Indeed! Thank you for having me in this group. It was enjoyable. :)
More enjoyable than spreading the word of Korada with tough love?
...and a kobold strapped to your chest like a baby....Kidding aside, again GM, thanks for running.
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Claudia settled down in Haven. Like her mother trained her before, she took up duties as a training instructor for militia and town watch. Not the sole one, of course, but one respected. She'd eventually bring over her mother, for her too to settle down Claudia would still regularly go on adventures with the others, and she and Sargon would enjoy each other's company until old age would bring her passing. She married and had two kids. It may have been a joke she started, but she taught her kids to address Sargon as 'uncle Sargon'. The pseudodragon she had around the house was a third kid to her, and it too enjoyed a home with people caring for it.
"It is cured, what is important.", Claudia casually adds. "Anyway, does this mean this place is restored? With its guardian spirit now being a deer, instead of a slime."
Hey all, i hope we're all doing ok.
It's set on early 2000s earth.
"Alas, i don't know any magics potent as that." Claudia remains cautious, now having her bow at the ready just in case.
Claudia takes in the strange interior of this last chamber. "Well, putting a curse on your treasury, a pretty good measure.
But with Hafsa trapped in anxiety, she steps over to the girl, and places a hand on her shoulder. When the girl looks up, she will kneel to the child's level of eyesight. "I know you can't understand me, but we will protect you.", she takes the girl's hand as she speaks to her, hoping her intent somehow does come across.
No problem here.
Congratulations!
Claudia makes an expression of unable to understand.
Then pointing questioningly at the people....
May she recover well.
After all the counting is all done, "An armory for a good number of people.
"Unusual, but convenient. They might even look stylish, if you try them on."
As the loot spills over the floor, Claudia casts detect magic. "It is magical, but i can't say what properties it holds, it was not my field of study." "Might this have been a spare stash, for whatever warrior needed armor and finances..", she muses..
"Must be some seriously big and disgusting vermin, for this putrid meal." Claudia takes distance, alongside the others.
Claudia casts protection from evil on herself, raising her sword and shield.
Claudia reaches for her bow at Dargys' warning. "Likewise, i am certain i heard something chittering over in the other room. What do you want to deal first, the walking dead, or vermin?"
Claudia had been quiet, taking in the scene.
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Once back on the surface, Claudia wipes away the bit of dust the old interior had left on her person. "That was interesting, at least. Just one more place to visit, right?
"Making a profit indeed. Now let's hope we will not need them ourselves." "Let's see if there is anything more to be found." When the team gets to some place new in here;
"It would require some serious engineering, to be sure."
Claudia vaguely nods. "Sound words for exploration efforts.
She quietly takes in the air, trying to see if there is any sort of subtle weird odor.
Theirs is rather gruesomely efficient work. They use their sharp mandibles to slice the lioness into smaller portions then carry them away back into the forest, the soldiers marching at the front and rear of their line.
"That corpse is not going to waste.
As the others are wondering about the find among the rubble, a hint of some sound draws Claudia's attention, and she looks east. "Sargon, my friend, we may have to take to the skies again.
She gets back onto his back and gives a warning to the others. "Heads up folks! Something is coming from the east."
Though I do admit, despite my... profession, I suppose, spirits of any type unnerve me a little. Claudia chuckles slightly. "Good to know, that means your mug of ale is up for grabs when we get back. Dibs."
"Beware Cho-Oda, rescue Cho-Oda?" Looking between the others;
Claudia and Sargon land a little after combat had ended. "Undead monkeys....it sure leaves to question what did -them- in." Meanwhile, she goes recovering her (durable) arrows from the dead simians. She's particularly careful to somewhat separate them from the 'fresh batch'.
Claudia fires two more arrows at the ghoul monkey harassing Dargys and Mia.
Claudia shoots two arrows at the monkey attacking Dargys.
There's another precaution Claudia and Sargon would have taken, provided this is all open space. A dragon rider's dragon can carry the rider of the same or smaller size. Thus Sargon could carry Claudia into combat flying. Flying up to 20ft altitude. As far as pre encounter could have been possible.
Claudia has her bow in hand.
Died sometime in the past day... the attackers were primates the monkeys.. goblin sized i say.
"Carnivorous monkeys? An odd thing to come upon. I'd rather expect a pack of wolves or a stray bear to savage the goblins."
"Maybe Sargon, it's just you not being used to the smell of excrement.
She keeps her bow in hand as the group walks.
Claudia had left her pseudodragon at home. The companion wasn't a familiar, and thus more vulnerable to any sort of danger. At Oliviert's self praise, sherolls her eyes faintly. You were right Patrice. Such types are to be encountered everywhere.
"A skeleton in a position oh humility before statues?
Take care of yourselves.
"A spirit of insects? Why not birds....birds can sing, some can talk." She blows a fly out of her face.
"Perhaps..", Claudia adds. "But that might make the rest of your face a much more appealing target." "I will take a bite or two on the arms, over ten in the face." (Grins slightly amused)
They give a quick two sniffs of Claudia and then Sathyssil. Sathyssil does the same, seeing this new creature suddenly appear. "That is an unusual animal, does it belong to one of you?"
My mind has been on multiple matters, not the least of which wondering if I should make myself scarce to Francoix. He didn't seem to particularly like me much, though there isn't much else in the way of lodgings I believe." She gives him a knowing look. "Oh, i could tell you my educated guess, but i reckon your face would turn as red as your clothing."
Hearing Dargys recognizing Sathyssil as a pseudo dragon, Claudia's attention switches. "Thank you Dargys.
"Where did you meet your furry companion, Dargys?"
So, what brings someone like you way out here, of all places? There must be better opportunities for a... dragon keeper elsewhere? Something tells me it's not about expanding your family business or is it?" "I mentioned earlier, i had seen enough of Gralton. It was high time i left."
"I'm better off training animals, over setting up a dragon hatchery.
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This tiny dragon is a pseudodragon. Tiny sized kin to dragons, they curious and shy.
The latter in particular only if the one they travel with treats them with a warm heart and care.
"Oh, i couldn't properly again if i wanted to." "The lyrics are a shared composition of me and a lifetime friend who lives in Gralton. Quite prior to my departure. Some people are in more of a position to travel than others."origin of melody "With Taldan nobles, can't say that i am. But there was this one violinist, Linda Stirling i believe, a student at a Taldan music academy, who played that melody at a ball in Gralton. Giving credits to its original composer, of course. Fair chances she must have been at one of your mother's occassions then."
Sitting down next to Sargon, Claudia leans back, looking briefly at the ceiling when Oliver starts playing music. Reminding her of the few consistently good things about her time growing up. How ironic. I'm so far away from that place, and yet here music is played, Patrice's favorite for get together evenings. She could not help but softly start humming along with the music, slipping into soft singing while looking into a distance beyond any surroundings. " Have you--ever wondered,
Feeling drawn to new places, to new sights,
Have you--ever wondered,
A longing feeling in my heart,
Have you--ever wondered,
We celebrate together tonight.
When you've settled your longing,
Hindsight, Claudia gets the impression the song may have been a song of prayer for someone who remained behind, yet applied to herself right now.
Not bothering to hide underneath hair and mantle anymore, you notice a tiny dragon, the size of a cat, snuggling its head against her neck, making some noises as if to cheer her up. She strokes its head with a finger, then looks back up with a smirk.
Neat thing to know, a dragonrider's dragon can carry them from as early as they are the same size category, and strength allowing. Sargon at Strength 15, Claudia & gear is on start of heavy encumbered category, but a dragon steed can still fly at full speed despite that.
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