Cam: Something soothing, comforting, familiar, of days past.
I don't normally feel the need to push on something. I normally follow the group but i had to this time.
I feel the creature in the back of my mind, weak. in need of help. I can't let it stay.
Please remember some of that book. tiasomething
Harvey saves the days and gets that door opened impressivley./ Maybe I should let go of him trying to take my wings... (I had wings?)
The door is open. small little elephant creature creathing faintly . Valon and I try to heal it. it doesn't do much. it seems so exhausted. I hold it.
Valon wants us to run. Im not leaving this one behind.
SOmeone catches us. It sounds tense. darkness, my best friend.
A deal is made
I hope the mules are okay but I need to protect this liuttle one.
We need to leave now Mallory. I will watch the horizon but we need to go. now still night.
Nin intriduces herself and talks about the family. BUt as I responded, this is my family so im a little confused.
NO touch krik, no touch krak. good words harvey. No touch elephant!
I introduce myself to the lady and ask about the little one.
HOllyphaunt. celestial. Took a very long time to catch.
I don't know how to feel about Nin but she helped us and she seemed to regret what she did to the little one.
She told me that she did not wish to harm the little one. I believe her.
I lthank her and get a blanket to wrap the little one. I don't have any warmth for it.
People are worried but they tell me that camping will be okay.
I spent the whole night watching. I will not let another attack happen.
Nin appears by the edge of the forest. She turns to wave and me gently. I think I like her. I wave and she vanishes.
Timothy Holyphaunt
Tomothy.
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every family is unhappy in some way valon.
fog heavy morning.
tomothy curls quietly in the blanket.
Paws has her zoomies safetly on the shores. not on the boat!!
Valon wants to check around the area. see if we were followed.
Harvey gathers herbs. Valon goes to sit with Harvey and gives the card that Harvey had been looking for that was hidden in his breastplate. no more lies. just truth.
Harvey says okay.
He just wants to know that harvey is okay. the red stripe is gone.and he doens't know if thats good or bad. Valong gives him red substance in case harvey needs it. Harvey's eyes widen. pushes back against the red dye. No red. never again.
If you ever wanna open up, Paws is around. me too but paws is better. Kas too but she is quiet. we don't really know searos yet. -vlaon
Nin said goodbye! Paws is impressed that she stealthed away so well!!
Malory is ready for us to leave. finished preparations.
Zoomies finsihed?
make friends and lose them quite fast.
Orlibar
old colony, artist. potters and ceramists. people haven't heard of them in ages. hopefully they are all still alive. they were old.
We made it most of the way through the night.
greypeaks move ever closer.
treachourous path.
in the distances nestled in the rocky lowlands.
a couple basic huts.
quiet and peaceful. birds, river, we pull closer to a dock that hasn't been used in quite some time.
we are greeter by no one. and no one seems to respond to our presence.
1/2 mile away, cluster of huts. we do smell some fires burning. larger than a chimney. it seems controlled.
Im nervous. I hold Tomithy and look out. I see a figure every so often from one structure to another. dirt roads. no paving.
well someone is there.
the path to the village from the dock is overgrown from no use.
Mallory offers to watch the elephant, nope nope nope
Paws is brave. it's not zelbross but also not loudwater.
as we continue on, we start to see the town a bit more.
no one seems to approach us. everything is very silent.
paws tries to wave to them.
Hello! (bad eyesight?)
Paws is unable to attract any attention. No one responds.
paws walks right up to people (deaf too maybe?)
going back and forth, we see them carrying hunks aof clay. fingers stained brigh colors. they flutter their hands to each other. They are sighted.
but completely quiet.
whirring. carckling of a fire and loading of heavy things.
Vow of silence?
Keep walking towards them. more polite this time.
Harvey looks for an inn: none. largish structure is a barn.
Harvey goes to the pavillion with krik and krak.
people there. throwin pots and shaping clay.
whirring is the sound of wheels.
Right outside of the pavillion and lets out a LOUD craw. no one flinches.
pottery cost. how much? one of the craftspeople pics up a pot and walks right past.
mostly human-y. not the same kind of human.
paws will follow an old person and try every language she knows.
paws is just asking questions and explaining our situation. when paws talks in celestial, tomithy connects faintly.
amazing.
none of them ever registered her.
person that paws was following goes up to another person with a bowl with things on it and look and nod. and they point
everyone is working towards a speciality . devotionally. deliberate and purposefull., serentiny.
