2-9-14: A Search for Tokens

Anyone remember Gold Skulltulas?

Moments

Red Herring

<DM> [???]: Oh? It's a bunch of wussies!
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<DM> *Vincent and Neon, both of you recognize this high pitched female voice from a young woman sitting at a table with her legs propped up.*
<DM> *She's got a white t-shirt, a quiver with no bow for the heck of it, red hair, and equipped with dual swords on her back.*
* Vincent_Blaze turns around.
<Neon_Mercilion> (SHE'S A RED HERRING."

Dangit Neon

* Tessa looks at Serikka... then back at Vincent... then back at Serikka. For a moment, you can see her glaring, but her smile returns.
<Tessa> And who might you be, young miss?
<Tessa> ^_^
<DM> (Shady, no, go away)
<Neon_Mercilion> (Look at your Serikka, now back to Vincent.)
<Serikka_Tonatsu> I am a human being from another reality
<Neon_Mercilion> (DM...DM? DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!)

The ceiling is dangerous

<Ares> Tch!
* Ares flips up out of her chair.
<Ares> $20d10
<Navi> Ares: You rolled 20 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 8, 8, 8, 6, 3, 4, 2, 3, 8, 1, 9, 8, 8, 8, 3, 1, 7, 4, 6 and 9. Total: 114. Successes: 12.
* Ares bonks her head on the ceiling from jumping too high, taking 1 damage.
<Ares> Ow!
<Serikka_Tonatsu> Wow
<Tessa> You deserve that. Now go lead them! *pointing to the back door*
<Serikka_Tonatsu> For someone like you, you sure know how to bonk yourself
* Neon_Mercilion attempts to catch Ares. (DAFUQ DO I ROLL.)
<Ares> Sh-sh-sh-shut up!
<DM> (uhhhh.. roll Courage vs. 12 successes)
<Neon_Mercilion> $12d10
<Navi> Neon_Mercilion: You rolled 12 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 3, 7, 8, 6, 2, 4, 3, 9, 8, 3, 5 and 4. Total: 62. Successes: 6.
* Neon_Mercilion misses
<Neon_Mercilion> Whoops
<DM> *Neon, not only do you fail to catch Ares, but the ceiling gets to COUNTERATTACK you.*
<Neon_Mercilion> Foot slipped
<DM> *A plank from the ceiling falls on you. Roll Power vs. 10 successes!*
<Neon_Mercilion> $1d11
<Navi> Neon_Mercilion: You rolled 1 Die with 11 Sides. Result: 3. Total: 3.
<Neon_Mercilion> $11d10
<Navi> Neon_Mercilion: You rolled 11 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 3, 6, 8, 5, 5, 4, 6, 2, 6, 7 and 7. Total: 59. Successes: 8.
<DM> *The plank bashes you in the head, causing you to take 2 damage. Pro catch, bro.*

Bloody and tasty goriyas

<Neon_Mercilion> (BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD_
<DM> *Neon, you hurriedly run off into the back street [boys] and-
<DM> .....
<Neon_Mercilion> (No)
<DM> *-and step into a pool of fresh blood.*
* Neon_Mercilion trips on the blood
<Neon_Mercilion> (Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerp)
<DM> *You trip and fall into the pool of blood. At this point, just roast yourself. It'll clean the blood off AND you'll taste good.*

Sheikah Rats

<DM> *A Sheikah appears behind you all. For science.*
<Ares> But if someone was to hide...
<Kappa> Did I miss anything?
<Neon_Mercilion> Oh, hey, Kappa.
<Ares> AH!
* Ares jumps up as Kappa appears.
<Neon_Mercilion> Well, you're seriously not noticing the huge pool of blood here?
* Serikka_Tonatsu is back (gone 00:01:18)
* Neon_Mercilion is also covered in blood from tripping in the puddle.
<Ares> Don't just APPEAR out of nowhere when I'm describing hiding places you... you indecent rat!

