 So yes, you guys complete the dungeon and start to exit your way out of the doorway towards the back and Kind of led by Clyde Hemsworth Bartholomew the 7th as he just kind of like makes his way and Stops oh, it is with us. I thought he went home. Was he not with you? No, he went to go feed his babies. He ran ahead and he said he'd be back in like half an hour. Oh, yes. Yes, so yes he does go and Kind of in the meantime, you guys have a little time unless you want to I don't know Check your surroundings or something or any anything you want to do during the downtime Honeyman just wants to go inspect the statue some more see if she can glean any more clues to its identity who it was Mmm the characteristics of this statue seem to align with some kind of like like Equal reputation as those kind of Bigfoot documentaries Books of that kind of reputation regarding some kind of great hero of legend of some kind that went missing and This one the statue resembles somewhat The similar description whether or not this means this was a real person or not or if someone made it in that likeness Who's to say? See a honeymoon is just kind of spending the time Investigating as it were so he's also busy pouting because she wanted the treasure Yeah, phases is He's also a little bit Pouty in the kind of a Huffy way, you know has his arms crossed a bit These is kind of like looking around Impatiently waiting for this quote-unquote guide We've all knows if he's gonna come back. I mean he could just leave us I mean we had no he has no obligation to return other than his word and word can word isn't enough Word can be Almost enough, but I prefer signed contracts. Yeah, honeymoon. Oh because papers Way more important than somebody's physical, you know, but then I have physical proof I can you know say oh look here it is. You said this physically Super quick honeymoon leans around the statue and calls to Tibet people lie darling and goes back to the statue And paper can be burned anyways what I was saying Yeah, her in phase is probably gonna go at it for please It's a lot tiller doing anything. Yes I wanted to look at these gargoyles because they just kind of died at the behest of the statue. Yes, they crumbled down to rubble She's like looking between that and the stash. She's like kind of magics are here when you're magic Yeah, yes, what exactly is going on with that? And yeah, the statue. Yeah, honeymoon looks up at it and says Well, I'm not a hundred percent sure We're on a different plane of existence than our than our material planes. So perhaps the magics work a bit differently, but From what I can tell from the statue it seems to be of some sort of ancient hero of legend who maybe went missing or something like that You can check with Arkana if you would wish like with your Arkana stat. What is your Arkana stat? Also plus three with a plus three you would know just gleaning and trying to theorize what kind of magic this could be I does seem like some kind of control magic like whatever the statue and these gargoyles were They were very similarly functioning to summons from what you can tell i.e. the gargoyles being dismissed and whatever charm on the statue Also being dismissed in some way perhaps that is a theory Yeah, honeymoon kind of kind of taps her chin with a with a ring finger as it were and she says if I had to guess it Seems quite a bit like control magics, you know as Very schools would do with summons or perhaps even constructs Both the statue here and the gargoyles seem to have something similar Also, there's not a spirit trapped in there No, it doesn't seem so Still watching and I think she's gonna and the language just just that she knows she's just gonna say it was nice to meet you No response back, but I'm sure if it if the statue were alive, it would very much appreciate it We just I got punched by a door today Gonna err on the side of politeness Do we get a short rest while we're waiting around you so wish yes All right, I'll take that get my wild shapes back And I'll roll a all roll a head die to top myself off Nice nice I'm feeling fresh as I was I was trying to think of what honeymoon is this fresh as like I don't know for breeze Fake but very pleasant Yeah, so while you guys just kind of talk among yourselves and Take in your environment after half an hour Clyde true to his word returns back here and he he comes up to you he seems to have a very spry spring in a step and He kind of puts his little two claws together. Ah now good I have tended to my spider's good to see that you are still here and have not traversed the island and it's dangerous Unknowns, however, I do Regret to trouble you for one final request if you wouldn't mind although I know I already owe you my life I think it would depend on the quest and she she kind of gives him a coice mile Grumbles He's like always more Yes, he's changing the deal Yes, of course I With much regret I am sorry but it has been a couple of days since I tended to them and they although they are capable hunters in and of Themselves so are the other inhabitants of this island So I was trying to hunt this poor one very juicy that I was looking for but I unfortunately was not able to hunt it down in Time on my own you see I'm quite scrawny from the two days I was starving in that little cell there and it seems I've lost a bit of my moxie as it were If you could assist me I would be greatly appreciated and also I can tell you more about the island all you wish that I know on Our way as well of one bore hardly sounds like much trouble away from here Yes, I did spot it traveling further deep into the jungle however not far from here. It just Slipped through my grasp as well Insight check go ahead. Yeah honeymoon will also do one All right, looking at this creature with it and I'll show it to the to the audience as well Just in case in case you needed something to look at while you chat Yep, you can see that his eyes are bright shiny with slight watering He's got puppy dog eyes as as best as an Etter Cap could muster You can see that he's got his claws kind of grasped together in like a little praying kind of gesture Well, yeah, honey was if we're going to oh, sorry I was just making another like a honeymoon is thinking to herself God with a pain in the ass But also I want that information so bad Yeah Well, I suppose if this is how we're going to get our Information it'll have to do. Oh, it's much appreciated. Thank you so much He kind of reaches for your hand and shakes it without you extending it back, of course He just takes it and just shakes it firmly with both of his Although taking it back for a moment phase us will shake back so not to be just entirely pulled off of his feet As an aside to the group and to Beth is going to say I'm not sure quite like leaving this area considering we just solved all the puzzles but I don't think we have much of a choice if we do want to get information Oh, if you wish to return, I know the route here very well Do you know what's on the other side right here because we are right by the doorway. Yes, of course It's just more jungle. There's lots of time on this island Okay, that helps me In fact, I see that you have a little bit of parchment on you. Good sir. Would you happen to be a cartographer? Indeed. Yes, I am. I can give you the complete runabout of the areas I have explored if you so wish if you consider that a better payment. Oh, I do appreciate that Yes, I do like to consult with fellows of the same The same thought yes, then I give it willingly and he kind of gives you a little pat on the back as he leads you outside Gwynn Saddam She'll eavesdrop anyway So yes, I'm gonna figure out this island one way or another So Clyde leads you outside kind of around the area kind of traversing a very peculiar route around and it starts to give you a Kind of very detailed description and a very flowery language about the areas that he has explored on the island and you get more information and Your map now looks like this Yeah, honeyman is taking notes as As Clyde is talking and occasionally if he catches her eye if she he would he would notice she looks a little bit a little just mildly offended Is this is being a little bit snooty about this Of course To Beth is slightly pouting in the back wanting to go back to the treasure So Clyde describes for you the outline of the outskirts of the island Although only certain parts of it. He has experience exploring including the West Which includes a lake of which the river that you guys were following leads up to The center which is kind of an opening where another river goes to however It's not as dense of jungle as the one that you were just in and then to the east what he describes as the dark dark jungle They're kind of more Hostile creatures reside ones that he would prefer to avoid himself At the mention of the dark jungle To Beth will pop perk up and say we wouldn't be happening to go to that dark jungle for your ball Would we oh no worries whatsoever unless you plan on going inside the volcano from that route Of which he continues and starts to describe that there are two entrances, which you can see here Two entrances into the volcano he says he does not have personal experience going inside as he's never felt a need to But they are there and they lead inside where the supposed various treasures that the Outsiders have brought into the island over long over the course of its existence Honeymoon would have a couple more specific questions She would ask about a big thing in the river that she saw see if he knows about that. Oh Yes That thing I do believe that that might be one of the forms of the guardian of the island Guardian of the island. Yes. Well, it is something of a protector It's an omniscient being that seems to be attached to the island that roams the place taking various forms I've never know when They're truly around but the others on the island seem to share trust in them and so do I they seem to Shoe away any unwanted visitors as we do occasionally get the odd adventurer here and there. That's Unseemly will say you can't do well with those unseemly types. No, no not at all I promise you we are very seemly here Yes, of course, you've come to pray tribute haven't you honeymoon mutters on a rebreat? Faceless is by the way being entirely genuine I'm not an unseemly adventurer. I'm a professional I'm an upstanding citizen of the law you see Oh That is going to be an honest answer for Clyde a question for Clyde Oh, well, you know whoever would come and Take the treasures from the volcano of the island rendering the island a little bit more damaged as they leave pirates You're talking about pirates. Ah, yes. I've read about those. Yes It you mentioned that the island would be more damaged if the Treasure was taken Oh, perhaps you're not fully informed on this. It's understandable the information about the island has mostly been kept secret for many generations Yes So this island the one of which you outside is called the golden k my home and home to so many others Many generations of you outsiders like to visit and give treasures to the islands all housed in that mighty volcano at the center Though what counts as treasure seems to be inconsistent as I've borne witness to those giving up seemingly insignificant Parchment and little wooden things that children fascinate themselves with toys. Ah, that's a toys Whatever the case may be I'd assume that counts as what counts as treasures somewhat proportionate to the importance it has to the one giving it And every time they do there seems to be some sort of magical Rejuvenation that spreads its essence into the island and inhabitants Plants flourished landforms at the caps become literate and well-read Ah quite right. Yes, but by no means do we ever starve in their absence. Mind you We've had a decade or two without outsiders before and done just fine But ones who do give tribute to the island are always welcome a welcome surprise Do those that distribute ever return? Oh often no It seems like oftentimes the ones who visit are veterans with not much left to do On the end of their line finishing their big adventure that sort of deal Some seem to be tired of the inner seas and wish to retire and spend the rest of their days here So would you say there is a society of those heroes that are only Very rarely More never more than a handful and usually as I say they're on the last of their line or some sort Usually the only ones that stick around all the creatures on this island like such at me all those little jumpy mastbuggers Yes, we ran into them earlier Little deers Delightful but somewhat of a handful sometimes Clyde Yes, of course Have you personally seen these people? Not a few times on occasion. I have met with a very very well Well known and red dwarf and man. I think it was Ritoskman He seemed to be a librarian had a big Big obsession over history In fact, he lent me a few of his books that he left on the island as well You might find some of those in the In the volcano so much so long as you give them a read and leave them back when where they were interesting So Clyde You did mention it before so we are in what you call the outer sea right now That is correct. Could you tell me a little more about that? Well, there's not quite much history aside from hearsay among the various other creatures and oftentimes we all speak a different dialect So sometimes things get lost in translation, but I believe it was created by some group of magical Strong beings from your land actually some sort of escape from the greed of man Something of the sort I even just has and it continues taking notes without looking up Uh greed I wouldn't know anything about that anyways Latela actually swallows a laugh. Yes. It was something I believe Somewhere around a thousand years could be shorter could be longer. I'm not quite sure But it's mostly been remained hidden and spread through word of mouth And there are other sort of things that they use as safeguards to make sure no unscrupulous Adventurers come in though the details of which I am not too privy to Yeah, honeymoon. Yeah, she's trying to think of more things to ask like There wouldn't really be much point asking if he saw their their like companions because he was in the Dungeon for like several days Okay. Oh, okay. Okay. I have one thing she would ask. Um, so she says So this guardian spirit, um, what does it do to those who trust pass with? you know Bowled in pensions. Well seeing as usually I don't hear of them after a large boom or kind of rustling in the leaves and Kefuffle happens. I assume he kills them Oh Very good That's