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Ana seems lost in thought during the discussions, almost as if she is listening to another conversation altogether. She tilts her head to the side and says No, that won't work at all. The one on the left. If you ask what she's talking about she looks at you as if she doesn't understand what you mean. She seemed fine up until you all reached the ship and now seems a bit...strange.
Ana nods at the mention of the animals. I would be more than happy to help wherever I can. I am sorry for my absence from you all. It seems the activity on this island is quite robust as Horatio has stated. It is possible that magical emanations are causing the animal growth beyond the possibility of illusion as well. I did see what looked like some ruined stone towers further to the north on the island so perhaps there is ruins that explain the unnatural size of the creatures. She looks at Variel and says I am sure the gods will provide answers at the appropriate time. We can only make sure we are watching for the signs.
A cult? Related to Shanxia? That seems odd. The hags spoke about Shenxua almost as if it were a being of some sort. The hags are not nearby thankfully. I traveled a great distance to get here. What have you found so far?
Ana waits until the group is together before saying, My apologies for my absence but while I was mourning the loss of Brightscale under the waves, I had a most horrifying encounter. I happened upon an injured hippocampus, tangled in nets on the outskirts of an undersea forest of kelp. Moving to help the poor creature I soon realized that it was a trap that I foolishly fell into. A coven of Sea Hags captured me and brought me to their lair on the edge of deep black hole in the ocean floor. I was to be sacrificed to a creature that lived within it seemed. I was able to entually make my escape by shifting forms and escaping my bonds but as I fled I heard one of the hags scream "SHENXUA ET OCCIDERE NOS!" which I later found out meant, "Shenxua will kill us." After that I made my way back to the surface and eventually found out that you had won the Free Captain's Regatta and come here. Do you know what this Shenxua means? As soon as Ana says Shenxua et occidere nos Variel and Rajah, you both get a vision that strikes you at your very core. Variel:
Your eyes sweep across the sea to the Eye of Abendego, raging against the sea. In the flashes of lightning you see the shadow of a massive obelisk. You cannot see the obelisk itself but you get a feeling of deep malevolence from it. This seems far off in the future but you know in your bones that at some point you must find this obelisk to get the answers you seek. You know also that there will be signs when the time is right to seek it but to do so before would lead to your doom. Rajah: Your vision goes black and you find yourself floating in the void. You see nothing in any direction and yet find yourself calm within it. A piece of the black nothingness forms itself into a box of deeper black and floats toward you. You have the feeling that when opened, the contents of this box will shake the very fabric of the world. It must be kept safe at all costs.
Ana comes over and says My apologies for my absence. I was...unavoidably detained. I will explain more fully when we have the group together but I have news that should be useful to you all.
Ana nods before heading up to the crows nest to be alone for a while.
Ana smiles at Adular and says I am free, thank the gods. My apologies for having struck any of you. When Adular mentions remove disease she shakes her head and says Unfortunately no, I did not request that spell this morning.
Ana finishes her summoning spell and a large eel like creature springs into being behind the anemone and attacks it. Miss :-(
Ana nods her head in thanks to Adular and begins to cast a spell. Laying her hand upon Rain's forehead a vigor washes through her and she is now able to move without any water resistance at all.
Ana nods and moves behind you, staring with absolute hate at the creature.
Ana nods her huge head and swims around the ship once before changing form to a sea snake and disappearing below deck through the large hole in the middle where the ship split in half.
Ana transforms into a huge reptilian creature with a long neck and tail. At the end of her long neck is a triangular shaped head with a mouth full of razor sharp teeth.
Ana stays silent and merely nods in thanks at the professions of sympathy. She moves to Brightscale and begins a keening song of grief and loss. She sheds no tears and when she is done with the song, she stands and casts several spells. She first casts a spell you have seen often that allows her to tread upon the air and also another common spell that allows her immense strength for carrying. Once done she changes form into that of another spinosaurus, this one having yellow markings in the same shade as Ana's hair but with her gem shaped eyes. Reaching down, she gently cradles Brightscale in her claws and begins walking on the air up out of the ship. Her gigantic form walks over to the water and gently places Brighscale within, allowing him to sink to the bottom to return to the life cycle, returning the borrowed life energy to the world. Returning to the ship she says to whomever is there My thanks for your kind words. Brightscale was a wonderful companion to me and I will miss him but do not feel sorry for me or him...such is the way of life. Those of us who are lucky enough to experience this beautiful world can only make sure that our time is well spent upon this plane of existence...for we have an eternity awaiting us in regret for a life wasted. Her eyes briefly stray to Dhaavan first before turning to each of you in turn. Celebrate your lives and each other. Put aside the petty and be truly free men and women. Unconstrained by the burden of past slights, you all have the potential to fulfill the destiny the gods have set for your lives. Take heed though, for the path ahead is not set and is filled with peril. United we are strong, always remember that.
