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Warhammer 40k: Enigmas of the Warp

"Ahhh so... unamusing. This is sad, we could have had a greaaaaaaaaat time~! Maybe next time. Yes indeed!" Medaira chirpped when the idea for a drinking contest was all but shot down by everybody for one reason or another. These people, this group was so not fun rightnow. She was going to have her work cut out for her to slowly show them the error of their non having fun ways and get them to live a bit. All the while killing evil xenos( possibly elder farseers present not included),traitors and evil warpy boys and girls. Ohh well, she swirled her drink again. Eventually they were going to appreciate it.

"Finished!" She replied after a while and their leader asked if htey were ready with the food. She wasn't not completely, but she had eaten what she wanted to eat, enjoyed it and drank as much booze as she wanted for the moment. There would be time for more. Possibly snacks while watching a compilation of hereteks exploding. Or maybe chaos worshippers getting turned to mush via giant titans. She was going to have to check the archives for any recordings worth watching for entertainment.

"I am REAAAAAADY to serve!" Medaira exclaimed as she stood up and saluted with a white metal hand to her chest." Aftera moment..." she quickly added, put her breather device back on, readjusted her hood, looked at it in a small ahnd mirror, nodded and then saluted again." Now I am ready to serve at prime pranking parameters and capabilities!" Medaira was ready and excited to get to work again. Her entertainment of a drinking contest might be gone, but there were more excitement to be had! Maybe she'd get to prank some people soon! That or she'd wait to return to base to ebgin the pranking again. Stukov could very well use a paintjob. Maybe bright pink in his hair cleaning agents would brighten him up! Also some color in his toothpaste! To mach the hair on their absolutely L0V31y eldar companion.

Avonshire - D&D Based Adventure

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Kosara Tiefling, Warlock (Celestial), Level 03 HP: 21/ 21 Armor Class: 12(15 Mage Armor) Conditions: N/A Location: The public house(street) -> Silversmith's, exterior Action: N/A Bonus Action: N/A Reaction: N/A

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“ I would love to do so too, V! And you can call them horns! I like my horns! Make me feel a bit like grandpa though he only has 1 and his is golden. And if we ever go South, I would love to help you pick some suitable stage outfits from my homelands, if for nothing else but for making nice memories and souvenirs!” She stated sagely as she heard V’s words on the topic of getting to go shopping for new garments and accessories. Kosara didn’t have much chances to do so, since most of what she would wear or would be bought to wear when younger was from traveling merchants who specially visited the oasis just for that purpose. She and her sisters there more or less had all their silken, transparent or near transparent clothes from the same tailors and merchants.

The trek to the silversmith didn’t take too long a time this turn around, mostly because they actually knew exactly how to get here now. Though it was a lot better when it came to the weather in difference to their journey from |the Honey Barn to the tavern where they had lunch. The rain lessening made everything a lot better, though it was still quite chilly. Now Kosara was really realizing why people this far north wore more clothing and thicker and more protective ones at that. Leather cloaks or something would be a great boon. Or at least something to keep covered from the rain.

The street around the silversmith didn’t look different, nothing that stuck out to the casual glance when they arrived. She pondered if the sheriff… constable? Yes Constable, had the place under watch just in case they visited, she wasn’t sure if he knew their interest here, but one never knew. There could have been words that reached him about the earlier event of their improptu musical performance on his door. That was a fun thing she was almost tempted to repeat, but decided not to and to leave the interractions with him to V and Marita. Mentioning the Cleric, Kosara turned to her as she was disarming herself to go talk with the map.” Alright, Marita. I will watch over them like a hawk! Well… I think that was the saying!”

