Outside> Grace climbs the rope ladder to the Pathfinder. Outside> Grace has left. Outside> Yuri has left. Outside> Grace leaves, taking Yuri with her by the hand. You ask Stephanie to join you. Grace says, "whoops" Stephanie has arrived. Outside> Stephanie has left. Kosciej has arrived. Outside> Kosciej has left. Stephanie says, "I guess carry doesn't work through vehicles?" You ask Kosciej to join you. You say, "I think the door is locked for Grace and I" Kosciej has disconnected. Kosciej has connected. Kosciej isn't sure what happened there. o.o Yuri imagines that Kosciej, Grace, and Yuri climb up the rope ladder and we probably have to use a cargo hoist for Stephanie :P :) Grace says, "Oh crap Kosciej got knocked out!" Kosciej hadn't even started drinking yet! Stephanie nods. She doesn't mind. She's big boned. Grace says, "Well welcome to the Pathfinder, new and improved! Soon we will be casting off towards Peru, this will take a few days, we have a map to a village, but we need to secure to the jungles, as I cant be sure they wonf be upset with the airship.." Stephanie says, "They might not be too happy with me either. Always unsure when it comes to primatives... I'm either a goddess of an abomination." Stephanie says, "or a*" Grace says, "Can I do a shout?" Outside> Dusios walks down from the Town Dock. Outside> Dusios has arrived. You say, "I can do the shout for ya." Dusios has arrived. Outside> Dusios has left. Grace says, "Say - The RP Raiders of the Temple of the Doomed Crusade is starting, the airship Pathfinder is prepairing to leave, if you want on, come to the marina and signal and we can pull you abord!" Stephanie waves and beep boops to the wolf. Dusios says, "Sorry I thought there would have been an announcement when it started. :P" Grace speaking of, she sees Dusios and lowers a rope for the big wolf Grace says, "no problem, should have arranged that." Dusios climbs up the rope and jumps into the ship. "Oh nice place you have here." HopeIslandCoder shouts, "The RP Raiders of the Temple of the Doomed Crusade is starting, the airship Pathfinder is prepairing to leave, if you want on, come to the marina and signal and we can pull you aboard!" Kosciej slowly makes his way around the interior of gondola, at least the areas that he presently has access to. "Seems bigger than it looks from the outside..." Seems as if he's doing a security sweep...or just trying to convince himself of the airworthiness of the craft. Outside> Dubious walks down from the Town Dock. Outside> Dubious has arrived. Outside> Dubious waves his arm. Yuri and Grace's airship has recently been upgraded and looks ... really really new and in good condition. So, ther'es not a lot to doubt about it, perhaps surprisingly. The interior was more or less transplanted from the original airship, except for the sleeper compartments for the passengers which were added to give a little bit more privacy than the old ship had. He wags cheerfully, "Ah, velcome to airsheep, lets me know if havink question." Dubious has arrived. Outside> Dubious has left. Yuri and Grace's airship has recently been upgraded and looks ... really really new and in good condition. So, ther'es not a lot to doubt about it, perhaps surprisingly. The interior was more or less transplanted from the original airship, except for the sleeper compartments for the passengers which were added to give a little bit more privacy than the old ship had. He wags cheerfully, "Ah, velcome to airsheep, lets me know if havink question." [repeat for Dubious] Stephanie tries to find the center of mass for the ship to sit down, try to make it easier to pilot, without having her weight throw the ship handling off. Dubious clambers in, and finds his way near Dusios, eyeing him with a smirk and an eyebrow wag, but otherwise stays quiet. Stephanie says, "Looks like it's brand new. I thought this was an older ship." Stephanie ohs. She waves and beep boops to the rat. Grace says, "Welcome! want to join our adventure? You know Dusios?" Dusios says, "It feels a lot less wobbly then I'd expected it to be." he looks at the rat, "we've met twice, but only talked once."" Dubious ers at the weird mechanical noises and steps back a bit, particularly at the waving. he tilts his head at Grace "... yeah, m'tough, ah can handle it... who's doozy'ohs?" Kosciej peers out one of the windows, glancing back to offer a wave to the Rat and fellow Wolf, and then looks back out the window again, "Have never flown before...only have been on receiving end of bombs dropped by similar craft." Grace says, "The wolf here? Looks like you know him.." Dubious turns to look at said wolf, and then back at Grace "... right, yeah, ah seen him afore, we was just talking... ah came after him, cuz... reasons." he sucks on his cigar idly, looking around the weird space. Dusios smiles, "We're going on an adventure!" Dubious points at the wall, "This pearoo?" Grace says, "Ok, so just to make sure we are all on the same page.. We are flying to Peru to retrieve this..". she pulls a paper out, it is a picture of a gold mask with human features, but rounder, and a bejewled crown on it, "This is in a temple in the jungles of Peru. There will be animals and natives we may need to fight or sneak past. We will moor