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Oh. My. Gosh. I’ve been on a few of these missions as an associate, but this one was… a lot more strange. It wasn’t the most deadly I’ve been on, but it was very secretive and a bit unnerving to be honest. But about that, umm so I’ve been told there are some things I cannot write down here and there are probably people that would be upset at me if I did, so how about I describe what happened as a… fun hypothetical. Yeah. So if any details stand out, don't think too hard about it because it's just a story. Nothing suspicious here, no siree. | Oh. My. Gosh. I’ve been on a few of these missions as an associate, but this one was… a lot more strange. It wasn’t the most deadly I’ve been on, but it was very secretive and a bit unnerving to be honest. But about that, umm so I’ve been told there are some things I cannot write down here and there are probably people that would be upset at me if I did, so how about I describe what happened as a… fun hypothetical. Yeah. So if any details stand out, don't think too hard about it because it's just a story. Nothing suspicious here, no siree. | ||
So hypothetically, on the expedition board, there was this job posting that had all of the letters scrambled! Even when they replaced the posting with an unscrambled one, it just scrambled itself back when no one was looking! Just figuring out what the gibberish was saying was a task within itself, and eventually I pieced together the answers and realized it was a set of secret instructions! “Welcome And Well Met, Please Find Me In The Woods. Bring No Light And Let Your Ears Guide The Way. Together We Walk Wooded Ways To Our Mother Of Mystery”, is what I’ve managed to gather. Personally, I thought this was a fun test by the Round Table! Going out to the woods at night seemed scary, but right there I decided to put my foot down and not be so afraid! If this was going to be a test, I wasn’t going to run away gosh darn it! But still, when I arrived at the edge of the woods on that dark chilly night, I second guessed my decision to come alone. | So hypothetically, on the expedition board, there was this job posting that had all of the letters scrambled! Even when they replaced the posting with an unscrambled one, it just scrambled itself back when no one was looking! Just figuring out what the gibberish was saying was a task within itself, and eventually I pieced together the answers and realized it was a set of secret instructions! “Welcome And Well Met, Please Find Me In The Woods. Bring No Light And Let Your Ears Guide The Way. Together We Walk Wooded Ways To Our Mother Of Mystery”, is what I’ve managed to gather. Personally, I thought this was a fun test by the Round Table! Going out to the woods at night seemed scary, but right there I decided to put my foot down and not be so afraid! If this was going to be a test, I wasn’t going to run away gosh darn it! But still, when I arrived at the edge of the woods on that dark chilly night, I second guessed my decision to come alone. | ||
As I entered the woods alone, I found a busted shrine to Pharasma. As she is a goddess against undeath, I spent my time reconsecrating the shrine, then I pursued a ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■ to a pond that had a ■■■■■■■ that seemed to absorb the vitality of the other woodland critters! I chased after the ■■■■ again to find myself in another clearing with a lady in the middle wearing a mask and holding a bell. Soon, one by one the other associates arrived: Kora the charming psychic mermaid, the iconic duo Arumi and Cap'n" Stardust aka Uravas, and Sabelle the spirited Cleric all appeared, having stumbled through trials in the woods themselves. I felt sorry for Sabelle, who seemed to not be able to see in this dark! | As I entered the woods alone, I found a busted shrine to Pharasma. As she is a goddess against undeath, I spent my time reconsecrating the shrine, then I pursued a ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■ to a pond that had a ■■■■■■■ that seemed to absorb the vitality of the other woodland critters! I chased after the ■■■■ again to find myself in another clearing with a lady in the middle wearing a mask and holding a bell. Soon, one by one the other associates arrived: Kora the charming psychic mermaid, the iconic duo Arumi and Cap'n" Stardust aka Uravas, and Sabelle the spirited Cleric all appeared, having stumbled through trials in the woods themselves. I felt sorry for Sabelle, who seemed to not be able to see in this dark! | ||
The lady in the middle of the clearing apologized for any discomfort from the trials we’ve experienced to get here, that they were merely illusions and they were a test to see if we were worthy to accept a gift. She told us she has seen a terrible cataclysm that may befall our city Onadbyr. She offers us a gift of enlightenment from her lady, if we are skillful enough to wield it. | The lady in the middle of the clearing apologized for any discomfort from the trials we’ve experienced to get here, that they were merely illusions and they were a test to see if we were worthy to accept a gift. She told us she has seen a terrible cataclysm that may befall our city Onadbyr. She offers us a gift of enlightenment from her lady, if we are skillful enough to wield it. | ||
