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Wed 3rd Jun 2020 04:20

Session 4: Toads?! Where We Are Going We Don't Need Toads!

by Kepharel

It felt comfortable being back with the group. The smells, sights, and conversations allow one's mind to escape.
You know people have gotten comfortable with each other when we debate the difficult philosophical issues and as luck would have it, on my first morning back the issue was where do Tortles store their shit. More importantly, do they store their shit in their shells. I can honestly say I have never thought about this topic, but Jean and Sprig wanted to get to the bottom of it.
It felt good being back.
 
The discussion/debate soon turned to business. Specifically, where to go next. I honestly thought we would be going further into the goblin lands. To my surprise, the group decided on the river boat contract.
Also, I learned we are housing a goblin now. I think his name is Glark? Glarph? No.. it must be Glark. Sprig likes him a lot, which means he'll be here for a while.
Ostra was looking ill. Something was going on with her, couldn't tell. Hope she doesn't die on the boat.
We went down to the river front. Met a guy by the name Captain Piceary. I have to say, he appears to be more of a caricature of a captain than what I thought an actual captain would be. Nevertheless we made way.
I think it is worth noting, I am terrible on the water. It is wet, I hate it, and it makes me uncomfortable.
 
The boat itself was a 60 foot long boat, with its name etched on the side. It had three decks, the captain slept on the top, with a lot of space left for storage. The boat was filled with what I would assume too many boxes, but shit. I guess I don't really know shipping vessels.
 
The Captain told us what had happened before, the crew made their way down the river, they got close to a large tree. They were then ambushed by frog/toad things. Those creatures used some magic to paralyze people, but Piceary killed a lot of the frog/toads.
We made a pretty good plan to ambush these creatures when we got close. Jean made a blind for people to hide under. Piceary told us it would be three days travel to the ambush spot. A lot of time to not enjoy being on the water.
 
For the first time in a while I opened up to Sprig. Told her about my endeavors from the week prior. It felt good to confide in a friend, but I always fear that even my friends will use any information about me, against me. Usually I will be very selective about what I say at all times, but Sprig must have been asking the right questions at the right time because I opened up. I have mixed feelings about it. Part of me feels soft for doing that, but it was also so relieving. Gross. I also showed her some new talents I have acquired. Got to speed up her and Garth. It was fun to watch, though it didn't last a long time. They were both moving really fast and getting in all kinds of trouble. Just like Ava said though, there was a hard crash at the end. Gotta make sure nothing happens to my focus if I use that during a fight.
 
We all went to bed. Ostra was looking worse. I got to sleep among the stars on the deck of the boat. It is strange that both sleeping in the most comfortable bed in Fiddletown and sleeping in my bedroll on this wooden deck are equally comfortable. Maybe in the later, the comfort comes from the people near me. I imagine Jean would call me soft, if I ever said that.
 
Woke up and Ostra was gone. Replaced by some elf named Rheda? From what it looks and sounds like, there are four beings that share a vessel. I've never seen it before, seems really odd. I have to remember that information I tell one of them may not be kept from the other three. Really makes me uncomfortable, but I also have weird shit going on and no one else in the group overtly judges me. I'll try to let them? live and let live, you know?
 
I can tell I am on the right track because Ava doesn't burn my fucking eyes out every waking moment. It feels good to have a much lower stress, even though I know I'm going closer to mortal danger.
Not much happened on day two. We talked some more, and got to see a lot of nature. I guess oranges are a thing on boats. I've always enjoyed them, but didn't expect to see a barrel full of them on a river boat.
 
Day three is where shit went down. We setup for the ambush and before we knew it. 9 Grungs were on our boat. Piceary was right, they have a nasty ability to make people stop moving. Really slowed this shit down. Rheda carved them up pretty good, sprig turned into a dire wolf, Jean blasted away, Gnarf did some stealthy rogue shit, and I got to fly around and cast spells at them. Flying in combat was pretty fun, though I got a little to close and a toad caught me in the air. Ouch did that hurt. Luckily I was able to teleport away without issue.
Long story short. We killed most of them with little loss on our side. Sprig noticed the captain was transporting some illegal drugs. Which, normally I would speak up about, but I don't want to endanger the group. We'll have to talk some time... when it is more convenient.
 
