Kreg rolls into the illustrious but mysterious Mr. Smithy's shop.
PrinceShroob: Also, didn't we all get 50 coins each from Sponia?
He seems eager about something.
Forgot to factor that one in.
[MUSIC] Smithy's Shop
Catena is not actually here. He's a spooky ghost.
Shrody on the other hand actually is here.
Mr. Smithy: Hoo, guests! Here to fill this wonderful world with even more wonderful weapons!
Shrody: I thought you weren't here, Catena?
Kreg: Anyway you seem rather happy, anything exciting happen recently?
Mr. Smithy: You could say I have a... contract.
Kreg: A contract? What for?
Mr. Smithy: Oh, nothing! You may see new goods here in the near future.
Kreg: Ah, yes, about that.
Mr. Smithy: Not as near as you think! But near.
Kreg: I was wondering if you took requests?
Mr. Smithy: Sure! I'll see about smithing you the PERFECT weapon!
Kreg: I've been feeling as though I fall behind my comrades in aerial combat, so I was hoping you could upgrade my shell with wings?
Mr. Smithy: Hm... I could make you beautiful quality wings, and as sturdy as the iron they're made of.
But I must prepare. And most of all, I need time.
Delicate work, making wings.
Kreg: Ah, yes, I understand.
Acre: Gotta work on them sprites
Mr. Smithy: In the end, it looks like wings could run you... 300 coins.
...with all due respect sir, that's roughly three times as much as I have. Any chance of maybe a discount... perhaps?
Mr. Smithy shakes his head.
Mr. Smithy: Rinky dink wings won't let you fly, friend.
I can place the order now, and we'll see later.
What kind of wings were you wanting?
Kreg: ...there are types of wings?
Mr. Smithy: Well, yes. If you get creative.
Kreg: ...wow I didn't know anything did I
Mr. Smithy: I mean, you could get, perhaps... jet pack wings. Just spitballing, you see.
Mr. Smithy pulls out a gigantic metal pen and a sheet of metal to write on.
Shrody is eying the Super Fangs.
Mr. Smithy: Gimme your thoughts when they come to you. In the mean time...
... I see you eying those fangs! You have quality taste as far as I'm sure.
Kreg: Yeah, I should probably get going, my friends are gonna get impatient.
I'll be back later with more details!
Acre: meanwhile, shrody is literally just there
Shrody: Well, a couple of my attacks involve me biting, and I thought they could go with a boost.
Mr. Smithy: Are you sure? Your friend seems to want something here.
They indeed could.
Shrody: Yeah, I'm gonna buy a set of these fangs.
Kreg: ...shrody when the heck did you get here
Shrody: ...I was always here.
Kreg: ...and what is that on your face
Shrody: It's a scouter that I had lying in my ship.
Shrody: Why? Is there something odd about them?
*it?
Keiki (GM): Acre, you just OoT'd your way into Merlon's tent
Kreg: I've just never seen a thing before is all!
Keiki (GM): I'm going to break the suspension of dis-- aw dammit
Kreg: CATENA WHY ARE YOU IN THE WALL
Mr. Smithy: Strange craftsmanship on the eyewear there, friend.
Catena: I'm totally not here
It's warping.
Its the warping animation
oooHHH
Shrody: That's because it's alien tech.
Acre: got you covered keiki bby
Mr. Smithy: Anyway. Fancy doing business. One set of fangs for the... pink guy!
Mr. Smithy: May I get anything else?
Shrody: Nah, that's enough for me.
Keiki (GM): Catena really shouldn't be gambling.
Acre: You're not his dad.
Keiki (GM): Anyway. Head to Merlon's?
[MUSIC] Toadbrook
Merlon: Ah... I thought you would answer that trouble.
Catena: You thought, but you didn't know?
Kreg: Well he's not PERFECT
Merlon brings his arms down, ceasing to read an unusually dull crystal ball.
Catena: Also, hi Yoshivala.
Merlon: I couldn't actually foresee it. But instead, I just... knew.
Elder Yoshivala: Hoo. Greetings, Catena!
