Jasper(Elerinn) Monday September 22nd, 2003 11:29:13 AM
Hmmm, my mailbox is almost empty, but please send the email to jvholsteij@antoniuscollege.nl , it will work, most likely.
Jerry Wednesday September 24th, 2003 11:14:43 PM
Jasper your hotmail account just spat back at me again. Do you want to change your address permanently? If so, you need to send me an email from the address you want to use and tell me so via email please. ;)
Thanks bud.
Jerry Wednesday September 24th, 2003 11:17:48 PM
Jasper, I need your corrected character sheet asap. YOu are the only one that's not in!
Matt, go ahead and start up your game. Jasper, you may begin posting WHEN your sheet is in to me and approved. You don't like much. Make the corrections and send. If you don't have my corrections send me an email from a location that I can send it to successfully my friend.
I am now sending it to the address you used above. hope it works.
Jasper Thursday September 25th, 2003 5:08:27 AM
I just send you the e-mail with corrected sheet, from my new and working email adress. I'm sorry for the delay, I will stop using my hotmail account from now.
Cadmar Friday September 26th, 2003 2:04:34 AM
Cadmar watches the maze of vines the wings are carrying him through. Turning to his silent passenger he casually asks: "So, know any good jokes? How about this one: What is the difference between a witch and a hag?"
"About 30 years."
Flashback [DM Matt] Friday September 26th, 2003 5:35:50 AM
"But you know the most important thing you should remember?" says the door of the tower. You collectively shake your heads dumbfounded at the spastic and overly happy door. "You can break these for clues!" With that he spits out a small wooden box wrapped nicely with a fancy ribbon. 'To my friends,' it reads, 'Try not to die.' "In THAT," reminds the door, "are cookies of fortune! Crack one open and it will tell you hints about your current predicament. (Personally I don't understand it...)"
You all immediately snap back to the present situation on top of the pillar in the dark as these memories float through your minds, unsure if they really happened. Confused, you check your packs and sure enough you find the wooden box still tied with ribbon. Shaking it reveals some objects within.
Cadmar squawks twice to the fish-faced creature as he floats through the vines in the jungle. It is a strange sensation for him having a beak and all. He flaps his wings and soars downward, carried on the breeze. He gets a strong smell of mushrooms, but also a hint of guano as well.
Garrard Friday September 26th, 2003 2:04:26 PM
Garrard kneels, unshoulders his pack, and pulls out the box. Fishing inside for a... cookie to break, he says, "Well done, Wynn".
Wynn d20+2=12 d20+7=11 Friday September 26th, 2003 8:35:36 PM
Wynn continues his song, unsure of whether the voice from the tower will once again try to invade their thoughts. He keeps an eye open for any impending danger. [Spot=12, Perform=11]
Eyes right, my jolly field boys, Who dwarven axes bear, To teach your foes to yield boys, When dwarven steel they dare! Now fill the glass, for the toast of toasts Shall be drunk with the cheer of cheers, Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! For the dwarven axes near!
Cadmar Saturday September 27th, 2003 2:38:11 AM
Only after he has tried to speak the ranger realizes the scale of the transformation he has undergone [so, I'm a bird now?]. He circles around, wondering if the next thing to go will be his memories and human mind. The smells that hit his notrils seem to be familiar. The memory of the pillar comes to mind, and Cadmar starts to follow the smells in hope of finding his friends. "They are most likely long gone, but I hope I will be able to find the trail they left..."
Kedarn Sunday September 28th, 2003 7:08:03 AM
Kedarn tries to recall what exactly Cadmar had done right before he left.
Elerinn Sunday September 28th, 2003 6:16:41 PM
Elerinn is confused about the sudden memory, it frightens him in a bit. It feels like someone has changed his past, to create this memory. Nevertheless, he decides to open one of the cookies, for he is anxious to leave this place.
OOC: My apologies to you all, I hold up the game for quite a while. I hope we will be able to get it all rolling again.
Got Milk? [Dm Matt] d4=4 Monday September 29th, 2003 6:09:09 PM
Everyone gathers around Garrard as he finds the the nice wooden box, tied with a fancy dark ribbon. He shakes it finding things inside. Not having many other options, he snaps the ribbon and pops the box open. Inside are four folded cookies, each of a different color. One red, one green, one purple, one blue.
You all stare at them and look at each other until Elerinn breaks under the pressure, grabs the blue one and cracks it open. A magical spark of blue light appears from the center of the cookie. In the air, as if written on an invisible blackboard, the blue light writes,
"The splinter pointed to three different things: (in order) 1) The first key 2) The method for finding exit #2 of 3 3) The method for finding exit #3 of 3"
This lingers in the air for awhile.