This is still all hypothetical by the way, okay? So we all took a group huddle and all shared what we learned in the forest and from the vague hints this lady was giving us. With the ■■■■■■■, the importance of ■■■■■■■■■ and of ■■■■■■■■■, and the focus on uh, ■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■, it didn’t match any domain we were aware of. The woman in the mask revealed she served someone who we'll call the Well-Lived Witch of the West. The Well-Lived Witch of the West was against murder and torture as well as the harming of innocents, but her biggest focus was the pursuit of living a long healthy life. So she’s not bad per se, but that last interest of hers puts her at odds with uh, the Good Witch of the South, we’ll say. We all knew of the Good Witch of the South, who hates undead and is all about continuing the cycle of death. The woman in the mask had told us that gaining the gift would involve a ritual that would draw the ire of the Good Witch of the South’s followers. She had masks for us to wear that would prevent them from recognizing us later, but we’d have to contend with them during the ritual. | This is still all hypothetical by the way, okay? So we all took a group huddle and all shared what we learned in the forest and from the vague hints this lady was giving us. With the ■■■■■■■, the importance of ■■■■■■■■■ and of ■■■■■■■■■, and the focus on uh, ■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■, it didn’t match any domain we were aware of. The woman in the mask revealed she served someone who we'll call the Well-Lived Witch of the West. The Well-Lived Witch of the West was against murder and torture as well as the harming of innocents, but her biggest focus was the pursuit of living a long healthy life. So she’s not bad per se, but that last interest of hers puts her at odds with uh, the Good Witch of the South, we’ll say. We all knew of the Good Witch of the South, who hates undead and is all about continuing the cycle of death. The woman in the mask had told us that gaining the gift would involve a ritual that would draw the ire of the Good Witch of the South’s followers. She had masks for us to wear that would prevent them from recognizing us later, but we’d have to contend with them during the ritual. | ||
I personally respect the Good Witch of the South as if you know me, you know that I am not a fan of undead; that’s why I was so thorough in fixing the Good Witch’s shrine in the woods! So I was conflicted, but Arumi was curious of the knowledge that was being offered, Kora and Cap'n Stardust were on board to help her and Sabelle was already chatting up the mysterious woman, both of them cryptically speaking behind their face masks. So we decided we’ll help and do the ritual, in case its knowledge will help Onanbyr in the crisis that seems to be looming on the horizon. | I personally respect the Good Witch of the South as if you know me, you know that I am not a fan of undead; that’s why I was so thorough in fixing the Good Witch’s shrine in the woods! So I was conflicted, but Arumi was curious of the knowledge that was being offered, Kora and Cap'n Stardust were on board to help her and Sabelle was already chatting up the mysterious woman, both of them cryptically speaking behind their face masks. So we decided we’ll help and do the ritual, in case its knowledge will help Onanbyr in the crisis that seems to be looming on the horizon. | ||
The woman was pleased at our answer, and rang her bell which silenced the surrounding woods, leaving us inside a pocket where sound wouldn’t travel in or out. She told us that long ago, the | The woman was pleased at our answer, and rang her bell which silenced the surrounding woods, leaving us inside a pocket where sound wouldn’t travel in or out. She told us that long ago, the | ||
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To be honest, I was kind of disappointed that the secret that was supposed to help Onadbyr was just ■■■■■■■■■■■. Maybe it's just because I’m a Leshy and I can take comfort in the fact that my spirit is immortal, but this ritual doesn’t really interest me at all. I guess it could be cool if everyone lived a ■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■ forever in Onadbyr, but if the ritual was that easy to make everyone ■■■■■■■■, then wouldn’t there be a whole lot more long lived healthy people around? I still decided to help anyway, in case it did help, but I’d be lying if I said my enthusiasm for this ritual wasn’t totally diminished. Sabelle said their god achieved divinity in 31 steps, so ■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■ would not be an issue. Arumi, on the other hand, was interested in preserving the knowledge of the ritual. | To be honest, I was kind of disappointed that the secret that was supposed to help Onadbyr was just ■■■■■■■■■■■. Maybe it's just because I’m a Leshy and I can take comfort in the fact that my spirit is immortal, but this ritual doesn’t really interest me at all. I guess it could be cool if everyone lived a ■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■ forever in Onadbyr, but if the ritual was that easy to make everyone ■■■■■■■■, then wouldn’t there be a whole lot more long lived healthy people around? I still decided to help anyway, in case it did help, but I’d be lying if I said my enthusiasm for this ritual wasn’t totally diminished. Sabelle said their god achieved divinity in 31 steps, so ■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■ would not be an issue. Arumi, on the other hand, was interested in preserving the knowledge of the ritual. | ||
