**The bewildered shark sails into the back of the giant ooze-clay frog. The monster gleefully grasps the fish with its limbs and pulls the creature in, convinced that it has found its fo- wait, no. That's a fish. The frog whips around and fires a sticky tongue in the direction of the tossed shark.
Some of those present might have noticed that all the little poles sticking out of the water to the right of the docks (the ones that stop ships from accidentally ramming the docks) have all slid into the water.**
Laghairt reached down and ripped a board up from the dock. He tried to break it in half and to toss a piece of it at the clay-ooze frog monster's tongue.
(BP: 206)
**The mighty tounge rams into the board before Laghairt can break it in two, pulling it into its maw in an instant. The blinded frog realizes its mistake immediately, and starts to move forward before suddenly stumbling once again as part of the dock breaks. Something appears to be weakening the supports on the right side!
Esyllt continues to restore Olus and the dual-wielder as Rowena fires a stream of light arrows into the frog. The entangling plants that emerge are quickly pulled into the clay-ooze beast, making one wonder if the attacks are doing anything at all..**
Laghairt materialized the Lavaforge Pole just long enough to absorb it into his right leg. He then stomped on the right side of the dock with his Lavaforge Right Leg with an incredible and unnatural amount of force.
(BP: 207)
**Laghairt's leg successfully snaps a couple boards in two, causing them to overturn and sink into the sea. Granted, that might not be what he intended. The frog monster tries to move forward again, only to find the supports continuing to weaken and break. The monster surges forward, desperately grabbing towards Laghairt's former position as the dock falls apart beneath it.**
**The monster clutches at the boards and pulls, fooled one final time before sinking into the sea below.
A claw grabs the remaining dock! And then sinks gain as those planks are brought low as well. Laghairt sees little black vortexes slicing through the planks.
After ensuring the beast's fall, Kaia floats over to the still-shark-wrestling Dr. Smalls, warning him about Kage's situation. She then leaves (although she cuts quite a few sharks in the processes), determined to finish what she started.**
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**The frog floated to the ground. Not far. Still in shallow area. Move.. back- cutting! The woman-blade! The blind frog reaches to snatch up the blade, but only hit more vortexes. It moves around them, hoping to finally catch the bla- vortexes again! It reaches faster this time, stepping on somebody in the process. Was that her? No.. some Jakari corpse. Must be the cat. Ate the cat! More pain! No time to think!**
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<NO!>
**Kaia mentally curses as the frog-monster clutches her blade and starts to pull her down. She was so close! The cliffside is literally crumbling beneath this idiot's feet! She's.. She's.. Kaia struggles to pull away from the frog's quicksand-like claws.**
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**The ground is gone! It's sinking again! The frog flails it's limbs towards the cliff, grabbing on for dear life. The sword woman is pushing towards him? No.. she's pushing into the cliff beneath his arm! The frog clutches her harder. She won't.. slipping! The entire cliff is slipping! The frog pushes down on the sword instead, he remembers swords! He used to have one? Maybe? Was it this disobedient?**
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**The frog is trying to use her to cling to the cliff? Seriously?! Fine, this is good. She can work with this. Slide to the side.. slide to the side.. almost...**
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**Why is the sword-woman pushing to the side? Why? Why? She's stabbing him again! No! Stop stabbing! The frog grabs the wriggly sword and rights it back into a cliff stabbing position. Need a better grip. Yes. This is how you wield a sword! The frog stabs it deep into the cliffside in what it refuses to believe is a futile effort. The crumbling continues.
They fall.**
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**Kaia watches the frog-monster fall into the depths, still clutching the other sword in its clay-ooze grip. Kage wouldn't be happy about that, but.. well, she'd rather giving him bad news than not being around to give news at all. He'd understa- wait! How long has it been? Crap! Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap...