They do seem to be communicating somehow. perhaps with hands.
Valon picks up one of the pottery items. and EVERYONE stops and stares.
Valon tries to persuade them that he finds the peice beautiful and that we are merchants who want to pruchase.
fearful. backing away.
Paws thinks the pot was floating. they start to gather and stare at the pot. gestures. person who was packing, sighs and looks at the pot and walks up to it and stares at it.
Harvey draws a mule on that pot. the person looking the pot has a face of confusion and fear on their face. trying to figure out what is going on.
Harvey writes hello. and everyone steps back. most outside of the pavillion now.
Harvey writes "it's okay" we are visitors. just passing through. not here to harm you. you seem to not see or hear us. (tries but can't really write easily on this item.
ink starts to run in a terrifying way. only gets visitors.
we have legit terrified them
need an unfinished pot. and proper glaze. yes. Harvey tries again with the new item
we are friends. it appears you cannot see or hear us. but you can read this. please write on this to speak to us.
everyone is terrified but teh packer gets brave and walks up to the writing. looks confused.
gets tongs and grabs the items and puts them on a wheelbarrow with others and carefully closes it and goes.
the wheels creak as he makes his way up the well worn trail out of the village towards the mountains.
every so often, he glances back and checks on the pots.
need help getting the blanket wrapped around her for free ahnds. Paws helps me and now I have free hands.
as he passes other potters, our person ignores them all. focused on his mission.
Valon tries to wave at one. the potter looks around. valon foloows
valon puts his hands on his shoulder. potter screams. and really looks around. he runs into the hut and slams the door.
Valon finds another potter and casts command :acklogede me"
They roled really well.
the old woman does seem to react the some whispered sound somewhere.
Zone of truth. what is going on!!! -valoon
Valon is annoyed. he swipes off a piece of pottery and lets it crash. but hears paws voice in his head telling him to be good.
Paws collects follows. I ask for one. I give it to the elephant.
searos speaks with the plants. they are dying!!!!!!
oh no!
hundreds of flowers are dying and screaming as they are plucked and crushed. (paws and valon)
(one does appriacte the swift death instead of the slow winter
asks what the hell is happening?
searos tries to talk to them. they aren't super helpful
they weren't helpful.
paws is hearthbroken as the echos of their screams soiund in searos's mind.
what a view!"
i am unaware of what is happening with searos. but the hollyphaunt gobbled the flower up
at least now at the end, we know where all those carts go.
Searos talks to the plants on paws head. paws thinks its too her.
shhhhh paws. im talking to a plant
Valon commands silence.
Searos explains that the plant say that the carts are normally on schedule and this si unusual today.
we picked you because you are special. our lives meant something.
some of us don't realize that we are murderers until we murder a plant family.
interspecies cannibals in neverwinter.
do you hear voices? you are okay. but searos is hearing voices. prision? no prison?
halfway there to jail with eating others. REPENT.
we should plant a bean soon!
Kas follows behind paws in case any flowers fall off to give to Tomithy.
The cart continues and the land gets rockier as we get closer to the foothills of the grey peaks.
well travelled path this time. two solid groves were teh cart neatly fits. so do his feet. air chiller. faint breeze.
2 1/2 hours.
4 miles.
in the distance about a mile 1/2 away, we see a sheer rock face. and a cleft between them.
as we get closer, the carter pause to catch a break then picks upa nd continues on. vision stuck on that cleft.
about 30 ft from the cleft entrance. stone slab. horizontal surface. he gets tot eh slab, pulls up the cart. takes out the tongs and puts the two written vessels on teh slab.
and then everything else (beautiful glimming items. fine. variety. gorgeous!!!) arranges them with care on the slab. He looks into the cleft. for a beat. and then turns, picks up the cart and starts to walk abck.
the road stops at teh slab.