all I got Phasus is by the way, uh, in addition to of course noting down and drawing on the map what he is being Described to he is also keeping an eye out towards the roundings Just to see, you know, if there's anything that's around us that might catch his eye You do see, you know, those, uh, mass creatures kind of spying out in the corner of your eye every now and then they don't seem to be Hiding more so just kind of keeping distance and it but Clyde does notice them It's not like Clyde is unaware of them either, but he seems to pay them not much mind So originally with this walk in the talk of, uh, you know, cartography and stuff like that, um, Tibet was pouting and just like We were leaving the treasure. We're leaving the path. We're going to find a board We're just learning stupid things about this island that I don't care about. I just want the place in the island um, but the more that she's been hearing about uh, how the island works and the tribute system and how People are dealt with or treat or like thought of as pirates when they come to steal the treasure essentially Uh, and how it directly affects the inhabitants here She's giving a little more second thought on her, uh On her reasonings for being And in her duty here um So she's gonna let that simmer in the back for a while But now she's gonna be a little bit more attentive for the board Yeah, by the way, Joseph, what about what time of day is it because honeymoon is is antsy to get a look at the night sky See what the stars are like here. So add about this time of day. It would be like Mid to late evening. So the sun is about going down Yeah, honeymoon will be keeping tabs on that and as soon as she starts seeing stars She's going to start making notes in her storm out. Yeah, for sure Uh, yeah, so Clyde guides you along various paths of the jungle kind of helping you across dangerous pits and territories cleaned by some less than friendly creatures So he claims at one point he sniffs out a wild boar That he was hunting and he points it out And just kind of like lays low there it is, uh quarry Here it is Listen, I didn't Anyway So he points it out and Even though its characteristics are Very different than what you see from your world. It does look like the shape of the boar Its tusks seem to be made out of a tree bark and its wounds kind of What may have been from the previous encounter with Clyde Kind of glow with a dim cyan similar to the creatures that led you to the dungeon Um, doesn't seem like it has wheat that it can eat Yes, you can see that even though it does have like kind of floating pieces of bark and the kind of glowy wounds It does seem to have flesh underneath what seems like barky armor It's like a mixture kind of a fusion of the two there it is I could perhaps corner us, but no no that it wouldn't work. Oh, let's say you friends Honeymoon looks at him and says is far a bad idea far I'm sorry. Could you go into more detail? Honeymoon holds up a hand and cast produce flame so that it hovers over her fingertips And then she just looks at the boar and looks back at Clyde Oh, oh, I guess that could work I do worry if it might go out considering how wet this jungle is Wait a minute. Um Yeah, you're an etiquette, correct? I am indeed and by your spidery nature Are you able to produce web? Why yes, of course Do you mind if I have about 10 feet or so? If you are able to That seems doable. If you'll pardon me. This is not quite the most uh Flattering moment. Oh, yes, of course. I will give you your space. Thank you. Thank you And he just kind of turns around And you just hear Oh my god All right, it's all done now And you can see that in his claws you can see just a ball of silk as if uh kind of put together like a ball of yarn Oh good. Excellent. Off to the hairball so Many thanks for this. Um One moment and then she's going to take her uh She's going to take her knife and she's going her little dagger and she's going to tightly wound some of the Uh silk to it And turn it into a rope dart. Oh She's like, I've only used these a handful of times before this is for on on seafaring vessels. Uh, she pauses at that to not say pirates for a second. Um And she's like I believe I can use this to At least embed into the bore so he won't be so, uh, squirmy as he was before Ah Very good strategy. Um, so yeah, uh, if you guys would permit me I'd like to sneak up and try to do a sneak attack on me. Wait, hold on. How do you How do you want to ask she's she you're talking about the thing and she gives you a blank look and says Don't you have a gun? I do But how many times have I hit somebody with that gun? Not far enough, I suppose and also a gun would probably Alert the bore a lot quicker than me sneaking up on it. Well, unless Unless any of you would prefer alternatives Well, I mean if you needed start and any specific direction or Something like that. I'm sure a little bit of fire under its heels would do the trick She kind of flicks the flame over her nails If you can get it within 15 feet of me, I'll take care of it Let's feel it's gonna not exactly follow but get in position to try and grab you if you start getting dragged Okay, I'm gonna say each of you has one action you can do to try and hunt down the board. It's like a mini skill check Okay, um, I mean, I know what honeymoon would do. She would uh level uh level her hands kind of just behind the bore and shoot off a produced flame to try to Scare it in range of both to beth's Rope dagger and phases tattoo Okay, uh, I don't have a battle map But uh, here's what i'm gonna do I'm gonna put an enemy token and you guys can put your own token on the board To show how you would like to orient yourself around this bore Uh, so I don't have a bore token. So have this hellhound Oh Oh god Oh, that bore looks different. Yeah, right? I let's say that bore is very big. There is the bore and uh Into green so we know it's a plant Yes, don't do that Like you don't have to so yes, how are you guys orienting yourself? I will say you can get within 25 feet uh before it notices you so like Yeah, about that. Well, then honeymoon will kind of Edge her way over here so that she can get a good angle behind it and start scaring it toward to beth Any further and I will ask for stealth checks. Yeah, no, honeymoon's good here. Okay Uh phases you're gonna cover Left flank there and then let tell you do you want to try to cover right flank? Yes Would like to be in range basically if it comes towards her She's gonna stab it if she sees you getting dragged. She's trying to try to grab you Yeah, and Clyde uh happily awaits direction as well as he asks is there anything I can do to help If you see it get past either of us Do your best to catch it That's pretty much all I've got now Aye aye captain And she uh prepares a attack with her rope dart. All right, so I assume in the order of things honeymoon will go first Yes, sir. Okay Okay, produce flame. Yes, it lands exactly where you need it to go whether that be on the board itself Or if you're trying to get it in any specific direction So honeymoon is aiming sort of behind it to startle it into moving forward Okay, it's towards kind of towards beth. Yes. She's aiming like right behind it's back leg So that it feels the heat and gets and sees it and gets spooked. Yep You are able to do so and seeing as fire is not a common thing in this world The bore does just as expected squeals a little bit kind of a low snort and starts heading the other direction All right, then to beth is going to do her best to do an attack roll with her rip dart Yep, which it has not taken notice of you. So you will be able to do it with uh advantage I'm just going to use the dagger for now. Mm-hmm. That's okay. Yeah, go ahead And you do have advantage since you are attacking out of the brush Well, um, yeah, fuck it. This feels important enough just in case of 15 before you get another 15 It'd be pretty funny. Wow mind Inspiration god, but I got two 15s So, wait, wait, wait. Mm-hmm. No, never mind. Sorry. I seek attacks for damage. Yeah Believe it or not a 15 is enough. Luckily. All right So you stab it in let me see the damage And I'm pretty sure because of your swashbuckler thing you do get sneak attack since it's the only enemy around I do so be uh 16 Okay, wait, I think it's the five plus 16. Yeah, five plus 16. Okay. Yes. Wow. Okay. That's a lot of damage You stab it with a lot of like just a very precise stab And it squeals out a little bit. You see that it kind of spews a kind of bioluminescent cyan goop out of the wound and It is a pretty large bore about as Tall as you are in terms of size. So in order to hold it still, I'm going to need you to make a Athletics check Okay, I'd help There you go. Okay, and the bore is going to roll against you Okay, so you are able to hold the bore in place However, it's still standing and clad kind of jumps in and starts swiping like Yeah, get his ass clined they could use he could use some assistance phasos Yeah, phasos Seeing that it seems to be held and is now surrounded Uh, phasos is gonna come come up and just gonna start punching His his fist is going to uh turn an inky black as he's gonna pummel down All right, you're gonna have advantage with flanking. So plus two Oh nice. Okay, so That's that Okay, let's do it again. See if you crit. Yeah. Oh my gosh. All right And then yeah, whatever that that'll be that and then damage to be able to roll the damage Oh All right. Yes, and with that you Punch it and you hear a crack and you break a several pieces of the bark like straight off And the thing collapses nice. Well, I think that'll about do it for your uh, little spiderlings And you can see Clyde just like Seems very satisfied a very good and quick takedown. Thank you very much friends And you see Clyde kneels down and kind of puts one hand gently on the now dead bore Thank you my good friend. You'll be for a good cause. I'm sorry. You couldn't be the one on top this time But such is the precious creature Such a precious creature. I must be sure to use every last bit of you But it does not go to waste and he Kind of takes a vine from one of the trees wraps it around The bore and starts to drag it come along then friends. I've got a family to feed. Of course already then Yep Good Just as we're walking she just wanted are you going to really use every last bit? Yes, of course. It would be disrespectful not to you see this island here. We're all In some ways family. However, we do all need to eat I just wanted to know if I could get a small vial of that biluminous blood. That's quite interesting Oh, I would be sad if you didn't go on ahead Thank you Get a little sample a little capri sun for later Mm-hmm Vial of bio bioluminescent bore blood to your inventory Delicious as we're as we're walking phasos is going to uh kind of saddle over towards uh tibith This is that saddle away Yeah, yeah Like phasos comes in just like a foot too close and she kind of like inches away a little bit as they're walking Respects her boundaries and moves a little bit to the side That was some very good thinking there tibith I've noticed you seem to have some bright ideas Are you having a roper into a pyramid scheme? I was wondering If perhaps when this is all over you'd be interested in working together again sometime To that like internal monologue is like don't say it. Don't say it. Ah fucking said it I could use someone of your talents Prytel what exactly what use would you get out of me? Do you think? well As I mentioned you seem to have a lot of bright ideas You I definitely could use someone with the ingenuity to uh help, you know enact my future plans and perhaps uh future plans of your own I of course would know it would be a terrible business uh associate if I did not help you further your own designs She is biting the bottom of her lip And finally she's like you realize that This was more or less honeymoon's idea, right She was the one who started the bore and to come to think of it She was the one who also set the lagoon on fire, and she also was the one who opened the door So if anybody Honeyman's preening in the corner I feel like it would be honeymoon with how many bright ideas she has I just have the moxie to go about enacting the stupid ones He he he kind of looks and she says that just loud enough for honeyman You can see uh as you're saying this Goes from this kind of pleasant to this kind of grimace to this kind of Uh sly smile Perhaps I could use that instead Oh my god, he he he looks to uh, uh, you know often to the distance for a moment Did we get off on a bad foot at some point jibbeth? I feel like we did I think the worst part is when you put your foot in your mouth earlier, but yes I think I think we did get off on a bad foot and after that she's done with conversations. She's walking forward with Clyde you can see he's about to start saying something and then Just kind of Put his finger down and just like okay While this conversation is happening Clyde just like slowly leans over to la-tilla and just goes I am very uncomfortable with the energy we have established in the jungle today My sincere apologies Clyde I've never met outsiders that pick at this often. Is this normal? Admittedly they're new to me as well ah Is this true, uh No experience with the rest of our group outside of this Yeah, honeymoon will after phase this is botched recruitment attempt Just side a lot to tebeth and like link arms Uh and just give her a a dazzling smile and walk and just gently pull her away from phasos to walk with her instead I would like to continue with Clyde with just a comment of I'm just tasked with keeping them alive And you've done a marvelous job so far darling Thank you for the calls from behind you Wonderful So as you guys follow Clyde a little bit further it doesn't take long before he leads you to what looks like Uh an entrance to a large burrow and he stops and kind of like Positions the bore ready to be pushed on ah and here we are at my home sweet underground He turns back to you all. Thank you all so much again for getting me out of that mess I can tell that you are going to be some of the best outsiders yet And I think this may be where we go our separate ways Oh, but before I do, uh, I would like to make a request of you one last one. I uh, please Mentally to Beth is like another one Out of character. I like all I can think is a whole full of spiders great And Clyde gently lifts and takes off his top hat and hands it to whoever will take it Honey will take it Yeah, I would like to think that honeymoon phases both instinctively reach out for us. It's true Yeah Yeah, we both kind