Avonshire - D&D Based Adventure

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Kosara Tiefling, Warlock (Celestial), Level 03 HP: 21/ 21 Armor Class: 12(15 Mage Armor) Conditions: N/A Location: The public house - > The public house(street) Action: N/A Bonus Action: N/A Reaction: N/A

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“That we can do!” Kosara energetically pipped in when Marita brought up the rest standing good old vigil outside the silversmith and be on the look out for evil doers and other general miscreants that might or might not be plotting sneaky schenanigans that bring about evil intent and general annoyances and grief! Like certain name confused constable that might or might not be in on the evil schemes. Then again he could just be a mean old man who is mean and is trying to stop the evil schemes, but one cannot be too certain until there are enough clues and facts established. So far Kosara could very well count Mr Cloverwish, Cavefish, Cavendish or whatever his name is, into the evil being plotted. On that note as the cleric mentioned the Municipal building as the rat nest, Naisha let out an energetic nod of sorts. It would make sense. That or it was locked down just on the purpose of stopping infiltrators from said nest. Again needed more facts to make decision. Better operate under the assumption that both were true!

“Yes, sir!” The tiefling exclaimed to Robert’s statement and query! He couldn’t be seen as housing them so that much was alright! Besides they did make a mean breakfast… well lunch here! Having their noon meals here was good enough, especially with the hayloft as a very good sneaky accommodations that allowed them to spy on the happenings outside.

“I got everything I need with myself, Kathryn.” Kosara stated, patting her well cared for and used traveling bag that was very much filled to near capacity in very organized manner as to be able to store as much as possible. Besides her most useful tools were magic related and her ability to use said magic. What’s more with her magical appearing sword she was gonna fare well enough and had options if it came to close up fights. Celestial blasts for the far and heroic scimitar to the gut for the melee. Seeing the others paying, she quickly left the coin for her lunch on the table by her plates.

With them getting outside at least the rain appeared to be lessening for the time being. She heard V mentioning her cloak.” You know I should probably get a cloak too, one with a hood!” She commented as she got out by the others.” Or at least a hat not too dissimilar to your own to protect my head!” Kosara stated, noting that yes the rain and weather wasn’t too good for one’s hair. Though she did somewhat enjoy it. Back home there wasn’t really rain like this. Even if it left her rather cold due the season.” Though a cloak might be the best choice because of my long hair and braid. I could keep it under it while a hat wouldn’t protect my braid.”

“Might have to go shopping after this adventure is done.” She mused to herself and looked around in a bit of a casual or maybe even distracted manner as she scanned the surroundings for anything of note to her mind. She didn’t see anything really so that was good! Unless there was something hiding in plain view that was way better of hiding than her seeing it. It could happen, though she still wondered how it was possible at times.

Avonshire - D&D Based Adventure

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Kosara Tiefling, Warlock (Celestial), Level 03 HP: 21/ 21 Armor Class: 12(15 Mage Armor) Conditions: N/A Location: The public house Action: N/A Bonus Action: N/A Reaction: N/A

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“Maybe this is some kind of secret evil clan of em that wants to do something big and evil...” Kosara quipped to V’s statement before demolishing a few more mouthfuls of the tasty food.” Hey, I know it probably isn’t that, but I can make wild theories and hope one day it is right!” She added, returning to her food and looking at V again.” I am in agreement with V. She’s way better at talking with people. Apparently most people like me and how I talk more only when I’m dressed in my usual set of clothing.” She stated. Though it made her wonder if she and V could literally run verbal circles around people of they paired up their strong sides on the topic of talks and distraction in talks.

Dragon-man, or Blackberry as his name apparently is or at least as he likes to be called in company, made some curious statements about their wererat problems and said a word that she really wondered if it was real and planned to scribble down later when she had the chance to write in her journal. Her grandpa would know if Rodent-tropes is a real term. He also suggested that it’s possible to talk with them, which was… partly true, but also made her wonder if it’s possible in this case. If they had anything to do with the mass disappearances and were plotting evil schemes, they wouldn’t just talk. Though if the dancer was to be fair, they hadn’t actually gotten confirmation of the evil ploy in itself quite yet. Lots of evidence suggesting to it, but no confirmation aside a returned person who turned into one and a paranoid silversmith that might be stockpiling silvered weapons. That and Robert who also had dealings with the silversmith.

