[do shouxue and viktor have any weapons... help. she should have stolen shit for them, too.
anyway, she does that thing where you clasp your hands together front of your face and point them forward. very seriously:]
So. Hear me out: Horses.
[this is not the info you were supposed to share, ma'am.]
... Oh, right. And I guess an inquisitor was pokin' around the tavern earlier asking about the treasure. He might've been with a thief wearing purple and a beastling girl. People saw them wandering around. There's this blonde lady in Brightlands that's supposed to be a lead too?
[SLAPS THIS OUT BEFORE DW CRASHES AGAIN FOR SOME REASON
RECONVENING ON THIS NOTE........... Both brows shoot up at "horses," and he looks at Shouxue as if she will have an explanation for this at all since clearly he is missing--she doesn't have any explanation, does she?
He looks back at Harley.]
Ah... That must be... I ran into Pirro at the tavern, and he said some people were asking the Sanctum Knights inside about the treasure... I didn't see them in there anymore, though.
[So... a thief in purple and a beastling girl... and a blonde lady. He glances at Shouxue. Please have more than he did.]
[ good question does the A S S I M I L A T I O N come with a bow or does she have to provoke some animals to steal her one
She nods because she has some idea of what harley means. Maybe. ]
I met with a beastling girl earlier. She said her friend was looking for the treasure and was heading to the church. It's about a half hour walk, so horses aren't necessary, but if you want one... I can see if I can find one for you.
[ shouxue doesn't know how to ride a horse? Unless she can befriend one? ]
[the way i woke up to dw working fine for me pst priv i guess
anyway - you do not have weapons except for harley who stole one so you are more than welcome to do some path actions like a provoke or mug or entreat.
you can probably find some horses out front? like there's a stable right outside the city walls, and the horses don't necessarily belong to you, but you are thieves. and you do have some weight as blacksnakes - people are generally afraid of you. which might explain why the shopkeep caved so quickly earlier, harley.
you could absolutely just steal the horses with some convincing from our local furry friend. you can also just walk to the church, whichever you prefer! i am not going to stop you from causing chaos.]
Well, sure, but those assholes already got a head start on us. I'm not going back empty handed to the bossman just because someone else beat us to the treasure by, say, 5 minutes. [she shudders exaggeratedly, mostly dramatics but partly a tinge of real anxiety.] Can you imagine what he'd do to us?
[cannot believe she could have just fought the shopkeep right off the bat instead of using her path actions, damn.
are there any wagons they can steal to attach to the horses, or something along those lines? technically, she knows how to ride a horse driven carriage so maybe that carried over to her A S S I M I L A T I O N.]
They are very under-prepared here, he thinks. Well, Harley has something, at least, and he trusts Shouxue has her Snow White voice, so he looks at both of them in turn.]
Alright. It would be better and faster if we have two horses. Liu Shouxue can ride with you, Harley. The two of you head to the stable outside and see what you can do. I'll be right back.
[He starts
walking in the direction of the weapons shop, but then stops to glance back.]
Be careful. It'll only take a moment. Keep an eye open for those two, and... blue flames?
[as viktor goes off to threaten a shopkeeper successfully, harley and shouxue wander off to the stable! they find two dudes just milling around in there.
with a ten, you can talk to the horses quietly - they're not unfriendly! a little spooked. one tells you that this isn't home... it lives really far away from here and it isn't sure how it got there in the first place. the other horses seem to not mind being here, but they also indicate that maybe they're not supposed to be here. like perhaps they are stolen goods... but you seem to have some measure of success with convincing them that you need their help, if that's what you want!
also there's a... well.
in here. you... theoretically could take this with you too.
in any case, if you want to try and coax the horses out of the stable, you are more than welcome to. the guys standing watch kind of just watch you do it? like mall cops who don't have authority. this may have consequences later.
oh and also there are no carriages i forgot about this part. maybe there is a cart but i'm going to make you leave the city next tag round or else]
[okay. harley is suddenly filled with the need to have whatever the fuck that is. we will be free from this city in the next tag round, but i'll wait for ara's next roll first before rolling for entreat just in case it isn't necessary. (smash cut to ara rolling a 1)
she points at the thing and looks at the stablehands.]