of reach out for it up to him who he gives it to he hands it and uh hands it over to whoever will take it and says honeymoon You see usually tribute to the island comes from outsiders such as yourselves, but all this time I've lived here I never thought to check to see if tribute from the k itself would be sufficient enough to help It is one of my most treasured possessions the first gift I was given by an outsider I want you to take it to the heart of the island and lay it within the volcano If it weren't for you, my life may very well have been forfeit and that would have been the natural fate of things And so seeing as that you may have robbed a few flies and maggots of my corpse at the very least this small part of me May help another part of the island instead This is a very thoughtful gesture Of course as you all have done you and your people have done the same for me for many generations Very well ash. We shall be happy to do so Clyde Internally honeymoon is praying to god that it'll count as her tribute in the island a letter going. It's time to leave Well, I have shown you the path inside the volcano that should also help you leave I've never quite learned the details of how it's done But so long as you have that old trusty book that you always carry around you should be fine. Yeah Honeymoon says full of confidence Faisal immediately starts uh to to like check his jacket pockets to see if it ended up in there But then he calms himself for a moment Yes, wait book. Oh Book right. Yes the book And Clyde gives you what you can assume is a smile Yeah, what you could assume from a The deader camp. Yeah with with little mandibles So if that will be all then best of all to you and your um clutch Clyde Yes, of course You all have and uh do try not to wander into any more cursed temples. Oh, I make no promises I've taken after you adventurers after all Well in that case be safe while doing it. Of course Could I say one of your children? I would be honored Oh god, let's do the brightness and like Honeymoon's not scared of spiders, but Caitlyn is Jesus Christ Don't worry. No arachnophobia warning as I have not made any spider portraits for this. Thanks fucking christ so Clyde turns back towards his uh, his little hole His burrow and makes a few clicking sounds with his mandibles And you can see coming out are various spiders of various sizes You can see that there are fuzzy small ones kind of large ones almost the size of Clyde himself And he introduces them to you speaking in a tongue that is unfamiliar to you all And the spiders speak back with very similar clicks He gestures to you seems to make a few kind of minds of actions and such and gestures to the bore of which the spiders Seemed to a little bit taken aback and do somewhat of a cordial bow to you all Oh, they're still polite Bezos does a little curt bow back Honeymoon curdsies Uh, Beth has Has been taking a handful of steps backwards and also bows Latilla bends down and like looks at Clyde and says may I hold one? Oh, of course Hmm, which one which one? Which do you think you can carry? Sorry, I just had the worst image of what if Latilla picked it up was like aw and then fucking unhinged her john She just does like the the dart attack that snakes do just like But yeah, you can see that there are various sizes, which one would you like to pick up? Uh, we'd like to do hand one of the fuzzy ones one of the fuzzy small ones Yes, yep, you do find something akin to Like kind of a wolf spider-esque with kind of lot of fur pick it up and it seems uh to be Intrigued by your interesting skin texture It doesn't seem like it's encountered a yuan tea before and it kind of pitter-patterns around on your fingers taking in the the texture She just says hello It does a few clicks back at you I'm Latilla. It is nice to meet you and she gives the genuine smile No Well, also imagining what if Latilla didn't have any teeth but the two fangs Just gums the rest of the way She's going to put him put this fighter on Clyde's shoulder He he seems to play with it with a little bit of his claw and heather go ahead give yourself an inspiration for that That's cute. Hell yeah She's got a little bit of a soft spot for kids Oh Latilla the softy Softilla Oh And you see as as you do you can see that a few other spiders kind of circle around you as well kind of like Very taken in by you seeing as you are the one that approaches them If you want to ride You spend a few minutes of them Kind of crawling on you and just taking you in You know the snake tail especially and after like a few minutes, uh, Clyde is like all right. All right. That's enough It's time for dinner now. Come along come along Come on get They all kind of start to skater back into the burrow. He gives one final bow and pushes the bore in along with the help of some of the more larger sized spiders into the burrow Honeymoon Daintily picks some some wolf spider hair off of Latilla's shoulder and says you're going to need a linen roller to get all this off That's fine I swim enough Back to the temple Well, I mean we know the way to the to the Volcano we were being guided Was was our goal not on the other side of the wall? We went through that Oh Yeah, Joseph, can you show us the map again, please? Yes, I will so, um I thought we went back out through the entrance. No, no, no through the other side My bad. Yeah, okay So, uh, you are somewhere around let's say like here ish So you have the ability to go, um So Yes, there are three additional areas now that you can traverse the more kind of open river the lake And the deep jungle each of these three locations will lead you to an entrance into the volcano if you so wish You know to go there, um and Even though the river is right down the center It just means that the travel time to reach either side will take a little bit longer since you are not taking a direct route Out of character the dark jungle would be really funny Do we have any good reason to go through it though? It'd be fucking funny Character reasons I can't think of any character reason why we would go through the dark jungle, but I do have a character reason for the lake Yeah, I mean character. I mean lake is just fine I mean And that's where we saw the footprints going and I sure would like to know where our guy is so we can steal his fucking book I like lake. Uh, also out of character joseph. Is it nighttime yet? Is it dark yet? Just about to the point where you can see Like dim light coming from the lake direction and smoke Oh Well, okay Honey, yeah, honey moon will then vote lake because that should give her a pretty good view of of the sky overhead There won't be trees in the way. Okay. So yeah, honey moon votes lake Like lake lake it is then make it easy. Yeah phasos doesn't really care He he actually fails does care He thinks the lake is a good idea because it might allow him to map some more of the uh the upper areas If we're able to go, you know a bit north of the lake Okay There are some hills there So you guys follow the directions given by clad kind of avoiding certain territories that he says are places of more kind of Rough creatures to be avoided territorial creatures And as you head towards the lake you start to see more of the little mass creatures getting more and more dense And you hear familiar voices It speaks speaking in common Oh And as you head closer and closer and the light starts to become brighter and brighter and the smoke gets closer You reach the lake And you follow a path and make it To see this Oh sick, they're alive. Is that is that theo? Yep. I gave theodore a portrait Incredible So disturbed As you as you approach kind of the um where the lake meets the river You can see that various mass creatures Kind of notice you and they all start to pound their masks Kind of in excitement seeing as now you have kind of made it to the other side and have met up with more Of you and seeing this you can see that it is sharn and theodore and they take notice of you immediately Honeyman says hello to the the little guys in abyssal They all seem to be very excited and kind of banging their masks in response I'm gonna start walking forward same face knock thing That is also walk forward as well as sharn notices you i'm gonna bring up her portrait one again For talky stuff sharn notices you and goes oh, I know those folk Oh Likewise That's a relief I'm indeed is it uh quite safe to cross the river Oh, yes, of course you might find it a good place to uh patch yourselves up as well and wash yourselves I know I did and she looks over at Theo and you can see that theodore has kind of bandages all around his hand And he he sees you all and he like waves it with that injured hand a little bit and then he immediately Yeah, honey, we'll lift lift her skirts and start crossing the river Yep, she comes to meet you halfway and she seems very excited. It's such a relief. Oh Have you learned any of the rest of the crew anyone at all? No, you're the first we've seen besides each other uh jam Faizos is going to take off his socks and shoes Hiked up his pants and then gross the river. Well, maybe maybe they're out there somewhere I suppose that I did see some footprints on the beach, but those may have been yours. They might have been Tibet is like still standing on the other side looking across Is my passive enough to notice this? It's like a honey. Honey I mean, we will look over her her shoulder and say Tibet darling, aren't you? Oh I guess you do have a thing with waltza. I got it slightly Latilla fairy time A little oh, you're picking me up. I see thank you I'm just fucking bridal carried across Easily And she's like thank you Unnecessary, but but very much appreciated Tibet is very flustered But hello Sean. Hello. Hello. Hello. Good to see you live. Yes That boy I was lucky enough to wake up next to him on the beach and I'm going to show you a portrait of theodore Yeah He was so worried Theodore the test Last name. Oh, yeah, porosa. Porosa. Porosa. And uh, yeah, so she kind of looks to you. She looks very relieved Have you seen the captain anywhere? No, not at all not yet They were hoping when we saw the fire or the smoke that perhaps he was weird, but I Though we owe it all to these little creatures around us these things They've led us to this fresh water. They've been very helpful and kind Oh, they were quite helpful to us as well. Um, they showed us, um A strange temple sort of area where we got some Some good information Oh, you've learned about the island. That's good because um, they're not exactly the talker of bunch No, it's it's true. But if you know any abyssal you should be able to talk at them I uh may have skipped that class Same honestly when I hear the It's just a little bit unnerving especially from Langley's mouth. Anyway, yes We've we've we've learned quite a bit. Uh, namely there is a mystic guardian that is watching us at all times apparently Yes, and we're somewhere in what they and what locals call the out to sea. We're not on the material plane Aye, that is what the captain called it when he read from his little book yes, and also that Um, essentially the gifts given to this island the treasure that we're looking for is In essence the life force of this island And what makes it such a magical place to an extent Yeah, it's sort of a tribute. Yes as far as our contact informed us they They are able to survive without Tribute for some period of time We don't know to what extent but apparently Taking the treasure In some way damages the island and also may or may not anger a mystic guardian that is looking at us at all times You can see both their eyes go wide a little bit and they look at each other and sharn just kind of looks back That does change things a bit. Yes, and also I would say yes and also, um based on what our contact she kind of Gives like verbal air quotes with a glancing at fazes Um, it would seem that we need the book that the captain had to actually get off the island Oh, no Well You know find the captain Get off the island refine. Oh, we better find them soon. I don't know how much longer. I want to stay here Well, these are the fellas are not that much of a problem. I guess that's true They have kept us safe as soon as we're off the island the better in my opinion I uh personally have much more life to live You know Hymen gives him a doubtful look. I I've got folk back home myself and so was a boy Well, we know he's not here Tibet is just kind of like doing the iraq and back then for a little bit sick Yes lots of people back home to be worried about and care about and go home to Well, I thought that loved me for real Yeah Whatever the case may be. I think maybe perhaps certain should forum After such a long day might not be the best thing And yeah about now it would be basically sundown Yeah, honey moon will she'll say I I think it would be wise if we all had a full night's sleep Before we try to look for him I Must have been a long day for you best get some rest Oh, indeed Yes I believe our best course of action is to keep the fire lit as long as we can through the night The smoke may be visible on the contrasted to the the night sky Hi, perhaps if he's out there he can find us If not whoever's keeping watch maybe able to see if more smoke appears somewhere else on the horizon Hi, I was about to say was this the smoke that you were talking about originally? Yes Okay, because I I couldn't remember if you were talking about around the lake or back by the beach and that's what I was like, okay Yeah around the lake area. So gotcha. Oh, it's all right. Yeah, honey moon when the conversation seems like it's done She will excuse herself And start now that the sun has gone down and she has a better view of the sky. She's going to start Uh walking around uh maneuvering around the fire so they don't put it out to get As stars start showing up. She pulls out her her scroll her star map And begins making notations of both the stars in the sky and the features of the land that Correspond like directly below them as well Yes, so she's going to spend a while doing that Yes, you're able to chart the skies and looking over the stars. You can see that it's almost like Who like it feels like an artificial sky that someone Manually arranged the stars and very much used your world as a template kind of like in order to It's like if someone were to make a new language But it's just a swapping out of the same letters and symbols And using very similar grammar Yeah, honey moon excitedly notes this down as she kind of traipsies around this little clearing Phasos is of course catching a glance at her star mapping And I