Author: Drysl, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:14 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC to anyone who reads this, this thread is over now, please do not attempt to join this thread or continue Role Playing in it Thanks.
If you enjoyed reading this and would like to continue following along The continuation will be in the Virens Forest and will be Titled Warm Hearth.]

Author: Drysl, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:10 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Finally they arrived at Drysl's House, The sun was starting to rise in the background they had been up all night! Drysl was eager to relax and spend some time with his new friends in his cozy home. Where they could safely swap stories and eat good food. 
[OOC Ok guys i'll start the new thread now and I'll tag all of you in it]

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:04 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Oh ok" Cinnamon replied feeling dissapointed and feeling like an idiot "well I'm happy I'm in your book" she finally said after a moment

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:01 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric wrote down the building's features on his journal.

"Hmm, i think something's in your house. No wait, that's just furniture" Cedric called.

Cedric was close to the house and waited for everyone else to catch up with him. He was eager to make Bontruffle Tea after a long day.

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:25 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Claribel jumped and accidentally snapped her book shut as she realized someone was talking to her. Blue eyes drifted down to the cover of her journal, and she realized that the ink inside had not yet dried. She inwardly groaned. Well, no matter! People were much more important than silly ink-blotted pages, anyways. Her gaze shifted down to the little talking kitty by her feet then.

"Oh! I'm recounting all of what has happened this past night with the trolls, so, yes, I suppose! I did mention you in here. As for reading, well… It takes quite some time to learn, as I understand it; years for some, more for others." The tips of her fingers traced the cover of the journal bound in leather, then ran along the spine. "Though, if I had the time, I likely would teach you, yes! You said your name was Cinnamon, didn't you? My name is Claribel, if you'd not already heard."

If the woman had picked up on Cinnamon's slip-up from before, she sure didn't show it.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:18 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: I am fine continuing to another thread.]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:01 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[Yeah, moving on to a new thread is a good idea. Otherwise, this thread would be too overcrowded with replies]

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:56 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: I'm good to move on to a new thread. Also, glad to see we have people who like reading what we're writing.]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:20 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[I'm enjoying this story a lot actually, i won't be leaving any time soon]

Author: Drysl, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:12 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC hey guys when we arrive at the house I want to make a new thread for the next part that way I can make it private and we won't have anymore random people joining in hopefully it'll just be us the ones who have been in this thread ill let Cinnamon and Claribel finish their conversation and then we can arrive at the house and start the new thread 
ps. if any of you are tired of this story and want to leave this would probably be a pretty good time.]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:10 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[Nah, it's cool, the smoke really isn't a bad thing, Cedric just mistook for some poison gas type thing]

Cedric looked around and no one was getting hurt, so he removed his mask and, instead of putting it on his belt, he hides it inside his coat.

Cedric, seeing some sort of structure in the distance, went over to Drysl and asked,

"Is that it? Looks cozy"

Cedric went a few steps ahead of the group to examine the structure.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:02 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea was confused by why Cedric was wearing his mask, did he say something wrong? Tea decided to move ahead best he could with his foot to Drysl,

 "Sorry to interrupt, but how close are we to your home," he began to speak shoftly, "I have a bit of a problem." Tea pointed to his hide boot, the blood is soking through. "We can't afford to stop right now, but if we aren't close then let's pick up the pace." Tea continued saying quietly.

[OOC: This is just me saying I'm done with the trek, you all may finish your conversation anytime, and any further interactions between Pick and Drysl may happen before Tea talked in this post, if it makes sense.]

Author: DavidRolePlay, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 6:34 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC Hi I'm really sorry don't mean to be rude I've been reading through your guys story and I'm quite enjoying it! But I'd like to make a couple suggestions um one I'd like to suggest that Cedric stop posting bad things happening every few posts it's kinda taking the realism out of the story when bad things keep randomly happening all the time. 
And two it would be nice if some of the ones like Drysl and Claribel who don't talk very much posted things more often
I'm sorry if im offending anyone it's just a couple suggestions]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:53 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric grabbed a stick and lit the top, he looked around, he saw a black mist around the area that they were in, but Cedric disregarded it as smoke from a campfire and carried on walking.

But it didn't smell like smoke, it didn't smell like anything! Cedric put on his mask and removed the goggles so he can see better in the dark.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:51 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Hmm Adeluna city? You know it's been so long since I've left the woods that I'm not sure were that or any of the other cities are!" Drysl replied

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:37 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"So you know your way around these woods right?" Pick asked still proding for information, "do you know the way to a Adeluna City? That's where I'm headed. Tea and I were traveling together when we were chased by a monster into the forest from the plains of Bohar." He continued walking as normal. The pain from the mushrooms was tolerable now and his main complaint was how itchy he has now.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:54 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl replied "I don't have a clue but I hope it's just this one isolated event and I don't see them again."

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:41 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick nodded at the response to Drysl, "what would bring them back?" he asked.

His skin began to itch. He tried scratching, but only made it hurt worse. 

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:26 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC Cinnamon wasn't talking loud enough that others should have heard what she was saying to Claire so don't just but in guys]

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:22 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cinnamon walked over to Claire and said "Hi! What are you writing? Is it about me? I never got to learn to write I wasn't that far in school when I got turned into… Er uh I mean I wish I could go to school to learn to write…eh crap I said to much." Cinnamon paused for a moment and then said "can you teach me to read?"

Author: Drysl, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:14 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl answered pick's question "these woods can be quite dangerous, though this is the first time I've seen trolls here in the two hundred years I've lived here"

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:33 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Huh?!" Tea was startled by Cedric, he didn't notice that he walked up to him while he was looking around.

"Pretty poorly, my friend over there and me were attacked by a seltrusk at the Bohar plains. We managed to kill it, but it atracted more, so we escaped to here, only to find more trouble." Tea answered, he kept glancing at the mask as he spoke.

Tea noticed that Cedric kept the fireball up in his hand, "I would recommend that use a torch instead, you're going to exhuast yourself constantly using magic."

[OOC: Sorry I took so long, at work.]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:45 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Alrighty Then]


Cedric has talked to everyone else, except Tea, he notices that Tea is trying to stay as far away from Cedric as possible.

Cedric tries to strike up a conversation with Tea,

"How's the day been treating you?" Cedric asked Tea.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:37 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Tea would still feel uneasy, if want Tea to talk to Cedric you're gonna have to start.]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:23 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: It's buckled to Cedric's belt, on his waist]

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:10 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Is it visible in anyway?] 

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:08 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[Actually, i don't have my mask on at the moment]

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:03 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea was slightly annoyed by Cinnamon's sarcastic answer, "Well I don't have anything of value for a cat like you, and I'm sure you don't need money." Tea answered sadly, "Like I have that much anyways." he thought to himself. 

Tea kept quiet to himself for a moment, still keeping away from Cedric, uneasy with his mask. He turn to see if Claribel had caught up, and it seemed so, with her stumbling about Tea gave a quiet chuckle. He stopped himself soon he realized how rude that was. Pick seemed to be busy trying to talk too Drysl, so Tea was stuck with a cat that seem to want more to toy with him than have small talk, "Wonderful." he sighed.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:44 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric forgot about the vegetables and quickly stopped to look back and saw Claire walking towards them while writing something on her journal.

