#Dorf Goes Fishing

[fatmagic]

#Dorf Goes Fishing #Dorf #gif #tim conway

[who-is-shades]

raz dnd 5

back to senna having a bad time!

teya helps senna sit in a chair. senna asks for ice and the weird servant brings some over and senna puts it on her neck. dorf asks senna if shes ok and shes doing better and they talk a little. dorf says hes a famous wizard! (naturally)

parsley goes to talk to the robots! 'sup'. parsley doesnt trust dorf so he doesnt wanna go in the mansion.

dorf goes up to teya and asks if she needs anything and shes just like nah. senna gets up and says she feels better. parsley asks zen whats androids name but he is denied lol. the twinx is on the loose.

senna compliments the mansion! dorf talks about the spell lets him design it himself hes so proud. senna asks for a tour if possible! floor 1: big comfy living room like place. floor 2: giant library with lots of books and shit. senna and teya are fuckin excited. teya wanders off to look at the books and dorf says he has necromancy tomes. he mentions hes fought several lichs.

dorf points out the books hes written! senna grabs one and begins reading lol. teya finds a book about liches! it talks about how liches become immortal and that liches are usually evil. teya thinks its sad lol.

3rd floor! big dining room and kitchen! senna asks for lobster tail! teya is still full from breakfast lol. dorf claps his hands and a butler shows up with the food! senna calls dorf cool lol.

parsley is still just pacing outside lol.

4th floor! magical floating doors? guest rooms! cool! senna calls all this impressive. teya says 1 bedroom is bigger than her house. 5th floor! bath place. saunas. its fuckin massive! ghost masseuse!

6th final floor! dorfs personal quarters! artifacts and shit. theres fuckin sans' head lol. he gagged him hes shut up forever lol. teya waves to him. dorf calls him davey and hes a lich? senna walks over and pokes the magic eye and it sparks me lol. she asks dorf how he beat him and how evil he was.

back outside now pog! senna tells parsley that dorf has killed several liches and that hes lacking lol. and that he has the head of a lich just in his house. now onto the fish people!

we see some giant mushrooms blocking the path! senna warns to be careful disturbing them cause they might release spore clouds. dorf summons a battle axe! he swings and gets knocked back! senna catches dorf! were under attack!

im being a little lazy with fights lol. teya firebombed 2 of them and killed them. the last mushroom spored parsley and teya and their freaking out. senna is just....trying to deal with the last mushroom to cure them. dorf is also a badass lol. parsley thinks im attacking his sister wtf. senna asks dorf for suggestions.

senna walks toward teya. she thinks she surrounded by mushrooms and thinks senna is a mushroom zombie of tori wtf. teya fuckin sets herself on fire to get rid of the mushrooms?! at the last second she sees senna but cant stop the fireball.

parsley doesnt even bother to not get attacked by the mushroom since he thinks its his sister. 'sis' yells at him and asks why he left her alone. (LORE YEAHHH) parsley is sad about this sadge.

dorf goes to attack the mushroom instead cause wizards cant heal lol. he firebolts it! parsley sees his 'sis' fuckin explode. thankfully senna has a spell to cure this illness. parsley is back to normal. parsley is fuckin crying. senna tries to calm him.

zen hits android for being a dick lol. teya is dead so senna has to rez her lol. she still has no heartbeat?! she finally wakes. senna feels for teya's pulse, its very very slow wtf. senna slaps a hand over her mouth but calms herself and tells teya she had a very bad nightmare.

senna helps teya and puts her arm around her shoulder. parsley went to sit in a tree. zen tries to speak to him but hes silent. dorf also tries and he insists hes fine. teya notices shes not in pain weird. senna asks dorf to let teya rest in the mansion. she also asks if parsley wants to come but he stays quiet so she leaves him. zen follows us! and android, slowly.

zens eyes glow yellow for a moment? omg level up?! were all healed! senna touches teyas wrist again. the pulse is normal weird but good. she tells teya shes just glad shes ok. teya is super hungry! senna notices teyas stomach growls and laughs and takes her to the dining hall. dorf summons stuff he likes to eat, big potato stew! senna eats some jello!

