Quest for a Cure (GAL 7): Turn 46

[thinkslogically]

Should be back tomorrow

[GathersIngredients]

So guys, what's the plan?
We should get our actions together so none are wasted.
Also I don't feel comfortable with leaving Walks in the left screen alone, she only has 2 HP left.

[Quarg]

William will use his wand to make "Soloman" the jerk go night night...
(Now then someone else grab the rope and get it over there...we have two remaining turns to dump some spores on our sleeping bastard...)

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Its my intention to help drinks this turn, since I know how frustrating it can be to not be able to act. And then we have 5 goblins working on tasks not just 4. If the spore cloud remains we can always disassemble the grappling hook to tie up Soloman and reassemble it when we can get to one of the other ropes.

(its funny, when I gained two ropes I thought it was overkill having more than one as it should cover most needs. I considered trading one away. Now I want a few more lengths of rope)

[Patdragon]

If you don't want to be alone in the left screen, Forges will help pull and scavenge the centipede with walks.

Otherwise I will attempt to loot a sleeping solomon (if Solomon falls asleep).

Hmm... i wonder if a dead rat would work as a fan to blow the spore cloud away if i spun it round my head or maybe act as a sponge...

[kida]

Drinks will stay up for now (until the situation with Solomon is resolved)

[thinkslogically]

Folks I'm really sorry, but after all last week's excitement I'm now sick. I'll hopefully be able to pick the updates back up this week, but no promises right now as to when I'm afraid.

[Quarg]

I will be out until the 29th...so...vote to lead William...

[thinkslogically]

Turn 25



Walks hangs back from the cloud and tries to see whether any of the little bat creatures are still alive or not. It's pretty hard to see through the spores but a couple of the beasties might still be twitching? She carefully edges over to the spore cloud to try and reach the centipede but as she gets to the edge of it, her head starts to swim and she can't remember what she was trying to do. Thinking is hard.

Luckily, Forges arrives to help with moving the centipede and shows up just in time to pull Walks back from the cloud.



Forges heads back to the right and climbs back up and over to where William is in the middle of zapping Solomon with a blast from his sleep-wand!

HEY! What do you think ... you're ... d-

Solomon blinks and stumbles forward, but catches himself on the ceiling. With a vicious tug, he pulls on the grappling-rope and hauls William over the edge of the wall! He lands with a crunch on the floor and loses 1HP from the fall! Solomon slumps to the floor, but isn't out yet! He looks dazed and VERY angry!

Drinks decides to stay as a rat for the time being.

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INVENTORIES

.[tabs: Walks]

Stats:
ATT: 3 (axe) / 2 (bow)
DEF: 1
HP: 2/6

Items:

• "Stirge" corpses (x4)
• Shortbow (ranged)
• Arrows (x2, +1 ATT)
• Torch (extinguished): +1 ATT if used as weapon; 5% chance of setting an enemy on fire; 10% chance of breaking.
• Vial of spider venom: Can be applied to weapons or added to potions.
• Skull
• Necklace (Set with 3 Sapphires) (+1 Hp)
• Wolfskin Cloak: +1 DEF. Very fine quality, provides protection against the cold.
• Knock-Back Axe: +2 ATT. Chance to knock an enemy prone (must spend a move to stand back up).
• Ring of Unquenchable Thirst: Cursed Item (cannot be removed). The wearer must drink every turn.

[tabs: William]

Stats:
ATT: 3
DEF: 3
HP: 4/5

Items:

• One end of the rope + hook
• Chainmail shirt: (+2 DEF)
• LongSword (+2 ATT)(2-handed)
• Withering Touch
• Ring of Water Form (Allows you to turn your body (and belongings) into water for 3 turns. (cool-down is 15 turns))
• Wizards Robe (+1 Def vs. Magic), currently full of Mystery Mushroom Spores
• Healing Salve (+2d3 Hp)
• Wand of Slumber: Will temporarily send one creature to sleep. Contains 1/3 charges (and will recharge automagically on return to the GAL)

[tabs: Righteous]

Stats:
ATT: 4
DEF: 2
HP: 3/5

Items:

• Scorpion Blade: +2ATT, 25% chance to poison an enemy. 1H dagger.
• Straight Razor (+1 Atk, 1H, 25% chance to cause Bleed(-1 Hp for 1 turn))
• Battle Standard
• 2-handed shield (+1 DEF)
• Obsidian Ring (Set with 1 Black Pearl) (Magic Shield nullifies 1 Attack, ignore upon activation, 15 turn cool-down)
• Cloak of Blood Banking - Can store 1HP in cloak. If wearer reaches 0HP, will restore you to 1HP
• Helmet (+1 DEF)

[tabs: Drinks]

Status: Rat-form!

