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Sullivan rolled 2 6-sided dice:
6, 3
Total: 9 (2-12)
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 Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:21 pm
 Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: (Choose one: Giftless - 0/0 ) ___________________ Havoc continued following the pink doe, but as they came down the hill it appeared there were a muddle of prints and that they may be going off into the forest. This was definitely not a good place for them to just go wandering in alone, serving themselves up on a plate pretty much. He slowed, then stopped, uncertain if he should go on or try to get others? "We probably shouldn't go in there alone..." He said to the doe, hoping she would wait a moment before rushing headlong into the forest. She seemed pretty determined. Looking over his shoulder again, he was relieved to spot at least one more doe that had come down the hill too. Maybe if they took a few minutes to look around the others would catch up and they could go into the wood as a larger group. The buck really wasn't sure he wanted to go rushing off into the forest alone after seeing that clearing mess. "Maybe we should wait here a moment for the others to catch up...?" He asked both does hopefully, "Safety in numbers and all that..?" He glanced around the base of the hill for any other signs they may have overlooked so far.
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DarkHeartedSorrow rolled 2 6-sided dice:
3, 2
Total: 5 (2-12)
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:02 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: 0/0 ___________________ checking out the snapped branches Sweetpea paused, squinting at an area where branches of the trees looked snapped back and trampled. It wasn’t extremely obvious, but something had clearly gone that way recently. Her ear flicked as she concerned Havoc’s words, but she still didn’t take her eyes off this new path. He was right, they should wait, but what if there was a noul close by that needed help? She huffed, a little frustrated. “You stay here, wait for the others. I’m going check this out and I’ll be right back. I promise I won’t go far, I just want to see if its worth spending our time on.”
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Heavenly Snow rolled 2 6-sided dice:
1, 1
Total: 2 (2-12)
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:23 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: Adept: 2/2 ___________________ There was a rustling above Specterdust’s head and she looked up. Kevin was hopping along the branches and then paused when he noticed his noul bond below him. He had kinda wandered off once he couldn’t hear the squeaks anymore and ended up deeper in the forest than he would have liked. Kevin had spotted three nouls following large footprints down the hill but seeing as none of them were Specterdust, he doubled back. “Nothing here,” he said. “No, they were in a tree back at the top. Come on down.”Kevin glided down to the ground and landed in front of the grey doe. “You had me worried. Let’s just stay together from now on. Alright?”“Probably best,” he murmured. “Scary woods.”Specterdust looked around and finally took noticed of the tracks. She wasn’t sure she liked how big they were or the creature that made them. “Three nouls farther down,” Kevin said suddenly. “Only one is an adept.”“We could go join them I guess. Numbers and all just in case something happens.”Together, Specter and Kevin continued to follow the tracks til they spotted three nouls. They arrived just as the pink one said she’ll check out another path. Well that can’t be good, Specter thought. They were already divided into two groups, a single noul running off on their own right now could potentially be dangerous. “Hey guys,” Specterdust said as she approached. “We probably shouldn’t let anyone run off alone, even if it is just a quick jaunt. Anything could happen in here.” She paused and looked at the buck and then the adept doe, another botanic. “I’m going to follow that one and make sure she does come back ok.” She then turned and trotted after the pink noul, even if she didn’t go very far into the forest, one never knew what was lurking and a single noul is an easy target. Quote: Continue to follow the tracks Rolled: 2 + 1 = 3 WC: 316 / 1,333
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:49 pm
The Faeries Unfortunately, under the hustle and bustle of everything else, the faeries didn’t manage to catch Nereida’s question. “What could have done this?” one of the faeries echoed at Cinder. “Great big horrible beasts, that’s what! We’ve never seen anything like it. Big nasty teeth that snapped legs clean in half!” “Horrible, horrible,” said the other, shaking its head rapidly. It glanced down at Indira. “Those other nouls, the ones with the big wings, they did their fancy magic and turned a bunch of bones into those beasts. One of them started speaking nice words, like Brightheart did with us when she made us, but the beasties…” The second snapped its gaze to Dryxel and continued, “... they looked around each other all confused like and started growling and then they… they just attacked! We watched the whole thing, we did.” “They were gonna attack that nice Brightheart, but we jumped in the way.” The faeries puff their chests out at that, and one of them turns around to show a small scratch on their back. “Brightheart got away… for a bit... but then those nasty jaws were snapping and crunching at us, so we flew up here to hide!” They turned to Owlheart and her familiar. “Six of them got away, and the rest of them…” “Didn’t.” At Cattleya’s raised voice, the faeries perk a little in her direction, but before they can speak, the perlino buck lets out a cry of anguish. It seems he heard the faery’s number too! “Only six?” he whimpered. The faeries raised their voices over him. “A big