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Linpul listens in, and then tries to sneak forward towards the door.
The gnome comes flying out of the room, still smoking. "Stop drop and roll, stop drop and roll! Ow that burns that burns that burns that burns!" She throws her jacket off and stamps out the fire that was beginning to smolder on it and frowns. Her hair singed, her cheeks covered in soot, the gnome does not look happy. "I don't know who this smoke wizard is but they owe me a new jacket. After I throw a quick healing spell on myself."
Linpul readies to move out, turning towards the kitchen. "Useful spells to say the least, perhaps the book can also be sold for some coin." When the group arrives at the kitchen Linpul looks around and casts a spell of detect magic. Especially near the tub in the corner.
Linpul takes up guard to ensure that nothing bothers Sarainy. "Tetsuda, we have to keep the others safe... and each other."
The gnome points to the four armed wizard picture. "Well, yeah, but we've seen some of these robots before. Take notes, we have a picture of what we may be facing soon. See this one? Looks kinda like a wizard, but also like that thing we fought below Torch." Linpul gets her hammer ready as her and Tetsuda prepare to follow behind Jark.
" Well, it's still to the left, and what have we here? These are... fascinating!"
"I wonder if these could be built?" The gnome is lost in the schematics.
Linpul stands up proud from opening the door, her body art spinning and lighting up. She looks in confused after she opens the door. "Left, right, or center? I vote left. It's always right, and right is usually wrong."
Still here, still interested, just got back from Disney.
The gnome dashes towards the door and examines the key gear thing. "Hmm, maybe I can pick it, or disable it."
When the silence wears off Linpul can be seen prying open the robot with her crowbar attempting to get inside of the thing in order to salvage parts and weaponry.
"Let's salvage what we.... Can! There we go, now to see what Mr. Robot has in it. Anybody want the boom guns?" Pondering a bit while pulling on a wire, the red haired gnome has a thought.
"Let's go for the spy first. If they turn out to be the smoke wizard then that's one less person for us to chase down. Oh no, watch the sparks, clamp that down, let's see what we have here."
Linpul looks around, tries to speak, still can't speak and runs over to Tetsuda before tapping on his shell for him to open up. The gnome pets the beetle before turning to the robot and pulling out her thieves tools and smiling an impish grin.
Both Linpul and Tetsuda keep scuttling around the robot to flank it. "Maybe I can rip off it's head and hook it up to some silverdisks and we can make it talk. Tetsuda, keep going!"
Linpul shifts around the robot a little and swings her hammer.
Tetsuda continues to slowly scuttle around the robot attempting to get into a flanking position with his master, unaware of the danger he was just in... because of his tiny brain.
If I make it past lvl 7, I should totally take Step Up and Coordinated Reposition. That would make Tetsuda and I able to scuttle around enemies, and eventually take the Overwhelm feat to bring down huge creatures.
The pulse of energy hits Linpul and she slips up on her spell, losing the bonus she was giving. "Alright, maybe it's time to bring the pain. Tetsuda, keep trying to bite into it. Fortitudo Bovis!"
-----Tetsuda's Turn----- Tetsuda scuttles slightly to the side as he bites into the robot.
Linpul shakes her head while maintaining her spell. "Tetsuda keep trying to bite into it."
"Definitely not a bird! Tetsuda, defend Jark."
Linpul looks into the forest towards the sound before baring her teeth as if they were fangs. A few gestures of her hands and a few growls, she looks towards Tetsuda and the good Dr. She also readies her natural armor.
Readying her hammer, Linpul steps behind Jark ready to cover his rear and flank.
Linpul looks confused about the feathers. She leans on her hammer and scratches her head trying to think. She looks at the beetle and cocks an eyebrow before looking up.
"Metallic feathers? Skymetal is a bit too heavy to make anything like that, maybe mithral, but I dunno. Well yeah, robots can look pretty sophisticated, but I think we might be dealing with something... more natural or supernatural rather than artificial. I mean, the last thing we ran into was a giant bear with tentacles, and last I checked there were no gears or anything in it. What if it originated from well, not here?"