Cedric's Journal! He forgot that he had his journal with him as well.

Cedric picked some more Bontruffle Mushrooms. Then, he noticed a few black spots on the newly picked mushrooms. Then, insects came out of the black spots!

"Woah!" Cedric cried as he threw out the 2 mushrooms. Cedric thought that the black spots were just Truffle seeds which were rare.

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:10 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Once the torch was lit, Claribel hefted it in her hand, then gave a swift nod. She turned back towards the group with flame now in hand, and–oh, they were taking off without her! The smaller woman huffed and hurried to catch up, though she stopped and rounded back to scoop up the pack of vegetables that Drysl hadn't taken and then made to catch up up to them.

With her haste often came a little bit of clumsiness, however, and so she kept on tripping and stumbling on snaking tree roots and stubborn rocks and other pesky things that littered the forest floor; when she turned her gaze downwards to spot and avoid whatever she was catching her feet on, she instead bumped into a tree! Maybe one day she would be good at venturing through the woods.

When she finally caught up and was catching her breath, her eyes scanned the group. Well, it looked like everyone had already found a partner to chatter with, and so she gave a soft sigh and slipped off her backpack, bringing it around and to her front. She held the torch at an odd yet careful angle as she slipped out a book–a journal, to be specific–buckled the backpack, and shouldered it back on. She balanced the journal open against the base of her torch and in the crook of her elbow and began to scribble in it with a quill held delicately within her free hand.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:20 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: I messed up, I should have saved the "we drink water with old fruit" bit until now, but it is 3:00am where I'm at -.-]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:14 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Well, tea is usually a plant or herb of some sort that's mixed with water and boiled for a few minutes" Cedric answered

"I'm not fancy or anything like that as I've tried only one type of tea, and that's bontruffle." Cedric added.

"I usually prefer cocoa rather than tea" 

Cedric showed Pick the Bontruffle Mushrooms he had gathered on the way back, he so far has 11, enough for a whole group.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:57 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick gave Cedric an incredulous look, for until now he had only ever heard that word used as a name, "Tea?" He looked at Tea and then back at Cedric, "I'm confused in my tribe we just drank water cut with aged fruit to make it more drinkable. What is tea if not this guy?" He asked gesturing to the monk.

Pick still had a lot to learn about life outside of the caustic terrain of Sarchu Valley, and was very eager to learn.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:08 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric found a few Bontruffle Mushrooms on the trip, they were great for making tea.

"Say, do you have teapots and such? I know how to make Bontruffle Tea, they're tasty and have healing properties" Cedric asked Drysl as he grabbed another 3 Bontruffle Mushrooms from a giant mushroom.

Cedric held onto his jacket tightly with one hand and hovered a fireball with the other,

"Is it really this cold at night?" Cedric asked.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:24 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"It's the principle." Mumbled Pick as he did his best to descretly look for any places he may have missed. It wasn't the fact that he might be eaten that weirded him out, but what his body would eventually become should he be eaten. He shook his head to clear it of the unsavory thoughts and continued forward at a reasonable pace.

Pick may have been underestimating this old man, but he wasn't upset about it. Better to have a competent guide than a senile old fool. He had a lot to learn about this new group he found himself with. He increased his stride and began doing his best to regain his usual casual and cheerful demeanor; He began talking again.

"So, are these woods usually this dangerous?" He asked Drysl, "hard to believe anyone could actually live here."

Failing to notice Tea's limp, Pick passed him up to get in a place near the front of the procession. 

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:03 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

 Cinnamon smiled a sneaky smile and replied to Tea's question "well… I take a breath and while I breathe out I make a sound from my wind pipes and use my mouth and tounge to form the sound into words!" Cinnamon then looked over at Tea and said "Secrets don't come free you want to know mine then you'll have to pay for them."

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:39 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea's torch gained an ember, he lifted to up and gently blew on it to increase the flame. The playful comment of Drysl caught his attention. Tea was so concerned about his wound, he didn't realize that some of the group was already leaving.

Tried to jog to catch up but as soon as he to a step on his injured foot, he felt mild pain. "Looks like the glowing mushroom Pick gave me did it's best, but not enough." Tea thought to himself. He continued with a limp, Tea did his best to disguise it, but if you looked at him you could probably tell he was limping.

Tea asked Cinnamon, "So, a talking cat, how does such a thing happen?" He still couldn't wrap his head around this cat, but losing blood doesn't exactly help with thinking.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:06 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC Ok sounds like most of you want to role play out the trip so we'll do that]
Drysl laughed at Cinnamon's question and replied "no Cinnamon I don't have any dogs, actually I don't have any pets at all. You could be my pet cat if you want." Drysl saw a cluster of Asar Mushrooms growing in a moist spot, he walked over to them and picked them. Then he took a bite from them, he could feel the energizing effect that they had, course through his veins. He carried on towards home shouting over his shoulder "Hurry up you slow pokes! its sad that the very old guy is out pacing you!" and chuckled to himself.

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:51 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cinnamon didn't waiting around for pick's response to her question it was a rhitorical question. She saw the old man walking off into the woods and ran after him "you don't have any pet dogs at your house do you?" She asked

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:19 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC I Vote we do the trip aswell]

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:51 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cinnamon licked her chops "why should you care? You'll be dead when it happens." Cinnamon replied.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:40 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"No I didn't!" Pick said indignantly, "anybody else want to make sure the cat doesn't eat them?" He asked waving a mushroom around, and gingerly moved towards Drysl. 

[OOC: I'd like to rp the traveling.]

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:15 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: I feel role playing on the trip will open some more character interaction and backstory, I vote for yes on role playing on the way.]

Author: Drysl, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:08 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Alright younglings we better get moving" said Drysl as he put Cinnamon on the ground and stood up "follow me" he said. He then picked up a stick, wrapped it with a piece of torn clothing from a mostly eaten farmer. wrapped the stick and lit it on fire, and then started to walk off Into the woods. 
[OOC ok I have a question for you guys. Do you want to actually roleplay out the trek to the house? Or would you rather just skip that and jump straight to us arriving at the house?]

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:35 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cinnamon watched and snickered at pick rubbing the poisonous mushroom on himself, "You missed a spot" she said with a grin.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:06 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea laughed awkwardly, not exactly understanding Claribel's pumpkin joke, if it was one, he didn't really know. He grew up in a temple, jokes weren't their forte. "Hehe, yeah talking dogs…" Tea notice what he said, "Wait what?" He asked himself.

Tea heard Drysl request to bring a torch, so he stopped to get stick in the fire. He then wanted to uses the wraps the closed his injury on his foot, but the boot felt soggy, he had not stop bleeding. "Now is not the time to bring this up, we have to go." Tea thought. He decided to take another wrap in his pack for the torch. He approach the same fire Claribel was using, his chi was almost tapped, he needed it for the wound.

