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Kymani stabbed her boarding pike into the sand before climbing atop the crab's back and shimmying down through the hatch. She bowed as Cato introduced them, smiling as she rose. Ky took in the crab's interior. It would appear this Tengu had done well enough for himself. Where the hell did he get a stove?' Ky couldn't help but wonder. Turning her attention back to the castaway, she couldn't help but eye the well-kept saber.
"Works for me. Maybe your new friend can tell us more about the cannibals."
"Uh...I don't think it's a god at all..." Ky said as she slowly began to approach the giant crab.
As Cato communicated with the giant crab, Ky'mani focused her vision to search for any magical auras.
"Is it a zombie crab?" Maybe he hit his head in the last fight...
"Good point." Kymani chants the arcane words to summon her force armor.
"What? Where? I don't see anything. Why don't you take point then?"
Kymani nodded as Sasha spoke. "I figured as much. Thanks Sasha." "When we make it off this island, I'm sure your works will be invaluable to many, Gelik." "Set your traps off the Path Ishirou. Not everything will approach directly, and I don't want to get caught myself" Ky said with a grin. "Can you really train your friend Sasha? Another set of ears and eyes would help." "In the morning, we'll head out again, likely for 2-3 maybe, but we'll be back. We'll head towards the western edge of the island. There's some kind of tall structure there, a lighthouse maybe. I think its our best chance right now...assuming we can get it working."
"Other than still being alive, not much luck of anything else I'm afraid Gelik." Kymani unloaded what was left of the fish, the crab meat, and scraps from the dimorphodons. "Well, I suppose a little luck with food...it would seem." "It is good to see you all safe. Sasha, we found what looks like the site of a battle, and we recovered a dagger...an assassin's dagger it seems. What do you make of it?" "Don't worry Gelik. I'm sure we'll find the Night Voice. There's still a lot of the island coast we have yet to see." "The camp should remain here for now. It's the best location we've come across so far, but if that changes, we can move. For now though, stay here, stay alert, and stay together." "We have seen evidence of others, but haven't encountered anyone else yet. Paths and trails, and some man-made traps, but no bodies yet. We did see a light house to the west, but we haven't made it that far yet. Maybe tomorrow we can push toward it." Kymani stood and took a moment to call for Aurora, setting aside a few bites of food for her friend.
"Cato, step back!" she warned. She danced to her left and tried to bury her boarding pike into a crab.
"Seems like it." Kymani turned her attention to the dagger. "Can't help but wonder what would give them trouble, or what they'd be doing on this island. We should head back to camp. Maybe Sasha has some ideas."
Kymani rummages around the abandoned site for a while, but finds nothing that catches her eye.
"To the lagoon then, but be wary. We'll be wide open in that field. Stay alert." Taking her own advice, Kymani summoned her magical force armor.
"I think it means we may be on the right path, but you're right, we should keep moving. Let's skirt around it, but be wary, there may be other traps as well."
Kymani looked out at the rest of the island from their vantage point one last time before heading back down the eastern slope.
"Don't know, and I'd rather not find out." Ky shrugged. She stowed the rest of the food in her pack and gathered up her gear. Moving to the fire, she covered what was left with dirt and sand. "We should get moving. Whatever that thing was, it was heading south east. We continue west for a while, then we'll head back to camp and check on the others."
"And what of our experience so far on this island has given you the impression that the gods were looking out for us? It was a flying predator, big...dragon maybe, manticore, maybe a griffon. It was not a gift from the gods...or a cat."
Ky grumbled to herself and grabbed a discarded fish head before throwing it at Cato. "What are you thinking? Keep your voice down. Or do you want to be the next goat that gets eaten by something on this island?"
Kymani cautiously enters the hut and looks around. Finding the journal, she slowly removes it from the crevice, glances through it quickly and tosses it to Cato. "See what you can make of this, pretty boy." With little else of interest in the hut, she heads back out and again looks around the area. "We should stay here tonight. There's fresh water" she says, looking at the stream. "We can refill our waterskins and we have enough food for a decent meal. Zarek, see if you can find enough wood for a small fire. I'll start cleaning the lizards and the fish."
Seeing the electric lizard no longer moving, Ky dances away to attack the other one.
Unable to dodge away quick enough, Kymani feels her muscles tighten up as the electricity courses through her body. She grits her teeth in anger, and moves to stab the little lizard again with her boarding pike.
"Take that you listen satchel!" she grumbles.
As the electricity danced across her skin, Kymani dashed forward and stabbed her boarding pike at the nearest lizard.
While the others cooled off for a moment, Kymani drew her kunai and used it to signal for Aurora. Once she arrived, Kymani affectionately patted her head before sending her off to hunt in the direction of the goats.
The bird squawked loudly before flapping into the air and flying off. Kymani nodded and set off following the stream, boarding pike in hand, eyes scanning the water for any signs of life.
