Tiesa cocks her head to one side as she peers intently at the gesticulating turtle. “Were ya expectin’ us? Was there anyone here b’fore us?” she asks, wondering just how much the turtle can understand and communicate. “Magic,” she jerks an explanatory thumb at the reptile, in case anyone is questioning why she’s trying to talk to an animal.
As she extracts the note from the suddenly enlarged bottle she shows it to her companions.
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“Where’s this egg?” Tiesa asks the turtle after reading the note. “And where can we find the boatman?”
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Having taken time to look around outside, Grim finally enters the stone hut.
With a look of confusion, Grim rubs his forehead.
"I... don't think we're on Golarion anymore."
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"Ah." Davod mumbled as he took a big bite of his orange. "Thank Desna we have the Wisdom of the Dwarves as aid us in these confusing times."
The turtle appears to not have a way to communicate without nodding its head or flipping of fins.
As you mention the egg appears in your hand and everyone else that is around. The turtle flips its fins a bit more and then begins to waddle towards the ocean. A whisper of a voice is heard on the wind, a sultry female voice, "Boatmen can be summoned from the pier."
Tiesa shakes her head as the wind whispers in their ears. “Mysterious place indeed.” She hands the egg over to Vivi as the turtle departs, then walks towards the stone hut. “Best ta check the hut b’fore taking a boat ride wit’ strangers ta Asmodeus knows where.”
Inside the hut, she carefully examines everything before helping herself to an apple and a small glass of rum. “Magic ev’rywhere,” she reports to the others. “Two-thirds preservation and one-third conjuration in this ‘Waypoint’. An enchanted restful bedroll over there if we want ta rest b’fore sum’ning the boatman?” Her voice is a question, checking to see if they need to recover before heading onwards. The way she’s casually sprawled across the divan suggests that she wouldn’t mind taking a nap before getting on the boat. “Good place ta catch forty or fifty winks.”
Munching on the apple, she turns her attention to the chess board and examines the magic bishop.
The way she’s casually sprawled across the divan suggests that she wouldn’t mind taking a nap before getting on the boat. “Good place ta catch forty or fifty winks.”
"Yes! Lady Tiesa speaks sense! Hopefully something in this hut will also heal my various wounds", Davod said knowingly.
Grim looked at Davod, wondering why would he think something like that? He thought idly.
With nothing else he could think of, he rested and repaired his armor.
The suli finishes his orange, then picks up a mango and begins to peel it with one of his knives.
The suli finishes his orange, then picks up a mango and begins to peel it with one of his knives.
"You know friend Davod, it seems some of our colleagues are a bit distracted, and while my compact with Aether doesn't make me a strong healer yet, I can cast a few spells to help."
Davod's eye's light up. "THANK YOU, friend DJyn! I shall take whatever healing you offer! It is much appreciated." The suli bows as he sits and eats his mango.
(Needs 10 more HP)
(Needs 5 more HP)
Davod is all set :)
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The suli breathes a sigh of relief as his wounds and pain disappear.
"Ah! Thank you, DJyn", Davod smiles up at the half-janni. The thief then tosses a plump grapefruit at DJyn as thanks.
As long as the boat ride people arent thanaedaemons we are not in the midnight isles. Yay, knowledge planes and you! The Oracle says with a smile
Rest is a great idea, I just hope the bedrolls arent bed mimics! That was not an encounter I wish to repeat.
Tiesa takes one of the many items she had collected and blindly used the magic device. Many of the items she collected fall to ground before she disappears. You hear a splash and see Nima wading in the ocean towards the hut.
"Wha! Where did Tiesa go!" Davod jumps up stunned.
Grim leapt up and came around to the front of the hut.
"What happened?" He asked tensely.
"Tiesa disappeared!" Davod said, as he looked down to the dropped magical items. "She was fussing with one of items and 'POOF', she's gone!"
"Whoa ... "
She calls out not obviously seeing the group, she is about 100 feet down the beach, "Hello?! Anyone there?"
