Use that silk rope that another member of the team made to tie the capsule to the frog's boat for towing. Tell Eccentrica what I'm doing so that she can communicate it to the frog people.
It's less of a silk rope and more of a mess of disorganized spider silk, but you see what you can do.
[Mind: 6]
And there turns out to be a bit you can do indeed as you slap one half of it on the hatch hinge, tying it several times around before stretching it over toward the frog boat, whereupon a few of the frog sailors lean forward more than a little menacingly as you approach the bow, backing off slightly as Eccentrica makes several "it's all right, he's cool" gyrations at them, then points at you. You stand there awkwardly for a few seconds as the Frog People watch with rapt attention. Eccentrica wiggles at you again at this point and, seeing no better idea, you wiggle back, making up for lack of professional training with sheer shininess. They don't quite clap approvingly, but, reassured as to your intentions, allow you to tie the other end of the messy strand around the bow, the resulting white snotty mess hanging unevenly between the two vessels, a few of the frogs plucking at it like a guitar string, perplexed about the material.
Eccentrica made several plaintive gestures towards the other members of the crew, particularly the one with the plasma machete. She was a look, but don't touch, kind of girl, and there was a fine line you had to walk in this game. Still, she'd definitely go with the big guy. It made things a lot easier to have the big boss eyeing you like that. Unless he had a wife. In which case it made things interesting.
Try to get the other members of the crew invited, or at least OK'd to bind the boats together, but go with the chief regardless.
[Finesse: 5+2]
You sit down with the largest Frog Person, who examines you with a great deal of curiosity, tapping one of your larger hairs with one of his fingers and making an intrigued noise as you shy away instinctively. Before they get too handsy, you decide to spotlight the other crew!
For instance, there's Bert doing a "come hither" gesture! The Frog People seem to like him well enough, you suppose, and invite him aboard with only a smidgen of hesitation. And there's Waffles, groaning as he lays halfway passed out on the side of the capsule, holding on so as to not slip off. A bit less impressive, you suppose.
In any case, one of the foremost Frog People decides to jump off, hopping onto the capsule and making it sway considerably as his weight lands on it, followed by another doing the same. They crawl around its surface, brushing their hands along the space age materials and emitting low croaks, then one of them moves to look inside the hatch.
Oh, and then there's the good doctor! She's, er, not doing anything in particular. Just doing her regular thousand yard eight eyed stare at the boat, wondering when they'll let her aboard. And Heehoo's being proactive - takes him a while to realize that he needs to wiggle too, mind you, but the frogs accept him as a particularly meager offering nevertheless, and allow him to tie the capsule to the boat.
Just relax for now. Go with the flow. All will be just fine.
You adhere insensibly to the side of the capsule, trying to not slip off into the water and die horribly or something. You hear funny croaking noises and a bustle on the high seas, and take careful note of the fact that the sun is looking very angry today and that the capsule's surface feels more and more like a frying pan the longer you lie upon it. Nevertheless, you resolve to be chill, and almost succeed before a set of croaks is followed by two sequential bumps on the capsule that almost send you skittering in a panic, the capsule swaying violently for a moment or two as you hug the reinforced metal surface for dear life.
Try to look nice or something. Play along with Eccentrica.
[Finesse: 6+1]
When Eccentrica points at you at one point during her ministrations, you make sure to take advantage and strike the most seductive pose you can - the frogs look you over suspiciously, but if they have indeed ever even seen a female Spider Person, they certainly wouldn't know how to tell one apart, and so they guess you're close enough to sit down next to one of the other frog sailors, who looks at you a little hesitantly and croaks at the others, who croak back in what you assume is slight laughter.
Stand around and watch how the other interact with the Frog People. If they get allowed aboard the Frog boat, follow them.
Rather well, as it turns out, with Eccentrica managing to get Bert a ticket on the one way express out of starvation on the high seas, and Heehoo managing to join the list of OK'd individuals by virtue of his wiggle (though clearly not impressive enough to join the main party on the boat itself), leaving you and the half-comatose Waffels still hanging around on the capsule, which now seems to be somewhat tied to the boat.
A couple Frog People hop on to either side of you, eager to get first pick of any loot as they survey the capsule's surface before moving to examine the inside. The others look in equal parts at them and you, wondering if you're going to do that funny wiggle dance as well.
Are we using d10s or d12s?
You wouldn't think people would ask this question literally right after a turn on which somebody rolled a 12.
Speaking of, you should keep putting your sheets in your posts. Saves me the trouble of needing to look for them, and keeps them on hand for your own benefit.
Author
Topic: The Pillared Garden: A Miracle of Rare Device (Read 25555 times)