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[Egan_BW]

“Ho! Ho! Ho!  A Glutton, little Aa, is a homunculus who eats things.  I have been told that we can eat anything.  For example, I just ate the distance that was between us and the village, and here we are!  Although, I must say, I wasn’t expecting it to literally split the air! Ho! Ho! Ho!”, Hugh laughs, gesturing wide.  “By the way, may I inquire as to what kind of humonculus you are?  Do you want to link needles with me? I can link with up to two more people…”, Hugh inquires.

"Ah, I see. These things are much more intricate than first appear. I will link my needle to yours, then. I think I am a Glutton as well, so inform me if you find something particularly tasty, and we can share..."

[piecewise]

Spoiler: A longer explanation if you like (click to show/hide)

So I'll elaborate on what I know of our stuff while trying to keep it from being too messy. Here we go

Needles:

• Stabbing magical objects or creatures with needles causes the magic inside of them to be absorbed by the needle, the user can then expel this magic in whatever form they desire, although the magic will remain close to its original nature. Fire magic is fiery, etc.
• Absorbing too much magic causes it to discharge unpredictably.
• You can place your own magic inside of needles, which retains the roll you made when doing so. So if Grey rolled a (5) and put a spell in his needle related to maintaining something, then whenever he used his needle to cast that spell it would come out as a (5). Holding spells like this means you can't absorb any other magicks.
• Needles can be linked together by tapping the handles together 3 times. Up to 7 links can be created. This link takes the form of a colored string connecting the needles together, intangible to all except those who are linked together.
• Pulling on a link once or twice catches the attention the person you are linked to. Pulling on it 3 times teleports you to that person and breaks the link.
• You can communicate with all those you are linked with by talking through the handle of your needle. You can privately talk to one person by orientating the handle towards a particular link.
• If you stick your forearm through the needle's handle and pull on a link twice, your hand will come out of the other person's needle.
• If you look through the handle of your needle and pull on a link with your other hand, you can see through the handle of the needle that you're linked to.
• If you tap the needle's handle to one object and tap the point of it to another object, these objects will be merged together in some form. It's been said that this is permanent so try not to do it to anyone you like.
• If you hold up the handle of the needle to your eye and look through it, you become able to see the invisible threads of magic as well as gain some limited xray vision. Very cool.

Robes:

• The robe magically insulates the wearer and protects them from dangerous temperatures.
• The sleeves are bigger on the inside, allowing you to store items inside them and pull them out whenever you like. Apparently items inside the sleeves are suspended in time so they don't decay and stuff.
• If you press your robe against a creature or material with the intent of shapeshifting, you take on that thing's appearance in a humanoid form. Handy for camouflage and disguises.

Gloves:

• The gloves protect the wearer from magic that's otherwise dangerous to touch.
• They can also be used to "shove" harmful magics out of creatures. Yay teamwork!
• Crossing your forearms and overlapping the wrists creates a shield in front of you, a hemisphere which is about 180 degrees I believe? Taking impacts on the shield causes your gloves to "burn" harmlessly, using up their limited energies.
• If you position your hand so that it encompasses an object you're looking at and then close it, you can move it with telekinesis. Moving objects with great force also leads to your gloves burning up.
• If you place the palms of your gloves over your eyes, you can still see normally. The exact use of this isn't known to me. Maybe it lets you see through darkness and smoke?

Something good to know is that if you damage your robe, lose your needle or disintegrate your gloves, you can get replacement items from the equipment box, as well as get your stuff repaired by placing those items inside.

That's everything I know, I may have missed something or other but everything important is in there.

(It's a little dense but reading it should leave you well informed.)

Two small corrections. Or additions I suppose.
1. The robe can make the one in it appear different as well as altering its own appearance. So you can make yourself look like someone else, or simply look like yourself in different clothing. Or both.
2. You can see out of the eyes of the gloves when you close your own eyes. Right eye, right glove, left eye, left glove. Your gloves do not need to be on your hands to do this. Keep this in mind.

[Fire and Glory]

Two small corrections. Or additions I suppose.
1. The robe can make the one in it appear different as well as altering its own appearance. So you can make yourself look like someone else, or simply look like yourself in different clothing. Or both.
2. You can see out of the eyes of the gloves when you close your own eyes. Right eye, right glove, left eye, left glove. Your gloves do not need to be on your hands to do this. Keep this in mind.

