The main part of the party in Mended Horn is wrapping up a matter at an Abandoned Whaling/Sealing station... somewhat. Virgin Flame has made her return and is celebrating with exercise and tea after recovering an important marble statue head and vanquishing several amoebas in the process.
>>181918>>181915Kira looks over into towards the cockpit, before reluctantly letting go of her and slithering away to see what Posey is pointing towards.
>>181916She kraks en mein squid til I ink
>>181915>>181911>>181918Oh no, Dust is gonna get raped again
Dust begins to slowly get back on his hoofs. He looks at Kira and nods graciously. This snej has come in handy.
>>181919In the cockpit, beyond the helm and below the windshield, Kira sees it.
Standing there in all of its glory, Kira sees a figurine 5 inches tall and made of probably some sort of plastic or wood of a female hippogriff, light green in color, wearing a skirt of dried brown leaves, and holding a mandolin or some other kind of stringed instrument in its right claw. She wears a ringed crown of flowers on her head, and a necklace of seashells. She smiles right at Kira.
>>181920Hmmm, should Posey search for treasure and move the story forward, or should she rape Dust again? Hmmm...
>>181922Kek
>>181923Dust watches as Kira slithers off, before slowly turning towards the unicorn who is now unattended. His eyes drop to pinpoints as he looks at her. He definitely doesn't have a spell for this.
>>181922Cool treasure.
Does it have a continual flame cast in it? That adds to the treasure value.
>>181923We both know the answer to that
>>181926It does not.
But...
>me rn
Like, I can pet the qt kitter with a face (its like a momma tongue) but I suspect its gonna get interesting soon. And if not let me put away the thing so Brie can be helpful elsewhwre (if time, prolly not)
>>181928Why do I only get comical nat 1s or 20s every time I try to harass Dust?
>>181930I got 2 nat 1s trying to startle the customs clerk
>>181922>>181923>>181924>>181925Kira: "Oooooooooo!" Kira takes this pretty figurine. She admires how the beautiful hippogriff looks, with her cute skirt and adorable flower crown and shell necklace, before she goes around to the nearby creatures and shows it off excitedly to them. "Look at this! Isn't she super pretty?"
>>181930>>181931Because you didn't acknowledge Kira's cool new shell when she got it
>>181932As Kira moves to pick it up, she discovers something.
The hippogriff moves back and forth on her hooves, and even strokes the strings on her instrument.
she dances
>>181934>>181928The zeeb is not intimidated, but he is still scared of the small mare
>>181933Reee, thats unrelated and u know it. Kira wasnt around, Brie was already fixated on the safe. And even if for some reason not, sorry not sorry, Kira hasnt impressed Brie (except cuteness) so far, including the super almost best grappling. Cuz has head in a safe. Xp
>>181933Kira: "Ooooooooooooooooooooo!" Kira stares in awe, eyes transfixed on the hypnotizing dance. She's never seen anything this amazing before! Well, she might have, but this is still pretty amazing to her.
>>181933>Because you didn't acknowledge Kira's cool new shell when she got itPosey was preoccupied at the time.
>>181935>>181934Posey decides to go help the party with the looting, for now.
>>181938Look at it! Just tap it a little and it sways back and forth, smiling and dancing. Even playing her little instrument.
>>181934>>181935Heh heh. Maybe he should teach her a lesson. You know, by raping her
>>181936>>181939shakes headThose who disrespect the noodle suffer Fortuna's wrath
>>181908>"Um, it's okay. It's just... a weird word."She nods invitingly.
>It clears the mind, and can calm you down."Really," Vir says and looks down at the dark-brown, almost resin colored liquid in her cup. Then she proceed to take a careful mouthful of it.
It sends down a shiver down her spine, like somepony drew a cartoonish bolt of lightning over her frame. A content sighs escapes her lips as the cup leaves them. Her eyes are closed as her body is occupied with relishing the tea that spread out from her core and gives gentle caresses over her body.
>>181938Srs question. Does kira have fangs?
>>181933>she dancesYep, that's treasure. Looks like a treasure statue with permanent animate objects cast on it. If so, it could be worth 15,660 gp, before considering the craftsmanship .
Unless I'm reading too much into it...