Linpul returns approximately an hour after everybody else, covered in dirt and dried blood. "Sorry, I was burying the deceased. Solaria, I said a few prayers, but I don't really know Desnan prayers. I used the ones I know and heard growing up." She waits silently for the others to speak to Redfang. She was tagging along on this nature hike.
Grabbing the cloth she braces herself. "Okay you can do this Linpul, you can do this. Okay and" Linpul takes a whiff of the cloth before holding her hand to her mouth and then attempting to track by scent.
Linpul runs back into the house and tries to find something of Jevik's, like a sock or something. With her bloodhound spell still working maybe she can find some remains. "Hmm, I have an idea, I'll be right back!"
Linpul steps up after her grenade explodes. "Let's see if it can handle another person in the fray. Tetsuda, take it down!"
Linpul walks up the row of bushes while reaching into her pack. "Zero Grenade! Incoming, keep it where it is!"
The gnome moves closer, readying her hammer, she stops within movement of Jark. The familiar bronze exoskeleton forms before vanishing, and she casts a spell of bull's strength on herself.
Coming back to the party she looks at the creature making the nest. "Well... that makes a lot of sense. Found one of those things footprints in the house, but almost nothing of the farmer. We... might want to put that thing down or else it could pose a problem for the town."
Linpul looks around before shrugging her shoulders.
She looks around for footprints of any kind. Her hammer in hand, she stares at the clothing. "Looks all clear to me. But, if I can find something, maybe footprints of any kind, maybe I can determine who... or what, we are dealing with here."
Now out of the city, Linpul can be back to her old self, for a moment. "That place gives me the creeps without the technology, but to each their own. On the other hand, that is a lot of blood, I have no idea whose. Perhaps we should be cautious when approaching? I can sneak up if we need to and look around."
Linpul enters the kitchen area somewhat dirty with a bag full of something. "Tetsuda needs some treats, so I was digging in the top of the compost pile. He likes over ripened fruits, so I figured that's the best place to get some. But breakfast was delicious. Oh Jark, that's the juice of an orange. Take an orange, cut it in half, squeeze it till it's dry. Can be added to champagne for a lovely breakfast drink."
Linpul remains rather during the ordeal, like she had thought, technology might be frowned upon or beaten with clubs. Tetsuda gets comfy on the bed, as it was sized for a human there was plenty of room left for the tiny gnome. She sets her pack down before heading out to speak with the councilman, beetle in tow on his leash. It has been a long day, hmm, I wonder if...
When near the others, she looks nervous and clutches her cyberarm while looking around. "So, this councilman person, are we eating dinner with them or are they just telling us what to do without a meal and sending us on our merry way."
Linpul had remained quiet throughout most of the trip. She knew that her arm would be disruptive so she was trying her hardest to keep her mouth shut before she started going on and on about technology. At High Home she finally did speak. "Do you have any stables for my... well you've seen him, the very large beetle? I don't think he's ever stayed in a stable before."
Linpul rolls up her sleeve to show off her cybernetic arm. Stretching her arm she wills the gears, cogs, and clockwork to spin and light up orange against her pale skin. "Well, on the outside it doesn't look like anything special. Just some tattoos, I will have to not turn them on while in town. See, pretty seamless, I moved my armband up to cover the scar from the where it was severed. But a simple spell to detect technology will light it up to whomever casts the spell."
Linpul spins the gears on her artificial arm, watching the lights glow and spin with fascination. "I... might want to sit outside the gate if what Mr. Baine says is true. I've got my arm back, but it's not from a regeneration spell. Good news is that now I can actually hold on to Tetsuda's leash and he can't pull me anywhere. Sure he's stronger, but the cyberarm has some amazing capabilities."
Looking toward the road and the forest, she points her new arm toward the road. "I know about forests and such, but navigating isn't really my thing. Let's stick to the roads. Sure, bandits might be a bit more common, but typically bandits will have things like silverdisks and maybe some random laser pistols we can commandeer as concerned citizens."
