[Last Time, on El WHAT?!: Attacked by bandits, the group was forced to pursue when poor plushified Ichi was stolen! Amy and Shiho were neatly perforated by arrows, and then Cara's magic put the goblin archers to sleep so that the group could invade the tower. They beat up the orc, tied him and the goblins up, and then started exploring.] [They discovered a tiny dungeon in the basement, guarded by a skeleton, which proved to be no challenge after its sword was shattered, and the group discovered the ruins of an armory. The only thing left intact was a pair of gauntlets, which Daphne put on, and discovered to be cursed. Now, the group is on their way back upstairs to deal with the orc and goblins.] [Session Start] * Almost as if the universe changed its mind, Cara's plushie begins flashing, and simultaneously, Amy starts flashing also. * Daphne begins flashing, too, strangely enough. * In a matter of seconds, the switch is made, and Daphne and Amy are exchanged for Cara. * Cara looks around and blinks. "We haven't gone anywhere yet. Was it that short?" * And strangely, the universe changes its mind, and in the flash of light, Daphne and Daphne-plushie flash back and forth several times, as the universe doesn't seem to know what to do. It finally decides on Daphne, and she falls flat on her ass. O.O Whaa? Yeah. You didn't miss much-- Huh? * Cara blinks several times, looking completely befuddled. Ow. * Shiho scratches her head. "What was that all about?" * The light behind Cara's head goes out, and in Amy's absence, her spell fails, and the group is plunged into darkness. ...eep. Gahh... I have no idea....Erk. Anyone got a light? * Daphne winces. "Damned if I know." She gets up and rubs her sore butt. Oh, swell. I *knew* I should've brought my zippo. Uh...anybody remember where the door is? Uh...we can feel along the walls! * Cara searches around in the darkness for Plush Amy. What Cara said. I don't remember any branching paths on the way here. Unless "Magic" decides to screw us over again... Don't tempt it, Shiho. * Ichi searches for a wall and walks into it. ::thud:: Itta...Found one. Right, well, let's get back before that orc wakes up. * Daphne chuckles. "You sure did." ...I can't find Amy. That's bad. * Cara searches more. Hm. That's no good. * Daphne steps on something soft. Uh, I think I have her. Oh? Found her? Where? Great! She's, uhm, under my right foot. I'd pick her up myself, but with these gloves I might mangle her, and that could be bad. * Cara starts giggling. * Shiho sighs. "I'll get her. Just don't lose her, Daphne." * Ichi looks at where the sound of Cara giggling seems to be coming from, "I don't think I missed a joke..." Oh, I'll stay right where I am. I'm good at that. * Shiho follows the sound of Daphne's voice, searching for the plushie. While I'm at it, I'll keep gibbering away so you can find me. * Ichi walks twords Cara so he can ask her to explain the joke. * Shiho finds Daphne. Her chest, to be specific. * Cara walks hopefully in the direction of a wall with her hands in front of her. * Cara and Ichi run into each other, face first. ...ow. Ittai! ::falls over:: Cara? * Daphne coughs. "Further down, Shiho. Like, beneath my feet." Uh. Right. Sorry. Uh, hi. ^_^ * Shiho searches for the plushie this time. Hopefully further down. Could you explain the joke to me? * Cara picks herself up off the ground. "I'd help you up, but I'm not sure where you are." * Shiho moves her hands down, following Daphne's leg, and finds the plushie. Joke? What joke? Got it. * Daphne sweatdrops, but in the darkness nobody notices. Well, you were laughing, so something must have been funny, right? Oh. Just thought it was funny that Daphne stepped on the plushie. ^_^;; Oh...right...<- Still doesn't get it. * Shiho picks up the plushie and tries to find a wall. * Cara resumes her search for a wall. * Daphne goes looking for a wall, too. "Marco." Who? * Cara giggles. "Polo." Anyway there's a wall over there:: Points for a second...Sweatdrops:: Uh...or maybe it wasn't What Cara said. It's an old swimming pool game, Shiho. Ah. This way we can keep track of each other, somewhat. If nothing else, it'll keep me from runnin' into someone. * Ichi searches with a hand in front of him this time. "Marco?" Polo. I think I see a light. Where? In front of me. * Cara looks around and tries to see the light. * Shiho heads towards the light. "Just follow my voice." * Ichi tries to fallow the sound of Shiho's voice. * Shiho then starts whistling. Woot. * Cara walks in the direction she thinks she hears Shiho. * Daphne follows Shiho's whistling, hopefully. * Shiho