"HMMM. YES, I... 'FEEL'.
THE CONSTRUCT IS EVIDENTLY DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS. IT WILL STRIKE AGAIN. RATHER THAN WAIT FOR IT TO RETURN, AND RISKING LOSING SOME OF YOUR CHILDREN OR OTHERWISE INCAPABLE INDIVIDUALS, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SEEK IT OUT AND DESTROY IT."
Try to convince those listening to join us in hunting the spider. Use my empathic magic to gauge the emotions of the crowd, and push the whole "your children will die" angle if they aren't sufficiently scared.
they seem uninterested in joining the hunt, or having anything else to do with you. you cast a little charm over them, but it mostly makes them look even more uncomfortable. they begin edging away from you, like you have some sort of disease.
Ask the crowd if they want to help with the hunt. Leave with tha party and follow the trail of destruction if Terrance wants of course.
"No thank you. we've had enough of those things ..." I'll assume you, terrance, and JAck head out and follow the damage.
Sneak forwards, keep some debris between me and the death b9t, try and Identify any ways to disable it
After some time, the three of you begin to hear noises ahead that sound unnatural. yu scout ahead and locate the thing. it is currently scuttling along a riverbank, occasionally stepping out into the current. the first few feet seem to go well enough, but it starts t ostumble and slip after that, and the current seems strong enough to pull it down stream a bit. It keeps returning to the same spot. Looks like you could get above it, maybe, and drop some rocks on a couple of exposed mechanical bits, or maybe if you get it out into the water and get a rope around a couple of it's legs .. .looks like it would have a hard time reaching the middle of it's back, as it's legs and even it's manipulator arms are aimed out and down.
"...Eye? Does Baron speak enough? Halfdragon talk now, or listen longer?"
Ask the Eye the above. If he says Noir should talk: attempt to stealthily drop the commstone somewhere near the baron, so that Noir can shout through it. If there's no visible way to drop the stone stealthily, cast a strong leg buff and (if it succeeds) brazenly march out in front of the Baron to drop the stone.
If the Eye says to listen more, or return to it and Noir, do so.
If the Eye says nothing, make an int check to figure out what to do.
(1) oh. Oh no. Dar strides out, screaming and hissing at the group, tail erect and fur on end. "repent! Repent your destructive ways! Your doom is upon you!Your path leads to darkness and despair! only listen, and you will be redeemed!"
(1) aaaaand their reaction is hostile. they draw swords, bows, and so forth, and begin chasing you, attempting primarily to catch you.
today is one of those days, where I feel I need ot show rolls, because everything keeps going sideways.
That's a lot of people...
daunted, I pause for a moment, trying to decide what to do. I'm intimidated by the place. I had expected a small colony of 20-50 people, not several hundred. This is a bit much, and I'm trying to think of a way to properly handle this that doesnt involve exposing myself to all these people.
But I have to speak to someone in a position of authority to make sure they arent making more of those things. To do that, I need to establish my own authority, and to do that, I need to publicly announce that I'm here for Omega.
Is... Is there another way?
I mean, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. The goal was to get one, not all, and the machinist colony is supposed to be a group stop. maybe I messed up by even coming here?
Yeah... yeah, thats totally a legitimate excuse! Im not running from the crowd, I'm just... oh darn it all, thats a half-truth at best.
okay, okay, my goal in coming here was to check if they were still here and had their infastructure intact. they are and do. in this case, I was going to speak with them and ask them to rein in their bots. so... thats what I need to do.
So DO IT already!
I... I land outside the entrance, I shift into my normal form, and... I.. I take a few deep breaths, tell myself to stop dawdling, and open my eyes, intentionally sparking a little anger in myself to control my nervousness, and Step, On, Inside.
"Hey! Sir! I need to talk to whoever is responsible for the bots wrecking the nearby landscape! They're causing enough damage the locals are considering forming a small army just to attack this place and stop it! Lead me either to the person responsible or someone in authority around here because this shit needs to stop here and now!"
I'm so out of my depth right now! So many people, so much unfamiliar machinery. Nobody to come save me if they get mad at me. This could go so very badly...
"the bots are wreacking the countryside?!" the woman stationed at the entrance gate exclaims, startled. She looks up, eyes you momentarily, and then rushes out to you. "You poor dear! Are you injured? Let's get you inside. Are you normally naked, or would you like something to wear?" She sees that you are uninjured and rushes back inside for a moment, shouting at someone within to leave in a hurry, and to tell "them" to send someone to the West Gate, code Breakout. She then rushes back to you. "Now, the boys are gone, come inside and tell me everything. Oh, I was afraid something like this would happen. Oh ... ohohoh."
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