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The time is 6:00 PM
With the rust monsters gone and night falling, the group decides to spend the night at the farmhouse and sets up watches. Bixi and Howard will take the first watch.
Youtargim: So do you want me on your watch Bixi? or would you like me to be with Rae?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm going to let Rae make her own decision on that one
Youtargim: I am happy to be with either of you
Raelynn: Oh, I don't mind. I just want sleep.
Bixi Fizzlebang: grimaces slightly
Raelynn: Have you spent time with Howard, Bixi? Maybe you should get to know him!
Youtargim: Howard is an interesting person
Indigo: No he isn't
Youtargim: Did you know he likes butterflies
Indigo: laughing
Bixi Fizzlebang: That might be nice, maybe Howard has some good mage stories!
Bixi Fizzlebang: Tips
Bixi Fizzlebang: Whatever
Youtargim: I have noticed that every time one flutters by he looks at them for a bit longer
Youtargim: as long as Bixi and Rae do
Raelynn: Ooh, you can get some gossip from him, Bixi!
Raelynn: Have fun! Goodnight!
Bixi Fizzlebang: Howard, do you think I have time to cook something while we're on watch? I wonder if there are any decent crops left I could make some food with
Bixi Fizzlebang: Maybe some roots
Bixi Fizzlebang: Maybe something stored in the house somewhere
Howard Plum: Probably. I think we have killed the danger here
Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 11]
Howard Plum: There looked like there were plants by the scarecrow
Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 12]
Bixi can tell nothing is actually growing outside
Howard Plum: Do you think the next time you summon insects, you could try for some killer ladybugs?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Um, it's kind of random what bugs come, but I'll try for you
Bixi Fizzlebang: Do you like ladybugs?
Howard Plum: Thank you. I think that would be nice
Bixi Fizzlebang: starts searching farmhouse
Bixi Fizzlebang: Do you really like butterflies or was Yout making stuff up?
Howard Plum: goes to stand at the front door to watch
Bixi Fizzlebang: Ooooh, ham and beets!
and a few wilted apples
Howard Plum: Who doesn't like butterflies?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean they're fine, I just never felt especially drawn to them
Howard Plum: Branwyn can cantrip them. I cannot master it myself.
Bixi Fizzlebang: What kinds of things can you do?
Howard Plum: I can kill rust monsters apparently
Howard Plum: smiles
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yes, that was really impressive!
Howard Plum: I can whistle for messages but no one I know can do it too so I just whistle to myself
Howard Plum: [SKILL] Whistling/Humming [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 16]
Howard Plum: tries to do a whistle call
Howard Plum: sighs
Howard Plum: Maybe not tonight
Bixi Fizzlebang: Um... no, that was... um... good
Howard Plum: So are you excited to be going on a ship Bixi? Do you know how to swim?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't. I'm a little worried about how Knotty will do on the ship, honestly. I don't really want to abandon him. Have you been on ships much? Do you swim?
Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Cooking [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 20]
Bixi Fizzlebang: Food's done, want to give it a try Howard?
Howard Plum: Certainly. I would like that very much
Bixi Fizzlebang: hands a dish/container/whatever of food to Howard
Howard Plum: Yes, I can swim. The longest I've been on a ship was from Dryads Lair to here and so this promises to be an even longer voyage
Howard Plum: Takes the plate and a fork and takes a bite
Bixi Fizzlebang: How long do you think this will take?
Howard Plum: tries to keep from making a face and swallows the piece without chewing it
Bixi Fizzlebang: Where's Dryads Lair?
Howard Plum: Ummm ... that was ... interesting
Howard Plum: That is far down the river from Rivers Bend in Terraguard. I lived there
Bixi Fizzlebang: Thanks! I'm not a big fan of beets myself, but glad you liked it!
Howard Plum: It is where Talwin will look for his sword master
Bixi Fizzlebang: Ohhh, what's it like?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Do you still know people there?
Howard Plum: It's the biggest city you will probably ever see
Howard Plum: I think so. I belonged to the mage guild there
Howard Plum: I hope we can stay in the Drillian Ambassador's palace if they still live there
Howard Plum: You will be amazed at it all I think
Bixi Fizzlebang: Ooooh, I bet there are really good shops there!
Bixi Fizzlebang: What's your favorite thing to do there?
Howard Plum: I liked going to parties in mansions and the Royal Library and a proper guild.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Ooooh, you went to fancy parties!? What were they like?
Bixi Fizzlebang: What did you wear?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Who did you dance with?
Howard Plum: Ohhh I didn't dance.
Howard Plum: I just liked seeing all the people
Bixi Fizzlebang: Were they ostentatious?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Or were they just regular people?
Howard Plum: Very fancy. There were princes and lords and council members
Bixi Fizzlebang: What were the parties for?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Did they have good food?
Howard Plum: Wonderful food!
Bixi Fizzlebang: Why did you leave?
Zayden: Hi gang! we talking about parties?
Howard Plum: The parties were for everything. Did you know that there is a Kayugan religious holiday almost every day? And one of the princes lives there
Howard Plum: Zayden! You are awake
Bixi Fizzlebang: How do they ever get work done if there's a holiday every day?
Zayden sleep talks
Zayden dreams of parties
Howard Plum: Well most people have to work and so forth. Not everyone celebrates every holiday
Howard Plum: Branwyn used to complain there were too many
Bixi Fizzlebang: Why? That seems like so much fun! A party any time you're feeling like going to a party!
Howard Plum: She was ambassador so she had to host many
Bixi Fizzlebang: Ohhh, so the parties WERE work for her
Bixi Fizzlebang: That's unfortunate
Howard Plum: Yes everyone wanted something from her. I think she found it tiresome
Bixi Fizzlebang: There must be a better way to host parties... maybe summoning something to host them for you...
Bixi Fizzlebang: Hmm...
Howard Plum: But I think we shall have a good time as tourists in the city
Bixi Fizzlebang: Or a bubble of silence around you so if people get too close and start bothering you, they can't talk anymore. I wonder if that's possible...
Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm looking forward to it now!
Howard Plum: Good!
Howard Plum: Talwin will busy sword fighting and we won't have anything to do other than sightsee
Bixi Fizzlebang: Are there any animals?
Howard Plum: unaware that there will likely be a quest involved
Bixi Fizzlebang: Anything I wouldn't have encountered back at home?
