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« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2015, 08:17:22 AM »
Nordar looks like he's physically in pain as he mutters "Oh pull Moradin's beard! A dragon who likes puns! Why am I cursed so?"
I don't pee messages into the snow often , but when I do , it's in Cyrillic with Fake Viagra.  Stay frosty my friends.

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« Reply #21 on: October 20, 2015, 09:36:36 PM »
"Sooooo..." The cat elf leans back in her chair, tail curling around her waist as she tries to contian her excitement. "Since we are now all agreed, what's the plan? Like, I suggest we go to these ruins, look what monsters are living there now, rescue the prince and grab the Dawn Blade. Well, and everything else interesting we find, too. If ya are all agreed, let's head out early tomorrow morning, it's still a bit of a way till we reach the ruins."

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« Reply #22 on: October 20, 2015, 11:24:06 PM »
"There's a prince?  I hadn't heard about that..."  Morjhan muses.  "I'm on the lookout for a dragon myself."

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« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2015, 08:38:42 AM »
"Kill the prince, rescue the dragon, whatever. I'm here to recover lost treasures.

Tomorrow sounds good."
the dwarf says grumpily as he stares into his mug.

Then he looks up and says "So what good are you lot? I should have probably asked that before agreeing to work with you.

As for myself, I'm a True Dwarf, not one of these half-breed mutts you're used to seeing, with their blood polluted by the tall folk. My kind lived deep under the mountains long before the race of men had learned to rub two sticks together to make a fire. Before that, we lived in Moradin's halls, where he himself taught us about forging weapons, armor, and other things.

Since I'm making a business of recovering lost treasures, I'm also versed in both finding and disabling traps and locks.

Finally, I'm decent with a bow, and I can swing a sword when I have to."
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« Reply #24 on: October 21, 2015, 01:07:56 PM »
"I channel the power of dragons to the benefit of my allies and detriment of my enemies, the Copper Dragon is my totem but I revere all good true dragons.  When you are near me your power will be increased.  I can heal with a touch but only a limited amount per day.  I can climb walls and ceilings like a spider.  Oh, and I can breath acid, fire, etc and in addition make you all immune to that breath.  This club here is just a plan B." He says, patting his club.

"Oh, and I'm good at talking to people," he says with a smile aimed at the dwarf.

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« Reply #25 on: October 21, 2015, 02:50:58 PM »
Hjalmur taps his claws against the handle of the greathammer slung over his back. "This'll break through damn near anythin' in my hands, and I'm a fine hand at gettin' where I need to be. Up a cliff, cross a lake, over a gorge, whatever y' need. Past that, mos' people are scared of a bear if I get into it, roarin' and yellin' and generally bein' threatenin'." He pauses, and then shrugs. "No fancy magic tricks like you, nor craftin' skills like Nordar, but m' armor's pretty good, if I say so myself."

"And, of course, I do."

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« Reply #26 on: October 21, 2015, 06:50:33 PM »
The slight cat elf tilts her head. "Well, of course there is a prince. Princes always need rescuing.

But what I am good at? Well, I am a fighter, I'd say. Uhhh... well, not a 'fighter'. I mean, I can fight. Like... ahh, I might not be as tough as other people, but I am rather nimble. And I am carrying my sword not only for show. Although it looks rather awesome I'd say. And I can do some fancy tricks with it, the kids toooootally love me at parties."  She nods nod before her expression changes and she shows a hint of fang. "And if we are fighting 'evil stuff' I can make it worry primarily about me, so it will have a hard time of hurting others.

Aside from that, well I have a bow too but that's more for when I am out of ideas.. shooting things usually helps. I am also somewhat sneaky but that's not really my speciality."

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« Reply #27 on: October 23, 2015, 11:13:48 PM »
((Oslecamo is busy for a bit so NPC'ing his character till he comes back. I will also try and keep the plot moving more.))

Enar stops chasing the boy who pulled her tail around the in and plops down at the table, worn out from the bouncing around. "I can dance, I am also pretty." Looks up at Azumi, "So you remember the way to the dwarfhold?"
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« Reply #28 on: October 23, 2015, 11:17:27 PM »
Azumi blinks and tilts her head. "Huh? Way to the...? Well, yes, of course I know where it is! Don't you worry, I haven't lead you wrong yet, have I?" She smiles prettily. "We just have to follow the road, for a while, and then there was a forest and a river... or well, maybe a river and a forest. We'll see when we are there! And once we reach the mountains, its easy."