Stats:
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 3/5

Items:

• Ring of Transmogrification: Transforms the wearer
• Simple Axe (+1 ATT) (1-handed)
• Spear (+1 ATT) (2-handed)
• Empty pouch: x3
• Pouch of mushroom spores

[tabs: Forges]

Stats:
ATT: 3
DEF: 2
HP: 4/6

Items:

• Human? bones: Taken from 2 skeletons
• 4 dead rats (small)
• 2 dead rats (medium)
• Preserved Human Ear Necklace
• A sharp looking Man-purse (backpack)
• 3 important looking letters
• "My first wand" wand
• Red Potion (increases Hp by 1 point permanently)
• 3 books of Evil Badness
• Mace (+2 ATT)(1-handed)
• Leather Jerkin (+1 DEF)

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So, thank you for your patience the past few weeks! It's much appreciated I'll be updating LotMK and The Island over the next 3 days and we'll be returning to a more-or-less normal schedule from next Monday. See you then!

[GathersIngredients]

Walks thanks Forges and rushes over to the other room, just in case Solomon can't be handled by the others.
If push comes to shove, she'll stand up on the ledge and shoot him.

If for some reason no fighting oocurs, she will spread her cloak between her arms and encourage Drinks to jump down onto it, hopefully cushioning his fall.


Also, welcome back TL and I hope you kicked that flu good and hard!

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Righteous One will go down and try to tie up Solomon while he is still dazed. Hopefully with some help he should be able to restrain him.

ooc: I figure we should be able to restrain him together, though we may just want to hit him with the wand again. Up to you whether you want to burn your last charge or not though Quarg.

Welcome back, TL. I celebrate your return.

[Quarg]

William swears something horrible and procceeds to either attempt to tie soloman up or if he resists...to attack him with the sword...

[Patdragon]

Will attempt to help tie up Solomon if needed...
Will attack if needed...
Will catch drinks and pull off ring if needed...
Other wise i will attempt to jump the gap to Drinks and pull of the ring if successful,,,if not successful drop on a slightly softer Solomon as part attack.

[kida]

Drinks jumps down and bites solomon in the purple worm

[thinkslogically]

Turn 26



Walks thanks Forges for saving her from the spore cloud and they rush back to the right and make it back up onto the little ledge.

Down below, Solomon appears to still be conscious, but seems to be unable to stand up or form coherent sentences. Righteous and William launch themselves at him in an attempt to tie him up, but he is still plenty wriggly and apparently still has some use of his arms. He pulls a small golden whistle out from around his neck and attempts to blow it. Whatever it does will remain a mystery for now though, because all of a sudden a flying purple rat lands with a thump on top of the dazed giant and makes a bee-line straight for Solomon's trousers which proves to be a perfectly acceptable distraction, allowing William to grab Solomon's arms and Righteous to tie him up.

Dances takes 1 DAM from the leap and is now at 2/5HP.

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The shit you guys make me draw

INVENTORIES

.[tabs: Walks]

Stats:
ATT: 3 (axe) / 2 (bow)
DEF: 1
HP: 2/6

Items:

• "Stirge" corpses (x4)
• Shortbow (ranged)
• Arrows (x2, +1 ATT)
• Torch (extinguished): +1 ATT if used as weapon; 5% chance of setting an enemy on fire; 10% chance of breaking.
• Vial of spider venom: Can be applied to weapons or added to potions.
• Skull
• Necklace (Set with 3 Sapphires) (+1 Hp)
• Wolfskin Cloak: +1 DEF. Very fine quality, provides protection against the cold.
• Knock-Back Axe: +2 ATT. Chance to knock an enemy prone (must spend a move to stand back up).
• Ring of Unquenchable Thirst: Cursed Item (cannot be removed). The wearer must drink every turn.