Martia continued to talk and brought Robert back into it which went to two of the missing folk that revealed even more potential clues that were at play, but she wasn’t able to figure them out quite yet. There seemed to be something just underneath it all, so close yet so far for the time being. Maybe they just needed one solid veil lifting clue to piece it all together and crack the entire thing wide open, but Kosara herself didn’t have it yet.

While Kathryn spoke, Kosara hurried to get the final bits of food she could over with and smiled contently. There wasn’t much more to be done here in the tavern and they really should be going before long.” Alright, so V and Marita are going to meet Mr silversmith, what would the rest of us be doing then? I mean as much as I like the idea of running around and looking for clues, I don’t like the idea of anyone finding themselves face to face with the constable without our full group or in any other sort of troubles without the full group to have their backs. I’ve heard horror stories about adventuring groups splitting and the possible terrible situations they found themselves in. Is there anything the rest of us that we can do while near the silversmith location? That way we aren’t splitting the party too far and should something happen, we can easily regroup to deal with any complications. In any case we should be at least somewhere nearby.” She asked, readying herself for going out again. The rain was still going rather strong and it was concerning, but what could one do? She also eyed curiously the way V pocketed the gold.

Avonshire - D&D Based Adventure

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Kosara Tiefling, Warlock (Celestial), Level 03 HP: 21/ 21 Armor Class: 12(15 Mage Armor) Conditions: N/A Location: The public house Action: N/A Bonus Action: N/A Reaction: N/A

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Things were sort of escalating rather fast here and Kosara was barely keeping track of it and she liked it like that. It was when things were most interesting and exciting. Robert was a bit grumpy in his own way, but she couldn’t blame him, having to deal with the lot of them right now. She was hoping that he calms down soon, anger would cause health problems and they didn’t need any other Cloverfishes… Cloverdishes? Cavenfish!… no Cavendish! Yes. The dancer very much hoped that Robert calms down and brightens before he reaches the grumpy levels of the constable.

Then out of nowhere( or maybe from the precisely needed somewhere) Marita dropped the were-bomb and delivered the grand news of the problem with people disappearing. Lycanthropy and apparently wererats of all things. She had never seen wererats before, but she hadn’t seen werewolves either. Wasn’t that a curious thing, made her wonder how Wererats became a thing. Did somebody get cursed to be a rat and the curse misfired? Though unknown enemy like that, posed unknown danger and she didn’t know how Wererats worked.” Food, thank you!” She exclaimed suddenly, mind pulled away from the pesky wererats that were hindering their nice time in Avonshire to the aromatic display of foodstuffs that Lea and Daisy were putting before them on the table.

Mr. Grumpy had a reaction to the rats being mentioned and Kosara was pretty sure he knew something about it and by the sound of it the Silversmith was aware and very paranoid about it. Would explain his reaction, though didn’t explain his reaction to her inquiries on the topic and how he tossed them out like kittens in the rain. She was pretty sure that was a true saying, but anyways. Mind refocused on the topic, she looked at the coin on the table and at Robert.” Well, I’m pretty sure he won’t open the door to me… unless I raise a lot of noise and he does so out of annoyance in attempt to fight.” She quipped.” The smith was very eager to throw us out when we tried to talk to him." She ate a few quick mouthfuls of food.” Maybe you could have better luck with it as a Cleric, Marita. With the note he might just be willing to talk and listen to you.”

Kosara was just about stuffing herself with food since she had this distinct feeling that before them was a very hectic day and night, one that would probably lead to a lot of energy being used and she needed to be ready for it. She was in the middle of chewing that very tasty food when Kathryn raised the question about healing the missing victims. Now wasn’t that a very important thing to figure out.” What if they don’t want to be healed if at all possible? We still don’t know why some returned while others didn’t… We should be very careful.” She mentioned after a bit of thinking.