The wolf is the brains, the man is the dog

<Maliki> "Right some introductions are in order, I am maliki, this is herian"
<Tessa> Good luck!
* Fenrick leaves with the other guards, carrying the dead bodies in a small cart.
* Fenrick is now known as X___X
<Neon_Mercilion> Hmm
<Kappa> I am Kappa Yagami
<Neon_Mercilion> AND I
<Neon_Mercilion> Am that guy everyone knows
<Serikka_Tonatsu> You are the Meat
<Herian> "I don't know you?"
<Neon_Mercilion> And you are a -*Stops talking*
<Herian> "Anyway lets get to the north"
<Herian> woops
<Maliki> (ignore those three lines
<Neon_Mercilion> (HOLY SHIT, THE WOLF CAN TALK)
<Maliki> (Don't even know how that happened)
<Serikka_Tonatsu> (HOLY CRAP)
<Neon_Mercilion> (HE'S A BETTER LEADER THA MALIKI)
<DM> *You all hear a bunch of "woofs" from Herian.*
<DM> *Maliki hears better grammar from his wolf than his own speech.*

They see me rollin

<DM> *You all head north to the North Inn. After a bit of a walk, you all reach it. Indeed, there is a large staircase heading directly underground to the side of the North Inn. The top of the staircase is indicated by a falling Goriya that failed to roof jump. Neon finds himself splattered at the top of the stairs, before proceeding to tumble and barrel roll down the rest of the stairs.*
* Serikka_Tonatsu is back (gone 00:01:05)
* Neon_Mercilion rolls down the stairs
<Serikka_Tonatsu> Wow, what a piece of meat
<Neon_Mercilion> (THEY SEE ME ROLLIN')
* Neon_Mercilion drags Serikka down with him
<DM> *Roll Power vs. Serikka's Power to drag her*
<Neon_Mercilion> $10d10
<Navi> Neon_Mercilion: You rolled 10 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 3, 1, 3, 4, 6, 4, 2, 2, 4 and 2. Total: 31. Successes: 1.
<Serikka_Tonatsu> $8d10
<Navi> Serikka_Tonatsu: You rolled 8 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 3, 10, 6, 8, 5, 4, 2 and 10. Total: 48. Successes: 7.
* Neon_Mercilion misses
<DM> COUNTERATTACK
* Neon_Mercilion continues rolling
* Maliki blinks twice slowly at the antics and tilts his head from side to side confused. "How am I working with these guys again?"
<DM> *Neon, you grab a chunk of air on your way down to the bottom of the stairwell. It helps you splat against the floor.*
<Serikka_Tonatsu> Ask the Meat
<DM> ..... did someone possess Maliki for a moment?
<DM> *After about tumbling 56.6 feet down a bunch of steps, Neon's face meets the ground floor.*
<Neon_Mercilion> (SLAM JAM, THANK YOU FLOOR)

Insurance

<Neon_Mercilion> Nah, I have Hyrule insurance
<DM> *There's a wide amount of space around the district, and between the district and the-
<Neon_Mercilion> (What am I doiiiiing)
<DM> .........
<DM> *That's it.*
<DM> *I'm definitely making sure you die first.*
<DM> *Let's see if you're insured then.*
<Kappa> (Nah, it is KEESE AND CO. insurance)
<DM> (.............)
<Neon_Mercilion> (ROFL)
<DM> *Screw it, you're all dying.*
* DM raises the levels of all the enemies by 3.
* Serikka_Tonatsu dies first
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<Maliki> (best not be the grammar nazi
* Orithan sits behind the 4th wall
<Neon_Mercilion> (Orithinsurance)