He then notice that Claribel had the food, good he didn't have to search, but he notice that Claribel's torch might have his old wrap from earlier. He keeped quiet though, felt it didn't need to be mentioned. "I'll be ready when this torch is lit." Tea told Drysl

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:34 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick rubbed his skin down with the mushroom anyway. No one was going to eat him tonight. He winced as his flesh burned, and let out a small yelp as it intensified. He did his best to maintain eye contact with the cat as he continued to apply the mushroom. 

After he finished coating himself with toxic mushroom leaned as much as he couldagainst a tree and stood motionless in fear of the pain that came with movement.

"Yup, worth it" he winced, "this was a good idea."

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:43 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Claribel shook her head with a laugh, "I'm not talking about the cat speaking; I've seen talking dogs before as a child! Im talking about how a cat just managed to make trolls and whisper-hounds flee faster than people getting a whiff of rotten pumpkins in their storehouse after harvest season."

As she spoke, she stooped to gather up the leftover food that had been left behind, picking out the cleanest pieces–along with the pack of dried vegetables that Tea had so generously provided and was sitting under all the mushrooms next to one of the fires–while the undesirables were fed to the flames. The pack of vegetables was carried over and extended in offering to Drysl.

Whether or not he took it, Claribel left the food with (or near) him and the talking cat and went to do as he suggested. She broke a small branch from one of the nearby trees and wrapped its end up with a dirty cloth retrieved from the ground; once she had tied it tight, she stuck that end just over the tips of a still-lit campfire and waited for it to catch flame.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:51 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Sorry for being a few hours late, but it's like, no one is responding whenever i'm online. Is it just me? We probably live in different timezones but if i don't roleplay while you guys are in a session, i'm probably sleeping or at school.]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:20 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric overheard Drysl talk about burning sticks

"No need" Cedric replied, making a small fireball that was brightly lit.

"Lead us to your safehaven sir!" Cedric enthusiastically said.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:37 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl smiled then sat down picked up Cinnamon and stroked her soft silky fur while he waited for the rest to get organized and ready to go. "make sure you all grab a burning stick from one of the campfires to use as a torch so we can see where we're going." Drysl said to everyone

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:47 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cinnamon walked over to Drysl "I'm ready to go old guy. While you wait for the others to get ready to go… how about you let me sit on your lap and then you pet me!"

Author: Drysl, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:41 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl said "I know where i live I can take you all there but ill wait till everyone is ready to go"

Author: Drysl, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:28 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl winced "It won't mask your scent at all! it'll just make you toxic to anything that wants to eat you, and it will burn your skin badly i wouldn't do that! and anyways it sounds too me like cinnamon is looking forward to eat us, if we die so I think she'd appreciate it if you didn't rub poisonous mushroom on your skin!"

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:18 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: same here cat, anytime I get free time I check more times than I should.]

"You seem to know your way around these parts" said Pick spoke to the cat, "you mind leading us to the center of the woods? This man has a house there, and it may just be the only safe place in this whole godsforsaken forest."

Pick took off his ruined leather cuirass. Maybe if he put it in a tree the trolls and their whisper hounds would be slowed down longer once they figured out they had been lied too. 

No, that would just give them a scent to follow. He put his armor back on and pondered a moment. "Unless we don't smell like ourselves!" He thought out loud taking off his torso armor again. He took the fairy spot mushroom he had shoved on the tip of a crossbow bolt.

He looked to the group, but mostly to Drysl, "if we rub this over our bodies it will be harder for them to smell us right? Or will we just smell like us plus mushroom?"

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:02 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC ok sorry last out of character message for a while just wanted to ask, am I the only one thats hitting refresh every couple minutes hoping that someone posted something? I'm loving doing this so much that I'm not even feeling interested in video gaming maybe I should make like six more accounts so I can have more than one characters so that I can satisfy my growing roleplay addiction lol]

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Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:49 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

 "Yes I can speak" said Cinnamon "we should leave now, because the trolls will come back. I told them you all fled, and that they could catch you if they hurried. But when they can't find you or your tracks they'll be back." Cinnamon started to lick one of her paws then paused to say "If you all die, you can take comfort that I'll enjoy eating your remains after the trolls leave… Ill miss her though" she looks towards the farmer lady "she's skilled at petting."

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:32 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea's mind must have gone mad for what he was doing, he cleared his throat as he stopped, soon as he realized what he was doing. "Oh, umm no you're not dreaming, the cat just spoke." Tea answered Claire.

Tea heard Cinnamon's, "Yeah, didn't your journal say something about you having a home?" Tea asked Drysl, remembering Pick saying something like that during when he had Drysl journal. Tea was searching the area for for his sacked dried fruit, recalling the man asking for food, "Where the heck did it go?" he asked himself under his breathe.

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:38 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC thanks :D soooo where did we leave off in the story are we gonna continue? I was just starting to have fun! I want to go visit Drysl's house I bet it's gonna be pretty nice]

Author: Drysl, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:10 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC Yeah good job Cinnamon scaring those trolls off I didn't really want to go through another troll fight either]

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:07 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: I agree in that we need to slow it down a bit, but I am glad we skipped the second troll fight. I'm hoping we have time to actually have our characters interact with each other in the future.]

Author: Drysl, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:07 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

 [OOC I dont know about a turn system I think that would kill creativity but wheat we should do is if let's say for example Clair is talking to cinnamon or she asks her a question we should give the person asked a question some time to respond before we move on with the story]

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:11 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Very sorry for that, Claribel. I am at work as well, slowing it down would help a lot. Though I think we should have a system in place, we have a lot of characters here. Seeing how Drysl is the author, he can make a turn system or something of the like, if he so chooses to have a system at all. Again sorry for my hastefulness. :(]

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:10 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Very sorry for that, Claribel. I am at work as well, slowing it down would help a lot. Though I think we should have a system in place, we have a lot of characters here. Seeing how Drysl is the author, he can make a turn system or something of the like, if he so chooses to have a system at all. Again sorry for my hastefulness. :(]

Author: Drysl, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:35 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC yeah slowing it down sounds good I'm at work so I can't respond much and I don't want to miss anything good]

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:25 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric's words jerked the napping Claribel back awake, a somewhat sleepy mumble escaping her lips, something about, "Put the oven over the fire, I'll bake some biscuits..!" After the quiet words, she blinked and realized that she was, in fact, not at home, but rather perched right back in the tree!

She huffed softly in hopes that no one had heard her, her eyes scanning the campsite again as the trolls and whisper-hounds communed like they were old friends. Her blonde brows knit together in some confusion at the display–what if the whisper-hounds had been brought to track them down? As far as she knew, if there was a dog on the case, nothing would stay safe and hidden for long. However, just when she was about to turn around and motion for the others to flee through the trees, her gaze was caught by that poor cat as it leapt out of the arms of the farmer's wife and over to the trolls. For a moment there, Claribel was ready then to turn and jump down to rescue it instead, but then the oddest thing happened–the cat spoke a rough and rocky language foreign to her ears, and the trolls and whisper-hounds all suddenly fled into the night! Were trolls actually afraid of cats? Maybe they were allergic! She would have to record this in her journal later.