mean he would he sees that she consults like the map of the the terrestrial maps as well Like she doesn't discount those. Yeah. No, he he's actually taking note of that As as he as he's watching you and he's watching you Uh kind of intently, but then he's uh if if she ever is taking notice of that with with her Perception she probably would he is he is going to uh kind of give Uh a a sneer though It's almost half-hearted the sneer as he's as he's looking over I also want to note seeing as there is no star chart of the golden k anywhere These are constellations that have never been named The moon is jotting so many down like writing down Like which shapes might be good constellations and like what she should name them She's she's got a whole list going um But uh when when she catches like phasos and he gives her like the half-hearted sneer She she just kind of like Half smirks and like wrinkles her nose at him. Uh, and then goes back to it. It's almost playful Oh, so yeah, she spends a while doing that. Tibet is just kind of Has her back to the fire just kind of watching honeymoon Go about her business Mapping the stars and you know, it it's interesting to to her to see That kind of talk cartography being used At some point in the night when she Uh, I feel like as as as the evening goes on and she's doing more She's starting to like pace a lot more and the heels are getting in the way And so she just takes off their here her heels and shrinks by four inches and traipses around much faster Nice as you are pacing around you can see that like every like little mass creature in the area Watches you like a tennis match, you know, like head following you every which way you go Oh, yeah, she's she's like walking like down like in the rivers her's hiked up Walking like this way standing on top of rocks. She's getting fucking everything There's also she gets attacked by a hippo tap for me. If she gets attacked by a hippo, it's too late Well, you do While you do you can see sharn is like watching you intently like like one cheek on her Fist like while it's being propped up by her fist and she has a big smile on her face Honeymoon one point when she catches sharn's eyes. She'll wink at her. She give me a charisma check Oh, my Christmas is not bad. It's just not like a prime stat for her. Okay. Oh, that was a save. Sorry Oh Yeah, it's not proficient. So it's the same thing. Okay, so 15 she Startled a little bit by that like she didn't realize she was staring and she kind of looks around you can see her Greenish face turns a slight olive a little bit Can I since we're both honeymoon behind your hand? Oh, go ahead I was gonna say since me and sharn are both watching honeymoon do this. Can I say that to beth notices? This exchange between her and sharn. Oh, yeah easily she looks over at sharn and like kind of leans in and whispers a little bit I'd be careful with that one. She's very dangerous Oh Of course. Yeah, this is dumb Yeah Just for the humor as honeymoon passes Uh, she overheard that last bit and she says watch out dawning. I bite and like chops her teeth once playfully and then goes this way She just takes one hand and like kind of screen covers the side of her face a little bit and like turning back towards the fire Uh To beth's hair also grows glows a lot brighter. Also. She's like like I said Be very careful and she's gonna scoot away from sharn and stop watching honeymoon Honeymoon's motto in life is that text post that just says you want to fuck me so bad. It makes you look stupid Can I go ahead and I wanted to inspect theodore theodore. Yes, uh, like how so I want to check on him check on him. He he sees you and he's like, oh, hi miss lawtilla Thanks for trying to help me. I'm sorry that I couldn't be helped even though you tried your best, which you did a really good job I'm sorry. It didn't succeed Well, oh well after I went under I don't remember much, but I woke up on the beach and uh Well, he just shows what looks almost like a little nub where his hand would be but it looks to be It looks to be Wrapped up. So it's hard to tell how much damage there is. It's completely wrapped in gauze Boy, do you have all your fingers? Does he have a hand? The sharn uh kind of looks back I um Think could it'll be better when you see it once it heals And you can see that uh theodore just sighs and shrugs his shoulders a little bit looks down on Kind of the ground before him. Well, it's not like I was all that competent with a full hand anyway Theo, how old are you? Uh about uh 20 summers. You'll have time Oh I don't know about that. I've been three years. She puts a shoulder on she puts a hand on the shoulder and just goes You'll have time. I guess so The three years on a ship hasn't really proved much It's only when you hit the 15 mark that you actually start seeing progress Well, uh, I hope so. He just kind of looks down. It looks like he's Deep in some kind of thought How do you how do you guys do it? I don't know Just be certain that Things are gonna be all right that you're gonna do it, you know You all seem so good at what you do step one be evil aligned Step two plot armor Bezos is actually kind of listening to this. He's gonna speak up It took a lot of hard work I didn't I didn't start as successful as I am now And uh honestly, I thought I was going to fail many times but I persisted And After a few lucky breaks. I was able to Make it where I am I'm sure that in time you'll have your your own bits of success and One day you'll be A right good, uh Sailor yes Oh Well, maybe that's where I went wrong At Bezos Oh, sorry Honeymoon has wandered back over here. She's about done And she she goes to plop down to dry off and she says to Theo There's a lot of heartache and failure that comes with success and getting good at something It hurts, but it's all part of the process and eventually you get to a point where You can live with it and you can keep moving forward He kind of drops his cheeks in his hand. Oh to bet you first I was just I was just gonna say during phasos entire speech to beth is like Gripping the grass So fiercely with her hand like like she has her like hands out to the side like she's like Leaning back a little bit, but she's like gripping the grass so fiercely with her hands She starts making like a tiny little embers and stuff around it. Baby girl. You're gonna set it on fire uh But yeah, no continue uh, theodore just kind of like Puts his head like resting between like two palms of his hands propping his cheeks up Oh, maybe that's where I went wrong my folks. They always gave me everything And everything always just kind of came easy well And maybe that's why I don't really know how to do much, you know I was hoping that coming out on the ship and being part of a crew might have taught me how to do stuff on my own Mon pa always kind of did stuff for me to be like to interrupt. Oh, yeah, go ahead um At this she loosens her grip and like gently pats out the fire in hoping nobody noticed, uh, she's gonna say She's of course she did um, she's going to Come on up a little bit closer to the group and she's gonna say well I can tell you from my experience of Having a little bit of both, you know a little bit of Caring family that will take care of you and a little bit of not having anything to your name that The difference between all of it is truly and deeply wanting something And striving your very best to get What do you want? He looks up into the deep starry sky He looks down onto his boons Right now. I really want to get off this island and go see my folks Well, then yeah I'm sure that with all of our collective conviction to do so. We'll do just that Honeymoon, uh, sidles over to him. She's like I said, she's shorter now. She's still six three But shorter now, um, she sidles over to theodore and very very gently and carefully takes his wound at hand and she says Well, then my darling use that conviction to help get you off this island And tell your folks all about it when you get home and she'll cast cure wounds on him. Oh Oh, thanks miss honeymoon Oh, sure Yeah, honeymoon gives him kind of a a slightly Just a very small smile and says You have folks to go home to and tell about your adventure revel in it And she gives his more healed hand. Uh, just a very gentle like squeeze like a encouraging squeeze and then go the back over yonder He has a big smile while he says this how I'm sorry Sorry, I thought it's uh, would have been Hi bad Latila Are you just adjusting? Yeah, sorry Let me move to some of these Bezos does want to have a moment with Latila for Oh, when that is Any time Okay You know after the conversation if it's all good with everyone else Yeah, yes Okay, phase us can go about collecting his crew I did want to do something with honeymoon as well at some point just because of her comment right then Yeah, this is the perfect time to get all this out. Okay. Yeah Good the calm before the storm. So I think it was Latila and honeymoon next Yes, okay Yeah, honeymoon had a comment about Cherishing family once he gets back Yeah, he like I think she said you have a family to go home. Tell the story to you know, enjoy that Yeah So honeymoon is just adding notes to her star map kind of just pouring over it She looks up. Is it her her jewels all dangle on her horns. It's like, hmm. I'm gonna sit down next to you Oh Yes You don't have anyone to go back to either Honey honeymoon just kind of sighs dramatically and she says well Sort of I think I've got a cousin and a Grandparent, but No, not in particular She kind of she kind of twirl some hair around her finger debates getting into it and then things. Ah, what the what the hell? She said I am actually the latest in a pretty in a long family of star mappers We've all for generations. My family has been trying to find this island And none of them have come back So I wanted to be the first Internally, uh, Taylor has said challenge accepted What She's charged with keeping you alive Oh very good I mean honeymoon is pleased with that But you know what she just She's gonna lean back and just go, okay. I can do that The honeymoon kind of blinks For once you've stumped her. Yeah it's like Keeping you alive Oh That's very kind of you. I mean, I certainly appreciate it. I'm not quite the um Stalky heavy hitters like you and phasos over there Phasos does that uh react Sean speaks up and kind of Trying to not make eye contact with you honeymoon you know, um, I know you're only contractor for this job, but um Seeing as you're very proficient with you know, you're star charting Uh, if you wanted to become full-time, I'm sure You know, hopefully the gods permit if the captain's still around He could use a charger like you, you know to have on board for his sake It's giving her a knowing smile Uh, and she kind of taps her chin and she says Well, assuming we're able to get out of here alive in one piece And I would be looking for another project to work on Certainly something to consider She gives her a smile She gives a smile back But she looks a little melancholy looking back down at the reference of the captain again I do worry for his ship I saw pieces on the shore Oh, yes, I'm not quite certain it survived the voyage Honeymoon. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. No, it's a good thing It's probably the worst thing that can happen To lose your vessel Honeymoon pauses then says Um, Sean, did you know about any Official business the captain may have had with I don't know kingdom officials or some sort She perks up a little bit at that Oh, no Did they get to him? Well, I don't know for certain. I didn't have a chance to ask him before we arrived here, but While we were boarding I overheard A conversation between him and what looked to be some sort of a fish on messenger and It sounded like Perhaps the ship Was no longer the captain's Who she sighs and leans back a little bit it kind of takes one hand and Pushes back her hair a bit All the while captain spent his life on that ship people were constantly getting the way of him and it's life on the seas Folk with business don't like seeing others being potential rivals Least of which the south belkin a sea trade company I'm actually going to look at phasos at that. Yeah phasos said the mention of people having a Competition and not liking that He does kind of dart his eyes To the ground for a moment Well Do you know anything about this company? Hi Oh, oh phasos It could either can pick it up because it was it was directed at phasos, but if shawan's not if shawan's can take it Um, do do I know anything about that company? Um Yes, phasos you would know that it's probably the premier kind of Company that a lot has kind of absorbed a lot of other privateering You know groups just due to its sheer mass as a company Um, and that rack morn was one of the few independent groups that could compete in terms of quality service Okay, yeah, phasos, uh, you know kind of relays that they're a very successful company and um Unfortunately, so they seem to be expanding More and more He he he does kind of grimace, uh thinking about them Um May may I also ask if I have knowledge of that since I've been part of uh pirating in these waters for You have they've caused you no little bit of trouble Some seemingly justifiably so but they you know that they've done some underhanded tactics with the law kind of like They could arrest you for totally Legal reasons, but they themselves have exploited some of the pirate crews that you've been on kind of like Maybe taking more than they should have Legally, you know, maybe needing to turn you in for legal reasons, but maybe Taking doing some collateral damage as it were Tibet is going to hold their tongue to wait to see what phasos finishes Telling in his perspective on that Yes, um, yeah, he he he is kind of basically just grumbling about how they're uh, you know I'm getting a bit a bit big for his liking. You know I They've been badgering him in every which way they could Lobbying for tariffs on certain trade that rack morn had business in Getting extra guards eyes on him to catch any little misdemeanor And all the while slowly bleeding him dry of both his funds keeping him afloat and his reputation I wouldn't be surprised that taking this job to plunder a hidden island What has treasures beyond one's imagination may have finally proven all the rumors right in some minds And given the c-trade company enough push to finally get a filthy paper out on rack morn's ship She's uh, let her sits up and just hang on could they have been the one that set the one tea collective on us She takes one hand to her chin a bit They do