How do you do?
We got the second patch.
Merlon: I knew you'd get it.
Catena: It wasn't pretty.
But we got it nonetheless.
Kreg: I don't ever want anything to do with Sponia-Flakes ever again
Shrody: It basically involves half of us turning into scarecrows, including me!
Merlon: The previous owner may have passed on the ownership of the patch... or so it seems that way.
Kreg: Apparently it was just "there" when the factory started, so yeah, probably.
Merlon: Unfortunately, I hold no answers on this, because my vision has been clouded!
Kreg: Yeah, is that the trouble here?
Merlon: And as such, I cannot locate where the next Terra Patch is.
Catena: I think I might have an idea where some of them might be, but it's safer not to touch them for now.
Merlon: Yes. Luckily, you two have great timing and the compassion to take on this trouble.
Well, that makes sense. Us two.
Merlon: Oh. Three. Whoops.
Catena: didn't see you there, ha ha ha
Shrody: (I should've went with) Spooker.
Merlon: Take a look into my crystal ball.
Catena gazes into the abyss
Shrody glances into the thing
Catena feels the abyss gazes back at him
The crystal ball appears to contain some sort of void. It swirls incessantly.
Merlon: Clouds happen occasionally. Like a rainy day, the Astral Realm won't always show the light.
This is normal.
However...
Merlon: This has happened for an extended period of time.
Catena: Astral Realm. Rainy days. Got it.
Merlon: Off and on. But now the celestial rains have turned into a tempest, and will not let up.
Kreg: ...so what do we even DO?
I don't think we're capable of dimensional travel.
Catena: Can bro power travel through dimensions?
Merlon: Well... None of you are, honestly.
Even the power of bros has its limits.
Kreg: ...well I don't know about that but
Merlon: ... But this is beside the point.
Kreg: Sure, we'll play along for now
Merlon: However. I can channel your image to this extra dimension... the Astral Realm.
Find what persistently clouds my visions, and take care of it.
Shrody: Sounds easy enough!
Catena: If we were to "die" in the virtual world, would we "die" in the real world?
juuuust asking
Shrody: Oh silly Catena. Of course we would!
Kreg: What about our items?
Shrody: It's simple science!
Merlon: Well. Try not to die.
Kreg: I mean it might be as simple as someone forgot to turn the cloud machine off
Or maybe there's a giant cloud breathing dragon
I'm impartial either way myself.
Catena: So what exactly lives in the astral realm anyway?
Merlon: Spirits and wisps permeate the realm. Perhaps they are similar to creatures or phenomenons you would find on earth.
I do not think they are going to pose a threat, however.
I do not know beyond this.
Catena: Well, we accepted the trouble anyway.
Merlon: I believe in your abilities.
Catena: Might as well get it done. It's also a roadblock to this whole patch quest.
Kreg: Yeah, let's do this.
Merlon backs up and lifts his arms in the air. He proceeds to dance.
Merlon just dances. There are no words. Just dance.
Shrody, Catena, and Kreg suddenly fall asleep!
I guess
That's surely A Thing.
The three awake in a place dotted with stars.
[MUSIC] Astral Realm
They are supported by a strange, transparent platform.
Shrody: This looks pretty.
Kreg: Hey, what the heck is that thing?
Is that ice?
Catena: Let's check that out.
A gigantic monolith of quartz stands before the party.
Something seems to be inside.
Catena: It's almost as if someone accidentally froze something he didn't want to freeze.
Shrody: Yeah, except this isn't ice.
Kreg: What the heck is inside that thing?
Catena: You would want it to be ice, wouldn't you.
Kreg: Well, should we break it?
Shrody: No, not really. Ice weakness, remember?
Catena: Whatever it is, looks like a statue.
Maybe give it a little tap?
Pull a knock knock joke if you want to be spicy.
Kreg uses his Shell Shot on the... quartz I guess
The crystal appears to crack!
Kreg: What, you wanted me to literally just poke it?
Catena: First you touch, then you tap.
Then you punch.
Or shoot it.
