More than doubled her HPs lol.
She's fixed up, not much gained beyond spells and a NWP slot which I spent to improve her Healing prof. I'm still reading (work schedule changed suddenly, got delayed rereading) and will update tomorrow or day after!
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I actually like the idea of being lower level with the potential to catch up kind of quickly, just let me know if you want me at 3rd or 4th when you get a chance, thanks! I will read through and figure out how to get back, but she's the cat, she sometimes wanders off to indulge her curiousity. Seeking out a relic of significance to a mystic of Najm is solid. Alternatively, maybe something she is secretly doing on behalf of her family. Just because she is an outcast doesnt mesn she doesnt care about them. I mostly just need a good excuse to run into Fadilah, since I'd recognize her.
Yup, I went looking for the magic fish in the well, lol. I'm going to spend time the next couple days rereading everything from the start and see if I can figure out a good way back in. S8nce Fadilah is around, I could always find an excuse to go looking for her. @GM Do you want me to do it old school style and stay this level, or would you like her to gain some "downtime exp". Either one could be fun for me.
Hey GM. It looks like this got restarted and I'm tempted to see if you want to work Nabilla back in. I'm a little slow right at the moment (adjusting to a new job and other IRL stuff) but if you want the cat back I could be ready to go in a few days to a week. She was always fun and had one of my favorite names ever, lol
I think I've got to bow out, can't get caught up and RL won't let me catch a breath. I really love Nabila, so it's pretty sad, but I'm at a point where I just have too much on my plate and as a result I'm letting all my games get slowed down or stuck. I really appreciate your time and effort GMEDWIN! Thank you so much!
Ugh. I'm so behind, been slammed IRL lately. Trying to get caught up!
After greeting her mother and father and receiving the letter, Nabila takes time to help around the farm and enjoys her family's company. She relates the tale of the curious foreigner and following him down a well and how that lead to all sorts of misadventures. Her siblings particularly enjoy the battles, while her mother shakes her head in disapproval. "I must depart, father. Najm points my way with this letter," she tells the elder elf. She hands him a large sack containing the money she's earned, minus some she tithed, and the money she dropped days ago, and minus the fistfuls of coinage handed to beggars just that very morning. She keeps a fair amount for herself, or at least, a fair amount by her reckoning. "If I can, I will bring more." She hugs him and heads out the door heading for the meeting.
"You both did more than I could do!" Nabila shouts over the sounds of the combat raging onboard the ship. She backs away from the rail and finds a seawolf not yet engaged to target.
Yeah, I have been really distracted and did indeed forget to level up. 2nd level spells!
Still better than the 1 I started with! The daggone wizard has more HP lol. Okay I've only rolled hit points, full update on level coming soon.
"Oh, my! Please, hear me Great Najm! We on this boat seeking your favor!"
"Ah! So amazing! I kept considering that we might have been somewhat tricked, but perhaps this was as it appeared. May you fare well and return home to find comfort and joy!" Nabila shouts to the ascending cloud. She turns to the pile of treasures. "Interesting. We have gone so far, in such a short time. All because of a boy trying to save a talking fish!"
"A shame I don't have the proper material to treat your wound easily Nura. I will check your bandages later." Hearing Liath mumble Nabila drops to the half-orc's side and prays for Najm to heal her wounds.
"We can harvest the poison glands soon, but first let me see your wounds," Nabila says as she begins to try and bind Nura's most recent wounds.
Nabila scurries away from Liath shouting out, "Little sister will recover!" She hustles back to where she dropped her bow and grabs and readies it.
"No!" Nabila drops her bow and rushes to Liath's side, heedless of the dangers of getting close.
Nabila's eyes grow wide with shock seeing the venomous scorpions threatening her comrades. She rushes forward with her bow drawn, but can't get a shot in on the creatures. She curses and keeps waiting for an opening.
My apologies for the delay, chalk it up to the craziness of 2020 added to my own innate crazy! I will be getting back to a normal posting rate over the course of this weekend. Stay safe, healthy, and creative y'all!
Nabila, unaware Nura has already paid inside, gladly counts the money out and puts it in Liath's hand.
"I believe you believe that," the dark haired elf grins. "Now intrigue might be a strong word. We merely do not wish to be loud about our business. I don't really understand it either except that we are hopefully releasing someone from a tiresome responsibility."
Nabila waits outside hoping things go well inside. She was not particularly interested in the minutiae of the exchange and in truth was not the sort to over-think the entire situation. Instead she watched the world go by with an external passivity. Internally she simply tried to be with the city and the air around her. Attune herself, in a sense. The young men she'd encountered had obviously piqued her interest, but she chose to push such thoughts out her mind. Still, they tugged at her, not letting go fully. It was that curious foreigner who first brought my attention to that well. An obvious sign, to be sure. Perhaps Liath's running bodily into that man will be just as obvious in hindsight. She turned her head slightly and looked at the helpful strangers. Not staring at them, but with them in her periphery. A crashing sound of breaking ceramics from elsewhere in the city snaps her head around, but when she realizes it was an accident that had nothing to do with her and was no threat she turns back around and closes her eyes. Nabila stretches her back and cracks her neck. "I saw that look," she says out loud to Zaheed, affixing her stare directly on the young human. "I grew up on a horse farm. There were a significant number of prideful, assertive men who worked for my father or who conducted business with them. They would describe her as having, 'the crazy eyes.' Of course, they would also say that the crazy ones are the most...satisfying romantically. My words, not theirs. She could probably use a nice man. But she could possibly use a nice man. Do you understand?" She withholds any judgment from her voice, intending only to inform rather than deter or encourage.