The sword dashes off to go help Smalls kill the rest of the sharks.**
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**The affiars on the docks were rather uneventful after the fall of the frog monster. Smalls makes note that Kage will be appearing under the water in couple minutes, and Olus and dual-wielder have been restored to nearly fighting trim. They are still on the wrong side of the destroyed dock, however.**
**The dyrad moves back to the child for a closer inspection. Hrm.. regular breaths, nothing looks wrong inside her mouth.. body looks okay... the shirt needs to be cleaned though.**
Esyllt - "She appears to be doing fine. I'm still going to give her another dose in a few minutes to be sure, but I think she's going make a full recovery!"
**The sharks are defeated with ease, and Kage returns to find everyone back on the ship - the rather complicated but ultimately uneventful relocation of Olus and the dual-wielder to the ship went off without a hitch. Dr. Smalls secures the still-living half-transformed but unconscious Ahab.
Tratorious and Javert are doing..something.. below decks.
The group may have noticed there are currently weapons all over the place. The sailors apparently forgot about them during their horrible transformations.**
Loot
Each PC can pick one of the below! Dead Sailor Arms - The crew of the CrowHunter didn't vengefully sail the sea without a considerable armament at their disposal. Each of these weapons and/or shields - available in iron, ironwood, and leather(whip) - possesses a single store-buyable enchantment. Unfortunately, any enchantment's that require their owner's blood are non-transferable and thus cannot be picked. There's a breastplate or two, and some helms as well, but most of the armor is non-magical, leather, and not the right size for any of the PCs. Pawnable(Well, not anytime soon, but you know what I mean).
Fancy Fight'n Watchamajiggers - Some of the more.. exotic weapons collected by Ahab and his crew in hopes of one day plunging them into monstrous flesh. Posses a magical power, and come in any non-scionic non-darkwood material mod 4 or less. Are not pawnable.
Umbrella Lance – Not one of the sailor's weapons, but Dr. Smalls and Co have had this on their hands since acquiring it in the dead city during the quest for the book of knowledge. I guess they could put it in a museum.. anyway, this is a large steel jousting lance whose thicker middle section is capable of magically opening up like an umbrella. The umbrella is magically reinforced by force magics, and the base of the lance can be commanded to extend itself by up to 3’ – perfect for pushing a foe back or a day at the beach. The tip of the lance is unusually sharp and deadly (for a jousting lance). One Available
Not seeing a real need for another weapon, Laghairt grabbed the first thing that caught his eye which happened to be a Fancy Fight'n Watchamajigger.A large, four winged boomerang made from Nevermelt Ice. Two feet across diagonally in size.
Darby awakens to a much improved sensation in his arm. Guess the "My arm, your brains" trade worked out for him after all. He wasn't even spasming anymore. He stood up and assessed his situation, finding that the dock was destroyed and there were no more monsters. The coast was rippling with a shark fight, but that had nothing to do with the kidnapped girls, so Darby was less interested in that. Instead he collected his swords and looked for a way to get up to the ship.
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Nevermind, I missed that Darby had been relocated to the ship. So instead of that, Darby sits up and wonders where he is and who these people are, and if he is now a captive of the kidnappers? And if so, why isn't he restrained? But he doesn't say any of that. Instead, he replies to Laghairt.
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Epic World! Because seriously! It's the awesome!
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
"Oh thank Solumin." Darby visibly relaxed. "I was investigating the serial kidnapper, and the clues led me here. Was the monster a kidnapper? Is that why you guys are here?"
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Laghairt - Sort of. Though I don't know the full details, I believe the monster was at one time a normal sailor cursed by the real kidnappers, which also happen to be monsters.
"Oh sheesh. So he might not have been the kidnapper? There might be some other place, some other monster, able to do that to people, for the purpose of stealing more people? Did you find any young girls on this ship?"
Darby remembered the descriptions of the kidnapped girls, if Laghairt needed them.
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Laghairt - There were quite a few children on the ship, although all but two seemed to have been put completely through some sort of drying transformation. One was taken somewhere else, and the other we managed to rescue before she was completely changed. Esyllt, the Dryad woman over there, is taking care of her. It was her who saved your arm, which was in quite a mangled state.
