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Title: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 13, 2012, 06:12:00 PM
Molida's Island

City's Main Hall.

Dawn of the First Day
_____________________

Most of the local able adult population is inside the large stone building that stands in the middle of the city. Altough the other surrounding buildings are mostly made in wood worked in the elegant elven style that blends with the nature around, the  Main Hall clearly stands out with the tall and geometric Hyrulian style, a sign of who the city belongs to. At least until today.

With the city's fishing boats having reported a large ship aproaching fast from high sea. With no visible identifications, and clearly capable of carrying a sizeable force and artillery, few doubt it's a pirate raid, in particular because there's no Hyrulian warships in the island right now, leaving it quite exposed. Captain Viscen of the Hyrulian Guard has called this meeting to try to recruit in volunteers to help defend the city from the iminent  attack. The local barracks house some dozen well trained and equiped soldiers, and there's a couple battery emplacements in the coast, but from the latest news of how viscious the pirates have grown, Captain Viscen clearly wants every bit of help he can get.

"Listen carefully everybody!"-he says from the Main Hall podium, dressed in the typical army green tabbard over a chain shirt, his rank denoted by golden linings at the edges-"A pirate ship aproaches to pillage Molida. Our navy is unable to protect us today, so I'm forced to do a stand on the beach to protect this city-our city. If any of you would choose to fight with us today, we'll supply you with proper military gear, and you'll receive a monetary reward and a letter of commendment for services to the Hyrulian crown, which as you know can open you all kinds of doors in the future. We'll also cover any and all healing expenses of those who fight by our side, and should you die fighting alongside us, your family we'll receive a pension for your sacrifice. And finally bear in mind, our best hope of surviving this day is we stand togheter!"

"Where do I sign up?"-asks a young-looking chestnut haired man among the crowd, composed of some hundred villagers-"I never liked you military guys much, but I'll gladly pick up arms against any invaders!"

"Tsk"
-scoffs an older looking elf-"Who says they come to attack us? I believe they come only for the taxes coffers. Or the temple ruins you always guard so zealously. Either way it's the Guard's problem, not of us simple people. If we just stay out of the way, we won't get hurt."


"Well"
-interrupts a large man with a thugish look-"How much are you willing to pay for our help anyway? I don't mind a good brawl, specially if I can get some coin out of it, but if you're cheapstakes, I would rather fight for the pirates!"

"Sympathy towards the pirates will not be tolerated!"-roars Captain Viscen-"Do you wish to be thrown into the dungeons?"

The crowd falls silent with this, and Captain Viscen doesn't say anything else either, clearly uncofortable with the job of his current position.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 13, 2012, 06:58:06 PM
A small twelve year old boy pipes up.  "I'll help protect the town!"  He steps forward and what appears to be a four legged reptile covered with leaves steps up with him.  The plant-lizard is larger than the child and says "Bayleef Bayleef Bay leeeef!"

"That's right Bayleef, we're in this together!"  The boy grins and pats his Bayleef on its side.  "We're always willing to lend a helping hand and protect those in need."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 13, 2012, 08:04:35 PM
A heavy set of footfalls is heard from the back of the gathering as the thing found by the fallen star walked forward. It looked like a man, except in every way that it didn't. It loomed over the twelve year old, and his arboreal reptile, and even stood taller then the average Hyrulian. Covered in dark blue plate, with a shimmer of lighter colors along straight edges, it looked more like a monster then anything else, with legs that had an extra knee, with hands that less fingers then any other man's. Most of the townsfolk were rather happy that it kept to the outskirts, and rarely even looked towards the town. The townsfolk may have suppressed the urge to cut it open and search for hearts or riches, but it was still ugly... and what kind of name was that for a monster... "Rabbit"...

With a hiss that startled some of the nearer folks, the helmet pulled up and was removed. It had a face that had four more eyes then any proper face should have, and teeth. Oh by the Goddesses the teeth. For a moment, it was silent, then there was a green light near its throat from inside the Darknut'esq armor, and then it spoke.

"While you have been distant, you have not been unkind. I know the terror and evil that *grumble* Pirates can bring. I swore to stop the *grumble* Pirates, wherever they threaten innocents." he paused, "Therefore, I will aid you in repelling and defeating the *grumble* Pirates."

Rabbit inwardly cursed. The Voxalmotive Translator device never learned their word for 'Space'...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on April 13, 2012, 09:17:04 PM
A young man in an old, beat-up Hylian Guard uniform leans against a wall, sneering silently in the general direction of the Captain.  The faded and threadbare green of his tabard shows conspicuous threads where a rank insignia has been forcibly removed.  The weapons at his sides are well-kept and well-used, however.

Zax shoulders his gear and heads toward the beach alone, pointedly ignoring the rest of the guard.  Like that damn Captain will be of any use.  Commissioned officers never know what they're doing... all of them are probably screwed.  I like this place, though... might as well head down on my own, see what I can do.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 14, 2012, 12:19:55 AM
Although she enjoyed the good air of the great outdoors Pha had grown weary of wandering the tall grasses of the country.
Finding 'pokemons' was more lame than she thought it'd be considering they hadn't found a single one since they had left the cavern.
It was no wonder she gladly welcomed their stop in town.

Now, with the pirate's imminent attack, Pha felt energized in seeing so many potential heroes... perhaps even a legendary hero!
The thought was thrilling but she knew she was probably imagining things.

She turned around to face Rabbit as it voiced to its willingness to help.
Little girl that she seemed to be, there wasn't much in this world that could really scare Pha... but that thing had an otherworldly air to it that was disconcerting.
Still - it seemed somewhat... nice? But if there had to be but a single legendary hero in this room, she hoped it wouldn't be it. It wasn't cute enough to be good n' proper legend material.

Pha did not answer to the captain's invitation to help, content in just following Jeremy around. If talked to she'd just keep repeating the same random word to pass herself as one of his pokemon and so avoid some awkward conversations.
After all... she wasn't really supposed to be there.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 15, 2012, 05:29:57 PM
Captain Viscen seems somewhat relieved from geting the suport of the most "foreign" members of the crowd. The thug quickly silences down with a compromised look, while several other young men and elves step forth also wanting to volunteer, clearly inspired by the party members. Others yet discretly step back and excuse themselves as needing to watch over their families.

Meanwhile some of the older elves that had gathered in a circle whispering among each other open up and one of them speaks, clearly representing the others:

We'll fight to defend this city-But we won't take your orders or your gear. We'll fight with our ancestor's weapons and armor that you so "kindly" let us keep.

The pride and arrogance on his voice are pretty evident, but Captain Viscen doesn't seem to be bothered by it in the least, actually puting up a small smile.

"All help  anyone is willing to give is welcome. Very well, those of you who do not have combat gear yet please follow me to the armory. Everybody else gather at the beach!"

The armory itself is a small fortified building of stone and metal with two tough-looking sentries. The captain orders them to open the door and with the help of his aids he starts distributing the gear inside among the volunteers.

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Captain Viscen then guides the freshly equiped militia to the beach, flanked by the city's walls. Two emplacements house three light bombards each, and between them is the docking bay. There's also several nearby civilian houses, which should already been evacuated, plus abandoned pots and boxes scattered among the sand, normally used to carry trade wares. The captain then starts throwing orders:

Anyone of you who has any kind of talent with siege weaponry goes to the battery emplacements! Everybody else take cover behind the buildings or whatever you can find! We don't have enough men to form a proper defensive line, so we'll make them come for us at the chokepoints!


Then captain Viscen aproaches Zax:

I want to personally thank you for your suport. Even tough you're no longer part of the Guard, you still hear the call to serve the people. If you wish, after this battle I can make sure you're admited in our ranks again.


To Jeremy, with a patternal tone:

At first I tought you were just a foolish kid, but that monster you have with you... A regular kid wouldn't be able to make him follow as a pet. Still, don't make any foolish moves. I would rather not have to borrow any child today


To Rabbit, with an interested look.

Ah, so you have a story against the pirates? Ever wondered about joining the Hyrulian Guard? We've had plenty of troubles with them recently, you surely could advance your agenda with us!


To Pha Eris, with a bow:

You're... No simple fairy companion are you? I didn't feel a presence likes yours ever since I visited a greater fairy shrine. No need to answer. Your presence here with us is blessing enough.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on April 15, 2012, 08:04:02 PM
Then captain Viscen aproaches Zax:

I want to personally thank you for your suport. Even tough you're no longer part of the Guard, you still hear the call to serve the people. If you wish, after this battle I can make sure you're admited in our ranks again.


Zax instinctively gives Viscen an appropriate salute from a Sergeant to a Captain, then cuts it off halfway through to glare sullenly at the Captain's left shoulder.  "I've heard sweet talk before, but your folk can't ever seem to remember my name afterwards.  Anyway, I don't need your charity.  How 'bout we both focus on staying alive, and we'll figure out the rest later?"

He hesitates for a second, wondering if he should wait to be dismissed, then turns on his heel and takes up his position, stringing his bow and making sure his sword is sharp and his shield is true.  He takes a few swings, and practices the trademark Hylian style of quick weapon changes.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 15, 2012, 09:46:18 PM
Rabbit accompanied the other volunteer warriors to the armory for outfitting. Though they lacked a proper armament as he saw it, he never said No to the offer of explosives. He took only three, to make sure that everyone got a fair share. In his trained eyes, they lacked the proper ability to properly repel a true Urtraghustrian incursion, but they had spirit. That would ensure that they perished with dignity.

As he stood on the beach, he listened to the Captain ask about familiarity with siege weaponry, though there wasn't a single Vigilance Galvan Cannon in sight. They Hyrulians, or whatever they called themselves, were way behind. As he was approached by the Captain, he listened to his words. Enlist with the Hyrulian Guard? Him? A tempting offer, plus this world wasn't on the logs of the Galactic Federation. He could ensure that no child of Hyrule would awaken to the fear of Urtraghustrian industry, while at the same time filling his log book with lots of data on an unknown civilization. Tempting, but first matters first. He didn't know the Captain by name, or rank, so he would address him as something complimentary.

"Your offer of military integration is tempting, Field Commander. Let us live through tonight first." he starts, donning his helmet and ensuring the environmental seals are secure. "When the particles settle, we shall speak of the future."

Rabbit really regretted his choice of quantum modular attachments at this moment, though as they came online he readied himself. To face his old comrades again. To defy High Command once again, and to die a free pi... no. To die a free sentient.

His thoughts were interrupted as his power suit's operating system came online, with readouts dancing along his tactical glasses as well as the overlay within his helmet.

-- Designation: Rabbit 45-J4
Life Support: Assured
Toxicity Readings: Within Tolerance
Phazon Corruption: Within Tolerance

Vital Signs:
- Accellerated Heart-Rate: Tolerable
- Accellerated Respiratory Rate: Tolerable

Current Quantum Module Selections:
You have allocated 9 of your 9 units of personal energy

Module E74 Exploration Module Version IX [Optical Mount Selected]: Primed. Exploration Module online. Rerouting 2 units of energy to environmental barriers.
Module G19 Gravity Boost Module Version III [Back Mount Selected]: Primed. Gravity Booster online. Rerouting 2 units of energy to gravitic stabilizers.
Module A43 Alternate Form Module Version VI [Utility Mount Selected]: Primed. Alternate Form Module Online. Rerouting 1 unit of energy to morphic stabilizer. Recon Sphere available. Warning: High Command is Not Responsible for any grievous or fatal injuries incurred during usage of Recon Sphere!

Internalized Alacritous Reflex System Detected. Allocating 2 units of energy to optic fiber reflexive system
Internalized Cognition Detection System Detected. Allocating 2 unit of energy to Delta-Scan inference field

Checking for unread messages.... ..... ..... Unable to connect to GF.Mail.Com:8080

You are on solar cycle 65565 of your 30 day trial of Angry Chozos

Rabbit prepped for a render swap to his Corrosion Induction Module. It would all depend on these next few hours. He bid the Captain with a nod, then moved to position AC15. As he passed Zax, he gave the fellow warrior a nod. It seemed, from one outcast to another...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 16, 2012, 12:21:06 AM
Jimmy follows the Captain into the armory and accepts the offer of Goron Bombs.  He then goes to the beach with everyone else.

After the Captain speaks with him Jeremy nods wisely.  "Don't worry Captain, my Pokémon and I know what we're getting into.  Helping those who can't help themselves is part of our motto!"  He then gives the Captain a thumbs up as he takes Bayleef to find a good position.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on April 16, 2012, 08:01:21 AM
Kurt, who didn't speak up initially, none the less follows the captain into the armory.
He takes his allotment of the bombs.
"I think I'd do my best from over there"
and Kurt proceeds to L18.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 16, 2012, 11:51:29 AM
So much for discretion, but the captain's understanding was touching. She answered with a mere but gracious nod, remaining silent for the moment.
She looked at the horizon, unsure she really wanted people to kill one another as was pretty much inevitable once they would reach the shore.
Perhaps there was a way to stop it, but that was a hero's job.
Looking at Jeremy and those assembled she couldn't think of any way to prevent a terrible bloodshed one way or another.
It sucked but such was the way of things.

When she took a glance at the armory she couldn't see anything that'd suit her better. Her current armament felt ridiculous but she couldn't dismiss its usefulness. The goron bombs, however, looked so very dangerous and amusing in their own way.
Ships usually being made of wood and sails looking rather flammable it came to her that perhaps they could avoid some casualties if they limited their progress. Perhaps flying high up to meet the ship and dropping a few bombs at it would have them catch on fire and, perhaps, discourage them.

Unsure if she could pull it on her own, she consulted with the captain first .
"I do not know how to operate your machines but I can fly and drop some explosives upon their ship."

Otherwise she was content in simply flying over the border waters and cover them with a few layers of ice. If anything it would make their attack a little more difficult.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on April 16, 2012, 12:15:24 PM
"I do not know how to operate your machines but I can fly and drop some explosives upon their ship."

Listening to this Kurt gets quite happy, as he figures, if they can't sail, the bad people might give up the fight. Even if it's just because they'd have no way to get away.

"Oh, OH, I can float too! Can we do that? It might, like, slow them down, or something."

A nine inch tall ball of blue speaks up.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 16, 2012, 12:55:54 PM
Something in Rabbit's mind just clicked...

Keeping a low profile as he dashed across the staging ground, Rabbit joined up with Pha and Kurt. Once there, he reached into his side holster, and retrieved a glass sphere about the size of a coin with a engraved feather upon it. Inside the glass token there was a dark spot in the exact center.

"Here." he offers it to whoever takes it. "This is a caged singularity. Hurl it against the enemy craft, and it will be held in place for one solar cycle." he explained, "Though, it is impossible to recreate out here, so do not miss."

"This will immobilize their primary vessel, forcing them to either swim independently or take smaller craft, which will disperse their military effectiveness. As I can explore underwater areas without hassle, I can wait out under the waters and attack the smaller craft, neutralizing the threat they pose and further dispersing their military effectiveness." the Pirate Turned Soldier explained. "Once you neutralize their primary craft, that is."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 16, 2012, 02:29:39 PM
Pha took the device ceremoniously, studied it for an instant, smiling.

"Let us hope it will dissuade them."
Turning to the captain, she inquired about the range of his siege machines. If they were to immobilize their craft, might as well keep it where they can strike it down if a peace cannot be made.

Keeping the device in hand, she would fly (run action) just above the waves to the captain's designated range and dive into the water. Waiting for the pirate ship to pass by so that she may plant the object directly upon its surface.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 16, 2012, 06:11:40 PM
Before Pha took off, Rabbit put a hand near her. Galactic Federation code thirty seven twenty frowned upon unwelcome contact between sentients. They called it Battery, or something. Probably where the term "Charged" came from.

"Wait." a pause, "Maybe these are younglings, or just fools. They approach openly and visibly, but take no other additional actions to inspire fear." Rabbit turned his helmet to now include the Captain in this address. "There is more to this assault then the singular ship. We've set our trap, but theirs is springing. The assault will come from the water, but not from a boat. Or from behind us." Rabbit looked beyond the group, back towards the town. "Field Commander, take some reinforcements from the rear line and fortify the town. If we are routed, then we can withdraw to a fortified location. If they require our aid, we can withdraw the next most rear line." he said.

"Though, we should make it LOOK like all our defense is here." he motioned to this dock. The blue girl's plot to freeze the water was a good start. "Thicken that ice wall, if you can." he motioned, "If it were me assaulting this port, I'd walk right out from the water."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on April 17, 2012, 02:11:12 PM
The little blue ball puffs up its cheeks as if to announce that he's about ten different levels of determined. Maybe he has something to prove, maybe he wants acknowledgement for something, maybe he's confused about where he is, but he is determined to do something.
"Alrighty! Then as you guys do all that to get ready, I'll be over there."

And so he proceeds to the rear portion of the northern emplacement. (L18)

Mumbled, while standing at the emplacement:
"Maybe I should go for a dip? The funny-looking thing said the badies might just walk up the water..."
(Funny-looking thing is Rabbit. I doubt that he's seen anything like your suit before.)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 17, 2012, 02:37:40 PM
Rabbit was impressed. There was a good chance that this little... whatever the Norfair he was... was on his way to die, and yet he faced his final moments on this geosphere with courage and determination. That took guts.

-- Cursory scan of targeted lifeform indicates lack of designation 'guts' -- Fatal exception occurred during query escalation to refined scanning equipment. Recommend installation of GF-Mo...

Rabbit just shook his head, and cancelled the message with a thought. Of course, for a pirated copy of the GF omnisuit operating system, it wasn't half bad. He figured this was all the time they'd have for proper recon, or to fully dig in. The puff of whatever seemed determined, as did the aberrant gynoid with seemingly integrated cryo-core functionality. Perhaps this species was the inspiration for such... Fascinating. Rabbit made a notation for further study.

-- Subject indexed for further study. Cross-reference with Cryocore module --

He then turned to the Captain, "Field Commander, do we have an estimate on the time to visual contact with the incoming enemy vessel?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 18, 2012, 12:15:17 AM
Pha dutifully went to thicken the ice she had set.
When it got so thick she thought it could withstand the weight of a tree she decided to enlarge the frozen surface by an extra 20 feet toward the sea, but with the ice layer remaining at its weakest. She imagined that if someone tried to come up from the sea and climb the thick ice it would do no good unless their pierced through that weak edge first, perhaps only to see it shatter under their weight as they attempt the climb.
If they were to pierce through it to climb the thick layer they would give time for archers to aim and wait for them to climb to feed them some arrows.

A good plan, she thought.
When she was done with all of that, she returned to Rabbit, almost expecting new directions.
That strange creature seemed to know what it was talking about and was, until proven otherwise, their unofficially designated expert in pirate attacks.

When all would be done she would jump into the sea and keep an eye for underwater assailants. When the pirate ship will be in sight she will begin to get in position to begin the creature's anchoring plan.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 19, 2012, 09:43:39 AM
Things were shaping up nicely... this could actually work.

Rabbit took a look around, observing the scene and working out his next move. Where to begin, though?

-- Tactical Analysis Complete. Displaying tactical discrepancies:

This was going to be harder then he thought. He had the assistance of the aberrant gynoid, along with the puff of ... Designations would very much help.

He turned his attentions towards Pha, and gave the creature a nod. "Excellent work. The ice will help improve our chances. Well done." Whether it was High Command or the Galactic Federation, it was all the same. Praise was the greatest motivator.

Well, no time like now. "Names make everything simpler. My name is Rabbit. I should have asked the indeterminable globule of sentient protomatter its chosen name before it left."

"Also, there was another warrior, and a youngling... with a creature."

Referencing recording timestamp 3865:19:5:24.
"I'll help protect the town!"........................ "Bayleef Bayleef Bay leeeef!".............................."That's right Bayleef, we're in this together!"

Re-referencing recording timestamp 3865:19:5:87 to 3865:19:6:42
"That's right Bayleef, we're in this together!"

Re-referencing recording timestamp 3865:19:6:02 to 3865:19:6:19
"Bayleef"
End Playback

"You've contributed well to the defenses. We should see what, if anything, the youngling, his creature, and the warrior can do to bolster defenses." it paused, "You may accompany if you wish."

Rabbit then made his way over towards Jeremy, heavy footfalls against the stonework dock yard. "Youngling." it addressed Jeremy, then knelt down to be less imposing to the frail child. "Your creature... Bay Leaf... what can it do?" he asked, "And how well does it handle water, or the cold?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 19, 2012, 10:13:22 AM
Jeremy smiles up at the strange man innocently.  "My name is Jeremy!"  He gestures to Baleef.  "This is Bayleef.  Remember, Bayleef not Bay Leaf.  She can throw her leaves, they're really sharp!  She doesn't swim or resist cold very well though, none of my Pokémon do."  Jeremy then reaches for his belt, which everyone can see is covered with mystical orbs, and detaches what looks to be a seven and a half pound ball of iron.  (How his belt stays up is a mystery best left unexplained.)  He then holds it up in both hands.  "I also throw this to help my friends!"

He points at one of the mystical orbs.  "This is Machop, he's good at moving around and hitting things."  He points to another.  "This is Ponyta, she's a fire horse."  He then points to a third.  "And this is Ivysaur, he likes to wrestle with his vines!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 19, 2012, 02:37:01 PM
She looked at it suspiciously, wondering out loud.
"Rabbit? You look more like a fish."

That seemed to amuse her somewhat. Hands on her belly she giggled for a second, then snorted.
"I'm the Great Fairy of Ice."
It was usually enough considering people rarely visited her for more than a few minutes, never to be seen again.
Now that she was out of the cave, though, it would likely get on her nerve pretty soon and she didn't want to be annoyed by her own title.
She played a finger in one of her frills.
"But ya can just call me Pha Eris."

When it mentioned the other warrior and the youngling, Pha looked around for a glance at all the would-be warriors, unsure of whom it might be referring to. None had really stood out, in her opinion. The young one, though, she knew.
"Oh, the young hero. That's Jay. He's right over there." she pointed in his general direction.

Then went to laze about, feeling a little bored. The pirates sure took their sweet time.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 20, 2012, 11:46:21 AM
She looked at it suspiciously, wondering out loud.
"Rabbit? You look more like a fish."
That seemed to amuse her somewhat. Hands on her belly she giggled for a second, then snorted.

"The designation was chosen more for its connection to great luck rather then physical appearance." Rabbit paused, "And what is a fi... nevermind. I'll ask again later."


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"I'm the Great Fairy of Ice."
It was usually enough considering people rarely visited her for more than a few minutes, never to be seen again.
Now that she was out of the cave, though, it would likely get on her nerve pretty soon and she didn't want to be annoyed by her own title.
She played a finger in one of her frills.
"But ya can just call me Pha Eris."

Rabbit's helmet nodded, "Pha Eris." he said, and repeated the name a few times, as though to get the proper pronunciation down.

Designation Pha Eris stored in Comm Hyperdex.
- Address: Unknown.
- Comm ID: Unknown.
- Anniversary of Live Birth: Unknown.
- Factors that Provide Amusement: Personal Designation of Rabbit.

Oh man... today couldn't end fast enough.

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When it mentioned the other warrior and the youngling, Pha looked around for a glance at all the would-be warriors, unsure of whom it might be referring to. None had really stood out, in her opinion. The young one, though, she knew.
"Oh, the young hero. That's Jay. He's right over there." she pointed in his general direction.

Then went to laze about, feeling a little bored. The pirates sure took their sweet time.

"I will return shortly. Keep an eye out for their arrival, perhaps an aerial location would be tactically superior." and it pointed straight up... and then Rabbit went to go chat with Jay.


... Everything Jeremy said...

Sentient protomatter, fairies, and now this. A child in command of impossible monsters that looked like Science Division had managed to convince High Command that Limitless Budget was a feasible term.

There was only one explanation for this: Maybe the Eject protocol never engaged.

"Bay L... Bayleaf." he corrected himself, and gave a nod. "And Jeremy." he pointed, and was satisfied with his progress. "My name is Rabbit." hopefully this one wouldn't find his designation quite as humorous. Not that he really minded any. Sentients should have joy and mirth in their final moments.

"The enemy will be approaching from the water, but they may send an advance team out ahead underwater to swim up and attack the dock before the ship arrives." Rabbit coached the young Jeremy. "They will attempt to make you afraid. They will scream, they will shout, and they will threaten you. Do not fear them." he paused, "Make them fear you. Break their spirit, show them you are not afraid, and you will prevail."

It was the same encouraging speech he received when he was about his age. Of course, he didn't have a Bayleaf. He had a proper weapon.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on April 20, 2012, 12:01:40 PM
Zax watches the strange folk elsewhere on the beach out of the corner of his eye.  If they're as good in a fight as they are weird, then maybe he has a chance to make it off the beach alive.

He drops his pack on the ground, kicking some sand over it to cover it, and sticks a cluster of arrows in the ground for easy access.  Finally unburdened, he unfurls his wings and stretches, snapping them to clear any residual tightness.  The spray of frost from the fairy's machinations makes the silvery scales glisten.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 20, 2012, 01:04:29 PM
Jeremy nods and smiles.  "Nice to meet you Rabbit.  Don't worry, I won't be afraid.  I have my friends beside me!"  He pats his Bayleef. 

"Bayleef!" says Bayleef as she throws a couple of razor sharp leaves, embedding them in a nearby wall as a display of prowess as she stands protectively next to Jeremy.
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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 20, 2012, 02:22:16 PM
What in the name of Mother Brain was going on here...

Rabbit could only nod to the child. "I see... Well then, tomorrow morning, we shall all speak of this as a trial we have passed." and with that being said, Rabbit opted to get away from the plant... lizard... flower... thing. Bayleaf indeed...

He gave Zax a nod, from one warrior to another. Zax needed no encouragement, nor did he need small trivial tasks to keep his mind off his mortality. "To the next dawn, warrior." he said, without drawing attention to Zax's position, then he returned to his original position and waited, either for Pha to let them know that she saw them, or his own eyes told him the same. As a final show of his battle readiness, he activated his Scythe. Favored weapon of the Space Pirates, he kept his not out of sentimentality, but out of brutal efficiency. The NAZ generator that he had installed with was also a memento of efficiency. The blade, fully as long as any longsword blade, sprang out of a section of Rabbit's right forearm armor as he tensed his fist. A moment after the blade deployed, the shimmering star steel gained a bluish tint. Smoke started to roll off the blade, and frost gathered where the sea mist touched the frozen steel.

Tactical Mode engaged. Weapons Loadout selected:
- Phendrana Blade selected. Near Absolute-Zero Field Generator active.
- SG-54 Solaron Blaster (Personal Designation: "Star in a Jar") charged and ready. Primary Holster unlocked. Remaining sealed.
- Quantum Combat Modules Selected: None
- Quantum Combat Modules Available: <See List for Details>

Self-Diagnostic In Prog.. Self Diagnostic Complete. System Ready for Commands.

H:\> _



Now the waiting. Now the waiting. Resist the Urge to beat IceEHunT3r's high score in Angry Chozos...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on April 20, 2012, 02:30:05 PM
Zax grins toothily at Rabbit's greeting, and responds in kind.

"And may we give our enemies nightmares."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 21, 2012, 07:24:49 AM
Meanwhile, a massive ape with an axe, a bat, and a grumpy look came tromping through town, wondering where in the hell people had gone, and what all the shouting was. Remembering that he likes shouting, and noticing nobody was going to point him in the direction of something tasty or fun, he decided to investigate the noise, and caught the end of the call to arms. Thrilled to have something fun to do, the ape known as Kong smiled greatly, and beat his chest three times for no apparent reason. Noting the armory, he leaped, inhaling as he did..... and proceeded to sail lightly on the breeze.

Having landed, he sniffed around the armory, disappointed; he cared for none of their arms. That wasn't a problem, as he'd brought his own, but he liked new things. The bombs were in a corner; there were no eyes on these, and he thoroughly doubted they could walk if he wanted them to. So, not the ones he was looking for. This seemed to be a bust for artifacts of the mushroom warriors, but he didn't much mind. He picked up his five, stuffed them in his pack, and galumphed outside.

There were some of the soldiers - not wonderful opponents, too fragile - and some odd looking mercenaries, lined up together, debating strategy on the beach. They spoke of bombs, of singularities, of assault. This made Kong's blood rush; pirates would be fun! So much excitement! He pulled out his bat, and leaped to join the group. He landed with a puff of sand, would up his bat with a few windmills of his arm, and cracked his neck. He didn't feel the need to say anything to them; they must've known his plan by the way he looked out with a smile at the ship on the horizon. Not that he cared; he was just in it for the fight. He turned to look at them once, with a smile and a grunt. As they departed to their positions, he took his own

Bomb in one hand, bat in the other. Time to test his strength against some new meat...
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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 21, 2012, 09:04:59 AM
Rabbit spied Kong galumphing towards them, armed to the incisors, then take to the air. He landed, brandished his weapons and then.... nothing. Just a grunt and a nod. Reinforcements? If it wasn't for that smile and that grunt, Rabbit would have gutted him on suspicion of being a Pirate vanguard. "Your brash and sudden entry into a combat situation nearly just cost you your life." he scolded the colossal simian. "We've already prepared, planned, and implemented a stratagem. The assault will likely come from the water." then he paused, "Do you even understand this conversation?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 21, 2012, 05:01:04 PM
Kong looked down to the angry one who had addressed him. He looked at the defenses, looked at the set up. This wasn't bad, for war. Not much of a good fight, but not bad. At least, he thought so. It made sense, but it wasn't as though he had any training in warcraft. But apparently the creature was quite angry with him. Squinting to observe more perfectly, he gave another overview of the ground, despite the awkward silence after the creature had finished speaking. Finally he looked back.

"Kong. Where should I be?" He wasn't sure what was going on, but if his life was in danger just by approaching, he was excited! Excited as he was, he stopped gripping the bomb so tightly, worried he might crush it.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 21, 2012, 05:20:26 PM
"Our enemy approaches from the water, though the likelihood of a rear assault always exists. You're mobility will allow you greater response time then most others. Take a position along the middle tier of the docking yard, and respond to threats as they arise."

"Otherwise, take your choice of siege weapon towers, and devastate the enemy from above before you land upon them like a meteor." he pointed to a few of the towers.

"Kong." he nodded. "Rabbit." he indicated himself. "There will be more designations, provided they survive the dawn."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 21, 2012, 07:18:41 PM
Kong looked between siege towers, and the center of the beach. So, he could get his pick of opponents? That was his plan all along. He smiled, a massive, toothy smile that was a bit more than disconcerting. "Fine plan, Rabbit." With that, he ballooned his chest, jumped, and flew off with a scarily similarity to a thrown boulder.

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Post by: oslecamo on April 23, 2012, 06:00:36 PM
The captain heeds Rabbit's advice and sends part of the militia and his soldiers to fortify the town hall, the strongest building in the city. The remaining forces end up concentrating in the battery emplacements and taking positions behind whatever other cover that is available. Except for the elves, that proudly stand far away from the other defenders, reading their highly decorated bows and blades.

After quite a bit of flying, Pha manages to create a nice, tick layer of ice over the docks and nearby sea, which does provoke several looks of awe and admiration from the militia and even what looks like respect from the elves.

Then there's a period of calm. The captain refuses to answer any more questions, just focusing on the horizon. As you start to grow bored of waiting, the pirate ship appears in the horizon. A gargantuan vessel of wood, aproaching swiftly under the back of three white sails. It's hard to make out details so far away now, but it's definetely traveling fast under the strong wind.

"Hold your fire until it is in range!"-orders the captain to the bombard crews.

Before he finishes speaking however, two flaming balls are catapulted  from the incoming pirate ship. With horrifying acuraccy, they arc towards the northern battery emplacement, exploding in a ball of liquid fire that burns the crews-and the nearby gunpowder barrels. The following chain reaction leaves only two crewman standing, the emplacement burning, and destroys a part of the ice Pha had created.

Immediatily from the hole climb ten orcs wearing what looks like leather armor with sharp toothlike scales covering most of its exterior, plus sealed pouches on the legs. They dual wield throwing axes, with more hanging from their belts, and they have have wicked smiles in their faces as the sea water drips out of them.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on April 23, 2012, 06:03:47 PM
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Post by: Anomander on April 24, 2012, 04:15:33 PM
Pha guessed that they were now in range and was free to release fire.
She surged high out of the water and took a quick glance at the pirates before choosing one, seeing that she was too far to get proper advantage of the situation she went with ranged combat for the time being. Feeling the temperature of the air between her fingers drop, she stretched the cold energy and shot it.

Seeing the ray fly waaaay off mark, she drummed her fingertips against themselves pensively.
Perhaps she needed to warm up first, but that seemed kind of counterproductive.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 24, 2012, 04:19:50 PM
More charred blood and screams filled Rabbit's memories. How many had he cut down in this fashion before today? How many more would be culled before the dawn? Phe was the first to strike back, and it was regrettable that a female had to start the retaliation. He felt the chill of his own scythe in the air, the only thing colder then the chill through his blood. The moments before a battle always made the blood stop.

They would need a moment or two to catch their bearings, he imagined. He would. In those moments, he readied his arm scythe, and started to dash across the battlefield to engage the enemy... screaming!

"PIRATES OF THE SEAS AND STARS, WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE HIGH COMMAND, TELL THEM THE RABBIT SENT YOU!"

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Post by: sirpercival on April 24, 2012, 05:33:36 PM
Zax smiles grimly, stepping out from behind the barricade to fire his bow at the oncoming pirates.

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Post by: Nanshork on April 24, 2012, 10:21:30 PM
Jeremy draws his shotput and throws it at the nearest orc with one swift action.  "Take that!" he yells as his Bayleef throws two razor sharp leaves at the same orc.  "Bay   leeeef!" it cries.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 25, 2012, 04:59:30 AM
Kong thumps his chest in excitement, trying not to thump the bomb in his grasp, and sprints, kicking up small clouds of dust with each step. As he closes, he pitches the bomb while tightening his grip on the baseball bat.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on April 25, 2012, 12:37:07 PM
At first, Kurt seems disoriented and a little frightened by the big boom that went off right in from of him. Then, his fears rise when he sees the creatures comming out of the water, right toward him. Then he remembers why he's there.
He remembers that these are bad people. He remembers that he is to become a hero.
Heros do not falter.
Then Kurt seems to almost dance as he spins backwards on one foot, then he furiously inhales bloating himself massively.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 26, 2012, 04:04:45 PM
Pha's ice ray flies over the docks, too high to hit anything.

Zax's arrows however are deadly acurate, making his target fall down with two arrow shafts sticking out of his bloodied chest.

Jeremy follows up with his pokemon, but his shoutput fails to pierce trough the pirate's armor and the bayleef's leafs end up geting stuck in the ice around the orcs.

Kong's aim doesn't seem to be much better and his bomb goes over the clumped pirates and drops in the water before exploding, covering them in sea water. They were already as wet as possible tough.

Then as Kurt inhales, one of the pirates manages to latch himself into the ice with his handaxes, but the other is dragged flying trough the air, trough the fire and towards the gaping mouth of the kirby!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 27, 2012, 06:12:38 AM
Kurt swallows the orc with little resistance, and the private proves powerless once inside the gummy body.

Keep your positions!-yells the captain as he aims an arrow-Keep them at bay with your bows! The ice will slow them down!

The Hylian Guards follow his example and togheter they loose a disciplined volley. The elven warriors silently follow by quickly firing two arrows in sucession, each with a more simple, fluid bow style. Several of the orcs are wounded, and one more falls on the ice bleeding heavily from multiple shots.

The militia however simply grips their weapon, aparently still too shocked from the explosion, while the survivors in the burning battery simply run away with panicked looks on their faces.

Bombards, fire at the incoming ship!-orders the captain as he prepares another shot. The battery crews take aim and three explosion sounds echo trough the docks. Two are pretty lousy and scatter in the water, but one hits the pirate ship head on, releasing splinters of wood and smoke! The crews instantly start reloading the light bombards, preparing another set of shots.

The remaining pirates meanwhile seem to finally have caught a good footing on the ice, and one of them, with an arrow stuck in his shoulder, shouts

Press on  mateys! Don't tell me you're afraid of some small pieces of wood? First loot to those  who draw first blood!

With this words, he releases a warcry and his muscles bulge up, before he performs an extraordinary leap that carries him over the fire on the fortified battery right into the ice! Roaring, he relentessly advances trough the remaining ice and swings both his axes at Kurt! The first attack is too wild and bounces off, but the second manages to cut trough his soft body.

The other pirates follow his example, roaring and bulging up their muscles before suddenly jumping right to the docks, and then pressing on over Pha's ice. Once they get out of it, they prove incredibly fast as they quickly close in with the city defenders and the nearest party members. Once in melee, they swing their dual throwing axes with little on the way of finesse but plenty of raw power. A militia and Hylian Guard quickly go down.

Kurt ends up finding himself surrounded and violently hacked!

Jeremy manages to dodge the first blow at him, but the second axe coming at him violently hits his head, drawing out blood!

Kong finds an axe cuting right trough his armor's flank, but luckily his tick skin manages to stop the blow before it hits anything vital.

As you are engaged in the fighting, two more pirates come out from the hole in the ice, spiting out sea water.

In the horizon, the pirate ship now aproaches at a great speed. At this rate, you estimate you may have less than half a minute before it gets close enough to start directly unloading its cargo over Pha's ice. At least it didn't shoot anything at the docks this time. If that's because their artilley crew is sloppy, they don't want to risk to hit their allies, or they're trying to save on ammo, that's unknown.


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Post by: Anomander on April 27, 2012, 07:54:09 AM
Seeing that two pirates are about to pierce through the less defended side of the docks, Pha activates her pendant and jets downward to shower them with bone-shattering cold. Keeping an eye on the ship's advance was difficult with the pirate invasion already on course. It came to her that she wouldn't be able to linger around here for long before she would have to get in its way to use Rabbit's gadget. It was vexing still; had the captain let her know their siege engines range she  she would already have been out there by the sea to plug the thing, considering it was within range already.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 27, 2012, 10:21:28 AM
That piece of protoplasm was getting torn apart! Time to intervene. First, the obvious... as he motioned to Kong.

"Kong, devastate those two!" Rabbit declared as he took a quick hop to the side to start his momentum, then he bee-lined for the Pirates occupying Kurt, his battle scythe carving a chill in the air as he started his charge, his blade leveled towards his target, his war cry echoing in his helmet.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on April 27, 2012, 01:07:12 PM
Kurt, having been torn through by the axes many times, his strange physiology managing to close the wounds, but obviously still quite wounded, does not bleed. Instead, as his body processes the wounds, his coloration becomes much lighter, then waivers toward darker. He seems to show his wounds not through bleeding, but rather through "blinking" now that his health is low.

He thinks "Kurt is badly hurt".
In his head, he comments "I would normally chuckle at the rhyme, but this isn't the time!"

Realizing that his best chance is in the sky, he first wiggles his arms furiously, as if to try to fly like a bird.
Then he remembers that he can't float when burdened.

Knowing that he is in serious danger, knowing that he needs to get away now, but cannot, he figures that his only chance is to distract them any way he can, and maybe try to hit them back.

He "dances" again, spinning backward on one foot, somehow the motion managing to befuddle the enemies near him enough to avoid further blows as he takes a stance behind the strange-looking man.
Then he exhales. He exhales with a hurricane force wind coming out of his mouth. Carrying out the enemy orc in the process. The pirate flies out in the wind with such speed that you cannot even register that that is what it is, seeming to be more like a bright star in the after-image of your eyes.

He directs this at the enemy that had threatened him before, but did not, now, threaten anyone.

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Post by: oslecamo on April 27, 2012, 03:10:40 PM
Both pirates on north manage to duck  behind the nearby barricades as Pha's freezing wave hits them. Their dark skins do become much paler, while the sea water remains on them crystalyze and leave them partially covered in ice, breathing quickly.

Rabbit has little problem slashing trough of the armor of the raging orc he chose as a target, but he doesn't go down even as the scythe cuts trough and liquifies the flesh on his flank.

Kurt steps away from the swinging axes and spits his load onto the pirate in front of him. Already wounded by an arrow, the orc goes down as his comrade lands on his side, with a confused look on his face as he tries to figure out what just hapened!

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Post by: sirpercival on April 27, 2012, 03:26:07 PM
Gritting his teeth against the cold spray, Zax's blood heats with the danger of the fight.  Gods, he'd missed this.  He focuses on one of the pirates menacing the marshmallow, and smoothly draws the fletchings to his ear before releasing.

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Post by: Nanshork on April 27, 2012, 03:46:55 PM
Bayleef rushes to protect Jeremy, moving forward to protect him.  She slams into the orc that hit Jeremy while at the same time he steps back out of harms way.  He then holds out one of his orbs and says, "Bayleef, return!"  Bayleef then disappears, sucked into the orb. 

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 27, 2012, 07:24:32 PM
Kong's toothy smile erupts to it's fullest display as the axe cuts him. He took a second to look behind him as he heard Rabbit call to him. He grunted excitedly before taking his bat in two hands and mauling the hell out of the Pirate to his left.

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Post by: oslecamo on April 29, 2012, 06:46:26 PM
Zax's first arrow is enough to put down the wounded orc, and his second arrow finds his way into the shoulder of one of the pirates down still down in the ice, that releases a cry of anger with the wound.

Curiously enough, Bayleef's body slamming proves much more effective than her razor leafs,  directly hiting the pirate's crotch. The orc instantly falls in the ground with a whimper.

The pirate facing Kong isn't much luckier, as he's basically reduced to a red stain in the floor under the repeating bat mauling.

Two of the light bombard crews finish recharging and fire again, this time one hiting the pirate ship again. More splinters and smoke are thrown into the air, but it keeps coming at full speed!

"Keep your positions!"-orders the captain as he himself advances out of a barricade, preparing another arrow-"Shoot down the pirates ones in melee first! Remember your training!"

The hylian guards unleash a new volley of arrows, skillfully aiming at the openings between the party members and the remaining pirates they're engaged with. The elves follow them up with their own carefully placed shots  finishing them all off but one heavily wounded orc. Despite several arrows  stuck in  his body and Rabbit's scythe wound, he defiantly raises his axes to strike again. Then a militia-one of those that had been running away a moment earlier-turns back and charges back into the fray, finishing the orc!

I-I did it! I can fight too!


But before he can congratulate himself, one of the pirates that had almost been frozen to death by Pha aproaches and performs a  broad swing with his right axe. At first glance it seemed to be aimed at Rabbit, but such is its might that it cleaves right trough the power armor's shoulder piece and into the militia's neck, that falls in the floor bleeding heavily. One of the elven warriors also falls to one of the remaining pirates, sticking the axe blade right trough his chest.

Pha herself finds under attack from one of the orcs in the ice, that aproaches as closer as possible under her before throwing one of his weapon. Alas, hers is not a soft mortal skin, and the blade harmlessly bounces off her icy surface.

Kong finds a new challenger jumping into the dock and swinging his axes simultaneously, but aparently this pirate lacks the skill or luck of the other as both attacks fail to even tickle the ape warrior.  At the same time, four more orcs raise out of the water!

As the pirate ship aproaches, you can now start figuring out some details.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on April 29, 2012, 07:17:54 PM
Using up arrows at a prodigious rate, Zax attempts to turn yet another of the endless supply of orcs into a pincushion.

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Post by: Anomander on April 29, 2012, 07:26:07 PM
Pha, seeing her chance to hurt most of the pirates nearby, welled deep into her fairy heart for her coldest powers to burst.
Shard of hard ice crystallized and began to whirl wildly around her.
Ready, she quickly flew above the pirates to catch most of them within the edges of her vortex's piercing kisses.

Remembering from her previous observation that she didn't have much time before the ship would be upon them, she flew on to get a proper starting position for a mad dash to plug the device.

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Post by: Nanshork on April 29, 2012, 08:17:32 PM
"Ivysaur, I choose you!" Jeremy cries out as he pulls out another one of his orbs and out of it shoots another half plant half lizard creature.  This new one slams into the nearest orc, then two vines come out of the giant flower on its back and slap into the creature as well.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 29, 2012, 10:14:45 PM
It was so nice to have a support staff, Rabbit thought. They'd certainly help throughout the combat. First thing's first, suppress chaos.

He motioned towards the Pirate slinking off towards the back flank (Pirate at H13) and shouted out "Cut that coward down!" before fully turning his attention back to the matter at hand. He truly wished he had the moment to render himself a quantum module of some application of war. Perhaps a corrosive core, perhaps a thermal lance. Oooo, he liked the thermal lance. Plenty of Actual War and Post-War applications...

Though, time to get to work. There'd be time to stop and immolate the remains later. Rabbit turned his attention toward the enemy that stood before him, with his scythe held high. There would be no mercy this night. No prisoners. That *was* the Pirate way, after all.

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Post by: ariasderros on May 01, 2012, 11:57:18 AM
Knowing that he is still in danger, and that everyone else is too, Kurt put into effect his plan for a tactical advantage.

"These baddies seem to have trouble with getting above the ground. While floating might prevent me from hitting them with my burps, I might be able to use these things that the loud talky guy let us have from above the baddies" Kurt thinks.

Kurt seems downtrodden too though. Lamenting these killed people. He realizes that they were all too eager to kill him, but he still wishes there was another way out of this. Maybe the baddies on the ship would be more compliant and willing to lay down arms, especially if their boat was disabled.

Kurt realizes that his thoughts are distracting him from what needs done.

Inhaling massively again, this time with more speed and less force, with the obvious purpose of just filling himself with air, Kurt bloats up again.
In this state, he now begins to flap his arms furiously. It is reminiscent of a boy with broken arms trying to imitate a little bird that can't yet fly. Ridiculously, it works. Kurt takes to the air, flying up and to the east, toward the water, and the rest of the enemies.

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Post by: oslecamo on May 03, 2012, 04:49:51 PM
Zax's aim proves as flawless as before, quickly puting another orc down. Kong crushes the puny pirate that dared to stand before him, making the nearby floor even messier. Rabbit skillfully slashes the chest of his new challenger, but the wound isn't very deep. Maybe he's feeling playful with his prety today? The orc doesn't have time to bless his luck however as the newly summoned Ivysaur at his side tackles him in the stomach. Rabbit can hear the pirate's ribs break, and then the monster's vines whip the orc into his knees. Meanwhile most of the other pirates find themselves assailed by the miniature ice storm that follows Pha's flight, their skin and flesh burned by the extreme cold as they find no cover to protect themselves in the floating ice.

"Yes, push them back to the sea!"-orders the advancing captain leting out another arrow, that grazes one of the half-frozen pirates.

The Hylian guard once again follows with discipline, but seeing their captain miss seems to have demoralized them as only one manages to make an arrow pierce orc flesh.

The elves on the other hand seem to have been taken by a silent fury for their fallen brother as their arrows finish three wounded orcs still on the frozen sea.

One of the light bombards finishes loading, aims and fires, but the shot goes over the side of the pirate ship.

Three pirates remain in your view, and now they hesitate as they look at all their fallen allies you've dealt with in so little time. The one who had actually managed to reach the docks looks around as if trying to identify a viable way of pressing the attack, until his eyes meet Kurt's bleeping form in the air. The pirate flings one of his hand axes, that does hit the kirby, but fails to make him fall. The orc is then running back to the water, performing a sudden leap over the ice and right into the water hole. His two remaining companions don't need anything else to break themselves and instantly turn and flee, trying to reach the unfrozen sea. One does manage to jump in. The other trips and falls.

Some more new pirate heads show up from the hole in the ice, but then they see the half-frozen orcs turned in pin cushions around them, and the orcs take a deep breath and quickly disapear inside the water again.

But before any of you can cheer, from the quickly aproaching pirate ship another flaming ball is catapulted. This time aimed at the southern bombard battery, again with brutal acuraccy. Another loud explosion and more militia and Hylian guard are left burning in the ground.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on May 03, 2012, 05:01:45 PM
Zax squares his shoulders and takes a deep breath.  If the gods ever smiled upon him, which was doubtful, he could use a little bit of that luck now.

He takes careful aim at the largest moving target on the incoming ship, and fires two shots in quick succession.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 03, 2012, 05:31:18 PM
And now, the game ends. Rabbit relaxed his right hand's grip, and the battle scythe withdrew to its forearm component, while a compartment along his right thigh opened and revealed a weapon of sorts. Single handed, and fit to the unique structure of Rabbit's hand.


- Phendrana Blade deselected. Near Absolute-Zero Field Generator disengaged.
- SG-54 Solaron Blaster (Personal Designation: "Star in a Jar") charged and deployed. You have 50 uses remaining before installed turbinium charge clip is depleted. WARNING: Current Scans show deficient advancement to refine and process turbinium charge clips.

In other terms, don't miss. Not like Rabbit ever intentionally missed. What would be the point?

The pirates here were broken, routed, and in full retreat. Pathetic. He motioned to the pirate vessel with his free hand, "Pha Eris. Immobilize the enemy's primary craft. It is currently well within the range of our siege battlements."

The next pirate that poked its head up out of the water would find their brain-pan incinerated.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 03, 2012, 06:13:06 PM
Pha had planned to do just that.
From Zax's shot at the ship she evaluated that she could reach it with one strong flight but would probably only see it pass her by then, so she elected to wait for it to pass her by instead.

She flew toward the ship, going low just above the waves as she put herself in its trajectory, waiting for it to ram straight into her.
The device in hand, she waited. Hopefully the sudden stop of their vessel would destabilize a few pirates and send them overboard.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 03, 2012, 09:20:25 PM
Kong looked around excitedly, but could find no more squishies to test his mettle against. And he had only really taken the one cut? Not a day of glory, but perhaps some good was done. He looked back and forth, trying to find a willing foe, and could not. Wasn't much of a point in killing something that was trying to get away. What good was that? Disgruntled, he finally pointed to the ship still out, and shouted over the explosion to Rabbit. "Attack?"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on May 06, 2012, 01:21:41 AM
Kurt is hurt badly, but keeps reminding himself that hero's don't give up.
"I'll have to play it very safe from here" he thinks, feeling his form weakened to such an extent that he can almost hear his bodies wavering, at the same rapid rate that his 'blinking' has become.
Thinking that higher is better, for safety, and that he can drop the bombs on the ship from on high. He wiggles his arms as much as possible, moving as close as he can to the ship, but more of his movement being directed to picking up altitude.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 06, 2012, 10:55:41 AM
Kurt's transphasic condition concerned Rabbit, but brought up a moral dilemma. His training as a Space Pirate told him to let Kurt fend for himself, and that his death on the field was glorious... and would mean one less to contend with when it came to promotions, while his training at the Galactic Federation taught that all life was worth mercy, especially when that same mercy was shown to him when he used the ancient and oft-overlooked tactic of 'surrender'. Though, the most direct way to assist him now, was to end this conflict decisively.

"Command issuance. De-render Module A43, sliprender Module UE87. Mount 7."

Command received. Module A43 Alternate Form Module discontinued. Mounting Module UE87 Bioenergy Transferral Module. Establishing connections at primary mount source [Utility] mount. Advisory! Technology and Modules based on lifeform "Metroid" are prohibited in sanctioned space. Use of this module constitutes a Class II inquiry.

Portions of Rabbit's power armor around his torso disconnected, the blue lines that traveled across them like miniature roadways stopped glowing. Once the disconnect was complete, other portions of his armor along his arms started to glow and move to establish connections. When all was said and done, a new symbol appeared on each arm: Three red dots arranged in a triangle

Since he grew tired of his current powersuit's OS informing him of what a criminal he was by installing an untested and unsanctioned module in potential GF space, he switched his suit's OS to something more lenient.. that, and Galactic Common was becoming a pain to read as opposed to his native tongue.

Suit Wearer advised: Power suit emergency reserves insufficient for subsequent sliprenders. Sufficient energy in: 0:07:59:57
Experimental Metroid-Based Bioenergy Transfer Module sliprendered and active.

Glory to High Command!

He'd never get used to reading that...

He turned to Kong, and decided he'd rather have the simian THERE and ready to assault rather then wait to bring the fight.

Disgruntled, he finally pointed to the ship still out, and shouted over the explosion to Rabbit. "Attack?"

"The enemy's primary craft will be immobilized soon. Once it is, we can begin the full assault after removing their option to flee." he said. A common Space Pirate tactic was to disable the engines of their victim's craft, so that escape was impossible. A demoralizing tactic indeed, and one he hoped would have the same effect on these ... Water Pirates. "Begin the charge." he said, to what he expected would be Kong's full toothy grin as he started to walk towards the soon-to-be disabled Pirate craft. He stopped before a flaming bombard, by the bodies of fellow sentients, and turned to face the guards and elves that fought with them. A series of plagiarized inspirational speeches were queued up by the suit's OS, but he disregarded them. Whatever inspirational words were to be said would come from the Field Commander of this operation. He was simply content for the moment to stand by the burning bombard and look inspiring.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 06, 2012, 01:15:40 PM
Jeremy looks around and sighs in relief seeing that there aren't any pirates near him anymore.  He then turns to his plant-lizard.  "Good job Ivysaur!  You did great, I'm proud of you!  There are more pirates out there though, and we need Bayleef's leaf throwing.  Ivysaur return!"

He then looks at all of the others around him: militia, elves, and the other stranger friends that he has made.  "Good job everybody!  We can do this!"  He looks somewhat tired as his head wound continues to ooze.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 06, 2012, 05:34:51 PM
Kong did not disappoint, flinging himself into the air and flying quickly toward the pirate ship.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 08, 2012, 05:31:26 PM
Zax's first arrow grazes the large figure on the boat. The second projectile seems to hit him straight on! The large figure cowers for a moment, but then goes almost instantly back to standing tall and waving his weapon.

Jeremy's speech seems to bring some faint smiles around him, but the militia and guard's attention end up going for Rabbit standing tall in front of the burning battery. The party members that can fly take off to meet the aproaching pirate ship.

Help the wounded! Drag them out of that fire! And get that bombard loaded faster!-orders the captain, pointing to the burning southern battery.

Some militia and guard obey, dragging back the heavily burned corpses (are they still breathing? Hard to tell in the midst of action).  The elves however take careful aim and loose an arrow each towards the large figure, clearly trying to keep up with Zax. Three are lost to the sea or the ship's planks, one seems to hit the large figure straight on as well. Except this time he doesn't react at all, as if unharmed.

As the pirate ship closes in fast, you can finally see Zax's newest target. A large, heavily muscled humanoid with dark orange skin with an head resembling a bulldog and wearing a worn out bright red tricorn hat. Under its chin, a spiked beard that looks as if made of metal, over a necklace of human bones. On his clawed hands, a sawtoothed glaive with an emerald on its tip, his body partially covered by black leather strips and blue ragged pants. On his back half a dozen of harpoons with ropes tied to his leather strips. On his forearm, Zax's arrow, seeming more like a toothpick compared to the monster's powerful bulk. Behind him, at least two dozen pirates much like the ones you faced so far, but this ones waving halberds, battleaxes at their belts and javelins at their backs, manning the remaining catapult and sails. They all scream and grunt togheter as they get aproach the docks. Their clear leader laughs as he sees Pha fly directly towards the ship.

And then the great fairy activates Rabbit's Singularity in a Bottle just as the ship is about to ram over her. A purple flash and chains of dark energy spread surround the wooden planks and dive into the sea into a fraction of second. The ship comes to an halt almost instantly, projecting several of the pirates screaming into the water, the others barely holding on by holding to nearby ropes or whatever's at hand.

Their commander himself seems quite suprised, but then quickly recovers and starts grunting orders:

What the...Damned Fey trickery-Grof-Just a minor setback. Those already in the water, keep going-Grof!-I'll gut you myself if you try to come back into this ship whitout a proper trophy. And you scum, get that catapult firing faster-Grof! They still have one bombard active, we're all dead meat if we stay here like this! The rest of you lousy lots, make me a long boarding plank now! We'll get to those pink-skins much faster if we can get over the rest of this sea-Gronf!


The pirates instantly spring to action, clearly intimidated by their commander. The ones that had been thrown off advance towards the ice, discarding their halberds and drawing their battleaxes as they quickly climb up. Only for the thin layer to crush under their feet just as they try to stand up, making them fall back on the water. Regardless they press on relentless, two of them managing to get a good holding on the ticker ice ahead. The ones in the catapult keep reloading as fast as they can, while the others hurry around the ship's deck gathering wooden barrels, loose planks and rope.

Gronf-Now let's see if I can catch myself a faery...


The pirate commander aproaches the deck's edge and pulls one of the harpoons on his back before flinging it towards Pha at point black. The steel pierces her fey skin and armor and latches into her icy flesh, and the commader laughs cruelly as he pulls back the trailing rope to check if it's secured.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on May 09, 2012, 12:13:10 PM
"Oh, no!" Kurt thought, "More of them, lots more. And these ones look even more dangerous."
Kurt would have exclaimed if he hadn't been trying to keep in so much air right then.
For all of hit usual lack of wits though, he had no trouble with one thought: Javelins were easier to throw far than Axes, he needed to be even more careful with these baddies.
But he had another too: He had planed to drop explosives on them already, and now they were standing on ice, Kurt hoped that if the bomb didn't incapacitate the bad men, then hopefully they'd at least be dropped through the ice, slowing their advance further by forcing them to keep having to climb back up onto the slippery surface.

Having noticed the strength of the other heros on the field, he figured that the bad guys to the south of him would quickly fall to the less heroic of the group, those that most readily listened to the loud-talky-man, the big furry thing would go toward the bigger fight, if the cold creature even needed the help, and the others would continue to pick off targets as they had been.
Kurt knew that he was in that last group, and noticed that there was only one baddie close enough to him for him to threaten, or that would threaten him.

Putting his thought to action, Kurt flew up and over the head of the nearby pirate, drawing one of the Goron Bombs as he did so, and promptly dropped it on the brutes head.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 09, 2012, 12:34:28 PM
The number of pirates in this encounter was far greater then Rabbit's initial estimation. This called for a re-evaluation.

Orbital Helix-Class cannon offline / unresponsive. Sub-Orbital Genocide Rig offline / unresponsive. Stealth Commando assault unit offline / unresponsive.

Those weren't helpful re-evaluations. He almost felt the urge to switch back to the GF Suit OS. At least being called a war criminal was something he was (somewhat) used to.

"Kong!" he called out to the gravity-defiant simian. "Disable their primary weapon, recover Phe Eris, and return. Combat on their environment is disadvantageous." Then he made his move.

He walked calmly to the other end of the burning blockade, calm despite the chaos about him. Calm in the face of death, again. The soldiers here would need to know that calm, that strength. These may be their final hours. They would face them with dignity, and die heroes.

A fate he chose to avoid. He decided to use the backdrop of the flames to his advantage.

"Every Pirate down is another youngling who can awaken to the dawn without nightmares of terror from the sea." he said above the chaos, to any soldier and elf that could hear him. He gave a nod towards Jeremy... "Every Pirate down is another night a youngling can look at the stars in wonder. "

With a practiced motion, he leveled his energy weapon towards one of the advancing pirates. Hardly an optimal shot, but any shot would work. With practice, he squeezed the trigger, sending a chunk of high-energy particles screaming through the air towards their target.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on May 09, 2012, 10:18:35 PM
Zax grits his teeth and moves out from behind the barrier, heading toward the water to try and get a better shot at the leader.  He stops and takes a breath, sighting carefully, and looses a single shaft, which catches a stray breeze and wobbles in the air.  Zax grimaces in disgust at the poor shot.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 10, 2012, 11:37:16 PM
The pointy hooked stick sticking out of her torso was quite noticeably uncomfortable.
In fact, she didn't remember ever feeling that level of discomfort ever before. Pain was no joke.

She wasn't going to let that slip and just stick out her tongue. There would be a reckoning!
The big monkey was ...flying... closer and so it seemed that her valiant one fairy standing status wouldn't last for long. Not to say that she wasn't overjoyed to have some help at the front line, quite the contrary.

She ascended slightly and looked up at her offender with a stare so crushing it probably only ever felt the like from its disappointed momma.
Her mystical voice only drew out the soul further.
"You caught a cold, pigshit, and it'll kill ya."

She froze the air around her to form spiky ice shard that whirled around into a small storm, stabbing and burning with cold all the orcs around her, along with damaging their ship slightly, their siege contraption and, if she was lucky, one or more of their explosive shells. That fat guy *was* prompting its men to reload it, if she had heard it right.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 11, 2012, 03:01:56 AM
Kong roared down onto the deck just as the frosty fairy threw up a fantastic ice show. Still, that was a harpoon - a weapon which Kong was slightly familiar with, fighting warriors on the river. The fairy took priority, and the big pirate looked like a promising foe!

Screaming down out of the sky, the mad ape took ahold of the mast and gave a roar. Surveying the group, he hoped his presence might distract the pirates from the cold one.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 11, 2012, 02:28:14 PM
The pirate manages to jump away just in time as Kurt's bomb falls from the sky, but he can't escape the ice breaking under him from the explosion and geting wet again.

Rabbit's shot basically disingtregates a good chunk of the arm flesh on the pirate he was aiming  at, but the orc still stands. Zax just seems to down in his luck.

Despite Pha only rising a little, it's still enough of a gap for the pirate commander to trust his glaive at her. As the serrated blade bites her flesh, a flash of disruptive energy resonates between them with the weapon as a link. Some blood drips from the pirate's own hand, while Pha is left severly hurt, the wound running deep in her body, hurting quite a lot. But not enough to stop her. Pha's next words are filled with ancient power. And cold threat. The commander suddenly cowers, aparting his gaze from the faery and starting to tremble uncontrolably.

Then Pha unleashes her actual attack, slashing and freezing at whatever's in her reach. One pirate in the ship goes down, one in the sea is left just trying to keep himself afloat, the others aren't much better. Except for the commander. Altough he gets some bruises, aparently he has enough body fat to shrugg off that amount of cold. The ship planks and catapult themselves prove of sturdy quality and don't seem like they'll break anytime soon.

Kong then aproaches and dives over Pha's vortex,  grabbing into the ship's mast as he draws a bomb and dares the pirates to attack him. From the looks on their faces, they don't seem like they'll need much motivation.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 11, 2012, 02:45:20 PM
Jeremy sidesteps to the other end of his barricade and resummons Bayleef who then barrages the nearest orc with razor sharp leaves.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 11, 2012, 07:21:41 PM
The pokemon attacks slice right trough the wounded pirate, turning him in basically in a pile of sliced meat. That still seems to be alive, but won't be troubling you in the near future.