over the jungle, then travel to a village at rhe foot of the mountains to get the final location of the temple this is hidden in." Kosciej takes a break from staring out the window to listen to Grace, nodding quietly as he takes in the details of the mission. Yuri, to Stephanie, "The Sheep has been retrofit ... ah, much construction, make beeger for large people," he gestures to Stepanie and then Dusios, who are exceptionally large and heavy relative to the others. Then, while Grace speaks, he goes to the cockpit to start getting the ship underway. They have a long, long journey ahead of them! Grace says, "You are all going to get a share of the sale of the mask once we bring it back to the collector." Dubious chokes, practically dropping the cigar from his mouth, as he steps forward to snatch the paper from grace's hand. "... Wah..." and then shoves the paper back at her, turning around, and tugging off his tanktop up, to show off the large tattoo on his back, which looks very similar. "... s'nt that this?" Dubious says, "You can look at me to see the description." --------------------- You are looking at an albino rat. He stands at 6'1, and has (dirty) white fur, pink fleshy bits like his hands, feet, nose, and any other skin you can see, and the traditional red eyes. He looks a bit worse for the wear, and is of indeterminate age, though definitely an adult and maybe younger than he looks, as he does appear to be rather the worse for wear. His ears are uneven in that one has a big bite taken out of it, and something resembling a laboratory tag with a specimen number is clamped onto the otherwise healthy alternate ear. He's decorated further by safety pins for piercings, earrings, and studs along the bottom of each lobe. His headfur has been buzzed short, except for a slime green colored mohawk that crests along his skull. Its flagging a bit, and the dye appears to be fading. He's got a pair of military safety sunglasses (the kind with the athletic looking orange uni-lens, and minimal black frame) pushed on the top of the his head, whatever the light situation is. When he smiles (or more realistically -- grimaces), it enhances the effect of his grungy appearance, his teeth tinged yellow with several missing all together. A convenient gap where a tooth is missing near the front of his mouth seems to be the perfect place to rest a cigarillo, which seems a constant accessory for the rodent. His body is slim and wiry (borderline malnourished), with very little fat but some muscle definition. He's topless currently, his right nipple pierced with a cross of two safety pins, which seems rather odd. But maybe not, considering the host. His arms are covered in brightly colored (if faded) tattoo sleeves, depicting Dia de los Muertos imagery, blue-green flames, and skulls. On his back is a wide Aztec face in gold ink, with bright aqua, green, and turquoise wings expanding across his shoulder blades. At the nape of his neck, near his right shoulder, is a relatively small tattoo that looks like a barcode. His midsection has two scars, one in his abdomen, and one in his back. Both scars are circular, with a tougher bump dead center, though the scar in his belly is larger, and has flaring scar tissue extending beyond the outermost edge of the scar. His right hand is wrapped with cloth, parts of which are stained a dark burgundy. He's wearing some old acid washed jeans, with rips all over the place. These are not fashion rips either, whoever discarded the pair had a good reason to do it. There's a gash on the upper right inner thigh that runs almost to the hip, the pant leg half shorn off. A similar gouge runs just under his left butt cheek, and both knees have large rips in them, all of these revealing the white fur of the rat's legs beneath the denim. You can spot a few tattoos here and there inside the gaps, all black ink and lacking any cohesive theme. The pants cling to his thick muscular thighs, but seem to hang loosely around the rest of his lower body, a worn black leather belt holding the pants around his slim hips. His feet are bare, and dirty, the rat opting not to have footwear. His rodent tail is heavy, pink, and has obvious dirt collecting near the end that drags along behind him as he moves about the world. --------------------- Carrying: shopping wagon igloo cooler Dubious says, "pardon me while I frantically look for a phot reference xD" Grace says, "Woah.." Grace says, "The image she has is incan in orgin not aztec, but is very similar" Dubious says, "honestly, I think its incan and I just blanked on the right group" Kosciej is surrounded by calaveras and Dia de los Muertos iconogrpahy, so he's good. :D Grace says, "So.. If anyone isnt in, better say something before we pull up the anchor lines." Yuri looks over his shoulder as he sits in the pilot's seat, perking one of his half-flopped ears to hear if anyone's going to object. Dubious says, "well nevermind, still close enough for him to freak :D" Kosciej takes a seat in the 'dining' area, setting his pack down beside him though careful to keep it out of the way of anyone who may need to pass by. Dusios finds a place to look outside and ponder in his "deep" thoughts. Yuri calls out to Grace, "Ah, is ready to go, Comrade-Captain?" Dubious