The masked woman took out a large item that was ■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■. The item was pretty secretive, so lets say it was hypothetically a pair of ruby slippers. Sabelle approached the item then did the obvious thing and clicked them together. The slippers vibrated with such a low sound that none of us could hear it! Sabelle rang the slippers again, and then glowing blue patterns started to glow along its surface, continually drawing new patterns and shapes, some gibberish but others starting forming more logical patterns. We all watched and studied the slippers as it continued to glow, until we had ■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■■■. ■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■, ■■ ■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■, ■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■. The woman in the mask clapped for our success, but warned us that we must now complete the ritual quickly, as the followers of the Good Witch of the South would soon be upon us, drawn by the forbidden magic of this ritual. | The masked woman took out a large item that was ■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■. The item was pretty secretive, so lets say it was hypothetically a pair of ruby slippers. Sabelle approached the item then did the obvious thing and clicked them together. The slippers vibrated with such a low sound that none of us could hear it! Sabelle rang the slippers again, and then glowing blue patterns started to glow along its surface, continually drawing new patterns and shapes, some gibberish but others starting forming more logical patterns. We all watched and studied the slippers as it continued to glow, until we had ■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■■■. ■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■, ■■ ■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■, ■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■. The woman in the mask clapped for our success, but warned us that we must now complete the ritual quickly, as the followers of the Good Witch of the South would soon be upon us, drawn by the forbidden magic of this ritual. | ||
We split off into 3 teams: Cap'n Stardust and Arumi, Me and Kora, and Sabelle would back each other up to solve the patterns in each of the magic circles. As we took our positions and donned our masks, birds arrived from overhead. They were masked psychopomp birds that served the Good Witch of the South, and they were soon joined by this large bird man with a deadly scythe that swooped in from the night sky. Arumi near instantly solved her first magic circle and she and Cap'n Stardust headed on to the one south of them. Sabelle created a vampire coffin illusion to distract the birds around him as he solved the northern most magic circle. When some of them saw through the coffin, he turned his mask into a pair of glasses and said “You wouldn’t hit someone with glasses, would you?” It turns out, a decent amount of the psychopomps wouldn’t, so they instead flew over to me and Kora. Kora solved the first circle, but the birds were attacking Kora faster than we could deal with them. I felt worried for Kora, but I ran as fast as I could to the last circle and started trying to solve it. It was harder than I thought, and while I was working the large psychopomp with a scythe swung and knocked out Cap’n Stardust with a devastating blow. Arumi had solved her circle, so she gave Cap'n Stardust a potion and told him to run, planning to face this psychopomp alone, knowing she stood no chance. Kora continued to be assaulted by birds until she unleashed her psyche and blasted out a sonic screech that also knocked herself out! Finally, before more blood was split, I solved the last circle and the large psychopomp vanished. | We split off into 3 teams: Cap'n Stardust and Arumi, Me and Kora, and Sabelle would back each other up to solve the patterns in each of the magic circles. As we took our positions and donned our masks, birds arrived from overhead. They were masked psychopomp birds that served the Good Witch of the South, and they were soon joined by this large bird man with a deadly scythe that swooped in from the night sky. Arumi near instantly solved her first magic circle and she and Cap'n Stardust headed on to the one south of them. Sabelle created a vampire coffin illusion to distract the birds around him as he solved the northern most magic circle. When some of them saw through the coffin, he turned his mask into a pair of glasses and said “You wouldn’t hit someone with glasses, would you?” It turns out, a decent amount of the psychopomps wouldn’t, so they instead flew over to me and Kora. Kora solved the first circle, but the birds were attacking Kora faster than we could deal with them. I felt worried for Kora, but I ran as fast as I could to the last circle and started trying to solve it. It was harder than I thought, and while I was working the large psychopomp with a scythe swung and knocked out Cap’n Stardust with a devastating blow. Arumi had solved her circle, so she gave Cap'n Stardust a potion and told him to run, planning to face this psychopomp alone, knowing she stood no chance. Kora continued to be assaulted by birds until she unleashed her psyche and blasted out a sonic screech that also knocked herself out! Finally, before more blood was split, I solved the last circle and the large psychopomp vanished. | ||
