Azastre 6->46->1Azastre finds Gretel summoning the eldritch gods. D:
Azastre pokes his head into the trapdoor and finds Gretel removing spears from racks, poles from hooks, and a variety of gloves from little boxes.
She looks up and notices Azastre, then looks down at a small maghony box she just picked up. She then throws the box at Azastre upperhanded.
6->2+2 Azastre is almost hit in the head, but he quickly dodges out of the way. Gretel calls out, "
Take those, and be very sure not to burn them, or lose them, or make them into a cake." She grimaces. "
Especially not a cake."
Azastre carefully opens the box. A pair of leather gloves that have cut-off fingers are inside. There is a flat plate that glows with a dim electric-blue color surrounded by a steel ring on the backs of each glove.
One pair +4 Gretel's Acceleration Gloves obtained.
"
If you don't need them, give them to Ire."
She climbs up the ladder, balancing a large number of long weapons and a few boxes, and heads outside.
Azastre also uses the scrap metal...
1 and makes a spiky steel plate, good for smashing.
It also happens to be the size of his fingernail. o_O
Ire asks.
"
Oh. Hello there. Welcome to Lotuisa's Garden. Do enjoy your stay."
The women curtsies and explains, while the man snaps to attention and swings the door open. The rich melodies of a full orchestra flood the hallway.
Inside, there are many people sitting, standing, or at tables. Some are talking, others listening to the music or wandering around, and a few are eating a small white fruit.
The "Garden" is actually a large room furnished with tall, thick marble pillars that are fluted and embellished, and with dark or light wood paneling. The floor is mostly rough stone tiles, about the size of two of Ire's palms, but around the many raised square gardens the floor changes to brick, with iron grates dotting it.
Dip +2
Rod 4Rod asks the woman.
"
This is Lotuisa's Garden. It is intended as a resting place for travelers weary. Do try the cham that grows in the garden part of the Garden. It is the sweet fruit of a annual plant that is a distant relative of the cucumber, and is said to have many beneficial effects."
Dip +3
Jack goes to where Rod and Ire and Ace are.
Kahn realizes it wasn't unable to bother Azastre, but rather just a "would you really like to continue".
Kahn cancels the hex and goes to where Rod, Ire, Ace, and Jack are.
Ace 6->1 admires the woman's bosom.
He thinks maybe Sandra would look nice with a pair of
Cough. Glasses. Glasses, intellectual and cute and stuff.
4 He peers into the large room and scans the crowd. He thinks that might just be Sandra over there in the corner.
Arianna4,5,1= 30 ptArianna checks on Popo and Gretel, and watches Gretel dump a bunch of weapons in the purple circle on the ground. Popo shouts something and jumps. The purple circle suddenly sports a set of complicated lines inside itself, then expels light all the way up to the sky. When it is gone, the many items that were inside the circle are nowhere to be seen.
Gretel spins her trusty spiky ball-ended pole and heads off towards the stairs. Popo follows.