Avonshire - D&D Based Adventure

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Kosara Tiefling, Warlock (Celestial), Level 03 HP: 21/ 21 Armor Class: 12(15 Mage Armor) Conditions: N/A Location: The public house Action: N/A Bonus Action: N/A Reaction: N/A

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“Thank you, V!” Kosara replied in joy as she in turned listened to her bard friend in turn recount a brief summery of her own story and what brought her out there adventuring. If truth was to be told, Kosara had a loose tear in her eye at that point when the half-elf had finished. A lost family member! A journey to discover their unknown fate, a truly dramatic and epic tale worthy journey.” I’m really hoping you find out whatever the truth of it is, V!” Kosara stated, wiping the loose tear from her eye.” If I could help, I will try! Can also probably ask Grandpa next time he appears. Who knows, he might knows something. Or know of somebody who might know something! He seems to know a lot of stuff.”

She nodded, looking now at the dragonborn who was very in tune with the typical adventuring backstory. A trouble brewing at his homelands, a desire to find help and the inability to find said help. Very much classical parts of an adventuring epic in the making.” I haven’t been to or heard of your home, but listening to you, it must have be a marvelous place. I hope your also accomplish your task soon.”

Marita’s tale about her past was not as informative as the first bits she had told them in the past, but it was new and curious still. It made Kosara wonder what her temple had to exile her like that and for her to still follow them despite the exile. She wasn’t a cleric, but she was pretty certain if Marita had crossed the deity she served, she wouldn’t have her powers… probably. Kosara realized that she really must ask her grandpa more questions on religion next time they met. Well him or any priestess or clerics in a temple. It made her now most curious if it was possible to cross the tenets of your faith as a faith based magic user and still access said magic. The sudden proclamation about them leaving right now because they had a thing they were forgetting made her a bit confused… alright she was confused a LOT. Mostly cause she hadn’t had the lunch yet. Robert’s reaction was even more shocking as his tone suddenly changed and he seemed really irritated suddenly. Mostly with Marita’s attempt to get them leave and her excuse for doing so.

What he then proceeded to do was get a chalk and scribble scrabble some scratchings at the table in a language that she didn’t know. She felt like she might have seen it somewhere, but then again she had seen samples of many languages in her time at the Oasis, she had no idea which was what. She knew Common and Infernal and realized that she might do well to compile a bit of a dictionary at the back of her journal of most common words in different languages! Now that was a curious idea! One that she might well explore with V and Kathryn later.” Well grandpa had called me stupid a few times… but I know 2 languages, just not this one. Ask me about infernal and I will tell you all about it.”

To her great benefit and the party’s reassurance Kathryn apparently recognized the thing as ‘Geas’. Being of the magical inclination even as skewed as she was, she nodded at V’s explanation. Made sense, magical contracts were a thing apparently. She wondered what her grandpa knew about them and if what she was doing with her own power was something akin to it?” That… sounds bad.” She added at the end when V relayed that it was possible for the Geas to have some nasty negatives effects should it’s agreement be broken.” But yes, V’s right, food!” She joined in the joy for a meal, before looking at Robert.” So somebody’s holding you with one of those pact things, don’t reply if you shouldn’t. Seems to be a weirdly grand issue of things like these are involved. Anybody capable of affecting that? I know that in the future I might be able to dispell magical effects, but not strong enough yet.”

“Ohh yes, tangents… if you can write it in that language, can you write more things in that language? Or maybe can we ask questions and if you keep quiet on a question, we know you’ve been told to not answer that one or something? Like if you were told to not say WHO did it, then we ask names in succession and when you keep quiet one of them, we know we’ve got the person?” She asked. Contracts and pacts meant words like promises, words had meanings and meanings could be circumvented. Like that time she was told and promised to not eat some sweets as a child, so she instead ate honey instead.

