Heroes, Inc. Day 3+, Voyage to Sarkon

[kirinke]

Alethia looked pained as Timrin brought up something that had been long on her mind. They were being led by the nose. And she would be the first to smash the hand, claw or tenacle of whatever it was that was hauling them around by the nostril with her mace.

"Well, at least in this case, we are one step behind instead of three." she shook her head and immediately regretted it when her head protested. "Alright, Yolan? Do your people have any copies of what was written on the stones those demons were smashing?"

She looked up as something hit her. "Damn it! The log books and Rianna's personal diaries. All captains of any ship have them right? Hell, even this metal-man should have something written down in his quarters. That might give us an idea of what is going on!"

 

[frostrune]

"Damn it! The log books and Rianna's personal diaries. All captains of any ship have them right? Hell, even this metal-man should have something written down in his quarters. That might give us an idea of what is going on!"

Inspired by something Alethia had said, Timrin reaches into his belt pouch and pulls out the mitheril collar Maggie had been toying with the night before. He tosses it onto the table in the direction of Maggie, "Lt. Cmdr. do you remember aught of this? This symbol was on the metal man as well. Last night you mentioned a name, a titan if I heard you correctly. Perhaps now would be a good time to share what you learned?"

 

[DM_Matt]

Inspired by something Alethia had said, Timrin reaches into his belt pouch and pulls out the mitheril collar Maggie had been toying with the night before. He tosses it onto the table in the direction of Maggie, "Lt. Cmdr. do you remember aught of this? This symbol was on the metal man as well. Last night you mentioned a name, a titan if I heard you correctly. Perhaps now would be a good time to share what you learned?"

Maggie blushes. "Well, I, uh...I think I was a little drunk last night. I don't really remember that much, although it sounds like you can fill in some details....Hmm, titan, titan....Oh, right, I remember now. Cronus. An ancient titan with the ability to manipulate time, probability, and even alternatve realities. Supposedly he has been jailed on the prison plane of Tartarus for eons. It looks like the collar sped up the incubator beast's ability to grow Rianna's children. No wonder she did the metal man's bidding. She was being paid extremely well in the form of these devices."


Meanwhile, a look through Rianna's logs shows a systematic path through the islands and maps of ruins that seem to be targeted for destruction, but few other useful details.

 

[Hawkeye]

"Through training and faith, Ilmater has made me a strong weapon in his service. However, I doubt even that would help us prevail against such a creature. Wherever the rest of you go, I will go. However, I think Lt Commander Kiran has the right of it. We need to evacuate the innocents and head to Skiran, and warn the people there if neccessary.

Hawkeye

 

[frostrune]

No wonder she did the metal man's bidding. She was being paid extremely well in the form of these devices."

Meanwhile, a look through Rianna's logs shows a systematic path through the islands and maps of ruins that seem to be targeted for destruction, but few other useful details.

"That in itself could lead us somewhere. If Rianna was simply beig paid to raid and pillage, that puts the metal man as the mastermind behind the plot. He also bore the symbol of Cronus. We must learn more about him. Why would he wish to unleash this monster? Yolan, do you see any pattern in to the order in which the islands were raided and the writings defaced?", Timrin asks hopefully.

 

[kirinke]

ooc:
did we toss the metal-man's quarters for info?

Alethia leaned forward, curious. "Also, do you have any sages or people who know what was written on the monuments the demons destroyed?" she added.

 

[DM_Matt]

Yolan answers: "The destruction was pretty widespread on the islands they visited, so its hard to narrow down what they were looking for let alone find someone who knows what it said. Perhaps Sarkon or other islands that have not been systematically purged of significant ruins and writings would hold the key, however."

Maggie tries to get back to the main subject: "So what can we do for these people? Becuase whatever it is, we should do it and go. Perhaps explain to them how to identify good caves, stockpile and preserve the appropriate supplies, and plan to evacuate to them would be good. If we teach those on this island, since it is a meeting place, they can return to theier homelands and prepare."

 

[frostrune]

"So," Timrin interjects, "I guess we must assume the worst and prepare as if the beast will awaken. Your plan makes sense to me, Lt. Cmdr. Prepare the people as best we can and move on. Do we still plan to sacrifice this ship?"

 

[Steve Gorak]

Murdoch had taken off, to get a better look, the moment the beast was visible from the ship. Having surveyed it to his satisfaction, he lands back onto the ship, finding all crewmembers

"We may need more powerful weapons than we have now; the beast's skin is as hard as thick steel".

Murdoch describes the surroundings around the statue.

"We need to warn these islanders an tell them to spread the work. Then, we needto find druidic circles that haven't been destroyed yet. Afther this, we need to head to Sarkon as soon as possible."

Talking to fin: "Fin, you need to talk to the head druids on this island and warn them. They will listen to you."

Looking at Yolan, Murdoch asks: "do you know of any circle along the way to Sarkon?"

 

[kirinke]

"So," Timrin interjects, "I guess we must assume the worst and prepare as if the beast will awaken. Your plan makes sense to me, Lt. Cmdr. Prepare the people as best we can and move on. Do we still plan to sacrifice this ship?"

Alethia looked uncharacteristically grim. She did not like the idea of sacrifice, but in some cases, she could see the value of such a thing. "It couldn't hurt Timrin. At least this way, we might get some good out of it. By letting the islanders sacrifice the ship, they might gain a kind of solace from it. I can't see anything particularly wrong with that."