We cleaned up the rest of the birds, with the exception of one: Sabelle casted an Albatross Curse on the one harassing him, and that paired with Sanctuary left the poor psychopomp unable to hit him. So we were greeted with a scene of the bird psychopomp furiously pecking away while a small albatross on a cord dangled from its neck, desperate to harm the nonplussed Sabelle. I think he took it back to his apartment afterwards. Doesn’t seem like a positive living environment, but who and I to judge? | We cleaned up the rest of the birds, with the exception of one: Sabelle casted an Albatross Curse on the one harassing him, and that paired with Sanctuary left the poor psychopomp unable to hit him. So we were greeted with a scene of the bird psychopomp furiously pecking away while a small albatross on a cord dangled from its neck, desperate to harm the nonplussed Sabelle. I think he took it back to his apartment afterwards. Doesn’t seem like a positive living environment, but who and I to judge? | ||
I healed Kora up and she gave me a big hug! I was worried for her there but she’s a real trooper! I was also glad to see Cap’n Stardust and Arumi in one piece. For Sabelle, I never had a doubt. | I healed Kora up and she gave me a big hug! I was worried for her there but she’s a real trooper! I was also glad to see Cap’n Stardust and Arumi in one piece. For Sabelle, I never had a doubt. | ||
The masked woman reappeared and congratulated us, and pointed to the pattern on the ruby slippers as our reward, which ■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■. ■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■ ■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■, ■■ ■■ ■■■ ■ ■■■■, ■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■. The most curious person about the knowledge of the ritual and the one who solved the most magic circles took it for safe keeping, but it's a secret who secretly took the secret secret from the secret lady, alright? So don’t ask me. Please, I beg you, there are too many secrets already. | The masked woman reappeared and congratulated us, and pointed to the pattern on the ruby slippers as our reward, which ■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■. ■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■ ■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■, ■■ ■■ ■■■ ■ ■■■■, ■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■. The most curious person about the knowledge of the ritual and the one who solved the most magic circles took it for safe keeping, but it's a secret who secretly took the secret secret from the secret lady, alright? So don’t ask me. Please, I beg you, there are too many secrets already. | ||
So with a couple of tense close calls, we hypothetically managed to complete the ■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■-■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■. Pretty crazy hypothetical, right? It was definitely one of the strangest nights I’ve had. If there was any heresy involved here, I will have to do my best to repent. I was a bit disappointed that all the lady offered was the ■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■, but I guess it was nice of her to share her secrets in an effort to help us. We didn’t have to give her anything other than the effort in completing the ritual. Hmm, I feel a song coming on: | So with a couple of tense close calls, we hypothetically managed to complete the ■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■-■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■. Pretty crazy hypothetical, right? It was definitely one of the strangest nights I’ve had. If there was any heresy involved here, I will have to do my best to repent. I was a bit disappointed that all the lady offered was the ■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■, but I guess it was nice of her to share her secrets in an effort to help us. We didn’t have to give her anything other than the effort in completing the ritual. Hmm, I feel a song coming on: | ||
Latest revision as of 04:33, 4 June 2025
| hO ahWt A githN! | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6/3/25 |
| Storyteller | Doug |
| Tier | Trainie |
| Player Characters | Swaying Petals, Kora Caroli, Arumi, Uravas Cap'n" Stardust, Sabelle Regalia |
| Rewards | 275 xp, 3 pp, 2 gp, 5 sp each, Bell of Whispering Quiet |
| Result | Success |
| Author | Swaying Petals (Cloyster) |
| Downtime | 0 |
(Associates explore a dark forest and help a mysterious lady with a forbidden ritual)
Log
[Sections of this log have been made illegible or have been torn away]
Log penned by Swaying Petals
Oh. My. Gosh. I’ve been on a few of these missions as an associate, but this one was… a lot more strange. It wasn’t the most deadly I’ve been on, but it was very secretive and a bit unnerving to be honest. But about that, umm so I’ve been told there are some things I cannot write down here and there are probably people that would be upset at me if I did, so how about I describe what happened as a… fun hypothetical. Yeah. So if any details stand out, don't think too hard about it because it's just a story. Nothing suspicious here, no siree.
