The Nexus

Ruins of Trust-Worthy Hotel Lia doesn't need any more encouragement. Dropping to all fours, she scuttles over to the corpse and breathes spores over it. Rather than waiting for the mushrooms to grow, she's hungry enough that she unhinges her jaw and begins gnawing on the body directly. When she's c...

April Foolery

Luckily the window is unlocked so there's no need for a rock. Nathair watches as Asami disappears into the house. Hopefully there's nothing too scary inside. They begin to pace back and forth as they wait for any word from inside.

Jungle "Nothing more heroic than rescuing undergarments," quips Harley, following Raheeda out into the dark. He looks up towards the sky, searching for any glimpse of strangeness in the clouds. "I'll be right behind you," he says. Touching his stitches through his shirt, he shru...

Atya giggles at the halfling's joke, but is quickly distracted by the arrival of the drinks. Taking one in each hand, she swallows first one than the other in a single go before slamming them onto the bar and giving a full body shiver. "Whoo! Now this is a good time." She raises a finger t...

Ruins of Trust-Worthy Hotel "Well, it sounds like he deserved whatever you did to him," says Lia, nodding, "Although I guess that leaves us back at square one with your spirit quest." As Sandels vomits, Lia gives him a look of concern. Despite his supernatural resilience, the fi...

Jungle Harley raises a finger, looking like he's about to argue. Then he pauses, before sagging slightly and looking down. "You're absolutely right, of course. I hadn't realized it, but I am scared. You know, I haven't felt that emotion since I was just a rabbit, running from wolves in the woo...

April Foolery "Well, it's nice to meet you, young hunter," says Nathair. Giving up on finding a rock, they look up at the house again. "I'll levitate you to each of the windows and the door, you can see if any of them are unlocked. Be careful!" And with that, he holds up his gol...

The tonsured woman is first to speak. "Temperance is the route to enlightenment and Oneness with All. Alcohol is a purely physical pleasure, and my interests are more spiritual than that." "Ah, shush you. She's not interested in that, she's some kind of alchemist. I'll buy you a drin...

Ruins of Trust-Worthy Hotel There's an echoing, unearthly shriek as Sandals vomits hellfire down the ghost's gaping gullet, Trust's shadowy exterior starting to crack, a spiderweb of glowing lines racing across the wraith before Phineas explodes, a burst of light and shadow and cold washing the roo...

April Foolery Nathair grins at the excitable girl. "Oh I can do that and more. Heavier things are harder, but you should be no problem." They look around for a rock or other object to break a window with, since levitation won't really help if the entrances are locked. Pausing in his searc...

Jungle Harley peers past Raheeda at the dark jungle, and shakes his head. "One, they attacked us. Two, he could already be dead. I know you're a hero, but do you really want to risk your life for the slim possibility you might be able to help someone who tried to kill you?" He leans back,...

The tavern door swings open, bringing with it a whiff of chemicals and gasoline. And also a rather striking young woman, who strides confidently in. She seems to be elven, judging from her long ears and slender build, with a messy blonde bob and dark gray eyes. She's dressed in a sleeveless black tu...

Ruins of Trust-Worthy Hotel Lia gasps in horror at the sight of the grotesque spirit. She wracks her head desperately for anything that could help, but against such a terrible foe, she has no tricks left to pull. Unless she could use her spores to boost Sandels directly? She's never done anything l...

Jungle Harley is unnerved by the lack of noise. That's never a good thing, and he's guessing it's more than just the storm. At Raheeda's realization, he gives a quick, frustrated stomp. "Why didn't I just carry it here? I could have just carried it." He sighs, gesturing towards her. "...

April Foolery "Well, it's probably not boring. It just might not be safe. But don't worry, I'm a professional bodyguard of sorts." Nathair strides across the street towards the upside down house, checking to see if Asami is following. Taking their metallic hand out of their coat pocket, t...