looks at the others, and when it doesn't seem to panic them as much as it does him, he shrugs, nodding. "No one seems t'be leavin..." He flops down into a cross legged sitting position against one of the walls, out of the way of everyone else. Stephanie sticks in her place close to the ships center of mass. "Eh, it's close, but I don't see what relevance your tattoo has on our goal." Dubious shrugs a shoulder, eyeing the weird beep-booper. Probably another rowboat. "... don't find it weird they look close? Iffin' ah can figger they somehow related... that might be important." He looks off, playing it cool "No big deal, ah guess... wasn't expectin' no drawin' f'mah back, s'all" Grace says, "Allright! Lets head on out! We have some time to get used to the ship, or practice your shooting or whatever.." Dusios says, "Dusios is is a big friendly goofball of a himbo." Dusios says, "well that was meant to be whispered but it's true either way" Stephanie says, "hahahaha" Dubious says, "lol... just proving the point, huh?" Kosciej gives a thumbs up, "Good to know!" Grace says, "If anyone has something specific, let me know, otherwise we will time compress to the sky over Peru" Dubious says, "Ive got no plans to do anything but wait, Im down for clocking forward" Yuri taptaps on the controls and pushes on some levers. There's some 'ka-chunk' sounds followed by the sounds of motors pulling up the rope lines and respooling them. The doggo turns up the engines and they are ... surprisingly not awful in terms of sound. You can certainly hear them, but they are electric powered and thus it's like hearing a really loud fan in the other room rather than an engine roar. Anyway, the airship starts to slowly turn ... and when he gets it in the right direction, he pushes up the throttle, and the engines spin up fast enough to let the ship's aerodynamics take over. It flies more like an airplane (albiet a somewhat slow one) when at full speed. You say, "I'd propose a summary pose from each. It'll take them about a day to get to Peru at the speed this thing can go, maybe a little less. With a note to Dusios that he is freaking *crazy* huge in this thing and probably is stuck in the entryway more or less :)" Yuri will start! Dusios says, "ha ;P" Grace engages in a routine that seems practiced, checking on the navigation equipment, and the lift bags, and every chance she gets giving Yuri hugs and smiles in passing, she is very open and cheerful and will answer questions. Grace says, "hehe.. whoops" Yuri Will go over some basic airship operations and suggest the smokers don't smoke in the ship, hinting that it might explode. This is actually not true but he doesn't want people smoking in his brand new airship, thankyouverymuch, and who's going to argue with an airship pilot? Anyway. He shows the bunk compartments for folks that want to sleep or relax, and he'll make sure meals are made (Though tehy are sadly all vegitarian ... ) when he's not piloting hte ship. You say, "That's fine! I just wanted to make sure Grace/Yuri went first so the others could react as appropriate :D Then we can move on." Stephanie sits in place for the entire journey, her multicolored hair swirling with it's usual mix of green and blue shades. It's hard to tell if she is awake or asleep, or offline, or whatever... She doesn't eat, she doesn't drink and you can't even tell if she sleeps. Although she seems perfectly happy to engage in conversation. Kosciej's eyes are fixated on the nearest window during takeoff, handpaws holding firmly onto the table. During the journey, he remains in the same place, only moving to look out the opposite side of the gondola from time to time. He remains fairly quiet throughout ther journey, busying himself by checking over his gear - first, his holstered pistol (Yugo M57 'Tokarev'), and when that seems satisfactory, sharpening the blade on his field knife, giving consideration that stealth may be more important than he had previously believed. Dusios gets to know ceiling and bulkheads during the journey, every so often people can hear the "thunk" of the wolf hitting his head against something, *thunk* "sorry." Apart from that he's pretty well behaved and doesn't complain about the vegetarian meal. *thunk* "pardon" He even finds a place to rest himself that's out of the way of everyone, Although when he gets up, *thunk* Dubious puts out his cigar when told to, he's not here to cause trouble. He almost reverently stores it into a small metal tin he keeps in his pocket. will not move around enough to discover that there's bedrooms in this thing (he's not much of a joiner, and won't accept a tour), but will slip into one of the open dining airline seats. After idling for a bit, he will lean it back if he can (and figures out how to), and have the best sleep he's had in months. Though any loud sudden noises will cause him to be wide away in moments, and ready to defend himself (like when Dusios head-thunks stuff). He eats fish jerky which he has in his pocket, when he gets hungry, though its not much. After sleeping for a good 2/3rds of the trip, he will spend some time quietly sharpening his hunting knife. Outside> The skies over Peru(#622RL) Outside> This area of the world seems to have nature trying it's