dash towards the exit.
The exit splits and, instead of being at 9:00, is now at 12:00 and 6:00. The fastest among you probably hits the wall.
From Theo’s arm, Nissa draws and waves her wand.
“We got our own exit!”
Vines sprout from Greer where the spores landed. The plants seem to be drinking Greer and growing rapidly. In a less than a minute, Alt-Greer will be consumed by these plants.
Kai runs towards Nissa, theor and the others; whatever happens, Kai doesn't want to be alone.
"Tarokh! We can't bring infected Greer to Ear- our Earth!"
Nissa pauses as Kai speaks. “Right! They have magic there, too!”
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TABLE 1 (1d6)
1 Almost the right place (Some other location near the target) (Roll on Table 1.1)
2 Right place, wrong time (past) (Roll on Table 1.2)
3 Right place, wrong time (future) (Roll on Table 1.3)
4 Hey, I know this place! (Roll on Table 1.4)
5 Some other world in the TAROTverse (Roll on Table 1.5)
6 Don't look now Dorothy, but I don't think we are in Kansas anymore. (Roll on Table 1.6)
TABLE 1.1 (1d6) Almost the right place (Some other location near the target)
1 Oh, well, this is a little embarrassing
to
6 Well, now we're really in trouble!
TABLE 1.2 (1d6) Right place, wrong time (past)
1 A few moments before you left (1d100)
2 A few days before you left (1d8)
3 A few weeks before you left (1d4)
4 A few months before you left (1d12)
5 A few years before you left (1d10)
6 A few decades before you left (1d10)
7 A few centuries before you left (1d10)
8 A few millenia before you left (1d10)
TABLE 1.3 (1d8) Right place, wrong time (future)
1 A few moments after you meant to return (1d100)
2 A few days after you meant to return (1d8)
3 A few weeks before you meant to return (1d4)
4 A few months before you meant to return (1d12)
5 A few years before you meant to return (1d10)
6 A few decades before you meant to return (1d10)
7 A few centuries before you meant to return (1d10)
8 A few millenia before you meant to return (1d10)
TABLE 1.4 (1d6) Hey, I know this place!
1 A familiar and safe place
2 A place you have opened a gate to before
3 A place you have opened a gate from before
4 A place you wanted to avoid
5 A place you have thought about but never been
6 A dangerous place that you will recognize given time
TABLE 1.5 (1d20) Some other world in the TAROTverse
Roll a 1d20 and determine what TAROTworld they arrive at.
Use table 1.4 to determine how friendly the place they arrive at is.
TABLE 1.6 (1d6) Don't look now Dorothy, but I don't think we are in Kansas anymore.
Some other world outside of the TAROTverse.
Okay, Nissa has opened a magic portal.
What do you do?
Theo makes sure he's one of the last one's in the portal to make sure everyone makes it, then jumps in.
“Here’s hoping the magical healing-elves are home,” Nissa says as she definitely leaps into the Tarokh portal!
With little hesitation, Zellgato help the wounded out. Giving Theo a gesture to be sure the noncombat-Kai gets in fast. "Don't lag, it might be able to close the portal."
So, some place else in the TAROTverse ...
There are 22 Major Arcana. There are 21 known worlds in the TAROTverse. 1d20 for the known worlds, but, since Tarokh is your target, I'll add 1 to eliminate Tarokh.
You step through the gate of shining light to find yourself in what looks to be some kind of tent city ... it consists of the kinds of temporary shelters that were designed back in the 21st century to house refugees on the world we've been using as home base. You seem to be in an alley between the rows of tents. Zellgato finds this place familiar.
The encampment is in a desert valley. Greer's body feeds the only vegetation you can see. The vines growing from him wrap themselves around his wrists and constrain his movements.
Thje Olympian looks around at his new surroundings. "What the Hell is this? The plan was to dimensional jump and not exit the tower? Where the fu<k are we?!!" The godling looks around for some fresh water to use the Chalice.
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“They’re not…”
Without any magical healer elves about, Greer will die. Again. Because of me!
Nissa presses both barrels against the vines. “Hang on, Greer!” If she can shoot the plants without shooting him—
The fire in her eyes emits errant sparks. She wants to explode.
Kai stumbles through the portal, taking a moment to look around at the place where they landed.
"This... doesn't look like the right place."
After a moment, a panicked look spreads over Kai's face. "Oh no, Legion! We left them behind! And Greer! What's wrong with him? Zellgato, can you help him?"
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A couple of kids run between the InstahutTM brand temporary shelters. The last to run through is a girl with red hair and eyes such a bright green that you can see them from 20ft. away. She slows a bit and then disappears into another alley in the tent city.
Thje Olympian looks around at his new surroundings. "What the Hell is this? The plan was to dimensional jump and not exit the tower? Where the fu<k are we?!!" The godling looks around for some fresh water to use the Chalice.