Bombard, aim at the pirate's catapult! We destroy it and they're no longer a threat! Those not caring for the wounded, take down any pirates still trying to aproach!-orders the captain as he himself looses an arrow that hits one of the pirates on the water.

The hylian guard obeys, and the elves add their fire, altough one gets too greedy trying to aim the pirate commander, ending up just wasting too arrows that get stuck in the ship planks. Another pirate goes down and the remaining get some arrows stuck in their bodies but keep advancing.

Advacing trough the ticker ice, the two front pirates pull each a javelin from their backs. One takes aim at Kurt and flings it, hiting his target, and the weakened kirby fall in the water below. The other throws his weapon at Bayleef, but it bounces off the pokemon's tick skin. More pirates aproach behind those two.

The bombard finishes recharging and fires, smashing part of the pirate's catapult! But not enough to colapse it yet. The nearby orcs work frenetically seeking to make it fire. One seems to actually know what he's doing while pulling the firing arm ropes down, the other two are basically just kicking random parts of the machine in hope it works, while Pha's vortex still rages around them.

Get out of our ship you dirty monkey!
-screams one of the ship pirates as he throws a javelin towards Kong on the mast. He dodges it easily, but when the remaining pirates start  flinging more javelins and insults with clear anger, he can't stop himself from geting impaled by several pieces of wood. Thankfully Kong's physique is tough enough to keep him holding into the mast as Pha's vortex subsides.

"Ah... I-I-'m not afraid of any of y-you"-lets out of the commander, as he seems to stop his body trembling. Most of it at least, as the grip on his glaive is clearly less confident than moments before.

In the middle of battle, the pirate staggered by Pha discretly tries to swim away from any of the combatants.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 11, 2012, 07:28:56 PM
From his slight height, Kong weighed his options. Bomb, or bat? With the bomb, he would definitely get the attention of the smaller pirates. But the fairy really needed his help. He had to draw the big pirate to him, or the cold one would be in trouble soon. So he decided he knew what had to be done.

He clutched the bat tightly, his bomb still tight in his grasp; he could use that later, of he needed. He dove down upon the larger pirate, laughing as he did, not caring about what the smaller pirates thought. "FAIRY, TAKE OUT THE SMALLER ONES," he bellowed as he came crashing down with a might maneuver known as a Baboon Blast! Though as the Javelin's struck, he was not sure he was going to do much more than save the fairy. This could be bad...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 11, 2012, 10:50:07 PM
That last blow now was something.
A semisolid purple sheen oozed out of her wound and, infuriated by the intense pain and the sight of her damaged state, wailed her fury with enough power to chill the blood of all whom wished her ill.

She wasn't getting any better either. After confirming that her assailant had indeed been overwhelmed by her presence, she would get a better look at her situation. At least she was too close now for it to attack her well with that nasty glaive of his. She knew she could still do quite a number on the pirates, even weakened as she was, but she also felt she wouldn't last and that it might cost her a return of her essence to the great source, with no idea of how long it would seal her.

Looking over the ship, she saw the big monkey on the mast, her best hope as things were. She outstretch her hand toward it.
"Great flying ape, let's get some distance. Take me away!"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 14, 2012, 04:52:54 PM
As the sentient mass of protomatter fell into the cold water, Rabbit reflected for a moment. Songs would be sung, perhaps a vengeance raid would be planned, but the hardest part of those events would be finding a word that rhymed with Protomatter.

Oh well, that was a battlehymnest's job, not his. At the moment there was a lull in the combat, and while the Protomass was too far out to assist readily, the child beastmaster wasn't. Rabbit hunched down and made his way to the child's location, and hunkered down next to him.

Subject: Jeremy
Species: Unknown <Presume Local>
Lifecycle Depleted: Unknown <Presume Youngling>
Biodiagnosis: Unknown <Presume Terminal>

Cardiac Cycle: Heightened <Presume Agitated>
Pulmonary Cycle: Heightened <Presume Agitated>
Vascular Pressure: Diminished
Unable to Connect to advanced bioscanner visor equipment

Initiating Bioenergy Transfer Sequence. Displaying High Command Approved Pediatric Distraction Script 45.C

A friendly green dot appeared on the faceplace of Rabbit's helmet. "Hello Jeremy. That looks like a nasty cut you have there." Rabbit started. "Do you see the green light on my helmet? I need you to look at that for a moment so I can see how bad that cut is. It won't hurt for a moment." He paused. Pirates never kept their promises.

"I promise."

Rabbit would expertly use this distraction to place his armored hand on the child's shoulder, near his neck. Upon contact, the three dots that made up the aforementioned symbol would briefly flash, before slowly the red light filling them emptied from the top, as though being poured out. Though Jeremy couldn't see it, Rabbit's veins were almost ready to burst under the armor as the transfer took place.

The process took less then a few seconds, during which time Jeremy felt no pain. In fact, he probably felt better then before. Rabbit would need a moment to catch his breath.

Muscular atrophy and degeneration detected. Symptoms are in line with expected side effects of Energy Transfer Module Series. Should side effects not concurrent with expectations be experienced, you are not authorized to file a complaint with Science Division or High Command. Endure said side effects to grow stronger. Through strength, we achieve victory, and through victory, we achieve dominance. Glory to High Command!

Rabbit took this moment to catch his breath. To say his power suit was full of itself would be ironic.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on May 14, 2012, 05:41:24 PM
Seeing the marshmallow fall, Zax swears vociferously.  These folk might have been strangers before, but they'd fought with him in battle, which made them his troop-mates.  He couldn't let one of them go down without trying to help.

Changing weapons mid-stride in the trademark Hylian style, Zax draws his sword and shield, then unfurls his wings and launches into the air, making a beeline for the area where Kurt went down.  He charges sword-first towards one of the pirates.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 14, 2012, 06:04:32 PM
Taking his eyes off of his Bayleef, Jeremy looks up at Rabbit trustingly.  He focuses on the green light as instructed, and as he feels his strength returning Jeremy smiles.  He then gives Rabbit a thumbs up.  "I feel great, thanks!  I can heal my Pokémon, but I can't heal myself.  If you get tired, let me know.  Bayleef can fix that right up!" 

He then turns his attention back to the combat. 

Peeking around the corner of his barricade, Jeremy pulls out the large metal ball that serves as his weapon.  He whispers to himself, "You can do it!" and then throws it an orc that is most likely much too far away for Jeremy to actually be able to hit.

Bayleef sees Jeremy's attack and slowly moves halfway across the ice section she is on in order to throw a leaf at said orc.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 15, 2012, 05:35:18 PM
Pha keeps her menancing glare on the commander, making him break in sobbing and trembling  once more. The two nearby pirates raise their halberds in expectation against the faery, only for their eyes to meet and they too joining their boss's cowering.

Kong sees then the perfect oportunity of smashing the enemy leader. Jumping down from the mast with an acrobatic flip, his screaming draws the pirate commander's face up right in time for Kong to bludgeon it with his bat! The warrior ape can feel the pirate nose and some of his front teeth break under the impact. Alas, his skull proves of superior hardness and the pirate maintains on his (trembling) feet. Kong seeks to keep the pressure by quicly striking again, but seems to have lost his momentum along the way as his bat bounces off the commander's massive torso whitout leaving a bruise.


Back in the docks, Rabbit switches to supporting his allies. Cries of awe come from the defenders when Zax unfurls his wings and counter-charges one of the aproaching pirates, deflecting the orc's axe with his shield to open a way to strike a nasty cut trough the raider's shoulder. Jeremy's own attack unceremonially hits a piece of frozen sea away from everybody, but his pokemon keeps making him proud by sucessfully slashing another pirate.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 16, 2012, 01:26:30 AM
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As his second strike bounces off, Kong scowls a self-deprecating scowl, and kicks off from the ground. He sails over the pirates head, and continues on with a bloated chest full of air. "Not good, fairy. Let's leave."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 16, 2012, 02:07:47 AM
Pha grabbed Kong's arm as he passed her by, then let him pull her against him to have her carried away from danger.
Before leaving, though, she feebly rose a finger toward the large pig-pirate creature and tried to shoot it with a congealing ray.
Once off, she just murmured. "...I am weary. Take me home."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 16, 2012, 03:29:35 PM
Even with her weariness, the target of Pha is an easy one and her ray explodes over the pirate commander, making his skin turn to a pale blue and his whole body slows down, to a point his trembling is barely perceptible.

The other pirates rush to the upper deck angrily waving more javelins, clearly trying to get a good aim at Kong. The remaining pirate still operating the catapult however turns at them and shouts:

Oy, forgot the ugly flying monkey! If we can't get this catapult working, we're all fish food!


Some of his brethern stop in realization and quickly drop the javelins they were ready to launch as they rush to the catapult and start helping pull the strings and cogs. The other keep piling each other on the upper deck, almost throwing some of them overboard as they launch their javelins at escaping Kong. Five drop in the sea, one is deflected by his battered armor,  two manage to slip by and some more sharp wood burrows itself on Kong's flesh.

Back in the docks, the guard captain seems more awed than his subordinates at Zax.

He's... a Dragonborn? I... I can't let myself be left behind like this... Hyrulian Guard! Press on the pirates! The day is almost ours!


As he sends his orders, he quickly draws his own sword and shield and starts running forward. As he reaches the ice-covered pot barricade, he suddenly jumps right over it, flinging himself trough the air at great speed!

FOR PRINCESS GRISELDA!

He almost falls on the nearby water hole, but somehow manages to land on the nearby ice and keep his balance.

The remaining guards seem somewhat dumbolded at their officer's behavior, but neverthless keep doing their jobs, four of them pouring more rain over the aproaching pirates while a small group works with the militia on taking care of the burned wounded and the last bombard crew hurries up in their reloading.

However this time no pirate falls, even with the elves still adding their own shots. The orcs press forward as if oblivious of their wounds, one still chugging a javelin while the other four grasp their battle axes with both hands as they close in, barely slowed down by the ice. Bayleef finds itself struck by a javelin and then brutally hacked by two pirates. Zax as well finds himself heavily pressured as two orcs gank on him, striking with pure savagery.

Back in the ship, the pirate commander seems to recover some of his senses again, his face still a mess of frozen blood.

Please, no m- What? Ah, look at them run, I scared them off good I did gronf! Hey, what are you guys doing? Why isn't that catapult firing? And where's my ramp gronf? And why's so hard moving now gronf?

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 16, 2012, 05:12:32 PM
Rabbit watched as the Field Commander stormed up over the barricades, how he charged in shouting the name of some local queen's daughter or monarch, amid the chaos of battle, past his own personal guards and into the fray personally and couldn't help but be inspired by the thought of...

. o O (That man is a fool, and is going to die.)

So far everyone looked to him as the resident Pirate expert. Time to play the part.

First, he shouted to their siege engineers, "We need that bombard operational, loaded, and deployed before they implement their own! They are immobile and vulnerable... Obliterate them!" he motioned with a sweep, which ended with him pointing towards the pirate ship. A well aimed shot could end this decisively.

With the youngling in command of his senses, but perhaps about to be down one of his beasts... the Chlorophilia Reptilicus perhaps... Rabbit needed to get back into the fray, if for no other reason then to preserve the life and dignity of the Field Commander. He switched his Solaron Blaster to his other hand, and with a clenched fist deployed the battle scythe again. Jeremy would see his reflection in the mirrored blade for just a moment, before the surface of the blade was covered in a crust of ice crystals as it frosted over again, and a cold fog started to roll off the blade. He then stepped out in front of Jeremy and the frozen battlement they used as cover. He'd face this horde straight on. As he walked along the ice he drew a bead on a pirate assaulting his battle brother. Narrowing his glare, he squeezed the trigger on his Solaron blaster.

You are on round 2 of 50 with your current clip.
Assault Tip - Your enemy may have additional clips compatible with your weapon. If not, take their weapon to guarantee compatibility!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 16, 2012, 05:32:03 PM
Kong, now high above the competition, and bleeding quite profusely from a number of irritating holes in his side, bolted to the shore. Holding onto the fairy, he sadly could not tell whether to take the harpoon out or to leave it for a doctor. Instead, he tried cradling her lightly as he could, while flying as fast as he can.

As he came diving back towards the ground, he called out, "Medic, here!"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 16, 2012, 05:43:48 PM
After the ape got nailed by a bunch of javelins, Pha tried to reply to their assault in kind.
Inhaling deeply, she blew a huge gust of freezing wind toward the pirates on the ship, giving them a devastating taste of frozen affection.
Turning back to Kong, she said; "Take us behind the houses if you can... quickly."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on May 16, 2012, 08:27:05 PM
While the little thing still needs help, Zax realizes he has more immediate problems: the two orcs directly in front of him.  Better to take care of them first.  He swings at the targets with his sword, attempting to take them down.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 18, 2012, 04:11:31 PM
"OH NO, BAYLEEF!" Jeremy exclaims as he sees Bayleef become badly injured.  "Bayleef, return!"  Bayleef throws one last leaf before once again disappearing into Jeremy's orb.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 20, 2012, 09:25:55 AM
Rabbit finds himself slowed down heavily by the ice, but his shot is deadly acurrate neverthless. Half the pirate's head explodes when the ray hits it straight on and the orc's body falls limp.

Zax takes the oportunity to focus on his remaining oponent. Even tough his swordplay isn't that graceful, the pirate facing him is fully focusing on attack and wears poor quality armor, so it's child's play for the veteran warrior to strike at his exposed points and bring him down in a pool of black orc blood.

As Kong retreats back into the city, Pha turns four orcs into delicate statues of ice with her cold fury. Their commander proves quite tougher and endures trough the ice wind. When Kong reaches the docks, his request for aid is answered by a nearby guard tailed by two militias that were taking care of the burned victims, dragging basic bandages and ripped clothes.
 
We don't have a specialized field medic in the island, but we all have basic healing training. I've never treated a greater faery, but I guess the same principles apply...


The guard tries to hastily wrap some bandages around Pha's bleeding wound and makes pressure, but the semisolid purple sheen keeps oozing out, togheter with more pain for the faery.

Ugh... This wound's deeper and nastier than it looks... I'll need some help here people!

Meanwhile Bayleef wounds a pirate one last time before being recalled by Jeremy, and the captain points his sword at the remaining orcs aproaching the beach and orders:

They're all in the open now! Loose!


The guards obey and two more pirates go down peppered with arrows! The last one is then fell by the elves following hail of projectiles. Then the captain seems to notice the light bombard finishing its preparations and screams to them.

What are you waiting for? Destroy the pirate's catapult!

The battery crew obeys and fires... Only to miss their target by some inches upwards. You can hear several curses among the guards at that sudden bad luck. The captain presses on still, aproaching Kurt while drawing a flask with a bright-red liquid.


In the pirate ship, the commander seems to take a laugh at the missed artillery shot, before turning to the remaining pirates and shouting something. Half of them go finish reloading the catapult, trampling over the icy remains of their own comrades, while the others go back to tying up loose barrels and planks. The catapult's arm is loaded with a new shell and loosed. And just as it rises, you hear something on the battered contraptition snap and the shell goes off to the side, completely missing the last bombard and falling just at the side of Jeremy, over an unfortunate guard and elf that burst into flames.

Locked on his position, the pirate commander quickly draws two harpoons out of his back and flings them at Zax. His aim now proves little better than his crew now and Zax easily blocks the first one with his shield and dodges the other one. However the hylian warrior can see the orcs seem to be finished with their improvised board, seventy feet long, and are holding it over their heads ready to deploy it to connect the ship to the ice.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on May 20, 2012, 10:22:26 AM
Seeing that the captain was headed to help Kurt, Zax decided to try once more to take down the leader, hoping it would demoralize the remaining orcs.  He switched weapons once more and fired two shots at the quickly-approaching beast.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 20, 2012, 10:51:11 AM
Pha's attention was now locked on the guard treating her. Her sight was getting blurry and, looking down at the wound on her chest things started to get a little dizzy. She put her hand close to it, trying to freeze her flesh back into place but she couldn't even lift it to reach the injury. She was on the edge of passing out and couldn't even feel the pain anymore.
"Feels... funny. Hehe."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 26, 2012, 01:22:23 PM
Jeremy thinks for a second, then pulls out an entirely new orb.  Out of it comes a bipedal, tailed creature that has gray skin and three brown ridges on top of its head.  It appears next to the piles being used for concealment.  "Machop, take out that catapult," Jeremy says and Machop picks up whatever is on top of the pile and tosses it at the Catapult.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 26, 2012, 04:50:15 PM
The situation was now in better hands, or at least, was out of his. The catapult duel would continue, but the plank concerned him. Time for more pirate tactics.

He saw the beginnings of the gangplank, and chuckled. Primitive assault platforms... He didn't even holster his weapon as he started to walk along the ice... the internals were well shielded against water, just in case he fell in.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on May 28, 2012, 11:02:45 AM
Kurt awakens.
"What just happened?" He thinks. "last I remember, I was floating up above... Oh." The memories came back.
Dropping the bomb, watching the pirate pull out of the way at the last moment, watching as the pointed stick sheared its way through his body, the burning pain, like that caused by those before, but after this one there were no thoughts of heroism, no thoughts at all.
Kurt realizes that he is wet... he is in water, but is still holding in his air, and thus floating in the water.
Spinning himself around he sees the talky-man again, holding a phial.
Kurt realizes that he's been saved by this man, and wiggles his arms in a way meant to show his thanks.
Taking appraisal of the fact that there are no more enemies other than those on the boat, Kurt aspires to safety in the sky once more.
And so he focuses his breath inward, using his anatomy to filter and thin the air within, while wiggling his arms once more, Kurt acends as quickly as he is able.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 29, 2012, 11:41:00 PM
Kong stood close to the fairy, kitting the button on his belt as he did so. The barrge he'd received in retrieving the small one had hit him pretty badly. He thought to himself how nice it might be to invest in a distanced form of fighting, but now was not the time for reflection. It was the time for action. As a glimmering sheathe of energy rushed up his body, stitching wounds and cleaning punctures, he turned from the fairy, trotting off towards Rabbit again. "Heal, little fairy..."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 30, 2012, 01:07:57 PM
The pirate commander, no longer shaken, manages to duck in time out of the way of Zax's arrows.

Rabbit swiftly advances over the ice and the captain manages to somehow make the inflated kirby drink his healing potion. Kurt then proceeds to float up and away.

Jeremy's machop for a moment seems somewhat puzzled at Jeremy's order, eyeing the sea of ice separating him from the ship. Then he notices a large barrel used in the barricade nearby. Despite his small size, the pokemon lifts it with clear  ease above his head and turns toward the catapult.

MACHOP!-The wooden projectile flies in an arc and crashes with the weakened size engine, resulting in a mess of wood splinters and bent metal!

Back in the docks, Kong channels his belt's powers into himself, while Pha loses her conscioness as her wound keeps bleeding.

This must be some kind of curse, it won't stop if we don't close it properly!-says the nearby guard, desesperately drawing more clean bandages and trying to patch Pha up.-We need more help here!

The two nearby militias step up and try to help to close the bandages, but they end up messing up as much as they help. The rest of the town defenders however seem too busy keeping their pressure on the pirates. The bombard crew finishes reloading another shot and starts taking aim, while the ship itself is filled with arrows. One of the front pirate drops into the water from the rain of projectiles, and the others seem to start wavering when they realize how few of them are left and they have no more siege, while the bombard aims at them.

What is that kind of looks suposed to mean?-roars the pirate commander-We don't need no stiking catapults to finish this now that we can get close and personal! DROP THE PLANK AND MAKE THOSE ELVES AND ELF LOVERS AND APES AND FAERIES TASTE COLD STEEL!"

The pirates roar in return and four of them advance and position the plank connecting the ice and ship, and their commander is the first to step on it and advance. The improvised contraption cranks and bends but holds. Firmly holding his glaive with both hands, he fixes in eyes on Rabbit and swings the large polearm.

That's some deadly weapon you have, but doesn't look like much. Once I take it, I'm gonna use your skull to give it the look it deserves!


The serrated blade hungrily cuts trough the power armor and reaches Rabbit's flesh under it, before discharging a painful jolt of disruptive energy. The space pirate can see his oponent is also hurt by his own weapon as some blood sips from his hands while they firmly hold it.

The remaining pirates advance trough the plank, one geting enough to engage the captain in melee (he manages to dodge out of the way), the others drawing their javelins and throwing them at Kurt, clearly trying to take advantage of his weakened state. He's pretty high tough, so they miss... Except for one, flying right at its target despite the distance. Just as it looks like it will take the Kirby out of the sky once more, it's suddenly broken in half by an intercepting arrow from Zax!

Saving his companion however distracts the veteran warrior enough time for an oportunistic pirate to run over the plank and take an extraordinary leap, covering the distance between the two in record time. Swinging his halberd in mid-air, it slices Zax across the chest.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 30, 2012, 02:50:13 PM
Before she could say anything else Pha's face froze into a blank smile and empty eyes.
Her skin began to get slightly warmer, but she stopped moving.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 30, 2012, 03:53:48 PM
Rabbit looked more then winded. That last shot probably pierced one of his lungs. He wasn't ultimately worried though, he had two more. He started to feel light headed, a little woozy here and there..."You lack the intellectual capacity to appreciate this weapon." Rabbit said, his thick black ichor spilling out from the vicious wound and staining the ice at his feet. "You will never see landfall, false Pirate."

A staggering sidestep to the left to get a better shot at the pirate lord, Rabbit squeezed the trigger, perhaps one final time.

You are on discharge 3 of 50 remaining. Tip: Aim for your opponent's vital areas! Disintegration of their primary neural mass will hamper reaction time and demoralize lesser beings!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 30, 2012, 05:00:42 PM
Having destroyed the catapult, Machop turns its attention to the large pirate commander.  It grabs another barrel and throws it.  In the mean time Jeremy stays put not knowing what else to do.  He doesn't want to get shot.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on May 31, 2012, 11:02:19 AM
No real thoughts or anything.
Will thank Zax profusely later after the battle.

Go strait up another 80ft, and retreat by 5ft. (150ft over L24).
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on June 02, 2012, 01:59:43 AM
Kong looks to the battle, the fairy, and back again. With a distinctly distraught look on his face, He turns to the guards. "I should fight, but I would need healing." It was odd to hear him speaking so clearly, for a beastly being of few words. But he spoke with a practiced tongue, well pronounced. "I have bandages. They will stabilize her, but nothing more. Could they help?" He tried to help, but his head felt light from the blood loss and the wounds still fresh on him, and he did little to assist.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on June 05, 2012, 08:54:06 PM
Zax swapped equipment again and tried to take down the orc right in front of him.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 07, 2012, 08:44:27 AM
Rabbit feints steping to the side, but then quickly fires his gun aiming at the pirate commander's large head, skillfully taking cover behind the orc just in front of him! The shot however ends up hiting his target's broad shoulders, which flashes yellow from the impact but otherwise looks unharmed from the attack.

That tickled me! Now I-the pirate commander is interrupted from another of machop's flying barrels, quickly steping out of its path, altough he gets a puzzled look on his face-Just where are those coming from?

Nearby, Zax slices to ribbons the orc that had just wounded him while Kurt flies further up in the sky.

Back in the docks, another guard comes to help. Togheter with the militia, that manage to behave not so incompetently this time, they manage to fully close Pha's wounds. Altough the faery ends up looking like a light-blue mummy from all the bandages wrapped around her.

It is done, thanks Naryu... As for more healing, all I can offer you now is basic healing potions, which I don't think will help with wounds like yours... But aren't you a kong warrior? Isn't your kind renowed for your throwing abilities? Even if you're not fit for the frontline anymore, I'm sure you could still help from the back with our goron bombs.


At the same time the remaining town archers keep peperring the advancing orcs, felling two weakened ones and wounding a couple others. But their commander seems impervious to the projectiles.

Bombard team! Take down that plank!-screams the guard captain to the last bombard. The artillery crew takes aim and fires, hiting the contraptition head on! The pirates advancing trough it fall to the sea, but they aren't left that far off from the stable ice.

Zax finds himself ganked by three more pirates, arpoaching while wildly swinging their halberds. His shield does help him defend himself much better now, but still one of the orcs manages to find a opening on his defenses.

Steping between Rabbit and the pirate commander, the captain stabs  his sword trough the nearby pirate before quickly removing it from the falling body and rising his shield in a defensive position.

I'm the leading officer here! You're outnumbered and in tactical disadvantage! Surrender now, and I promise you merciful treatment for you and your troops.

You're the boss here? Well, where would be the fun on that? Me and my lads would rather die in combat than rot away in some jail! But we won't  need to do neither, because your toy soldiers will crumble the moment I take your head!

The pirate commander rises his serrated glaive, his skin recovering its previous orange color as Pha's ray wears off, and then brings down the large weapon over the small human. The captain throws back his refined steel shield at it, the golden Hyrulian crest emblazoned on its surface is crushed from the impact, but the shield manages to fully block the attack. Only for the pirate commander to follow up with a quick blow to the captain's flank, shreding right trough his light armor, before pulling it out togheter with a lot of gushing blood. The captain is left barely holding on his feets, but manages to whisper to Rabbit.

Finish him... Quickly...


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 07, 2012, 09:37:05 AM
It felt good to be given an order again, it almost felt natural. Such a euphoric feeling, really... oh wait, no. That was the gaping hole in his torso, and that warm fuzzy feeling was... oh yes, the ichor. He needed that....

"By your command, Field Commander."

Rabbit squeezed the trigger.

You are on discharge 4 of 50 remaining. Tip: If things look grim, and you are given the chance to defect, take it. You can always return back to your original allegiance and claim it was part of a master plan.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on June 07, 2012, 11:55:56 AM
"The others are being badly hurt now too," Kurt thought, "The cold blue one is down like I was, the ... monkey? looks better, but is still hurt bad, the one that just saved me from the big pointed stick is getting beaten down, the strange looking man is faltering from the force of the hits, so he's probably not in that good of shape underneath either, and the talky-man just went down."

"I'm hurt too badly, far too badly. Heroics now would get me killed. But I'd be dead now, if it weren't for those that are about to die. I have to do something. The talky man only got so close to help me, the one that saved me is surrounded like I was when I was first hurt so badly. The strange-looking man is the one who came up with most of the best ideas as to help us be heroes."

"I have to do something"

The bomb worked as a distraction before.

Kurt pulls out a grenade, and charges strait toward The Big Guy, picking up speed as he drives himself downward. He releases the explosive, it is blown a little to the north, but still makes contact with The Big Guy!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 07, 2012, 01:19:26 PM
Machop throws another barrel while Jeremy focuses on healing his Bayleef.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on June 09, 2012, 02:39:18 AM
"Fair. Care for her well." Kong considered this, disliked the idea of being struck too many more times, and without another word springs into the air. Gripping the bomb in his hand tightly, he surveyed the battle as he approached.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on June 12, 2012, 07:07:44 PM
Zax hears the captain's whisper and grimaces, but he realizes that if he follows this order, they might all survive this thing.  He backs off slightly and takes two shots with the bow that appears in his hand, but one of them goes wide.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 14, 2012, 05:51:35 PM
Rabbit misses his shot, while Machop's barrel grazes it, and Zax's following arrow manages finally manages to to bury itself on the commander's broad chest!

Hey, that hurts! You want me to-


The commander is once again interrupted by an attack. More specifically, a goron bomb droped from above at high speed by Kurt. The ensuing explosion shatters the ice under the commander and sends him splashing into the sea!

Good work! Now, put down the pirates on the ice! Artillery, reload!-orders the captain, trying to stand tall, but clearly shaking from his bleeding wound.

The archers left at the docks focus on the orcs nearby Zax, and after a couple of volleys, none of them is left standing! The bombard crew finishes preparing another shot. The captain himself pulls a small bag out of his belt and throws it at the pirate commander trhasing on the water, but aparently the loss of blood has left him half-blind as he manages to miss the large target.

Near the houses, Pha can hear the militia and guards worrying around her bandaged up body.

Why isn't she moving? You said you had managed to close the wound!
She's lost too much blood! Or whatever's this purple thing is. Clearly it was important for her.
Hold on, I'll try giving her this. Pray to Naryu that it works on faeries as well as it does on us.


Pha can feel a liquid being poured trough her lips, which helps ease the pain and makes her feel... Refreshed.

The pirates still aren't done yet. Their commander finally manages to get a grasp on the remaining ice and pulls himself out. He's in a mess, with several arrows sticking out from his body, half his front teeths broken from the previous round with Kong, several patches of skin burned black from Pha's ice and now several bruises from Kurt's bomb. He bables as he rises himself:

I'm gonna raze down this place... I'm gonna crush your bones... I'm going to pile up your bodies and make a big fire...I'm going to smash your heads, rip your limbs and stomp on whatever's left.... And them I'm gonna get really ANGRY!


The commander's muscles bulge up as his veins seem ready to pop up. He swings his glaive in an arc aimed at the captain's head, only for a tree to pop out of nowhere. Neverthless, splinters fly everywhere as the serrated glaive almost cuts the sudden obstacle in one go.

The remaining pirates seem invigorated by their commander's display, and rise themselves from the water and move to engage whatever they can. Zax easily dodges an ungraceful swing, Rabbit finds his power armor harmlessly deflecting another blow, and even Kurt manages to float away from a javelin that got awfully close. The guard captain isn't as lucky however. An halberd cut trough his armor saps his final ounces of strenght and drops him on the ice. The remaining Hylian guards on the docks gasp at seeing their leader fall and the militia suddenly start looking around as if for a route of escape. The remaining orcs cheer with wicked laughs, while their commander simply snarls and buffs as he pulls of his weapon from the sudden tree and looks for a new target.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on June 14, 2012, 09:57:01 PM
Kong smiles as he floats closer to the corsair and lobs the bomb at the large captain.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on June 14, 2012, 10:50:32 PM
Pha felt refreshed but was still sorely aching all over. It felt terrible. "Ugh, thanks. Humm...?"
She didn't know her helping hand's name and that was kind of embarrassing.
Still, getting her bearing she looked at what had become of the pirate's advance; things weren't going so well, it seemed, and there wasn't much time for greetings and big notes of gratitude.
She pulled herself up into the air and made her way to the a barricade a fair distance from the main fighting. Her glacial heart was almost completely depleted and so her resources to help were running short. At that distance she would perhaps be able to help a little, maybe even significantly if the goddesses smiled upon them today.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 17, 2012, 08:15:38 PM
Jeremy rushes to the edge of the water, drawing his shotput as he does so.  He then launches it at the pirate captain yelling, "Come on guys, we can do it!  Get him Machop!"  Machop then grabs another barrel and tosses it at the captain.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 18, 2012, 12:28:07 AM
Jeremy was right. Either they succeeded now, or they failed, and their failure would doom this island to the tyrannical rule of the Pirates. Their homes would be destroyed, their fields harvested to feed the mass of pirates that would swarm upon this island, their resources mined and stored for future invasions. They'd come in so many transports that it would blot out their local star, and from here, the subjugation of the rest of the world would begin.

Standard procedure for a Space Pirate, but these weren't Space Pirates. Damned efficient, though. Bits of memory flashed before Rabbit's vision as his body started to chill from the loss of ichor. There he was in the birthing pod, fresh from the thick nutrient bath. Oh, and there was the assigned natal recruiter, branding him with his identifier. No tears, he was so proud. Of course, all the pain receptors hadn't formed yet, but still...

And there was another memory coming up, so proud on the job. Falling from low orbit to... to subjugate a populace... He saw them all run away, in fear. Almost exactly like what was happening here. No... Not like this... Never again...

With his resolved hardened, he gripped the handle of his blaster tightly. Oh how he'd love to charge in, screaming, and bury his battle scythe up to his elbow in this monster... but he was too quick with that massive glaive, and any protoheroics would be a wasted gesture. Of course, it hurt to breath and it hurt to think about breathing, so any gesture at this point was likely to get him killed. He noticed that Zax was far more accurate with kinetics driven stakes then he was with physics driven accelerated plasma. He stood, drew a bead on the Pirate Commander, and mouthed a soft promise as he patted the Field Commander's shoulder with his free hand.

"See you next mission." and he squeezed the trigger.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on June 19, 2012, 08:15:03 PM
Golly, that stick got close to me again...
But the big guy was a lot less able to hurt the others because of the distraction at least.
Heroes don't quit. Heroes don't bilk. Heroes Tilt!

Realizing that the big ugly bastard might not be expecting as much, Kurt flies up and over his head, pulling out his 3rd blast-orb, and holds it. Waiting. If that bastard makes one move, one half-step to position himself, one TWITCH of that sharp & shiny that is covered with the remnants of the wounds that it has caused, and Kurt will blast that guy into the sea again.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on June 22, 2012, 01:45:17 PM
Another adjustment, and two more shots.  By the Gods, this beast will not fall!  Well, perhaps Zax can hurry him on his way.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 23, 2012, 07:15:40 AM
Kong's bomb sends the captain splashing into the water once again, giving the oportunity for Zax and Rabbit to freely shoot at it. The space pirate's blood loss seems to have crippled his acuraccy as he fails once again, but Zax manages to make an arrow stick deep enough to draw out blood.

As Pha closes in, the elves shoot at the remaining pirates threatening the party, taking down another one, while the remaining guards seem to hesitate. Until one of them aims and shoots an orc trough the head.

Clean up the field for the strangers! They're the only ones that can finish that monstrosity!

For the captain!-reply the others as they also loose fresh arrows. The only orc left standing is the one taking cover behind his own commander as both stand in the water. The remaining bombard crew aims and fires at the last enemies, but ends up scattering too high.

The pirate commander roars as he rises himself from the water, only to be once again sent diving down from another bomb from Kurt. The last orc following him is also blown up in pieces by the explosion.

But it still isn't finished. A clawed hand grasps the new ice border again and pulls an half-blasted body from the water. The pirate commander  moves forward, passing right trough Zax and Rabbit while rambling inchoerently,  trying to leave the ice and reach dry land as fast as possible. From his current  wounds he should've by all means droped by now, but aparently his pure anger keeps him moving forward.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on June 23, 2012, 10:55:00 AM
With the pirate commander charging into the village like a mad bull, the situation was getting even more pressing.
He had to be put down as fast as possible. Right away.
Evaluating the distance it seemed he was still too far for her to get close enough for a shut down. It was a shame she had already used her fairy charm for the day.
Perhaps he would be sensible to a less... directly offensive approach.
Pha began to hum melodically, her voice growing louder with a beautiful and dark air that echoed mesmerizingly.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on June 24, 2012, 04:22:41 AM
Zax takes a swing at the pirate as he moves past....

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...and then two more shots!  Go down, you orange bastard.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 25, 2012, 12:28:57 PM
All Rabbit could see was an orange blur. The sounds of combat drowned out. Orange Blur...

Graduation from the Academy. Orange Blur...

The assault on the superdreadnought. Engines flared for a ramming maneuver. Orange Blur...

Incarceration by Galactic officers. Was that the Hunter? Orange Blur...

He put away his blaster. He wouldn't need it any longer. He reached for the Goron Bombs he was given. One fell from his weak grip, but the other stayed with him. He lit the fuse with a cutting torch... Orange. Always orange.

He felt cold. He lay on the ice, but it wasn't the ice that chilled him. He trained in the Phendrana Drifts. THAT was cold. This was nothing. He remembered when the laboratories there exploded. Orange Blur...

His vital signs were redlining, warnings were filling up his suit's display. So much red, but it made the orange stand out. With a final moment of strength, he hurled the bomb towards the pirate captain's feet. The explosion would send him to the water, or to his grave.

Heh... he'd meet him there. He fell to the ground, and rolled to his back. Stars. So beautiful. Each of them a world, to conquer. To liberate. To enforce, to preserve. He was a creature of two worlds, birthed into this world through the cervical vats of the third homeworld, trained to enslave... but accepted into a world of liberation and peace...

Something flashed on his internal display moments before he closed his eyes. He couldn't read it, but it was two rows of twelve characters, broken up into four words. To Rabbit's failing vision, a jumble of letters and numbers. What did the Creator expect of him? To remember this insane sequence?

RECORD CURRENT
MISSION STATUS

There was a chunk of static, during which time the characters briefly changed...

RABBIT FIGHTS
PIRATE LOURDS

Then the display went silent. As did Rabbit.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on June 26, 2012, 06:22:09 PM
The jungle had never been like this.

In the jungle, there were a lot of fights. One on one, brutal, sometimes (oft times, depending on the contestants) lethal fights, but there was something athletic about it. You fought to fight. You fought for skill and reward.

The people here just fought for death and violence. In a way that worried him, Kong thought how much better this training ground really was for his mission, and how very well he might get along with these people if only they could survive. Some of them were fighting as though this was war. He supposed that if he were to learn from them, first he'd have to learn to fight like them.

So probably a good idea to make sure the friendly ones survived.

There was something odd about that pirate not falling from so many blows, and he did not want to have to close in on him too much. He wanted to just restrain him, but he had no idea how to do so. He had the token, but that wasn't to be used except for in dire emergencies. This wasn't dire enough.

He flew over to the two fallen, and his hand went into his bag. He might not be able to heal them like others of his village, but he could at least use the extra lives to stop their bleeding.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 26, 2012, 06:29:37 PM
Machop and Jeremy continue their assault on the pirate captain.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 27, 2012, 11:22:35 AM
Zax manages to drive his bow on the pirate commander's softer underbelly as he moves trough, making him release a squeal of pain, but still not enough to stop him.

Pha tries to calm the beast with her song, but it seems deafened by its own rage, unable to listen to any kind of word or reason anymore.

Kong flies above and rushes to the fallen captain. He looks as pale as death, still bleeding... Which means there's still some life on him. He quickly applies the bandage, hoping for the best.

Rabbit's bomb falls right between the pirate commander's feet, shattering the ice beneath. It holds its weapon with a single hand as it tries to latch its other clawed hand into the firm ground of the docks. One, two arrows from Zax impale the large arm, the Hylian Warrior taking advantage of the opening when he isn't threatened by the deadly glaive anymore.

The weakened limb rendered useless, it drops the weapon and starts pulling himself up with its other arm. A shadow grows over him. A new barrel from Machop, coming straight at him. It cracks his skull open, and the monster releases a final cry of pain before exploding in a cloud of black and red smoke!

The docks fall silent for a moment, before the militia and elves start to cheer in. Several of the  Hylian Guard however quickly rush to the ice, attending to Rabbit and their Captain. They bandage their still bleeding wounds and make them drink red-colored potions that allow them to regain consciouness.

S-Status report! Did we win? Is that abomination vanquished?-asks the Captain as he slowly stands up, clumsly trying to pick his fallen weapons while his face still remains quite pale.

Yes, Captain-replies one of the nearby Guards-The strangers suceeded to smite it down just before it reached our lines. We owe them our lives, otherwise it would've surely cut us down like dolls. The ape warrior himself saw to stablizing you before we could get here... You would've surely died if not for his timely aid.

The captain silently surveys the docks, breathing heavily, eyeing the empty pirate ship and the still burning artillery positions. Meanwhile one of the guards sent to guard the center of the city arrives at the scene:

Captain, the pirates atempted a sneak attack in our rear, but we were ready thanks to your order and routed them with minimal casualities... Is this a bad time sir? You look like you've seen death and come back again!


No, I'm fine... Worry first about the civilians and your brother in arms, see that the wounded are given proper care and the dead are given their final rites...


Then he turns back to you and salutes.

We would've surely fallen if not for you. I can't thank you enough for saving our home and our lifes lifes, and our treasury here is quite limited right now... However I can fully grant you the enemy spoils of this battle. As you've defeated the commander of the enemy vessel, it and its contents are righteously yours to do as you wish. On top of a symbolic monetary reward and full medical care  for your services to the Hyrulian Guard once we get back to the City Hall.


As the Captain speaks, the black cloud of smoke dissipates, revealing six tiny red crystals floating a few inches above the ice.

You also can't stop noticing that some of the pirate orcs fallen on the ground seem to still be alive, now that the clamour of battle has ended.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 27, 2012, 11:49:43 AM
"Great job Machop!  Return!"  Machop returns to its orb.  Jeremy then concentrates, focusing healing energy into the orb that contains his Bayleef.

"Glad we could help captain, I told you we could do it!  Good job everybody," Jeremy exclaims.  "But what do we do with them?"  He points to the surviving orcs.  He then notices the floating red gems.  "And what are those?"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 27, 2012, 12:18:34 PM
...
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System Check Initiate
System Clock: Active. Discrepincy of 25 millicycles. Unable to connect to Galactic Neutrino Chronometer for validation and update.
Vitals: Critical. Seek emergency medical assistance.
Memory Check: Pass. 4TB RAM check....... PASS
BAILEY Protocol: Rescinded.
NARPAS Protocol: Pass.

Licensed to: Federation Explorer Rabbit
Online. Ready.

H:/> _

You know, as bright as the interior of his helmet was.. that visor's bright display was a welcome sight at the moment. He came too, his helmet off, attendants around him, having forced a rather sickeningly sweet beverage down his throat. Poison? No, poison should never make your teeth stick together like that. Also, he felt a lot better afterwards. A lot, considering for a moment there the mission was almost a failure.

He stood, with assistance. However the Field Commander looked, and stood, he stood worse. This wasn't a condition, it was a compliment. The Field commander always stands the tallest... for a number of reasons. As he saluted him, Rabbit saluted back, a closed fist thumped against his chest, painfully close to where that glaive tore out his tertiary lung.

"No, Field Commander. This victory is yours." Rabbit said with respects. "Glory to Hyrule!" he commended. An age ago, it was a salute to High Command, and the support of the mindset that the underlings do well through the leadership of their Field Commander. Tonight, they all earned their rations.

Even to Jeremy, he couldn't help but smile. His six eyes blinked something out of sequence, and he smiled. "Yes, Jeremy. Glory." and he even gave a full salute to the child beastmaster. "Glory to us all." he said, loud enough to carry to his companions. Spoils... pirates... Dark memories.

No matter how far in the universe he went, he still wound up being a pirate.

He turned his attention towards the surviving orcs. Failure carried a heavy price. Though, this was the Field Commander's call, not his. "They are prisoners." he assured Jeremy. "Unless they object to being taken prisoner." he walked over to the child, perhaps to shelter him from the harsh truth. His boots sloshed, oh how he'd welcome a high-frequency sonic shower. It occured to Rabbit that this low tech level, backwards woods and lakes planet may not have an HF Shower. That... that would mean...

ACTUAL WATER?!

Today just got a little better. He hadn't had an actual Water Shower since the time they took that Galactic cruiser and the water transfer pipe broke and soaked him and three other troopers. It sucked to be the Wave Trooper that day, though. He was twitching for hours and stunk of oz...

*ahem*

Then, he noticed the gems, and couldn't help but allow his pirate mindset to make a decision.

"These stones are spoils of war. One for each of us, though you'll understand if you have to share yours with your ... friends?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on June 27, 2012, 04:25:28 PM
As the pirate commander bursts into red smoke, understanding comes with a smile as she lets herself drop down on her back.
The village had been saved.

The shock of her near-death experience was now returning to her and she laughed softly but with the infamous hysteria of the great fairies. She stayed there for a while as everyone cheered themselves and rejoiced in their victory. It was sad for those who had perished but thankfully casualties had been very low.

Happiness was enough to help her forget the pain but she still ached all over.
It had all been very heroic and the memory of what had been to succeed made her even more euphoric.

When finally she sat up her eyes went to Jeremy, whom she had accompanied for a while, Rabbit, the odd fish-like creature that knew so much and had directed much of their defensive, then to Kong, whom had rescued in the heat of battle, then to Zax, whom had caught her attention during the battle. He had the style of the heroes her kind traditionally supported for ages past and his courage and valor had just been properly tested and proven, as had been everyone's. Perhaps he was the one.

When Rabbit suggested the grab one crystal each, she looked at the gems hesitantly, unsure. In the end she approached and froze one into a small ice shard, then picked it up to store it into her pouch.
"Should send some men to check the ship and make sure there aren't any pirate left in there. We can see whats in it then."

She glanced at the ship, a finger playing with the curls of her hair.
"The villagers could perhaps dismantle it for material to better the town and strengthen its defenses."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on June 28, 2012, 12:04:37 AM
"Heal first. Ship second. Pirates aren't a threat." Kong slipped the last pixels of the extra lives into his pack. He was glad the more studious healers had given him those as a parting gift. The guard captain was a lucky man.

The luck of the captain was not his current concern, though. His current concern was the collection of stones floating around. Slowly, he approached them, not getting closer than ten feet from them. Then Kong, with a look of fascination and concern, opened his mouth a little wider.

"These stones are obviously stones of power, but might I point out that we have no idea what they do. For all we know, they could poison us, make us more like the evil thing they emerged from." Even as he said this, he takes one of the crystals into his massive hand, in a single swipe seeming to brush it from it's floating place to his pouch. "Just be aware of the dangers should we choose to possess them, and hope that my superstitious theory proves wrong.

"Now, a medic would be much appreciated... Well done all..."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on June 28, 2012, 11:42:27 AM
Whew!

Kurt floats down to where the others are. He lets out a big blast of air, then breaths in and out deeply a few times.

Then he turns toward the Captain,
"Thank you very much sir. You brought me back to, risking yourself in the process. You are a statue of the Valor of Heroism"

And now to Zax,
"And you as well, you defended me from a certain end, and allowed yourself to be attacked and hurt in the process."

"I owe you both my life"

"Such impressive Heroes here. A strange looking man, who is really smart about stopping bad people, and has all kinds of stopy implements in his strange suit, and is willing to be hurt for others benefit; A blade and bow master, who cannot be commended enough; A Blue Girl, who came up with the idea to ice over the water, which was a major advantage for us, who took the fight to the enemy, who slowed them down, and didn't stop fighting until she couldn't anymore, you are brave; The strong big fuzzy-man, who could make the baddies stop with just a few knocks, and risked himself to save the Blue Girl; And the little man, who had used some form of star-magic to conjure forth some very powerful spirits, as well as using his ball from a distance to help."

(Remember, he had gone ahead before Rabbit asked about designations, so he doesn't know names, nor has he thought to give his, please, somebody initiate that conversation, so I don't think of Hen every time I refer to Pha).
"You, Guys, Are, AWESOME, HEROES!"

"I am still hurty though, do any of you know where I can go to feel better?"

He also listens intently to Rabbit, and takes up on his suggestion, and "picks one up" by sucking it to him.

He listens to Pha's idea and responds
"I agree with the Big and Fuzzy Man, we should get to feeling better first, as if you're right about more in there, we will need to be less hurt if we need to stop more baddies."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 28, 2012, 11:50:47 AM
Seeing the others grabbing crystals Jeremy goes out and takes one as well.  He then lets out all of his Pokémon and is quickly surrounded by the Ivysaur, Bayleef, and Machop that everyone has also seen as well as a pony that seems to be partially made out of fire.  He climbs up on the back of the pony's back and rides around the battlefield trailed by his other Pokémon.  If Jeremy was a grizzled veteran his behavior would be aimed at encouragement and celebration at the hard won victory.  In reality Jeremy is just really happy that they won and doesn't want his Ponyta to feel left out.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on June 28, 2012, 12:30:57 PM
Being called a hero felt really... weird, but rather awesome. Like a pleasant irony.
She was supposed to empower heroes, not... huh... be one herself.
Oh well... I make the rules anyway. If I want to be a hero, by Naryu, I'll bloody be one. The other Greats can kiss my icy butt if they don't like it.

When the big-mouthed puffball insinuated that she meant that they go check the ship out themselves, she shook her hands in front herself.
"No-no-no. Send some men to check it out. As in; not us. What if they had prisoners that need help? No point leaving them in there longer than necessary."

She stared at it without blinking for a few seconds.
"I'm Pha Eris ...Who are you again?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 28, 2012, 01:01:13 PM
After others took his advice, and didn't seem any worse for wear, Rabbit claimed his own floating gemstone and placed it into a storage compartment along his belt.

Current object transcends classification. Unable to connect to Galactic Federation Lumin Grade network for research update. Log Entry awaiting appended data.
Recording timestamp 33.64.5.19 duration 00.00.0.15
"These stones are obviously stones of power"

Log Entry updated. Lore collection for -Stones of Power- initialized.

He'd smile, if his jaw would allow it, at the sight of Jeremy riding his rapidly oxidizing equine. He waved the humanoid beastmaster over to the others. He listened as the sentient mass of protoplasm recounted their efforts with more vigor and zeal then a swarm of shriekbats. To the goliath known as Kong, a simple nod of the head, with another to Zax. Warriors both. "We can process idents and exchange pIDs on the move. We can return to town central, clean up, and recover from this ordeal." It felt good to be part of a unit again. "The Field Commander has a post operations report to compile and process, as well as soldiers to pick to clear out any potential problems on the ship. We shouldn't take up any more of his time." Rabbit said, giving the Captain of the Guard a nod.

Rabbit would then begin heading back to town. From the soldier's report, sending troops back to reinforce the town may have saved their lives. To those with him as he walked, he would simply motion to himself, "My self-appointed designation is Rabbit. I chose it because they are considered exceptionally fortunate and lucky. Or at least, their feet are in any case."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on June 28, 2012, 01:21:55 PM
"I'm Pha Eris ...Who are you again?"

"I am Mister Kurt Kirbington! I am trying to learn to be a Hero, like the Great Hero Kybrin and the Hero-King Dedede!"

He then looks toward each of the others in turn, lingering on Zax and the Captain, and turns back to Pha, with his cheecks now a bit darker blue
(  :blush ).

"It would seem as though I have much room to improve."

Kurt then moves to follow Rabbits directions.

"I don't know about lucky, but you seem to be smart enough to compensate for the bad luck. I mean, it was not lucky that the Big Ugly Baddie was coming after you, but you were smart enough to cause a big tree to block him!"

Kurt seems to go silent as though a thought occurred to him, slowly, a strange ichor starts to form toward the left side of his mouth... just a faint trace of... drool?

The he speaks

"Rabbit? Rabbit is very good. Do you taste like rabbit?"
Then Kurt seems to shake himself out of his hunger
"No, no. Don't eat smart or talky things. Eating smart or talky things is bad. Swallow and spit only, not eat."

Kurt then seems to almost prance as he continues forward after Rabbit, like he'd not said any of that about rabbit.

He is still quite hurt, and he knows it, but he is happy for the days victory.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 28, 2012, 03:41:34 PM
Jeremy continues to ride Ponyta.  However, as he is a 12 year old riding a pony he still isn't very tall in the grand scheme of things.  "I'm Jeremy, and these are my friends!" He says.  "Ponyta (http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/121/9/7/ponyta_ponyta_by_helloheath-d3fcd9a.jpg),  Baleef (http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/142/1/8/Bayleef_by_Pluffers.jpg), Machop (http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-08/art/prsoa-machop.jpg), and Ivysaur (http://pldh.net/media/dreamworld/002.png)."

He gives his Pokémon a friendly look.  "I'm a Pokémon trainer, I catch them and train then and make them my friends.  I came here to find all new kinds of Pokémon to catch and train."  He then has a stunning revelation.  "Two of you are Pokémon!  Mister Kurt Kirbington and Kong, you're Pokémon!  Don't worry, I won't try to catch you unless you tell me that you want me to.  We can be friends anyway."  He the two of you a big grin.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 28, 2012, 03:49:24 PM
"Rabbit? Rabbit is very good. Do you taste like rabbit?"
Then Kurt seems to shake himself out of his hunger
"No, no. Don't eat smart or talky things. Eating smart or talky things is bad. Swallow and spit only, not eat."

Galactic Federation Code 785B.4 frowns upon the consumption of the flesh of another sentient organism save in cases of extreme necessity. Warning! Due to frequent experimentation with the outlawed mutagenic radioactive substance 'Phazon', Space Pirates (Actual: Urtraghustrian) are considered inedible, and any of their remains should be considered a class 4 biohazard.

Rabbit gives the question some degree of thought. "Considering my birth defect, I imagine I'm actually mildly toxic."

Rabbit turns to look towards Jeremy and his herd of friends. He'd greet them all in kind, but that'd take too long. "It's good to meet all your friends, Jeremy."

Additional entries logged under Comm Hyperdex:

Designation Jeremy (Attached Designations: Ponyta, Baleef, Machop, Ivysaur)
- Attached Log Entry: Biological Weapons. Index for Galactic Federation Review
- Address: Unknown.
- Comm ID: Unknown.
- Anniversary of Live Birth: Unknown.
- Factors that Provide Amusement: Spacial Proximity to Aforementioned Attached Designations. See also, Log Entry: Pokemon

Designation Kong
- Attached Log Entry: Parallel Evolution Theory
- Address: Unknown.
- Comm ID: Unknown.
- Anniversary of Live Birth: Unknown.
- Factors that Provide Amusement: Contests of Physical Prowess

Designation Kurt Kirbington
- Attached Log Entry: Semi-Corporeal Fourth State Sentience
- Address: Unknown.
- Comm ID: Unknown.
- Anniversary of Live Birth: Unknown.
- Factors that Provide Amusement: Aspirations to social status parallel to local legendary figures. Schedule regency search for Dedede at nearest vector

Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 28, 2012, 04:15:47 PM
Yes... GLORY TO HYRULE!-replies the captain rising his sword, followed by the nearby soldiers and some militia. The elves however turn their faces away.

Still the captain seems to be regaining his colors and tall standing. Surveying the battlefield once again, he crosses eyes with the nearby guards that seem to await anxiously:

You, you and you. Check for any pirates that still breathe and shackle them well, strip them of their gear and then arrange them so they're carried to and locked in to the dungeons. You other two, guide our heroic strangers to the city hall, see that their wounds are well tended to. The rest, get whatever transports we can and we'll go to the pirate ship. The great fairy is right, there's a high chance they had prisioners from previous raids, in which case we should get them out of that place as soon as possible.


Then he adresses Jeremy.
Young man, those are the stuff legends are made of. The goddesses saw fiting that when a great force of evil is vanquished, it should provide a reward to the heroes that suceeded in defeating it. Do not fear, for in death the monster's life essence is purified and fit to be combined with an heroic soul such as yourselves, such is the goddesses will.


And then to Pha
Altough I thank your generosity in offering us your prize like that, duty compels me that such ship should be repaired and used for the greater good. We need every able vessel on Hyrulian waters to fight off the pirates. If you don't wish it, then I would prefer to keep it docked here until a navy patrol arrives, in which case they would provide it with a proper crew.

Very well, I shall return once I've finished investigating the ship!


As you part ways with the captain, the militia and even some of the elves cheer you on as you pass near them. As you aproach the city hall, you can notice around a dozen fallen pirates around it. Once inside, you find the chairs and tables converted in improvised beds where several bandaged guards and citizens lie. The young and eldery that weren't fit for combat now carry water and bandages between the needed. Blood-stained weapons and armor are aligned against the walls, and an old-looking man with grey hair, large glasses and a yellow jacket moves around  with an ivory wand. At each touch of the wand, open wounds close and uncoscious patients open their eyes.

Feeling better right? Now just stand there, rest a little before trying to get up... No, don't worry about payment, this one's on the military


One of the guards acompanying you rushes ahead to the individual.
Doctor Dorville! Please attend to these individuals right away! They've just suceeded in defeating the pirate commander, a murderous raging beast that would've killed all of us if not for them!

Don't you see I'm already quite bus-Oh, just look at those wounds! This'll take some work to fix that's for sure. I'm admired you're still standing on your own. Here' let me take a closer look...

After a lot of pokes on three party members, each making them feel slightly more refreshed, the ivory wand suddenly breaks, but the doctor just smiles and pulls another identical one from inside his jacket and keeps working on you.

Ah, I tought I would never have to deal with this level of injury when I retired to this pleasant island, but I guess the war is reaching us all... Here, all done! Now if you excuse me, I still have some cases to take care of.


Effectively, you feel your strenght fully recovered. You've also atracted quite a crowd from the nearby patients that can walk, that now surround you and start bombarding you with questions and compliments. Aparently one of the guards acompanying you had started relating the recent events to them.

I've heard you've not only frozen the sea, but the pirate ship itself!

Was the pirate commander really twenty foot tall and covered in flames?

Those small pets of yours... They actually fought off the pirates? And took off a catapult? Unbelievable!

How come the guard isn't recruiting you? You're exactly the kind of people we need to defend our homes!


In meanwhile, you hear a large group of steps aproaching from the exterior, and when you look you see the captain, and leading a small procession of the guards he had took with him and twelve men with their skins covered in dirt and old injurries, covered in just some ragged clothes. They gaze at the sun above with relieved eyes, some of them managing to cry some tears while weakly smiling. Several civilians hurry to help them get laid in the improvised beds as they beg for fresh water.

You were right
-replies the captain, supervising the situation-Those seem to be simple sailors, the only survivors of the last ship those pirates sinked before we put an end to them today. They've been badly treated and kept starving and thirsty, but a few days of rest and proper nutrition should put them in good shape again. Luckily at least there were no more enemies inside. There was also a large locked chest, but too heavy to easily carry out, in particular when we wanted to get the prisioners out to be treated as soon as possible. If you're feeling better, we should go check the chest's contents togheter, or is there anything else you want to take care of first?

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 28, 2012, 05:13:30 PM
He gave the elderly male a tilted head at his skill with the white stick, but couldn't deny the results. Chozo sorcery is what it was. Damnable hypertech starbirds... They touched more worlds then starlight did! Mis...

Nonproductive rant archived for future extrapolation

Rabbit had handled angry mobs before. He wasn't quite ready for a well-behaved one. Questions, questions, questions.  Was this? Was that? Did this? Did that? Did he? Did you?

Rabbit was ready to prepare a statement when the Captain returned with prisoners. Now it was time to get some an... No, those were the Pirates' prisoners, freed. When the Captain made mention of a massive treasure chest, too heavy to move, potentially laden with gems, relics, abandoned technology, ancient wisdoms, and long lost weaponry, Rabbit gave his reply after a moment's thought. Deep in his heart, the Pirate in him demanded loot and plunder for the day's work. It screamed for orderly distribution of plunder, and to outfit the now commandeered vessel properly. Galvin cannons! Accelerator rails!

Then he remembered that the greatest geniuses on this planet probably couldn't even *spell* Magneto-Hydro Compelled Propulsion Assemblage, let alone construct one. Oh well. What did the rest of his heart tell him...

"I would like to de-render this armor and clean up prior to any further activity if that is acceptable?" he looked around, "I understand your hygenics use... actual water?" He almost sounded hopeful.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on June 28, 2012, 06:07:47 PM
Zax has been frowning at the ship, as well as the remains of the pirate commander.  He scooped up crystals like everyone else when they were available, though he seems to be lost in thought.

Now, he belatedly realizes that people have been talking to him.  He folds his wings beneath his torn green tunic and scoops up the orange one's glaive.

By way of introduction, and because he can't think of any other way to greet such odd people, he gives the Hylian salute appropriate from a Sergeant to civilian adventurers.  "I'm Zax.  I, uh... good fighting, everyone.  That guy was tough, huh?  So... we fight well together.  And we just got a ship."

Zax is clearly not used to speaking with others.  He looks around uncertainly, then notices the captain taking charge and his mood sours.  "I'm not interested in the Army.  I think I could enjoy the sailing life... what do you think?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 28, 2012, 06:53:03 PM
"I would like to de-render this armor and clean up prior to any further activity if that is acceptable?" he looked around, "I understand your hygenics use... actual water?" He almost sounded hopeful.

This produces a mixture of suprised looks and murmurs from those around Rabbit for what looks like an eternity to him, until the Captain intervenes:

Ah... Yes, we do use water to cleanse ourselves after battle or simple hard work in this island... And most of the Hyrule Kingdom I think, except perhaps the desert settlements... We don't have anything sophisticated like a zora lake or a goron steam pond, but the city barracks have a bathouse with a small fresh water pool filled by a channel from the river in the forest, you're all free to go there and relax for a while. Guard Cawlin, show Rabbit and anyone who wishes to acompany him the way. I would acompany you there myself, but I've still got a lot of things to oversee before I can afford myself to relax.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 28, 2012, 09:05:20 PM
"Where I am from, water is a precious commodity. Every drop not used to hydrate or for hydroponics is used to cool equipment. We can't afford to simply waste it through hygenics." Rabbit explained, his tone neutral. These backward star worshipers couldn't understand the world he came from, where industry had completely replaced nature. Where the sky rained acid, where lakes were filled with oil and sewage, and the only water you had to your name was the water you bought with double ration costs, or could sneak in past the border patrols in solid form.

He patted the furred, kidney shaped bag at his side, a very wise purchase of his from ages back it seemed. It filtered out ambient water vapor and condensed it into drinkable fluid. Took hours, but it never failed.

"I understand if my ways are different from yours. We are cultures, literally, worlds apart."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on June 29, 2012, 02:27:50 AM
Kong didnt need to wash up, though he might like to before he slept. He was restless after battle, especially with his wounds removed and his body rejuvenated. He wouldn't be able to rest for a number of hours. He would have to review the battle in his mind, try and meditate like he had been taught. Sure, he'd never successfully had his martial epiphany, but there was always a first time. Perhaps after such a brutal battle...

Distracted. The battle raged i his mind, and that glaive that the massive corsair wielded spurred his curiosity. Without a word, as per the usual, he turned towards the door. just before he left, he turned to the others, and said curtly, "I'm Kong," before leaving casually with a grunt and a small bow to the healer.

He gave similar small but respectful nods to the villagers and militiamen he passed as he slowly and casually walked through the slowly calming streets to the beach. It was a sharp contrast to how quiet and empty the place had been when he first walked into town. Surprisingly, he found he was able to process the natural beauty of the beachside town more easily this second time. In fact, despite the carnage and just-now waning fear, he enjoyed this version of the town more.

The blood spilled on the sand had barely dried in the sun, and the glaive seemed to shine with the crimson polish. Kong circled it, cautious but inquisitive. He smelled it, examined every visual detail, took it in like a piece of art. The captain was a more deadly warrior than Kong could have handled, and this was the last vestige of him. What lessons he could have learned from the beastly man. His instinct told him not to touch it, but it might have just been the remnants of the terrible man in his mind.

The same way the crystals had worried him. He took the crystal out of his pouch now, turning the hard over in his hand. Almost intentionally, he let go, and watched it sink into his palm, without feeling or pain. When it was done, he stared momentarily, before gazing at the glaive once more, and turning back to town.

He strolled back up to the town, trying to find anyone who looked official. The healer and the Captain were busy, but the group was healing up and conversing still. "Can any of you read auras?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 29, 2012, 08:34:34 AM
He strolled back up to the town, trying to find anyone who looked official. The healer and the Captain were busy, but the group was healing up and conversing still. "Can any of you read auras?"

