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[Devastator]

"Sorry guys, but I've been fighting monsters too damn long to stop thinking about it even when talking.  Let me know if you figure anything out."

[piecewise]

The child responds after a few seconds, as though processing what Bill said.
"SAFETY. AND. REGULARITY."

Just as it says this, Beethro walks up behind it and ties the blindfold over its face. No sooner does he have the knot tied than he whips out his blade and drags it across the child's upper arm. But the blade doesn't cut into the flesh; the flesh cuts his blade. Has he drags the blade across the pale skin, sparks fly and hundreds of tiny scratches and nicks appear in the blade where it touches the child's skin.

"SPREAD. WHITE. MAKE. WORLD. SAFE. NO. ALTERNATIVE. DO. YOU. SPREAD. THE. WHITE." the child says the words in a dead monotone, his voice not raising to indicate a question.

[syvarris]

Continue to be useless in every way except for bumping the thread so people post.  While next to Fleyshius.

Spoiler: sigh (click to show/hide)

Name:syv
Backstory:...White?  Like, snow?  Or... ew.

HP:   6/6 (+1 from Flimsy Armor)
STR: 14/14
DEX:  8/8
INT: 14/14[/TT]

Wizard Level: 0
Affinity: FLESH

Inventory:
Bolt-action Rifle (d8 ranged weapon) [6/6]
Tire Iron (d6 melee weapon)
Flimsy Armor (Armor 1) (Roll 1d10 every time the armor blocks some damage. On a roll of 1, armor breaks.)

1 silver coin, 30 copper coins

[Dermonster]

"Right, Marcus is going back to sleep."

"Wh- theres a ghost thingy haunting us! Right now!"

"Yes, Marcus cannot do anything about this. Child was hit with sword, sword struck itself. Wizard buisness, what does Marcus care? Am not wizard. Child can also teleport. Marcus thinks this is unwinnable fight, perhaps. So, Marcus will go lay down and hope talking isn't too loud."

Alanna holds her head in her palms and groans. "The worst part is I can't contradict you. It's so dumb though. What if he teleports a bunch of monsters here?"

"Sleeping in full plate with sword in hand is *Very useful*."

"I can't even deal with this right now. Bill, what the living hell is he going on about?"

[Beirus]

"I am a protector. I keep people safe. I have not heard about the white. How do you spread it? Can you teach me about it?"

Bill shrugs in response to Alanna. "I think he means the marble. Must be the thing his magic has a natural affinity for."

Talking to wizards. Same precautions as last turn if the child attacks. Continue using summon senses to watch my back.

Spoiler: Snakescorpion (click to show/hide)

Snakescorpion
Horse/Cow-sized
d10 HP: 10
3d6 stats
Str:16
Dex:14
Mind:11

Spoiler: Tarantula (click to show/hide)

Tarantula
Horse/Cow-sized
d10 HP: 9
3d6 stats
Str:12
Dex:16
Mind:5

Spoiler: Bill (click to show/hide)

Name: Bill
Backstory: Since the day he was born, Bill was raised to do one thing. He was meant to take over his father's butcher shop. When that didn't pan out (because a wizard blew it up), he turned to wizard hunting.
HP: 7
Strength: 15
Dexterity: 17
Mind: 18
Wizard level: 1
Affinity: Metal
Inventory d4: 4
Equipment 1: [6][9] A small lead bar
Equipment 2: [5][11] Standard Armor
Equipment 3: Magical Sabre of Cold (d6) (d4 Cold)
Equipment 4: 1 bottle of flame syrup
Equipment 5: Bed roll
Equipment 6: Metal Saw
Equipment 7: Handful of Metal Acorns
Equipment 8: Metal Tent
Money: 6 Silver
Quirk: [1] Nope 

[Devastator]

"Damn magic bullshit."

No, not the right time to do anything.  Sigh.

Spoiler: Beethro Budkin (click to show/hide)

Strength: 14 (15)
Dex: 14
Mind: 10
HP: 1

Element: Sword

Collapsable Pole
Unlit Torch
Nothing
Guitar
Unreasonable Acid
bag of spices
flint and steel
a large iron cooking pot
an iron pan
A pre-wizard book of recipes
Barrel of High quality Thunderbee Mead
0 silver, 50 copper

Soldier's Weapon (really big sword)
Rifle (d8, 2 shots)
Clip of ammo (6 shots)
Standard Armor
jar of flame syrup
octagonal "compass"

No quirk.
Puncture scars on left palm and left thigh.