WHEATLEY FINALLY COMES OUT OF EEBY DEEBY! hes being examined by like doctor warforged to figure out why they keep dying lol. gods there too lol. he made improvements to him. (level up hint hint) hes warped in front of the mansion doors.

a servent tells wheatley his friends are waiting for him. zen and android are in there too. zen is glad hes back. wheatley is taken to the dining hall. space core is yelling and confused about how they got there. senna is glad to see them! senna pets spacecore on the head. he leaps out of wheatleys hands and pokes the portal but it does nothing.

dorf asks where wheatley went but hes not sure either. teya finishes eating yay. senna asks wheatley whats bothering him. he says god told him were emotionally fucked up lol. senna tries to disuade him but dorf fuckin jumps in lol. we tell him about the giant talking trees and mushrooms.

senna keeps saying everything is fine but wheatley is not convinced. dorf fuckin snitches. 'teya exploded! but shes fine now.' teya is worried greatly about dying lol. wheatley starts patting her looking for injuries. senna informs wheatley we met aa lich! (sans!)

dorf fuckin brings the skull down here wtf. space core gets left in dorfs room lol. dorf explains a lich to wheatley. senna holds the skull lol alas poor yorick. spacecore keeps trying to stack books to reach the stars but he opens a secret room on accident. they ignore it lol.

dorf notices and goes to get spacecore. wheatley says he wants to try some of his artificer infusions. wheatley says he wants to study teyas sending stone to make his own. teya agrees. suddenly a message comes through telling teya her medical checkup is due hmm.

dorf asks if teya has health problems. senna leads wheatley away and explains it was a private message. also she tells him weve been calling parsley spingledorf the fairy.

senna walks back over to teya. dorf offers to get some tools to look at this energy shes emitting. teya is uncertain. dorf goes to get them and comes back. he sounds worried. he asks to speak to teya in private. (they fuckin go into a private call lol)

they come back and tell us everything is fine. teya gives wheatley the stone again. senna quietly nods at teya. wheatley hands the stone back. teya is quiet. wheatley needs rocks so dorf summons some rocks for him pog. dorf fills the room with fake space lol. senna asks teya to 'space dance' with her lol. spingledorf is the ultimate wingman lol the stars push us together and were dancing on a moon and shit. (teya mustve gotten really bad news wtf did they talk about-) teya gets zapped and now is wearing a dress like stars.

(wheatley finishes making his stone lol) the moon turns into a crescent moon and makes teya fall into senna lol. everything settles down. we head back downstairs. wheatley asks zen to send him to god for a sec. (we've been fucking with addi all session xD punishment for being too gay to play dnd) zen cant take wheatley back but he can send the stone to lil bro.

senna goes outside to check on parsley. (teya keeps using sending wtf is going on stop being sneaky let me in!) parsley has cooked and eaten a rabbit.

#mod shades #dnd #dnd adventures

[5lazarus]

Labyrinth, Chapter 3: The Anderfels

"Anders made no attempt at escape during the years they were together." This story is meant to explore everything absolutely horrible about that statement. If the core part of Anders' identity is his refusal to submit to imprisonment, then perhaps listening to Karl was a violation of his sense of self. Things get better, and then things get worse.

Chapter 3/3, the Anderfels: Anders visits the Thekla village chantry.

Read Chapter One: The Circle and Chapter Two: Kirkwall on Tumblr, or find the story on AO3 here.

Everyone has a mother and a mother’s-land, even Anders. As the war rages through the Free Marches and factionalism breaks out in Orlais, Anders is left wondering: where next? So he wanders.

Kirkwall is out of the question. There is nothing left once the war spreads through Ferelden and Orlais. Tevinter would discredit the mages, so he dismisses it. Rivain is too close to the Qun, and after the annulment at Dairsmuid, everyone is too shellshocked to shelter another renegade mage. Then Fenris, who knows how to flee, suggests, “What about the Hissing Wastes?” Isabela comes up with a better option: the Anderfels. No one would ever think to look for him there.

