Chat Log - 2021 12 17 - Cosmological Quandaries - Home Stories - Complicated Emotions - 2021 12 17 - Formatted
Branwyn: You know if we deliver the cat without the locket, the princess and Marid will want us to go back and get it
Branwyn: I did not see the locket on Rimal in the crystal ball so we might want to keep the figure alive until we figure that out
Talwin: (cracks knuckles)
Talwin: So keep alive but everything else goes?
Branwyn: The room was dark except a little light from a window so we may want to bring out our lights quickly. Agree? Or want to stay in darkness?
Talwin: (Shakes Head) Light please
Talwin: I cannot defend us properly in the dark
Craigh: I vote light too
Branwyn: We have to make sure we get the right cat. I saw about three tumbling around the room.
Craigh: Can we put them to sleep?
Talwin: (Raises eyebrows) Can we not just simply grab all three?
Lanek: I’m not opposed to excess cats
Branwyn: They are 4 to 5 feet large
Talwin: (Eyebrows skyrocket off his head)
Talwin: Who has paralyze or command?
Branwyn: One is going to be hard enough to grab without getting something ripped off our bodies much less three
Talwin: Priests raise your hands
Branwyn: Hold is a nice spell as well
Talwin: Are these particularly magical if we level our spells against them Branwny?
Talwin: Think they could (ahem) bat away the spells?
Branwyn: I do not believe so. I just hope as you said before that they are not deaf
Craigh: Hold Person wouldn't work against cats. Do we have a Hold Animal spell?
Talwin: (Nods) They have to hear the command no doubt
Lisa (Branwyn): I don't know priesty stuff
BOB: that is what you see as you CLICK into the room
BOB: there is the shadowy figure to the north
BOB: and the four cats tumbling in the center of the room
BOB: you see this group of strangers APPEAR in this safe room with you
Licornah : :: motions for cats to get behind her and takes a defensive stance whilst holding up her unicorn symbol ::
BOB: making noise (you guess but cannot hear) and they are on the opposite side of the room from you across from the cats
Licornah : :: takes note that they are not the dwarves she was avoiding ::
Craigh: [CAST] Disawareness
BOB: So you see that dwarf appear behind Howard and Craigh?
BOB: coming up the stairs behind you that you were not aware of
Craigh: goes nondescript.
<font color="##1D97CC">Attack [0] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Howard Plum] [Hit-AC: 19 vs. 10 ] [AC: 19 ] [MISS]
BOB: Dwarf went and missed Howard
BOB: Cats are still tumbling, there are three of them now, one retreated back to the shadowing figure to the north
Lemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I guess I'll just stick with my plan and try calm
BOB: So I will say that Bixi casts and it affects two of the three cats, but not the desert cat, that looks like it might be Rimal
Indigo: pulls earplugs out and goes to figure
Indigo: We want our cat back! Don't make us have to kill you for it!
BOB: Indigo can save versus breath weapon
Lanek thinks to himself that indigo looks like he's making a threat
Indigo: [SAVE] vs. Spell [CON +3] [d20+3 = 14]
Save [14] [Target 10] -> [for Indigo] [SUCCESS]
Talwin: murmurs; Sorry Howard. I'll make it up to you!