hardest to reclaim everything in a very aggressive way. Although there are settlements, and infighting that raged for the last many years, there are jungles reclaiming all the old ruins, except where the Andes mountains go so high that the jungles can't maintain a healthy growth. Anywhere that is settled leave a hole in the canopy as the village does it's best to cut back the jungle for their own safety. Grace looks to Dubious, "So, my name is Grace. This is Yuri, Grace looks to Dubious, "So, my name is Grace. This is Yuri, my fiance. What do we call you?" Grace says, "Hard to type with hooves.." Dubious says, "I can only imagine..." Dubious raises an eyebrow, and blinks at the information dump. He seems... unsure, and not the most willing, but he finally answers "Ya can call me rat." Dubious says, "that used to be way more useful, before the server got a butt load of other rats, btw..." Yuri smiles and waves do Dubious in passing, on his way back to the cockpit. He sits at hte pilot controls and checks navigation. Calling out, "Ah, Comrade-Captain, ve approach our destination." Peru is a lot of jungle, and a lot of mountain, as we can see out the window. Stephanie says, "the server has always been rat infested. since the early days, one or two have lurked around." Dubious says, "when I was around originally, I was the only one :D so." Kosciej earperks at the exchange between Grace and the Rat. That's what he has been calling him the whole time! Hearing that the airship is getting close to the destination, he sheathes the knife and returns to staring out the window, trying to sort out where the landing zone may be and what sort of threats may be present. Grace says, "Allright, we should be able to anchor right above the canopy and lower ourselves to the ground from there." Dusios says, "You're the only Rat with a capital R." Dubious says, "I accept." Kosciej tries to be respectful when he can, unless given reason not to be. :D Dusios says, "Man there's a lot trees out there, I bet game here is big." Outside> You descend into the jungles. Outside> The Peruvian Jungles Outside> These jungles are so thick you would think no civilization has ever touched them, there are bird calls, and distant screams and growls of animals, the temperature is oppressively warm, and the air is so moist it feels like you must drink it rather than breath it. There is a constant earthy, plant like smell that interferes with catching any specific scents for all but the best tracker. During the day light filters down through the canopy in a constant state of twilight, at night, the moonlight and starlight barely filters down enough to walk without artificial lighting. Dubious slips the knife back where he was hiding it, and peers out of the window, gasping at all the trees as far as the eye can see, his eyes HUGE. He's never seen anything like this before. Yuri takes the airship low and looks around a little. It seems reasonably not-populated here. You can hear the ropes being deployed.... and Yuri kinda circles the airship a little until he snags the grapple on something secure. The ship jerks a little, but it isn't too awful, since he's going slow. Then, he cuts the fan engine power entirely and the winch for the rope can be heard ... pulling the airship down closer to the treetops. More winch sounds as he drops more mooring lines, and hten he goes and climbs down the rope ladder to secure the moorings to other trees. Making sure there's four solid points of security for the airship. When he's done, he climbs back up again and smiles, "Ah, Airsheep is secure, Comrade-Captain!" Stephanie grins toothily once the airship is secured. "We have arrived!" Grace says, "Allright, lets all descend. Anyone need a hand getting down?" Stephanie says, "I shall be fine." Dubious shakes his head, pulling himself regretfully from the comfortable seating. Stephanie says, "uh actually how DO I get off?" Dubious says, ""out" I think it said." Dubious says, "maybe all caps?" Kosciej shakes his head, as well, and gives Grace a thumbs-up. "All good here, boss." Dubious eyes Dusios "... ya gonna need help getting punted outta there? Greased up?" Grace leads the Pathfinder. Grace has left. Grace takes you along with her, holding your hand. The Peruvian Jungles These jungles are so thick you would think no civilization has ever touched them, there are bird calls, and distant screams and growls of animals, the temperature is oppressively warm, and the air is so moist it feels like you must drink it rather than breath it. There is a constant earthy, plant like smell that interferes with catching any specific scents for all but the best tracker. During the day light filters down through the canopy in a constant state of twilight, at night, the moonlight and starlight barely filters down enough to walk without artificial lighting. Contents: Grace The Pathfinder(#1641V) Grace brings Yuri with her, holding hands. Grace arrives from the Pathfinder. Dusios has arrived. Dusios arrives from the Pathfinder. Yuri will open up the weapon's locker and get pistols for Grace and himself. They look like German lugers and are reasonably concealable and definitely style over substance. Dubious has arrived. Dubious arrives from the Pathfinder. Kosciej has