There is no fresh water in this tent city back alley.
Kai stumbles through the portal, taking a moment to look around at the place where they landed.
"This... doesn't look like the right place."
[dice=Physical Science to try and identify where we are]1d20+15
After a moment, a panicked look spreads over Kai's face. "Oh no, Legion! We left them behind! And Greer! What's wrong with him? Zellgato, can you help him?"
It's pretty barren, but it could be Texas or Arizona. You can hear English and Spanish being shouted from among the tents.
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“They’re not…”Without any magical healer elves about, Greer will die. Again. Because of me!
Nissa presses both barrels against the vines. “Hang on, Greer!” If she can shoot the plants without shooting him—
[dice=Point Blank Shots]d20+7; d20+7
[dice=Holy Fire & Good]4d6+6The fire in her eyes emits errant sparks. She wants to explode.
The vines that Nissa shoots grow tendrils that dig into Greer's flesh and reestablish themselves. Shooting them doesn't seem to have helped and may have made things worse.
Checks anyone? Perception or other?
Theo is clearly upset by the situation, but chooses to focus on his current environment and Alt-Greer's health.
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“F%*!!” Nissa whips her guns away—
—aimlessly!
They flop unimpressively in opposite directions, landing partly embedded in the sand only a few feet away.
Nissa rises. The fire in her eyes is blazing orange. She can’t kill the damned plants, so the first thing she does is stifle her urge to blow s*@! up.
Breathe.
She removes her dorky helmet.
“He’s not dead yet, dammit. I’m getting help.”
She heads to the nearest English-speaking tent, and makes her best damsel-in-distress look. Screw the optics. I AM in distress.
“Would any of you happen to be a doctor. We got a hurt man. Plants are overtaking his body… and I don’t think he’ll last thirty seconds.”
[dice=Supermodel]d20+14+1
“Would any of you happen to be a doctor. We got a hurt man. Plants are overtaking his body… and I don’t think he’ll last thirty seconds.”
The redheaded girl who ran past steps from behind the tent. "You're not supposed to be here," she says as she approaches. "But, it's good that you're here. He needs help."
She looks up at Zellgato's masked face and seems puzzled for a second but then turns her attention to Greer, kneeling beside him. Zellgato, of course, recognizes her. He'd met her on the road only a couple months ago. To the rest of you she looks somehow familiar, but you wouldn't be able to place her exactly.
"He's kind of f#*~ed up," says the girl.
A few adults have stopped on their way between the tents to watch Genius.
hitting the ground, unprepared for the errant portal's height change, taking a face full of tent. Zellgato stumbles slightly, looking for Alt-Greer before taking in the sights for a moment and only uttering a single word. "Sh8*"
Scrambling to open his hideaway, he removes two items. An old weathered communiation device, and an injector that looks to be filled with mercury and crystals. hesistating for a moment he injects it into his neck. Doubling over in pain for a moment as a latticework of silvery metal extends from his capilaries for a moment. Struggling as the others come through and start to fuss over Greer. Zellgato toggles on his private, old, secret. He checks for a signal trying to guage where they are, and the potential situation. Hoping his theory holds true and he doesn't wink from existance.
In the midst of Nissa's panic, Zellgato fires a shot into Alt-Greer-the injection hissing as a fluid injects into the subject, then shouts to Theo and Charles "Find an empty tent, get in there with Greer. Before we start a riot, or bring something worse if we're unlucky. Nissa careful-but if we can find immediate medical lab I might be able to help" Keeping an eye on his Device's signal and information, while also attempting to scan Greer.
Microlab: 20+15 (phys/life sci).
The above rolls have access to Adv med kit and Chemalyzers.
sing a minor booster biohack allows you to attempt some Medicine checks on targets you affect so long as the target is within range of your custom microlab. This doesn’t require any additional time or action beyond making the attack. The tasks you can attempt with such a Medicine check depend on your level, and they don’t have the duration of normal booster biohacks.
At 1st level, you can attempt a Medicine check to administer first aid. At 3rd level, you can attempt a Medicine check to treat drugs or poison, though on a successful check, the target gains a +4 bonus only on the next saving throw it attempts against the drug or poison, and that saving throw must occur within the next hour. At 6th level you can attempt a Medicine check to treat disease, though on a successful check, the target gains a +4 bonus only to the next saving throw it attempts against the disease, and that saving throw must occur within the next hour
Nissa’s eyes start to cool. Molten gold runs down her cheek.
Her eyes…!
She kneels on the sandy ground, close to Greer, but not so close she’s in the way.
“Can you save him? You have powers. So do I… just not… not powers that can save him, I don’t think.”
The redheaded girl who ran past steps from behind the tent. "You're not supposed to be here," she says as she approaches. "But, it's good that you're here. He needs help."
