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Post by lichlord on Feb 19, 2017 23:21:10 GMT
Ghost - From... well there's no other word for it, is there? From your ghost-like perspective, you take a peek out on the clearing, and at the edge, almost comically hanging from the edge, is a hat! A hat of those graduating from some sort of higher education.
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Post by cathheart on Feb 20, 2017 21:21:58 GMT
Since her first experience with proper digging, Norris has been suspiciously quiet and unseen. Little beknownst to the rest of the group, Norris has developed a new hobby! Digging tiny dirt boxes wherever she goes and hiding in them, peering out with a round steel nose to see what everyone else is up to, (heretofore referred to as 'Norrising') has taken up so much of her time that little else but the strangely delicious snack has actually registered to her - not even the 'nother Norris' or strange music, really. In the absence of Ghost, however, Norris realizes that it falls upon herself to take a leadership role. A sudden surge of unpreparedness-induced anxiety rushes through her (incredibly) thick skull!!! Poking her shiny nose and round eyes out of the hole, Norris clears her throat of rocks and dirt clods to speak, saying...
"what doing?" 0n0
Norris belches hot slag onto the ground beside her. It smells like burnt blueberry pie.
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Post by GrayGriffin on Feb 21, 2017 2:03:12 GMT
Ryota jumps. "Shhhh!" he hisses. "She's doing a secret investigation! We don't know what's out there!"
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Post by lichlord on Feb 21, 2017 2:56:57 GMT
Temmie jumps up next to Ryota, clearly amused.
"sECRET hAT mIsSIoN!"
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Post by nickya on Feb 21, 2017 6:17:04 GMT
While Ghost couldn't really see anything out of the ordinary in the surrounding area something about this just didn't sit well with her. Given the position of the hat, it was obvious that Temmie couldn't have dropped it so precariously close to the cliff side. What's more, on the off chance she wanted to ambush someone she'd set her bait where they couldn't exactly run. All things considered, this just screamed trap on every level.
Welp, only one way to find out really! Grabbing hold of the graduation hat Ghost quickly flew up into the sky and started heading towards the center of the clearing, holding that hat high above her head so it seemed as if it was just floating there! She had a feeling this invisibility had a time limit, but for the moment she could kick over their would-be ambusher's sandcastle like the cheeky girl she was.
She was a good ways up too, floating around 9 feet up in the air so she was well out of the reaching distance of anything average sized.
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Post by lichlord on Feb 21, 2017 18:44:06 GMT
Ghost - When you go to swipe the hat and fly up, almost feeling cheeky as you turn back to view the trap close in on itself, you find it wasn't really a trap at all. More like a crime scene. There are a few other creature's bodies, looking like they were pummeled to death, lying broken off to the sides (where you couldn't see them in your hat finding tunnel vision). A clearly visable trail of blood follows what looks like something thin being dragged behind the person who did this off to the east and then back into the forest.
Although something seems 'off' under one of the bodies, if you dare look.
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Post by cathheart on Feb 23, 2017 10:06:31 GMT
Norris know that smell so well bloodsmell! Hunters around or maybe ghoultrick silliness? Dunno better go taste for clue.
Norris proceeds to the bodies where she licks and rubs against them investigatively. Once all the bodies have been assessed for cause of death, she moves on to covering them with dirt
Ghost mustbe would have a hard time diggin thinkso better get diggin myownself.
"Fish want bite fore dig?" Norris calls out to her companion.
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Post by nickya on Feb 23, 2017 22:18:25 GMT
The ghost's face fell dramatically as she laid her eyes on the bodies strewn about her. Given her line of work Ghost was rather used to the sight of destruction - heck, she'd caused a fair deal of destruction herself just last month, probably several million dollars worth in fact - but the battle site below her honestly caused her mind to rebel against itself. When Temmie had said they were attacked Ghost honestly invisioned someone mentally snapping and trying to get answers out of everyone, but... 'What kind of creature would do something like this?' She asked numbly to herself.
It was then she noticed Mrs. Norris approaching the clearing with Ryota in tow. She thought about shouting something, but stopped herself. No one seemed to be attacking them yet, but if someone did... it might be prudent for her to remain invisible. She quickly flew down, either putting the hat on Temmie's head (if shew as still there) or setting it on the sled for the moment. "Norris, do you think you can pick up the assailants smell?" She asked quietly, still hidden by her invisibility. Her teammate seemed like a good tracker, so she was hoping she could see how fresh the scent was, and if he was still there... Or anything else about the area for that matter.