So he grows out his beard, and they wander. Hawke and Merrill head to Ferelden, looking for Varric. Aveline returns to Kirkwall, to build its defensives against Vael. But Isabela and Fenris take him home, because no one else will, with Kirkwall gone. They sail the river bordering the Free Marches and Antiva, through Nevarra all the way to the blasted lands of the Silent Plains. It is hard for Isabela to abandon their little skip, but they get enough money out of it to buy a wagon and mules. The animals are sick. Everyone is sick, eking out a living on Blighted land. Anders remembers this, but he had thought it was the fear of his magic that had made those memories so uncomfortable. Hadn’t Karl said something about that? The first time he ate food grown in clean soil, a plate of strawberries with a child-sized spoon: I don’t want to remember. You shouldn’t forget.

They make for the Hunterhorn Mountains, skirting Tevinter. Fenris knows the way, and they find markers of others winding through this wasted land. Fenris looks grimmer than usual, lyrium-brands burning in the gray half-light. He stops at a set of footprints, pressed hard into the scanty grass of the trail.

“Qunari have come this way,” he says, studying the tracks. “Must be Tal-Vashoth. Strange. Normally refugees from Seheron go east, not west.”

“Well, there’s a war on,” Isabela points out. “Why go from one war right into another one?”

Fenris says, “It’s a bad time of year to go through the Hunterhorns. Too dry. I doubt they’ll survive to make it to the Volca Sea, or the Donarks, wherever they be.”

Justice does not need to prompt them. “Then we should help them,” Anders says. “It’s not like we’ll be facing bandits. With my magic, I can at least bring down rain.”

Fenris and Isabela exchange a glance. Anders is getting angry, and Justice is pushing under his skin. He says, “You’re not going to let them die.”

Fenris says, “Following you this far has been enough of a suicide mission. I did not flee Tevinter just to die this close to Minrathous. If you want to die, do it by yourself. Go see how charitable people dying of starvation are, as they break from the Qun. But I will not come back for you.”

Anders flares, but Isabela holds up her hand. “The blue-and-angry stuff is hot, but I’m not getting caught in the middle of this. Anders, you know he’s right. We don’t have enough food for all of us. If we go after them, we’re just condemning ourselves. And—well—I’m not dying on land. Not after Kirkwall. We have enough food to make it through the mountains. If you go after them, you’re just going to get us killed.”

Anders says, “Fuck off.” But they’re right, and Justice has proved that there are no easy answers. In this case, he must do right by his friends. Andraste has led him thus far. He prays She guides the Tal-Vashoth true, and follows Fenris and Isabela down the winding mountain path.

At night, the Tal-Vashoth attack, and they kill them quickly. Preparing their bodies for burial, Anders asks Fenris, “Who do they pray to?”

Fenris looks at him oddly. “Does it matter?”

Isabela sighs. “They don’t really do that. And if they’re Tal-Vashoth, who knows if they’d want prayers said for them anyway? They were going to kill us, Anders. Just burn the bodies and let’s go.”

It’s not right that these lives end a smear of ash on a grainy mountaintop, the blackened bits of their pyre preserved in the arid air of the Hunterhorns. They’re more than just a desperate end. People will go through this pass and see the ashes and know some battle took place, but Anders wants to be remembered for something besides death. He wants them to be remembered for something beyond dying.

Justice says, All you can do sometimes is keep living. And carry the dead with you. That’s the important part. Take them with you, but don’t let them weigh you down.

Shut up.

They find a shallow recess to rest in, before the path bends down the mountain and towards the steppe. Fenris lets the mules out of the yoke but ties their reigns to his waist and curls up among them. Anders watches him curiously. He’s clearly done this before. That’s a flash of a life outside his purview, and maybe beyond Fenris’ memory too—working for that magister Danarius, guarding his master’s trade caravans. Fenris catches him staring.

“What?” he growls.

“You look warm,” Anders says. Isabela curls up next to him, and gestures at Anders to join them. Fenris looks impassive.

“Come on,” Isabela says impatiently. “We can’t light a fire, everyone down the mountains will be able to see it. Come here. Keep us warm.”

Fenris sighs and makes room.

He wakes up to the sun a watery gold, filling the valley below and easing through the crevices of the mountain range. It’s freezing, despite Isabela and Fenris and the mules all curled around him, and he tucks his hands under his cloak as he shivers. A bird calls, and then another: some Maker-forsaken creature has built a life in this forgotten corner of Thedas.