Cadmar lands on the grass of the floor and stares up at the sun. The violet rays beat down cold on his wings. Worms crawl around his feet. which he figures he should eat since he's a bird and birds do eat worms. He gobbles up several of them. "Awww what did you eat those for?" says the fish faced creature, "I was gonna eat those." It sniffs and digs a hole in the ground which it sits in. Cadmar sits on a log and rocks back and forth picking bits of worm out of his teeth with his finger.
Kedern recalls Cadmar trotting over toward the edge swinging his sword around before going "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" and leaving...
Wynn Monday September 29th, 2003 7:02:48 PM
Wynn scratches his beard briefly and thinks back to the splinter and its wandering. "As I recall" he says, " the splinter pointed first to one of the mushrooms in my pack, then back to this pillar then to the pillar over there, and then it seemed to go astry, pointing to all the pillars and then straight down." Wynn pauses to make sure he remembered correctly and continues, "Yes, that was the order it happened, but if this mushroom is the key, then what does it unlock?"
Garrard Monday September 29th, 2003 7:28:34 PM
Garrard chuckles.
"We have an obvious teleporter, and key objects."
With this, he picks up a piece of mushroom, and takes a casual hop off the edge of the platform to follow Cadmars example.
Cadmar Tuesday September 30th, 2003 1:20:18 AM
The ranger sits on the rock, savouring the aftertaste of the worm. He does not know if he should laugh or cry.
"Hop on, Salmon, or whatever is your name. I'll try to find my friends" he eventually says. With that, he tries to take to the air again and follow the smells of bats and mushrooms he has noticed before.
Lorth Tuesday September 30th, 2003 8:59:48 AM
Lorth watches all this crazyness and sits down.
Elerinn Tuesday September 30th, 2003 11:30:00 AM
Elerinn passively watches as Garrard jumps off the platform, too surprised to do something. He just watches the others, with a questioning look on his face.
Man overboard [DM Matt] Tuesday September 30th, 2003 5:58:37 PM
Elerinn watches as Garrard, wild-eyed and giddy, jumps and disappears from view over the edge of the pillar. Not a sound is heard. Those that look over, if any do, just see the inky blackness below.
More specifically, Wynn recalls the splinter pointing to the stalagmites ON their pillar second, then it was pointing out to the other pillars third. (since he was out flying and could see them)
Cadmar actually can still smell the mushrooms and guano all around him but sees none. He's been smelling it quite strongly for a little while now. He jumps and tries to fly again but it seems his feathers are starting to molt off. He looks into the hole. "Key objects." says fish-faced Garrard from the hole. Garrard climbs out and hops on Cadmar's back.
Garrard Tuesday September 30th, 2003 6:11:18 PM
Garrard looks down at his mount for a moment, his hands beginning to shake.
"Madness."
With this he looks around, and calls, "Is this the work of fae? I am known to the fae of the Windborne Hills. I am Garrard Talhein."
Wynn d20+4=7 Tuesday September 30th, 2003 8:02:43 PM
Wynn reaches for Garrard just as he drops over the edge, but to no avail. "I cannot believe that we are meant to drop to our deaths" he says to the rest of the group. "There was nothing in the action of the splinter or the song we heard that tells me to cast myself into the abyss!"
Wynn contemplates the mushroom fragments in his hand, and then hands off all but one to Elerinn. "Take these my friend, and if I am successful you and the others can follow!"
Wynn takes the remaining fragment of mushroom and goes over to the stalagmite on their pillar that the splinter first pointed to. He touches the mushroom to the stalagmite and tries to will a portal to appear (will = 7].
Cadmar Wednesday October 1st, 2003 1:34:24 AM
Cadmar was just looking around, trying to notice any landmarks, when the fish-faced creature made an unexpected introduction.
"Garrard?" There is as much surprise as suspicion in Cadmar's voice. "Good Domi, Garrard, you really are worse off than me. I hope this change is reversible. What in the name of goodness happened-"
"-Wait a moment. Is that some kind of trick? Are you really Garrard? Tell me where we found the Claw?"
Lorth Wednesday October 1st, 2003 10:15:53 AM
Lorth looks at his hands and sighs, the strain of insanity is almost to much for him.
Madness likes company [DM Matt] Wednesday October 1st, 2003 5:41:51 PM
"Madness", answers Garrard to Cadmar and starts talking about fae.
The forest around you echoes with noise of creatures, it's flora almost choking. The mushroom smell is still really really strong to Cadmar. (but not to Garrard) A trickle of water comes between the two of you. You start following the trickle and there expands a large natural spring pond which burbles. On a lilypad in the middle is a beautiful and small female creature seemingly made of plant with longflowing green hair which floats on the water in a nice wide pattern.