have access to pretty much every other Kingdom in the continent I wouldn't be surprised if they extended beyond that Has has to beth ever had issues with the one tea collective in the waters Not that you would have known If you have like I like I said, uh, you have dealt with the kind of south South balcony c-trade company in your pirating days Maybe they might have worked with them. It's possible. As far as I'm concerned. They aren't much different from pirates and the Influence extends quite a bit more than you would expect I But you try telling those who wield all the power and money that oh, I have Hasn't worked out quite well, but I guess I suppose that's why I'm here now Agreed they're no better than cut through pirates what cheated their way to their trade, but not rack morn. He's an upstanding sailor I as is the lot of them Even if some of them up and jump ship, but they're just looking after themselves same as all of us Yeah, do you think any of those fellows Ended up here Maybe I don't know if I Worry if they're alive or dead considering the earfold that captain's going to give them so wonder where if If the captain did land on the island like the rest of us, I do wonder where he would have gone Well seen as you confirm that he might have lost his ship either to the sea or to the company The only thing I think he'd care about is getting to that bloody treasure indeed Well, there should be a way into the volcano not too far from here But otherwise there was there were other ways in that We know love Oh You've mapped it out So in extent Our our contact gave us some details Very good Yeah, honey, honey moonwalk will show her the updated map Oh She looks it over and you can see that the various other creatures kind of circle Around her as well and like kind of Peek in over her shoulder Just kind of look at it. They're kind of pointing at it and pointing around themselves being Almost like they recognize what you've kind of charted down Hey, I live there That's my tree Like I said very impressive and uh, you would be very appreciated on board She hands it back to you Honey moon just kind of Look at phasos at that I feel like no this time. She actually doesn't she just kind of like very very lightly kind of Flipped the ends of her hair with her the back of her hand. She says well, I will certainly consider it At first we need to get home and uh, yeah She just looks around. Yep. Yep Yep Phasos you wanted to do something. Yes. Uh, phasos has lotilla things Um, so phasos is going to uh, you know as the the conversation kind of dies down and people kind of You know go to their own things. It's going to um, you know approach, uh, lotilla um Lotilla may we speak for a moment? Sure here Here is fine or we can move some oils it matters not to me Uh, I mainly wish to to to mention that I'm very impressed by your loyalty on this mission. You seem so Driven All right here comes it to to find uh, you know our our compatriots and the crew and and keep us all safe And I very much appreciate that Well phasos if we have one thing in common, I believe in contracts Yes quite He kind of smiles at that Is this conversation private? I don't think so. It's not like super private, but it's he's not like I just wanted to make sure like Yeah, yeah, he he's just like well on the the the note of contract um, I I very much would like to uh just Put forth the idea that perhaps in the future should the near rise I may be able to get in contact with you again and perhaps contract your services and your loyalty for Some future endeavors Phasos Yes You're a cartographer Yes What else do you do? Well part of it is my my my primary business I do have to travel a lot for that and though I am able to handle myself, you know There are occasions where I get uh into situations that uh are more dangerous than I Would would be comfortable just doing on my own um You know in this whole mapping journey I I you know wanted to make it to the golden k and map it out I wasn't going to do that on my own Uh, as far as other ventures Uh, well We'll see uh when we get there how much you will need to know I see It would very much depend on the details Phasos Yes, of course, of course details are very important. I write very very clear concise and well appropriate contracts for each job that I may need you for You will know what is important. You will know the details. I promise you that I'll say He is a hundred percent steepling his fingers as per Yes, no one evil has ever said anything like the sentence that he just said I know exactly Completely on the up and he's going to um, you know, stop steepling his fingers kind of very uh jankily Like raise up his his his hand to very, you know, clasp it onto your shoulder if you if you if you allow it And he and he says thank you lotilla for listening He kind of cuts eyes at uh tibet for a moment Before he uh kind of goes back to him himself And he actually pulls out a piece of paper and begins to write on it I wish to beth would just mouth each shit and die at phasos I mean She sticks a tongue out of him, but that was about it from that interaction All right, there we go. That's the phasos lotilla. All right. Gotta make all my offers. Gotcha All right, I'm gonna shift over to tibet actually Plus y'all had discussions as well I was thinking though it honeymoon would want to wait until like People were asleep. Gotcha A similar question to earlier. So Do you have family ocean song? Yes, I do um She's on a far away port somewhere still selling her jewelry and talking with all the locals I imagine um Not that there's anything wrong with settling down on a Nice port town with not much to do but uh, you know Aside from her Hotels of my father being in this dimension or that whatever I'm fine with just the sea Little more than fine. I think how do you mean? You would have to love it to risk your life Yes, I mean I've always felt a calling to it this something deeply learning about that I can't quite place my finger I think those are called sirens Uh, well, yes, if you're talking about the physical manifestation while you're out at sea. Yes, I felt But no, no, this was something that would happen numerous times while I would be Uh on shore I would have these dreams of being out in the sea and having the ocean spray singe my face and being able to explore the horizons more than they were ever meant to be seen but I never thought it was of much of a reality until I was Picked up by a crew and then tossed around like a heap of cargo But I'm here now, you know Had my fill in the sea and still ready to get right back out. Hopefully Under new management as it were She can't blink but she makes like a weird little hedgehog wait go back. You were stolen Stolen I suppose that would be the term for it You're just a picture flight cargo. It's about the same Uh, yes, I mean I I've worked upon a privateering ship, uh many years ago. That's you Um Sorry real quick. Yeah, real quick your icons next to each other your names. It looks like ocean song gotilla But yes, I I I did work on some Privateering ships many many years ago and upon one faithful trip We were boarded by the blood rivers and uh I guess I showed enough moxie to to be So Welcomely welcomingly led aboard And kept there against my will for 15 odd years So yes, I guess so lin is the preferred term I was where I wanted to be I I guess Not exactly in the circumstance. I imagined it but On the sea nonetheless, I imagine my mother's still out there. I'm sure she's doing fine How old are you of Somewhere late hard 39 summers or so You got picked up young I started young I wanted to leave that port as soon as I could I was tired of the jury old sampled sampled melting metal into gems but um I guess it goes to show you careful what you wish for her I was going to say she looks at the fire, but she could just look at your hair. Uh, yeah about the same This you probably just see the reflection in her eyes Yeah It's it's it's I appreciate the concern. It's it really shouldn't be A bother of the crew, you know personal Issues and all that. I mean, I guess I'm one to talk and she glances over at fazos um About taking personal issues, but you know, we're here to See a job done and I'm hoping to make it to the end of that to see the next adventure additional challenge accepted Huh, did did she actually say this or should I know it sure? She the tibet blinks for a second goes Challenge Okay. Yes. Sure. I mean, I guess you could take this as this entire journey as a challenge that it's already part of my contract Yes, that's how contracts work Until you burn them and then she again glances after Um, he's busy writing right now. Oh, yeah. Yeah. No She's not trying to get a rise out of fazus. She's just like, you know Signaling to lotilla that that's what she's talking about. Um, yes, um I mean Yours says to keep the safety of the crew and you've done a pretty swell job of that so far You've kept me alive and not drowned Dead you've got honeymoon from becoming a pile of glass shards everywhere And uh fazo scissor still alive Don't sound too disappointed. Uh, but look, I mean Sean Theodore, they're all fine. You're doing a wonderful job She likes looks at the other's hand Hey alive Is different from unhub Your contracts are alive. So Better his hand than his head Theodore waves his kind of gauzed nub around. It's all right. It's all right miss lotilla This wasn't her fault. It could have been much worse Yeah, honey moon will actually say better his hand than his head I heard they make wonderful prosthetics in belkin this Is that all aside from honey moon's thing that she wanted to wait until everybody was asleep Did you want me to go more into your stuff, Heather? Sure Yeah, if you want I just I just probably just a quick one then uh I think I have siblings If they're alive If they're alive I don't know. I haven't seen them in a while Define a while How much do you know about one tease? Shockingly very little That's fine. It's a bit of a small It's a bit of a Tight-knit culture I've heard they are a bit um Secluded Yes, I met a handful upon my vessels, but they mostly kept to themselves In my particular case Ah I worked for a monastery. I was a guard. That's how I got my training What winds up happening a good deal of the time is Unwanted clutches are donated to monasteries And they're assigned jobs I don't know where they wound up I see Do you know your parents at least? No What made you lease their own monastery? It sounds like it was a great home for you It worked And I worked I know your feeling Was it five years ago now? I would travel. I would do different Guard missions For the uppers of the monastery So I've been up and down this coast for a while Not necessarily on trips, but up and down the coast And at one point I was left behind to make sure payment was secure and deliver it home I wound up getting stuck in what I can only describe as a freak blizzard On the coast Going home To the mountains Oh, I see And I met someone Who would not leave me alone Oh She glances at the door for a second He just kind of looks left and right like he doesn't realize he he's the one being looked at at first He thinks you're looking at somebody else behind him Continue His name was chase and he was very good at it Oh So You were hunted by this chase. We were married for three years. Holy shit I see I have a lot of experience with arranged marriages. Uh, I'll have you know, I am very sorry It wasn't arranged my friend Oh Didn't know baby girl was into it I mean really like tibeth does the the that shrek like uh like like sucking in his face Honeymoon is also doing that looking down at her star map Oh, it's like my apologies, uh You said chase and I I assumed it was uh Not reciprocated I'm sorry out of all four of us lotilla's the one who gets the most Yes Originally it was just that to beth again just like Trying to keep everything together Dior turns himself and starts to scoot. I'm uh gonna go uh to bed over here now Honeymoon has been honeymoon has been writing the same line for the last minute To beth is about glowing the same as the fire at this point. It's becoming indistinguishable Has gotten uh, you know His his his uh, curiosity peeked as he's put down his pen. It is just listening Yeah, sharn does he's like still staring at the paper, but like he's not moving his hand or anything. He's just listening sharn sharn does the like, uh, obama not bad face like She like puts out a hand to Uh tibeth's shoulder and just it was he was a kind man. It wasn't it wasn't nefarious I'm glad because all the situation that you've been describing up to this point made it seem that that was the case I apologize it was meant as a joke the chase bit I see I understand it doesn't Divide there for a second. Let's it's My apologies continue with uh, you're you're arranged or not arranged. So excuse me. You're you're marriage in the blizzard Obviously we didn't get married then So funny now Yes The rocks the rocks married us. Yeah, I trust them And so every time there was a mission that would send me that way he would find me I see So did he continue living out there while you were married? Yes and you were relegated to guard duty with your plan I imagine he wasn't also a wanty was he no human I see I think I'm starting to piece together where the Schism between you and your clan started to arise Yeah, honeymoon's not like technically part of the conversation, but she wants so bad to ask questions If if honeymoon even so much as like Squeaks at something to Beth is going to like shoot a glance back. No No, honeymoon knows how to play her card. She's waiting for you to ask all the questions Um, but yeah, uh, so, um, what exactly happened then? They found out And what happened to him? Gone Gone gone There was nobody There's still a chance No, she has like the most awkward smile she could bust her He gets a very plain. No You can see phasos has at that point, uh, upon hearing that picked up his pen and he kind of Very hesitantly starts to write again See then what did they do with you? Did they kick you out or did you leave? I left Good. I assume This entire voyage for you has been a means to an end In some kind of way What do you mean? This wasn't this was two years ago motion song Two years is plenty of time to hold a grudge Oh, I do And that's what I mean with this trip Um, I mean the golden k the treasure the the the untold fortunes that are there You could that's not why I'm here Russian fun a small Okay, then why I had eggs Oh Wait, how was it even chokes? Very quickly very quickly cleared your throat looks away Tabeth is doing is is doing her best