Regardless, you cracked the case.
Keiki (GM): Random thing by the way Shroob. Your Scouter macro may have changed positions!
Kreg takes out a hammer and slams it against the crack he made
Catena: Also, it looks like whatever is inside is MAYBE sending off purple mist of bad stuff.
I mean, that's just bizarre anyway.
The monolith seems to crack quite a bit! It seems like it will break!
Kreg: Well, no turning back now!
The quartz crystal shatters!
Kreg: What in the heck are you?!
Catena: Oh. That's unexpected. Hello!
Dark spirits fling out from the quartz! Too many to count!
Culite: Greetings, mortals.
Catena: Actually, that was entirely to expected.
Culite: At last, I have been freed from my monolithic binding...!
... Though I seem quite a bit tinier than I recall.
Catena: Well, you being freed from that monolith WAS a good thing, no?
Culite: I am an amalgamation of dark creatures from the deepest reaches of the universe.
But none of that matters. I will drain out the light that blights me so.
Catena: You mean the bad light, no?
Culite: But before I do, I'm going to test out this new body... on you!
Keiki (GM): Roll for initiative sons
[MUSIC] Culite's Wrath
Catena: rolling 1d6>4
= 1 Successes
Kreg: rolling 1d6>4
= 1 Successes
Catena: I can't believe it
I got a 1
Catena: well, a 5 but it's a success
Kreg: wonders will never cease
Keiki (GM) takes initiative!
Keiki (GM): rolling 4d6>4
= 1 Successes
cake
Wizzy: unfortunately Shroob is dead
Acre: if we don't get ffiv boss battle, I'll be disappointed
Keiki (GM): Where did he go?
Shrody: rolling 2d6>4
= 0 Successes
Wizzy: are you serious here
Acre: I'm the fastest thing alive
PrinceShroob: Sorry, I was eating dinner.
Though I did come back occasionally to see if a battle started.
Acre: Well we are fighting Mini Culex now.
Kreg feels a little silly now but oh well
Shrody: Aren't we fighting now?
PrinceShroob: So I can use my Scouter during battle even if it's not my turn, right?
Culite: Let's see if I can still do an old trick.
Culite summons four strange gems.
Shrody: Oh find me in the alps!
Acre: see now wouldve been a GREAT time to have Multi strike
Keiki (GM): The battle is a go! And Shrody can use the scouter whenever he pleases.
Shrody tries to pick up a general power level reading on Culite.
Shrody: His power level is at 400!
Kreg: ...what does that even MEAN?
Kreg: Give me a comparison here!
Culite: Hm, is that piece of junk even right? No matter. I'll show you just how strong I am.
Catena: Okay, guy. Please hold on for one second.
We have to get this figured out.
...
Well. SOmetime.
: rolling 12d6>4
= 8 Successes
Catena utilizes inner Power on Culite!
Culite tries to dodge Catena's attack!
Culite: rolling 4d6>4
= 3 Successes
Catena readies a powerful, damage-piercing attack!
Catena lunges out and chomps Culite, dealing
16 damage.
A mysterious voice saying "In, at, or to this place or position" sounds off.
Shrody: ...I really don't think he had a chance of dodging that.
what
Acre: I think I still have Kreg rally from last battle :v
Keiki (GM): Excuse me while I fix my egregious error
Acre: Because I always deal straight 14.
With that
Kreg: We will NOT lose to the likes of you! Shrody, get us intel on this thing, we'll keep him busy!
Keiki (GM): ... That probably messes with a lot. But I'll take it for now.
I'm using the rally again anyway so
Kreg attempts to use a Rally Cry!
Kreg knows about timed hits!
Kreg: rolling 7d6>4
= 2 Successes
Kreg gives a rallying shout, invigorating anyone
10 feet away from him. Anyone hearing the shout receives a +2 Power bonus for 2 turns!
Wizzy: so hitting both allies
Keiki (GM): Heh. I just changed it back. Now to change it again!
Acre: So how did the Culex strategy go?
Beat which crystal first?
