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It's sad. I'd love to see this keep going. Please come back, Tux. We miss you :=(

Also would be sad if this ended.
We miss you, Tux!

FYI--I'll be out of town for the next week and a half, so updating my be a touch sporadic on my end during that time.

Well, I posted that I'm skipping off towards a castle and Tre was suggesting we follow. Are you guys following? It's possible Tux is just waiting to see if we are all heading off or if anyone's staying with the ship or if we're all moving in one group or is someone's trying to scout ahead or what we're doing.

"Lich is a funny word," Shona offers, rather than anything helpful. "Lich lich lich lich lich," she repeats starting to skip off in the direction of the castle.

"No!" the thrush calls out, rushing along behind her, "Go slowly. And carefully. Let's actually bother searching for traps and other such intelligent things rather than...whatever this is!"

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Having Shona do the check, but role-playing it as the thrush doing it

Shona looks the ghostly figure up and down and slowly begins making her way around him. Once she is directly across from her fellows, she begins laughing at waving at them as she can see them through the ghost.

The thrush sighs and begins apologizing to the ghost.

"Yes, see? The sloth gets it! What a good boy!" and Shona begins scratching behind his ears and cooing at him.

Shona silently watches Lazarus turn to dust and blow away.
"So...does anyone know how to drive a ship?" she asks, looking at the steering wheel like a confused puppy.

Shona looks on as Lazarus begins talking, ten impales himself on the steering wheel. She then lets out a. "Heh heh," then a full on "HAhahahhahahahahahahaahahahaha! That boy is hilarious! How will he kill himself next?"
Then, looking out across the water, she says, "Hey look! There's a great big dead guy!" completely failing to realize everyone else has already been discussing him.
The thrush decides to actually try to be more helpful and starts thinking through whether or not those black flags might mean anything.

Making a knowledge check using Shona's ability as she should be making the check, but is simply too flighty, whereas the bird, who is only literally flighty what with flying and all, has the common sense to think about things.
Knowledge(local): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

"This is probably the best offer we're going to get," the thrush says. "I'd suggest we accept it and be on our way."
Shona, in the meantime, is simply still waiting for more compliments.

"Shush, girl," Shona says to Kayin/Karma. Then, to the wannabe wannabe vampire, "I believe you were saying something about us being lovely and interesting?"
The thrush sighs loudly behind her and then interjects, "Young Master Karma's point is entirely valid that student status is implied simply by the words used, therefore they should have all of the benefits that another student would have. Access to storage, additional gear, a facilitating staff member to lead them..."
Meantime, Shona is still staring at the wannabe wannabe vampire and waiting for more compiments.

I'm so loving the pace that we're moving with this! It's exactly how other games I've played in have promised to move yet none actually seem to. You guys are awesome!

Shona suddenly pops up from fetal position and gives a look of utter bewilderment as she says, "We're going on a trip?"

Then, she scans the group before thrusting both fists in the air and proclaiming, "This is AWESOME! Treforshort, pack lots of coffee! Chocolate, pack the sloth! Other people, pack...other things! Let's go!"

And she starts marching determinedly forward until the thrush calls out, "You don't actually know where you're going yet."

At that point, Shona stops, looks around, and says, "Maybe someone else should lead." Then, she looks at the wannabe wannabe vampire girl and says, "When did she get here?"

Ticked I wasn't in adequate condition to participate in...whatever that all was.

Please do an unjustly-compromised mind a favor and give me a recap of what just happened in the last couple pages.

In a nutshell, Lady Titania (one of the Elite Four of the school) came in casting all sorts of shade everywhere. Vinda got defiant, Shona got foolishly involved, and Kayin was less-assertively defiant but gentlemanly enough to help the ladies.

Titania and the student who accused us of the cheating on form stuff were in a nonlethal duel as our chance to prove our innocence. I kind of accidentally tripped him into Vinda's swinging axe (apparently) and he got decapitated. He was fine though, as his name, Lazarus, would imply and simply rose from the dead. That's apparently how he manages to be dueling champion of the school.