Talwin: Muscles his way through with a roar
<font color="##CC1D1D">Talwin: [ATTACK (M)] Broadsword [THACO(13)] [d20 = 17]
<font color="##CC1D1D">Attack [17] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Dwarf, Duergar 2] [Hit-AC: -4 vs. 4 ] [AC: -4 ] [HIT]
Talwin: [DAMAGE (M)] Broadsword [TYPE: slashing (2d4+3=7)] [2d4+3 = 7]
BOB: I show you did 7 points of damage to the Duergar #4 and it is at zero hit points ow
Branwyn: [CAST] Sleep
Branwyn: [2d4 = 7]
BOB: so Rimal is asleep
BOB: You see the figure move forward to protect the sleeping Rimal
Spring (Lanek): as before stated, grab the cat
Talwin: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 11]
BOB: Lanek reaches forward to do that
BOB: and the figure that was holding action moved forward to also grab the cat
BOB: Lanek was reaching for the cat
BOB: Ok so Lanek moves forward to grab Rimal and tries to elbow the other figure out of the way
Howard Plum: searches the dead dwarf for the locket
BOB: A quick search does not turn up any locket but he does find some misc. things
Howard Plum: takes anything he can find in the meantime
BOB: 3 gems and 8 GP
BOB: So now Licornah is up, Rimal is at her feet asleep, there is a human that is trying to shove her away from Rimal
BOB: Indigo is on the other side
BOB: Raelynn is next to Indigo with two cats near her, both awake
Licornah : :: puts out her lance to defend, but does not attack. Continues to protect Rimal, Nightshade, Chocolate, and Brynce :: /end turn
Lemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Ok, well Indigo pulled out his earplugs, yes? I'm going to shout to him, Are you insane, or is it safe to take out the earplugs!?
BOB: Indigo can see that this figure/person is protecting the cats
Indigo: to Bixi It's fine!
Indigo: I look fine right?
Bixi Fizzlebang: It's hard to tell in the dark
Craigh: moves forward to back Lanek up. If it turns into a fight he'll suddenly jump in and cause a distraction for the shadowy figure. Not an attack, because no one would notice getting hit by Craigh
Indigo; Bixi Fizzlebang: You can see in the dark!
Bixi Fizzlebang; Indigo: Oh! Hahaha. I guess I got so nervous I forgot?
Lisa (Indigo): so Indigo tells Bixi he is fine without his earplugs with no idea if she heard him
BOB: Bixi has earplugs in so no she did not hear
Indigo: steps forward
Branwyn: steps forward
Branwyn: The sleeping cat is ours. We are taking it but we want its locket. We don't want to hurt you or the other cats but we will take ours
BOB: Licornah sees that the woman mage? is speaking but cannot hear her
BOB: and Lanek sees Indigo and Branwyn moving forward to confront the person there, Indigo and now Branwyn has taken out their earplugs
BOB: The figure is standing there over the cats with a lance looking like she is defending the cats from you
BOB: Rimal is asleep at her feet
Howard Plum: calls out
Licornah : On my turn, I'll continue what I'm doing but use my Cure Deafness ability so I can try and communicate with them since they didn't attack me and defended against dwarves -- I'm not sure I can speak though.
Howard Plum: The locket wasn't on the dwarf!
Licornah : :: appears to gesture while maintaining stance ::
N'laea: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 12]
Craigh: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 3]
Branwyn: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 19) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 7]
BOB: N'laea, Craigh, and Branwyn all recognize that the person with the lance just cast a spell of some sort but there was not any obvious effect
Craigh: will kneel down and gently pet the cat that's asleep on the floor. (I don't know how this is going to interact with his Disawareness effect that's still up. He's hoping the cat will continue to sleep, but that the person might be able to notice it as non-hostile. But, honestly, they may not even see him at all. Hard to say, really)
BOB: so yes everyone sees Craigh move forward to pet the sleeping cat
Lemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Ok, I'm going to take out my earplugs, then smile and wave at the figure and say; I like your unicorn!
Bixi Fizzlebang: I like your unicorn!
Bixi Fizzlebang: Are you a ghost?
Indigo: Why don't you say something?
Indigo: tries to hit her lance with his pick
Indigo: tries to knock it down and get her attention
<font color="##CC1D1D">Indigo: [ATTACK (M)] Pick, Military +2 [THACO(13)] [d20+1 = 17]
<font color="##CC1D1D">Attack [17] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Licornah ] [Hit-AC: -4 vs. 10 ] [AC: -4 ] [HIT]
BOB: so Indigo reaches out and uses his Pick to KNOCK the end of the lance down into the ground away from himself and the rest of the group
Branwyn: I know you're casting. Indigo will hit you next time if you do not stop and talk to us
Branwyn: Or I will myself
Lanek: looks around at what everybody else seems to be doing.