Claribel sat there with wide eyes that held within no small amount of surprise; she watched the cat return and speak again. While her head turned to address the others, her blue gaze remained upon Cinnamon the Strange Talking Cat. 

"Did anyone else see what I just saw, or am I still dreaming? Not that I'm complaining–the trolls are gone, the whisper-hounds too!" she chirped as she began climbing down from the tree, not as exhausted as Tea had mistaken her to be. She gave him a strange look when he tried to wake her, for she was bright-eyed with no clue what he was attempting to do.

[OOC: Hey, I just wanted to ask if we could slow it down a little bit? People are replying multiple times before someone can get even one response in, and those faster ones end up deciding the statuses of those characters without giving them much of a chance to respond. Thanks!]

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:01 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea tried to wake Claire, but she was exhausted, she will wake when ready, or have to carry her if things get bad. 

Tea carried the farmer's wife down from the tree. "Thank you." She said to Tea, he turn to her and notice, even though her black hair was a mess from the chaos, she had a pretty face. Tea notice he was looking a moment longer than acceptable, his face became red of imbaracement, "Ye-Yeah your welcome…" Tea nodded, then walked away stifflike.

He looked curiously at Cinnamon, he was about to thank her, but Pick had already done so.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:24 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick dropped from his tree, and dusted himself off. He looked at the talking cat, dumbfounded, all he could think to say was "hi" eventually his mind caught up with his mouth and he thanked the cat for saving their skins. 

"This day just keeps getting stranger and stranger" he thought to himself. He looked around to check on everyone and noticed that Drysl had woken up. He went over to the old man and handed him his journal. 

"I'm sorry I took your journal, but it helped us immensely. Are you okay?" 

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:16 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Oh" Cinnamon said "to answer all your questions I know your going to ask, Yes I'm a talking cat, and my name is cinnamon" she paused and looked at Drysl and said "hey old guy you look like you might be a forest dweller do you have somewhere safe around here that we could go too?"

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:22 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cinnamon squirmed out of arms that held her tightly and dropped to the ground. It was her turn to play games with the trolls. She ran up to the Leader troll and spoke to it in the official language of the trolls "I am Akir the cat God of the Trollis I am the watcher, observer and secret teller. I saw your prey the ones you hunt, they went off that way in a hurry, when they heard you approach if you go now you can catch them!" She had lied to them and they bought it! The trolls now hurried off into the woods Cinnamon went back to the cowering people in the trees and said" You can come out now they are gone but they will be back soon when they figure out that they don't have a cat God and that I lied to them!"

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:13 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea overheard Cedric, he looked to Claire who was fast asleep, "She is fast asleep, be a little quieter, a-" Tea was about to ask about Cedric's troll , but he quickly weighed his actions, a possible argument isn't going to help now. Tea continued to speak, "but I can help, though I don't recommend trying to fight either way." 

The woman still held tight to his arm, she was very scared, "We have some lives at risk here."

Author: Drysl, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:12 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

 Drysl awoke from his sleep to find himself In a tree again. Looking around he noticed the trolls, "oh no" he groaned then he heard the tell a tale sounds of whisper hounds, and he went pale as a whispered hound walked up beside the troll leader. The leader stroked the scaly back of the hound,like it was his pet as he looked over the campsite that was previously occupied by Drysl and the others. this wasn't good, he had barely the strength to sit up he couldn't run or fight, and the others who has fought earlier now looked very tired and worn out. They had to get somewhere safe, they couldn't go on like this all night. Drysl's stomach growled "anyone have some food?" He whispered.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:27 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

'[OOC: Actually, the purple mushrooms grew on all the trolls' shoulders.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:24 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric kept watching the trolls, and then, he heard howling, whisper hounds!

Cedric tried to talk to Pick but he was too concentrated watching the trolls' movement. So he told Claire instead.

"Claire! Do you hear those howl's? Those are whisper hounds! We could use them to our advantage!" Cedric whispered to Claire,

"They could attack the trolls and injure them, and we can go in for the finishing!"

"Can you help me in keeping an eye out?" Cedric asked.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:16 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea purposely stood clear away from Cedric, his attire was much to foreign for him.

Tea's brows rose up when he saw the cat black cat trotting it's way to the farmer's wife. "How on earth could such a thing survive in these wood?" Tea asked in his head. It didn't seem to do no harm, and comforted the poor women, so he just let it be.

Before could continue his conversation with Claire, Cedric cried troll. Tea was confused, he thought all the trolls were dead, how could more come. He reviewed the fight in his mind, he saw Pick make is kill, and he knew killed the unconscious troll. That only left Cedric's troll that he shot twice, he didn't see his kill, but before he could ask anything, almost everyone started running. Tea ran fast to catch up, Cedric needed to explain himself, they were far ahead already climbing the trees, he couldn't see anything, the leaves covered any silhouettes. Tea though could hear Claire soft voice motion him to join them. 

He began climbing, once he got the branch, he was upset that Cedric wasn't there, Claire had already fallen asleep, and the woman was gripping firmly the cat, "Uhh, I would suggest you be more gentile with the cat." Tea said to the women. The woman didn't seem to listen, she was already to fall in tears again. Tea scanned at the branches, he finally spotted Pick and Cedric mumbling to each other, once he tried to move, the woman grappled his arm, "Please don't leave." she whispered loudly. "Shh, shh, okay." Tea stayed reluctantly, he looked at Cedric from a distance.

[OOC: Tea thinks Cedric might be to blame, doesn't mean his is.]

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:41 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Claribel's hands strayed from the edible mushrooms by her side once she had had her fill, and she noticed that she began to grow a bit sleepy. "A pleasure to meet you, Tea, Pick," she said with a pleasant smile and a nod to the two who introduced themselves. Her attentions once again shifted from Cedric when he didn't answer her, figuring that he might not want to be bothered after everything that just went on. She didn't blame him. To Tea's question, she gave a bit of a nervous laugh. "Ah–believe it or not, I was trying to find the Duchy of Egjora! I don't know where I am now, really; I tried to use the stars to travel, but.. Well, either it worked and we're right next to the city, or I'm a long ways off and rather daft."

Claribel didn't seem bothered at all by the sudden appearance of a cat who took its place atop the lap of the farmer's wife. The poor woman looked like she very much need the comfort, anyways; the puddle of vomit nearby was beginning to smell. Well, it already smelled, but now the smell was becoming more overbearing–quite dreadful, actually. It almost made her want to throw up as well, the feeling only intensified with her stomach knowing it had an entire filling meal to expel if it wanted to, but she managed to easily keep it down; the feeling disappeared when the noises of what someone guessed were from more trolls filtered through their bloody camp.

At Cedric's shouting, the mage lifted a palm and pressed it to her forehead. "Hiding won't be of any use if you go around making so much noise; let's hope they thought we were the wolves still poking about..!" she whispered, though the man had already run off with Drysl for one of the hollow trees. Pick as well had run, and she figured she had no choice but to follow after them. Claribel ushered the farmer's wife and the cat into the hollow of a tree that was quite well-hidden from the trolls' lines of sight, then hopped up and scrambled up the same tree to perch herself back above the whole situation. If Tea had not already claimed his own tree, then she would motion for him to join her in the one she was in; whether or not he followed, she grew still and quiet in the branches, watching the trolls very intently and–oh, she had just fallen asleep against the trunk.