(Ah so that's what it is, cool. Shows my occasional illiteracy as Ozarck put that in his own summary and I completely glanced over it. I'll update the list later today.)

[A_Curious_Cat]

Hugh links needles with Aa and then saunters over to the others who are discussing the Greenveil place.

“Ho! Ho! Ho!  So… you need to get to this Greenveil place!  I’ve got a proposition.  How about you let me pick up two humonculi and I eat the distance between here and Greenveil.  Once we’re there, I set them down and tell the rest that we’ve arrived.  Then they can tug on their links to teleport over to us. Oh… and please remind them to relink after they teleport.”  Hugh then waits for a reply.  After replying to Aaron, Hugh seeks out some of the villagers and asks them for information on this Greenveil place (including what direction it is in, and it’s distance from the village).

Spoiler: Current stomach contents (click to show/hide)

Part of a rock wall.
Darkness.
Plates and silverware
The distance between the conduit and the village.

Spoiler: Hugh (click to show/hide)

Name: Hugh.
Description:  A large, fat, bald human male who, despite being seemingly obese, is immensely  strong.  He towers over others, with the tallest of the other (current) humonculi only coming up to the center of his abdomen.  He has a hearty laugh that makes his belly shake like a bowl full of jelly, and is very kind and jovial
Nature: Glutton.
Status:  Ho! Ho! Ho!  All aboard the Glutton Express!
HP: 10
Inventory: Robe, gloves, and needle.
Fate Points: 0

Spoiler: Needle Links (click to show/hide)

Red - Aaron
Orange -
Yellow - Genesis
Green - Greed
Blue - Youare
Indigo - Grey
Violet - Aa Tou Tou Lesia

Edit:  edited action. Included link to Aa.

[fatcat__25]

Aaron looks mildly exasperated at Hugh's suggestion. "That would be all well and good, perhaps, if we knew if we even wanted to go there right away. I don't know anything about it yet, and neither does any of the rest of us. Perhaps once we find out more, I'd be willing to take up your offer."

[A_Curious_Cat]

Aaron looks mildly exasperated at Hugh's suggestion. "That would be all well and good, perhaps, if we knew if we even wanted to go there right away. I don't know anything about it yet, and neither does any of the rest of us. Perhaps once we find out more, I'd be willing to take up your offer."

“Ho! Ho! Ho! Then… I can wait.  Just take all the time you need!”, Hugh responds laughing heartily.

[Ozarck]

-stuff about our equipment-

Ozarck, do you think you could keep the quoted post updated as new information comes in and keep a link to it in your posts?

((As you've seen, both Fire and Glory and I have been keeping track of the functions of our equipment, and keeping the information relatively up to date. won't be including a link to an updated post though, for a couple reasons, including that it is more work for me. Occasionally, I will remind people of our abilities, as I remember, but it would be meta to have the list constantly in people's faces, and it's up to you guys to learn your stuff and use it to your own ability and playstyle.))

((As usual, I’ll let Ozarck decide on the color for the link between Hugh and Aa.))

((go ahead and take violet for now. I'll update the link web later, I have been dealing with some RL stuff recently))

[Fire and Glory]

(I was going to update and link to my own list next turn and so on, but the comment about meta does come in line with some of my own thoughts, in that while maintaining a list of meta information isn't too hard, separating and tracking what is and isn't common knowledge would be a pain and could create complications. So I'll just leave it where it is.)

[A_Curious_Cat]

((Updated my action)).

[piecewise]

In a free moment, Aaron tells those he is with "No-one here has any concrete idea what is causing this. You might hear some interesting stories if you asked what they think is to blame. I'm gong to see what I can figure out about the Geenveil place. It might be the source of the problem, or it might be a good base of operations. Or even both!"

Aaron then attempts to know which quarter of the forest Greenveil is in, and if any intelligent being lives there now. He also relinks with Grey, since he just showed up, and the link dissolved.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Aaron Blackstar
Description: A thin, tall man with pale skin, long ink-black hair, and a carefully trimmed goatee. His eyes look like finely faceted balls of smoky quartz.
Nature: Cognizant
Status: Having wild guesses and suspicions.
HP: 10
Inventory: Robe, needle, and gloves.
FP: 0
Links: Red:Hugh, Yellow:Youare, Green:Grey, Orange:Greed

Relinked

[?]
The southern section, and about a mile underground.