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10+ Minutes in the past
Kage sat peacefully in his land of nod. The swirling state of it seemed to soothe him. At some point he would have to experiment more thoroughly with what he could do there, but now was not the time for that. He finished his mental count of ten minutes, and then figuring he miscounted waited another minute. He opened the door and saw the remains of the battle as he made his way back to shore looking for the blade he saw earlier in the water. If he found it he went to retrieve it. When he got back out, he said to Kaia, "So what did I miss?" He also found his way onto the boat with the others, and upon seeing the weapons he almost passed them up. ((This part assumes he didn't find the sword underwater. If he did he doesn't take another weapon.))Then he saw a piece of Nevermelt Ice in such a unique shape that his gaze held on it for a while. After he picked it up, he found that he liked the feel of it. When he learned they could take the various armaments, he slipped the weapon into his void for later use.
**The weapon is one of the Fancy weapon things and it is of some design/function I haven't figured out what yet. I'll clear it with MK before I actually use it.**
**Kage found that the sword, and in fact that entire part of the undersea cliff, was gone. Kaia caught up with him soon after and related the story of how the battle against the frog had went.
Back on the ship, Darby found the dryad preparing to administer some sort of liquid to the child.**
Esyllt - "You're wel..? Oh! You're awake! You're welcome Darby. Cee told me you know this child."
**She motions to the rainbow-haired girl resting peacefully on the crate, clad in an massively over-sized shirt stained with blood. A familiar Freepara watches from nearby.**
Cee - "Hey Darby! Haven't seen you since the last time we dealt with an evil god. Although we're going to kill this one!"
Epic World! Because seriously! It's the awesome!
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
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Some of those present might have noticed that all the little poles sticking out of the water to the right of the docks (the ones that stop ships from accidentally ramming the docks) have all slid into the water.**
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
(BP: 206)
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Esyllt continues to restore Olus and the dual-wielder as Rowena fires a stream of light arrows into the frog. The entangling plants that emerge are quickly pulled into the clay-ooze beast, making one wonder if the attacks are doing anything at all..**
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
(BP: 207)
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
(BP: 208)
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
A claw grabs the remaining dock! And then sinks gain as those planks are brought low as well. Laghairt sees little black vortexes slicing through the planks.
After ensuring the beast's fall, Kaia floats over to the still-shark-wrestling Dr. Smalls, warning him about Kage's situation. She then leaves (although she cuts quite a few sharks in the processes), determined to finish what she started.**
-----
**The frog floated to the ground. Not far. Still in shallow area. Move.. back- cutting! The woman-blade! The blind frog reaches to snatch up the blade, but only hit more vortexes. It moves around them, hoping to finally catch the bla- vortexes again! It reaches faster this time, stepping on somebody in the process. Was that her? No.. some Jakari corpse. Must be the cat. Ate the cat! More pain! No time to think!**
-----
<NO!>
**Kaia mentally curses as the frog-monster clutches her blade and starts to pull her down. She was so close! The cliffside is literally crumbling beneath this idiot's feet! She's.. She's.. Kaia struggles to pull away from the frog's quicksand-like claws.**
-----
**The ground is gone! It's sinking again! The frog flails it's limbs towards the cliff, grabbing on for dear life. The sword woman is pushing towards him? No.. she's pushing into the cliff beneath his arm! The frog clutches her harder. She won't.. slipping! The entire cliff is slipping! The frog pushes down on the sword instead, he remembers swords! He used to have one? Maybe? Was it this disobedient?**
----
**The frog is trying to use her to cling to the cliff? Seriously?! Fine, this is good. She can work with this. Slide to the side.. slide to the side.. almost...**
----
**Why is the sword-woman pushing to the side? Why? Why? She's stabbing him again! No! Stop stabbing! The frog grabs the wriggly sword and rights it back into a cliff stabbing position. Need a better grip. Yes. This is how you wield a sword! The frog stabs it deep into the cliffside in what it refuses to believe is a futile effort. The crumbling continues.
They fall.**
----
**Kaia watches the frog-monster fall into the depths, still clutching the other sword in its clay-ooze grip. Kage wouldn't be happy about that, but.. well, she'd rather giving him bad news than not being around to give news at all. He'd understa- wait! How long has it been? Crap! Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap...
