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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 12, 2012 19:29:25 GMT -6
The bone man says: "Those green women hired me for the day. You'll have to ask them the point of this job; I'm just the pilot. I haven't hurt you or done anything wrong; so if you let me up, I promise to behave."
The deep one says: "GLOP!" [does anyone speak Deep One? remember you get 1 bonus language per point of intelligence over 10.]
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Post by ehiker133 on Feb 13, 2012 0:27:03 GMT -6
The bone man says: "Those green women hired me for the day. You'll have to ask them the point of this job; I'm just the pilot. I haven't hurt you or done anything wrong; so if you let me up, I promise to behave." The deep one says: "GLOP!" [does anyone speak Deep One? remember you get 1 bonus language per point of intelligence over 10.] Why yes, The Shade of the Evermore understands Deepwaneese. "Know thine enemy (and provider of ritual components)", as The Shade's grandpappy used to say. OOC: Don't know if it matters or not, Mush, but I thought it more powerful to take the hand I needed while the creature lived vs. after it was dead.  |
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 13, 2012 0:44:16 GMT -6
The deep one burps and gurgles the words: The house was supposed to be empty.
Yes, the hand will be more potent with the fresh life-force, agreed.
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Post by crusssdaddy on Feb 13, 2012 3:23:01 GMT -6
Fated: "Now we're getting somewhere. What vessel did you pilot, how much did they pay you, and where is that money? Although a Bone Man in plate mail is an unlikely pilot..."
[to Shade] "Ask it where do the women flee to?"
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Post by crusssdaddy on Feb 13, 2012 3:24:07 GMT -6
Fated gets in close to the remaining Deep One, holding the sword ready should the foam give way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2012 5:46:10 GMT -6
If Minion is unable to get within arc welder range of the green women by the time he has gone 30 feet into the tunnel, he will reluctantly come back to the cellar.
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Post by ehiker133 on Feb 13, 2012 8:07:52 GMT -6
Fated: "Now we're getting somewhere. What vessel did you pilot, how much did they pay you, and where is that money? Although a Bone Man in plate mail is an unlikely pilot..." [to Shade] "Ask it where do the women flee to?" asks the Deep One where the women are going. He will translate any response given.
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Post by kipper on Feb 13, 2012 9:51:23 GMT -6
Breath follows Minion down the tunnel. She'll turn back if /when he does, however.
((OOC: I think Minion is in Plate armour? In which case the Green Women will outdistance the two of us))
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 13, 2012 11:23:20 GMT -6
Breath and Minion give up the chase when they realize they cannot catch the green women (who are wearing lighter armor and also familiar with the tunnel). They notice several dropped items on the tunnel floor, including circuitry, motors, valves, and copper wiring.
Fated questions the bone man, who replies: "I am a riverboat pilot. The women told me they were graduate students and hired me (for a fair price) for a survey of beaver dams on Hangman's Brook. But when we got here, I found these fish-guys lurking in the water. I don't like surprises, but a job's a job, and I agreed to help, so long as no one got hurt. You won't hurt me, will you?"
Shade interrogates the deep one, who sputters: "The raft, beaver pond."
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Post by ehiker133 on Feb 13, 2012 11:42:41 GMT -6
The Shade turns to the bone man and stands over him, showing his face with all three eyes, and communicates (such that all can understand him, as well):
**Speak quickly, pilot. Can the Green Women operate the boat without you?**
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 13, 2012 11:59:00 GMT -6
The Shade turns to the bone man and stands over him, showing his face with all three eyes, and communicates (such that all can understand him, as well): **Speak quickly, pilot. Can the Green Women operate the boat without you?** "The raft is easy to operate. I showed the green women the basics, and I can teach you too. (Please don't kill me!)" |
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Post by ehiker133 on Feb 13, 2012 12:15:33 GMT -6
The Shade turns to the bone man and stands over him, showing his face with all three eyes, and communicates (such that all can understand him, as well): **Speak quickly, pilot. Can the Green Women operate the boat without you?** "The raft is easy to operate. I showed the green women the basics, and I can teach you too. (Please don't kill me!)"
The Shade starts to turn back to the one remaining Deep One, hand on his dagger, but pauses... **What kind of boat pilot wears heavy armour? All water craft pilots I've ever known feared drowning above all else. They never wear heavy armour.**He turns back to the bone man, but continues drawing the dagger out of its sheath... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2012 13:19:19 GMT -6
Minion asks Breath "should we leave these things on the ground, to serve as a trail, or pick them up, do you think?"
Either way, he then heads back to the cellar of interrogation, either with the items or without, depending on Breath's answer.
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 13, 2012 14:56:39 GMT -6
"Without this armor, I'm a dead man," is the bone man's reasonable reply. (He's right, too--Minion and Breath would have skewered him in Round 2!) "Spend a few years working the rivers, docks, and slums of Arkham before you pass judgment on my methods, okay?"
The Deep One interjects: "Our source say house abandoned. What YOU doing here??"
