Tarein will ask this Mr. Bede what the particular use is and why we seem to fit the bill for this use.
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Tarein will ask this Mr. Bede what the particular use is and why we seem to fit the bill for this use.
Mr Bede states that he does not not know of the exact task except that it requires the retrieval of several artifacts and the destruction of several other ones. Which artifacts and why are unknown to him. However, several of them will only be accessible by certain members of your party.
(I poke around in Mr Bedes mind just to check thats all he knows. I also, if my telepathic range can handle it, see what is of use in the inn and the shop, failing that, I go there and check it out :P)
As the Sucker probes the mind of Mr Bede the huge man gives the Sucker a wink.
Its usually polite to ask first, but as I have nothing to hide personally feel free. Although youll find that my employer has locked his own identity using his own more than formidable powers.
Sure enough, where there should be the identity of the employer there is a dark psionic scar, as if someone just tore the memory from Bedes skull and left just a notion of it in the shape. Quickly rifling through Bedes own memory you find out a bit more about him.
He is a killer. A very very prolific killer, a mercenary or assassin for whomever pays the highest. That said you note that he isnt usually one for making small talk before killing, so you are probably safe at the minute. A glance through suggests that he spends his winnings on further cybernetic and magical enhancements. He can absorb energy into his own system to power himself up, his flesh is far denser than that of a humans, being something comparable to solid oak. He would also appear to be immune to poisoning and disease as well as having cybernetic batteries that give him endurance far beyond a normal human, being able to run at full speed without stopping for a week or more. He also has some minor telekinetic abilities, not enough to pick up a person but enough to fling one of his knives massive distances with perfect avccuracy and swing it round to cut a number of targets. This guy probably is not one to mess with.
Mr Bede sighs... As you are being indecisive my employer did give me another option...
With that he mutters a few complex syllables, and suddenly the ground beneath them feels like it was suddenly become water... The entire group drops into this water that looks like earth... to find themselves in a study.
Infront of them is a man, relatively aged in appearance, as well as being long limbed and gangly. His face is chiselled in its form but proportioned quite differently to that of a human... his nose is long and hooked, and the hair of his eyebrows flicks out into an elaborate shape. Snowlark whispers that he looks like he could be an elven half-breed with some other humanoid. Their is an elegance to his movements that his form didnt suggest. His eyes are entirely white and his fingers are laden with rings, quite unelven in their numbers and gaudiness. Less gaudy though is the silken waistcoat he wears embroidered with decadent fabrics.
He smiles when he sees the new arrivals.
As, I see Mr Bede got bored with waiting. He is never one for patience.
Mr Bede, who is standing behind them gives a curt nod.
I shall be frank with you all, ladies and gentlemen. I need the existence of some beigns ended. And I need certain possessions of theirs to become mine, and I need it done by someone that they cant have prepared for. And no one is prepared for who a faller might be
These are evil beings, evil evil creatures who have taken hold of too much power. I cant let them keep it, theyll just abuse it and destroy everything around them. I must make the world safe!
He looks passionate in his conviction, and his lips tremble as if he has some personal investment in this and his eyes well with tears..
I need you to kill four monsters, there were two more but fortunately they have been dealt with in the mean time. The first I need to dispatch though is one of the old dark gods... He has the head of a silver spear lodged in him from an ancient war which grants him vast power....
If you agree I shall use my magics to teleport you to near him immediately if you wish...
(Hmm. Im all for being teleported, but I think considering what we know about the situation we should keep an open mind regarding who our friends and enemies are. I shall be anyway)
I want to ask him more about the creatures and the war. Maybe Sucker can have a looksee in his head to see how much of this is true.
(Asking Alex on MSN, although I do find it odd that I have MSN inside an underground study, and with no computer, pr limbs to actuate the keyboard...wait...uh...using my...powers...of perception I feel that would be an unwise use of my probing powers. :proud:)
Just to note, I just moved into my uni house on sunday and the net wont be set up until thursday, so your adventures will continue then.
(Im in the uni library at this second)
(Your note has been...noted)
I agree with Frank. Its better to know what were dealing with and not being in the unknown now.
Brutus is up for a rumble as per usual.
(Frank: I dont remember mentioning a war? Unless you mean the one thousands of years ago to destroy the lords?)
The man looks saddened for a moment at the question, and then nodds as if resigned to something.
Very well, I shall tell you my tale...