It is all too familiar, and he wonders if this is the path the templars took when he was a boy: no. Karl told him this, didn’t he? In letters he burnt before the war. The thin sunlight resolutely insists on laying the plain below bare. He can imagine the high grass Karl promised him, and perhaps there are two adventurous young men galloping below, towards freedom, towards the promise of—what? More life than this, a better kind of hunger.

He’s got tears in his eyes, and he wipes at them angrily. Fenris stirs.

“Is there a problem?” he inquires.

“It’s fucking cold,” Anders says.

Once they leave the the Hunterhorns, it is not long until they find a village nestled in the reeds of the river Lattenfluss. Isabela leans against a mule and looks at it wistfully. Justice nudges him, at some point he needs to help her get back to the open water again, it’s only right after all that she has done for him. They see a weatherbeaten woman dragging a stubborn donkey to the water. Anders goes up to her, making sure to hobble on his staff like it’s a walking stick.

He reaches for the words of a language he has barely spoken in the past two decades. “Guten Morgen. Wie heißt dieser Dorf?”

The woman looks at him strangely. “Thekla,” she says shortly, and goes back to trying to force the donkey to drink.

“Fuck,” Anders says. That needs no translation.

She looks at him again. “Wie heißen Sie, Ausländer? Woher kommen Sie?”

She is being exceedingly formal with him. He almost says his name, but isn’t she Anders too? Instead he walks away, where Isabela and Fenris wait.

“Well?” Fenris says.

He wants to keep moving, but Justice stops him and instead he says, “Let’s rest here for awhile. We can fish from the river, at least.”

“We should move more inland,” Fenris says testily. “Gossip travels fast. We should get to the Donarks as quickly as possible.”

“I want to stay,” Anders says firmly. “Just for a moment. I need to say my prayers. It won’t be long. You can even leave without me, and I’ll catch up.”

“We’re not splitting up,” Isabela says. “We’ve separated enough. Not until we all have a place to go back to.”

“I won’t be long,” he says. “Just give me ten minutes to pray. And then we can move on.” Fenris fixes him with an unimpressed stare. He’ll wheedle it out of him eventually, and he’ll tell them, because despite everything he’s more than proven himself, he’s guided him here, hasn’t he? Andraste’s grace works in mysterious ways. He walks to the village chantry, head bowed, hackles raised at the villagers’ stares. The last time a stranger must have passed by would’ve been the Blight, and then the time before that? When the Templars took Karl. At least Karl grabbed his name before he left. Anders has left all that behind.

There is a name he has trained himself from flinching when he hears the first syllable, that he left behind when he realized he would never hear his mother call again. He had refused to hand it over to the templars, so they named him after his country: “that Anders child,” eventually simply Anders. He shapes his lips to it, mutters it under his breath, and walks into the town square, a flattened dusty piazza. There are perhaps five families in Thekla village. Not all of them have black hair and blue-gray eyes, but enough of them do for him to wonder.

The Chantry looms over the weatherbeaten limestone cobbles of the piazza, made from the same mountain stone as the rest of the village. Anders opens the familiar weather-scarred door, remembering suddenly the smell of wood made sacred by years of worship before he even realizes, this is Andraste’s house and that is Andraste’s incense, her sweet-burning flesh. Harsh sun softens through the stained glass windows into Andraste’s trials. Anders kneels as he faces the altar, and shuffles into a pew to pray.

At first there is no words, just the bleak exhaustion. He stares up at the gold mosaic of Andraste wreathed in flames, illuminated shockingly by cleverly designed windows above the door of the church. The whites of her wide eyes glimmer, recently polished. Her mouth, a slash of red glass, is resolutely closed. Her silence is what convinced Hessarian. Anders is not so sure. He would have preferred that she screamed. He would’ve, but he is no Andraste. Still, why must they suffer in silence? What good does that do? No one takes pity on those who are too weak to protest. She fought a whole fucking war for them! It’s the Maker who’s silent, not her. She pointedly wasn’t, not in the face of injustice.