Now we are just walking back. Three days of boat travel... and now this long fucking walk. I need to buy a mount or some shit, my boots are not made for this.

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  1. Background
  2. Session 1: Oozing Excitement
  3. Session Two: One Flew Over The Kruthics' Nest
  4. Session Three: Maybe Someday, I Gotta Go See About a Girl.
  5. Session 4: Toads?! Where We Are Going We Don't Need Toads!
  6. Session 5: Sabertooth Tigers, and Dinasours, and Merfolk! (Oh My!)
  7. Session 6: Is that Superman? No, just Glark Kent.
  8. Session 8: I can Finally Tell You that Hanging Out with This Group is a Blast.
  9. Session 8 Part 2: The Binds that Tie Us
  10. Session 9 Part 1: The Sweet Smell of Gun Powder and Cocoa Beans
  11. Session 10: I Came in like a Fireball
  12. Session 11: We Went and Built an Outpost
  13. Session 12: The Harrowing Tale of Rhinoman and T-Rex-Boy
  14. Session 13: The Demise of King Less-Talko-More-Leave-o
  15. Session 14: Our First Glimpse of the Mountains
  16. Session 15: A Roc and a Hard Place
  17. Session 16: Symbolic Confusion
  18. Session 17: Our Return Home
  19. Session 18, Venturing to the Falls
  20. Session 19: Traveling Through Merfolk Land
  21. Session 20: Risen from the Earth
  22. Session 21: The Ancients
  23. Session 22: Venturing into the Volcano
  24. Session 23: Completing The First Trial
  25. Session 24: Second Trial, Mossglimmer Valley
  26. Session 25: Mossglimmer Valley Part 2
  27. Session 25: Mossglimmer Valley Part 3
  28. Session 27: The Near End of Baron Maltrix
  29. Session 28: Rooth Upper Vault Part One
  30. Session 29: Rooth Upper Vault Part 2
  31. Session 30: Rooth Upper Vault Part 3 (Dragons Hurt, Man)
  32. Session 31: Returning North
  33. Session 32: Valeun Upper Vault Part 1
  34. Session 33: Valeun Upper Vault Part 2
  35. Session 34: Valeun Upper Vault Part 3
  36. Session 35: Valeun Upper Vault Part 4 and Next Steps
  37. Session 36: Our Adventures into Unknown Lands
  38. Session 37: Enemies from Above
  39. Session 38: Enemies? From Above
  40. Session 39: The Golden City
  41. Session 40: Fuck this Jungle and the Shitty People in It.
  42. Session 41: Onto Our Next Trial
  43. Session 42: Tempestan Upper Vault Part 2
  44. Session 43: An Interesting Offer
  45. Session 44: Aquos Upper Vault Part 1
  46. Session 45: Aquos Upper Vault Part 2
  47. Session 46: Aquos Upper Vault Part 3
  48. Session 47: The Welcoming Committee
  49. Session 48: Tectan Upper Vault Part 1
  50. Session 49: Tectan Upper Vault Part 2
  51. Session 50: Tectan Upper Vault Part 3
  52. Session 51: Tectan Upper Vault Part 4 and Returning Home
  53. Session 52: Head Out of the Clouds
  54. Session 53: Removing the Mining Camp
  55. Session 54: Meeting My Future Father-in-Law
  56. Session 55: Heading East
  57. Session 56: Overstaying Our Welcome
  58. Session: 57 Boglun Lower Vault Part 1
  59. Session 58: Boglun Lower Vault Part 2
  60. Session 59: Mapping Lake Bart
  61. Session 60: Death of a Merfolk and Our Return to Fiddletown
  62. Session 61: Trade Routes Open
  63. Session 62: Norhm's Second Miracle and Tectan Lower Vault Part 1
  64. Session 63: Tectan Lower Vault Part 2
  65. Session 64: Tectan Lower Vault Part 3
  66. Session 65: Next Steps and Holy Shit We (Norhm) Got a Dragon
  67. Session 66: Killings Some Kobolds
  68. Session 67: More Kobold Fun
  69. Session 68: The Archimedies Conflict Part 1