not to look at honeymoon during that and she's like what How does okay Continue Holy s**t botel is a milf The fucked up The live fan dub version of the golden k Exactly So had past tense Question mark Either They were destroyed with my husband What taken So you're hoping for the latter? I don't know So if not to raise a small army to Strike back at your home monastery then Why be on this Daring adventure for untold riches Is it just a distraction? I recently had something done to where I was In need of funds, but additionally They didn't make it seem like anybody really came back And I don't really have a lot to go back for So they're loan sharks after you After all they did to you Ocean song I think you took my words in a different direction Never mind them I don't know what I'm saying If I survive great If I don't also great Oh, I see and she's like looking over at shard like I just went that wasn't really Riches wasn't exactly what you're expecting to or rather Whether or not this entire adventure was successful Was no matter to you I see well, I guess Fortunately Uh for you the rest of us are very much keen on completing this adventure or Unfortunately, I guess depending on your perspective of things um but uh I just like to keep busy Then please don't worry. I will complete the contract I think best ending Lattila stays Retires here and becomes snake mom snom to the spider nundrum. You've dropped on my lap. I'll say Lattila. You've done a backup job of Shutting me up several times And I only know of one other person that's capable of that um and Then she like Thanks for a moment. Like she looks over to the fire. Thanks for a moment. So If distraction's all you need then why not stick with this company? these privateers I don't like the adventure Then you and I are of the same heart at the very least You get a smile You mean a smile Well, no her smiles go for sniles and sniles and sniles. Yeah, there we go. Yeah She offers her hand and says friends of the ocean Friends of the ocean and she uh takes your hand It is probably the weirdest combination of sensations for both of them one being Scaly and the other being like essentially warm coal Nice. All right And yeah, uh, then then she's gonna go back and to to looking at the fire and just kind of thinking on all of that At this point as well, the two NPCs have kind of fallen asleep during the uh conversation So they are at rest now Honeymoon finally stops rewriting on the same line Yeah, well Teveth is going to look over at uh honeymoon in phasos and goes well I trust one of you will look after us, right? Yes, um, honeymoon kind of casts a glance over her shoulder at phasos and says i'm sure we can handle the first watch Thank you very much. Yes He did not look up from his paper Rise me whenever you need to exchange shifts And then shebeth is going to Flip around and then just cock out in the dirt What's Latilla doing I think let's see If y'all wouldn't mind scooting back. I think she's actually going to curl up around the fire. Oh Yeah, just gently nudges shore and just She like kind of air swats a few Whiskey I didn't drink is all All Um, do you know the master teeth chief death pose? Yeah, with the like With the face on the ground and like the two hands like like like it's the it's good pose like in football Yeah, that is exactly how to bet sleeps amazing She even spins on the ground like master chief when she yeah, I mean that that was the whole point whenever she like sitting there She like flipped over On the ground would you be able to like find a picture of that? Oh, yeah, you can do that I love in halo one as well like because they didn't have like ragdoll physics Every time like if you die in a standing position, it would do like a little Turn before it. Yep falls like that as well Uh good yours for those who don't uh I don't have a screen capture or whatever Oh, well, you can look it up at home. Okay, so we're asleep And face us and honeymoon may begin. Yeah, so you're gonna take the first wash, but you said that you were gonna have an interaction first Yeah, so I feel like it's happening concurrent. Um, okay With the wash so honeymoon has gotten up again. She's since some time has passed. She's making new notes about Uh, how the sky is looking and how the stars have sort of moved If they have it all Yes, so the sky moves very similarly to the sky, you know back at home north and you know The cardinal directions seem correct from what you can tell, you know sun rising in the east setting in the west Same thing with the stars moving together the clouds seem to move in a proper rotation Like I said, this place seems like it was built off of a blueprint of the world that you came from Perhaps that might mean that it was based off of the real world or someone who Made it is familiar with the real world. It's hard to tell Regardless, it makes charting this place A lot easier than one would expect being in a completely different dimension Yeah Very intriguing um So yeah, as honeymoon is sort of she she walks around a bit kind of alternating between keeping an eye on the perimeter and then going back to her her map making um But as she like, you know wander's back with an ear shot of fazo. She keeps her voice low. So she doesn't wake anyone um Oh, actually, I totally forgot that I have Fucking nighttime. I could just do this. There we go. Oh I totally missed. I totally forgot that I had a nighttime version of this map. I should have used it By the way, this is by um afternoon Maps, I think it's called after yeah afternoon maps. I I am a patron of theirs on patreon Very nice. Do we perchance of any any music or ambiance? We do not you can pick some if you so wish Oh, okay, let me and I'll be sure to add it to the vod as well because I did not plan to have ambience for nighttime some campfire Okay, I've I've got maybe a good one Good just attract the joy. It could be good Get like a yule log from YouTube or whatever like a 10 hour 10 hour yule log there you go. Yep. That fazos plops a piece of wood in the fire makes the the the week start over again So um as honeymoon waters back sort of Looking up at the pretty expansive night sky and the stars and stuff um While she's just sort of I feel like she she's made her way to the bank of the river. So like it's just kind of like The waters up to like her ankles thereabouts Um And she'll kind of without looking back at fazos. She'll she'll call over quietly enough that he can hear but not enough to to wake them the rest of them Okay, oh, sorry. I'm trying to think what exactly she would say. Um She'll first she'll just say Mr. Jareem Just sort of get your attention He you hear him like, you know Click his his charcoal as he has that's the only writing implement on the paper a couple of times Blimey Why did you come? Oh She's still just kind of head tilted back up at the stars. She says why did you come on this expedition? Surely there are other ways Oh, well, I know you say it's For map making but surely there's more than that He kind of Looks over at you Picks up the papers that he has and kind of Rolls them up a little bit walks over and takes a seat next to you She kind of raises an eyebrow and then we'll also Uh kneel down in the in the grass You're right That perhaps there is some other reason I may have come here Mapping the golden case of course Quite an achievement more than that Ah as I understand you have been Wanting to do for a while yourself Oh, yes, although it goes a bit deeper than just making the map He kind of glances up at the stars I imagine so A family thing you said I was Maybe a little bit over Over hearing Oh quite all right. We were all around the campfire hard to avoid Goodness knows I was listening in on to berth and lotilla's conversation He does a very deep sigh Yes Yeah, uh Kind of shifting her gaze down to the reflection of stars in the river honeymoon will continue My family have been stellar map makers for many generations, but it's not just For the fun of it You see my my my druidic circle that I follow and practice We seek The knowledge of the cosmos itself And the power that that can bring and she she kind of like holds her hand out like sort of making the the motion with her Claws as she looks back up Map making is just the way that the best way that we've found to do it And of course the map making itself. I quite enjoy it I like the detail work and the The research of it all but at the end of the day That knowledge that power It calls to me And she kind of glances over at him and she says As I imagine it made to you He he kind of gives uh, uh, uh a small nod I've realized a little bit over the course of our Extended time knowing each other that perhaps We're not so different you and I He kind of looks off into the distance I did come to the cave to map it Then I intended to perhaps map a way to it to return as many times as I needed though The magical realm shifting and whatnot kind of puts a wrench into that equation Oh, yes, things get quite confusing when you're on a different plane. Did you notice she points up at the at the stars, uh Did you notice they're not quite like ours, but it's almost as if somebody modeled them after our sky They're almost there, but they're just not quite right I don't quite have the the same eye for the stars as you did as you do that is but I will say it has a striking familiarity if just A bit off Oh, yes But yes Power you mentioned I do seek power of a sort power That I believe the wealth of the cake and provide or at least Get me closer to get Hmm, you see I believe that everyone in this world has a place I intend to be at the top and Currently my work with the cartographers guild while lucrative isn't Getting me there I need more And that's why He kind of pulls out the piece of paper. He's been working on I've worked up this if you would be so interested to take a look He hands it over to honeymoon Honeymoon arches an eyebrow and takes it scans over it In uh Yes, uh, so you can see it is a it is a form of contract. Um, and he says in our journeys And uh, especially these last this last day I've realized that I alone cannot achieve my goals. You may have noticed I approached tibith and Yes, I went quite swimmingly tibith not so much but Seems at least possible though from overhearing their conversation Maybe it's not a line of work really Uh, he kind of looks over Originally I had thought well What if I could finangle something here? You know You're making these star maps What if I became sole publisher? That could definitely make something that was uh You know, uh, not quite my my expertise something that I could profit off of but From our conversation now Seeing that perhaps that contract could be amended Honeymoon side eyes him and says what did you have in mind? Perhaps A type of partnership could be arranged Honeymoon starts to get kind of a slow smile I must admit that I never thought that it would come to this I always looked down on your Uh star mapping and whatnot, but I realize And I do Know that I am a bigger person for this. I realize that I'm mistaken And that perhaps there is some amount some very small amount of Value to your work and Hearing your ambitions They do align well with my own Hmm Honeymoon finishes, you know, like she she kind of like covered her mouth with a hand to giggle very demurely Uh and kind of finishes chuckling, uh still holding the con the contract. She looks back out over the river um, and she says You know As much as I like to needle and poke fun at your own methods There's a reason I consider you my rival That would take somebody I consider of equal prowess and She she looks up and she says My family's fatal flaw was that they never They always insisted that it was their duty alone To uncover the secrets of the cosmos by mapping it And now most of them are dead and she She pauses and says I like to think I'm smarter than them And I like to think I'm a bit more ambitious too and she now like She had been kind of like looking up at the at the sky in the river most of the time But now she she looks over at phasos directly and she says I think partners might be nice You can see phasos smiles at this a genuine smile And he he he he then quickly changes from that genuine smile to a very very Oh, yes, things are all falling into place kind of smile as he steeples his fingers Oh, there you go with the finger thing again. You always do that, you know He looks down. He unsteeples for a moment straightens his back Re-steeples He he holds out a hand honeymoon Would you like to be my partner? honeymoon Looks a little bit surprised that he's actually calling her by her first name. Uh, and then she also like Still still like a bit coy but also kind of genuine smile back and she Daintily takes your hand and shakes it and she says If phasos I think I shall very good Very good indeed The both of you get an inspiration for that All right. Oh and yeah Uh, as I imagine we're uh getting ready to stand up honeymoon says. Oh, I did notice something she digs around uh in her bag and holds out a nice pen and she says I noticed you were having some trouble He looks at it He smiles takes it says Langley Thank you This will make things a lot better because he quickly uh goes and starts rewriting the contract in pens Except of course with the new partnership agreement as opposed to the uh original wording the original wording All right Yeah, I think that I think that's a good like Scene and for that I think so and uh hog in the chat I didn't have the I didn't have the time to make this a proper map Um, but I'll share the proper one uh Honeymoon you have an additional information About the stars And how it relates to the golden k There is a particular set of very bright stars in the sky That make a constellation that somewhat resemble the The k based on what phasos has drawn and it looks like this Oh As none of those major stars seem to go outside Kind of the outline of the k in terms of orientation besides the fact that they eventually Kind of you know rotate with the rotation of the planet as well. Yeah at you know a certain point You know at the dead of night. It seems to align very closely with the shape of the k Honeymoon will remember that important information Make a note quickly. Yes And I'll I'll give you the screenshot of that like a proper drawn one not drawn in roll 20 as well Much appreciated Okay If that is the last thing you do in the night, I think so we may roll into The day you all finish the long rest just real quick Just for flavor honeymoon going to bed is a very intensive process because she has so many fucking things to take off Like