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Pref List: ori, spyro
Decision: A
Current HP: 7/10
Current Fireflies: 5

A cave.... Take bristled quietly, swinging his head around to try and make sense of the darkness. No such luck. It was the breeze that caught his attention, his nostrils flaring as he took a deep breath. A bird would not want to be confined in such a musty, foul place. Surely this would lead to that creature.

Without hesitation, the kimeti trotted off in the direction of the flowing water.

Pref List: ori, spyro
Decision: C
Current HP: 3/10 - 2
Current Fireflies: 10 + 2

You've picked a hard task. But you're definitely up for it...or are you?
You either had bad coordination, or your group just lacked kin-power. Still, you manage to tag along on some other group's bridge. Lose 2 HP, but gain 2 firefly followers, who just seem the tiniest bit curious.

Bury was more injured than she was willing to admit. She rushed, agitating her wounds, and ultimately failing to do much in the way of helping. With a huff of defeat, she instead had to take a bridge some other kin had managed to make. On the way across she latched her mouth lightly onto someone's tail, afraid to slip off.

This slope is bleaker and rockier, and lacks the vegetation of the previous. Searching reveals no obvious nest - although there are a few cavern entrances. Where else could that bird roost? You head into the caverns, wandering down a long, narrow tunnel, until you make it to an atrium. There are a few other kin already standing around there, and four other tunnels out.

Bury needed to stick close to a majority of the others. She couldn't be on her own if she wanted to with how injured she'd gotten herself at this point, she'd be no use to anyone, let alone the children.

A large rock near the entrance has been marked with deep slashes from something incredibly sharp-clawed, in a way that definitely looks intentional. You don't think you hear or smell anything coming from this path at first, but then there's a faint whisper: your name? A lover's name? You think you know, and then you're not sure again. Maybe you misheard it - maybe it's the fatigue getting to you.

Bury felt at home in the cave. "But what was that sound?" She pondered, "Probably.. just a bug.. there seem to be more now." Regardless of her doubt, she opted to follow a small group of others headed in the same direction she thought she heard the sound originate from.

Pref List: Spyro, ori
Decision: D
Current HP: 06 / 10
Current Fireflies: 04

Freedom tisked seeing that some other group had stronger kin and managed to cross the fallen log safely with minor injuries. the group she helped out were clumsy but somehow they all made it through.

Tagging along with the small crowd, she wandered until she was in some sort of a cavern. After a few steps in, she'd realised that there was more than one path forking into different directions... This scene felt all too familiar to her... Sadly, she couldn't recall anything and got this far without knowing where the culprits went after snatching the little lambs that she was looking after.

The orange dragon doe stood strong and marched forward, leaving her life up to faith. If I was meant to live i will live, if i am meant to die a horrible death then so be it... She started to walk down a random path in utter darkness without fear or regret. Her one and only goal was to find those missing lambs.

Pref List: ori, spyro
Decision: D
Current HP: 7/10
Current Fireflies: 5

Haunt was a little disappointed to not find anything across the tree bridge, but still. This adventure apparently wasn't over yet. Kin from other paths were trickling into the place they'd come out of. But...now there were still more paths to choose from. She sighed heavily and decided to just choose at random. This was most likely a dream, anyway.

Please follow the dice-related instructions only for your choice.

If you did not roll before this post, and you picked A, B, or C, you may not gain any benefits from rolling. However, you gain/lose all other properties which do not depend on a roll (minimum heal/fireflies, must take damage). If you did not roll, and you picked D, assume your roll was 20 and follow the instructions accordingly. (If you rolled, but put it in a separate post, you may use it in your roll - this is only for people who completely forgot their roll!)
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If you picked A, you don't need to walk for very long before you exit the cavern. You've emerged at the base of a waterfall, with a few small streams headed down the mountain from the pool. You take the opportunity to drink some of the water - it's surprisingly sweet, but not sickeningly so - before deciding you need to turn back and head down a different pathway.

Divide your roll by 5, round down, and heal that amount of HP (you cannot go over the maximum of 10 HP; if your result is 0, heal 1 instead). Four fireflies follow you on your way back.
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If you picked B, you have a long and twisted walk ahead of you, which is pretty annoying considering you can't really see, and if you're not careful, you keep bumping into things. Eventually, though, the tunnel widens, and the cavern is illuminated by slowly blinking firefly light. Impossibly, plant life seems to be everywhere here. More impossibly, there seem to be a number of giant insects - moths and wasps and dragonflies - tending to it. (A quartet of mantises are arranging some heavy stones by picking them up and dropping them - this must be the crashing noise.) You marvel for a full minute before you hear someone clear their throat.

