If you don't know what this is yet lurk moar, you'll be averting your eyes in no time. Now where were we?
We last left off with the party barging on in a very irate Kiynen who has recently laid a clutch of 5 eggs and is still sensitive about it. Still, no one died in the process and Addy seems to have sworn fealty to them,... whatever that's about. So we return to the party,... who has already split up with Tracy venturing to Cardashil to try and find a lead on the elvenniggers who keep jacking their shit. Infernius has been assisting Slovenia in felling trees and reinforcing the outer wall of Durpistan. Torcuil has been getting bantzed by Snek, and a bunch of stuff I'm probably forgetting and will get shit on reminded of.
With no further adieu,....
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>>67146"Meh. I just felt like it." Tracy says, reclining on one of the chairs to polish her girls.
>>67145Tracy's arrival interrupted a discussion between Thez and Addy, the latter of whom promptly disengages the conversation (the former facepalming) to look over the side of the ship. "Where? I don't see anybody. Oh there he is! Oooh! He's doing the thing where you walk on air!"
>>67148"what you do here red elf?"
>>67149As he eventually makes his way up and over the rail of the ship, he dusts off his furs and hides and comes to stand toward the front of the ship. "Interesting, I was wondering very much the same about you. This vessel is known to me, but you all are not. What became of those who previously operated it?"
>>67150"Stabbed them." Tracy interjects
>>67150"they attack us, they dead."
>>67151"Truly? Most interesting, Well then, you have dine my people a great favor. That group had attacked our home on several occasions, and several months ago ambushed a gathering party and took them prisoner. Their fate is unknown to us." he says sadly. "This ship passed by this way several weeks ago, I regret that our soldiers mistook your identity and purpose. I am called Bagiste, and these woods are my charge."
>>67153Tracy just nods an goes back to polishing her cutlery, leaving the speaking to the others.
>>67154"If you are not here to raid, why have you come here?"
>>67153"a unicorn stole your people after we freed them."
>>67155"we here to see whats beyond wall."
>>67155"The mage summoned me here to stab things. I can't say that raiding was off the table."
*looks towards Torc*
>>67135"What'd you bring this ship here for anyway?"
>>67156"A unicorn you say, I will have to speak to the trees about this. As far as the wall, this entire section is under our watch. Nothing is permitted to live here that cannot operate within a delicate balance, as it has been for several hundred years. There are of course other sections, but we do not concern ourselves with them, and they do not concern themselves with us."
>>67159"who control other sections?"
>>67160He shrugs "Hard to say. We're isolationists, disinterested in hearing of other sections or groups. I am aware that one section is operated by dwarves, but I can't speak to the others."
>>67161"your men shoot my daughter in chest. you owe us something for doing that."
>>67162"I am quite certain that my men paid for their mistake, regrettable though it may be," he says, as several piles of corpse still litter the top of the wall. "We will have to retrieve them."
>>67163"me could resurrect them."
>>67164"All of them?" Tracy asks incredulously
>>67165"well, yea, it was just misunderstanding after all."
>>67164>>67166"They haven't been dead long, I'm sure they could be raised," he smiles.
>>67166>>67167".. Well, good luck with that then." Tracy says, her tone genuine
"And what would you ask in return?" he asks, raising an eyebrow
>>67167"adolf,me pray that these men that have been killed rise from the dead."
*casts raise dead*
>>67169"well me like those big lizards you have. maybe an egg?"
>>67170It would take several days to raise them
all, shall we skip a bit until then?
Also, I should probably crash if we're gonna do this tomorrow >>67172If there's nothing left to kill/steal, Tracy would just want to go home and tend to her birbs
Yeah. It's late and my brain is running on autism alone at this point.
>>67158"I wanted to meet the people beyond the wall, this wasn't part of the plan by any means."
>>67176"I take it you don't know the full history of the wall. You mentioned fleeing behind the wall once, that is not accurate. Several hundred years ago when I was still a boy, Kefka gathered his Empire. That's not quite accurate actually, it would be more accurate to say that he usurped some and destroyed the rest of the existing nation who's capital stood where the Court City now resides." he says, looking over the railing at the City in the distance.
>>67177"Would it interest you to know that Kefka has been killed?"
>>67178"It would interest me, but it is also rather worrying. Kefka's court was only kept in line for fear of his retribution. I can't imagine what might result of his absence."
>>67179"I see... Tell me, could you give us more information on his court? I wish to confront them."
>>67180"Alas, I cannot. I can tell you that many years after the wall was built, to serve as a front against the progression of the Empire, many races cooperated to maintain the wall. Over time, offensives diminished, and finally the assaults stopped altogether. That was over 100 years ago, and my understanding of the situation is rather outdated."
>>67181"One hundred years? This has been going on longer than I thought. Are there any other leaders we could speak to?"
>>67182"Of course, this is just one section of the wall. The wall is several miles wide, and there are sections to the north-west and south that are in the control of the many races." He thinks for a moment. "Assuming the dynamic is still the same, the section to the south is in the control of Humans, and that to the north-west is controlled by Dwarves. How they govern themselves is beyond me however, we have no diplomatic relations."
>>67183Torc let's out a low whistle.
"It is an impressive wall. What about your people, who is your leader?"
>>67184He chuckles. "The
forest leads my people. We watch over it, and it watches over us. As for the wall, you've only seen one edge of it. The east face of the wall is some distance that way," he says, pointing off the bow.
>>67185Torc looks slightly shocked, but decides it's a fair answer.
"I understand. Thank you for your assistance, and I am sorry for the trouble we have caused."
>>67186"I do regret the losses we've sustained, but never have we experienced trouble that was remedied so by those whom we have exchanged blows." he shifts topics a moment. "On the way here, your lovely blue pony said something about my people being freed from bondage, but then stolen away. Might you be able to elaborate on this?"
>>67187"Ah yes. When a dawrf came to the port we where staying at, I had some suspicions that he was a slaver. Sadly my suspicious turned out to be true. Me and this unicorn freed them and then after a while her and the elves disappeared. For all I know she could be returning them, but I am not that confident. She's pure white and answers to the name of Trollestia. Don't hesitate to find a way to contact us if you find her."
>>67188"Trollestia you say? A unicorn should be known to the trees. I will see what I can learn, especially since our people have not returned. Still, I am most impressed that you would stick your neck out on a whim. I am doubly impressed and grateful to you." he bows deeply in reverence.
>>67190"I am called Bagiste, vanguard of the South."
>>67191Torc returns the bow.
"It was no trouble, I know how it is to have one's people enslaved."
>>67191>>67188*Sharpening stops*
Tracy head turns towards the conversation, although she says nothing.
>>67192"Will you allow us to build fort here, your people can use it when they need too. Its part of why we came here looking to keep an eye on Zionist. You know anything about the zionists?"
>>67195"Zionists? I haven't heard that word before, no. Building a fortress however, while not impossible, is not a simple matter. We abhor the ill treatment of trees and will not permit them to be cut for any structure. On the other hand, if one can be constructed without scarring the face of this landscape, the counsel of Elders may grant your request. I would be happy to speak on your behalf, given all I have learned. Truly an unexpected day," he smirks, shaking his head as though an expression of fatigue.
>>67196"Could we somehow build into the wall?"