Valon carefully peers over. mouth of a cave.
peer in and sees that the pass within is 15ft wide and just goes straight back. fades into darkness.
harvey takes out piece of paper and writes "hello friend, can you read this" and puts the paper in the carters hand. Harvey races to catch up and climbs onto the back of the cart and weighs it down. He registers and drops the cart and puts a paper into his hand but the person shakes it off and sprints off without the cart back home.
wel eft krik and krak at the pavillion
Paws throws a rock.
Kas uncontrollable giggle. good 40 seconds.
are you back? you havent laughed like that in ages???
used to?
was that me???
everyone confused.
Harvey mimics my full giggling.back to me.
Valon pulls a torch out and asks searos to light it.
Valon makes fun of paws missing the cave. Paws picks up a rock.
Valon tosses the torch inside.
illuniates a corridor. the flame doesn't seem to be blowwing in a direction. Valon is worried about the cave being a creature.
Paws throws a rock trying not to fit valon.
rock sails past the light and clatters and echos in a large cavernous space. two birds fly out. sounds like birds. but not to searos.
i don't know if any of you have been paying attention to the sky.
draconic. it's getting to cold out and they need to fly south.
Valon has a 20 sec laughing fit.
Wait, why are the birds speaking draconic. IDK, that is weird -Searos.
Harvey thnks there could be a dragon in the cave. they do like treasure.
are we in the blast zone??
no signs of fire damage or soot around here.
Any claw marks? or draggin marks?
there are all deep markings from long ago.
Valon would like to pull out lightbringer in his offhand.
light it.
any one wanna go spleunking? Paws is excited.
The dragon might not be big!
Maybe these villagers are caught in it's spell. Valon just got out of a bad pact well.... is also still in another. we should check it out and help the villagers.
also dragons have treasure. paws likes sparkly things.
i check in with the halliephaunt.
we are going somewhere weird. but if you fell like we should run, I will get you out of there.
the nonverbal emotions are trust. it accepts me as it's protector.
valon is already in.
paws follows carefully.
I follow carefully very concentrated forward.
one to the left has it's own cavern.
then righ cavern, trickling of fallin water.
harvey looks again for the tracks.
well worn scrapes and large talons prints, tails marks, all over the place but a very regular route.regular patrols.
Harvey points them out to Valon.
Valon kciks the torch to the closed off cavarn area.
it clatters 40 ft agsint the end.
lined on natural shelves that are cut/gouged
ceramic pots and vessels. all gleaming. all pristine in their own individual way.
3ft footprint.
HUGE creature.
no inscriptions.HUNDREDS of pottery
some have marks in them. but nothing that seems language.
no order to it all.
Mage armor on Tomithy
Valon gives Paws invisibilty and says go explore!
Paws goes to the path next to the pottery room.
straight: continue
left: pottery room
right: larger cavern
paws is stealthy.
at a large entrance of the carvern. large stone column.
Left and right once again.
the one of the right has sound of falling water and the smell of fresh water.
heads that way first. with the intent to circle back.
more pots!!! thousands. a couple sculptures.
vessels. some sealed. most empty.
teh sculptures are ceramic. garden sculptures. large frogs. stylized dragoins.
variety of creatures that we haven't seen before.
cascading waterfall. from hole in roof on cave. beyond the range of darkvision.
carved alcove behind the waterfall. very very well worn. huge area for huge creature.
for a fleeting second, she thinks 'nest, but then doubts herself and moves on.
Paws did a loop.
Paws sneaks up behind searos and blows on his hair and goes down the other caven. long straight coridor.
as she turns down the corridor, valon breaks down into a fit of laughter again. 20 seconds.
from the corridor in front of you, paws hear a deep bellylaugh in front of her.
slowly enters a field
copper dragon. sweeping horns that rear back. one foot in front of the other.
"what are you doing crawling around my house?"
Sorry! sorry! just travelers. didn't realize it was your house. everything just look so cool.
doesn't this area look homey?? didn't notice this was a house? didn't feel that everything here was precious?
Haven't had an engaging conversation in a while. Maybe her and her friends might want to come and stay for a bit and chat.
You've made yourselves home already.
It's too late for 'just passing through'
Looking forward to meeting everyone else.
I can go get them. Oh I'll come with you.
dragon shows up.
DARKNESS or not???
We abandoned mallory.
will i get old??