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Post by Mubashir on Dec 17, 2022 21:34:35 GMT -5
Mubashir had been wandering around this accursed place for ages. Ruins and swampland for miles on end in every direction had made him very turned around. He was certain that he heard someone nearby several days ago, but he had stubbed his toe on a half sunken brick, and it seemed the howling had scared them off. Another time there had been an orc child playing in the muck, so Mubashir had sent Sumaita to approach them to see if they would lead the pair out. She slipped into a large puddle, and having been given instructions continued regardless of her appearance. The childs screams would be hard to forget as they ran away from what they had described as a "Scary swamp monster." That one had certainly hurt Sumaitas feelings.
It seemed as though every adventure they went on these days wound up in a cold, damp misery. Mubashir huddled up in the tower of one of the sunken ruins, damp silk wrapped around his shoulders as he brought his knees to his face and wept. The echoes of his cries in the swamp certainly came off as ghastly, Sumaita having been largely wiped of muck now stood guard atop the roof.
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Post by mchart (Nathaniel Shishalee) on Dec 24, 2022 11:02:28 GMT -5
Nathan was exploring the area from high above the mud flats on the wing. Rising on the weak thermals coming off the ruins he spies the guard on the top of the roof and circles down gently making no effort to hide.
The dark elf is dressed in rugged dark travelling clothes and a dull chainmail Haubergeon. There are a pair of hand axes in a metal loops attached to his belt. He also has a dagger in his boot. While all have seen better days they are well maintained, so this is dark elf is obviously not rich. The dark elf has an oddly almost translucent looking skin like thick purple glass and seems to have been blessed with a pair of jet-black bird wings. He walks with a warrior's grace but gives away little more utilizing minimal movements as if prepared for a fight.
Nathan pauses for a moment hearing the sounds of distress, he nods to the guard and says "Hello there, I am Nathan Shishalee, I can hear there is someone is in a lot of distress, what may I do to help, are you lost?" Nathan puts on a friendly smile trying to look inoffensive as possible.
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Post by Mubashir on Dec 25, 2022 5:49:30 GMT -5
Sumaitas eyes drew narrow with distrust. This man was armed, and had found their location without difficulty, so there was a baseline threat in her eyes. Her instructions had been to stand guard, and not attack on sight, so with much disdain she withheld her anger. Still, she stamped her foot twice in order to wake her master from his wallowing. She smiled, slyly, and made a polite bow with her arm outstretched. Standing straight, The woman covered in dried mud made an S in the air, and pointed towards herself. Unable to speak, it was the least she could do in any awkward situations she found herself in without her darling Mubashir.
Speaking of which...where was he? Slightly annoyed, She stomped her foot twice more on the roof of the crumbling tower, this time with a bit more force. A small brick loosened by the jolts relieved itself of its position on the edge of the parapet and fell with a wet thwack into the mud below. Moments later, with a soft mist rising from a crack in the floor, Mubashir appeared before the pair. His eye's closed, and makeup running with his tears creating a few black streaks down his face, he spoke.
"Yess, yess...Here to take in the beeg baddie losst in the sswamp...Pleasse, arresst me. Take me far far from here sso i might dry up and be free of thiss dreadful environment." He wallowed, hands limply outstretched in a gesture of surrender.
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Post by mchart (Nathaniel Shishalee) on Dec 25, 2022 16:26:14 GMT -5
Nathan looks confused, first at the man and then at the woman (could be mute?) he thinks. "Did you say that you wanted to be arrested? what is wrong? what did you do?", it is at this point the roof of the ruin begins to give way. It seems that the repeated stamping caused the dilapidated building to collapse. Nathan realizing what is happening grabs both the man and the woman by an arm launches into the air. It is not an easy thing to do as they are both heavy particularly the woman who seems to be in armour.
Nathan manages to find some dry ground and almost crashes into it, but manages to drop them off with out embarrassing himself too much.
Nathan smiles and says "That was a lucky escape," He turns to the woman and says "You must have some kick if you can knockdown a building"
He looks them both up and down, not knowing what to do next, He offers "I can help you find a way out of you want and lead to you the watch he you wish to hand yourself in. Perhaps if you explain what has lead you to be in this place I can help you more".
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Post by Mubashir on Dec 28, 2022 7:37:49 GMT -5
Flight can definitely go on Mubashirs list of dislikes, and apparently Sumaitas as well. She slapped helplessly at the man as they flew to the ground rapidly. After a rough landing, she rolls and lunges at the man, stopping as Mubashir steps between them. Arms outstretched in attempts to reach the stranger fruitlessly.
