"I was actually expecting them to be bigger."
Ask the ant what it's doing here and why they're preventing the chime guy from working.
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 (strange black magic)
Sword
Elizabeth Audrey Foxington, the living fox doll, now with parka: Is currently back at base
Rope
Rifleaxe
10' rope
Spork with sharp serrated edges on the spoon part
Some bandages
Sewing needle
Chest piece it doesn't fit well
Helmet doesn't fit well
15' cloths line
A kitchen knife
Some thread
Some Rags
Some canned goods
Can opener
Fate Points: 4
Orange Grey
Blue Genesis
Violet Aaron
You ask the ant what its doing and why the hive is preventing the "chime guy" from working. The ant, a bit confused as to why you can speak to it, says that this is the hive's territory and that that thing is encroaching on it. Interestingly, it further states that its hive is following a mission granted them by the Magi. When you ask about that, it says it doesn't know specifics.
Ask the artisan if it dug into the ants' nest, or if the ants expanded into our territory. Then wander a short distance into the raw cavern - far enough to explore, not so far as to lose contact with the team (aka within shouting distance or so).
Description: Classic 80s action hero looks, kinda quiet. think Kurt Russel from the movie Soldier
Nature: Pureblood [Iteration 31195, Calderon Code: Phlogiston. Investigation Corp, Patron: Sebiline the All-Seeing]
Status: Isn't falling out of or into anything
HP: 10
Inventory: Robe, gloves, needle. Hammer pendant of missile resistance and freezing when wet.
Fate Points: 0
Debby, Tess, Luta, Grey, Hugh, Aaron.
The artisan "Says" that he dug into this area and discovered the ants. When he attempted to continue his work they swarmed him and carried off his charms. This didn't harm him but he did have to keep reassembling himself, which made working impossible.
You walk little ways off on your own. The cavern is certainly nice, all these glowing crystals and such, but doesn't seem particularly special. At least not from what you can see here. There does seem to be a lot of ambient magic around though.
(Well, some light activity won't hurt.)
At some point Grey replaced his torn robe and gloves.
Grey goes back into the library to pick out a book on crystalline ants, looking for information on their capabilities and whatever motivates them aside from their queen.
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. At the moment he's looking less pink and more pale.
Nature: Verbomancer (Maintain)
Status: Refreshed
HP: 10
Inventory:Purple robe, gloves, giant needle and a rifle fused to a magic saber
Fate Points: 1
Red Genesis
Orange Debby
Yellow Aa-tou-tou
Violet Youare
Blue Tess
Indigo Hugh
Green Aaron
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There are no books specifically about the crystal ants, but in a book entitled "The astrodynamics of the planetary vessel" it does make reference to them. Specifically it states that they are responsible for the "Maintenance of leylines" and that they have complex and vast subterranean dynasties which trace their power back to the Magi.
Hugh waits beside Debby while she speaks with the ant.
Part of a rock wall.
Darkness.
Plates and silverware
The distance between the conduit and the village.
An extremely tiny part of the distance between the inn and the creature.
Several (possibly wrong) answers to the question of where the creatures are.
(Possibly) several pieces of Hugh’s chipped teeth.
Two gourd creatures (with magic from an unknown source.).
A mile of air.
An (un)Holy Noise
The distance between some building and the edge of the crater
A small amount of darkness.
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! Well, hello there, little one. Do you have any problems that might be tasty?
HP: 9
Inventory: Robe, gloves, and needle (in the form of a large wok), various foodstuffs, dishes, silverware, and cooking and serving supplies.
Fate Points: 3
Red - Aaron
Orange -
Yellow - Genesis
Green - Greed
Blue - Youare
Indigo - Grey
Violet - Aa Tou Tou Lesia
Hugh tries to look friendly and intimidating both at the same time.
"It would probably be best to negotiate with the leader or queen of the ants. This just looks like a guard."
Aaron looks around at the cave and crystals through his needle while he waits to see the outcome of Debby's negotiation.
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: Happy to assist.
HP: 10
Inventory: Robe, needle, and gloves. Bloodthirsty serrated fighting knife. Needle charged by stabbing black magic plant monsters.
Sleeve contents:
1.A ripe avocado
2. A watercress sandwich
3. Flan
4. Calamari
5. Raspberry Lemon Meringue Pie
6. Baked potato soup
7. Oysters Rockefeller
8. Sticky Toffee Pudding
9. Chicken fried steak
10. Cinnamon Bread
FP: 0
Links: Red:Hugh, Yellow:Youare, Green:Grey, Orange:Genesis, Blue: Aa, Indigo:Tess, Violet:Debby
There is a LOT of magic here, and it is moving. It doesn't have the distinct "flavor" of magic used by mages or your kind, its something more primal and raw. Below you can see it in a flowing current so dense and bright its hard to look at while out here you can see wisps of that current drifting by like the gentle water at a river's edge. The crystals here don't seem to be absorbing the magic so much as they're directing it.
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