surprise!” “A big terrible one.” The faery nodded. “You’ll need a lot of noulicorns to… to do whatever it is you’re gonna do.” The two faeries exchanged glances and worried twitters, then crawled out of the knothole. “We can come with you.” “They took that nice Brightheart, and we’d like to help her.” Quote: Congratulations group! The faeries have divulged what they witnessed and are willing to come along. Indira and Owlheart made a really good impression so they’d like to come home with them! RNG has decided Revel1984 gets first pick of the two faeries, and Ellanoire will get the remainder! -------------------- The rest of the party has already headed down the hill! Might be a good idea to head that way and choose To Follow the Tracks Or Head off to the Left No rolling needed this round! search of the ground brings up nothing but more prints heading down the hill. But something else catches her attention. She hears a twig snap somewhere to the left and a muffled shout! What could that be? Havoc spots the same snapped twig Sweetpea saw earlier, and just beyond it… some noulicorn prints! He can’t see any predator tracks heading this way. Sweetpea heads left off the path, but for once, her keen abilities at observation fail her. She doesn’t spot anything else in the underbrush. Specterdust follows after Sweetpea, but has no better luck searching for more tracks in the foliage. Quote: It looks like there’s two ways to go now! Keep following the trail down the hill. OR Head off to the left (with Sweetpea and Specterdust)! No rolling needed this round! ___________________________________________________ All the clues on the hill top have been located! Good job sleuths! With 6 clue hunting points each, Dryxel, Indira, Sweetpea, and Russet Fawn are the MVPs of this round. RNG has decided the perlino buck will go along with Kesmi! As runner’s up, each of you receive a randomly determined item prize!
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:23 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: Adept: 2/2 Following the tracks___________________ Indira listened intently to the faeries. As she had suspected, many of the idiots who'd gathered for the resurrection were dead. Their bodies wouldn't even nourish the soil of Vykeli. Instead, they were inside the belly of some monstrosity that could, apparently, snap the leg of a full grown noulicorn in half. Perhaps the only good news was that Brightheart wasn't dead. Yet. Brightheart was well known for her good works. Her death would be a crushing blow to Homewood. All the more reason to get a move on. If the beasts had Brightheart time was of the essence. She was slightly surprised as one of the faeries alighted upon her neck. Fleet was nearly vibrating on Indira's back. She didn't say a word, but Indira could feel each feeling the jack hop felt. There was a little surprise at the addition of the faerie. Indira wondered what she looked like - now carrying to familiars upon her back. But in truth, that was two more sets of eyes. Indira glanced at Owlheart and Cinder in turn. "I think we're going to have to move fast if we're to save Brightheart. If Brightheart is even still alive to be saved." The faery on her neck bobbed its head in agreement. Indira tried to pick her way down a good portion of the slanted trunk, but as soon as the ground seemed close enough she jumped, landing in an almost crouch. That earned her a chirp of reproach from her newest passenger. She glanced behind her once, wondering if the other two does would follow. She hoped so. Strength in numbers seems important right about now. Near where she'd seen the others head down the hill she noticed the smear of tracks. Noulicorn and something else, mixed together. Now that she had an idea of where the track started, the trail seemed rather clear. Down the hill Indira went, hoping she wasn't heading off alone.
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Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:34 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: (Choose one: Giftless - 0/0 ) ___________________ Havoc huffed in exasperation as the pink doe took off on the path she was following. Tell him to stay behind and wait while she takes her crazy a** no brains off into the jungles of doom all alone?? Oh no no. What would everyone think if he just stood around like a dope while she became these thing's dessert?? At least this direction wasn't riddled with the big scary prints he noticed, so maybe they would be ok. Another noul arrived then and also followed the pink doe, so he was glad to see the others seemed to be catching up. "Uhg I'm coming too don't rush off!" He said as he trotted to catch up before the does could get out of sight. At least trying to keep up with this adventure was keeping him too busy to dwell on his regrets of coming out here in the first place. He peered around at the surrounding vegetation as he picked his way after the others, watching and listening for any signs of danger.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:14 am
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: Apprentice: 1/1 ___________________ Follow the TracksThe news that they were being presented with wasn't exactly encouraging, but knowing more gave Cinder a wave of sudden confidence. They would figure this out. They were getting somewhere. The doe nodded along in agreement to Indira and Owlheart. As the two nearest to her, they made the most sense to form a team of sorts, and she cast her gaze down the hill, following the trail that had been left by the perpetrators of this horrific scene. "I agree," she said to Indira and Owlheart, picking up the trail as the group began to move. No time like the present. This seemed like the most straightforward way to find some answers. "My name is Cinder, by the way," she offered. "Seems like we're in for an experience. I figure it'll be good to know our teammates."