arrived. Kosciej arrives from the Pathfinder. Dubious snickers at the big lug. Dusios climbs out but misses the landing a bit and lands with a thunk. "Now hang on a bit." and heads behind one of the big trees. Dubious will let go a bit earlier than possibly prudent, but he lands on his feet, and seems to be fine, as he idles near the others. Dubious says, "Dubious and Dusios, like opposite sides of the same coin." Stephanie has arrived. Stephanie arrives from the Pathfinder. Grace grins at Dusios, "Show off!" Stephanie just drops off the side, landing heavily, showing off a bit with the cliche superhero landing. Dubious says, "lol the rat or the big guy? Cuz he fell, and the rat landed." Grace says, "So, stay in sight at all times. There are animals and natives to watch out for.." Kosciej descends in a similar fashion to the Rat, landing with a loud thud. He gives a quick look around before taking a slow, deep breath through his nose. Dusios comes back from behind the tree, looking a lot more relieved. "Sorry, but I had to go." [ Kosciej just smelled here! ] The Peruvian Jungles These jungles are so thick you would think no civilization has ever touched them, there are bird calls, and distant screams and growls of animals, the temperature is oppressively warm, and the air is so moist it feels like you must drink it rather than breath it. There is a constant earthy, plant like smell that interferes with catching any specific scents for all but the best tracker. During the day light filters down through the canopy in a constant state of twilight, at night, the moonlight and starlight barely filters down enough to walk without artificial lighting. Contents: Stephanie Kosciej Dubious Dusios Grace The Pathfinder(#1641V) Grace says, "Try not to shoot a native unless they shoot first." Yuri nods, "Ve do not loik to get in trouble vith the local, if avoids." Dubious nods, and pulls out his knife, holding it so that the blade is behind him and partially obscured. His eyes already darting around in case he catches sight of anything. Kosciej unholsters his pistol momentarily, but only to chamber a round, after which it is holstered again - it has no safety to worry about, so he relies on it staying secured in the flap holster for the time being. "Be sneaky, understood." [ Dusios just smelled here! ] [ Dubious just smelled here! ] >>> Grace rolls 1d7 for 4. Dubious agrees "Sneaky ah kin do" Grace says, "can you all roll a d20?" >>> Stephanie rolls 1d20 for 6. >>> Kosciej rolls 1d20 for 3. >>> Dubious rolls 1d20 for 5. Dubious says, "these rolls are all suck." Kosciej hopes this doesn't mean he has malaria now. >>> You roll 1d20 for 16. You say, "Newp, dissentary!" Stephanie says, "luckily I can't catch maleria" Kosciej will accept that. Stephanie says, "or dissentry" Grace takes out a map and a compass and makes a mark, she then says tp everyone, "This way." and starts heading east. There is no path except one we make, and Grace has a machete to cut through the jungle growth, as we proceed, Kosciej feels a weight on his right shoulder.. >>> Dusios rolls 1d20 for 2. Dubious says, "seriously guys... worst rolls" Grace says, "oh wait, change that to Dusios, not Kosciej" Kosciej says, "That'll teach him." Dusios glances to his right shoulder. Yuri follows along; he tries his best to help with navigation, and also kind of keeps his eye on the group to make sure the cats are being herded correctly :) The weather is changing! It is now: Cool, in the upper teens. It is noticibly humid, though not uncomfortable. Winds are from the north west with a light breeze. It is mostly cloudy. ( There is a foot long giant cetipede which seems to have dropped from the trees onto Dusios's shoulder ) Kosciej follows a few paces behind Grace and Yuri, having been brought along to serve as their protection, after all. He unsheathes his field knife, using the long blade in a similar fashion to Grace's machete, clearing anything still in the way after she makes a first pass with her own blade. Dusios slows down, "Guys... there's a ... thing on me, is it dangerous?" Stephanie turns and looks at Dusios. She shrugs. "It doesn't look dangerous to me." Dubious is walking behind the big guy, and is so busy looking around he practically bumps into him when he slows down without warning. "Ooof!" Grace turns to look at Dusios, "Well, um.. might want to shake it off. Could be poisonous." Dusios says, "Does the centipede have vibrant colors like bright red, yellow, and/or blue?" Dubious says, "knowing your luck, yes." Kosciej also turns to look at Dusios, being unfamiliar with that sort of insect, all he can do is shrug and offer, "Probably." Stephanie shrugs again. "Well, worst case, you have a new pet." Dusios says, "No in the worse case I die an horrible death," he slowly moves towards a thick tree branch in the hopes it will move on there." ( The centipede is a tan color, not bright at all ) Grace says, "Dusios please roll " Yuri pauses and watches this, "Ah... Oi theenk, all bug, is pretty bad. Is vhy call bug." >>> Dusios rolls 1d20 for 6. Kosciej buys new dice for everyone. Dubious puts his other dice in dice jail. ( The centipede seems reluctant to leave without encouragement. ) Dusios says, "A little help please... I don't