The Oddestsey II: Return to Odd

[alex_holt]

Anyway... quick update....

All members of the party (with their new items) and the eel gather at the ice-walkers, and set off. The magic fish bequeaths the Baron a magic stone, which, if he throws it into another river will allow him to ask his remaining question(s - I cant remember offhand, Ill check when I sort out the stats) but it can only be used once.

The walkers make slower progress over the thicker snow, and at night they light up with neon lighting to deter shadows, although the eerie hissing in the undergrowth reminds them of the presence and makes sleep difficult. Eventually however, on autopilot the party do dose off.

However, they are woken up by alarms - ahead of them is a figure in the headlights, it is human in shape but moves strangely as if it only knew how humans moved from watching, it wears a huge great coat and appears to have a cut out photo of a face tied over its face with an old elastic band. It seems confused and slightly worried, and its movements suggest it doesnt actually seem to use its eyes to see. Despite being in two huge spider-like robots less than ten meters away with lights shining on it, it doesnt seem to notice you.

[swanaldo]

Brutus jumps of with minigun ready and smart link laser beam on the figure,fingers twitching. uses enhanced vision to look for heat signature and if there are any others in the near area. not sure what else to do and hopes one of his friends has an idea before it eats minigun

(Message edited by swanaldo on August 12, 200

[majinb]

Im gonna stay in the vehicle for now and tell Brutus to talk with the... man

[pcbore]

While Brutus is talking with the whatever he is, I intend to search around in my pockets to find some serious weapons.

[leorcc]

Cerberus is at attention and Dirge is at the ready with his trusty shovel.

[alex_holt]

Frank shuffles around in his pocket a couple of times producing a strong chainmail sack filled with avacados, a weighty wrought iron totem to some tentacle faced god with mother of pearl inlay and a small blue tree frog. Further searching reveals a small grenade like device with the words legal bombshell etched into its surface, along with some illegible smallprint.

Meanwhile Brutus and Dirge approach the strage man - he moves weirdly, as if its got a human shap but has made up its own way of moving in it. The body rotates round strangely, almost as if the head and shoulders lag behind the rest of the body as it distorts slightly.

Behind its card mask are two glass eyes which seem to move but not with any pattern, then it speaks in a manner of someone who has read about speech but not ever done it themselves...

I/we am lost, can you take me to the king/president/chief it pauses briefly in the manner of someone trying to remember a lesson in the distant past...
Can you take me/us to them? in a way that seems tinged with pleading.

[swanaldo]

Brutus doesnt like this figure and is itching to squeez the trigger. but before he does he tries his enhanced vision to see if he can detect any heat or any other strange movement. might be a trap.

[swanaldo]

i will leave the talking to dirge it seems more his field of expertise

[alex_holt]

Brutus looks around, and sees nothung that he hasnt seen before... however, looking atthe figure itself, behind the mask and coat it seems to be made up of millions ants operating a plastic skeleton...

I/we are.... Anton.... can you help us/me? it implores?

[majinb]

EDIT: Perry will join the gang and show some diplomacy!

(Message edited by MajinB on August 12, 200