makes it to a lighter part of the corridor, she can see the stairs and the goblin body from before. Here it is. * Shiho's whistling, however, echoes strangely, and Cara and Daphne walk into a wall. * Daphne grins. "Good job, Shiho. You are summarily forgiven. " Ow. Ititit Owie... ... Well, so much for that plan. Ichi manages to follow Shiho's voice, and makes it to where she is. * Cara tries following along the wall. Pfew, it's nice to be able to see again. * Daphne tries following along the wall, too. * Shiho nods. Cara's hand leads her around a corner, and comes in to contact with something hard, and bony. It feels rather like a skeleton. A human one. * Daphne goes the right way, however, and finds the other two. WAAAAAAAAAH! Hi Daphne. Cara? * Cara starts VERY quickly going the other way. We're over here! Did something happen? * Cara runs into a wall and falls over, still screaming. Sk-sk-skeleton...@_@ Did it come back?::peeres into the darkness:: * Daphne sighs. "I think someone needs to go get her. Itchy, you're the brave man, you go rescue her." Great... You two, wait here. * Cara attempts to pick herself up off the ground and follow the voices. * Shiho heads into the darkness. "Cara, where are you? I-I'm here! * Shiho finds Cara. Her hand this time, and not something... else. * Ichi takes a few steps back into the dark. * Shiho attempts to lead Cara back. * Ichi tries to decide between the order to go, and the one to stay. * Shiho can still see the 'light' and leads Cara back to the others. * Cara sighs in relief, and walks in the direction that Shiho leads her. Th-thanks. * Cara shivers a little. Head t'wards the light, Shiho. * Shiho emerges from the darkness with Cara. Woot. * Cara is also flushed red with embarassment. Welcome back, guys. * Cara grins weakly. Hi Cara, nice to see you again. * Shiho holds up a plushie. "Anyone wanna carry Amy?" I...I'll take her. * Shiho gives the plushie to Cara. * Daphne pauses as she realises something. "Say, who had the belt of holding, again?" * Cara clutches the plushie tightly, still looking around nervously. Uh...it wasn't me. ... Amy did. * The smell here is horrible. Anyhow, let's get going. We still have a way to go before we reach Colorford. Ach. Let's get out of here, people. * Cara nodnods. Right. * Daphne does as she says, and heads up, making sure to keep an eye out for any friends who might have gotten out of their ropes. * The goblins are still sleeping blissfully, and the orc has a large lump on his head. Whew. Great. That should keep them busy for a while. Shall we be on our way? They aren't very nice people. ::starts to walk past, and realizes he doesn't know where the door out is:: Ayup. I think we've done everything we can here. * The door is the open hole in the side of the tower with a door hanging next to it, open. * Daphne heads for the door. * Up here smells, too, thanks to the goblin that has one of Shiho's arrows through its eye. * Shiho follows daphy. * Cara follows Daphne as well. * Ichi follows the others out. Out of curiosity, Cara, could you check and see if the belt can come off of the Amy plushie? Um, okay. * Cara looks to see if Plush Amy is wearing a belt, first of all. * The belt appears to be a part of the plushie's coloration. Nope! Damn. That's too bad. I have a few rations left in my backpack, but they're not much to go on. Shiho, I don't suppose Elfman taught you how to hunt whatever wildlife is around here? * Shiho nods. "Yeah. He made me learn how to fend for myself out here." * Daphne nods. "That's good." So, which way do we go now? * Outside the tower, the smell is not nearly so bad. * Shiho points "Well, the road was back that direction. From there, we just follow it north." Lessee. Colorford was... which way? Right. * Daphne goes there, to do that. Ok. * Shiho does too :P * The group continues on down the road. * The sun begins to set. * Cara follows as well. This is a long road. * Daphne looks around. "Hm. Might wanna stop before too awul long." They did say it would be a few days travel. * Shiho nods. (+f) I want to hunt before it gets too dark. * The road forks into three separate paths, a well worn one going mostly north, a not so well worn path going mostly northwest, and a grown-over path going out east. ... Hum. * Cara blinks. "Did he say there'd be three paths?" At a guess, I's say the one heading east leads to that place that had Elfboy in such a fuss. Never did get to ask him why, either. * Daphne hums. "Or do I have my east and my west crossed?" North one probably goes to Colorford, and the other one... That large city, probably. * Daphne