Jul 17, 2020 9:45 am
"So... has anyone had cause to explore a mausoleum, or any other kind of ruin, before? Any idea of what we should expect?"
Chapter 1 - No Silent Secret
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Jul 17, 2020 9:49 am
'Absolutely not. It is disturbing a resting place. I request none of you touch what is not necessary.' The triton is clearly still uncomfortable with the whole idea.
Jul 19, 2020 12:36 pm
Kalstios pauses a beat, "...but what if there’s like a really cool magical axe, surely that’d be okay to take"
Jul 19, 2020 2:06 pm
"That would be so cool, Kalstios. Ooh, or maybe a huge gem! Do we have to leave huge gems? It's not like the dead have much to do with them, ya?"
Jul 20, 2020 4:10 pm
'The wealth is intended to help one in the afterlife. Yes there is still a need for such things. Though I accept this timb sounds like and unusual case.'
Jul 20, 2020 8:52 pm
"Okay, well I'm more in it for the adventure anyway. It's cool. Just checking, you okay with robbing living bad guys? Asking for a friend."
Jul 20, 2020 9:04 pm
'The living are not my concern. As long as they are still alive, and not dead without the gold they need for passage.'
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Jul 21, 2020 10:25 am
Kalstios leans towards Astraea and whispers, "So basically, you take their stuff WHILE I'm swinging the axe...problem solved"
Jul 21, 2020 10:12 pm
The four of you get to know each other more during your walk, and spend most of your time walking in a thickly wooded forest. As day begins turning to early evening, you begin to notice more people around the forest, and suddenly you find yourselves standing in a town square. You soon realize that you are, indeed, in the middle of a settlement, and as you cast your eyes through the forest, you notice that there is an entire city built into the forest itself, to the point that you hadn't even noticed that you had entered it.
"Welcome to Setessa, friends. Blessed polis of Karametra, god of the harvest." Kyrios, now mostly healed from his encounter with the Fleecemane, pokes his head out of the Chateau and looks around. "It's been some time since I was here. Have any of you been here before?"
Jul 22, 2020 7:11 am
"No, mr. Cat, I have not...". Kalstios haven't known much variation during his life so far. A life in a sea of sand, rock and dust was switched to a life on a sea of...well, just the sea with the occasional harbor town. The forest itself had been wondrous enough, although he had managed to contain his wonder, this however is extraordinary to the young minotaur.
Jul 22, 2020 8:16 am
Astraea is reveling at being back in the forest again! She pauses regularly to smell the wild flowers and has butterflies nestling in her horns.
"Yeah me neither. My home of Skola Valley might be right next door, but we give these warrior gals a wide berth".
"Yeah me neither. My home of Skola Valley might be right next door, but we give these warrior gals a wide berth".
Jul 22, 2020 1:37 pm
'No, it is only recently I have left my home at all.' The triton is clearly amazed at the trees, even more so when she realises it is actually a city.
Jul 23, 2020 12:59 am
You look around for another moment, and soon a tall dark skinned woman approaches you. "Interlopers! What business do you have here?" She is nearly six feet tall, and bears a shield and a curved sword.
Kyrios immediately voices up. "Our apologies, my friends are new here. We're looking for the adventurer's lodge."
She looks over you momentarily, then directs you to an inn/tavern around 100 feet back in the direction you came from. "That way, heroes. Please keep to designated areas, or you will be treated as hostiles." She seems to be particularly put off by Kalistios and Scylax, and insists on escorting you to a two story building partially obscured by trees. She stands at the doorway and motions you in.
Inside, you see a usual tavern, with half a dozen tables, and a handful of patrons. Behind the counter, a female human is cleaning the countertop.
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TACLOTH, you're minding your own business at your table when you look up and see a minotaur, a satyr, a leonin, and a triton walk in. They look lost, slightly confused, and as they walk past you, you notice the satyr's backpack is actually a portable kennel for a glowing purple cat.
Kyrios immediately voices up. "Our apologies, my friends are new here. We're looking for the adventurer's lodge."
She looks over you momentarily, then directs you to an inn/tavern around 100 feet back in the direction you came from. "That way, heroes. Please keep to designated areas, or you will be treated as hostiles." She seems to be particularly put off by Kalistios and Scylax, and insists on escorting you to a two story building partially obscured by trees. She stands at the doorway and motions you in.
Inside, you see a usual tavern, with half a dozen tables, and a handful of patrons. Behind the counter, a female human is cleaning the countertop.
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TACLOTH, you're minding your own business at your table when you look up and see a minotaur, a satyr, a leonin, and a triton walk in. They look lost, slightly confused, and as they walk past you, you notice the satyr's backpack is actually a portable kennel for a glowing purple cat.
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Tacloth, go ahead and describe your character. :)
Jul 23, 2020 2:07 am
The dark skinned human seems lost in the roughly drawn schematic he's studying, sparing a short glance at the new entrants to the tavern.
As the realization of just how odd such a group is, even in Theros, Tacloth looks up and his eyes widen slightly more as he looks at each person in turn, growing widest at the purple cat. A satyr or a minotaur might be uncommon where he's from, and possibly noteworthy. But a *purple cat*? And not only that, but the kennel. That's certainly not a standard construction.
He does his best to wipe the charcoal smudges from his hands, rolls up the parchment before putting it away, and then stands to follow the group.
He taps lightly on the satyr's shoulder and asks, "Pardon the intrusion... but what is that *that*," he says, motioning to the backpack-kennel.
As the realization of just how odd such a group is, even in Theros, Tacloth looks up and his eyes widen slightly more as he looks at each person in turn, growing widest at the purple cat. A satyr or a minotaur might be uncommon where he's from, and possibly noteworthy. But a *purple cat*? And not only that, but the kennel. That's certainly not a standard construction.
He does his best to wipe the charcoal smudges from his hands, rolls up the parchment before putting it away, and then stands to follow the group.
He taps lightly on the satyr's shoulder and asks, "Pardon the intrusion... but what is that *that*," he says, motioning to the backpack-kennel.
Jul 23, 2020 3:19 am
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FYI I always imagine Kyrios speaks in a perturbed, snobbish British accent for some reason. =DJul 23, 2020 8:26 am
Kalstios stares at the newcomer, "That...is a fine, functional, portable home for Mr. Cat".
Jul 23, 2020 3:29 pm
"Only the best for Kyrios! He's Nyxborn ya know!" Astraea introduces the team and asks who this observant newcomer is.
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Jul 23, 2020 3:37 pm
'That is apparently what happens when you give a Satyr a talking cat. Sarlyn nods towards the stranger as Astrea makes introductions.
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