Nabila blanches when Liath loudly brings up the tower and djinn in front of the whole city, and especially two strangers who are paying close attention. She then forces a laugh, "Liath! You are too funny. My apologies sirs, we are actually seeking a...gift for our...village elder?" She does not mean to hesitate or add the rising inflection at the end. She suddenly understood how her father always caught her lying. She nudges her companion, hoping she might be a better liar.
The smell of salt air mixed with the steeping jasmine tea and a freshly baked ka'ak filled Nabila with a welcome morning energy. She walks calmly behind Liath with Fadilah and nibbles her breakfast and sips her tea. "She's a really odd one. But I thought you all were an odd lot when I met you in that well. Surely you thought I was odd as well following you down that well," she grins. "Liath, sweetheart, we have time. The guardian is not going anywhere!" she giggles and takes a deep breath, letting the morning sun warm her face.
"Oh, sweetie, before you go?" Nabila holds another coin out to the beggar woman, "I know you have already gifted us with..." she crinkles her nose as she thinks of a diplomatic statement, "whatever that was, but would you know of any craftsman skilled in metal as a medium?" After the woman has gone she leans into Liath. "What did she give you, anyway?"
Nabila giggles as she is dragged away by the excitable woman. "It is just money, if it brings you joy I am happy to share." "If Nura likes it, yes, I will also have the sturgeon. We should find a seat! Are the others coming?" she asks, scanning the street.
Nabila quickly grabs a handful of coins and tries to dump them into Liath's hands. "Here, here sweetie, please. I do not need all of this! You were with those filthy thieves so long, you deserve a bath too!"
"Well we have some money now, and a ship!" Nabila giggles. "I guess we could either rest aboard our stolen corsair vessel or we could find some nice comfortable beds and maybe a warm bath? Oh! This is enough money I could get a luxurious jasmine-scented bath!" she sniffs the air as if she could smell the night-blooming flowers on the breeze. "Is anyone at all familiar with Qudra?"
"Yes. But some warning might be nice," she replies before sighing and finding a brush for her hair. "I suppose he would prefer some expediency."
"Lately, yes..." Nabila says as she steadies herself.
Nabila spins about and catches the rail of the ship. "To be honest, I am getting tired of being thrown across space like that."
"We were headed that very direction! Who is it we need to seek out to finally release you?"
"There may still be a claim on that wealth," Nabila says with a shrug. "But yes, we should absolutely free him from his servitude. It would be a boring and lonely existence. Probably nice for a while, all that quiet and solitude, but only seeing the one room for so long?"
Nabila listened passively as the manic half-orc fired another barrage of questions at the mystical guardian. She had little interest in the treasure, but the curiosity of it all? A tower in the middle of the water. A guardian with immense power. Deals and laws and stories. You decided it was best to just pay attention now. Najm must have something in store for her.
"Oh? A long time to ask you to guard something past one's lifetime, interesting. That must be very tedious and lonely. Do you just guard this room then? Have you seen any other places in this tower?" Nabila keeps reminding herself not to get too close.
"Oh! Oh, my! You're uh, a rather...well, you're tall, dark, handsome, and wealthy!" To her friends Nabila whispers, "This is odd. I am worried what this might all mean. Magic and large men and piles of money?"
"I think..." Nabila frowns and looks at the magical paraphernalia Liath is examining then the doors and cages. "We are in the middle of the water, difficult to access. That is a magical laboratory. These cages? I think that they're either for trapping...things...or protecting the sha'ir from...things. Maybe we better go?"
Nabila blinks yet again. "I...well." She frowns and thinks before walking through a door again. She tries to turn around and walk out the way she came, rather than backing out.
Nabila blinks. Then laughs. "I walked into a cage!" She seems to be more amused than anything. She backs up looking up and down and all around.
Nabila walks around one of the door frames perplexed. She laughs at the absurdity of them before attempting to sashay through the door as though it actually went somewhere...
Nabila crinkles her nose and looks around. She feels a little confused and flustered by the strange room. She walks to the freestanding frames and looks on both sides wondering about their purpose.
Just a quick note: I've been distracted by COVID related stuff (no one sick, but RL is fully impacted, heh). I should be back to more normal posting frequency in the next few days and I hope everyone is safe and healthy.
Nabila smiles and grips the rope.
"Fascinating! Oh! But is it safe? I should think a broken down tower in the middle of the water would not be very safe to explore. Plus, we have our passenger. Maybe we should just make a note of it and check back later?"
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