The Nexus

Arrivals "Oh, hey! Uh, mostly I'd like to make a donation. I dug up a pirate's treasure a while ago, and there's a bunch of this stuff which is really bulky and hard to carry, and it's valuable- it's made of gold, and pretty rocks and things- but... I don't really know how to get the best valu...

Post-Shuttling Down "You can have it, I got plenty more." The ending might be a disappointment- there's no foreshadowing at all over who the killer is, and the narrator's justifications are incredibly feeble when they make their accusations, though the other characters seem to be totally ...

Post-Shuttling Down "That... is a pretty serious curse. Are you working on fixing it?" And if not, Neveah has no idea why. An anthropophagous house is pretty dangerous, at least according to that animated film she watched bits of once. "We're up for helping out, y'know, if we can. My...

Outside the Delve of Dripping Dread "Well, if you do pass on it, do let others know. Someone should fix it, and I don't think anyone around here's gonna be up for it. Mostly farmers and labourers, with a few people like me who can make a living by providing services to the farmers and labourer...

Under the Sea "Sahuagin, they be. Nasty pisces o' work. Blood's in th' water, now, they won't quit till they be sated or dead. Survivors be undesirable fer th' other guys, more'll come back fer a proper feedin' frenzy." Frigate lets go of the sahuagin he'd been pounding, which drifts limp...

A Real Arcade "We don't know they're wicked. Might just be poor and desperate." Agate sighs as Asami just straight-up kills a few of them anyway, and pulls a pair of arrows from her quiver. She'll use the one in her right hand as a distraction as she works on stabbing with her left-hand a...

Under the Sea The sahuagin gets very dizzy very quickly, and struggles to re-orientate itself once it has finished spinning, way over there. Elsewhere, the kuo-toa don't seem to be doing too well; one is dead, and being used as chew toy for a shark, whilst another is trying to fend off two sahuagin...

Outside the Delve of Dripping Dread "Yeah, I agree. I'll get them to come over, and see if anyone else nearby has seen anything. I'll do it in the morning, though. Most will be asleep at this time. How about you, what're you guys gonna do? I'll be safe here tonight, I reckon." She's not p...

Post-Shuttling Down "Flat, solid, and as close to perfectly reflective as possible for the trance. My great-grandmother never cast a reflection at all, even in puddles or dirty windows." Which helped a little with her glasses; no matter how filthy, and no matter where the light came from,...

Under the Sea Frigate was already doing that, as it happens. The kuo-toa also remain nonhostile, at least not to Eddie and Frigate. They're most of the way through- a pair of cars resting on their roofs, a vast array of personal electronics, cut marble countertops, bicycles and a single crate of Ru...

A Real Arcade Agate smiles when Asami confirms she got the reference. "I was hoping taking these things off would pause, but I guess not. Hey! Why don't you hand us your money and in exchange we let you live, yeah?" Agate feels around to see if the Archer comes with a secondary weapon, pr...

Ecbatana "We won't be advertising that part of your heritage. He had the regent drowned in the blood of his sons in the throne room, whilst your great-great-aunt watched. He also ordered half the priesthood to be castrated whilst my predecessor at the time was sealed in a box. He was able to e...

Under The Sea No air bubbles when the container is opened; if they were water tight, they'd float instead of sinking. There is a load of brightly-coloured rubber ducks, however, which burst out and drift upwards as the container is opened. Most are still inside when Eddie shuts the door, so the kuo...

Benedict's Manse Jackson growls as he's scratched, glaring at Jubilee as she dares to threaten him. He's not visibly cowed, but as a severed head all he's got is appearances. "Ah, of course. It was lovely to meet you, though, and I hope you return if you wish to make further deals or bargains....

Shuttling Down Henry's appearance doesn't really phase the high elven group. They've been in the Nexus a while, so they're used to a lot. Neveah is the one who speaks up first, though. "I've got a family curse that needs breaking. Started with my great-grandmother; she didn't have a reflection...

Outside the Delve of Dripping Dread She's correct, and they can leave to take her to her bungalow. She'll invite them inside for a coffee, if they want to, and the security footage reveals she sleepwalked to the door, unlocked it, and left the door open. The knight didn't enter the house, he just p...

Benedict's Manse Samantha smiles as her hair's ruffled, but doesn't react to Donatien's appearance as they enter the library again. "My wife, Libertine, and our son, Donatien. She's learning elementalism, with an affinity so far for smoke and oil." Libertine can do some pyromancy, but usu...

Under the Sea There's a rumbling crash as the kuo-toa manage to knock the shipping container into the gorge, and then most of the fish-people get to work at trying to tip and shove the next one along to send it deeper. Their leader, however, hops off the pinnacle of rock and half-swims half-jumps o...

Abandoned Motorway- Alice's Camp "It was more than a city that fell. It was a whole world. People went mad, everyone changed somehow. The Pope burst into flames halfway through a speech to try and reassure the Catholics. The stars moved, electricity failed and had it lasted much longer, the pl...

Benedict's Manse It's an old building belonging to a reasonably wealthy house. This 'needlessly opulent hallway' is restrained compared to some stately homes and manors. There's very little gilding, for example, and most of the tables bear books atop them instead of vases or other trinkets. Benedic...

Shuttling Down It doesn't involve alchemic substances or music, so the high elves did not succeed at planning beyond the immediate idea. "Uuuh..." Leotello gets a deer-in-the-headlights look as Lia asks the question, and Mycroft chuckles. "We, uh, didn't plan. At all. We just wanted ...

A Real Arcade

"Is it the real Slim Shady?" Agate smirks, confident she's identified the musician if not the exact song. She'll put her headset back on to see where they've got to in the time since.

Hunting Class "I... probably would, but it wouldn't have been pretty. And not everyone's as resilient as the Doomed Hero track." Agate makes sure nobody's around. "I can shoot it down. Maybe alert the mouse who made it, get them to come out and try taunting you." There's a much ...

Under the Sea The materials of Frigate's body were chosen for their resistance to corrosion, so whilst he'll clean himself afterwards there's nothing he needs be immediately concerned about. "Nay, best I be able t'do is rule out others. They be not tritons, those fish-people resemble whales or...

Abandoned Motorway "There's not been a prophet that managed to get a following that continued to grow after their death for something like a thousand years, and the established religions report miracles regularly, but never when anyone who isn't already a believer can prove it or not. Most als...

Benedict's Manse Jackson has a lot of spite and a disagreeable nature; if swallowing won't work, he'll try spitting it out. The taste doesn't matter to him; either he traded his sense of taste away to a raksha for something or his tongue is coated still in the jar's chemical mixture and can taste n...

Under The Sea There's a pile of ten shipping containers here, blown off a cargo ship in heavy seas. Eddie and Frigate have been hired through MERC to recover the contents of one. They've landed on the edge of an undersea canyon, deep enough there's little light beyond the glow of the magical lamps ...

Ecbatana "Of course, your highness. And it's good for you to show interest in the city's faith and spiritual health, as well. Some of this city's residents are shockingly lax with their sacrifices, especially those of Immonian heritage. They are weakening this city at a time it cannot afford s...

A Real Arcade "Right, you do that. I'll stay here. But, uh, hurry back, yeah? I'm not sure how much longer we've got before the money I put in runs out." Agate's a little disconcerted by the head-patting, as she's not a dog or a cat, and tries to avoid it without success. She'll let go of...

Abandoned Motorway Harmony winces and gasps as her injury's cauterised. "The sun disappeared for thirteen hours. When it came back, the stars were different, and people started changing. Anyone who thought God stuck around after that didn't make it through the next year." Harmony doesn't ...