Digizel

Epyllion: Beyond Moonlight's Reach

Shieldwing

Shieldwing frowned a bit as he noticed the tension that seemed to be building up within Rudrick. His own excitement about the task at hand was quickly curtailed as he quickly picked up that maybe he should be paying more attention to his surroundings. With that thought on his mind, he scanned his immediate surroundings and quickly flapped his wings, using them to hop up onto a nearby sizable stone. Perched atop this rock, he could get himself a better view of his surroundings, and so, he quickly silenced himself. He recalled all of the times he would practice hunting and searching with Brynbacks as part of his training and perked his head up, trying to be alert to anything that might be a concern. However, as he tried to tune his senses to his surroundings...he couldn't find anything of interest. His claws flexed a little bit, clutching at the stone in frustration. Despite his best efforts, he came up with nothing out of the ordinary.

No, maybe it was just too soon. Maybe this wasn't why Rudrick seemed so on edge. He turned his outward focus to a more inward source: Rudrick himself. He watched as the older dragon began to walk past him, studying his expression, looking at what he might be looking toward for any sign of something he might be looking or listening for. At first, he was met with nothing yet again. But just as he was about to give up and simply accept his place in the older dragon's shadow, he finally noticed it. Rudrick was keeping his attention focused around him, but...he seemed particularly concerned with the direction in which they were moving, and compared with the occasional glances in his direction...it clicked.

"If you're worried about me, you don't have to be," Shieldwing would say aloud as he hopped down from his perch and fell back into step beside Rudrick. "I know I don't look like much, but I am a warrior of House Brynback. Not only that, I'm Wroughtwing's direct descendant." His chest swelled slightly with pride as he said that. "I won't cause you any trouble, and in case of an attack, I'm able to fend for myself in an emergency. I have all the training someone of my station needs to take care of myself. I just need the experience, and that's what my clutch is out here to get."

However, as he said that, he paused, turning to look back in the direction the pair were marching. "But...this isn't exactly about me, is it?" he asked. "What's got you so worried about Garrock, exactly...? I mean, I know he's your brother and everything, but this seems...." He trailed off there for a moment. He then craned his neck, turning upward to look at Rudrick again.

"...Is there something up with the mines? Something you haven't said yet?" Shieldwing inquired, studying the older dragon's expression. "You were so quick to go after him when you heard that's where he went, and now that's what you seem so focused on right now." Shieldwing frowned again. "...If there's a chance Garrock could be in actual trouble, I think I should know. I like him, and I'll never learn to be the leader I'm supposed to be if I can't even figure out if someone I care about's in any danger!"

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

Heh, as tempted as I am to follow that up right away, I do still kinda want to give the other players a chance to say something so I'll wait a day or two first xD

Epyllion: Beyond Moonlight's Reach

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This is a tricky one for me, because I don't how best to communicate this simply through Shieldwing observing Rudrick's body language. I'll say that it seems that Rudrick is on edge 1) because he's technically in charge of Shieldwing right now and takes his duties of taking care of drakes very seriously and 2) he's really worried about Garrock for some reason. Shieldwing can perhaps attempt to ask him for specifics. He's definitely more likely to get straight answers from Rudrick than any other NPC the group has interacted with thus far.

@XxFellsingxX

Yeah I getcha, if you don't want to give me particular answers and reward a hit with something vague or...something, that's always fine with me. Then he'll ask about it when I get my post done! And heck, even if he can't get the answers, I suppose that's where standing up to a superior comes in handy xD

Epyllion: Beyond Moonlight's Reach

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Roll for Study Someone and ask from the questions listed under the move.

@XxFellsingxX

Shieldwing rolls a 7 as he's looking at Rudrick, asking "What can I learn from you?" His goal here is primarily to figure out why he's suddenly so different and on alert just because they're leaving the Snouthold. He strives to learn something from this encounter about how to be a leader or act like a proper dragon, so figuring out what has this more experienced leader so on edge is ideal for him.

His thought process is: "Sure, it's less safe out here than inside I'm sure, but it seems strange for this usually laid back and casual dragon to so closely resemble the moody Garrock. Surely there's more than that, right...?"

