[Futaba will uncover a few more food crimes. Somebody biting into several plastic grapes before realizing they're not actually food. There's a plate that seems like it had the charred remains of something on it, but somebody definitely ate whatever was there, considering all the charcoal crumbs left over.
Rin may join her in the snacking while Shinobu speaks to the people of importance. Or she tries to, anyway.
The knight remains uneasy and on guard.
The prince will address Shinobu. His tone does not change, he's sure of his every word.]
I am not such a fool as to bare my heart to a wizard. Everyone knows what a web of trickery and deceit you are able to weave, and the emotions you manipulate. I do not trust you or your kind. You have brought about so many casualties yourselves that you could've prevented. [It doesn't take much to realize he's making sweeping generalizations of all wizards.
For the sake of this party, he will move away, bringing his knight along with him.]
[Hello Futaba, Rin is here and he's in a foul mood, but then he sees all the food crimes too. Unfortunately, he's going to assume Futaba committed them.]
[ shinobu thinks this is stupid. if she were going to manipulate his emotions, they would be manipulated already and there wouldn't be any of this obvious distrust.
time to go to where rin and futaba are and then see where else they can go. ]
We shouldn't idle for too long. [ ... ] It would be better if you were careful about what you eat here.
[ not the fake food, but things could be poisoned is what she means. ]
[ one of the actual snacks gets shoved at him while she pokes around for more crimes. but then, shinobu is right and she hehe's sheepishly. it'll be fine probably ]
[You could roll and use your invocation to check if anything here was poisoned.
The moon is full, bright and eerie. Moonbeams shine into this room.
Here, where they are away from the party, but not far from it, they feel the ground shake. It's not the kind of shake from many people moving at once. It feels much more like an earthquake, though it only lasts for a few brief moments.
There is some murmuring in the other room. The specifics of what they're saying are muffled by the walls.]
[ all of them are from a country with frequent earthquakes, but it's still alarming in this fantasy world, especially if it's after the moon, the reason for the Great Calamity, is out.
rolling to hear the murmurs more clearly through the wall. IF YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPENING AND SAY YOUR INVOCATION IT CAN HAPPEN the metatext says....
Almost everyone is safe, but- the knight captain he- I don't know-
[He's even more stressed and nervous when he speaks about it. Honestly he looks nauseous. If you allow him to, he will take you out to where the party was. If you ask for him to fetch something, he will, but he is only a human secretary and cannot assist in a battle.
Now there's nothing here but a misshapen, feathery, humanoid, twice as large as an adult, and somehow growing larger. The rest of the guests have cleared out. There is no sign of the prince. Tables have been toppled over, claw marks dug into the marble flooring.
The beast is wearing a gold sash around its chest, along with a pauldron on its right shoulder. The rest of its clothes have been ripped, torn, shredded. Where there was once flesh there are now feathers. What was once a human face, is now a crow's, with a beak and red, murderous eyes.
Perhaps this creature was a man once, but no longer. As the group comes out, it attacks Shinobu with a clawed foot.]
Well. Time to pull out two knives and brandish them to prepare for a fight.]
Adnodus Omnis?
[He sounds a little unsure as he says it, but the image in his head is clear: he wants to have big jump energy so he can jump over the attacked aimed at Shinobu and bring down both knives right onto the monster's body at once. Multi-attack time!
[ terrible how she doesn't even blink at this. sometimes you truly see some wild shit in your short lifetime.
anyhoo, time for some magic ]
Forsettao Meiuvat...!
[ it should be noted she says this like she's been waiting her whole lifetime for this moment. futaba rounds out this trio with another 16 so heyo she's doing some kind of trapping maneuver to trip up mr. former knight ]
I don't know! The tower came down and he transformed!
[One of those voices did say something about research. Perhaps the knight captain was involved in some of that. Even if you wanted to, it's impossible to ask him questions about it now.
Rin soars up and into the air, almost as if he's flying, with no problem at all. His knives dig easily, and deeply into the beast's back (2). When he pulls them away, instead of blood or flesh like one would come to expect from an animal, there's a sickly, pale glow. There is only moonlight beneath these feathers.
