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just FYI I'll be posting either after @FrozenEcstasy or on Monday. Looking forwards to seeing the loot system in action.


She was glad neither of them resented having to help in the slightest, how fortunate she was that both of the ones who had pole mounted weaponry were also such gentlemen. She could think of a few of the others who might have been much less gracious. She headed out of the medical lab with hase before someone came to bother Tzi about baring his chest in the hospital being unsanitary and/or distracting.

She briefly stopped by the closest kitchen for something to fill her belly with and ended up going with some porridge. Warm and filing if a little bland. Then she made her way to the common room which was surprisingly empty.

“Huh. I wonder where everyone is?”

She briefly poked her head into the dorm, giving Natus a wave. She was confused as to what he was doing but left him too it. She didn’t want her speaking with him to wake Esther.

“Two in there. Not sure about anyone else.”

She settled down by the fire anyway, drying her outside with the comforting flame and her insides with the food.

“If you want to join me I’d appreciate the company, but I imagine you might have things to do or maybe just want some rest like those two”

She indicates to the dorm with its sleeping and writing occupants.
Taric

level: 1
day/time: day 2 - morning
Location: Platform City - The Barrel Roll
Interacting with: [@RokkuHoshi] Steve, @Crosswire Jack and Shadow, @Guardian Angel Haruki Shantae
Cooldowns
Bastion: 2/2. linked ally: none


Jacks rapid drinking and eating where, in a word, impressive. The man knew how to hold his liquor, of that there was no doubt. On the other hand Taric wasn’t entirely sure what had brought on the sudden urgency or need to drown himself in alcohol that rapidly. Was it the fact that the young woman was a genie perhaps? He had to admit that was rather surprising, and just a touch worrying seeing as Genies were supposedly beings of great power sealed in bottles. At least that was what they were in the stories he had read. Generally you don’t seal thing away unless they are very dangerous. Of course those stories could be wrong or only vaguely apply to Shantae.

”Goodness me, genie magic? That sounds powerful.”

The other option was that it was in reaction to Steve's general ignorance of seemingly random concepts. Like couches. He wondered how Steve's world of architects could contain beds but not couches. It was quite peculiar. At any rate if Jack was ready to go then he wouldn’t waste his time by dawdling and so hurried to finish his own breakfast before carefully wiping his lips clean with a napkin. Taric lifted Bravado from where it sat on the floor and then stood, rested the mace against his shoulder.

”That would be of great help Jack. Lead on”

With his free hand the fabulous defender retrieved a small tin of breath mints and popped one in his mouth before offering the others one as well.

”oh and would any of you like a mint?”
Howlite


Looked like apart from Chromite the others were busy doing their own thing and as a result it was slow going. They got perilously close to losing the drill and spiders to the sinking muck but in the end the mission’s primary piece of equipment was saved and dragged to a more stable part of the swamp. After everyone got outside Howlite sealed all the doors to the ship to prevent more water going in, but the vessel was still buried pretty deep in the muck and the hull had enough reaches that the ship continued to sink slowly.

Howlite took this opportunity to examine the place they had crashed in. The ship itself was in a large muddy crater that was rapidly refilling with water. The rest of the area consisted of pools of water, floating greenery or actual land with plants growing on it. The problem was it was very difficult to tell those last 2 bits apart. Beyond the marshland was a hilline featuring much larger plants of some kind and even further in the distance was the light and smoke coming from what was apparently a human settlement of some kind.



Now that the drill was clear of the sinking ship Howlite tooks some time and properly rigged it up to the two spider drones with an improvised harness, meaning they would not need gems to carry it anymore.

”so where is this dry spot you mentioned?”


”what do you mean it costs 40 Eris? Just gimme the card!”

“If it’s not paid for it won’t be official, you won’t get any of the benefits from the card as it will be considered stolen from the guild.”

Luna was rather relieved when the goblin let go off her and dropped back to the floor. The small unkempt creature wearing rags, a small harness for her hammer, various poorly made bone and copper jewelry, a dire raccoon’s tail and a completely out of place ruby ring and satchel of books looked up at her in bemusement. She swore she had seen that bag and ring somewhere before.

”...”

There was a pause as the goblin worked all this through in her head. Suffice to say this took a little while but eventually she sighed, her long ears drooping in sadness.

”I didn’t think this through did I”

“You're also a monster in a building that hosts people trained to kill monsters, I suggest you leave before”

At this very moment the door to the guild swung open and a young man who was missing a finger and wearing a floppy red hat with a white feather in it stepped inside, hungry for some breakfast. There was another long moment of silence as the man and goblin stared at eachother in shock. Then the man drew his sword, his face distorting into a picture of fury.

“You!”

”oh bugger”




One of the windows of the adventurers guild shatters as a cruddy hammer is flung through it, closely followed by green blur. A moment after Rita lands outside a jet of flames burst through the ruined window, barely missing the goblin lass. Grabbing her hammer with her mouth the goblin scampers away from the enraged mage as fast as she can, running like a dog with a stick in it’s mouth until she breaks line of sight. Once she is shure her pursuer can't see her she scrambles up the side of the buildings and onto the rooftop to hide inside one of the chimneys.

After a few suspenseful minutes she is pretty sure she has lost her pursuer and the soot covered goblin climbs out of the chimney. Then sits down with her back to the chimney, glumly looking over the strange human town she had come to. How was she supposed to get those stupid metal pieces humans valued so much? The book talked about going on quests and such to get them but she couldn’t do that without getting the card. Which she needed Eris to get.

”Gah, why is everything so complicated now! Stupid humans and their stupid rules that make them powerful.”

It was while she was staring over the town that she saw the lake beyond and realised she was A. hungry and B. covered in soot. She should probably solve those problems.




A little while later after she had snuck out of the town, washed herself in the lake and managed to surprise a small fish with a well flung hammer (on the 27th try), the slightly damp goblin spotted the group of oddly clad humans (and a few non humans) that were unmistakably adventurers. By their general lack of equipment she guessed maybe they were new at this and so she snuck after them to find out how they were going to be getting money.

What she managed to garner from what the the woman leading the group about said, using her large goblin ears to listen in while hiding in various places like round corners, outside windows and in bushes, was not encouraging. Who would pay a goblin to build or write? Who would consider her a good investment for a loan? Even if she got the adventuring card there was little in the way of that kind of work nearby. In hindsight this should have been obvious, after all she had had to walk for days to get here and up until a month ago she was part of one of those contracts.

At least she wasn’t going to have to pay for lodgings like the humans. The humans and other non humans. The big people. civilized folks. Unlike the Big’uns she was used to living it rough and had no idea as to why they would waste money on things like beds, warm water, cooked food and roofs. The estate was however conveniently far from the town and suitably forested for her to maybe avoid being found by humans while sleeping. A random tree or bush would be perfectly fine lodgings for her.

She stayed hidden in a nearby patch of greenery, ears straining to hear anything else that was said that might be useful, while pondering as to how she would get those 40 Eris. She could maybe try robbing the various new adventurers. That’s how she got the ring after all, thought that was a mixed blessing and curse. Trading her mob for brains was an unwanted bargain that she had yet to see whether it was beneficial or not. These next few weeks would no doubt be telling in that department. That might make her unwanted enemies however. Or get her killed. She was going to need more time to think about this.
@Lucius Cypher

so how much is the adventurer card anyway?
Looking at you Rita.


K. changed that. time for a goblin to earn some mula.


and by that I mean blatant thievery because who would employ a goblin
@Loony

I was basically waiting for more people to post about helping out with the drill and such. I guess i can shove that plot point along if necessary and do some bog description along with it.
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