Spoiler: Cart (click to show/hide)

164 meals
jack
spare wheel
two metal tents
three torches
two metal rods
harness for spider
two wax candles

[MidnightJaguar]

watch and wait.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Fleyshius Von Flesh, (On a good day may respond to the name John Doe.))
 Backstory: fleshyius was not originally named flesyshius he was orginally named John Doe and was originally a surgeon, but then a wizard ended up dying on his table and things went down hill from there. Mostly because then rest of the wizards gang burned his house down and tossed everything he loved into the house fire.
Strength: 12
Dexterity: 12
Mind: 13
Wizard Level: 0
Affinity: flesh
Inventory:
4/5 hp

3 silver 7 copper
Tire iron (d6)

Archaic poison

Flimsy armor

Standard armor (Worn)

Cobbled together pistol (d6 ranged weapon) [6/6]
12 bullets

No quirk

[Xantalos]

DO. YOU. SPREAD. THE. WHITE.

ooh myyy

[piecewise]

"I am a protector. I keep people safe. I have not heard about the white. How do you spread it? Can you teach me about it?"

Bill shrugs in response to Alanna. "I think he means the marble. Must be the thing his magic has a natural affinity for."

Talking to wizards. Same precautions as last turn if the child attacks. Continue using summon senses to watch my back.

Spoiler: Snakescorpion (click to show/hide)

Snakescorpion
Horse/Cow-sized
d10 HP: 10
3d6 stats
Str:16
Dex:14
Mind:11

Spoiler: Tarantula (click to show/hide)

Tarantula
Horse/Cow-sized
d10 HP: 9
3d6 stats
Str:12
Dex:16
Mind:5

Spoiler: Bill (click to show/hide)

Name: Bill
Backstory: Since the day he was born, Bill was raised to do one thing. He was meant to take over his father's butcher shop. When that didn't pan out (because a wizard blew it up), he turned to wizard hunting.
HP: 7
Strength: 15
Dexterity: 17
Mind: 18
Wizard level: 1
Affinity: Metal
Inventory d4: 4
Equipment 1: [6][9] A small lead bar
Equipment 2: [5][11] Standard Armor
Equipment 3: Magical Sabre of Cold (d6) (d4 Cold)
Equipment 4: 1 bottle of flame syrup
Equipment 5: Bed roll
Equipment 6: Metal Saw
Equipment 7: Handful of Metal Acorns
Equipment 8: Metal Tent
Money: 6 Silver
Quirk: [1] Nope 

"PEOPLE. ARE. NOT. SAFE. SO. NEITHER. ARE. YOU"

And then the boy is gone. Thanks to your intense scrutiny and enhanced senses you get a momentary glimpse of the nature of his movement, a single frame of it if you will. He's not teleporting in so much as he seems to just be moving at incredible speed without distorting the air or materials around him. Your combined senses catch a glimpse of him as he zips in a straight line from where he is standing to a good few hundred feet away. You hear him land on the ground with a soft thud, apparently the movement was done at an angle, so he wouldn't hit any dunes and he stopped in mid air at the end. From there he seems to move away at normal speed but you very quickly lose track of him thanks to his range and the fact that he seems to just slide across the ground like a bubble across the surface of a warm bath.

You turn and squint after him.

"He's fast, but only over set distances and he doesn't seem to be able to do it repeatedly in short time periods." You lick your lips and breathe a little easier. "But he's connected to something, networked into some magical framework. There's something big deeper in here, and its looking at us like a kid with a magnifying glass looks at ants."

"What now?" Alanna says, watching Marcus wander off.

"I vote sleep." Beethro chimes in, "It got what it wanted; if it comes back again we'll just have to find a way to kill it or ignore it."

"MARCUS LIKES THE FIRST ACTION MORE!" Marcus shouts, already halfway into his bedroll.

Flesyhius and Sigh reappear from behind the dune and silently hang around in the back, contemplating their next move.

[Devastator]

"The acid and fire might do something.  If whatever it is has sticky flame or burning acid stuck to it, I don't think it can teleport away from it."

[Dermonster]

Marcus starts snoring almost immediantly.

"This is my life." Alanna mutters. "Excellent. Maybe I'll be the one to go mad next."

Snooze fest!

[syvarris]

Stay near Fleyshius, guard him.  Don't sleep, unless he says to do so.  It's not safe enough, whatever the fools may think.

Spoiler: sigh (click to show/hide)

Name:syv
Backstory:"People aren't safe"?  It's smart, and that's dangerous, very dangerous.

HP:   6/6 (+1 from Flimsy Armor)
STR: 14/14
DEX:  8/8
INT: 14/14[/TT]

Wizard Level: 0
Affinity: FLESH

Inventory:
Bolt-action Rifle (d8 ranged weapon) [6/6]
Tire Iron (d6 melee weapon)
Flimsy Armor (Armor 1) (Roll 1d10 every time the armor blocks some damage. On a roll of 1, armor breaks.)