Anasrianna moves back with Adular, the darkness not bothering her darkvision.
Ana yells out It's a Cloudkill spell! Stay out of it at all costs! With that she casts a spell and a vertical wall of rushing air springs into being, blocking the gas from progressing any further.
Ana takes 3 con damage also.
Anasrianna gathers her magical energy within herself, increasing the absorbing qualities of the cells in her lungs. She blows out air before sucking in an enormous breath, completely clearing the stinking cloud effect. SUCCESS! The Stinking Cloud is now gone.
Anasrianna Save vs Stinking Cloud: Using a mythic surge Successful save.
Anasrianna seeing that the enemies on deck have been taken care of, goes below with Flynn and Amen to see if they require assistance. Seeing the damage she immediately creates a rolling sphere of churning water that quenches the flames immediately.
Ana nods and summons a crocodile into the water, which begins to swim around looking for prey.
Anasrianna uses her flaming scimitar to try and carve into the satyr. which misses heartily. Brightscale meanwhile continues to munch on sailors.
Anasrianna comes up out of the hold with Brightscale, running on air and they soar over to the enemies ship, sending panic through the opposing crew. She drops down next to the Satyr and a blade of fire springs forth from her hand.
Ana speaks from her enormous flying lizard form and says in a deep rumble, There is a spell that I can use that can raise the level of the water and lift the ship off of the reef. Then I can take a rope and with the help of the men in the longboat tow the ship closer to the island if that is the wish of you all. Her eyes blaze again with green fire, and she chants for a moment before you all feel the ship begin to rise as the water swells underneath it. Once off the reef, the ship begins to slide back down the side of the swell and out into open water. The ship floats without issue so the hull was not breached.
Ana looks over and says Begin to get the crew above deck once the wall of fire is out! She then casts dispel magic at the wall of fire, pitting her not inconsiderable will against the former wrecker leader.
The entire wall of fire disappears in the blink of an eye but the normal fires continue to rage in the rigging and on the port side of the ship.
Ana's eyes blaze with green fire as she stands and begins to cast, swirling her hands an enormous pillar of green fire 40' across and 40' high engulfs the half-orc woman.
When the inferno clears, her burnt form falls to the deck of the ship.
Ana wakes groggily and moves back between Rain and Neko, green fire beginning to glow behind her emerald eyes.
Ana pulls her ironwood scimitar and begins to carve up the impudent half-orc in front of her.
Both her attacks luckily hit even though they were poor, doing 19 damage to her opponent. It looks like her opponent should be at least unconscious from the damage inflicted but he is still on his feat through pure ferocity.
Ana smiles and says Ah but my dear Dhaavan, though you have the beauty of a nymph...you apparently have the depth of one as well. She laughs and winks at you to take the sting from her words and letting you know she is jesting.
Ana speaks up and says For what it's worth...you both actually look more interesting to me now. Before, well to be honest, there are hundreds of pirates in the Shackles that looks just like you both. Perhaps not exactly but enough to as make little difference. Should you wish to remove the blessing that has been given to you that is as it should be...no one should be required to bear something they hate. I only say that at least from a woman's perspective, not all women mind you, just this one...I like the new Seijiro, Flynn and Adular. You are unique and interesting as such. Again though, this is only one womans opinion. Dhaavan I expect will come across issues on occasion with his looks. It is difficult to be subtle with such beauty, it draws the eye of those around and so doing may make missions where stealth is in order more difficult.
Ana smiles and says Happiness is a state of defiance my friend. When one is happy it is in defiance of the horrors that life can offer. To be strong and adapt to life's challenges and find the joy in all things. As you say however, to each their own.
Ana looks with her faceted emerald eyes and says after contemplating for a while. One thing I have learned in my long life is that life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. When we resist them, it only causes sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally in the direction they are meant to go. In short, the supple tree bends and survives the storm, the unyielding tree fights and breaks.
Ana says Thank you Flynn for the care you gave earlier before we were interrupted. It seems that the magical energy that was released from the deaths of those two creatures has effected us in no small way.
Ana gets up off the ground gingerly having smacked her head in the explosion of energy. Is everyone alright?
Ana chimes in and says Yes, victory should be celebrated with revels! Congratulations to you all!
Ana smiles and nods saying Yes it seems wise to stay at the least until we are able to find out the identity of our mysterious benefactor. She says with a slight twist of sarcasm.