Howard Plum: Horses and dogs and so forth
Howard Plum: The city is not a place for a lot of wild animals but if we get out of the city we will see some
Bixi Fizzlebang: You'd think with so many princes there might be something more exotic
Bixi Fizzlebang: I just assume rich people keep weird pets
Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean, Branwyn decided to keep those weird cats
Howard Plum: Hmmm ... I suppose
Howard Plum: I didn't think of it that way
Howard and Bixi have successfully (or not) made dinner and gotten through the first part of the night
Zayden yawns and stretches audibly
Zayden: Hey it's still night time
Indigo: Gets up and says goodnight to Howard and Bixi
Bixi Fizzlebang: goes to sleep
Zayden: This is gonna throw off my inner clock
Indigo: Yup. It's watch time
Bixi Fizzlebang: sleepily mumbles “Have a nice watch”
Indigo: You have an inner clock?
Zayden: Night Bixi
Indigo: looks
Zayden: Sure, we all do really, just means the usual time we like to do stuff
Indigo: I like to do stuff all the time
Zayden: What kind of stuff?
Indigo: I dunno. I like eating when it's eating time and sleeping when it's time and fighting when it's that time
Zayden: Well see, that's your inner clock
Zayden smiles
Zayden: The more you know...
Indigo: Speaking of food, looks like Bixi was cooking
Zayden: Mmm anything good?
Indigo: goes over to Howard's almost full plate
Indigo: takes a bite
Indigo: gags
Indigo: YUCK!
Zayden: No good?
Indigo: What is this??
Indigo: It's awful
Zayden: Let me try some can't be that bad
Zayden takes a bite
Indigo: I'm gonna starve if Bixi's our ship cook
Zayden: Good Lord!
Zayden: I don't think that is meant for the living
Indigo: Where's Knotty? We should give it to him and then Bixi will think we ate it all
Zayden: Honestly people have been charged with war crimes for lesser offenses
Zayden: Knotty would just tell her though
Indigo: I don't think he talks to anyone other than Licornah
Zayden: Plus what if Knotty got sick from it? Bixi wouldn't be too happy with us
Indigo: If we're not sick, the boar won't be
Zayden: I mean is she expecting us to finish it?
Indigo: You can wake Thistle and see if she wants it
Indigo: I dunno
Zayden: Would Knotty even eat it? Even a boar must have standards?
Indigo: Let's try
Zayden: Sure could be funny
Zayden giggles
Indigo: takes the plate and goes to find Knotty
Indigo: Here Knotty have a midnight snack
Mammal, Boar, Wild : [Translation] Ahymmmm
Zayden: Isn't it funny the boar is named about behaving badly?
Indigo: puts the plate down in front of him
Mammal, Boar, Wild : [Translation] CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP
Zayden: Is he eating it?
Mammal, Boar, Wild : [Translation] SNORTS
Indigo: Maybe that's why the circus named him that
and the food quickly disappears
Zayden: Hey nice job Knotty
Indigo: looks closely at the boar
Zayden: he seem ok?
Indigo: Think so
Indigo: laughs
Zayden: tough lil guy eh
Indigo: takes the plate back to the table
Indigo: So last time we were on watch you asked if I had a secret crush on anyone but then the watch ended before you could answer. Do you have one?
Zayden: Was that last time?
Indigo: Last time we had a watch together. With Youtargim
Zayden: Ah yes
Indigo: So?
Zayden: Well hmmm, I'm not sure to be honest, I find myself oddly compelled by Bixi though, she is strange
Indigo: smiles
Indigo: She is very nice
Zayden: even to strange boars
Indigo: laughs
Zayden: I think there's something about music and nature
Zayden: When they intertwine, I think the sunset and sunrise are my favorite times to play
Indigo: Well you'll have lots of time on the ship to see. Can't get away from anyone on a ship
Indigo: We'd like that
Zayden: Yes, there’s an implication...
Zayden: Will we be getting to the city by tomorrow?
Indigo: I hope so!
Zayden: me as well
Zayden: There any coffee?
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] ZZZZZ I will come back for you
Zayden: I used to like it with milk and sugar, but now I just kinda like it black
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] STOP
Zayden: what's this guy goin on about?
Indigo: I don't think so. I hope next watch wakes soon though. I'm tired
Indigo: I dunno.
Zayden: probably for the best, wouldn't be able to go back to sleep after
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] Seize that ship
Indigo: goes over and shakes Youtargim awake
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] What what
Indigo: Wake up!
Zayden: I was dreaming about a party
Youtargim: Oh sorry
Zayden: he sleep talking?
Indigo: Time for your watch
Indigo: shrugs at Zayden
Youtargim: Ahh
Youtargim: Good
Youtargim: Yeah
Youtargim: STRETCHING
Youtargim: I mean sure I am here
Youtargim: Uhh
Indigo: You were talking in your sleep
Youtargim: Really?
Youtargim: what did I say?
Indigo: I dunno. Zayden did you understand any of that?
Zayden: I think it was something about how he loves riding horses naked or something along those lines
Zayden: Just kidding, no idea
Indigo: Ugh ...
Youtargim: ouch
Indigo: Maybe you should wake Raelynn
Youtargim: that would not be comfortable
Indigo: I'm going to sleep
Youtargim: I can wake her
Indigo: Goodnight!
Youtargim: steps over and gently shakes Rae
Zayden: Good night Indy!
Zayden: Nice watching with ya
Zayden smiles
Raelynn: yawns and stretches
Raelynn: Oh I needed that sleep.
Indigo: smiles
Youtargim: Huh, Indy,
Youtargim: Rae have you ever heard anyone call Indigo Indy?
Youtargim: Sorry you are just waking up that must not make a lot of sense
Raelynn: Hmm?
Zayden gets back in bed, gently closes his eyes
Youtargim: It is our time to watch Rae
Raelynn: Yes, I'm awake.
Raelynn yawns
Youtargim: waits, waits waits to see if she noticed that line
Raelynn: Did they say anything about the other watches?
Raelynn: clearly still sleepy
Youtargim: I think that someone cooked something but most of it is gone
Youtargim: they did not leave us anything
Youtargim: You can have what is left
Raelynn: Hmm, well that's okay. Breakfast won't be too much longer. I hope Bixi cooks something good.
Youtargim: I can wait for breakfast
Raelynn: Did you sleep well?
Youtargim: I was sleeping well, then I had a dream
Youtargim: and woke up
Youtargim: not sure
Raelynn: What was the dream?