[tabs: William]

Stats:
ATT: 3
DEF: 3
HP: 4/5

Items:

• One end of the rope + hook
• Chainmail shirt: (+2 DEF)
• LongSword (+2 ATT)(2-handed)
• Withering Touch
• Ring of Water Form (Allows you to turn your body (and belongings) into water for 3 turns. (cool-down is 15 turns))
• Wizards Robe (+1 Def vs. Magic), currently full of Mystery Mushroom Spores
• Healing Salve (+2d3 Hp)
• Wand of Slumber: Will temporarily send one creature to sleep. Contains 1/3 charges (and will recharge automagically on return to the GAL)

[tabs: Righteous]

Stats:
ATT: 4
DEF: 2
HP: 3/5

Items:

• Scorpion Blade: +2ATT, 25% chance to poison an enemy. 1H dagger.
• Straight Razor (+1 Atk, 1H, 25% chance to cause Bleed(-1 Hp for 1 turn))
• Battle Standard
• 2-handed shield (+1 DEF)
• Obsidian Ring (Set with 1 Black Pearl) (Magic Shield nullifies 1 Attack, ignore upon activation, 15 turn cool-down)
• Cloak of Blood Banking - Can store 1HP in cloak. If wearer reaches 0HP, will restore you to 1HP
• Helmet (+1 DEF)

[tabs: Drinks]

Status: Rat-form!

Stats:
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 2/5

Items:

• Ring of Transmogrification: Transforms the wearer
• Simple Axe (+1 ATT) (1-handed)
• Spear (+1 ATT) (2-handed)
• Empty pouch: x3
• Pouch of mushroom spores

[tabs: Forges]

Stats:
ATT: 3
DEF: 2
HP: 4/6

Items:

• Human? bones: Taken from 2 skeletons
• 4 dead rats (small)
• 2 dead rats (medium)
• Preserved Human Ear Necklace
• A sharp looking Man-purse (backpack)
• 3 important looking letters
• "My first wand" wand
• Red Potion (increases Hp by 1 point permanently)
• 3 books of Evil Badness
• Mace (+2 ATT)(1-handed)
• Leather Jerkin (+1 DEF)

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[ChuckDaRighteous]

Righteous One pulls the ring off of Drinks so he can once again return to goblin form. (Yay! you can act normally again buddy) He'll also take Solomon's whistle off and inspect it (but definitely not blow it). "You mind telling us why you haven't been particularly forthcoming or seemingly honest with us?"

[Patdragon]

Forges goes into the neighboring room and tries to tempt the ooze to move towards him. (If Solomon doesn't talk it will be incentive if a slowly moving gelatinous blob is coming to dissolve him.

occ: haha...

[Quarg]

William will ask..."Does anyone have any of those first group of spores?" As he unties the grappeling hook from the end of the line...

[kida]

Drinks feels a little dizzy. How long have I been a rat? It felt like months.
He then realizes he still have craving for cheese, "Does anyone has cheese?".
He starts to search Solomon pockets, maybe he has cheese...

[Theis2]

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Meh.. You've drawn worse stuff in shipwrecked, which isn't even your game xD

well... You asked for it:

[GathersIngredients]

Walks climbs down and help with tying up Solomon (if still needed) and/or checks the knots. "Guys, do you want to give each other a leg up and try to get up to the ledge that way?" she asks.

If any goblins want to form a pyramid to try and reach the right upper ledge in goblin form, she will participate. If she can go to the top/ledge that way, she will.

[thinkslogically]

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Meh.. You've drawn worse stuff in shipwrecked, which isn't even your game xD

well... You asked for it:

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True, but I didn't have to draw Cranberry dancing naked through a forest with my legs crossed! Crotch rats are disturbing.

[thinkslogically]

Turn 27



Righteous pulls the transmogrification ring off Drinks and takes Solomon's whistle. The effect of the sleep spell seems to be wearing off, and Solomon is quietly fuming.

"You mind telling us why you haven't been particularly forthcoming or seemingly honest with us?"
"I WAS honest! You came to my home and attacked me for NO REASON. And give me back my whistle!! It's MINE!"
"Does anyone have any of those first group of spores?"
"Does anyone has cheese?"

William unties the pirate hook from the rope and ponders the mushroom spores, while Dances ponders cheese and his lack of it. Deciding that he hasn't rummaged around in Solomon's clothes for NEARLY long enough yet, he frisks the guy and finds a small collection of trinkets, including a small metal soldier toy, some hard cake wrapped in a handkerchief, a small collection of buttons and a shiny red pebble.

"HEY!! You can't take my stuff!"

Walks climbs down and checks the knots the others have made. They seem fine.

"Guys, do you want to give each other a leg up and try to get up to the ledge that way?"