Rabbit was about to be led to a much-anticipated encounter with actual water when Kong returned. The Space Pirate turned Galactic Explorer seemed to concentrate for a moment, his helmet still off but the visor that covered his left eye(s) still worked away. After a moment, he relaxed, and nodded. "Yes."

"You have a courageous streak that none would deny, though you strike as somewhat impulsive. Given your love of aggressive behavior, confrontation, and demonstrations of physical prowess, combined with your seemingly spontaneous outlook on life and hints of a competitive nature, you read as an Aries."

He paused, "Unless you meant that glaive. In which case I have equipment that can detect the unusual emenations and wavelengths of arcanum radiation, but the equipment will need to be specifically rendered, and will have to wait until morning to do so."

"I trust either of these was the answer you sought, Kong."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on June 29, 2012, 07:15:15 PM
Kong's face did not move, though his eyes blinked twice in slight confusion. "I do not know of these Aries warriors you speak of. They must be entertaining."

Then with a smile (or as close to a smile as Kong ever had, in which the line of his mouth vaguely bends in a subtly upward leaning, not anymore  quite horizontal way), "Yes, the glaive interests me. In your own time."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on June 30, 2012, 02:28:10 PM
As the healer worked his magic, Pha tried to look away from the rod to avoid giving the impression that she would covet such a convenient tool.
It wasn't something she was particularly well versed in, having lived up a pretty secluded life up until now and, to be honest, it was a little shaming for a Great Fairy to know so little of the ways of sorcery. Unfortunately for her kin they would have to put up with her lack of deep wisdom and infinite knowledge; she was just too lazy intellectually, had little patience for learning and had little to no curiosity. Hopefully she would never be chosen to become a sage.

Being surrounded by so many people and being drowned in their cacophony gave a strange feeling of vertigo. She was glad they had been saved, sure, but it made her realize that she didn't really like to be in those civilized towns.
Compared to the rare audience she would give at her fountain, this was just too much. Too much.
To make it easier to deal with, she just answered "Yes." to every question without really listening. It was time to go.

She answered the captain's question.
"No. Let's go. We're all patched up now so we might as well leave space for those that need it."
Pha gestured the rescued sailors to come forth as she rose and made for the exit.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 02, 2012, 11:07:38 AM
As enticing as an actual soak in actual water sounded at the moment, it seemed that folks were interested in that chest, and to be fair... so was he.

He gave the guard who was asked to guide him to the bathhouse a tap on the shoulder. "I should first tend to whatever is on that ship. Thank you in any case."

Besides, the port had plenty of water to soak in, at least for a moment. He returned to the group, and gave them a nod. "Personal amenities can always wait. We really should investigate that chest together." He brought a hand up to the device he wore on his head, and pressed against the side of it, where his ear would be, if he were anything like a human. "Excuse me for a moment."

"System. Create two active events. Event primary, prep for power suit deres. Event secondary prep for re-res and modular reconfiguration. Expected downtime eight hexmarks. Run diagnostic and heuristics. Authenticate Nine Seven Malak. Initialize and await execution."

Active Event created: Primary activation. Event ID 23589
Deresolution of Power Armor system - Event created. Awaiting execution

Active Event created: Secondary activation. Event ID 23590
Reconfiguration of Modular Expansion system - Event created. Awaiting execution
Diagnostic Scan and Error Correction Algorithm - Event created. Awaiting execution
Heuristic Algorithm Comparison (Full System) - Event created. Awaiting execution

Authentication verified and accepted. Active Events initializi........................... Active Events Initialized Successfully. Awaiting Execution Order.


He removed his hand from the display's side, then rejoins the others.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 02, 2012, 11:49:05 AM
Jeremy sends his Pokémon back into their orbs, then smiles at the others.  "We're in this together, I'll come too."

Despite his smiles, Jeremy is in fact very sad.  This is the first time that he and his friends have ever had to kill someone.  Back home his fights were always ended with knocking the other guys unconscious, although Jeremy has seen some vicious battles involving Team Rocket that ended with people dying.  He just doesn't want to be alone right now.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 02, 2012, 12:18:11 PM
Kurt was content to merely follow in silence, as anything that needed said would be said by those who could say it better.

The little blue puff-ball constantly looking between each of the others.

"I'm not interested in the Army.  I think I could enjoy the sailing life... what do you think?"
"I tried to sail once, but I couldn't hold my breath for long enough for the sail to carry me very far."

For his part, he is quite willing to assist in checking out the ship.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 02, 2012, 12:28:58 PM
"I'm Zax.  I, uh... good fighting, everyone.  That guy was tough, huh?  So... we fight well together.  And we just got a ship."

"So it would seem. The laws of conquest and bounty seem to be universal." Rabbit said with a chuckle. It seemed you could take the sentient out of the Pirates, but you could never take the Pirate out of the sentient... even WITH Science Division's best surgeons.

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Zax is clearly not used to speaking with others.  He looks around uncertainly, then notices the captain taking charge and his mood sours.  "I'm not interested in the Army.  I think I could enjoy the sailing life... what do you think?"

"I am something of a traveller myself. I've seen a myriad of wondrous places and logged thousands of hexmarks worth of log entries on the sentients and non sentients I've encountered. My discovery of this place was, as it is known, a gravity assisted mistake."

He paused, "I also do not know if my joining an Army would be permissive under my release program with the GF." he mused.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 03, 2012, 07:34:41 PM
"I understand if my ways are different from yours. We are cultures, literally, worlds apart."

A traveler from distant lands? As long as your intentions are good, and so far you've proven that they are, any diference in our ways can be worked on. Now, let us go togheter to finish investigating that ship's contents.


You exit the hall with the captain and some soldiers, still hearing some cheers and thanks from those inside as you walk back to the docks. On the way a panting guard quickly aproaches you, carrying a small pouch:

Captain, when disarming the pirates we found those! I tought you would be interested.

Thank you soldier, now go and take a rest. You've deserved it.-replies the captain, acepting the pouch.

As the guard walks away, not in an hurry anymore, the captain deposits the pouch's contents in his hand. You can see they consist of three small saphires, each crudely cut into a large cabonchon and a small flint arrowhead on their centers. He clenches his fist in anger over them.

Crystals of arrow deflection... Of third rate quality, but still enough to throw off some of our aims. So the rumors are true, the pirates are now even able to afford magic items for their rank and file. Somebody or something has to be supplying them this items... Well, that can wait, first we must still check the ship.


A small boat that had been used in one of the barricades now awaits you in the water just after Pha's ice plataform. Several small children converged out of nowhere, clearly fascinated with the strange substance, while worried mothers move just behind them, warning for them to take care. The dead bodies and wounded pirates seem to have been moved somewhere else, altough blood stains are still visible in several places.

A few oar turns for those of you who can't fly and you're climbing the side of the pirate ship. The ship seems to have emerged largely unschated from the batle besides a few planks covered in frost and some splintered wood from grazing bombard shots. Even the wrecked catapults seem like they could be repaired with some hard work.

Descending the stairs onto the lower deck, you see several hanging beds, piles of empty bottles and food remains and some walled rooms on the back. The center room has a large door and a massive bed inside with luxurious silk sheets and carpets on the floor, the other two walled rooms contain normal sized beds and much more humble materials.

Finally in the holds you see several crates and barrels filled with a variety of basic supplies, plus chains on the walls where suposedly the prisioners were kept not long ago. At the back, a locked black  wood chest reinforced with plates and heavy chains wrapped around it, nailed to the ground.

I don't supose any of you is a specialist in opening this kind of thing? We could always simply smash it until it breaks, but that may damage more fragile items inside. A good, quick, single blow may also do the trick with minimal risk however...


Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on July 04, 2012, 01:26:29 AM
"I can smash it fast, but not gently..." Kong was interested, and knew he could sever those chains, even cleave the box in half, one swing or less. But the idea that he might damage something more fragile inside kept him from immediately doing so.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 04, 2012, 09:41:51 AM
"Pirates find their own funding, operate through intermediaries, and obtain what they need to endure and conquer. The fact that these pirates are so equipped should not surprise you." Rabbit offered in confidence, quietly. The rest of the trip he was silent. He could probably leap to that ship from here, climb up the side, clai....

No. He'd wait. This wasn't *HIS* ship. It was *THEIR* ship. When they got to the Deck, Rabbit was a little lost in thought. No atmosphere processor, no recyclotron units. Coil assemblies? Vigilance turrets? Dropship docks?

Even by Federation standards, this ship needed work. The catapult was a nice touch though. Down into the deck they went, and upon spying the luxury the captain lived in, compared to the squabble the rest of the crew lived in, Rabbit had to laugh. "A Pirate is a Pirate, no matter where you go." though, that made him think. If there was a fledgling pirate presence here on this planet, crude though it may be... was there a crude version of High Command in effect here. Were the pirates here truly being led by one organizing force...

Chains. These he could deal with. "These aren't the normal sort of lock that I'm familiar with. But I may have a key that could work." he again pressed a hand against the visor mount on his head. "System. Weapon activate. SG-54 Solaron Blaster."

A click was heard from the holster on his hip. Or at least, where his hip would be were he not a fish-like monster from the stars, and then the armor over that holster moved and extended the weapon he was using before. A simple enough design, but effective enough. "Pha Eris, can you chill the chains at that target point as cold as possible for you? Once chilled and semi-brittle, the high energy particles combined with an endemic field radia..." he stopped himself, "This should burn through them." and tapped his visor again, "System. File reference. Humorous responses, random result."

His visor's display flashed a response, and Rabbit took a position to the side of the chest, aiming at the chains so that if he missed (He'd never live it down) he wouldn't accidentally hit the chest itself.

"Don't worry. I'm a much better aim at things that don't move."

 
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 04, 2012, 01:34:27 PM
Pha considered the idea as she looked at the chest's bindings, twitching her mouth.
"Okay."

He was the smart guy. She imagined that the process would work if only because he held some strange energy weapon with mysterious possibilities.
She drew a deep breath, held it in for a second as she stood over the chest and exhaled down at it. The cold energy washed over the chest, chasing all warmth from it, then quickly stepped off before Rabbit would fire, eyes big with expectation.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 04, 2012, 10:36:23 PM
Kurt has been following like a little puppy, but suddenly looks worried.
"When I was training at Camp, we learned that many people guarded important things with different types of protections, or even mixed hurty-things into good things."

"Is this not a problem in this land?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 05, 2012, 02:19:20 PM
Once they're frozen by Pha, it is quite easy for Rabbit to cut the heavy chains with his blaster. Once they're out of the way, Rabbit melts the lock and the chest can be finally opened (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VRr9NG7RE0).

Inside, the first item to catch your eye is a delicate chain shirt, with leaves and flowers carvings on every single metal link carved with minuncious detail.

The second item is a large, worn-out looking book with gold straps holding it shut and the symbol of a globe on its cover.

The third item is a black leather belt with a single blood-red carbuncle shaped like a fist.

The fourth item is a silver brooch shaped like a sun and with a small golden angel in the center.

The fifth is a piece of natural amber attached to a bronze chain. Inside the amber, there's a beetle, which seems to twist as soon as you look away from it.

At the bottom of the chest lay several brilliant coins and some vials with liquids of diferent colors. And inside a small white cotton pouch buried under everything else, the God of the Dead's currency.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 05, 2012, 05:20:06 PM
Pha leaned over the chest slowly, peering within with wide eyes.
Quickly turned around, wondering where the music came from, then back into the chest.

Most of what she saw didn't really fit her style and it took her a moment to figure out what her pick would be, if any.
In the end she plunged a hand into it to pick up the silver brooch and admired it from up close.
"That one's kinda cute."

A thin layer of frost covered it as she rubbed her hands against the metal, unsure if she should put it on.
With no further words, she glanced up expectantly at the others with a short smile, as if she was asking if they were fine with it.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 05, 2012, 05:36:55 PM
Jeremy looks at the items.  "These are probably items of power, we should find out what they do before choosing who gets what."  He smiles at Pha.  "It is cute, but what would you really want it if it made you better at shooting things with a bow?  I bet one of these is perfect for you, we just need to find out which one!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 05, 2012, 10:06:08 PM
That made her chuckle.
"Maybe so."

She gave a last glance at the brooch and put it back into the chest.
Scratched her cheek.
"Forgot I already have one anyways."

It could be that the chainshirt was too heavy even for her and she doubted it fitter her abilities more than what she already wore.
Books bored her and the belt's fist-shaped gem gave her a feeling that it was probably something a strong man would want. It was a symbol of physical might or great will, or determination, maybe. The red of the ruby had a bloody feel to it. She already had a necklace so the other two choices were a gamble. Coins were always a sound investment, she thought.
She knew of ancient Great Fairy queens who'd ask for nothing less than rupees and had their fountains ankle deep with the stuff.
"I could have the coins. That's always perfect for me."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on July 06, 2012, 01:26:29 AM
A belt with a fist. It was hard for Kong to pass the idea up. He had a belt, and it was very useful to him; had he not worn it, he might not have survived the battle. But this was a new place; these could be new and useful tools. "Rabbit, you say you can analyze things once your tools are set. These too?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on July 06, 2012, 08:35:14 AM
Zax examines the chain shirt curiously.  "Does, uh, anyone know what this stuff is?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 06, 2012, 09:01:58 AM
Zax examines the chain shirt curiously.  "Does, uh, anyone know what this stuff is?"
"Shiny"
Kurt replies.
"but it looks like to know any more about it all, we'll have to wait for Rabbit to be able to figure it all out. I wish I could help, since we do seem to be depending on you quite a bit for this stuff, but I am very grateful to have someone as smart as you around."

The last bit having been said directly to Rabbit, of course.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 06, 2012, 12:54:40 PM
A belt with a fist. It was hard for Kong to pass the idea up. He had a belt, and it was very useful to him; had he not worn it, he might not have survived the battle. But this was a new place; these could be new and useful tools. "Rabbit, you say you can analyze things once your tools are set. These too?"

Rabbit gave a nod, examining the items in the chest after holstering the blaster. "Yes. I will have everything I need once we wake up tomorrow."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on July 08, 2012, 05:29:06 PM
"We should take the ship in..." Kong's only other thought was to take the chest into town with them... but if any of these were dangerous items, that might be a bad idea. He gave an inquisitive look to the party at large, guards and all. "Someone can sail...?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 09, 2012, 11:43:20 AM
"I was never educated to captain a waterbourne craft." Rabbit said directly. "Also, this vessel is incapable of motion until roughly this time tomorrow evening, due to the caged singularity. The entire fleet couldn't move this craft a micrometer, they would have more fortune towing this planet."

"If any potential threat has passed, I will deres my armor suit, in preparation for tomorrow's tasks." Rabbit cleared with the group, and then tapped the side of the visor he wore. "System. Event ID 23589 authorize."

Acknowledged. Executing Event Cluster ID 23589

Lines pulsed along the suit that Rabbit wore. These lines, each lit with a soft blue glow, connected all throughout the surface of the suit. Like watching a jigsaw puzzle being born, the lines met and crossed, sectioning off the suit into chunks. Once the sectional lines were laid, piece by piece the sections turned from solid matter to a blue translucent energy. This energy was then drawn into the surrounding pieces, which in turn became energy themselves, and so on and so forth. The process, from beginning to end, took roughly one minute.

Event Cluster ID 23589 complete. Runtime 0.0.00.01.13.54

Rabbit, beneath the suit, wore a fine mesh undershell that seemed durable, but he moved like he was wearing air. The bracer sheath for his battle scythe also remained, proof that it was separate from the armor he wore. Simple leggings, but his feet were bare, and ended in a foot that no human should have. His bodily form seemed malicious almost... were it not for the battle they just fought together, he would easily be mistaken for a monster.

Sneaking into view along his arms, legs, and up his neck were thin lines of a brilliant blue, almost a white in color that were arranged like cracks in a pane of glass. Though perhaps more interesting then his luminous veinwork was his scar collection. He bore the scar from the grievous wound the glaive gave him, but that was not the only scar the creature had. Thin, long scars ran along his arms, and there were hints of the same across his back.

The only thing that could make a mark like that was a lash.

"Perhaps... it would be best if I stayed on the ship. To the town, the suited figure is a hero. I... do no wish to cause unrest." he paused, "I know what I must look like to you."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 09, 2012, 12:34:53 PM
Pha looked around the ship with a grin. "It is the first ship I've ever seen, so, no."
She turned her head away, slowly. "Besides... I've things to do somewhere close, so I won't need to sail off just yet."
Nodding sideways, she flew closer to Rabbit.
"Like a monstrous fish?" Although no offense was meant, it made her smile. "I've seen uglier humans. I don't really mind but I'd stay in the ship too."
Her tone lowered to a mock whisper; "Can't stand 'hem fancy civilized homes. Waaay too dry."
Poking a thumb against her shoulder as she hovered a few centimeters with grim determination in her voice.

"I'm on some sort of a pilgrimage to meet my sisters across the land. With the pirates raiding about the temples now I'm also worried they might be in trouble. There is temple by the forests nearby, The fairy fountain should be there, or around the area."

She joined her hands behind her back, balancing forward. Looking at the group in general.
"Wanna come along? Tomorrow?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 10, 2012, 11:07:55 AM
"Well... back in the camp of King Dedede, two of my kind would alternate their breath to fill the sail of a small boat, while a third steered the boat. They never let me steer though."

Seeing his chance to spend more time with at least one of these other people.

"I'll go to this 'Temple' place with you."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 10, 2012, 11:16:28 AM
Jeremy watches Rabbit's suit unform.  "Hey, neat!  Anyways, you don't look any more scary than some Pokémon."  He then turns to look at Kurt.  "That reminds me, did you know that you're a Pokémon?  I could catch you in one of these and train you!"  He holds up one of the orbs that his creatures come out of.  "Don't worry though, I wouldn't do that to you unless you wanted me to because you're my friend."  He then grins up at Kong.  "You are too by the way!"

Jeremy then turns to smile at Pha.  "Of course my Pokémon and I will go with you to help out your sisters, that's what friends are for!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 10, 2012, 02:24:44 PM
Nodding sideways, she flew closer to Rabbit.
"Like a monstrous fish?" Although no offense was meant, it made her smile. "I've seen uglier humans. I don't really mind but I'd stay in the ship too."

Rabbit gave a chuckle. His visor flashed up images of piscene creatures in fluidic environs. "Oh... those are Fish." he said, now properly educated. "There is a superficial resemblance, yes." he paused, "Where I am from, there are no ... fish. The rivers and oceans are too poisonous, and the rains are highly acidic. Anything meant to be exposed to the elements must be protected, either by a Hazard Shield, or being constructed of acidic resistant material." he paused again, "For those who committed crimes against High Command, a death sentence was usually worded as being sentenced to go outside in the rain."

He shook his head, "Where I'm from, we don't have fish." and that, it seemed, was that.

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"I'm on some sort of a pilgrimage to meet my sisters across the land. With the pirates raiding about the temples now I'm also worried they might be in trouble. There is temple by the forests nearby, The fairy fountain should be there, or around the area."

She joined her hands behind her back, balancing forward. Looking at the group in general.
"Wanna come along? Tomorrow?"

"Absolutely. I will arrange for the suit's system to render exploratory modules. Perfect for data management and logbook entries." Rabbit started, much more excited about this prospect. "What do we already know about those woods?"

"Well... back in the camp of King Dedede, two of my kind would alternate their breath to fill the sail of a small boat, while a third steered the boat. They never let me steer though."
"I'll go to this 'Temple' place with you."

Rabbit had a question, then he stopped, then he had a question, then he stopped, then...

"For my logs, does your kind have a name for themselves?" he asked. Protoplasmic Lifeform got tiring to continuously enter.

Jeremy watches Rabbit's suit unform.  "Hey, neat!  Anyways, you don't look any more scary than some Pokémon."

Rabbit blinked his six eyes out of sequence. These Pokemon must be some of the most dangerous creatures in all of the cosmos. Nevermind Ing Troopers or even Metroids. Rabbit made a silent promise not to allow data about these Pokemon organisms to ever leak to High Command. Should they ever find out about these magnificently apocalyptic creatures, Rabbit had no doubt that they would not stop until they had captured them all.

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  He then turns to look at Kurt.  "That reminds me, did you know that you're a Pokémon?  I could catch you in one of these and train you!"  He holds up one of the orbs that his creatures come out of.  "Don't worry though, I wouldn't do that to you unless you wanted me to because you're my friend."  He then grins up at Kong.  "You are too by the way!"

That caught Rabbit's attention. "There may be a degree of merit in that. Infiltration missions and such, should the need ever arise. Do you have a spare containment orb that I might study? I will return it immediately if you need it, or once my studies are complete." Hearing that one of the heaviest hitters in this group and one who could consume vast quantities of anything were both able to be transported via these containment spheres started to get the cosmium interlocks oscillating.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 10, 2012, 02:34:04 PM
Rabbit had a question, then he stopped, then he had a question, then he stopped, then...

"For my logs, does your kind have a name for themselves?" he asked. Protoplasmic Lifeform got tiring to continuously enter.
"I'ma Kirby! I know blue is a pretty rare colour for Kirbies, but that's what'I'm."

  He then turns to look at Kurt.  "That reminds me, did you know that you're a Pokémon?  I could catch you in one of these and train you!"  He holds up one of the orbs that his creatures come out of.  "Don't worry though, I wouldn't do that to you unless you wanted me to because you're my friend."  He then grins up at Kong.  "You are too by the way!"

That caught Rabbit's attention. "There may be a degree of merit in that. Infiltration missions and such, should the need ever arise. Do you have a spare containment orb that I might study? I will return it immediately if you need it, or once my studies are complete." Hearing that one of the heaviest hitters in this group and one who could consume vast quantities of anything were both able to be transported via these containment spheres started to get the cosmium interlocks oscillating.

"I don't know about all of that, but if you ever need to jettison your Pokémon to a bad guy in a hurry, I can always inhale them then shoot them at the enemy."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 10, 2012, 03:25:15 PM
Jeremy looks up at Rabbit.  "Sure, here's a Pokéball.  I don't really know how it works though.  I've got four more and the only Pokémon I've encountered so far are Kurt and Kong.  It looks like I might not need them any time soon.  Man, there were so many awesome Pokémon around Viridian City...."  Jeremy then hands a Pokéball to Rabbit.

"Really?" Jeremy asks as he spins to look at Kurt.  "Man, I want a Kirby, you guys sound awesome!  What do you evolve into?"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 10, 2012, 06:06:25 PM
The guards seems to flinch for a moment while their hand flies to their sword's hilt when they sees Rabbit's "naked" form, but the captain quickly raises a hand  and they pull away their hands, recovering their composture.

Ah... Yes, I understand, it would probably be better if you didn't exit the ship whitout your armor, at least for today... The population has already had plenty of emotions for today. Anyway, the chest didn't seem to contain anything particularly dangerous, so the guard has nothing else to do here. We'll be returning to the city, you're free to rest here or we can offer you acommodations on land to spend the night. Until tommorrow should we not meet again today.


Meanwhile Pha's starts  to carefully check the ship planks, under old rugs and behind supply crates. After around an hour her curiosity ends up paying off, and she finds a secret compartment with  small green, blue and red jewels and some more glass vials.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 10, 2012, 08:30:47 PM
-K!CHING-

Pha snickered along as she kept finding more and more loot.
"Ooo. I'll be able to bathe in the stuff before too long."

She would nod with satisfaction at those accepting to come with her. Obviously very glad to have them around.
"Great!"

She would stash the monetary loot in a bag in the morning, ready to keep it everyone else seemed satisfied with the mystical objects found within the chest.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 11, 2012, 10:43:09 AM
"Really?" Jeremy asks as he spins to look at Kurt.  "Man, I want a Kirby, you guys sound awesome!  What do you evolve into?"
"Well, I guess I am kinda neat, compared to some of the races around! umm... Evolve? I've only heard that word once before, and it was being used to explain one possible reason that The Great Hero Kybrin was so much more powerful than normal. Maybe that's what you mean?"

[Ret-Con  :whistle]
"Perhaps... it would be best if I stayed on the ship. To the town, the suited figure is a hero. I... do no wish to cause unrest." he paused, "I know what I must look like to you."

As Kurt looked upon Rabbit, he thought that the strange-looking man still looked maybe a little stranger than most, but pretty much everyone looked strange to him since he left home, just as strange as those who visited the Land of Dreams from elsewhere.
But listening to him speak on his appearance, Kurt thought that Rabbit sounded ashamed or sad about his appearance, or at least about how others would react to his appearance.

Kurt decided not to say anything. Because, while he didn't think Rabbit looked all that much stranger than most, Kurt has learned that such comments can often be as bad as they are good.
[/Ret-Con :p]

(I have no problem with entering "Time Skip Mode" anytime you guys are ready, Kurt will stay on the boat with Rabbit, to keep him company. And because, you know, Rabbit is the smart one, and Kurt would want to stay around Rabbit so that Kurt can better be able to figure stuff out  :D.)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 11, 2012, 10:49:29 AM
"Maybe you guys don't evolve.  Some Pokémon turn into other creatures as they get older and more powerful.  I have a couple of evolved Pokémon myself!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 11, 2012, 11:54:44 AM
Rabbit took the Pokéball from Jeremy with a nod. "Thank you. I'll have Hex64 analyze this in the morning, along with the items in the chest, as well as the glaive. We can then divide the spoils evenly." the Space Pirate motioned to the chest when he spoke.

It was an oddity, but in Space Pirate culture, one of the few things that was not tolerated was theft from a fellow Space Pirate. Division of wealth and resources to ensure maximum success all but required that everyone be happy with their share.

"If there is nothing further, I will retire for the evening. Good night, everyone." and Rabbit headed towards the bunks. Rather then the big and fluffy captain's bed, Rabbit took one of the conventional crew bunks. It felt normal to him. After all, were he still a Space Pirate, it'd be cycles before he could even SEND a direct communication to High Command, let alone claim their station. Galactic Federation or otherwise, he was just a trooper. All that changed was his pay scale.

As he drifted off to the realm of plunder and respect, he tapped his visor one final time. "System. Event ID 23590 authorize."

Acknowledged. Executing Event Cluster ID 23590

Along Rabbit's spine, elbows, neck, and knees there would be sporadic pulses of soft light, and the power suit that deres'ed in a minute would slowly, over the course of the next few hours, be painstakingly reconstructed.

-----------(TIME JUMP!)-----------

Rabbit would awaken several hours later, and the first thing he did was remove his helmet. After all, he was among friends, and with his module loadout he wouldn't be producing a sealed atmosphere anytime soon. His alarm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2eYYDyY82M) informed him that the event cluster had reached completion, and the readout displayed on his visor display:

Event Cluster ID 23590 complete. Runtime 0.0.09.48.26.07
Inquisition Module Loadout Rendered:


Module R86 Rezbit Control Module Version IV  [Utility Mount Selected]: Primed. Hex64 Servitor Rezbit Unit online and awaiting input. Allocating 3 units of energy to Rezbit Control Sequencer. Allocation Adjustable.

Module X89 Chozo Inspired X-Ray Module Version I(Beta)  [Visor Mount Selected]: Primed. X-Ray Visor online. Additional functionality online. Allocating 2 unit of energy to X-Ray Visual module. Allocation Adjustable.

Module D15 Ing Inspired Dark Visor Module Version VII  [Helment Mount Selected]: Primed. Dark Visor online. Additional functionality online. Allocating 1 units of energy to Trans-Spacial Visual Module. Allocation Adjustable.

Internalized  Alacritous Reflex System Detected. Allocating 2 units of energy to optic fiber reflexive system. Allocation Locked.
Internalized  Cognition Detection System Detected. Allocating 1 unit of energy to Delta-Scan inference field. Allocation Locked.

You have allocated 9 of your 9 registered units of trans-phazon energy.

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Rabbit got up from the bunk and gave a few routine motions to test mobility and shake off the sleepies. A few motions later, and Rabbit gave a tap on his left forearm, as though keying in something. Lines of energy would race along his suit to his left hand, which went from holding nothing, to holding a small sphere with red dots and an intricate pattern etched onto it (http://derpy.me/OotaR). The lights would pulse for a few moments before they remained on steady, at which point Rabbit would release it and it would hover in mid air. Two smaller orbs, covered in what looked like spikes or quills, would form and orbit around the central body, while every few moments several orange panels would appear, display gibberish at breakneck speeds, then wink out of existence at random intervals.

Before the others awoke, he'd start his own pet project. "Hex64. Authenticate." and the orb would make a series of tones that sounded like a touch tone phone being trampled by a colossal millipede. Ahhh, the purity of digital communication. Once the decryption of the Rezbit's authentication code displayed on Rabbit's visor, he addressed the digital construct again. "Hex64. Command. Begin analysis." and Rabbit held up the Pokéball. A blue beam scanned over the sphere, and the Rezbit itself make a tone unlike a dial-up modem being smashed with a lead pipe at the bottom of a well.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 13, 2012, 12:25:48 PM
Hex64 finishes the scan in a few seconds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2GU8TyYMI)

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 13, 2012, 04:10:47 PM
While the others slept, Hex64 and Rabbit worked over the items in question one by one. Some confounded the digital construct, while others it identified with unnerving ease. There was just something about working with a Rezbit that Rabbit found comforting.

After the scans were complete, some with confirmatory tones that were soft on the ear, while others made the Rezbit make a sound that sounded like a seashell being scraped against concrete at relativistic speeds. A readout on Rabbit's visor indicated the findings, and the Rezbit hovered over to be in Rabbit's proximity.

Incoming Data Stream from Rezbit designation HEX64 
01010111 01000001 01001110 01000100 01001111 01000110 01000111 01000001 01001101 01000101 01001100 01001111 01001110 01010111 01000001 01010011 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010010 01001001 01000010 01001100 01000101 01000111 01000001 01001101 01000101

Analysis of Requested Inventory successfully completed. Runtime 0.0.00.08.26.07
Designation: Pokéball - Scan inconclusive. Object failed to register with self-loaded databases. Error 404 when connecting to Galactic Datanet. Check your HiFi connectivity and retry.

Designation: Tome - Repository of knowledge. Transmorphic contents with imbedded low resonance psychic detection system. Book alters contents based on reader's designs, limited to a miniscule occurrences per cycle. Projections indicate higher familiarity with target subject reduce time required to find useful content. Requires tactile contact for functionality. Recommend keep out of reach of Papal Militia of Scientology.

Designation: Vest - Material fabrication scan indicates objects mass disproportionate to its tensile strength. Low yield optical camoflague effect located. Power source intrinsic to garment. Estimations on duration indicate incredible short half life of fundamental power source. Recharge time estimated at one full cycle.

Designation: Belt - Non-euclidian kinetic infusion device. Intensifies kinetic force at moment of impact through unknown means. (Reference Article 43.5.G "Magic, a Synopsis of the Infinite by Coronya" - Autoqueued for informative reading.) Energy to mass ratio suggests prohibitive kinetic recycling rate. Systemic Estimate: Singular use per hexpass.

Designation: Sigil - Pleasing design harmonizes with pleasure centers of carbon-based brain clusters, soliciting trust formation. Wavelengths erode deceptive centers of wearer's speech patterns, degrading the capacity to convincingly convey falsehoods. Sigil can also generate a feedback situation which prevents outside aggressions to target the wearer with violent intent. Wearer is discouraged from initiating violent intent via negative reinforcement protocols. Recommend keep out of reach of Papal Militia of Scientology.

Designation: Amber Beetle - Organism is in non-measurable state of suspended animation. Situational protocol can release suspended organism for one soloton hexpass, whereupon organism will be returned to stasis. Intrinsic crystalline pattern powers stasis effect. Recommend limiting release of suspended organism to one occurrence per cycle.

Designation: Glaive - A fatal exception occurred at Memory Allocation 56F8DF0F:5050 when attempting to analyze and categorize designated item. Scheduling mandatory database sync and error logging / correction algorithm

Designation: Red Fluid - Unable to properly categorize properties of designated item. Prior recorded evidence suggests cellular regenerative fluid.

Designation: Blue Fluid - Cross Referenced with GF Medical Journal entry 5F-2. Promotes neutralization of fatigue and other negative effects. Advertising Campaign claims can "Reinvigorate the Mind and Body".

- Likelihood of Blue Fluid performing as comparison consumer product advertises: 99.545%
- Likelihood of Comparison Consumer Product performing as advertised: 1.458%

Designation: Green Fluid - Restores motion to locked joint points and allows for voluntary muscular control restoration.

Designation: Yellow Fluid - Provides for short term repulsion of negative entities, classically referenced as 'Evil'. Negative entities are those with sufficient disregard for the safety of others, blatant disregard for galactic or planetary laws and regulations, or those residing in a parallel world as seen on Planet Aether. [Reference: Aether]


"Excellent. Task well performed." Rabbit mentioned to the Rezbit, who made a chirp that sounded less like a bird, and more like someone dropped a nail on a disk sander while said sander was being disassembled by a cherry bomb. That glaive still bothered him, but he'd be satisfied to have it pointed AWAY from him, at least. Once the others woke up, he'd fill them in, but for the moment, he walked to the deck to enjoy the sea breeze, and the sunrise.

This planet had an awe inspiring sun.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 19, 2012, 11:29:55 AM
The others seemed to be thoroughly exhausted, giving Rabbit a bit more time on the deck, with his thoughts. He thought back to just last night, and how it changed everything.

"System. Logbook Entry. Personal. Timestamp and begin."

Rabbit waited for the signal that the internal system was ready, and he began.

"Personal Log, Rabbit.

Life as, essentially, a pardoned criminal is harder then I ever imagined, and the last cycle was a bitter reminder of such. Back ho.... back with the Federation, I am considered by bond of law a free sentient, having paid for my crimes and theoretically bettered myself, but everywhere I went I was met with faces of fear or hate, and repulsion. The Galactic Federation is charter to over a hundred worlds, and still, I was an outcast.

Even within the ranks of the GF, I was singled out. Sent to the further reaches, given the lower jobs, and Allocational Payroll never could spell my designation properly. Though, it was a life I chose. Until I met some new friends, theoretically from out of the local region I find myself in.

Kong is a strong warrior, possessed of a deep spirit and a wanting to achieve. He is eager to leap into the fray, and just as quick to leap to the aid of his companions. His prowess in combat and style of battle remind me of the Elite forces, though he has yet to acquire any form of personal stealth. Perhaps that is a kindness towards his enemies?"

Rabbit took a moment to attack tactical notes about Kong's contributions to the battle to the log entry. Encrypted, of course.

"Pha Eris seems a bit withdrawn, but in that aspect I see much of myself. Surrounded by beings she does not resemble much, she may feel unwelcome by our differences, but she is welcomed by the spirit of friendship. Friendship. Such an odd term, and an even odder feeling. With the Space Pirates, there was no friendship. You did as you were told, and your sense of accomplishment was at a job well done. Here, though, it seems that even in failure there can be a sense of accomplishment, by encouraging your compatriots to try again. Pha Eris mentioned I look less like a rabbit, and more like a fish. After sequestered research, I've concluded she is correct, but lapine creatures are considered more fortunate then piscene creatures. At least in human-centric mythos." he paused, "She would like Phendrana, I imagine."

Rabbit took another pause to attach data scans and identification images to the log at this point. Then he resumed his log, idly strolling around the deck, motioning with his hands to identify key points.

"Kurt reminds me of my prior years in ways he can never imagine. From how he sails through the air lazily, to how he attaches.... or rather engulfs... his prey and leaves them in a crumpled heap, reminds me of those screaming members of science division who begged us to break protocol and open that door when Metroid containment failed. It was such a waste, we lost so many obedient metroids that day." he shook his head, "Kurt is nothing like them, though. For beginners, he's not green." a chuckle, "No, Kurt is something completely different, something new. Something I've never seen before. A mass of living protomatter. To know life could exist of such materials, is the stuff of dreams."

"Zax is quiet. Too quiet. I hardly know more about him past his name. A winged divergence from the usual genome, skilled in the local arts of martial combat. His silence and deadly serious demeanor are things that I know all too well. The mark of an exile." Rabbit theorized.

"Jeremy is a youngling, as young as I was when I received my first confirmed kill. Though, where I only saw duty and loyalty to High Command, he roams the land with his friends, Bayleaf and the others, with little concern or care. He is the very beacon of friendship, I am certain of it. He could inspire a nation, or command an army, once he matures. Last cycle's battle must weigh heavily on him. I will have to check on him. It is... what a friend would do."

"System. End Log entry. Encrypt. Do not publish."

Acknowledged. Log Entry generated and encrypted.

Rabbit gave a satisfied nod, then turned to look at the rising sun. The blinding light of the...

Ingtech Inspired Dark Vision active. Compensating for glare intensity

... The gentle light of the sun as it rose over the horizon was a welcome warmth. Rabbit wondered how many people on this entire planet could look at their sun and not wince from its brilliance? Then it occurred to him, that when the children of this world draw their pictures of their homes in the sand, every one of them drew the sun in the sky as a circle.

"They aren't so far behind afterall." he said to himself.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on July 19, 2012, 11:48:06 AM
Zax is out on the deck, stretching his wings and performing weapon exercises.  He sees Rabbit and approaches.

"Hey, uh... Rabbit, right?  Yeah.  I heard you say you were a pirate?  And then you joined the army?  Man, why would you do that to yourself?  You know they're just gonna use you up and spit you out.  The guys in charge don't care about you or me, man.  They just care about fighting their big wars and looking good when they're all smoking cigars afterwards.  'Hey, my army beat your army!' 'Well, here's 5 rupees, I guess you were right.'  You know?"

This is the longest speech Zax has given the entire time, and his face is sour.  He waves his shortsword halfheartedly.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 19, 2012, 12:08:26 PM
Rabbit was as surprised to hear Zax talk as he himself was for speaking, perhaps.

He gave a nod, "A lifetime ago, I was. A Pirate of the Stars." 'Space Pirate' was still giving the translator some trouble. "We traveled from world to world, plundered and stole and... well, we were Pirates." he figured the term itself was the best explaination.

"I was ordered by the Field Commander to perform a suicide dive on the bridge of a massive star cruiser... a ship, like this one, that sails up there." he pointed to the sky. "And, oddly enough, I failed. Oh, I crashed alright, and I certainly distracted the crew of the ship. I just failed to die. Seeing no alternative, and not truly wishing to die that day, I surrendered. A few high cycles later, I was a free sentient again. Though, I was a free sentient in the central populace of my people's most hated enemy." he paused, to let the idea sink.

"My skills were as a pirate. I wasn't anything more to Science Division then an obtainer. Explore, Exploit, Enhance. That was our creed. I enlisted as an explorer, attached to a division of semi-sanctioned hunters. Independance, but still tied to the central hub of the Galactic Federation. It was that, or sanitation duty." and at that thought, Rabbit shook his head. "So in a point, I was given a choice, but it wasn't a choice."

"My entire life, I've taken orders. From High Command, from the designated Field Commander, from a Judge, from an appointed Parole Officer, from a rehabilitation official, and even from the dispatch authority." he stopped, "Last night was the first time in my entire life that someone looked to me, asked what should be done, and then it happened. It felt good." he gave a nod.

Rabbit was silent for a moment, deep in thought. He asked Zax a most puzzling question, "Pirates... Armies... Federations... If I don't serve something, then what do I do?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on July 19, 2012, 12:15:37 PM
Zax grunts.  He's not used to so much philosophy... "I'm still figuring that part out, I guess.  I just don't trust anyone else to make decisions with my best interest in mind.  Not anymore."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 19, 2012, 12:37:47 PM
Rabbit gave a nod, "As I said, I've taken orders my whole life. Giving them is new."

"In any respect. Thank you for your assistance with the Water Pirates." Rabbit offered.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 19, 2012, 01:02:04 PM
Jeremy emerges onto the deck, Bayleef trailing behind him.  He sits down on the deck away from the others, and Bayleef nuzzles him gently.  "I'm okay Bayleef, I've just never killed anyone before, and to make it worse I made you guys help me," he says softly. 

"Bayleeef," she gently responds as she lays down and puts her head in his lap comfortingly. 

"I know Bayleef, it was for the best.  We helped save all those people, we did what was right.  We've just never had to kill before, we used to just knock out the other guy's Pokémon and then we won."  He sighs.  "We'll be okay Bayleef.  We can't let everyone down by acting sad and bringing everybody down." 

Jeremy then goes quiet, staring at at the ocean as he hugs his Bayleef.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on July 19, 2012, 01:04:48 PM
Zax brings Jeremy a warm beverage to help ward off the morning kill.  "The first kill is always the hardest.  You get used to it... though that's probably not a good thing."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 19, 2012, 03:17:17 PM
Rabbit notices Jeremy join them on the deck, and the sour expression on the youngling's face can be detected even without the aid of advanced optical systems. Zax walks over to comfort Jeremy, but even Rabbit has a feeling that that level of comfort will scarcely suffice. The ex-Space Pirate walks over towards Jeremy, removing his helmet as he does, and kneels down nearby the Pokemon trainer and his bestest friend, Bayleaf.

"Do you mind if I join you, Jeremy?" Rabbit asked. Protocol 101.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 19, 2012, 03:36:11 PM
Jeremy accepts the warm drink from Zax with gratitude.  He remains quiet at Zax's revalation.

When Rabbit walks over Jeremy looks up at him and smiles.  "Of course I don't mind."  He then listens quietly as Rabbit talks.

"You and Zax are my friends," Jeremy says once Rabbit has finished.  "And thank you, both of you.  I'm better now."  He then thinks for a moment.  "You have a friend that I haven't met?  Do you have a Pokémon too?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 19, 2012, 03:53:43 PM
Kurt comes up from below deck, rubbing his face with his hand (Arm? Flipper?) as if to brush out the sleep, or just to massage himself awake.

Kurt is exited for the day. He has spent only a very little time with these people, but they had all shown great abilities, and today they were to set out on another adventure of some sort. He was all too happy to have the opportunity to watch them, and learn from them.

As he walked up to where Rabbit, Zax and Jeremy were, he realizes the somewhat hushed tones, notices people down-looking.

Kurt decides it is best to say little again, as to avoid saying the wrong thing. But nonetheless, it was rude to walk up to people and say nothing, so Kurt decided to use a greeting that he'd head used by others often enough.

"A pleasant morning to you gentlemen."

Not really knowing what either "pleasant", or "gentlemen" meant, Kurt only hoped that his chosen words were the right ones.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 19, 2012, 05:08:14 PM
Jeremy being cheered up was the goal, and Rabbit accomplished with ease.

"You have a friend that I haven't met?  Do you have a Pokémon too?"

"I'm not certain if it is a Pokemon, but..." Rabbit looked up, "Hex Six Four. Approach." he called up, and the Rezbit that had been collecting barometric samples per microcycle and comparing them to statistical analysis heuristics descended to the deck level, orange screens occasionally appearing, processing trillions of bits of data in the blink of an eye before closing the orange screen.

"This, is called a Rezbit. They are a race of digital constructs, living data. My people use them as guardians, and to help process massive amounts of information quickly. This one is designated Hex Six Four. Hex Six Four, this is Jeremy." and the Rezbit made a welcoming sound, like a teakettle being crushed by a library book that was on fire. Backwards.

"It said that it is pleased to add you to its list of contacts, and anticipates the exchange of data." a pause, "That means it is happy to meet you."

Rabbit turned towards Kurt, and gave a nod, "Good morning to you, Kurt." a pause, "This morning, I instructed Hex64 to analyze the treasure we found in the chest, and it was able to identify about eighty to ninety percent of the items there in. Once the others awaken, we can being discussing who is best suited to receive what."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 19, 2012, 05:37:06 PM
Jeremy being cheered up was the goal, and Rabbit accomplished with ease.

"You have a friend that I haven't met?  Do you have a Pokémon too?"

"I'm not certain if it is a Pokemon, but..." Rabbit looked up, "Hex Six Four. Approach." he called up, and the Rezbit that had been collecting barometric samples per microcycle and comparing them to statistical analysis heuristics descended to the deck level, orange screens occasionally appearing, processing trillions of bits of data in the blink of an eye before closing the orange screen.

"This, is called a Rezbit. They are a race of digital constructs, living data. My people use them as guardians, and to help process massive amounts of information quickly. This one is designated Hex Six Four. Hex Six Four, this is Jeremy." and the Rezbit made a welcoming sound, like a teakettle being crushed by a library book that was on fire. Backwards.

"It said that it is pleased to add you to its list of contacts, and anticipates the exchange of data." a pause, "That means it is happy to meet you."

Rabbit turned towards Kurt, and gave a nod, "Good morning to you, Kurt." a pause, "This morning, I instructed Hex64 to analyze the treasure we found in the chest, and it was able to identify about eighty to ninety percent of the items there in. Once the others awaken, we can being discussing who is best suited to receive what."

"Information?"
Kurt tried to keep up with what Rabbit had said, but only really understood that this "Rezbit" was (A) something called "living data", and (B) they had info.

Kurt decided to test both of his understandings at once.

"Hex64, he said you are "living data", what does "data" taste like?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 19, 2012, 06:09:56 PM
"Hex64, he said you are "living data", what does "data" taste like?"

At first there was no response. Rabbit turned to the construct, "Hex Six Four, calculate response." and then the show started. The two smaller orbitals started to, well, orbit around the central sphere, leaving blue rippling wakes in their path as they did. More orange screens flared to life, displayed half a trillion lifetimes of data in a glimpse, then vanished from view. Sometimes they overlapped. Othertimes, they almost coexisted.

Faster and faster the construct calculated, faster and faster the orbs spun, the orbiters orbited. Faster, faster... with narry a sign that they would ever stop let alone slow down. The orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and orbiters kept orbiting and the orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the and orbs spun faster and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbs spun faster and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and orbiters kept orbiting and the orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the and orbs spun faster and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbs spun faster and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and the and orbs spun faster and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbs spun faster and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and the and orbs spun faster and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbs spun faster and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and orbs spun faster and the screens blinked quicker and the orbiters kept orbiting and...

Then it stopped.

It then produced a tone that sounded like a trumpet being blown through a lawnmower, while the lawnmower was hit by a truck, which was being eaten by a tarantula. A normal tarantula, mind you. Except that it could eat a truck.

"Hex Six Four remarks that after an extensive analysis... it is unsure."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 20, 2012, 02:00:11 PM
Molida's Island

City's docks

Dawn of the Second Day
________________________

As you talk on the deck of the ship and the morning sun rises, you can see Molinda waking up as well. Smoke raises from several of the houses chimneys, windows and doors are opened, people carry goods, the usual Hyrulian lifestype, which may seem quite exotic to some of you. Tiny wood boats are launched into the sea, Molinda's fishermans eager to make up for not having been able to carry out their trade in the last day. The sky is clear, the water calm, a slow breeze blows trough the air, all promising a great new day.

Some small fragments of Pha's ice  can still be seen near the water around you, but none big enough for an human to stand on anymore. On a closer look back at the docks, something seems to be diferent. Something big and green and brown. Rabbit's "summoned" tree now stands on the ground of the docks, aparently having been taken out of the ice and planted there by somebody over the night.

One of the tiny ships aproaches your boat, and you then notice it carries a young hyrulian guard with a radiant face besides an impatient-looking old fisherman, looking at you with some suspicion.

Good morning Molinda saviors! Our captain invites you for a breakfast with the rest of the garrison in our barracks! No, don't worry, we don't eat any of the usual military menu crap in this island, we have fresh fruits and meats from our forest and farms!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 22, 2012, 02:49:48 PM
Sleeping out of her fountain was always an uncomfortable experience. No room or bed satisfied her needs and the sea was just too salty. A large jar of source water or a big bush or batch of tall grass filled with morning dew would had been so much better than the rupees she slept on. An acceptable compromise, still.

She barely didn't notice the tree's new location, her attention mostly centered on the fishermen.
Still in the process of fully waking up, she takes a moment to stare at the moon and see if it somehow found itself a bit closer than it was last she looked at it.

Pha waved wearily at the pair coming to greet them.
Eating human food was bound to be special, though she wasn't sure about eating meat.
Though, there was the awkwardness of eating with a bunch of soldiers.
"Ah? Cool. Okay."
She flew by the boat whimsically. Smiling at the others.
"We can leave after for the woods after then."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 22, 2012, 08:35:38 PM
Molida's Island

City's docks

Dawn of the Second Day
________________________


Good morning Molinda saviors! Our captain invites you for a breakfast with the rest of the garrison in our barracks! No, don't worry, we don't eat any of the usual military menu crap in this island, we have fresh fruits and meats from our forest and farms!


Breakfast?

Breakfast?

It has been some time since I had a proper meal. Since I left home it seems like all I've been doing is standing still, sucking in air untill I catch something.


Kurt uses Inhale, then floats right over the boat then blasts an Air Gun into the sky, to drop from about 5ft strait into the boat.

Kurt looks right at the man who'd been speaking does the Kirby Excited (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgRYX0e6qao) Kirby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL5ZqNRhjz4) salute-thing (http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/030/4/0/kirby__s_victory_pose_by_rotommowtom-d4o5e3m.jpg). (last link most relevant)
BREAKFAST!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on July 23, 2012, 04:04:27 AM
Appearing frighteningly instantaneously, Kong materializes with a smile and a half-asleep expression on his face. "Breakfast is appealing..." He had not seemed to be awake and functional until he heard words like 'breakfast' and 'fruit' from the small guard's mouth. There were only two things that a kong warrior liked nearly as much as fighting, and those two things were sleeping and eating. Ever sine he had left the jungle on his task, he had learned the travelling warrior got to sleep about four hours every few nights, and fruit was a comfort he was not afforded. Honestly, he could not quite remember the last time he had fruit; grains and meat had kept him strong and alive, with fruit being too rare, expensive, and least filling. But to have some again...

He turned towards Rabbit, quickly waking as the time flew on. "Have you discovered the item's auras?" He was most interested in that belt. Not that he needed a new belt; his belt kept him alive, and others alive as well. It was wonderful. But the fist-belt really had an unusual appeal to him. Still, he was not one to act on Greed, and it was just as much a learning curiosity that drove him to ask after them.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 23, 2012, 11:46:15 AM
Seeing as everyone attention was diverted. "First Meal it is." he chuckled as he returned his helmet. He gave a nod to Kong, and at his question, he replied. "Yes, Hex Six Four was of incalculable assistance in that task. Most of the items in question were positively matched by arcanosynthesis, and returned positive replies of a semi-psychic tome of transmutable knowledge, a vestment containing a short lived optical camouflage unit comprised of a material with a tensile strength disproportionate to its mass, a non-euclidian kinetic infusion engine, a cognitive harmonizer with aggressive feedback inhibitors, a crystalline stasis module containing a suspended insectile lifeform, fluids that counteract lactic acid buildup and restore damaged bodily usage, fluids that counteract rigid paralysis, fluids that set up an antithical repulsion field against quantifiable negative entities, and while the red fluid and the Pirate commander's glaive resisted the arcanosynthetic decryption, I have deduced that the red fluid promotes cellular regeneration... While the Pirate commander's glaive hurts."

"We can distribute wealth and plunder after first meal, if that is agreeable?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 23, 2012, 05:40:29 PM
Pha looked at Rabbit with a wince. Not sure how to put it.

"A wha-? Arcane sin tic-tic the crypt sun? Whats with all the crazy talk?"
She wasn't sure what half of that was all about but the loot division question was plain enough.
Her voice deceivingly detached.
"Okay."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on July 24, 2012, 03:45:55 PM
Kong pays very close attention, and though it is clear he was not sure what Rabbit had said most of the time, one thing did register. And though he initially looked lost in thought and concerned, as if wrestling himself, eventually that faded to a smile aimed at Rabbit. "Layman's terms would be beneficial, hahaha." Kong stretched one last time, now looking fully awake, and was climbing into his chain-armor shirt as he started out. "Breakfast, then.... perhaps a different test for the glaive." He gave a mischievous wink, though he was quite worried-looking as he did so.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 24, 2012, 04:08:14 PM
"Ah. Apologies. Rezbits give their reports back as pure data, and Science Division had long since abandoned talking in ley-sentient's terms." he chuckled, then shook his head, "It is an old habit."

"Before my time, Science Division had decyphered the art of what some of the other races called 'magic' into a series of non-eucl... nonsense mathmatics, which were called the Arcanosynthesis Theories. There is a theory that any technology advanced enough might as well be called Magic, and by that theory, the reverse was proved true. Magic can be summarized as hyper-advanced technology." he explained, in so-called leymans terms.

"The tome is semi-psychic and mutable. The contents change based on the expectations of the holder. If you need help studying architecture, the book becomes a book *about* architecture. If you are lost, the book could contain hints and helpful tactics to find your bearings in the wild. It could become a starchart for stargazing, or an atlas to study the layout of the world." he explained.

"The vestment is lighter then it appears, and can hide your location by displacement for a short time. Hex Six Four remarks a possible time frame of five hexmills."

"The belt causes one strike per hexpass to convey additional force, and therefore, additional trauma." he paused, "A hexpass is a unit of time. It is split into sixty hexmills, and sixty hexpass compose a hexmark."

"The crystalline medallion acts very much like Jeremy's pokeball. Inside it is a insect creature, that can be summoned once every cycle." he paused, "A cycle is a unit of time. It is the time from solar rise to solar rise." he explained.

"The crimson fluid repairs you, the blue one restores bodily function and mental clarity, the green one removes physical paralysis, while the yellow one repels negative dominance entities." he concluded. "We encountered creatures like that on Aether, or more precisely, on Dark Aether. A world split in two, light side and dark side for lack of a common comparison. I doubt something like this has occurred before."

"That glaive is still a mystery, though... it would be best to conduct additional tests." He paused for a moment. "Was that better? It helps me learn if I know what works best." One could easily twist that question to one of sarcasm or spite. From Rabbit, though, it had a genuine sound to it.

Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 24, 2012, 05:34:32 PM
At least now she knew for sure she preferred the rupees.
Pha listened intently, mostly out of amusement in Rabbit's struggle to make everything simpler.
When he went through the details, she though she'd try to sound smart too.
"How many hexmarks are there in a... huh... cycle?"

Once everyone would be on the boat, she'd fly closeby, trying to get a better understanding of Rabbit's strange civilization.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 24, 2012, 05:48:45 PM
Jeremy pipes up.  "What you call a cycle we call a day!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 24, 2012, 05:51:47 PM
"It differs from world to world. Some have as few as eighteen, while others have hundreds. A standard cycle is a period of twenty four hexmarks, which is what we use for measuring durations. Though, on worlds with extreme cycle durations, we simply abandon the expression of cycles and measure everything in hexmarks."

"Planets like Icarus Orphan, with a cycle length of eighty six hexmarks, would be a prime candidate for abandonment of the cycle designation. My records and studies of this world show that it has a cycle lengthy of twenty four hexmarks, six hexpasses, fifteen hexmills. Humans back in the Federation would call it... Earth Like."

He paused, "We have a lot of faith in the number six for..." he held up his hands. Three fingers each (Two, plus a thumb), "... obvious reasons."

Jeremy pipes up.  "What you call a cycle we call a day!"

He gave Jeremy a nod, "That is right. Though sometimes, out there, there are worlds without a sun. Cold, dark worlds and without a sun to know when day and night begin, it would not make sense to call it day. Science Division deemed it necessary to have a single word, and thus was the Cycle."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 24, 2012, 05:54:45 PM
Jeremy laughs.  "Rabbit, you sure do talk funny."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 24, 2012, 05:58:54 PM
Accessing Diplomatic Directive and Discretionary System (3DS)

> Inferrence: Humor is gained from manner of speech
> Situational Analysis: Speech was not meant to garner humor
> Assessment: Choose one of the following actions and express:

-- Pose Inquiry for Further Study
-- Ignore Current Social Situation
-- Join in Unintended Merryment
-- Terminate Youngling





Rabbit chuckled along with Jeremy. "Unintentional, I assure you."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 24, 2012, 06:14:49 PM
The explanation was revealing, though some of its references flew right through, their implications so weird she did no dare think of it further.
Their day duration being their norm was puzzling, though.
"My, how convenient!"
She counted mentally, comparing the durations of his terms with her own.
"Yup. Really convenient." She twirled a finger in her curls pensively. "But so strange."


[-Ready to skip to the breakfast-]
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 25, 2012, 09:24:34 AM
Rabbit joins the others in the boat, giving a nod to the fishermen as he does. "What else can be said. Humans enjoy being right."

[- Prepped for time jump -]
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on July 25, 2012, 11:26:28 AM
♪ Break-fast, Break-fast... BREAKFAST! ♪

As Kurt waits on the boat, he notice's the others getting in, including Pha and Kong, who had not been there for when Kurt had greeted the others.

Well, it seemed to have been right to say earlier.

"A pleasant morning to you gentlemen."
Directed toward Pha and Kong.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on July 26, 2012, 06:07:07 PM
Kong nods with a smile to the bouncy, small warrior-thing from the day before. "And you." He could understand the merriment for morning eats. He was quite hungry himself, and with the test he had in mind, he thought it might be best to attempt it on a full stomach. If the others even approved of the plan...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 26, 2012, 07:42:36 PM
As you walk to the city most of the villagers you cross greet you with merry faces, altough some seem to avoid eye contact and change their courses away from you. The elves... The elves look at you with penetrating eyes, and the feeling you get from them could either be the one of a wild animal glaring at a rival or the eyes of a professional admiring another. Maybe both.

The barracks is a large and sturdy wood and stone building on the back of Molinda, combined with the city's wall. Over its main door you can see a sculpted triforce over a large Steel Shield, the usual sign of the Hyrulian Guard. A sentry welcomes you and steps to let you pass as you aproach.

You surely must be the heroes that defeated the pirate boss yesterday right? Pity I didn't get to see any of it, I was stationed on guard duty in the other side of the city, but you indeed look like you're no ordinary warriors! And you're... Oh Great Fairy, you bless us with your presence.


Pha gets a gracious bow from the sentry as she moves inside. In the main barracks corridor you can instantly sense the sound of talking, laughter and the smell of food coming from inside. After a couple dozen steps across several closed doors you see an open one, leading to an huge room filled with half a dozen long wooden tables filled with trays of tropical fruit, grilled meats, bread loafs, and jars of water and milk. Dozens of soldiers in green tunics (many of them with visible bandages in diferent parts of their bodies) sit around those tables eating and talking in a cacophany of sounds. When they notice you entering they break out cheering and clapping, inviting you all inside while throwing an avalanche of questions. Then a figure in the central table-the captain, in armor and sword at his side-  rises and makes a sign with his hand and the room instantly quiets down.

Show some discipline guards. These adventurers need to recover their strenght from yesterday's battle. I'm sure they'll be more than willing to answer your questions. Now
-the captain directs the next words at you- Please pick a seat and share in our food. You're welcome to stay with us as long as you like.

Then you spot a figure rising from the side of the captain and aproaching you directly. Its face seems somewhat familiar... One of the sailors released from the pirate's ship yersterday, wearing an Hyrulian Guard tunic. He looks in much better shape than yesterday, a middle-aged man with dark brown eyes, short brown hair and beard, well-built and with some old scars under its healing bruises. Glancing at the table again, you now notice the other sailors siting at the captain's table as well, in fresh green guard tunics as well.

Ah, such good luck to find you here! Name's Gomer, and the captain was kind enough to house me and my mates for the night in this place and gave us some new clothes. Nice guy, but keeps trying to get us to join the military, but we're all sailors at heart, been so most of our lives, and just because we had some bad luck with pirates we aren't gonna change jobs. He also told us that the ship where you rescued us from is now yours, so I was thinking... You're gonna need a crew right? Me and my mates would be more than willing to work for you, if you would take us. This island looks like a nice place and all, but none of us feels like setling down just yet...


(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 30, 2012, 07:36:39 PM
The glares of the elves didn't bother Pha so much but she couldn't help but feel something... not good... was brewing with them. That they were going to have breakfast with the garrison probably didn't help.

Quote from: Sentry
Oh Great Fairy, you bless us with your presence.
"I know, right?"
She scratched her cheek with two fingers, a little embarrassed.
OOooh dear. I am so not supposed to be here. If they ever hear of it I'll get in so much trouble!

She gave him a courteous but short bow in reply and went in.
Pha took a seat when prompted and listened on.

She stared at Gomer with mild amusement and curiosity.
"Sure! Why not?"
Hovering a bit higher, if only to feel taller.
"We're not crossing the seas for a bit, though, maybe later this week. You guys take it easy t'ill then."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 30, 2012, 09:53:31 PM
As you walk to the city most of the villagers you cross greet you with merry faces, altough some seem to avoid eye contact and change their courses away from you. The elves... The elves look at you with penetrating eyes, and the feeling you get from them could either be the one of a wild animal glaring at a rival or the eyes of a professional admiring another. Maybe both.

It's around that moment that Rabbit decides to remove his helmet.

Quote
Then you spot a figure rising from the side of the captain and aproaching you directly. Its face seems somewhat familiar... One of the sailors released from the pirate's ship yersterday, wearing an Hyrulian Guard tunic. He looks in much better shape than yesterday, a middle-aged man with dark brown eyes, short brown hair and beard, well-built and with some old scars under its healing bruises. Glancing at the table again, you now notice the other sailors siting at the captain's table as well, in fresh green guard tunics as well.

Ah, such good luck to find you here! Name's Gomer, and the captain was kind enough to house me and my mates for the night in this place and gave us some new clothes. Nice guy, but keeps trying to get us to join the military, but we're all sailors at heart, been so most of our lives, and just because we had some bad luck with pirates we aren't gonna change jobs. He also told us that the ship where you rescued us from is now yours, so I was thinking... You're gonna need a crew right? Me and my mates would be more than willing to work for you, if you would take us. This island looks like a nice place and all, but none of us feels like setling down just yet...


"As stated, we do not intend to use the craft in question for some time." Rabbit remarked as he sat down and prepared to eat First Meal. "Any decision regarding destination, crew, and other arrangements can be discussed upon our return."

The Pirate Trooper reached for the meat first. Breads and Cheeses would follow, along with fruit. "Your offer of service is appreciated."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on August 02, 2012, 02:38:46 AM
Kong raises an eyebrow at Rabbit's bold choice. Not that he cared; he was just as strange looking in comparison to the fleshy creatures that inhabited this place. Humans were so strange. Rabbit was somewhat comforting to be around, being strange like Kong.

