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Thread: Trog's Tavern CLIV
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2020-09-23, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Lost and Found
A white-skinned kor with long white hair has some idea where the Charnockian Society of Friends might be. She's not human, and doesn't smell such to the wasp-lady, if she's about. She looks basically human, however. She's wearing a black t-shirt and a pair of loose trousers, also black, and she has a thick V-shaped line tattooed in faintly glowing blue on her left forearm. A long chain is coiled by her feet, hooks at both ends. "There's a Charnock Building on the corner of Wight Road and Straight Street. Might be based there?"Terrowin Avatar by HappyTurtle. Much thanks!
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2020-09-25, 11:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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[Lost and Found]
"Oh don't worry about that Zee, ma'am. There was no poisoned fork, ma'am. Just a poisoner's fork ma'am. They probably just misspelled prisoner ma'am. Spelling is pretty hard sometimes ma'am." Theoretically, a poisoner's fork is not necessarily poisoned. Indeed, it would probably be pretty inconvenient if it was.
Either way, the prisoner probably wants his fork back.
Butler turns to the Kor and bows in greeting, giving her a friendly smile. "Oh, thank you ma'am. I should probably take it to them ma'am. Which Side is that in ma'am?" Butler could probably find it eventually, but searching three to four cities for a white road is going to be tedious.
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2020-09-25, 12:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Trog's Tavern CLIV
Wasn't wasp lady paying attention?
Zee was getting to those brownies whip or no whip.
In this particular case she performs a diving slide, sailing clean under the snapping weapon and pulling open the oven in one smooth motion.
You don't serve adventurers for years without learning a few tricks for getting your job done.
She pops up again, setting the tray of brownies on a cooling tray to let off some steam before frowning at the wasp person.
Frowning!
Zee really doesn't take much issue with people threatening her, typically. But if the wasp lady starts threatening other tavern patrons there will be words.
"I've been making hero sandwiches for those heroes all afternoon!" Zee replies, waving one hand toward a group of costumed supers sitting nearby. They're watching the goings on, but they don't seem inclined to intervene. "Why would I have anything to do with gross space warping mouth monsters? That's crazy."
Okay technically Zee does have anything to do with space warping mouth monsters.
Just not that specific one.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2020-09-25, 02:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Enough nonsense!" The wasp lunges across the room, lashing out with the whip in an attempt to coil it around Zee's throat. "I want the truth, human!"
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-25, 05:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Lost and Found
"It's in Inside. Big building, twelve storeys, I think. Concrete and glass, with a bronze statue of some bloke in a ruff above the doors. Good anchor points up top, though. And it has a mooring post for skyships, too." So a description as well as directions! Hopefully that'll help Butler. Maybe.Terrowin Avatar by HappyTurtle. Much thanks!
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2020-09-25, 09:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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The whip lashes toward Zee and-!
-wraps around a stainless steel drink mixer she just held up!
Deflected!
"You want the truth, huh?" Zee retorts. "You think you deserve the truth? You can't handle the truth!"
Difiant!
Silly!
Movie references!
"Really, though, truth is I have absolutely zero idea why you're here. But now that you are here I've learned that you're kind of a jerk. If you whip this thing at me again I'm going to toss you out of the tavern."
Well!
That's a serious threat isn't it?Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2020-09-25, 10:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Make me, human." The way the wasp speaks, it's clear she means "human" in the absolute worst and most insulting sense of the word. Uppity warmongering inferior species with no respect for life or world.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-25, 11:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Zee wrinkles her nose in confusion, giving the insect person a weird look.
"...why would I make you whip at me again? That's dumb."
Really dumb.
Is this wasp lady a giant dumb-head in addition to being ill tempered?Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2020-09-26, 01:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Somewhere in the tavern a couple tables behind the giant wasp, a blind elf snorts into her mug, clearly stifling some laughter after overhearing the exchange between alien and barmaid. Well, she was probably blind, considering there was a cloth blindfold over her eyes.
She is dressed simply in a pretty plain blouse and long skirt. A wolf rests on the ground just by her seat, and a smooth, straight, but worn staff stands up leaning against another chair and the table.Avatar by linklele!
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2020-09-26, 01:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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"You know what I mean." The wasp doesn't have the requisite facial anatomy to glare, or even to look in a single direction, but she does take a menacing step forward. "Again. From the egg. What is going on here?" The translator device struggles to carry across the deadly gravity of her tone.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-26, 03:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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The shadows of the tavern flicker for a moment, like they do in the presence of a flame, only they were not recoiling, instead reaching out.