I'm gong to see what I can figure out about the Geenveil place. It might be the source of the problem, or it might be a good base of operations. Or even both!"

"Going to this Greenveil place sounds like it might be quicker than traveling the forest paths for a few days in hopes of something happening. I'll see if I can find out anything as well."

Not having any magic databases in his head, Grey asks around the village to see if anyone has been to Greenveil before, in hopes of getting directions or a guide. He also probes the people he talks with a little in hopes of getting details on this depravity they were known for.

He relinks with Aaron and Youare.

Spoiler: Grey (click to show/hide)

Name:Grey
Description: A hairless pink colored man with lacking facial features, little more than a pair of eyes, two holes for a nose, and a line for a mouth.
Nature: Verbomancer (Maintain)
Status: Not going to do that again...let's talk to the townsfolk
HP: 10
Inventory:Purple robe, white gloves, giant needle and a rifle fused to a magic saber
Fate Points: 0

Spoiler: Needle links (click to show/hide)

Red   Genesis
Orange Debby
Yellow  Luta
Violet Youare
Blue Tess
Indigo Hugh
Green Aaron

[2,3]
No one is willing to guide you through the forest, and their directions are vague at best. They say it should be along the path somewhere, and that there is an old gate arch which should mark the way, but thats about it. As per the "depravity", apparently the town was once very prosperous. It made a great deal on fishing the river, mining the hills and cutting the forests. But eventually those markets began to dry up and their profits with them. The town, hedonistic in its wealth, became desperate to keep its money. The depravity was a reflection of both the old hedonism and the new greed.

"It seems to me that the logical thing would have been to have a tracker attempt to find their last known location, with a decently large group accompanying them to escort and help with any rescues. Did you try it?"
ask the villagers

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Terissa / Tess
Description: a passive but brave teenage girl with purple hair and brown eyes, she has a hint of protrusions on her shoulderblades like the beginnings of wings, and a thin lizardlike tail, but nothing useful at this time.
Nature: Chameleon
Status: miniwings replaced by moderate-size wings made of air.
HP: 10
Inventory: Purple robe with red eye symbol on the back, white gloves with red eye symbol on their palm, 4-foot long iron needle that has been charged once from stabbing The Hammer.
Fate Points: 2

Spoiler: Needle Links (click to show/hide)

violet= Genesis
blue= Grey

They did not. Most of the villagers here are older, and farmers on top of it. Tracking and hunting in the forest is not their way, and if too many go missing then the harvests will fail and all will starve. They have, as far as you can tell, simply given up on the forest as a place beyond them and started avoiding it. You can tell there's a fair amount of fear underlying these seemingly logical arguments. Perhaps they could not muster enough volunteers for a search party.

"That Greenveil place is probably the first place we should check out."
Ask people what they think is taking the people.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Debby
Description: Looks like a regular human woman but with the head of a deer.
Nature: All-Tounges
Status: Normal
HP: 10
Inventory:
 purple robe
 white gloves
 big ass needle
 Sword
 Elizabeth Audrey Foxington, the living fox doll, now with parka
 Rope
 Rifleaxe
 10' rope
 Spork with sharp serrated edges on the spoon part
 Humanoid doll made from a knotted sheet, it's alive now
Fate Points: 3

Spoiler: Needle Links (click to show/hide)

Orange   Grey
Blue       Genesis

[5]
They are not certain, but the older among them remember that during the decline of Greenveil it was said to be dangerous to pass near it at night. There were rumors of young women being snatched off the path and spirited away into that town, never to be seen again. Those rumors then encompassed young men, then anyone on that forest whatsoever. As Greenveil vanished into the encroaching woods the rumors vanished with it but...these disappearances have brought those old stories back. Some say they simply suspect a connection. Others go off on wild tales of mansnatchers hiding in the forest and committing unspeakable acts in return for gold. Others believe it is something else, a remnant from those days lingering on and mindlessly acting. A curse, proverbial or perhaps real.

Hugh links needles with Aa and then saunters over to the others who are discussing the Greenveil place.

“Ho! Ho! Ho!  So… you need to get to this Greenveil place!  I’ve got a proposition.  How about you let me pick up two humonculi and I eat the distance between here and Greenveil.  Once we’re there, I set them down and tell the rest that we’ve arrived.  Then they can tug on their links to teleport over to us. Oh… and please remind them to relink after they teleport.”  Hugh then waits for a reply.  After replying to Aaron, Hugh seeks out some of the villagers and asks them for information on this Greenveil place (including what direction it is in, and it’s distance from the village).