Lanek: throws his hands in the air
Lanek: sits on the floor
BOB: right now Lanek is looking around and then sits on the floor
BOB: now Howard is up
BOB: and then N’laea and Rae can take out their plugs
Howard Plum: steps forward and takes out his earplugs but does nothing
Licornah : These cats :: motions to them:: are under my protection. I seek no quarry with you. But now you've raised the eyes of the dwarves that I've been avoiding :: scowls and continues to hold lance ::
Craigh takes out his earplugs since it seems to be a thing people are doing.
Bixi Fizzlebang: thinks but does not say, If they can't kill that little dwarf that died in one hit, how did they think they were going to fight all of us?
N'laea: Then we'll take the one that is ours, leave you, and the dwarves will ignore you again. Or do you plan to hide out here forever?
Licornah : :: nods slowly :: hiding isn't exactly what I've been doing, but understand your perception. I had deafness cast in here to avoid the planar issues and avoid the dark ones. I've been sent here with the girls :: motions again to the cats :: to seek protection from those who would harm these cats. They are gorgeous creatures... :: muses silently about something or other and trails off ::
Lemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Please tell me we just happen to have a cat sanctuary that we can let them come back to?
TMO (Craigh): we have a forest
Lemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): We can give them the abandoned tower maybe?
Branwyn: Look, the desert cat is ours. It ran away in the Astral Plane and jumped into Pandemonium. We need to take her home
Branwyn: It had a locket. Do you have that?
Licornah : :: furrows brow :: Rimal belongs to... :: trails off again :: No, sorry, I know your claim to be false. I've been dispatched here by the Arch Silvermaiden herself.
N'laea: To bring them back where? Certainly not to keep them here.
Branwyn: I don't care who your Arch Silvermaiden thinks she is. I know she belongs to Princess Maya of Hiyal with Namsut her Marid. It has been a long time since she was lost but that does not negate the fact that we are going to return her to her rightful owners. If you don't have the locket then the cat itself will have to do
Branwyn: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 19) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 18]
Licornah : So... you admit your claim to be false. At least we agree on that.
Branwyn: We were sent to get the cat and we WILL get the cat. That is not up for debate
Branwyn: It just depends on whether this goes nicely or not
Lemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Maybe we could help you find somewhere safer for the others? And yourself, of course?
Branwyn: N'laea look at her. She is one of your own is she not?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm sure Rimal wants to go home, though. I could ask, if necessary
Licornah : :: turns to Bixi :: interesting proposal. What of your safety? Tell me of your animal handling skills and experience. :: turns and looks at the cats awake ::
Licornah : I ask the cats using ability if they trust these intruders
N'laea: One of mine? In what sense?
Branwyn: An elf?
N'laea: Oh. Yes but that does not mean anything.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Well I personally don't know anything about it, that's why I said and yourself. No one is trying to take the other from you, we're just trying to get Rimal home
Licornah : Tell me why you seek Rimal and what led you to me?
N'laea: You question our animal handling skills yet we question your fighting skills. If more dwarves come, who are you to question us?
N'laea: We told you why we seek Rimal. Magic brought us here. Unless you'd like to wait for more dwarves, what is the point of continuing this conversation here?
the cats look content and happy
Licornah : I get how you transported here .... but WHY did you transport here? Someone said ... go get my cat and you did?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Ok, I'm just going to see if I can talk to Rimal while the rest of you are arguing
Raelynn: Because they LOVE their cat and you should do whatever you can for someone you love!!
Branwyn: Yes, we saved a princess who was lost in the Astral Plane and she is barely alive. She asked us to get her cat and so we came. We do things like that
Bixi Fizzlebang: Do you mind if I talk to one of the cats?