Wind, stop using accents for random NPCs

<DM> *A man with a green tunic (and pants) and a hat with a feather sticking out of it approaches you. He's got a Roc's Feather sticking out of his mouth like he would a cigarette.*
<DM> (curse you all, I suck at physical descriptions)
<Maliki> "hello there?"
<Neon_Mercilion> (HELLO ROBIN HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD)
<DM> [Man]: Avast, ye lads! Do ye cooom to ye North Enn to d-rink with us ooll?
<Neon_Mercilion> Ummm...(Racism)
<DM> *He appears slightly intoxicated himself.*
<Serikka_Tonatsu> Apparently, I am a male
<DM> [Man]: Lads n' lasses, o' course!
<Neon_Mercilion> I don't drink, unlike a certain hypocrite I know. (lol Red)
<DM> *He bows to you Serikka, and then he leans his arm towards you.*
<Maliki> *coughs a little* "nay nuaght tooday. we be looking for a scallywag been doing him self some killing"
<DM> [Man]: Cooom, 'ave a d-rink lassies!
<DM> [Man]: Sooom killin'? Ahh Ah shouldae known!
* Serikka_Tonatsu performs an anime-styled sweat drop
<DM> *The sweat drop falls upwards towards the cei-
<Neon_Mercilion> (The Sea?)
<DM> *The sweat drop falls to the ground, unamused by the floor. The floor stares blankly in response.*
<Neon_Mercilion> (Is the floor gonna eat us?_
<Serikka_Tonatsu> "For some reason, I have a bad feeling about this"
<Neon_Mercilion> Anyways
<Neon_Mercilion> We're here to investigate something
<DM> [Man]: Wheel then! 'ead on oopstairs! Them rich folk may knoo aboot yer problem!
<Neon_Mercilion> Thing is
<Neon_Mercilion> Across the town, two people were killed.
<Maliki> "well thanking ya siria"
<DM> [Man]: Avast ye scum, are ye 'ere to ruin the mood or get yerselves oop there?!

A crowd or a man

<DM> [Man]: Avast ye scum, are ye 'ere to ruin the mood or get yerselves oop there?!
<DM> *The man turns away from you and loses himself in the crowd.*
* Neon_Mercilion hands the Man two somewhat well drawn sketches of the two victims.
<Neon_Mercilion> Do you recognize either of these people?
<Neon_Mercilion> ...
<Neon_Mercilion> argh
<Maliki> "Right then the man says theres some fellows up stairs that know something about the killings, shall we?"
<DM> *You hand the man's back the sketches. The man's back waltzes away.*
<Kappa> Yes, Maliki
<DM> *If a man loses himself by entering a crowd, does that mean he no longer acknowledges himself as a man but as a crowd that has lost himself?*
* DM ruuuuuns.
<Orithan> (Out)

One after another

<DM> *A crowd of muscular men turn to you, pulling up their sleeves.*
<Neon_Mercilion> *Gulp*
<DM> [Man1]: Hey, did you just punch that guy out?
<Neon_Mercilion> (Note: Because Neon is much smaller than most Goriyas, this is an awkward situation.)
<DM> [Man2]: If you ain't honest....
<DM> *He cracks his knuckles.*
<DM> [Man3]: Then we'll beat yer skull in!
<Neon_Mercilion> I slipped! :x
<DM> *They all stare down at you in silence. You literally see elipses spawn over their heads briefly.*
<DM> [Man1]: Well well well... then try THIS!
<DM> *He suddenly punches at you. Roll Power to defend!*
<DM> $3d10
<Navi> DM: You rolled 3 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 8, 7 and 3. Total: 18. Successes: 2.
<Neon_Mercilion> $11d10
<Navi> Neon_Mercilion: You rolled 11 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 10, 1, 10, 1, 7, 2, 4, 3, 1, 9 and 7. Total: 55. Successes: 7.
<DM> *The man trips on the felled drunken man and slams his face on the ground. He passes out too.*
<DM> [Man2]: WHY YOU!
<DM> *He punches you too...
<DM> $3d10
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<Navi> DM: You rolled 3 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 6, 10 and 9. Total: 25. Successes: 4.
<Neon_Mercilion> $11d10
<Navi> Neon_Mercilion: You rolled 11 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 4, 10, 10, 2, 5, 5, 6, 6, 1, 4 and 8. Total: 61. Successes: 9.
<DM> *This one manages to bounce off your shield and end up punching himself in the face, knocking him out.*
<DM> *The last one tries kicking you..... roll Courage.
<DM> $5d10
<Navi> DM: You rolled 5 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 8, 1, 4, 6 and 6. Total: 25. Successes: 3.
<Neon_Mercilion> $14d10
<Navi> Neon_Mercilion: You rolled 14 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 2, 5, 6, 7, 5, 7, 8, 6, 5, 9, 3, 2, 8 and 4. Total: 77. Successes: 10.
<DM> *The man breaks his leg by attempting to kick your leg. He passes out from the pain.*

