Tai shrugs, that could mean just about anything taken in the wrong context. But it does sound ominous enough. He waits to see what the others in the crowd do however.
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -- Varsuvius, Order of the Stick
The crowd seems to scatter fairly quickly. Many want to return to their quarters to think about the riddle, concluding that this is probably all the information they will get. Others follow suit confused about everything and probably go to continue their daily routine. A minority, however, remains there banging on the doors of the temple and regarding more answers.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
You make your way away from the crowd and into the training area, where Shen would be if he was following his normal daily routine. There is, however, nothing at sight in that area. It seems to be fairly deserted.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Shen is not to be found in the gardens, and it seems that he left in a hurry after speaking with you. The bench he was working on is halfway done, and seems to be even worse than before in the part that he was tending as he spoke to you.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Putting his hands in the dirt to pull out some weeds with their roots, Tai notices something hard in his hand. It seems to be a capsule of some sort, wooden and of good craftsmanship.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Something rattles inside the capsule as Tai picks it up. The sound is muffled slightly by something, though. The capsule itself, is roughly the length of Tai's index finger, although slightly thicker than that. It seems it could be easily opened by removing the cap in one end.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Inside the capsule, there is a small metal key and a piece of paper, rolled.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Yes, I would definitely wait until 2 when you get evasion.
It's sepia snake sigil instead. Roll reflex.
The note is written in Shen's handwriting which you recognize despite rarely seeing it, he didn't seem much like a man to write. Either way, it reads..
"Dear Tai
If you are reading this, I have made my way out of the monastery already. What is more important is that the abbot has given his riddle for the monastery to solve. Don't bother trying to solve it, while what is happening can be deduced from it, you could also reach a lot of wrong conclusions. It is mostly a ploy to get some time to organize. Just to get your head off of it, I'll just tell you that the answer to it is famine.
What is more important than the answer to the riddle, however, is that most of the monastery has to be evacuated within short notice. The food storages simply aren't enough to hold off until winter without any trade from the outside, and with the nearby lands evacutated, there is no one to grow crops. Consequently, most of the inhabitants have to leave, for there to be any chance for them to survive.
Only a few chosen ones will be left behind to defend the monastery from robbers or wildlife, whatever dares travel while the famine rages. To me, it is extremely important that you are one of those few. Within this capsule there is a key to my room. I want you to go there. On the table is something I want you to have. You probably want to do this after the sunset to avoid suspicion.
Best of luck in the selection.
Shen Aidian."
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Tai carefully places the note and key back into the Capsule corks it and then places the entire thing inside one of his pockets. He then returns to his room to wait for sunset or the selection, whichever comes first.
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -- Varsuvius, Order of the Stick
The day seems to pass slowly and quietly. Not that days in the monastery were fast or noisy to begin with, but no one seems to be out practicing or tending the garden or anything. It seems that they'd rather spend the time worrying. For Tai, however, this is a blessing, since no one pays any attention to him spending his time in his room.
The night begins not a moment too soon, its' tranguility dropping the final veil of silence over the monastery. Very little can be heard as Tai prepares to leave his room.
It might be worth telling you that the monastery keeps night watch, usually some priest. These people carry a lantern in the end of a stick, so they are fairly easy to spot. Their main function is to make sure no one interrupts others' sleep.
You don't know if there are any out this night, though. Either way, people are probably sleepless in the face of troubles, so if you don't want to get noticed, better keep quiet.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Tai steps out of his room with the door creaking behind him loudly, which attracts someone's attention. Quickly, however, he closes the door and hides back behind the door. He can hear someone walking past the door, probably curious about what caused the noise. Not finding anything, however, the sounds of footsteps slowly move to the distance.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Yes, there indeed is a windown in Tai's room. It is small but you probably should be able to fit through it. It's shut down currently, and mostly ever used for air conditioning. It opens to the roof of the building, though, so Tai'd better be careful if he uses that route.
This is what the buildings look like, approximately.