With Futaba's 16, and the matched 16, one foot sinks into the floor. For this creature, for the moment, the floor is like quicksand. The free clawed foot takes a swipe at her torso (16). A winged limb tries to knock Shinobu out of the sky (13). In it's flailing it also attempts to hit Rin's arm with a limb (19) to break it.
The creature grows larger, shrieking loudly, painfully to your ears. It's now a little harder to hear each other.]
[He doesn't have much time to think about what all that moonlight means though, because he rolls a 16 again against that 19 and no his right arm is broken. Rin is going to get knocked away and drop one of his knives as he screams out in pain, and moments later he falls on the ground.]
[ shinobu is knocked out of the air, but just barely. she manages a landing, doing some neat acrobatics to take away some of the impact.
she gets back up immediately and as she notices it grow in size, she frowns. she looks over at rin and his broken arm, and she decides it's better to try to take down this bird faster before it can harm anyone any more.
she needs a weapon, so she will try to transform a candelabra into a sword (10). she looks at what happened, and she sighs.
instead of trying to lob the head off, she will now try to immobilize one of its feathery wings with this sai-candelabra. ]
[ her measly dodge (15) doesn't do much to save her and futaba yelps as the foot sends her into a wall. ouch. that wound is certainly bleeding now.
while the others are busy, give her a moment to look and see if there's anything she can yeet. please rng gods just smack her in the head while she's not paying enough attention :pray:
...though hm, maybe shinobu has the right idea and she'll grab a candelabra and just clock Mr. monster man over the head when he's distracted. ]
[Shinobu's makeshift weapon is thrown (18), pinning an arm against a wall. This wound also reveals moonlight, instead of revealing blood. The thrown candelabra hits its chest (11), but it doesn't seem phased by this.
Rin lands behind the creature, and thus escapes its notice (5) for the next round of attacks. The creature looks bloated, grotesque, bulging out at strange places.. Wings erupt out of its back, it's hands clawed, it's one free foot lashing out at Shinobu (6). It's one free arm (20) successfully gouges into Futaba's left arm, raking into the flesh there when it connects. All of its flailing limbs completely miss Rin (1).]
[Rin is glad this monster isn't hitting him, but this isn't going to work in the long term. It's too big and it's hitting them too hard. He sees that strike against Futaba in particular and he knows he has to do something.
Luckily, fire is easy to picture, even when he's hurt.]
Adnodus Omnis!
[He's just pointing his other knife at the creature, and he's imagining blue flames burning that arm that hit Futaba. Make it hurt, and maybe it will stop attacking? His roll of 9 does not inspire confidence though.]
[ shinobu dodges the foot with ease (10). she sees it shed moonlight, and she has to wonder, if she turns the windows dark and therefore block the moon into this room, if that will help any. she really does not know how the moon works in mhyk and neither do i. ]
Ortonik Sealsispilce!
[ a roll of 9 is not great.
both of these children are getting so hurt, and no one is going to think she's doing what she can to protect them. ]
[ wELL SHIT. Futaba shrieks as it cuts down into the bone. with rin's added fire and her feeble attempt to yank her arm back (7), this goes as well as you'd expect. which is terribly, congrats to all of us for a job well done. ]
F-forsettao Meiuvat.....!
[ intent is everything and with her arm now mangled, her spell doesn't quite have the effect she was aiming for. her attempted dia slaps a (decently wrapped!) bandaid over this bone cracked wound (8) ]
[It starts struggling to free itself from the wall (6) and fails.
Blue fire (9) wraps around the limb that has Futaba's arm, though it only lasts for a few moments before dispelling. The creature yanks its arm away, but not without trying to take Futaba's arm with it (12).
Shinobu's doing her best. With a roll of 9, the windows darken slightly.
The moon glow from the monster's wounds is slightly more intense. There are several points where the monster seems to shine oddly, even where it isn't injured. Continuing to darken the room may reveal some specific areas that need to be dealt with.
Futaba may have a bandaged wounds, though it's not expertly done.
It screams louder this time, and a little more of your hearing goes with it. It lashes out at Rin (4) with a wing, Shinobu with an arm (10), and Futaba with the same arm (11), then it swings back to hit Shinobu (16).]