Some mages simply got rest where they could find it, it seemed.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:31 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric watched the trolls quietly from the top of the tree that Drysl was in. Cedric noticed that the bolt was now red hot and put out the flame, the scorched area was the only thing visible in the complete darkness.

There was at least 6 trolls on the campsite. One of which looked like the toughest, one looked like it was made out of wood.

Cedric whispered to Pick "What now? We have to take action soon, they have a shaman! They could track us down!"

Cedric was tense, he kept an eye on all the trolls just in case he would get near Cedric and Drysl's tree.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:18 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Ideally" responded Pick as he climbed high into the branches of his own tree, "doing literally anything else is more dangerous at this point, Now put your light out and keep quiet." The trolls grew closer. He could smell their foul stench permeate the area. He only hoped they would turn away soon.

Pick watched as the trolls came into view. They began inspecting the gnawed bodies and putting out campfires. They murmured to each other something incomprehensible and continued their search. 

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:10 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Cedric isn't a mage, wizard or a spellcaster by the way, he only knows a few spells"

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:08 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric did what Pick asked, he carried Drysl inside a hollow tree. Although the situation seemed hopeless, Cedric readied his crossbow, lit the crossbow on fire by using his fireball spell and quickly dispatching the fireball. And began to guard the sleeping hermit.

"What's the plan? We just stay here until dawn?" Cedric asked Pick.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:02 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick frowned at the situation they had hopelessly found themselves in.

"We can't fight them, and we can't run" he looked up into the trees, "we need to hide, Cedric carry Drysl. Everyone into a tree hurry!"

Pick mushroomed another one of his crossbow bolts, and waited for everyone to get hidden before hiding himself. 

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:46 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric was munching on an apple when he saw a cat that was colored black.

"Where did the cat come from?" Cedric asked aloud, while waiting for an answer, he heard some strange sounds, maybe an elk? No, it was louder.

Then, he realized that it was more trolls, who got news that three of their kind was killed.

"We can't stay out here until dawn, cause we won't even make it." Cedric said with a shakiness in his voice.

"More trolls are coming!"  Cedric shouted, then he went over to the dead trolls bodies and saw purple mushrooms on their shoulder, and realized that those were to send signals to a troll shaman that the troll has been killed.

Author: CinnamonCat, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:29 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC I hope its ok if I join the thread is marked as Open oh and so there's no confusion i'm a cat if you read my character description you will understand.]

Cinnamon smelt blood and meat she licked her lips and ran down from her tree that she'd been hiding in she was hungry. She ran through the woods, in the direction of the smell and came across the source of the smell it was dead people and some dead trolls. All sorts of animals were here feasting so she decided to join in, the other animals didn't seem to care. After she ate her fill of meat she headed towards the bright ring of campfires and ran right between two of the campfires. There were people hiding in here "These people look nice" she thought as she wandered over to one of the girls that was sitting by the campfire. "she'll think i'm just a cat and she'll pet me and feed me and treat me well." Cinnamon thought to herself as she climbed up and sat on the girl's lap.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:01 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick, assured that they were safe in the ring of fire, plopped down next to the rest of them. and for the first time since he left his tribe he had nothing to say. He instead listened and focused his attention on the people he had been fighting with. This moment of silence on Pick's part was, of course, only temporary and very quickly broken as he started talking about his favorite subject. Himself.

"My name is Pick, good to meet you Clair, can I call you Clair?" He asked completely unaware he was being untactfuly very forward. He rarely picked up on social cues as this was the most he's talked to people outside his family ever.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:08 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea was practically motionless from the large beast that circled the camp, hr waited for the monster to leave before he would answer Claribel's question. 

"My name is Tea." He exhaled, holding his breathe the hole time. "S-so what brings you to the forest?" Tea ask studdering, still nervous being around Claire. Though he was truly curious, this wasn't an idle question.

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:41 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Claribel had been busying herself with cleaning the old man's head of all that blood as she found herself with a growing pile of mushrooms and dried vegetables by her side. When she saw the journal drop out of Drysl's pocket, she reached to pick it up–but she was too late! Pick had taken it and disappeared, and she gave a soft sigh and continued cleaning. By the time she was done and tucking away the dirty rag to wash later, Pick had returned with even more mushrooms. She accepted the (hopefully edible) food with a nod and a soft, "Thank you," before helping herself to the safer ones; much better than wasting the last of her energy on a food-creation spell, she was sure. As she ate, she sat herself down next to the farmer's woozy wife and gently rubbed comforting circles into her back.

"Ah!" She held up her free hand to block the sight of the journal when it was shown to her, and she quickly shook her head. "Journals are private things, and I shall mind that privacy just as well for others!" That did not mean she wasn't listening, however; her nose wrinkled slightly in response when her eyes rested upon the darkening sky and all the sounds of hungry beasts and slithering things found her ears. "We should wait until dawn, I say; we won't be very bothered in the daylight."

Seeing as how her work was all down now and she no longer had to focus on trolls or bloody bits, her attentions finally settled on Tea in full. "My name is Claribel," she said softly, partially fearing that any higher of a volume would attract whatever was being kept outside the ring of campfires. "What is yours? And yours?" With the second question, her gaze flickered towards Pick and the apparently long-silent Cedric. Or perhaps she had simply not focused on him enough to notice anything he might have done? No matter; she would get her answers in time, she told herself.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:54 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

A large pair of glistening eyes peer at the campsite from the darkness, a long split tongue flickers into the light as it tastes the air. It moves along clockwise around the campsite, slithering along the ground it large body knocking over trees. It stops after a bit and examines the fires looking for a weak point a way into the ring. It resumes its circling of the campsite its long scaly body completely surrounding the campsite it stops once more, then slithers off into the darkness knocking over trees in the distance as it goes. The cacophony of noises of animals feasting and tearing at carcasses returns after several minutes.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:49 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea was too busy looking around that he forgot to make sure the women were alright, he turn around to see. A face of concern fell the farmer's wife, he then turn to Claire. "So, uhh, what is your name?" He asked with a flushed face.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:37 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick chuckled, "you just haven't been to the right places." 

He glanced at Drysl, "you better be worth it old man" he thought. He chided himself for his selfish thoughts. "If you hadn't stopped to help you'd be wondering around lost and more than like killed by a six legged wolf." the rustling in the distance snapped him back into the moment.

"Stay back!" He shouted, "we've had a long day, just leave us be."

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:34 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea took a stance as things went quiet, much similar to the fight he had with Quan. Heat could be seen from each hand, his green eyes are darting everywhere looking for these mysterious beast. 

Author: Drysl, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:26 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl rolled over in his sleep and mumbled something indistinguishable "m..rh..ms..j..l", the animals in the dark continued to growl and yelp as they fought each other over the carcasses that they were tearing into. The Farmers wife threw up at the thought that the sounds of flesh being torn in the dark was the bodies of her family and friends. suddenly all the noises in the dark go silent all at once…

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:23 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea heard Pick, "I beginning to think you are bad luck, of the four years of my travels, I have never had it this bad." Tea grumbled.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:19 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Sorry, didn't specify how big, about as far as the light of our original campfire, which I guess 20ft. in diameter.]