Wizzy: I forget entirely what his crystals do
Shrody tries to pick up a general power level reading on Water Gem.
Shrody tries to pick up a general power level reading on --.
Shrody: rolling 6d6>4
= 3 Successes
Shrody wishes for a miracle.
Wizzy: I think red was fire and attacking, blue was water and healing?
misclicked
sorry
Shrody tries to pick up a general power level reading on Earth Gem.
Shrody tries to pick up a general power level reading on Wind Gem.
Acre: Green was wind and probably the lamest
Wizzy: Wind and Earth did "stuff"
Acre: Yellow maybe did the most damage? I don't even know.
Keiki (GM): Try it again.
Wizzy: One of them had Diamond Saw and was a pain in the ass though.
Keiki (GM): Roll20 glitch.
Shrody: Well, Fire is the weakest, only has a power level of 8. The other two are about the same strength. 23 for Water, 24 for Earth, and 25 for Wind.
Acre: Also, question. Are the five enemies in midair?
The gems float around slowly.
Acre: That sure answers my question.
Wizzy: I think we literally have no multi-target attacks
oh boy
it's called bro move
The Fire Gem conjures a continues firestorm that burns Kreg and Catena for 2 each!
Shrody: Also, I'm assuming that the gems each have two points in heart, except Fire which only has 1.
Keiki (GM): Well, you'd probably be wrong!
Catena: but my fire immunity
Shrody: Hey, I never said they definitely had those numbers!
The earthen gem conjures a quake around it! It deals 3 damage to Kreg and Shrody!
Shrody: Miiiiiiight want to attack that yellow gem.
The Water Gem heals Culite for 3 HP!
The Wind Gem blows Catena back!
Acre: Man, I still remember all the sick strategies of SMRPG.
#StillGotIt
Culite: Can you possibly account for... this?
Culite conjures a meteor! It hurdles down from the sky! It may land next turn!
Acre: Shrody, do something about out pal.
oh ok
Keiki (GM): That's such a terrible loop.
Acre: We'll hear it for two hours, so buckle up.
Shrody risks getting hit by the meteor to help Kreg up.
Acre: You can act and move
Shrody: Don't I end my turn when I act, though?
Kreg: Kill these crystals, holy crap
: rolling 12d6>4
= 8 Successes
Catena utilizes inner Power on Earth Gem!
Catena lunges out and chomps Earth Gem, dealing
10 damage.
The Donkey Kong Country theme song played on a terrible MIDI keyboard sounds off.
The Earth Gem is defeated!
Shrody: Wow. That gem was flimsy.
Wizzy: So since they're floating I guess I can't Shell Shot then?
Kreg utilizes inner Power on Fire Gem!
Kreg: rolling 11d6>4
= 7 Successes
Kreg tosses a hammer at Fire Gem, dealing
6 damage.
The Wind Gem is defeated!
PrinceShroob: Your profile says you a Texas Tornado attack.
wait
I attacked the fire one
Acre: The crystals know Cover
Paladin crystals.
The meteor hits, dealing
12 damage to all under its impact!
Wizzy: ...and I have 6 FP now?
Wizzy: I thought I'd have 11
Keiki (GM): Just realized Battle Rally wasn't 5 FP
It was 4.
Wizzy: Yeah but don't I have 15 max FP?
Culite summons an Earth Gem!
Wizzy: Unless I never got my FP healed in which case alright
What is the Hammer throw bro move radius?
Wizzy: Technically infinite since we never specified a range for ranged attack afaik
The Wind Gem blows Kreg, Shrody, and Catena away!
The Earth Gem tremors and causes 3 damage to all in its radius.
Acre: Wow, summon and attack in the same turn.
Keiki (GM): Also this guy passively summons the most due crystal, one per turn
Keiki (GM): Next turn will be the Fire Gem.
Keiki (GM) conjures a meteor! It hurdles down from the sky! It may land next turn!
Wizzy: hey acre lemme go before you this turn
Shrody: I'm nearly dead, and I doubt I can successfully tattle this guy in one turn.
