Insight's "The Isle of Dread" - Chapter One

[Scotley]

"What say you Mr. Feathers? Can you find your master?" Geirgrim shakes his head, this latest mystery must be getting to him. "Let's find the others and have a look at Billy's Villa."

 

[stonegod]

OOC: Sorry gang, dark slate blue was vetoed as too dark. Will try plain blue.

OOC: That's dark as well. What about RoyalBlue?

 

[Scotley]

OOC: That's dark as well. What about RoyalBlue?

OOC: Fixed above. Better?

 

[Insight]

Back away from the new feather friend, Skaros wonders Where did the others go?

OOC: Are we still in the challenge, or party splitting again?

You have succeeded in the skill challenge (and see below).

The group has to decide what to do next (again, see below).

 

[stonegod]

OOC: Which below am I looking at (below my post, or below your post (which is this post now)?

 

[Insight]

AT THE CRESTED GULL (Astra, Geirgrim, and Questor)

"What say you Mr. Feathers? Can you find your master?" Geirgrim shakes his head, this latest mystery must be getting to him. "Let's find the others and have a look at Billy's Villa."

Mr. Feathers starts to squawk wildly and flaps his wings. He takes off into the air and out the nearest window.

Billy Bong stares at the adventurers. "Don't lookit me. 'Tis a queer bird!"

Outside, the adventurers can see that Mr. Feathers is circling the general area of the Crested Gull. He lands atop a fishmonger's shop across from the tavern.

No one in the vicinity seems to be paying any attention to the parrot.

OOC: Thus ends the current skill challenge. The heroes have SUCCEEDED! You now have the following options. You can pursue any or all of them, as you wish, but keep in mind that there may be a time component working against you. As soon as the Veiled Society has what they want from Barboarossa, they will likely kill the old sailor. 1. Follow Mr. Feathers to wherever Rory Barbarossa is being held (assuming the bird can really do this). 2. Find and search Barbarossa's apartment. 3. Wander the docks in a drunken stupor. While I would prefer that the characters stay together, I cannot enforce this, so do whatever you want.

 

[Shayuri]

Astra folds her arms skeptically, and smiles an enigmatic elf smile.

"I'd say it's unlikely...but parrots are very intelligent for birds. And we've little to lose by looking."

She glances at the others. "Shall we?"

 

[JustKim]

Nafije caught up with the others at the Crested Gull, right on cue to attest to the bond between parrot and master. "I'm most curious to see what Mr. Feathers has to show us," she said. Nafije couldn't help but smile again at the bird's name. Goldie, on her arm, was most curious in the other bird and never willingly let Mr. Feathers out of sight. But Goldie was a good bird, and stayed with Nafije despite the wizard's slow pace alongside her comrades.

 

[drothgery]

Cassi followed Nafije when she left, putting her papers away and rubbing her eyes in frustration. She'd been pouring over her notes and ever document she could find for what seemed like days, but they finally had a lead.

 

[Walking Dad]

Adam of Brightcastle

Adam stays with the others to be better able to protect them.

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all together now, right?

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[Leif]

Questor, Halfling Chaos Sorcerer 6

"See? Mr. Feathers is already showing us the right way to go!" Questor is just thrilled at the prospect of following a bird. A bit odd, wouldn't you say? *shrug*

OOC: Now trying SeaGreen for Questor's speech. Any objections?

 

[stonegod]

Skaros follows (the bird).

 

[Rhun]

Vrashek follows as well. "It isn't as though Questor and I haven't done a lot of things crazier than following a bird."

 

[Leif]

Questor, Halfling Chaos Sorcerer 6

"Everything I ever did before I met Vrashek was horribly sane and boring, but just look at me now MWAHH HA HA!!"

 

[Insight]

FOLLOWING MR. FEATHERS (Everyone)
Mr. Feathers, seeing everyone congregate below Tubman's Fishmongering, squawks wildly and flaps his multicolored wings. This behavior gets the attention of a few longshoremen, merchants, and various vagrants, but mostly gets the attention of our heroes.

The parrot flies off, prompting the heroes to give chase. Mr. Feathers flies low to the ground, perhaps 10 - 15 ft in the air. He soars over street signs, eaves, shale roofs, and chimneys. Periodically, Mr. Feathers lands atop some sort of ledge or perch and waits for the heroes to catch up.

This continues for some time, perhaps 20 minutes, until Mr. Feathers is perched atop a guard shack at the gate to some ostentatious estate overlooking the Duke's complex.

Mr. Feathers squawks wildly and awaits the heroes.

 

[Rhun]

Vrashek pulls up short. "Perhaps we should wait for cover of dark..."

 

[Leif]

Questor, Halfling Chaos Sorcerer 6

"Now's no time to get skittish on me, Vrashek! Come on! Forward into the Maw of Death! And may hemorrhoids take the hindmost!"

 

[stonegod]

Skaros looks up at the bird. If we can convince the bird to go to Barbarossa by itself, I can use my arts to find where it has gone. Then we follow as the arrow.

 

[Leif]

Questor, Halfling Chaos Sorcerer 6

"My suspicion is that it will take no convincing to get the bird to do just that. In fact, my gut feeling is that Mr. Feathers belongs to Barbarossa specifically. Don't ask me why I feel that way, though...."

 

[Scotley]

Geirgrim runs his fingers through his hair and gawks at the gate house a moment. "Needless to say, going in there will be a serious crime. Quite a risk to take for a wild goose chase, but I don't have anything better to offer."