Ana looks at you all and says I will leave you to your discussions. I am going to scout and see what sort of information I can gather at the Fort over yonder. She then transforms into a tiny tropical bird and circles the ship once saying Brightscale, guard the ship! Before winging off to see what she can find out.
Ana raises an eyebrow and says Oh my apologies I was referring to Adular. Though you definitely helped as well. He just is a bit further along in the healing arts. Ana isn't trying to be mean...she can be a bit blunt though from living among dinosaurs.
The huge dinosaur shrinks back down to show Anasrianna, looking irritated. Well my shapechanging sure didn't help much did it. I need to be a bit more precise in what I pick to fit the situation. When offered the headband she says No thank you for now. The good priest needs it much more than I. Such a treasure should go to the one who keeps us alive.
Anasrianna moves over and tells Brightscale to lay down before then pinning him with her larger body.
The giant dinosaur begins speaking in a strange voice, waving it's clawed arms in strange motions before a series of icy spears lance up from the ground beneath Fishpork. These spears pierce his body and frost forms around the wounds.
The huge dinosaur moves onto the ship. Brightscale moves towards the fog cloud.
Anasrianna, irritated that the creature won't stay still, decides to change things up a bit. All of a sudden you feel a swell of water slightly rock the ship as the water is displaced by a huge creature of some sort. Climbing out of the water onto the dock you see a massive lizard like creature, long wicked clawed arms gouging the docks with it's massive strength. Once out of the water it shakes itself, dislodging the water and roars. Brightscale answers back with a roar of his own though you get the feeling he is saying *About time you showed up Ana*. The creature is 15' tall and probably weighs several thousand pounds, it's scales shimmer green, with yellow stripes and a yellow snout. Knowledge Nature DC 15: Ana has turned into an Allosaurus.
Ana continues after Fishpork.
If a little tiny viper could roll it's eyes at the giant's antics, Ana would be doing just that. Sighing, she drops back below the dock and goes after Fishpork with the intention of sinking her fangs into his fishy hide.
*Don't mind me, just a harmless tiny viper climbing up the dock post...nothing to see here*
About going to Tempest Cay Ana and Seijiro: Ana smiles and says gently, Despite my appearance to be all knowing and wise, she says winking at you I do not have a knowledge of timetables or what should happen when. I would say we should have time unless some other twist of fate prevents it. I would love to see a wedding. I have never been to one. In the MWANGI expanse someone from the brides family and someone from the grooms family fight to the death for honor and a larger portion of the other families lands. Is that likely here?
That was not me but I heard it as well. I certainly do not think such things of you Seijiro.
Flynn and Ana: She smiles at the poetry and says I have no idea what that means but it sounded pretty. I am not very knowledgeable about such things as poetry. Living in the Mwangi Expanse I didn't even learn to read until about 20 years ago when I started studying the druidic arts. There was no need before then. I would be happy to learn though if you have more. My skills and knowledge tend to the more...practical I guess. As for who I am and such things, I have lived among the large beasts of the Mwangi Expanse for my entire life, hidden away in the jungle. I never met my father but my mother was something of an explorer and had an interest in the giant beasts there. I simply picked up where she left off when she died and have been there ever since. At least until I received the vision from the gods.
Not knowing any better, Seijiro thinks this is from Ana that he crossed some line when speaking with her, and walks over to her, bows deeply and says softly "My deepest apologies for offending you. I'll not trouble you again." Ana looks incredibly confused and says Umm what do you mean Seijiro? You have caused no offense.
Ana and Seijiro: Ana laughs hysterically and says Not a sore ankle, hahaha...an Ankylosaur is a large creature with bony plates upon its back and a huge tail with a ball shaped bone on the end for clubbing. It is quite powerful but ungainly and a bit clumsy...kind of like me. She smiles at the complements and say You do me too much honor Seijiro. Brightscale did a large portion of the work. As for the stars and heavens celebrating me I think it more likely that they are celebrating Dhaavan leaving the outer realms than me arriving here.
She nudges you and says I look forward to interacting with you all, for even if I did not have the connection to Dhaavan, you are a group of individuals destined for greatness and for the protection of the realms of mortals. As for my people, I have none. I have lived among the large beasts of the Mwangi Expanse for my entire life, hidden away in the jungle. I never met my father but my mother was something of an explorer and had an interest in the giant beasts there. I simply picked up where she left off when she died. One more thing, she says before heading off to sleep for the night, never be afraid or uncomfortable in asking me questions. It is nice to speak to someone with a receptive ear...and yours are quite nice. She winks before heading to bed.
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