Youtargim: You know how you wake up and sometimes you think you dreamed what someone was saying to you when they woke you
Youtargim: so maybe Indigo or Zayden was telling me to grab the girl
Raelynn: Grab the girl? Did you dream someone was falling off a cliff?
Youtargim: I woke up suddenly
Youtargim: It was a ship?
Youtargim: maybe someone was falling off of it?
Raelynn: shudders
Youtargim: Do you know how to swim?
Raelynn: I told you earlier I cannot.
Raelynn: frowns
Youtargim: Ahh yes, sorry so many were comparing notes
Youtargim: I can teach you
Youtargim: Here let me show you something
Raelynn: Umm, well I told you when we talked at the boarding house....
Youtargim: moves up behind Rae
Youtargim: Now hold your breathe and lean back
Raelynn: Why?
Youtargim: So you can learn
Youtargim: I will not let you fall
Raelynn: Is this a trust exercise?
Youtargim: No a swimming lesson
Raelynn: Hmm....
Youtargim: Keep your eyes open
Youtargim: Just hold your breath
Raelynn: pauses for a minute then holds her breath
Youtargim: Although when you swim most people close their eyes
Youtargim: Hand on Rae's back as she leans back
Youtargim: Then sudden JAB into her stomach with his fingers
Raelynn: EEK!
Youtargim: NO
Raelynn: pulls away
Youtargim: no no no
Youtargim: that is what you need to learn
Youtargim: you have to hold your breath
Youtargim: When you fall into the water it will be a shock
Raelynn: You didn't say I had to keep holding it!
Youtargim: you have to hold your breath
Youtargim: can you breathe under water?
Raelynn: If I ask Bixi nicely, I can!
Youtargim: OH
Raelynn: I think...
Raelynn: mutters
Youtargim: well that will be nice if you know ahead of time
Youtargim: but you have to hold it and hold it when things shock you
Youtargim: Or you will breathe in water and that is NOT good
Raelynn: Well I plan to say right in the middle of the ship. Far away from the sides.
Youtargim: I am not sure what kind of ship we will be on
Youtargim: but not many have a space that far away from water
Youtargim: except far up in the crows nest
Youtargim: That is the top of the mast
Raelynn: Ugh, why am I going on this trip?
Youtargim: the large center .... pole that holds the sails up
Raelynn: That doesn't sound good, either.
Youtargim: I thought you were here to be in charge
Raelynn: Hmm? Me, in charge?
Youtargim: You and Bixi seem to be in charge lately
Raelynn: Oh no. I just like to make sure things are orderly.
Youtargim: See,
Youtargim: It is a good thing
Raelynn: But I didn't want to come to make things orderly.
Youtargim: What did you want to make things?
Raelynn: Oh, I'm not making anything. I'm visiting family.
Zayden Dreams of Bardapaloozaa...
Raelynn: Which better be worth it...
Youtargim: Where is your family?
Youtargim: I thought you had not talked to them in a while?
Raelynn: Exactly! I can't just send my mom a letter after six years. If I can visit her, she'll be much happier.
Raelynn: As for my relatives? Eh, we'll see.
Youtargim: I would like to visit your mom with you
Youtargim: Tell her how brave you have been
Raelynn: Well first you need to learn to listen better like you promised you would.
Youtargim: I am listening
Raelynn: And before that you need to tell me what your actual intentions are because you're very much confusing me.
Youtargim: You did not listen when I said to hold your breath
Youtargim: My intentions? what do you mean?
Raelynn: And you didn't remember when I told you I can't swim. I'm guessing you were distracted.
Youtargim: You are distracting, I will admit
Raelynn: Well you said your intentions with the group, but what are you intentions with me? Because you made it sound like you didn't think you'd be with us long nor that I wanted to be courted so what's left? Hoping you'd get laid?
Raelynn: I don't know what courting or anything with your culture is like so it's very confusing.
Youtargim: I would be glad to have sex with you if you want, you seem to be very... fun to try things with... but I am not saying that is what I was looking for
Youtargim: But if you want to try that
Youtargim: It has been a while
Raelynn: sighs
Raelynn: NO
Youtargim: we will have to find a time not on watch
Raelynn: Back in my youth, maybe, but that's not what I want anymore. I want to find love. Actual, soulmate kind of love.
Raelynn: But I don't want to find that with someone who's just looking to score a night with me. Speaking from experience, they're usually jerks.
Youtargim: Soft smile, for an Elven Lady a soulmate must be very hard to find
Raelynn: Hanali will bless us with love so it's out there, but we still have to find it on our own. She won't tell us.
Raelynn: I think sometimes some leave the church because they get tired of waiting, but I KNOW it's out there. Somewhere.
Youtargim: I have been with those that I thought were deep connections
Youtargim: I am not sure that counts as a soulmate
Raelynn: Deep connections are a good start, though!
Youtargim: Adventures and surviving dangers can bring about an intimacy that misleads what someone really is about
Raelynn: Hmm, I suppose that's true. But I haven't really been on many adventures to discover that.
Youtargim: I have been on a few trips that seems to almost end in doom but we survived
Youtargim: I was smitten by the Princess
Youtargim: but it has been years that I have been home apparently
Youtargim: but it does not feel like that with you
Raelynn: But she has Namsut?
Youtargim: because we have been together this time
Youtargim: Who can compete with a Marid?
Raelynn: What's it feel like?
Youtargim: How does what feel like?
Raelynn: You said it does not feel like that with me, but you certainly seem smitten.
Youtargim: I meant that it does not feel like we have spent years together,
Raelynn: Well that's because we haven't, silly.
Youtargim: I am ... pleased.... happy, to be with you
Youtargim: It is enjoyable to banter back and forth
Youtargim: You are interesting and smart,
Youtargim: I am not worried about you taking care of your self
Youtargim: glances over at Bixi
Raelynn: As long as we're on the same page.
Youtargim: like others
Raelynn: I'm not against flirting or courtship, but I certainly am against someone just hoping to sleep with me as their end game.
Youtargim: We have slept together for weeks
Raelynn: Er, no not that...
Youtargim: I am not certain how courtship works for elves
Raelynn: Just... it's very different here than in the city.
Youtargim: This we both agree on
Raelynn: Um, well I was raised by my human mother so... it's like... human courtship?
Youtargim: At home this would not be a question, you would be able to just TAKE if you wanted
Youtargim: and everyone would be understanding
Raelynn: That's how you get stabbed in the eye.