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:18 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

The wood elf scanned the forest with his darkvision hoping to see what new threat was approaching them. He signaled to everyone in the vacinity to stay alert, and drew his crossbow.

"We just can't get a break eh Tea?" He said still scanning the area.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:17 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea rubbed the mushroom as best as he could, if all else fails he still can uses his fire techniques.

Tea did his best to make campfires around a small perimeter. 

Author: Drysl, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:11 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

As the campfire blazes and crackles Scavenge rats can be heard eating the carcasses in the dark. other sounds can be heard aswell, something growls. The farmers wife scared huddles ever closer to the campfire.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:06 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

The sun has set it is now dark and the only light around is that being cast from the campfire

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:00 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Picking up Drysl's journal, Pick threw aside all the fairy spot mushrooms he had gathered. ventured out again after rubbing them on his skin. The burning sensation was intense, but largely better than getting killed.

This time on his return he had a better selection of mushrooms; there was enough for Drysl and the rest to have.

He looked to Clair, "we should find his house" he said showing her the entry in the journal, "we can't just leave him here, and we can't stay either."

He then looked to Tea who was still meditating, then to the healing mushrooms he had found with the help of the journal. He ate one and then crossed over to and handed one to Tea.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:00 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea's pointed ears twitched to the beckoning for food from the young women. This unfortunately broken his concentration, but he couldn't get mad, their was someone in more danger than he. Tea took off his backpack and rustled through it, "I know have some food in here." Tea finally found the package of dried vegetables he packed, he scanned around him before he tossed the the sack of food beside Claribel.

As soon as it would land, he would quickly re-position himself to his meditative state, he was too nervous for even the slightest form of interaction with any girls.    

Author: Drysl, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:50 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

The sky glowed bright colors of orange red as sun started to set on the forest, the trolls were all dead and so one of the farmers wives who had escaped the ordeal came back to join everyone. She started to build a campfire near Drysl to keep him warm while he slept. Drysl's breathing returned to normal, and he had stopped bleeding. Even some of the color and warmth started to return to his skin because of being healed. But he still was not waking up from his unconscious state, he was in a very deep sleep because of the amount of energy he had lost. He wasn't going to be waking anytime soon.
As he slept his Journal had fallen out of his pocket and onto the ground, The book was bound in pressed birch bark with gold thread around the edges it had a picture of a mushroom engraved in gold in the cover. [the word Journal is a hyperlink that takes you to Drysl's Journal Thread]

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:42 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick stood with a pained grunt, "yeah I'll see what i can find." He dusted himself off and walked passed the still gasping troll. He wasn't sure what to look for so he started with searching the bodies of the dead farmers, but found nothing of value (edilble or otherwise). He then decided to round up as many mushrooms as he could. He figured Drysl could pick out which ones were poisonous or not.

He soon returned with a little more than a handful of mushrooms. "I'm afraid this is all I could find." he said a little crestfallen, "some or most of these might be poisonous. I figure he'll know which ones to eat if he comes too."

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:29 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

It didn't take very long at all for Claribel to finish sewing the wound, her needle slipping back through his head to tie a snug knot; she leaned forward and bit the string, careful not to outright plant her face in his bloody scalp. A deep breath was drawn as she sat back up, and a glance was thrown over to Pick as he spoke again.

"We can certainly hope and pray he'll make it out of this okay," she murmured, her deeply worried gaze shifting back towards Drysl. "I'll see what I can do after I see to it that this man is tended to. Could you find some food for him if and when he comes to? I reckon he'll be mighty hungry after all this." Her dirt-covered yet dainty hands settled atop the old man's crown, and her eyes squeezed shut as she attempted to call upon an old healing spell she had learned years prior–it was a daring move, for she'd only ever used it on herself to heal the pin-pricks and knee scrapes that she received in her later childhood. Even if the spell might not heal him back to perfect health, hopefully it would at least take him a ways from Death's doorstep and set him on the path to recovery.

[OOC: Drysl will decide the effect the healing spell will have on his character, whether it manages to heal him or if it comes too late, the latter of which being that he's already dead and thus thoroughly unaffected. This is his character, after all!]

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:17 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea knowing now that his friend was safe and the situation was under control. He walked up to unconscious troll, Tea swiftly tapped it's neck, it didn't move, it no longer breathed, the deed was done. 

Tea took his boot off checking on his wounded foot, the wraps were blood soked. Tea could feel the his chi wasn't exhuasted, he rewrapped the foot with new fabric and begin to meditate, using his chi to accelerate the healing process. He sat by the tree he was thrown to.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:28 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick, feeling as though his objective had been successfully achieved smiled. 

"Think he'll be okay?" He asked Claribel

In the distance the troll continued to sputter and flail in obvious pain.

"My name is Pick by the way." He said sitting down as the flesh wound he had endured before venturing into the forest overpowered the adrenaline rush. 

"Hoo" he vocalized as he laid down, "any chance you can patch me up to?"

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:12 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Claribel caught her bearings quite quickly–she was face-down in the dirt! She pushed herself up and shook her head of the earth and dead grass before looking around herself. Hearing Tea's thanks, still a little too disoriented to notice his fluster, she nodded and said breathlessly, "You're welcome..!" With Pick's cry for aid, however, she was unable to focus on the Half-Elf she had accidentally helped for much longer.

After half a second more of searching, her eyes landed upon the wounded old man where he had been dragged; she had landed mere feet away from him! Claribel pulled herself over to Drysl and produced a small sewing kit that her mother had given her just before she left. It wasn't a hole in her robes, but she had to help this man!

With her needle threaded, she set to speedy work on sewing the first wound she saw–which was obviously the wound upon his head. The matted hair and bloodied features were details that were very hard to miss. 

Author: Drysl, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:48 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[hey guys if Drysl dies because no one has the ability to save him that's alright don't go out of your roles to achieve saving him. If you can stay within your character roles and save Drysl at the same time then awesome if not then that's ok]

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:40 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick, hearing the old man's dying breaths, picks up a mushroom and sticks it into a crossbow bolt, "we'll see how deadly they really are." He then ran off in the direction of the remaining troll. He couldn't afford to miss. He reached the troll and, not unlike a spider monkey, climbed up on its back. He clung to the back of the trolls neck, and with a deep breath he swung around to the trolls face.

"Hey ugly." He said before the bolt launched itself from the crossbow, and lodged itself into the troll's throat. He then kicked off the troll and landed several feet in front of it.

The troll gagged and sputtered. The mushroomed bolt was blocking its airwaves. As it struggled to breathe Pick returned to the old man.

"Can I get some help here?! He's dying!"

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:38 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea, still dizzy, slowly got up. He took a moment to gain his composer, then checked the troll, it seemed unconscious but not dead. He turn to his saviour who, to his surprise, was a young women.