She looks up at Zellgato's masked face and seems puzzled for a second but then turns her attention to Greer, kneeling beside him. Zellgato, of course, recognizes her. He'd met her on the road only a couple months ago. To the rest of you she looks somehow familiar, but you wouldn't be able to place her exactly.
"He's kind of f##@ed up," says the girl.
A few adults have stopped on their way between the tents to watch Genius.
Shakes a moment, then removes his mask while crouching down next to Genius "Hey kiddo. You know me? He's fading, do you know where the med center is?" Zellgato taps his skull then his heart with a finger, implying he remembers what she could do before, or what he knew before.
Charles... well, to say he's unhappy with the present situation would be an understatement. He hadn't thought it a good idea to open up that portal inside Void, a proven dimensional anamoly, but given the situation with Greer he couldn't exactly blame Nissa. Even if Void was about the worst kind of invasive species he could think of.
Still, he'd charged through the portal and gently set Greer down... only to realize he had no clue where they'd ended up. His three heads look around in confusion.
Then he notices Zellgato. Or rather, that Zellgato seems to recognize someone here.
"So... does this mean we're where I think we are?" his fox head asks.
Zellgato gives a small nod to Charles, as he puts his mask away. Still trying to figure out the ~when~ as well as the other pressing issues.
"Aaaa sh|t." Theo exclaimed to himself. Stomping about the tents, The Olympian called out. "We have injured! We need tent access!"
A few more adults have stopped to stare at Greer, still polymorphed into a reptilian form and with the added strangeness of plantlike vines sprouting randomly from his body.
They also stare at Charles, who looks like one of the more successful genetic experiments they've ever seen. Some people would pay good money for a pet like that and none of those people would be caught dead at ARIZ-29 unless it was on a 'philanthropic' trip with a crowd of 'social media assistants' in tow.
Some stare at Nissa. Others at Theo. They look too pretty and clean to be from around here.
They even stare at Kai.
Zellgato blends in easily.
Genius Meadows touches Greer's forehead. He stops thrashing about and begins to breathe more calmly.
He slowly transforms back into a human. The gathering crowd gasps. The vines continue to tighten. One of them wraps around his throat. Another tries to poke its way into his nostril.
"I can try to help him," says Genius. She turns and looks at her two dads and her mom who have just dashed around a tent and into view. She asks them, "Can I?"
"Aaaa sh|t." Theo exclaimed to himself. Stomping about the tents, The Olympian called out. "We have injured! We need tent access!"
Her mom looks like she's about to refuse, but then says, "Quick. Bring him to our tent."
She leads the way to one of the very sturdy yurt-like InstaTent structures. It hasn't been decorated. The beds haven't been made. Bags sit off to one side.
The crowd follows.
Theo knows he'll only be in the way, so the godling waits outside with the crowd.
Nissa takes a moment to gather her guns. She slips them into holsters and follows the crowd.
—then stops dead in her tracks.
Oh, that silly thing.
She reluctantly puts her helmet back on. She stands a moment—
Then transforms into her fairy form!
She flutters into the tent, hovering near the girl’s mother.
Charles notices the stares, but figures that changing shape right now would probably just make things worse.
"Yes, hello, we all look very strange but we mean well," he says with his fox head as he trots behind Zellgato.
In as quite a hiss as he can manage in the situation Zellgato tries to wrest control of the narrative and timing."Stop being so damn shiny Nissa. No. Theatrics. Not on this world-People will die because of it." as he follows up grabbing Theo's muscular arm and dragging him inside as well "Keep watch from inside. Quietly tell me if you see people in stark white clothing coming."
Entering the tent, opening it briefly as he drags Theo in, and Charles takes in Greer. He turns to the crowd. ""Gaia speaks with the wind; Gaia speaks with the blossom in Spring. Please head to the courtyard. Brother Andrew has a presentation, and supplies will be disbursed as well. Please.Disburse." Zellgato puts on a business smile, one he clocked months ago on Children of Gaia workers. Emphesizing the last words.
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Taking a moment to glance at the utter oddity of the situation, Zellgato presently addresses the quad family. "Apologies Meadows family. This situation was unintended. If Genius is able to help us save him, it would be appreciated in kind." As he talks, Zellgato doesnt bother trying to hide it, and scans those in the tent for parasites "..When was the last time you saw..me? Genius-do you think anyone in this tent is cold?"
No theatrics? Nissa hears Zellgato, but she’s already in her fairy form now. It’s easier to stay out of the way like this, and reverting will draw attention while Greer’s in dire need.
She nods to Zellgato, with the intent to revert to her humanish form once Greer is safe. She prays to the Dawnflower that he will be.
But I gotta be a little shiny. (If Nissa dims her stellar armor’s glow completely, she will appear practically nude in her Clearweave. She decides that, during the night, she’ll dream up a new look!)