He didn't care much about the poor sailor, though he could understand his pain. Still, something about his approach and story seemed contrived... Kong couldn't place exactly what was wrong, but there was something that he didn't quite like. Something dishonest. He was glad when Rabbit broke off to grab some food. He followed, grabbed the fruit while Rabbit went for meat - no judgement, different swipes - and whispered, "Something odd there..."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on August 02, 2012, 11:09:51 AM
He followed, grabbed the fruit while Rabbit went for meat - no judgement, different swipes - and whispered, "Something odd there..."

"You mean with the prisoners recently released being so eager to return to the ship of their captivity? Volunteering has a different set of stigma attached to it in my social mindset." Rabbit said, just as low. "I cannot draw a parallel, but I trust your judgement. Thank you."

Rabbit went about collecting foodstuffs for First Meal, before finding a place to sit that had ample room for the rest of his compatriots to join him at. This was starting to feel all too familiar. Fighting as a unit. Sleeping as a unit.

It's like he never left. 
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 02, 2012, 11:55:05 AM
Jeremy eats quietly as the adults talk, taking small portions of everything.  He sneaks some food to different Pokémon when he thinks nobody is looking.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on August 04, 2012, 08:25:43 PM

In the food hall, the soldiers do calm down at their captain's orders, but you can still hear a cloud of whispers and feel the stares at your backs as you sit and eat. Most seem to be of genuine curiosity (“how young is that kid again?”) and admiration (“you saw how that great fairy froze the pirates so effortesly?”) towards you, with a few acusations of “freaks”, “monsters” and “enemy spies” directed at Rabbit and Kong mixed in as well. Gomer himself seems somewhat disapointed when you say you're only leaving in a week, but thanks you for your reply neverthless and retires to his previous seat with the other sailors.

After giving you some time to try out the food, the captain speaks to you again:

So it seems like you'll be staying in the island some more time from what I've heard right? You're free to participate in our daily meals-we have lunch at midday and dinner at noon-and there's also some nice sights to see in our beloved city and our beaches and forest. Some of the wildlife can be dangerous, but no problem to ones just as you I'm sure.

We'll be holding a funeral for the poor souls lost yesterday in three days if you would care to join us, once the mourning and departing rituals are finished. The pirates we've taken prisioner have also  regained consciouness. Not telling us anything useful or showing any regrets as usual, but if you would like to try your luck with them be my guest.

Anything else I can help you with, don't be afraid to ask!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on August 05, 2012, 10:08:34 PM
"I would like to borrow some healers. I intend to be badly beaten, so that I can be a test subject for the effects of the glaive. If I am cursed as that man was, with evil, then I will be easily taken down."

Kong says this casually, matter-of-factly. "If it's not cursed, I might like to use such a fine weapon."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on August 06, 2012, 12:02:51 AM
♪ Break-fast, Break-fast... BREAKFAST! ♪
Kurt spends his time eating.
Trying as much of the different foods as he can.
He listens to the others talking.
He does find one thing curious about the fisherman: how successful of a fisherman must he be? we don't have any foodstuffs to share.

But Kurt knows he isn't much of one for words, so he keeps quiet.

Then he hears Kongs plan.

?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

"What?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on August 06, 2012, 08:28:03 AM
Zax frowns at Kong's suggestion.  "Surely there's some magician in this godsforsaken town who can analyze the glaive?  I don't like the idea of hitting my friends with it..."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 06, 2012, 11:43:01 AM
Jimmy looks at Kong, confused.  "Why would you do that?  What if it has magic that isn't obvious?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on August 06, 2012, 08:31:02 PM
Zax frowns at Kong's suggestion.  "Surely there's some magician in this godsforsaken town who can analyze the glaive?  I don't like the idea of hitting my friends with it..."
The captain replies to this

We don't have any dedicated magicians I know off in our town, otherwise I would've enlisted them in the  defense effort yesterday. Doctor Dorville is our local adept, but precise identification of unknown magic items is kinda out of his league. Perhaps the elves may be able to understand that weapon's properties, they always seem to have a knack for old and mysterious stuff. If you can get past their high pride and all. It's still indeed a better idea than hiting your own friends with it. I cannot sanction you more healing gear for that kind of task of good faith
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on August 09, 2012, 12:49:08 PM
Pha looked at Kong with a worried expression.
"It's fine... just hunt with it for a while and I'm sure you'll get the hang of it."

She'd try to eat the fruits available, her body being unable to digest meat properly.
It wasn't too terrible, eating with humans, but the place was still too crowded for her liking.

When breakfast would be over, she'd get outside and float at a height, getting a better understanding of the perimeter, the forest's general outline and where she wanted to go.
Going back down, she'd look at her companions with a resolute smile.
"Alright, then! Off through the forest we go."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on August 09, 2012, 05:17:10 PM
Rabbit finishes with a mouthful of meat and a few chomps of not-meat before issuing his two credits.

"Self-Inflicted arcanosynthetic experimentation without proper authorization is prohibited." the Space Pirate says, as though quoting a rule book. Pirates with a rule book... what next?

"That being the case, I cannot, in good company, allow you to be your own geemer in regards to experimental prodding. Feel free to normally utilize the glaive until such time as its effects can be ascertained. As the Field Commander stated, the forested regions are home to hostile organisms that will readily volunteer to demonstrate the effects of the glaive. Worst case scenario, we learn nothing useful, and after a cycle the Rezbit's internal database compiler will re-initialize an..."

He cleared his throat.

"I can have HEX64 look at it again at dawn tomorrow, provided we still need it."

HEX64 gave an approving tone that sounded like a clarinet playing a symphonic concerto backwards while being played via the sneeze of a elephant.

"HEX64 says that it is agreeable to any offer of its assistance."



- AFTER BREAKFAST -


Rabbit walked back outside, replacing his helmet, and stretching off the effects of First Meal. As Pha went upwards to catch a glimpse of the perimeter, Hex64 followed her while making a sound that could be a cheese grater's best impression of a gleeful child's cry of joy.

"System, status."

System Check:
Respiration: 100
Pulse: Acceptable

Caution: Phazon Corruption at higher then 0%.

Datastreams:
Rezbit Data Flow 1.45 pf
GF Uplink: 0 pf - Verify connection to HiFi and reattempt -
Pirate Broadcast Band: 0 pf - Verify Firewall and Uplink Integrity -
Polaris HM Radio: 0 pf - Unable to establish dedicated connection - Your subscription to Polaris HM expires in 248 cycles.

Rabbit nodded. Most of these were acceptable, but he'd miss the background music.

"If we're heading off then..." Rabbit started, then he thought about something, and under the helmet he smirked. Time to keep the youngling entertained for a moment.

"Hex Six Four. Return." he held out his hand. The Rezbit stopped moving and the luminescence around it dulled. In a blink, the Rezbit winked out of existence, and lines along Rabbit's armor's arm lit up a soft blue.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on August 10, 2012, 11:25:02 AM
After eating, Kurt will step out to join the other heroes.

"Alright, then! Off through the forest we go."
"So Pha, you said you had wanted to go to someplace in the woods for something, right? So, then, yes, lets go!"

Looking down at Kurt, it would be hard to tell which emotion is greatest. His cheerfulness to still be with you all. His excitement about going on an "adventure". His confusion as to where he's going or why. Or his embarrassment over being confused.

He is trying to focus on the cheer.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 10, 2012, 12:50:53 PM
Jeremy looks up at Pha.  "We're leaving already?" he asks.  He'll be sad to leave his new friends in town.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on August 12, 2012, 12:11:41 AM
Pha twirled a finger in her curls, pensive.
"Well, sure. Faster we're off, quicker we'll be back. The ship could be useful to reach the others."

She hadn't really left her fountain to play in human lands. There was work to be done.
Not that she really fancied civilization anyway.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on August 13, 2012, 08:49:58 PM
After the breakfast the captain and most soldiers bid you farewell, and  Pha rises into the air to get a better look at the island's general geography. Molima is surrounded by stone walls and flanked by small farmlands and pastures, filled with a variety of cows, pigs and chickens. But behind the city and all over the island, tick forest covers every inch of ground, making it impossible to tell any detail from above. You head to the town's main entrance, which Pha saw was the most direct route into the forest. When you reach there you see it is watched by a middle-aged guard, that instantly jumps into your path with his extend arms when it is clear you want to exit.

“Sorry, but I can't let you kids leave out there unarmed and...
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Oh, my apologies, you're most definetely well armed. And have a greater faery with you... I'm really sorry, it's just that every youngster out there seems to want to go to explore the forest on its own, but it's quite dangerous out there with all the wild monsters roaming. But you look more than ready to face anything out there, so you're free to go. Good travels and try to return before the sun sets, much fouler things rise at night!”


The guard steps out of the way to let you pass. Out there, a dirt road leads you away from the city and, after a small area filled with just grass and underbush, into the trees.

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Molima Forest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3I1fx1GOuc)
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Once inside, the light of the sun is mostly blocked by the tall green canopies, projecting shadows into the ground with some patches of light scattered across the ground. Birds and small mammals cry all around  while diminutive insects with shiny shells crawl away from you (some look like they would make great for a collection). The dirt road quickly disapears, swallowed by tall grass, but even then the main way is clear because you're basically surrounded by tick walls of trees from both sides. The path twists and turns as you advance, and the vegetation keeps geting ticker and more luxuriant, with exotic flowers blooming and strange fruits pending from the branches above you.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 13, 2012, 09:15:07 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on August 13, 2012, 10:29:27 PM
Looking at the specimens crawling about, she almost wished she had a bottle or two.

Moving through the forest was more satisfying. It smelled better than it did in the village.
She felt the vestiges of long lost memories from previous existences stir, but only enough to make her feel at ease under the trees.
Unfortunately, beyond the knowledge of the location being in the forest, she herself had little to no idea where the site was actually located.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on August 14, 2012, 07:44:29 AM
Zax looks around, seeming a little uncomfortable out away from civilization.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on August 14, 2012, 08:03:32 AM
Rabbit's armored footfalls thudded softly against the ground as they entered new territory. Rather then walking on the path, the Pirate opted to walk almost alongside it. He knew most traps would be on the path itself...


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on August 14, 2012, 12:10:03 PM
"..., but it's quite dangerous out there with all the wild monsters roaming.”

Eat Monsters? (http://rustyandco.com/comic/1/)
Kurt thinks. After having had such a delicious breakfast, he wasn't all that hungry anymore, but the Kirby race are most definately connoisseurs of cuisine, and Kurt couldn't help but wonder about how the rest of the islands edibles would taste.

Then he reminds himself: nono, I must focus, by working with these people, I might actually be able to manage and become a Hero myself!

...
Of course, If something does attack us, and I happen to get a taste of it in the course of holding it within me... That woud't be so bad


 Spot: 13, Listen: 18, Search: ...5, Survival: 17 (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg100648#msg100648)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on August 15, 2012, 02:38:46 AM
Kong uncomfortably trots along with the rest of the group. Exploration wasn't really his forte, or interest, or something that he gave half a thought. At the same time, he knew that the island had proven itself to be fairly dangerous so far, and with this kind of group he suspected trouble could find it rather easily. He wasn't so sure about that glaive, though....

Still, he didn't much care. The forested area with the thick foliage and ambient sounds was much more akin to his home environment, and it was, in a strange way, comforting. It was far less humid than his home, and he noticed a lot fewer barrels lying around, but overall it was the same. Plenty of trees, plenty of hiding and swinging spots, plenty of room for adventure.

"Nobody's speaking. Nervous? Cautious?" The unhealthy and uncharacteristic quiet of the group made Kong more uncomfortable than the chance of being heard by anything.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on August 15, 2012, 11:25:12 AM
"Nobody's speaking. Nervous? Cautious?"

"I'm not usually good with words. And so many of you are, that I just wan't saying nothing. I'm not nervous, I'm Exited!."

Kurt lied. He was nervous. Mostly because he was the first one seriously injured in the fight the previous day. He wanted to make a better impression today.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 15, 2012, 11:26:42 AM
Jimmy pipes up.  "I'm not nervous, this is just like traveling back home.  You never know when a Pokémon might pop out and want to battle!"  He is visibly excited.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on August 15, 2012, 11:36:08 AM
"More caution then nerves." Rabbit mentioned softly. "You never know when the en..." he lets Jimmy finish, then nods, "Precisely."

His helmed glance slid along his companions. They weren't just a rag-tag band of fellows grouped together by happenstance, but they were not a combat unit yet. Yet.

His right arm pulled back slightly, his Battle Scythe still sheathed. Though, it took less time to unsheath it then it did to actually THINK about unsheathing it.


Tactical Mode engaged. Weapons Loadout selected:
- Phendrana Blade selected. Near Absolute-Zero Field Generator active.
** Posture Sensitive ARCHON Deployment System (ARCHON DS) Awaiting Command.

- SG-54 Solaron Blaster (Personal Designation: "Star in a Jar") charged and ready. Primary Holster unlocked. Remaining sealed.
- Quantum Combat Modules Selected:
** Module R86 Rezbit Control Module Version IV
** Module X89 Chozo Inspired X-Ray Module Version I (Beta)
** Module D15 Ing Inspired Dark Visor Module Version VII

- Quantum Combat Modules Available: <See List for Details>

Self-Diagnostic In Prog.. Self Diagnostic Complete. System Ready for Commands.

H:\> _


Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on August 24, 2012, 07:10:18 PM
While you walk trough the forest, most of you sucessfully identify, with your wilderness skills, special fruits and seeds that can give you a surge of energy-if consumed fresh. While looking for the right path and any clues for dangers, you also end up stumbling over some rupees among plant leaves and under rocks on the ground.

Rabbit recalls quite a bit of lore about the area from his data banks, and the main threats to look for
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Rabbit also finds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT0z3t_J89A) what may look to anyone else as an useless rectangle of old metal covered by dirt and moss, but the space pirate recognizes it as a clip for his kind of weapon. Almost depeleted, but a custom work of high quality. He doesn't need to identify it, as it has instructions. In Space Pirate language.

Zax discovers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT0z3t_J89A) among a pile of old branches three silver-tipped arrows engraved, which glow with faint elven runes when he picks them up, whispering him of hunts in an unknown mountain filled with snowstorms.

Wild Wolvos appear! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHTr8nofsAM) Clearly trying to set you an ambush on the forest path, but you've sucessfully spoted and heard the three of them before walking into the trap.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on August 28, 2012, 10:12:08 PM
It was difficult to reason with wild beasts and, honestly, she wasn't sure if those could even be communicated with.
Still, they had gone through all the trouble of setting up an ambush and everything. Might as well get ahead of things if they were dead-set into being trouble.

She flew in their direction, pulsing with cold energy, then released her vortex of swirling ice shards as she tried to cut around the corner to see what was lying and perhaps waiting there, then flew a little upward into the canopy to hide amongst the leaves.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on September 02, 2012, 02:43:26 PM
Okay, now let's see what I can do.

These big doggies look mean. Or hungry. Well so'm I, and I'll show who's on the menu!

Then again, they look scary... how can I do this, and make sure I help these heroes win the day?


Beginning to formulate a plan, Kurt breaths in deeply, inflating himself again, then moves forward, picking up a small amount of elevation as he does so.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 02, 2012, 04:32:45 PM
Jeremy attempts to identify these creatures, they look like Pokémon!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on September 02, 2012, 05:02:16 PM
An animal was an animal. From worlds to worlds, an animal was still just an animal. The presence of Pirate technology on this world was a grim find. He'd have to arrange to contact the GF and evacuate this planet... but that was secondary only to surviving the next few minutes.

With a practiced gesture the battle scythe extended from the compartment along Rabbit's forearm, and as it locked in place the blade frosted over once again as the AZ-Generator kicked in. Perhaps they were hungry? Perhaps they were testing them?

Animals were animals. This wasn't territorial. This was an ambush. Intimidation may turn this conflict into a non-issue. Otherwise, injure one, and the pack may fold on itself if it was hungry enough. Drawing his blaster from its holster, he aimed at a spot on the ground and squeezed the trigger, hoping to startle these animals and scare them off.

Though, his group could use the choicer bits of the local fauna to replenish their stock. All things in time.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on September 03, 2012, 01:42:27 AM
Kong slid past as Rabbit's shot hit the ground. He recognized the warning, and it was a good thing; these were just animals, and didn't deserve to be butchered like the pirates did. They were not willing combatants, and he would not enjoy any part of hurting them. Still, he could not so easily feed them with his hide...

His metal bat flew out, still slightly dented from the battles before. It hit the ground to make a hollow ring, followed by Kong's beating chest and roar. He knew nothing of the skills of fear; he was not one to usually scare off opponents....

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on September 05, 2012, 04:23:00 PM
Intimidation is all well and good, but Zax knows how dangerous these wild beasts can be.  He decides it's best to put them down quickly.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 07, 2012, 07:57:08 PM
Jeremy quickly pulls out his shotput and throws it at a Wolvo.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 08, 2012, 02:52:15 PM
Pha's ice shards cut into the wolvos hide, only one managing to dive into the vegetation for cover in time, altough their tick fur seems to offer a minor degree of resistance against the cold. The tall grass all around the fairy stands for a moment as delicate ice strands before colapsing in fine ice particles. Around the corner formed from the trees, Pha can see another corner, whitout any visible threats, before taking cover inside the canopy above.

Rabbit's shot scorches a patch of cleaned ground, but the wolvos don't seem any impressed.

For Jeremy, none of the wolvos particularly stands out from the others, so he attacks the nearest one. It ends up grazing its tick fur but doesn't deal any damage.

Zax's first arrow is a clean shot into the flank of a wolvos that growls angrily at the pain, the second one ends up missing as the beast instinctively lowers itself into the vegetation.

Kong's display of power seems to produce better effects than Rabbit's, one of the wolvos actually seeming to hesitate a little. But the other two seem to take it as a challenge and advance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRChp-dwQCQ) towards the ape warrior, their eyes glowing a bright yellow and their long claws sinking into the earth l!
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The first tries to sink its teeth into Kong's leg, but ends up only biting cold mytrhal. His armor however provides of little use when the second wolvos rises into its hind legs and violently slams both of its clawed paws into his chest. The momentum of the charging monster sends Kong reeling some steps back and with his chest hurting, and the other wolvos doesn't hesitate to take an opportunistic swipe, luckily failing to slash trough his armor again.

The third wolvos seems to be empowered by seeing Kong pushed back and aproaches by the other side, aiming at the smaller, unarmored Jeremy. Only for the shoutput hiting it in the back of the head, throwing him off balance as the weapon returns to Jeremy's hand.

As the battle goes on, Pha and Kong can hear more things aproaching from around the corner.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 08, 2012, 03:48:35 PM
As the great fairy descended from the branches, spit a leaf off her mouth and shaking more from her hair, she shouts out to her comrades: "There's stuff approaching ahead!"

Then, seeing Kong get hurt, she sneers angrily. Putting her palms face up in front of her, she looks as if she was lifting something heavy as the grass under two of the wolvos crystallizes, expends and towers under them into solid pillars of ice rising high into the canopy.
Grunting approvingly at her own prowess she return shuts her eyes tight and purses her lips as she flies back up into the branches, trying not to get anything poking at the eyes or into her mouth.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on September 12, 2012, 03:10:32 AM
"She's right; more are coming." It was strange for Kong; even in training, he had never had to say out loud his techniques or movements, or the information that he gleamed while in the thick of combat. No kong did. So to be saying tactically relevant pieces of information out loud for the world to see was quite beyond anything he felt comfortable with. I mean, it gave away the fact that they'd caught on! He tried to focus on the battle and not on the thought that they'd have to come up with a non-verbal system of communicating such info. He was so focused that he nearly jumped out of his skin when the ice shot up under his nearby foes feet, but he recovered and waited, hoping for something to come in range.

He snickered, bat in hand. It was just like playing kong-ball, but with snappy-jawed-claw-beasts.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on September 13, 2012, 09:25:03 AM
"Jeremy, ease back." The pirate advised. "The front line is dangerous." Rabbit offered, mostly so that he could more readily join the fray. With an almost-reflexive motion, the Space Pirate-Turned-Space Explorer finished the muscle-command and unsheathed his battle scythe lightning quick, the starmetal blade frosting over almost as soon as the scythe extended and locked. If it was a fight these animals wanted, then Rabbit would oblige. Besides, the local cuisine was delicious compared to compressed C-Rations.

"System." Rabbit started, "Activate HEX64."

Command received. HEX64 dump codex isolated and compiling. Compiling. Com... Compile Complete. Allocation of Three energy units confirmed and authorized. Rezbit Control module online and active. Hex64 Render complete.

The familiar heralding call of an elephant playing a harmonica echoed near Rabbit as the familiar sphere and orbiters appeared seemingly from thin air, and seeming from a few key leftover pieces of Rabbit's armor.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 13, 2012, 04:26:00 PM
Jeremy nods and takes a few careful steps back, then pulls out a Pokéball and says, "Machop, I choose you!  Help me make a new friend!"

Machop appears in between Jeremy and the Wolvo and cries out "Maaachop!" and then slams into the Wolvo attempting to knock it out.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on September 16, 2012, 12:00:10 PM
Now that the wolvos are in among them, Zax switches his gear for close-combat work and steps into the fray.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 21, 2012, 11:14:31 AM
Jeremy's machop connects a direct hit on the wolvos face, before Pha's  rising ice columns carries it and one of its companions high into the canopy. You hear a bunch of yaps and tree branches cracking before the wolvos fall towards the ground, covered in leaves. The third monster manages to avoid its crashing companions, one of which twists in mid-air managing to don't fall head-on the hard ground, instead simply cushioning the fall with its flank, which makes it pass out cold.

Kong and Zax bash and slash the wolvos that wasn't thrown into the air, bringing it down, altough the beast still breathes. Zax notices that the blood flowing from its wounds coagulates pretty fast, quickly sealing them.

Jeremy summoned HEX64 appears behind him.
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And from the trees that had their cannopies pierced by Pha's pillars, come two massive spiders, gracefully stepping trough the branches and leaves while barely making a sound.
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The remaining wolvos momentarily steps into its hind feet as it viciously claws and bites at Zax. Its claws manage to slash an exposed part of his arm and close in, trying to pull the Hylian warrior. He manages to wrestle free, just in time of seeing three new wolvos speeding up trough the forest path in the party's direction. Seeing the choke point created by Pha's pillars, they disperse in the nearby bushes, carefully eyeing the situation.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 21, 2012, 11:39:30 AM
Jeremy gets visibly excited, "Hooray, new Pokémon!"  He then pulls out a Pokéball and throws it at the unconcious Wolvo.

In the mean time Machop moves to attack the nearest Wolvo.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 21, 2012, 08:02:28 PM
Looking down the branches again to look at the situation, Pha floats down and shouts at the kirby.
"Kurt! Get behind the ice pillars!"

Once he would have retreated out of harm's way, she'd inhale strongly and blow a gust of crystallizing snow flakes.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on September 22, 2012, 03:14:56 PM
*Tapping on game console*
*Character un-freezes*
*Damn glitches*

"Kurt! Get behind the ice pillars!"

Kurt moves to land just to the north of Kong.
And lets out a blast of air.
Strait out of his mouth, the air cuts the grass as it moves forward, edging between the hylian and the ape. through the Wolvo who's dying, past the Wolvo that is being absorbed into the Pokéball, and into the two wolvos beyond.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on September 24, 2012, 02:54:39 AM
Kong saw what happened; he did not understand where the wolvo he just cut into went. The young one's magic-ball struck it, and it disappeared, to te young one's excitement. This was not something he understood, but it was something he knew benefited him. Now that one of the creatures was gone, he could leap upon the next! He souted something in Kong, his arms mysteriously stretched and struck farther, and he clobbered the wolvo in front of him with all his might.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on September 24, 2012, 12:04:17 PM
Rabbit simply pointed to the canine that Kong had struck.

"Hex 64, acquire target and engage." the Pirate ordered. The Rezbit made a confirming sound, something which sounded like a church organ that had all the pipes replaced by kazoos, then the orbs orbiting the central core started to build up an electrostatic charge. A soft blue aura started around each of the spheres, and then in a quick display the voltage jumped from the orbiters to the central body, then in an arc towards the designated wolvo.

It was that same Wolvo that Rabbit opted to fire upon himself.

You are on discharge 5 of 50. Tip of the Day: Any loot that you find that your companions do not know about is loot that you don't have to split.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on September 29, 2012, 07:21:05 PM
Zax turns to the new threat.  "Spiders.  Why does it always have to be spiders?"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 01, 2012, 03:21:03 PM
As the pokeball slams into the uncoscious wolvos, it rebounds and stops in mid-air as it opens and projects a red beam that hits the monster and dissolving it into scarlet light that is sucked inside the pokeball. It then falls on the grass vibrating and glowing for a few moments before confirming the capture was sucessful (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4SwToIYnb4)!

Pha and Kurt blow togheter into the aproaching wolvos, freezing and slashing trough their tick furs. The one already fallen stops breathing completely, while another finds itself barely able to move due to the crystalized snow flakes gathered over its body. Still three wolvos manage to take cover in time under the near vegetation and don't seem any wavering.

Kong seeks to change this stretching his arms and violently slams his bat into the nearest opponent still standing, cracking its skull open. Machop takes advantage of the cleared path to move and deliver a hand chop into the slowed wolvos, knocking it out for good.

Rabbit, whitout wolvos in sight, directs his attacks at a monstrous spider. His pistol delivers a clean shot that liquefies part of its carapace, bluish goo slipping from inside as the vermin's legs frenetically move trying to hold on the trunk where it holds itself from. The Rezbit seems to have absorbed Rabbit's bad luck tough as its electric discharge manages to move between the ice pillars and go trough the forest whitout hiting anything.

Zax stands his ground and delivers two clean blows. The monster's carapace isn't that hard or tick, but the spider's sheer bulk means it will take a good deal more than that to finish it.

The two wolvos still standing recklessly throw themselves at the nearest party elements. Machop finds itself barely keeping a set of jaws from its neck as claws tear its flesh and latch on, locking him into a deadly brawl with a wolvos. The other violently body slams into Zax, sending him reeling backwards across the tree lines and barely avoiding to trip over Kurt behind him. The nearby monstrous spider reveals a dangerous-looking set of jaws driping with poison as it tries to bite the passing hylian warrior, but he keeps his stance and blocks it with his shield.

The monster doesn't seem to give up tough, steping closer and turning its engorged abdomen towards the party members. Greyish strands of silk start to  shoot out from it as the spider swiftly weaves them in complex patterns. In a matter of seconds Kurt, Kong, Rabbit and Rezbit lay entangled into a tick, sticky web that glues them to the ground and nearby tree. Zax managed to evade it, and the web didn't reach to Jeremy.

The pokemon trainer doesn't have much reason to respite tough as the other monstrous spider aproaches him with hungry looks and delivers a painful bite on his arm. Jeremy can feel the venom instantly starting to sap his strengths.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 01, 2012, 05:36:07 PM
Pha palms her cheeks as one wolvos appears to die. It had to happen, as was the laws of nature. They eat if they kill and die if they don't.

She would wait a little to see if Jeremy's creature could free itself before retreating a little to avoid harming the pet creature and  burst out her icy vortex, trying to bring down the wolvos that had escaped the cold, and move to get the other one as well if its grasp over the pet would be lost.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 01, 2012, 07:48:32 PM
Jeremy steps back, feeling his strength leaving him as the poison takes effect.  He looks around wildly for his Machop but sees that it is in a deadly struggle with a wolvo.  Jeremy takes a deep breath, draws his shotput, and throws it at the spider.

In the mean time, the Machop gives the wolvo a big grin and attempts to take control of the grapple and slam it into the ground.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on October 03, 2012, 08:01:14 PM
"The over-big spiders are too big for me, but that wolfy-one isn't"
Kurt thinks.
"If I tried to suck them up, I'd at least be retaining air enough to shoot again. But we need something now."
Then Kurt remembers what he'd done in the last fight.
"Well, using it on the trees would get the spiders, but I don't want the forest to catch, but using it on the frosty area where the wolfy-ones are should be safe, and taking them out would let the mighty Pha help deal with the spiders."

Kurt takes out one of his two remaining bombs from the armory, that he got the day before. He throws it behind the wolvos, trying to get two of them in the blast.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on October 06, 2012, 12:32:32 AM
Kong immediately flurried against the webbing that entangled him. Nasty spiders; he had some experience dealing with this kind of foe. But with such beasts? Was the forest making a concerted effort, or was it  coincidence? He suspected everything. While he slashed the crap out of the webs, that is.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 07, 2012, 09:42:35 AM
Movement hampered. Servos 15 to 24 impaired. Motivator 8 heat flag.

Calculating stress analysis of foreign material:
- Generating imaging [.......................................]
- Isolating mapping [......]
- Reticulating splines [..........................]

Report displayed. Archive stored on H:\Users\45J-4\Documentation

Based on those calculations, Rabbit factored that the likelihood of Hex64 being able to free itself from the web was about on par with this system's star going nova anytime soon.

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That fear dissuaded, Rabbit took action. "System. De-Rez Hex64." and the Rezbit gave a whine that choked like an engine underwater before it ceased existing in this world. Now, about the web on himself. His battle scythe was already primed and at the ready, the web in contact with the blade frosting slightly against the cold. Casual contact, but nothing enough to shatter the web. For that, he'd need to apply himself but he'd need to hurry before the webbing fully hardened, and turned from a covering to a cocoon.

Hex64 dealt with, Rabbit started to slash at the strands that held him fast, looking to carve himself an avenue of escape. The others would need him, fast.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on October 11, 2012, 08:34:24 PM
"Want some more, Ugly??"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 13, 2012, 06:24:57 PM
Two of the wolvos find themselves simultaneously attacked by cuting ice shards from Pha  and burning bomb Shrapnel from the other, struggling to take cover.

Machop takes the chance to reverse the grab on his opponent, geting a powerful hold and masterfully throwing it against a nearby tree's trunk. A quick snap can be heard as the wolvo's neck breaks from the impact and it is dead before it falls to the ground.

Jeremy's shotuput scores a good blow on the spider's carapace, drawing out more green fluid, while Zack keeps hacking on the other spider, managing to chop off one of its legs.

As Kong swiftly hacks apart the webs entangling him and Rabbit freezes and shatters his own binds, both spiders seem to take a quick look at the situation with their multiple eyes and then carefully retreat back inside the tree canopies.

The last standing wolvos also doesn't seem to like his odds much and breaks away running at incredible speed, disapearing around the trees. The other downed but still breathing wolvos manages to pull himself on his feet and tries to run as well, only to be cut down by Pha's lingering vortex.

No enemies remain in sight of you now, yet you can't shake off the feeling that there's more nasty things lurking ahead on this forest...

Situation
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on October 13, 2012, 07:37:36 PM
"Well, that was interesting. I wonder how much worse it would have been going through here at night!"
"Shall we continue towards the, umm... place?"

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Then re-inflates to follow behind whomever leads by 10ft, and also staying 10ft up.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 15, 2012, 11:37:46 AM
Another slash, and then another, to carve his way out of the strands that held him fast. (Continue until free or no longer funny)

"It seems the inhabitants of these woods are more feral then estimated. The arachnids displayed more self-preservation then the canines did. Interesting." Rabbit noticed, as he walked over by the dead Wolvo by the tree to drag it away from the canopy. Those spiders could be lurking just out of sight. Once in the clear, he began something of a cursory examination. "System, new log entry. Molima Forest, subsection Indiginous life, subsection Canine. Tentative classification Mammal Canine. Unusual behavior displayed in subject. Insufficient time for proper autopsy of defeated canine lifeform. Set reminder, open ended, to obtain proper study. Fight or Flight response seems to favor fight, despite overwhelming odds and numbers. Subject finally opted for self-preservation when fellow members of pack were overwhelmed and defeated. Possible malignancies, brain damage, or terrestrial rabies. Unable to conclude without proper study. End log."

A blinking light on Rabbit's left forearm gauntlet beeped to show it had received the command.

Log Updated (ENTRY: Molima Forest - Creatures - Ground Creatures - Unnamed Canine)

Reminder Set
You have 3 Pending Open-Ended Reminders:
> Leave Planet
> Contact Galactic Federation
> Obtain Canine subject for proper study


Rabbit gave a nod and stood. "Jeremy. Look away." With a quick slash, he brought his war scythe along the wolvo's gut, from neck to groin to split the creature open. With a practiced motion the scythe withdrew, and Rabbit grabbed the Wolvo by its paws and hurled the carcass into the woods.

"Easier food should draw nearby predators to it, rather then us. Either that, or the inhabitants of these woods are infected with a malady of the brain." and the same motion reversed caused the war scythe to extend again and all but instantly frost over. "There is much about this I do not like." he started, and held up one of the 'Useless rectangles of metal' he found earlier. "These are familiar to me. These symbols, this design... This is Urthaghusian." the name rolled off whatever Rabbit had for a tongue.

"Or, as the cosmos knows them... Space Pirates." a pause, "And... my people." he admitted. There was no shame, simply a statement. "I do not know how or why these are here. The best possible outcome is that they were in the spare storage compartment of my craft and they survived the explosion by being hurled to land here." he did not want to consider the worst possible outcome. He shook his head, "It isn't worth concerning ourselves with at the moment. We have another goal in sight. Let's continue. Everyone keep their eyes open." and Rabbit took the front while he adjusted a series of slider bars on his gauntlet.

Energy Distribution Allocation Updated
- Quantum Modules Selected:
** Module R86 Rezbit Control Module Version IV - 2 Units Allocated (Establishing Function Link: Shock Emitter) - RENDER DELAYED -
** Module X89 Chozo Inspired X-Ray Module Version I (Beta) - 3 Units Allocated (Established Function Link: Trap / Snare database connection. Gamma Ray Imaging enhancement (Estimated Factor 10)
*** WARNING - Prolonged usage promotes gamma build up in cortex. Severe Health Risk if abused. If you experience any undocumented side effects, you are ordered to document them until lapse of function can be properly documented. ***
** Module D15 Ing Inspired Dark Visor Module Version VII - 1 Unit Allocated (Established Function Link: Zero Lumin Visibility)


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 17, 2012, 12:17:11 AM
Pha wasn't at ease just yet. She remembered hearing things and wasn't sure that the wolvos that had come as reinforcements were all there were. The spiders had retreated, after all, and could easily wait for them on the other side of the trees.

She went down to the ground and approached the edges, slowly, peering into the unexplored.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on October 17, 2012, 02:12:38 AM
Checking each piece of ground to make sure it was safe, Kong proceeded forward and to the faerie's side. She had a sort of death wish, he knew that from the last battle, and he didn't enjoy the prospect of having to bury her if something ambushed from around the corner. He, on the other hand, had a death wish and a strong, muscle-encrusted body to take the blows leading to it, so he didn't mind putting himself in harm's way. "Not safe yet." The others seemed to be relaxed, and the fact that Rabbit was surprised him. He like the idea of drawing other animals away, though he knew better than to think that an easy meal meant that a predator wouldn't try for another kill. "Moving on? Carefully?"

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 17, 2012, 09:33:15 AM
Rabbit gave a nod. "Moving on. Carefully."

Though, something was bothering the Space Pirate. He was looking around, but he didn't seem to be seeing awfully much...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 17, 2012, 04:52:26 PM
As the carcass opened by Rabbit falls into the ground, almost instantly a string of silk shoots out from the tree canopies and pulls the fresh meat up, disapearing inside the leaves.

Then as Pha and Kong carefully move trough the forest path, they find no more visible enemies and a  biffurcation. Before you can decide which opening in the tree walls to follow, a small humanoid figure steps out from behind a bush some sixty feet ahead of you. A kid completely dressed in old, ragged green and brown clothes much like a scarecrow, its (him/her?) face covered by a skull-shaped mask.
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Holding up a small flute, it starts playing it before quickly turning and running away trough the farthest away path from you, disapearing from your view, altough you can clearly hear its tune coming from deeper inside the forest.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on October 17, 2012, 05:37:36 PM
Kong puts his ax away, holding his bat in his hands again. He did like it. "Child," he called back to the group, "-like non hostile. With a flute?" He was not at all sure how to pursue this. He looked back, confused.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on October 17, 2012, 06:40:43 PM
Zax hesitates at the mention of a child & flute, his brow furrowing.

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Then he hurries after the others, keeping rearguard like a good soldier in an unfamiliar territory.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 17, 2012, 08:29:20 PM
Kong puts his ax away, holding his bat in his hands again. He did like it. "Child," he called back to the group, "-like non hostile. With a flute?" He was not at all sure how to pursue this. He looked back, confused.

Rabbit made a relieved sigh, "Oh excellent. I thought that I was the only one that hallucinated that." Rabbit admitted. "We all ate the same food at the last meal."  he pointed out. "Keep sharp, the youngling is either a distraction, a denizen, or a deterrent."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 17, 2012, 09:02:17 PM
"Maybe he'll be a friend!" Jeremy pipes up as he follows the others through the forest.  He tried to stop lagging behind even though he was distracted with thoughts of his new pokemon.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on October 18, 2012, 01:04:44 AM
"Maybe he'll be a friend!"
"Yes, and he could be calling on his flute for food."
Kurt had let out his air just long enough to comment, before quickly re-inflating.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 20, 2012, 12:03:40 AM
Pha frowned.
"Dressed like that, especially the mask, I wouldn't be so sure."

She stuck close to Kong, pointing forward to carefully advance to the next set of bushes so that he may inspect them with his glaive for possible hiding foes, then to the bushes following them, so that they may get a glance at what is at the first intersection.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 20, 2012, 04:26:30 PM
The inspection of the bushes only reveals some diminutive vermin that quickly scurry for cover.


The path of the first intersection takes a turn to the east, making it harder to see where it is going. The upper canopy seems to less dense trough that way, leting in some rays of light from above, with some colourful chirping birds flying around.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on October 23, 2012, 10:50:35 PM
Kong looks back and forth. He always liked going for the first turn you got, and analyzing it as you went. "First or second right?" He felt more and more oddly at home with each passing minute.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 24, 2012, 10:11:20 AM
"First." Rabbit said, waiting to move in to close the gap once everyone was past him. "The Youngling took the second, and can presumably be baiting us into a trap. He'll be expecting us to follow to sate our curiosity." he paused, "Standard Pirate tactic, honestly."

Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 24, 2012, 12:48:44 PM
Jeremy looks saddened by the thought that they might not follow the boy but he doesn't speak up about it.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on October 24, 2012, 02:08:16 PM
"First." Rabbit said, waiting to move in to close the gap once everyone was past him. "The Youngling took the second, and can presumably be baiting us into a trap. He'll be expecting us to follow to sate our curiosity." he paused, "Standard Pirate tactic, honestly."

"Traps are best baited with small food in order to catch big food. That was a person. Persons are not food. If Mr. Rabbit is right, is not a good trap. Bad bait"

Blue puffball will try to get up with Pha & Kong, trailing by 10ft behind where Pha floats.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 25, 2012, 05:42:59 PM
You take the first turn, and as you move trough that path the music from the mysterious child keeps playing at your back.

After some walking, you notice what looks like a tight passage between the trees to the west, that is however blocked by a large, cracked boulder. On the other hand the open path ahead of you seems to become clearer and clearer, the canopy over it thining out and leting more sunshine drop in.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 29, 2012, 04:00:51 AM
The brightening forest seemed like a good sign. If anything it meant that there may be less of those spiders lurking above.
What intrigued her most, however, was the boulder. She was curious of what may be on the other side, yet at the same time wasn't really sure she really wanted to know.

Still... it might have be hiding something sort of important to go through the trouble of blocking it like that. A quick glance to her companion and she doubted she was the only one intrigued.
"Kong. Can you push or drag that rock away? Or smash it?"
He was probably the strongest of the group, though they could all help him if needs be. She remembered of she had frozen the metal so that he could sunder it back when they had found the chest.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on October 29, 2012, 10:01:26 AM
"Kong. Can you push or drag that rock away? Or smash it?"

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Kurt shakes his... body.. as if to say no.

"That isn't good. When exploring a dangerous place, it is best to try and find the exits first, before trying to explore the areas in-between. Especially with how dangerous this forest has proved, and with it going to get more dangerous latter. The path forward seems more likely to be the way out. Once we check that, then we could come back."

Kurt looks to Rabbit. Kurt knew that Rabbit seemed to be the smartest of them, and Kurt had tried to sound a bit like him, but wasn't sure if his suggestion would meet with Rabbits approval.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 04, 2012, 11:59:24 AM
Pha isn't sure about the blue ball's point. There was the risk of forgetting about the place. That and about just how dangerous the forest had proven to be so far.
"It has?"

She squinted, trying to make herself more persuasive.
"My kind has a fondness for closed spaces and it usually leads to us being cut off from the rest of the land. This boulder could be blocking the path to a fairy fountain."

Pha then pouted, already accepting that she might have to forget about it for the moment.
"If we're not bursting it off, might as well keep going."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 04, 2012, 07:28:17 PM
You keep following the open path, and soon enough some stone tiles start appearing on the ground beneath you. At your sides, broken boulders partially covered by moss and tree roots suggest the ruins of ancient buildings, and the tree walls open up, leting you actually spot stuff more than a few feet ahead of you. In front of you appears a small hill, at its base a small, old-looking stone fortress, trees and vines growing all over it, that would seem abandoned at first glance if not for some green-clothed figures siting around in a campfire. The forest fortress is merged in the side of the hill and seems to go inside it.

As you aproach you see the green-clothed figures are uniformed hylurian soldiers, that notice you back. Their hands rest in the hilts of their weapons and they assume a defensive stance but they don't make any gesture to attack. One of them, with its slightly decorated uniform sugesting a minor officer status, shouts to you:

Halt! Who goes there? Entry on the forest temple is strictly forbidden!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on November 04, 2012, 11:35:56 PM
Jeremy looks around, taking in the view.  As they are challenged by the guards he can't help himself and asks, "Is it a fairy temple?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 05, 2012, 12:10:27 PM
Halt! Who goes there? Entry on the forest temple is strictly forbidden!

Rabbit took a step forward, "Explorer 45J-4, personal designation Rabbit, on detatchment from the Galactic Federation. We were sent in this direction by Captain Viscen of the port access village of Molima to the southeast."

Rabbit's posture is calm. Of course, it only took a microsecond to unsheath his battle scythe.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 05, 2012, 01:46:56 PM
Jeremy looks around, taking in the view.  As they are challenged by the guards he can't help himself and asks, "Is it a fairy temple?"

The officer looks at Jeremy with a condescending look on his face.

No, it is a monster temple kid. Evil things lurk inside, and that's why we watch over it to make sure they don't get out and passing innocents don't wander in to their demises.

Rabbit took a step forward, "Explorer 45J-4, personal designation Rabbit, on detatchment from the Galactic Federation. We were sent in this direction by Captain Viscen of the port access village of Molima to the southeast."

The officer's eyes change to a more defensive stance when he takes a closer look at Rabbit's armor.

Galactic Federation...? Well, wherever you're from, I don't know what the captain had in mind sending you here, but entry in the forest temple is strictly forbidden unless you have a permission letter or the Captain himself comes here and tells me to let you pass. You're however free to explore the exterior ruins around here. There's quite a bit of ancient arquitecture left over under the vegetation, with the ocasional stone writings and sculpted pieces of art if you're in that sort of thing. Sometimes we still find the occasional hidden treasure in this area, so you may get lucky and it'll make your trip  worthwhile.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on November 06, 2012, 01:57:19 AM
Kong eyes the temple, a glint in his eye. This would be exactly the sort of place he could find martial tools and techniques, if anything the old kong's had told him, if any  of the stories he had heard as a small chimp were true. He knew he would have to get inside the temple, but he didn't want to hurt the men who were just there to protect folk...

"We can explore. Fine." There might be something outside the temple. Or a way in...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on November 06, 2012, 07:59:54 AM
Zax sticks to the back, knowing that his input won't help anything, but he glares at the guards.  "Typical..." he mutters, loud enough for everyone (including the guards) to hear, but too quiet for anyone to respond to.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 07, 2012, 05:43:19 PM
Pha's surprise made her drop backward before flying back unto her feet.
"...a WHAT? Monster temple!? How dare you!! It used to be such a... nice establishment."

Her worldly memory was still quite hazy, so exactly when it used to be so was pretty hard to recall. Probably quite some time.
She put on a serious face. It looked dreadfully serious.
"Any road. I've got a great fairy fountain to find but I can't let evil lurk in there if I can do somethin' about it. There are some terrors defiling temples and doing goddesses know what in there and they come in the big numbers. You guys'll just get slaughtered if they ever reach this place. So. I'mma go in. Find what they're looking for and figure out what could be done to avoid another possible massacre like what almost happened at Molima. And you'll happily let us do just that."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 08, 2012, 07:52:00 PM
The guards step away with a mixture of shame and fear on their face when confronted with the dreadfully serious faery. Their looks quickly change from Pha to the officer (who's visibly shaking) and back to Pha.

I-If... B-But... You-you... FINE! Go inside, get lost or killed or worst, see if I care! Clearly I can't stop you, but I won't be holded responsible for whatever happens to you inside that cursed place!

Then he looks back at Jeremy:

Look kid, I don't know what charm that mischievous fey promised you or you who got involved in all of this, but there's no need for you to go inside with them. Just say the word, and I'll send some of my men to escort you safely back to Molima.

Meanwhile the exploration in the nearby area doesn't produce much of interest-the place has clearly been troughly explored and looted multiple times, altough you still manage to gather some more rupees and some interesting pieces of text, along with several fragmented depictions of gods, goddesses, monsters, heroes and triangles whitin triangles.
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Then those of you choosing to enter the fortress to reach the Forest Temple go in.
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2012, 08:14:24 PM
Jeremy summons Ivysaur and then smiles up at the guard as he pat's his Pokémon on the side.  "Don't worry mister, I know what I'm doing.  My friends will protect me."  The Pokémon then looks into the guard's eyes and softly says, "Ivysaur" in a somewhat menacing voice.


As they travel into the temple Ivysaur stays close to Jeremy, keeping a watchful eye out for anything that might threaten the child. 

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 09, 2012, 05:11:27 PM
The found lore was interesting. Ancestral knowledge, maybe and a taste of the spiritual theme adopted by the temple.
Of it all, the bit about four worlds was the most intriguing. Enough to express her puzzlement. "...four worlds?"
There wasn't much point thinking about it too hard for now. For as far as she knew, it could be a metaphor of some kind.

The guards' reaction saddened her slightly. It was tough to see the good folks tremble and inspiring terror wasn't always pleasant. It was usually swinging wildly between intense fear and awe. She looked less than monstrous, but it wasn't so hard to understand Rabbit and feel like a monster herself at times.
"Of course you care. But it is for the best."

She made a short bow and floated down toward the temple.
It was hard to focus on anything else that was directly in front of her but the occasional swirling dusts caught her attention, letting her wonder when it may have been since someone last ventured there. Not less than a few years, she guessed. Whatever menace lurked these holy grounds should had been purged long ago.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on November 09, 2012, 10:44:14 PM
Kurt couldn't follow all of what was being said as he searched through the area, but he could gather that the temple was full of dangerous creatures.

These guards were trying to keep the dangerous creatures in, and innocents out. But Pha wanted to go in, and root out the baddies so they wouldn't be a danger anymore.

"Yep, sticking with these people will surely teach me how to be a proper hero! This Pha is so insistent that the dangers be dealt with! And if we can manage to do so, then these people won't have to worry about it anymore!"

And so, Kurt follows Pha into the temple.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 11, 2012, 01:09:33 AM
Impressive. It was odd seeing all of his old commanders and divisions present in his new companions. Pha could intimidate as well as any Elite, while Kong could certainly fight like one. Jeremy wrangled monsters and creatures as well as Fauna Exploitation.
Kurt was a living mass of protoplasm. Rabbit had to admit to himself, that was a new one.

What literature they found, he cataloged for future reading. If nothing else, it'd be while he was alone in the early mornings. Keeping his eyes open as he entered the temple... minus his vestigial eyes of course, he pulled a sweep of the perimeter, and a more casual glance around the region as well. His mounted X-Ray visor helped him see the tiny imperfections in the stone, while the Ing-Inspired Dark Visor ensured there'd be no dark spots in his vision. Now, if only he paid attention in the GF's brush up course of locating areas of interest...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on November 11, 2012, 03:47:04 AM
Kong honestly couldn't have given a damn about stories - he was always more for practical knowledge than book-learning - but the mention of the triforce interested and stuck with him. A power that no single individual could use? The power of the gods? The strength of gods? Even a fragment of such power, such knowledge, might aid him greatly. And if the temple held such power, if it were even a chance... that was something he could not pass up...

Kong gathered himself, and walked passed the guards. He would be damned if a boy, faery, "rabbit", or..... um..... thing, beat him into the temple.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 12, 2012, 06:27:54 PM
You hear creaking sounds, and as you take a closer look around, you realize what looked at first glance like clumps of vines and moss  walls are skeletons! As they move, the vegetation that had grown over them falls off and they ready their swords and shields, their eye orbits glowing with a ghostly emerald light.

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From behind one of the trees, a larger skeleton reveals itself. Its armor, sword and shield are clearly of superior quality and its eye orbits burn crimson.
 
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Still some of you hear some faint giggling coming from the room, but the skeletons are completely silent. It takes Kong's keen eye to discover the source-two small floating balls of dark purple light with insect wings.

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Noticing they've been spotted, they float a couple feet up and speak in a childish, half-singing voice:

Oh, the big ape saw us little sis!
I'm more interested on the green lad miss!
What about that armored creep?
I'll rather play with the cute kid!
The blue ball looks good enough to eat!
Hey big sis, you're the one that brought us this fresh meat?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!


As the pair of faeries laugh the stalfos advance, ready for battle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRChp-dwQCQ).

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on November 13, 2012, 03:57:02 AM
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"Dark faeries... what are these?" Kong considered the intelligence of walking straight into the temple, but hindsight was rarely initially worthwhile. This was the time for action. He readied himself, and eyed the larger of the warriors. A good challenge; but would it be more prompt to beat down the smaller foes quickly?
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on November 13, 2012, 09:08:58 AM
"It IS a fairy temple!"
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Post by: Anomander on November 13, 2012, 03:24:46 PM
So it seemed.
But it felt like something had gotten to them. Perhaps whatever evil dwelled here had power enough to corrupt even her kind.
...or maybe they were wicked to begin with, which would really suck because she didn't want to hurt them. There was hopefully a way to deal with this without having to send them back memories of the earth for goddesses knew how long a sleep.

Perhaps the skelly warriors were controlled by the dark fae, which made them the most important thing to deal with in the room. Right now.
She wanted to blame them for letting the place fall into ruins, but she couldn't. Working wasn't really part of the standard fae's lifestyle.
"NOPE! They're guests!"

She sneered gleefully.
"Are you two ice fairies?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 14, 2012, 06:30:38 PM
The two dark faeries start fading from view as they keep their mocking song:

You hit your head somewhere big sis? You don't remember this pair?
You don't remember the rules about guiding mortals to our lair?


And then they're gone from view, altough you can still hear the faint sound of crystalline wings flying trough the room.

Meanwhile the large stalfos suddenly speaks:
Dead or not, you're still temple guard! Fulfill your duty and kill the intruders!

The smaller stalfos seem to experience a burst of energy then, five charging against the party's frontline of Kong and Rabbit. Not only their swords slash away at incredible speed, they also skillfully coordinate their attacks with each other while forming a disciplined shield wall. One of the stalfos stays just behind their ranked brethern, not saying a word yet clearly backing them up, knocking their skulls with the flat side of its blade to correct their errors and fix slight mistakes in their positioning.

Three stalfos form up a second rank between the tree and the last positions itself at the door, while the large stalfos leaps into the air and comes crashing down, burrowing right trough the earth! You first feel the ground tremble in your front, then below you and then the large stalfos emerges at your back.

This is a sacred temple. No entry. No escape.
-emotionlessly states the undead as it performs a wide slash with its sword aimed at the back of the party. Zax manages to duck and block, but Pha is cut cleanly by the (not cold) iron blade.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 14, 2012, 08:03:43 PM
The blow left her light headed. Why did everyone hit so damn hard?
She shook her head and decided it might be best to freeze the place up as much as possible while she could still think.
It was a shame. She even had prepared a sly little remark in reply but the taste of blood had left her sense of humor rather dry.
She blew out her coldest wind once again. The sheer number of them waiting at the entrance was terrifying and she knew she wouldn't be able to explore much of the rest of the temple. Not after that strike. If she survived that first confrontation.

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Post by: ariasderros on November 14, 2012, 11:36:00 PM
Kurt looks around. The large enemy had been able to move far and attack both Zax and Pha hard in one quick burst.

Best leave him to the tough two. (Zax & Kong)

Kurt watches Pha focus on wide range attacking the smaller ones.
Helping to disable them, could help the others focus their attacks where needed, and turn the numbers around.

Kurt forward, down and around, to position himself at the end of the line of skeletons. His new position right in their reach, Kurt remembers the last time he went point blank with enemies, and activates the benefit of his new shirt.

He then lets loose all the air he can right into the lined up enemies.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 16, 2012, 03:54:17 PM
The large stalfos quickly takes a step back after hitting Pha, narrowly avoiding the reflexive ice trying to entangle it. Then when the ice fairy projects her mystic wind, it doesn't do anything to the ranks of smaller stalfos. However a cry of pain is simultaneously heard from the air in front of her where the ice cone went trough:

That HURT, you cold bitch!

Kurt follows up by closing up with the stalfos flank. His bravery is rewarded with a painful sword slash despite his displacement. But then when he exhales, three stalfos are sent hurling trough the air, smashed into pieces! The other two in the attack path managed to duck away in time, still losing a few bones.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on November 16, 2012, 05:37:08 PM
Deciding that his friends have the small skeletons under control, Jeremy focuses on the one behind him.  "Ivysaur, get him!" he says as he steps to the side in an attempt to avoid the creature's reach.  He then draws his combat orb and throws it with force at the creature.  At the same time, Ivysaur moves up close to it and unleashes a barrage of attacks.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on November 17, 2012, 03:22:43 AM
Kong knew he had to act in a distracting way. Nobody could take the blows these kind of warriors could deal out. Not like he could, anyway. And thanks to the town, he had found a wonderful new way of being horribly distracting.

With a warriors smile, he shimmied back away from the blows to the front, and yanked his new favorite weapon out of his pocket, giving it an overexcited pitch towards his foes to the front. At the very least, the others aren't made prime targets.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 17, 2012, 02:34:09 PM
The suddenness of the assault left Rabbit momentarily dazed. He heard reports from Tallon IV of ghosts and the incredibly amount of damage they could casually sustain, but these seemed less then sturdy. Then again, these weren't the bones of those damned Chozo...

With a lightning-fast *shhiiiiiiik* the war scythe extended and instantly frosted over. If these ... things... could ignore Pha's cold, then the NAZ generator really wouldn't add to the experience. Though, it's power requirements were hardly even a blip on his suit's internals. With a twirl, he slashed at the skeletal guard nearest him, but must still have been dazzled from the sight before him.

Embarassingly dazzled.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on November 19, 2012, 11:44:36 AM
Zax turns on the big bony lug and starts hacking away with his sword, his eyes alight with the fierce joy of battle.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 24, 2012, 02:43:42 PM
Ivysaur's tackle attack catches the large stalfos by suprise,  slightly cracking its left leg, while the pokemon's vines harmlessy bounce out of the tough bone and metal.

Jeremy's combat sphere is well aimed at the large stalfo's clean skull, but it manages to rise its shield in time to partially deflect the blow, resulting in just a minor crack.

Kong takes another sword swipe while drawing its, bomb, but quickly takes his revenge when the explosion blows up two front stalfos in a rain of pulverized bone, while severly damaging the one behind.

Zax seeks to hack away at the large stalfos, only for its sword to be skillfully blocked by the monster's shield.

Watch out! The kid is controling the plant beast!-shouts a faery's voice in the room.

In response, the large stalfos steps to the side and brings down its sword on Jeremy.

Second rank, advance!-orders the skeletal commander.

The three stalfos formed between the trees charge in unison while the front survivor charges against Kurt. Again they slash away with great speed while maintaining a disciplined formation. The kirby's armor protects him well this time, the sword hacking at the illusionary double or deflected by the metal. Kong ends up focused by two stalfos, that only managed to land a good blow now that the ape warrior's not suprised anymore. The one facing Rabbit fails to find a chink on the pirate's armor.

Then suddenly  the two faeries become visible again in a shower of sparks, as they launch purple bolts at Pha and Zax. When they hit they don't inflict you any pain. They actually make you feel quite relaxed.... Ready for a good nap actually...


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 26, 2012, 09:01:10 AM
She shook off the fairy's purple thingie, wondering what it was supposed to do.

If it did anything, she hadn't felt it, which was quite scary in itself. What if it did something but she just couldn't notice it?
Blood was still splattering all over the place, so it for the time being they had to concentrate on the threats.

The big skeleton was currently the biggest issue in the room, it seemed, and those in front gave high pressure on her comrades.
She flew backward and cast a glare at it, trying to freeze into inaction with the power of her authoritative influence.

"Lay off you miserable minions!"

She brought her hands downward and raised them up swiftly as pillars of ice formed under the large stalfos to send him skywards in a hopeful attempt to shatter it against some hard surface that would also hopefully involve two of its smaller cousins.

Turning two the purplish fairies, she'd frown. "You two better behave or get out of my sight!"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 26, 2012, 09:31:44 AM
The Space Pirate Turned Explorer Turned Refugee Turned Liberator Turned... Explorer was rather thankful that in the heat of combat no one noticed his terminally embarrassing maneuver prior. With a jerk, he pulled the scythe free from the tree that had imprisoned it.

He would later tell the tale that the tree was sentient, and attempted to disarm him.

With a plethora of enemies before him, though the enemy commander slightly out of range, for a moment he considered taking a shot with his blaster, but strategically that would be in poor judgement. He'd open himself up to the assaults of the animated remains, a prospect he didn't entertain lightly.

With Pha handling the banter department, Rabbit opted to contribute to the Removing the Problem department with a slash towards the creature before him with his frosted scythe. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg129077#msg129077)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on November 26, 2012, 07:58:53 PM
Kurt looks at the dark faeries longingly. He really wants to do something about them.
"Others are stronger than I am" he convinces himself, "Less badies helps everyone. I need to take advantage of how these Gabon-wanna-bies are lined up again."

Breathing in deeply, but quickly, Kurt prepares himself yet again. And immediately unleashes a jet of wind forth to bash into the Stalfos.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on December 04, 2012, 05:34:56 PM
Kong meditated for a quick moment on how the problem presented itself. Mainly, for him, it was an issue of numbers; he had been fighting single-opponents for so long that he no longer had the skills at his fingertips for fighting multiple foes! What an oversight! Still, nothing to be done about it now; he would have to account for this later on, and hope that the smushy ball and the faery could mow them down quickly.

The faeries needed to be disappeared. So did the giant behind him. He nad a trick, if only he could safely disengage...
"Small need to go!" He was bleeding, badly, again, but that would have to be dealt with afterwards...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on December 08, 2012, 04:28:00 PM
Jeremy whimpers in pain.  He wants to attack the large skeleton again, but knows that if he does it will hit him again. 

Seeing the condition Jeremy is in, Ivysaur redoubles it's attacks in an attempt to grapple the skeleton to protect Jeremy.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on December 10, 2012, 09:43:37 AM
Zax takes two more swings at the big Stalfos, trying to bring it down before it can hurt anyone.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on December 11, 2012, 04:40:37 PM
The smaller stalfos start shaking their bones under Pha's menacing aura, but the big one shows an indomitable will.

I already lost my life! I won't lose this gate! Stand firm-

Its speech is quickly interrupted as two pillars of ice burst from the ground. The large skeleton tries to get out of the way, yet with no room to run, he ends up pushed against the ceiling before coming crashing back down as the pillars underneath shatter with the impact. Awaiting him the stalfos is Zax that manages to land a good sword blow (tough he feels a blade isn't very fit against this kind of opponent), and Ivysaur tackling upwards against the falling foe and wrapping its vines around it, geting a good hold! Smaller bones shatter and fall during the whole experience while the bigger ones visibly crack.

Kurt blasts away two more smaller stalfos to bits and Rabbit's scythe finishes off a weakened one, cutting apart the central vertebrae of a worn down skeleton. Kong struggles to swing his axe in this tight quarters, missing the last enemy in front of him.

T-this cannot be! Rear guard, warn the temple of this invaders! Don't let your comrade's sacrifices be in vain!-shouts the large stalfos as he manages to pull free from Ivysaur's constricting vines, and the smaller stalfos by the door opens it and moves inside the darkness behind.

Ah... Well... She said to get out of her sight right?-says one of the faeries as she pops out of view.

I don't supose I can't ask for forgiveness by giving you a massage can I?
-says the other as she floats upwards sprinkling purple dust all over the room, and instantly the vegetation in the room starts stretching, twisting and entwining around you!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on December 11, 2012, 08:39:58 PM
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"Forgiveness? Stitch our wounds..." Kong growled irritably, as he fought against the vines. He quickly flipped out of them, axe in both hands as he gave two mighty overhead swings at the last stalfoe.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on December 11, 2012, 10:58:07 PM
Pha smiled as her ruse slightly paid off as one of the fairies disappeared, but slightly disappointed the other one apparently wasn't doing the same. She preferred having them waste time disappearing that dishing whatever magic they had in them.

When the plants grew tall enough to wrap around her, she pursed her lips pensively, wondering how to make the best of the situation.
Looking at the still visible fairy, she was tempted to get some retribution going but she didn't really mind. They hadn't personally hurt her yet.
Grunting, she simply turned her attention back to the large stalfos and tried to keep it under control with her influence, then raised an eyebrow as she she figured she'd try to do the same with the fairy, albeit differently.
Come here, lil' sis. I won't hurt you.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on December 22, 2012, 09:58:21 AM
Kurt looked over at the last of the small skeletons-things, realizing that Kong would certainly shatter it into nothing. And so Kurt knew he wasn't needed there.

Kurt looked back and forth between the really big baddie, and the small talky baddie. Kurt knew that the small one was probably the bigger threat, but Pha had said something to her, and her words seemed to have greater pull that they should have.

Kurt decided. I don't know what I should do right now, so I'll position myself so I can go after either.