What is with this guard

<Maliki> "and what crimes are we accused of?"
<Guard1> Ahh, yes yes, the crimes.....
<Maliki> (gonna try to play this very carefully)
<Serikka_Tonatsu> Maliki, it's best to get out
<Serikka_Tonatsu> They are not what they seem
<Guard1> You! Are accused of... yes yes, you...
<Guard1> Destruction of public property, DESTRUCTION INDEED!
<Guard1> Murder... of a man. OF A MAN!
<Serikka_Tonatsu> Your sentence is broken
<Guard1> And assault... on another man. ANOTHER MAN!
<Maliki> "ooooh"
<Guard1> On these charges, yes yes, THESE CHARGES....
<Maliki> "I HAVE been busy haven't I"
<Guard1> I arrest you all, ALL of you!
<Serikka_Tonatsu> Actually, Maliki
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<Serikka_Tonatsu> You have your pet with you, don't you?
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<Maliki> "hes not realy a pet , hes around though"
<Guard1> You are to be brought to the Barracks Prison... yes yes, the Prison!

Reroll Points are never recommended

<DM> *There is a window on the room opposite from the doorway. It's a 15 foot drop from that window to some crates down below, so if anyone wants to go out that way, they would roll Courage vs. 10 successes*
* Kappa jumps out too.
<Kappa> $6d10
<Navi> Kappa: You rolled 6 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 6, 2, 9, 5, 6 and 1. Total: 29. Successes: 4.
<Kappa> (I am not dying here)
<Maliki> oof well that sucked
* Kappa rerolls himself
<Serikka_Tonatsu> (Yes you are)
<Kappa> $6d10
<Navi> Kappa: You rolled 6 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 5, 1, 3, 4, 4 and 2. Total: 19. Successes: 1.
<Sephiroth> (Time to lose the bots.)
<DM> *Kappa, you break the crate as the last one to hit the crate, taking 6 fall damage (neutral). The rest of you fall to the ground-
<DM> .........
<Maliki> (no no none must die first)
<Kappa> (I hate you Navi)
<Maliki> *neon*
<DM> *Kappa, you fall through the crate, breaking it, causing the others to fall off you. You continue to fall through and your legs slam against the ground. Physics flows through you as you die upon impact.*

[box=Deaths]

1. <DM> *Serikka, as your slash the Thief with your Steel Sword, Mailki leaps in from above, smacking the Thief's head in with the hammer, blasting him down the staircase. He tumbles down the staircase until he hits the bottom, knocked out and not breathing.*
   
2. <DM> *Kappa, you fall through the crate, breaking it, causing the others to fall off you. You continue to fall through and your legs slam against the ground. Physics flows through you as you die upon impact.*
   

Quotes

1. * DM materializes as a steriodic Stalfos for a moment, places a sign on the back door that reads "Plot Device is this way", and then crumbles into dust as heaven calls him back for a chess match with Jesus.
   
2. <DM> *Maliki suddenly appears where Vincent_Blaze just was. It's as if some greater entity just switched them out. Somehow, Ares and Tessa don't notice. Plot. It happens.*
   
3. <Ares> Guards have names?!
   
4. *If a man loses himself by entering a crowd, does that mean he no longer acknowledges himself as a man but as a crowd that has lost himself?*
   • <DM> *Your yell loses itself in the crowd. Oh no. That crowd is dangerous. Don't go there man. A man lost himself in it, and now a shout has lost itself.*
5. <DM> *Maliki, Neon and Serikka ignore you as Kappa looks up at you, confused by the plot.*
   
6. <DM> *The inn literally shakes as everyone in the bar shuffles around in an attempt to reach you.*
   
7. <Goron> I am Boron.
   

Ohhhhhh, so THAT's what you mean by "tokens"! Sweet!

BTW, I just wanted to say, if I'm not actually there, I'll be there in spirit. (Feel free to make Lightwall's "spirit" appear if you want! Maybe in a flashback or a dream seen by Garrett, if he's there, since he met me and the others haven't.)