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Post by lichlord on Feb 24, 2017 4:04:54 GMT
Temmie looks sad at the scene. She notes the hat landing on her head, and seems to cheer up at least slightly.
"tEMMIE hOpEd tHEY rAN..."
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Post by cathheart on Feb 24, 2017 11:10:40 GMT
Norris catches onto the ghastly implication of sneakiness and quickly makes herself highly hidden and begins subtly smelling the surroundings...
xWf0h1X43d6 perception
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Ready checkin body sniffin wooden sniffin lotsa stuff to do today
Hmmm hmm hmm hmm now what??
and why?
how?
gotta get nosier slackin off latesome yea3d6·4d6+1
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Post by lichlord on Feb 24, 2017 18:42:37 GMT
The overwhelming stench of death fills your nose at first, but finding the path of blood left behind, you take it and note the particular smell of the one who did this, with a bit of the smell of flint attached to it. You at least have the smell if the trail going along the cliffs in and out of the forest fails you.
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Post by cathheart on Feb 24, 2017 20:16:41 GMT
"Firerock smell and, onewizard whodone. Chase? Dig?" Norris whispers to no-one in particular. After a moment of contemplation, she resumes tossing dirt on the bodies.
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Post by GrayGriffin on Feb 24, 2017 23:51:50 GMT
Ryota lets himself be dragged along, but before he can answer Norris he sees the carnage as well.
"...one person did this?" he asks, looking shocked. "I...I'm not sure we should follow. We don't know how big they are or if we could even fight them effectively! But...we can't just let someone who'd kill all these creatures walk around either, can we?" While he deliberates, he munches on one of the Tem Flakes.
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Post by lichlord on Feb 25, 2017 5:36:05 GMT
(Ryota gains the Oran Berry Digestion Buff!)
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Post by nickya on Feb 26, 2017 23:36:23 GMT
Ghost honestly felt sick to her stomach at the sight of all of this, and while she agreed with Ryota, she couldn't exactly live with herself if she just let something like this happen again. "Agreed, but let's not rush in there blind," she said, a nervous look on her invisible face. "Unless anyone has any objections, we should follow the blood..." She paused for a moment. "Let us know when you think he's nearby, alright Norris? Hopefully he won't be able to notice me when I'm like this, and we can come up with a plan before he notices us."
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Post by lichlord on Feb 28, 2017 0:50:11 GMT
Temmie and Ryota stay back behind the party, as the now be-hatted Temmie takes over Ryota pulling duty but goes slowly waiting for a call to rush in.
Ghost and Mrs Norris slowly walk forward, following the trail and keeping an eye out.
(Both Ghost and Norris roll me Stealth and Perception)
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Post by nickya on Mar 1, 2017 2:13:30 GMT
Ghost couldn't help but feel a touch nervous at the prospect of running in to the savage who murdered all of those people - a thought that honestly made her blood boil over a bit - so for that one moment she was all business. Despite that though, she couldn't help but feel a touch nervous. She'd yet to been accosted, and she honestly wasn't sure how much damage her body could take... or, for that matter, how quickly she could bounce back from a beating. For that reason, she was doing her best to keep her eyes on the surrounding area as they followed the trail. Perception 79r|OYHv2D6
Stealth 2D6
She had a plan - at least more of a plan than she usually did - to go invisible and find a hiding spot once her target's been identified and then come up with a plan of action from there. Hopefully she could either notice him before she got too close, or get a bit luckier with her stealth tactics than the past provided... Perception 2d6
Stealth 2d6 2D6·2D6·2d6·2d6
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Post by cathheart on Mar 3, 2017 2:04:30 GMT
uyegVqTS4d6+1 stealth
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Norris sneak her way through the woods, holding the scent tight in her nosethoughts. She wiggles under a pile of leaves, crunching some as she does, and carries them atop her as a disguise as she scuttles with utmost sneakiness through the underbrush.4d6+1·3d6
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Post by lichlord on Mar 3, 2017 5:41:57 GMT
Both of you are doing well in your stealthyness, despite Ghost not really doing it well. It helps to be both invisible and completely silent, though. You both continue following the trail, and it leads west, to a small clearing. And you spy a figure. It's wearing what looks like a hooded long jacket, that looks old, almost rust colored. And in it's hands is a long 2 by 4 piece of wood, with a crude stone axe head attached to the top. And the axe head is smeared in blood. It's back is to you.
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Post by cathheart on Mar 4, 2017 3:40:26 GMT
Norris sits perfectly still under the leaves and stares at the man. She's wiggling her butt slightly and squinting hard.
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