Having shaken himself free from the vines, before they even managed to grasp him fully, Kurt breaths in, and takes to the sky.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on December 22, 2012, 02:32:52 PM
Jeremy becomes entangled by the fairy's magic.  He tries to be brave but a look of fear is starting to spread across his face, he doesn't even attempt to get free from the plants.

Ivysaur continues to assault the large skeleton in an attempt to keep Jeremy from harm.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on December 23, 2012, 09:15:10 PM
It seemed that every sentient or nearly sentient creature and entity on this planet was intent on doing him and the other lethal harm. They hardly seemed to be able to take ten steps without something threatening them, enticing them, or trying to kill him. For the briefest of moments, Rabbit felt he was back on Homeworld...

But, the water here was purer. Much purer.

Kong was confident and strong, and perhaps he could finish the job, but like High Command always dictated, "Why send one troop to their doom when you could send two." And with that uplifting homage in his primary heart cluster, he brought the battle scythe around to aid in deconstructing the skeletal guardian (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg136401#msg136401).

Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on February 05, 2013, 05:53:33 AM
You promise? I was just fooling around a bit big sis...

The small faery seems like she has fallen under Pha's charms as she starts slowly aproaching.

Rabbit's scythe struggles to land a blow with the moving vines in the way, while
Kong misses the first swing of his axe against the stalfos. His second attack shatters the undead into pieces.

Ivysaur tries to get a hold of the large stalfos with its vines one more time but it manages to break free in time, altough not without suffering some more cracked bones this time. Even Pha's cold stare doesn't seem to get a hold of it. It's not just that it's a towering undead, but also the cold light glowing on its orbits... The remants of an exceptional will that endures after death.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on February 05, 2013, 07:39:43 AM
Zax takes two more swings at the Stalfos.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on February 06, 2013, 06:41:38 PM
As the faery aproaches Pha, she suddenly stops at the limit of the moving vines.

On second tought, I don't feel like geting too personal in our first ecounter already... No hard feelings, see yah around!-and she pops out of view.

Zax keeps hacking at the large stalfos, chipping some more bone, but his weapon clearly isn't suited for the task. The skeleton ripostes with a massive swing aimed at Jeremy from below. Zax suceeds on deflecting the blade away from the boy with his shield, only for his opponent to use the momentum of the blow to strike at Pha's flank! The ice faery isn't caught completely suprise tough, managing to focus her mystic defenses on the impact point at the last moment, lessening the power of the blow.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on February 06, 2013, 08:48:18 PM
Pha has little time to care about her voice's hold letting the faery go as the blade cuts through her, leaving her a bloody mess caught into the vines. Her breath slows and she appears half gone, whispering as her voice fell; "...Can't blame you---"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on February 07, 2013, 04:28:52 PM
Kurt is very disappointed that the fae have gone.

"I was wanting to be the one to suck them up. The others might've been able to talk to them. And they said they'd eat me, so I wanted to see if they'd taste good themselves. At least there's only the big one left now."

Thinking through the process, Kurt realizes that if he hit the big skeleton with his Air Gun, he'd not be able to float anymore, unless he immediately breaths in. So he sets about doing so.

Letting go another massive rush of wind from his orifice, the wall of air passes just over Jeremy's head, and slams into the Stalfos. Kurt almost seems to lose a little bit of height from floating, but he quickly aims himself upward, and inhales another large amount of air. The suction power of this little creature even goes so far as to pick him back up the little bit further than he'd started to fall, and seems to resume his full buoyancy.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on February 21, 2013, 09:10:13 AM
Frustrated, Zax switches his grip on his weapon and attacks with the flat of the blade, attempting to crack bone.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on February 21, 2013, 03:49:39 PM
The last Stalfos ducks out of the way in time, Kurt's air blast shattering some of its back ribs.

This however drives him right into Zax's attack-the flat side of his flat sword breaks right trough the skeleton's weakened ribcage, smashing it apart!

You will never defeat Fadore!-defiantly lets out the Stalfos head as its main body explodes, its head thrown against a wall where it shatters and lets down two large red rupees rolling on the floor, while its sword, shield and armor loudly fall on the ground!

An eery atmosphere (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmsZyC0UXUU) falls on the room as no visible enemies are left. The door in front of you remains open.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on February 21, 2013, 03:58:13 PM
"Not much fun..." Kong wheezes. He had known it would be a hard fight, but he hadn't expected this kind of challenge. The magic and might of the skeletal foes and their mysterious faerie benefactors had been quite the workout - but now he was bleeding rather profusely. He eyed the items that fell, unsure of whether he wanted them or not.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on February 25, 2013, 12:07:37 PM
Rabbit took a few breaths to calm down. Excitement and adrenaline influx helped influence Phazon contamination, and considering what little contamination he had...

"Kong, you're going to need to tend to those injuries before we continue within. You're no use to the group dead." He sounded more and more like every High Command instructor he ever knew. He also presumed he wasn't telling Kong anything he already didn't know.

The large bone construct's final parting words were a mystery to the pirate. "Does that name, Fadore, hold significance to anyone?" Rabbit asked his fellow explorers, having crash landed nowhere near this site. To the discarded weapon and protective gear, Rabbit gave a glance. "If we have some time, I can render Hex64 to analyze the discarded equipment for potential Arcanosynt..." he cleared his throat, "... I can have Hex64 take a look at those."

"We shouldn't need more then a few hexpasses, five at the most." he held up his left gauntlet, where a series of sliders had already risen to the surface.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on February 25, 2013, 12:24:32 PM
Jeremy shivers and huddles next to Ivysaur.  Internally he agrees with Kong, this wasn't fun at all.  Fairy temples were supposed to be full of light and healing, not death and dead things trying to kill him.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on February 28, 2013, 11:30:43 PM
Kong nodded, pulling off the new fist-belt and replacing it with his more familiar stitching-belt. It would take a moment to adapt to him for his use, and so he said so, "This will take some time." That being said, it was currently his best means of recovery. He didn't like the idea of going into this place without being his best anyway, so a rest was welcomed.

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Post by: oslecamo on March 01, 2013, 05:16:54 AM
As Kong waits, suddenly a girlish voice can be heard above you:

You... You actually managed to defeat them... Am I dreaming? Please don't let this all be be another of Fadore's foul plays either... But you do all seem pretty real tough... And also quite beaten up. Want me to help patch you up?

As you follow the voice, you can see a small faery materializing above one of the tallest tree branches in the room. Unlike the previous ones you faced, this one has a clear humanoid body between her delicate insect wings, covered by a pink dress. She timidly holds a tiny wand as she eyes you with curious eyes.
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 01, 2013, 08:57:34 AM
Jeremy scowls up at the new fairy.  "How do we know you're not another bad fairy?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 01, 2013, 09:23:32 AM
There were plenty of heavy... or heavier... hitters here to deal with one simple diminutive entity.

"Hex64, render." he issues the command, reallocating energy and priority from various suit systems to allow the Rezbit to render at optimal capacity. Pieces of Rabbit's armor slide off, then interlock in the air to form the floating central body of the living data construct. With a heralding cry that resembles a harmonica in absolutely no way whatsoever, the construct was born again.

Energy Reallocation Confirmed:
Module R86 Rezbit Control Module Version IV: Primed. Allocating 3 units of energy to Rezbit Control Sequencer.
Module X89 Chozo Inspired X-Ray Module Version I(Beta): Primed. Allocating 2 unit of energy to X-Ray Visual module.
Module D15 Ing Inspired Dark Visor Module Version VII: Primed. Dark Visor online. Allocating 1 units of energy to Trans-Spacial Visual Module.

"Hex64, begin preliminary analysis." as Rabbit indicated the discarded items of the Once-Alive-Then-Deceased-Then-Alive-Again warrior. The Rezbit then hovered over the region and began its scan. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg146139#msg146139)

"Be careful Jeremy." Rabbit warned. None of them were going to walk away from this encounter the same, and it'd be a while before things returned to what passed for Normal.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 01, 2013, 02:43:33 PM
Pha rose up into the air slowly. It was easier and much less painful that supporting her weight with muscular activity.
The battle had worn her out greatly and she did not enjoy the thought of dragging herself across the forest to return to town or setting up camp in the temple until they would regain their strength. The support of her kin was a blessing indeed.
Maybe she was too trusting when it came to fellow fairies but she wasn't really in a position to really defend herself well against another wave of enemies.

"Please do."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on March 02, 2013, 12:43:39 AM
Kong had frozen as the fairy made itself appear. It's offer was sweet... but hard to trust as well. His hand ached for the leather wrapping around his weapon's handle. But that changed as soon as Phae accepted. Naturally, she would know more about this creature than he. "Certainly." He didn't feel like flying up to it.... but no harm in accepting help. If it was honest help.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on March 02, 2013, 07:58:26 AM
Kurt lands, happy with himself that he has performed so much better today than he had the day before. Unfortunately, he looks around and sees that his companions are in poor shape. He listens to the Pink Faerie speak, but he says nothing of his own.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 02, 2013, 08:56:42 AM
Jeremy scowls up at the new fairy.  "How do we know you're not another bad fairy?"

Hey listen! My sisters you just met aren't bad! They're  just... Mischievous... And bitter... And angry... And perhaps their pranks have been going a bit too far lately... But under those gloomy auras they have now, they're still good at heart! They just need someone to give them a good scolding or something...


"Please do."
Right away great sister!-replies the pink faery as she flies just over Pha and starts waving her wand, droping a small shower of pink sparks that fall over the ice faery. Where they touch the body wounds start closing and pain is gradually shooted. The Pink Faery  keeps spinning trough the air around Pha and showering her with more sparks until all of her visible wounds and bruises are gone.

Then she flies over kong and repeats the process, healing the ape warrior as well. Then she flies to a nearby tree branch and speaks again in a timid voice:

So now that I helped you... Please don't hold a grudge against any of my sisters that misbehave when you go deeper into the temple. Something wrong has hapened to Fadore, and it spread over most of the temple and its inhabitants since then. If you can make them break out of their bitterness and anger whitout sending them back to the great sleep, I'll give you a big reward!

Meanwhile Hex64 finishes the scanning of the items left behind by the large stalfos.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on March 02, 2013, 05:12:17 PM
Kong was surprised to say the least. That such a small fairy had such power wasn't surprising, but to heal so quickly and perfectly... especially when it hadn't established reward yet. All it knew of them was that they were warriors. And motley. Something struck Kong well, with this attitude.

"How do we help them?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 03, 2013, 08:50:02 AM
The pink faery scrtches her tiny head with a puzzled look.

...Ah... Not very sure to be honest... I tought you would know a way... Maybe trapping them inside a bottle or some other container would make it easier to reason with them... Or if great sis can get close enough to give them one of those very scary looks of hers may do the trick as well...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 04, 2013, 05:19:45 PM
Rabbit listened as Hex64 gave his report. The findings were unusual, though somehow expected. "Commendable performance, Hex64. You may go inspect that leaf."

If a chunk of living data could sound happier, it wouldn't be possible. It zoomed over four feet, and began to scan a simple humble leaf.

"Hex64 has finished its preliminary scan of the discarded items." Rabbit announced, and now that he had seen that there were no adverse side effects to the fairy's healing, he addressed her directly. "And also, if you're offering to repair damage and heal wounds, I would take your offer." Pirate rule, never turn down free offers.

Rabbit then turned to address the others, "The shield is comprised of a wooden material with a tensile strength disproportionate to its weight, and compensates for rushes or attempts to move the bearer. The rivets on the shield frame are rated to withstand impact, making them a prime weapon element." a pause, "The armor has been determined to carry an aura of sorts, but due to Hex64's out of date arcanosynthesis database, it cannot make a determining scan. It remains a mystery."

"The weapon is nonmagical, but it is comprised of a nonstandard material."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 05, 2013, 02:26:08 PM
Pha was touched by the fairy's plight, and quite concerned as well. She had dreaded this might have been happening. If she could do something to put an end to it, she had to give it her all. If possible, without sending any of them into the great sleep. It wasn't all that bad but it was no fun to miss so much of the stories of this world.

"I'll try, of course!"

She tried to think, and looked at the door.
"They 'probly expecting us now. Might be a good idea to make them wait a bit, get them lazy again. Meanwhile, there was this hole entry in the forest earlier... want to check it out?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 05, 2013, 02:38:36 PM
Jeremy looks up at the new fairy with big round eyes.  "I'd like healing too please."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on March 05, 2013, 07:25:32 PM
"After beating, might not be expecting. Think we're cautious." That's what Kong would have bet. You don't shove into a new place at half your strength; if you've just received a beating, to go into an enemies territory, where they have home advantage, was not a smart move. Being healed, they might be able to take them by surprise. But then, it wasn't possible for him to do so alone, and it wasn't just his call. He turned to the group at large, with a raised eyebrow. He gave the equipment a cursory glance. He could probably use the sword or shield, but why would he waste one hand not on a weapon, and his axe was probably just as good.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 06, 2013, 06:50:02 PM
Jeremy looks up at the new fairy with big round eyes.  "I'd like healing too please."

Ah learned some manners did you? Ok, I'll fix you right up kid! And your friend there playing with the stalfos toys too.

The faery spins around Jeremy and Rabbit, releasing a fresh shower of pink sparks that gradually alleviate their pain from the recent battle while healing their injuries. Once she's  certified you're in good shape again, she puffs up in satisfaction before aproaching near Hex64 that's scanning the leaf and starting to ask it questions:

And who would you be? I didn't saw you during the battle. Can you turn invisible like me and were hiding? Are you that guy's faery companion?

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 06, 2013, 09:08:01 PM
She puffs up in satisfaction before aproaching near Hex64 that's scanning the leaf and starting to ask it questions:

And who would you be? I didn't saw you during the battle. Can you turn invisible like me and were hiding? Are you that guy's faery companion?

Hex64 pauses in its scans of the leaf's molecular make up to swivel around to 'face' the fairy. It made a sound that sounded like a contrabassoon played by Godzilla. To scale.

Orange hexagonal screens will pop into existence, exist, then cease existing. It made several other tones, like a touch-tone phone being assaulted by a tap-dancing dodecahedron.

"Hex64 remarks that it is not a faerie, but it is my companion for the moment. When it is not present, it simply does not exist. Its designation is Hex64."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 09, 2013, 01:46:58 AM
Pha twirled a finger in her hair sheepishly.
"I don't think they really know or at least think like that. If they thought we were on the edge of death, they might have come here to finish us by now. Unless they can't leave the place for some reason. Maybe they can't without receiving the actual order or something."

She rubbed her feet against the floor, stacking thin layers upon layers of ice pensively.
"I still want to check out that place. Maybe we missed something that might come in handy. Some fairy fountains are hidden under holes like those you know?"

She otherwise nodded slowly in awe at Rabbit's explanation of the little weird thing that popped in from time to time.
It was difficult to understand how it all worked, considering how ridiculously complex anything associated with Rabbit had proven to be so far, but she was at least glad to hear that it indeed wasn't some kind of creepy metal fairy of some kind. It had been a question she didn't really want answered.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on March 18, 2013, 01:50:44 AM
Kurt looks around at the others. He is still silent. But now, so are the others. Indecision weighed heavily on everyone as to what to do.

Kurt walked off to the side (AT 17), looking away from the rest of the group, and pulls something small out of his pack. He looks at it for a moment or two.
Then he suddenly starts sucking up air with an extreme amount of force, for quite a few moments (Inhale Enemy on the empty space for two rounds). Then he puffs himself up with the air, looking like he is trying to breathe out, and trying to keep it in at the same time, while floating up 10ft.
He lets out an immense blast of air, cutting up grass with a slash of pressure once again.

When he lands, he turns around.
"Well, All Right!
The little blue gumball of chipper-ness right now looks more like galvanized rubber of determination.
He walks over to where the belongings of the big enemy were now, and picks up the shield.
He then walks over to Zax.
"You use blocking boards more than anyone else, so this is yours if you want it. But if you do, can I have yours?"
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"The gems, the armour, and the sword can go to who takes them"
He starts to walk towards the temple, but stops.
"Where I'm from, there are two great heroes. They don't get along, though. So the people need a new hero to rise. I'm trying to be that for them.
There's a lot I don't know. I don't know what those little mean ones are planning. I don't understand a lot of how Rabbit describes stuff (Tensile Strength?). I don't know whether I'll succeed or fail. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
What I do know, is a hero takes action. A hero helps those he can.

In yesterdays fight, against the bad men, I thought I was going to the long sleep many times. I nearly did twice. But I kept fighting, and I dare say that I managed to help at the end, making that guy break his speed by taking out the rock-water under him. If I have to keep putting myself in situations where I know nothing and risk everything, then that's what I'll do.

Because that, I think, is what a Hero is.

Miss Pinky, I don't know if this fight was the hardest to be had here, or the easiest. I know I made some mistakes, ways I could have fought better, though. I might be able to help, I might have to run. But I'll do what I can, and if I must run, it will only be after a meeting with the Spirit Taker!"
Kurt holds up the small object he had been looking at, a Momento Mori coin.
"Let these Baddies fear the coming of a rising HERO!"
And so Kurt runs up to the entrance of the temple, then walks up to it, but does not yet try the door. He turns to look at the others.
"So, who else is going to at least try to help Miss Pinky get her sisters to behave, and heal what's wrong?"

And so Kurt stands at the door to the temple.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 18, 2013, 01:08:51 PM
Rabbit pulled himself out of his silence, out of his funk... as it were, at Kurt's words. How such a simple creature, biologically speaking, could speak such profound words was slightly beyond him. An inspirational speech, to be certain.

Statistical analysis of subject 'Inspirational Speech' yields the following:
> Vast majority of inspirational speeches are delivered prior to wartime hostilities
> Remaining percentage of inspirational speeches delivered during political rallies. Factual Citation requested
> Following speeches given before wartime hostilities, many innocent sentient beings perish.
> Following speeches given during political rallies, many sentient beings regret the decisions they make.

Rabbit gave a chuckle. Die, or be lied to. The Galactic Federation database sure was funny that way. He remembered the speeches he was given during his time as a Pirate. They spoke, you listened. They inspired, you achieved. You succeeded, or you failed. You fail, and you die. Simple and pure.

Sometimes, thinking like a Galactic Federation citizen clouded the issue. Sometimes freedom could choke you.

Sometimes, to win the future, you had to be a bad enough dude to save the present. He stood to his full height, and patted his left shoulder mount. "Hex64, mount up." and the collection of data and steel moved through the air to land on Rabbit's shoulder. Once mounted, Rabbit fiddled with a slider image on his forearm, reallocating energy from system to system.

- Quantum Modules Selected. Reallocation of personal energy units as follows:
** Module R86 Rezbit Control Module Version IV - 2 Units Allocated (Establishing Function Link: Shock Emitter)
** Module X89 Chozo Inspired X-Ray Module Version I (Beta) - 3 Units Allocated (Established Function Link: Trap / Snare database connection. Gamma Ray Imaging enhancement (Estimated Factor 10)
*** WARNING - Prolonged usage promotes gamma build up in cortex. Severe Health Risk if abused. If you experience any undocumented side effects, cease use immediately and consult a certified Galactic Federation Medical Technician. See  README (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullibility) for further details. ***
** Module D15 Ing Inspired Dark Visor Module Version VII - 1 Unit Allocated (Established Function Link: Zero Lumin Visibility)

"I may not be the smartest. I may not be the strongest. I may not even be the bravest." Rabbit started, "But I'd rather be condemned to walk out in the rain then sit and do nothing.. while the next Hero of his age walks into that structure alone." and Rabbit pointed at Kurt as he mentioned 'hero'.

Rabbit turned to each of his companions. A simian, a child, a star fairy. To each, he gave a nod of his helmed head, "Let's go make some friends." he said, perhaps with a sinister air, but the helmet obscured everything sometimes. He turned towards Kurt, towards the temple. He stopped when he reached Kurt, and gave the puff of dreamstuff a nod. "I recorded your speech for prosperity. Someone other then us should have the chance to hear it."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 18, 2013, 03:53:12 PM
Jimmy listens to Kurt's speech, somewhat in awe.  He stops huddling next to his Ivysaur and stands up straight and tall, subconsciously trying to emulate Rabbit.  This is just like all the stories he grew up with, the brave pokétrainer and his friends stopping the bad guys and making new friends and fixing all that is wrong with the world. 

However, instead of responding to Kurt like Rabbit did Jeremy turns to quietly talk to Ivysaur. 

"What do you say Ivysaur?  We've been together for years, you're my first and bestest friend.  This place isn't as fun as home, there's bad people everywhere and they all want to kill us.  I'm afraid that if we keep going that the bad fairies are going to kill us before we show them how to be good again.  I miss mom, and my bike, and my home, and the Professor.  But Red never gave up when he was afraid, Red saved everybody.  Are we good enough to be heroes like him?"

Ivysaur responds by looking into Jeremy's eyes and softly saying, "Ivy..saur."

Jeremy nods and turns to face Kurt.  "We're with you."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 19, 2013, 12:54:12 AM
Pha wasn't sure it was quite the right description of what a hero was, but didn't really mind either way.
In ages past, the few heroes she had met had spent an obscene amount of time running around with masks, riding around the country, breaking random pottery and doing the most random things before finally taking action and doing something to help with the situation.

Kurt didn't look really heroic, but who knew, who was she to contest destiny?

She sniffed.
"Let it be so, then."

Snagging the two red rupees, she flew toward the door, pushing those in front of her forward.
This was sort of getting exciting!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on March 19, 2013, 07:36:45 PM
A hero, huh? Kong had no notion of becoming a hero in the poetic sense. His people were free but nothing, not subjugated but not proud. He'd only set out to gain power enough to lift them from their despondence. But in a way, he'd always thought of himself as a hero. The one who would save his people, like a new Donkey Kong for a new age. A King of Kongs.

But here he was, being shown what a hero truly is, by something he might have treated as a sweet gummy snack before. This one had the spirit he lacked. Maybe he wasn't gloriously large, with massive biceps and martial knowledge to slay armies. But he had spunk. He was a hero, even if he was adorable.

For a moment, Kong was impressed, as he had been with any Kong he'd studied under or fought. With a quick glance, he went and collected the leftover equipment, slinging blades wherever he could hang them, testing their weight for possible combat. He had no use of the armor, that he knew of, but he could always use another blade to learn about.

"I will follow, little one." He gave a smile. Maybe this was exactly where he needed to be, for now. "You have my axe."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 20, 2013, 07:59:35 AM
He gave a smile. Maybe this was exactly where he needed to be, for now. "You have my axe."

Rabbit looked at Kong quizzically beneath the helmet, which meant the helmet itself tilted to the side somewhat. "Your axe would look comical in his possession. Perhaps it is best that you retain the weapon. Though, theft is a serious charge." Rabbit now looked to Kurt, "If you do *indeed* have his weapon, it must be returned immediately. If not, then it is wrong of Kong to make false accusations of this nature."



< Hitchhiker's Guide -- Species -- Space Faring -- To Be Avoided -- Space Pirate -- Theft of Property >
In what is perhaps one of the seven most outstandingly great ironies in the universe, the one thing Space Pirates did not tolerate, at all, was theft of property. Stealing and looting from other species was actually endorsed and was the norm for them, but once property became property of the Space Pirates or their band, stealing it became quite taboo. In fact, of all the crimes one could commit AS a Space Pirate TO a Space Pirate, theft was one of the few that carried a sentence of death.

In Space Pirate society, if you wanted something bad enough you took it, you just took it from someone who wasn't a Space Pirate.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on March 20, 2013, 04:36:27 PM
Though for a moment he could only stare at Rabbit, the massive ape broke into a very large, echoing laugh. Or a roar, but a roar with humor displayed on his actions and face. "Perhaps I should say, he has use of my abilities with my axe under his service and to achieve his goals. A pledge to assist, as a friend." Having said this, he chuckled down the laugh (roars) and let his face settle into the non-amused and serious slit that it usually was. He hoped he hadn't used up his quotient for words spoken out loud.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 21, 2013, 01:00:21 PM
Though for a moment he could only stare at Rabbit, the massive ape broke into a very large, echoing laugh. Or a roar, but a roar with humor displayed on his actions and face. "Perhaps I should say, he has use of my abilities with my axe under his service and to achieve his goals. A pledge to assist, as a friend." Having said this, he chuckled down the laugh (roars) and let his face settle into the non-amused and serious slit that it usually was. He hoped he hadn't used up his quotient for words spoken out loud.

Oh. Well that made things completely different.

Rabbit gave a grand nod, "Excellent. Then the matter is settled." and Rabbit actually sounded relieved. Like some great weight was lifted off of his shoulders.

He turned to Kurt, and gave a slow nod to him, "Apologies. Where I am from, we frown heavily on theft. I suppose the degree of my response is something of a reflex. Then, in sticking with the context of the pledge..." he flexed his hand, and his starmetal battle scythe emerged from its sheath, the frosted rime already coating the blade.

"You have the services of my battle scythe."

Hex64, not wanting to be left out of the prospect of meaningful exchanges of data, made a triumphant sound that sounded like a fanfare of wine glasses being shattered by a rogue planet.

Rabbit just chuckled. An odd sound from the Space Pirate.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 21, 2013, 06:33:53 PM
As you stand at the door, you see a new, larger room, altough the ceiling is considerably lower, just 20 feet tall. Nine tick trees in a peculiar pattern block your view, making it impossible to see the true extent of the division and its other (if any) contents.

In the spaces between the trees, grow strange plants consting of a long stalk with just some leaves at the base, and some kind of large closed flower at the top.

Oh, you all made it trough the main door!
Are you all ready to play some more?


You notice the two dark fairies floating playfully in the middle of the room, before they split up, each one going in one direction.

This way if you don't know where to go!
This way if you prefer to go slow!


Taunt the pair of faeries, spliting and moving in opposite directions. As they fly over the plants, they let down a trail of glowing purple dust that makes the large flowers open:
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on March 21, 2013, 06:51:08 PM
"Proceed carefully..." Bat in hand, he moved through the door once the puffy one had, moving to his left. Those plants didn't look too bad, as long as the group didn't approach them. Still, best to keep on the defensive.

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Post by: Anomander on March 23, 2013, 03:28:42 AM
Peering inside, Pha's nose twitched with suspicion.
"Don't like that open space in the middle of that grove."

Looking at the plants, she went on: "Maybe something happens if they are attacked or when they die. Maybe they just stop you from escaping the big open space."
Her eyes opened a bit wider, looking at the door. "Maybe the door will trap us in. Let us see what happens when they are threatened. With an arrow, mayhaps?"

As for herself she also wondered if the plants were not some trick. Imagining the worst, they could be the tip of a bigger monster under the earth. She sent out her voice to the one farthest in front of her.

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Post by: ariasderros on March 23, 2013, 06:37:45 AM
Her eyes opened a bit wider, looking at the door. "Maybe the door will trap us in. Let us see what happens when they are threatened. With an arrow, mayhaps?"
"My Air would be better. Not wasting the arrow. ... Pha, was that faerie magic that caused them? I can suck up magic like I do air. Do you think that would work?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 23, 2013, 09:01:26 PM
As for herself she also wondered if the plants were not some trick. Imagining the worst, they could be the tip of a bigger monster under the earth. She sent out her voice to the one farthest in front of her.

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The Deku Baba stops snaping its jaws, instead starting to undulate rhytmically at Pha's melody, as the plant starts stretching itself as much as possible in the direction of the faery.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 24, 2013, 05:05:59 AM
Pha played with her curls pensively.
"Maybe, I dunno. I'm not a Great Fairy of Magic."

She kept humming slowly.
"Could be worth a try."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on March 25, 2013, 02:05:41 AM
"Okay, I'll try it"
Kurt says as he nods his... body.
He walks over behind the tree in front of him, to just barely in the range of the plant to his left.
He seems to breath in and out a little, and then you see him open his mouth wide, like he does when he breathed in deeply before. But this time there is no sound, there is no wind. If he hadn't said what he was doing, you'd likely think there was something wrong.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 26, 2013, 07:39:53 AM
The deku babas keep snapping at the air (except for the one fascinated by Pha), and you don't feel like anything changed. Whatever is making the plants hungry and agressive, it isn't regular magic.
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Post by: Nanshork on March 26, 2013, 08:59:25 AM
Jimmy watches them, trying to figure out what they are.

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Post by: oslecamo on March 26, 2013, 09:23:06 AM
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Post by: Nanshork on March 26, 2013, 10:06:57 AM
After thinking about the plants for a minute or two, Jimmy pipes up.  "These are called Deku Baba, they're plants that eat people.  They're kind of smart and very mean.  Watch out, they can stretch out and bite you even when you think you're too far away, and they have poison!  Oh, and they can unplant themselves and move around.  You can't freeze or shock them, and acid and loud noises won't work either.  Slashy swords would though."  He them says in a softer voice, thinking aloud, "I wonder if I want one.  More Pokémon is always better but these seem to be mean, bad plants."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on March 26, 2013, 07:43:36 PM
Kong swaps his bat out, but hesitates for a second on whether he should use the sword he just picked up, or his trusty axe. Eventually, he decides to take the boy's word as gospel and utilize the 'slashy sword.' The sword feels odd, unbalanced in his hand. But then, he'd never been very good with his axe either. "Catch one. Make it good."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 26, 2013, 08:04:16 PM
Jeremy watches Kong's indecision and smiles cheerfully.  "Axes are good too, just as long as they are slashy and not stabby."

He then watches the approaching Deku.  "How long will it be like that?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 27, 2013, 02:27:37 PM
Pha glanced at Jeremy, wondering if he was about to assist him in the process of 'making a friend'. What a strange process.
"Long. You may try your craft, it shouldn't harm you."

At least she thought so. She hummed a slow tune, trying to stretch it to get some time to think of another air she liked before she'd have to be unoriginal and repeat the same one over.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 27, 2013, 03:30:58 PM
Jeremy continues to watch the plant, thinking.  "I don't know if I want to, I'm starting to run out of Pokéballs..."  He then turns to Rabbit, the companion who Jeremy looks up to the most.  "Do you think I need another pet?  It wouldn't be friends with me for a few days."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 27, 2013, 03:34:55 PM
"Hmmm, if your stock of storage spheres is running low, perhaps you should save the ones you have. Who knows, we may run across something more to your liking later, and if we ruin your stock now, you'd be short a friend." Rabbit replied, watching the plant creature critically. "Such odd behavior..."

Though this was hardly the first time he'd seen a plant move.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 27, 2013, 03:40:45 PM
Jeremy nods and looks up at Rabbit trustingly.  "Okay."  His eyes then open wide in realization.  "Wait, it's a Pokémon.  I can talk to it!"

He turns to face the approaching Deku and attempts to communicate with it.  "Hello Deku.  Are you friends with the fairies that live here?" 

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Post by: Anomander on March 27, 2013, 06:30:30 PM
Slightly embarrassed by Jeremy's attempt to initiate a conversation with the plant, she explains; "Hmh~ I doubt it would be quite receptive to communication for the while. Try one of the more... angry ones."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 27, 2013, 08:26:41 PM
He turns to face the approaching Deku and attempts to communicate with it.  "Hello Deku.  Are you friends with the fairies that live here?" 

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The deku baba seems to be oblivious to Jeremy's words as its attention if fully focused on Pha, altough the young trainer can discern some words from the captivated plant
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Post by: Nanshork on March 27, 2013, 08:38:53 PM
Jeremy smiles at Pha.  "That's a good idea!  By the way, it thinks you're pretty."  He then asks the question to one of the angrier Deku.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 28, 2013, 10:40:34 AM
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Post by: Nanshork on March 28, 2013, 10:46:48 AM
Jeremy reports to the rest of the group.  "These plants are friends with the fairies and want to eat us!"

He then scowls at the Deku and says, "Liar."
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Post by: Anomander on April 05, 2013, 03:32:06 AM
Pha twitched her mouth, unsure.
"So... I'd rather not have to kill them just to get to the other side. Might not have much of a choice though. I can reach the other side without hurting them, but I can't bring you along..."

Eventually, the Deku Baba would reach her, at which point she would put her hands over it in mild defeat.
"Now then... Do we kill them?"

In the event that everyone would rather be done with them, she'd try to lure them all one by one to repeat the process of plant murder by the unit.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 05, 2013, 09:07:36 AM
Jeremy looks at Pha with his big twelve-year old eyes.  "They might be mean but that doesn't mean we should kill them, especially when they can't fight back!"
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Post by: ariasderros on April 10, 2013, 02:56:43 PM
Walking back to the group himself, Kurt looks at the plant & at Pha.
"I can float around them too, but can't carry anyone either. But, can't you just use that trick on one of the guys on the side, then the rest can just walk through the area with the trees keeping them safe from the ones you haven't calmed."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 10, 2013, 06:34:53 PM
Pha looked into the room once more, unsure.
She sang to lure the plants on the left side one by one, ready to try the right side's plants too if those on the left resisted her call.

Perhaps it could avoid needless deaths, but she didn't fancy the thought of the journey back if they were to leave all those plants waiting together by the door, probably a little angry and quite immune to her voice for a while.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 11, 2013, 01:49:00 AM
Kong walks up, sheathing the weapon he had just drawn. "I can fly and am strong. Let me ferry people... if your trick does not work..."

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 11, 2013, 09:26:58 AM
Rabbit put a hand on Kong's shoulder, to slow him down a notch. "We could be ferrying the others into danger, as we cannot see beyond that arboreal ridge." Rabbit pointed to the tree line.

"Kurt, would you take to the air, and see what is beyond the trees? There may be more to this encounter then we are being led to believe. When the time comes, I can assist in transit. From birth, we are skilled leapers and climbers."

Rabbit remembers all too well what was expected of the younglings. Memory retention by day ten, locomotion by day twenty...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on April 11, 2013, 10:30:44 AM
"Kurt, would you take to the air, and see what is beyond the trees? There may be more to this encounter then we are being led to believe. When the time comes, I can assist in transit. From birth, we are skilled leapers and climbers."

"Alrighty!"
Kurt first takes off one of his metal gloves and puts it into his mouth, then once again breaths in deeply enough to raise the dirt from the ground. And so he takes flight once again, first heading strait up, all the way to the ceiling. Then, quite quickly, he is past the rightmost Deku-Baba, having hugged the ceiling the whole time.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 12, 2013, 04:00:48 PM
As Kurt passes by, suddenly a deku baba lunges its fanged flower towards him. And not the rightmost one, but the one above it! The main branch of the plant seems to grow at lighting speed, allowing the creature to reach all the way to the ceiling from its position! Alas, it seems to have been too hasty on its attack and smashes its head against the wall, quickly retracting to the ground whimpering with pain.

But this disastrous lunge still provides a distraction, as the rightmost deku baba stretches its stalk all the way to the ceiling as well, managing to sink its teeth trough the chink's of Kurt's armor. The blue kirby can instantly feels illness creeping in as the plant's fluids seep into his wounds.

On the other hand, from his position Kurt can spot a door on the eastern side of the room, while the faeries seem to have disapeared.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 12, 2013, 09:51:44 PM
Kong slips the sword back out of it's sheathe. "So much for that." Unsure of what to do, he looks back and forth between Kurt and the group. "KURT! DO you need help?" It seemed ridiculous to ask, and he had half a mind to just charge in.....
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 13, 2013, 12:36:20 AM
Half expecting such an outcome, Pha quickly sidestepped to cast her voice upon the plant creature in hopes that it would let go of Kurt.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 13, 2013, 11:29:35 AM
Jeremy's jaw drops as he stands there, unsure of what to do.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: sirpercival on April 13, 2013, 11:52:38 AM
Zax calmly draws his bow and takes aim at the plant.  These greenhorns have no idea how to function in a combat situation... hopefully Rabbit and I can get them trained up in time to be of some use.

As he loosed the arrow, he realized he was taking it a little to lightly, though, and the shot wobbled a little in the air.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 17, 2013, 06:06:05 AM
The Deku Baba starts undulating rhytmically at Pha's melody. Kurt, feeling the plant isn't trying to chew him anymore, tries to break free, but painfully finds out its needle-like teeth remain naturally attached to his body, just like thorns.

Zax's following arrow wobbles a little too much and ends up just rustling some of the deku baba's leaves, not dealing any visible damage.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 20, 2013, 11:29:57 AM
Seeing Zax attack Jeremy looks like he wants to follow suit, but then he realizes that the Deku Baba is fascinated and so he pauses.  "What do I do?" He asks.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 21, 2013, 10:14:18 PM
Kong puffs his chest and "hops" into the room, just beyond Zax and Phae. He wasn't sure why this was taking so long; either kill them or don't. Some things, maybe, he could learn from these odd people. But there were clearly instincts of his own that would prove useful and should be kept. Quietly, watching the plants as he lands, he asks, "Phae, if you can't control these plants, say now, and we should cut them."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 22, 2013, 04:28:14 AM
Pha seems focused on her glamor.
"Not really. I make them docile and come to me, submit themselves to my mercy. He should be able to pry it off. It won't try to keep him snared but it won't help him get off either."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 23, 2013, 07:02:13 AM
The newly fascinated  Deku Baba starts slowly aproaching to Pha while hanging to Kurt.

The other nearby Deku Baba tries again to bite the kirby but misses again, just before it too falls under Pha's shooting song.

Then you can hear a dark fairy voice echoing somewhere from the other side of the room:

W-Why aren't you just slaying them? You're adventurers! That's what you're suposed to do! To kill and pillage and desecrate and... Those Deku Babas would eat you all whitout hesitation if they had the chance... WHY ARE YOU WORKING SO HARD TO SPARE THEM?

The voice has a clear mix of confusion and desesperation on it.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 25, 2013, 09:11:29 AM
Seeing Zax attack Jeremy looks like he wants to follow suit, but then he realizes that the Deku Baba is fascinated and so he pauses.  "What do I do?" He asks.

"Stick close. The last time I encountered plant life of this sort the choice was clearer." Rabbit said to Jeremy, "Here, the plants are manipulated by an outside source, and while I initially thought that extermination was the only means to release them, that sprite's latest taunt seems to imply otherwise. He wouldn't remain and watch us destroy innocent protosentient life without a reason. This is a test."

Rabbit then took a knee, to bring his helmed head to Jeremy's level. "When I was about your age, I had already gone through many tests. How you decide to respond to these tests will show the kind of person you are, and what kind of person you will be." a pause, to let that sink in.

"I know it can be scary at times, but if I tell you a secret can you keep it?"

"There are times when I get scared, but with every challenge along the way, I face them with courage." a pause, "I'm not going to be playing in any fairy games for amusement. Seems that going against the grain seems to irk them." a chuckle, "...and now, I have to go in there and help our friend Kurt. I may need some help."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 25, 2013, 10:55:38 AM
Jeremy listens wide eyed to Rabbit.  "I can keep a secret.  I just don't want to hurt anything anymore of I don't have to.  I used to think that fighting was fun, but it isn't fun anymore.  I don't know if I want capture more Pokémon if it means hurting them..."

"Ivysaur, can you put me on the other side of the Deku Baba?  We should go help our friends in case we have to fight the faeries again.  I don't want to fight but sometimes we have to."

"Ivysaur," Ivysaur says in agreement and carefully picks Jeremy up with its vines and moves forward, getting close enough to lift Jeremy up over the Deku Baba and place him on the other side.  Jeremy then pulls out one of his orbs and says "Ivysaur, return.  I'll let you out on this side."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 25, 2013, 11:25:49 PM
Pha looks around, feeling a little overcharged with the number of plants under her influence.
"Can someone grab me and carry me in another room? We can get them in a more convenient place before we knock them down to sleep. Then we can come back for the rest of them."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 26, 2013, 08:08:36 AM
Pha looks around, feeling a little overcharged with the number of plants under her influence.
"Can someone grab me and carry me in another room? We can get them in a more convenient place before we knock them down to sleep. Then we can come back for the rest of them."

"I can handle that." Rabbit states from his advanced position. "I'll be there momentarily."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on April 27, 2013, 02:04:42 AM
"I can take you." Kong puffs up, and offers one arm to put around the fairy (with a strange gentleness not reflected in his dark, scarred fur). Once accepted or rejected, he puffs himself up and lifts himself into the air. He moves quickly but carefully, hoping to not get similarly grabbed by the plants, finally landing next to the young monster trainer.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 03, 2013, 07:19:26 PM
Working togheter, you manage to lure the deku babas into the room carrying Pha as bait before beating them up gently to knock them out.

Well, all carnivorous plants but one, that stubbornly stays in place. However it should now be safe to try to reach the rightmost door.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 03, 2013, 11:06:21 PM
It had been a slow but fine plan, and as Kong wiped the sweat from his brow he found he was smiling. Sure, it had been time consuming and irritating work, but he'd gotten a decent work out, and he had a chance to practice restraint. He didn't mind it; how much about his ways he was already learning! He would be the Donkey in no time. He gave a pat to Phae, a congratulatory gesture, before stretching to keep himself spry, and walking back to the group. "Let's go."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 04, 2013, 08:30:15 PM
Pha did some breathing exercises as she floated toward the next room, looking quite pleased by the lack of any casualties.
"Thank you."

She wasn't in such a hurry to keep going but went along keeping pace with the others, feeling encouraged by the ape's enthusiasm. "Yes. Let's!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 06, 2013, 04:26:21 PM
As you aproach the rightmost door, you get a better look of the rest of the room. You spot the northern wall, and upon a stone pedestal, an huge stone door in a gold frame, with a massive and complicated-looking lock mechanism. It doesn't really look like that one could be forced.

The eastern door on the other hand opens to a smaller room, with a tree at its center. Behind it, multiple pillars of flame reach to the ceiling, and just behind them you can spot a chest on the floor. In the corners of the room there are odd-looking  panels that aren't covered in vegetation like the rest of the floor.

There's also two new doors in the room, one leading north and other south.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 06, 2013, 04:46:26 PM
Jeremy goes into the new room, in all of the excitement he has forgotten to let Ivysaur back out and so he walks alone.  He looks at the odd-looking panels, then at the fire, then back at the panels.  "Ohh, I bet this is some kind of puzzle room!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 06, 2013, 06:34:11 PM
Pha looks around the room then raises her shoulders, pursing her lips.
"So, I can try to extinguish these flames or we can have one of us stand on each of these panels."

Before everyone would come in, she'd use the space to try out of ice vortex over a few pillars of fire while staying far away enough not to affect the chest behind them.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 06, 2013, 06:54:18 PM
Pha's vortex dissipates into vapor as soon as it touches the pillars. The glowing flames seem completely unphased from the cold.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 06, 2013, 07:26:05 PM
Still feeling the heat within the vapor, she takes a step back.
"Hm. Yeah. Panels."
Meekly, she goes atop one of the panels, wondering if she even was heavy enough.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 06, 2013, 09:39:33 PM
Kong gave a smile, betraying his humor at the flame's resilience, before taking up position on one of the panels across from Phae.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 06, 2013, 09:41:21 PM
Jeremy moves to stand on one of the remaining panels, crouching down to look at it closely.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 06, 2013, 09:56:12 PM
Pha grows uneasy as everyone joins her and choose a panel to stand on. Sometimes a trigger didn't really trigger what you'd expect it to.
"Be ready to strike anything that might come out when we are done, in case it doesn't put the fires out!"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on May 06, 2013, 10:40:22 PM
Kurt moves to the final panel. He'll launch Air Guns upward, trying to force himself down further, since he's even lighter than Pha.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 07, 2013, 10:33:41 AM
Rabbit follows, and after a preliminary overview, moves towards Kurt's pillar to help him weigh it down. "Hex64, detach and cover."

The rezbit Hex64 detaches from Rabbit's armor, and hovers in place when ordered to do so.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 08, 2013, 07:55:56 PM
There's no need for Rabbit to help, as Kurt manages to push down his panel by blowing upwards.

You hear a strange sound (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDPT6Ehq_bI) as the flame pillars diminish into floating spheres while their color change to a sickly green.

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As Pha unleashes her ray of cold at the closest target, the five hovering, cackling skulls  quickly "spit" gouts of emerald fire back at the party members! The projectiles not only burn but also inflict you with a sense of unheasiness...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 08, 2013, 10:32:33 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 09, 2013, 01:29:29 AM
Kong initiative; rolls two and takes best result

Rolled 1d20+6 : 3 + 6, total 9


Rolled 1d20+6 : 20 + 6, total 26


Kong fort v nauseated (v DC 14)

Rolled 1d20+9 : 14 + 9, total 23
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 09, 2013, 04:32:56 AM
Pha tries to stoically endure the uneasiness.
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on May 09, 2013, 08:32:17 AM
Blue puffball is miffed. -10 HP so far in here. 5/6 health
But otherwise, is fine.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 09, 2013, 12:02:56 PM
Rabbit endures the nauseating wave that overcomes him momentarily. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg162682#msg162682) A little sickly fire and burn was nothing compared to the phazon mines. With a tap on a forearm plate, Rabbit ran perhaps the most obnoxious program in the Galactic Federation database. Useful, but damned annoying...

Initialized: Galactic Universal Medical, Statistical, Heuristics OpErator
Physical Health: Optimal. Biorythemics at 82%
- Caution: Phazon corruption at greater then 0%

Solaron Blaster: 45 remaining discharges of current clip. Inventory shows three additional standard clips, plus one low-capacity high performance clip.
- Addendum: Additional LCHP Clip marked for investigation

Due to the current status of your Galactic Federation cruiser, seven points are to be deducted from your license, leaving you with a balance of 1 (one) point(s) on your license.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 10, 2013, 03:04:42 PM
The Green Bubbles spread out and flap upwards, before quickly diving again towards diferent party members.
Their half-loose jaws quickly open and snap shut, producing an infernal cacophany as they spit out more gouts of flame at point-blank range!
This whole scene feels like a bad dream come to life, testing your courage.

Pha in particular finds herself targeted by two of the flaming skulls. The one she had chilled up is left significantly slower and misses, but the green fire from the other hurts much more than before. The faery feels like she's been punished for some wrongdoing...

Up close, the flames surrounding the green bubbles feel extremely uncofortable. It's probably not a good idea to remain close for too long.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 10, 2013, 03:33:12 PM
Jeremy flinches at all of the flame that is flying at him.  He reaches to his belt and pulls off one of his orbs as he says, "Go Ivysaur, get rid of it!"

Ivysaur appears next to him and then proceeds to wail at the skull.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 11, 2013, 03:15:05 PM
Kong disliked the tricky little bastards. To put the key to awakening them on the floor was low, no pun intended. And though they fought with many interesting effects, they fought uninterestingly. So the best thing he could think to do was what he did; he pulled out that new sword he was so interested in, and smacked the skull with it. Not too hard, but with as much control as he could muster on the new and awkward weapon. To compensate, he used his new belt....

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on May 15, 2013, 11:57:32 AM
Kurt shakes off the effects of the attacks, but is still hurt a little more.

"Mr. Rabbit, We should take care of this baddie, then us and Zax can work our way to Jeremy, then to Pha! Heroes help others, especially each other!"

And with that, Kurt sidesteps a little bit, yet another dancing spin, as he inhales. Then lets out a massive wind, but this time it is pushed through pursed lips, forcing the wind to a point that jets through two of the "bubbles" like a spear-head.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 16, 2013, 10:38:50 AM
Rabbit gave a nod in agreement, a sound strategy if there was one.

"Agreed. Hex64, target designate and fire." as Rabbit adjusted the personal energy matrix of his suit to give Hex64 a bit more of a kick.


Authorized reallocation of personal energy stores:

Module x89 ---> Module R86 : Transfer of one energy unit

Rezbit Control Module Version IV - 3 Units Allocated (Establishing Function Link: Shock Emitter)
Chozo Inspired X-Ray Module Version I (Beta) - 2 Units Allocated (Established Function Link: Trap / Snare database connection. Gamma Ray Imaging enhancement (Estimated Factor 10)


Rabbit went for the slash with his starmetal battle scythe, while the construct of living data opted for a simple shock blast.

Rabbit does not giggle at the Ghosties (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg164125#msg164125)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 17, 2013, 12:29:39 PM
Pha quickly considers her situation. She was trapped and Kong too close to use her usual tricks. She had to get out and perhaps she could try to slip under the skulls but it was risky.
There was also the possibility of trying to freeze them in fear but even then she wasn't sure their mere presence wouldn't endanger her passage.
And she wanted to weaken them. At least a little.
Fortunately, she could do all that.

She froze the ground, raising a pillar under one of the already weakened skull to send it crashing against the ceiling and another under herself to raise her altitude above the reach of the other skull, then flew off to get closer to her allies.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 27, 2013, 06:26:48 PM
Ivysaur manages to whip a Green Bubble right away, but then the flaming skull quickly flies out of the way of the rest of the attacks.

Jeremy feels the heat from the emerald fire over him intensifying, making him feel not too healthy. Then the Green Bubble floats over him and unleashes a new gout of flame over the plant pokemon! Kurt can feel his companion suffers considerably more pain than he himself experienced from the same fire.

Kong's opponent proves too nimble for his untrained sword swing, and he too feels the close green fire start saping his health. The Green Bubble unleashes another blast of the sickening fire over the ape warrior.

On the other corner, Kurt's wind spear pierces right trough the Green Bubbles in his path, almost extinguishing their flames!

Rabbit follows up cleaving the exposed skull in two. For a moment it seems like one of the halves somehow manages to hold itself in midair with some last flickers of emerald flame around it.  Then it is eletrocuted by Rezbit and it falls on the ground, shattering!

But before you can congratulate yourselves, skeletal hands burst from the grass, and with them small skeletons dig their way out of the ground!

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Pha seeks a better position and rises twin ice pillars to both attempt to crush Green Bubble against the ceiling and another to lift herself up. The flying skull manages to get out of the way in the last second, aparently more out of luck than anything else, but at least the ice fairy manages to get away from the green fire before it starts burning her too badly, joining up with Kurt and Rabbit.

The two Green Bubbles are hot in her pursuit tough, but then they attack Kurt and Rabbit! The one still under Pha's curse ends up just burning the floor, but the other manages to bath Kurt once more with the sickening flame. This time it hurts a lot more!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on May 31, 2013, 01:00:47 AM
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As the damage soaked in and the blade bit air, Kong could feel his mind slipping. Not out of consciousness. Not yet. Rather he felt himself slipping into that combat awareness and violent bliss he'd always felt when fighting. He'd missed it, being so badly hurt in an instant with the pirates. But here, he could feel the blows one at a time sink into him. It made his muscles slow, and his blows fell heavy again, but it excited him.

The fire started to make him feel poorly though...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on June 11, 2013, 02:58:55 AM
Pha twirls over Rabbit as she channeled her feyheart's frost outward. Seeing her pursuers keeping their distance close and personal, she realizes that she would soon run out of places to run off to.
Feeling cornered, she bursts off everything she has, hopping it would make the difference and buy the group more time and space to organize and better take on the new foes and the horrible burning menaces.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 14, 2013, 06:24:24 PM
Jeremy whimpers, not wanting to throw anything and give the green orb another chance to blast him as he wishes he could help his friends.

In the mean time, Ivysaur furiously assaults the orb to protect his friend.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 21, 2013, 04:44:47 PM
Ambush after ambush, encounter after encounter. Rabbit began to wonder if setting this place ablaze wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Unable to establish connection to orbital Perdition Class Bombardment Array

Oh, yes. That.

"Withdraw! Force them to come to us through the narrow most point." the Space Pirate called to the others, motioning to the door behind Zax. He prepares his blade but stays his hand for but a heartbeat. Every floating skull dropped produced a skeletal creature. Were they connected? Was destroying them affecting this battle? Were there more?

Rabbit had precious little time to ponder the meaning of their unlife. With that, he took a swipe at the nearby skull ablaze to cover Pha's motion, and instructed Hex64 to assist with the conflict, though amid all the confusion and chaos, Rabbit was more worried about hitting his friends then actually hitting his enemies. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg172457#msg172457) The other Space Pirates would never let him live that lapse of ruthlessness down.

Though, Hex64 was sentient data. Surely he accounted for the enemy movements right? ... Right?
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on June 22, 2013, 02:26:31 PM
"OW!, HOT!"
Kurt exclaims as the bale-fire scalds him.

Then, hearing Rabbit, and seeing his beginning assault on those nearest the door, Kurt decides to aid that effort.

Blasting his breath outward towards the same enemies that Rabbit and his Bit attack, Kurt momentarily once again begins to lose altitude. Quickly realigning to face the wall, and the switch that he'd stood on, he once again uses the force of his breathing to manage movement, now ending up over the switch, and next to Pha and Rabbit.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 29, 2013, 10:43:08 AM
Kong, Rabbit and Ivysaur lash back at the nearby enemies, but only the pokemon manages to whip twice the green buble next to it, dislocating its jaw, but not finishing it off.

Pha unleashes her cold fury, fully freezing two of the flying skulls on the path of her attack and reducing two stalchilds to white dust!

As the icy remains of the green bubbles fall and shatter on the floor, more dirt-covered claws emerge from the ground, new stalchilds filling the room.

Kurt's air blast weakens one of the previous stalchilds, and Rabbit's Rezbit finishes it off.

Of the two remaining green bubbles, one pulls away from Kurt and flies next to Pha, vomiting more emerald flame over her, altough its own fire is now but a flicker of what it was at the start of the battle.

The other green bubble keeps engaging Ivysaur, but has trouble aiming with is dislocated jaw and ends up just parching the wall.

The stalchilds then advance towards you with irregular steps, attempting to swipe with their claws when they get close enough. Kong finds himself facing three of them by himself, and altough for a moment it seems he's able to keep all three at bay, suddenly one of them presses its left arm against the ape warrior's axe blade, shattering its own hand but managing to make a nasty scratch with the leftover broken bones! Kong can feel the wound starting to numb down, the old dirt left on it clearly not very healthy.

Similarly against Ivysaur another stalchild doesn't hesitate to sacrifice one of its arms to press an opening on the pokemon's flank trough its defending whips, scoring another infected wound. Jeremy himself is hurt by another Stalchild, altough this one doesn't prove nearly as relentless on its assault, perhaps because the young trainer is just standing on the corner trying to evade hits.

One stalchild manages to slash Kurt from below, but none manage to  lay their filthy hands on Pha or Rabbit, unable to find an opening neither trough armor nor faery protective charms.

 
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ariasderros on June 29, 2013, 12:14:09 PM
Kurt can't help but think on his situation.

They keep hurting me. That scratch feels tingly. They've blocked most of the path towards the door. They've lined themselves up. I am in danger, but the baddies are where I want them. I will have my dance of victory.

And so, Kurt once again lays out a line of blasting air. Ignoring those that intend him harm, in favor of striking out against the greater numbers, to say nothing of securing his allies before himself. Inhaling to replenish his buoyancy as well as using the force to elevate himself.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 29, 2013, 12:38:50 PM
Jeremy wails as he gets hit, barely hanging on to consciousness as Ivysaur lashes out in desperation.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 05, 2013, 09:14:49 AM
Still feeling the pressure, and her own reserve of cold energy running dangerously low, she watched as the green flame brightens again. As the flames ooze out of its mouth, she panics and... just... does something instinctively to protect herself, using her last reserves of cold to preserve her body.
Amazingly enough, it diminished the the flames as they gushed over her and might allow her to endure through its punishment for a moment.
She'd have to try and remember how she did that.
Not wasting time, she lashed at her enemy with what she had left, trying to kill the flame by overwhelming it with the ice channeled by her very existence, and try to invigorate herself as it spread the promise of death unto other entities.

The stalchilds were to be ignored, though. She wouldn't press her luck and give them freedom to easily reach out to her, so she ascended a little higher while she cold. She'd build up enough cold to take care of them soon enough.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 25, 2013, 05:51:31 AM
Kurt, Kong, Rabbit and Hex64 hack and blast at the surrounding stalchilds, returning them to dust one after the other.

Ivysaur lashes out with his tentacles, slamming one of the remaining Green Bubble away from his trainer and against the room wall, shattering it in flaming pieces. Four more stalchilds raise themselves from the ground, slowly advancing to take the place of their fallen comrades.

Then Pha gets close and personal with the last Green Bubble. For a moment, it seems like the emerald fire will engulf the ice faerie, but then the opposite happens-the flames around the skull are quickly replaced by blue ice, fully enveloping the monster, and it falls to the ground, shattering in a cloud of crystals!

No more stalchilds raise this time. Instead, the red lights on the eyes of the remaining ones disapear, and they dissolve in dust by themselve. Eerie sounds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuVtu7bp0YY) fills the room once more.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 25, 2013, 09:50:06 AM
"...ugh... Well done guys."

They had just got into the place and were getting smacked down at every step. Despite their victories, she started to doubt they'd make it.
Pha dragged herself to the chest, tried to push its cover off while hoping it wouldn't explode at her face.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 25, 2013, 10:37:10 AM
Jeremy takes a deep breath and then pats Ivysaur on the head.  "Thank you Ivysaur, you saved me.  I just wish I could have helped out my friends..."  He then looks at the chest and brightens up a little bit.  "I bet that whatever is in there is awesome if it had guardians like this!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 25, 2013, 02:36:31 PM
Pha is bathed by light (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPZXxlckBSs) as she opens the chest.

Inside, lays a wrapped up scroll and five rings covered in minuscle metallic runes. One scarlet with a tiny demonic face, one emerald with a tiny winged sandal, one saphire with a tiny sculpted wave, one onyx with a small shield, one golden with a thunder.

Unfurled, the scroll shows to be some kind of map of some kind of building with a bunch of symbols, altough it's missing any kind of legend.
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 25, 2013, 04:26:17 PM
Pha glances at the map, mesmerized. "Cool. Now this should prove useful once we recover from the fight."

Something about the apparent pool of water in the room below excited her. Its design reminded her of the faery fountains.
"The room below sounds like the best place to go next, along with the one at the top right."

As to what came of the spoils, she grinned at the realization that there were no rupees to be found.
"That onyx ring sounds nice to me. The others... don't fit my style."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on July 25, 2013, 07:58:09 PM
"Red is fine, blue is fine..." Kong admired the rings, a fine distraction from the fresh hurt he was feeling. However, he didn't like just reaching in and grabbing something before the others had a chance to look, so he just peered over the rest of them, observing the map and the large circle in the dead center of the page. Something about that seemed both ominous and promising. "Green room should be last..."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 26, 2013, 02:43:34 PM
Pha felt Kong's shadow loom over her as he approached to see the bounty.
She turned as she pointed at the map.
"Last? Maybe not. Soon as we find that big key for its huge lock we should be able to get in there. It is obviously the most important room and the heart of the temple, so we should try to get there as soon as possible, before we get too worn out by what might jump at us everywhere else. We should try and find the large key first, if it is within the temple still. Else we might need to make one or try to break through that door."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 26, 2013, 02:49:45 PM
"If the pool is a fairy room maybe there will be good fairies to help us," Jeremy chimes in.  He doesn't claim a ring, trusting that the adults will give him something if they think it will work for him.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on August 10, 2013, 12:47:12 PM
Pha put herself against the bottom door, ready to open it.
She made sure her companions were equally ready behind her.
"Alright then. Get ready friends. Kong, could you get ready to close to door if something that looks dangerous awaits behind there? We ain't in the best of shapes right now."

Once everyone seemed ready to proceed, she'd open the door and peer into the next room.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on August 12, 2013, 12:56:18 AM
Kong stoods just to the side of the peeking faerie, with one massive gauntleted hand on the doorjust in case it needed to be shut quickly. Or violently. Or both. He thought to himself how he'd like for his belt to charge up and pump a bit of vigor into him before proceeding, but then he reminded himself that he was no wimp. That was the smart, cautious way; this was the way of the adventurer. He could do this!

Then he thought how bad it would be to be caught off guard while pumping himself up, so he quieted his internal monologue, and focused on the door and what might lie behind it.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on August 12, 2013, 10:20:13 AM
Rabbit gave a glance to Jeremy, then turned to flank the other side of the door Kong was prepping at. The frosted blade of his battle-scythe slid into place and frosted over as he crossed the distance. Obedient as always, HEX64 hovered by his master's side, despite the exabytes of data surrounding them. There'd be time for a comprehensive comparative scan later.

Silently, Rabbit gave Kong a nod, indicating he was ready, and hunkered down low. Kong would go high, he'd go low. Classic Pirate tactic.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 12, 2013, 10:35:02 AM
Jeremy stands behind everyone with his battle orb in hand as Ivysaur stands protectively next to him.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on August 13, 2013, 07:15:14 PM
As Pha opens the door, you can see a  long room that seems out of dream. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCGpPZ8CCE)
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As you stand and peek into the room from the entrance looking for danger, suddenly a large female figure flies out of the water, spinning over herself and laughing madly, before suddenly stoping turned towards you, siting in mid-air with her legs crossed, one arm holding her head and the other making an inviting gesture.
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Oh young one...-says the large fairy in a voice that doesn't seem to come from her but rather from all around you, and you notice she's adressing Jeremy.
Altough you still don't know where you're going,
Your quest has taken you here.
I can offer you guidance for your future trials,
If you'll just come into my fountain.
Bring your friends as well. Let me take a closer look at them...
Oh, and hi there Pha! Long time no see!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 13, 2013, 07:50:51 PM
Jeremy looks surprised but pleased.  A fairy is talking to him! Well, a fountain fairy.  Pha is different.

"Okay!" he says without hesitation.  He's heard that fountain fairies are always helpful!  He takes Ivysaur into the fountain with him, holding onto all of his Pokéballs.  Once there he looks up at the new fairy expectantly, his innocence obvious.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on August 14, 2013, 07:01:10 AM
When the pokemon trainer looks up at the Great Fairy, she looks back at him for a moment, just smiling, before speaking:


You're destined to help and improve all those around you,
No longer just your pet monsters.
Let go of your old ways.
And embrace your new destiny Jeremy Stillson!


Then the Great Fairy blows him a kiss, and the kid is suddenly covered in a pillar of emerald light surrounded by swirling leaves (http://zeldauniverse.s3.amazonaws.com/soundtracks/ocarinaoftimeost/58%20-%20Minuet%20Of%20Woods.mp3) coming from the ground! The pillar glows brighter and brighter before exploding on a flash of light that momentarily blinds you all. When your sight returns, you can see the light pillar is gone and Jeremy is still there. But not the same Jeremy that had entered with you on this temple.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 14, 2013, 12:38:43 PM
Jeremy blinks in surprise, his eyes wide as he comes to terms with his new self.  He looks roughly the same, though the aura of innocent friendliness that he used to have is gone.  He looks more adult than he did, more worldly, though he hasn't aged at all.  His armor hasn't changed, but instead of being equipped with many orbs, both the battle orb and the Pokéballs, he now has a morningstar and a large wooden shield. 