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:20 am
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: Giftless - 0/0 ___________________ Owlheart listened, ears pulled back, concern on her face at the words of the faery pair. "Only six got away..." she said quietly, though six was more than they'd known were alive before, and perhaps they could follow noul tracks, not just ..unknown beast tracks. She felt sick, and afraid at what the two faeries described had been brought back "Of course you can come" she said to them "After all you helped us with information, we'd be happy to help you" she smiled as one joined Indira and her Jackhop, the other joining Hunts by Night on her head. "We'll get her back" she tried to assure them, one way or another...she wasn't happy to leave any noul to the beasts "agreed, time wasted is time Brightheart and the others don't have" she said to Indira, also getting down from where she stood and following the way the tracks led. Turning to the other doe who talked to her she smiled "Owlheart" she replied, nice to meet you Cinder, though i wish it had been under .....different circumstances"
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:48 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: Adept: 2/2 Head of to the LEFT. With small group.Rolled: ___________________ Dryxel was proud of the two faeries strangth and ablility to share what they knew. He was sure it was hard to relive but the more information they had the better prepared they would be when they fasted the creatures. Looking around he could see that two groups had began to form and though Dryxel would much rather have them all stay together he knew he would have to pick a group to continue with. Spotting a set of tracks, Dryxel can see a large group following them but the group to the left is much smaller and he knew one of the members of that small group. Moving to the left Dryxel wonders if this is right choice but does not have much time to dwell on it as he catches a familiar white flash. " Oh great I was wondering if you would be able to make it Sage." Sage landed on Dryxel's back with a hello type nod. Looking all around Sage took in the scene of the summit as Dryxel moved to catch up with the group to the left. He did not say anything probably have already guess whatever had happened was not good and they where going be on a rescues mission.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:14 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: Apprentice: 1/1 Following the tracksNereida froze hearing the fairies explain the carnage that had ensued here. Things weren't looking up that was for sure. Once she had stopped pondering things she felt abandoned all at once with the previous three does ignoring her presence continuing onward catching up with those who had wandered off. Normally, this reaction she would have taken with a grain of salt since Nereida was a scholar now bonded to Vykelli with water magic. Right now this feeling left her nerves on edge being by herself. If one of those "things" were lurking within this area she had no assistance or defense other then hooves or use up a water spell in protection.
Pausing she remembered there was another; Lady Cattleya .... they had to get moving or something would be greeting the area sooner or later. "We need to leave this place...!" she called out behind her in case anyone else was still here...
Not even a second notion had her hooves moving swiftly as she followed the others down the trail. It was a rather quick sprint till she found Russet Fawn paused looking around her surroundings. Feeling a little more at ease she paused herself in the company of another letting her mind settle away from unwanted feelings or expressions.
"I probably should have gone down the path as you did" she murmured making conversation, "Is something wrong? You look distressed?" Pausing she felt shiver travel slowly down her back. Remaining collected she spoke once more to alleviate some unfamiliar emotions introduced herself, "I'm Nereida by the way. What's your name?"
Instantly she was searching for clues herself wondering if danger was just beyond them. If this theory was correct well, she was glad that her hooves weren't standing still alone at the base of the tree.