The earth seems really soft here as Cadmar's foot goes through the earth and seems to get stuck. Garrard notices that his reflection in the pond indeed seems to be fishy.
Wynn places a mushroom on the stalagmite and it does nothing. In this process, he notices again that once in the center, the splinter spins in his hand and one at a time points to ALL of the stalagmites. Everyone else notices this too.
Garrard Wednesday October 1st, 2003 6:05:39 PM
Garrard stands up his his stirrups, and sketches a bow to the seated lady.
"Good day, fair lady. Could we ask your assistance in gaining our bearings?"
With his, Garrard seats himself again, and catches himself idly patting his mounts head.
In an undertone he says, "Sorry Cadmar. We found the Claw in a box hidden within the well outside the witches house."
Wynn Wednesday October 1st, 2003 10:08:33 PM
Wynn watches the splinter again spin and point to all of the other stalagmites. "Perhaps you were right after all Elerinn" he offers. "Lorth, Andrath, come and help us. Let's try to touch each of the stalagmites at the same time with some of the mushroom fragments. Elerinn, can your raven assist us with this task by touching the 5th stalagmite?"
Cadmar Thursday October 2nd, 2003 3:29:39 AM
"All right, you ARE Garrard. Sorry friend, after all that has happened I am more than a little bit paranoid."
Turning to the lady of the pond, the ranger says, going for his most polite tone of voice: "Greetings. I am Cadmar, and this is my friend Garrard. May we please ask your name?"
Out of the corner of his mouth Cadmar whispers: "Garrard, my foot is stuck in something. I hope it is not some kind of weird plant that lures rangers to the trap by growing beautiful ladies from leaves and toothed maws all around them just under the mud."
Kedarn Thursday October 2nd, 2003 6:03:26 AM
"I will do it if you want Wynn?" asks Kedarn. Kedarn then picks up a piece of mushroom and walks over by the 5th stalagmite.
Lorth Thursday October 2nd, 2003 7:57:26 AM
Lorth looks up, "Sure, I'll try anything to get out of here." He grabs a piece of mushroom and heads carefully to a stalagmite.
Elerinn Thursday October 2nd, 2003 5:12:02 PM
Elerinn agrees with Wynn, and is glad that his idea might be the answer to their current problem. He takes a piece of mushrooms and asks if Qamaro can get a small piece in his beak. He asks if someone can take him to one of the stalagmites, for he is still too short to move around savely. When he arrives, he commands the raven to fly to the stalagmite that is left.
That sinking feeling [DM Matt] Thursday October 2nd, 2003 5:27:02 PM
Cadmar's foot wriggles around in the extremely soft earth. He tries to pull it and that causes more of the earth to give way until he completely sinks into the stuff suddenly all the way over his head. It's just like swimming only it's cold earth instead of water. The woman just smiles flirtily at Garrard and shakes her head. She floats on top of the water and takes Garrard by the hand.
The blue light returns briefly to write "Close Enough" in the air. As all of you touch the stalagmites you are briefly blinded by a bright circle of light that appears in the middle of the floor. The brightness dims a bit to a more pleasing level but the hole in the middle of the floor still remains. Inside it swirls with bright mist.
Garrard Thursday October 2nd, 2003 7:27:12 PM
Wincing inwardly at this seeming separation from Cadmar, Garrard smiles at the lady, and says, "May I ask your name?"
Wynn Thursday October 2nd, 2003 7:57:22 PM
"That must be the way to the next part of this puzzle" the bard suggests to the party. "I think we should all step into the hole together and hope that it leads to Cassandra and her protagonist. Perhaps if we can save Cassandra we will also find a way to help Cadmar and Garrard from wherever they have gone"
Wynn checks the splinter to make sure it is pointing at this new portal and then secures it in an inner pocket of his vest. If the splinter and the rest of the party agree, Wynn will step into the hole.
"Does someone have the box of fortune cookies?" he asks. "We cannot forget those!"
Andrath Thursday October 2nd, 2003 11:41:56 PM
Andrath looks suspiciously at the hole that appeared in the pillar floor. "Wynn, are you sure that hole is where we are supposed to go? Oh well, I guess one hole is as good as the next." He moves to follow the bard down the opening.
Cadmar Friday October 3rd, 2003 3:24:14 AM
"!"
A feeling of panic overtakes the ranger. Once again. And quite probably for the last time ever, an unhappy thought passes through his mind.
"I'm going to suffocate!"
The earth is strangely soft and it feels like swimming. Cadmar risks opening his eyes. Then he tries to swim to the surface to catch a breath.
Kedarn Friday October 3rd, 2003 4:39:45 AM
Kedarn will go and retrieve the box of fortune cookies and then follow Wynn and Andrath down the hole.
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