Youtargim: that it was what you wanted
Youtargim: I would not stab you in the eye
Youtargim: I would stand up and say no,... well I would say yes... but someone would say no if they did not want
Raelynn: If someone just tried to TAKE me because they wanted me, they'd absolutely get stabbed in the eye.
Youtargim: Most definitely
Youtargim: I am glad we talked and straightened that out
Raelynn: Hmm, so I think you need to get better at listen and I need to realize things were... different where you grew up.
Raelynn: And just... please don't let me fall in the water. It'll ruin my hair at minimum.
Youtargim: I will try very hard to not let you fall into the water
Raelynn: Thank you.
Raelynn: smiles
Youtargim: and if you do I will try my best to bring you back up out of it
Raelynn: shudders at the thought of drowning
Youtargim: Did you want to try your hand at breakfast?
Raelynn: I'm actually curious to see what you'll cook up.
Raelynn: It's going to be much more interesting than anything I make.
Youtargim: Warm chuckles, that sounds like a challenge to see what you can do for me tomorrow
Youtargim: Go wake the others and I will find out what we have here
Raelynn: Oh I have a plan.
Raelynn: goes to wake everyone up
Youtargim goes off through the house
Comes back shortly with several thick steaks
Lights a fire outside of the door,
and grills up the steaks
Zayden: Whooo! I slept great, thank you Rae, you know how to bring a man out of sleep
Raelynn: has second thoughts about not doing breakfast
Raelynn: Was it me or the smell of steaks?
Zayden: Something smells delicious
Zayden: Is that steaks?
Raelynn: Apparently so...
Zayden: Boy I hope we remembered to pack salt
Raelynn: Bixi, were there any fresh crops?
Zayden: Do you eat meat Bixi?
Zayden strolls over to Yout and the grill
Zayden peeks at the steaks
Bixi Fizzlebang: Of course I do
Zayden: Nice, me too
Zayden: whispers to Yout: Hey Yout, they lookin good
Youtargim: Indigo! Howard!
Youtargim: Come on and get breakfast
Youtargim: a bit rough but the best we could do
Youtargim: hope to find an inn for tomorrow
Zayden: Don't mind if I do
Bixi Fizzlebang: What did you make, Yout?
Zayden grabs a plate and a steak and some salt
Youtargim: Just steaks
Zayden: Any potatoes?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Did everyone enjoy the Ham a la' beets I made last night?
Bixi Fizzlebang: What kind of steaks?
Zayden: Knotty did
Youtargim: Sliced a bit of those beasts we killed yesterday
Zayden: well he ate it at least, not sure if he enjoyed it
Youtargim: What are potatoes?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Rust monster steak?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Oh, thanks for feeding Knotty!
Zayden: I'll take that as a no
Zayden: No worries
Zayden smiles
Zayden slices into his steak and inspects the meat, satisfied, places it in his mouth
Thistle: Will it rust us from the inside out?
Youtargim: Only if you have metal inside of you
Bixi Fizzlebang: I think I'll sit this meal out
Youtargim: Hmmmm I did have a sailor or two with a hook, I wonder how they would have dealt with this
Zayden: mmm it's pretty good Bixi
Bixi Fizzlebang: It's not impossible that I've swallowed some metal before...
Zayden: just needs some salt, hot sauce wouldn't been nice
Zayden: but we make due when we're on the road
Thistle: Of course you did. You wouldn't be a pirate without knowing at least ONE with a hook.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Wash your hands before you touch anything after you're done eating...
Youtargim: The spices from up in your area Zayden are something
Youtargim: You get the best from the Spice Road don't you
Zayden: I do like spices Yout
Youtargim: Bixi you should eat
Zayden: They allow one to express character through food
Youtargim: if you do have metal inside then this might melt it away
Zayden: Yea Bixi we got a long day ahead
Thistle: It'll clean ya out!
Youtargim: I cannot imagine it being good to have metal in you
Raelynn: You don't think the rust monsters were the family and priest do you...?
Youtargim: Oh no
Youtargim: These are pests in some places
Zayden: I think we all have some metal inside us actually, but like a tiny amount
Youtargim: I do wonder where they disappeared to
Raelynn: If only we weren't in the Mist. We could see if any spirits here knew.
Zayden: as metal is part of the earth, and we are part of the earth, there is some metal in us, and us in some metal
Youtargim: I hope you are not swallowing daggers or swords Zayden
Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm good... I'll stick with the ham and beets, thanks
Zayden: well not the kind you're talking about
Bixi Fizzlebang: collects the rest of the ham and beets?
Zayden: smiles
Raelynn: What ham and beets?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I found some stored in the house
Zayden cleans his plate
Zayden: Fine breakfast Yout, compliments to the chef!
Raelynn: There wasn't any when I woke up...
Zayden: I love beets, those are the red one correct?
Youtargim: Bixi who did you leave it with? they might have eaten all of them
Howard Plum: Yes, very good breakfast
Bixi Fizzlebang: Whoever was on second watch... Indigo and Zayden?
Youtargim: Ahhh
Indigo: looks down at his plate
Zayden Grabs his ukulele and starts playing some morning sunshine
Youtargim: I can imagine Indigo and Zayden eating all of them
Zayden: what's this?
Raelynn: Oh, good point. Indigo does like his second helpings.
Zayden: Yes I was on 2nd watch I believe
Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't think I put ALL of it in the dish...
Zayden: Me and Indy
Raelynn: Indy?
Zayden: oh we didn't have any beets or ham, just a bite of that unearthly dinner
Bixi Fizzlebang: beams
Bixi Fizzlebang: What a nice compliment!
Zayden: I call him Indy, I think he likes it
Zayden: Hey we all have to start somewhere Bixi, it's all downhill from here
Raelynn: Indigo, do you want to be called Indy? I can't say I've heard that one before...
the group packs up their things and travels along as they talk
Zayden: So we have to call a committee meeting for me to give Indigo a nickname?
Indigo: No one has every given me a nickname. It's strange but I don't think I don't like it
Indigo: laughs
Indigo: No
Zayden: well that's how nicknames work Indy
Zayden: People give it to you and for better or worse, you're stuck with it
The time is 6:00 AM
The date is Trall____, 1st Man (Early Spring), 357 SKR
Young Moon's phase is Full Moon
Old Moon's phase is Full Moon
Raelynn: Well it's always nice to ask them first.
Indigo: It's okay Raelynn
Zayden: I mean I could ask, but I feel like the formality of it takes some of the fun away
Zayden: But I appreciate your trying to be respectful of others Rae
Zayden: And please know Indy, that I call you Indy with positive affection and energy
Raelynn: Thank you.
