The Nexus

Somewhere in the Desert A lone gunshot sounds out as one of the swordsman's temporary companions tries to shoot the desert angler, to no visible effect; though the beast groans. It groans because it is dead, bisected by its would-be morsel. Depending on if he reached the stomach, the swordsman may ...

Encyclopede Expedition "We have dealt with mind-viruses, hostile mnemonics, and brain hijackers before, as well as hostile telepaths and other things that wished to take our knowledge without trading for it. We have defences, and if they fail we are all expendable. We are old, and have learnt ...

Ecbatana Aikobaz succeeds in walking straight into a short, squat figure with large blue eyes set in a brown-orange face, a snub nose and a single small tusk sticking from their lower jaw. They wear an outfit of light blue wool, and a pair of grass sandals and a felt cap. A copper dagger at their w...

A Real Arcade "You'd have to ask Khannie or Mary how many there are. There's an app they've got, organising all the Em Gees in the city. Or most of them, anyway. I've not got it, my phone's too old for that kind of app." She's not even got a flip phone, but an old-fashioned brick type mob...

Under the Sea "Wait till we be a mile yonder. That be glowin'; we be poor guests if'n we unwrap it here an' attract a beast from th' depths, we'll be leavin' it upon yon fish-men's doorstep." Frigate will try to stop Eddie from opening the parcel immediately, though he won't actually do a...

Alice's Camp Harmony nods and grimaces, though she still screams as Alice pulls out the cocoon from her gut. Somewhere in the Desert The lure-tongue is easily cleaved by the swordsman's blow, the hallucination disguising it falling away to reveal its revolting truth, as stinking green ichor spurt f...

Encyclopede Expedition One of the Encyclopedes' legs undulate along the vertical length of its body, carrying a device up which is then presented to its antennae, which flicks down to take it and press it against the Encyclopede's head, enabling it to speak verbally instead of purely telepathically...

Avian Arrivals Jack struggles a little with the paperwork. She's literate, but her handwriting's scruffy and she's not especially comfortable reading. She also doesn't hold a pen very well. She'll sign 'Jacqueline Door', though, and doesn't list an address or residence. She'll claim she doesn't hav...

"I rushed here, after. I thought there'd be safety and help here, and didn't want to trust anywhere closer. I don't know how long I travelled; I was too focused on my destination and getting away to pay much attention." The keldon tries to think back, but eventually shrugs. "Two days...

[Ecbatana] "Bye! See you guys later!" Aiko waves at the guards as they pass through. They must lead pretty uneventful lives, right up until they don't. They could probably use the extra pep! Aiko looks down at herself at the mention of being dressed like a aervant and considers this for a...

Avian Arrivals "It was really freaky, but quite fun. I've been living off it since, mostly anyway. Better than that fae party where I accidentally insulted one of the hosts so they bit my finger off." Earl forgot about the finger for a while, so he's not sure it's in Jack's initial descri...

"After I ran out? Not too much. I just tried to get away, really. Ran to where we'd left the vehicle and I drove it down here. Is... Is Edmund OK? A veteran from the Army of Callow, he's a strong sword-arm and I've never seen a shield so big used so well." Edmund Foundling being the adven...

Under the Sea The kuo-toa shrink away from the stone as more light emerges from its partial unwrapping, clearly uncomfortable with the bright light. It's not emitting heat, just light, and as a people who seem to be fully amphibious yet prefer dwelling in caves and at the bottom of the ocean, that ...

A Real Arcade "I don't like bullies, Asami. And even if I wanted to, I couldn't give you my gun. I need it because you're wrong. I can't let you handle everything dangerous. I need to hunt witches and their familiars, to keep my soul gem clear. Because I'm not a civilian, haven't been since be...

Ecbatana "We can do that, yes. Not even the first time I've escorted the princess amongst the people. Your predecessor usually dressed as a servant when she did, though... I'm not sure that's as needed in your case. Very few people know who you are yet." They'll use a lift to get to the g...

