Inside the Kingdom of Slime...Okay, it may have failed again and again, but
Samucane will create its scouting canes! It has to work eventually!
[Magic roll: 6+1]
It summons a veritable army of scouting canes, all directly linked up in an all-seeing overmind that just so happens to be Samucane itself! Soon enough the canes have spread throughout the Kingdom of Slime!
[Will roll: 5]
Despite the incredible stress, Samucane manages to retain complete control of all the canes! It now can see everything that happens in the Kingdom of Slime! It also now knows that the gate that leads to a tunnel close to the surface lies to the north!
[Alarm roll: 1]
The slimes are understandably shaken up by the vast amounts of canes popping up everywhere! They mobilize and form a single attack force to go and destroy the only thing that could have caused all this - Samucane! Oh boy, Samucane seems to be an enemy of the state now!
On the streets of Dielnin...Mike briefly considers her chances against the whip-man.
The whip-man gives her a very suspicious look! It appears he has a theory of some sort! And now he's going to test it! Oh well. Mike goes off to find her puppies!
[Whip Man vs. Mike: 6+1 vs. 2+1]
Flying pentacles pierce her shoulder, stomach and thigh as she turns away! Oh my, that looks quite bad! The sharp flying objects soon spin around in mid-air and return to thrower, who catches them and mentally high-fives himself for horribly injuring a little girl!
[Mike endurance roll: 5]
Mike soldiers on, however, and tries to locate her puppies!
[Search roll: 4]
She finds most of them in a doghouse near a burned home!
[Reorganization roll: 5]
She manages to scream the little buggers into submission once more and sends them to attack the whip man! The whip man looks quite surprised, though somewhat satisfied at the little girl's return!
[Puppies! vs. Whip Man: 2+2 vs. 1+1]
They bite, scratch and mutilate the man a bit, forcing him to retreat slightly!
[Man endurance roll: 4+1]
He doesn't give them any more ground, though, and stands tall against any potential attackers!
Inside the lair of Bernie...James attempts to ask what his master's bidding is!
[Verbal communication roll: 5-
1-
1]
"What is your... uh... bidding, uh... master?"Bernie looks at him for a second, then speaks!
"Go north, find Lake Victory. There will be a temple to Rysinia there. Find the Steel Maiden and summon me when you do. Make sure you do absolutely nothing to the Steel Maiden first! Summon me with this, will you?"He hands James a box!
"Don't lose it. I only had two!"