"The Pokémon are gone, I can't feel them anymore.  I am no longer a trainer..."  He sighs softly, a look of loss upon his face.  A loss of some of his innocence perhaps.

"I have magic now, you're my new friends and I can help protect you just like Ivysaur and the others protected me.  I can heal too, and protect myself if I have to."  His hand moves to grip the handle of his morningstar. "I won't be backed helpless into a corner again..."

He then looks up at the Great Fairy and the look of childish wonder returns to his face.  "Thank you, I will help my new friends just as much as I did my Pokémon!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on August 14, 2013, 01:04:11 PM
When your sight returns, you can see the light pillar is gone and Jeremy is still there. But not the same Jeremy that had entered with you on this temple.

At first, Rabbit thought that this being had simply vaporized Jeremy, and was intent on enacting the Pirate Code of Vengeance. Though, when Jeremy was still intact and possessing all of his molecules, Rabbit relaxed.

But something was off. This wasn't the same Jeremy... Rabbit approached cautiously, his blade still active and frosted as he and HEX64 gave Jeremy the 'once over'... Rabbit with a glance, and HEX64 with a gentle blue light and the victory call of a iodized slug.

"Transmorphic regenesis..." Rabbit said in a hushed tone as he finished his scan, and compared notes with HEX64's preliminary scans. What Jeremy said almost wasn't registered by the Pirate as he realized what this being had done to Jeremy with a simple gesture. Quickly, the Pirate turned to the Fairy, his war scythe retracting as he turned.

"Th... This is impossible! My people struggled for decacycles for the secrets of transmorphisis, and the most successful results get parceled back to their duty stations in BUCKETS! H... How is this possible? There's no contamination index, no residual regenesis energies, no Phazon index..." while HEX64 kicked in the blast processing to quickly determine... absolutely nothing. The dejected sound of an echidna imitating the mating call of a pangolin underwater was all that Rabbit received.

Hidden from view along his back were bright blue-white nodes... Phazon nodes, the result of Pirate regenesis experiments. Despite the fact that they usually constantly hurt... they started to ache a little more now. The scientific mind of Rabbit ground to a screeching halt with the phrase of utter defeat.

"I... I don't understand."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on August 14, 2013, 07:21:01 PM
She waves gently at her, quite relieved that it was indeed one of the great fairy fountains she had been looking for.
"Yeah. Been a while! I just woke up again a few weeks ago. It seems something has been going on with the temples lately so I left the ice fountain to purge the problem. Would you know what happened to Fadore? It angered a few fairies here."

When Jeremy received the blessings of the Great Fairy of the Forest, she nodded approvingly.
"Knew you had some hero in you!"

Rabbit's dismay troubled her, though. She put a hand against his back, trying to ease his mind.
"It's alright. He was reshaped by the will of Courage that some of us can channel. He'll be fine."

When all would be done with, she'd be as quick to leave as she came in.
"Thanks sister. I'll come back and tell you how things are going once we've progressed further. For now we have to reach Fadore."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on August 16, 2013, 07:45:30 PM
She waves gently at her, quite relieved that it was indeed one of the great fairy fountains she had been looking for.
"Yeah. Been a while! I just woke up again a few weeks ago. It seems something has been going on with the temples lately so I left the ice fountain to purge the problem. Would you know what happened to Fadore? It angered a few fairies here."

Fadore was... Is the sage of this temple.  She was tasked with protecting this place, making sure it remained a holy place of trials where adventurers could test their courage. But Fadore became arrogant over the centuries. She started to believe more and more that kokiri were the only true servants of the Great Deku Tree, and any others who entered the woods should lose their way.  Instead to be turned into Stalfos and other monsters doomed to serve her whims. Only the faeries were spared because Fadore considers us a part of the forest. But even then most of them were negatively affected by this seeping corruption.

The other kokiri have long ago left this zone. The Great Deku Tree remains silent on the matter. It is highest taboo for kokiri to fight among them. I myself cannot leave this pool.

Please, you have to put an end to Fadore's madness one way or the other! Only then can the forest start healing again. She spends most of her time in the central room of this temple or so I've heard.

When all would be done with, she'd be as quick to leave as she came in.
"Thanks sister. I'll come back and tell you how things are going once we've progressed further. For now we have to reach Fadore."

Good luck! If you ever need to stop to rest, I'll gladly tend to your wounds.


And with this the great fairy rises into the air spinning and laughing again before diving back inside her pool, creating a shower of glowing water that fills the room and refreshes you all.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on August 16, 2013, 09:34:56 PM
Now in a much better condition to think clearly, Pha turned to her companions.
"It is tragic that we haven't been able to avoid bringing down the creatures we couldn't spare, but we must move on."

She went back to the previous room and took another glance at the map.
Pointing at the upper and rightmost corridors.
"I think we should avoid those."

She lowered her hand, then pointed at the bottom left room.
"This one we might want to leave for last, after we are done with Fadore in the central room."
Then raising her finger quickly, she tapped it against the top left room.
"Both corridors lead there and it is harder to reach than the other rooms. We should go there now. ...and definitely try not too kill things if we can."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Flay Crimsonwind on August 26, 2013, 06:01:52 PM
Kong looked up at the fairy, face scrunched more noticeably. In confusion, probably, but it was as if Kong was looking on something he was too tired to try understanding. "What a day..." he finally mumbled to himself, just before the bright light washed away the cuts and scrapes and burns he had just minutes ago received. After giving himself the once over, he nodded evidently pleased. Still, there was a part of him that was confused as all hell as to what was going on, and he could only manage it by just going with the flow of things and hoping things made sense later. Hopefully when he had a large amount of fermented banana juice in front of him.

After taking his moment to breathe, he gave the fountain (and the fairy he supposed was inside) a polite nod before heading back among his companions. "Don't worry, Rabbit," he said as he passed the ex-pirate with a pat, ".... I don't get it either." He stopped at Jeremy, crouching down to get a proper look at the boy. "How do you feel?" He wasn't sure what to make of the disappearance of the boy's friends; he wanted to comfort him, but knew not how to do so.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on August 26, 2013, 06:27:08 PM
Jeremy looks up at Kong.  "I'm okay, things are better this way.  I miss Ivysaur and the others but they'll be happier now, and now I can take care of my new friends."  He then pats Kong reassuringly.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on August 29, 2013, 04:11:51 PM
Rabbit's dismay troubled her, though. She put a hand against his back, trying to ease his mind.
"It's alright. He was reshaped by the will of Courage that some of us can channel. He'll be fine."

There was a slight wince at the touch, though it seemed perhaps more surprise then pain considering how thick that armored seemed to be sometimes. Rabbit never complained about back problems before, though.

"Thank you. I'm just... a little befuddled." the ex-Pirate gave a half-hearted chuckle. "This must be how you all feel whenever I launch into an explanation of something."

To this, HEX64 issued a repetitious series of fork-on-a-chalkboard noises. Was it laughing?

a polite nod before heading back among his companions. "Don't worry, Rabbit," he said as he passed the ex-pirate with a pat, ".... I don't get it either."

The primate's non-understanding was anticipated, but hearing it softened Rabbit's confused expression. A nod, and with that Rabbit rose to his full stature and took a walk over to the newly genesis'ed Jeremy. He removed his helmet to look Jeremy in the eyes. His own six blinked somewhat out of sequence, but four of them had never recovered from Science Division's experiments, and were as useless as a cold beverage in Phendrana.

"Good to have you back. Though, as I hear it, technically you never left." Rabbit said to the youngest of their companions. He was still a little confused, but he'd let it pass until they were safely out of this death-trap.

Accessing internal database of heart-felt sympathies:
Populating data trunks............................
Filtering results..........
Adding water.........................................................
Reticulating splines..............

"Ivysaur and the others are never gone fully, as long as you never forget them." Rabbit said, with a little help from the visor-based telepromptor. Now to hope that Jeremy couldn't read the Pirate's language, backwards.

"I think from here on out, we all watch out for each other. GF has an official statement, that one Space Pirate is a menace, but a horde of them are a threat."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 21, 2013, 03:58:45 PM
Following the map, Pha leads the party back into the main "hall" and then trough the door in the opposite side. The new corridor you enter is punctuated by some skinny trees, just with a few leaves, while the floor and walls are of cold, clean stone. They're filled with intricate and worn down twisting lines, and the pattern as a whole makes you feel disoriented and even lose a bit of your balance, but  you still manage reach the door on the other side.

The new corridor has its floor again filled with dark green grass and vigorous trees growing at regular intervals. The walls are covered with diferent kinds of moss, and the ceiling is covered with tick gray webs, among which you spot two spiders hanging from silk threads. Each big enough to look like it could pick up an horse, their legs easily reaching from one wall to the other.

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They however take no agressive action against you, aparently content on lurking on their webs, so you take a peek across the corridor. At the other end, the door is barred by strong chains connected by a single black lock.

Looking for this?

The voice comes from above, and as you turn to look, you spot one of the dark faeries, floating just below the ceiling webs, holding a black key almost the size of itself.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 22, 2013, 04:02:33 PM
Pha looked upward at the dark faery, her eyes widening at the sight of the key.
Sure, they could just try to bust the door open or even try to hack through the wall but it was much more proper to be conservative and respectful when it came to progressing through a temple. Which involved getting that key.

Perhaps she could get through to the fairy.
"Yes!  Could you come down and give us that key? We need to have a chat with Fadore so everything in the temple can get even better than before."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 23, 2013, 03:26:15 PM
The fairy calmly swings the key between one of the spiders and the other for a few seconds before replying:

Yeah, that's what the big ones always say, that they're going to get everything better, and then the world gets flooded. And drained again. And then...

Well, I want something upfront for myself this time. I smell fresh, juicy berries in your pockets. Haven't had some in decades. Was hoping you would've died by now and I would've picked them from your corpses, but you're proving quite resilient. You give me your berries, I give you this key.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 23, 2013, 03:42:32 PM
Jeremy pipes up, "If you wanted my berries all you had to do was ask, of course I'll share them with you!"  He then pulls the six berries out of his pockets and offers them to the fairy.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on September 23, 2013, 03:54:11 PM
"The situation is favorable to you either way. You provide the key, we speak with Fadore. If things turn favorable then this temple is restored... as stated. If we fail, or things turn dis-favorable, then we perish and as you said, you can pluck the fruits from our corpses. Or whatever is left of them." Rabbit explained. He didn't want to use Pha's name.

At Jeremy's show of generosity, Rabbit gave a nod. Despite the transmorphic effect, he was still the same Jeremy from earlier. Afterwords, the helm looked up towards the fairy. At the moment, none of Rabbit's weapons were drawn. Though, those who saw him act earlier knew that that war scythe could deploy in a heartbeat.

Rabbit stood to Jeremy's side as he made the offering, letting the child-turned-warrior of Courage take the moment.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 26, 2013, 06:44:42 PM
The fairy stares at Jeremy for what seems like an eternity, then suddenly she swoops down in a blur of purple light and quickly pulls up. Greedily holding the berries the child was presenting. Jeremy then notices the black key was left in his hand.

"Ah, but you see-nom- this way, I get the fresh fruit-nom-and you may yet be able to talk to Fadore!Nom-I get the best of both deals!-Nom-Now you guys be careful in that room..."


The fairy vanishes out of sight as she gulps down the last berry, but you could've sworn her color was changing from dark purple to a light pink just before she disapeared.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 26, 2013, 07:56:38 PM
Jeremy smiles and holds out the key to Pha.  "Here you go!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 26, 2013, 08:28:03 PM
Pha thanked the fae as it left, glad they had managed to move on without hurting anyone.
She nodded positively as Jeremy gave her the iron key, smiling back.

She hadn't forgotten the warning though, and had expected that this next room was like to hold its share of dangers.
And they no longer had fruits to trade with whatever was in there.
"Well, I'm ready. Unless you guys need need a moment to get ready, I'll open it now."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 01, 2013, 11:50:52 AM
With a click, the chains around the opened lock are released and quickly pulled inside the walls, unlocking the door. As Pha opens it, she sees a new room. Both floor and walls are stone, whitout much on the way of vegetation besides a large, ancient looking tree, rising upwards and out of view. A tick layer of dust covers the floor, along with some scattered, old bones that seem like they once belonged to humanoids. Pha, nor anyone else from the party can see the room's ceiling from their current position.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 01, 2013, 11:52:24 AM
Jeremy moves forward to stand behind Pha.  "...that tree looks scary..." he says quietly.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 01, 2013, 01:59:04 PM
Pha would sweat anxiously just about now, if she could.
Looking into the room, she tries to take in the key elements. Stone all around. Unseen ceiling, bones suggesting obvious danger, huge tree.

She rose pillars of ice into the room, trying to get the group a few obstacles to move around if the need came.
Once that was done, she beckoned the others to approach.
"Let's keep the door open. One of us should stay here by the door in case it locks us in; Maybe the people who perished here died of starvation."

She had no idea how those chain locks, so it was better not to take any chances.
"Let's go."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 01, 2013, 04:56:21 PM
"No... There'd be teeth marks." Rabbit pointed out. "Two beings don't die of starvation. One dies of starvation, the other of predation."

Rabbit was so helpful sometimes.

The former pirate looked around, "Where's a pot or a stone when you truly need one?" he muttered, mostly to himself but certainly not a whisper. He scooted in after the Fairy, hugging the wall also. Thus far, every room held a secret. This one should be no different. "HEX64, be on guard." and a cacophony of compliance came from the digital construct.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 01, 2013, 06:24:16 PM
Jeremy tentatively follows his friends, moving just inside the doorway.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 04, 2013, 05:58:29 PM
Just as Jeremy has moved trough it, the door behind him suddenly closes, iron bars dropping from the ceiling and barring it.

Looking around, you don't notice anything peculiar. Above you, the ceiling is at least two hundred feet away, and light seems to be coming up from the top trough some openings far bove. The ancient tree's higher branches seem to reach to those.

The details are hard to tell however as there's numerous old, moldy branches and webs up there muddling your view.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 04, 2013, 07:50:31 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 05, 2013, 11:20:01 PM
Rabbit was given pause for a moment as the goliath monster dropped from the ceiling. Massive, unyielding, and terrifying. It's display of aggression was certainly impressive.

Rabbit only hesitated in finding a proper place to blast the creature.  (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg194835#msg194835)Usually the eyes. Or in this case, the eye. Apparently, ex-Space Pirates are terribly difficult to intimidate.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 06, 2013, 10:18:21 AM
Pha sighs as the door closes behind them. Alright, so they all came in... maybe they'll listen! next time.

The immense spider was more of a concern than the smaller one that sneaked up behind her.
Feeling its intense presence, she closed her eyes and tried to feel if it was still affecting her, in which case she'd try to make it cower in her own presence.
In the event that she wouldn't be able to pacify it for a moment, she'd raise her pillars elsewhere. In a more practical position.


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Post by: oslecamo on October 08, 2013, 11:42:47 AM
The suprise attack makes you hesitate, and Gohma wastes no time in pressing her attack on the smaller member of your group-Jeremy. Her single eye stares with inhuman cold at the boy as her claws shred his flesh, injecting more weakening venom. Then the monster climbs a few feet up, resting her legs between the eastern wall and ancient tree.

The larva attacking Pha ends up partially covered in ice due to the direct contact with the icy body. But as the fairy decides to focus her attention on Gohma, the larva takes the chance to land an even more painful claw strike on her back!

Pha then tries to close her eyes, hoping that what you can't see can't scare you. But it's no good. Gohma's presence is all too tangible now that she isn't making any more effort to mask it. An ancient, evil, hunger, perhaps even older than Pha herself...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 08, 2013, 02:46:47 PM
As Jeremy's lifeless body (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7FgOGL5KGY) falls on the ground, suddenly something flows out of his backpack. A stream of golden coins flies in perfect order and spins around the child's still warm corpse.

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A second has barely passed since the Momento Mori started spinning above Jeremy's corpse, and suddenly most of them vanish in a flash of golden light, while the ones left behind return to his backpack.

Then to your awe, the child steps back up by himself, his body's grievous wounds closing and healing almost instantly. Soon enough there's not a single scratch on his person.

Jeremy himself feels a few itches where Gohma had hit him, but otherwise feels completely refreshed and ready for action!

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 23, 2013, 11:03:26 AM
Rabbit is momentarily stupified as Jeremy falls before his eyes. A reconsideration of the events previous sails before the pirate's memory, of all the events that happened, and all the ways that things could have potentially gone differently. Any outcome that would not lead to the loss of...

Then the coins came dancing out. Then the glow, and then Rabbit's second impossibility that hour.

Jeremy restored, his wounds healed, as though nothing had happened. Even HEX64, a construct of living data, would need years to compute the transprobability to lead up to this event.

Rabbit made a mental note to ensure that he studied, or at least retained, at least one of these coins. If he could study them at length perhaps he could...

Warning!
One Kilostone Mass detected
Warning!

Ah yes. The proverbial Metroid in the Room.

Rabbit deployed his blaster, using the ice pillar before him as cover against the monster and took aim at the bright, inviting target of the colossal creature's primary eye... then took a shot. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg197503#msg197503)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 23, 2013, 02:14:19 PM
-moved-
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 23, 2013, 05:30:38 PM
Rabbit takes cover behind Pha's freshly made pillars, and his aim is true. Gohma's eye bursts into a mix of green and red fluids!

But the arachnid still stands. The arachnid still sees you. The wound reveals the truth-Gohma's central "eye" is actually composed of hundreds-tousands of tiny  eyes of diferent colors, all coordinated to form a pattern like a single, larger eye!

Said eyes now spin around madly in clear pain, and Gohma quickly propels itself along the walls back to its web above, disapearing from your view.

The larva keeps trying to bite Pha, but this time the faery starts to get used to its primitive behavior and easily dodges it this time.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 12, 2013, 07:29:13 PM
Pha could barely pause for relief when Jeremy returned. She realized how powerful the monster was and was all to conscious of her own frailty.
She rose higher to remain behind the safety of her two pillars and would release her icy storms to harm the monster. She couldn't see it from where she was but it was so damn huge her cold sting would surely find its way into its skin.

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Post by: Nanshork on November 12, 2013, 08:09:30 PM
Jeremy gets to his feet and looks up at the monster, a hardened look in his eyes.  These things aren't playing fair so neither will he! 

Pointing up at it he says, "Fall."

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 15, 2013, 02:16:23 PM
Rabbit's primary target scrambled up into hiding, wounded and angered by the shot in the eye. Though, at least in this temple, things had a tendency to come from above. That spider monster would return, and when it did...

He'd be ready.

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Post by: oslecamo on November 16, 2013, 03:24:40 PM
The larva completely ignores Jeremy's order. It doesn't even seem to have a mind for him to try to influence.

Then as Pha dances upwards and unleashes a miniature snowstorm. The larva freezes and falls, frozen. However as she rises, focused on the tick web where Gohma had run away to, she fails to spot the thin, almost invisible silk strings in between. Flying right into them, she quickly becomes entangled and locked into place! Even with her ice still raging around Pha, the web trap proves quite durable and doesn't give in.

It's at that moment that Gohma emerges again from above. Taking care to stay out of the range of Pha's vortex, she aproaches and then spits a stream of tick acid over the fairy!

However this also reveals her position to Rabbit...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 16, 2013, 04:17:24 PM
Rabbit takes the shot offered so courteously by Gohma. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg202284#msg202284)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 19, 2013, 10:03:37 AM
Across the gulf of space, arachnids seemed to be a thing that the cosmos enjoyed. There were spiders everywhere. And wherever there were spiders, there were webs.

Pha had managed to get herself ensnared, and without assistance, she would perish. She'd need a distraction and assistance.

"Status." Rabbit said, mostly to himself.


** Module R86 Rezbit Control Module Version IV - 3 Units Allocated (Establishing Function Link: Shock Emitter)
** Module X89 Chozo Inspired X-Ray Module Version I (Beta) - 2 Units Allocated (Established Function Link: Trap / Snare database connection. Gamma Ray Imaging enhancement (Estimated Factor 10)
*** WARNING - Prolonged usage promotes gamma build up in cortex. Severe Health Risk if abused. If you experience any undocumented side effects, cease use immediately and consult a certified Galactic Federation Medical Technician. See  README (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullibility) for further details. ***
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"HEX64, nuisance  protocol." and he motioned towards the colossal spider. The rezbit acknowledged with a chorus of the sounds of scraping glass, and wasted no time hovering over towards its target. The Rezbit was slow in the air, hardly moving 5 feet closer to the creature, but what it lacked in mobility it gained in ranged weaponry, and it took a zap at the mother Gohma.

Which was all the distraction Rabbit needed to try to shoot Pha free. His aim would need to be truer then true and for a brief moment he wished he paid more attention to accuracy-assistance weaponry at the ranges of Tallon IV. "If I miss..." he held the blaster upwards, pointing it just to the right of Pha, "... I'm sorry." he spoke softly. He doubted Pha would even hear him.

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Post by: Anomander on December 02, 2013, 10:19:17 AM
Seeing that the web was not catching fire, Pha let out her ice shards swirl around her once more as she tried to free herself.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on December 02, 2013, 07:35:12 PM
Jeremy attempts to blind the giant spider monster in order to save his friend.

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Post by: oslecamo on December 05, 2013, 05:53:26 PM
Rabbit's shot burns some of the silk threads in front of Pha, but the fire fails to spread to the rest of the web entangling the fairy. Then her cold fury suceeds on snapping the last strings holding her!

Meanwhile Rezbit delivers a shocking shot to Gohma, while Jeremy turns his magic to the monstrous spider. Her "eye" turns into a milky white, and the monster loses her balance for a moment, but quickly recovers her footing in the walls. Seems like sight isn't the only sense she relies on...

She seems to pause for a moment in place, before turning its bloated abdomen down towards you, from which bursts forth a series of fresh sticky silk threads, threatening to trap all of you this time!

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Post by: Nanshork on December 05, 2013, 06:11:31 PM
Jeremy manages to avoid getting trapped by the webbing.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on December 05, 2013, 09:30:56 PM
If not for Rabbit's Space-Pirate wired reflexes, he'd be up to his third elbow in webbing. Glory to High Command, Rabbit emerges untouched. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg205594#msg205594)

HEX64... Not so lucky. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg205595#msg205595)
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Post by: Anomander on December 07, 2013, 01:31:00 AM
Pha rose slightly, then brought out all the cold she could conjure and breathed it toward the massive horror.
She wasn't safe, but she couldn't see any way to truly save herself. Like a cornered fox, she had no choice but to go all out and hope it breaks before she does.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on December 18, 2013, 10:37:47 AM
Rabbit takes aim again, and now that Pha is free, he can direct his building rage against the colossal spider. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg207657#msg207657)

He would idly wonder about why everyone around him suffered, yet he endured... but he would idly wonder about that later. As a citizen of the Galactic Federation, it was his duty to help those less fortunate then he. As a Space Pirate, however, their suffering was his opportunity...
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Post by: oslecamo on December 19, 2013, 07:36:56 AM
Gohma doesn't see Rabbit's shot coming and is hit straight on its abdomen-aparently her special senses don't reach all the way to the ground with her eyes disabled.

Pha answers to the spider's acidic breath with her own "fresh" breath. Heavily wounded by Rabbit's blasts, Gohma has no  more strength left to resist, and she's soon frozen over. The nearby webs crystalize as well, making them more fragile, and they colapse under the dead weight of the massive spider's frozen body, making it crash to the ground, where it shatters in a thousands of tiny shards! Most quickly evaporate in puffs of black smoke, but three remain. Red ones. A trio of life containers (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=3993.msg85506#msg85506).

While coming down, Gohma's body dragged down and tore the webs above it as well. A moment after its body shattered, something else suddenly falls from above the room and impacts the floor soundly-a wooden treasure chest!

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on December 19, 2013, 10:41:59 AM
The creature was dead. Not just dead, but gone from this world. Rabbit wouldn't have been able to deal with a leftover body better if he had a plasma cannon. Ahhh, plasma cannons. Or maybe even a Nova drilling laser...

Now Rabbit was just wishing.

"Is everyone alright?" he called to his companions, while HEX64 returned to the Space Pirate's side. He knew for a fact that Pha took the brunt of that fight. High Command would be proud of the use of his companions, but he hadn't felt this sick to his stomach since his Phazon nodes stopped maturing.
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Post by: Anomander on December 19, 2013, 04:12:39 PM
Pha kept staring at the frozen monster in great disbelief even as it fell down and shattered. Still staring at where it collapsed, dumbfounded.

"I think I'm okay."

Apparently things worked out. It had been a close one. She went to check up on Jeremy, remembering the huge wounds he had suffered despite his incredible recovery. She was still digesting the unnatural amount of danger she had been exposed to recently. She didn't remember him bottling any fairy and perhaps it had been one of his new powers but, thinking back, she remembered how the coins acted up on their own. Things were too heated to think about that stuff but now it started to make sense.
"Did you die?"
She strongly suspected that a human's experience of death would greatly differ from that of a fae. There was nothing scary about the Great Slumber besides the Great Inconvenience of a very limited consciousness for a while and the long haze of the next incarnation. Annoying when provoked on another's terms but usually welcomed when she needed a break from reality.
Well, death was one thing; Pain was a completely different thing to watch out for.
"How was it?"

Once everyone would be ready to move on, she'd wave her hand toward the chest, beckoning her companions to loot it.
"I'll go up there and see if there is more. Perhaps more things caught in the web, or something on the tree. I'll be right back!"
There were perhaps other kinds of vermin lurking up there, such as the smaller spidery creature that had snuck down behind her back then, so better be careful. Her courage roused, she looked around the room for a detachable source of light amongst those that illuminated the place. Preferably one that didn't burn.
For lack of finding one, she'd ask her friends.
"One of you got something to light up the ceiling?"

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Post by: Nanshork on December 19, 2013, 05:23:20 PM
Jeremy nods at Pha.  "I died.  It was...scary.  I'm okay now though!"

When Pha waves to the chest, Jeremy opens it up to see what is inside!
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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on December 20, 2013, 08:21:15 AM
"One of you got something to light up the ceiling?"

Rabbit's first impulse was to fire upon the ceiling, having heard many times that to Light Something Up was to fire rapidly and indiscriminately upon it. Though, cooler neurons prevailed, and Rabbit holstered his blaster gun. "As a matter of fact..." he started, and then searched through his pack to find his luminator, a lantern-like device with a heatless light source trapped within. Removing the dark covers from the front so that it could shed its light, he handed it to Pha. "This should perform as you require."

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He turned his attention back to Jeremy, and then joins him at the side of the chest to see what spoils they have plundered from the Goliath Spider. "It is good to hear that you are well. Death is something I almost experienced several times, to know that there's more fear on the other side waiting for me is... honestly, expected." a nod.
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Post by: Anomander on December 20, 2013, 01:22:35 PM
Pha took the luminator with unreserved delight.
"Marvelous. Thank you!"

And she quickly flew up there to see what's up.

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Post by: oslecamo on December 22, 2013, 02:23:36 PM
When Pha waves to the chest, Jeremy opens it up to see what is inside!

The chest isn't locked and he easily opens it.

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The ice faery rises across the room, carrying the lantern provided by Rabbit. There's still quite a bit of webs and foliage up there, making it hard to see...
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Post by: Anomander on December 22, 2013, 04:49:52 PM
Pha was in awe at the discovery of the bottles.
"We are blessed to have found such tools of legend! Their rarity is certain, their use atemporal. Rejoice!"

If not for finding them, at least because it felt like they were drawing closer to their objective.
She twitched her mouth when her eyes ran over the scrolls.
"We should leave those though. Art and history is preserved within these walls. They will be vulnerable outside. Lost, destroyed, corrupted. They belong here."

The bottles were different. They only emphasized the importance of their purpose and help prepare them for the trials to come.


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Post by: oslecamo on December 26, 2013, 08:41:29 PM
Up there, Pha spots several red rupees entangled on the webs, as well as three more Gohma spawns lurking in the nearby shadows, as if waiting for the fairy to come closer to the jewels. But she can hear the faint sound of at least five beings crawling on the walls around her...
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Post by: Anomander on December 26, 2013, 09:12:39 PM
Pha's excitement plummets as she notices the presence of more nasties.
She quickly flew downward.

"Well, friends, there are things up there. Many smaller spiders like the little one we fought. There is a lot of rupees up there though!"

She thinks. "I'd rather not fight them on my own but it might be a little difficult for you to assist me at that distance. I can try to draw them out to us but they might be faster than I am and I could get caught up into something."
She rests a hand on one of her wounds. "Besides, I'm still injured."

Pha smirked sadly.
"Although I am not sure I would want to give those time to grow up to be as terrible as the big one. I don't believe they were natural to the temple nor were meant to be its true guardians. Getting rid of them may lighten the corruption here."
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Post by: Nanshork on December 26, 2013, 11:09:17 PM
"I could heal you," Jeremy offers helpfully.
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Post by: Anomander on December 27, 2013, 12:46:25 AM
She joined her hands together, getting a little excited again.
"Really? Great! Please do!"

Her vision of a great hero wasn't that of a healer but no matter. Healing could be pretty heroic too.
Perhaps that made the fairies a little heroic as well. Imagining Jeremy dressed like a fae was amusing.

Once healed she'd proceed to help clear out the web the big spider has spun before it perished. It wouldn't good to have those in the way in case they'd need to move around.
Rabbit could probably shoot them from afar once he'd be able to see them, so getting light up there would help.
She told him: "I'll see if I can bring them here. If not I'll get up there. Tell me once you see them and I'll stop."


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Post by: Nanshork on December 27, 2013, 12:41:16 PM
Jeremy concentrates for a few seconds, letting healing flow into his companions.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on December 27, 2013, 02:00:05 PM
Rabbit pauses as the feeling of the healing effort washed over him. Unable to decipher the numbers and sources of his life, he genuinely feels better about the situation, despite not actually missing any important inner or outer body parts.

A nod to Jeremy, "You've come a long way since that child at the port." the space pirate complimented. A few taps on his left gauntlet brought up a series of diagnostics to fully evaluate his options.

TActical Navigation And fabriKation App (TANAKA) v8.6.86
Self-Repair and Restoration of Power Suit continues. Current Status 88%. Estimated time until completion 56.574.23

"I did not plan for such a grueling series of encounters within this place. Otherwise, I'd have programmed my powersuit to render more offensive weaponry." he explained, "My current suite is more exploration based. High-range surface piercing scanners, darkness negation equipment, and the command and control node for HEX64." he explained still.

"Given time, I could render weaponry to aid in the conflicts to come, though, each render of the suit takes about as long as you would call eight hours." he held up his blaster gun, "And while this operates just as well, it's capacity is limited. My count is about thirty shots remain." and the display flashed, correcting him.

Forty Two.

He gave Pha a nod, and braced as he aimed upwards, "I am ready."
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Post by: oslecamo on December 29, 2013, 11:43:48 AM
The gohma larvae prove impervious to Pha's charms. It's not that they're strong-willed. It is simply that their minds are too basic. Too narrow. They probably can't even dream of the concept of a friendly call, fake or not.

Still, she has no problem in clearing out the nearby webs and using the Luminator to point out the positions of the three larvae she had spotted to Rabbit.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on December 31, 2013, 12:04:06 PM
Rabbit waited for his moments, the distance and the scale of his targets making his eyes twitch a little. "Pha, Be careful. At that distance my vision isn't that good." he admitted. Truth was, Space Pirates had multiple eyes but most of them were vestigial. They used their powersuits to augment poor vision, not that their homeworld was much to look at. Industrial nightmare of a sphere, choked by poison gas and soaked in acid rain. To augment his poor eyesight, he allocated some of his suit's energy reserves from the Rezbit controller to his X-ray Visor, if nothing else then to just get some of the blocking terrain out of his sight. The ceiling was too high up for the module's primary function of high-gamma band vision, but it helped sharpen the image. The Ing-inspired Dark Visor also helped eliminate the darkness, but it could only do so much.

The Galactic Federation officer in him looked at each shot fired as the end of a dangerous creature and saving the lives of everyone in the region. The Space Pirate in him mourned the loss of another species apparently bred exclusively as a weapon.

Either way, Rabbit didn't hesitate once to squeeze the trigger tab once he has a shot.

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Post by: oslecamo on December 31, 2013, 12:24:14 PM
Rabbit shoots the lighted up larvaes one by one, their burned bodies falling to the ground, and Pha is free to collect the treasure in their webs. Some of the scarlet crystals reveal themselves to be bigger than tought at first glance, due to being heavily covered in webbing.

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Post by: Anomander on December 31, 2013, 06:16:37 PM
After tapping at the great tree to hear if it was hollow, Pha would look around, puzzled.
"Where's the others? Did get stuck behind the door when it locked and closed itself?"

She try to look inside the try if it felt hollow, breaking it a bit if necessary, then she would inspect the door they came from to see if it was still locked.
It would be preferable to backtrack from there instead of going forward but there weren't any other opened door going forward was the sensible option.
They could try to wreck the door, sure, but she didn't want to cause unnecessary damage if it could be helped.

"Next I guess is the big room at the bottom-left corner of the map. If we use the corridors here to reach it we'll have gone pretty much everywhere shown in the map, so hopefully we'll find something to get into Fadore's room there."
She sounded hopeful but was clearly a little worn from all the fighting.
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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on January 01, 2014, 03:57:28 PM
"It is possible that they got stuck behind the door." Rabbit mentioned, then seemed to recall something as he watched Pha inspect the tree, "Let me take a quick look at the tree and the door."

Rabbit would give a decent inspection of both the tree in the room, and then the door they came through. Probably about three minutes worth of inspection per. During the inspection, he brought a hand up to tap at the side of his helmet and the front panel of his helmet flashed a soft blue for just a moment before it became slightly less opaque then it usually was.

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Post by: oslecamo on January 08, 2014, 07:39:35 AM
The door mysteriously opens by itself when Pha aproaches it again, but there's no signs of her companions. Or the spiders that were hanging on the ceiling.

Rabbit's inspection doesn't reveal anything in particular. The tree's bark is pretty tick but otherwise normal, and the walls don't seem to have any secret compartments or passages.
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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on January 08, 2014, 09:52:03 AM
Rabbit's helmet pulsed a soft blue before returning to the normal non-translucence it demonstrated most of the time, "Neither the tree or the surrounding structure are remarkable." a pause, "Save for how remarkable an ancient tree can be by itself, that is." he joined his companions, and looked up. "The arachnids are gone. Perhaps the colossal specimen we defeated served as some form of queen?" he offered, not truly knowing either way.

"Perhaps we should find a place we can designate as safe, and take a rest." Rabbit noticed Pha's weary tone. Truth be told he was a little winded himself. Though, that could also just be the gamma radiation buildup interacting with his vestigial phazon nodes. "Truth be told, this seems one of the more defensible locations. Local predators may be loathe to test to see if an apex predator like the colossal arachnid just up and left, and the door opening will alert us to trespassers." Rabbit explained.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on January 08, 2014, 02:57:43 PM
Jeremy nods and yawns.  "I'm sleepy."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on January 08, 2014, 10:10:37 PM
Pha looked up, confirmed Rabbit's observations.
"Maybe the others took care of them and left since the door got locked. Maybe they tried to get here from the other way. Look, there are two passages to this room on the map."

She sighed.
"I'd prefer to move on and get to the bottom of this right away. If one of you would rather take a moment I think it would be better to camp in the fairy fountain. It would be more to my personal comfort, I'll admit, along with having one entry point and being easier to defend, not to mention that if harm would befall that place while we rest I'd rather be there to protect it. We can leave a message here in case our companions reach get here in our absence so that we do not have to wait for them to reach us if they are coming from to other side.

"If we press on, the bottom left room is our next destination."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on January 09, 2014, 12:12:53 PM
Rabbit gave a nod, and moved to take a look at the map as well. "Since there's only the one final room to consider before the central chamber, and we're close to it now, if you have it in you Jeremy we can tackle the last room outside the central chamber, return to the fairy room to recover and rest, and then see what awaits us in the final chamber." he turned to Jeremy to see if the younger of the travelling group was up for it.

"I'm good to continue." though, the Pirate would certainly appreciate a nap. "Considering I made it through the encounter with the colossal arachnid unscathed."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on January 09, 2014, 12:52:45 PM
Jeremy nods and flashes Rabbit a big grin.  "I can do it, I've got lots of spells left!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on January 22, 2014, 05:04:07 PM
You backtrack halfway trough the temple, and then move towards the south-western room, not meeting anything else that moves. You're greeted a by a stone wall devoid of any vegetation and a riveted iron door blocked by tick steel bars. At the side of the door there is an unlit torch in a pedestal.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on January 23, 2014, 12:34:29 AM
Pha looked at the unlit torch and scratched the back of her head sheepishly.
"This really isn't my specialty."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on January 23, 2014, 08:47:26 AM
"What if we light the torch?" Jeremy offers excitedly.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on January 23, 2014, 10:11:00 AM
Rabbit gave a nod, "I believe that should work. Though, let's take a few steps back, and light it at range." the pirate suggested as he motioned back. "I'd rather not encounter any more surprises."

"Unless you have any low-effort talents that could light it from here, Jeremy, I can handle this." Rabbit said as he leveled his laser pistol at the unlit torch.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on January 23, 2014, 10:28:50 AM
Jeremy steps back, he doesn't want any more spider-things falling at him!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on January 25, 2014, 05:25:20 PM
"Unless you have any low-effort talents that could light it from here, Jeremy, I can handle this." Rabbit said as he leveled his laser pistol at the unlit torch.

Rabbit ignites the torch, and there's a melodic sound as the steel bars retract into the walls. Behind it, a room of naked rough stone, at its center a large wood chest with gold emblazonings.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on January 25, 2014, 05:57:10 PM
Pha eyed the room with suspicion.
"Maybe the door will close again if we go in. Someone should perhaps stay ready behind to open the door again if that happens. Maybe light the torch again."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on February 05, 2014, 05:22:33 PM
Jeremy looks up at Rabbit.  "You're good at lighting things on fire, do you want to stay out here?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on February 06, 2014, 10:51:43 AM
Oh child. If only you knew...

"Yell if you require assistance. I'm not fond of the concept of breaking up the squad, but I'll remain to ensure that this door doesn't close on you and Pha." Rabbit said with a nod, keeping his eye on that torch. Such a simple thing, fire. Across the cosmos everyone knew of it, in one form or another. Rabbit knew it could open doors, but usually only by burning the inhabitants out.

Such a simple thing, fire...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on February 07, 2014, 07:09:44 PM
Rabbit and Pha can't see its source, but there's a thirst for blood looming from inside the room...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on February 25, 2014, 05:45:40 PM
Jeremey whispers loudly in the way that only a child can.  "There are things in there that want to kill us when we go inside because we didn't call them.  They're the Garo?"  He looks slightly confused about this whole thing.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on February 26, 2014, 12:39:26 PM
Rabbit turned towards Jeremy and shook his head, "I've not heard of them either, though perhaps they are the source of that... odd feeling I felt once we opened the door."

"I wasn't aware we were supposed to knock first..." Rabbit suggested, then turned to the door. "Well then perhaps we should call them?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 04, 2014, 12:21:00 AM
Pha doesn't sound convinced.
She looked again into the room, winced. The feeling of bloodlust in the area was quite strong.
She whispered to her companions: "Perhaps it would be wiser if I just swept the room with ice?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 04, 2014, 01:56:03 PM
Rabbit gave a nod, and moved his aim on his laser pistol to cover the door. "Flush them out. We'll mow them down." He said quietly to his companions.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 07, 2014, 10:44:46 AM
In preparation for battle Jeremy casts a spell that slows down his friend's perception of time.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 14, 2014, 06:57:57 PM
Pha was about to step in and, then, remembered that her adventurous spirit had led to rather painful experiences so far.
The idea of going into a room with invisible attackers wasn't thrilling.

"Actually... I can sweep in but I'll need some space to come back and if you guys are too close I'll be hurting you too..."
She looks again into the room, squinting her eyes.
"If the door closes while I'm in, you'll have to be too close for comfort to open the door for me. I can't do this well unless I know where they are and I'll need you with me inside to make sure I don't get swarmed as soon as I step in."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 16, 2014, 11:29:19 AM
"Well then, before we go in blind, let me see what I can see..."

Rabbit brought a hand to his helmet, and the visor before his eyes shifted colors again, like it did when he investigated the tree in the room with the colossal arachnid. He still had some time before the buildup of high-band radiation exposure reacted with his vestigial Phazon nodes and become toxic, so for that time, he'd sweep what he could of the room behind the wall, to see if, nothing else, the hidden assailants weren't just waiting on either side of the door for a classic ambush...

"I'm using the same technique and modules I used to scan the inside of the great tree in the room with the colossal arachnid. Combined with another module that amplifies light based off pho... *ahem*... it lets me see in the dark. If nothing else, I could order HEX64 into the room to provide as much advance intel as possible prior to the destruction of its physical form." A pause, "Rezbits aren't like other creatures. They live on beyond their physical form. I'd just need to take a moment or two to construct a new one for it."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 17, 2014, 12:21:38 PM
At first Rabbit doesn't see anything different, but then Jeremy carefully points to certain areas of the room, and the space pirate notices the lurking garos.

But before you can do anything, you hear a bunch of loud sounds coming from the corridors behind you! Several hurried foosteps, and cuckling!

The sounds quickly become louder, until suddenly around from the door to the main hall emerge a flock of murderous unstopable bloodthirsty killing machines Cuccoos!

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Quickly followed by what looks like a farmer, and then several angry-looking deku scrubs. Small animated bushes, their skin seemingly made of wood and hair and "clothing" made of leaves and flowers with tiny arms and legs, they seem to be pursuing the farmer, who in turn seems to be pursuing the cuccos.

They all stop for a moment when they see you blocking the path to the next room, and then most deku scrubs break in a chorus:

"Ah, you have nowhere left to run! Now pay up what you owe us!"


But one of the deku scrubs does't say anything right away...
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 19, 2014, 04:23:30 AM
The dangerous creatures in the next room could wait, she guessed. These fellow temple intruders were right there upon them.
Pha was ready to fight back but then it became clear that the peasant man had probably taken something from these deku scrubs and was trying to get away without paying. A dirty thief.

Angry, the fairy tried to help take from the farmer all hope of getting away with his misdeed.
"Give up, felon! There is no escape this way. You're done!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 19, 2014, 10:06:57 AM
Jeremy scowls at the dekus and at Pha.  "Hey now everybody, play nice!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 21, 2014, 12:42:50 AM
"Everyone..." Rabbit put his hands up to quell the storm to come. "... calm." he even took a step forward to make himself the target. Or to cover for his companions to ready some response behind him.

He pointed to a Deku. Was it one in particular? One with more history and character then those surrounding it? Who knew. "You. Explain why you and your group are chasing this man and his fowl army. This is a dangerous region, and one hardly conducive for debt collection."

He then directed his attention to the chicken wrangler, "I'll expect answers from you in a moment. Tend to your fowl flock for the moment."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on March 21, 2014, 12:50:54 AM
A Deku piped in quickly from the near back of the mob, drawing attention to itself. A noticeable lack of any color but various shades of grey making up it's skin and leaves was...curious. "Owes us he does! Fetching his cuckoos we did! But he runs away!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: zook1shoe on March 21, 2014, 01:08:40 AM
wha wha... What me? A felon? What for... You little... Hey get away from my chickens!! stands defensively in front of his chickens, pulling out his bone axe and waves it at ya'll
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 21, 2014, 01:33:09 AM
So... the dekus were part of some kind of cuckoo fetching business and the jumpy man had left without paying?
These people's laws were really difficult to keep track of. Pha was a little confused.
"Can't he just pay them whatever he owes them and be done with it?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 23, 2014, 10:28:03 AM
The Space Pirate found it good to know that theft was frowned upon out here in the fringes of the cosmos as well.

He turned to Pha to speak quietly, "Pha, I have been to many places, many worlds, and met many different types of what you could call 'People'. Payment seems to always be an issue." Now, Rabbit didn't come from the Enforcement arm of the Space Pirates, nor was he very well versed in Galactic Federation Law (Aside from all the laws he apparently broke by boarding ships, firing wildly in the vague direction of GF citizens, and such...) though this seemed easy enough.

He turned first to the cuccoo farmer, then to the Deku shrub swarm, before motioning around, "This area is dangerous, and there are monsters about. If you wish to aid us in dealing with the threats in this region then you can remain and any assistance will be appreciated. I cannot guarantee your safety, nor will I be responsible for your safety if you remain. Once this region is freed from the evil that grips it, I will aid in the negotiations of the original agreement between your people..." he motioned to the Dekus, "... and you." he then motioned to the Cuccoo Farmer.

"With everything in this region so intent to do harm to others, there is no need to fuel that fire more." he concluded.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: zook1shoe on March 25, 2014, 12:37:02 PM
gives Pha a look, then says to Rabbit yip, i'll come wit ya'll n halp
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on March 25, 2014, 08:19:36 PM
The conglomerate of Dekus shuffle, squeak and chirp quietly amongst themselves as they think about what the rabbit? had said. They then all turn to look at the one Deku that had spoken up for them but a moment ago, it promptly shrinking back from their stares. "W-what? Why? But..." A decision was apparently made and regardless the mass of Dekus made for a hasty retreat from the alluded and known danger of the area, abandoning a very grey colored Deku to handle the affairs.

Having lost it's safety in numbers, said Deku seemed to shrink even more as it glanced about the group it'd been left behind with.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 26, 2014, 04:37:44 AM
Rabbit gave a nod and turned to Pha and Jeremy. "And thus, the matter begins to solve itself."

He then turned to the two newcomers, "If you'll be coming with us, we'll need to know your names. Or at least, what we should call you." the armor clad creature spoke.

As for what it looked like, it LOOKED humanoid. Two arms, two legs, a head, all clad in an odd armor of sorts. Odd in form, as it almost looked like a Darknut, except for the fact it wasn't. Etchings of glowing blue raced across the armor pieces, streaking across from one point to the next, then stopping, only to start again a few moments later. As for the creature's physique, the legs were bent wrong, and the hands were missing fingers. If only there were some way to see the creature that lurked beneath that armor. (http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090315180527/metroid/images/e/ec/SpacePirateModel.jpg)

"My designation is Rabbit. I chose that name because in mythology they are an exceptionally lucky creature." he had only seen pictures of them, truth be told, be he'd never tell them that. "These are my traveling companions, whom I'll allow them to introduce themselves."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 26, 2014, 08:44:06 AM
Next to Rabbit is a small child wearing a chain shirt.  He also has a small wooden shield and a morning star but is standing in the least offensive stance possible.  Seeing that no one is going to start fighting, he gives the two newcomers a big welcoming smile and says, "Hi!  I'm Jeremy! What's your name?  Want to be friends?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 27, 2014, 04:52:46 AM
Things were going pretty darn quickly and she could hardly believe what was going on.
Wait. What?

Apparently there were two new individuals helping them now. Because reasons.
It was pretty convenient, though, seeing how they had been separated from their comrades and had yet to find them.
The real magic was in the timing. The strange mechanisms of fate.
Perhaps this was the work of the Goddesses.

She couldn't help but fixate the cuckoo-man.
Oh, Nayru. Not that I question your wisdom... but... ... Oh well. Better roll with it, I guess.

The fairy sheepishly followed suit and introduced herself.
"I'm the Great Fairy of Ice from the crystal cave in the North. You can call me Pha."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on March 27, 2014, 07:32:30 PM
The Deku seemed to react positively towards Jeremy & Pha's introductions as it stopped looking like it wanted to just disappear right now, plus the two weren't any bigger than itself so they didn't come off nearly as scary as the tall one covered entirely in armor. Still not moving closer though, it introduced itself, but rather than a name they really only got a seemingly unintelligible series of squeaks. "It's...alright if you can't say it...Just call me whatever you can..."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 27, 2014, 07:41:09 PM
... but rather than a name they really only got a seemingly unintelligible series of squeaks. "It's...alright if you can't say it...Just call me whatever you can..."

"It is brave of you that you decided to stay, Squeaks." Rabbit misinterpreted, before he turned to the Cuccoo Farmer, waiting for the final introduction."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on March 27, 2014, 08:04:59 PM
The Deku's leaves rustled and actually puffed up a bit as it suddenly took on a more bold stance, even taking a step forward and nodding at Rabbit, at being called brave by the scariest looking thing here.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 27, 2014, 08:28:34 PM
She tried to repeat the name and realized it wasn't going to work. She wouldn't be able to make the same sound twice.
When the deku scrub suggested they named it as they pleased, she frowned sadly.
"Nuh-uh! You're not a pet for us to name. Choose your own name, or substitute name."
That very notion felt somewhat offensive to her. If it liked Squeaks she'd callled it Squeaks but not just because Rabbit had settled on that name.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on March 27, 2014, 08:35:00 PM
It gave an annoyed squeak at the fairy. "I didn't say you owned me now, I was talking about a nickname! What the tall one spoke works fine then!" it retorted back rather brashly.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 27, 2014, 10:54:01 PM
The plant' reaction amused her. A welcomed change.
"Chill. 'Just saying giving names to things before you actually get to know them is something people usually do their pets. If you let people name you whatever they want I'll just go with Stale."

Squeaks felt very pet-like and its outburst made her change her mind. As far as plants went, that one didn't look very fresh so the name felt quite appropriate. She nodded to herself.
"Yeah. It sounds pretty cool."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: zook1shoe on March 28, 2014, 05:40:11 PM
mah name is Fuzzy
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on March 28, 2014, 06:04:54 PM
"Squeaks. Fuzzy." the helm of the armored figure regarded each of them in turn.

Such odd names. Numerical designations would be more efficient, but less personal. Oh well. Such is the life he chose. "So that we are not surprised in combat by what you cannot do, or found wanting after a disaster for knowing what you could have done had we asked you..." Rabbit paused, "The both of you live in a very dangerous world. What are your potentials, as far as defending yourself or warding off attackers?"

He paused, "Have you ever been attacked by a monster or a pirate before? How did you handle the event? Was it fatal to the attacker?" Rabbit's questions weren't just random curiosity. He was testing these two to see if they had what it took to take an order, or to kill an enemy. These were questions he would have asked Pha and Jeremy, were their introductions not actually on the field of battle.

"Also, I feel the need to mention that your performance and teamwork with us will not affect the overarching situation concerning payment for services rendered by Squeaks' people in regards to herding your swarm creatures, Fuzzy. That matter will be dealt with once we deal with the more important issue of this temple's source of corruption. We, or at the least I, will listen to both sides to aid in arbitration. Solving this simply takes precedence over your mercantile dispute." Imagine him, handling disputes. What was next, judicial service? Judge Rabbit. What a joke that image was.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on March 28, 2014, 08:06:13 PM
The Deku bumps it's chest with a tiny fist, "Things can't find me so I shoot them from behind a lot! Always surprised! Then shadows accept me again and I start over!" it proudly states. While it is known Dekus do have the tendency to shoot things with nuts they store in their mouths, a pair of exceptionally small crossbows, small still even for this small Deku, were holstered at it's sides as well. They hardly looked more than toys really, but it certainly appeared confident nonetheless.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: zook1shoe on April 05, 2014, 02:54:04 AM
ne'er been attacked by no monstas, but some of those gosh-dang chicken thieving foxes and vagabons have been run off by me chickens n some eggs you're surprised how quickly he whips out an egg and tosses it casually between hands, then swiftly throws it, knocking a apple out of a nearby tree.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 10, 2014, 02:00:23 PM
As your discussion drags on, you suddenly start soft hearing soft moaning sounds. Suddenly,  you see three shambling bodies appear from the northern passage, and Fuzzy can see three more coming from the opposite side of the central temple hall, all slowly moving towards you.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 16, 2014, 04:32:02 PM
Not feeling particularly in a hurry to fight that new menace when they still had yet to take care of the southern room, she raised pillars of ice in the redeads' way.

"Maybe we should take care of that room first before we take care of those. Let's go!"

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 16, 2014, 05:35:39 PM
"Pha, if you'd kindly erect a pillar of i..." he was cut off as she did exactly that. "... excellent."

With a reflexive motion and a clenched fist his starmetal war scythe sprang forth, already frosted before the blade had fully locked into place. In his other hand, he held his trusty 'Star in a Jar' blaster pistol. "Everyone prep for the room. Last I saw there was an enemy combatant there, perhaps fifteen feet in." he motioned to a blank part of the wall, which not just a few moments ago was transparent to him thanks to pilfered technology. "Gather, and then we move in. Squeaks, Fuzzy... that includes you."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 16, 2014, 07:37:20 PM
Jeremy nods and follows Rabbit's lead.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on April 16, 2014, 08:01:11 PM
'Squeaks' promptly squeaks in surprise and jumps forward towards the party it had apparently just become a part of at the sight and sound of the Redeads. In fact, 'Squeaks' jumps right under Rabbit and apparently vanishes.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: zook1shoe on April 21, 2014, 09:59:13 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 26, 2014, 07:26:39 PM
Just as Rabbit charges inside the room, the shadows on the walls move, and suddenly he feels sharp, cold metal struck in his flesh. Surrounding him are now three Garos, swiftly pulling their twin blades from the chinks on Rabbit's power armor trough which they just wounded him. The wounds feel unnaturaly cold. Only Jeremy just behind his ally could see how the three Garos leaping at Rabbit and stabbing their weapons in one fluid movement, almost as ghosts.

Just behind you, the redeads pile near Pha's pillar and the front one starts slamming it with its body, cracking the ice.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: zook1shoe on April 26, 2014, 10:00:39 PM
you see an egg drop into Fuzzy's hand from his sleeve, then hurls it at a target you cannot see. the points and says fly my friends then rushes in after them

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Post by: Anomander on May 05, 2014, 02:21:00 PM
Seeing the garos appear, she dashed in to give her companions some room to move around and get in a better position.
"Move a little toward to door, Rabbit. I don't want to hurt you."
She then proceed to try and lock the silent killers where they stood. Hopefully that would be enough for them to land some hits on them and take a step away.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 05, 2014, 02:34:08 PM
Jeremy takes a step back and pauses for a second, concerned.  They just fled monsters and now are fighting monsters, this isn't good.  Deciding against healing Rabbit, Jeremy instead casts a spell to speed of the reflexes of his friends.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on May 05, 2014, 02:47:46 PM
As Rabbit charged into the room ahead, Squeaks lost his hiding spot. The sudden appearance of the Garos surprised it, but they were attacking the big one who'd called him brave! Yes! It IS brave, it thought, as the Deku stepped forward into the doorway and unloaded on the nearest Garo.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on May 20, 2014, 02:13:36 PM
Rabbit had seen more intimidating things in his existence. He had certainly stared down the barrels of said "more intimidating things" before. These wouldn't be the first ghosts he had ever seen, and he had a feeling they wouldn't be the last.

Though, the chilling feeling running through his veins from that one stab... could be poison. Sneaky bastard, using a trick he would use against him. It took away the burst of energy that he had before right out from under him... Well, time to answer chilling poison with a chilled starmetal blade.

Feeling a rush of energy return to him, possibly a second wind, he lashed out at the ghost at AT7 with his own blade. Poison, no. But chilled to the core, yes.

That chilled poison must have had a more potent effect then Rabbit thought. His aim was atrocious. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg236084#msg236084)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 27, 2014, 07:56:02 AM
Fuzzy's egg splatters on the face of the front redead, blocking its vision, but the undead keeps advancing along with its companions. The farmer's chickens move to form a defensive wall of sorts blocking the passage, and the redeads flail their arms as they close in, managing to grab and squash some of the flightless birds, blood and feathers splattering on the grass below.

Meanwhile all three Garos lower their heads and weapons, trembling at Pha's close presence, allowing Jeremy to speed up his companions to retaliate. One Garo is peppered with crossbow bolts from Squeak, and with what looks like a sigh of relief, falls to the ground, upon which its body collapses into dust and all that's left is an empty cloak. Another manages to dodge the first scythe strike from Rabbit, but not the second, cowering but not yet defeated.

You can hear the ice pillar behind you being smashed some more, with large cracks appearing in your side. It doesn't look like it'll hold much longer.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 28, 2014, 05:45:25 PM
Before the Garos can turn themselves invisible again, Pha quickly breathed out a cold gale unto the two that were left, making good of her new position.
A step away, she now prepared to help with the creepy creatures creeping in from the back.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 20, 2014, 12:18:19 PM
Rabbit could handle this. The sounds coming from behind him, well, the others behind him would let him know if that was something to worry about. With the vigor instilled in him by his friends....

Friends... what an odd sounding word. He didn't dislike it. He just hardly got a chance to use it about a month ago. He'd grow fond of the term later. For the moment, he was being stabbed to death by ghosts. Another phrase that sounded truly odd when said aloud.

He'd reminisce about all his ghost stories later. There was a task at hand. A task that required his skills. Perhaps he should stay more focused at the task at hand. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg242135#msg242135)

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 20, 2014, 12:25:28 PM
Jeremy pulls out a bomb and throws it behind the scary things, hoping that will make them leave his friends alone.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on June 20, 2014, 08:17:02 PM
Squeaks, lacking shots in his crossbows now, spat a deku nut at one of the Garos as it turned and fell back out of the room. The nut went wide and clearly missed as the Deku flailed and stumbled noticeably back.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: zook1shoe on June 23, 2014, 04:01:50 AM
Shouts YOU BASTARDS!!! herds his remaining chickens.back towards the others
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 26, 2014, 02:41:01 PM
The two garos are covered in ice by Pha, then blasted apart by Jeremy's bomb, and whatever  bits remain cut apart by Rabbit's scythe.

Then an emerald chest studded in gold materializes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOdXhXr5Edg) in the center of the room!

Fuzzy retreats with his chickens to regroup with the rest of the party. The redeads he was facing manage to snatch two of his birds as they try to get away, but don't pursue. Instead, you start hearing small bones snapping and loud chewing noises from their location.

The other redead group manages to smash down Pha's ice pillar, only to walk into another of her ice pillars, that they start to dully break with their fists as well.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on June 26, 2014, 08:15:43 PM
Squeaks disappears into the darkness, or hopes to, as it busies itself with reloading.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on June 27, 2014, 10:40:24 AM
Rabbit turns, attracted to the noise of the shattering ice pillar, and has a sudden and intense flashback to the last time a group of reanimated monsters assaulted them.

"Everyone, into the room!" he beckoned everyone to get into the room that he was in. "Whatever they are, their numbers are meaningless if they have to enter single line."

Rabbit then turned his attention to the chest. No container this small had a cloaking device, though he had learned that this world didn't directly obey the laws of thermodynamics like the rest of his experiences had taught him. Magic, perhaps? Bah, Magic was as far beyond the lesser races as planetary terraformation. Though, his inner pirate started to show, and he approached the chest cautiously, on the lookout for obliteration protocols.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 02, 2014, 09:23:02 AM
The fae wished she could recharge her icy powers but there she lacked the space to reach the enemies without hurting her allies.
If she had something to freeze with her hands, it would be enough but only the chickens seemed to be sort of alright to freeze a little, though that strange farmer guy would probably be a bit mad. For the while, she move to the side and prepared herself to freeze any enemy that would enter the room and get caught in the bottleneck they'd make.

"What's in the chest?"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 03, 2014, 12:42:06 PM
Jeremy starts performing first aid on Rabbit in anticipation of more trouble.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 08, 2014, 06:39:33 AM
Squeaks hides in the temple's shadows once more, while Jeremy starts patching up Rabbit's wounds and Pha readies herself to attack any enemy that approaches.

Meanwhile as the space pirate examines the chest, he doesn't notice any trap, so he opens it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPZXxlckBSs). A green flash temporaly fills the room, and when it subsides you see the chest is filled with rupees of many colors, and in the middle of them a large, golden key, with a big shiny ruby on its handle.

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It looks like it would be a natural fit for the keyhole on the massive reinforced door on the central temple room.

No redeads approach you, some busy cracking down's Pha's last ice pillar, the others seemingly still feasting on dead chickens from the chewing sounds that reach you.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 11, 2014, 05:23:21 PM
Pha saw that Rabbit was slowly healing. The ice and the chicken would be them some time but it wouldn't last.
"We've got the key!! Do we wait for them and try to take them out one by one or do we make a break for it and run to the central room?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on July 15, 2014, 01:46:16 PM
Squeaks squeaks up, "Running is always good! Leaving is better!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 15, 2014, 03:43:50 PM
Pha saw that Rabbit was slowly healing. The ice and the chicken would be them some time but it wouldn't last.
"We've got the key!! Do we wait for them and try to take them out one by one or do we make a break for it and run to the central room?"

"Everyone, move back. Into the room." Rabbit motioned everyone in. "Use the chest as cover, aim at the doorway. We'll destroy them as they approach and squeeze through the door."

This would have been the plan when the floating flaming skulls appeared earlier... if any of them had known that the flaming floating skulls would have appeared.

Squeaks squeaks up, "Running is always good! Leaving is better!"

"No. It sounds like there are too many of them to risk just running by. We could get swarmed easily." he motioned to the doorway that Squeaks was in. "If they want us, they'll have to come through that door. Their numbers will be meaningless, and we can obliterate them with minimal harm to ourselves."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on July 15, 2014, 07:18:05 PM
Taking the cue, and getting a weapon aimed in it's general direction, the little deku scrambles further into the room and out of the line of fire.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 16, 2014, 04:48:23 PM
She agreed with the plan and held her position. Ready to strike one of the walking corpses when it'd come in.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 24, 2014, 09:06:25 AM
As the party finishes taking positions inside the room, the redeads destroy Pha's last icepillar and proceed to lumber in your direction, their, swaying their  torsos swaying back and forth as they walk in unnatural angles.

When they finally make it to the doorstep, allowing Rabbit to get a clear line for his shot, the redeads proceed to stare with their empty eyes at the space pirate, ice fairy, and young medic, distending their jaws and revealing the rotten flesh inside them, before releasing a trio of blood-chilling screams!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 24, 2014, 09:56:37 AM
Jeremy trembles with fear but maintains control over himself.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on July 25, 2014, 12:36:41 PM
Terrifying though it may be, such a gruesome sight is something that does not give the Space Pirate pause (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg248423#msg248423). Without hesitating, he squeezes off a shot at the Redead that made such a display (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg248424#msg248424).