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Post by crusssdaddy on Feb 13, 2012 15:29:27 GMT -6
Fated: "Deep One, you are chatty. Who is this source you speak of?"
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 13, 2012 15:47:23 GMT -6
Fated: "Deep One, you are chatty. Who is this source you speak of?" [OOC: Has Fated taken Deep One as a bonus language, or is he using Shade as an interpreter? Either way...] The deep one replies: "Make bargain? You let us go; we give up source. We take our dead. We take parts we come for. You no bother us in water, we no bother you on land. Deal deal?" |
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Post by ehiker133 on Feb 13, 2012 16:28:26 GMT -6
The Shade Of The Evermore interprets the Deep One's offer to the rest of the party (but not to the pilot).
**What parts? What did you come looking for? What were the green women doing here, anyway?**
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 13, 2012 16:50:57 GMT -6
The Shade Of The Evermore interprets the Deep One's offer to the rest of the party (but not to the pilot). **What parts? What did you come looking for? What were the green women doing here, anyway?** The deep one snorts: "Unbelievable. You fight over room full of junk you no understand function. Now look. You come play thief; Deep Ones make thief too. Is OK just business? No!! You make baby-tantrum! Mother Hydra say: 'Early squid get prawn.'" It opens its mouth-flap wide and makes a gargling sound that could charitably be described as a laugh. |
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Post by crusssdaddy on Feb 14, 2012 0:52:26 GMT -6
Fated notices the foam beginning to weaken. He looks toward the others and inclines his head slightly, as if to say of the Deep One "Off with its head?"
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Post by ehiker133 on Feb 14, 2012 1:00:19 GMT -6
The Shade of the Evermore quietly approaches the foam-encased Deep One spewing forth the insulting retort.
**We are not stealing. We are protecting our territory. And you are on it. Mother Hydra would have done better to teach you some respect.**
Two tentacles slide out from gaps in The Shade's armour and slowly intertwine around the neck of the Deep One.
**I am The Shade Of The Evermore. _I_ am the early squid. You are the prawn.**
He deals a killing blow with his dagger.
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Post by kipper on Feb 14, 2012 10:32:36 GMT -6
Minion asks Breath "should we leave these things on the ground, to serve as a trail, or pick them up, do you think?" Either way, he then heads back to the cellar of interrogation, either with the items or without, depending on Breath's answer. "Let us leave them for now, they are of little immediate use." Breath replies. Upon her return, she'll move over to one of the foamed Deep Ones ((if there are any others left alive?)) and hold her Glaive to its throat. Once she's filled in on the results of the interrogation, she asks: "Does anyone care to try to intercept the Women at the boat? I will not be able to make it fast enough in this armour." |
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 14, 2012 12:32:49 GMT -6
Shade threatens the last remaining Deep One with his tentacles. [OOC: ?!?!?!?]
"Deep Ones strong! Deep Ones immortal! Deep Ones rulers of the ocean! Deep Ones...."
SNICK! Off goes its head.
After a few seconds respectful pause, the bone man speaks up: "Well that's a relief, I never much enjoyed doing business with deep ones. If you'll just let me go now, I can show you the way to my raft."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 13:40:59 GMT -6
"I say let him show us the way. I'd like to see where our new tunnel goes."
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Post by crusssdaddy on Feb 14, 2012 19:16:53 GMT -6
Fated: "I agree. It's not a big river, at worst we can shadow them from shore. Maybe our new friend knows where they're going. Let's strip the pilot of his arms & armor and bring him.
"Vociferous Bastard!" [OOC: Is he still around?] "Guard the house, we'll be back or send word soon."
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Post by crusssdaddy on Feb 14, 2012 19:17:29 GMT -6
[OOC: All Deep Ones are now destroyed, correct?]
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Post by ehiker133 on Feb 14, 2012 21:16:51 GMT -6
The Shade of the Evermore collects himself and then communicates, **We need to get rid of these bodies. Maybe something for the workers to do in the morning? They can drag them through the tunnel to the river and sink them**
The Shade makes like he is ready to head down the tunnel as soon as everyone else is.
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Post by kipper on Feb 15, 2012 10:03:00 GMT -6
"Let us make haste as we are able, or we will certainly be too late." Breath says.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2012 12:42:47 GMT -6
Minion is ready to follow the boat pilot. He keeps his arc welder at the ready.
He wonders to himself what sorceries might exist that need Deep Ones as part of the ritual.
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 15, 2012 12:49:14 GMT -6
The bone man (who introduces himself as The Destroying Angel by the way) suggests taking the overland route to the beaver pond; maybe, just maybe, you will catch the green women unawares as they emerge from the other end of the tunnel.
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Post by Mushgnome on Feb 15, 2012 13:18:02 GMT -6
That's it for the Deep Ones (you killed 6 in total: 2 warriors outside, and 4 clerics inside).
Vociferous Bastard informs you there is a hidden cell under a rug in the west wing sub-basement, with at least 1 dead body already down there...
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