think I like bugs."" Dubious rolls his eyes, sighing. He jumps up, and swats the bug away. "S'just a bug... chicken." And then shoves at the back of the big dog's back to push him on. Stephanie laughs softly. Grace's ears splay and she smirks, "I wouldnt want it on me either." Dubious mutters "But his hand's 3 times bigger n'it..." Kosciej grins and shakes his head as he watches the Rat admonish Dusios. "I'd have used my knife...but, probably would have hurt other Wolf more than what the bug would have." Dubious deadpans at Kosciej "... want ta get us movin' again, not to slow us down more by stabbin' someone fer no reason..." ( after an hour or two, a clearing appears, there is a village.. ) Grace offers to take Stephanie by the hand with her. Grace offers to take Kosciej by the hand with her. Stephanie takes Grace by the hand. Grace offers to take Dusios by the hand with her. Grace offers to take Dubious by the hand with her. Kosciej takes Grace by the hand. Dubious takes Grace by the hand. Dubious says, "grace has 11 thousand hands." Grace says, "lol!" Dusios takes Grace by the hand. Grace walks out of the jungles into a man-made clearing. Grace has left. Grace takes you along with her, holding your hand. Town of Infinite Recursion In the middle of the jungle at the foot of a mountain lays a town, it looks like the jungle vegetation has been cut and burned away a good 25 feet away from the edge of town. Once thing that is surprising, is that there are street lights along the dirt walkways in the town, which have telltale wires leading to and from them, indicating they are lit with electricity. The buildings themselves are made from wooden boards, unpainted and nailed together roughly. Contents: Grace Stephanie has arrived. Kosciej has arrived. Dusios has arrived. Dubious has arrived. Grace brings Yuri, Stephanie, Kosciej, Dusios, and Dubious with her, holding hands. Dubious darts behind a tree trunk, out of sight, before anyone gets too far into the clearing. ( There are no immediate people visible, but the town deffintely looks lived in. So far the group has not emerged ) Grace says, "I thought it would be a bit more primative.. Lights?" Yuri seems relieved teh bug incident is over, and follows Grace along the path made. He's happy to let grace and Kosciej do the vegitation chopping. Then he blinks, "Ah... ve have some koind of town comink up." Grace says, "What do you guys think? Head in, scout, try to wait for nightfall?" Stephanie says, "I can't see anyone, is this place deserted?" Kosciej crouches down a few feet behind that 25' vegetation perimeter, and he hand signals the others to follow suit if they haven't done so already. Ears perked for any sounds, his eyes scan the buildings, looking for any signs of movement. "What place is this...? Is it on the map?", he whispers, particularly to Grace. Dusios nods to Rat, "Thanks," but Rat is away. "They might be natives but they sure don't look like they're primitive if they got electricity." Dubious huffs through his nose, and his eyes scan the quiet village. "... dun trust it... ah say we wait fer dark, and see if anyone comes out..." Yuri crouches dow nadn hides with Kosciej at his indication, and looks to Grace for the answer. [ Dusios just smelled here! ] Kosciej looks over to the Rat, nodding in agreement. "We should maintain positions here and observe, at least until nightfall." Dusios says, "I don't really smell anything out of the ordinary." Dubious grimaces at the dog "... yeah but ya see a place like this afore? And no one walkin' bout?... ah dunno, seems off t'me... maybe they all got killed by little bugs with lotta feet..." he's probably teasing, right? Grace crouches and says, "This is suposed to be a village called "Illuminesce" ( everyone make a roll ) >>> Dubious rolls 1d20 for 8. Dusios turns to Dubios, "very funny." Dubious says, "this die is just as bad." >>> Dusios rolls 1d20 for 9. >>> Stephanie rolls 1d20 for 6. >>> Kosciej rolls 1d20 for 7. Dubious chuckles at Dusios, yeah, he knows. Stephanie says, "these dice need binning." Dubious says, "ok seriously, is this roll app broken?" Dusios says, "So can these dice roll above 10?" Dubious says, "someone got 16 earlier" Kosciej is supposed to go to Las Vegas tomorrow, hopes his luck is way better than with these dice. Kosciej did roll a 7, though, so... >>> You roll 1d20 for 4. You say, "Sorry for my delay! I lost there :)" Grace perks her ears as she waits and watches Dubious says, "omg, tragically, I have to go. Im going to miss the weird peruvian fun." Dusios holds his hand up, "there's movement inside the buildings." Dusios says, "See you around Rat." Dubious says, "later guys, have fun" Dubious goes home. Dubious has left. Kosciej blinks, looking from Dusios to the buildings. He squints, "Where? Which ones?" ( As Dusios points out, you can see shadowy outlines through dirty windows of occupants inside, it is unclear if they are looking out or involved in activities inside. ) Dusios points to several buildings, "those buildings for sure. Don't know if its people, but there was something." Yuri peers over at the town, not seeing anything himself. Looking to Grace, "Do vhe know, ah, is friendly local... or.... is bad place? Is looks loik maybe ve can get around." Grace