Zayden: Bixi have you ever had a nickname? Or do you have a nickname?
Raelynn: Hmm, I suppose she could be Bix but her name is already so short.
Zayden: Bixi kind of sounds like a nickname actually
Youtargim: whispers to Raelynn Softly, “Do you have a favorite nickname?”
Raelynn: True
Zayden: I think Rae is the obvious choice
Zayden: Hey Rae and Zay, I like the sound of that
Raelynn: Well, my dad gave me an Elvish nickname I always liked.
Zayden: Oh wonderful, and what was that?
Bixi Fizzlebang: shrugs
Bixi Fizzlebang: Bix would be fine, it's basically the same thing. What's in a name anyway
Raelynn: Arasha.
Raelynn: It means “my happiness.”
Zayden: Oh that's super sweet Rae!
Raelynn: smiles
Zayden: Your dad sounds like a cool guy
Raelynn: Oh, he is. I just wish he was better at keeping track of time so I'd see him more often.
Youtargim: whispers to Raelynn: How about Gamil
Zayden: Yes, fathers aren't know for being good with time
Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean... it's not his fault we disappeared for six years
Indigo: Your dad is the elf right?
Bixi Fizzlebang: You can't expect anyone to keep up with that
Raelynn: Mhmm!
Zayden: I dunno Bixi, there's that whole father-daughter bond thing going
Raelynn: My mom is human, my dad is an elf.
Zayden: Or the Mother-Son bond as well
Indigo: So that explains why your dad doesn’t feel time
Zayden: Cool, I imagine that must be tough, an elf and a human
Zayden: outliving your loved one and all I mean
Raelynn: No and he has his secret... but that's a different story
Zayden: Have we exited the Mists yet?
So the group heads north along the Dry Road
Raelynn: to Yout, “What's that mean?”
Zayden: Boy this road sure is dry huh?
about half way through the day
Zayden: Boy that sun is right at the halfway point huh?
Howard Plum: [SKILL] Whistling/Humming [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 17]
Youtargim: Quietly to Rae, it means the sun sparkling on the sea
Howard Plum: coughs
Raelynn: Oh, that's lovely!
Zayden: Feeling alright there Howard?
The group is traveling along the road and then get to a church
The Temple of Healing
Zayden: Hey look a church
Howard Plum: Yes. Something caught in my throat
Indigo has seen it before but not stopped
Zayden: It happens Howard, doesn't make you any less of a man
Howard Plum: It ... well ... I don't understand that leap ...
Zayden: Anybody need some healing done?
Howard Plum: [SKILL] Religion [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 8) [FAILURE by 11] [d20 = 19]
Raelynn: [SKILL] Religion, Elven [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 9]
Human, Priest: Welcome travelers
Zayden chuckles
Zayden: Hi Human Priest!
Zayden: We were just admiring your lovely church that you got going on over here
Indigo: Want a flyer for the circus?
Human, Priest: Thank you, we are always willing to help those in need
Indigo: hands over a flyer
Bixi Fizzlebang: You kept some flyers?
Human, Priest: Who are you and what do you search for?
Indigo: We're supposed to keep handing them out
Zayden: Well we appreciate that thank you, and what should we call you? I'm Zayden by the way
Indigo: I gave some to the farmer too
Zayden: This is my good friend Indigo, you can call him Indy if you want to sound cool
Human, Priest: I am Sister Uthe
Indigo: The circus master said he'd do something for us if we kept handing out flyers
Zayden: Nice to meet you Sister Uthe
Bixi Fizzlebang: And you believe that con man?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Hello Sister Uthe. Nice to meet you
Indigo: Do you wish your church was in Loosend?
Sister Uthe: It is nice to meet you Indigo, and....
Zayden: I am Zayden
Sister Uthe: Zayden, you have a foreign accent
Sister Uthe: Where are you from?
Sister Uthe: Oh Sir Indigo we are here because our founder built it to prepare those who were to enter The Mist
Bixi Fizzlebang: Bixi. Oh, sorry, maybe you meant Zayden. Didn't mean to interrupt
Indigo: scratches his head
Sister Uthe: and over the decades The Mist has crept north over our lands and we are now inside tending to those who are affected by it
Raelynn: How long has it been here?
Indigo: That's a good idea
Sister Uthe: We were founded over 230 years ago
Sister Uthe: I ask Zayden because we have a strange elf here, that does not sound like an elf, she sounds more like you in a way
Zayden: Well I'd be to try to speak with this elf
Raelynn : [Translation] How would you know?
Sister Uthe: Please do
Sister Uthe: Looks at Raelynn, What was that Daughter?
Raelynn: Sorry just a cough.
Raelynn: I think Howard's cold is contagious.
Sister Uthe: You are an elven lady though? you can speak to her?
Zayden: And what is this Elf's name?
Bixi Fizzlebang [Gnomish]: [Translation] I can speak a second language too!
Raelynn: If she speaks Elvish.
Sister Uthe: We do not know
Zayden: Right of course, where is she?
Sister Uthe: Looks at Bixi, that is not something I have heard before
Zayden: or he?
Zayden: or they?
Sister Uthe: Let me take you inside
Zayden: Thanks Sister!
The Sister leads you into a vaulted church,
Bixi Fizzlebang: Maybe she speaks gnomish!
Zayden: So are you a nun? Like technically?
the altar up front, then there are two wings coming off
she leads you to the one on the left
Indigo: Shhhh ... she's a priestess
Zayden: oh sorry, but that's why I was asking sheesh
Indigo: She could zap you if she wanted to, but I think she's too nice
Zayden: Wasn't trying to be rude
Sister Uthe: My name does confuse people,
Indigo: Just sayin'
Sister Uthe: My mother named me after the Goddess
Sister Uthe: which set me upon this path
Zayden: Nice
Indigo: We have a priestess that worships Uthe
Indigo: She helped everyone home with babies
Sister Uthe: I am pleased to have risen to the rank of Sister
Bixi Fizzlebang: Zayden's not from around here! Indigo, maybe you can give him some cultural tips on the road. On the waterway. On the whatever.
Sister Uthe: Oh? who might that be?
Indigo: Aunt Kenna
Sister Uthe: Kenna!
Indigo: in Dragon Fen
Sister Uthe: OH Indigo!
Sister Uthe: You are THAT Indigo?
Indigo: grins
Indigo: That's me
Sister Uthe: That is quite the honor
Zayden: cultural tips?
