Lightning in a Bottle (OOC)

Closer?

More like ...

... now.

LOL.

Wohw. Looks like I'm lagging behind. I'll catch up tomorrow (Thursday)

Whahahaahahahaahahaaaa

Still don't want that blessing? 😁

Hah. Something tells me Ezmaray could definitely use that blessing.... She'll probably be at death's door before she accepts it, though.

So my best thought for my exit is that I head off into the mist to distract the source so y'all can get away or do whatever you need to do. Hopefully, I catch a glimpse of the source (even if just in a private note so as to not spoil it for the party), and I pop the smoke from my first ritual. With the smoke screen, there's a chance I escape, and there's a chance I'm eaten on sight. If we never know how I end, I guess I exist superimposed in both states? This might be the best end possible.

Maybe if she sees it work on Roald (who has fewer HP) she will accept? But Ezme deliberately obfuscated what the nature of the danger is, so the others don't know that Roald's scratching is something they need to worry about.

We can move right to the source for our next scene, then you can try talk to it (Ezme and Wankle have established talk as a possible solution) and try to reach a resolution.

Your bottled-mist might be a bargaining chip (though there seems to be lots of mist, so what value does a small bottle have?) Or it could have other value for a friend that can't exist outside the mist?

Wauw, these last posts... It reads like a book.
Nice one karabooo!

@GameMaster, I don't know if you'd want to do this. But how about you do one last ritual to turn the bottle of mist into a weapon. Albert can assist Gronk with some divine power perhaps. It will likely make you pass out or go mad. (or turn into a wankle???)
Seems like a pretty heroic way to go. (if it works... :/ )

Okay, sounds like the bottled mist is a bargaining chip and a weapon as a fallback if that works for everyone.

Aww, thanks Airshark! <3

I'm good with whatever, though I confess I am a little fond of vagueGM's idea of offering the bottle to Wankle so they can exist outside the mists. (Rangers and their weird pets.... hehehe!)

That might not be exactly what it said, though it is a valid enough interpretation.

Ezme can not know this, but Roald is rather good at working out puzzles (Decipher) so he may be able to glean some extra meaning if Ezme relays the exact words... if she can (most people are terrible at remembering what was actually said):.

Just a thought, otherwise, carry on. :)

I did say earlier that the source would devour Roald from the inside out because he has been marked. Is that close enough for him to puzzle it out?

No, that bit in isolation would probably lead him the wrong way. :)

But you got [ref] the to point I was hinting at, it is 'capable of being reasoned with' ... maybe.

If you want to fight, we can do that too, and it may come to that. If you want to set an ambush or surprise attack (or whatever you can come up while being lead around by your noses (or ears)) that could force it to talk to you. Options abound, there is no 'one right way' to 'solve' this.

Hesitating to volunteer Ezmaray simply because I already had a solo moment recently with Wankle and want to give others a chance if they're interested. That said, I'm not sure she'd realistically let any one of you go alone. 😝

Albert surely doesn't want to go alone

Have you? Did you? Cool.
We can all go. Gronk has stepped up, Ezme would probably not let someone else go alone, and Albert would not go alone.

Safety in numbers (someone may have noticed that you have only encountered the scratching mistlings when there is no one else around).

If anyone wants to stay back with the safety-knife they can. Or you can leave it as something to dart back to if needed. Or you can take it with you... which might have interesting results. Whatever you choose can work.