"Ah-he, thank you for the rescue. I, Mubashir, am most grateful, who knows how long I could be trapped in the rubble. Sumaita would also like to thank you, though she is quite proud." He chuckles, as she glares at the winged man from over Mubashirs shoulder. "It is quite fortunate that you have found us out here, We have been stranded for several days. We had originally come here in search of an artifact lost in the ruins, but without much luck we had attempted to give up. Each time a local would find us, they would run screaming in the opposite direction thinking us monsters of the swamp. If they had not sent you, then I was mistake in surrendering so easily. This whole excursion has been quite exhausting you see." Maybe their search was not yet over. This man could cover alot of ground quite quickly.
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Post by mchart (Nathaniel Shishalee) on Jan 2, 2023 14:38:28 GMT -5
Nathan pauses for a moments in consternation thinking I know this individual I believe we must have met before somewhere but I am not sure. He touches the Harpy matriarchs claw he has on his belt, but shakes his head, it will eventually come to mind but for the moment I will have to wait and see.
"So what is this artifact you are looking for? I am not too familiar with the area but I could cover a lot of ground quite quickly if you need me to. Where have you been so far?"
Then a look of realisation comes across Nathan's face, he pauses and says "Now I know where I remember you from. You were on the Crescent Isle in the forest, you fought the Harpies to free a child only to kill him for his blood. Suffice to the parents were none too impressed, you were not careful with your victim, he was one of the children of a noble families and they have a rather detailed description of you. A friendly warning I would not go back to that place anytime soon. Vampire or not there is a sizable price on your head and plenty of mercenaries willing to try to claim it".
"Do not worry I will still help you, but make no mistake if the law comes for you, I will not protect you" Nathan states.
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Post by Mubashir on Jan 3, 2023 5:42:32 GMT -5
His eyes narrowed as Mubashir dug through the memories in his mind. A child...Harpies...a dissapearing magician? There was a bird as well... Ah!
"Oh....thatss who your are Nathanial! Much appresciation for your asssisstance once more. Worry not about bountiess and mercenariess, in a few decadess it will all blow over I am certain."
Sumaita rolled her eyes as he paced about, with a pensive hand stroking his chin. He slowly recollects what it had been they were looking for.
"You ssee, during that encounter with the harpiess, ssome myssteriouss force pulled the magician that had desscended before you arrived out of our reality. I have it on good ssourcess that what caussed hiss disssapearasce iss located within thesse ruinss. Rumourss claim it iss a hammer of great power, the power to erasse exisstancess from thiss plane entirely. A Bahn Hammer."
Mubashir wiggles his fingers to accentuate the mystery of his words. Such an object would be incredibly powerful if wielded by those not worthy, and those he had gotten the information from say only a god could control such mighty responsibility.
"Anyway, It iss ssaid to exisst near here, and that itss magic hass affected all life around it. Sso from above, it sshould look ass though a large area devoid of life in the middle of thiss swampy area. Ssticks out yes?"
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Post by mchart (Nathaniel Shishalee) on Jan 6, 2023 11:01:56 GMT -5
Nathan flaps his wings and climbs up into the sky for a moment and looks around. Looking north he says "I remember passing over some ground as you described a bit further north. I saw an area where there were no living trees, they were blackened and twisted. I saw bones around and not just animal bones either, there were humanoid skeletons as well, I did not stay over that land for very long, it just felt wrong somehow".
Nathan drops back down to earth and asks "This Bahn Hammer seems a vastly powerful item, why is it here? Who created it? Why would leave such a powerful item lying around where any one could find it, how did it get used on the other person if it is here? I have to be honest this whole story does not make any sense". Nathan carefully examines the both of them to try and gauge their reactions and answers.
Nathan seems to be a bit hesitant and obviously does not trust vampiric Mubashir or the obviously psychotic Sumaita.
Nathan somewhat cautiously asks "What will you do with the Hammer once we have found it?". His stance is obviously relaxed but both of his hands are on his weapons waiting for an answer to his questions.
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Post by Mubashir on Jan 6, 2023 20:27:52 GMT -5
"A bit further north you say? It certainly is a concern, such an object represents an existential threat to almost all of us. What initially piqued my curiosity was that in both recorded instances of Adventurer Evaporation, it seemed to occur during completely irrelevant and mundane tasks. At least from the perspective of an Adventurer. No rhyme or reason could be discerned, and yet the effects are remarkably similar to the localized effects of the hammer nearby. The implication of an object that can erase powerful adventurers without a trace is incredibly troubling." Mubashirs rambling was punctuated by his pacing and hand waving wildly. Troubling indeed, however the questions that Nathaniel raised are interesting. What would he do with an object of such magnificent magnitude? To truly wield such an artifact would make one a preeminent power in the world at large, capable of erasing all challengers to ones authority. But...that is alot of effort, and Mubashir had certainly enjoyed most of the people he had met since his release from the coffin. He certainly could not think of anyone who he would have erased from existence.
