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<blockquote data-quote="RisTigger" data-source="post: 6566732" data-attributes="member: 6777327"><p><strong>Episode 8: Goodnight</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>The game started with the group arriving in the camp near the city. The campers aren't too happy to see them. The leader of the campers is pretty pissed that the food was in the part of the ship that got blown off. After some heated words, our tired group sits down to rest for the first time in a while. Sa'La is also extremely tired because she couldn't sleep the whole way.</p><p></p><p>Mozart creeped out the campers and was banished to the edge of the camp. He was alright with that. Elieth wanted to stay up and help keep watch but was too tired and instantly fell asleep.</p><p></p><p>Sa'La had a dream that night. She dreamed about the time right after they defeated FIRE. She helped the crew recover but after that was done she stood next to Eleith in the control room. He was busily plotting their course and keeping busy to not think about what just happened. Sa'La hugged him and was glad he's their captain and he's safe.</p><p></p><p>Back in the present Mozart is doing the creeper dance...he does it very successfully. But his dancing is interrupted by a scream in the night. After some long deliberation, Mozart leaps into action with his sword, cutting a hole in the tent where the scream came from...despite there already being an entrance to the tent. Laying on the cot is a pile of Draconian bones. Mozart, being a caring robot, worries that everyone will think he did it.</p><p></p><p>The group and campers enter the tent. The leader is shocked at there being a robot sanding over a pile of bones with a sword but the group applies some logic to the situation. Sa'La examines the corpse and finds tiny little particles of magic on the bones. She takes a moment to think about what could have done it and concludes it was a swarm of insects.</p><p></p><p>The campers conclude it's not safe and prepare to leave even though it's the dead of night. It's risky but everyone agrees.</p><p></p><p>After a while of walking they suddenly hear an animals war cry erupt from the jungle. Mozart scans the area and finds there are swarms of insects around their feet. Upon closer examination, they look like ants...but with tiny little infantry uniforms on. The army ants squeak and it sometimes sounds like "Viva la revolution!"</p><p></p><p>Elieth and Wilfred leap into the trees to escape the swarm while Mozart tries to shoot them, unsuccessfully.</p><p></p><p>The swarm kill off some of the campers and Sa'La leaps into action. She surrounds herself in fire. The ants burn under her flames as she somersaults into the swarms. Vera just shoots them.</p><p></p><p>Elieth and Wilfred are in the trees...but they aren't alone. Eleith doesn't see them but Wilfred does. As Wilfred is catching his breath, he sees something in the corner of his eye. There's an otter wearing a Japanese archer's uniform next to him. Wilfred just kind of breaks after that. He just hangs his head and thinks about his life.</p><p></p><p>The otter goes up and tries to comfort him. He pats him on the shoulder and makes cute little sounds. Wilfred just sighs and goes deeper into shock. The otter then wacks him over the head with a shell. And it hurts.</p><p></p><p>Wilfred panics and jumps down from the tree and hides behind Mozart, taking blind pot shots at the otter. And that's when it gets weird. Yeah I know. A gorilla wearing a generals uniform shows up.</p><p></p><p><strong>Napoleon Bonanapart</strong></p><p><strong>Crazy Gorilla with a Complex</strong></p><p><strong>It's a gorilla with a generals uniform on. Of course it is!</strong></p><p></p><p>The gorilla gives out a great cry, strengthening his troops. Sa'La sees this and decides the best thing to do is try and negotiate with a gorilla. The gorilla agrees to a cease fire and brings out a tiny table with a teapot and teacups. The gorilla drinks some tea and listens to Sa'La. Sa'La tries to convince the gorilla that this is pointless but it doesn't work. The gorilla gets angry and flips the table. Combat continues...what is going on?!</p><p></p><p>Elieth is trying to fight the otter but it's not going well. He then tries to get the otter into a fist fight. He drops the pistol and makes the universal "come at me bro" sign. The otter doesn't care because it's an otter. It throws a shell and knocks Elieth out. With a little bit of luck, he doesn't fall on the ground and get hurt.