Arcana
[1d20+11 = (12+11) = 23]
>>181943Yes, though they're non-venomous and fairly well hidden until she opens her mouth fully. They're there to help hold things in place as she swallows them whole.
>>181941>>181943>>181944>>181935Kira shows off this cool function of the dancing hippogriff figurine to all of the nearby creatures in an even more excited fashion than she otherwise would.
>>181944Actually, it's probably closer to ~17k, if it is what I think it is.
Enough to bring us all to our full WBL if we split the earnings evenly.
>>181945Brie may be able to teach her a technique, depending on HM
>>181941>Heh heh. Maybe he should teach her a lesson. You know, by raping herI'm gonna start scrunching at you.
>>181939Dust sighs from relief and decides to help with the looting as well.
>>181945Dust smiles at the silly snej
>>181944Posey can place the culture depicted as North Zebrican, presumably North Zebrican (Arisian), although perhaps it is not a faithful depiction of reality, but rather something fanciful. The substance it is made out of is untarnished. The origin cannot be discerned.
>>181945Look! It moves her little claw to play the little strings when she dances! I know I've said that before, but it's so neat!
>>181943Kira's fangs a retractable into the upper jaw. Normally she looks like she has bat pony fangs, but when extended they are much longer.
>>181808Spooky.
I'm guessing this means the party has lost all the tattoo buffs?
>>181815Those are some good rolls.
>>181852>>181858Cavaliere enters the room just before Kira grapples Rosey.
"Thank you, Kira, for helping to handle this. She put Dust in a poor position as he would have had to hit her to free himself.">>181868"I could not have put it better myself.">>181898Perfect image
>>181932"It looks to be a souvenir from the tropics. If I had to guess, it is probably from Aris."
>>181950She could definitely benefit from Brie's texhnique. To be explored
>>181950But can Posey discern the spell effect that infuses it with Anima?
Spellcraft
[1d20+16 = (6+16) = 22]>fangs a retractablePosey's fangs are retractable too.
>>181952>this means the party has lost all the tattoo buffs?No. Spells continue for their full duration.
>>181950Kira herself sways back and forth to the same rhythm that the little hippogriff figurine dances to.
>>181952Kira: "I really like her! She's super pretty, and just look how she dances!"
>>181953>>181956Hmmm, Kira may be interested in learning this.
>>181880Just like old times
>>181882"If yo don't mind, sir. i need to get a hot shower and a cold drink."
Dark Star salutes
Also
TOTAL ZIGGER DEATH
>>181958In a technical/rules sense, its just improved grapple with uncanny dodge (uncanny dodge retains dex bonus when otherwise losing it, except for immobilization) and sneak attack while grappled, but I like when PCs can teach PCs
>>181958Cavaliere smiles at the giant snake swaying as if she was being charmed.
"You made a good find. There will be time to dance soon, but we need to get moving to that lighthouse."
>>181942gaspThis substance... gentle yet...
so powerful. She can feel it caressing her soul, and more importantly, holding the thirst for liquor at bay
Maybe a good idea to ask for more.
>>181961Kek
He smiles, then nods sharply
"Very well"
>>181958doot de doot. De doot de doot>>181954Posey can't quite tell at a distance. Maybe by examining it more closely, but honestly, there are no clues to any specific school of magic at a distance.
>>181963Hes a good boi. He showed up 2 werks ago, frail and basically starving. Hes better now, well nourished, past his parasite wip, and playful and happi as shit. Baast knows wherein to deposit her wayward kitters.
>>181966>there are no clues to any specific school of magic at a distanceU really want to avoid using my detect magic SLA on what might just be s knick-knack....
Eh, let's just put it in the bag and i'll examine it with everything else later.
>>181965Kira: "Okay!"
Silver: "Just what I was thinking."
>>181968Kira would like to hold onto it, just to keep it safe. If it turns out that it is indeed just a knick-knack that isn't worth 17,000 Bits, she might just want to keep it herself.
>>181971Doesn't really matter who's holding it. Go ahead.
>>181967You're a good caretaker.
>>181968Why spoil the dream with a boring reality?
>>181976Stahp. I have an insufferable reputation to uphold.
And speaking of insufferable, Im kinda dying to hear thr outcome with the safe,....
>>181966>Maybe a good idea to ask for more.She doesn't want to impose. It would be impolite. ^^
Vir places the cup back down. She looks over the two ponies in the room. How do they look?