It's a kin-sized boar, with impossibly long, curling eyelashes. "Don't steal from others' gardens," she chides. When you explain, she rolls her eyes. "You're definitely in the wrong place. But - I'll send a guide with you if you help me out." She wants you to fetch water. Which is difficult considering she refuses to provide you with any sort of vessel to carry it with. When you do so successfully, she sends you on your way with instructions - and at least 4 fireflies. Furthermore, if you rolled 11 or higher, subtract 10 from your roll - you gain that many additional fireflies. A handsome reward for a bothersome task!

Also, lose 4 HP from the combination of the difficult-to-navigate path and the efforts of accomplishing your task.
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If you picked C, the voices grow louder the farther you walk - but they stop abruptly when you reach a large chamber, with the bird from earlier sitting primly in the center, along with two equally-intimidating companions (one each in red, white, and black plumage). Behind them is a large rock, blocking most of the entrance to another cavern.

The black one speaks. "Since you were quick, you may share a drink with us while we wait." There is a pool of purple water, which the three birds have positioned themselves around. No matter what else you do, however, none of the birds speak: they're clearly waiting for everyone else to arrive. If your roll was odd, heal 2 HP. If your roll was even, divide it by two and subtract one - you gain that many fireflies (if your end number is 0 or lower, you still gain 1 firefly).

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If you picked D, if your roll was between 1 and 10, inclusive, you picked choice A. If your roll was between 11 and 15, you picked choice B. If your roll was between 16 and 19, you picked choice C. Please read the results and follow the instructions for your respective choice.

If your roll was 20, you ended up being too dizzy to actually head down any of the tunnels. Lose 1 HP from being winded, but you manage to follow the others into the cavern marked with the stone once they start coming back. Two fireflies follow you.

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CHOICE FOUR
Everyone who has not already done so must walk into the cavern marked with the stone. Inside are three large, sharp-eyed birds, a pool of purple water, and a large rock blocking the passage to the rest of the cavern.

"What you seek is past this rock," says the red bird. "I will allow passage after a test of wits."

"I will allow passage after a test of camaraderie," says the white bird.

"I will allow passage after a test of strength," says the black bird.

What do you choose?

A) Wits
B) Camaraderie
C) Strength
D) Cunning - surely there must be another way. Or an easier way. You'll enact your plan while all three birds are distracted with other kin...

You have until 1 AM PT (GMT - 8 ) on March 1, 2017 to post your reply. Please roll 1d20 with your post.

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If you have reached 0 HP or less, you have somehow died in your dream. You wake up, safe, and with the clutch you were protecting also safe. You are no longer eligible to win Ori or Spyro unless we come out with fewer than 2 survivors, but you may write a concluding/wake up post to conclude your roleplay, along with a tally of fireflies gained in case we decide to award additional prizes.

Pref List: spyro, ori
Decision: B
Current HP: 7/10
Current Fireflies: 10

Pleased to see where she came out she graciously took a sip of the running waters and was quite thrilled at the semi-sweetness of it. Looking around she realized she had a few more fireflies following her and she smiled. She was starting to like the little guys.

Heading back in she finally met back up with Keeper and he looked a little shaken up. "Are you alright?" She asked him with a worried tone in her voice. She hoped he was alright, it hadn't been by her own chance alone that she had gotten this far after all. They were all in this together and she hoped to keep it that way.

So it would seem the path she least wanted to go was where they needed to go, funny how that works out. Looking at keep she gave him a reassuring smile. "We can do this."

Looking around at everyone else as they entered she noted the birds and listened as they spoke. So it would seem you could only pick one of the birds. The choices however weren't hard for her, if camaraderie was an option it would always be her choice. It would seem Keeper had a like mind, at least for the option he had selected. She looked at the white bird and took a step or two towards it. "Without my friends my journey would have been cut short, I will not falter on them now. I choose a test of Camaraderie." She said with a firm nod of her head.

Pref List: ori, spyro
Decision: C : Test of Strength
Current HP: 4/10
Current Fireflies: 8+4=12+ 1 extra = 13 total

The task was difficult, not horrible but unpleasant and tiresome. She returned tired but surrounded by a small wavering lights of fireflies. It still had been some what worth it to see the gorgeous cave and all the insects.

Now though was a task and she picked her strengths. She was strong and young and ready to prove herself. Bring on the task.

Pref List: ori, spyro
Decision: C, strength
Current HP: 7 +1 = 8/10
Current Fireflies: 9

No birds. Take snorted with disappointment once he'd exited the cavern, eyeing the waterfall with disdain. Well, he might as well take a drink while he was here... Feeling slightly refreshed, the buck trotted back the way he'd come. Directions clearly weren't his strong suit.

When he found the trio of birds, he found his tail lashing with irritation. With a huff, the kimeti approached the black bird, baring his teeth. It wanted a test of strength? So be it. But he would retrieve his stolen clutch, one way or another!