</p><p></p><p>The battle rages on with the ants getting burned alive or destroyed by bullets. One of the otters is shot and killed by Wilfred. The gorilla is tough and no one can really hurt him except for Vera.</p><p></p><p>The otter in the trees grabs Elieth and runs off with him. Wilfred, not seeing Elieth anywhere decides to go look for him. The battle ends when the gorilla runs off and jumps onto a giant armored boar and leaves. That begins a chase as the others try to catch up with Wilfred. Wilfred is sneaking through the brush trying to follow the rustling in the trees. The others are running but have to quickly avoid the gorilla barging out of the trees and swinging a bamboo staff at the group. They all avoid it and the gorilla disappears again. Sa'La decides to fly off to help.</p><p></p><p>The group then comes face to face with a procession of otters throwing shells at them. Mozart and Vera avoid them all except a large otter pops out of nowhere brandishing a shell like a bow and arrow...yeah. The group gets to roll initiative to try and take it out. Vera succeeds and shoots out a cannon blast of psychic energy, incinerating the otter.</p><p></p><p>Finally, Wilfred catches up to the otter and shoots it. His shot hits home and the otter dies. Elieth drops to the ground. Wilfred goes and checks on him but it's too late.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Elieth Runestar is dead.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>The rest of the crew shows up. Mozart asks how he's doing but Wilfred can't find a pulse. Sa'La flies into the air and unleashes her whole magic power, clearing the darkness. Mozart practically breaks down from the shock.</p><p></p><p>It's a sad day for the crew of the Crimson Star.</p><p></p><p>Credits...</p><p></p><p>[video=youtube;7DiWxcilWtU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiWxcilWtU[/video]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well. This sucks. I loved Eleith as a character. He was great and I loved helping to tell his particular story. He also didn't get a very heroic death. An otter killed him. A freaking otter. Every single END dice roll he lost a dice except for one. He only lasted 5 turns.</p><p></p><p>Here are some words from the player.</p><p></p><p>"I enjoyed the character and lets hope we get more support for people with more style and less gear."</p><p></p><p>Elieth was a style character. He wasn't made for battle. But he would have been better if there were more options for social characters.</p><p></p><p>That's about it. We're off for two weeks to give me a break.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RisTigger, post: 6566732, member: 6777327"] [B]Episode 8: Goodnight[/B] The game started with the group arriving in the camp near the city. The campers aren't too happy to see them. The leader of the campers is pretty pissed that the food was in the part of the ship that got blown off. After some heated words, our tired group sits down to rest for the first time in a while. Sa'La is also extremely tired because she couldn't sleep the whole way. Mozart creeped out the campers and was banished to the edge of the camp. He was alright with that. Elieth wanted to stay up and help keep watch but was too tired and instantly fell asleep. Sa'La had a dream that night. She dreamed about the time right after they defeated FIRE. She helped the crew recover but after that was done she stood next to Eleith in the control room. He was busily plotting their course and keeping busy to not think about what just happened. Sa'La hugged him and was glad he's their captain and he's safe. Back in the present Mozart is doing the creeper dance...he does it very successfully. But his dancing is interrupted by a scream in the night. After some long deliberation, Mozart leaps into action with his sword, cutting a hole in the tent where the scream came from...despite there already being an entrance to the tent. Laying on the cot is a pile of Draconian bones. Mozart, being a caring robot, worries that everyone will think he did it. The group and campers enter the tent. The leader is shocked at there being a robot sanding over a pile of bones with a sword but the group applies some logic to the situation. Sa'La examines the corpse and finds tiny little particles of magic on the bones. She takes a moment to think about what could have done it and concludes it was a swarm of insects. The campers conclude it's not safe and prepare to leave even though it's the dead of night. It's risky but everyone agrees. After a while of walking they suddenly hear an animals war