The Heights of Londo [OOC 2] - What? OOC is evolving!

[Comissar]

It is, just a busy couple of days have kept me from posting. My sister's had a baby

[Hazuki]

And you've suggested naming it after your favorite GM, right? Right?

[Comissar]

He's only actually been named today, so my nephew is now called Finn! (I think my sister is aware of Adventure Time, but I don't know if it was an influence )

[tgva8889]

Given that Alyssa spent some time in Lancer as an art student, how likely is she to know who Vaster is talking about?

Here's a General Ed roll, that seemed like the most applicable skill here? If not I can always roll more or less dice:
(2d6)[6][1](7)

[Hazuki]

She doesn't recognize the name, but there are plenty of freckles in Lancer Town.

[Hazuki]

Uhh. I forgot where the PCs are going. I know you're going through Diwyneb, but is it to Vibrost or Lancer Town?

[Comissar]

I think we were aiming at Vibrost? tgva might need to correct me on that.

Also, apologies for the slow post rate recently. Between the new arrival and retail work at christmas, I'm not getting as much rest as I'd like, so free time is more limited than usual. Post rate should pick up again properly once the holidays pass.

[Hazuki]

No problem.

[tgva8889]

Aim is to head to Vibrost.

Also sorry for my slow posting recently, though I don't have as good a reason.

[Comissar]

This is where the Gothorita just keeps it up keeping Leah from doing anything, walks in, takes the stew, and walks out.

[Hazuki]

How dare you impugn the honor of Gothorita.

I'd post now, but I'll wait to see Alyssa's reaction.

[Hazuki]

I asked a friend of mine to revamp the Londo map to be a little less square and boring, and here's a link. I like it a lot more than the old one.

[Comissar]

Looks pretty cool! I keep forgetting how far Thundercrag is from Sorland, Leah's travelled a long way already

[Hazuki]

Yup! Imagine how much easier it'd be if she had some kind of mount.

[Hazuki]

Lore theory: If you show up to, say, a dock in Pokemon with an Electric Pokemon, everyone thinks you're a jerk but don't say anything 'cause the protagonist is a kid.

[tgva8889]

I'm not able to see the map, it says I don't have access to it.

[Hazuki]

I've changed the link at the top of the OP. Work now?

[tgva8889]

It does now, thanks!

[Hazuki]

Sorry, small edit: I meant to write Maggie runs up to him, but I forgot to actually write her name.

[tgva8889]

Now that Maggie has traveled with us a bunch, I'm not sure how Alyssa feels about her. She certainly didn't intend to, like, catch her and add her to the squad or anything, but she's kinda a friend now and it might be kinda weird to just leave her somewhere?

[Hazuki]

She's an allegory for teenage pregnancy. Don't Leah and Alyssa know that holding hands leads to this kind of thing?

[Comissar]

She's an allegory for teenage pregnancy. Don't Leah and Alyssa know that holding hands leads to this kind of thing?

And to think, normally you'd have a nine month waiting period before getting your Gothorita

Leah's uncertainty around the Salandit, btw, is based on how she was getting 'the look' from it back in Thundercrag. She's not quite sure where she stands with it.

[Hazuki]

Leah's uncertainty around the Salandit, btw, is based on how she was getting 'the look' from it back in Thundercrag. She's not quite sure where she stands with it.

Aye, that makes sense. Poor Leah's getting all the stares.

[Comissar]

Aye, that makes sense. Poor Leah's getting all the stares.

She just has such a striking appearance, people can't help but stare!

[Comissar]

Leah's feelings of guilt here aren't entirely rational. Logically, she knows she's not responsible for Rana's scarring (and, if anything, you could argue she helped mitigate it as much as possible along with Alyssa and (mostly) Bibi?), but she still feels like she ought to be doing something to help, and the guilt is mostly from not being able to.

[Hazuki]

Oh, aye, they've been helpful, but Rana in the worst possible mental state right now. She's still physically recovering, she's still got that scarring for the rest of her life, she's just had a fresh reminder of that, she hasn't had her "hit" of lightning that she was getting very frequently before, along with unresolved existing feelings of depression from before the scarring. She's not going to be at all helpful for Leah's mental health, unfortunately.

[Comissar]

Yup, I figured (some of) that was why she was reacting badly to Leah's attempts to help, hard to hold it against her too. She has been through a lot in a short space of time.

[Hazuki]

Aye. I mean, part of her reacting badly is also 'cause Leah has Pathetic Charm. I still want the scene to have interesting stuff, so Rana is still revealing things, but it's not in the more...confiding manner that it would be if she's been successfully charmed.

[Comissar]

Leah's not great at people! Doesn't stop her from wanting to try! I will admit, I was expecting this to end in a 'push Leah away' kind of chain of events.

[Hazuki]

Yeah. 'Tis unfortunate that Alyssa is occupied by the result of her last Charm working well.