Anyway, some other member of the Elite Four was appearing I a magical mirror as he sat on a chair made of girls and did glorified commentary of what happened (and called Kayin a girl).

Vinda is mortified to have killed a person and Shona is crying because there's no more coffee. Kayin is embarrassed by his fox guide rolling over on his back for all sorts of belly rubbing from Chocola.

That's the gist of it, anyway. Glad you're back with us :=)

LOL I like how Tre is all concerned about Shona crying but Vinda's anguish at having killed someone is ignored. :-P

Pretty much think we nailed the genre right there!

Shona continues sobbing as Tre tries to console her.
Meantime, the thrush decides to take advantage of Shona's...peculiar outburst...to do some damage control.

Throwing on his best off-put businessman voice, he intones, "Well, if we've done enough traumatizing of the incoming class, perhaps we could actually proceed with new student registration and whatnot?"

Meantime, the weeping girl behind him mutters quietly, "No more coffee. No more coffee!"

At the sight of there being no more coffee, Shona begins to weep.

"Disqualified?" Shona repeats, cocking her head to the side like a confused puppy. "No, that doesn't sound quite right. We killed the dead boy who's still alive, so that means win."
She then nods as if verifying to herself that she thought that all through correctly. "Anyway, I'm parched. May I have some more coffee, Treforshort?"

"Ewwwwwwww!" Shona responds to the events of the decapitation.
Then as the voice from the mirror begins explaining things, Shona gets distracted by the throne of girls and asks the thrush, "Wouldn't that hurt their backs?"
Then, as the boy appears, risen and seemingly unharmed, Shona is still distracted looking at the mirror.
"Ahem, Shona," the thrush begins, trying to draw her attention back to the current moment.
"Oh, right," she says, acknowledging the thrush. She then turns to Chocola and Tre and says, "Hey, Chocolate and Treforshort! Did you see us win the duel?!?!"
The thrush simply mutters disappointedly under his breath.

Shona's a dex build, so the raging song won't really help her much"
"Hey!" Shona says after all of the intros and such have happened and the fight is beginning, "His chair is made of girls! Hehehehe"
Then she snaps into action snapping her whip at Titania's ankle in a whip attempt.
Trip: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

As usage of the whip is mentioned, it seems to almost materialize in her hand with the speed of her draw. Then, at the news of no gun, her shoulders slump and she emits a, "Dang it."

"Hmmm, okay then," Shona says as the gun retracts back into its sheath and she simply snaps the whip around her own waist where it hangs in place thanks to the magnetic strips.
"Now...let's do this" she says with a fist pump and a cascade of near black and yellow stripes fly past as a swarm of wasps go flying animatedly around and her outfit morphs as her skirt turns to brown so dark it is nearly black and a yellow and lace-lined wrap seems to just billow out from her waist on down. Her shoes turn into metal and grow upwards to her knees where they are topped with wasp-shaped decorations. Her corset becomes striped in yellow and the same nearly-black brown of her skirt. One of the flying wasps lands in the midst of her bosom and morphs into a wasp-shaped pendant. Her blousey top remains a pure white. Yellow sleeves lined in the almost-black brown appear going from the middle of her upper arms down to her wrists and they are billowing enough to cover her wrist sheath as well as the armored bracers that also appear on her arms.
"Time for you to feel Calistiria's Sweet Sting!" she says, striking a heroic pose. She then ruins the moment by turning to the thrush and saying, "Did I get it right Mr. Thrush? That's how we practiced it, right? All serious and focused-like and not distracted or anything?"
The delightedly excited look on her face contrasts sharply with the look of utter disappointment on the tiny bird's face. Still, he flutters to her side and alights on her shoulder.
"Alright, Shona," he says. "Let's do this."