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Rin may join her in the snacking while Shinobu speaks to the people of importance. Or she tries to, anyway.
The knight remains uneasy and on guard.
The prince will address Shinobu. His tone does not change, he's sure of his every word.]
I am not such a fool as to bare my heart to a wizard. Everyone knows what a web of trickery and deceit you are able to weave, and the emotions you manipulate. I do not trust you or your kind. You have brought about so many casualties yourselves that you could've prevented. [It doesn't take much to realize he's making sweeping generalizations of all wizards.
For the sake of this party, he will move away, bringing his knight along with him.]
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What're you doing? ...Is this all fake food?
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time to go to where rin and futaba are and then see where else they can go. ]
We shouldn't idle for too long. [ ... ] It would be better if you were careful about what you eat here.
[ not the fake food, but things could be poisoned is what she means. ]
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I'm looking for them! Here, try this.
[ one of the actual snacks gets shoved at him while she pokes around for more crimes. but then, shinobu is right and she hehe's sheepishly. it'll be fine probably ]
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The moon is full, bright and eerie. Moonbeams shine into this room.
Here, where they are away from the party, but not far from it, they feel the ground shake. It's not the kind of shake from many people moving at once. It feels much more like an earthquake, though it only lasts for a few brief moments.
There is some murmuring in the other room. The specifics of what they're saying are muffled by the walls.]
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Oh shit, you guys felt that one right? I wonder if it knocked anything over.
[Time to go peek out the door and see what the murmuring is!]
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[ all of them are from a country with frequent earthquakes, but it's still alarming in this fantasy world, especially if it's after the moon, the reason for the Great Calamity, is out.
rolling to hear the murmurs more clearly through the wall. IF YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPENING AND SAY YOUR INVOCATION IT CAN HAPPEN the metatext says....
ara 🦋 shobobu Roll: [19] Result: 19
HELP ]
Ortonik Sealsispilce....?
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Think it has something to do with everything...?
[ a vague handwave about the party. someone tell her about the moon!!!! ]
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The voices seem to be coming from your jar, but here you can hear them more clearly. It's a mix of voices.]
"Did something happen?"
"It's just an earthquake. Considering the state of things, nothing to be worried about."
"Why is that?"
"It must be the wizards."
"The Central Tower has fallen! "
"The Central Tower?! Our research! Our--"
[A strange choking noise, a thump like armor has fallen to the floor. Completely incoherent screaming.
The castle doors slam open a few rooms away, the stomping of armored soldiers.]
"We must evacuate!"
[The noise of people rushing out the doors.
The frazzled npc man comes back into the dining room, face pale.]
There's trouble!
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Rin, externally:]
R-right! What do you need us to do?
[The nobles may be binches but even Rin will save binches if there's trouble.]
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[ what is the central tower? where is it? any which way, it sounds like that's something they likely have to attend to. ]
Where do we need to go?
[ frazzled npc, our overworked guide. ]
Is everyone safe?
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[ DID THEY FIGHT THE MOON AND WIN HOLY SHIT. but that's probably in the meta text somewhere, she'll look for abandoned papers later. for now... ]
We can help with all sorts of stuff...!
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[He's even more stressed and nervous when he speaks about it. Honestly he looks nauseous. If you allow him to, he will take you out to where the party was. If you ask for him to fetch something, he will, but he is only a human secretary and cannot assist in a battle.
Now there's nothing here but a misshapen, feathery, humanoid, twice as large as an adult, and somehow growing larger. The rest of the guests have cleared out. There is no sign of the prince. Tables have been toppled over, claw marks dug into the marble flooring.
The beast is wearing a gold sash around its chest, along with a pauldron on its right shoulder. The rest of its clothes have been ripped, torn, shredded. Where there was once flesh there are now feathers. What was once a human face, is now a crow's, with a beak and red, murderous eyes.
Perhaps this creature was a man once, but no longer. As the group comes out, it attacks Shinobu with a clawed foot.]
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Well. Time to pull out two knives and brandish them to prepare for a fight.]
Adnodus Omnis?