1 silver coin, 30 copper coins

[MidnightJaguar]

Fleyshius will sleep.
Thanks for taking watch sigh. By the kings honor I'll make it up to you with the next watch.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Fleyshius Von Flesh, (On a good day may respond to the name John Doe.))
 Backstory: fleshyius was not originally named flesyshius he was orginally named John Doe and was originally a surgeon, but then a wizard ended up dying on his table and things went down hill from there. Mostly because then rest of the wizards gang burned his house down and tossed everything he loved into the house fire.
Strength: 12
Dexterity: 12
Mind: 13
Wizard Level: 0
Affinity: flesh
Inventory:
4/5 hp

3 silver 7 copper
Tire iron (d6)

Archaic poison

Flimsy armor

Standard armor (Worn)

Cobbled together pistol (d6 ranged weapon) [6/6]
12 bullets

No quirk

[piecewise]

Well someone(S) hasn't posted an action but whatever, we're killing time here.

Insert RPG sleep transition music here

Everyone wakes up the next morning, without having been horribly murdered in their sleep. Its raining very gently and the sky is an overcast gray, blocking the sun and making everything a bit darker than usual.

[Dermonster]

(I like how your avatar switched to the 'mindlessly rolling a ball' variant when I read that. It pretty much conveys the entire tone of that post.)

Marcus yawns, getting up and doing a morning stretch. This cracks most of his bones and some of his charred skin. The sound is exceptionally unnerving.

"Marcus is feeling refreshed! Let us move, there is wizardry afoot!"

"Breakfast first. I made omelettes."

"Eggs! Truly the finest meal a father could ask for! Do they have cheese?"

"Yes."

"That's my girl!"

Alanna scratches her head and grins. "Thanks."

Time to eat! Time to travel!

Spoiler: Marcus (click to show/hide)

Name: Marcus

Backstory:   Marcus gonna punch a bitch. Marcus gonna judo slam a bitch to the floor! Marcus gonna make earth swallow the idiot who thought he could get one over on Marcus!  Marcus needs to do this for daughter. Marcus needs to earn money so daughter can BE SUCCESSFUL.  Marcus doesn't know what little girl wants to do but SHE WILL BE THE BEST AT IT. Marcus lost wife in tragic wizard firestorm. Marcus also lost most of his skin. Marcus was left on the street with an adorable child! MARCUS WILL PROVIDE.

Strength:  13  (13)
Dexterity: 13   
Mind:       10
Health:     5    (5)
Wizard Level: 0
Affinity: Earth/Metal. Basically an avatar Earthbender.

Money: 0

Inventory:
Shield: Has 20 HP and can be used to absorb damage instead of taking it yourself. Once HP is expended,
the shield breaks. HP cannot be replenished. ~ 25 silver   [20/20]

Soldier's weapon (bolt action rifle, sword, halberd, lance, mace, etc) ~10 silver, d8 damage:  Axe

Soldier's weapon (bolt action rifle, sword, halberd, lance, mace, etc) ~10 silver, d8 damage:  Rifle  [5/6]

Rifle clips (6 rounds each), x1

Double barrel shotgun (d8) (2/8)
Big revolver (d10) (6/6)
Crowbar

Heavy Armor (Armor 2) (Can't move AND attack in the same turn.)

Flame syrup ~10 silver. Glass jar filled with faintly glowing yellow-orange viscous fluid. Fluid ignites when
exposed to air and burns for 5 rounds. If thrown, sets 15ft diameter area alight and deals 1d6 damage to
anything in it each round. x1

Caltrops (D4 damage against unarmored feet)

Hourglass in a metal frame.

Bag of Metal Acorns.

Quirks:
Full body burn scars
Ax wound scar on left ribs

Spoiler: Alanna, Precious Offspring (click to show/hide)

Name: Alanna

Daughter of Marcus, she is sixteen years of age and desires to do something with her life. This mostly involves putting up with her father and making sure he doesn't go off too half cocked on some crazy adventure, usually by being smarter than him. Unfortunetly, she is also a bit weak and has the grace of a house being very suddenly introduced to a boulder at 50 mph.

HP             4    (4)
Strength    8    (8 )
Dexterity    5
Mind           12
Wizard Level: 0

Money: 0

Standard armor (armor 1) ~ 30 silver.

Soldier's weapon (bolt action rifle, sword, halberd, lance, mace, etc) ~10 silver, d8 damage: Sword

Soldier's weapon (bolt action rifle, sword, halberd, lance, mace, etc) ~10 silver, d8 damage: Rifle  5/6 ammo

Rifle clips (6 rounds each), x1

Backpack:

Recipie book (?)

10 Abstract Food Units. (1 = a meal)

Spice bag (Useful for food items.)

Flint and steel, crowbar, saw, hammer, 20ft rope, spy glass, shovel, collapsible pole, grappling hook, glue, magnifying glass, lock picks.

First Aid Kit~ 10 silver. A box of clean bandages, needle and thread for stitches, casts and other general
purpose medical supplies. Used to tend for someone with critical damage. Single use.  x3