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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 640311" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 88, “Exiting the Biosphere”, October 8, 1018:</p><p></p><p>Anticipating that the ship will return this day, all of the possessions from Li-Tak’s daughters are brought downstairs. For each of the forty-two girls there is a dresser and nightstand and a disassembled ornately carved bed frame. The part-minotaur Cheveyo is finally retrieved from Li-Tak’s shine, where he has been waiting with the Hengeyokai. The Henegyokai falcon Syrandel is informed that the group is planning to depart the castle this day. </p><p></p><p>Barthrock arrives back mid-afternoon, and the party spends from then until well past nightfall assisting the giants with carrying the things down to the river. Barthrock supervises the transfer of the castle’s weapons cache to the largest of the three cargo holds on the ship. </p><p></p><p>At dusk the daughters of Li-Tak leave their home, and accompany the party on the final trip down to the river. The truck is the last item loaded, lashed to the top deck of the ship. The party camps by the ship for the night, to leave promptly at dawn. Barthrock, Chandra and their team’s cleric establish a protective parameter around the girls.</p><p></p><p>October 9, 1018:</p><p></p><p>At the first sign of light the giants, six on each side of the shore, begin to haul the ship. The party and some of Li-Tak’s daughters follow on a trail alongside the river that the bugbear army had made (the other daughter’s riding on the ship, and alternating places every few miles). They travel for the entire day, with the ship having to be slowly worked through several turns in the river where it scrapes bottom, the ship riding lower in the water during this voyage than on the prior two trips (due in part to the extra twenty tons of concealed treasure). </p><p></p><p>By sunset they have traveled a total of fifteen miles, with Barthrock explaining that they have another ten miles to go to the wall. They stop at a well defendable spot that he says they stopped at during each of the prior trips between the wall and castle, as he is still not comfortable in the Hengeyokai territory. Watches are posted during the night.</p><p></p><p>October 10, 1018, 6:00 A.M.:</p><p></p><p>The group prepares to travel the final ten miles to the edge of the sphere. They decide to send Serita on ahead in bird form to take the Bags of Holding and other key magic through the anti-magic shell a half-day ahead of the others, so that it will be hopefully functional by the time that the rest of the party arrives. Aradyn decides to accompany her, climbing into one of the bags of holding. They giants begin hauling the ship, and the party resumes their journey. </p><p></p><p>Serita makes goods time, following the path of the river, until she reaches the bugbear army encampment. She lands before Fiona, who takes the bag of holding and empties Aradyn and the magic items out. Aradyn explains the plan to exit the barrier now. Fiona, Lono and Mark all deciding to join him and Serita, having gotten tired of the smell of bugbears. Lono says that “I’ll take charge of this group.” The DM comments “Yeah, like Serita is really going to listen to Lono.” They all exit through the anti-magic shell.</p><p></p><p>Once on the other side of the barrier they immediately spot the distinctive tracks of a tractor-trailer truck and ten of the elephant footed giants, the tracks originating from the barrier. The tracks appear to be ten to twelve days old, which would be consistent with when the small number of enemies fled. They conclude that the truck and giants must have been magically reduced until they reached the anti magic shell, which then enlarged them. The group debates if they wish to follow the tracks, as they are currently without any functioning magic or spells. They conclude that the enemy “probably left a long time ago, so it is probably safe.” Aradyn and Mark take the lead, and the group move onward. </p><p></p><p>The tracks continue for approximately half a mile, abruptly ending atop a hill. Aradyn and Mark deduce that the hill would have been somewhere that could have been defended from attack until the enemy mages regained their magic and spells. They also find a spot of pushed down grass where they conclude the helicopter had landed. They conclude that they enemy is long gone, but decided to have Serita, who is still in raven form, do an aerial reconnaissance just to confirm that. </p><p></p><p>Serita takes to the air to scout out the territory near the biosphere, looking to make sure that no slavers or other enemies are anywhere around. She then sees a winged humanoid in the air about a mile to the south. She flies in that direction, soon getting close enough to recognized the winged person as Jas, a member of Finder’s Band that she met in Chunming three weeks earlier. She flies close to the woman, speaking in the Raven’s voice, and identifying herself as “Serita of the Silver Moon.” Jas replies “We have been waiting for you.” “We?” asks Serita. Jas gestures below, to a small campsite comprised of a few tents. </p><p></p><p>The two of them descend towards the camp, Serita spotting the paladin Holly standing outside of one of the tents. As the two land, Holly yells into a tent, and the other two members of Finder’s Band exit, the cleric Li-Sun Chang and the cleric/bard Joel. Jas points to the white raven, saying “You remember the druid Serita.” “Indeed,” answers Joel, “We have been waiting here for you to arrive.” </p><p></p><p>“Is Finder with you?” Serita asks. “No,” answers Joel, “But he wanted us to deliver a message to your group.” “What?” Serita asks. Joel replies “Where are the rest of your group? The message is for all of them.” “They are nearby, follow me” she asks. Joel shakes his head no, and says “Perhaps it would be best for you to bring them here.” “Why?” she asks skeptically. He answers “We have one other member of our party now, whose appearance might cause some misunderstandings.” </p><p></p><p>Serita demands to see this individual, and Joel opens the tent, saying “It’s OK, you can come out.” The drow from the Abyss named Ailsheir exits. “A Drow!” Serita exclaims. Joel says “Do not be concerned, Finder has changed him.” “This I want to hear,” answers the raven Serita. Joel replies “Please, just