[we really spent so much time forcing you to fuck around and find out with us in the city
HOW NO ONE SEES VIKTOR RUNNING AWAY FROM THE WEAPONS SHOP WITH HIS ARMS FULL IDK. They thought he paid for them, clearly. He's just overjoyed about his cache.
He hurries to the outside of the city before there is any kind of other uproar, only to run into an uproar already happening at the stables. His mouth drops open.]
anyway - harley wants the deer. shouxue also wants the deer! the deer does not want either one of them. with a [4] from our lovely hunter, it immediately rears back when shouxue approaches, and lets out a horrifying eldritch noise. it kicks the stable door open and rams through, trampling shouxue probably nearly to death, gores both stablehands, and then turns to look at the other two with a fierce look before charging through the open door. this is just in time for viktor to come along with his arm full of very legal weapons.
if you roll under a 15, you're gonna take significant deer damage, so roll for me, harley and viktor!
anyway, the horses are now very ready to leave! you can take them with you. you... might want to try to heal shouxue and yourself, somehow? you have those grapes! shove that badboy in her mouth or she's going to bleed to death and you get a game over.
it takes you about twenty minutes or so to get to the church. you are... on horses? you are on one whole horse on your way to the church.
it's a pretty uneventful trek down this road. it's night time, now, and the church is massive. it's old, and rotting, and ruined. and as you walk inside (possibly with your horse), you find what looks to be a shimmering sort of area ahead. for a second, it's the ruins of a church, and then.. it's not. it's a cave, with uneven lighting. it's cold and hot, morning and night, and disorienting as hell. in front of you there are two paths - one dark, and one light. you can't see down the dark path, but the light path is blocked.
you brave your way through the dark, and that seems to be the correct way to do it, as you finally come up to a strangely lit platform. it looks like maybe that there was some sort of puzzle you would've had to solve, but... instead of that, there's a body. a body lies out flat on the ground - blonde hair, dressed in while, face down in a pool of blood.
but before you can approach the body - you see another group of travelers, standing across the way, looking at you like they've seen a ghost.]
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anyway, she does that thing where you clasp your hands together front of your face and point them forward. very seriously:]
So. Hear me out: Horses.
[this is not the info you were supposed to share, ma'am.]
... Oh, right. And I guess an inquisitor was pokin' around the tavern earlier asking about the treasure. He might've been with a thief wearing purple and a beastling girl. People saw them wandering around. There's this blonde lady in Brightlands that's supposed to be a lead too?
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RECONVENING ON THIS NOTE........... Both brows shoot up at "horses," and he looks at Shouxue as if she will have an explanation for this at all since clearly he is missing--she doesn't have any explanation, does she?
He looks back at Harley.]
Ah... That must be... I ran into Pirro at the tavern, and he said some people were asking the Sanctum Knights inside about the treasure... I didn't see them in there anymore, though.
[So... a thief in purple and a beastling girl... and a blonde lady. He glances at Shouxue. Please have more than he did.]
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She nods because she has some idea of what harley means. Maybe. ]
I met with a beastling girl earlier. She said her friend was looking for the treasure and was heading to the church. It's about a half hour walk, so horses aren't necessary, but if you want one... I can see if I can find one for you.
[ shouxue doesn't know how to ride a horse? Unless she can befriend one? ]
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anyway - you do not have weapons except for harley who stole one so you are more than welcome to do some path actions like a provoke or mug or entreat.
you can probably find some horses out front? like there's a stable right outside the city walls, and the horses don't necessarily belong to you, but you are thieves. and you do have some weight as blacksnakes - people are generally afraid of you. which might explain why the shopkeep caved so quickly earlier, harley.
you could absolutely just steal the horses with some convincing from our local furry friend. you can also just walk to the church, whichever you prefer! i am not going to stop you from causing chaos.]