Avonshire - D&D Based Adventure

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Kosara Tiefling, Warlock (Celestial), Level 03 HP: 21/ 21 Armor Class: 12(15 Mage Armor) Conditions: N/A Location: The public house Action: N/A Bonus Action: N/A Reaction: N/A

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With Kathryn explaining out the situation they had experienced, Kosara hummed in approval to the retelling of the story.” Mr Cloverwish.” She nodded when the warrior woman mentioned the man’s name. Alright she was doing it on purpose right now, but she was a bit angry at the grumpy man right now. Not that it mattered much as far as she was concerned really. The constable was a mean man by the looks of it and there were certainly more happening here if what was being told by Marita about one of the people who vanished and returned, turning into a monster was true. She wasn’t sure what could turn people into monsters though.

Also their new friend that had appeared had a most delicious of names, a name that made her want to have some pastries with blueberries… Yes his name made her think of sweets and with a name like that, she wasn’t even in the need to think him a nickname. He was already using a good fitting nice and fun name! Her attention was pulled away by Lea and her sweet siren call of foodstuffs.

“Yes, I would love some fresh bread and anything that’s for lunch proper. Fruit’s good, but I want real meal!” She nodded with great enthusiasm on the topic of tasty food. She wasn’t planning on eating much right now, but she really did need some lunch, her stomach felt so empty from the energetic events in the day so far.” We can probably do that task, Mr Robert! Though gotta confirm with the rest of the group first, can’t promise for them! Who is this Mr Mallard though? Are there like many people with that name in town? Or is it Mr Silversmith?” She asked, wondering whom the man had meant. There was a Mallard that was the Silversmith that was so rude and had them do unreasonable demands and then tossed them out on the street like they were nothing! They had to know, it would be a very weird thing if they showed up at a wrong Mallard fellow. Maybe it was a common name in these parts!

“ I wanted adventure!” Kosara replied to Kathryn with a smile.” I grew up around adventurers and travelers who would stop at our caravan rest at the oasis in the desert. They would retell me great stories of wonders and adventure and I wanted to see such things too! Besides it is good to be out there to help people, Grandpa would bring me around every now and then to help people on his travels around the desert, so I figured I could continue helping people while I travel.” She explained and pulled her leather bound big journal from her bags.” I write everything of my adventures here, once it’s filled I will send it back home, so my sisters could see and read about everything I’ve done! I want to make Grandpa and them proud one day!”

Avonshire - D&D Based Adventure

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Kosara Tiefling, Warlock (Celestial), Level 03 HP: 21/ 21 Armor Class: 12(15 Mage Armor) Conditions: N/A Location: Streets of Avonshire --> The public house Action: N/A Bonus Action: N/A Reaction: N/A

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Kosara was listening, but if she was taking in whatever was being said about adventurers and mercenaries was anybody’s guess at this point. She just looked impassively at Kathryn when she was being spoken about on that topic, but wasn’t replying, just giving her an neutral stare… Or maybe she wasn’t looking at her at all, for the moment the talk stopped she looked energetically to the side without nary a care in the world.” Adventurers are better than mercenaries indeed.” She finally quipped, indicating that yes, there indeed might have been some listening being done and she wasn’t just tuning out the warrior woman’s voice at that point of the talks.

“Alright… I suppose we COULD wait a bit for them to show up.” Kosara agreed reluctantly with the statement. If it was up to her, she’d be already rushing off to find the rest of the group, but she also had to admit that Kathryn was completely right on this and they had agreed on a plan. She had to follow the plan, well at least until a better one presented itself. Or this one was proving to not work out in any case. So she was going to wait and see, maybe they’d show up.

Sadly the weather was not nice. Rain was present nearly as soon as they left THE barn, but it was getting worse, she felt. Her hair was soaking in the water, making her feel cold! Maybe she should have stayed behind in the Honey Barn. It was warm there and she could make friends!’ No ,no ,no , have to meet with the others along with Kathryn. Quest to be done, adventure to be had!’ She reminded herself.

