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"Keep scales from alchemist. Scales likes drinking potion too much. Too much! Might get... ideas. We tell Peter not to make anything for scales," Eizan proclaims, then nods at her wisdom. "You live now. You see? We are not bad. You no hurt anyone. Ok? You no hurt, you live. You hurt, you will not be happy."

"Arrogance was your undoing! Can we trust you?" Eizan asks, a bit rhetorically, as she's glancing to her companions to see what their reactions are to this turn of events. She's not keen on killing a foe who surrendered, but could they reliably lock up this creature?

"Don't waste any dinky magics! No-Name is strong! Tough! Strike to kill or cower in fear," Eizan proclaims drawing her bow and with a flurry of dexterity she has yet shown she shoots a volley of adamantine arrows at the foul lizard. This must be part of what she trained in the crown - and despite having rarely used a bow in her life, she now does so as if she'd be born with it.

"That thing is VERY strong! It is strong against magic, weapons, and can even heal itself! Be wary!" Eizan shouts, clearly incredibly shocked at how strong the thing is. She decides not to attack it and instead decides the vials it wants are far too dangerous to survive. The Arequin chants, summoning the primal energies of the world to ignite! She summons a wall of fire on top of where all the vials are - or at least where most of them are - in hopes of destroying them.

"Stop or I'll root!" Eizan shouts and she isn't kidding around! Unfortunately there are no plants in the area to entangle with, so she casts something else instead and pretends she meant to do that the whole time. She casts on the foe! (No save)

"Stop right there, weird lizard creature! Those vials belong to us now!" Eizan proclaims and readies her bow to shoot at the weird creature. "Intruder!" she shouts even louder.

"Yes, yes, respiratories and inkwarries. Good, good. Time we do our job! I will check secret throne room one last time and then we go. Be ready," Eizan indicates to her companies before scampering off with her animal and spirit companions to check the secret throne chamber. She's only mildly concerned the other 'pods' have opened. She will just need to look in and leave. Simple.

"Yes, Peter will stay in his chamber and research. Peter, do not wander about. You must stay safe. Others do not understand your powers of alchemy, so you must not use those powers in front of people while we are gone!" Eizan explains before looking to her companions for support. Peter would be a liability if he wandered around the compound 'helping'.

"Yes, yes! Ishino is right! Is there an alchemy item that kills bad trees quickly? ONLY BAD TREES! All other trees are SACRED!" Eizan finishes this with a pointed glare at everyone else despite no one suggesting hurting any other trees. It's just part of being a Shaman and of her people. She doesn't mean any ill will... unless the group are senseless tree killers!

I'm sorry folks, I have been having some personally issues the past month with motivation (depression). I think I need to bow out. Hoverfrog, you're a great DM and I really appreciate you stepping in to take over when we needed the help. You really saved this game. I also appreciate all the players, new and old to the game, for being amazing and contributing to an awesome experience for me. Melonie has been one of my favorite characters to play and I will miss playing her. Try not to get yourselves killed like Melonie almost did a dozen times xD

Same, but I really need to get on a consistent posting schedule for myself. I get so overwhelmed with all the stuff I juggle xD

"Ah! Ah! Peter, make me a cure light wounds potions. With haste! Fredrick will see your glorious work once more," Eizan barks, flailing her arms to distract the man from the inquiry Fredrick just made. She then throws about 50 gold coins on the floor before turning to her companions. Certain Peter is unaware of his surroundings while performing 'alchemy', Eizan speaks plainly about her concerns to her fellows, "Peter is nice, but Peter is not brain-good. He is like diseased dog playing fetch. We like him, but if he is distracted from being a good boy he might eat someone! Maybe he is cursed. We find him cure, but until then we keep him happy and away from people."

"It is ok. It is ok. Peter is . . . special. He . . . it . . . they mean no harm!" Eizan insists to Ishino. She understands what it looks like and she herself is pretty shocked at the sudden transformation - after all, he hadn't done that in front of her with the plates. But as long as Peter wasn't attack them, they would be fine . . . wouldn't they? "Is holy water really made of rocks? That explains why clerics are so stiff."

Welcome!

"Alright, well, we'll deal with any... chores... when my other companions wake up. Just try not to cause a fuss for a day or two, yeah?" Eizan leaves the fellow to finish her nap. ((I think we should jump to when everyone is up and around. It seems Vald and I should get the larger group together first.))