So hypothetically, on the expedition board, there was this job posting that had all of the letters scrambled! Even when they replaced the posting with an unscrambled one, it just scrambled itself back when no one was looking! Just figuring out what the gibberish was saying was a task within itself, and eventually I pieced together the answers and realized it was a set of secret instructions! “Welcome And Well Met, Please Find Me In The Woods. Bring No Light And Let Your Ears Guide The Way. Together We Walk Wooded Ways To Our Mother Of Mystery”, is what I’ve managed to gather. Personally, I thought this was a fun test by the Round Table! Going out to the woods at night seemed scary, but right there I decided to put my foot down and not be so afraid! If this was going to be a test, I wasn’t going to run away gosh darn it! But still, when I arrived at the edge of the woods on that dark chilly night, I second guessed my decision to come alone.
As I entered the woods alone, I found a busted shrine to Pharasma. As she is a goddess against undeath, I spent my time reconsecrating the shrine, then I pursued a ■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■ to a pond that had a ■■■■■■■ that seemed to absorb the vitality of the other woodland critters! I chased after the ■■■■ again to find myself in another clearing with a lady in the middle wearing a mask and holding a bell. Soon, one by one the other associates arrived: Kora the charming psychic mermaid, the iconic duo Arumi and Cap'n" Stardust aka Uravas, and Sabelle the spirited Cleric all appeared, having stumbled through trials in the woods themselves. I felt sorry for Sabelle, who seemed to not be able to see in this dark!
The lady in the middle of the clearing apologized for any discomfort from the trials we’ve experienced to get here, that they were merely illusions and they were a test to see if we were worthy to accept a gift. She told us she has seen a terrible cataclysm that may befall our city Onadbyr. She offers us a gift of enlightenment from her lady, if we are skillful enough to wield it.
This is still all hypothetical by the way, okay? So we all took a group huddle and all shared what we learned in the forest and from the vague hints this lady was giving us. With the ■■■■■■■, the importance of ■■■■■■■■■ and of ■■■■■■■■■, and the focus on uh, ■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■, it didn’t match any domain we were aware of. The woman in the mask revealed she served someone who we'll call the Well-Lived Witch of the West. The Well-Lived Witch of the West was against murder and torture as well as the harming of innocents, but her biggest focus was the pursuit of living a long healthy life. So she’s not bad per se, but that last interest of hers puts her at odds with uh, the Good Witch of the South, we’ll say. We all knew of the Good Witch of the South, who hates undead and is all about continuing the cycle of death. The woman in the mask had told us that gaining the gift would involve a ritual that would draw the ire of the Good Witch of the South’s followers. She had masks for us to wear that would prevent them from recognizing us later, but we’d have to contend with them during the ritual.
I personally respect the Good Witch of the South as if you know me, you know that I am not a fan of undead; that’s why I was so thorough in fixing the Good Witch’s shrine in the woods! So I was conflicted, but Arumi was curious of the knowledge that was being offered, Kora and Cap'n Stardust were on board to help her and Sabelle was already chatting up the mysterious woman, both of them cryptically speaking behind their face masks. So we decided we’ll help and do the ritual, in case its knowledge will help Onanbyr in the crisis that seems to be looming on the horizon.
The woman was pleased at our answer, and rang her bell which silenced the surrounding woods, leaving us inside a pocket where sound wouldn’t travel in or out. She told us that long ago, the
[The rest of this page has been torn off. The log continues on the next page.]
To be honest, I was kind of disappointed that the secret that was supposed to help Onadbyr was just ■■■■■■■■■■■. Maybe it's just because I’m a Leshy and I can take comfort in the fact that my spirit is immortal, but this ritual doesn’t really interest me at all. I guess it could be cool if everyone lived a ■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■ forever in Onadbyr, but if the ritual was that easy to make everyone ■■■■■■■■, then wouldn’t there be a whole lot more long lived healthy people around? I still decided to help anyway, in case it did help, but I’d be lying if I said my enthusiasm for this ritual wasn’t totally diminished. Sabelle said their god achieved divinity in 31 steps, so ■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■ would not be an issue. Arumi, on the other hand, was interested in preserving the knowledge of the ritual.