"I'm with you, RockerChick!" Shon replies, forgetting that Vinda actually does have a name.
She then whispers (badly and quite audibly) "Does no weapons include no whip or gun? I kind of use those."
The thrush, meantime, is fluttering about insisting that there's simply been a misunderstanding and strongly encouraging Shona to put her weapons away this instant.

"Hey!" Shona says, realization seeming to have slowly dawned upon her, "'Prime culprit' means guilty person. Are you calling me a guilty person?"
"Yes, Shona," the thrush interjects, "that's exactly what she's..."
"Don't try to defend her!" Shona chastises the bird, "I think that's exactly what she's saying!"
And at that point, she draws her whip from around her and her pistol seems to just appear in her hand.
"That thing about beating you that the rocker chick said. Maybe we'll have to do that!" Shona says, not entirely sounding so much intimidating as mildly confused. "Standing altogether and stuff. Right, Chocolate?" she says, not thinking about whether or not her friend wants attention drawn to her.

"Well, of course he gave it to you, Chocolate," Shona said, taking on a tone one might hear from a parent handling a situation among their children. "She's not talking about us, she's talking about some unruly people who were thieverying and forgerying."
Then, despite the desperate attempts of a highly animated thrush to stop her, Shona turned to the armored gal who had just jumped off of the gates to land intimidatingly among them and said, "Hiya, Miss Ladytanatia! I'm Shona and this is my friend Chocolate. We'll help you find those rapscallions!" she announced, putting extra emphasis on the word "rapscallions" and enjoying every syllable to the fullest.

Wow, seemed like Vinda and I were typing at the same time :=) Let's just assume we were both speaking to Titania at the same time. That sounds ridiculous and chaotic enough to make sense for the setting, I believe.

Thanks for that feedback, Tux. I rather appreciate the analytical approach to those choices.
However, I massively LOVED the "that blatantly spits in the eye of physics, so definitely yes" bit :=) Seems to fit the genre nicely!

Follow up on Kayin's question, I think it might be nice for all of us to know what you think makes us a solid group. IE-what are the individual aspects that made characters pop and how do yo see them fitting together. Unless you don't have time to tell us or think it would steer us into playing them other than we might naturally be inclined to do. In those cases, ignore this suggestion.
And yes, stats for the animal companion are probably important. I should get those.

Also, is it okay with you that Shona has a pistol in her wrist sheath? Some GM's contend that a pistol would be too large for a wrist sheath, so I just wanted to make sure you were okay with it. I can have her wear a holster somewhere if that's preferable.

Shona finishes her cup of coffee, savoring every last drop. Due to this, she seems completely oblivious to the bellowing voice of Lady Titania.
"Excellent coffee, Treforshort!" she announces. Then, after a momentary look of confusion, adds in, "Wait, people were thieverying and forgerying? For shame!"
If the thrush had hands, he would be facepalming.

Wow!! Seriously honored to be selected. Thanks, Tux!
Whether selected or not, the submissions were outstanding and I'm glad I got to enjoy all of the creativity :=)

Not gonna lie, I've been checking this thread 5-7 times a day since he closed recruitment :=)
Looking forward to learning the results!

Shona smiles blissfully as Tre pours the last of the coffee into her cup. Then, in response to Tre's question, Shona says, "No, silly, Treforshort is what you said we could call you. You must be bad with names. That's okay. I'll just help you with them!" and she flashes a huge smile.
The thrush simply shakes his head and rolls his eyes.

"Treforshort," Shona says, messing up Tre's shortened form of her name, "could I maybe have some more coffee?"
Then, she suddenly looks animatedly around until her gaze falls on Chocola, "And does my precious Petrodone want some more sugar cubes?"
She then looks around at the gathered crowd of cute boys, who seem to be looking back and forth between her and poor Kayin, and she says, "I might need just a few more sugar cubes if one of you would be kind enough to..." and they're gone in a flash.
Cut to close-up of Shona's face with eyes closed and a big smile

"Awwww, thanks for calling me too pretty, sweet little walrus friend!" Shona says, absolutely beaming at the compliment.
Then, turning toward the small figure hanging about the walrus' neck like some sort of cape or necklace, she adds, "And I always listen to Mr. Thrush whenever he has something worthwhile to say."
She then gets another sugar cube out for the walrus before looking up somewhat surprised, turning to Kayin, and saying, "Wait, that girl's a boy?"