It basically amounts to a story of his young niece being killed in a rampage by one of these great powers. He reveals he only knows one of these creatures at a time, and he only needs the artifact it possesses to divine the location of the next.
This creature apparently dwells in the oldest forest on this planet, far to the north of even where you were before. It only appears at night, and so details of it are difficult to determine but it can be assumed that it is very large and very strong but probably not that intelligent.
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Tarein will inquire if there are any details that are known about this creature; it could give us an better idea of what were about to fight, and give us a slight edge.
Also, shell ask if there is a person around this town whose expertise is in magic jewellery, though keeping quiet that we have a hoard of it stashed away. :proud:
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we have been sat around here for far too long now and brutus thinks we should go and rumble. brutus fingers are getting twitchy and needs some action. and food
(Alex, you did mention a war:
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He has the head of a silver spear lodged in him from an ancient war which grants him vast power.... )
Anyway, Im interested in fighting this thing but we may need a little time to prepare first, especially if we can get this jewellery sorted and get some magic on everyone. No point fighting when were not optimised.
(For once, I am willing to agree with Brutus on this, although I think talking to the creature before we smash its insides out may be wise to ensure were not in the middle of being screwed over. :P)
its a setup i tells ya. lets just get in there and kick its butt. kill first then ask questions later like
brutus you big oaf why didnt you just wait till i asked a question first
questions schmeshtions
(Frank: Ah, that was some offhand backstory which is probably why I didnt notice it... but its given me some ideas)
The Wizard tries to answer all the questions that he can.
The creature is a wood god of the oldest and biggest forest on the planet. As such, it is very very strong, however, it wont use any equiptment what with it being a nature spirit, and in all liklihood will mostly just try and pummel you with a fist. On the negative side, any kind of direct magical attack is unlikely to achieve much the energy would simply be absorbed. The main threat from it is that it will be very difficult to harm, its skin will likely be like thick bark or stone or some other natural material. The Wizard will give you a device to call it to you, and you will know it when you see it.
The war itself was so long ago that all details are lost, however, in all liklihood it was one of the earliest Fey Crusades - before any technology of note even existed in the multiverse magic had already reached this world, and there were huge wars between various races, elves, trolls, dwarves, dryads, giants and thing that are now only live in nightmares. The spearhead is believed to be one of the few relics left from a race of beings who could spin silver as if it were silk, better at engineering and metal work than the dwarves and more potent in magic and artistry than the elves. Its place lodged in a god of the old world will only have served to empower both sides.
The wizard is also fortunately an adept collector it turns out, and he identifies all but three of the pieces of jewellry.
A ring of stationary location
A necklace of hangover resistance
A ring of enhanced scent (gives you a dog-like sense of smell)
A ring of the flaming talon (allows you to punch with amazing flaming powers upon the wearer shouting falcon punch!)
An earing of selective hearing (lets you hear faint sounds by removing all background sounds)
A ring of paint chip repair
A necklace of alligator skin (turns your skin into that of an alligator for added toughness)
The Pearl Lash - a pearl necklace that magically extends into a grappling hook or whip at will.
He also puts three rings aside and says he will give you 1 million credits for them on the basis you dont know what they are, as even knowledge of them is illegal to those withotu a liscence. The rest are rather inconsequential, being either magicless or of such a minor abilities that they dont do much.
An anklet which can convert coke into pepsi or vise versa
A huge gaudy ring that is enchaned so the wearer cannot get paper cuts
A choker which allows the wearer to summon three normal woodlice once per day.
An anklet which was clearly designed for some exotic species as all it does to any known wearer is make them violently sick until they take it off.
Otherwise unless there are more questions the wizard will give you the device to attract the beast and teleport you to near its location.
(If possible, I would like to claim all of the novelty/inconsequential magic jewelery, and would like to put them all on my...uh...fins...except for the Anklet Of Extremely Violent Nausea, which I shall keep about my person but not wear it)
(For the rest of the plans, I shall go along with the others.)
Tarein will thank the wizard for his help, and equip the ring of stationary location, and the earring of selective hearing. All the rest seem rather uninteresting. :P
If anybody has an axe to attack the beast with, that would be awesome. :proud:
Ill take the Pearl Lash and the anklet that makes people sick... Not to put it on myself of course, but if I can get it on an enemy... :proud:
as soon as we teleport and engage the beast i want to put down a tree of life, use wired reflexes increasing my speed 10 fold and make sure smart link is activated as not to injure my friends when the minigun is on full tilt. my plan is to run circles round the beast always pionting toward it and get in as much damage as i can before i have to return to my tree and regen. if i dont kill it myself someone else had better take advantage of the plan and help. thats brutus about done can we go and fight now :) :)
A ring of the flaming talon.