  70. Session 69: The Archimedies Conflict Part 2
  71. Session 70: Tempestan Lower Vault Part 1
  72. Session 71: Tempestan Lower Vault Part 2
  73. Session 72: Bag-o-Beans and Traveling Further East
  74. Session 73: Dealing with the Xorn
  75. Session 74: Traveling Towards the Magmos Lower Vault
  76. Session 75: Magmos Lower Vault Part 1
  77. Session 76: Magmos Lower Vault Part 2
  78. Session 77: Magmos Lower Vault Part 3 and the Return Home
  79. Session 78: Magic Swords are Dumb
  80. Session 79: Rooth Lower Vault Part 1
  81. Session 80: Rooth Lower Vault Part 2
  82. Session 81: Rooth Lower Vault Part 3
  83. Session 82: Rooth Lower Vault Part 4
  84. Session 83: Where to Next?
  85. Session 84: Down By the River
  86. Session 85: Drastically Changing an Ecosystem
  87. Session 86: Bright Light in the Darkness
  88. Session 87: Outside Our Next Trial
  89. Session 88: Valeun Lower Vault Part 1
  90. Session 89: Valeun Lower Vault Part 2
  91. Session 90: Valeun Lower Vault Part 3
  92. Session 91: Valeun Lower Vault Part 4
  93. Session 92: Returning Home
  94. Session 93: Finding a Potential Cure
  95. Session 94: Aqous Lower Vault Part 1
  96. Session 95: Aqous Lower Vault Part 2
  97. Session 96: Aqous Lower Vault Part 3
  98. Session 97: Aqous Lower Vault Part 4
  99. Session 98: Aquos Lower Vault Part 5
  100. Session 99: Back Home for a Minute
  101. Session 100: Tectan Deep Vault Part 1
  102. Session 101: Tectan Deep Vault Part 2
  103. Session 102: Tectan Deep Vault Part 3
  104. Session 103: Tectan Deep Vault Part 4
  105. Session 104: Tectan Deep Vault Part 5
  106. Session 105: Tectan Deep Vault Part 6
  107. Session 106: Saturday Knight Live
  108. Session 107: Fright Knight
  109. Session 108: Knighty Knight Time
  110. Session 109: Next Stop Crimes Against the State
  111. Session 110: The Not so Great Heist
  112. Session 111: HE'S GOT A SISTER?!?
  113. Session 112: A Fight for a Holy Book
  114. Session 113: More Minor God Fun
  115. Session 114: Magmos Deep Vault Part 1
  116. Session 115: Magmos Deep Vault Part 2
  117. Session 116: An Evening with Some Vampires
  118. Session 117: Getting to Know Our Vampire Selves
  119. Session 118: The Fall of Knight Volsaid, Long May She Reign
  120. Session 119: The Fall of Lord Crestin?, Long May He Reign?
  121. Session 120: The Fall of Queen Velshava?, Long May She Reign?
  122. Session 121: End 0f The Vampire Era
  123. Session 122: A Rose Without a Thorn, or Something Like That
  124. Session 123: From The Ash
  125. Session 124: Starting Over
  126. Session 125: The Forge
  127. Session 126: Onward to Our Next Trial
  128. Session 127: Aquos Deep Vault Part 1
  129. Session 128: Aquos Deep Vault Part 2
  130. Session 129: Aquos Deep Vault Part 3
  131. Session 130: Tempestan Deep Vault Part 1
  132. Session 131: Tempestan Deep Vault Part 2
  133. Session 132: Tempestan Deep Vault Part 3
  134. Session 133: Tempestan Deep Vault Part 4
  135. Session 134: Tempestan Deep Vault Part 5
  136. Session 135: Dealing with Political Bullshit
  137. Session 136: Next Deep Vault New Problems
  138. Session 137: Rooth Deep Vault Part 1
  139. Session 138: Rooth Deep Vault Part 2
  140. Session 139: Rooth Deep Vault Part 3
  141. Session 140: Rooth Deep Vault Part 4
  142. Session 141: Rooth Deep Vault Part 5
  143. Session 142: Going After the Chalice

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