Epyllion: Beyond Moonlight's Reach

As a Trickster, Skobeloff probably already has several of those xP

@XxFellsingxX

Hey, this time, it's actually legal tender, which doesn't apply to any others he may have~ xP

Shieldwing... sees trees of green and red roses too.
And he thinks to himself
"What a wonderful-"
Kidding, but basically yeah. Nothing about the forest really stands out to him.

Also, remember that every missed roll gives you one point of experience

@XxFellsingxX

Yup yup, already marked this time~

But now that he's not getting anything himself, he's going to look to Rudrick instead and examine him a bit more closely. Would he be able to Study Rudrick as they go to try to get an answer to a question like "What kind of thing might have him so on edge? What does he seem to be focused on right now?"

Epyllion: Beyond Moonlight's Reach

Random idea, but since it's the season...

If our characters in this game participated in a Secret Santa gift exchange, who would your character gift to, and what would the gift be?

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Given that one of us has done Fell and the other Star, I suppose that just leaves Skobe for Shieldwing since he's not gonna give something to himself xP

Given that these two are probably the ones who are the least close to each other in the party, I get the feeling that Shieldwing would find this very difficult. In the end, though, I think he would settle on a custom-made ticket or coupon.... One "Get out of Trouble Free" card. Shieldwing has no doubt that the knowledge that he has this will let Skobe have a lot of fun making use of it. xP

I imagine the two probably have a history of Skobe doing stuff that frustrates, annoys and otherwise gets Shieldwing angry given his seriousness and inability to take jokes in an effort to be taken seriously. When presented to him, Shieldwing cannot be angry at whatever big prank, joke or whatever else at his expense that Shieldwing is angry about and must instantly forgive Skobe~ xP

If Shieldwing wishes to, he can roll to Survey the Area. However, if there is another move he wishes to do in this moment, he can do that instead.

@XxFellsingxX

Yeah, there's a few things he can try to do, but first he'd want to try to figure things out on his own. He can tell something is bothering Rudrick and tries to Survey to figure it out...but on a 6, I'm not sure he's getting much help there~

On a side note, I find it funny that I've rolled three moves so far: One of them was an 11 total (6+5)...and then BOTH of the others were not just a 6...but a 6 from rolling a 1 and a 5 xD

Planescape: Search for Tir na Og

Aaliyah unfortunately doesn't have any tool proficiencies to make something for Mariel. But knowledge and research is her area of expertise. If there was something Mariel was looking for or needed to know, Aaliyah would probably do the research for her and write it down as a report.

...As a back up gift to go with that report, Aaliyah would probably try to purchase what Mariel might have eyed in the marketplace (with Bruno's help in observations), or tools needed that would go with that report. ^^"

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Hey, Tanrith's always taking commissions~ xP

And even though he doesn't know Aaliyah that much yet, you will still get his Friend Discount of 100% off~ xP

"Eh...not that it'd be a good idea to have me make something for her nanyway. It's kinda important that the end result of your gift comes from you, right? And she also gets my Friend Discount, so there's nothing special there.... But hey, you can still make something yourself anyway if you want! If you ask me, it's not the quality that matters...." Tanrith pauses for a second. "...I mean, unless it's something where the quality is actually important to its functionality. Like you wouldn't want to give a fighter a sword that breaks after a few swings or a shield that can't stop arrows. I mean, unless it was, like...part of their training to dodge instead of relying on a shield so much, but that seems kinda pointless. I mean, some people just don't dodge as well as others, y'know? ...Wait. What were we talking about again...?"

Planescape: Search for Tir na Og

Random idea, but since it's the season...

If our characters in this game participated in a Secret Santa gift exchange, who would your character gift to, and what would the gift be?