The sword dashes off to go help Smalls kill the rest of the sharks.**
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**The affiars on the docks were rather uneventful after the fall of the frog monster. Smalls makes note that Kage will be appearing under the water in couple minutes, and Olus and dual-wielder have been restored to nearly fighting trim. They are still on the wrong side of the destroyed dock, however.**
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Esyllt - "She appears to be doing fine. I'm still going to give her another dose in a few minutes to be sure, but I think she's going make a full recovery!"
**The sharks are defeated with ease, and Kage returns to find everyone back on the ship - the rather complicated but ultimately uneventful relocation of Olus and the dual-wielder to the ship went off without a hitch. Dr. Smalls secures the still-living half-transformed but unconscious Ahab.
Tratorious and Javert are doing..something.. below decks.
The group may have noticed there are currently weapons all over the place. The sailors apparently forgot about them during their horrible transformations.**
Loot
Each PC can pick one of the below!
Dead Sailor Arms - The crew of the CrowHunter didn't vengefully sail the sea without a considerable armament at their disposal. Each of these weapons and/or shields - available in iron, ironwood, and leather(whip) - possesses a single store-buyable enchantment. Unfortunately, any enchantment's that require their owner's blood are non-transferable and thus cannot be picked. There's a breastplate or two, and some helms as well, but most of the armor is non-magical, leather, and not the right size for any of the PCs. Pawnable(Well, not anytime soon, but you know what I mean).
Fancy Fight'n Watchamajiggers - Some of the more.. exotic weapons collected by Ahab and his crew in hopes of one day plunging them into monstrous flesh. Posses a magical power, and come in any non-scionic non-darkwood material mod 4 or less. Are not pawnable.
Umbrella Lance – Not one of the sailor's weapons, but Dr. Smalls and Co have had this on their hands since acquiring it in the dead city during the quest for the book of knowledge. I guess they could put it in a museum.. anyway, this is a large steel jousting lance whose thicker middle section is capable of magically opening up like an umbrella. The umbrella is magically reinforced by force magics, and the base of the lance can be commanded to extend itself by up to 3’ – perfect for pushing a foe back or a day at the beach. The tip of the lance is unusually sharp and deadly (for a jousting lance). One Available
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Laghairt - Wait. What are you doing?
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
"I am standing up. Is that okay?"
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
ooc: Enchantment TBD
Emille, Seven-Sting Dancer Shalin Nariya
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Darby remembered the descriptions of the kidnapped girls, if Laghairt needed them.
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Kage sat peacefully in his land of nod. The swirling state of it seemed to soothe him. At some point he would have to experiment more thoroughly with what he could do there, but now was not the time for that. He finished his mental count of ten minutes, and then figuring he miscounted waited another minute. He opened the door and saw the remains of the battle as he made his way back to shore looking for the blade he saw earlier in the water. If he found it he went to retrieve it. When he got back out, he said to Kaia, "So what did I miss?" He also found his way onto the boat with the others, and upon seeing the weapons he almost passed them up. ((This part assumes he didn't find the sword underwater. If he did he doesn't take another weapon.))Then he saw a piece of Nevermelt Ice in such a unique shape that his gaze held on it for a while. After he picked it up, he found that he liked the feel of it. When he learned they could take the various armaments, he slipped the weapon into his void for later use.
**The weapon is one of the Fancy weapon things and it is of some design/function I haven't figured out what yet. I'll clear it with MK before I actually use it.**
Acelin's Characters (since her sig won't work).
Back on the ship, Darby found the dryad preparing to administer some sort of liquid to the child.**
Esyllt - "You're wel..? Oh! You're awake! You're welcome Darby. Cee told me you know this child."
**She motions to the rainbow-haired girl resting peacefully on the crate, clad in an massively over-sized shirt stained with blood. A familiar Freepara watches from nearby.**
Cee - "Hey Darby! Haven't seen you since the last time we dealt with an evil god. Although we're going to kill this one!"
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!