she has to all the fucking rings the fucking boob jewels the horncaps the jewels between the horncaps all her earrings It's a fucking process. So yeah, hey, wonderful So, uh, yeah, let me get some perception checks because you are on watch Yeah, forgot we were on watch too All right Okay, so, uh Faizos you notice the night is pretty much kind of Nice and pleasant and you know not much to worry about honeymoon You notice mostly the same however you hear the far off chirps of animals and creatures That you've started to become familiar with as your time on the island has, you know Started to go on they are chirps that you've heard not from your world, but from the island. They sound a bit panicked But otherwise an uneventful watch on your part honeymoon will let Faizos know that she's heard this and that she like She's she'll keep an ear out for the rest of the watch But if nothing happens, she'll like she'll let whoever takes the next one know that she heard that and just to be like aware Keeping an ear out you do hear rustling nearby in some of the Kind of bushes and branches and you can see that all the mass creatures all seem to be in a state of Stasis of some kind their lights are very dim almost like a slumber of their own Honeymoon will not instigate anything. She's gonna she's gonna wait She's gonna keep waiting and listening see if anything jumps out and you know when her when the watch is up She'll let whoever's next now. You're so good at listening that when you like pay attention You you notice That there is a pattern where you know when you actively pay attention like even just the subtlest of movements of you Like perking your ears or like looking up or anything like that the rustling seems to stop As if they know they're being watched by you Whatever's out there Yeah, honeymoon will Yeah, just just at some point during the watch as she's noticing this just kind of Say quietly to to phasos I've believed the guardian is still keeping a tie on us He kind of nods I would imagine so Yeah, and uh Yeah, if if it doesn't do anything honeymoon's not gonna start shit. Yeah, it doesn't really do anything You just kind of you get the feeling that you are definitely being watched and it knows that you're watching it back cool We should probably let the others know and we'll wake them agreed Yeah, honeymoon will meander back to the fire and she'll she'll kind of use latilus tail as a pillow That's good So I guess nice and cool tibetha's next up then If you so wish to be the next on watch, well, I mean if honeymoon's gonna go rest on latila's tail Someone should be awake. You couldn't wake one of the npcs or I don't know the mass creatures Yeah, yeah a couple hours later. Yeah, I'll say uh, maybe we can wake up both tibeth and sharn So there's a Another two-person watch. You could yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah Yeah, we'll do that Okay, you wake up sharn and tibeth and she sharn has a slight start. I'll just go Oh, you know part of me was hoping that this was all a dream unfortunately not You're you're a watch Just keep an eye out. There is something in the woods watching us So does phasers go to wake up sharn and honeymoon go to wake up tibeth? Yeah, I'll look up tibeth. Yeah phasers knows tibeth does not like him. So Yeah, honeymoon will just kind of gently shake your stroller to to wake you and be like tibeth darling. It's time for a watch Oh, yes, right. I forgot. Yes. Um, and just to be seen. Yes. Um, and just keep an eye out. Um There's something in the woods that's watching us. I suspect it's this guardian creature, but just in case Something other than the little ones around us. Yes And she's gonna take note of them them being like in stasis like you said See, okay, I'll do my best to keep my eye out then You go have your rest Indeed honeymoon begins the laborious process of deglamming All right, so Um, you may with that information Very pertinent information you may roll perception with advantage And i'm gonna roll for sharn as well Well, 11 is better than 11 Yeah Strictly speaking. All right. So sharn rolled a 13 And uh listening out You don't quite Get the same feeling that honeymoon was talking about although you are looking out for it It's not like you're ignorant of the possibility. It's not like oh, I don't hear anything must have been my imagination Uh There's a nip in the air. I won't be good for my crops But you don't hear anything you don't see anything of note Sharn kind of crosses her arms. She seems suspicious of the silence herself Well, whatever it is Maybe it's gone and looked for something else or it's gotten better at being secret That's perhaps we're worse at looking at the jungle I mean you and I are both used to the sea aren't we not She kind of holds up one finger like she's about to say something defensive and then she tilts her head. Are you fair? And they go about their watch Yeah, but mostly uneventful Okay, um I guess the last up is uh, yeah Yeah, tibetha's gonna go wake up latilla sharn kind of uh Gestures to you a little bit. Should I wake up the boy? Yeah Yeah, I would let you I would love you to do that. Uh, I wouldn't want to take that surprise away from him I could be some uh experience under his belt and yep She she shakes him awake and he does kind of like a karate pose Very good It's just oh, it's just you miss sharn And he kind of gives him the rundown And kind of goes back to laying in her spot Um tebeth Walks up to latilla notices that honeymoon is on her tail and goes it's a big tail She's got this room. I just need to not jerk up Yeah, she like goes into like shake and then she notices that she's like She kind of like gets down on latilla's level and just like pats her on the shoulder sick It's uh, it's your turn for watch, but you do have A guest on your tail currently also There's apparently some noise about in the jungle that you should be aware of um Supposedly it's the guardian of the island still keeping watch of us Uh, you can hear it if you're careful enough, but me and sharn weren't Supposedly honeymoon in phasos were though. So just keep an ear out and make sure you don't Rise a honeymoon back there All right, I like to think that honeymoon is a comically deep sleeper. So no matter what you do She'll just she'll she's not gonna wake up Okay She just like uncoils a little bit Uh, honeymoon gets to keep the part of the tail. She is on she just stretches up kind of higher than usual Theodore just kind of shuffles over to get nearby. You can see that he Was a little bit perturbed by realizing how far he is from the rest of the party You can hear her spine crack With uh with them being fully roused to beth is going back into Mr. Hailoman death pose and put him on the ground This is just the way that she sleeps. That's how she sleeps I'm I sleep myself very similar to that not exact but very Good morning for you. Uh, good morning miss latino. Uh, you don't think that guardian fella's gonna Smite us Why? Well, we did come to this island to kind of he leans in with a hand over his mouth steal their treasure But I mean learning about all that I kind of don't want to anymore Even before learning that I was totally fine and content with just leaving the island and going back to my folks I feel like it's based more on actions than intentions As we've done nothing yet There's no real reason to Smite us. Oh, I sure hope so It'll be okay for you All right, because I don't think if I want to lose any more fingers. That's fair That you may roll perception with advantage as well All right, I don't think I have any Do I have some? I have a little bit Perception Is gonna hold like garbage Wow And that till you got a 14. Okay with a 14 You hear the rustling kind of in the tree line That uh, you were warned about and you see a little creature peeking out from it Different from the mass ones Oh You can see that it's about it looks like a chicken without its head However, wherever the head would have cut out seems to be rows of teeth and it seems to be crouching there watching you Uh Dinner you are on Honeymoon since you are on me. You actually do get like roused by your shoulders and held for a moment I was going on don't say anything I need to look where I'm looking honeymoon it starts to be like, huh, and then realizes you said don't talk and she Gets her wits about her looks where you're looking and says Or rather mouths And you can see the theodore like notices where you're looking and looks to and he's just like He just like grabs you like wraps both his arms around your big snussely shoulder Miss Latilla, what is that? Does it look like anything we might have seen back on the material plane? What what is your Hmm history. Yeah, you can what's your history score? Uh plus three. Okay. Latilla. You got a history score? I don't think so. What is it? Uh, just a one just a one. Okay with a three honeymoon You actually do know that this thing is familiar It is something that has been in kind of certain. Um What's the word like, uh, zoop. What's Mon The books that contain creatures in them Beasties beasties you've seen these in certain beasties in the material plane. They're called wretch wretched Oh good. Oh What a fun and beautiful name Pog however, you do You do know that these things tend to run in packs where there is one. There's likely a bunch of others Honeymoon will uh Whisper to Latilla I recognize it from um It's you can find them on the material plane. They're called wretched There's one that's probably more of them. Oh good You can see that it's just staring At you and the fire and with your high perception. You can see it's shaking Scared of the Well, maybe if we keep the fire going it'll be too scared to come close. We can do it with it in the morning Is that your plan? That's what honeymoon thinks Scared of fire Yeah, it's like looking at the fire is shaking What if it's cold? That's not in character. That's that's me. I'm I mean I don't like the sound of packs honeymoon. No neither do I Okay, I know that it looks violent Does it the book did the book say it was violent? Do I recall anything like that? Yes, they are predator hunters, you know similar to wolves where um, you know, if they are hungry they will hunt Okay Yeah, honeymoon relays that I kind of want to warn the little creatures The mask ones Very well, I suppose out of character. We didn't fully get the long rest Hmm Depends what you do for the rest of the night Or morning in this case Yeah, honeymoon Given how it's acting with the fire and it doesn't seem like it's trying to come closer, does it? It does it seems whenever you're not moving it seems to creep ever so closer Okay Any sudden movements you make make it kind of a little bit startled and pause and it's walking I'm adding more sticks to the fire honeymoon will uh Pass produce flame and hold it in her hand and kind of like she's not going to like throw it yet but she's going to kind of like Thrust her hand at it with the flame see if it flinches. It does for a moment until After if you keep your hand out It again starts to creep a little bit closer similar to the campfire Honey honeymoon mutters under breath you little bitch puts out the puts out the fire At adding more sticks to the fire as well you can see that um The light produces You more of them kind of creeping out of the tree line Oh god I need you to take one arm off of me and tap to bet All right, and he does so kind of like Shakily poking to bet Awake What it's morning already. I just I just fell back asleep Well, we might be well breakfast might be served Oh, is it and she flips up and she looks around. Oh, it's us I see Well, um Poke Sean Or alternatively We cause a quite a bit of ruckus and get everybody ready to um Attack I would like people to be awake and aware first Okay, I will do that then uh and she uh pokes at sharn Yep, sharn kind of groggily wakes up as well and looks around Hello partner. Apparently we are surrounded I um Could you Wake up fazos Hi She just takes one hand like without moving her head away from looking at the wretched Takes one hand shakes fazos and now everyone is awake Out of character. Oh, sorry. I was muted I was saying something Um, I was gonna say as as as you woke me fazos like 90 degree Sits up and As he's uh waking up looks around on steeples and gets fisticuffs ready Um to bet Leans around from like looking at or waking up sharn and looking at fazos She's going to tap the little critter next to her awake as well. Nice friend. Um That appears to be some unsavory types in your neighborhood here You tap it and the glow kind of comes back to it. It looks around Almost completely unfazed Oh My apologies. I guess they don't eat wood go back to sleep. I guess It's light dims and goes back to its kind of motionless form. Oh good. Well friends. It's just looking for us Do we know for a fact they're hostile? Well, they keep getting closer Okay I mean if they were super cuddly friendly monsters, you of course wouldn't first attack. Would you oh fazos with your tentacle arm there? He kind of looks over. It's just like I am unthreatened currently Oh, then why don't we let them get a little bit closer? I mean Honeymoon is like down to let them get close to you melee folks. See what they do as long as they don't get near her Yeah, honey. Yeah, honeymoon said uh very like very quietly says They haven't rushed us yet And I'm fairly confident we could hold them off. They about this. They look like fucked up chickens, honestly I think we could handle them I suppose we could let them try to see what they want The fazos is going to stand up to his full height And he's going to look at the the you can see that as you do it's very easy to see that they're all Shaking very similarly to the first one that you saw and they do take a few steps back at you showing your full height to bet um We'll grab some she'll Some moss more moss junkies Yeah, you know what she'll grab she'll grab some grass and moss and stuff like that And uh try to use some mud to cake her the end of her dart with um With debris essentially and then she's going to do produce flame and try to light it Oh, and then swing it around a bit You swing it around they seem entranced by it Hmm. Well, I don't sure if they're interested in the fire or just mesmerized by it, but um, maybe I could just do this for a bit and they go away So is it particularly cold outside? If the side of you away from the fire. Yes There might actually be it is a wet jungle very humid very easy to get cold away from such a fire Honeymoon thinks The island spirit would probably be mad if we killed them and didn't eat them And honeymoon