Lurking Krog

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Thank you, @Dark Cloud!

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I'll get a DM post up for Zavakri's two cents to Brutrumukk's current state, and to establish what Aurora and anyone who follows her encounter.

@Lurking Krog On the map, where is Aurora heading to? As a reminder, Everyone was at D13.

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Likely heading to D14/D15 direction.

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And post up.

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Aurora

The initial shock had faded some and Aurora realized that Brutrumukk was stark naked before the group. Quickly she averted her gaze looking to something further off and not at the gnomish figure before her."First off, the only way back to the carnival is back at the hags hut and I am unsure of how to use it to get back. Secondly, I do not think giving Earnest a second button will reverse this." The elf paused as she racked her brain for something that might. It could have been that in the moment there was just to much to take in as she could not think of any of the different spells her eldest sibling had mentioned could alter one's form. "I'm not sure what can." She said after a moment before irritation set in at Brut's immediate obsession with getting his form back now. "Do you even realize what just happened? You almost got Jub killed on top of getting yourself killed! All because you could not keep yourself from drinking some alcohol back at the hut. While you were under the influence of whatever that liquor was, we had to try to get you to follow us out of there. If it had not been for Jub you would have been left there."

At this point all of Rory's frustration with Brutrumukk had finally started to boil over. Anger and disbelief at how little of the risk he had put the rest of thr group into, especially Jub with how close of a friendship they had made in the last two days. "Maybe instead of trying to go back to being a bugbear you should consider the fact you've been given another chance at life. Rushing into something is what got you killed in the first place and almost killed Jub. If you are going to continue this then you will do so without my help. Here, take what little of your stuff I could get." Rory stooped down to grab the wet back and threw it as hard as she could at the now gnome, formerly bugbear. She turned away and started off in a direction away from where everyone else was. The elf knew she had lost her temper and wanted to find somewhere more calm and quiet to try to collect herself and process what had just happened.

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Twas not ment to be....

The dice have frowned upon my attempted and bestowed another 6.

Rotten luck getting two nat 1s on a roll with advantage.

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Brutrumukk would gladly give you advantage with the help action.

@rush99999

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Would this be permissible?

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6 total. That's not gonna be enough I think.

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@Guardian Angel Haruki Would Aurora know of ways to help Brutrumukk get his Bugbear form back?

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Stay young kids, getting old sucks

@Cao the Exiled

Yes it does.

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Despite having come back as a gnome Brut is still far stronger than Rory. I'm pretty sure he could still toss her more easily than she could him.

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Aurora

The lack of response from Jub did not quite reach Aurora as much as Gabe's collapse onto the ground saying it was his fault. The elf was not sure how it could have been his fault, yes he cast a spell though Rory didn't think anything of it. The matter in which the bugbear's last breath escaping while still under the water, that was something Aurora was not sure she could live with. She was mere feet away from being able to help Brutrumukk, either by attacking his attackers or trying swim back to shore with him in tow.

Dragging herself up from the wet ground, Rory made her way over to Gabriel. "Gabe... it's not your fault. Whatever it is you think you did I don't think it would have changed what happened. Those things looked a lot tougher down there than what I could see from up here." She wasn't sure if she should give the half-elf the details of the creatures assault on an unconscious Brutrumukk so she kept those details to herself. Including how she could have maybe swam back up with the bugbear.

The surge of energy through the air, and Zavakri's declaration, drew Aurora's attention away from the others. When the music started to play and the orb appeared, Aurora was dumbstruck not having any clue as to what was going on. Only after the forest gnome appeared and the swearing started did it start to make the slightest bit of sense. Somehow Brutrumukk was alive again, though not in his bugbear form.

"What in the nine hells is happening?! How?" She asked aloud while standing up from Gabe. The bag Rory had retrieved from the water slipped from her hands hitting the ground with a wet thud as her grip loosened.