EIZAN Eizan is about ready to start examining the plants with great interest when the guard comes rushing down. The concerning story makes her huff. She's sure Robbert is also curious about all the magical doodads and strange devices, but most of it will have to wait. "I will go talk to the alchemaniac. Robbert, will you look around? Maybe you can figure out why this is called 'the final plan'," she suggests to her companion before taking the strange tray and heading up. "Peter! What is this?" Eizan demands, waving the metal tray. "This world has little metal. This land hides new metal, but the world outside has little! How do you make metal from nothing with this shape? Are you truly human? DO YOU HAVE A SQUIRMY TADPOLE FROM THE MINDFLOGGERS?"

EIZAN "We will look into this chamber and seek answers," Eizan replies, turning to Robbert as she adds, "Dishes are not food! Forks and spoons are not food. Not for any one of us! So no eating them... for now! You may stay here until we have decided what you can do. Maybe... helping us fight the psycho menace!" "Robbert, let us see this strange throne staircase ourselves, hm?"  

EIZAN "Hello Peter Badingrew. I am Eizan! They tell me I am a lady," Eizan proclaims, stomping a bare foot on a chair near where their 'guest' is seated. She leans her weight onto the chair, leaning forward as she stares. "You eat not-eatable things, Peter. First, you must tell us why! Then you tell us why you were inside a psycho monster's throne! And then... And then," she adds, then counts on her little green fingers. Coming to three she adds, "And third! Yes. You may be useful. But we must know of your secrets."  

EIZAN "That... is not normal. No," Eizan admits, shrugging with uncertainty how to respond. "Take me to him - and Robbert. If he's awake. I know Fred and Ishino are dream training," she adds without explaining what that means. That's pretty par for the course with this little one. She has Oda remain in the armory as she follows the 'guards'.  

EIZAN "I'm awake! I'm awake," Eizan shouts rolling out of her blanketed nook and stomping over to the door. The arequin throws the door open and rubs the sleep out of one eye, "What is it? Did the missing psycho come back?"  

  EIZAN "I don't grock, but Fredrick and Ishino will now sleep until tomorrow night. Robbert, you and I will regain our senses with only a long rest! Then secure the grounds. This we agree! Robbert will secure the books and I shall secure everything else. Is this the truth or forever hold your pieces?" Eizan asks, but doesn't wait for anyone to answer. She turns on her heels to go make a bed in the armory to rest for her 8 hours.    

  EIZAN Eizan is, at first, defensive at the harshness of the once mind-controlled folk, but she quickly lowers her guard. She seems to sympathize with these poor people. After a few minutes it seems there's business talk going on and it flies over her head to some degree. She narrows her eyes, not sharing her thoughts about land rights. She's not going to go easy if these powerful people want to chop up the forest! "We found the 'escape route'. The squidbrains did not seem to know about it. We must stay guarded!" she explains, tapping her adamantine-tipped spear on the ground. "Oh, friends, the tiara had one more thing. Blah blah one minute, not 8 hours. Maybe smart-making? Or strong-making?" she shrugs, not wanting to have left anything out if it's relevant. When next she speaks she sounds quite irritated and by the end of her words she's shouting, "Much talk of business. Much talk of work. No more! Secure keep, then we go kill singsong monster who TRIED TAKING ODA!"    

  EIZAN Eizan ponders a moment, still scritching Oda behind the ears for being such a good boy, before admitting, "No. No. Not same voice. Different. More like... the golem? It said 'error' when I thought I was kidnapped by the brain people. I donno what 'error' means, but I think it serves the wearer." She shrugs a bit before nodding to Fredrick's question. She doesn't seem to mind the collective, stating, "I think the power tiara is a weapon, not a chain to bind us. You are wise to be cautious, Fredrick-man. Wise. But the psycho squids did not serve the tiaras. They served the big stinky brain with goopy slime limbs."  

EIZAN "Ugghhh thank you Oda. No more bath for now," Eizan grumbles as she wakes up, tiara still on. She gives her riding pup Oda a little petting before standing up on wobbly legs. "Fredrick! Ishino! Robbert! These squid-tiara-things send your brain to a void where a body-less voice talks to you! It asked me what I desire and then told me I could learn cool abilities - like kung fu! - and stuff if I use it while I sleep for 8 hours! I think I wanna learn how to make Oda stronger."  

EIZAN Eizan's curiosity gets the better of her after she examines the otherwise unremarkable carvings. She pulls the tiara off the dead illithid's head and plops it on hers right over the headband. She wonders if this is the sort of fancy headgear princesses are said to wear.