Sunday, August 14, 2016
Continued from last time
Following the battle the company decides to go to one of the tree houses. Medea explains that the creature had been mind controlled and in exchange for removing the device and seeking revenge it had agreed to go away for 3 suns (or moons?). 4 men are sent to verify the beast was gone, and then the company is invited up into the tree house, where they rest.
the party comes across a very large hole, and they are pretty certain it is the burrow of the monster they just spoke to. Near there is a tree
Medea and Keltac approach the hole in the side of the tree. 5 feet inside there is a recessed portal. There are three dials. Medea attempts to unlock the door using the dials, but fails. Hector attempts as well, but it does not work for him either. Jasmine begins siphoning energy off the door while Hector looks through the door. He realizes that it takes three tries to open the door, and quickly stops Jasmine. Medea tries to open the door one more time. She is electrocuted, but the door opens.
Inside there is a hall 20X60 feet. Every 2-3 feet down the corridor there is an elatticurid severed head with expressions of twisted horror. There are boards that are laid down the middle of the hall, and it sounds like there is nothing under them. As the party passes the heads begin screaming. The slowly quiet as the party passes.
Inside the next room is a large form lying on the ground. It is a twisted combination of flesh and metal. It looks like a marionett with cut strings. It is grasping a long swordstaff in its hand.
Quin attemts to take the swordstaff from the creature, but it is gripped too hard. As Jasmine tries to sneak past, the creature awakes. Jasmine manages to dodge past and down the stairs on the far end. Quinn is not so fast.
Boo reads the creatures mind and nearly throws up. "Whatever that is, it's in a lot of pain."
****
Jasmine goes down the stairs and finds a priest with the body of a young elacturid woman who has been beheaded. He is wiring her head to a Grue panel. There are about 6 other bodies standing around. Jasmine holds her knife to the wire, "Call off your beast!"
***
The swordstaff swings down on Hector. As Keltak stabs the creature his sword gouges into one of the skills and he is overwhelmed by feelings of pain of being beheaded while still conscious. Hector can't stand the screaming heads, and tries (unseccussfully) to leave.
***
Jasmine starts talking to the priest. He says that he is trying to attain perfection by combining the two races--heads of Gru with bodies of elacterids.
***
Quin has delt the most damage to the Gollum, and eventually manages to kill it. they join JAsmine downstairs. Jasmine manages to carry on a great conversation and it turns out that the priest has a key to the cold city he doesn't mind loaning to them. They take the key and leave, promising to return in.
*****
***Big discovery that the cromulack are allied with the great ones
QUOTES
If you drain me I will slit your throat!--Quin
Is there something--like, I don't know. Morality perception?--Grace
At this point it has become self defense, so it isn't wrong, right??--Grace
Do you have any extra limbs lying around? I mean, any you aren't going to use? Just so I could take home?--Jasmine (she later takes a literal armload back to the ship)
(creepy priest scientist) your physiology is inferior.
"I'll have you know--in High School I--" *trails off in spluttering*
I don't know what that means.
"It means I have highly advanced physiology!"
"So you want me to experiment on you? "
"NO! I mean if you don't stop insulting me, I'll slit your throat!"--Jasmine and super creepy human experiment guy
Grace's murder eyes are the best.
The Stone Trees (5)
The company gathers around the port near the front of the ship for a very brief memorial for Aunt Cassandra. (Type it up)
Jasmin begins studying the orbs in the very front of the ship and realizes it is the control center of the ship--the bridge.
Hector studies the navigation system and realizes that the ship is on the way to Naharrai. It will take another day to day and a half to arrive. Hector examines the Aunt Cassandra's sword and learns some interesting things about it.
The ship arrives at Naharrai. There are great oceans and forests. The nightcraft enters the atmosphere and approaches a very large city covered by a glass dome. Leora is left in charge of the ship with a headache, and Keltak leads the way out of the ship.