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[cannot believe she could have just fought the shopkeep right off the bat instead of using her path actions, damn.
are there any wagons they can steal to attach to the horses, or something along those lines? technically, she knows how to ride a horse driven carriage so maybe that carried over to her A S S I M I L A T I O N.]
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They are very under-prepared here, he thinks. Well, Harley has something, at least, and he trusts Shouxue has her Snow White voice, so he looks at both of them in turn.]
Alright. It would be better and faster if we have two horses. Liu Shouxue can ride with you, Harley. The two of you head to the stable outside and see what you can do. I'll be right back.
[He starts
walking in the direction of the weapons shop, but then stops to glance back.]
Be careful. It'll only take a moment. Keep an eye open for those two, and... blue flames?
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All right.... You be careful, too. Let us fetch some horses, Harley.
[ snow white has a sore throat, as she goes to find those horses and tries to befriend them with a 10. ]
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with a ten, you can talk to the horses quietly - they're not unfriendly! a little spooked. one tells you that this isn't home... it lives really far away from here and it isn't sure how it got there in the first place. the other horses seem to not mind being here, but they also indicate that maybe they're not supposed to be here. like perhaps they are stolen goods... but you seem to have some measure of success with convincing them that you need their help, if that's what you want!
also there's a... well.
in here. you... theoretically could take this with you too.
in any case, if you want to try and coax the horses out of the stable, you are more than welcome to. the guys standing watch kind of just watch you do it? like mall cops who don't have authority. this may have consequences later.
oh and also there are no carriages i forgot about this part. maybe there is a cart but i'm going to make you leave the city next tag round or else]
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she points at the thing and looks at the stablehands.]
What's the deal with that?
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HOW NO ONE SEES VIKTOR RUNNING AWAY FROM THE WEAPONS SHOP WITH HIS ARMS FULL IDK. They thought he paid for them, clearly. He's just overjoyed about his cache.
He hurries to the outside of the city before there is any kind of other uproar, only to run into an uproar already happening at the stables. His mouth drops open.]
What in the world are you two doing?!
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She ignores the stablehands and viktor because she's probably about to get stomped.
ALL SHE WANTS IS ANIMAL FRIENDS AHHHH]
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anyway - harley wants the deer. shouxue also wants the deer! the deer does not want either one of them. with a [4] from our lovely hunter, it immediately rears back when shouxue approaches, and lets out a horrifying eldritch noise. it kicks the stable door open and rams through, trampling shouxue probably nearly to death, gores both stablehands, and then turns to look at the other two with a fierce look before charging through the open door. this is just in time for viktor to come along with his arm full of very legal weapons.
if you roll under a 15, you're gonna take significant deer damage, so roll for me, harley and viktor!
anyway, the horses are now very ready to leave! you can take them with you. you... might want to try to heal shouxue and yourself, somehow? you have those grapes! shove that badboy in her mouth or she's going to bleed to death and you get a game over.
but...]
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it takes you about twenty minutes or so to get to the church. you are... on horses? you are on one whole horse on your way to the church.
it's a pretty uneventful trek down this road. it's night time, now, and the church is massive. it's old, and rotting, and ruined. and as you walk inside (possibly with your horse), you find what looks to be a shimmering sort of area ahead. for a second, it's the ruins of a church, and then.. it's not. it's a cave, with uneven lighting. it's cold and hot, morning and night, and disorienting as hell. in front of you there are two paths - one dark, and one light. you can't see down the dark path, but the light path is blocked.
you brave your way through the dark, and that seems to be the correct way to do it, as you finally come up to a strangely lit platform. it looks like maybe that there was some sort of puzzle you would've had to solve, but... instead of that, there's a body. a body lies out flat on the ground - blonde hair, dressed in while, face down in a pool of blood.
but before you can approach the body - you see another group of travelers, standing across the way, looking at you like they've seen a ghost.]