The masked woman took out a large item that was ■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■. The item was pretty secretive, so lets say it was hypothetically a pair of ruby slippers. Sabelle approached the item then did the obvious thing and clicked them together. The slippers vibrated with such a low sound that none of us could hear it! Sabelle rang the slippers again, and then glowing blue patterns started to glow along its surface, continually drawing new patterns and shapes, some gibberish but others starting forming more logical patterns. We all watched and studied the slippers as it continued to glow, until we had ■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■■■. ■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■, ■■ ■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■, ■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■. The woman in the mask clapped for our success, but warned us that we must now complete the ritual quickly, as the followers of the Good Witch of the South would soon be upon us, drawn by the forbidden magic of this ritual.
We split off into 3 teams: Cap'n Stardust and Arumi, Me and Kora, and Sabelle would back each other up to solve the patterns in each of the magic circles. As we took our positions and donned our masks, birds arrived from overhead. They were masked psychopomp birds that served the Good Witch of the South, and they were soon joined by this large bird man with a deadly scythe that swooped in from the night sky. Arumi near instantly solved her first magic circle and she and Cap'n Stardust headed on to the one south of them. Sabelle created a vampire coffin illusion to distract the birds around him as he solved the northern most magic circle. When some of them saw through the coffin, he turned his mask into a pair of glasses and said “You wouldn’t hit someone with glasses, would you?” It turns out, a decent amount of the psychopomps wouldn’t, so they instead flew over to me and Kora. Kora solved the first circle, but the birds were attacking Kora faster than we could deal with them. I felt worried for Kora, but I ran as fast as I could to the last circle and started trying to solve it. It was harder than I thought, and while I was working the large psychopomp with a scythe swung and knocked out Cap’n Stardust with a devastating blow. Arumi had solved her circle, so she gave Cap'n Stardust a potion and told him to run, planning to face this psychopomp alone, knowing she stood no chance. Kora continued to be assaulted by birds until she unleashed her psyche and blasted out a sonic screech that also knocked herself out! Finally, before more blood was split, I solved the last circle and the large psychopomp vanished.
We cleaned up the rest of the birds, with the exception of one: Sabelle casted an Albatross Curse on the one harassing him, and that paired with Sanctuary left the poor psychopomp unable to hit him. So we were greeted with a scene of the bird psychopomp furiously pecking away while a small albatross on a cord dangled from its neck, desperate to harm the nonplussed Sabelle. I think he took it back to his apartment afterwards. Doesn’t seem like a positive living environment, but who and I to judge?
I healed Kora up and she gave me a big hug! I was worried for her there but she’s a real trooper! I was also glad to see Cap’n Stardust and Arumi in one piece. For Sabelle, I never had a doubt.
The masked woman reappeared and congratulated us, and pointed to the pattern on the ruby slippers as our reward, which ■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■. ■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■ ■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■, ■■ ■■ ■■■ ■ ■■■■, ■■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■. The most curious person about the knowledge of the ritual and the one who solved the most magic circles took it for safe keeping, but it's a secret who secretly took the secret secret from the secret lady, alright? So don’t ask me. Please, I beg you, there are too many secrets already.
So with a couple of tense close calls, we hypothetically managed to complete the ■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■-■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■. Pretty crazy hypothetical, right? It was definitely one of the strangest nights I’ve had. If there was any heresy involved here, I will have to do my best to repent. I was a bit disappointed that all the lady offered was the ■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■■■■■, but I guess it was nice of her to share her secrets in an effort to help us. We didn’t have to give her anything other than the effort in completing the ritual. Hmm, I feel a song coming on:
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But we never did give nothin’ to the masked woman ♬
That she didn’t, didn’t already have ♬
But this secret was the reason for the evenin’ ♬
For the gift, this Well-Lived Witch Had ♬
So please, believe in me ♬
When I say I’m spinnin’ round, round, round, round ♬
Bell that glows bright colors ♬
Birds goin’ down, down, down, down ♬
Peacock green like feathers ♬
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[The submitted log continues for several pages in a meandering music script and lyrics of tangentially related songs. This information has been cut for brevity.]