>>181981If its a dream, Addy can floof in and make one liners, right?
>>181966"Thank you, sir. Good Day."
He leaves the room and heads upstairs to bathe
>>181967>>181972A Cute!
>>181961>TOTAL ZIGGER DEATHreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>>181972What a cute boi, please boop him for me.
Dust looks at the rest of the party, seemingly expecting to be moving soon.
GM, we have:
Dusty, Posey, Cheesy (me), Noodly/shiny, and birdey (the other term is antisemitic)
Can I please try to put away the thing? Its driving me nuts not knowing @;,_,;@
>>181987And the zigger!
Sorry but its easy to overlook ziggers
(Not serious, just a shitpost)
Brie's player is currently engaged in a struggle, wanting to literally force GM to cough up about the trident piece Brie is delicately truing to secure.
He is holding out knowingly, just ss I predicted the keys reapnse.
"I never did find out qhat these are for, if anyone wants to investigate."
Okay, so movement?
[1d4 = 3]>>181987What is "the thing"?
>>181980Asked and answered
>>181982It's like Vir can see the fine, subtle details on their fur. The little lines around Heather's eyes. The extra floof on Flowercup.
There's another cup of tea. Waiting.>>181990Eh?
>>181991The thing in the vault. Wanting to wrap it and put it away and gtfo
>>181992I rolled a sleight of hand if u missed it
>>181991Nice.
What's there color scheme?
Vir finishes the cup with swig and smacks her lips with loud smacks. The smacks that
real horses make when they chew on a carrot with their thick lips that sound more like vacuums being popped on repeat.
"K-can I, have some more?" she asks like a filly asking for an extra slice of cake during a party.
Also, this isnt a "dunking on" or anything, I specifically (notb exclusively) contribute n to a less readabilitybod the "timeline"
>>181995That didnt make sense. But Im on hand if I need to clarify.
>want intensities
>>181992>>181993What is the question about it?
Yes, Brie has it
>>181984He goes up, opens the door and... Yeah, the room is basically as it was. Papers strewn on the table, bed unmade. Like someone is living there. Kind of cold.
The shower is open.
>>181994Uh... I'd have the look that up. I want to say white for Flowercup and kind of an eggnog yellow-brown for Heather, but that's probably completely wrong.
"Oh... Okay..." Heather says, looking at the adorable large mare. "Flower cup, pour her some more."
Flowercup comes by, very awkwardly holding the handle of the teapot with her mouth, and then slowly pouring the tea in Vir's cup... maybe overflowing a little bit... and then it gets on the table. And then Heather tells Flowercup "Clean that up!" and Flowercup has to go back, get a rag, and then come bag and clean it up. And then when Vir tries to pick it up to sip it, a little more spills.
Anyways, Heather offers to provide sugar. One, two, three cubes... and the cubes cause it to overflow again. Damn it Flowercup.
>>181987>>181988Reeeee! The zigger is dusty! You just like calling him a zigger!
>>181989REEEEEEE
>>181999Kira gives Dust a friendly lamia hug as well, as the nearly-raped zebra looks like he could use one as well.
>>181998Oh, I was expecting something dramatic
"Well. I'm sorted here, any way I can help further?" Idk how much time is left, but without having determined the point of the keys, Brie is satisfied tat theres 'a thing' to look into
>>181998He takes a Quick shower after glancing at the papers
>>181999oops, I need to look at post numbers>>182000The hug of trips!
Dust is hugged by the lamia fren, and after a moment reciprocates. She's too bubbly, it's contagious.
>>182001And no, Brie is not intending to be sekretive about the thing, just not right now
>>182003Because Dusty is a better nichname than ... well you come up with a nickname based on his surname Xp
>>182003Kira giggles, and gives Dusty a friendly squeeze before letting him go. The zebra is super huggable, just like the ponies!
(NGL, Brie wants to call Dusty "Blues Traveler")
>>182002Paperwork on weapons equipment stockpiles with the Baltimare Police.
Dark Star is able to do this well enough. There is warm water, and it's a nice change of pace from the outdoors. Civilization has its benefits, like warm water.
Does Dark Star have extra jackets in Blue's room?
>>182007Do it.
>>181999Ziggers BTFO>>182009Maybe one or two yea, the others are back at the bar
>>182010Whelp, he equips a black jacket.