Kreg: If you gotta heal, then fall back!
Culite: Yes... Fear my Venn Diagrams of death!
Kreg: As long as we keep the Earth and Fire crystals down, and avoid his meteors, we should be okay!
Shrody eats his Fried Shroom.
loop
Catena: Is this shadow and me the diagram?
Wizzy: The best music loop in the world
Keiki (GM): The shadow is where the meteor will land.
Wizzy: Also Happy Heart for Shroob, Cake
Catena: yeah but its also a diagram
and me
Catena
stays the same HP this turn.
Catena
stays the same HP this turn.
Shrody
regains 1 HP this turn.
Shrody
regains 1 HP this turn.
Shrody: forgot i had happy heart
Catena: well, might as well not use this
my heart is anything buy happy
but, too
uh
how did we do this again
Who said bros can't travel through dimensions?
Wizzy: this will hit the earth gem right
Wizzy: The first part of the attack
Action Command Acre
Catena: rolling 6d6>4
= 0 Successes
Kreg attempts to use Chomp Hurl Bros!!!
Kreg knows about timed hits!
Catena attempts to use That One Bro Move!
Catena knows about timed hits!
Kreg: rolling 7d6>4
= 5 Successes
Catena: I botched everything
Shrody: You need to get cooler.
Acre: I botched everything
:cccc
Acre: Haha I didn't botched anything
I did botched my grammar for a sec
twice
the macro broke
Acre is hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Wizzy: because 2.Catena doesn't exist anymore
I see you fixed it already, though!
Ake: Probably easiest to temporarily rename these three right now and fix the macros later.
But it says that Catena doesn't exist
So I don't know...???
Should work.
Wizzy: yeah screw it lemme work here
Kreg whirls around Catena by the chain, dealing
5 damage to anyone nearby, before finally hurling Catena at Earth Gem, dealing
13 damage!
Keiki (GM): Works for me.
Keiki (GM): But how'd you want to do this?
Acre: why the earth gem and not culex
I don't know where to look
wizzy help
Wizzy: since apparently it works for you Cake you just do it
Keiki (GM): Okay! I mean... who are you throwing Catena at?
The Earth Gem is defeated!
Catena is flung at Culite!
Wizzy: THE TATTLE LOG NOOOOOOOOOO
Shrody: I DIDN'T EVEN GET MY TATTLE!!
Shrody: NOOOOOOOOO-wait, what
I get it now
Culite is revived to full HP and FP!
good
Shrody: ...Guess we need to beat all the gems before beating this guy.
Catena: Second verse same as first
: rolling 12d6>4
= 5 Successes
Catena utilizes inner Power on Culite!
Kreg: Which means that tattle is more important now, we NEED to know when his HP is low!
Catena readies a powerful, damage-piercing attack!
Catena lunges out and chomps Culite, dealing
16 damage.
A mysterious voice saying "In, at, or to this place or position" sounds off.
Shrody: Also, the Earth gem is still on the field.
Wizzy: The phantom Earth Gem
Catena and Kreg are burned!
They are also blown away somewhat!
The Earth Crystal tremors! Kreg is flipped again!
Wizzy: it wasn't actually there
we killed it
Shrody: THE EARTH CRYSTAL WAS DEFEATED
I CALL HAX
Wizzy: Cake Catena killed it with his body the Earth Crystal isn't there
why cake why
Keiki (GM): Forgot all about that!
Wizzy: Kreg has a sudden premonition about what would've happened if they didn't kill the gem
PrinceShroob: I flat out said that the Earth Crystal was still on the field even though it died.
Culite: Time for-- Oh for, these loops-- one of my strongest attacks!
Culite attempts to use Dark Star!
Culite knows about timed hits!
Culite summons a Dark Star and encapsulates Catena with it!
Catena: Hey. Do not mock the loops.
Culite: rolling 8d6>4
= 5 Successes
Catena: I'm a pocket chomp
arf arf
Keiki (GM): Perform a Recovery check!
Keiki (GM): Which is... hashtagRecovery.