Her blonde hair any grey blue eyes captivated him, though he was never good around girls to begin with, there where few at his temple who mocked him when he was young. "Uhh th-thank you…" he said very nervously.

His focus was broken from Claribel when the troll he kicked earlier hand finally got up, shouting about.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:11 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[ignore the unless he was healed soon part I think that might mislead you guys into thinking the mushrooms are a cure lol]

Author: Drysl, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:08 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl lay where Pick had left him, he looked around, and noticed about four feet away from him. Where some poisonous Fairies Spot Mushrooms. With great effort Drysl managed to point at them with a dry mouth he said three words."Deadly Poisonous Mushrooms" He hoped the others understood, as he passed out because unless he was healed soon these might be the last words he'd speak.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:22 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC oh, I guess it's been handled then.]

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:19 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Knocking another bolt into his crossbow, Pick fired at the troll that tackled Tea And struck it in the side. He had moved Drysl enough to where he figured he could stay safe, and was ready to re-enter the fight.

"Focus your attacks on the one I hit." He shouted across the battle to Cedric, "we are just attacking randomly. That's the best way to lose what you're hunting."

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:06 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Oh-!" Tea just so happened to be thrown into the tree Claribel was perched in; his impact shook it enough that she was jolted, and her world began to tilt. She, however, having been dizzy just a moment before, blamed her sudden loss of balance on her hunger, rather than the violence below. 

With a short shriek, the poor woman fell through the air until she landed square upon the head of the troll that was grappling with the Half-Elf. While the woman wasn't very heavy, she managed to hit the weakened troll at just the right angle that sent it toppling to the ground and her right along with it. Thankfully, because that weight wasn't too great, her body bounced and rolled across the trampled ground, away from the downed beast.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:12 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

The other troll trying to take it's club, gave up his efforts seeing his friends in danger, and the food running away. It wanted to take Cedric for taunting, but notice Tea was closer and was endangering his ally. He charged at Tea full force, though it was weaken it could knock around a smaller half-elf.

Tea wasn't paying attention, he was too focused on this one troll. Tackled from behind, Tea went flying and hit a tree, shaking it. Tea wasn't hurt bad though, his strengthen gave him some resistances to being bludgeoned, but was slightly dizzy.

The troll that tackled him ran up and attempt to smash Tea with it's fist. Thanks to it being weak and being strengthen, Tea was able to stop his fist with both arms. But the troll started pushing down, Tea needed to act fast before his strengthen wore out.

[OOC: Half-elves are looked down upon race, some humans think they look like elves, some elves think they look like human, so role play as you see fit around Tea.]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:52 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric, being fatigued after shooting bolts, running around and basically trying to not die, leans over a large rock and takes off his beaked mask and brimmed hat to let fresh air in.

Cedric cast a spell to create an apple, "Heads up!" Cedric called as he tossed the apple onto the laying troll's head, taunting it.

After a few moments, Cedric put on his mask and hat and readies his crossbow for the trolls when they get back on their feet

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:25 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Tea seeing one troll too weak to take it's club and another on the floor, he decided to take the last one after the farmers. Tea threw a bolt of fire at the ugly thing, it hit it's shoulder and that definitely got it's attention. Though the attack didn't hurt first, the burning of it skin angered it.

The troll turn around with arm one swinging, Tea managed to roll under it. Tea didn't know that this troll was weakened, so he focus his chi breifly to strengthen his muscles. He felt for the time their stengths were equal, Tea charged forward and jumped high. While flying in the air, he used his arm to blow streams of fire behind for a boost, with the uninjured leg pointing forward for a kick. As soon as it hit the trolls stomach, it dropped back, Tea was surprised at the ease. 

The troll tried to get back up, but Tea didn't want that so he charges forward, continuing keeping it on it's toes. 

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:38 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[OOC: Scratch the dagger part, it's actually one sharpened bow end]

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:36 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

After noticing that the Trolls aren't dead after being hit in the forehead with a sharp bolt, in Cedric's logic is to just fire more bolts, but since this is life threatening, he tries to remember what he learned about trolls,

"That's it!" Cedric thought to himself, he lit a bolt on fire with a few rocks and shot the third troll that was going after Drysl and Pick in the head once again and, the troll, being shot in the head with a bolt for the second time, caused it to fall on it's back.

Cedric seeing the small window of chance, took his 18 inch dagger and stabbed the troll in the chest.

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:14 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Claribel, with no small amount of relief, noticed that two strapping young men had come barrelling out of the underbrush, and–wait, was the word strapping or dashing? "Well, I don't think they're all that big, and.. -" She quickly shook her head and silenced her murmuring, deciding that trolls murdering people were much more important than word choice in a situation in which trolls were still murdering people.

In the time it took the woman to half-figure out what word to use, she found herself at least fit enough for another spell! Now that there were more conscious men fighting off the beasts, she thought that a strengthening charm would be of trivial use; besides, she had probably read the spell wrong when passing over it in her studies. For all she knew, it could strengthen herself rather than them! And what use would that be, making a tree-borne girl stronger than all those able people down there?

Right, right, lost in thoughts again. Claribel lifted her staff and pointed it this time to the second troll that Pick had motioned to, the one still whacking all the poor farmers, and cast a second weakening spell upon it. Oh, she felt a bit dizzy now, what with this hunger beginning to gnaw at her stomach.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 1:39 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"I got this! Run! I'll follow right after!" Cedric shouted as he was firing crossbow bolts.

"Stay safe!" Cedric told the four, just as he hit the weak trolls right between the eyes.

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:50 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Time was of the essence, and Pick decided that he old man was getting help whether he liked it or not. He grabbed the man as best he could and drug him from out of the log. He saw the second troll struggling to lift his club because of Clair's weakening spell, and determined it wasn't a priority threat, and that the man with the bow could handle himself. His attention pulled to the second troll who was mopping up the rest of the farmers. 

"I know we just met, and you're bleeding a lot, but do you have any kind of magic for this?" He asked the old man while motioning to Tea to aim for the second troll.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:36 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Cedric noticed the the weakened and injured troll lumbering towards Pick and Drysl, Cedric quickly jumped in to intervene and managed to get wounded in the process, but he managed to stab the troll in the leg to stun it. "Hey, can you please distract the troll while i'm gone? I need to pick up the crossbow i bought from the town" As soon as Cedric returned and spotted one of the trolls, Cedric quickly fires a bolt at it's stomach. And quickly jumps back in. [Your turn]

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:09 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

As Pick moved swiftly, darting from tree to tree. From his new vantage point his elf eyes could see an old man stuck in a log. 

"Strange" he thought to himself, "maybe I can get to him."

He sprinted forward. Ignoring the pain in his chest, Pick made it to the fallen log. He stuck a hand into the log "need any help?" He asked the old man. 

Unfortunately, the troll Pick had shot earlier began lumbering toward the log.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:56 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

 Drysl woke from his unconscious slumber he could hear the trolls fighting people outside the hollow log he was hiding in he felt really weak and his skin was cold "am I really going to die like this? after living to be 1517 years old?" He thought. Drysl didn't want to die here if he was going to die he wanted to die in his cozy home in his rocking chair. Drysl tried to get out of the log, but he couldn't his vision was blurry his skin was cold and he was too weak too move, he had lost way too much blood. So he just laid there, and thought back on his life on the things he was most proud of. On the memories that brought him joy through the long years.

