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The Tale of an Industrious Rogue (updated 3-12-2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="Cristian Andreu" data-source="post: 6267158" data-attributes="member: 23822"><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 15px">Part XVIII: So, About That Fountain of Gold</span></u></strong></p><p></p><p>With the city taken care of (well, almost. They never really took take of the epidemic brewing among the slaves that Whipmaster Konkaff reported earlier, something that would come back to haunt them eventually), they set up to travel to Jalmeray in order to meet the owner of the dream that included the golden fountain. Although the figment in question had disappeared from the desert (news that resulted in Hassan almost dying from a heart attack, and the messenger almost surviving a furious dagger), Quite-Awful Giselda -a painfully expensive <em>“Dream Consultant”</em> provided by the Night Hags- explained that once a dream has been created by a mind, it can be recalled, so if they managed to find the person who sprang it, she could assist them in reproducing it.</p><p></p><p>At that point, Jack wondered why couldn't they just dream cool stuff by themselves, to which Valanar replied <em>“Because we would have to be kept asleep for Sivanah-knows how long. Although thinking it better, you could be a great candidate for that”</em>. </p><p></p><p>There was also the issue that only a specific dreamscape from the Deep Ethereal had been brought into Golarion, and the chances of their dreams existing in that particular region were next to none.</p><p></p><p>Since the party was going to visit Jalmeray, which rose from the heart of Obari Ocean many miles to the east, they travelled to Katapesh to hire a ship, and took the chance to visit the Prince and the Emir, as well as some other friends and associates. During the trip, Rakhim was informed that his beloved Falballa –the elven priestess he had become close with earlier in the campaign- was pregnant, so he decided that from now on she would be within sight whenever possible. So she would go with them to Jalmeray, which was also Rakhim’s homeland, and he wanted her to see it.</p><p></p><p>The trip to the Island of the Impossible was quick and uneventful*. After landing, Rakhim took the party to his parent's house (who were quite pleased with Falballa and the child, but very displeased with Rakhim for <em>“Making child with no parent consent. Very irresponsible”</em>), where he left the elf to be looked after -his family, while not particularly wealthy, was no foreigner to the many luxuries provided by the enslaved genies of Jalmeray-. They took a day off to engage in some sightseeing of inverted waterfalls and monks so stealthy they could steal their own pants without noticing and finally got to their purpose: To find the mind that about a week ago was dreaming about fountains of liquid gold. The silvery dust trail revealed by the Terror Dust was faint but still visible, and it led into one of the more populated areas of Padiskar, the second largest city in the island nation.</p><p></p><p>They scouted around trying to follow the trail –which wasn't making the job easy, as it twisted and turned through and across walls and mountains, only to then fly hundreds of feet through the sky and make unexpected turns whenever it was most disorienting-, and finally saw it entering through a window in a miserably poor shack. They decided to wait until very late in the night, in order to hopefully find the person already asleep in case they had to get more convincing (as if <em>“Hey, we need to knock you unconscious for a month so a witch from another dimension can prod your brain in order for your dreams to come true, so that we may steal them afterward”</em> wasn't a convincing proposition to begin with). Hassan had little trouble opening the locks and getting inside without making any noise, and he found the dreaming person: A thin, sick child about eight years old with a missing leg, sleeping atop a badly crafted box with some hay sprinkled on it to simulate a bed. The poor kid breathed heavily from the fever, and his forehead was covered in sweat.</p><p></p><p><em>“Great. This makes it way easier”</em> So Hassan took the clorophorm he bought from a katapeshi merchant (why use spells when you can be villainously dramatic?) and put it on the kids mouth to make sure he won’t wake up, then tied him up inside a blanket and ran out.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">*In our gaming group, <em>"uneventful sea trip"</em> is anything that doesn't directly involve being attacked by ridiculously big sea monsters. I just find it very difficult to miss such grand opportunities. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cristian Andreu, post: 6267158, member: 23822"] [B][U][SIZE=4]Part XVIII: So, About That Fountain of Gold[/SIZE][/U][/B] With the city taken care of (well, almost. They never really took take of the epidemic brewing among the slaves that Whipmaster Konkaff reported earlier, something that would come back to haunt them eventually), they set up to travel to Jalmeray in order to meet the owner of the dream that included the golden fountain. Although the figment in question had disappeared from the desert (news that resulted in Hassan almost dying from a heart attack, and the messenger almost surviving a furious dagger), Quite-Awful Giselda -a painfully expensive [I]“Dream Consultant”[/I] provided by the Night Hags- explained that once a dream has been created by a mind, it can be recalled, so if they managed to find the person who sprang it, she could assist them in reproducing it. At that point, Jack wondered why couldn't they just dream cool stuff by themselves, to which Valanar replied [I]“Because we would have to be kept asleep for Sivanah-knows how long. Although thinking it better, you could be a great candidate for that”[/I]. There was also the issue that only a specific dreamscape from the Deep Ethereal had been brought into Golarion, and the chances of their dreams existing in that particular region were next to none. Since the party was going to visit Jalmeray, which rose from the heart of Obari Ocean many miles to the east, they travelled to Katapesh to hire a ship, and took the chance to visit the Prince and the Emir, as well as some other friends and associates. During the trip, Rakhim was informed that his beloved Falballa –the elven priestess he had become close with earlier in the campaign- was pregnant, so he decided that from now on she would be within sight whenever possible. So she would go with them to Jalmeray, which was also Rakhim’s homeland, and he wanted her to see it. The trip to the Island of the Impossible was quick and uneventful*. After landing, Rakhim took the party to his parent's house (who were quite pleased with Falballa and the child, but very displeased with Rakhim for [I]“Making child with no parent consent. Very irresponsible”[/I]), where he left the elf to be looked after -his family, while not particularly wealthy, was no foreigner to the many luxuries provided by the enslaved genies of Jalmeray-. They took a day off to engage in some sightseeing of inverted waterfalls and monks so stealthy they could steal their own pants without noticing and finally got to their purpose: To find the mind that about a week ago was dreaming about fountains of liquid gold. The silvery dust trail revealed by the Terror Dust was faint but still visible, and it led into one of the more populated areas of Padiskar, the second largest city in the island nation. They scouted around trying to follow the trail –which wasn't making the job easy, as it twisted and turned through and across walls and mountains, only to then fly hundreds of feet through the sky and make unexpected turns whenever it was most disorienting-, and finally saw it entering through a window in a miserably poor shack. They decided to wait until very late in the night, in order to hopefully find the person already asleep in case they had to get more convincing (as if [I]“Hey, we need to knock you unconscious for a month so a witch from another dimension can prod your brain in order for your dreams to come true, so that we may steal them afterward”[/I] wasn't a convincing proposition to begin with). Hassan had little trouble opening the locks and getting inside without making any noise, and he found the dreaming person: A thin, sick child about eight years old with a missing leg, sleeping atop a badly crafted box with some hay sprinkled on it to simulate a bed. The poor kid breathed heavily from the fever, and his forehead was covered in sweat. [I]“Great. This makes it way easier”[/I] So Hassan took the clorophorm he bought from a katapeshi merchant (why use spells when you can be villainously dramatic?) and put it on the kids mouth to make sure he won’t wake up, then tied him up inside a blanket and ran out. [SIZE=1]*In our gaming group, [I]"uneventful sea trip"[/I] is anything that doesn't directly involve being attacked by ridiculously big sea monsters. I just find it very difficult to miss such grand opportunities. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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