OCEAN QUEST P2

[wooliefrand]

WHO: ROSE AND GUESTS
WHERE: The Beach (and beyond??) - PART 2
WHEN: TBD

[AT SOME POINT YALL ARE AT THE BEACH

THAT WHIRLPOOL WITH ROSE PETALS IS STILL JUST LIKE. THERE.


get ya shit together and ping me when ready to head out--no rush, this is for everyone to pick at the next couple weeks.

Adventure part 1 for reference]

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[lustfall]

[ an echo of Subito's voice rings through the haze.

"--right now, my precious friends are in trouble, because I--"

"--even if we could turn back time, I would still choose the path that would lead me to you--"

"--you mean the world to me. I want to live my life always having these feelings--"

"--M̵͚̫͕̓͒͠a̵̙͎̞̽̒̚e̸͎̺͖̐́̚l̵̺͙̈́̓̚. please grant me once again the chance to save you--"

two shadowy figures — one of Subito's height and stature, and another smaller, feminine figure — walk away toward the light. ]

[wooliefrand]

[The current will remember these scenes.

The memories swirl around them as they're moved along the current, and the mist sharks are caught in Levi's whirlpool. It looks like it's smooth sailing from here, and they can ride the current to their destination. . .destination? Where is that? They zip through the mist, but soon not only do their memories begin to thin out, but so does the mist itself, similar to the areas on land where they ventured out to saved their kidnapped flockmates.

And then, just as suddenly, the current stops, shooting them forward into the water, behind some greying seaweed. It's difficult to tell, even with the mist thinning out here, but it seems they aren't that far from the surface of the water, where some muffled chanting can be heard.

But more worryingly, there are other mist creatures here. . .sort of. They have the bodies/tails of the mist sharks, but shadowy, humanoid torsos. . .and are all wearing wolf masks. They seem to be swimming toward something, also in the direction of the chant. ]

[strateelgic]

[Leviathan stops when the current does, holding out an arm for the others to follow suit. He keeps his voice low.]

Mist merfolk?

Do you think they're heading toward our priest? Do we interrupt them or just follow?

[finalbows]

[ after he's collected himself from the end of the ride, ]

I think... follow them? The ones that were fully bestial were stayed by the song... these will be closer to reason. That could be a good thing... but it makes them less predictable. Free will, and all.

Let's... go as close as we can. Here. As long as you don't attack, I can keep us hidden from sight. If they attack our priest, we'll still be able to respond quickly.

[ time to cast VANISH on everyone!!! it only lasts until you try to hurt someone, at which point the aggressive intent braaks the spell. ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Hits the brakes and frowns warily at the crowd, alert for any sign of aggression or indication they've been noticed. He keeps his voice low ]

I like staying hidden. Do you think you can cast this on your priest when we find them too?

[lustfall]

[ whispering, ]

Staying hidden it is! I'm right with you guys.

[finalbows]

I should be able to, but you never know what complicating factors can come up, around here... and, if they are entranced by our priest's presence, suddenly removing them from sight may well end in an abrupt turn to aggression.

I'll warn you, if I'm about to act to obscure them.

[poisonista]

[ He's not sure how he feels about being invisible like this. ]


We could leave a decoy. Especially if the priest is there... I may be able to conjure up a glamor once I see them, but it won't last very long. We only want to buy some time, right?

[finalbows]

Not a bad idea. How confident are you in your facsimiles?

[poisonista]

Not as good as a schoolmate of mine, I'm afraid, but I can create an illusion so long as we have something of similar size to replace our Shepherd with.

Can you make them vanish, too?

[finalbows]

Anything living and capable of doing harm, I can hide.

Similar size..... couldn't we use one of the merfolk?

[poisonista]

Perhaps, but we'd have to lure one, and that alone will be risky. And we don't know what our Shepherd looks like yet, do we.

[finalbows]

True, true...Aww~. Oh well. I would have certainly enjoyed the confusion it'd cause them.

See any particularly promising chunks of the scenery?

[poisonista]

[ Looks around... ]

Let's look for large rocks or abandoned shells. Especially those we can pile up.

[strateelgic]

Could you cast a glamor at the priest's location? Perhaps that would be a bit complicated, but if you could make an image of the priest the moment they were made invisible...

[poisonista]

I could, but as I said, we'd need something to cover with a glamor. I'd place the object myself, but it's likely using my magic will reveal me if I'm there- so I'd need someone invisible there to place it as soon as the Priest is taken.

The glamor will only last a few minutes, as well. I can try and hold it for five at most.

[spinebuddyandme]

Me and Scarab can handle placing whatever we find to use, but we should probably try to get a look at the priest first. If you need an object of similar size, we gotta know what size we're working with.

[finalbows]

Guess we should go ahead and sneak in closer, then play that plan by ear...

ALL SHEPHERD MENTIONS WERE PRIEST I'M SLEEPY SHH

[poisonista]

Yes. Let's get a move on, then.

Re: ALL SHEPHERD MENTIONS WERE PRIEST I'M SLEEPY SHH

[wooliefrand]

[ASSUMING YALL ARE MOVING OUT NOW--

If some sort of cloaking is cast, just be careful not to bump into any of the merwolves. They can't see you, but they can smell you. . .usually. Everyone's scents are more muted underwater, so occasionally they'll see a masked merwolf looking their way in confusion, before swimming off with the others.

They don't have to follow them long to see what they're heading for--a beach of sorts, but before hitting the shore, there's a lone rock sticking out of the water. Should any of them break the surface to get a better look, they'll see a shadowy figure kneeling on the rock. . .chanting/singing the song that lead them here.

Beast of time, please spare yours
Save us from violence, save us from wars
To keep the peace I will forever sing
Until your scales of justice ring~

Strangely, they also seem to wearing a mask, but the others don't seem so friendly with them, taking turns to leap out of the water to swipe at them with long shadowy claws, only to be pushed back by some sort of barrier. Others try to make their way to the beach, only to be repelled by a similar barrier.

As for why. . .in the distance, there's a giant mass of something. But we can cross that bridge if they get to it.

What do.]

Re: ALL SHEPHERD MENTIONS WERE PRIEST I'M SLEEPY SHH

[finalbows]

[ ...looks like they aren't feeling all that friendly after all.
he doesn't want to break the vanish, just yet, so angie's going to use this time to slide in an extra layer of his own flavor of rainbow hexagon Protect barrier on top of the one that's already around the masked singer. ]

Re: ALL SHEPHERD MENTIONS WERE PRIEST I'M SLEEPY SHH

[strateelgic]

[In a whisper:]

...I think maybe a distraction will be a better idea than a replacement. Something to draw the attackers away from the barrier.

How large of an illusion can we work with? Would an incredibly large wolf be possible?

[poisonista]

It could, but I'd still need something convincing to cast the glamor on and move it around as such.

Leviathan, you can use levitation magic, can't you?

[strateelgic]

I can, yes.

[poisonista]

Then this could work. We need to find something just big enough for my glamor. I can increase the size of the effect, but it works best the closer the object is in size to the projection.

[ He looks a bit devious. ]