Keiki (GM): My bad, just Recover.
Keiki (GM): You must recover!
Recovery
PrinceShroob: hashtagRecover
Wizzy: Eventually he'll get it
hashtagRecover
No
Catena tries to recover from a status effect!
Catena: rolling 4d6>4
= 3 Successes
You should be able to.
Welp.
Anyway.
Catena is swarmed by the darkness, and is instantly defeated!
Catena: oh no it's like I have a life shroom ? ? ?
Catena uses his Life Shroom!
Catena: Well, that was wasted on a hologram.
Kreg: Catena, be more careful!
Shrody: Guess I'll go tattle now...unless you guys have any better ideas?
Catena: Oh yeah "be more careful"
Against that.
Catena, let's focus the crystals
Shrody: rolling (8+2)d6>4
= 4 Successes
Shrody attempts to identify Culite.
Kreg: We need to make sure he can't revive
Shrody: Well, that's a bust.
Catena: Yeah but I can still hurt him while you guys do that
Culite
regains 1 HP this turn.
Shrody: I think this guy is at level 8.
That's Catena.
Shrody: dammit, we do not need culite recovering
Also, me too!
Catena: rolling 12d6>4
= 7 Successes
Catena utilizes inner Power on Wind Gem!
Catena lunges out and chomps Wind Gem, dealing
14 damage.
An announcer saying "Failure..." and the audience's collective sigh sounds off.
The Wind Gem is defeated!
Acre: Just so that one gets added to the list before teh fire one
Kreg utilizes inner Power on Fire Gem!
Kreg: rolling 11d6>4
= 7 Successes
Kreg tosses a hammer at Fire Gem, dealing
6 damage.
The Fire Gem is defeated!
Culite creates a Water Gem!
Wizzy: I think it's been 2 turns, my rally should go away
Or is that just going to be there.
Wizzy: Probably just there
It's a zoning tool you see.
Or not.
The meteor fell forever ago but did not hit anyone!
Keiki (GM): This isn't good.
Culite: Well said. This is not good.
PrinceShroob: What's wrong, Cake?
Culite: My body is not as powerful as it once was...
Catena: You look hella smug though.
Wizzy: btw Acre, lemme finish off the crystal before you attack again
Culite attempts to use Dark Star!
Culite knows about timed hits!
Culite summons a Dark Star and encapsulates Catena with it!
Culite: rolling 8d6>4
= 3 Successes
Keiki (GM): Try again at Recover?
Catena: rolling 4d6>4
= 4 Successes
Catena tries to recover from a status effect!
Catena breaks free from the shadows!
: rolling (8+2)d6>4
= 4 Successes
Kreg: See Catena, you stopped slacking!
Catena: You are the smuggest prick in this whole realm.
Shrody attempts to identify Culite.
Catena: But that was just uncalled for.
Shrody finally gets a reading on Culite! It appears to be an extra-dimensional being, but for some reason has reduced in power and size.
Catena is bigger and badder than babby cluex 8J
He proceeds to inform the group that Culite has 20 HP, 15 FP, an Attack of 4, and a Defense of 2.
Okay so it's almost gone.
He summons gems that have passive effects, one per each turn, with a maximum of four. Each one has different effects.
On top of that, he knows devestating spells, such as Meteor Blast and an instant KO spell, Dark Star.
If Culex is defeated before the Gems are defeated, he will use a star and sacrifice it to completely revive with all HP and FP. Defeat the crystals first!
Okay, so.
Kreg, attack the crystal
and then I attack the guy.
And win mad cash
Catena: We all win the mad cash.
Kreg utilizes inner Power on Water Gem!
Kreg: rolling 9d6>4
= 6 Successes
Kreg tosses a hammer at Water Gem, dealing
5 damage.
The Water Gem is defeated!
Catena: rolling 10d6>4
= 7 Successes
Catena utilizes inner Power on Culite!
Culite: This ain't over... This ain't over!
Catena lunges out and chomps Culite, dealing
10 damage.
An announcer saying "Success!" sounds off.