Sister Uthe: How is Aunt Kenna?
Zayden: I don't know Bixi I feel like I been crushin it to be honest
Sister Uthe: What is her hospital like?
Sister Uthe: You must be very proud to be able to work with her
Indigo: She's good. The hospital is busy with babies and all the townsfolk
Indigo: She seems really happy
Leading you to a wing with several beds, most of them have people sitting up eating, reading, or praying
then there are three at the end who are look much worse
Zayden: what are they eating?
a halfling, an elf, and a human in a red cloak
Bixi Fizzlebang: glances over at Zay
Raelynn: glances over at Indigo
Sister Uthe: We are very pleased to have you here
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yeah... sure... definitely “crushing it”
Zayden glances over to Bixi
Sister Uthe: We provide what we can to our guests
Sister Uthe: with the donations that our guests and visitors provide
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: ::thrashes and rants::
Sister Uthe: Sir Indigo how many patients do you see in the hospital?
Indigo: I don't see any.
Sister Uthe: Oh? are there not any in need?
Indigo: Kenna has a big building. people come from all around to go to a hospital but I don't know how many
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal [A Comm]: [Translation] Blast this accursed foggy land. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest it's genital hair!
The group is in the church of Kalandra, where Sister Uthe ministers to those with Mist Sickness
Indigo: looks at elf girl
Thistle: Er, that is certainly not Elvish.
Raelynn: Er, that is certainly not Elvish.
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] WHAT
Indigo: Is she going to die?
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] That is from my home
Youtargim: I am sorry that is my mother tongue from home
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] Who are you?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal [A Comm]: [Translation] Finally, someone who speaks the enlightened tongue. These priests are useless. I have spent the last of my gold seeking a cure from them, but they offer me none but bland gruel.
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] What are you doing here?
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] Who are you?
Zayden: Should I try to talk to this Elf person?
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] How did you get here?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I think Yout's got it
Youtargim: Raelynn, perhaps you can reach her with your native language?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal [A Comm]: [Translation] I am Akilah, daughter of Fahkr of the city of Hiyal. I got here by foot as no camel would dare set foot in this cursed land
Indigo: Do you understand any of that?
Bixi Fizzlebang: mumbles “Finally doing something useful”
Youtargim: She is an elf, she knows the language of my home
Indigo: What language is that?
Bixi Fizzlebang: You come from elflands, Yout?
Youtargim: This is the language of my lands, the land of Zakaraha
Youtargim: Where my princess resides
Youtargim: in Hiyal
Raelynn: There's elves in your homeland?
Youtargim: It is most strange to hear she is from there perhaps?
Youtargim: Oh yes, we have elves, dwarves, gnomes, giants,
Raelynn : [Translation] Do you speak Elvish?
Youtargim: She said her name is Akilah Bint
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal [A Comm]: [Translation] It is strange that this lands people separate themselves based on height and ear shape.
Youtargim: Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal is the formal name
Raelynn : [Translation] Is that a no...?
Youtargim: al Hiyal means from Hiyal
Raelynn: Does she speak Common?
Raelynn: Hello!!
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] Do you understand what this beautiful elf is saying to you?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal [A Comm]: [Translation] I am speaking common. It is you that are speaking the INCORRECT common.
Bixi Fizzlebang: If she speaks your language, why do you want to talk to her in elvish?
Youtargim: I am hoping more than only I can speak with her
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] Do you speak any other languages?
Youtargim: Does anyone have any magical language arts?
Youtargim: Bixi?
Zayden: I do
Zayden: not
Raelynn: I'm hoping so, too...
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal [A Comm]: [Translation] I speak their tongue, it is just challenging at the best of times, and I am not in the best of times. I can try, but I promise no fluency. This blasted disease makes thought difficult.
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] Yes this Sickness from The Mist is quite horrible, I have seen several elves laid low for weeks by it
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: clears her throat.
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] If you can speak another language then it might help free you from here
Youtargim [A Comm]: [Translation] We are going north, out of The Mist
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal [W Comm]: I ah... speak the tongue of this people. Not well, and the pain makes hard it.
Youtargim: That is good
Raelynn: Well you won't be the first.
Youtargim: We understand that
Youtargim: How long have you been here in this sanctuary?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: scratches her temple in thought.
Sister Uthe: She arrived two weeks ago
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Two... three weeks?
Sister Uthe: She was struggling when she arrived, a friendly traveler found her on the side of the road and brought her to us
Raelynn: What's your destination?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: In home they say guest is like fish. After few days, both begin to smell bad. I must smell very bad now.
Sister Uthe: This is the first I have heard her speak
Sister Uthe: In a sensible sentence
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I come to study mist. Mist try to kill me. Is not fair trade, I think.
Sister Uthe: We are here to heal those we can
Indigo: If it's been two weeks she should get better soon
Youtargim: Why would you study The Mist?
Youtargim: The elves seem to handle this worse Indigo
Zayden: what have you learned about The Mist?
Youtargim: Remember how long Licornah was in bed?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I study many things. Learn many things. Write words about these many things.
Youtargim: Bixi is a writer
Youtargim: Points to the gnome
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Mist is evil thing. Makes good people sick. Makes bad undead thrive.
Youtargim: She writes about ghosts
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I write... erm... song words?
Youtargim: I have not been here that long
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I do not know word in your speak.
Raelynn: Oh, like Zayden!
Youtargim: Howard or Indigo could help you with that
Howard Plum: Poetry?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Maybe? What is po-e-try?
Zayden: huh?
Howard Plum: Ummm words that are lyrical. Sometimes rhyme
Bixi Fizzlebang: Singing? Lyrics?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I not know what is ly-ri-cal. Rhyme, I know this word. Maybe is po-e-try.
Zayden: Yea so?
Youtargim: Like
Youtargim: Oh, “Once upon a midnight dreary; I woke with something in my head; I couldn't escape the memory”
Zayden: Should we sing a song together?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I study many things. I study to write. I study sickness so I can cure. I am like doctor in home city.
Raelynn: Oh! You know poetry, Yout?
Youtargim: Looking at Rae, smiles
Youtargim: But I want more than a touch I want you to reach me; And show me all the things no one else can see; So what you feel becomes mine as well; And soon if we're lucky we'd be unable to tell; What's yours and mine, the fishing's fine; And it doesn't have to rhyme, so don't you feed me a line
Bixi Fizzlebang: Or is it more like “hey, I just met you, and this might sound crazy, but here's my location, so write to me maybe”
Raelynn: Oooh that's beautiful. I'd love to hear more again sometime.
