Mokley

To Teluval, Farewell

Saoirse

Name: Saoirse Lockwillow
Race: Human
Age: 31
Profession: Tinkerer and Treasure Hunter
Inventory: A pair of leather-bound spark-protective goggles with several magnifying lenses, a long gray scarf, a string necklace threaded with a dozen different keys, a tarnished necklace chain with a heavy compass pendant, a pair of nimble leather gloves, a ball of twine, a set of small wrenches, a set of small screwdrivers, a lockpicking kit, a set of pliers and tweezers, a set of needles and pins, a small ceramic bowl, an oil lantern and oil, several short candles, a small supply of chalk, a long hunting knife, a paring knife, a long rope, a supply of dried fish, several lidded jars, a canteen, a set of playing cards, a set of dice, a sturdy leather backpack.

Description:
Saoirse's scrappy stature and bright grin often get her mistaken for a child, which error she'll be quick to turn to her advantage. She's a practiced liar and storyteller when there's something she wants -- and there is always something she wants. The secrets of the world before the Obliteration -- the civilizations that created the automatons -- call to Saoirse out of the old ruins and the deep black forests. She is confident she will be the one to discover the lost techniques of the ancient tinkerers; she is, after all, willing to go where few in her field would dare.

At first glance, Saoirse is a boyish, quick little tinkerer with a mess of gray-brown hair and loose cotton clothes and hard leather boots suited for mountain-climbing and machine-clambering; the goggles, the key collection, and the burn marks on her hands and forearms confess her profession. She is nimble and strong, proud to show muscle gained from lifting heavy machinery, eager to demonstrate her getaway speed.

What is your character's crime?

Technically the long list of crimes include trespassing, theft, impersonation and various forms of cheating -- but her only regret is the accidental and irreparable sabotage of her mentor's Great Machine, after which she ran away, determined never to return until she could bring back something truly remarkable.

Favorite poem?

Ancient and twisted the willow tree sings
Tick, tock, tick
A glow in the water, a light in the wood
Tock, tick, tock
In the eye of the rook
The heart of the stone
The life-machine whispers
Tick, tock

What do you treasure most?

The keys. One of them unlocks something from her childhood, another in her father's house, another in her mentor's attic. There's a key for every place she could ever return to -- and she must, if she will ever return the key. There are other keys to locks she has yet to discover -- and that's just more reason to keep looking.

Given the choice, how would you die?

Drowning seems like a less painful, less messy way to die than most other options. Not-dying is much more preferable, though.

Tin Dragon Detective Agency

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Up to you as both options seem viable. In order to make it more realistic, the latter option would probably work better.

@TheWindel

I believe that dealing with a bit more of realism would be interesting. Unless the characters have previously pooled their findings, having them be lost, if a PC quits would make the most sense.

That said, it's really up to you to make the choice.

@KoL

Hmm ok thanks for the input! Perhaps, then, in the case of PCs dropping I'll give you an alternative way of finding out any info they might have had to themselves. However, I'll also try to have there be several different ways to arrive at the final conclusion, so you may not need all the info to find the culprit.

Echo

@Vesuvius00 Woohoo looks awesome!

Some great questions about the creatures. After a bit of gameplay and some rehash of what's needed, here's how it's working out:

There are several levels of daemons. The lowest, weakest ones exist just barely under the edge of our reality. Essentially they're just invisible monsters that otherwise exist in our world. They're affected by nature, can ransack caravans and make footprints, and can be hurt by conventional weapons.

The more powerful daemons exist on planes farther and farther away from our own, and have less and less to do with our reality. The most powerful ones can't see or interact with our reality at all, except with the Echoes. These daemons can't be simply captured with a tossed stone, but must either be half-dead or willing to be captured. The only ones that can hurt them are other daemons. The only ones that they can hurt are other daemons. And Echoes, of course.

The MODO exist in all the planes at once, and can freely move back and forth between our reality and the most distant existence. That's what makes them dangerous and unstoppable.