"No...such an artifact must simply be destroyed. Else you or I may find ourselves on the receiving end of its terrible power"
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Jan 17, 2023 13:56:26 GMT -5
As the two continued their discussion, Shaa stepped out from behind a tree. A mystical reality destroying hammer was it hmmm? Shaa crosses his arms and looks at Mubashir with a penetrating stare. Well lucky for everyone, that hammer was found by a bunch of dwarves like a month ago. They ended it up melting down into some enchanted pot or cauldron or something and turned it into chochskies for the local tourists. A bit tacky if you ask me but no magical problem now.
Shaa started to step towards them. Problems seem to be topic of the day. Mubs, I believe I told you that I would keep my ears open for news of trouble making vampires did I not? I also believe I told you what would happen to you if you went all blah blah blah all over Charon. Since we last met, I have put together a nice sturdy box, just for you just in case. I don’t need to use that big sturdy box, do I Mubs? Shaa looks over at the girl and frowns.
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Post by Mubashir on Jan 17, 2023 14:20:44 GMT -5
Nearly jumping out of his skin at the appearance of Shaa the Minotaur, he prostrated himself before the huge creature. Sweat would be pouring down from his forehead if he were capable of sweating, shit, what was he doing out here?! Mubashir chuckled awkwardly after the scolding.
"Bahahello Sshaa, what a pleassant ssurprisse! How lucky for uss that the dwarvess have ssolved our problem. Oh well! Heh... Anyway, thiss iss Ssumaita, my thrall, and Nathanieel an adventurer. We promisse, we were out here only to eleminate the artifact and not to usse itss power. I have kept well to our deal! Noone knowss that you have releassed me from my imprissonment...esxcept now for Nathanieel, but none other I sswear it!" Rising to his knees, he clasped his hands together in a begging posture. Sumaita crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, her master begging before a random adventurer was not the manner in which her sovereign should be behaving, but she had indeed heard of the mythical Shaa Rhunn. Her master raved about how generous and kind he was to have released him from his prison in the white sand sea, and spoke of how they must pretend to be from this "Areed Meesa" Mubashir said he was now from.
"I beg of you, allow me another chansce to prove mysself to you. Find the one named Vakker! We are good friendss, we sstarted ass enemiess, but even he ssaw that I am good guy! We gave many giftss to the people of the froszen north!" After a bit of deliberation between the two, Mubashir bid Shaa adieu, and hopped into Sumaitas arms to be carried out of the swamp and happily ever after. The End?
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Post by mchart (Nathaniel Shishalee) on Jan 20, 2023 18:47:51 GMT -5
Almost as surprised as the hapless vampire, Nathan flaps his wing and leaps backwards away from the advancing Minotaur. He instinctively puts his hands on his weapons and gets ready to defend himself. At the same time he thinks 'How did such as huge beast get so close without me hearing it, an impressive skill for one of that size'
When he sees that the Beast has come to deal with the vampire Nathan relaxes. He stays quiet while he studies the Beast's movements while he berates the pathetic grovelling creature trying, to read a weakness in case the beast's ire moves to Nathan.
He thinks 'This vampire is a truly pathetic soul, nothing like the stories in the tomes I read or told by my father. They were awesome creatures who could slay whole armies or strike fear into the most hardy beings. They could seduce any partner they wished or put them under a charm to fight for them'.
After the beast has finished scolding the vampire Nathan nods and says "Well met, I am Nathaniel Shishalee and you are Shaa?" he continues "Your skills at stealth are quite impressive as I did not hear or see you approach, which cannot be easy for a warrior of your stature"
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Post by Shaa Rhunn on Jan 21, 2023 2:24:49 GMT -5
Shaa laughed a bit. Nice to meet you Nathan. Actually I’m really not all that stealthy. The ground here is just so soft it’s easy being quiet if you know how to step. He scrapes some mud off his hooves.
Well, this was fun and all. I was just here to keep Mubs on his toes… for my own reasons. Take care of yourself. Watch out for slaads. Shaa walks off towards the fight pits where he has a fight scheduled.
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