nods. "Either that, or it's a different road to the area of the northern ruins. But since we can get there from Colorford, I see no reason not to. So we take that one? ::points at the well worn path:: Perhaps we should camp here and decide tomorrow. * There is also a well worn campsite here. As I said, I'd like to hunt before it gets too dark. That sounds like a good idea. (Not like he can tell a good one from a bad one ^_^;) Sounds right to me. Alright... You set up camp; I'll see what I can find. * Shiho heads off into the woods. * Daphne looks around for something to use as kindling. Like, say, a tree. * There are plenty of trees and bushes. * Shiho returns with two small rabbits. * Daphne looks for a good sized tree branch that's low enough to reach, and goes to break it off. * The branch comes off easily, in fact, the entire tree is left tilting at a crazy angle. Wow! * Daphne chuckles nervously, and tries to push the rest of the tree back into place. Eh. This'll have to do, I guess. * Cara blinks. "I bet you could pull out the whole tree like that." * The tree falls the other way, and finally falls down, nearly hitting Shiho as she returns. O_O * Daphne winces. "Damn." * Cara sweatdrops. * Daphne sighs. "I was trying to *not* uproot it. Oh, well." Waah! * Daphne blinks. "Ach! Shiho, is that you? Are ye' okay?" Yeah. Just wasn't ready for that. ... You know, greenwood doesn't burn very well... I was going to offer to help cary some of that but... O_O Yeah, but I didn't see any dead stuff around here. I was trying to just take one branch. So much for that, eh? Heh heh. ^_^; * Daphne reaches up to rub the back of her neck, then thinks better of it. No, there wouldn't be any around here; we'd need to leave the clearing to find deadfall. Oh, right. Right, right. Do you want us to go look for dry wood, then? I'm not feeling so wiped out now, so I could if you wanted... Nah. I'll get it. I guess the rest of you can rig a shelter, or something. Or cook these. * Shiho hands the rabbits to the others. ... Only you won't be able to until I get the wood. Right... I guess so. ::takes the rabbits:: But you can at least clean them. Anyhow... * Shiho heads off again. Or maybe... * Cara goes @_@ and flops down on the ground. Good luck, Shiho. * Daphne turns around and sees Cara lying on the ground. "Uhm. You okay?" Something wrong Cara? ...tired...@_@ Ah, why don't you take a nap, then? * Daphne looks around for someting to make a shelter out of. ...like, a cave she could drag over near the fire. * Sorry, Daphne, there is no shelter handy. * Shiho comes back, carrying plenty of deadfall. Woot. * Ichi takes the rabbits back to the others and asks if anybody knows _how_ to clean them. ... I think you cut 'em apart and pull the guts out, for the most part. * Cara continues to lie there, looking kinda dizzy. Cara, why don't you take a nap or something? * Shiho sighs. "Alright, I'll clean them. Can any of you start a fire?" I've never tried. ^_^;; Normally I'd give it a try. Well, actually... * Shiho sighs. "Ok... I'll clean the rabbits, start the fire, cook them, and see if I can't rig a shelter. The rest of you, um... watch over Cara, or something." I've seen other people do it though.. * Daphne sighs. "Well, don't I feel useful." (I think Shiho is going to force all of us to take wilderness survival when we get the next cp spending opp) * Shiho takes the rabbits and gets to work. "You're welcome to try; there's plenty of wood there." I hope someone brought flint? Hey, itchy. Come dig through my backpack and see if I had the presence of mind to get some flint back at wherentheheck. * Ichi finds no flint. Uh, sure. ::walks over and opesn the bag, "Uh, food, drink, rope...no flint" * Daphne sighs and nods. "Alright. Could you do me a favor?" I'll try. * Shiho looks over from the rabbits. "Try rubbing two sticks together quickly. Daphne should be able to if she doesn't break them first." * Ichi closes the pack and gets Daphne a pair of sticks. "Like these?" * Shiho looks over again. "Yeah. Those should do. Just pile the wood together first, then try that trick. C'mon, itchy. Let's get this stuff into a pile before we try making sparks. * Daphne goes to do that, trying to be gentle with everything. Hai! ::piles a few of the larger bits of wood on top of some of the smaller ones:: "I think it looked something like this.." Uh. I think you put the lighter stuff on top. Shiho? Yeah. He had the small stuff on the bottom and lit it first if I remember right.. Was that a 'yeah, you put the lighter stuff on top', or 'yeah, whaddya' bothering me for'? The