wouldn't want to eat them because they look fucking gross so probably not good to kill them So she will whisper Maybe we sort of all Shift to one side of the fire let them warm themselves in the other Okay Sharn is sharn not at this, but she has a hand kind of in her coat. I if one darts for me, I'm shooting No, go crazy I'm swinging at that point it's self-defense Exactly, and then we would be no different than the bore Exactly by the logic of the the you know, whatever guardian. I mean we didn't attack them first How can we be evil for it? You know following these rules? And as you move to that one side they all start to creep closer and closer To the campfire but kind of keeping their gross headless chicken neck faces Fixated on you as if they're watching you in the same intensity that you watch them And they get close to the edge of the fire and they all seem to lay down and they're shaking stops Oh Thank god, we can go back to sleep Honey as soon as she sees that they've laid down, honey, I mean immediately plopped back down on Lattila's tail I was like, all right. Good night And this one this one up here you see that it sees the the wooden mast creature It like nibbles a little bit on the wood and then it like almost like a sneeze-y barf just like and then It has a very good noise. You just made just kind of slightly kicks it with its one like one of its legs And it just kind of like turns it a little bit Be nice to him Quick, we hope if there's something actually dangerous I mean it's already unconscious again Jesus is back to sleeping. Yeah, congratulations. You've you've beaten the encounter We solved your fucked up chicken puzzle Yeah, and you do still very wary, but she she extinguishes her rope dart and Uh begrudgingly resumes the halo man death pose Yeah She would like a pillow as well The rest of the morning goes off without a hitch as um Uh, Lattila Wait, no, uh, is it to bet? It was Lattila and Theodore during the last watch Lattila and Theodore both watch making sure that the wretched Don't do anything suspicious and they all seem to fall asleep themselves as well as the morning passes And the early morning sun comes over the horizon You all complete a long rest. You may get half of your Uh hit dice back And all class features that would reset in a long rest do so However morning when morning comes Oh, no, suddenly The wretcheds All seem to notice something kind of out of your ability to Parse and they all like quickly get up and run back into the woods as if they were panicked Oh, do you know should we switch to the day map? Uh, we will soon Oh, sorry And uh, let me just pause this music Yeah, kind of kind of hoping that because like we got to go find the captain to get his fucking book Because otherwise we're not getting off this island. I hope to god. He's in the evil forest Because that would be so fucking funny Morning comes the wretcheds run from some kind of unknown force And as everyone's starting to wake up they notice that but then you hear a low rumbling And then suddenly all the masked creatures get up they all light up and they all kind of Start to move almost in like a panic like they seem as though They've lost all coordination. They're trying to grasp for the trees But some of them have lost the ability to climb some of them bump into each other Some of them trip into the river and then suddenly The earth begins to quake Oh Honeymoon quickly starts putting all her stuff back on and as it does the earth begins to quake and You know your party members start to panic a little bit And right before your eyes A chunk of the island Starts to sink Whoa. Hey Let them play ref come on then as it does Some of the masked figures that were there Fall in with it Uh Some of them are clutching on the side hanging for dear life Oh my god, uh, it's a bet that's gonna run and help the ones that are clutching inside Oh So so is theodore and The earth is still quaking and at this sharn just looks at you at the two of you and it's like What are you doing this place could fall apart? We've got to get going Without these little ones Stab her tridents into the ground and wrap around Theo Her tail wraps around Theo Yep, and Theo is holding on as well. He looks very very scared, but he's clutching on to this guy So you guys have another decision Ah You guys can escape and ensure Your safety as well as everybody who runs with you Or you could stay here And try to help the creatures that are about to fall into this abyss I mean, uh, this feels like a test, right? Uh, not necessarily uh phasos is going to to uh kind of like quickly assess the situation And uh, he looks over at everyone She's right. We have to get out of here You said earlier that that the Island might be destroyed if someone takes the treasure, right? Yes, that it could be damaged. That's what I remember Damaged well tail. Oh That was me. Sorry. Oh, okay I mean, this looks like damage to me Then that means that maybe someone made it to the treasure room Rackmon exactly Listen, I know that you guys have some sort of sentimental connection to those but We have to get out of here. I then you can go and I will rescue these You'd risk your life for Something that you can't even communicate with What's the point of that? Sometimes you can do more than communicate with words phasos Oh Yeah, honeymoon. She is Yeah glancing Like eyes quickly darting back and forth between like the gaping abyss now Does it just look like like pitch black from down there? Pretty much like it looks deep and dark and you don't know where the bottom is You see some water rushing in from the river and some of it kind of like coming from the the Like underground water, but it's hard to see an end. Yeah uh honeymoon Uh Honeymoon will start will will grab these two guys like have one and reach arm and she'll call out to to bet Look, it's admirable that you want to save all of them, but sometimes it's not feasible if you want to stay alive, too Save who you can and keep moving I know I can save this one Well, you better make it be fucking quick about it as she grabs these two and starts fucking booking it Okay, are you are you booking it in heels also? Of course I am Just want to make sure that those were also put on Of course, of course All right, so we're gonna come to a decision. It seems pretty split. So Uh, I'm gonna go down the line On what decision is made Um Because although yes, you can guarantee to save the ones that are still on the surface It is going to be a challenge to save the ones that are not and um Um However, if it is split then i'm going to flip a coin So we're gonna go down the line honeymoon leave or stay leave phasos leave latilla Uh leave isn't we're just dropping everything or Leave as in you are prioritizing your safety over the safety of the ones that are at risk of falling I can't little dudes uh It's dependent on theo and tebeth Because she's not leaving either of them. Okay, so put me for last Okay, tebeth Stay stay. Okay, latilla knowing this Uh, theo obviously uh as he's shown wants to stay sharn wants to leave I have to stay. Okay. It is split down the middle of the party. I'm gonna roll a d2 Okay, and whichever one wins out We're just gonna say Convinces the other somehow Got it. Okay. All right. So d1 or rather if we roll a one you stay if we roll a two you leave And save what ones that are not as in danger Okay Here we go You're gonna stay to try and save them Oh Faizos size It's going to try his best. Okay may as well. Yeah, honeymoon realizes that Tebeth's not gonna budge and if tebeth's not budging, latilla's not budging and she needs sure wants both of them to keep her alive All right I need some action music Because we are gonna do a skill challenge Skill challenge. Wait, I have one. Oh I've also got one if uh, hang on There we go. Very nice Okay, go ahead and roll initiative. Make sure to select your token beforehand Oh something green and slimy Oh again So, uh, honeymoon Faizos who wants to go first between you two No, I did have a first initiative. It just wasn't under the right thing. It should be a 12 12. Okay Uh, uh, well, honeymoon has a higher dex mod so she would go first I leave it up to player choice Okay, well I will let Honeymoon go first. Okay, then So with this skill challenge You will require four successes to Successfully save all the at-risk mass creatures And two failures Something devastating will happen Good So firstly Tebeth How do you want to help the masked figures the mass creatures rabbit? Tebeth Seeing that this one is hanging on for dear life Quickly stabs her rope dart into the dirt And then gives it a solid tug To to make sure it's stable enough And she's gonna use it To swing down and try to scoop him and then swing back up. Wow and acrobatics then Yes, your sailor All right That is one success on the board. You swing down like a pirate like the pirate you are you grab You swing back up. It has been saved Good job Actually, I'm gonna add one more for it to count for the four successes. There we go There we go. Okay. So that one has been saved. It stays the hell put Realizing that it doesn't have the the kind of Ability to coordination. Yeah the coordination and it stays put Latilla I I want to yank Theo and this little guy up. Okay Can I do an athletics for that? You may Oh You yank And you kind of yank him hard enough that because his feet were so dug into the ground It gives way a little bit and he slips you catch him before he falls But more of the ground sinks under him and now he you are holding him by his legs as he hangs down Holding on to the creature That's one failure Next Honeymoon Yeah, honeyman sees sees to best successfully rescue that guy sees lotilla Sees things are not going well with that and so she is like Uh Like hacker mode like eyes all over the place. She starts like scanning around trying to see Trying to pinpoint if there's any rhythm to the the shaky shakies try to see how fast the earth is is falling through And try to find which places seem stable enough to direct the little wooden guys to go long enough for them to get to More stable ground. So I would like her to use perception To suss out the best places for them to go. Okay, you may All right You just make it You look closely at where the ground is loosest and point out the dangerous areas you speak out in a bissel and you know a few of them kind of give like encouraging knocks against their masks and one manages to Just barely put it together enough to climb its way up Taking your direction on which branches to grab and which areas to dig its fist into it climbs up That is one more success under your belt Okay, yeah, honeyman's weight like just just stimulating frantically Trying to keep her balance. All right, phasos phasos is going to uh Come up over here to like the edge of where that new Uh kind of thing happened where theo and uh the other one are hanging. Um, he is going to uh You know employ his tattoo ink and reach out his tendril uh to also grab onto uh theo to see if uh with Their combined strength they may be able to pull Give me uh Athletics check. Yep. Let's try it. Come on. Yes. Yes Bank together and pull him up to the point where you throw him over your shoulder Just like all the way over here to safety as he Holding the thing clutched in his arms like a baby All right tibby, it's all on you. It's do or die with one more success or failure. This skill check is over All right tibeth With the final one hanging on for dear life at the edge of this now new waterfall being pushed by the water How do you plan to help pushed by the water too? tibeth has a sinking immediate realization That to get that one is going to risk serious injury to herself But She's gonna try so as quickly As she can muster because she knows that her rope dart alone is not going to be long enough She grabs vines that she can that she can get from the trees they're about to fall into the abyss And ties them together in a makeshift rope Um, and i'm gonna try to use a slight of hand check to make the rope to save him All right, we're gonna try and less Throw the rope. Let me see that slight of hand Against all odds you toss the rope just as This thing's hand slips off It is caught by the rope And you hang on to it hanging down and all of the mass creatures bang their masks in celebration Honeymoon yells don't celebrate yet. Let's move and she's like dragging these two that she's got with her Yep, they all start to fall. Was that was that four successes? That is four successes You were the last one saved you have saved all the mass creatures that were in threat of falling into the abyss Thank god. All right. All right However, the ground is still shaking and yes, uh, honeymoon's advice is apt as uh, you start to run Yep And as you run away more of the land starts to give and fall apart As you see just a large portion of the island sink birds Are flying away from the scene and you can see whatever and there are other animals and creatures along with you Including the wretcheds just staring as they see their home sinking into the ground Wait, mr. Clyde no and she's gonna look back and like scan the the sinking Island see if he if she spots a bit of purple among there You can give me a perception check if you would like Yeah, he was a little ways away might not have gotten his part from what you can tell It's hard to see if he would be there You have a pretty good eye for things and what you can see even with your adrenaline going right now It doesn't seem like Clyde specifically is there However, you do spot several creatures animals falling into the abyss As well that unfortunately we're out of your reach. We have to keep moving Yeah, uh as we're running honeyman says rich with year Uh, you know, he's you guys are running phasos. He's he just curses under his breath. Damn it. The reeds are on the map to Beth It's tripping him at that moment Honey, honey, honey, I mean like Half, you know, just like very fast and it was like give me a couple more levels or fly and get a map Oh I did I did want to say, uh, right after you yanked uh, Theo Uh, she Latila was gonna look to you and say, maybe we could work together in the future Good good All right, and with that, I think this is a good place to call the session Yeah, right. Wow And uh, it will be a little while. This is a series is going to be on hiatus due to real life things going on. Um But the next session the next session of next of uh, I almost said necro hunt the next session Of golden k Will be the final one. Yeah, so a whole month. You gotta like guys a month. I better make the finale worth it Quite the cliffhanger