The Necessity of Travel

Brother Irwin tries to look for the same signs of forage that the others do, though his attention is only half-focused on the task. He belatedly remembers not praying the night before, thinks about doing so now but decides to put it off until the coming evening. Ah, if only this was how the first night they set off had passed. He catches himself before he shakes his head in front of the others.

OOC:

Brother Irwin will use Help for Tatianna, assuming she makes a move to Forage.

Jun 5, 2024 3:31 pm

OOC:

@testlum - Waiting on that help move before I say what, if anything, is found.

Jun 5, 2024 3:32 pm

GameMaster Inactive for 1 months

Oxana, Johnsan, what are you guys doing while the other two are foraging?

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@Emberskyes,@GameMaster

Jun 5, 2024 10:24 pm

Johnsan will take the opportunity to try his have at hunting again. He is still afraid after how the last time turned out, but he is going in the day this time and will stay close to the rest of the group. In addition to the hunting, he will also put out traps to catch small game.

Rolls

Foraging - (2d6+1)

(32) + 1 = 6

Jun 6, 2024 2:04 am

Oxana will assist the others with foraging. The ability to eat seems vitally important to her and it’s a good bonding exercise af a night in a cramped hole in the ground.

Rolls

Wits / Foraging - (2d6+1)

(41) + 1 = 6

Jun 6, 2024 7:22 pm

Everyone spreads out to search. At first, it doesn't seem like there's much around that's edible, despite the overwhelming greenery that you see around you. It's not until Tatianna points out a small group of three bushes nearby that you find something really good. The trees are smaller, but their leaves are familiar to her as plum leaves, so you go to check out the trees and find there are small plums hanging from the branches of the bushes. They're much smaller than you're used to seeing, but they seem good to eat.

You gain 5 rations' worth of fruit. Unfortunately, it's not until you have all the available fruit picked off the trees that you realize that one of the trees is a vale plum. While the birds and other animals live vale plums, they are potentially - though not always - poisonous to humans. They're also identical to the other fruit.

OOC:

I did go ahead and roll the second roll for help. Technically, it should be the helped person that rolls the second dice, but if you guys are okay with it, I'd like to adjust it to be that the person helping makes a second identical roll, or if they don't, I will. This should speed things up for pbp.

Helper rolls for Help?

This is the best idea ever.

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This is the worst idea ever.

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I like cake.

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Rolls

Rations - (2d4)

(14) = 5

Jun 9, 2024 4:26 am

Oxana groans looking at the their freshly collected supplies, "Ugh, they all look the same." She looks at the others, "Do they taste different? Or maybe turn our fingers different colors?"

"I really don't want to throw them all out but I don't want to die either. Any thoughts?"

Oxana wracks her brain for any kind of difference between Vale Plum and the Willow Plum they've found perhaps an old children's rhyme.

"Willow Plum is sweet and clear but Vale Plum ... something something ... you should fear."

Rolls

Wits (Spout Lore) - (2d6+1)

(51) + 1 = 7

Jun 10, 2024 7:29 pm

OOC:

My original intent with this was that you'd just have to make a choice to keep or leave them, buuuuut, you're right, this is something they'd be taught if it were a known species. SO.

The interesting thing is that you've all probably had the purple runs before. When someone inadvertently uses Vale Plums in a pie or something, everyone who eats it gets sick, but it doesn't really hurt you. On the other hand, those who have eaten the fruit directly off the trees or, at least raw, have had a far worse time, fever, delusions, etc.

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This turns the question to...

The Matter of the Plums

Keep them and take the time to cook them. It'll only be another day here.

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Leave them and carry on, we have unknown places to be.

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If you'd rather talk through it that's fine, this is just here in case the purple runs aren't a conversation topic we need more detail on.

Brother Irwin

testlum

Jun 10, 2024 10:07 pm

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"Tatianna? What do you think?" Brother Irwin asks the dark-haired girl. They would need to take what they could find, if they didn't want to go hungry eventually, but perhaps that is preferable still to falling sick in an unfamiliar place. "Is there a way we can prepare the plums, so they're not going to do any harm?"

Tatianna Andrevna

Jun 11, 2024 1:08 am

She shrugs, "If we cook them they will still be edible with a few issues. I’m not sure we want to be dealing with those issues out in the wild though. If we had poppies we could handle that but as it is we need to decide if we want to cook them and still deal with the issues or if we cut our losses."

Jun 11, 2024 2:09 pm

GameMaster Inactive for 1 months

Seems like it's leaning toward leaving them and continuing on. Oxana, Johnsan, what do you guys think?

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@Emberskyes,@GameMaster - Don't want to cut off RP, but don't want to get bogged down on plums of all things either.

Jun 11, 2024 9:15 pm

Ysolde Inactive for 4 months

"The purple runs are no joking matter, but it feels like a shame to leave so much good food behind. Maybe we could take the berries and spend time cooking them later when we have a rest?"

Tatianna Andrevna

Jun 12, 2024 1:13 am

She nods, "A good option. We bring them and cook them later. I will also look through grandmother’s notes and maybe I’ll find an answer."

Jun 12, 2024 3:02 am

Oxana nods, "I think that's probably our best bet," she says, "food is, well it's going to be hard to come by and passing up this much feels like a waste when we know there's a way to deal with it."

"I kind of which I had my mamma's old preserves recipes, I'm sure she had something in there for this."

She looks south towards the mountains to see if there's still smoke visible. "We should make note of this bog." Oxana says, "Bogs have peat and dried peat burns almost as well as charcoal. It would definitely help to keep the village warm through the winter."

Brother Irwin

testlum

Jun 12, 2024 3:20 am

Brother Irwin says nothing more. He hopes that it won't come down to risking the plums. An empty stomach is one thing, but being unable to keep food down when they are already lacking in supplies sounds like a very bad idea. When the plums are packed away, he goes with the group toward the smoke's direction.

Jun 12, 2024 2:35 pm

GameMaster Inactive for 1 months

Who's leading this time? And who's scouting?

Jun 12, 2024 4:25 pm

Johnsan is happy to participate if that is what the group wants.

Jun 12, 2024 4:37 pm

Oxana volunteers to scout ahead this time. Do we still see the smoke in the mountains or is it gone?

Oxana is going to try to keep a low profile, particularly as she gets closer to the smoke.

OOC:

Oh for fudge sakes...

Last edited June 12, 2024 4:38 pm

Rolls

Shadow (Sneaky Sneaky) - (2d6+0)

(22) = 4

Jun 14, 2024 3:12 pm