Wildwood Red in Tooth and Claw II [IC]

Voadam

Legend

• Feb 6, 2007

• #101

"Hsst." Viktor cuts off the discussion and points ahead where the cawing of crows can be faintly heard. Viktor motions for the party to stay put while he scouts ahead. Firblain joins him. The two return and motion for Weylan and NR4ZN to come forward but motion for quiet. The makeshift trail opens up a bit to an area with a number of trees that have been knocked down. The ground is disturbed in a number of areas and the party spies a great pile of freshly dug up earth. There is more of that dissolved vegetation and harsh smell in the air. A flock of crows are feasting upon the dissolved/burned/melted corpses of a worg and goblin, picking strips of flesh and bits of soft tissue away in their beaks.

NR4ZN vaguely remembers this as the area he emerged from, he was disoriented and knocked down some trees trying to stabilize himself before his internal gyroscope came back online. A number of details have changed since then, including the dissolved vegetation, the newly excavated earth, and the worg corpses. The earth pile is next to the area where NR4ZN emerged and it looks like tunneling for small sized creatures has been done leading down where he emerged from.

 

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Voadam

Legend

• Feb 9, 2007

• #102

While not designed for someone his size, NR4ZN could fit down the tunnel by squeezing. He remembers clawing his way up through the earth before but the earth collapsing behind him when he went. The going had been slow, but even in his damaged condition it was something he could do given sufficient time. Now that there was a full tunnel, NR4ZN believes he could traverse down significantly easier and without compromising the tunnel structure if he went slowly and carefully enough, though he would be tactically compromised while doing so.

Weylan ignites his mindblade saying "I can provide light for us."

Firblain looks at the number of goblin tracks and his eyes bug out a little as he takes a tighter grip on his axe.

Viktor and Firblain say to wait a moment and they will scout the entrance before the light gives away the party. They return saying there is an opening down below leading into half of a chamber with a number of odd features, including a number of crystal tubes, one of which seems to encase a lizardman. There are also portals of some kind that all appear closed with solid doors. The debris down there makes it easy to see the goblins went in, tried unsuccesfully to crack the crystal prison column, and all headed to one of the portals and then disappear.

 

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Voidrazor

First Post

• Feb 9, 2007

• #103

When the two mention the lizardman, NR4ZN straightens as if lifted by puppet strings. "Master."

The robot immediately starts squeezing its massive bulk down the tunnel.

 

Voadam

Legend

• Feb 12, 2007

• #104

NR4ZN immediately heads down the tunnel, careful not to destroy the supports so any recovered Ottotowan may be brought up.

NR4ZN's optical receptors unsuccesfully attempt to adjust to the diminished light and it takes the arrival of Weylan with his illuminated blade of force before NR4ZN can take in the scene.

The chamber is torn almost in half and there is a large amount of debris. There are a number of closed portal doors, sealed for hostile invasion breach protocols, but NR4ZN recognizes the black flicker of a one way energy transport screen at the portal where the goblin tracks lead.

There are four stasis crystal pillars that remain standing, and the spot where another would have been but retracted into the ship's hull. Inside one of the standing pillars is the tall slim magenta scaled form of an ottotowan that NR4ZN recognizes, Athan Zee a technologist member of the crew who worked with NR4ZN's creator Bhveres. A large amount of debris blocks access to the stasis pillar controls.

 

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Pyrex

First Post

• Feb 12, 2007

• #105

Entering the cavern behind NR4ZN Weylan takes in the strange scene.

"Is this how you arrived here? In," Weylan asks, gesturing at the walls of the chamber around them, "this?"

 

Last edited: Feb 12, 2007

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Voidrazor

First Post

• Feb 13, 2007

• #106

As NR4ZN begins clearing a path to the suspended Ottotowan, the Warzoder replies, "Yes milord. We arrived in this craft. Please be careful of the portal with the energy distortion within. It is a one-way means of transportation."

 

Voadam

Legend

• Feb 13, 2007

• #107

As NR4ZN uses his massive strength to clear away the large pieces of debris, loud cawing can be heard from the crows outside.

The warzoder's efforts prove successful and with the clearing of the biggest debris blocking the access panel and retraction port the pillar bursts into a dazzling yellow-green light. There is a whooshing sound and the pillar slowly retracts down into the floor. An aperture in the top of the pillar opens and a misty cloud bubbles up from within obscuring the magenta scaled ottotowan and continuing to the top to spill out onto the floor and spread covering an ever wider radius.

When the pillar fully retracts, the ottotowan collapses shakily to his knees, dazed and weakened. At his feet are an assortment of strange gear including what looks to Weylan like a crossbow with numerous extra complicated gears and cranks, some sort of harness with unknown attachments and a crystal eye patch, and a cloak with a large circular ornate metal brooch.

 

Voadam

Legend

• Feb 15, 2007

• #108

Enter the Warlock

A thunder of flapping wings anounces the arrival of a cloud of cawing crows flying down the goblin tunnel entrance. They circle around causing confusion and noise, obscuring sight with their dark bodies. A cloud of the ravens disperse leaving a stunned looking woman reeling as she catches her footing. Several crows fly through the dark energy field at the portal and instantly disappear.

 

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Voidrazor

First Post

• Feb 15, 2007

• #109

NR4ZN stoops to help the emerging draconic figure, "Greetings Master Zee. You probably don't remember me. I'm Master Bhveres' integrated AI Warzoder."

When the crows stream into the chamber, NR4ZN keeps itself between them and the Ottotowan. As the storm of black wings clears, it remains attentive to Athan Zee, and wary of the new arrival.

OOC - NR4ZN is recognizable as a many years obsolete mech (zoders being the Ottotowan term for mecha). Though formidable in its day, it would now be considered almost a hobbyists toy. Most Warzoders today would be piloted by Umanitos, a race resmbling humans, bio-engineered to be warriors working symbiotically with the Ottotowans.

 

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Shayuri

First Post

• Feb 16, 2007

• #110

The woman is clad in a simple shift, and is clutching more clothes and a couple of pouches to herself. Her skin is very fair, looking almost white, and seems to have blue tattoos of strange symbols from head to toe...at least over what's visible. Her hair is dark in hue, but so thin that the tattoos on her scalp are just visible. Her face is pretty, in somewhat plain sort of way.

She collapses to her knees, huddling behind her meager possessions with a horrified sobbing mewl.

"Is this real? What...who are you? Where is this?!"