Not that he felt that he could actually intimidate the dead. They had nothing more to fear. No, it was to bolster the confidence of his new friends... and certainly not to get the gruesome and almost terrifying sight to stop.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on July 25, 2014, 08:33:17 PM
Out of the immediate danger of the terrible shrieks but not able to see what was causing the frightening sounds, the little deku shuffled forward a little ways and away from the wall to try to get its sights set on the zombies.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 30, 2014, 09:00:59 PM
Pha had not expected this. And fear wasn't something she had been subjected to often.
More disconcerting was that although they had planned to bottleneck them at the entrance, she was the only one there to do the bottlenecking. So much for that. She was paralyzed with fear.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 30, 2014, 10:10:35 PM
Jeremy stops performing first aid on Rabbit in order to focus his efforts on Pha.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 30, 2014, 10:48:37 PM
Her paralysis removed, Pha felt much lighter.
She flew around to the corner, away from her friends, and began her vortex of unnatural cold before flying higher.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 18, 2014, 07:41:50 AM
After Jeremy works his magic to release Pha from her fear, the fairy summons her ice power and passes over the approaching re-dead, covering them all in frost, but not stopping any of them.

Rabbit then hits a shot straight in the chest of the front redead, the blaster's explosion making the half-frozen corpse explode to pieces!

The deku sniper positions himself, aims at the next opponent, and... It's an headshot! It's not very effective... The redead doesn't even seems to notice the hole on of its skull.

Both remaining enemies keep shambling forward, again dislocating their jaws and releasing terrifying screams at Pha and Rabbit.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 18, 2014, 01:27:32 PM
Pha shook off the terrible scream and maintained her little storm of ice shards, determined to keep it going.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on September 19, 2014, 05:01:08 PM
Amateurs, really. If it's one thing being a Space Pirate taught Rabbit, it's that you have to *escalate* the threat to truly intimidate someone. You can't use a tactic that doesn't work again (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg257816#msg257816).

It's a pity, that you can't also use intimidate tactics on animated lifeforms. He learned that lesson from reading the logs of the team from Tallon IV. Chozo Ghosts. The thought alone sent a shiver down his reinforced spine that almost threatened to throw his shot off. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg257816#msg257816)

Almost.

"Pha, excellent. Squeaks." He motioned towards the animated body that seemed least intact between the two in the room, "Take the shot, finish it off."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 19, 2014, 06:28:27 PM
One of the redeads collapses under Pha's icy assault while the other keeps pushing forward as its flesh is frozen and broken.

Rabbit ends its suffering with another discharge from his gun, blowing off most of the redead's waist, making it collapse, and the ice-covered upper part of the monster breaks to pieces as it falls to the floor!

Their screams silenced, you notice there's no more sound coming from the main hall. Peeking around the corridor, you see that the other redead that were there are now gone, and there's only broken chicken bones and feathers on the part where they were. The path to the massive locked door seems now clear.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 19, 2014, 07:18:31 PM
Pha looked at the terrible creatures' remains with joy in her eyes. Whatever poor souls had been trapped inside them were now released and, more importantly, there apparently wasn't anything left that wanted to eat the flesh off their bones.

She hovered besides the carcass of the chickens that had... sacrificed themselves to buy them some time and to create a diversion. That was a lunch well spent.
It felt odd to show her appreciation to the strange farmer guy.
"Thanks Fuzzy. Now we can go meet Fadore and see if we can fix this place."

The fey hoped everyone felt alright and made sure everyone was psychologically sound before moving on to the great gate.
If all went well, things wouldn't have to get too far.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on September 19, 2014, 08:19:50 PM
Despite the threat apparently over with, Squeaks hopped about and spat another deku nut at what remains remained; taking joy in having handled such a high level threat so single-dekuly.  Well, it guesses it might've had a little bit of help from these other people here...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 26, 2014, 10:46:10 PM
Jeremy sighs with relief.  That was scary!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on September 29, 2014, 10:24:55 AM
Rabbit took the moment to take stock of the situation. He holstered his blaster, and came around to the corpses'... corpses. A solid kick reminded him that they were indeed real, and at the current moment, very dead. He gave a nod to Squeaks, for a job well done spur of the moment. Whatever the creature was, it knew at least how to defend itself.

This planet at times seemed simultaneously asking to be invaded, and daring the cosmos to invade it.

He followed Pha to the corpses of the terrestrial fowls, and knelt next to their remains. She was showing reverence of a sort, so he felt he should do the same.

"I am well, thank you for your concern." Such a simple thing was once so alien to the creature. "You may find this odd to believe, but my people have dealt with the risen dead before." Damned birds. "We should be close to solving the riddle of this structure. We have a large icon of a key, for an equally large icon of a lock." he wondered to himself if the original inhabitants of the structure were a simpler folk. Such simple iconography.

He also reminded himself. Next time, bring more explosives.

Once everyone was more-or-less together, "Is everyone ready? If there is need, we can visit the spring room with the fairy to see to any lingering wounds. Otherwise..." the armored figure turned to look at the locked door...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 04, 2014, 06:48:30 AM
As you stand in front of the massive door, a dark fairy flies in from the right entrance and starts zooming around the keyhole.

Hey listen! Really large and fancy keys can open really large and fancy doors!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 04, 2014, 03:30:00 PM
Pha patted her head to make sure her hair was alright.
"Yes. I think I am ready. We may certainly take a detour to the fountain if anyone is injured."

Later, the dark fairy's sudden appearance startled her. She heaved up the massive key to fly up and shoved it unto the lock. "Thanks. We had figured that part."
Hopping on the key, she let herself fall and grabbed it to spin around and turn the key into the lock before letting go of it.
"E're goes nothin'."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 06, 2014, 07:54:58 AM
As Pha turns the key inside the lock, you hear a series of loud grinding noises. The large chains are released and fall on the floor and the massive door starts sliding down, revealing a new dark room.

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Now that the door is open there seems to be an eery silence all around you, before you hear a childish voice coming from inside the room:

"Hee hee hee! You came all the way here? You're real heroes! Look! Isn't this view pretty?“

Turning towards the source of the voice you see something step from behind the foliage.
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 06, 2014, 09:14:39 AM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on October 06, 2014, 01:04:50 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 06, 2014, 05:30:14 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 06, 2014, 06:58:25 PM
The view was alright and it wasn't all too warm, so she couldn't disagree.
Remembering what the dark fairies had said, Pha was ready to hand out one big lecture.
But she had to confirm something first.

"More or less. The temple is falling apart! Are you Fadore?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 06, 2014, 08:00:44 PM
"Hee hee, you forgot how I look, Pha? It's not like I grow old and decay like those dumb humans and sky beings. Yes, I'm Fadore."-mischievously grins the Kokiri.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on October 07, 2014, 12:14:44 AM
Something pokes at Pha from behind, not a hand but it felt more like a metal tip of something; the scrub isn't exactly tall enough to reach a flying fairy and all. Squeaks squeaks, er, it means speaks quietly to not be overheard as it suddenly feels less inclined to not be hidden right now...

"Bones are warning us. Sage fell down, forest will fall down. Bones is nice hero, called us nice heroes. Made request, but it thinks this is the Sage that fell down..."

From it's voice, Squeaks was beginning to sound very nervous about continuing to be here as it started to realize the kind of big trouble it was finding itself dragged into by keeping with this group any longer...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 07, 2014, 12:40:19 AM
The fae smirked, her deep violet eyes closing to slits, peering over as an old lady would.
"Haven't seen you in ages, still. I don't leave the ice fountain often."
She seemed a bit melancholic, then stop the old act and returned to her more dynamic self.
"Love what you did with your hair."

She paused, feeling herself drifting and getting carried away.
"So. What's going on here, really? It stinks of evil everywhere around here. 'Had to do some cleaning all over. Creepy stuff got in here and even the fairies are starting to get creepy. I haven't seen a single other kokiri."

Squeaks' warning only pumped her up a bit more.
Whu-bones? Whats he talking about?
She did get the idea of the fallen Sage and falling forest, however.

"Exactly. The forests are being ruined."

Thinking about all of that again was putting her in a bad mood.
"It's my job to look out for the fairies and this place is messing with their heads. I'm pissed. The Great Deku Tree is ashamed to even think of this place, and so am I."
Pouting, her pupils constricted and started to gleam with the promise of one hell of a reckoning.
"This temple is supposed to be a holy place. Its your job make it so, so what are you waiting for?"

She didn't want to get angry. It tended to heat her up and that was most uncomfortable.
"We and the fairies can help out. Get rid of all the dark stuff so we can begin the purification process right away. Then the kokiri might return and light will shine bright and true on the forest again."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 07, 2014, 10:29:08 AM
"It is." he could only attest. For the first time since their visit to the great fairy fountain, he felt relaxed. Even the vestigial phazon nodes on his spine stopped hurting for a moment. Just for a moment, though. The room was awfully peaceful. Serene, in a way. Like all those paintings that they hung on the walls of the doctor's offices back in the Galactic Federation headquarters. You knew it was going to hurt, so they put those paintings up to calm you down.

Maybe one of the artists came here? Oh that'd be a discussion for the ages. Pha was in lecture mode. It reminded him of his battle commander back when he didn't put the prefix Ex- in front of his birthright. He was very inspiration. She's almost as inspirational. Perhaps 4/5ths of a battle commander. Closer to 7/10ths actually.

"Pha has several points." Rabbit started, coming out of his stupor from the beauty of the natural environs. "Though I cannot attest to the odor of malignancy, there is something terribly wrong with the woodlands in this region. They are infested with the returned dead, and host to rot and arachnids of considerable magnitude."

"Also, you do have nice hair." Rule of being a good citizen. Be nice.

"Though, such does not excuse you. If the preservation of this location is your responsibility, then you are lax in your duties." It's possible that this Deku'tree that Pha mentioned was some kind of spiritual adviser, perhaps even a political figure of significant import.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 07, 2014, 11:00:46 AM
Jeremy looks around.  His friends seem to think that this place is pretty and relaxing, but Jeremy thinks it is very very creepy.  The girl is creepy because she's in the creepy place.  For the first time he really misses his old pokemon and wishes that they were here with him.

Instead he stands next to Rabbit, almost pressing himself against Rabbit's leg. 

Hearing Squeaks squeaks makes Jeremy shiver a little.  "This is a bad place," he whispers softly.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 07, 2014, 04:01:59 PM
Instead he stands next to Rabbit, almost pressing himself against Rabbit's leg. 

Hearing Squeaks squeaks makes Jeremy shiver a little.  "This is a bad place," he whispers softly.

Normally, weakness like this was discouraged, but Rabbit had learned compassion through the mercy of his life in the galaxy after his brief run in with a GF Carrier's bridge screen.

"We'll be out of here soon." Rabbit said in a hushed tone back to Jeremy. The young humanoid's concern was warrented. With the dead rising from their tombs, and arachnids the size of personal speeders, there was much *wrong* with this place. The Ex-Pirate's hand rested on Jeremy's shoulder in a motion of assurance.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 09, 2014, 12:53:07 PM
"Love what you did with your hair."
For a moment Fadore's smile warms up and she relaxes:
Oh, thanks!

"So. What's going on here, really? It stinks of evil everywhere around here. 'Had to do some cleaning all over. Creepy stuff got in here and even the fairies are starting to get creepy. I haven't seen a single other kokiri."
My sisters and brothers are hiding deeper in the forest. It was no longer safe for them here. The temple was invaded by pirates. Not pirates from the seas. Pirates from the stars above. The humans and elves allied with them. Something about harnessing the resources of the forest to fuel an “industrial revolution”. I saw their pictures of the worlds that had undergone such a treatment. Worlds where nature is confined to a few select areas, where we're nothing but slaves to civilization. Worlds where wildlife is only allowed to exist at the whims of  a few mortals and their machinery. I could not allow that to happen. Unsealing Gohma was a desesperate measure, but it worked. The Stalfos multiplied and protected the temple. Nature prevailed that year. The fairies no longer remember, but their memories were never that good hee hee...


"This temple is supposed to be a holy place. Its your job make it so, so what are you waiting for?"
This temple is already a holy place, Pha. It teaches the other races to learn how to live in harmony with nature. That even if they come here with more advanced weapons, explosives, or other new unnatural substances, the forest will still devour them if they go too deep, hee hee.

"We and the fairies can help out. Get rid of all the dark stuff so we can begin the purification process right away. Then the kokiri might return and light will shine bright and true on the forest again."
I'm sorry, you may've confused for a Sage of Light. The stalfos are a part of the forest. The darkness is a part of the forest. The trees need light to survive, yet project shadows all under them, that allow other kinds of life to thrive.

But don't worry, Pha, bright light will shine in this forest and temple soon enough, regardless of anything we do now. You probably won't like it because it'll be quite hot. If you had more time maybe you could've done something about it, but seems like you slept for too long. Soon we'll all be stalfos, hee hee...

"Though I cannot attest to the odor of malignancy, there is something terribly wrong with the woodlands in this region. They are infested with the returned dead, and host to rot and arachnids of considerable magnitude."
Fadore frowns:
See, that's what I'm talking about, a skulltula kills a humans and it's called a monster, a human kills a thousand skulltulas and he's  called a hero. People hate decay and decomposition, not realizing it is needed to maintain the cycle of renewal of nature...

Then she starts reciting a poem to Rabbit:
Death blossoms bloom flowers of melancholy,
and scatter the petals of memory.
Fallen flowers, after a long time, return to the earth
and once again bloom flowers.

Also, you seem somewhat familiar to me. You're not from this world, are you?

"Also, you do have nice hair." Rule of being a good citizen. Be nice.
Fadore smiles warmly again.

"Though, such does not excuse you. If the preservation of this location is your responsibility, then you are lax in your duties." 
If not for my work, all you would've found in this place would be empty burned ruins, or something even worst, like a factory. You know what a factory is, right?
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 09, 2014, 01:56:19 PM
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This temple is already a holy place, Pha. It teaches the other races to learn how to live in harmony with nature. That even if they come here with more advanced weapons, explosives, or other new unnatural substances, the forest will still devour them if they go too deep, hee hee.

It is, but its doesn't feel like one. It still stinks of evil. It doesn't belong. I've seen some nasty dead creatures walk these sacred grounds as if they were still alive. Abominations of nature. And again, it's messing with the fairies. You know I can't allow that, Fadore.
By helping the corruption spread you're only helping the evil force that is currently trying to corrupt every temple of the Realm!


She was starting to feel like Fadore had gone just a wee bit mad.
Perhaps she'll have to beat some sanity into her, or they would have to find a new Sage of the Forest. Whatever was necessary to recover from this situation.

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If not for my work, all you would've found in this place would be empty burned ruins, or something even worst, like a factory. You know what a factory is, right?
That's good, but it would be preferable to have let it burn to shattered ruins than let it become a lair of evil. We're gonna try to fix all the harm done by the evil force across the temples. Help us. We'll all be much more useful in repelling this menace than we'd ever be by turning into stalfos. Get a grip!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 09, 2014, 02:37:23 PM
My sisters and brothers are hiding deeper in the forest. It was no longer safe for them here. The temple was invaded by pirates. Not pirates from the seas. Pirates from the stars above. The humans and elves allied with them. Something about harnessing the resources of the forest to fuel an “industrial revolution”. I saw their pictures of the worlds that had undergone such a treatment. Worlds where nature is confined to a few select areas, where we're nothing but slaves to civilization. Worlds where wildlife is only allowed to exist at the whims of  a few mortals and their machinery. I could not allow that to happen. Unsealing Gohma was a desesperate measure, but it worked. The Stalfos multiplied and protected the temple. Nature prevailed that year. The fairies no longer remember, but their memories were never that good hee hee...

Suddenly, Rabbit was incredibly interested in where this conversation was going. So much so that he almost shrugged Jeremy off of him. Almost. Jeremy remained where he was, though the visitor from the stars was now noticeably paying more attention to Fadore.

This temple is already a holy place, Pha. It teaches the other races to learn how to live in harmony with nature. That even if they come here with more advanced weapons, explosives, or other new unnatural substances, the forest will still devour them if they go too deep, hee hee.

Rabbit's newly found interest in this conversation allowed him to determine he didn't like where this conversation was going.

I'm sorry, you may've confused for a Sage of Light. The stalfos are a part of the forest. The darkness is a part of the forest. The trees need light to survive, yet project shadows all under them, that allow other kinds of life to thrive.

But don't worry, Pha, bright light will shine in this forest and temple soon enough, regardless of anything we do now. You probably won't like it because it'll be quite hot. If you had more time maybe you could've done something about it, but seems like you slept for too long. Soon we'll all be stalfos, hee hee...

Yup.

Fadore frowns:
See, that's what I'm talking about, a skulltula kills a humans and it's called a monster, a human kills a thousand skulltulas and he's  called a hero. People hate decay and decomposition, not realizing it is needed to maintain the cycle of renewal of nature...

Then she starts reciting a poem to Rabbit:
Death blossoms bloom flowers of melancholy,
and scatter the petals of memory.
Fallen flowers, after a long time, return to the earth
and once again bloom flowers.

Also, you seem somewhat familiar to me. You're not from this world, are you?

"I imagine if you ask the skulltula, humans are the monsters. Unfortunately, it's all a matter of perspective." he mentioned, though her question at the end is what struck him like a weight.

"No, I am not." he answered. "I come from the stars.." Rabbit idly wondered if the light from the star of his true home world had even reached this planet's night sky. Checking meant looking, though, and it seemed that trouble had invited itself. "And if you have encountered the pirates from the stars that I fear you have, then you have met my people. My previous people. I live in exile, a survivor of a suicide mission, captured and imprisoned, then released by the terms of the law."

This certainly explained the blaster clips.

"Whatever drew their attention here, it is not just some simple forest." a pause, finding himself in the company of two fairy folk. "No offense intended. They would mine the resources of this world. There has to be something more then that. Unless they truly intend to just industrialize this entire planet." he paused, "A feat they are quite capable of performing. Everywhere the... MY people have gone, we have destroyed." he finally stopped distancing himself. Though he no longer practiced the methods of his people, there was no denying who or what he was.

If not for my work, all you would've found in this place would be empty burned ruins, or something even worst, like a factory. You know what a factory is, right?

Rabbit gave a nod. "I do. My true home is a dead world orbiting a dying star, industrial to just a few hundred meters above the core." A pause, perhaps he had used a term or two they did not know. "That entire world is a factory. Our very way of life was advancement and conquest." a pause, "I can assure you, if people from this world have allied with them, then they are tools and pawns in the grand scheme."

That's good, but it would be preferable to have let it burn to shattered ruins than let it become a lair of evil. We're gonna try to fix all the harm done by the evil force across the temples. Help us. We'll all be much more useful in repelling this menace than we'd ever be by turning into stalfos. Get a grip!

"If my people did this, if they are the cause, then I'm beyond obligated to stop them." Or at least delay them until the Galactic Federation could arrive. Factoring distance plus the non-function UForce message capture, they should be arriving in about thirty eight years, give or take.

"Help us stop them, or we all b... wait. Unnatural substances, you said." Oh this was potentially terrible. "Did you get a good look at those substances?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 13, 2014, 05:52:08 PM
It is, but its doesn't feel like one. It still stinks of evil. It doesn't belong. I've seen some nasty dead creatures walk these sacred grounds as if they were still alive. Abominations of nature. And again, it's messing with the fairies. You know I can't allow that, Fadore.
By helping the corruption spread you're only helping the evil force that is currently trying to corrupt every temple of the Realm!

Farore frowns:
The corruption they tried to inflict upon this temple is nothing compared with the forces we had to deal with the last time you were awake, oh great ice fairy. The living all fell when faced with that terrifying power... Only the stalfos could stop it. You have yet to see this new, terrible corruption.

That's good, but it would be preferable to have let it burn to shattered ruins than let it become a lair of evil. We're gonna try to fix all the harm done by the evil force across the temples. Help us. We'll all be much more useful in repelling this menace than we'd ever be by turning into stalfos. Get a grip!
Fadore grins:
You still don't get it, do you Pha? It. Is. Too. Late. The coming menace is already too strong. It has been so for quite some time. Only a few besides  me noticed it, but our warnings were dismissed as foolish, unfounded or even insane. Everybody else thinks the pirates are just out for their usual raids and stealing. They are wrong. They will soon realize how wrong they are. The other kokiri will survive. I've taken measures to make sure of that. Perhaps the Great Deku Tree will escape the coming doom, if she listened to the warnings I sent her. Everbody else gets to either be corrupted by the force that came from the stars, or become stalfos. The seeds have already been planted in you the moment you stepped inside my domain. When the star corruption tries to take you, you'll instead becomes stalfos, hee, hee...

"No, I am not." he answered. "I come from the stars.." Rabbit idly wondered if the light from the star of his true home world had even reached this planet's night sky. Checking meant looking, though, and it seemed that trouble had invited itself. "And if you have encountered the pirates from the stars that I fear you have, then you have met my people. My previous people. I live in exile, a survivor of a suicide mission, captured and imprisoned, then released by the terms of the law."
Fadore seems curious:
Other worlds, other laws... But how do I know you speak the truth? Who says you haven't been messing with Pha's head to get to this temple's core that your brethern couldn't? Perhaps you did get exiled, but if you got a great fairy to help you conquer this temple, then surely that would bring you enough glory to have your people accept you back in their fold.

"Whatever drew their attention here, it is not just some simple forest." a pause, finding himself in the company of two fairy folk. "No offense intended. They would mine the resources of this world. There has to be something more then that. Unless they truly intend to just industrialize this entire planet." he paused, "A feat they are quite capable of performing. Everywhere the... MY people have gone, we have destroyed."
Fadore seems angry:
Great to hear you admit it. Since you also carry tools of destruction with you, and have already shown to know how to use them.

Rabbit gave a nod. "I do. My true home is a dead world orbiting a dying star, industrial to just a few hundred meters above the core." A pause, perhaps he had used a term or two they did not know. "That entire world is a factory. Our very way of life was advancement and conquest." a pause, "I can assure you, if people from this world have allied with them, then they are tools and pawns in the grand scheme."
Fadore seems serious:
... Then it's more important than ever that I protect this temple at any and all costs, even if it is just for a few more days.

"If my people did this, if they are the cause, then I'm beyond obligated to stop them."
Fadore seems intrigued:
...That attitude sounds awfully suspicious. What is  for you to gain in going against your own people in this place and time?

"Help us stop them, or we all b... wait. Unnatural substances, you said." Oh this was potentially terrible. "Did you get a good look at those substances?"
Fadore looks sorrowful:
Some strange glowing  light blue crystal. It could change shape on its own. It could grow. Seemed to almost have a life of its own, neither plant or animal. Corrupted or burned everything it touched. Except the stalfos. Stalfos resisted it. Stalfos remained pure. That's why I decided to fill the temple with stalfos, hee hee...
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on October 14, 2014, 12:23:36 AM
Squeaks squeaks loudly and visibly shivers all of a sudden with a sound like gently rustling leaves

"No, no, it doesn't want more corruption. It's already fallen down once, twice is no!" it exclaims in an outburst with fear in it's voice. As the deku continued however, it seemed to end up more talking to itself than anybody else. "Can't ever do that again...the endless darkness. But stalfos are not good, they are also a darkness, lost...can't get lost again."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 14, 2014, 11:10:58 AM
Fadore seems curious:
Other worlds, other laws... But how do I know you speak the truth? Who says you haven't been messing with Pha's head to get to this temple's core that your brethern couldn't? Perhaps you did get exiled, but if you got a great fairy to help you conquer this temple, then surely that would bring you enough glory to have your people accept you back in their fold.

"To be direct, you don't. All you have is your opinion, my statements and actions, and the voices of others. Which is why I'm not going to try to convince you of my validity any further, save to say that you're under the presumption that I wish to return to my people after being discarded so casually." he started, "I was ordered on a suicide mission. One which, obviously, I failed." he pointed out, "I can never be the pirate I was. I can only be the bounty hunter I am." there was a tone of conviction in his voice.

Fadore seems angry:
Great to hear you admit it. Since you also carry tools of destruction with you, and have already shown to know how to use them.

"I admit the truth. My people are destructive. When observed long enough, any race can potentially be summarized as destructive."

Fadore seems serious:
... Then it's more important than ever that I protect this temple at any and all costs, even if it is just for a few more days.

"What happens in a few days?" Rabbit asks.

Fadore looks sorrowful:
Some strange glowing light blue crystal. It could change shape on its own. It could grow. Seemed to almost have a life of its own, neither plant or animal. Corrupted or burned everything it touched. Except the stalfos. Stalfos resisted it. Stalfos remained pure. That's why I decided to fill the temple with stalfos, hee hee...

"Is there any of it here, now?" Rabbit turned serious, his previous question seemingly no longer important.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 14, 2014, 03:12:38 PM
Quote from: Fadore
The corruption they tried to inflict upon this temple is nothing compared with the forces we had to deal with the last time you were awake, oh great ice fairy. The living all fell when faced with that terrifying power... Only the stalfos could stop it. You have yet to see this new, terrible corruption.
Pha smirked as she flew up toward the center of the room.
"Oh, we'll get to it. But first, we'll deal with the terrible corruption here."

Quote from: Fadore
You still don't get it, do you Pha? It. Is. Too. Late. The coming menace is already too strong. It has been so for quite some time. Only a few besides  me noticed it, but our warnings were dismissed as foolish, unfounded or even insane. Everybody else thinks the pirates are just out for their usual raids and stealing. They are wrong. They will soon realize how wrong they are. The other kokiri will survive. I've taken measures to make sure of that. Perhaps the Great Deku Tree will escape the coming doom, if she listened to the warnings I sent her. Everbody else gets to either be corrupted by the force that came from the stars, or become stalfos. The seeds have already been planted in you the moment you stepped inside my domain. When the star corruption tries to take you, you'll instead becomes stalfos, hee, hee...
"I believe you. But there is one critical thing you seem to have forgotten: No matter how perilous things are, a hero rises and vanquishes evil. No matter how dire things get. Always, in the moment of fate. I am tasked to assist the heroes, and so are you, as a Sage. First and foremost, we must put our faith in the hero and assist in his ascension. Perhaps we can get rid of the blue crystal problem. Your stalfos will only delay the inevitable. The blue crystal is not the only thing they can corrupt this temple further with and after you have transformed everything into stalfos you will have nothing left to repel the terrors they will bring to crush their bones. Believe in the hero, as we all should."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 16, 2014, 07:28:32 PM
"No, no, it doesn't want more corruption. It's already fallen down once, twice is no!" it exclaims in an outburst with fear in it's voice. As the deku continued however, it seemed to end up more talking to itself than anybody else. "Can't ever do that again...the endless darkness. But stalfos are not good, they are also a darkness, lost...can't get lost again."
Fadore chuckles:
Don't worry, little one. Stalfos never get lost.

"To be direct, you don't. All you have is your opinion, my statements and actions, and the voices of others. Which is why I'm not going to try to convince you of my validity any further, save to say that you're under the presumption that I wish to return to my people after being discarded so casually." he started, "I was ordered on a suicide mission. One which, obviously, I failed." he pointed out, "I can never be the pirate I was. I can only be the bounty hunter I am." there was a tone of conviction in his voice.
Fadore looks suspicious:
What kind of bounty brings you here, then?

"I admit the truth. My people are destructive. When observed long enough, any race can potentially be summarized as destructive."
Fadore smirks:
I would agree with that. Humans, gorons, orcs, goblinoids, zora, even the elves, they all end up reverting to destruction. Except the kokiri. You'll never hear how the kokiri started a war or designed some new grandious weapon.

"What happens in a few days?" Rabbit asks.
Fadore looks afraid:
...The moon will fall and destroy the surface. It is not simply a giant floating orb in the night sky, it has great dormant powers sealed inside. There's a series of scattered artifacts across this world that would allow to control it.  Most of them have  fallen under the control of the pirates in their raids. Not enough to fully control the moon... But enough to make it crash on this world. After the surface is devastated and the oceans boil, they'll conquer whatever's left. It's already started. Barely perceptible now, but it'll quickly accelerate over the next days. You'll see it soon enough...

...Don't look at me like I'm crazy! It's the truth!

"Is there any of it here, now?" Rabbit turned serious, his previous question seemingly no longer important.
I cleansed the temple, but there may be leftovers somewhere on this island.

"Oh, we'll get to it. But first, we'll deal with the terrible corruption here."
Fadore pouts.
Geez, stalfos are 100% natural! You never see me complain about the ice golems and freezing spirits patroling your domain, do you?

"I believe you. But there is one critical thing you seem to have forgotten: No matter how perilous things are, a hero rises and vanquishes evil. No matter how dire things get. Always, in the moment of fate. I am tasked to assist the heroes, and so are you, as a Sage. First and foremost, we must put our faith in the hero and assist in his ascension. Perhaps we can get rid of the blue crystal problem. Your stalfos will only delay the inevitable. The blue crystal is not the only thing they can corrupt this temple further with and after you have transformed everything into stalfos you will have nothing left to repel the terrors they will bring to crush their bones. Believe in the hero, as we all should."

Fadore suddenly bursts out laughing, trembling and holding herself, almost falling to the ground.

You want me to believe in the hero, Pha? Alright, I can do that...

Fadore pulls out a brown ocarina from inside her tunic and plays a soothing tune (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDX4ZwUeOok). Then several stalfos raise from the vegetation all across the room!
(http://i.imgur.com/f2Ha0V9.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/BnnYEyx.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/2lX35Fd.png)

...And procceed to ignore you and run to the main hall.

I got those out of the way to show I say this out of good will, so let's make a deal, Pha.-smiles Fadore-If you really believe one of those companions of yours is the hero destined to save the world in this era, then prove it against my strongest stalfos. A very special stalfos.

The door on the other side of the room suddenly swings open, and a humanoid figure steps out...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on October 17, 2014, 12:46:14 AM
A rustling of leaves again, but sounding more riled up this time. "Yes! Armored one says It is brave! It won't become lost again! It challenges!"

The deku starts hopping about at it shouts and riles itself up, perhaps not understanding too much of how much it might be getting in over it's head.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 17, 2014, 04:41:10 AM
Quote from: Fadore
...The moon will fall and destroy the surface. It is not simply a giant floating orb in the night sky, it has great dormant powers sealed inside. There's a series of scattered artifacts across this world that would allow to control it.  Most of them have  fallen under the control of the pirates in their raids. Not enough to fully control the moon... But enough to make it crash on this world. After the surface is devastated and the oceans boil, they'll conquer whatever's left. It's already started. Barely perceptible now, but it'll quickly accelerate over the next days. You'll see it soon enough...

...Don't look at me like I'm crazy! It's the truth!

Pha looked filled with worry for a moment. Then a spark of resolve lit up in her eyes.
"That... is terrible. But now what has to be done is clear. It isn't just the temples... we have to... raid the pirates? If we can steal the artifacts they took (why in Naryu's Love has anyone even made those darn things?), then it'll be okay. If we can find where they are stashing them, that is."

Quote from: Fadore
Geez, stalfos are 100% natural! You never see me complain about the ice golems and freezing spirits patroling your domain, do you?
"The what?"
She looked genuinely puzzled. Thinking for a moment.
"There were cases in ages past when I felt an evil curse ice up some nasty stuff but that's been dealt with. The most dangerous thing in my fountain is a nasty slip or eating a falling ice stalagmite in the face, or me, I suppose... and the Cave of Ordeals, but it is sealed. Point is, none of that evil stuff."

When Fadore rose her challenge, stars lit up in Pha's eye as she rose her fist passionately. A small tear freezing in the corner of her eye. "That was beautiful, Fadore! Amazing. Hee hee."

Turning to her companions, she grinned as her fingers clenched firmly, her expression intense.
"This is it!! The Hero's Trial! The most important first step... and a tradition, sort of."
She smiled, now pumped up and obviously excited.
"If this trial isn't met and vanquished, then there is simply no point even trying to do the rest. Call it... a qualification. Sorry I didn't exactly warn you guys about it but in the temple's state I wasn't even sure it was still a thing."

Squeaks enthusiasm was well met. If there was a hero among them, she'd guess it was Jeremy but she truly wasn't sure. His new... heroic side didn't exactly match the usual sort of hero that braced the challenge. None of them really did, actually, but together they seemed to be able to get through stuff. They even put Gohma down for Courage's sake! They were on a roll! She even felt pretty heroic herself. Very odd.

"Thanks Fadore! This is great. Let us see if we can carry on his legacy."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 17, 2014, 10:19:58 AM
Jeremy's fear of this place can't hold him back anymore.

He steps forward out of Rabbit's shadow and scowls up at the mean old fairy lady.  "We're all heros you mean old fairy lady!"

Jeremy points at Pha, "She's the bravest, prettiest fairy I've ever met!"  He then points at Rabbit.  "And he's like a knight from a storybook!  He then puffs his own chest out.  "And I used to be a Pokemaster but then another fairy did a hero transformation on me!  Also I died once!" 


After a pause he remembers that Squeaks is there.  "He's brave too," Jeremy says, pointing at the little deku.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on October 17, 2014, 11:32:09 AM
Fadore looks suspicious:
What kind of bounty brings you here, then?

"It was gravity that actually brought me to your world." Rabbit said, scratching the back of his helmet in an embarrassed motion, "I had an encounter with an ..." the rest is mumbled, and lost to the world.

Fadore smirks:
I would agree with that. Humans, gorons, orcs, goblinoids, zora, even the elves, they all end up reverting to destruction. Except the kokiri. You'll never hear how the kokiri started a war or designed some new grandious weapon.

"I'm certain every species that can would exempt themselves from any accusation of wrong doing. They'd claim that they were performing such acts for the Greater Good, or perhaps even because they alone are Good and the rest of the world is Evil or Uncivilized." Rabbit put forth, "Though, this is a discussion that can be had in length at a later time."

Fadore looks afraid:
...The moon will fall and destroy the surface. It is not simply a giant floating orb in the night sky, it has great dormant powers sealed inside. There's a series of scattered artifacts across this world that would allow to control it.  Most of them have  fallen under the control of the pirates in their raids. Not enough to fully control the moon... But enough to make it crash on this world. After the surface is devastated and the oceans boil, they'll conquer whatever's left. It's already started. Barely perceptible now, but it'll quickly accelerate over the next days. You'll see it soon enough...

...Don't look at me like I'm crazy! It's the truth!

"I don't doubt you." Indeed, Rabbit's helmet showed no signs of judgement or doubt. "Lunar bombardment is an effective and direct means of planetary pacification, due to the unlikelihood of a target planet having a counter offensive that can repel their own satellite." Rabbit was practically a college professor at this point. "Though, to hear that this world has the means by which to repel, or at least control, your own lunar satellite is amazing." he gave Fadore a nod, "I am impressed."

I cleansed the temple, but there may be leftovers somewhere on this island.

Rabbit's response is delayed by the sudden existence of more risen dead, far more advanced then any other they faced. With a twitch, his pirate war scythe slides into position, frosting over moments after locking in place. Though when they leave, this leaves Rabbit puzzled. Were they going out to deal with the supposed 'leftovers'? A force of the risen dead would be optimal, though corruption can occur in anything, truly. If those damned birds were susceptible, surely some backwater no-extranet access planet would crumble like ash sculptures.

Then the true contestant emerged, the champion of the risen dead.

Turning to her companions, she grinned as her fingers clenched firmly, her expression intense.
"This is it!! The Hero's Trial! The most important first step... and a tradition, sort of."
She smiled, now pumped up and obviously excited.
"If this trial isn't met and vanquished, then there is simply no point even trying to do the rest. Call it... a qualification. Sorry I didn't exactly warn you guys about it but in the temple's state I wasn't even sure it was still a thing."

Rabbit gave a chuckle, and a nod in Pha's direction, "What's one more surprise?" he asked, and there was a humor in his voice. Trapped on a planet, stranded who-knows how far from rescue, on a planet that was about to experience lunar collision. If he failed here, maybe he'd find that death he denied that started his whole new life. Maybe he was meant to die. Maybe he did, and this was some intense neural hallucination.

He'd find out later. "Then what are the terms of the challenge? To the death?" he looked at the grand risen dead, "... Again?"

Rabbit drew his blaster and readied himself for the challenge. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg261437#msg261437)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 17, 2014, 09:12:51 PM
He steps forward out of Rabbit's shadow and scowls up at the mean old fairy lady.  "We're all heros you mean old fairy lady!"
Fadore frowns:
Who are you calling a fairy? I don't have wings! I don't glow! Seriously, what are they teaching young kids nowadays? You didn't even bring green clothes...

Jeremy points at Pha, "She's the bravest, prettiest fairy I've ever met!"  He then points at Rabbit.  "And he's like a knight from a storybook!  He then puffs his own chest out.  "And I used to be a Pokemaster but then another fairy did a hero transformation on me!  Also I died once!" 


After a pause he remembers that Squeaks is there.  "He's brave too," Jeremy says, pointing at the little deku.
Yeah, I don't doubt that, you made it this far inside my temple... But will it be enough to win this battle, hee hee...

Wait, you died already? Ah, nevermind that, tell me the details after this battle.

"Thanks Fadore! This is great. Let us see if we can carry on his legacy."
Fadore looks confident:
I'm telling you right now, if we somehow manage to recover the artifacts, defeat the pirates and stop the falling moon all in time to save the world, you'll owe me big time for this.

He'd find out later. "Then what are the terms of the challenge? To the death?" he looked at the grand risen dead, "... Again?"
Fadore looks genuinely happy that you accept her challenge:
The Hero's Shade will only stop fighting when either you're all knocked out, or he's satisfied with your perfomance. Don't worry about holding back, he's quite durable.

The ancient stalfos assumes a battle stance.

Look, he even seems to want you to take the iniative. Give it your best shot renegade greenhorn heroes!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 24, 2014, 04:23:10 PM
Seeing that no one else takes action, Jeremy nods to himself.  Time to prove that he can be just as brave and grown-up as anyone else.

Holding his shield at the ready, he casts a spell to slow the stalfos down so it can't hurt his friends as bad.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on October 27, 2014, 05:24:34 AM
Squeaks promptly charges ahead into the room and vanishes into the shadows with as much bravado as one can display whilst trying to hide.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 09, 2014, 01:27:57 AM
Her previous experience with Stalfos had taught her that ice was pretty useless against them.
She had prepared a trick to lower that resistance but it would probably still too strong to make any decent damage.

She'd have to try later, she guessed, but for now perhaps it would be best to attempt to keep it under control for the others. She flew downward around the room to approach it from the side and gave it her best stare of doom, hoping she could pierce the barrier of its undeath and remind it of what true fear felt like.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 12, 2014, 11:37:05 AM
The challenge was issued, and accepted. His heart raced as he came to terms with this turn of events. He was to be a hero. An actual title. By impressing the risen dead, he was to gain the title of hero, and stop his own people from obliterating this world by stopping them from dropping the moon on it.

It didn't sound THAT preposterous in his head. His war scythe ready, his blaster in hand, now was the moment.

"You heard the lady. Let's take it down." he stated, and all but leaped into combat. War Scythe drawn and frosted over, a blade that traveled a million miles, and perhaps buried itself in too many innocents... now had the chance to do something right.

Let's hope Rabbit didn't mess that up. Time to keep this creature mobile while Pha occupied it's glance, with a running charge and a slash from a blade beyond the stars. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg263991#msg263991)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 18, 2014, 12:55:04 PM
Jeremy feels how the stalfos strong will manages to resist his spell.

The hero's shade doesn't seem to notice Squeaks sneaking around to hide in the corner tree.

Then as Pha approaches to glare at the stalfos at close range, she can sense there's still some humanity in the glowing eyes inside its skull. The hero's shade becomes paralyzed in fear at the closeness of the great fairy!

Frightened and seemingly still a bit drowsy from its sudden awakening, the stalfos proves a relatively easy target for Rabbit's charge. His high tech scythe however has trouble causing any more damage than making the hero's shade flash red for a moment after only managing to scratch the bones under its broken rusty armor covered in mold. The cold in particular doesn't seem to affect it at all.

Then, a golden triangular mark starts glowing under the stalfos left glove, and it releases a yell while rising its sword upwards, stopping his shaking!

A weapon wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage. Remember those words...

The hero's shade sword starts to glow with a golden light as well, and it moves to the center of the room, while swinging it on an arc. As the blade spins, it unleashes a tornado of energy that clears away the foliage in a large radius and violently slashes Jeremy and Rabbit! Squeaks was left just our of range hidden in the tree, and Pha was flying high enough to escape the attack as well.

...You may be fated to become the heros of legend... But your current power would disgrace the proud words you say. -finishes the stalfos, its blade no longer glowing.

Hey, watch out where you swing that thing! -says Fadore in an annoyed voice, having pulled back against the wall just in time to don't get caught in the spin.

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Post by: Nanshork on November 18, 2014, 03:10:26 PM
Jeremy manages to avoid the worst of the Stalfo's energy tornado, he then draws a goron bomb and throws it.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 18, 2014, 09:06:47 PM
She wasn't sure if that triforce power of his would trigger again if she tried to stop it once more. She would test this, but for now there was one other trick she could attempt. And hoped it would help a little since her arsenal was pretty limited.

She conjured her coldest ice and blew it down into the fallen hero, hoping it would pierce its resistances to normal magical frost.

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Post by: ketaro on November 19, 2014, 01:22:04 AM
Squeaks stood rooted to it's spot for a second after the terrifying display and was having trouble stepping forward into the clearing to bring the stalfos within range....But it wrenched itself forward anyways! Oh goddess, it was going to die here wasn't it...

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on November 30, 2014, 11:17:15 PM
Rabbit took the hit, but rolled with the impact rather then blindly accept it. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg265950#msg265950) Though, something about Fadore's comment concerned him. Perhaps she had less control over this construct then she pretended to have. Though, ever the pirate at heart, Rabbit saw his opportunity for a stab, and took it (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg265953#msg265953).

Truly, the chill of the starmetal blade did little to harm the construct. At this point, it would be more effort to deactivate the AZ engine then just let it continue. Those cryo cells were rated for a few thousand years, anyway. "Keep up the pressure."

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on December 01, 2014, 08:06:45 PM
And, in keeping up with the pressure, Rabbit fires off a shot (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg266079#msg266079). Shame his aim wasn't as good as his inspirational speeches.
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Post by: oslecamo on December 10, 2014, 09:36:16 AM
The Hero's Shade rises its shield to protect itself from the incoming bomb from Jeremy, flashing red as the explosive fire engulfs it.

No sooner had the blast subsided and Pha is unleashing her ice at full power, so cold even the dead warrior seems to start shivering. It flashes red for a moment again, but still weathers through the freezing storm.

Sneak's spit distracts the Hero's Shade for a moment, and his first bolt manage to get under its guard and  make the stalfos flash red again. However the deku's other shot bounces harmlessly off its armor due to poor aim.

Rabbit tries to follow up with a shot of his own and misses wildly, almost hitting Fadore's head actually.

Ow, watch where you're aiming that thing too! That's why we can't trust those fancy gizmos!-complains the sage of the forest.

Meanwhile the Hero's Shade sword starts glowing again, with a pure white light so bright you have trouble directly looking at it.

I see, a great fairy with her true powers still sealed, a deku shrub yet to grow, an innocent boy seeking a purpose, and a decadent warrior, half of you from another worlds. You must use your courage to seek power...and find it you must. Only then will you become the heros for whom this world despairs.

With this words the Hero's Shade steps back and sweeps its weapon and the light enveloping the blade is released in the form of a crystalline wave that sweeps over Pha, Rabbit and Sneaks!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on December 26, 2014, 05:08:29 PM
Recovering quickly from the crystalline wave, Pha had run out of power and, having little better to do until she would be in a better position, tried to lock their trial into a cage of cold fear again, hoping he wouldn't be able to free himself so easily this time. She turned around and flew down to crush him with her presence, then rose back up to gather her energy to prepare herself for another somewhat effective shower of ice.

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Post by: ketaro on December 26, 2014, 08:15:00 PM
Squeaks barely managed to dodge the wave by falling backwards and rolling into the grass behind it for cover. It attempted to hit the Shade with another spat deku nut as it took cover in the short foliage.

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Post by: Nanshork on December 27, 2014, 01:21:04 PM
After seeing it flash red, Jeremy hopes this is almost over.  He throws another bomb at it.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on January 08, 2015, 05:20:21 PM
Rabbit managed to avoid the worst of the wave with a well timed duck and roll (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg269284#msg269284). If it weren't for his pesky internal skeletal system, he might have been able to duck and roll a little better to avoid most of it, but at least that damn blinding light is over. Time to step it up a notch.

Ranged attacks were keeping him pinned, but as twisted and insane as she was, Fadore was right. That blaster of his could really hurt someone. Though, that was it's intended purpose. It just almost hurt the wrong person. The pirate in him told him to keep attacking Fadore, as attacking her could force the Hero's Shade to prioritize defending her.

Though, something in the Pirate told him this would be wrong, and that voice was starting to get a little stronger.

Once the bomb smoke cleared, Rabbit put feet to floor and hustled towards the Hero's Shade. Rather then a reckless charge, this was a closing tactic. There was a charging cry, but it served more to make Rabbit the center of the Hero's Shade's attention. Give his companions perhaps a better chance to strike, a better angle, if it were focused on him. His swing with his battle scythe wasn't the best, but perhaps it would serve as a distraction. (http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=4767.msg269284#msg269284)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on January 10, 2015, 02:21:47 PM
As Pha overwhelm's the Hero's shade with her cold presence again, it flashes red once more as he's hit by another bomb from Jeremy and a new shot from Sneaks manages to hit a chink between its rusted armor plates. Rabbit tries to keep up the pressure, but even as the Hero's shade cowers before Pha, it manages to rise its shield to block the incoming scythe!

Rabbit's eyes momentarily cross Fadore's. She doesn't say anything, but seems to provoke him with a confident smirk back at the pirate. "C'mon, attack me. You think I'm defenceless? Give me an excuse to get my own hands dirty."

Still the Hero's Shade seems to be running out of strength and its sword arm drops to the ground, burying the blade in the floor, as if admiting defeat. Then its left hand starts glowing again with a golden triangular mark.

One is as four, and the four must combine their strength. If you draw the power I wield, you must know what will happen. Will you still draw it forth?

As the golden lightglow even brighter than before the Hero's Shade suddenly splits into four copies of itself, each with garments of a different color! Gray, green, blue and purple spread across the room. As they do so, translucent glowing red orbs leave drop from their bodies. The spheres seem to pulsate with power, ready to be harnessed by whoever touches them.

I'll give you a free hint, only one of them is the real thing! Or was it that each color is one aspect of its original self? Ah, I forgot, you figure it out.-taunts Fadore.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on January 14, 2015, 12:59:38 PM
Looking at the orbs, she quickly tried to figure who should fetch which orb. The one closest to her would be easier for Jeremy to get. Squeaks would be able to run and grab the one behind the hero with the purple tunic and Rabbit could get the one behind the hero with the green tunic. She flew to the one that would be the most difficult to get for the others get some distance again while she'd prepare her next move.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on January 24, 2015, 10:12:08 AM
Rabbit moves to shield his eyes from the incoming pulse of light, though fortunately for what remains of his eyesight the pulse never comes. Instead, the shade of the hero of old split into four. Four defeated heroes. And one annoying little Fadore.

With relative calm, though slightly winded from the conflict, Rabbit turned to the replica in green. It wore green, Fadore wore green. Was she really stupid enough to broadcast that obviously. Probably not, but maybe she hoped no one would think that. Tactics weren't actually Rabbit's strongest subject, but he had managed well thus far. His helmeted gaze resting squarely on Fadore before he started his walk with a confident stride, Rabbit strode towards the pulsing red orb near the Green Shade with his frosted starmetal scythe still at the ready. A cold fog rolled off the blade as he walked towards the orb to claim it, and victory.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on January 24, 2015, 12:37:40 PM
Seeing that his companions are gathering up the orbs, Jeremy decides to do so as well.  He slowly moves around the shade in front of him to gather up its orb for himself, hoping that this is a good idea.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on January 26, 2015, 10:38:40 AM
The closest hero's shades try to attack the party members as you move inside the reach of their swords, but they seem somewhat sluggish compared to before and only one manages to hit Rabbit with the flat side of its blade.

As you reach pick up the glowing red orbs from the ground, they feel pleasantly warm to your touch (or pleasantly cold in the case of Pha), and are then instantly absorbed by your hands. you can instantly feel the power contained within them fusing with your beings, unlocking some of your latent potential!

However his newfound energy makes you feel a bit "overloaded" inside. You suspect it  wouldn't be a good idea to try to pick a second  red orb of this kind any time soon.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on January 27, 2015, 12:15:31 AM
Squeaks hastily tried to duck and cowered for a split second as the Shade began glowing again, expecting another arcing slash to go out across the entire room again. When it peeked out from under it's hands though, it instead found the Shade standing right before it, weapon ready! Even worse, there were a whole bunch of Shades attacking all of his party mates! They weren't even fighting back! What were they doing? Where'd those glowing orbs come from? Why was everybody trying to get one instead of fighting? Some sort of secret weakness!! It showed itself since they had weakened the Shade enough maybe!? Oh goddess, did it have to grab one too? But there was a...right in front of....but.... And then Squeaks squeaked loudly, breaking off it's thought process.

Scrunching up its eyes, Squeaks made what it felt to be a dangerously suicidal move as it almost blindly tried to dive past the Shade ominously standing over it and throw itself into the glowing orb beyond. And as it reached for it, a cloud of fog and mist exploded out from it's body to conceal the little Deku from whatever backlash it may have just opened itself up to.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 23, 2015, 12:42:03 PM
The hero's shades speak as one, now in a more positive tone than before:

You did well so far, you seem worthy of becoming the new heroes of this era... Perhaps you'll be able to truly understand the wisdom the goddesses shared with me, something I failed at...


Raising their blades, even brighter than before, and then they move as one at blinding speed, jumping towards each of you while slashing with their weapons and yelling in synchronization:

YYYYAAAAAHHHHH!!!


 Pha and Rabbit are particularly caught by surprise and are hit head on, and as the flat side of the weapons impact, they release their light, filling your heads with strange glimpses and sounds. Armored humanoids somewhat similar to Rabbit, but cruel and heartless, led by a large, winged purple demon. A normal-looking child with a red cap that has enslaved gods to do his bidding. A spiked mask with a will of its own that brings forth its wearer's worst side along with great, terrible power. And a last, darkened humanoid figure, master of blade and magic, with great natural charisma, rallying armies for conquest...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 23, 2015, 08:16:10 PM
Pha sees the coming in and quickly drives her fingers into her hair and whips her arm to her side as sparkling dust trailed off her limbs, then she held the position dramatically, speaking with authority.
"Fairy Mist, veil the realm!"

Suddenly mist burst off around around to conceal her form the adversary.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on April 26, 2015, 06:33:23 AM
The little deku was not prepared for this, no, no it definitely couldn't handle this. The shade charged it too fast, the blade connects, and the deku drops to the ground, limp.

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Post by: Sneaky_Sable on April 26, 2015, 08:40:30 AM
Rabbit touched the red orb, and then felt something burning within him. He came to realize a little too late that touching that orb may have been what the Galactic Federation classifies as a colossal mistake. It started as an itching, which moved on to a burning sensation, then what actually felt like he was burning up. Then the pain hit.

He tried to stand brave in the face of the moment, feeling that he and his new friends had won this day. He looked up at Fadore, and was about to say something witty, but was thankful more than ever that the helmet would hide his expression of pain. He fell to a knee, possibly pandering to her ego for a moment, before the scream started. It was second only to one recorded scream of ultimate suffering, though the Hero's Shade rendered him unconscious before he could truly suffer as that man in black once did. Rabbit's expression of his pain lasted only a second before the flat of the Shade's blade found him, and relieved him.

In unconsciousness, Rabbit found peace.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 27, 2015, 02:13:33 PM
Unable to speak and see, Jeremy starts to perform first aid on himself as he can do nothing else.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 29, 2015, 07:35:07 AM
The hero's shades converge on the last standing party member, Jeremy. If he could see or at least hear, the boy would sense the incoming flat sides of their four blades simultaneously against him, although one of the stalfos messes up the combined attack and almost hits his companions.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on April 29, 2015, 08:31:48 AM
The deku could hear the falling of bodies and continued attack by the Shade going on, and opted that it'd be a marvelous idea to see if the thing would go back from wherever it came from before it had stupidly decided to follow these people into this room.....
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 29, 2015, 11:59:32 AM
Jeremy falls into unconsciousness, joining his companions.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 06, 2015, 05:34:34 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 08, 2015, 03:23:40 AM
Once consciousness returned, Pha stood in one seamless motion that gave no hint of dizziness or pain.
She was still hurt but everything was clear in her mind again. "Blazes! We lost."
She wasn't bitter about it but it was frustrating to see all their efforts had gotten swept down in one mighty blow.

One stare a the moon brought her back to the urgency of the situation. "We'll have to try again, and soon."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on May 08, 2015, 04:13:02 AM
With a frightened and loud squeak, the deku jumps up from the ground and frantically waves its arms about at the fairy. Amidst a few incomprehensible squeaks, it does manage a sentence though. "Nonononononono! Skeleton Shade too much! Skeleton Shade didn't even go full! Barely scraped by it at weakest shape it said! Goddesses miracle nasty fairy made mercy. Nasty fairy played song, allowed escape be safe."

Distracted thinking back on it, Squeaks began humming the tune it had heard, but breaking it off quickly as said tune reminded it of something else. " Nasty fairy let slip! Skeleton Shade's weakness! Four...things. Things hidden nearby, some not so nearby..."

Squeaks started then bouncing about the group, squeaking loudly and excitedly. "Nearby! Nearby! Very nearby she said. Not in temple, but on way to temple. But also in temple, but different one."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 08, 2015, 05:34:33 AM
The young fae had trouble wrapping her head around what the Deku Scrub was trying to say.
"Bweeh!? Take a deep breath Squeaks, then explain this again clearly so we can write it down."

It seemed quite important but it that was difficult to determine given their little friend's manic behavior. It was too specific to be some kind of post-traumatic hysteria from the beating they had taken. "What are you saying we should do?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on May 08, 2015, 06:01:26 AM
"Collect the things to beat the nasty fairy!" it exclaimed, pausing then to take a deep breath like told and...holding it actually. How long was it suppose to hold it? It hoped this fairy knew it needed to breath soon. As it waited though, Squeaks kept point and motioning to the ground and nearby foliage.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 08, 2015, 02:31:48 PM
Pha choke off a laugh and a cracked through her nose.
"She ain't no fairy, Squeaks. But all right! We can try getting a few of those things before trying again."

She checked the others, hoping they were doing fine. Then a sudden flash of insight hit her.
"You said there was one near, right? Do you all remember than hole we found in the forest? I recall that we decide to avoid exploring it to make sure we wouldn't be too worn down by the time we reached the temple. Maybe we should start there."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 08, 2015, 11:23:46 PM
Jeremy remains unconscious.

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Post by: oslecamo on June 10, 2015, 02:56:33 PM
As the party is paralyzed by indecision and Jeremy lays unconscious, a small figure appears from inside the trees, eyes glowing in the night.

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Post by: ketaro on October 15, 2015, 05:27:22 AM
Squeaks wasn't new to this sort of trap. That this...creature had just happened to be around right when needed with many of just what was needed was super suspicious. Squeaks knew; Squeaks had done this trick many times itself. Dumb creature though! It gave up it's questionable goods before demanding payment! And that it was in no rush, there was the person next to it that still hadn't woken up. Well, if these potions were real, or if not, one was still getting shoved into Jeremy's mouth.

It violently jumped however at the sudden screams in the distance and movement closer by, incidentally splashing some of the drink all over Jeremy as it pulled back and looked to try to visibly shrink into nothing. "No good, no good....Light going down, forest waking up...Need to leave." Squeaks almost whispered.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 15, 2015, 07:00:49 AM
As the potion splashes over Jeremy, his wounds are fully restored and he feels filled with fresh energy.

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The inhuman sounds are creeping closer.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 15, 2015, 08:17:25 AM
Pha was impressed by the lost child's kindness.
"Thank you so very much! We may have to wait the night out in the temple as we cannot leave just yet. We still have a some tough stalfos to defeat before we can purify the forest and move on."

She watched over Jeremy with concern, hoping for his swift recovery.

The fairy would advise the others to hold on to the potions for now as they could return to the fairy fountain to heal fully.
She took one for herself before thanking the lost child again and suggested that Jeremy have two, since he was their healer.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 15, 2015, 12:09:14 PM
Jeremy wakes up and looks around, confused.  "Wha..what happened?  We're back in the forest.  Did we win?"  He then checks his money pouch, he's used to losing money when he loses fights.

Taking two potions and listening to the noises he asks the child, "Do you have somewhere we could hide?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 15, 2015, 10:28:45 PM
Jeremy can feel that his pouch is still as full as before.

The forest child replies:
No safe place for you in this place at night. Run back to the village if you want to see the next morning. Not that you'll be able to outrun the moon...

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Pha remembers that it's temple tradition to replace lost guardians once the heros exit so if they go back inside, they'll have to face the stalfos sentries again.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on October 16, 2015, 01:07:03 AM
Only two potions left, Squeaks nabbed them and stowed them in it's quiver as it lacked any proper pack.

"Village, yes! Lots of people, safety with numbers.......Village was...it doesn't remember way."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 07, 2015, 02:13:34 PM
"Indeed. Let us hurry back to town. We could then rest and resupply for our next attempt."

She remembered the bombs that were in stock then. Refilling on those would probably help a lot.
She'd lead the way of out of the forest until they'd return to the area that had lead to a hole in the ground.
"Maybe we can explore that part before we leave? A quick look in before the night crawls unto us?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on November 07, 2015, 09:01:28 PM
Jimmy smiles.  "Whatever you think is best fairy lady!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 08, 2015, 02:51:33 AM
Pha leads the chosen hero Jeremy and Squeaks back to the area that had lead to a hole in the ground.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: SolEiji on November 08, 2015, 07:21:12 PM
Sir Barkley, proud Hammer Knight of the Koopa Kingdom, was in a bitey situation. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlziHrX50Gg)

He can't believe these rats were still following him.  This is what he gets for taking that short cut through the tall grass.  He had stepped on one of their tails when tromping through the grass, and then their whole extended family came out squeaking for blood.  Now a koopa like him, with such a robust build and size more akin to the great Bowser, with skin of gold, spiked red shell, and his trusty knight helmet... someone like him shouldn't have any trouble with rats at all, but this wasn't the first swarm he faced.  It was beginning to get tiring.

"Won't you bugger off already now?  Cheeky rodents!" he growled at the creatures before him, slamming an impressively sized maul into the ground in an attempt to scare them off.  Focused on the task at hand, Barkley hadn't noticed the arrival of new faces behind him...

(I choose the square below ?, Boxer is not afraid to go toe to toe with you little yellow dots!)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on November 08, 2015, 11:43:42 PM
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Post by: Dr_emperor on November 11, 2015, 08:06:19 PM
I guess I'll stay on the ? mark.

Gompa sensing danger from wild rat creatures and stumbling upon rats and someone who could possibly be a minion from Bowser decides to play this calmly and rationally.  He drops his glasses.  HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!  HEEEEELLLLLLP!!   There are rodents of unusal size,  I think most of the Order of Rodentia find fungi tasty.  Also I dropped my spectacles,  I don't know where its safe to run too.

If there is a heroic bone in any of their bodies they will surely help me.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: SolEiji on November 12, 2015, 07:15:10 PM
It looks like the rats aren't backing down at all.

Behind him, a small mushroom man shrieked for aid.  Sir Barkley hadn't had the time to introduce himself to the citizen, having literally just run into him moments ago on his escape from that rat battalion in pursuit.  The mushroom was clearly hysterical, he would need to be inspired by the bravery of the koopa troop elites!  This was his calling!

He wracked his brain for a witty one-liner to seal the deal! 
"Say cheese!"
It was not really effective...  Whatever, that's why he has his hammer do the talking, as he hefted its considerable weight up, spinning it around before going with a supernaturally strong golf swing!  Heyoooo!!!!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on November 15, 2015, 04:46:50 PM
Gompa patiently pretends to wait for more help, wishing the others didn't see his ability to call for more help. 

Gompa uses a summon monster 3 to summon.  I don't know how to copy paste apparently, 3 Squitter the spiders appear 10 ft behind the farthest raticate and try to web the Raticates, Donkey Kong Country variety web spiders.


"Uhh Raticates are rodentia, uhh I don't really remember to much about them, umm Spiders eat rats right? or was that bees? mumbles to self shoulda gone with bees"

Gompa pretty much fails that knowledge check +1 to hit and damage not added in die rolls, but he charges bravely forward to slam a raticate.  +2 to hit,   AC currently 19  If he hits DC 19 save vrs slow.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 18, 2015, 11:22:01 AM
Seeing the creatures of... nature(?) getting attacked by other creatures of nature, the natural thing to do was let them sort it out on their own.
However, it seemed one party was made of more than mere animals. And asking for help, too.
Their fight was also in the way and the huge rats could serve as nourishment for the village and their hungry heroes. They were probably starting to starve after such a workout and with it being this late already.

She dashed forth and conjured a mystical fairy of ice that looked at little like herself, which she then sent at the rats to freeze them a little.
The cold specter flew around, trying to pass through them as she went. If things went well, the rats would not even see the difference between the spirit and another creature and would try attacking it.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on November 19, 2015, 02:45:12 AM
Caught off guard, Squeaks was halfway to diving into a bush to hide before realizing what sort of threat had decided to pop out at them. "Rats, rats!." it squeaked miserably as it rolled under and past Jeremy's legs to hand beneath the flying fairy and half-heartedly spat out a deku nut into the mob.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on November 19, 2015, 11:59:03 AM
Jeremy casts a spell to make some of the not so cute little rats fall asleep.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 26, 2015, 06:56:08 AM
Barkley's hammers, both the magic and illusory one, smash right into the closest raticate's flank, and there's the clear sound of bones breaking! The oversized rodent squeals in pain and seems about to go down for a moment, but holds itself up on its legs.  The koopa quickly realizes that those raticates are stronger than the ones he crushed earlier. Maybe the longer into the night it is, the more dangerous the critters coming out become?

Two of Gompa's spiders miss their marks but the mid one manages to entangle the closest raticate.

Then Gompa himself headutts the raticate in front of him, knocking the air out of it and melting some of its fur!

Pha's summon spreads frost over the raticates, seemingly catching them all completely by surprise.