So excited to see who gets picked!
Best of luck, all, and it's been a joy role-playing in the gameplay thread with those of you who took advantage of that :=)

"Hey!" Shona admonishes Kayin, "you need to watch where you're walking! You could have hurt the cute little walrus, clumsy girl!"
"Ummm, Shona?[/b]" the thrush interjects. "I'm pretty sure that's a boy...?"
Shona, meantime, has stopped paying attention t the fallen boy or the thrush, and instead, is simply making sure that the "little" walrus is okay.

For those who haven't been role-playing, I wouldn't worry about any potential unfair treatment. The slight advantage here is most likely just a larger sample size to see what the character is like and how they interact. If you have done your job with creating a solid background and given a good writing sample in presenting your character, I'd imagine you'll be just fine :=)

"I'm Shona," she replies to the walrus, twisting her body around so that the flipper that was on her shoulder ends up in her hand so she can shake it vigorously in greeting. "Pleased to meet you, Mr. Tusky!" She then turns to the rest of the gathered group, "Isn't he adorable?" Then, turning back to the walrus, she holds out some sugar cubes saying, "Want some sugar?"
Her thrush, in the meantime, is flying nearby trying to draw her attention to the fact that a fire alarm is going off and that's probably important. As usual, she's ignoring him.

Kayin yelling at the walrus has drawn Shona's attention.
She glances at Kayin himself only momentarily before her eyes settle solidly on the large, purple walrus.
"Oh. My. GOODNESS!![/b]" she shrieks. "He's so cute!!"
She then runs over and punches the walrus in the side while yelling, "FRIENDSHIP PUNCH!"

Shona sees Vinda manipulate the boys into action and responds with, "I like this one. She's a keeper!"
Then, turning to Miss Stargazer, Shona says, "Pleased to meet you Llama," and then to Miss Okyoni, "And you as well Shamalamadingdong!"
The thrush instantly flies up and says, "Sorry about that. She's notoriously bad with names. In fact, she still hasn't caught on that my name is..."
"No, Mr. Thrush! You're only supposed to talk to me!" she says again, with a stomp of her foot and a slight pout before flipping right back to a big smile as she flicks her whip around her waist where it just kind of hangs in place.
It's a scorpion whip and she has magnetic strips intermittently placed around her corset to hold it.

"Attacking? Messing?" Shona says, a look of confusion and perhaps hurt on her face (and perhaps with less of the sugar and caffeine rush present in her system). "I'll have you know that I am a trained follower of Calistria!" she says as if that makes it better.
"Besides, you're not hurt, are you boys?" she asks not actually looking at them. The boys on the ground gran and give a thumbs up.

"Swordplay!!" Shona blurts out, jumping to her feet and flailing about as if having a duel.
"I...apologize," the thrush says, coming as close to blushing as one would assume a bird could manage, "I'm rather certain you will receive some martial training, though I'm not actually privy to the exact role of the registrar's office," he says, taking on a more formal tone than he had used with the caiman.
"Hyah! Hyah!" Shona blurts out as she flails about with her now drawn whip and pulls some of the handsome boys' feet out from under them.
"Reallyknocked'emofftheirfeet,eh? Eh?" she asks smiling and winking at her friends.

Shona downs the second cup almost immediately then thrusts both fists into the air with a triumphant, "Whoooo!Coffee!!!"
The thrush, meantimes, responds to the caiman's comment about "captain obvious" with a comment of, "Better Captain Obvious than being stuck with Captain Oblivious over here," and inclines his head towards Shona.