Author: The_Pasty, Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:37 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Will this day end please?" Tea ask himself, he quickly took his hand wraps from his left hand and wrapped around the injuried foot, "That should slow down the bleeding." he then put his boot back on and took his stance.

The troll had thought it was another arrow from the masked man, "Well these are quite large and disgusting looking men aren't they?" Tea asked Pick tired as well, the rogue answered with, "They're trolls, and they are much worse than the seltrusk beast." Tea trusted Pick's words, but he understood the movement of bipedal creatures better than animals.

Tea notice two trolls were somewhat focused on a hollow log, "There might be people in need over there." Tea told Pick, "You should be good at sneaking right? I'll try distract them, you find a way around." 

Author: Arcane Trickster, Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:15 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Pick crashed through the forest huffing and out of breath bringing his wounded friend along with him. He was beginning to come down from his adrenaline high, and his chest began to ache. He proped up a halfelf monk with a bleeding ankle.

"I think we lost them" he said to his friend. He then noticed the trolls and the carnage, "oh gods."

 he quickly readied his crossbow. Maybe he could sneak around the battle. He paused momentarily and muttered a faint "shit" and shot a bolt at a troll who had picked up a farmer."

Author: Claribel Blue, Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:45 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Claribel Blue had found herself wandering through the woods yet again after her most recent trip to the city. She turned a piece of parchment around and around in her hands, her light brows furrowing as she realized that she was completely, utterly lost, because this was a map that she herself had drawn based on the rise and fall of the sun, and, well.. Yes, it wasn't very accurate at all. "Why didn't I just buy a map in the last town I passed?" she mumbled under her breath. Then, she drew a great sigh, rolled up the very shoddily inked 'map', and set it in the roots at the base of a tree she passed.

After a couple more minutes of aimless wandering, she caught sight of–oh no, how horrible! Three trolls snapping innocent people's bones like twigs! Maybe she should just turn back now? Oh, yes, if she turned back now, maybe she could just sneak away and find her way back to town.. The thought weighed too heavy upon her, and so she shook her head and made to scramble up the nearest tree to get a better vantage point of all that was going on.

Seeing one of the trolls advancing upon two humans, one of the humans old and unconscious, she quickly drew her staff and pointed the tip down and outwards. With a quiet huff, she cast a spell that just so happened to weaken the advancing troll! The man with the broken bow wouldn't find himself in as much trouble, would he? She thought to strengthen the still-conscious human as well, but she found herself too tired to do so within mere seconds of the last spell.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:30 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

(Yeah, I purposely leave blanks to give people something to start from) Cedric's bow snaps in two! Cedric quickly thinks of sharpening the edges to turn the sticks into daggers. Cedric calmly waits for them to get close, brushing dirt off his mask and hat.

Author: Drysl, Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:26 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

[Uh you kinda left that last post unfinished not sure how to go from here lol] Drysl remains unconscious 

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:16 PM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

"Hmm, i need to conjure up a plan, and quick." Cedric thought to himself, after a bit of a while, he targets a troll's legs and another one's arm. Leaving one troll to fight Cedric.

Cedric quickly looks around for survivors and can't find anyone, he goes towards a hollow log for cover and notices that this hollow log is quite heavy. Cedric looks inside to find an old man "Hey, sir? Are you alright?" Cedric tried to wake up Drysl but to no avail, Cedric quickly draws back his bow and-

Author: Drysl, Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:52 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl had lost a lot of blood from the wound on his head, and shortly after being put into the cage he dropped unconscious. After a while he was suddenly woken, by one of the farmers who was frantically shaking him and shouting, "Wake up Old man! Wake up! were free!" Drysl snapped awake, "free?!" He thought, looking around, he saw that everyone was shouting and running everywhere, there was a strange person wearing a mask with a bow in hand, "where did he come from?" Drysl wondered. The farmer that had been shaking him was now dragging him out of the cage. Drysl stood up seeing the angry trolls chasing after the farmers and attacking them. Drysl took this moment of chaos to quickly crawl inside of a hollow fallen log, he could hear the farmers screaming and the sound of bones breaking. Blood poured down his face from the wound on his head, his vision swam with pin-points of light, and he passed out.

Author: Nyromix, Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:36 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

While wandering around the woods, Cedric noticed some smoke and decided to put on his beaked mask and tricorn, he thought that it was a forest fire! He walked in the direction of the smoke to see if it was a campfire or an uncontrolled fire in the woods, it was much darker.. It was two trolls roasting people alive! Cedric's mask slightly ruined the line of his site but he aims his bow on the arrows head and fires the arrow, but the troll notices the arrow and quickly goes after Cedric along with his colleague, Cedric, despite only having a bow as a weapon, is able to use it in melee combat just as well, after a long battle, Cedric was able to trick them into thinking he escaped, he quickly goes towards the cage and picks the lock and tries to let everyone out, the trolls to their camp, to see them escaping. The trolls quickly go after them. And-


[Your turn.]

Author: Drysl, Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:34 AM, Post Subject: [O]Mushrooms and Trolls

Drysl's life as a hermit was simple and peaceful, he had lived in these woods for over two hundred years and over that time he had, had several encounters with the local wildlife. After a while he had come to an unspoken agreement of living in peace with the local wild life though how he had managed this he did not know.

Every morning he'd go out and pick the mushrooms growing on fallen logs, and he'd search for grubs under the logs. Then he'd tend to his herb garden. In the afternoon he'd sit and watch the squirrels scrapping in the trees, or he'd ponder over things which he'd write in his journal. In the evenings Drysl liked to catch fireflies in jars, and feed them the juice of different berries he had long ago notice that berry juice would change the fireflies colors and it brought him great joy to experiment with giving them different juices to see which colors he could get them to make. He also liked to play his harp while listening to the notes echo through out the forest. Before bed he'd eat a mushroom jelly and mint sandwich. this was what an average day in drysl's life was like… Today though was not average not by a long shot.

This morning he had gone out searching for mushrooms, over the last few weeks he had been noticing they were getting rare to find, and he found he kept having to go further and further from home to find them. Today no matter where he looked he couldn't find any. It was getting around to about noon and he hadn't found a single mushroom. So he turned and started walking towards home, when suddenly he heard someone screaming in the distance. He hurried off through the brush in the direction of the screams, when he came across a Bon fire with two trolls sitting by it. They were turning a young girl on a spit over it, and beside was a cage with several people inside, they all looked like they were farmers. Deciding there was nothing he could do for them Drysl started to slowly back away, only to feel a sharp pain on the back of his head, and then his vision faded out to blackness. He blacked out. When he came too, he was in the cage with the farmers. He reached up and touched his head where he had been hit his head and hair was matted with blood, and he winced in pain. He looked over to the trolls there were three of them now sitting around the fire. Drysl listened to them talking amongst themselves, they were saying something about too old and not very tasty, he smiled to himself, well atleast he wasn't going to become dinner…