Nereida WC: 258
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:27 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: 2/2 Still following the tracks.___________________ Fawn's ears flicked some while the track continued through the trees, something else also followed. Head lifting a little higher as she tried to listen, the gab from the rest and the rustling of others moving through the bushes blocked it out. She could have sworn she had heard something shout in the distance. While she couldn't understand just what it had been, but there was something. Her only thoughts were, was it Noul or was is one of whatever was pulled back to life. Shaking her head she turned and almost bumped into the Lilac doe from earlier. "Oh, oh sorry." She said before listening to what this doe had to say. "There were a lot who were interested in that tree and what was within. Did you find anything out then?" She asked before looking back to where she had heard the shout. "With all these tracks around, I thought I had heard something. Someone shouting far off or as if there was something in their mouth." She shook her head slightly. It was hard to say what she had heard or even know if it was something real. "Russet Fawn. the coward back there is Talltale." Fawn turned back to look at the sometime quivering saddle bag that a fluffy tailed bottom was sticking out of. "It is nice to meet you Nereida." As all those whom had been left up on the hill soon followed the two paths that had been found, Fawn frowned slightly as the tracks she had been following were getting a little muddled. Turning towards one Buck that had spoken in her direction before all this happened. She could only nod to his really earlier question before looking back to Nereida. "Come on, before everyone scatters the tracks and there is little else to follow." Fawn said before stepping forward and into the trees, ears always twitching to listen for anything that might come.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:58 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: Adept: 2/2 ___________________ Specterdust heard the chestnut buck call out to wait up for him. Being already so short, he could have caught up to Specter easily but she still paused long enough for him to catch up with his longer legs. Then she resumed a trot as she followed the path after the pink doe that had gone before them. Kevin raced along side her but eventually gave up trying to keep up with nouls and hopped up to her back. Keeping an eye out for anything that might come up behind them. Besides the chestnut bucks, he spotted the other buck take their path before Specterdust turned a corner. “Another noul is coming,” he said over his shoulder to Specterdust. “Oh good, we may need the numbers. I just hope the other doe hasn’t gotten too far. Not seeing anything interesting down this path so far,” she replied to Kevin but also talking to Havoc as well. Quote: Continue to follow the tracks to the left Rolled: -- WC: 156 / 1,489
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:23 pm
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: 0/0 ___________________ continuing to follow the path Sweetpea didn’t find much at first glance, but her instincts told her not to let it go yet. It took something big to break them limbs off into this path, which could only mean a noul or whatever thing made those monstrous tracks. She slowed so she could take in her surroundings better. As her pace dwindled, Specterdust and then Havoc caught up to her. “I thought you guys were waiting for the others? I was going to come back.” She was kind of grateful, though. As determined as she was, she was also nervous and a little fearful (a lot fearful) of what she would find. “Sorry. Thank you for coming after me. Should we keep looking together? I really think something came this way.”
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:31 pm
Trail of Tracks Indira, Cinder, Owlheart, Nereida, and Russet Fawn continue down the hill, following the mix of alien and noulicorn tracks. The path trails deeper into the Homewood, past the mossy trees. The bushes are still and the canopy silent as the group travels. The trail takes the group to the edge of a river. While none of Homewood’s rivers are particularly wide, there doesn’t appear to be any tracks on the far side of the river. These creatures had to exit the river somewhere. Quote: Don’t lose the trail! Roll 2d6 + WIT to search for signs of where the predators went next! , Dryxel, Specterdust, and Sweetpea head off to the left of the main trail, following the scattered broken twigs. The foliage is thick, the trees pushed close together with long curtains of moss that make it difficult to see very far. The air is oppressive and humid, the ground soft enough to make footing difficult… but dirt like this makes tracks stand out beautifully. And there are tracks. A single set of hoof marks moving steadily through the bushes. A muffled sound, like a grunt or a growl, grows louder the further they walk. A crunch splits through the quiet. One tree’s beard of lichen is torn to shreds, allowing the group to see beyond it. There’s a noulicorn! She’s fighting with kicks and flails, bites and gouges of her horn, as a large grey beast bears down on her, snapping its long jaw full of massive teeth. thypope your blind semi-custom! She does not count as a character win for this event. Quote: Save the Noulicorn! Attack the predator using 2d6 + BODY! OR utilize one of your gifts to find some way to help the noulicorn! Roll 2d6 + WIT to determine the effectiveness of your magical strategy. Predator’s HP: 7/7 Whoever deals the most damage to the predator will win the grey merle doe! If you don’t wish to try for her, please state so in your post!
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MoonRazor rolled 2 6-sided dice:
4, 1
Total: 5 (2-12)
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:32 am
Hit Points: 7/7 || Magic Used: Apprentice: 1/1 ___________________ Searching for the trailThe trail seemed to disappear, and Cinder paused. "It's got to reemerge somewhere," she said to Owlheart and Indira, beside whom she'd walked down the hill following the trail. She glanced up and cast her gaze farther downriver, hoping to spot some clues as to where they ought to go. What if it was a trap or a diversion or some sort? It'd be hard to tell until they knew more.
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