Ever so gently, a boy sitting in the corner alone, places down his now empty soup bowl onto its serving tray.
As he stood he wiped the bread crumbs from his lap but it did little to improve the standards of his ragged garments.
As he walked across the room with small steady steps he watched his feet the entire way.
His movements ceased directly in front of the wasp creature.
Without looking up he spoke in a gentle whisper.
”Please cease with unnecessary violence, do not attack her.”
His voice was cold and distant, filled with an eerie sorrow.Last edited by Holy-hunter; 2020-09-26 at 03:03 AM.
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2020-09-26, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Oh cool some of the other tavern patrons are speaking up as well.
This has got to look silly, hasn't it?
Just popping into a tavern and immediately attacking a bar maid of all people?
Zee figures she's being pretty darn magnanimous, all things considered. She also makes a note of the blind elf and pet wolf duo. Where they here before? This is one of those weird situations where she's remembering both. They were both here for some time AND they just arrived. Darn Nexus and it's temporal shinanagins.
ANYWAY!
"Weird flesh blob with lots of mouths appeared over there," Zee says, pointing in the direction in question. "Spit you out. I had just gotten some soup for that guy."
She points at the willowy figure who requested an end to violence.
"And then you started flipping out at me. That's it."Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2020-09-26, 11:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-26, 12:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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The wasp angrily buzzes and tries to shove the sad man out of her way. "What you have described is impossible without the interference of an incredibly powerful entity. I conclude you are lying in a transparent attempt to protect your master. I suggest you tell me what has actually transpired, and who, if not yourself, is to blame. Then perhaps I will spare you."
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-26, 01:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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The blind elf finally speaks up, chuckling all the while, "You daft fool. If it was someone incredibly powerful, why would they need any form of protection from the likes of you?"
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2020-09-27, 12:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-27, 05:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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The young mans frail frame was easily shoved aside and he tumbled perhaps further than expected. He went sprawling into another nearby patrons table, bringing it all crashing down with the loud clutter of cutlery, cups and plates smashing to the ground on and around him.
The man just stay there stunned, half sitting half awkwardly lying on the wayward table. Food and drink covered him staining his clothes. He breathed slow and heavily in a near still contemplating silence.Last edited by Holy-hunter; 2020-09-27 at 05:06 AM.
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2020-09-27, 10:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Zee's eyes narrow dangerously as the willowy youth is harshly shoved aside.
"Okay, you can threaten me but I will absolutely not let you push around my guests," the barmaid says as she begins stomping toward the wasp-lady, apparently heedless of the whip.
For what purpose?
Zee's intent here is to grab her by one of her antenna and then haul her out tavern. Zee's strength isn't super human by any means. But it is at the peak of what's physiologically possible for a human. And humans can do some pretty amazing things when the limiters go off and it's time to lift a car off a baby.
Or drag a mean insect person out of a tavern.
Either way, the barmaid is pretty swift from her years of tending to adventurers and she closes the gap fast. The wasp probably has time for a counter-attack before Zee is in nabbing range, but depending on what she does it might just escalate things further.
Thankfully the wasp hasn't used lethal force yet.
That would get ugly.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2020-09-27, 11:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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The wasp doesn't let Zee get close enough to grab her. Instead, she makes a pushing gesture and a pulse of invisible force radiates out from her towards Zee. She's thrown backwards by the recoil of the attack, but drifts gently back to the ground. "I will push whoever I please."
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-28, 12:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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"True." Zefir just comments. He had his own experience with simular curses, but he never thought about stay that way.
"You never know, unless you have them." he just says. "And no that's not it. I was draged into the nexus and didn't found a way out yet. Still searching."Grammer is my declared deadly enemy!
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2020-09-29, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Makes her wonder, would she rather be...no, almost definitely not.
"Ah, damn. Guess that does happen to a lot of people."
"What can do except hope to get back one day? But don't wait for it, am right?"
Honeysuckle lifts up her glass. Here's to life in the Nexus.
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2020-09-29, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Ugh.
Fights.
Zee really doesn't feel like dealing with a fight right now.
She just wants to make sandwiches and brownies for people!
Is that really, truly too much to ask?
Apparently so.
Zee braces herself, planting both feet firmly and bending her knees as she shoulders into the force wave. She bends a bit, but it's more like a tree swaying in a strong wind than a human getting blasted butt-over-tea kettle by a powerful push. If someone were looking closely they might swear that there were roots coming out of her shoes and digging into the floor.