lighter wood goes on the top. Oh. Gomen. ::reverses his pile:: * Daphne nods. * Daphne takes a pair of relatively sturdy sticks, and tries rubbing them together in just such a way as to make some fire without turning the things into splinters. * Daphne succeeds in lighting the sticks on fire, but doesn't look at what she's doing, and accidentally sets her pants on fire. ...bloody hell. * The pants go up nicely, and are _very_ hot. Yike! Huh? Did you get the fire... Waaah! * Daphne tosses the sticks in the general direction of the pile of deadwood, and then stops, drops, and rolls. * Daphne puts out the fire, but not before it has consumed almost all of her lower body clothing. Daphne is left laying there singed and pantless. Ichi, quick, get a water skin or blanket or something! Right! ::Goes to look for said:: ... Er... Nevermind. * Daphne grumbles. Zzzzzz... Uh... o_o ::goes back to looking for that blanket, but for a slightly diffrent reason:: Are you, um... uninjured, Daphne? Oh, I'm just dandy. I don't suppose you have some spare trousers? * Daphne tries to sit in such a way as to not flash everyone in sight. Afraid not. I've only got what I'm wearing, Sorry. * Daphne sighs. "Well, maybe I can use a blanket as a skirt, or something." * Shiho takes off the hakama and hands it to Daphne. "Here. This'll have to do until we get to Colorford." * Daphne nods. "Thanks." * Daphne puts it on. * Ichi gives up his search. "Do we even have any blankets?" Probably not. * Daphne sighs. "And the hits just keep on coming." * Daphne looks around. "Hey. Can someone gather up the stuff that used to be in my pockets for me? Especially the flasks of whiskey? Those're metal, so they should've survived. * The fire is blazing merrily, happy that it got to eat Daphne's pants. * Shiho finishes with the rabbits. "Ok, anyone know how to cook?" Shiho's hands are pretty covered with blood. Normally I'd try, but this isn't my day in the sun. So. Nevermind. I think I can manage it. * Shiho goes about cooking the food. I'm sorry I'm not much of a help. Eh. It's fine. * After a while, Shiho has finished the charred rabbit, and the sun has set completely. 'Salright, Ichi. If you could fine my whiskey, tho, I'd be very appreciative. * Ichi continues to search via firelight. * The flask is easy enough to find. Here it is!::hold it up:: Thanks. Can you take off the cap and help me drink it? I'm kind of leery about touching anything breakable with these gloves on. Ehehe...right.:: walks over and unscrews the top:: * Cara opens one eye and yawns. "Do we have any food?" * Ichi reaches over and tips it slightly. "Ready?" Yeah. It's about ready. * Daphne tilts her head back and opens her mouth. * Ichi pours carefully. * Cara sits up and yawns again. "Sorry about just nodding off there." ^_^;; * Daphne drinks. n.n * Daphne waves when she's had enough. * Ichi untips the flask. Thanks. * Shiho tries the rabbit. * The rabbit is charred on the outside, but not half bad on the inside. Hm. It'll do. Uhm...want me to get you some rabbit? Yeah, that'd be nice. Ok. ::walks up to the rabbits and tries to decide which parts to take back with him:: As long as you're all awake, maybe we should decide on watches for the night. Ichi decides on a pair of hind legs, and looks up. "Watches? what would we need to tell time for out here?" Eh, I'll take first watch. If anything hostile comes by, I'll take great joy in beating it up. Oh, that kind of watch. * Shiho nods. "More like guard duty, really." I guess I'll take last watch. I like being up early. * Daphne nods. I'll take second last, I guess. * Shiho nods. "Then that leaves Ichi with second. So that puts me after you. ::hold out one of the legs:: * Daphne takes the leg. "Yup. And thanks." * Cara goes to get herself some food, as well. * Daphne eats, hopefully not wounding herself in some horrible fashion. * Cara munches happily on some rabbit. Thank you, Shiho. Don't mention it. Pretty good rabbit, Shiho. Thank you for the Rabbit Shiho. * fox grabs a chunk of meat and runs! ... * Cara blinks. O.O * Shiho gets up and chases after it. "Hey! Come back here!" !!! * fox RUNS! * Shiho persues. Wow...she's really fast. O_O * fox goes into a hole under a tree! * Ichi wonders why Shiho is getting worked up about that bit of rabbit * Shiho gives up. Yup. She sure is. * Shiho makes her way back. * Cara looks to see if there's any meat left for Shiho. * Shiho sits down. "I didn't think I did THAT good of a job cooking it..." The fox also seems to think you did a good job. Hm. How long has it been since sundown? * About an hour. We should sleep soon, huh? * Shiho nods. Should be on our way again at dawn. * Ichi moves twords the fire and tries to find a spot to lay down on that doesn't have to many sharp rocks. "That early?" * Shiho nods. * Shiho lays down somewhere comfortable. * Cara just goes and flops down where she was sleeping before. Yeah. We need to take advantage of every daylight hour, and so forth. Precisely. Night. * Daphne gets up, and paces a bit, keeping her eyes peeled for anything more dangerous that Mr. Fox. * Ichi gets up and unstraps his swords before settling back down. Goodnight! Oyasumi mina. 