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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7208698" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p><span style="color: blue">As the ship prepared to dock itself, Tasha was standing with the others gazing at their destination. "I don't like it," was her verdict.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Albert agreed with her. "We could just skip this and go on the Chult," he suggested. </span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Inannyunot looked up from reading the complimentary copy of <em>New Bloodport Gazetteer and Visitors Guide</em> that he had found in his cabin. "Or anywhere else, really," he suggested.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"We have to go to Chult. It's ..."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Remind me why we said we would all go there?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Huh?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Because of the rock giant called Emmy. The one that Claw and Ha! and the baby beholder encountered. She sent Sergeant Jones a note. Surely you remember?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"But they all went back to Southborough with Tippy. Isn't Chult <em>their</em> problem?</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"It's my destiny," said Adeliva, a little too quickly.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Is that what the Norns told you? We've had trouble with them before."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Destinies are for Heroes," suggested Albert.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"I should write a book called that. Makes a good title," mused Inannyunot. "I could write a book about our adventures in Chult and just make it all up. Without actually going there."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"But it wouldn't be true. Books are supposed to be true, aren't they? Isn't that the whole point?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Not really. Books about Myths and Legends don't have to be true. They just have to be pretend true. We could all be legendary heroes just by writing it down and not really doing anything dangerous."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"But that's silly."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Could be fun, though."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"So, the general feeling is, let's do the Orb, then go home and write a book?" suggested Tasha</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Works for me."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"And me."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"But, <em>I</em> have to go to Chult," insisted Adeliva, who was beginning to feel she was on the back foot. "I <em>have</em> to. It's my <em>destiny</em>."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"What happens about your destiny if we throw you into the lava pit?" asked Albert unkindly. "Someone's got to be the victim."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Well, then, you would be destined to Reincarnate me. With the scroll."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"It's a druid scroll. We can't."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">At this point Adeliva burst into tears. "Well, then, I come back as Cope and the Archpriest does a Resurrection and ..."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"And then you are two people. One of whom <em>isn't</em> destined to go to Chult. This isn't going to work, is it?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"You're just being horrid! I hate you, Albert, I hate you! I'm going to throw <em>you</em> into the pit! I mean it!"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"And then will you reincarnate my finger?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"No! I'll throw your finger in too, you horrible man!"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Well," interposed Tasha, who was supposed to be the leader, "You've been very quiet, Footnote, what's your take on all this?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Writing heroic legends is bard's work. We can't have wizards doing it."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"You could do it together? We could all throw in ideas?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"That works for me."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"I know this story about a <em>Tome of Annihilation</em>, we could work that in somewhere," offered Albert.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"How does it go?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"There's this terrible curse that affects everyone who's been reincarnated. They just waste away. But the legendary heroes go to Chult and, after many exciting adventures, locate a necromantic tome called the Soulmonger and then they destroy it and save the world."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"See, that's why we have to go to Chult," cried Adeliva, "After we throw Albert in the pit and I reincarnate him as a kender or something, he starts wasting away and we all go to Chult to destroy the Tome and save him. In the book. Not really. Really, I'm gong to throw his finger in the pit."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"I like it," decided Inannyunot. "This promises to be a really good book ..."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"But none of us has ever been to Chult. How can we write about it if we don't know what it's like?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"We make it up. No-one will know."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Someone who has <em>really</em> been to Chult would know."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Good point. Alright, we won't call it Chult. We'll call it Grolt. It's a completely different island, far to the south of Chult in the Terrible Archipelago."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Does it really exist?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"No, I just made it up."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"You're good at this. Have you done this before?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"That would be telling ..."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7208698, member: 6777052"] [COLOR=blue]As the ship prepared to dock itself, Tasha was standing with the others gazing at their destination. "I don't like it," was her verdict. Albert agreed with her. "We could just skip this and go on the Chult," he suggested. Inannyunot looked up from reading the complimentary copy of [I]New Bloodport Gazetteer and Visitors Guide[/I] that he had found in his cabin. "Or anywhere else, really," he suggested. "We have to go to Chult. It's ..." "Remind me why we said we would all go there?" "Huh?" "Because of the rock giant called Emmy. The one that Claw and Ha! and the baby beholder encountered. She sent Sergeant Jones a note. Surely you remember?" "But they all went back to Southborough with Tippy. Isn't Chult [I]their[/I] problem? "It's my destiny," said Adeliva, a little too quickly. "Is that what the Norns told you? We've had trouble with them before." "Destinies are for Heroes," suggested Albert. "I should write a book called that. Makes a good title," mused Inannyunot. "I could write a book about our adventures in Chult and just make it all up. Without actually going there." "But it wouldn't be true. Books are supposed to be true, aren't they? Isn't that the whole point?" "Not really. Books about Myths and Legends don't have to be true. They just have to be pretend true. We could all be legendary heroes just by writing it down and not really doing anything dangerous." "But that's silly." "Could be fun, though." "So, the general feeling is, let's do the Orb, then go home and write a book?" suggested Tasha "Works for me." "And me." "But, [I]I[/I] have to go to Chult," insisted Adeliva, who was beginning to feel she was on the back foot. "I [I]have[/I] to. It's my [I]destiny[/I]." "What happens about your destiny if we throw you into the lava pit?" asked Albert unkindly. "Someone's got to be the victim." "Well, then, you would be destined to Reincarnate me. With the scroll." "It's a druid scroll. We can't." At this point Adeliva burst into tears. "Well, then, I come back as Cope and the Archpriest does a Resurrection and ..." "And then you are two people. One of whom [I]isn't[/I] destined to go to Chult. This isn't going to work, is it?" "You're just being horrid! I hate you, Albert, I hate you! I'm going to throw [I]you[/I] into the pit! I mean it!" "And then will you reincarnate my finger?" "No! I'll throw your finger in too, you horrible man!" "Well," interposed Tasha, who was supposed to be the leader, "You've been very quiet, Footnote, what's your take on all this?" "Writing heroic legends is bard's work. We can't have wizards doing it." "You could do it together? We could all throw in ideas?" "That works for me." "I know this story about a [I]Tome of Annihilation[/I], we could work that in somewhere," offered Albert. "How does it go?" "There's this terrible curse that affects everyone who's been reincarnated. They just waste away. But the legendary heroes go to Chult and, after many exciting adventures, locate a necromantic tome called the Soulmonger and then they destroy it and save the world." "See, that's why we have to go to Chult," cried Adeliva, "After we throw Albert in the pit and I reincarnate him as a kender or something, he starts wasting away and we all go to Chult to destroy the Tome and save him. In the book. Not really. Really, I'm gong to throw his finger in the pit." "I like it," decided Inannyunot. "This promises to be a really good book ..." "But none of us has ever been to Chult. How can we write about it if we don't know what it's like?" "We make it up. No-one will know." "Someone who has [i]really[/i] been to Chult would know." "Good point. Alright, we won't call it Chult. We'll call it Grolt. It's a completely different island, far to the south of Chult in the Terrible Archipelago." "Does it really exist?" "No, I just made it up." "You're good at this. Have you done this before?" "That would be telling ..." [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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