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<blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5099926" data-attributes="member: 86793"><p><span style="color: LightBlue">"Name is Botj, yaka old man. I not so old. Still throw a pretty good spear, and the Dreaming is strong with me, eh? That's how I talk to you now. Through the Dream, what you call it?... Astral projection?"</span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue">"Dunno know exactly what we dealin' with yet. See my people, the Rripangu, we live on this island Kythira, and we been havin hard times this year, for true. Big drought, all the animals, the little ancestors, been scarce. Hard to hunt, hard to eat. One old man, Dhakanmirr, thought he got it figured out. Him thought he fixed the problem, but I not so sure. Times still hard, and I just learn something put a big worry in me."</span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue">"See us Rripangu and our neighbors, the Djaapana, we been keeping some powerful objects safe, call em <em>tjurunga. </em>Them <em>tjurunga</em> they connect us with the great ancestors that guard the waters of our island. The ancestors, they not spirits really, but how you say... like <span style="font-size: 12px">BIG <span style="font-size: 10px">animal.</span></span> They help us, help keep the fresh waters plentiful, keep the seas </span><span style="color: LightBlue">safe and </span><span style="color: LightBlue">calm. Us Rripangu we look after the fresh water, and them Djaapana looking after the seas."</span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue">"But thing is, I just talkin' to Matjala, he the Djaapana law man, he say their <em>tjurunga </em>it been stolen. This terrible news eh? Means maybe someone has it in for us, trying to upset the balance on our island. Matjala he got him theories. Like maybe the little folk, the gnomes did it. Or maybe the shifter people from other side of the island. See, with times this hard everybody thinks maybe the others up to no good."</span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue">"That's why we need adventurers. My people we peaceful, eh? Like neutral. Them little people and the wild ones, the shifters, they startin to hate each other. Been fights breaking out, not much bloodshed yet, but it's coming. My people and the Djaapana, we don't want no part of that. Not many of us, eh? Can't afford to fight with our neighbors. So we need some brave ones to be, how you say... ambassadors? Like talk to gnomes and shifters for us, maybe do some scouting too. See, if they been taking <em>tjurunga, </em>and why."</span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue">"Don't have much of them gold coins to pay, eh? We a poor fishing folk mostly. But we can give you <em>girri </em>though... you call it magic items I think. Us Rripangu we got a talent for working with spirits. Them help us make useful things."</span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue">"So now you hear my story. Will you help us?"</span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue">"Yaka, my people got no conflict with the great powers. Many thanks for help."</span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"><span style="color: White">[sblock=ooc]I'm happy to take folks still waiting for approval. I'll look over your character sheets before we begin and let you know if I see any issues.[/sblock]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: LightBlue"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pacdidj, post: 5099926, member: 86793"] [COLOR=LightBlue]"Name is Botj, yaka old man. I not so old. Still throw a pretty good spear, and the Dreaming is strong with me, eh? That's how I talk to you now. Through the Dream, what you call it?... Astral projection?" "Dunno know exactly what we dealin' with yet. See my people, the Rripangu, we live on this island Kythira, and we been havin hard times this year, for true. Big drought, all the animals, the little ancestors, been scarce. Hard to hunt, hard to eat. One old man, Dhakanmirr, thought he got it figured out. Him thought he fixed the problem, but I not so sure. Times still hard, and I just learn something put a big worry in me." "See us Rripangu and our neighbors, the Djaapana, we been keeping some powerful objects safe, call em [I]tjurunga. [/I]Them [I]tjurunga[/I] they connect us with the great ancestors that guard the waters of our island. The ancestors, they not spirits really, but how you say... like [SIZE=3]BIG [SIZE=2]animal.[/SIZE][/SIZE] They help us, help keep the fresh waters plentiful, keep the seas [/COLOR][COLOR=LightBlue]safe and [/COLOR][COLOR=LightBlue]calm. Us Rripangu we look after the fresh water, and them Djaapana looking after the seas." "But thing is, I just talkin' to Matjala, he the Djaapana law man, he say their [I]tjurunga [/I]it been stolen. This terrible news eh? Means maybe someone has it in for us, trying to upset the balance on our island. Matjala he got him theories. Like maybe the little folk, the gnomes did it. Or maybe the shifter people from other side of the island. See, with times this hard everybody thinks maybe the others up to no good." "That's why we need adventurers. My people we peaceful, eh? Like neutral. Them little people and the wild ones, the shifters, they startin to hate each other. Been fights breaking out, not much bloodshed yet, but it's coming. My people and the Djaapana, we don't want no part of that. Not many of us, eh? Can't afford to fight with our neighbors. So we need some brave ones to be, how you say... ambassadors? Like talk to gnomes and shifters for us, maybe do some scouting too. See, if they been taking [I]tjurunga, [/I]and why." "Don't have much of them gold coins to pay, eh? We a poor fishing folk mostly. But we can give you [I]girri [/I]though... you call it magic items I think. Us Rripangu we got a talent for working with spirits. Them help us make useful things." "So now you hear my story. Will you help us?" [/COLOR] [COLOR=LightBlue]"Yaka, my people got no conflict with the great powers. Many thanks for help." [COLOR=White][sblock=ooc]I'm happy to take folks still waiting for approval. I'll look over your character sheets before we begin and let you know if I see any issues.[/sblock][/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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