A bit belated, but Happy New Year all.
I work at a grocery store, holidays suck, somebody just kill me now. Just kidding, but seriously the holidays are crazy right now, after Christmas I will have a lot more time.
"Mr Jark, Jarkra, is there a shorter name I can call you by? Well met, and would you like to pet my friend here? He's very playful once you get to know him." The motion of her arm reveals the many tattoos on the gnomes left arm, which were spinning and lighting up from her excitement. "Solaria, you seem, to me at least, the type of person that this town enjoys having. I am... more than likely not very welcome due to certain odds and ends that I rather enjoy. Like my e-pick, grenades, all the firearms we have, and some other toys and knowledge that we probably shouldn't have. What would you say we do?"
Linpul turns to the Dr, waves and then turns to the beetle, her eyes the size of dinner plates, her arms near her face as she squeezes her eyes shut and squees. "I know, I knew it would match his shell. It's so great on him! It took me a few hours... days for me to get him to wear it properly without taking it off. Come on Tetsuda, open up your shell, good boy! See, it's wrapped around his abdomen between the rear and middle legs underneath his wings. And if he rolls over, Tetsuda, roll over. Not this again." Linpul lets go of the beetle's wing and let's him close his shell before taking a few moments, a few clicking noises from her mouth, and finally his favorite treat, a banana, to get the beetle to roll over on his shell. "Like I was saying, if he rolls over, you can see the belt buckle is made of Bronze and even in the shape of a gear! And because he wears this thing out and about it gives him a new sweet spot underneath the belt. Anybody want to try petting him there? If not I will and he really likes it."
Linpul had been fiddling around in Torch after the excursion to Scrapwall. Most importantly she had the local doctor install a new cybernetic arm. It looked real, the new body art was certainly nice, but if anybody had a spell to simply detect technology they would know instantly. She had purchased a couple of items to help better protect her, had some local mages enchant her armor, her shield, and bought a fancy belt for Tetsuda. Now in front of her adoptive father, she had Tetsuda's leash in her new arm. The beetle seemed to like that she was whole again. With the city of Iadenveigh announced, Linpul raised her arm. "Mr. Baine, small problem. We have a lot of guns, and bodyart, and I have a new arm that's not exactly... natural. Will I have to stay outside of the town?" She had noticed the dwarf, but was waiting for a time to introduce herself.
Thinking about finding a person to cast the Regeneration spell will be a bit hard so I think I'll just sell the chainsword and +1 battleaxe that I found and grab a cybernetic arm, and spend the rest on adamantine bullets to use as spell components. Also adding a +1 to my armor, shield, and buying Tetsuda bracers of armor with the +10% to change it into a belt since he can wear belts.
Before Uran leaves she gives the other gnome a quick peck on the cheek. "Good luck Shieldmarshal Uran, you will be missed. Now can we go home so I can hawk this battleaxe and chainblade and get a new arm? Cybernetic or a spell of regeneration works for me. Oh and Dr, you might like this thing I got off of Hellion. It's what he was using to fire plasma with, the blue fire. You might get more use out of it than anyone else would."
Bullet Ward it is, will make a real post in several hours due to work.
Leveled up, took Pack Attack, debating on a new spell. Slipstream, bullet ward, or plant voice. Questions before selecting, slipstream is my safe choice here. Would bullet ward block laser shots? And I can cast plant voice on Tetsuda, how creepy would that be since he has no mind but the ability to speak.
I'll be staying.
Linpul stops in front of Hellion and begins dismantling the robots for parts, scrap, and weaponry. [ooc]Can I take 20 on that? Plus guidance for a total of 32[/dice] "Well, if the generator can't be moved, we might be able to do something with that excavator thingy we never found. Can somebody check the panels? Maybe it's gone, maybe it's still here? Either way, a generator with the appropriate charging cables are practically priceless. Imagine being able to recharge laser pistols and the like without having to worry about silverdisks." |