[LPF] In Love and Death

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 2)

Yoshiki continues enjoying his bread, cheese, and ale while intently watching the singing gnome, gently tapping his fingers on the bar to the music.

With no reason to suspect any problems, Yo will eat, drink, and be merry until Lady Moretti says they're leaving again.

Kanli leans in. "It's a side effect of Teleologic Dissembler, one of the Sidereal Chorus, along with Our Lady in Blood and the Granite Hierophant, among others. Gnomes, coming from the Place Behind the Shadows, are affected by the Dissembler's radiation, and therefore appear much reduced in stature. Behind the Shadows, however, they stand well over 20 feet tall. The entire Bureaucratic Emanation of Designation of Size has brought plenty of things out of proportion from their proper size. I've learned quite a bit lately about shielding people from this radiation."

Kanli claps at Zelena's performance. "She is quite beautiful when she sings."

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Kanli the Mad
Aberrant Sorcerer 3 / Bones Oracle 1
Initiative +2 Perception -2
HP 24
AC 14 (touch 12, ff 12)
BAB +1
CMB +3 CMD 15
Fort +3 Ref +4 Will +4
Acidic Ray 8/8, Sorc spells 7/7, Oracle spells 5/5




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Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 2)

Without anything else happening, this is just a layover for rest and food. I see no reason to act otherwise. This is not my destination.

Finishing his ale and getting his fill of bread and cheese, Yoshiki folds up the worn piece of paper and slides it into his pocket. He waits until everyone else is ready before standing up and moving to the door giving a quick bow of his head towards the barmaid who served him, "Thanks for your hospitality, ma'am."

For watches, Yoshiki can fill any needed slot with no magical needs. With four of us, should we break into four 2 hour watches?

((Damn! EN ate my post! ))

After singing the gnome returns to the table to finihs of her drink and gather up the remained of her food for later. Wrapping it she places the bundle within her backpack. She comments to Yoshiki, "I recall now, where I saw that man. He was known to have killed a White Cloak Captain and wound many others back in Venza. He had to flee the city."


Before departing Zelena asks for any scraps of meat from the kitchen. Placing the required coin on the bar, she goes outside and calls over Silver. She feeds the hound a portion of the meat and ocne she is done mounts up and is ready to continue with the others.

((Zelena can take a early night or morning watch, her low light vision will be helpful. She will offer her Ioun Torch to borrow for watch if required. She will politely decline Fusto's offer, should he ask to take watch. ))

[sblock=Zelena's Status]Gnome Cleric 1/Bard 2
Initiative: +2 Perception: +10
Conditions: none
AC: 21 (13 touch; 19 flat-footed)
HP: 26 of 26
CMB: +0 CMD: 12 Fort: +4 Ref: +5 Will: +7
In Hand: none
Spells: Divine (0-level) Create Water, Detect Magic, Stablize; (1st level) Bless, Magic Stone, Remove Fear(d) (color notes a cast spell)
Arcane Spell Slots 0-level (at will) 1st level: 4 of 4 slots remaining (Grease, Silent Image, Vanish)
Channeling: 5 of 5 attempts remaining; Liberation: 1 of 1 attempts remaining; Agile Feet 5 of 5 attempts remaining[/sblock]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 2)

As they walk to their next destination where they'll spend the night, Yoshiki talks with the lady of short stature. "The White Cloak Captain you say..." (DM to fill in rest based on knowledge rolls.)

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Let's go Zelena, Yoshiki, Krag, Kanli for the watches. The spellcasters get their rest that way.
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"With some luck, we'll be able to track him down, then. There's just too much killing that I'm not a part of, and we should put a stop to it."

Kanli then surreptitiously looks into his empty mug, takes a moment to look around, and when he thinks the coast is clear, takes a quick chug. A little drop of red liquid, like blood, dribbles past the corner of his mouth. He waves a hand to make it disappear.

Zelenas performance is about as well-received as she might expect from the stoic locals. Maybe if it had been later in the day when the ale flows more freely she may have gotten more than finger tapping and foot tapping. Once she is finished Lady Moretti indicates that it is time to get back on the road.

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The rest of the day is hot and travel is slow but uneventful. Credible information about Shalorr the Cannibal is fairly sparse being little more than what Zelena picked up from the old wanted poster and rumors and bar-tales Yoshiki remembers hearing of the event during one of his times passing through the city: Shalorr, a vicious Planks thug or a foreign rowdy, got into a fight with White Cloak captain Donte Renorre and ended up killing him and injuring two other White Cloaks before fleeing the city.

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In the evening there is no wayside inn to be found and Lady Moretti clearly did not expect to find one. Fusto pulls the wagon off the road and makes a rough camp. That evening around the campfire Fusto is his normally withdrawn self and even Lady Moretti is quiet.

It is nearing midnight and Yoshiki is on watch. The others are all sleeping scattered around their campsite when he hears one of the horses makes a chuffing sound and stamps his hoof a couple of times as if agitated by something. Zelena, Kanli and Krag remain sleeping soundly until Silver, sleeping next to Zelena, wakes with a start and lifts his head. "GRRRRR..." The menacing growl that comes grumbling up from deep in the dog’s throat disturbs Zelena’s sleep and she begins waking.

[sblock=OOC]Yoshiki hears the animals disturbed by something. Zelena is waking because of Silver’s growl but will only get one action this first round. Kanli and Krag and the NPCs are deeply asleep. Neither Yoshiki nor Zelena know where the disturbance is coming from but the horses are agitated and Silver is tensing in the direction of the horses.

Initiative Order:
Adventurers
Unknown[/sblock][sblock=Rolls]Unknown’s Stealth 1 (Take 10; 8), Yoshiki’s Perception 1 (DC 10/13; 1d20+7=12); Horses Perception 1 (DC 20; 1d20+6=21); Krag’s Perception 1 (DC 21/21; 1d20-1=5); Kanli’s Perception 1 (DC 22/22; 1d20-2=-1); Zelena’s Perception 1 (DC 23/24; 1d20+10=20); Silver’s Perception 1 (DC 23/24; 1d20+8=26).

Unknown’s Initiative 1d20+2=7; Yoshiki’s Initiative 1d20+4=8; Zelena’s Initiative 1d20+2=21; Krag’s Initiative 1d20+4=17; Kanli’s Initiative 1d20+2=14.[/sblock]