Inside a glass jar...Luke uses his head for what is its most useful application - as a bashing weapon!
[Headbutting roll: 2]
However, even a tiny steel head brought forward with miniscule force cannot help him against the utter indestructibility of a quarter of an inch of glass!
All of a sudden, everything becomes slightly less dark! Illuminated, almost. The lid of the jar is taken off. Could this be a good sign?
Hey, what a surprise, it isn't. The jar is upended and Luke falls out and right onto some hard surface, which turns out to be a wooden floor upon closer inspection.
He seems to be in a living room. There are chairs around, as well as a bookcase. There are also a bunch of doors leading out of the room.
He hears something close above him. Looking up, he sees that it is the roof that's now actually there. Shortly afterwards, there is a metallic sliding sound and a click.
In the woods...Tom considers how best to kill this fellow.
Oh, he knows! He'll chew his head off!
[Tom vs. TTS: 2 vs. 1-2]
He starts to chew on the stranger's neck and gets about a third of the way through!
[TTS vs. Tom: 2+1-1-
1 vs. 6+1]
As he throws a punch at Tom, the skeleton catches his fist in an iron grip, then keeps chewing!
[Tom chewing roll: 3]
He lazily continues to chew, getting to the spine.
[TTS strength roll: 4+1-
1]
The stranger manages to pull his hand out of Tom's and punches again!
[TTS vs. Tom: 1-1 vs. 3+1]
Tom, having learned his lessons well, pins his hand under his ribcage and goes for one more chew!
[Tom chewing roll: 5]
He successfully chews through the spine and separates the stranger's head from his shoulders!
[TTS will roll: 5]
The head keeps talking, interestingly enough.
"Dammit, that's the second time today! You asshole! I just got that affixed back on!"Tom disregards this talk and tries to attach himself to the body.
[Tom strength roll: 4]
[Tom attachment roll: 4]
Tom pulls his head off and, before he can get too woozy, puts it on the mostly limbless body of the stranger!
Well, it seems to work okay. Tom starts to feel a bit dizzy, however.
"Oh, now that's just low! Stealing my body like that! I would like you to know that you are a terrible person!"The head starts to mournfully roll away, sobbing as it does so.
In the streets of Emlocke...Something occurs to
Mark. He should be more thankful to Rysinia. After all, she did save him from an octopus-related death and allowed him to show off in front of
Yorinnsud. He goes to the nearest house and attempts to craft a shrine.
[House lack of security roll: 6]
The house is entirely open! Amazing! It is also empty of any furniture. Makes sense, all in all.
[Shrinemaking roll: 5]
Mark immediately starts on scavenging various materials and making an elaborate shrine to the Daughter of Almiria, Patron of War and Intelligence, writing various prayers on the walls of the largest room, creating a makeshift altar after dismantling one of the walls and even creating a rather impressive rendition of the goddess' image on the wall behind it. Considering the availability of materials, a very good job.
Mark feels kind of appreciated right now. Divinely appreciated, in fact. Also, he has the sudden urge to stay here for a while.
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Topic: Life Begins At Death - Epilogue: We Live And Live Again (Read 563001 times)