Licornah : :: raises eyebrow :: Love? :: pauses for a moment to ponder this possibility and is lost in thought ::
Indigo: Yeah. We do stuff like this all the time!
TMO (TMO): Craigh is still petting the sleeping Rimal and listening.
Licornah : :: ponders :: Yes, you can talk to them. they are friendly ... well, to me they are
BOB: There is the smaller cat that looks up at Bixi curiously
Effect ['Speak with Animals']
Raelynn: (there think of that as Bixi casting it)
Bixi Fizzlebang: Hello cat, what is your name?
BOB: Brynce
Bixi Fizzlebang: Are you safe here?
Cat Small, Elven: I feel safer now
Bixi Fizzlebang: Do you know if Rimal misses his family?
Cat Small, Elven: We all want to go home
Bixi Fizzlebang: Do you know where your home is?
Cat Small, Elven: In the woods
Bixi Fizzlebang: Do you know where the locket is that Rimal had?
BOB: does not seem to understand that
Bixi Fizzlebang: turns to the others
Licornah : that's me trying to decide if I trust them
Bixi Fizzlebang: This cat says they all want to go home
N'laea: Brynce, how did you get here?
Licornah : :: laughs ::
Cat Small, Elven: My partner brought me then died
Licornah : :: absently lowers her lance ::
N'laea: Was your partner a cat or an elf?
Cat Small, Elven: a forest person
N'laea: Did they tell you why they brought you here?
Cat Small, Elven: We traveled all over
N'laea: So you were alone when this elf found you here?
Cat Small, Elven: There was a big black cat
BOB: Yes there is a large black cat (panther) here in the group
Carissa (N'laea): looks up at the other cats
N'laea: gestures to Bixi and herself
N'laea: Do you understand us?
BOB: No apparent reaction
BOB: sitting and licking, cleaning its paws
N'laea: Bixi, try talking to the black cat to see if it'll respond to you. I can only speak certain dialects without casting a spell.
N'laea: But the spell may let it understand you.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Hello, what is your name?
BOB: Turns away and continues to clean itself
Bixi Fizzlebang: shrugs
Licornah : Elven Cat is Nightshade; other cat is Chocolate
N'laea: I believe it is just being a cat and understand fine.
Licornah : So... where would you go with us if you could leave?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Well, I want to help all these cats, but obviously Rimal is a priority for us, since *insert names* are waiting
N'laea: Back to our home.
Licornah : Silverdeep?
N'laea: Dragon Fen is where most of them call home.
N'laea: But there are forests and elves there for Brynce.
Licornah : :: furrows brow ::
N'laea: The question is how do you plan to get to your home?
N'laea: We can go whenever we wish.
Licornah : :: turns and speaks to cats :: Well, what do you think? Go with them or dark dwarves for dinner?
Cat Small, Elven: Birds over Dwarves
Licornah : :: nods and turns to group :: I am Licornah, priestess of Lurue. We will go with you to find them new shelter, but they remain under my protection for now.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Protection from what?
N'laea: We will be returning Rimal home.
Licornah : :: furrows brow :: those who would harm them... why I've been dispatched here. I didn't WANT to be here. This is a perfectly dreadful place
Bixi Fizzlebang: Well that's fine. You can come with us to take Rimal home, right?
Bixi Fizzlebang: looks at others
Bixi Fizzlebang: But do you know where his locket is? His partner will want it back.
Licornah : :: pauses :: I do...
N'laea: You do not have a way home, do you?
Lanek: hehehe
Bixi Fizzlebang: gives Lanek a side-eye look
Licornah : Well... :: trails off :: does it require tethering myself to :: looks :: all of you like that? :: seems concerned at the idea ::
N'laea: No, but I am pointing out the position you are in right now for the decisions you wish to make.
Licornah : :: frowns and says nothing, more pondering ::
N'laea: We came for Rimal and for the locket. We have a way home. We intend to return Rimal and the locket. You do not have a way home and dwarves who know where you are now.