bring your friends and we will explain in detail.” Ailsheir returns to the tent as Serita files off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 640311, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 88, “Exiting the Biosphere”, October 8, 1018: Anticipating that the ship will return this day, all of the possessions from Li-Tak’s daughters are brought downstairs. For each of the forty-two girls there is a dresser and nightstand and a disassembled ornately carved bed frame. The part-minotaur Cheveyo is finally retrieved from Li-Tak’s shine, where he has been waiting with the Hengeyokai. The Henegyokai falcon Syrandel is informed that the group is planning to depart the castle this day. Barthrock arrives back mid-afternoon, and the party spends from then until well past nightfall assisting the giants with carrying the things down to the river. Barthrock supervises the transfer of the castle’s weapons cache to the largest of the three cargo holds on the ship. At dusk the daughters of Li-Tak leave their home, and accompany the party on the final trip down to the river. The truck is the last item loaded, lashed to the top deck of the ship. The party camps by the ship for the night, to leave promptly at dawn. Barthrock, Chandra and their team’s cleric establish a protective parameter around the girls. October 9, 1018: At the first sign of light the giants, six on each side of the shore, begin to haul the ship. The party and some of Li-Tak’s daughters follow on a trail alongside the river that the bugbear army had made (the other daughter’s riding on the ship, and alternating places every few miles). They travel for the entire day, with the ship having to be slowly worked through several turns in the river where it scrapes bottom, the ship riding lower in the water during this voyage than on the prior two trips (due in part to the extra twenty tons of concealed treasure). By sunset they have traveled a total of fifteen miles, with Barthrock explaining that they have another ten miles to go to the wall. They stop at a well defendable spot that he says they stopped at during each of the prior trips between the wall and castle, as he is still not comfortable in the Hengeyokai territory. Watches are posted during the night. October 10, 1018, 6:00 A.M.: The group prepares to travel the final ten miles to the edge of the sphere. They decide to send Serita on ahead in bird form to take the Bags of Holding and other key magic through the anti-magic shell a half-day ahead of the others, so that it will be hopefully functional by the time that the rest of the party arrives. Aradyn decides to accompany her, climbing into one of the bags of holding. They giants begin hauling the ship, and the party resumes their journey. Serita makes goods time, following the path of the river, until she reaches the bugbear army encampment. She lands before Fiona, who takes the bag of holding and empties Aradyn and the magic items out. Aradyn explains the plan to exit the barrier now. Fiona, Lono and Mark all deciding to join him and Serita, having gotten tired of the smell of bugbears. Lono says that “I’ll take charge of this group.” The DM comments “Yeah, like Serita is really going to listen to Lono.” They all exit through the anti-magic shell. Once on the other side of the barrier they immediately spot the distinctive tracks of a tractor-trailer truck and ten of the elephant footed giants, the tracks originating from the barrier. The tracks appear to be ten to twelve days old, which would be consistent with when the small number of enemies fled. They conclude that the truck and giants must have been magically reduced until they reached the anti magic shell, which then enlarged them. The group debates if they wish to follow the tracks, as they are currently without any functioning magic or spells. They conclude that the enemy “probably left a long time ago, so it is probably safe.” Aradyn and Mark take the lead, and the group move onward. The tracks continue for approximately half a mile, abruptly ending atop a hill. Aradyn and Mark deduce that the hill would have been somewhere that could have been defended from attack until the enemy mages regained their magic and spells. They also find a spot of pushed down grass where they conclude the helicopter had landed. They conclude that they enemy is long gone, but decided to have Serita, who is still in raven form, do an aerial reconnaissance just to confirm that. Serita takes to the air to scout out the territory near the biosphere, looking to make sure that no slavers or other enemies are anywhere around. She then sees a winged humanoid in the air about a mile to the south. She flies in that direction, soon getting close enough to recognized the winged person as Jas, a member of Finder’s Band that she met in Chunming three weeks earlier. She flies close to the woman, speaking in the Raven’s voice, and identifying herself as “Serita of the Silver Moon.” Jas replies “We have been waiting for you.” “We?” asks Serita. Jas gestures below, to a small campsite comprised of a few tents. The two of them descend towards the camp, Serita spotting the paladin Holly standing outside of one of the tents. As the two land, Holly yells into a tent, and the other two members of Finder’s Band exit, the cleric Li-Sun Chang and the cleric/bard Joel. Jas points to the white raven, saying “You remember the druid Serita.” “Indeed,” answers Joel, “We have been waiting here for you to arrive.” “Is Finder with you?” Serita asks. “No,” answers Joel, “But he wanted us to deliver a message to your group.” “What?” Serita asks. Joel replies “Where are the rest of your group? The message is for all of them.” “They are nearby, follow me” she asks. Joel shakes his head no, and says “Perhaps it would be best for you to bring them here.” “Why?” she asks skeptically. He answers “We have one other member of our party now, whose appearance might cause some misunderstandings.” Serita demands to see this individual, and Joel opens the tent, saying “It’s OK, you can come out.” The drow from the Abyss named Ailsheir exits. “A Drow!” Serita exclaims. Joel says “Do not be concerned, Finder has changed him.” “This I want to hear,” answers the raven Serita. Joel replies “Please, just bring your friends and we will explain in detail.” Ailsheir returns to the tent as Serita files off. [/QUOTE]
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