Note that the roof is angled.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Tai cautiously opens the window and moves onto the roof with as much care as he can make, and then attempts to make his way down the roof to the landing below.
Move Silently Check:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +5 modifier
1 + 5
Balance Check:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +5 modifier
9 + 5
Jump Check:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +2 modifier
7 + 2
Tumble Check:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +5 modifier
18 + 5
Hide Check if Necessary:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +5 modifier
13 + 5
EDIT: GAH!!!
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -- Varsuvius, Order of the Stick
Don't mind them, they're just observing your awesome rolls.
Tai makes it out of the window and rolls down on the roof, all the way to the ground level, making quite a bit of noise in the process. He lands unharmed, however. While he's not sure if he's been seen, he clearly has been noticed, since he hears someone mutter to themselves in the distance and head towards his location.
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
trying to recoup the lass of having been noticed, Tai attempts to get away from his current location as quickly, quietly and as stealthily as possible.
He also keeps his senses as alert as he possibly can to those things around him.
Move Silently:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +5 modifier
11 + 5
Hide:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +5 modifier
15 + 5
Listen:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +4 modifier
1 + 4
Spot:
Dice Roller1 D20 rolled with a +4 modifier
3 + 4
OOC: he is moving as fast as he can while using move silently and hide checks.
EDIT: finally a "decent" move silently check
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -- Varsuvius, Order of the Stick
Tai swiftly darts a few buildings forwards and jumps out of sight just as the nightwatcher reaches the location Tai used to be in. His lantern casts long shadows on the stone paving as Tai forcefully tries to calm his breath to avoid it betraying his location. Shortly afterwards the man continues his walk to the other direction, blaming the incident on local wildlife: "Probably just an owl catching a mouse or something.."
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The Sage is occupied with the unspoken
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
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and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
OOC: sorry I haven't posted in a couple of days, I failed to notice that you had posted an update >.<
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
It's sepia snake sigil instead. Roll reflex.The note is written in Shen's handwriting which you recognize despite rarely seeing it, he didn't seem much like a man to write. Either way, it reads..
"Dear Tai
If you are reading this, I have made my way out of the monastery already. What is more important is that the abbot has given his riddle for the monastery to solve. Don't bother trying to solve it, while what is happening can be deduced from it, you could also reach a lot of wrong conclusions. It is mostly a ploy to get some time to organize. Just to get your head off of it, I'll just tell you that the answer to it is famine.
What is more important than the answer to the riddle, however, is that most of the monastery has to be evacuated within short notice. The food storages simply aren't enough to hold off until winter without any trade from the outside, and with the nearby lands evacutated, there is no one to grow crops. Consequently, most of the inhabitants have to leave, for there to be any chance for them to survive.
Only a few chosen ones will be left behind to defend the monastery from robbers or wildlife, whatever dares travel while the famine rages. To me, it is extremely important that you are one of those few. Within this capsule there is a key to my room. I want you to go there. On the table is something I want you to have. You probably want to do this after the sunset to avoid suspicion.
Best of luck in the selection.
Shen Aidian."
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
The night begins not a moment too soon, its' tranguility dropping the final veil of silence over the monastery. Very little can be heard as Tai prepares to leave his room.
You don't know if there are any out this night, though. Either way, people are probably sleepless in the face of troubles, so if you don't want to get noticed, better keep quiet.
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
And if it becomes necessary a hide check:
OOC: I guess the hide check was a good idea >.<
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Note that the roof is angled.
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
Balance Check:
Jump Check:
Tumble Check:
Hide Check if Necessary:
EDIT: GAH!!!
Tai makes it out of the window and rolls down on the roof, all the way to the ground level, making quite a bit of noise in the process. He lands unharmed, however. While he's not sure if he's been seen, he clearly has been noticed, since he hears someone mutter to themselves in the distance and head towards his location.
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
He also keeps his senses as alert as he possibly can to those things around him.
Hide:
Listen:
Spot:
OOC: he is moving as fast as he can while using move silently and hide checks.
EDIT: finally a "decent" move silently check
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.