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« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2015, 04:48:53 PM »
Morjhan shakes his head, "We need better guidance than that, I know how wandering aimlessly with you actually works out..."

He then looks to the dwarf and bear.  "Do either of you have a better idea of where it is?"

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« Reply #30 on: October 24, 2015, 06:16:56 PM »
Morjhan shakes his head, "We need better guidance than that, I know how wandering aimlessly with you actually works out..."

He then looks to the dwarf and bear.  "Do either of you have a better idea of where it is?"
"Personally? No. I'm here for my strength 'n gettin' where I need to be, not by bein' good at maps and riddles." Hjalmur shakes his head. "I've heard the legends, but I've got no real idea of where we're tryin' t' get."

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« Reply #31 on: October 24, 2015, 06:52:26 PM »
"Ehh, don't worry." The blonde pats the dragon-man's hand reassuringly. "Like, I totally know where this ruin thingy is. Besides, how hard can it be to find a mountain? There can't be *that* many of those around. And as soon as we find that one, it's going to be easy. The entrance is hidden but I know how to find it so don't worry."

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« Reply #32 on: October 25, 2015, 04:26:24 AM »
It started with a low rumble, soft but persistent. In a mining town this was fairly common, but this one grew closer. The rumble then was accompanied with the clicking of coins, and a lot of it, by the sound of the thing. It got close, and then stopped. The door was opened and then pushed, it swung open slowly like doors ought to when we open them. By the threshold what looked like a common treasury chest laid unattended.

It then stood in a way boxes aren't meant to, with actual legs sprouting out from within it. Fleshy legs. The chest had tilted itself forward, its lid opening just enough to make space for limbs to come out, get a firm footing on the ground and heave the rest of its body up from the ground. It walked towards the group of adventurers casually as far as it was concerned, which looked like large hasty steps that were quickly getting invasive and felt full of deadly purpose.

It let itself flip forward as the legs retracted in and landed smoothly flat on its base. The lid opened slightly again as a fleshy membrane came out with a signpost, reading: -I finished your errands, master Kato!
The sign flipped to show its backside, the pole conveniently connecting with the bottom of the panel so as to make reading easier on either side.
-I kept the receipts. I advise your credit be returned within the next 30 days.

The cat mewled softly, with authority.
The signpost flipped again, its message completely different.
-Of course!
Another sign-flip.
-They reported that the smalldwarf-hold is in found in a tooth-shaped mountain.

Kato purred impatiently.
-Directions? Hum. Let's see...
The sign hung for a moment as the other side got scribbled frantically. It had a hard time finding a way to put it that would be precise enough, and then gave up.
The sign quickly flipped twice, with the first flip revealing a mess of barred sentences that almost blackened the post.
-It is somewhere North of here.


It then seemed to notice the other people assembled around the table for the first time. The chest hopped to rotate itself enough to now face the table's center. Sign flip.
-Oh! Salutations, esteemed clients! He swung himself forward a bit in a way that felt oddly like some kind of bow. Perhaps it was the way the chest seemed to bend a little as well. The fleshy appendage twisted and the sign turned again.
-Mister Look Bank of the most-reputable Imperial Bank, our interest rates are the lowest in all of Labyrinth and Empire-annexed worlds, at your service!
The letters had gotten rather small to fit it all, but the font used was different and personally selected to leave the best impression. It was a sign he used often, after all. A series of passionate, unstoppable sign-flipping ensued.
-Are you all to join Kato's adventure group? I can arrange a 3-Stars Empire-Deluxe Adventurers' Shared Account, if you please!
-One box for the entire party, everyone gets a credit card! For six clients together, I can negotiate a credit limit of up to 1,200 gold pieces altogether for the first month!
-That would make a whoppin' 200 gold pieces per client, or split among you in any way you wish! No credit evaluation!


The lid flapped open for the split second it took to spit out what looked like advertisements and a bundle of paper stringed together that had all the officialness of a binding contract.
-Interests of ONLY 5% per month! Possibility of increasing your credit limit upon establishing a positive credit score!
-We also have good rates on life-insurance! Never too careful when going out adventuring!
-The Imperial Bank's exclusive Safebox service, (that's me) will also apply to the the adventuring group as a whole.
-How does that sound?


Loot finished his sales-pitch with great enthusiasm. It was always wonderful to find business opportunities even in a forgotten dot on the map like Blasingdell. An adventuring party's joint account meant more people were likely to spend, which would be awesome considering the cat hadn't spent all that much. Yarn-balls and quality cat-food weren't like to ever get it stuck in a cycle of debt and it still had a good 8 lives before it would seriously consider a life insurance. Cats were terrible clients.