Suddenly they hear a shreak and a strange creature comes running across the land. Three creatures, a cross between a crab and a bobcat are pursuing him. Medea and Jasmin attack one of the bobcats. Hector shouts "For Aunt Cassandra!" And cuts two of the crustation legs off. The strange creature notices Kelteck and freaks out. He pops open his chest cavity and places a gem inside. As Keltak resists he sees a picture of Araboo stepping through a wall of light flanked by two priests. Keltak punches him.
Quin kills the uninjured CrabCat. Kietorga finishes off one of the injured ones. Jasmine pulverizes the final one with her forearm blade.
The party turns their attention to Keltak and Boo. After gagging them both and threatening general pain of pain, they learn that Boo was being pursued by Keltak years ago.
(more to add)
After Medea and Keltak wretch behind a rock, Boo informs them that this planet is posionus to humans. The company decides to continue to the city quickly to learn what they can learn. It takes a key to open, and Boo tells them about a temple and a rocky area. They decide to go to the temple despite Boo's protest.
Quinn and Keltak and Boo notice several blurs following the party. Boo warns Jasmine. Jasmine slashes one with a knife, then cuts Boo free. In the flurry of battle Boo teleports away from the fight and lands on the other side of a dune, just in front of two tall blue skinned creatures with computer screen faces. Boo casts stasis on them, first one than the other.
The party is tangled in the fight and not doing well. Hector, Quin, and Medea attempt to break away unsuccessfully.
****
"Halt in the name of international peace!" The handfull of creepy guards surround the party. After a brief conversation, they decide to take them to see Priest 995. The party agrees. Boo, meanwhile, wrapped in a rug, is sneaking aboard the ship--rather unsuccessfully--trying to sneak up to the only entrance.
The party is escorted to the
When the children are born their heads are removed and replaced with the consciousness of one of the old ones.
***
Priest 755 was sent to spy on the tree homes and has never returned. He needs help finding/rescuing the priest. The party manages to offend the priest, and he dismisses them from his presence rather forceably. They sit and talk on the pavilion for an hour, and decide to go on the mission anyway in an attempt to gain favor.
Hector talks to one of the priests on the pavilion. She tells him about the Ellaticurids, another race that lives on the world who is brutal and murderous. The human city is named Arthurine(??). The party continues on to the Tree homes.
Each tree is 600-800 ft tall, and about 80 ft in diameter. In various places on the trees there are vents--5-8 ft in diameter. It has about 1000 people. Over some of the vents are balloon like sections of fabric. As the party continues a group of about 9 Ellaticurids surrounds them. At the same time a Moszk tentical sprouts out of Jasmine's back and attacks her. She is able to gain control of it.
The party talks to the Ellaticurid party. Garen is the captain. They learn that there is a preditator out that is taking their children at night. Garen tells them to find a safe place to go. They request shelter, and he agrees reluctantly but they will not be allowed inside. He shouts to his lutenant that he is bringing back some bate.
A quick consultation and the party decides to use the back-in-time-viewer. They watch the three men from last night. The first one suddenly is thrown back by an invisible force. It's tenticals move in behind the guards, and "melt" them. Quinn realizes that there is a collar that may be controlling the animal.
The Boo thinks up an idea to combine a Spatial Warp device with a Machine control implant to block the control collar.
The worm appears. Medea manages to hit it with her needler and slow it down. Jasmine passes the device to Hector, and in a moment of pure brilliance Hector is able to throw the device perfectly onto the beast's collar. The beast charges for Medea, but she is able to dodge. Keitorga is not as lucky and her armor is burned away by acid.
Boo starts a conversation. The creature was enslaved and forced to take the blue people to the fallen tree. Boo agrees to remove the device, in exchange for a promise to not eat us or the blue people. We also are to seek vengance on him.
QUOTES
Not my hair! It's all I have left! ~Hector
Jasmin begins studying the orbs in the very front of the ship and realizes it is the control center of the ship--the bridge.
Hector studies the navigation system and realizes that the ship is on the way to Naharrai. It will take another day to day and a half to arrive. Hector examines the Aunt Cassandra's sword and learns some interesting things about it.
