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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #40 on: November 08, 2012, 12:32:51 PM »
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #41 on: November 08, 2012, 11:14:43 PM »
The shifter replies to Milo. "It's not that hard... You just need to look at the right places."

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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #42 on: November 08, 2012, 11:39:40 PM »
"Guess I'm just discombobulated. Can't help feelin' like this place might have gone through a trouble similar to Toril." Milo stops to check a tree for moss. "I kinda think this planet feels like a gourd lantern that's been lit too long. Outside's all spongy. Any liquid in the fruit's all heated up and steamin'." Milo shivers a bit and busies himself with adjusting his pack and belt pouches.
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #43 on: November 09, 2012, 12:10:42 AM »
"I know what you mean, Milo, but the dwarves say there have been no eruptions in their history. So it should be safe."
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #44 on: November 09, 2012, 01:22:16 AM »
"Didn't say anythin' about eruptions, but Olgier ain't answered your question about the dragon yet. Maybe it's the same beast what froze our planets solid."
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #45 on: November 09, 2012, 08:19:43 AM »
Olgier looks up quickly, as if snapping out of a reverie.  As for the other, he is a deceiver, a trickster, a sapper of hope. and a raiser of the dead.  The dragon first made itself known nearly 200 years ago; if he or his kind appeared before that, our lorekeepers do not record the tale.  Some of our kin, and some of the kin of killoren and even raptoran as well, were so in awe of its power that they revered it as a god, and - through a process I do not understand - were transformed into miniature dragons themselves.  Our brethren grew wings in the changing, while the killoren became able to spit fire, or acid, or lightning.  What the raptorans gain I know not, except that stories hold they were dissatisfied in their lot, and tried to leave.  When they did, the dragon breathed once to sap their wills, then used foul magic to make them like the living dead.

"The dragon himself is of tremendous size and mottled green and black, with wings that appear ripped or tattered in places.  The rips neither mend, nor seem to hinder him in any way.  Fortunately for us, he now only seems to venture out once a year, on what we call Dragon's Day, when the two moons are conjoined by the sun in the sky."
 
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #46 on: November 09, 2012, 08:33:50 AM »
"Two moons, eh? Well that's something new." Darius softly mutters while on the way back to the camp, trying to think of ways to disguise as many people as they had from sharp-eyed aerial scouts.

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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #47 on: November 09, 2012, 10:05:08 AM »
"Sounds like some kind of undead smart zombie dragon.  I hope that Dragon's Day isn't coming anytime soon?"  Lazaro looks nervous, he knows that most of his magic doesn't work on the undead and even if it did he wouldn't trust it to work on any dragon capable of what Olgier is describing.

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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #48 on: November 09, 2012, 02:09:17 PM »
In draconic, Saul says "Hmm... well at least he only comes out once a year. The rest of the time, it sounds like you just have to worry about his minions. Say, was his coming accompanied by a decrease in the surface temperatures of your world, by any chance?"

To Milo he says (in common) "Why? How many moons does your world have? Mine had 12, or maybe 13 according to some scholars."
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #49 on: November 09, 2012, 07:24:02 PM »
"Huh? To my recollection only lovely Selune, followed by her tears sat in the night sky over Toril."
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #50 on: November 10, 2012, 07:19:59 AM »
"Yes, only the one moon for us," Darius replies, backing up Milo.

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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #51 on: November 12, 2012, 10:32:03 PM »
Within sight of the clearing now, you can see the frames of four large lean-tos have been mostly constructed, with work underway on at least two more.  They've been faced toward the clearing itself.  Fallen branches are being slathered with mud and dead leaves as a makeshift roofing material by an industrious group of half-orcs, under the watchful eye of another half-orc, who is stalking up and down along their work area, apparently grumbling or giving orders.

Josiah is talking with Toosa'inya while looking at some sort of large parchment.  Toosa'inya, for her part, is shaking her head and puncturing her disagreement with occasional light smacks to the back of Josiah's head, who appears to take this in stride.
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #52 on: November 12, 2012, 10:38:26 PM »
To Olgier, Saul says "Well, take a look around if you want. What's left of the ship is over there." he points. "I'd like to check in with our people quickly to see that we're getting prepared for possible attacks at dusk. I'll meet you all at the ship, assuming that's where you want to go."

Assuming no one says otherwise, Saul starts heading over to Josiah.
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #53 on: November 13, 2012, 09:29:26 PM »
Seeing the construction, Darius gives a soft curse and follows Saul.

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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #54 on: November 13, 2012, 09:35:45 PM »
Makala parts with her companions and goes to check how the shifters are faring...

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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #55 on: November 13, 2012, 11:29:37 PM »
Dakekk moves to a tall tree and using his strong fingers and toes, scales the bark easily enough. Once up in the tree's branches, he keeps and eye out over the group.

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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #56 on: November 13, 2012, 11:44:06 PM »
Having nothing better to do Lazaro follows Saul.

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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #57 on: November 14, 2012, 12:40:15 AM »
"Hey, Lazlo?" Milo says shyly, "Don't suppose you'd be willin' to run through a few phrases in that language Saul & the Dwarves were speakin'? I thought I heard you say somethin' usin' it as well."
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #58 on: November 14, 2012, 08:06:17 AM »
Makala:
You soon locate the Shifters, who had taken on the task of food collection.  They are gathered around a pair of freshly killed hares of some sort with mottled fur and more pronounced tails than those on Eberron, along with a decent amount of tubers and presumably edible grasses.  They are having a heated discussion.

"We need to offer up our thanks to Balinor for letting our hunt succeed so quickly!" says a male, tawny haired, Razorclaw Shifter you know as Eurig.
"The Ashbound object to your waste of good meat in burnt offerings!" counters a female Gorebrute Shifter named Dilys.
Each speaker appears to have a nearly equal number of Shifters supporting their position.
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Re: Chapter 2: Bound to Ground
« Reply #59 on: November 14, 2012, 08:19:46 AM »
Saul & company:
Josiah gives a nod of greeting when he sees you approach, while for her part, Toosa'inya makes a "humph" noise and wanders off toward some other activity.  "Welcome back.  Brought friends?"
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