"Not in THIS tavern you don't," Zee replies defiantly as she continues her advance. From the way she's moving it looks like she's trying to herd the wasp out the door even if she can't actually reach her.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2020-09-29, 11:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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The wasp jumps sideways away from Zee, higher than physics should normally allow, and hangs onto the ceiling with two arms and a leg. With a gesture, a fork flies out of a diner's hand and into hers, then she throws it at the barmaid with the force of a bullet, a sonic boom echoing through the chamber and disturbing drinks and bowls of soup around it.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-09-29, 01:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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The blind elf grimaces at the sounds of a frail and meek person being thrown into a table and all its contents knocked to the floor. This is shortly followed by some other palpable force pushing things and people over.
That's it.
She finishes gulping down her ale, gripping her staff in a hand tightly. She was about to get up, too, until that fork was propelled at supersonic speeds.
Holy crap! What the heck was that!?
It may be understandable that a blind elf would have quite exceptional hearing, and shockwaves like that would be especially jarring. But regardless, she was starting to feel a bit more angry than scared.
After whistling she yelled, "Buzz off, you pest!" managing to climb on top of her table and swinging her staff at the giant, overbearing wasp.
She was pretty sure she knew where this insect person was. Her voice came from the same place as all that buzzing. But it was kind of iffy now. The elf's swings probably come close but no cigar. She probably hits a chandelier instead and begins wobbling and losing her balance on the table, which is kind of laughable.
But! As pathetic as that may seem, a hawk comes flying in out of nowhere and attempts to claw at the wasp lady's eyes!Avatar by linklele!
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2020-09-30, 06:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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The fork never hit Zee, not because the aim was not true but because it found purchase deep within the chest of the sorrowful young man instead.
He hadn’t moved to heroically intercept the attack, no, it was far too fast for that, he was just simply suddenly there.
The impact violently jolted him backward into Zee. The young man staggered a bit as he clutched at his chest but surprisingly he didn’t fall. He stood hunched over looking down at his wound. Already his clothes began to glisten with the tell-tale sign of a spreading dampness, originating from the barely visible fork.
Beneath the tendrils of dark hair that concealed most of his face, the corner of his lips curled into a somewhat amused yet slightly curious smirk.
”Oh... that’s right.“
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2020-10-01, 01:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Can't loose hope." He says and also rises his glass. "It's like a curse, if you give in your not yourself anymore." A pun line against Jade. He got his problems with magic and all, but he can't understand how people can straight accept this result,, either if it's genderbend or any other effect that changes them. Other then that Zefir has not much to add here.
Grammer is my declared deadly enemy!
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2020-10-01, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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One of her guests just got forked.
After being tossed into a table.
That's a pretty high level of not okay.
Zee decides that, since the wasp is being attacked by a bird at the moment, she should focus her attention on the injured willowy young man instead.
"Oh geeze hold still okay? Let me get that thing out and patch you up."
Thankfully, due to the nature of her job, Zee is pretty proficient with first aid.
In taverns full of adventurers fights and injuries happen.
Injures can be patched, but you can't do much about dead folks.
Well...
Nothing wholesome with them, anyways.
Zee is going to try to remove the fork. At the same time she pulls out what looks like... a sponge? A thin sponge. From her apron. It's pretty clear that part of it is designed to peel off like a great big adhesive medical strip. She really isn't paying much attention to wasp lady at this point there are more important things to do.
Wasp lady can be stomped on later.Warning! Random Encounter™ detected!
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2020-10-01, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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The wasp stares in surprise at the guy with the fork in him. Where did he come from? She wasn't aiming at him. And then an airborne predator attacks! The wasp's exoskeleton is scratched a few times, but the hawk is warded away from her more delicate face, then with a swiping gesture, an unseen force tries to slam it to the ground.
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Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2020-10-02, 09:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-10-02, 01:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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The hawk is violently forced to the ground with an odd flopping sound. The elf can hear it and is enraged further.
"You jerk!" she says, still losing her balance. As a last Hail Mary she tries to push off her table at the flying nuisance.
The table topples over and the elf finds herself grasping at straws! Or in this case, a chitinous, gross, giant insect foot! Ew!
The elf dangles from the giant wasp's leg. "The hell?!" Well, in all honesty, what was she expecting from that buzzing wing noise? A gunslinging pixie?Avatar by linklele!