Youtargim: That is fun Bixi!
Youtargim: smiles with Rae, I will write something for you
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: nods.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Yes is maybe this thing.
Raelynn: I would love that. THAT is an easy way to win me over.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I say pretty words, cut hair and heal sick. I travel to learn new ways to heal sick.
Youtargim: Akilah we are going north on a mission for Bixi, Thistle and Talwin
Youtargim: We will come back to The Mist after that
Youtargim: It will not be long, do you want to come with us and then you can learn about The Mist from those that live there?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: thinks a moment.
Youtargim: Howard, Bixi, Indigo, have all lived in The Mist for their lives
Youtargim: I have only been there a short time
Howard Plum: But we're leaving the Mist
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Yes. I will do this. You come here. Sit on blanket.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: unrolls a blanket from her things and places it on the floor.
Youtargim: walks over and sits on the end of the bed
Thistle: Hey, I'm still here.
Thistle: And I lived in the deeper Mist. It was gross.
Youtargim: Thistle I did not think you lived here all your life
Youtargim: you have traveled so much
Thistle: I grew up in Ghostwood.
Youtargim: What is Ghostwood?
Thistle: Um, and then with Shi.
Thistle: Ehh, details. Don't worry about it.
Youtargim: that sounds like Bixi would tell stories
Thistle: I mean if she likes vampires, sure.
Youtargim: Do you like Vampires Bixi?
Thistle: Or weddings and dream magic. That was fun.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: though she is clearly weakened from her disease, she removes a razor from a pouch with expert skill, patting on the blanket.
Youtargim: Sitting on the end of the blanket
Youtargim: BLINKS
Youtargim: You are a Barber... I mean a barber barber
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Yes, I give you shave and cut hairs as payment. Your hairs need cutting.
Raelynn: Ummm, are your hands steady when you're sick?
Youtargim: I think we can wait for that
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yeah, I don't really want to talk about home
Youtargim: Let us get you out of The Mist
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Is okay, am doctor. Can fix you if I cut you.
Youtargim: I do not need to look as handsome as Indigo
Youtargim: Swallows at that one by Akilah
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Sew you up with little string like nothing happen.
Youtargim: Can you sail?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Sail? I am from desert, why you think I sail?
Bixi Fizzlebang: snorts
Bixi Fizzlebang: I like this elf
Youtargim: I am a captain of a fleet
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Congratulations, captain. Now I shave you.
Youtargim: I think we should start to move, we need to make time today
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: pulls out a hair and drops it on her razor blade, cutting it down the center.
Youtargim: Do you wish to join us Akilah bint-Fahkr
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Is better than stay sick in bed with healers that do not heal.
Youtargim: You can quiz these on The Mist
Youtargim: We have a wagon you can ride in
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: That sound better than feet.
Raelynn: Once you're out of it, you'll feel better.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Isn't there anything we can do for her now?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I haven't left the mist much, I'm not really sure what helps when you get back in
Raelynn: There's always a chance you'll get sick again when you reenter, but it's usually better than the first time.
bundling up your semi invalid into the wagon
Howard Plum: If she really wants to study the Mist wouldn't be better to send her to Dragon Fen rather than take her out of the Mist and all the way to Terraguard?
Indigo: As the group is leaving he pokes the person in the red cloak to see if he recognizes them
Human, Wizard: groans
Human, Wizard: Who
Indigo: Can you look up?
Human, Wizard: YOU
Human, Wizard: It cannot be
Indigo: YOU!
Human, Wizard: Seriously
Indigo: Funny seeing you all sick in bed
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: gathers her things. She seems to be carrying a surprising amount despite her apparent weakness.
Red Cloak: What are you doing here? of all days
Red Cloak: How are you here
Indigo: I'm going on an adventure. Why this day?
Red Cloak: I thought you and Branwyn went off and died somewhere
Indigo: Bah! Like that was going to happen
Red Cloak: I came back because I did not believe Jennivive when she told me
Indigo: We got stuck in the elf after life for a couple days and then it turned into years here
Indigo: Well we're back so you lose
Red Cloak: I was planning on getting my church back
Red Cloak: groans and coughs
Indigo: Good luck with that.
Red Cloak: not been this bad for a long time,
Indigo: Branwyn offered it to you and you said no so now you never get it
Indigo: We killed Black Cloak without you so it was a good thing
Red Cloak: Good for you, he deserved it
Indigo: I'll send Branwyn a message when we get to Loosend that you're here
Indigo: Here's a circus flyer
Red Cloak: I better be gone by then
Indigo: You'd probably like it
Red Cloak: what? a circus? you are juggling now?
Red Cloak: You cannot be a clown, you are not funny
Indigo: Not me but you can watch it
Indigo: Okay I'm leaving.
Red Cloak: Where are you going?
Indigo: Loosend right now
Bixi Fizzlebang: looks around at everyone
Bixi Fizzlebang: What's with those two?
Indigo: You can ask Branwyn about the rest
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: He is loose end.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: nods sagely
Red Cloak: Sighs and falls back into bed
Indigo: turns and leaves
Red Cloak: Sister, I would like more broth please,
Red Cloak: The Queen will build you a new chapel house
and the group heads back up the road
Thistle: You okay, Indigo?
Indigo: Yeah. That was a very bad man
Thistle: Jennieve's husband, right? I've heard the stories.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: so what's the deal with mist sickness? How long am I sick? How sick am I?
Youtargim: Who is Jennieve?
Thistle: A crazy lady.
Indigo: That he sold me as a slave to goblins?
Indigo: That he is a necromancer
Youtargim to Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: you will be better this evening when you leave the mist
Thistle: Yeah, I heard that, too. That's why I asked if you were okay.
Thistle: I mean you didn't shank him....
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yikes
Indigo: That he can't kill me but he can kill everyone else I know if he wants to try
Indigo: I'm not going to murder him
Youtargim: Why can't he kill you?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Can't he be arrested or something?
Youtargim: Do you have some special bond?
Indigo: I need to send Branwyn a message as soon as we get to Loosend
Thistle: Nah, he's the Queen's Husband's Brother. Pretty sure you go to jail for murder. Even if Indigo has good reason for it.
Indigo: His twin brother is the Queen's consort and my friend
Indigo: Toybin made him swear never to try to kill me
Thistle: Ooooh I forgot you were friends with him. Hmm, okay I guess murder would be messy.