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Hm.... Secret Santa exchanges are usually done by distributing names pseudo-randomly, right? To ensure everybody gets gifts from one person each? If he got a choice, Tanrith could only really pick Raella since she's the only one he knows anything about xD

But rolling a 1d8, getting a 6 and going by the list of names in the CHAR tab, Tanrith gets Zaraknvyr's name. What he does is probably the same whether he knows Zaraknvyr's a dhampir or thinks he's just a normal drow~ Shifting his tool choice from Cook's Utensils to Painter's Supplies, he would personally slave away at painting again and again until he got a nice, beautiful landscape painting of an all-natural sea shore that he was satisfied with.

"He's...got something going on in his head. Some kind of...internal conflict I can't see. My time with the Sensates helps me pick up on stuff like this better. So he's probably struggling to find a way to just relax and take his mind off of things. Now, if things start getting hard for him, he can just take a nice, long look at something beautiful that you can't really find here in the Outlands. It's no substitute for the real sight, but...if it makes me happy and helps calm my mind, I thought, y'know...maybe it'd help him find some happiness too."

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

Saur

As the group made their way through the hall, Saur couldn't help but notice how quiet it was. Even with his tuned senses, he wasn't picking up much activity. Strange, all things considered. Did everybody leave work behind already...? Bah, hell of a time for there to be nobody around; Teacher Ot was missing and nobody but them likely even realized it. Or maybe it was that Teacher Ot was missing now because there was nobody around...? Well regardless, judging from the blood in the watery trail, he didn't have time to concern himself. The wounds that had been inflicted clearly hadn't been properly tended to. He exchanged a concerned glance with Fleur, nodding subtly before returning his focus to their surroundings.

"What the hell is this?" Saur suddenly muttered aloud as they finally arrive at what seemed to be their destination. He stopped before the large, elaborate door, his gaze soon drifting to the mirrored clock on the opposite side. He took in all of the details he could in this initial glance, but the only thing he could pick up for sure was that this was no ordinary door.

"Why the hell does this door have so many pictures on it?" he muttered, quickly stepping forward to examine the door closer up. It was at this point that he finally clocked the gears inlaid into the center of the door. Some kind of mechanism; no doubt a lock of some kind. Though as he studied it, he couldn't find what he could describe as a keyhole or anything. "Well, whatever the case, it seems that whoever we're tracking knew how to open it. Look." With that, he gestured at the trail. "The trail stops here. Or more accurately, it goes in."

P2e - Threshold of Knowledge

Saur

"All the more reason to find him as swiftly as possible, then," Saur agreed with a nod of his head, moving to Fleur's side. He glanced up at her for a moment as he passed her by, recalling their brief squabble this morning at Alandri's.... However, now was not the time to bring it up. Nothing should be distracting them from ensuring that whatever was going on was stopped as soon as possible. The torrent of water Fleur mentioned caused him some concern. If it wasn't Teacher Ot who left this behind, and it likely wasn't another staff member due to how wrong the interpretations seemed to be, unless there were staff even less inclined to the magical arts than he was as a brand new student....

"A student," Saur concluded aloud as he approached the watery trail. He crouched down to the trail, kneeling beside it and eyeing it for a moment. "Whoever this was, there's a strong chance that our culprit's a student. And more than one, judging from this trail. I can't tell the number; water trails don't leave that kind of detailed information behind. But it had to be people who belong here or they would've drawn too much attention, and like I said before, I find it hard to believe a staff member would reach such incorrect conclusions about that rune. Not impossible of course, but...."

His eyes narrowed. What would a student be doing studying a rune that seemed to exclusively be used to summon a torrent of water? It was a magic school, so studying the rune itself wasn't out of the ordinary. It could also just have been something a student was asking about with Teacher Ot. But the fact that water was covering the floor combined with the water rune...? There were a number of possibilities. It could have even simply been a prank gone awry or something. He himself had tended to the wounds of guards because of a poorly executed joke before. But still, something inside him was roaring at him, telling him that there something worse going on in the background....

"Regardless, I concur with Fleur," Saur added, rising back to his feet again. "But I would recommend you all keep your wits about you and keep your guard up around any students that aren't in this group. I do not believe we will be attacked, but making assumptions is how someone gets snatched."

With that, he turned around and, if nobody else had anything further to look at or add, he would make begin following the trail in search of its source.