wow... what a schedule... and Xu, glad you are alright... take care and recover quickly!
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mmm... I'd better go do some reading then... maybe noone is sure how to progress? anyway - give me a chance to read up...
sorry - I was away for a bit, and this thread wasn't updating for me... I'd sort of thought maybe the game had died out.. .did I miss much? should I go read gameplay?
Just so you know, I will be at Strategicon all weekend (Friday-Monday evening). Probably won't be home til late Monday. I will try to keep up with posts via phone and computer at the hotel, but I will be mega-busy at the con, so no guarantees. Please bot my character as necessary to keep the game flowing... Thanks, and sorry in advance for my absence. Sorry for my absence of late... going through a rough patch... I'll try to keep up when I return.
Kimiko backs up further, to give the others more room to retreat... "um.. we really should go if we can.. I don't think we can fight this thing."
Kimiko, seeing the statue flanked by her friends, and one of them trying to hit the gem, not the giant, holds off throwing her alchemists flask of fire for fear of hitting a friend.
I kinda like option 1 myself... not that I have any natural attacks myself.
Kimiko tries to maneuver so she can throw her alchemist fire at the statue, see if normal fire will hurt it... but it takes all her effort just to get into position to throw soon (double move).
Kimiko backs up, leaving more room for martial types to attack... or room for flight.
"The statue in this room is whole, and covered in dried blood... Do you think maybe it came to life and killed the ratman?"
Okay, that will work... I'm just a bit too leery of this trap to try to spring it safely. Let's go back."
"THere's a trap on this door... a magical one... it will set off some kind of spell, and it could be a very powerful one... I don't think I'm up to the job of disabling it... "
Kimiko examines the door on the right, then tries to open it if it doesn't seem trapped.
"Who wants to go first? I can't see in here very well..." She creates dancing lights, but doesn't send them too far ahead, just enough to see the 'Y' in the path. "These can light our way, but will warn potential enemies of our presence... "
Kimiko moves to the door as quietly as she can and listens at it, looks for traps.
"There's a door half-way down and what seems to be a spiral staircase leading down at the end of the hallway... shall we check out the door first?"
just taking a little break while we waited for kittyface to return... ?
Kimiko shrugs and says, "Okay, the other door it is, I guess."
Kimiko shrugs and starts searching... "Stone isn't exactly my forte, but I'll look too.
Kimiko looks at the items and shrugs. "I can't tell what they are either. Seems someone who's good with weapons should carry that oil."
"Let's go! Allies would be wonderful, but information could be good too."
"Alright, that sounds good."
Kimiko nods and readies to move on...
Sorry for my absence ... I'll try to catch up now... been crazy busy here.
Kimiko sends dancing lights floating down the hallway so all can see further...
Will be at Gamex this weekend (Fri-Mon)... will check in as and when I can, but no guarantees - depends on hotel wifi and charging possibilities... Bot me as necessary to keep the pace of the game up, don't want to slow things down.
"It seems to be just normal water... shall we try the door?"
Kimiko points out the rope going into the liquid and says "It looks black and inky, not sure it's actually water... maybe we should pull the rope up and see what's inthe bucket if there is one."
Kimiko sends one of her dancing lights down into the well to illuminate the depths and peers down as well.
oh sorry... i just rolled where you asked for it without thinking... I'll go reroll
Another player would be fun, but I'm okay with 5 too if the other players want to keep it that way.
"Those of us who can't see in the dark will need some light... I can provide that." And with a simple word and a few hand motions, lights appear bobbing in the entrance ahead of the party.
"Perhaps these Oni were blocked in this cavern until recently... Look at the opening here... how rough around the edges, like natural breakage, but the corridor is worked stone... I think the entrance was uncovered by accident in a landslide sometime in the last year or so... Maybe less... hard to say. The ONi used these rocks from the slide to build the fortifications down below so it's hard to tell how long it's been actually. I can't tell if the Oni were initially walled in there accidentally or intentionally." She sighs and shrugs. "Stone is not my specialty, I know more about plants... but it LOOKS like whatever walled this off originally covered over an already old structure."
Kimiko shrugs and nods. "Hai... up we go! Did I mention I don't climb? This could get interesting... hope we have enough rope."
Kimiko shivers slightly... "then that means Dunia really did leave us? I hope she'll be okay." she sighs heavily. "so where do we go from here?
Kimiko wakes slowly, and sits up, gathering her knees inside the circle of her arms. "did that really happen or did I dream a vampire? "
Kimiko looks concerned... worried even... over Dunja's decision. "Are you sure of this path, Dunja? It could be dangerous to go off alone."
Somewhat reluctantly, as she feels almost like she's betraying a trust, though in truth, he never said not to mention his presence to others, she replies, honestly, "That would be difficult to do, as he was heavily armored and never removed his helmet. He did have wings, so we knew he wasn't one of the oni we sought."
thanks for the reference/link... and that would make sense, though I'm not sure the character would go willingly if the player were still here, lol
"We passed through a village that was once the residence of oniku'ki but they were gone before we arrived. There were some blood stains, but no bodies in the village. Tracks and blood indicated the entire village, from the youngest to the oldest was taken and marched out of the village by creatures larger than themselves and all within a couple of months of our arrival. There were no creatures still living there... we met but one in the village, and he was just passing through and not an oni himself. We were following the tracks of the captives and their captors when we came upon the strange melting oni we fought recently. Does that satisfy your curiosity regarding the village? If so, as you say, we can move on to what comes next."
I'm not sure which village she's talking about and I don't recall the condition of it... can you give us a link to that time in the game and I'll gladly answer her.
"Are you satisfied now, ma'am? It seems at least that you both enjoyed the experience. If you don't mind me asking, what is the information you would part with in exchange? Can you tell us about these creatures we're fighting and how we can stop their incursions here? Who creates them and why?"
Kimiko blinks, barely able to follow her movement and surprised when the floating woman lands in front of her. "Thank you."
Kimiko frowns as Xu volunteers.. sighs deeply. "Are you sure about this Xu.. it could go badly... "
"I assume you are desiring blood... Does it have to be direct from a vein, or can it be from a cup?"
Kimiko wakes and rubs her eyes.... yawns... looks around and slips out of her bedding when she sees there is indeed company... curiously, she asks quietly... "business?" |