Youtargim: Blinks
Youtargim: You are friends with the Queen's consort? Husband? what do they call that here?
Indigo: It's consort
Indigo: But he is her husband
Youtargim: And that person there is his brother
Indigo: I'm friends with a lot of people
Youtargim: You are very friendly
Indigo: Yes that's his brother
Youtargim: So do we want to get away really fast before the Queen sends someone after us?
Indigo: But let's not think about him
Indigo: The Queen isn't going to send anyone after us!
Youtargim: Good!
Youtargim: SO
Youtargim: Turning to Akilah
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Not if you tie up loose ends.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: nods sagely.
Youtargim: There is no way you just arrived here, what made you look for this place in particular?
Youtargim: Did the princess send you?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: This mosque? I did not look for this mosque. People find me and bring me to this mosque.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: If I was friends with princess, I would not be sick in this place, that is sure thing.
Youtargim: These lands, you are very very far from home
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Yes, it was very long walk. I see many nice things and write about them.
Youtargim: frowns
Youtargim: Heads to the front of the group to walk along the road
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: gradually looks better and better the further out of the mist you get.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: while riding on the wagon, Akilah spends some time writing in a journal. In particular she seems interested in taking down everyone's name and learning a little about them.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: You tell me your name and what you do, yes? I want to know who I travel with.
Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm Bixi! I'm a ghosthunter!
Thistle: Thistle! I dunno. I read fortune and hang out in the forest.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Also I like plants and animals. This is my friend Knotty!
Zayden: I'm Zayden, I just kinda hang out
Bixi Fizzlebang: We rescued him from a circus!
Raelynn: I'm Raelynn, Priestess of Hanali, the Goddess of Love. I heal and support others.
Zayden: Shall we refer to you as Akilah?
Raelynn: And maybe one day help them find true love... hmm, but I still don't know where to build a teahouse....
Zayden: Can I call you Aki for shorty?
Zayden: for short I mean
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Yes Akilah is fine. Rest of name is honorific.
Zayden: That's cool thanks Aki, nice to meet you and welcome to the gang
Indigo: I'm Indigo and I'm an admiral and knight of Drillian
Zayden: I didn't really follow along any of what happened back there, but glad to have a new member and happy to meet you
Howard Plum: I am Howard Plum and am an apprentice mage to Countess Branwyn the Mysterious Branadarus of Dragon Fen
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: quickly scribbles down names and notes.
Zayden: Ok everybody sounds so fancy I want to give this a second try hold on Aki
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I am also healer. This land is thick with magic. Not many know healing. Real healing.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Um, I can also heal a little bit and make illusions sometimes, and cook, and I'm taking notes to write ghost stories.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I do not know what tea has to do with love though...
Bixi Fizzlebang: We met a time-traveling ghost at an inn but we killed him. He was a mean ghost.
Zayden: Welcome! I am Zayden! I am a bard, and I'm a long way from home, but I just kinda abide you know
Zayden: tea is very intimate
Zayden: like your mom
Zayden smirks
Raelynn: Well that's why it'll be a teahouse and matchmaking service! It'll go well together.
Zayden: that's actually a great idea Rae
Zayden: if you're doing a start up count me in as an investor
Raelynn: Tea is dignity and poise. It'll be perfect.
Indigo: Maybe you can be her first customer
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I think dignity and this bard do not mix maybe.
Raelynn: Hmm, maybe not, but who doesn't like a challenge?
Zayden: I think dignity and your mom do not mix maybe
Zayden smirks
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: You make my point, effendi.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Maybe we can grow the tea together! I bet we could find some really nice plants, and I don't want to brag but I AM pretty good with plants
Zayden: haha I play Akilah, thank you for being patient with me
Zayden: To be fair Bixi is good with plants
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I know of herbs, especially healing ones.
Zayden: although she hasn't gotten me the sort of plants I really want yet
Indigo: You're a priestess of what kind of god?
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I think the plants you want are the kinds that are enjoyed smoked.
Raelynn: What herbs and plants are in a desert? It sounds... empty there.
Zayden: Aki you are observant!
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Me? I am no priestess. I am barber. In my land, barbers are also healers.
Zayden: I think we're gonna get along just fine
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: You learn to cut hair, you can cut anything else.
Zayden: Hey Aki, maybe you could cut my hair and I could sing you a song in exchange maybe perhaps?
Indigo: Oh I think of magic and healing
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: This, I can do.
Zayden: This, I can accept
Zayden smiles
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I do not use magic for my healing. This is lazy healing for land fattened by god magic.
Raelynn: If someone is sick or dying, they certainly don't care how they're healed as long as they are healed.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: reaches into a pouch and pulls out a razor and motions for Zayden to come closer.
Zayden: what you got going on with that razor?
Zayden approaches
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Yes, but when you rely on magic, there is no incentive to learn to be better. Everything is given to you by gods.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: And what the gods give, they can take away.
Raelynn: No, it gives you time to focus on other skills because you do not have to worry about it.
Raelynn: There is no wrong way but neither is one better than the other.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: This razor is for cutting hair, how else do you cut hair?
Zayden: Oh alright
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I am not saying magic is wrong, it is just lazy.
Zayden: I'm slightly disappointed but cool
Zayden: let's do this
Raelynn: According to you.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: nods and begins trimming Zayden's hair and beard with the practiced hands of a surgeon.
Zayden: feels good
Howard Plum: It's all right Miss Raelynn. I know how important your healing magic is.
Raelynn: smiles
Raelynn: Thank you, Howard.
Raelynn: The opinion of someone I barely know means nothing, anyways. She can believe whatever she wants. I know how many I've helped.
Howard Plum: smiles
Howard Plum: Yes you have
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: doesn't style his hair particularly, but makes it neater and cleaner.
Howard Plum: [SKILL] Whistling/Humming [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 7]
Howard Plum: whistles happily
Raelynn: Ohh! That sounds lovely, Howard!
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I do not doubt you have healed many people with your magic. I do not believe that it is wrong to use. I just want not be a slave to the gods for my gifts.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: Some think life of service to a god is fair trade for magic, I do not.
Raelynn: Oh sure, some gods it'd be horrible, but not Hanali. She lets us come and go as we want. She just wants us to be happy and find love.
Akilah bint-Fahkr al Hiyal: I think that if you turn your back on this Hanali, she will no longer provide this magic.
Raelynn: You can think what you want and live what life you want. I just think you misunderstand.
So the group has made it out of the Mist, and is looking for an Inn to stay at