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« Reply #33 on: October 25, 2015, 06:05:19 AM »
"Hum, a shared account?" The cat elf looks with interest at the box. "How does that taste? Does it come with tasty fishies? Can you chase it and play with it? Can you get it all tangled up?" Leaning forward, the cat curiously pokes at the sign before dragging a single nail over it, leaving a little scratch at the bottom.

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« Reply #34 on: October 25, 2015, 02:09:37 PM »
Morjhan stares at the chest, for once shocked into silence.  This is officially the strangest experience he has ever had, and that's saying something given the one time that he.....nevermind.

"Is that....is that some kind of mimic?  A banking mimic?  That wants to eat our gear?  And what in the nine-hells is it talking about anyway?  Credit cards?  Credit scores?  Life insurance?"

Morjhan shakes his head.  "I give up on finding proper directions.  Here's what I want to know now.  Enar, why does this banking mimic work for your cat?  I just don't understand what's going on..."  His somewhat haughty demeanor and constant look of vague amusement has disappeared, replaced with a look of confusion as if the world he had always thought he understood had been turned upside down.

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« Reply #35 on: October 25, 2015, 03:08:20 PM »
Loot's sharp mind worked it out quickly. Uncharted territory; no competition. Marvelous!

The humanoid cat lady that wasn't Kato's servant seemed a bit simple but his patience was up to the challenge. Treasure chests had surprising patience to a fault; you never knew when you'd get forgotten in a royal safe or buried in a deserted island somewhere.

-Its a membership to be allowed to store money and objects without worrying about their safety.
-You can also spend money before you get it. You spend our money and pay us back later.
-If you wait too long, you pay a bit more. 5% the amount borrowed per 30 days prior to the borrowal.

The sales-pitch was immediate.
-You could therefore purchase fish even if you do not have enough money on you!
-You would no longer have to weight yourself down with coin.


Her attempt to temper with his signpost was met with a quick retraction of the thing.
-Company property.

The goldeny client's accusation hurt him. Its expressionless "face" didn't change but it looked insulted somehow.
-I assure you that the Imperial Bank is most authentic!
-Other banks mimic it; we are at the forefront of innovation!


It shook the signpost a bit, a bit puzzled.
-We would never eat our clients' gear! Indeed, we always prioritize our clientele's interests!
Which was obvious, seeing how it was a fair share of their revenues.
Seeing a good opportunity, he jumped on it.
-Life insurance is peace of mind! For a payment each month we promise to give you money if you accidentally lose certain body parts.
-If by a sad twist of fate you come to perish, we also give lots of money to your relatives so your loss is easier to bear.
-We also have a special adventurer account life insurance.
-Our company actively assists in preventing your demise and with the annihilation of those threatening it.
-Current rates for a group of your size only being 1/6th of all earnings. A excellent bargain!
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« Reply #36 on: October 25, 2015, 10:13:15 PM »
Morjhan stares at the chest, for once shocked into silence.  This is officially the strangest experience he has ever had, and that's saying something given the one time that he.....nevermind.

"Is that....is that some kind of mimic?  A banking mimic?  That wants to eat our gear?  And what in the nine-hells is it talking about anyway?  Credit cards?  Credit scores?  Life insurance?"

Morjhan shakes his head.  "I give up on finding proper directions.  Here's what I want to know now.  Enar, why does this banking mimic work for your cat?  I just don't understand what's going on..."  His somewhat haughty demeanor and constant look of vague amusement has disappeared, replaced with a look of confusion as if the world he had always thought he understood had been turned upside down.
"Gotta say I'm with th' dragon on this one. If you lot wanna be part o' that... enterprise, then y' can, but I'm takin' my share first and not dealin' with a mimic." Hjalmur shakes his head. "We should get moving before anything... even more weird... shows up."
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« Reply #39 on: October 25, 2015, 10:43:06 PM »
The petite catgirl tilts her head and her eyes narrow in suspicion. "Weight myself down...?" She looks in askance at the bear next to her. "Is that chest thingy calling me fat?"

The girl tosses her hair back and pats her backpack. "Well, let's get going. I have my own storage-thingy though and it doesn't call me fat!" She glowers for a moment at the new arrival before suddenly being distracted by the fascinating sway of a maid's appron bands.