I hope I'm making sense, haha. xD

To Teluval, Farewell

Ay ay here we go then!

Saoirse

Name: Saoirse Lockwillow
Race: Human
Age: 31
Profession: Tinkerer and Treasure Hunter
Inventory: A pair of leather-bound spark-protective goggles with several magnifying lenses, a long gray scarf, a string necklace threaded with a dozen different keys, a tarnished necklace chain with a heavy compass pendant, a pair of nimble leather gloves, a ball of twine, a set of small wrenches, a set of small screwdrivers, a lockpicking kit, a set of pliers and tweezers, a set of needles and pins, a small ceramic bowl, an oil lantern and oil, several short candles, a small supply of chalk, a long hunting knife, a paring knife, a long rope, a supply of dried fish, several lidded jars, a canteen, a set of playing cards, a set of dice, a sturdy leather backpack.

Description:
Saoirse's scrappy stature and bright grin often get her mistaken for a child, which error she'll be quick to turn to her advantage. She's a practiced liar and storyteller when there's something she wants -- and there is always something she wants. The secrets of the world before the Obliteration -- the civilizations that created the automatons -- call to Saoirse out of the old ruins and the deep black forests. She is confident she will be the one to discover the lost techniques of the ancient tinkerers; she is, after all, willing to go where few in her field would dare.

At first glance, Saoirse is a boyish, quick little tinkerer with a mess of gray-brown hair and loose cotton clothes and hard leather boots suited for mountain-climbing and machine-clambering; the goggles, the key collection, and the burn marks on her hands and forearms confess her profession. She is nimble and strong, proud to show muscle gained from lifting heavy machinery, eager to demonstrate her getaway speed.

What is your character's crime?

Technically the long list of crimes include trespassing, theft, impersonation and various forms of cheating -- but her only regret is the accidental and irreparable sabotage of her mentor's Great Machine, after which she ran away, determined never to return until she could bring back something truly remarkable.

Favorite poem?

Ancient and twisted the willow tree sings
Tick, tock, tick
A glow in the water, a light in the wood
Tock, tick, tock
In the eye of the rook
The heart of the stone
The life-machine whispers
Tick, tock

What do you treasure most?

The keys. One of them unlocks something from her childhood, another in her father's house, another in her mentor's attic. There's a key for every place she could ever return to -- and she must, if she will ever return the key. There are other keys to locks she has yet to discover -- and that's just more reason to keep looking.

Given the choice, how would you die?

Drowning seems like a less painful, less messy way to die than most other options. Not-dying is much more preferable, though.

Moonfiend

@Cute Bumber hey hi! I've got no suggestions unfortunately. XD Any type of character you might find in a sci-fi setting, only must be human and no space travel. Technology levels can be pretty high (flying cars and nanobots) feel free to make stuff up. Most characters have spent their lives inside the city, but nobody is forbidden from leaving.

Echo

@Burthstone hey hi welcome absolutely! :3 no rush on the cs, I'm sure you'll have company whenever you arrive!

@Vesuvius00 I .... would have no objection to this. XD The weapons they've got are probably of dubious quality, but hey why not cool stuff?

To Teluval, Farewell

I am here! I brought cookies!

Echo

@SaberClass4242 The Echoes aren't really a secret, and certainly nobody's been killed for knowing about them -- although there definitely have been cases of people having been brought back that weren't quite right or with their minds only partially recovered. Hence Kelodie's thorough examination before releasing people into the wild, so to speak, haha. It's possible he could've run across a rogue Echo that didn't like questions.

Tin Dragon Detective Agency

You mean for the pawprint? That's an interesting guess! :D

I do know exactly what made it, though. ;)

Echo

@Cute Bumber Ok awesome!

Lantern is open, if you like, but I will warn you that it sort of might be approaching endgame. The other characters have a buttload of advantages and powers by now, and other newer characters I think have felt a bit steamrolled -- however! If you don't mind dropping unprepared into world-ending chaos, there are a couple of Lanterns unaccounted-for that could use a new caretaker. ;)