Spoiler: Current stomach contents (click to show/hide)

Part of a rock wall.
Darkness.
Plates and silverware
The distance between the conduit and the village.

Spoiler: Hugh (click to show/hide)

Name: Hugh.
Description:  A large, fat, bald human male who, despite being seemingly obese, is immensely  strong.  He towers over others, with the tallest of the other (current) humonculi only coming up to the center of his abdomen.  He has a hearty laugh that makes his belly shake like a bowl full of jelly, and is very kind and jovial
Nature: Glutton.
Status:  Ho! Ho! Ho!  All aboard the Glutton Express!
HP: 10
Inventory: Robe, gloves, and needle.
Fate Points: 0

Spoiler: Needle Links (click to show/hide)

Red - Aaron
Orange -
Yellow - Genesis
Green - Greed
Blue - Youare
Indigo - Grey
Violet - Aa Tou Tou Lesia

Edit:  edited action. Included link to Aa.

[2] The villagers tell you they do not know the way other than that it should be along the path somewhere.

Spoiler: aa (click to show/hide)

Name: Aa-tou-tou Lesia
Description: A pale, fat thing resembling a waterlogged corpse, bloated, with discolored nails and recessed eye sockets. Shoulders, upper back, and thighs covered in incongruently healthy-looking orange fur. Large, triangular, yet bald ears atop head, and a huge mouth lined with numerous needle-like teeth. Apparently female.
Nature: Glutton (Air Darkness Fireflies)
Status: Nominal
HP: 10
Inventory: Purple Robe, White Gloves, Long Needle
Fate Points: 0

"Well, I think if someone disappeared trying to find the last people who disappeared, then all we have to do to find the objective is to do what they did and go out there! And then we can butcher whatever it is and eat its remains!"

Link needles with Hugh, then prance down the path into the forest. While being some distance from everybody else, try to eat a spot of air, then eat the Vacuum before it goes away.
If that goes fine, then poke my head into the woods. I can afford to explore a little bit since I can just Link back to Hugh.

[2] You try to take a bite of air but it all runs out between your teeth. Tricky.

The entrance to the forest is...unassuming. Seems like just a normal forest. Sure the path is pretty overgrown- just a thin strip of ancient stones almost completely lost in the undergrowth- but nothing about it screams impending doom. Though its trees are high, and the path is dark thanks to the branches.

[A_Curious_Cat]

“Ho! Ho! Ho!  It’s somewhere along the path.  Somewhere along the path…”, Hugh laughs heartily.

Hugh then brings the eye of his needle up to his mouth and speaks into it.  “Ho! Ho! Ho! This is Hugh here!  I’ve talked to the locals about that Greenveil place, but all I’ve got out of them is that it’s somewhere long the path.  Was anyone able to get anymore information.  What do you think of my previous proposal?  Is it too dangerous?”.  Hugh pauses.

Hugh then continues, “I’m also concerned about my ability to get us to Greenveil.  I might need to know the bearing and distance to the place in order to transport there.  The villagers didn’t tell me how far the place is, and I doubt that path is straight all through the forest.  If anyone could give me any more information about where Greenveil is, it would be most appreciated.  If we still want to go there, that is…”

Hugh then waits for the others to reply.

[Egan_BW]

Aa holds her needle pointing down and then, hesitating a bit, speaks into the eye. "Hello Hugh. I have advanced into the forest. The path is in disrepair, but otherwise everything is normal.
I cannot support the proposal of traveling directly to the target destination. It is likely that you or I would require precise measurements, plus when I traveled with you I... observed that it may be a hazardous method.

It seems likely that travelers along this path will be ambushed by something near that Greenveil place. However, presumably the chance of our target revealing itself would go down if its prospective prey were to be armed and travel in numbers. As such I propose that I use my robes to assume a less threatening appearance and travel alone in order to lure out our prey. At which point I would inform you and others could link to my position to ambush. Would you mind conferring with the others if they agree with that course of action, Hugh?"