"I haven't even seen any game on this island. If there are people still here, what could they possibly eat? Flying dinosaurs?"
Standing atop the cliff edge, Kymani peered out at the landscape. "You know, it's a decent view, when the island's not trying to kill you." She took a deep breath and pulled a kunai out, holding it up trying to catch the light and summon Aurora. She waited for a while, pulling out a ration and breaking up some of the hard bread in preparation for the bird's return. When the bird finally returned, she stroked it's feathers in between feeding it small morsels. Finally, she whispered to it "fly high, but stay close". She turned to look at the others. "Alright, let's not press our luck with the cliff. We can head north and go around to continue farther west. Any objections?"
"Come on. We continue west...and keep up."
"Argh, stupid...flying...boots!" Ky grumbles aloud. In her frustration, she tries to pummel the lizard to death with her own body. With one hand holding her boarding pike, she swings a round house at the small dinosaur and then headbutts it.
Kymani simply nodded before summoning her arcane armor. Once the translucent field settled around, she quietly proceeded towards the squawking.
"I'm sick of this whole bloody island." Ky sighed. "But I guess whining about it won't help. Alright, let's check out this structure."
Can you change the map on roll20 to the overland map?
"The Captain has a good-sized head start and we let the trail go cold. The way our luck's been, I doubt we'll see him again, unless it's in very unfavored circumstances. All we can do now is continue to scour the island. Perhaps we could salvage some wood from those wrecks in the water and fashion a small vessel, but our luck wouldn't lend it to be a reliable course of action. I guess we just keep walking' she said, head down as she did her best to clear her new boarding pike.
"I don't have the skills or tools to try to open this. Let's get it back to camp and see if any of the others are able to. Unless you think you can pretty boy?"
Emerging from the water, Ky takes a few deep breaths before slowly moving up to the chest. She gives it a once over, looking for any traps that may still be protecting the treasure.
Not finding any, she sets about shouldering the chest and moving back down and into the water. Before submerging once again, she shouts
Kymani moves down the tunnel towards the illumination.
Ky couldn't make out the muffled words from Cato as she sunk to the pit floor. With the ghouls dead though, she assumed he was safe enough, at least for the moment. She tried to mouth the words and move her fingers to summon the arcane sight to see magical auras. With the spell enacted, she turned and scanned the bottom of the hole.
Ky smiled at Zarek. "Be right back" she said as she stepped over the shaft and dropped to the water below, her kunai poised to strike into the ghoul.
"Still alive pretty boy?" Kymani asked as she stabbed her boarding pike into the ground and drew a kunai from her bandolier.
Kymani's eyes went wide as the creatures emerged from the water. She grumbled, and summoned her force armor.
Kymani rolled her eyes. "Alright pretty boy, but next time, I go first. My fists aren't ranged weapons."
"Just as I thought. He's dead, and there appears to be some water down there" she said, pointing down the shaft.
Kymani sighed and rolled her shoulders. "Well, I guess we keep digging then." She tilted her head right, then left, cracking the kinks in her neck before resuming.
Ky moved to stand in front of the others. Seeing the wisdom in striking from afar, she hurled a glob of acid at the snake, not wanting to feel it's fangs.
"Well hold on. When we say blindly, are we talking full on blindfolds or what?" Kymani asked with a grin. "Yes, yes, let's follow the map of course." She slung her pack on, grabbed her boarding pike and made ready to leave the camp. She looked back at the others. "Wish us luck, and try not to die. See you soon."
Kymani could feel her heart racing even after the ghost had dissipated. "Sleep. Right." She looked around at the others, her eyes settling on Jask. "So Jask, you mentioned something about mental focus. I think now would be a good time..."
Kymani finally fished the locket out of her pack and held it up as she stood. "Here. Is this what you want? Your Aeshamara is here!" she shouted.
"Aeshamara...Aeshamara..."
"OH! The locket!" Kymani slowly stepped forward to where she had been sitting, dropped down to one knee and began sifting through her pack.
Kymani immediately scooted back away from the apparition on all fours. Instinct told her to summon her armor of force, but as it spoke, she paused.
"Why does that sound familiar? she wondered to herself.
"We're here now and we've got a fishing net. Let's put it to some use."
Survival: You can provide food and water for one other person for every 2 points by which your check result exceeds 10.
Can we go back to the previous boat now?
Ky packed as Cato spoke. She slipped the silver dagger into her bandolier and the fishing net into her pack along with the block and tackle. The small mirror she tossed to Cato. "You might want to fix your hair." She grabbed the lantern with her free hand, her boarding pike in the other, and stood ready to depart. "After you sweet cheeks." "M. Zarek, would you like these flasks? Or the coins?"
"Errghhh" Ky grumbled out of frustration. "Even the dead on this island try to kill you. How is that right? I mean they're dead.
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