[He sounds a little unsure as he says it, but the image in his head is clear: he wants to have big jump energy so he can jump over the attacked aimed at Shinobu and bring down both knives right onto the monster's body at once. Multi-attack time!
He rolled a 16 for it btw.]
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That's to dodge. She rolls out of the way and takes a good look at this feathery monster. this is very concerning. ]
What happened to him?
[ she is going to summon her broom and fly on it. it's best to get some distance and observe at first. ]
Don't be too hasty, Okumura-kun!
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anyhoo, time for some magic ]
Forsettao Meiuvat...!
[ it should be noted she says this like she's been waiting her whole lifetime for this moment. futaba rounds out this trio with another 16 so heyo she's doing some kind of trapping maneuver to trip up mr. former knight ]
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[One of those voices did say something about research. Perhaps the knight captain was involved in some of that. Even if you wanted to, it's impossible to ask him questions about it now.
Rin soars up and into the air, almost as if he's flying, with no problem at all. His knives dig easily, and deeply into the beast's back (2). When he pulls them away, instead of blood or flesh like one would come to expect from an animal, there's a sickly, pale glow. There is only moonlight beneath these feathers.
With Futaba's 16, and the matched 16, one foot sinks into the floor. For this creature, for the moment, the floor is like quicksand. The free clawed foot takes a swipe at her torso (16). A winged limb tries to knock Shinobu out of the sky (13). In it's flailing it also attempts to hit Rin's arm with a limb (19) to break it.
The creature grows larger, shrieking loudly, painfully to your ears. It's now a little harder to hear each other.]
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[He doesn't have much time to think about what all that moonlight means though, because he rolls a 16 again against that 19 and no his right arm is broken. Rin is going to get knocked away and drop one of his knives as he screams out in pain, and moments later he falls on the ground.]
Shit!
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she gets back up immediately and as she notices it grow in size, she frowns. she looks over at rin and his broken arm, and she decides it's better to try to take down this bird faster before it can harm anyone any more.
she needs a weapon, so she will try to transform a candelabra into a sword (10). she looks at what happened, and she sighs.
instead of trying to lob the head off, she will now try to immobilize one of its feathery wings with this sai-candelabra. ]
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while the others are busy, give her a moment to look and see if there's anything she can yeet. please rng gods just smack her in the head while she's not paying enough attention :pray:
...though hm, maybe shinobu has the right idea and she'll grab a candelabra and just clock Mr. monster man over the head when he's distracted. ]
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Rin lands behind the creature, and thus escapes its notice (5) for the next round of attacks. The creature looks bloated, grotesque, bulging out at strange places.. Wings erupt out of its back, it's hands clawed, it's one free foot lashing out at Shinobu (6). It's one free arm (20) successfully gouges into Futaba's left arm, raking into the flesh there when it connects. All of its flailing limbs completely miss Rin (1).]
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Luckily, fire is easy to picture, even when he's hurt.]
Adnodus Omnis!
[He's just pointing his other knife at the creature, and he's imagining blue flames burning that arm that hit Futaba. Make it hurt, and maybe it will stop attacking? His roll of 9 does not inspire confidence though.]
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Ortonik Sealsispilce!
[ a roll of 9 is not great.
both of these children are getting so hurt, and no one is going to think she's doing what she can to protect them. ]
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F-forsettao Meiuvat.....!
[ intent is everything and with her arm now mangled, her spell doesn't quite have the effect she was aiming for. her attempted dia slaps a (decently wrapped!) bandaid over this bone cracked wound (8) ]
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Blue fire (9) wraps around the limb that has Futaba's arm, though it only lasts for a few moments before dispelling. The creature yanks its arm away, but not without trying to take Futaba's arm with it (12).
Shinobu's doing her best. With a roll of 9, the windows darken slightly.
The moon glow from the monster's wounds is slightly more intense. There are several points where the monster seems to shine oddly, even where it isn't injured. Continuing to darken the room may reveal some specific areas that need to be dealt with.
Futaba may have a bandaged wounds, though it's not expertly done.
It screams louder this time, and a little more of your hearing goes with it. It lashes out at Rin (4) with a wing, Shinobu with an arm (10), and Futaba with the same arm (11), then it swings back to hit Shinobu (16).]
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