In the end when they neared the hayloft and the public house, the also spotted their jolly friends! Along wit ha new friend! Kosara thought hard on it and concluded the man was a dragonborn. It was a very astute deduction that certainly had nothing to do with the fact he looked like a dragon! Alright, it was cause he looked like a dragon and she had seen others at the caravan stop back home.” Hey! We found each others!” Kosara exclaimed when they spotted the party members by the Hayloft and Kathryn had rushed to grab them.” I was about to go search for you if you didn’t appear, but Kathryn convinced me to wait a bit before doing so first!” The tiefling quipped, eyeing her friends that were getting soaked in the rain and the newly appeared dragonborn whom she was certain was not with the group before.

“Hello there, I’m Kosara! Nice to meet you!” She greeted him, before looking at the public house.” Yeah, Kathryn’s right, let’s go out of the rain and grab some grub at the Public House!” She smiled and dashed away, content in the knowledge that they had met the party, so she was not going to need to search for them. Instead she rushed her way inside the Public House. It was dry and warm inside!” Hey, Bob, Lea!” Kosara greeted them laudly as soon as she entered, waving at them and taking seat by one of the tables where Kathryn was also in the process of getting a seat.

“Yeah it was really weird. I mean why silver and why rings? And why the tongue?” She added to Kathryn’s statement.” As for the constable, he was really grumpy still.”

Avonshire - D&D Based Adventure

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Kosara Tiefling, Warlock (Celestial), Level 03 HP: 21/ 21 Armor Class: 12(15 Mage Armor) Conditions: N/A Location: HONEY BARN FABULOUS ADVENTURE! --> Streets of Avonshire Action: N/A Bonus Action: N/A Reaction: N/A

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Kosara was not a happy girl. Not really between having to rush and abandon her task at the honey barn, the grumpy constable, the fact that Kathryn was the one making her half her tasks and all manner of other annoying niggles, the tiefling dancer was rapidly growling to a grumpiness levels to probably equal ol’ Cavendish. The fact she was hearing that the constable sounded like he was running a protection racket made her even more annoyed.” But I’m not poking fun at him? How am I making fun of him?” She asked in confusion. Why was everybody thinking she was making fun of that grumpy ol man?

“Grandpa always says that kobolds and goblins are a symptom not a cause!” She quipped, mild irritation seeping into the otherwise energetic and happy tiefling woman. She had not forgotten the goblins were way too well equipped nor that the fact that Cloverdish wasn’t too appreciative of them killing them… Nor did he seem to be doing anything about a supposed goblin band in the vicinity of his town! She was going to get to the bottom of this mystery and if he was evil, she’d expose his evil ways for the good of all! Maybe even kick him like Grandpa taught her to.” WE AREN’T! Mercenaries are grumpy serious men with severe faces and many scars, traveling in big bands and taking questionable tasks for coin! They get hired in wars and to do otherwise subjectively legal tasks! When they come to the taverns and inns, they grope us who work there and try to get away without paying! Meanwhile we are adventurers! We do good work with or without coin, we help people, explore strange new places. We seek out new life and new civilizations and boldly go where no man has gone before!” She hissed like a very angry cat. Kosara had a rather… romanticized view of adventurers. Partly because she never really grew up properly and was brought up with tall stories of epic adventures, fighting evil, rescuing damsels and other such.

Then everything suddenly halted when one of Madam Marci’s girls returned with news that somebody of the missing people returned, had altercation of some sort with Marita and V, before turning into a monster…?” Monster?” She blinked, mind doing a quick restart as she looked at Kathryn, the white tiefling doing a complete flip in focuses.” RIGHT! Let’s goooo! Monsters to find! Maybe silver does something to that monster!” She bolted after the warrior woman.” Ehh… can’t we just run around to find them? They can’t be that hard to find, neither V or Marita are hard to miss after all!”

“Also… WE AREN’T MERCENARIES!” She repeated again to Kathryn, apparently not completely forgetting her ire form earlier.” WE ARE NOT!”

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