He's clean. And he's ready,
No srsly by all credit the Blues Traveler helped Brie crack the safe (ngl. Wasnt sure he'd have managed)
>>182014(Sorry, wanted to establish the term)
No salt in any direction, just a little irreverent
>>181998>but that's probably completely wrong.That's fine. ^^
>And then Heather tells Flowercup "Clean that up!" and Flowercup has to go back, get a rag, and then come bag and clean it up.At first, Vir says nothing as she preceives there too be some kind of tension in the air. To Vir the filly seems nervous. She could be wrong about this of course.
>cause it to overflow again. Damn it Flowercup.^^
A teeth revealing grin forces its way onto Vir's features. Deep laughter erupts from her. Vir then reaches out with her, now somewhat coated in tea hoof, to Flowercup and just places it on her head just behind the ears. She gently rubs her hoof into her mane.
Her hoof feels like living stone with a pulse running through it. Her frog kinda reminds Flowercup of a pillowcase but if your stuck as many pillows in it as you possibly could.
Does she realize how hopeless it would be to try to escape this mare if she grabbed her?
"Not worry over me," Vir says, smile, and closes her eyes like this: '^^'
>>182016>>182016squeakyFlowercup simply looks at Vir with her mouth closed
>>182019>squeaky^^
Vir slowly opens her eyes and finds herself staring back. She ends up pulling both her gaze and hoof away since she felt a bit awkward.
She looks back at them. Giving them both her question, "So, what is your relation? You mother and foal?"
>>182012He puts his pistols in his jacket then, heads down to the bottom floor and leaves the building
So assuming nothing happened while wrapping the seeming polearm broadpoint Brie pulled from the safe, he would be concluded on any fixative agenda. He would doff the telescope tho, too unwieldy/weighty especially in that hes straddling the line of a light load. He would offer n it to the party. And advocate for its market value.
>free expensive telescope, just haul it
>>182022Silver blinks at Brie while holding his strange helmet.
>>182025That was an appraise check
I'm back
What did I miss? Are we done searching the boat?
>>182026So a 27 appraise check on Silver's funny helmet, a bundle of undetermined joy, and,...
I'm going to roll search to see if Posey finds anything interesting after the skull:
[1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14]
>>182000Check'd
>>182022>>182023Cavaliere sighs and takes the telescope back.
He shouts to Sørvik,
"De tijd dringt!">>182025>>182029And to Silver and Rosey,
"We need to get a move on. Those airponies are depending on us."
>>182031Alright, let's move on then
He fondles the keys he never figured out what goes to. "A keepsake, perhaps?" Unable to imagine a scenario where he leaves the keys for the commies, Brie pockets the keys. He then turns to the knife. Acceptable, he supposes. The style and shape of the blade certainly arent his preference, more Rambo and less early-Doctor Strange. He doesnt have any sheathes for it. Best to put it from his mind he thinks, as the knife falls from his hooves with a clattering sound, belying it's false tang and welded fittings (ugh).
>>182038"A cut fuel line? Thats it? Hold on, the ship isn't sinking because of a cut fuel line. Not contesting the fuel line is cut, just saying, theres more than that under the hood."
>>182039It suddenly occurs to Brie that with a cut fuel line, this boat is a firebomb waiting to gomoff, potentially.
"You know what? Nevermind. We should go."
>>182031Apologies, but I recalculated and hes at his light load limit (and I havent asked how much the thingy weighs)
Okay, Baltimare crew: Dark Star, Virgin Flame, Ambersubset.
I want to at some point make your characters meet up. Or at least, two of you. I have a few quest ideas. One is participating in an immigration raid on gnolls, zebra voodoo practitioners. Another is encountering possible spoop in the Baltimare underground, an abandoned hospital, or out in the woods. I can do individual quests if this is what is desired. Please give input on what you want to do.
Some friends have convinced me to go to Bronies NL Meet 31, which lasts tonight until midnight. This might limit my ability to engage seriously tonight, though I am not certain. I will try.
>>182046I am open to Amber doing anything as long as it is in-character for her to do so. She will not intentionally seek out an armed conflict without having a good reason.
>>182047Go ahead and enjoy yourself. You're there in Holland for a limited time, while the game will be around for a while.