says, "Well.. it's not exactly deserted.." Kosciej's grip on his knifes handle tightens just a bit as he continues to state out towards those buildings, somewhat frustrated that he couldn't see anything at first. An ear swivels as Yuri questions Grace on what she may or may not know about the inhabitants. "I...still think we should wait until dark." Yuri nods, "Is...ah, probably good to wait, yes, sneak around... avoid." Dusios says, "We could go around the village? It is well demarked." Grace says, "Do we all want to wait?" Kosciej votes yes. Grace says, "We are supposed to find out the last bit of directions to the temple.." Stephanie says, "From here?" Dusios says, "votes to wait as well." Grace says, "Yeah.. But we can still wait and see what's up. I expected a more primative village from the info I was given." Yuri hrms to Grace, "If ve need to talk to these people... then ve should just go?" He smiles and rubs Grace's side with a paw, "Ah, think a moment. Vhat do we need to do to make mission success? Talk to people? Ah, sneak, steal? Spy?" Grace says, "Lets wait and look, then we can talk after we know more." Yuri nods, "Is good idea, yes." Dusios says, "I'd like to see why the people are all inside. Maybe they're hiding from something." Kosciej nods, keeping his voice low, "Your call, boss." Grace says, "Lets hunker down." Stephanie says, "Maybe they are taking a siesta?" Yuri nods, "Ve vill, ah make hunker and vatch theem." ( Night falls and the lights turn on one at a time and the doors to the village open and the place seems to come alive. There are various species, but all are walking around decorated kn necklaces made from circuit boards and other discarded electronics. ) Kosciej stays in place and perfects his Slav-Squat (TM), maintaining his gaze on the buildings. As people start to mill about, he peers curiously at their ornamentation, "What is...what the hell? They are wearing broken components?" Dusios whispers, "They look friendly." Grace looks to Kosciej and shrugs, "No idea." Yuri hrms, "Maybe ... is loik brotherhood? Is vorship technology?" Grace glances at Stephanie Stephanie says, "Oh nooooooooooo." Kosciej gives that some consideration before turning on his heels to look at Stephanie. "You don't suppose..." Stephanie says, "I Am Not A Goddess." Stephanie says, "I am not going to pretend to be one." Yuri contributes, "All voman is goddess!" Yuri gestures to Grace indicatively. Stephanie grumps. "That's not fair." Kosciej gives Yuri a light shove. Grace says, "But.. It could really make this all easier.." Yuri staggers a lot more than a shove should make him stagger. Whimpy pup ;P Kosciej is wall of meat! Probably stronger than he realizes. :D Stephanie's eyes light yo with red x's. "It could also make it a lot harder. They might get upset if I want to leave." Kosciej mumbles something about sacrifices having to be made. Yuri ahs. "Ve could, ah, maybe take spare part from airsheep... and go, ah, dress like them, and go closer to look at vhat they is doink?" Grace says, "Well.. I wont force you Stephanie.. " Stephanie glances to Kos. "Kami would not be happy." Kosciej snorts lightly, "Dirt-dog is never happy in first place..." Grace says, "But if they did try to keep you, I am sure we can get you out." Dusios mmms, "I don't think they'd fall for that, it seems pretty insular if sombody suddenly showed up they'd notice." Stephanie says, "I don't even know what to say. Do I just go over there and ask directions to the nearest ancient ruin?" You say, "Ve do not know if they really vorship... is maybe just, ah, fashion?" You say, "Ve make assume, is maybe wrong assume. May be mad, insult, if ve make god for them." Grace says, "How about I give it a try, and you can back me up if I need it." Stephanie nods. "Okay, that sounds better." Kosciej shakes his head in regard to Grace's idea, "Too dangerous, boss. Can't risk you, or boss Yuri for that matter. I will go." Grace says, "Ok, we will have your back.. You can say we are looking for a nearby temple, and see where that gets us." Yuri nods to Kosciej, "Is good, you make tryink." Dusios says, "Just shout if you need us."" Kosciej nods, his ears canting back for a moment or two before perking back up. He takes a deep breath, sheathing his knife before standing. He looks to the group, "Wish me luck...if this goes poorly, I want a statue. A big one, with muscles.". He flexes to show the pose he wants befiore turning back towards the village and slowly walking out from their concealed position. Yuri watches the wolf head off towards the village, staying hunkered low. Stephanie chuckles and remains as well, watching the wolf. "I'll remember. Don't worry." Yuri knows Grace usually turns into a pumpkin in around 20 minutes -- so if you're running out of time, let us know. We can log this session and then schedule another session for this RP :) ( Kosciej goes a fair way before he is noticed and some of the villagers look towards him and call out to him in spanish, ) Grace says, "I will try and stay a bit longer than usual but this probably needs 1 more session." Yuri nodnods! Stephanie says, "I'm okay with that." Dusios mouths the words "universal process?" clearly the big wolf knows spanish. The weather is changing! It is