Forges heads to the right and tries to tempt the gelatinous cube towards him, but he has no idea if it's even aware of his presence. Perhaps a more direct approach is required? ... Or maybe it's just really, REALLY slow.

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INVENTORIES

.[tabs: Walks]

Stats:
ATT: 3 (axe) / 2 (bow)
DEF: 1
HP: 2/6

Items:

• "Stirge" corpses (x4)
• Shortbow (ranged)
• Arrows (x2, +1 ATT)
• Torch (extinguished): +1 ATT if used as weapon; 5% chance of setting an enemy on fire; 10% chance of breaking.
• Vial of spider venom: Can be applied to weapons or added to potions.
• Skull
• Necklace (Set with 3 Sapphires) (+1 Hp)
• Wolfskin Cloak: +1 DEF. Very fine quality, provides protection against the cold.
• Knock-Back Axe: +2 ATT. Chance to knock an enemy prone (must spend a move to stand back up).
• Ring of Unquenchable Thirst: Cursed Item (cannot be removed). The wearer must drink every turn.

[tabs: William]

Stats:
ATT: 3
DEF: 3
HP: 4/5

Items:

• Pirate hook (+1 ATT)
• Chainmail shirt: (+2 DEF)
• LongSword (+2 ATT)(2-handed)
• Withering Touch
• Ring of Water Form (Allows you to turn your body (and belongings) into water for 3 turns. (cool-down is 15 turns))
• Wizards Robe (+1 Def vs. Magic), currently full of Mystery Mushroom Spores
• Healing Salve (+2d3 Hp)
• Wand of Slumber: Will temporarily send one creature to sleep. Contains 1/3 charges (and will recharge automagically on return to the GAL)

[tabs: Righteous]

Stats:
ATT: 4
DEF: 2
HP: 3/5

Items:

• Solomon's whistle: Golden.
• Scorpion Blade: +2ATT, 25% chance to poison an enemy. 1H dagger.
• Straight Razor (+1 Atk, 1H, 25% chance to cause Bleed(-1 Hp for 1 turn))
• Battle Standard
• 2-handed shield (+1 DEF)
• Obsidian Ring (Set with 1 Black Pearl) (Magic Shield nullifies 1 Attack, ignore upon activation, 15 turn cool-down)
• Cloak of Blood Banking - Can store 1HP in cloak. If wearer reaches 0HP, will restore you to 1HP
• Helmet (+1 DEF)

[tabs: Drinks]

Status: Rat-form!

Stats:
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 2/5

Items:

• Solomon's trinkets (metal soldier toy, hard cake in a handkerchief, collection of buttons & a shiny red pebble).
• Ring of Transmogrification: Transforms the wearer
• Simple Axe (+1 ATT) (1-handed)
• Spear (+1 ATT) (2-handed)
• Empty pouch: x3
• Pouch of mushroom spores

[tabs: Forges]

Stats:
ATT: 3
DEF: 2
HP: 4/6

Items:

• Human? bones: Taken from 2 skeletons
• 4 dead rats (small)
• 2 dead rats (medium)
• Preserved Human Ear Necklace
• A sharp looking Man-purse (backpack)
• 3 important looking letters
• "My first wand" wand
• Red Potion (increases Hp by 1 point permanently)
• 3 books of Evil Badness
• Mace (+2 ATT)(1-handed)
• Leather Jerkin (+1 DEF)

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[Quarg]

William heads back to the spore room to see if he can easily recover the chest that was abandoned without going into the spore cloud...which he hopes has finally settled down...

[ChuckDaRighteous]

"HEY!! You can't take my stuff!"

"And yet you thought you could take my rope and claim it as your own. The path you said your 'friends' went down is a dead end with some sort of gelatinous cube trap. You won't tell us what lies in the path above. You wouldn't even let us help our companion trapped above. If you expect any sort of good will from us you need to start cooperating now. Why were you going for the whistle? What's up above? And where did your green friends go?"

If Walks (or anyone else) still wants to go up Righteous One will do whatever he can to boost her up. If necessary he will let her climb up his battle standard to get the extra height though he'd prefer not to use such a proud symbol in such an undignified way if someone can come up with another solution.

If Solomon struggles, resists, or remains unhelpful, Righteous One will pull out his scorpion blade as an unspoken threat.

ooc: I'd also like to continue exploring the area, so if someone else can guard/interrogate Solomon that would be great but I will do it if no one else does.