Culite: No... my gems... My gems!
Catena: Whoever said that Success sure was right.
So, Culite. Not looking so good now, huh?
Shrody searches Culite's body for loot
Kreg starts throwing his hands into the air repeatedly for some reason
Wizzy: At least it fades I guess
Culite is defeated! The party gains
63 coins! 48 Star Points are gained! Oh wow! A Quartz Charm badge was also found!
[MUSIC] Culite's Defeat
What's this badge?
Acre: It's a badge with a quartz on it.
Shrody: Looks like it prevents one-hit KO's and doubles Power.
Shrody: Or, wait, Quartz
Charm?
The badge is 8 BP. It prevents instant KO's and does not do at all what Shrody just said
shrody you're flith
Shrody: Hey, I'm just looking at the badge in Culite's profile!
Kreg: I don't think any of use can really use this...
But it also adds 1.5x Power.
Kreg hangs onto it for now I suppose
Keiki (GM): Oh, forgot he had it equipped it.
Shrody: ...Okay, so it multiplies Power by 1.5 instead of 2. And it also uses more BP than Culite's badge.
...I call hax!
...
now what?
Kreg: Maybe since it was his badge it worked better for him.
And yeah, now what?
Catena: Do we just leave the guy here?
Kreg: Did we finish our mission?
Kreg: ...how do we even leave here
Catena: I want my own Culite.
Culite regains his composure, but clearly defeated.
Culite: New scars were gained today. You three are clearly strong champions of your mortal realm.
I must regain my dark form, for it is not here that I will find it.
Culite: Perhaps we will battle again someday... In fact, I would bet on it.
Catena: if instead of that
you work in my restaurant
it'll be fun
Culite: For there is not just
one Culite...
Catena: In my mortal-ass restaurant.
Well, next time we'll have more partners probably.
Culite: I must find my brethren. Although we are mortal enemies, I find honor in you three. Until we meet again.
Culite bows and floats off.
The feeling of looming darkness leaves the area!
Catena: Well, I was never good at recruiting people anyway.
Shrody: Well, that sure was a thing!
Kreg: You know, those others do cover our weaknesses pretty well, I just realized.
Even if one of them is incredibly rude and snotty, one is a jock, and the other is... Spooker
The other is indeed... Spooker.
Catena: I don't think I know what you're talking about.
Anyway, how do we get out of here?
Catena: Don't just "heh." me.
Or are you the incredibly rude and snotty one you mentioned?
The light from whence the party came seems to wane.
Shrody: We could try going back the way we came if we want to go back.
I feel like you're being really rude.
At least I know your name.
Let's go
Astral Realm to Normal World
Merlon: Ah... My visions! They return!
At last, I can foresee events without any disturbances.
Catena: Are you sure you didn't just need to rub your eyes to get a clear vision?
Kreg: So did you see what we even dealt with there?
Merlon: I did. I believe a great evil has been unsealed.
Merlon: But... it is severely weakened. I do not feel it will pose any real threat.
At least not for now.
As I said, baby steps.
Catena: First you touch, then you tap.
Kreg: Oh are you STILL on that?
What else were we supposed to do?
Catena: No, I left that boat and got back on it just now.
Well
Merlon: Anyway. I suppose I do need to reward you all.
Catena: We definitely had the option not to break it, but what's done is done.
Merlon: You've done me a great service, but this will help you in the long run.
Merlon awards 20 coins to each person.
Kreg: Thank you very much.
What WAS the ancient artifact the trouble said?
Merlon: Oh, I nearly forgot!
Merlon: This may seem completely trivial.
Kreg: I was wondering about that
Catena: I think it was nice.
Merlon pulls out an urn from under his table.
Merlon: You will find a use for this. And I feel it would be best if you did not know its purpose for now.
I would hang onto it.
Catena: Is that a baby Culite.
I bet there is a baby Culite inside of the urn.
Kreg seems to enjoy collecting "special" items so he takes it
The Mysteeerious Urn is received!
Merlon: And lastly... I thank you.
Keiki (GM): Session ogre.