now: Nice, in the low 20s. It is noticibly humid, though not uncomfortable. Winds are from the north west with a light breeze. It is a little cloudy. Grace's ears perk and she does almost the same as Dusios as she knows spanish too. Kosciej keeps his handpaws open and clearly visible at all times, trying to present as little a threat as possible, though his is obviously armed. On hearing the villagers speak, he suddenly regrets not learning more Spanish while still on the European continent. "Eh...hm..." He struggles to think back to what he DOES remember, "Donde esta el jefe? Necesito hablando con el jefe.". So far so good? Yuri doesn't speak Spanish at all, so he just looks on with a litlte head tilt. Kosciej, being a mercenary, knows those same phrases in a multitude of European languages, though he severely lacks more advanced vocabulary. Stephanie says, "What are they saying?" Dusios says, "He's saying something like, Take me to your leader." Kosciej can hear Stephanie faintly, but makes no move to respond, not wanting to give away the others location. ( The villagers look at each other and then to Kosciej, they hold up a hand and then call back to others. After a few moments, a robed man approaches, a skunk, he calls to Kosciej in english, "Who are you..?" ) Kosciej waits patiently, still keeping his handpaws open and visible to the villagers. On the approach of who would seem to be someone of authority, he bows his head respectfully, "Ah, thank you...my Spanish is...not so good. My name is Kosciej, and I am an...explorer." Smooth, Wolf, smooth. "I am looking for ruins, from the Old Times, long past. Do you know of what I speak...?" Yuri listens curiously to what's going on, keeping low to the ground and trying his best. They're kind of far away to hear really well though. ( The skunk tilts his head and says, "I do know what you ask about, but what is it you wish to accomplish there?" ) Kosciej's right ear cants back as he contemplates how he's going to manage this one. "I was asked to explore these ruins and...document what is found there, for the knowledge of the current generation, as well as the future." He decides that it is best to leave out any mention of being hired, or that he's with a group, and especially that they're looking to retrieve some artifact(s). ( The skunk says, "I can share the location with you, but you must join in the Universal Process before you do. For your own safty." ) Kosciej tilts his head some, raising a brow as he repeats, "Universal Process...?" His voice is a little bit louder, the Wolf hoping the others might be able to hear what he's saying at this point. "What is the Universal Process?" ( The skunk says, "Unity. Peace. The future." he gives a smile. ) Kosciej still looks a little confused and unsure of this whole mess, but it doesn't necessarily sound bad at the moment. "I can't object to those things...what is it that I need to do...?" Stephanie whispers. "Thats bullshit. I instantly now assume it's something bad." Dusios nods. "Yeah I don't like the sound of that." Kosciej has already mentally resolved to blame everything on the Rat if things go south. Yuri looks to Grace nervously, and hten out to the wolf. He's not really sure how well this going to go. "Vhat if they take heem somevwhere ve cannot see?" ( The skunk says, "Wear this.." he produces a necklace, "Anyone else wearing one of these is your friend. Now there is a mountain to the northeast, climb until the vegetation thins out and you will see the temple you seek." ) Dusios whispers, "we go and protect him." he frowns, "but it seems like it might not be needed." Stephanie crosses her arms. "I still don't like it. Something very fishy about this place, you all know it." Kosciej takes hold of the offered necklace, giving it a look over as he listens to the Skunk's instructions. For the moment, he doesn't put it on, opting to just hold onto it for now. "I thank you for this, the information, and the directions. You have been very helpful.". He again bows his head respectfully. Kosciej says, "I will return to my camp now, and leave your people in peace." He turns, as if to head back into the jungle. ( No one follows Kosciej, they go about thier own business as he rejoins the group. ) Grace says, "I think if we wait for day, they will be asleep? Or at least stay inside.. " Yuri breathes a relieved sigh when the wolf seems to have survived the encounter and comes back to the group. Dusios says, "You okay? You look okay." he starts sniffing at Kosciej" Dusios says, "Smell okay too." Grace says, "So.. I want to stop here. When is a good time to continue?" Yuri can't do this time tomorrow, has a training thing, but could start at 2 PM eastern tomorrow or his Thurs/Friday are wide open Kosciej makes sure to walk a little bit further into cover than where the group is, in order to give the impression that he continued on deeper into the jungle. Once he's rejoined, he holds up the necklace. "They seemed friendly, even gave me this. Said to wear it and I'd be safe. Oh! And that anyone wearing them should be considered as a friend.". He offers it to anyone who wants to give it a look over, "And he told me where the ruins are, doesn't seem all that far." Kosciej had to get that last one out. :D