^ lawl. Ill take that. XD
Ferris set, shell go along with the plans of the others. :)
Chapter 11
After sorting out all their affairs, the group prepares for their teleportation from the little lair beneath Singsong. They step into a circle and the man begins to chant....
It would have sounded quite dramatic and impressive, if some of the words werent recognisable as basset hound, arthritis and medium sized saucepan - it kind of takes the drama from any piece of occult.
They arrive on top of a large hill, and several thigns strike them about the location immediately. Firstly, desptie being in the far north it is mild weathered, and all the trees around them seem to be spring-like deciduous trees. The other is that outside the circle, all the trees and dark and snowbound as far as the eye can see, and this snow seems to start a few miles from this location in every direction. Even the trees within the circle have a calming soft golden glow.
That isnt the first thing the group notice though. That belongs to the vast hundred meter long antler which is sticking outside of the hill upon which they are standing - like that of a moose.
You have the device to summon the God - your time to decide what to do.
If its a tree like thing, then I want some time to root around in my pockets for a flamethrower before we summon it.
(Other than a scan of the area to detwermine any extra details, all I wish to do is mentally prepare myself for battle. The ancient Sucker way of preparing for battle is to meditate briefly while listening to the Crazy Frog, and remind myself that nothing I could ever suffer in battle will be as bad as that)
Equip the jewellery Tarein has in her pack (including the pendant mentioned in her profile) and just feel the edge of her dagger with her fingers before battle. And oh yeah, the Arm-ory is attached to the arm holding the dagger so I can inflict massive damage with the blade.
*hopes this wont break the dagger* :proud:
come on you guys lets open a 6 pack of whoop ass on this beast what ever it is. we have a big team with more magic than paul daniels and 1 minigun with a twitchy troll how can we lose.
Very easily, knowing Alex :proud:
lol, did you read Alex Holts first Oddestsey, Shane? Youre going to regret you said that. :proud:
ok guys mabee i was being. let me off alex i didnt mean it. i am scared :sad:
Frank rootles around in his pockets, and aquires the following...
A hot water bottle with a cover that looks like a panda.
Three plastic piano keys, that look like they have been ripped from the piano violently
A packet of smarties. With a sell by date of 1987.
but eventually....
A feather duster made from phoenix feathers.... not precisely a flamethrower, but a good flick should launch a small fireball. What kind of thing this would be used to clean is a mystery however.
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The Sucker notes:
There is a far wider variety of wildlife in the warm zone than outside of it, including thigns like Butterflies and small birds that shouldnt be able to live this far North.
He can also detect a mind but it is unlike anything he has ever encountered. It is currently in some kind of dreamless sleep, but the best word to describe it would be glacial - vast and incredibly slow moving, but very powerful.
alex how do you think of things like a feather duster made from Phoenix feathers. is it really your imagination or do you get the ideas from deep dark places.
Shane, considering this thing absorbs magic all our magic isnt going to do a lot.
By the way, is anyone else getting the unsettling feeling were currently standing on our enemy?
(I think if we were I would have picked it up through my scan of the area...(hint alex hint :P))
hmmmmmmm it absorbs magic. well i have a mimigun and i am sure an i slayer will come in handy. i really do hope we are not standing on our enemy or we are in deep doo doo. mabee the 100 meter antler sticking out of the hill has something to do with it. oh i do hope your not right frank. can i please check the area with my enhanced vision to see if there are any heat traces, if we are stood on it then the ground should glow like fire. toilet on standby
Brutus answer is first conveyed to the rest of the party by a sound not unlike trickling water cutting through the relative quiet.
The good news that Brutus breaks to the party is that the hill isnt the ancient being they are looking for.
The very very bad is that it just its head...
Being a creature of coldness Perry will do a bit of scouting outside the Springy circle I think.
Not gonna do anything risky while all alone in the cold though.
(I very very quickly see if my powers can tell if the creature is still living)
EDIT: (After focusing my powers, I have come to a conclusion...we should get off this hill. Fast. And then Im willing to go along with the rest of the group)
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