As Jeremy tries to use his magic to calm down the raticates, he senses some foul power shielding them, and fails to penetrate it.

Squeaks hits a nut on the most weakened raticate, but it survived a hit from Barkley's hammer, a deku seed is barely noticed by the angry critter.

The two raticates closer to the party  procceed to counter attack viciously at the koopa and giant mushroom, biting and chewing at your legs while swinging their long tails like whips! The first time they teeth hit, a dark smoke is released upward, getting in your eyes and threatening to block your vision. One of the Raticates also manages to coil its tail around Barkley's ankle and tries to pull the Koopa down to the ground!

The third raticate steps closer to the spider summons and chews off the head of one with two quick bites and slams another against a nearby tree with a tail blow, both the arachnid's bodies dissipating. The raticate is still entangled in the web tough.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on November 26, 2015, 10:58:56 AM
Seeing that she has the perfect angle to hit all the rats without harming allies, she quickly well up her icy power and blows it forth. Freezing the critters with a cold gale. She says softly, with conviction: "Usher the frost, Cold Sign!"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on November 27, 2015, 10:55:16 AM
WOW rats are super effective against spiders, I'll show you the true power of the GOOMBA. Spiders might just be useless.

Gompa headbuts the rat in front of him  twice.  Summons a Bison(Appears as a small rhino will be summoning from creatures at least relatable to the video games if possible)

Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: SolEiji on November 30, 2015, 10:21:34 PM
"And off you go ya brat!  Gyah!"

One goes flying, but two more come at him.  He swings his hammer like a bat trying to knock one of them out of the park, but it merely leaps onto his hammer and runs up the shaft right for his face!

Suddenly, everything was black.

"Blimey, its got me eyes!"  Something wrapped around his legs and, blind and stumbling, he found himself kissing the dirt.  "And me legs!  Bugger it all!"

Well, this was bad.  Unable to see his opponents and down in the dirt, Sir Barkley would have no choice but to continue the fight on his belly.  He only hoped he looked cool flailing about and didn't look like a flailing idiot.

Protip, he looks like a flailing idiot.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on December 01, 2015, 11:28:58 AM
Jeremy grits his teeth and tries to cast his spell again.  People are getting hurt!

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on December 02, 2015, 02:03:04 AM
The deku rolled forward, spitting out another seed at the rat before it, and ran right up to where these strangers had made a frontline; half of which had apparently just fallen flat on the ground in a disheartening heap of flailing limbs.....Squeaks suddenly felt like it shouldn't have gotten so close if that was going to happen.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on December 08, 2015, 08:37:23 AM
Pha's frost attack freezes one of the raticates into a nice ice statue and severly weakens the other two, in particular the one restrained by the spider's web.

Barkley ends up not making his best performance, but Gompa decides to make up for him by fainting off the half-frozen raticate in front of him while his new bison manages to inflict a nasty wound on the last one standing. The critter is still going, hissing in fury, looking around you with eyes filled with anger.

Until Jeremy unleashes his magic once more, this time managing to pierce whatever foul force is possessing the raticate, the anger in its eyes disappearing and the animal laying down to sleep peacefully on the grass.

A dark purple smoke slips from the fainted, sleeping and frozen raticates, condensing in some rupees and large gold coins scattered on the ground.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on December 09, 2015, 02:19:29 AM
Pha quickly closes in with the mysterious gold coins. Clearly puzzled.
"...what is that?"

It was hard to imagine people could use anything but rupees as a currency. The shape was all wrong and it wasn't transparent like clear ice. What would anyone like about it? Worse, it would look like garbage at the bottom of a faerie pond.

She broke from her thoughts, remembering they had company.
"Hellow fair travelers! It would unfortunately not be a good idea to visit the Forest Temple for the rest of the day. We should all return to town first and test our good fortune tomorrow."

The passage to the left kept calling out to her.
"Though we really should check out that place first, all quick-like! Maybe there are more rupees in there!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on December 09, 2015, 07:16:29 AM
Gompa eats a rupee, they are so tasty he'll use the coins to start a feast.

"Now young lady, this poor brave soul" he looks over at he hammer brother "he fought with us and that raticate got his eyes, he might very well be blind.  I mean we might be able to do a field transcleral couching out here but unless it heals up on its own..." he shakes his head  "or if we had the magic, We really should get him to safety,  I mean I lost my glasses during the fight.  I certainly know how he must feel.  Monsters have been getting more dangerous at night.  Those Raticates  were different than normal. Normally they don't leave the tall grass."

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on December 21, 2015, 08:25:51 PM
Anyways who are you people, why are you out in the middle of the woods?
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on December 22, 2015, 08:46:06 AM
The deku stared blankly at the newcomers for a few moments before jumping at the question. "Fairy wants whats in hole." Squeaks said rather matter of factly, compared to its so far seen excited tones that is, at it pointed the strangers towards the hole in question. Well, IT certainly didn't want to fall into any further danger today! It'd already skirted deaths far too many times today! Yes, the one was time was five times too many times already.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on December 22, 2015, 12:41:27 PM
Jeremy giggles at the deku.  "We're going to town!  Want to come?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: SolEiji on January 07, 2016, 03:07:48 AM
Barkley waved his hand in front of his helmet's visor, trying to push it up and get some light to his addled eyes to no avail.  A cold gust of wind flowed over him, and he felt one of the rats on him slump over him, leaving but the sound of faint snoring and the clang of material goods.

The fight was over while he was laying down on the job.  Shameful!  Electing to leave his visor down to hide his shame over the matter, he rocked back and forth a few times before managing to right himself back onto his feet with a heavy crunch.  Fortunately, it seems a smear of color in his eyes was finally resolving itself into an image.  Good.

"Is that it?  Ha, yes, ace that!  Good we got that bit of bizzo out of the way.  Boxer Barkley, Knight of Koopa at your service!" he announced, offering a hand to anyone who cared for it.  "And that was a nasty spat of wildlife not understanding when to give up!  Really should have turned in ages ago.  Fortunately we've managed to mop the blokes up. 

You say you're headed to town?"
  A town!  Finally, civilization!  In retrospect, trying to travel without a map was a bloody terrible idea.  Now was the prime opportunity to make up for lost time.  "Seeing how dangerous these woods are already you'll need someone to keep watch.  Fortunately, I'm feeling awful generous, and I'm no piker.  I'll escort you."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on January 21, 2016, 10:55:16 PM
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You hear some more howls from the shadows of the trees, but no more enemies cross your path, and you manage to return to Molida island's town. The local night watch, some young soldiers with armor and spears, yells more in fear than anything when they see you come out of the forest, but quickly calm down when they realize you're not wild monsters attempting a night raid.

Molida Island's inn still remembers Jeremy and Pha's bravery in helping defend the town and will let them and their friends stay for free, warming some dinner leftovers and providing clean beds with white sheets for a restful sleep. If you don't have any plans for the night, you awake in the morning to hear some kind of commotion from outside the building, in the town's square.

Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on January 22, 2016, 10:47:31 AM
Curiosity getting the better of Squeaks, it went ahead and peaked outside the door of the inn to see what was going on. From a safe distance of course.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on January 22, 2016, 12:55:58 PM
Jeremy leaves the inn as well.  "Hey, what's going on?" he asks anyone around.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on January 22, 2016, 10:19:35 PM
"Huh whats going on, I'll just go have a look. "  Gompa steps out of the inn.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on January 26, 2016, 03:06:59 AM
Outside the inn, there seems to be some kind of stand off between several guards, forming a spear and shield wall, and a small mob of local older elves with bows and swords drawn out, with several cowering villagers standing by the sidelines watching while whispering among themselves. You notice that among the guards, there's a dozen with superior, gilded armor and shields, hold a more disciplined stance and silvery weapons, clearly having more training and experience besides their superior gear.

“Lower your weapons and board the ship orderly, citizens. Princess Griselda herself was kind enough to have her personal vessel take a detour to come help us once she heard we were in trouble since she was in the area. You should be thankful of her generosity.”-calmly says the commander of the local soldiers, cold eyes under his helmet, pointing towards the docks where you see a large, luxurious galleon is anchored, flying the Hyrulian family's pesonal banner atop its large purple and golden sails, meaning is under the direct command of a member of the royal bloodline, a well known fact across the land and seas.

“And how long do you think we will last in the open sea against that?”-asks one of the elves with an angry expression, pointing towards the ocean.

In that direction, you can see the moon, even bigger than last night, visible under the morning sun. And on the horizon, just under the massive moon, large dark clouds are filling the skies,  violent storms approaching (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574XubRKtJ4). Sometimes small brilliant bluish shooting stars fall from the moon's “eyes”, leaving behind a trail of sparks before falling on the vast ocean far away from you.

“You must let us take refuge on the temple! It's our only hope of surviving those angry skies!”-shouts another elf.

“Don't be a fool, you'll die for sure inside that cursed place, and the kingdom cannot allow that! Besides Princess Griselda's galleon can weather any storm-”

As the guard commander  speaks a shooting star comes flying towards the island, zooming at great speed  before burning a hole in one of the galleon's sails and crashing into the docks! There's a bright flash swiftly followed by an explosion sound  and the earth itself shakes a bit. Every guard and villager stand silent for a moment, then you see the large black crater blasted on the docks made of solid rock.  Everybody starts shouting at each other violently, some starting to panic, weapons shaking in their hands, others trying to try to calm down the situation to little effect.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on January 26, 2016, 06:46:39 AM
Gompa has a plan it seems really bad but it might just work to diffuse the situation, He jut hopes that someone else thinks of something better, or he figures out something better.  He needs to think smarter.   Is that storm natural?  Is there anything he can think of about the locals to manage the situation?  In the meantime he realizes very few people have taken notice of him leaving the inn.  He hopes anyone noticing won't care enough about one Goomba.  He sneaks as best he can close to the crater hoping to find a hiding place within 30 feet of it.  All this is debatable helping this town might work but so would helping one of the royal family he wishes he knew anything about the royals of this area.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on January 26, 2016, 12:40:13 PM
With the impulsiveness of youth, Jeremy decides to confront this situation head-on.  He moves to stand between the soldiers and the elves and scowls at everybody.  "What are you doing?  Aren't you friends?  We were all friends when the pirates were here!"

He turns to face whichever guard was speaking.  "You're going to hurt them if they don't get on the boat?  That's awful!"

He then turns to face whichever elf was speaking.  "The temple has a big ol' mean fairy in it!  We got rid a lot of the bad monsters though, but I don't know if it's safe.  Our fairy might know..."

His voice fades to nothing at the end of the last sentence as he realizes that he's surrounded by angry adults with weapons.  Jeremy then becomes very shy and quiet, not sure what to do.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on February 01, 2016, 02:57:32 AM
Pha did not sleep.
The entire night was spent in discovery. She had to understand everything she was becoming. She could feel so many voices and the light of knowledge that waited within the depths of her kind's memory was beginning to pierce through. The others floated on the surface, shinning like rupees in the fountain, and she could feel them call to her.
Later she began to feel the world spread in her mind when she focused on it, and the others flared like tiny stars within. With some effort, she could reach out to them from under the pool and bring herself to them in reality or pull them toward her greater consciousness and see through them as if through a window.

It was a lot to take in and, although the spiritual transition had been very demanding, even crushing at times, she felt refreshed when it ended. Her first return to her body inside living dream took a while. Even now, with the noises of the morning's disturbance begging for her attention, she stepped outside the inn still partially in a daze.

"...What is going on?"

Assuming a quick explanation, Pha would shrug.
"The temple is indeed currently too dangerous. It is not safe place for the time being. If you need to evacuate, then you should all probably go with your liege."

After all, wasn't it the entire point of royalty to determine who had command?
In the case of faeries, however, it was rarely an issue. There was this ancient agreement that they would always obey their queen so long as she never demanded anything of them. It may seem silly but with fairies simply asking was usually enough, given their willingness to help. That and the issue of the memory; when a fey would fade from the world, it wouldn't want its Queen to forget it existed. It made waking up later rather difficult.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on February 16, 2016, 08:28:13 AM
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"What are you doing?  Aren't you friends?  We were all friends when the pirates were here!"

“Yes, we were friends when we had a common enemy on the form of the pirates. But that's no longer the case.“-replies the commander of the guards in a cold, military tone.

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"You're going to hurt them if they don't get on the boat?  That's awful!"

“I don't like doing this either, boy, but it's for their own good. Those elves are too stubborn to leave this place. Sometimes you need to be rough with them.”

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"The temple has a big ol' mean fairy in it!  We got rid a lot of the bad monsters though, but I don't know if it's safe.  Our fairy might know..."

“The great fairy? Maybe she could put some good sense on the heads of those elves. But you better get in the boat already, boy.”

Jeremy's words don't seem to have produced much effect, if anything the guard seem to be looking at him with condescending eyes.

Assuming a quick explanation, Pha would shrug.
"The temple is indeed currently too dangerous. It is not safe place for the time being. If you need to evacuate, then you should all probably go with your liege."
Many elves glare at Pha with a mix of anger and incredulity upon hearing those words. The older one gulps down, then speaks again:

"The human girl in that boat is not our liege! She is just another ephemereal human with a more fancy title. And even if she was our rightful leader, she is mad if she thinks her or any vessel can survive this storm! But if a great  fairy of ice orders us to follow 'our' liege to her doom, you may as well freeze us to death here and spare us the suffering of perishing under the wrath of those skies.”

Meanwhile Gompa sneaks behind some crates

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on February 20, 2016, 04:23:31 PM
That made her laugh. "Ha-HA! Order? I don't order none. We beckon, we suggest, invite, inspire and sometimes even insist though we do not order. So, not your liege, you say?"
Even as a queen, there had never been any point to it.

She turned to the guards, a little vexed. There was a warm, sharp tone to her voice.
"Really, if she has no authority here, why are you all troubling them? 'Starting to sound like another invasion to me."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on February 20, 2016, 04:28:30 PM
Gompa summons an ooze minion fiendish ape near the moon tear.  Goompa walks out from behind the crates,  "Yes yes pick up that tear we'll take it to the princess she'll want to look at it. If we get on her ship first, hurry now we'll be the first to see her.  Geeze you're so slow I need you to get up here quickly, I don't see so well and the dock could be dangerous you know.  I heard she is most fair and her boat is enchanted it will be much safer than the storm even the Great Fairy says the temple wouldn't be safe.  Perhaps Griselda is even investigating that fact when the storm started.  If the wise princess Griselda is truly on that ship she will want to see us all and to know the entirety of everything that occurs here.  I've heard she even took a old elven wise woman to teach her old magics a few years back.  I believe she has even been crowned heir so mind your manners and fix your hair"  He shouts back at the Kong as loud as he can bellow.  While hoping the elves hear him.  He hopes the other in the party will come with him its possible that Griselda banner is being used falsely and it could be very dangerous to go alone.  They can always go back to the temple after the storm or sneak off the ship as its being loaded with elves.  Charisma check was a 10.

(spoiler=actions)summons fiendish ape, has ape pick up tear, steps out from hiding, talks a lot charisma check=10 (/spoiler)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on February 25, 2016, 04:00:11 AM
That made her laugh. "Ha-HA! Order? I don't order none. We beckon, we suggest, invite, inspire and sometimes even insist though we do not order. So, not your liege, you say?"
Even as a queen, there had never been any point to it.

She turned to the guards, a little vexed. The was warm, sharp tone to her voice.
"Really, if you she has no authority here, why are you all troubling them? 'Starting to sound like another invasion to me."
The troops avert their eyes from the great fairy, but the commander looks back at Pha and replies in a calm tone:

“The great deku tree herself decreed the Hyrulian royal lineage would rule the elves in this land and waters until she decreed otherwise. However as you can see some old people still refuse to accept the truth from centuries ago.”


The older elf spats back:
“You twist the great Deku's words! She said we had to obey the human king and queen! But you're now demanding we obey some immature child that hasn't risen to the throne yet! Not even a royal decree with the proper seals.”

The human commander sounds quite offended:
“Elf, dare you suggest the great princess Griselda doesn't act on the king's own will? There was no time for getting an official order, this is an emergency!”

Then everybody pauses as they notice Gompa making his speech and the Kong carrying the glowing jewel from the skies into the ship.

“S-Stop that mushroom thing!”-shouts the commander, guards moving to intercept.

“Gompa is a servant of the great fairy.”-snickers the older elf, and the guards hesitate.

The guard commander looks confused for the first time, then smiles:
“Well, clearly even the mushroom aknowledges the safety of the boat and the wisdom of the princess.”

The older elf then straightens up and talks in a more peaceful tone:
“Now, if this Griselda is so great and wise as you speak of, then I would like to talk with her first, confirm that she's not just a spoiled child, and also check this boat's conditions to confirm it's truly safe for our people.”

“You request an audience with the princess??? Know your place! But if that's what's needed to get you in the boat, I'm sure the princess will forgive this interruption. Fine. Guards, make sure those elves don't make anything stupid while we're gone. But if anybody else wants to join this is probably your once-in-a- lifetime chance to personally talk to princess Griselda!”

The commander starts personally escorting the older elf into the boat's deck, moving towards the door, the remaining guards and elves remaining in silent expectation, none of the locals seemingly willing to accept the commander's offer.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on February 26, 2016, 01:03:43 AM
Pha looked at everyone in turn as they spoke. If the Great Deku Tree had said so, she guessed, it was all right. She still couldn't remember why a big tree had any say on the servitude of a people of non-trees but people were free to follow a plant's wisdom over their own judgement if they wanted.

The whole royal decree thing was a bit suspicious though ruling was probably a tough business, especially when you're not there to do it yourself.

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“Gompa is a servant of the great fairy.”
Pha looked stumped.
"Her what?"

Where did these people get such strange ideas?
The issue of meeting this princess to assess the boat's safety looked like quite a waste of time considering they had a temple to clear and there was still a massive moon of world destruction heading their way. Still, she'd follow everyone if they wanted to check on Griselda first - she couldn't deny that insuring the villagers were safe was a noble cause and could, perhaps, indeed lead to finding other ways to help prevent the disaster.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on February 27, 2016, 04:43:12 PM
As Gompa walks along with the guards he gets close to Kong to get a feel of the moon's tear, he also tries to get Pha to fly close to take a look it might give some answers.  He pauses when he enters, whispering to his Kong, "bow."  He bows as well.  "Ummh M'lady some of us were concerned your umm sails were ripped apart by that." He motions to Kong. "We just wanted to make sure that it was safe.  Of course the entire moon seems to be falling what hope do any of us have?"  Gompa begins with the pressing concerns, he once got one of bowser's children to help only by seeming wise and friendly he'd need allies later should he want to free the goombas

Spot 19
Sense motive 4

If there is an evacuation we should be able to get off and investigate the temple and maybe we can get some help.   It can't take that long to talk this out?
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 09, 2016, 12:34:44 AM
Pha looked at everyone in turn as they spoke. If the Great Deku Tree had said so, she guessed, it was all right. She still couldn't remember why a big tree had any say on the servitude of a people of non-trees but people were free to follow a plant's wisdom over their own judgement if they wanted.
As Pha ponders her thoughts, she hears some of the locals whisper among themselves about the elven rebellion of 391 winters ago, where several high forest lords decided to break away from the great deku tree. Soon enough they disappeared and in the last places where they were seen, young saplings with bark markings eerily similar to the faces of each missing elf were found. Nature mages who tried to communicate with the samplings seemingly heard some variation of “I'm sorry great deku tree, please forgive me!”. The rebellion soon calmed down.

Some elves now even suggest that the whole giant storm and moon meteors are actually signs that something really pissed off the Great Deku tree this time around. Other elves call such suggestions heretical and blasphemous. Or a sign of the end times.

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“Gompa is a servant of the great fairy.”
Pha looked stumped.
"Her what?"
An elf replies:
“The gompa was not part of your group when you exited the town, and then your great icy honor returned with the talking mushroom. Surely the gompa recognized your natural authority as a living embodiment of nature and pledged his services to you, is that not correct, oh great fairy?”

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 09, 2016, 11:05:05 AM
Jeremy begins to look afraid.  This isn't going the way he thought it would at all and these people are saying scary things.  He whispers to Pha, "What do we do now?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 11, 2016, 07:10:43 PM
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“The gompa was not part of your group when you exited the town, and then your great icy honor returned with the talking mushroom. Surely the gompa recognized your natural authority as a living embodiment of nature and pledged his services to you, is that not correct, oh great fairy?”
Pha had a bit of a trouble linking the state of being a living embodiment of nature as a valid justification for authority over things but she had to admit that the Gompa had a very... shroomy feel to him. Muchrooms were naturey enough but still very far from any aspect of nature she was linked to.
Indeed, cold was the primal state of everything. Heat, although a natural phenomenon as well, had only disturbed the way things were originally, and was (in her opinion) perfectly unecessary. The same could be said of life, actually, but heroism was so much easier to perform with life around. Reason enough to bother with the whole incarnation thing.
"Ha. I see. You must be right."
Why is that Gompa here again?

Pha looked down to Jeremy when he asked her opinion, then made a short dive downward to get their eyes on level.
"Maybe the princess has other ideas on how to save the world. Getting to all the temples is only the way I believe would work. There could be others! Since she's here, it doesn't hurt to ask."

She'd go after the Gompa to meet that heir.

She wasn't sure what to think of that princess so she listened until her intuation told her to start making waves.


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: SolEiji on March 11, 2016, 11:01:04 PM
Barkley was really happy to be out of that blasted forest.  He could never admit he had gotten lost, nevermind bested by rats.  It was humiliating, but even so it seemed things were going right this time.  A strange group had picked him up, and the future was looking bright.  That night, Barkley slept like a log, head and limbs curled up inside of his shell snoring away.  Perhaps he was dreaming about returning home with a princess in tow.  He just wished the princess would stop making those weird explosion sounds...

Oh, wait.  That's not the princess, that's coming from outside the window.

"Guh?..."  Barkley had been really tired and it took him a moment to get to his feet and to the window.  Outside, the docks were in a panic with Hyrulians branishing weapons and others fleeing from a tower of smoke rising from a crater.

"Blimey, I better get down there!"

Of course, Barkley was still not quite awake.  By the time he arrived, helmet on and items set back up on his person, it looks like the goomba he came into town with had recovered whatever it was that fell down, and they were in the middle of parlay.  Oops.  Pha looks like she's the focus of attention, so he'll nudge whoever happens to answer him first whispering.  "Hey, what's all this now?" he asked, trying not to lose track of Pha.  Looks like she's off for the goomba.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 12, 2016, 04:19:15 AM
One of the locals whispers back to Barkley:

“Princess Griselda's came to our port in her personal vessel and wanted to evacuate us from the island. But we don't want to abandon our town and temple. The village's elder and the gompa serving Pha went to discuss the matter with the princess inside the ship.  And now the great fairy herself is joining the parley! Wait, you make part of Pha's entourage, don't you mister koopa? In that case the guards should let you pass to meet the princess as well.”

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on March 12, 2016, 06:20:50 AM
Squeaks could hardly begin to understand much of the arguing among the various folk and armed folk from where it sat hidden, but tensions seemed high, and the icy fairy seemed confident, so when the icy fairy started to leave for the ship Squeaks quickly fell in tow but remained hidden within her shadow where it felt safest. It certainly didn't want to stick around near these armed angry people working for this....Princess Grizzly? Squeaks wasn't fond of bears, much less ones with armed guards.....

Entering the ship behind, or under Pha if she was likely flying, the little deku suddenly vastly regretted this decision as it soon found itself walking amid more of that Princess Grizzly's guards and appeared to visibly make an attempt to shrink in size; if it weren't trying to actively not be visible though. Eventually led into a room with an important looking woman, her introduction as Princess Griselda likely only become further misunderstanding for poor Squeaks who was now frantically worrying about having just been locked in a room with some boss like character under Princess Grizzly's leadership.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 12, 2016, 02:16:47 PM
Pha got intrigued by the moon tear and figured the princess was more likely to have an idea of what to do with it that any of them. She seemed likelier to have an idea on how to deal with the situation as well than anyone else so far, to think of it. It was worth knowing if they could help in some way, while they were busy saving the temples.

"We still have the forest temple to restore before we may leave the island. Will you be returning to sea after they are evacuated?"
She tried not to make it too obvious that she was probing the possibility that they could all hitch a ride on the ship toward another temple when they would be done.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on March 12, 2016, 02:46:46 PM
"Your grace please do look at the crystal, I was just hoping that it might be able to help us figure out of the predicament of the moon falling.  Kong let her have it"  Though the princess seems trustworthy Gompa feels better knowing that his new friends have followed him.  The guards did not seem like nice people and that elf hasn't even said anything.  He's starting to wonder about that guy.

Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 14, 2016, 01:52:14 AM
Squeaks succeeds in remaining hidden in the middle of the bigger beings.

"We still have the forest temple to restore before we may leave the island. Will you be returning to sea after they are evacuated?"
Griselda's eyes momentarily shift from the glowing stone on Kong's hands to Pha.
Oh, a great fairy in my ship! This surely is a sign the goddesses blessing my path. Yes, my ship will return to sea after the villagers are safely inside. But you plan to challenge the forest temple at this time? I thought you were supposed to find a brave lad clad in green to guide.


"Your grace please do look at the crystal, I was just hoping that it might be able to help us figure out of the predicament of the moon falling.  Kong let her have it"  Though the princess seems trustworthy Gompa feels better knowing that his new friends have followed him. 
The princess solemnly picks the glowing gem and then stares at it closely for what looks like long moments.

...You have my grattitude for bringing me this. I will now need some time to careffully study it.

The guards did not seem like nice people and that elf hasn't even said anything.  He's starting to wonder about that guy.
The elf seems to have been carefully observing the situation, seemingly content with letting the others speak first for now. But sensing an opening in the conversation, he  starts talking in a tone of superiority:

“Ahem, princess, as the village elder there are some matters I would like to discuss with you about your so-called evacuation. First there is the matter of your ship's security and then we'll need to clarify your authority and-”

So that's why my guards were taking so long boarding up the villagers. I shall give you a new matter for you to think about.-sighs Griselda, intterumpting the elder as she picks up a sealed scroll from the table and hands it to the elder elf, who opens it somewhat suspicious.

“W-where did you get this? H-how could you have found out about this?”-The elder elf face starts turning pale in what looks like a mix of surprise and fear as he opens and reads the scroll.

Just consider yourself grateful that I'm offering you such a good deal. I would usually seek to get a better return for something of that kind, but you can consider this my treat due to the current situation. I require some quiet now to properly study this tear of the moon.-smiles Griselda.

The elder elf opens his mouth but says nothing, just carefully hiding the scroll inside his clothes before Griselda nods for her guards to escort him out of the room.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 14, 2016, 10:20:56 AM
Once the grown-ups are done talking, Jeremy pipes up, "I'm could put on some green clothes if it would help!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 18, 2016, 07:13:19 AM
Griselda looks with surprise at Jeremy after he speaks those words, then calmly smiles:
You say you want to follow the path of legend, young man? Those are not light words. But a brave lad may just be what we need to inspire the hyrulian people. A strong symbol that'll help unite the races in a common cause. Indeed, not only a great fairy follows your steps, but a koopa and a gompa as well. In that case the first thing we need to get for this brave boy is indeed a proper suit. I just happen to have gathered some green garments over my research of ancient legends. It's not clear which design the hero of legend used, for the records on that matter are fragmented. But I'm sure the goddess will guide your decision. Pick one if you're willing to accept the burden of protecting others, young man.

The princess pulls five packages from under piles of scrolls and carefully opens them so that Jeremy can see their contents. Somehow, just by looking at the uniforms, a voice speaks inside the boy's head, telling him of their properties.

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Post by: Dr_emperor on March 20, 2016, 09:29:52 AM
Gompa decides it will be easier to talk to the elder about the message given to him rather than press the princess, on to other things"Perhaps your grace we should share information the fairy has been to the temple and you must know much about this falling moon." Yes that will work an information exchange will get Gompa to understand what is going on here.  Why is the fairy concerned with this one temple Hyrule is dotted with them, and why would the princess be concerned with these specific elves at the same time the fairy was here.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 23, 2016, 05:00:39 PM
Pha seemed to like Gompa's idea. She made four quick hand claps with enthusiasms, two of which were made by a pair of hands that wasn't there a second before. They vanished just as fast.
Maybe it wasn't common knowledge, so she explained.
"The temples in this world are zones of influence and Fate! Heroes can test their mettle there and confirm their destiny and others can give their plea to the world and be chosen as a temple's sage. A sage can use the temple's influence to change the land and accomplish miracles! If we restore the temples, or prevent their corruption, we could restore land and channel our will to it so that it defends itself against the falling moon."

She crossed her arms smugly.
"We can't deny Destiny! A hero will emerge and the land will be restored. That is our sacred mandate!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on March 23, 2016, 05:34:41 PM
After much deliberation, Jeremy picks up the timeless tunic.  "Thank you," he says politely.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on March 27, 2016, 02:53:47 AM
"Perhaps your grace we should share information the fairy has been to the temple and you must know much about this falling moon."
Griselda looks around for a moment , making sure the guards and elf have left and there's nobody else to listen, then her face turns serious.
Some of the most ancient scriptures claim that our moon is actually a hollow construct. I had my doubts about such tales, but recent events and this glowing stone that you brought me gives me strong reasons to believe it. It may appear but a exotic gem to most eyes, but my eyes can notice its diminute intricate details, my hands can feel the complex patterns in its surface. This moon tear is an advanced artificial craft of a level my finest artisans couldn't even hope to dream. Who built this object, as well as the moon  from which it came, or why, is a lost secret that even Farore may not know, but the movements of the orb in the sky could theoretically be controlled. Yet it's now breaking apart, falling upon us. I would suppose this is a result of its ancient mechanisms failing due to to the decay of time since it should be impossible for anyone on this world to reach the moon. However some of my royal astronomers sent me reports of spotting beings that can sail through the void between the stars like we sail on waters, landing on the moon over the last few months. It is too possible they placed it on this path, perhaps out of hate to this world, perhaps out of simple ignorance. I asked m astronomers to keep this information secret until I could be completely sure of it, and must request the same from you.



"The temples in this world are zones of influence and Fate! Heroes can test their mettle there and confirm their destiny and others can give their plea to the world and be chosen as a temple's sage. A sage can use the temple's influence to change the land and accomplish miracles! If we restore the temples, or prevent their corruption, we could restore land and channel our will to it so that it defends itself against the falling moon."

She crossed her arms smugly.
"We can't deny Destiny! A hero will emerge and the land will be restored. That is our sacred mandate!"

Destiny cannot be denied, but the problem is time. By my observations, the moon is falling faster and faster. It shall collide with our land in a matter of just two days. It is impossible to travel to all the sacred temples in such a short period, even if the sages would all cooperate with us right away. However, the temple sages have grown distant from the outside world, rumors are that they've become corrupted in their isolations. The land will eventually be restored, but that may happen only after a massive cataclysm. It wouldn't be the first event of that kind according to some versions of the legends, which would explain the ruins of forgotten civilizations in this world. There was the great flood, and the age of monsters, and the dark dream among others. Please do not share this information with anyone else lightly, it would only raise panic. I still have hope of finding a miracle to stop the moon, or at least delay it. The moon tear, if I study it further I may be able to find a way to interact with the falling orb. I feel like it's part of a larger mechanism. We would only need to find the other pieces. Perhaps they are in the temples after all. But my main priority right now is taving as many people as I can to a safer location. An exodus to another dimension if everything else fails. If at least we had more time...


After much deliberation, Jeremy picks up the timeless tunic.  "Thank you," he says politely.
Griselda smiles warmly at Jeremy.
No, I should be the one thanking you. You're not even from the Hyrulian isles, I can see it in your manners, yet you're willing to help us so eagerly. The tunic you choosed represents the eternal aspect of the hero of legend, existing in all eras. That's not only poetry, for some of the legends tell that the hero could travel between different points of history. They are two the ancient artifacts that would allow one to travel between the present and the past. The first is the Ocarina of Time, which was a regalia of the Hyrulian family for many generations but  was stolen seven years ago by the Meta Knight. The second is the Harp of Ages, which was never in our lands, was last reported to be in the hands of a blue-haired bard in the eastern plains of the Elibe continent some months ago. They're thus both out of my reach as I cannot leave my duties in the Hyrulian isles.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on March 27, 2016, 06:51:05 AM
Squeaks' stunned silence, and cover, broke for but a mere moment as a strong shiver ran down it's back causing the clear sound of rustling leaves to be heard from Pha along with a low, worried squeal. "Two...two days...Grizzly says only two days? Everything ends so soon? Moon falls, everything ends....But, but, no. Nonononoo, how can we save?"The deku curled up, wrapping it's arms around itself and staring at the ground for a few moments lost in shock at this clear end of days upon it.

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Suddenly, though, It bounced into the air, actually into Pha who it'd been hiding behind/under, and let loose a shrill, piercing squeak as thoughts connected together in It's head "Mean Not-Fairy said Moon could be stopped! Aert...arty...Artifacts? Bad people stole artifacts.....*SQUEAKS!* Temple has Artifact, Not-Fairy said! Not-Fairy knows how to save!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on March 31, 2016, 11:35:24 AM
The princess talking about the hollow moon and the space travelers allowed her to focus her memories momentarily on her consciousness in other dimensions. Being an aspect made it slip from world to world unconsciously so often she barely noticed the variations anymore. In some of them she met a space traveler named Rabbit whom had talked to her about that people. They were dangerous.
She couldn't recall much of it all anymore, it was in another dimension, another time. Parts of her that lingered wondered silently if the Pha who followed Kong, Jeremy, Zax and Rabbit had managed to clear the temple.

The princess was right, of course. There had been a few hiccups with Destiny before and calamities occurred... now that she mentioned it. It had been so long ago that they now felt like half-forgotten nightmares. She wouldn't be able to tell which ones had indeed happened and which were imagine, or were part of some other dimension whose events didn't happen in the one she currently experienced. Perhaps the corruption of the temples was affecting her as well, to a point.
She then caught up to the two days issue, which suddenly felt very important. Thinking back, it was now the second day and they still hadn't cleared one temple. That didn't look too good.

The fae gasped as Squeak collided with her head. Still surprised and unsure of what was going on she tried to grab him before he fell, only managing to send him a bit higher into the air to catch with her other hand in, panicked. He bounced like this twice like a hot potato before she firmly grasped him, her eyes wide as the excitement dwindled and understanding crept in.
"Weeh? Fadore has an artifact to stop the moon in the temple?"

She looked back at the princess.
"We really should hurry then!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on March 31, 2016, 01:30:45 PM
"Star power, your grace it may be the only answer with only two days left.  Thought it seems more likely that is the cause than strange men from the stars.  It is well known that King Bowser and King Marsello have used it in the past this seems like a consequence of their actions."  Gompa says pendantically.  Hmm the fairy has been to the temple and he had gained much information from the exchange.   The name of the Sage surely asking around in town would give him more information about the creature, and perhaps its weaknesses.  Temples were used to challenge surely something on the island could help.   Better still they had come out only three before now they were five perhaps that wouldn't be enough.  "Perhaps your grace could spare some of her guard and they could join with the hero and go to the temple."  He nods in Jeremy's direction.  She seemed to want to support some belief in this old tradition of youths saving things.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on April 16, 2016, 11:12:56 AM
The princess looks startled for a moment at Squeak's sudden reveal, then giggles a little.

A Deku? It's my first time seeing one so close. Seems like the records about them being masters of hiding are true after all. But what really surprises me is a deku so brave to challenge a sacred temple's sage.

She looked back at the princess.
"We really should hurry then!"
Indeed. May the goddesses bless your path, and allow me to ask you a favor.  My crew will need some time for repairs before seting sail again, so if you manage to recovert the artifact swiftly, please bring it to me.

"Star power, your grace it may be the only answer with only two days left.  Thought it seems more likely that is the cause than strange men from the stars.  It is well known that King Bowser and King Marsello have used it in the past this seems like a consequence of their actions."  Gompa says pendantically.
I've heard stories about the great deeds that star power can achieve. Now I really regret never making time to visit the Mushroom Kingdom. Even if it's not the direct cause, it may help us avert this crisis. I will research that topic carefully whilre you're gone. So many ancient scriptures to learn, so little time...

  "Perhaps your grace could spare some of her guard and they could join with the hero and go to the temple."  He nods in Jeremy's direction.  She seemed to want to support some belief in this old tradition of youths saving things.


I'm still not queen. My guards obey mine orders to a degree, but they are sworn to never move too distant from me. This room is basically as much privacy as I'm allowed out of the castle.

However I can make sure you depart well supplied. You seem to already have good weapons and armor, so I would suggest you take some bombs from the ship's armory.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on April 16, 2016, 04:45:27 PM
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Indeed. May the goddesses bless your path, and allow me to ask you a favor.  My crew will need some time for repairs before setting sail again, so if you manage to recover the artifact swiftly, please bring it to me.
"Sure!"

Pha remembered that she had decided to pass on the bombs the first time they were offered in the village, thinking that anything that had anything to do with flames was bad news to carry around with her.
She *had* noticed a few times while going around in the temple where dropping a bomb woulda been hellova useful. She wouldn't miss the extra edge to her arsenal this time around.
"Cool! Thank you!"

Perhaps the bombs she left in town were still there as well. They'd fit in a bomb bag nicely if they could find one; the darn thing were encumbering to keep on one's person.

After they would be done fetching bombs, being well rested, she trusted the princess' guards to be able to escort the elder on their own. They hadn't a moment to lose to idleness.
"TO THE TEMPLE!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on April 17, 2016, 05:19:59 AM
Thank you He replies kindly to princess Griselda.  He knew she wouldn't risk her soldiers lives it was worth the question though. 

As they walk outSo what is actually in the temple since you three have been in there before what happened last time?  I don't want to go in unprepared. While the rest of the party is picking up bombs.

Gompa also keeps an ear out for the the elder, though he guesses any elf will do.  He and his Kong will try to find an elf and figure out where the elder went and ask about the elder and this Fadore and possibly anyone else who challenged the temple, or never reached it.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: SolEiji on April 22, 2016, 08:00:51 PM
The tardy koopa knight was slow to arrive.  It was a combination of distraction and red tape, but he finally made it into the princess' ship and was approaching the room where Pha and the others were being addressed. 

By my observations, the moon is falling faster and faster. It shall collide with our land in a matter of just two days. It is impossible to travel to all the sacred temples in such a short period, even if the sages would all cooperate with us right away...

Barkley hesitated.  What was this he was hearing?  Quietly he crept in, staying in the back and listening to this dire warning.  Bollocks, quite impossible.  There's one meteor, and they're worried about the moon falling?  That couldn't be true, could it?  Staying in the background so not to interrupt, he'd wait til Gompa turned about to leave himself. 

"Hey.  I heard the back end of that.  This isn't real, right?" he asked under his breath.  Or maybe it is, the goomba seemed convinced as well.  "Didn't she say we only had 48 hours?  How would we even handle that?  I'm brave, but not that fast.  Not even in a go-kart.  Are you planning something?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on April 23, 2016, 12:04:00 PM
Gompa thinks for a second leading the Hammer Brother out.  It was never good to lie when the truth would get what was needed.  He says each statement quickly when between the guards. No, I don't truly believe that the moon is going to fall and destroy the world.  What I do believe is that storm and the moons change will destroy the island and possibly this entire kingdom.  Our best chance isn't on this ship the enchantments on her didn't protect the riggings from one meteor.  Our best chance is in that old temple on the island.  There is said to be a sage there, and perhaps that sages power could be harnessed.  The others came from that temple and lost.  The fairy wants to charge back in, but I worry that the temple guardians will be better prepared now.  The two of us may not be enough of an edge, we're going to quickly try to rally some help, either items or bodies, before following her.  I'm also interested in how one becomes a sage, did you see an old elf leave?
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on April 23, 2016, 02:43:35 PM
Jeremy pipes up again, having been distracted by his new clothes.  "If we don't have much time then let's go!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on May 03, 2016, 02:25:53 AM
"BUT! Need special....things still. Things for beating the dead hero! No things, no win, no artifact, no? One near here first, the coast? Then forest, then temple, yes? Quickly nearest, after Squeaks can return all to temple second with Not-Fairy's song it stole, second."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 04, 2016, 06:14:46 PM
Pha nodded enthusiastically. "We can spread out and search quickly. We haven't got much time, though."
Especially not to search the coast. The coast was a very unspecific location and it gave a lot to search through.
It was possible they wouldn't even find it and spending a few precious hours looking for a pebble that perhaps wasn't even there anymore wasn't such a good idea.
They also sort of ~almost~ won back then. Without any super artifacts involved. Did they really need all of them?

"Better hurry then!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 10, 2016, 09:41:39 PM
In the ship's armory you can obtain basic bomb bags that allow you to carry 10 explosive spheres each. It's too dangerous to try to carry any more in each person. Then each of you goes the way they believe to be more important right now.

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Post by: Dr_emperor on May 11, 2016, 07:25:48 AM
Gompa is disheartened, not the information he had hoped for the others picking up bombs would have to be enough.  He asks the elf,  "What if Fadore is cursed or worse yet mad are there conditions to replace a sage? What if the rumors of Stalfos are true, we'd be leading everyone to a trap?  Of course post haste we'll try reason first we must find your people a safe place for your people." Gomba looks perplexed, "So the letter wasn't a command from the Hyrulian King ordering everyone aboard?  If I may be so bold what was it? No matter what he must not tarry he leaves after the Elder answers.  "I must return to my friends we will find some respite."

He heads to Grizelda's dock hoping not to have lost to much time surely his new friends wouldn't have left him.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 11, 2016, 08:04:12 PM
After equipping herself with a bag of bombs, she went along the coast to check on the artifact that was meant to be there, hoping getting a view down on the area would help find it more easily. Ages of great-fairy culture came to her aid in finding shinny stuff in the water. She'd transform into a zora-like appearance and dive into the water, swim along to snatch the shinny thing and surge out of the water to bring it back to the others.

They would have to assume that the shinny would be an artifact, she guessed. Without knowing what it was supposed to look like, they'd likely be able to confirm it once they find another.
Then she'd try to round everyone up with Squeaks to get to the temple.

Pha wouldn't teleport to it until everyone would be ready to get into the central room with the plants but they might want to check on the Skull kid and the hole at the junction close to the temple.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on May 11, 2016, 08:27:31 PM
Jeremy takes a bag for himself and then follows Pha around.  He isn't really sure what the grown-ups were talking about because his new clothes are just so cool!

The fairy always seems to know what's going on, and right now he has an unexplainable urge to listen to fairys.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on May 13, 2016, 11:12:44 PM
Squeaks begins to dart after Pha but bounces to a sudden stop rather quickly upon realizing it'd just promised something it needed something else to actually fulfill said promise with. "Needs music! Instrument! Will find instrument, then gather followers for temple song...."

Squeaks rushes off looking for a suitable instrument to work with the Not-Fairy's magic song; after of course checking with Princess Grizzly if it had one to borrow.
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Post by: oslecamo on May 17, 2016, 10:59:43 PM
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Post by: oslecamo on May 18, 2016, 01:14:27 AM
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Post by: Nanshork on May 18, 2016, 10:20:00 AM
Jeremy smiles and waves at all of the nice people that he sees.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on May 18, 2016, 12:10:15 PM
One of Pha's eyes twitched.
"Your lady won't hold it at all!"

Since they were underwater, she could perhaps freeze it up into a less threatening surface of ice and let it float to the surface. They could then just push it on the coast where it would be easier to handle.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on May 24, 2016, 03:03:14 AM
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Post by: Anomander on May 24, 2016, 03:59:35 AM
The sphere's attacks being undodgeable, impossible to resist and rather lethal, Pha quickly guesses that the thing isn't worth the trouble for now.
Seeing no point in staying to face these odds, she figures now's a good time to scram to lick her wounds. She pushes herself away and teleports back to the fairy fountain.

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Post by: oslecamo on May 25, 2016, 09:51:54 AM
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Post by: Anomander on June 05, 2016, 05:22:04 PM
At the fairy fountain, Pha lets herself sink deeper into the waters, thinking. ...We're going to need reinforcements or forget about that thing. It's pretty strong!

She then lifted herself out of the fountain and requested the fairies in to hop along in the magic bottle, where they'll be safe from attacks during the journey. Now to get back to the others... She figured returning close to the beach would be the way to go. Maybe aim half-way between the shore and the village.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on June 05, 2016, 08:32:12 PM
Squeaks pauses a few moments upon the Princess offering her gift before slowly reaching out to accept it. "Oh, yes...yes, bring back. Will save world with music! Finding arteefacts now!"

Ocarina in hand, Squeaks turns and hops out of the room and leaves the ship. The fairy had already flown off, but it's other mates were still within sight around the dock it seemed. Squeaks shouted at them to get their attention. "It has music now! Find arteefacts now! Coast, Forest, Skull, Temple, where to? It remembers Skull, um, Skullkid in forest where music sent us. Music can send us to Skullkid then? *excited squeaking sound* Let's go with me!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on June 20, 2016, 06:36:15 AM
Where did the great fairy go Squeaks? I thought you were all getting bombs in the ship? We'll follow you I think you know where more help is.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 20, 2016, 10:47:48 AM
Jeremy looks around confused.  Are they doing magic music travel?  And where did Pha go.

He shrugs his shoulders, as long as he's with friends and someone else knows what to do then he's happy!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 25, 2016, 01:46:47 AM
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Pha suddenly appears in a flash of blue light at the docks just after Squeaks announces his intention of trying out the ocarina to go into the forest and Gompa is back from the talk with the elder.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 26, 2016, 05:37:30 AM
Using his new ocarina, Squeaks plays the Minuet of the Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-JYgYGeEko) and glowing green leaves appear and start spinning around the party. Then they disappear, and you find yourselves back to the entrance of the forest temple.

Jeremy and Pha soon hear a familiar flute sound and a small figure appears from inside the surrounding trees.
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You know Fadore's Song! We should be friends!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on June 26, 2016, 06:04:47 AM
Squeaks cheerfully squeaks back at the Skull Kid; is this the same one that helped them earlier? It couldn't tell. "Friends good idea! Need to make Fadoor help stop moon! Does it know anything to..........to convince! Boss Skeleton needs convince too! Can't speak Fadoor until Skeleton calls me---US Hero..."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 27, 2016, 09:12:24 AM

Boss skeleton from Fadore... Oh, you mean the forgotten stalfos? I knew him! I got this spiffy mask with his help long ago. So he wants a proof that you're heroes. I may have something...


The skull kid rummages through his pockets and pulls out something shiny hanging from a string:

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Found it lost in the forest. Never saw another like this one. As a token of our new friendship, I'm willing to trade it with you for something special you have.

Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on June 27, 2016, 06:43:30 PM
"Ohhh, pretty!  I've got these special clothes, but they were a present.  How about some shiny rocks? (rupees)  Or maybe these bombs?  They're pretty cool."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on June 27, 2016, 06:48:53 PM
Maybe we should ask what it wants? Gompa whispers he's not particularly trusting of this stranger who lives in these dangerous woods.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on June 27, 2016, 08:13:18 PM
It ponders for a few moments on what they could trade for the item; Jeremy's suggestions not sounding bad at all. It exactly have anything much to offer....

"Not much to its name to trade except for I weapons or Ally's items....Oh! Could maybe give crystal?" Squeaks reaches around to one of its miniature crossbows and plucks a crystal out from its stock, holding it out for the Skull Kid.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on June 29, 2016, 09:47:25 AM
The Skull Kid first seems interested in Jeremy's clothes.

Rupees too common. Bombs too. Also noisy. Those green garbs like the legends! I'm sure the forgotten stalfos would be quite pleased in seeing someone wearing those! And they do look right about my size...

But when Squeaks shows his crystal something glows brightly behind the Skull Kid's mask eye holes.


Warmth-sucking gem! Sometimes the forest becomes very cold. Yes, I'll trade mine for yours, friend!


The skull kid extends both hands to the deku, one holding the Hero's Crest, the other an open palm waiting in expectation.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on June 30, 2016, 01:08:58 AM
The deku reaches forward and places it's crystal in the Skull Kid's hand whilst taking the offered Crest. "Thanks friend! Only three more arteefacts!" it gleefully exclaims as it squeaks and hops about in joy.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 02, 2016, 09:17:53 PM
Good luck then friends!

The skull kid then walks inside the trees playing a merry tune and disappears again, his music soon fading too.

(where do you go next?)
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 05, 2016, 02:06:32 AM
Pha was glad that had all gone smoothly. The skull kid was a swell guy. She was sad to see him go and hoped the forest was still safe for him.

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"Thanks friend! Only three more arteefacts!"
"Ah, yes. About that..." She began, hesitantly.
"I think I found one on the shore though it was guarded by a very dangerous weapon-monster-thing and it would probably be best to forget about it for now. It might be a good idea to deal with it later when we're ready since it might harm the villagers."

Thinking about it, her old obsession resurfaced.
"There was that hole in the ground we saw before, though! Not far from here." She nudges, innocently.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on July 05, 2016, 12:37:30 PM
Squeaks doesn't seem the least bit sad about missing out on the very dangerous one Pha mentioned and instead nodded in agreement about the hole. "Hole, yes yes. Lead to then!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 05, 2016, 12:54:28 PM
Jeremy excitedly says, "Okay, let's go!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on July 07, 2016, 07:56:37 AM
"Yes lets go find the thing they can't all be guarded this one was quite easy"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 08, 2016, 07:59:42 AM
You move without opposition since most of local wildlife seems to be hiding from the storm. The trees seem to be singing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xE6lbi090E) under the strong winds. However when you reach the crossroad where there was a path previously blocked by a large cracked boulder, you see to your surprise that something or somebody else already blew it up! Behind there's a large dark hole, and something shining appears to be inside...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 08, 2016, 10:23:33 AM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on July 08, 2016, 08:40:16 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on July 08, 2016, 08:46:58 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 09, 2016, 05:18:05 AM
Remembering how it went the last time she saw something shiny in the depths, alarms went loud in her head. She whispered to the others.
"Could be dangerous! I can maybe lift it here with a pillar of ice and everyone gets ready to attack it if it is a monster?"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 14, 2016, 12:40:53 PM
Squeaks and Pha clearly hear six beings moving and whispering inside, Gompa can feel the presence of just two nearby (), and Jeremy both hears and sees the ones lurking inside.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 14, 2016, 12:46:58 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 14, 2016, 01:09:25 PM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on July 14, 2016, 01:16:59 PM
Jeremy addresses the hole.  "Can't we all be friends?  Threatening people is mean, why not come on out and talk to us mister four-eyes hidey face?"

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 14, 2016, 02:10:19 PM
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"Whuh? What do you think YOU'RE doing, chumps? You think you can screw up my plans?!?
Wait, I've seen you walking around town asking for information about the artifacts. Well, now I'm doing the asking, so be good kids and tell us what you know. Right. NOW!”
Pha was immensely glad to see that whatever was down there counted among the chatty types.
What with those much less interested in the activity just shooting death lasers at you. Great fairies had a knack for looking important and majestic. It was a matter of reputation, too.
Her Ice was of common mind. It glowed beautifully as it sent its thoughts on a way to find mutual interests with these creatures.

"That depends, sir. We need these artifacts to restore the Forest Temple to try and save our world from destruction. If your plans are contingent on having a world to exist in we'd probably be helping you with your plans. We apparently have two days to find what is needed to stop the moon from crashing into us. Unless you have other plans to save us, in which case we are all ears!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 17, 2016, 08:00:33 AM
Four-eyes doesn't sound very motivated by Jeremy's words:

BUH! BUH! BUH! BUH! BUH! Like I'd give you a chance to learn about our plan! That's novice–villain style! No, I won't be doing anything like that. Sorry, really, guys…”


His voice sounds a lot more cooperative after hearing Pha's words.


Hmmm, yeah, I see, guess the whole falling moon business sucks somewhat for you if you're the locals. But we're not from this world. And our queen ordered me to find this shiny. We need it as well. I can't go back empty-handed!

But I wouldn't mind giving you a ride out of this ball before the moon comes crashing down. Get you an audience with our queen even.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on July 17, 2016, 09:56:43 AM
Gompa feels like he's missing something only hearing one guy talk and feeling one other, but the ride off the doomed planet seems like something they might need they don't know that the temple will save them for sure. 

Perhaps if we could borrow the artifact for a few hours the last time these people went into the temple, they were deposited outside, no reason that won't happen again.  We have days until the worlds destruction how long do you have again to bring the shiny back?

Gompa thinks maybe its bad all over, silly space men though the artifacts to save a region aren't ever that far away.  Never another planet.  Hmm maybe the answer to the moon was on the moon, if this temple thing doesn't work.  Definitely should weasel out the ship location.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 17, 2016, 10:01:39 AM
Pha could certainly understand that.
"Finders' Keepers! It is yours by right though perhaps, yes,  we could borrow it so we may cleanse the temple first? We'll give it back after. I can give you the directions to another like it in the meantime. We unfortunately do not have the time to collect it and must make do with what we can find around the temple itself."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 18, 2016, 04:13:13 PM

I suppose it wouldn't be right if a sassy little lass and lads like you met with an untimely demise…

Your information first if you will, then I'll borrow you our shiny. Don't think you can pull any funny tricks on us. This is a small isolated island and not a lot of places for ones like you to hide!


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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on July 20, 2016, 07:33:16 AM
"We'll give it back for sure, as long as we can find you all. I found the other one along the coast some three hundred feet from the docks in the water. It shines so it can be found easily though it has something protecting it that attacks those that get too close. So be careful."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on July 25, 2016, 06:03:36 PM
“Gah! It's always something... Whoever decided the shinies need so many security systems?”
Also I've recorded the energy reading of this shiny so I'll know where it is going.

Sir, should you really be telling them that?-asks one of the X-nauts.

Relax, this kid and his fairy look totally trustworthy. And with that... Pow! We're gone!"

There's a blast of dark smoke and when it clears the strange group is gone, although something glowing was left where they were standing.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on July 26, 2016, 06:12:01 AM
"Well that seems useful someone should pick that up, we should get inside the temple before the storm hits in earnest!"  Well they can teleport it seems so we are going to have to meet up with them again.  Guess we are going to have to do what we said, maybe they would drop us off on the moon though if things go wrong.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on August 05, 2016, 11:15:01 AM
"All right! Perhaps Squeaks should hold on to it since he's so sneaky... or someone tough that'll be able take many hits."

With the call to get going to the Temple, Pha would concur and press on. "Yes! Let's go!"

She would backtrack to the Temple and get inside. "Maybe we should get to the Fairy Fountain first to prepare and then go straight to it."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on August 07, 2016, 09:53:18 PM
Squeaks eyed the bone cautiously, slightly shaking its head at it. "It prefers...not carrying body parts not its own."

"Fountain good plan! Then last arteefact then beat up big skeleton!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 09, 2016, 08:23:56 AM

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on September 11, 2016, 08:11:24 PM
Gompa looks around,  "well this seems like a nice place anyone got directions of how we shouldd go.  Lets get moving"  He looks over at Squeaks.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on September 11, 2016, 09:46:28 PM
Squeaks rubs the back of its head as it noticed attention turn its way again. For one it was nervous as it didn't actually know the way from here, but on the other it was feeling embarrassed that people were already looking to it for leadership.

"Errrrrrrr...it didn't see this part first time. It only really saw front door and big boss room..." the Deku responded, sheepishly looking up Pha's way for guidance.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 12, 2016, 11:06:15 PM
Pha remembered the place very well.
"It is just ahead. Are we to storm the Fadore's room right away? There are Deku Babas that are not to be harmed; they are cursed people. We can go around them easy enough or lure them slowly in a corner for those that drag themselves and then quickly go around the room."

She looked forward. Considering.
"I can go to the Fairy fountain of the temple to fill your Magic Bottles with a fairy companion that would help us in battle. If you wish. I'd get them prepared and join you in the great room right away."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on September 13, 2016, 12:59:46 AM
"Arteefact inside temple. Could double check for it at least. Miss any rooms on first time?"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on September 13, 2016, 05:43:10 AM
"Perhaps it would be wise to look for artifacts, what does everyone else say, doing all we can to prepare is a good idea Pha."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 13, 2016, 10:20:30 AM
"Okay, let's go!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 13, 2016, 09:47:41 PM
"There are two rooms by the fairy fountain that we bypassed. We can try them though we really don't want to exhaust ourselves before the Big One! And let's not forget the doors have a tendency to lock behind us. I can always return to the fountain and open the doors. Let's get to it!"
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 20, 2016, 08:55:42 PM
The unexpored room to the north of the fairy fountain has a smooth stone floor and a tiny river passing through its center. Dark purple flowers grow at the margins of the water. Suddenly the door closes behind you and iron bars fall to block it.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on September 21, 2016, 12:02:44 AM
Skull-masked ghosty people didn't bother Pha much. Her universe was one of wonder and multi-faced strangeness.
Anything that began with conversation over jumping-at-your-face was a promising meeting. Especially with a barred door at her back.
"Hi! Sorry we kept you waiting! We did get punished plenty for it indeed. We're getting ready for another try at it and see if we can save the world before lunch-time tomorrow! (technically)"

She hoped to win a new friend over with her great sense of repartee and her heroic spirit.
"We still got a spot or two in our group of heroic enterprises if you've grown bored of these halls. I know we're in dire need of a floating woman with attitude!"
Her ice crystal telepathically chimed in with ideas of its own; Tell her there's free drinks! It was important.
"...there's free drinks and probably time-travel involved! Maybe even a spaceship ride soon. You wouldn't want to miss out!"
She could have said that saving the world was its own reward, but that wasn't going to fool anybody.
Even the legendary hero got to break a few thousand pots for giggles.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on September 21, 2016, 06:13:20 AM
Gompa actually considered for the first time that saving the world was more important than shiftily stealing the power of a sage for himself.  His Kong interposes between him and the skull things.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on September 21, 2016, 10:39:28 AM
Jeremy nods enthusiastically, more friends are always welcome!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 25, 2016, 04:53:15 AM
Free drinks? What kind of drinks? This place isn't so bad, but Fadore doesn't allow any booze at all around here. At least not after the Hero's Shade got wasted and demolished half the place. Good times... I suppose we could bank in some of the vacation time we've been piling up. You don't happen to have any proper drink with you right now by chance do you?

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on September 29, 2016, 07:09:24 PM
Gompa, Pha and her familiar all feel like this ghost girl is completely trustworthy and will support you true and through. No way she may ditch you midway, let alone turn on the party when big trouble arises.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on October 02, 2016, 06:34:34 AM
"Well then whats your name, how long have you been in this room, anything interesting about it we heard about treasure, do you know how to get the bars up, I'm guessing its a puzzle?  My name is Gompa, the fairy is Pha, Jeremy is the kid, Squeaks is somewhere(gompa normally can't roll well enough to motion), thats kong he's a cool guy doesn't talk much.  We're trying to stop the moon from crashing into the island, because that is about to happen."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 02, 2016, 06:56:45 PM
"None right now though we're going to celebrate BIG after saving the world. Probably in for a feast after we save this region. It is the custom with high heroics."

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do you know how to get the bars up, I'm guessing its a puzzle?
"Oh, don't worry about that. I can just return to the fairy fountain and open it up for us again. Then we can go for another try against the Hero's Shade."
She was all hyped up now. That was going to be great!
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 08, 2016, 04:46:06 AM

Name's Foebe. I think. Been so long since somebody used it. My little one here is Caveirasombra.
Can't really say how long I've been here. When you can't get hungry and everything around you remains pretty much the same and are living underground makes it easy to lose track of time. Last event I rememember from the outside world was when Vermelho won the pokemon world tournament, not sure you even know what that is about. Maybe I should've listened to mom and stayed in that world instead of going through that portal...

Oh, the bars, right!


Foebe exits the room through the wall, the door bars rise, then she comes back through the wall.

"None right now though we're going to celebrate BIG after saving the world. Probably in for a feast after we save this region. It is the custom with high heroics."

Man, sounds like I've been here pretty long then, because back when I was still alive heroes often got shoved to some other place after saving the day more often than not. So they gulped down everything they could during their adventures. And the previous adventurer wannabes I met told me stories about how every hero nowadays is expected to be a master chef, cooking and brewing everything they find in the wild. So just saying, how can you call yourself modern heroes if you can't even provide some nice refreshments?
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 16, 2016, 02:10:09 AM
Cooking heroes was a new one. Perhaps a trend those adventurers tried to start
"We'll collect the ingredients for some on the way though since we've got a timer for the end of the world we'll hold that for when our time restraints aren't so demanding. I'll chill them just below freezing point."

That portal-thing was interesting, though. It could be another option in case the world was to be destroyed.
"Now, let's see if we can find that artifact-thing that's supposed to help with the hero's shade. Maybe in the next room."
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 23, 2016, 10:46:57 PM
The next room is filled with trees bearing colourful berries and the ground is covered with soft grass and a bright emerald light emanates from above. There's a gold plated chest at the middle.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Anomander on October 24, 2016, 01:40:36 AM
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Pha instantly spotted the berries. "Hey! Drink ingredients!"
She could probably frost 'hem up a bit to make some kind of flavored ice thing.

The chest was noticed a moment later.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on October 24, 2016, 02:11:27 AM
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"Has to be arteefact yes?! Yes!"

Squeaks excitedly bounds across the room towards the chest, itching to open it.
Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Dr_emperor on October 24, 2016, 06:48:11 AM
Aren't rooms with artifacts normally trapped?  Goompa urges caustion. 

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 24, 2016, 10:45:48 AM
Jeremy looks around the room.  After that big spider thing he doesn't like this place anymore.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on October 29, 2016, 04:41:13 AM
Jeremy and Pha's amulet can hear something big floating above.

Nobody notices the shadow under Squeaks growing larger and larger...

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: Nanshork on October 29, 2016, 11:53:36 AM
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 09, 2016, 06:46:32 AM
A large dark shape descends upon the unexpecting Squeaks.
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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on November 27, 2016, 10:01:35 PM
Before the party can react, the Wallmaster starts to carry the deku up towards the light, although it doesn't appear to be trying to hurt the deku, just holding it firmly.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: ketaro on January 13, 2017, 05:14:13 AM
PANIIIIIC!!!

Squiggling and squirming, Squeaks was quickly heading towards a panic attack as it writhed about erratically in the kidnapper's grasp.

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Title: Re: Chapter I: Legend of Griselda-Pirates Awakening
Post by: oslecamo on February 05, 2017, 07:18:15 AM
Squeaks fails to break free.