N'laea: If you know where the locket is, you may wish to consider that.
Licornah : :: continues to listen ::
Bixi Fizzlebang: is getting a little agitated
Bixi Fizzlebang: If you are supposed to be protecting these cats, what could POSSIBLY make you want to stay here with them?
N'laea: Look. You are supposed to be the logical one. You draw the conclusion. You do not have the upper hand here. We have a mission and means to finish it.
Licornah : Well... I was sent here to await a sign -- a group of :: sniffs :: adventurers tied together isn't quite what I anticipated. Your first words were of lies and you clambered in here drawing the attention of the dwarves. Is this the right sign?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yes.
N'laea: If you question every sign, you'll miss it.
Bixi Fizzlebang: You're here to protect the cats. I want to help the cats. What other sign could there be that would be clearer than this?
Licornah : [Translation] I don't see you protecting the cats, I see you questioning the cats.
Bixi Fizzlebang: does not know what was said, but rolls her eyes anyway
Licornah : [Translation] In any case, you seem to think you have it all figured out and have the upper hand. I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt...
N'laea : [Translation] Yes because killing the dwarves wasn't protecting them? It is good to know where the cats stand.
Craigh pulls out one of Talwin's sign cards and shows it, with two hands clasped in a handshake.
BOB [Deep Speech]: [Translation] They are upstairs
Bixi Fizzlebang: checks to see if Talwin packed us any food
Bixi Fizzlebang: or cat treats
BOB: voices from below
Licornah : :: sighs :: :
BOB [Deep Speech]: [Translation] It sounds like there are more of them
N'laea : [Translation] We'll bring you back with us, but we want the locket in return.
N'laea : [Translation] Make your choice now.
Branwyn: All right. We're leaving with or without you
Bixi Fizzlebang: looks at Branwyn
Branwyn: Join together. Are you ready? Craigh take Rimal?
Licornah : [Translation] I am willing to give you a chance to help protect them
Bixi Fizzlebang: But we're taking the cats somewhere safe, right?
Branwyn: Do you hear the dwarves coming?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yeah, but the cats aren't the ones being obstinate, they don't deserve to get murdered by dwarves
Branwyn: We are either leaving now or fighting however many dwarves are downstairs
Licornah : [Translation] Are we taking them somewhere safe? You said home, but not Silverdeep... you don't hail from Thay, do you
Branwyn: CHOOSE
N'laea: It'll be safer than here.
Licornah : [Translation] :: nods :: Okay :: bows head ::
N'laea: She agrees.
Branwyn: oh joy
Branwyn: sighs
N'laea: And will hand over the locket when we return.
Licornah : Nightshade, Brynce, Chocolate... come.
Licornah : :: shakes Rimal :: time to wake up little one
Licornah : :: looks at N’laea curiously ::
Branwyn: You must be touching the cats and this ... elf.
Branwyn: On 3
N'laea: smiles
Branwyn: 1
Branwyn: 2
Craigh moves away as she wakes up the cat
Branwyn: looks around
N'laea: holds whoever's hand
Craigh quickly grabs on
Branwyn: 3
Bixi Fizzlebang: holds on to whoever is closest
Lanek does the same
Licornah : :: hugs the cats close and tries to touch N'laea ::
BOB: and everyone is safe back in front of the Inn
BOB: Licornah is surprised to be in a patch of sunlight surrounded by a light Mist that stays still in the air
Licornah : :: stands and squints then looks around slowly :: my word...
Licornah : :: stops and says a silent prayer of thanks to Lurue ::
Lanek: oh we failed to mention the mist, didn't we?
Bixi Fizzlebang: stops and says a silent prayer for patience for elves
BOB: and Licornah realizes she can reach her gods from this place so it must be like home if it is not home
BOB: This is the end of the Complicated Emotions story arc