cry erupt from the jungle. Mozart scans the area and finds there are swarms of insects around their feet. Upon closer examination, they look like ants...but with tiny little infantry uniforms on. The army ants squeak and it sometimes sounds like "Viva la revolution!" Elieth and Wilfred leap into the trees to escape the swarm while Mozart tries to shoot them, unsuccessfully. The swarm kill off some of the campers and Sa'La leaps into action. She surrounds herself in fire. The ants burn under her flames as she somersaults into the swarms. Vera just shoots them. Elieth and Wilfred are in the trees...but they aren't alone. Eleith doesn't see them but Wilfred does. As Wilfred is catching his breath, he sees something in the corner of his eye. There's an otter wearing a Japanese archer's uniform next to him. Wilfred just kind of breaks after that. He just hangs his head and thinks about his life. The otter goes up and tries to comfort him. He pats him on the shoulder and makes cute little sounds. Wilfred just sighs and goes deeper into shock. The otter then wacks him over the head with a shell. And it hurts. Wilfred panics and jumps down from the tree and hides behind Mozart, taking blind pot shots at the otter. And that's when it gets weird. Yeah I know. A gorilla wearing a generals uniform shows up. [B]Napoleon Bonanapart Crazy Gorilla with a Complex It's a gorilla with a generals uniform on. Of course it is![/B] The gorilla gives out a great cry, strengthening his troops. Sa'La sees this and decides the best thing to do is try and negotiate with a gorilla. The gorilla agrees to a cease fire and brings out a tiny table with a teapot and teacups. The gorilla drinks some tea and listens to Sa'La. Sa'La tries to convince the gorilla that this is pointless but it doesn't work. The gorilla gets angry and flips the table. Combat continues...what is going on?! Elieth is trying to fight the otter but it's not going well. He then tries to get the otter into a fist fight. He drops the pistol and makes the universal "come at me bro" sign. The otter doesn't care because it's an otter. It throws a shell and knocks Elieth out. With a little bit of luck, he doesn't fall on the ground and get hurt. The battle rages on with the ants getting burned alive or destroyed by bullets. One of the otters is shot and killed by Wilfred. The gorilla is tough and no one can really hurt him except for Vera. The otter in the trees grabs Elieth and runs off with him. Wilfred, not seeing Elieth anywhere decides to go look for him. The battle ends when the gorilla runs off and jumps onto a giant armored boar and leaves. That begins a chase as the others try to catch up with Wilfred. Wilfred is sneaking through the brush trying to follow the rustling in the trees. The others are running but have to quickly avoid the gorilla barging out of the trees and swinging a bamboo staff at the group. They all avoid it and the gorilla disappears again. Sa'La decides to fly off to help. The group then comes face to face with a procession of otters throwing shells at them. Mozart and Vera avoid them all except a large otter pops out of nowhere brandishing a shell like a bow and arrow...yeah. The group gets to roll initiative to try and take it out. Vera succeeds and shoots out a cannon blast of psychic energy, incinerating the otter. Finally, Wilfred catches up to the otter and shoots it. His shot hits home and the otter dies. Elieth drops to the ground. Wilfred goes and checks on him but it's too late. [B][I]Elieth Runestar is dead.[/I][/B] The rest of the crew shows up. Mozart asks how he's doing but Wilfred can't find a pulse. Sa'La flies into the air and unleashes her whole magic power, clearing the darkness. Mozart practically breaks down from the shock. It's a sad day for the crew of the Crimson Star. Credits... [video=youtube;7DiWxcilWtU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiWxcilWtU[/video] Well. This sucks. I loved Eleith as a character. He was great and I loved helping to tell his particular story. He also didn't get a very heroic death. An otter killed him. A freaking otter. Every single END dice roll he lost a dice except for one. He only lasted 5 turns. Here are some words from the player. "I enjoyed the character and lets hope we get more support for people with more style and less gear." Elieth was a style character. He wasn't made for battle. But he would have been better if there were more options for social characters. That's about it. We're off for two weeks to give me a break. [/QUOTE]
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