"Oh? That's good. How'd you find it? You all came back, so... was it a successful expedition?" The Keldon looks away from Sylas, no longer paying attention to the teenager as he's accosted by the cyborgs. He smiles, and seems entirely at ease. It's hard to say if this is what he expected ...

A Real Arcade "It's also wrong to shoot people for no reason. And getting angry isn't a good enough reason to shoot someone. Nor is it a good reason to threaten to shoot someone. Don't ever threaten anything you aren't willing to do, and those girls? They'd made my life hell . For years, and t...

Ecbatana "...Mostly by getting distracted when he's talking." The servant blushes as she makes the admission. "Generally, though? There's little shrines throughout the city where you can pray and leave donations or sacrifices. Most people don't need to interact with the priesthood to...

Under the Sea Internal water is unaffected; otherwise the kuo-toa wouldn't be able to get in and out at all. Still might mean Eddie has to cough some up to talk, though. "I don't know this word, 'sarcophagus'. I shall ensure the stone is arranged, you can have any of it you wish. Stone is some...

The Keldon is still here, a grey-skinned human with red eyes and white hair, a Keldon, wearing bronze lamellar armour and a matching helmet. He's armed with two weapons, an Orsimer sword and a Dwemer axe both hanging from his waist. He's also wearing a modern rucksack over the armour, with a bulky o...

Avian Arrivals "Some years ago, I rolled a dice and flooded Trog's a little. All these little ships appeared, and they had scraps of a map for sails. I gathered the map from the sails- and stopped the ships sinking each other, best as I could- and pieced it together when the effect wore off an...

Under the Sea Fortunately, that's in the Nexus, and potentially even nearby- its passage five years ago devastated this part of the sea, so it may be around. Frigate tugs once back, to let Eddie know he's still there. Eddie passes through the bubble and it doesn't react; although now he's in the dr...

Ecbatana "Of course, I have several ideas immediately. Either Ankothriz or Matrio." The first is quite clearly an orcish name; probably another refugee or ancestor thereof that settled in Ecbatana after the defeat and destruction of the Bloodplunder horde. Matrio is a harder name to place...

Real Arcade "That depends. Will you give me a reason to do it again, or not? Because I don't want to threaten people with guns, not for something as stupid as calling me names." Agate's secretly rather pleased with how flustered Asami's gotten with the possibility. Threatening people with...

Under the Sea Golems are very close to slaves, in some respects. It's one reason why Pontius doesn't deal in intelligent constructs; he wants to keep them firmly in the 'tool' position without accusations of them falling over the line into 'slave'. "I c'n take ye t' see th' crab anyways, if'n ...

A Real Arcade "I threatened them because I caught them pouring water in my bed. The name calling was a seperate thing. Shorty, lawn ornament, cakesniffer, stumpy... so many names. I didn't like any of it. I told them, at gunpoint, to swap bedclothes and mattress so they had to sleep in wet ins...

Ecbatana "Yes, bread and soup are handed out daily, at dusk and dawn. There's also priests trying to spread the word, though with little success. Your predecessor was not interested in their spiritual health, nor in her own. She knowingly associated with witches and worse." The amusing th...

Under the Sea "Not much t' see now. Wait till it do migrate again, in... dunno. Not soon, though." Since right now it's just a small island filter-feeding from the action of the tides. "Lost cities, though I tried avoidin' 'em. Stuff moves in, merfolk an' such, an' they didn't always...

Avian Arrivals "No, thank you. I don't... really need the money, because I've got the coins from a pirate's treasure, and my lifestyle's rather... expense-low, y'know?" Because Jack squats in forgotten attics when she wants to go to sleep, most of the time, and is also able and willing to...

A Real Arcade "Right, but besides them." Agate rolls her eyes, or would do if it weren't for the headset. Also, the all-powerful tricksters rarely watch when people go to the toilets. "I don't mind the pranks. Those I can answer with retaliation, and I've had worse as well. Name call...