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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 2951055" data-attributes="member: 1210">Naomi's Mistake“Islands ho!” cries the man in the crow’s nest.Sailors who were idle only seconds before suddenly begin bustling about, doing sailor things.  To most of our halfling heroes, this is incredibly baffling.  Most of them are, if the truth be told, a little afraid of the water; it would never occur to your average halfling to join the crew of a ship.  The very thought would make your average halfling shudder.Suddenly she’s somewhere else, her entire arm kind of feeling as if it has just undergone a terrific shock.  “Are you okay, Naomi?” asks a halfling she doesn’t recognize: a sinister-looking bald fellow with an evil-looking goatee.  Shaken, Naomi looks wildly around herself.  She is underground, in some sort of mossy cave.  There is the smell of fire in the air, and near her is a great axe that is much too big for her.  She is surrounded by people, but... she doesn’t know them, for the most part.  “What’s going on??” she exclaims, confused.  “Who are you?”  She recognizes Federico and Jawbreaker, but nobody else.  “What’s happening??” she demands.  “Where am I?”“What last thing you remember?” Jawbreaker asks her.“Uh, we were sailing for some islands, looking for treasure from a sunken ship...”“Whoah!” Jawbreaker exclaims.  “That long time ago!”“What do you mean?”  Naomi demands.“You’ve just had your memory robbed, of the last however long,” a halfling female that Naomi doesn’t recognize says.  “Do I know you?” “Oh, wow,” says Nara.  ***It takes a little while to calm Naomi down, and the lesson learned is this: don’t use empathy on the Axe of Oblivion.  Even just touching it is hazardous; Federico loses a day’s worth of memories from doing so.  The party manages to build a carrying sling for it that doesn’t require anyone actually come into contact with it, and then they turn and ascend towards the surface. With the defeat of the mind flayers and Lord Obliviax, any opposition that might have once existed evaporates.  Our heroes are unopposed as they return first to the chasm, and then- after some rest, once there is some daylight- up and back out to the monastery, where Master Yip congratulates them on their success.“Now we need to finish off Stackler,” says Nara.  She clenches her fists.  A predatory smile steals onto her face.Next Time: Our heroes vs. “King” Stackler!</blockquote>

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