Yes we are here, carefull, monsters. Also, does this plane operate on some kind of conversion of heroic characters rule? Vivi, who had a long day at this point, answers.
Still flummoxed by the half-orc's disappearance, Davod runs out to meet and escort the fellow native outsider to the relative safety of the stone hut.
She stops and begins to slowly walk toward the hut and Davod. Once he gets to her she smiles at him. She walks side by side with him back to the hut. "So what have you fought so far? So we are in Kakishron now, apparently the map was also the gateway."
Luckily no hydras, crocodiles, or other monsters appear.
"So what have you fought so far? So we are in Kakishron now, apparently the map was also the gateway."
"Well. We fought a hydra hiding in the waters, and I nearly got eaten by a 'land shark'", Davod smiles sheepishly, showcasing the new bloodstained holes in his desert garb.
"Kakishron is our best guess", the suli nods.
"Well, this place is as beautiful and peaceful as anyplace I've ever been. But...
"Well, I'm also feeling somewhat guilty about letting the superpowered Ifrit out on the world as well.
"What do you say we go explore for escape routes?" Grim proposed after a suitable period of lazing about.
"Yes. I'm for leaving", Davod agrees. "It's starting to get boring here anyway."
"Sooooooooo, where is this boat? Is there a man in it? We're getting late for a meeting I think ..."
"'Hunt down the Golden Ram and Take its Horn'" Mused Grim as he read aloud slowly.
He scanned the horizon, not seeing anything in particular.
"So, which direction shall we take?"
He looked around.
"Can we find a direction?" He asked, looking around for traditional North indicators.
She quickly exclaims now among you within the hut, "Where is Alexandria, Sasha, Aukan, Tiesa, and Rayhan?!"
Tiesa was with us and then disappeared, in the same moment you reappeared. The rest, to my knowledge at least, have never been here.
The oracle answers.
"Yes", Davod agrees. "Unlucky for most." The suli holds up his new sacred weapon. "Lucky for some!"
"Wait but I saw all of you even those who are missing when we were falling, after the... explosion? Did you see everyone as well?" She thinks her mind before she breaks down and begins to cry.
The thief puts his starknife away, then goes to comfort the cleric. Davod looks out the entrance of the stone hut.
"Could they really be out there somewhere?" The suli asks. "Nima, tell us what happened to you after the explosion?"
She takes several steadying breaths, then slowly states, "There was the explosion. We were falling, all of us, then efretti and djinn flew up, a huge evil one was last. Then more falling. I fell into the water. Then I was swimming up."
we should, on any account, move. Lets see what that strange boat thing has on offer.
we should, on any account, move. Lets see what that strange boat thing has on offer.
"yes ... and let's see if I can fly above you so that I am available to rescue people as needed."
Heading out on the pier made of stone you don't see any signs of a boat.
As the half-janni zooms to the skies, Davod looks out over the water. "If the group wishes, I will stand watch at the docks first, and watch for the ferryman. The comfort of the stone hut is enticing. I wonder if that itself is another trap of this place."
Three hours pass by slowly. You may see a school of flying fish skim over the water. Some beetles moving long the beach. The sway of the trees as a breeze comes through.
Grim walked about within the limited area they had to do so. Then he sat down in a huff.
She had rested a bit and felt better when she woke up from her nap. She then got to business and searched for signs of those who were missing. Finding the discarded magical items left from Tiesa she begins to try to identify them.
"As prisons go, this one isn't too bad", Davod said to himself.
"Friends, we are on an island, an island with a forested interior. We could probably all walk to the other side in less than a day, and I could scout ahead if we did that. There are also many other islands in this grouping, some much larger than the average."
Vivi stands at attention guarding over Nima, greatsword drawn.
Once we are done with identifying, we may as well explore the interior, there may be edible things there. Or clues as to what is going on. It is good that we have flyers, but I dont think we can all fly yes? Hmmm, perhaps the items could give us clues on how to proceed?