The ship arrives at Naharrai. There are great oceans and forests. The nightcraft enters the atmosphere and approaches a very large city covered by a glass dome. Leora is left in charge of the ship with a headache, and Keltak leads the way out of the ship.
Suddenly they hear a shreak and a strange creature comes running across the land. Three creatures, a cross between a crab and a bobcat are pursuing him. Medea and Jasmin attack one of the bobcats. Hector shouts "For Aunt Cassandra!" And cuts two of the crustation legs off. The strange creature notices Kelteck and freaks out. He pops open his chest cavity and places a gem inside. As Keltak resists he sees a picture of Araboo stepping through a wall of light flanked by two priests. Keltak punches him.
Quin kills the uninjured CrabCat. Kietorga finishes off one of the injured ones. Jasmine pulverizes the final one with her forearm blade.
The party turns their attention to Keltak and Boo. After gagging them both and threatening general pain of pain, they learn that Boo was being pursued by Keltak years ago.
(more to add)
After Medea and Keltak wretch behind a rock, Boo informs them that this planet is posionus to humans. The company decides to continue to the city quickly to learn what they can learn. It takes a key to open, and Boo tells them about a temple and a rocky area. They decide to go to the temple despite Boo's protest.
Quinn and Keltak and Boo notice several blurs following the party. Boo warns Jasmine. Jasmine slashes one with a knife, then cuts Boo free. In the flurry of battle Boo teleports away from the fight and lands on the other side of a dune, just in front of two tall blue skinned creatures with computer screen faces. Boo casts stasis on them, first one than the other.
The party is tangled in the fight and not doing well. Hector, Quin, and Medea attempt to break away unsuccessfully.
****
"Halt in the name of international peace!" The handfull of creepy guards surround the party. After a brief conversation, they decide to take them to see Priest 995. The party agrees. Boo, meanwhile, wrapped in a rug, is sneaking aboard the ship--rather unsuccessfully--trying to sneak up to the only entrance.
The party is escorted to the
When the children are born their heads are removed and replaced with the consciousness of one of the old ones.
***
Priest 755 was sent to spy on the tree homes and has never returned. He needs help finding/rescuing the priest. The party manages to offend the priest, and he dismisses them from his presence rather forceably. They sit and talk on the pavilion for an hour, and decide to go on the mission anyway in an attempt to gain favor.
Hector talks to one of the priests on the pavilion. She tells him about the Ellaticurids, another race that lives on the world who is brutal and murderous. The human city is named Arthurine(??). The party continues on to the Tree homes.
Each tree is 600-800 ft tall, and about 80 ft in diameter. In various places on the trees there are vents--5-8 ft in diameter. It has about 1000 people. Over some of the vents are balloon like sections of fabric. As the party continues a group of about 9 Ellaticurids surrounds them. At the same time a Moszk tentical sprouts out of Jasmine's back and attacks her. She is able to gain control of it.
The party talks to the Ellaticurid party. Garen is the captain. They learn that there is a preditator out that is taking their children at night. Garen tells them to find a safe place to go. They request shelter, and he agrees reluctantly but they will not be allowed inside. He shouts to his lutenant that he is bringing back some bate.
A quick consultation and the party decides to use the back-in-time-viewer. They watch the three men from last night. The first one suddenly is thrown back by an invisible force. It's tenticals move in behind the guards, and "melt" them. Quinn realizes that there is a collar that may be controlling the animal.
The Boo thinks up an idea to combine a Spatial Warp device with a Machine control implant to block the control collar.
The worm appears. Medea manages to hit it with her needler and slow it down. Jasmine passes the device to Hector, and in a moment of pure brilliance Hector is able to throw the device perfectly onto the beast's collar. The beast charges for Medea, but she is able to dodge. Keitorga is not as lucky and her armor is burned away by acid.
Boo starts a conversation. The creature was enslaved and forced to take the blue people to the fallen tree. Boo agrees to remove the device, in exchange for a promise to not eat us or the blue people. We also are to seek vengance on him.
QUOTES
Not my hair! It's all I have left! ~Hector
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