[Ozarck]

Reach up and clonk Hugh on the back of the head with the handle of my needle.
"We're all right here, you walnut. You don't need to yell into your needle."I am going to assume that everyone shares their results.
"Well, I'm going. In the morning, that is. For now, let's sleep. But let's set up a watch rotation as well, two homunculi per shift. Four shifts. I'll take first shift."

request sleeping arrangements for the group. take In the morning, assuming no nightly shenanigans, go along the path in the direction of the disappearances. Check through the eye of my needle as I go to look for hints of magic. Keep my ears open for weirdnesses like unnatural stillness or sounds that don't belong.
Edit: also do the "look like a villager" bit. put my needle in my robe sleeve. Go up front with Aa.
Edit Edit: swap a glove with grey, for keeping track of each other.

Spoiler: Genesis (click to show/hide)

Name: Genesis
Description: Classic 80s action hero looks, kinda quiet. think Kurt Russel from the movie Soldier (only probably less mute)
Nature: Pureblood
Status: Currently has nothing high to fall from
HP: 10
Inventory: Robe, gloves, needle, Ceramic bread loaf. Hammer pendant of missile resistance and freezing when wet.
Fate Points: 4

Spoiler: Current link web (click to show/hide)

[A_Curious_Cat]

“Ouch!”, Hugh responds, rubbing the back of his head.

Hugh then points the eye of his needle towards the link to Aa, “Aa… come back here.  If I remember correctly, you’re only linked to me.  If that’s so, I’m the only one who can teleport to you.  The others would have to wait for me to teleport to you and then teleport to me.  Precious time might be lost that way.  Time that might get you (and possibly me) killed.  I’d like you to come back here and link with more people, if possible.  Then you can resume your plan, if the others are ok with it.”  Hugh then shakes his head before rubbing it again.  “Ho… ho… ho…”

Hugh then waits for Aa to respond and/or return.  Relink with Aa when she does so, then swap left gloves with her.

After doing so, use my robe to disguise myself as a random villager and see if I can disguise my needle as a walking stick (also, see if I can still see through it’s eye while it’s disguised).  If successful, keep it disguised.  If not, store it in sleeve-space. 

Then take first watch.  After first watch, hit the sack and sleep until morning. 

Then travel the forest path with the others (examining my surroundings as I go with my needle, if I was able to disguise it), and periodically closing my left eye to check up on Aa.  Notify the other’s and teleport  to Aa’s location if she’s in trouble.

Spoiler: Current stomach contents (click to show/hide)

Part of a rock wall.
Darkness.
Plates and silverware
The distance between the conduit and the village.

Spoiler: Hugh (click to show/hide)

Name: Hugh.
Description:  A large, fat, bald human male who, despite being seemingly obese, is immensely  strong.  He towers over others, with the tallest of the other (current) humonculi only coming up to the center of his abdomen.  He has a hearty laugh that makes his belly shake like a bowl full of jelly, and is very kind and jovial
Nature: Glutton.
Status:  Ho! Ho! Ho!  A little hasty, aren’t we Aa?
HP: 10
Inventory: Robe, gloves, and needle.
Fate Points: 0

Spoiler: Needle Links (click to show/hide)

Red - Aaron
Orange -
Yellow - Genesis
Green - Greed
Blue - Youare
Indigo - Grey
Violet - Aa Tou Tou Lesia

((@Ozarck I don’t see Hugh’s link to Aa (or Aa at all) in your link web map.  The link is violet.))

Edit:  added part about relinking with Aa.

Edit2:  added more stuff.

Edit3:  added part about swapping gloves.

Edit4:  major rewrite of action consequent to Egan_BW’s explanation.  Also, s/rope/robe.

Edit5:  added a few line breaks.

[fatcat__25]

"Interesting. Either my mind is giving me false information, or Greenveil is underground, and in the south of the forest. That is not where it seems the travelers are. The town is probably worth investigating, but may not have anything to do with the disappearances. I say we travel there tomorrow, and find out whether one of my pieces of knowledge is wrong."
Aaron volunteers for the second watch, and while waiting for arrangements, attempts to know the route from Greenveil to the village.

(Sorry if the underlining was extraneous. I figure if I get wrong info, it will be less disastrous that direction.)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Aaron Blackstar
Description: A thin, tall man with pale skin, long ink-black hair, and a carefully trimmed goatee. His eyes look like finely faceted balls of smoky quartz.
Nature: Cognizant
Status: Getting ready for tomorrow.
HP: 10
Inventory: Robe, needle, and gloves.
FP: 0
Links: Red:Hugh, Yellow:Youare, Green:Grey, Orange:Greed, Blue: Aa