That is awesome!! I've tried sketching out Shona a few times, but I'm not the most talented artist. Ah well.

As Tre was speaking, Shona began with a light sip of her coffee, which turned to a bigger swallow, which turned to gulping, which turned to downing the whole cup at once.
"Moreplease!" Shona says, her eyes ridiculously large and a massive smile spread across her face.
"I don't think that's a good..." begins the thrush, before being cut off by Shona saying, "That'senoughoutofyou! Morecofeecoffeecoffee!"

Shona looks clearly relieved as Tre serves her coffee and saves her the trouble and struggle of having to figure out how to do it for herself.
"I think that the Omnibus should return soon and collect our forms and get things started. If we get to choose rooms and have to have roommates, I think I pick you two," she says with a smile for Tre and Chocola (and with no thought for the idea that they may not actually want to room with her).

"Of course you can have another cube, Mr. Cutiekins!" Shona responds, completely ignoring the questioning of that given by Chocola.
"Is having a tea party really the best way you could be spending your last bit of time before the Omnesiac returns?" the thrush asks.
"This is clearly not tea, Mr. Thrush!" Shona says, and simply returns to feeding and petting the sloth.

"Servants? Oh I have lots of servants. Well, I don't have servants. My parents have servants, but that's because they're so busy. My dad is on the council that runs our city and my mom runs my dad's import/export business because he's so busy with the council which is why she's so busy which is why they didn't have much time for me, but they obviously raised me well, because I'm here. Well, they kind of had the servants raise me, but they had them raise me well. I guess," Shona says, seeming to get caught up her thoughts for just a moment and a look that might have been confusion or sadness flickered across her face.
She then shakes that off and smiles at Petro and says, "Such a sweet boy, and such good manners! You should have good manners like Petrodone, Mr. Thrush," and gives him a meaningful look.

Shona, looking a bit bouncier (likely from the multiple sugar cubes she's had by this point) chimes in with, "I don't actually know how I take my coffee. The servants always just made it for me, but I know it had milk and sugar and sugar is GLORIOUS!!! Here, sweetie, have some sugar," she says, holding a sugar cube out for the sloth to eat.
She then simply looks at Tre as if pondering whether or not Tre is simply going to serve the coffee to her or if she's supposed to actually get it herself.

Shona, growing quickly tired of waiting for the coffee to be ready, begins nibbling on sugar cubes.
"You'll simply get a sugar rush doing that," chides the thrush.
"Yes," Shona say to Tre, ignoring the thrush, "my verygoodfriend Chocolate is basically a cat and cats are awesome! And adorable!" then she flashes a big grin at Chocola before extending her hand full of sugar cubes and saying, "Want some?"

Just as the thrush opens his beak to respond to the girls who oh-so-kindly asked what he would actually like to be called, Shona pinches his beak shut with her thumb and forefinger.
"No, Mr. Thrush! I told you you're only supposed to be speaking to me!"
At that same moment, several of the handsome boys pop back into the scene smiling broadly and carrying various containers with milk and cream.
"Oh, thanks! Aren't you all so sweet?" Shona says as she takes some sugar and cream at random. She then turns to her group of friends and asks if any of them would like cream or sugar for their coffee. "I brought plenty," she adds with a smile.

"Well, I still think the buildings would probably have coffee, and I'm sure they'd share some with an adorable girl like me and my friends..." she says, drifting off with her words and looking more and more intrigued by what the sylph is up to the whole time.
The thrush takes that opportunity, and momentary silence, to interject, "And my name is not Mr. Thrush, it's actually..."
"You can seriously make coffee right here?!?!? That's amazing!" Shona calls out, interrupting. She then turns back to the group of assorted handsome boys and strikes her cutest pose while saying, "I don't suppose one of you would be willing to go get me some cream and sugar would you?"
The boys are there in unmoving silence for a moment, then disappear on their errand.