'Night, you guys. Ichi, I'll wake you up in an hour or two, or as close as I can guess it. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Daphne (2d6) and gets 10. Sure...zzz ... * About two hours into her watch, Daphne nods off. * Two hours or so before dawn, Shiho wakes up, to see nobody on watch. ... What the...? zzzzZZZZzzzz... * Shiho wakes everyone up. zzzz.z..Wha? wah...huh? ...my turn already? * Cara rubs her eyes. zzzzz....nuh, just a bit longer, ma... Hey, what happened? Nobody's on watch. School doesn't start for another hour...::rolls over:: ...huh? Itchy never woke me up... * Daphne is somehow asleep on her feet. * Shiho moves over and shakes Daphne awake. * Cara looks at Daphne and blinks. * Ichi continues to sleep Hhhzummawha? ::blinks:: * Cara yawns loudly. * Daphne loses her balance and falls on top of Shiho. Gwagh! Damn. * Cara blinks again, blearily. * Shiho pushes Daphne off and gets to her feet. "What the hell happened?" * Daphne gets up. "Mornin', Shiho. Lemme guess; uuuhm, I fell asleep on my watch." Christ. It's already tomorrow, and it's *still* not my day. You... * Shiho grumbles and shakes Ichi awake. "Get up. We're moving now." uuhhh....*yawn* ...now? ...still dark... * Ichi sits up and Yawns "My turn now Daphne?" * Daphne shakes her head. "I don't get it. I kept walkin the whole time. How'd I fall sleep while walking?" Yes. Now. You've all had plenty of sleep. * Cara stands up and stretches. "...at least I got some sleep before everyone else." Right, right. Let's go. *yawn* * Shiho starts disassembling the campsite. Ahh, Ok, I'll wake you up when it's time to go Dap...you're not Daphne! ... What's going on? * Shiho sighs. I fell asleep on my feet. We're moving out, Itchy. Ohh.::stands up and starts picking up his stuff:: Good thing nothing happend. * Cara nods. * Shiho grumbles again. "Yeah. Good thing." I dunno. I guess I made a good scarecrow, or something. Wonder if I can make an alarm clock spell... We're just lucky that orc and his buddies didn't get loose and find us. That'd be usefull. Hey, Itchy. Don't forget my whiskey, please. Right. ::finds where he put the flask after dinner:: * Cara puts her backpack on and checks to make sure she has Plush Amy. * Cara notices that she fell asleep clutching the plushie. "Hee...good thing Amy didn't come back during the night." * Daphne still has her backpack on, so she's ready to move out, astonishingly. * Shiho makes sure to take care of the fire properly. * The fire has long since burned out. * Shiho knows her fire safety, though, and smothers it with dirt anyway. * Shiho starts heading on the north path after everyone's set. * Daphne follows. * Cara follows Shiho, still holding the plushie. * Ichi walks after. * And they set out for another day on the trail. o/~ On the road again... o/~ * The sun rises in the sky, and noon passes, and still no travelers, nothing interesting, just endless trail. * The woods begin to thin as evening comes. I'm starting to miss my fathers car. Can't do much about that. Looks like we're making some progress, though. That's lucky. True. Well, we're getting lots of excercise. I bet adventurers never have to worry about getting overweight. ^_^ ... * Daphne decides not to say anything to that. * Shiho moves over to Daphne and whispers, "Don't look now, but we're being followed." * Daphne nods wordlessly at Shiho's comment. * Cara continues walking, happily watching the scenery. * Ichi wonders how his father, and driver-san, and Kat-chan are doing while he looks at the sky. * Ichi walks into a small tree that is growing in the middle of the road. * Daphne rolls her shoulders a bit. ::thud:: Itai! * Cara blinks, then starts giggling. * The sun begins to set. Luckily, there is a decent and well used campsite just ahead. * Daphne stops, and grins. "C'mon, Itchy. No time for tomfoolery." It's not Tom who's getting fooled, it's me! ::rubs his head:: * Daphne looks a question to Shiho. * Shiho shakes her head. "I guess we'll have to stop here." * Daphne nods. [Session End]