Apr 16, 2018 1:53 pm
The Illawarra Forest Expedition had a long and arduous journey when they finally made camp. Some were drained mentally as well as physically just from the journey. Fortunately setting up basecamp gave the four of you a moment of pause.Your small group of four have your areas setup already, you've gotten a lay of where the mess tent and cadre will be once operations are starting and you all look forward to a warm meal sitting in one place instead of a cold one on the road moving to your destination. As the rest of the expedition set up various things one by one people stop and cock their head with an odd look on their face. The four of you as well finally notice the oddity, a sound of several small tickings above the area, it's not what you'd expect in the afternoon on a cloudy day. A slight breeze brings the sounds clearly as if several small pieces of metal were banged against each other creating a 'ticking'. Several small blueish balls the size of grapefruit fell from the sky and shouts came of some scuttling along the east side of the camp in panicked yells and screams. Seeing several of the landed blue balls small legs sprout out and the balls unfurl revealing them to be some odd insect looking creature, they scutter about rapidly as well through the basecamp setup pushing things off schedule as people yell out wondering what's going on and setup has stopped. The ticking sound is all around you now in various levels of loudness. Someone yells the creatures are attacking in a shrill voice and panic and confusion spreads as some try to attack while others run.
What does the party do? If you have any opening session moves let me know using a OoC Tag. Que the dramatic music!
[ +- ] The journey here
While the group and the rest of the expeditionary force hadn't seen any Chimera rumors had one buzzed and spread through the caravan on the way here rapidly. Having to cross a wide river has the caravan wading through what they couldn't raft across for their supplies and beasts of burden. The waters turning dark and showing the caravan down river had many thinking calamity had struck and most would perish before reaching their destination. Due to Xadra caution and her companion they were quick to respond to pull most people out making many hands for work in the emergency, although ratted there were injuries but no deaths and besides some supplies no major losses were accrued. Xadra had been whispered by some to be talked to by an oracle for her prophetic solutions it seems. The expedition thought they'd resupply in Oakenor which was thought to be the last village before the location of the basecamp site for the expedition. Seeing a mist roll in and around several boarded up buildings was odd, seeing the village vacant of life, humanoid or animal was more unsettling. Whispers and rumors started of it being a bad omen as they passed lines with clothes still on them and some doors to places open with no one inside, fires seemed to be dying down in homes. The occasional pile of clothes that seemed to be from men, women, or children unsettled others.
OOC:
Couple things the rest of the expedition is about 50 people not all were combatants, some are scholar, tradespeople, and laborers. Most are freaked out since blue metal balls being insects is odd, there's also some still injured that won't be able to run. The expedition leader seems to be trying to get people organize and come up with a came plan, he's less than 10 second into the sudden chaos so he's got no idea or plan yet. There seems to be one larger blue beetleliek metal creature the size of a bear while most are smaller.What does the party do? If you have any opening session moves let me know using a OoC Tag. Que the dramatic music!