Ruins of Trust-Worthy Hotel Lia whoops triumphantly as her spores do their gruesome work. She half expected the kylder to be more magic than flesh; although the ghost is still very much a problem. Darting back from the combat just in case the thing lashes out at her, Lia watches the two struggle ne...

Jungle "Oh yeah. Other people. That'd be bad." It seems like Harley genuinely didn't even consider this possibility. "When you say face her- is there really anything you can do against-" oh that's a scream. Harley's head droops in exhaustion. "I suppose there's no chance I ...

Jungle Harley slowly shakes his head. "No, no champions for me. I wasn't a very traditional god, I guess. But if you're her champion that's like, a big impressive deal, right? Why would she turn on you?" He pauses for a moment. "Wait, did you have any choice in the matter?" Then...

Jungle Harley stares at Raheeda for a good few moments of silence, needle motionless. "Wow," he finally says, "And I thought I was bad." He thinks for a moment. "I mean no, I'm not sure at all. I saw what might have been a giant snake in the sky. But it might have been a ha...

Jungle Harley lifts up the needle, peering dubiously at it. "Haunted, huh? Well, I think I'm already probably haunted from the boat, so what's a little more? Plus I don't know how to make fire." As Raheeda begins pacing, he continues to sew up his remaining wounds. "I just caught a g...

April Foolery "So you're also a bystander, eh?" says Nathair curiously, "I suppose I'll check out the house then. I think I can deal with any strangeness that ensues." Perhaps their confidence is a little misplaced, but nothing here has seemed malevolent so far. Stepping away fr...

Jungle "Uh, I only saw one head..." says Harley before he is grabbed. This isn't the reaction he expected at all, and he freezes like a deer in the headlights. "Hi. Uh, it was pretty dark so it might have been blue?" He glances down at the needle without moving his head. "N...

Jungle "Takes a lot to freak me out," says Harley with a chuckle. He listens curiously to Raheeda as she talks about Yul. Okay, it's time to get to the bottom of this. He pauses in his sewing to look up at her. "Hey look, I know we just met and you have no reason to trust me, but I j...

Jungle Harley doesn't recognize the black powder, although he does observe Raheeda's snakey tongue with obvious interest. "Still think that's pretty cool," he says. "The way you can smell with your tongue, I mean. And yeah, it's probably fuel or something." He begins to sew up h...

Jungle Harley blinks as he sees the sky serpent. Is it just pareidolia at work with the writhing clouds? Or is it... he glances at his scaled companion. Hm. Something to explore later, after treating his wounds. "I don't really care what this place is, as long as it's safe and dry." He st...

Jungle Harley takes Raheeda's hand, pulling himself back up with a grunt. "Magic healing sounds pretty great right about now. But no, I can patch myself up. Although I would love the distraction of your conversation while I do so," he says. Taking a last look at the sky, he gestures towar...

Jungle Harley leans against Raheeda for support, his breath sharp and ragged. "Yeah, just need some rest," he mutters. After a moment he follows up with "You're right of course. Damn. I was just trying to stop them attacking us, but they're just scared, and between them and you I'm a...

Ruins of Trust-Worthy Hotel Lia watches in horror as the spectral form of Phineas manifests, attacking Sandels with his dark power. Normally she would relish the opportunity to fight undead- physical ones, that is. Against incorporeal foes, there's nothing she can currently do. But she can still at...

Jungle Harley gives Raheeda a sidelong glance. "They shot at us, remember? Don't we want them to run away?" he says, sounding a little confused. "I mean we do come in peace I guess. Yeah." He looks around, trying to locate his dropped spear and finding it sticking out of a log. ...

Jungle At Raheeda's arrival, Harley breathes a huge sigh of relief. He calls out after the fleeing man "Yeah, and stay away!" Then his own adrenaline begins to ebb and he rubs his shoulder, breathing heavily. "That's gonna leave a bruise." His head is also starting to throb from...