Andraste bid him, fight for my people. Mages are the Maker’s children, as much as any other. Magic is meant to serve man, not to rule over them, and that meant the fear of magic as well. There is nothing in the Chant that says to rip away the spirit of any mage who falters. There is nothing in the Chant about Circles, templars, Tranquilty, or Exalted Marches either. There is, though, quite a lot about Justice. There is the demand of martyrdom. There is collective sacrifice.

Anders sings, “Let the blade pass through the flesh, let my blood touch the ground, let my cries touch their hearts. Let mine be the last sacrifice.” His voice reverberates in the dull space and grows silent. He waits, but the Maker does not answer.

He leaves the Chantry blinking blindly into the mute silent and as he stumbles towards where his friends wait with the mules he sees a man that could have been Karl, if Karl had been allowed to grow old, with a weatherbeaten face and sour expression and a mercifully clear brow, beard rather longer and whiter than he would have ever allowed. Anders opens his mouth but nothing comes out, there is nothing to say, so he keeps on walking.

#dragon age fanfic #dragon age fanfiction #kanders #anders #karl #anders/karl #karl thekla #labyrinth #the anderfels #fenris #isabela #dragon age 2 #awakening #fanfic #da2

[secretadventuresociety]

Episode 30 Recap

It’s that time again, SASholes! I’m Bren, resident SAStorian and Kü enthusiast. Welcome to Episode 30: Fire and Bone.

“Who Broke the Sky?”

On the walk back from the Night Market, our heroes take in the bright swirls of the aurora in the Mardosta welkin. Despite the heaviness of the evening, the sight brings on conversation about the coming festival-- which will necessitate new clothes and money to buy them with. Kess makes sure to impress upon Pearce that he can’t wear his red paint-stained mask, and so the gunslinger turns to Kü and asks if he would take off his helmet; his reasoning being that it would be ‘weird’ if he wore it. Now, I know what you’re doing here, Shooty Boy, and it’s admirable. However, if you ever tell my son how to dress again I will rip your character sheet up in front of you. ANYWAY. The matter is dropped as the party’s attention once again returns to gold (and honestly? Mood.) and they decide to go seek out Norse and Arthur to find out if they found the note and attached moolah that Pearce accidentally slid under their door. They find the couple lounging on their floor-- the whole floor that they have to themselves-- with cocktails in hand. Arthur immediately offers them a ‘Mardosta Mule’, which excites Kü. He turns to Pearce and exclaims that he’s had horses and donkeys, but never this ‘newfangled fusion’. 

As they all get turnt, Norse admits she did find the letter and assures the group she did NOT tell Brienne about it, just in case. Relieved, Kess explains the mix-up, then asks what her elders DID tell the detective. Norse reports that they were relatively honest, up until the point where they were questioned about Xarus’ presence in the house. They covered well, however, telling the investigator that he came to work with one of Kess’ brothers. The investigation does not seem to be closed, but the parents think that they are in the clear for now. Kess asks about Vendreth’s reaction, and Norse isn’t as forthcoming. All she will say is that he was fine, just upset that he wasn’t told sooner. Placated, the adventurers start in on their Madosta experiences, which to be fair, are limited because of… you know… all the murder. In any case, it makes a perfect venue for distraction as Pearce and Kess allow the nine year old kobold to drink TWO mules-- which for his body weight HAS to be more like TWENTY-TWO mules-- so that they can possibly talk him into removing his helmet. His skull. His-- skull helmet. Skelmet.

Kü gets to the point where the alcohol is giving him the sads instead of a buzz (which, RELATABLE, amirite?) and he tells everyone he’s just trying to ‘not think about how I feel or feel about how I think’ and realizes the mule is donkey-kicking him right in his racehorse heart. I think I tried too hard on that last sentence but I’m leaving it. Fuck you. In an attempt to make Kü feel better, Kess brings out one of our favorite callback jokes-- the singing bass. She tosses it at the kobold and in his drunken haze he bites at the writhing meat, coming away with a mouthful of dead scales. Did you guys know that thing was an actual, enchanted fish? ANYWAY. With this being the nail in the coffin of the worst day of Kü’s life (which INCLUDES his mom dying), our little buddy nopes out to sleep off the alcohol, leaving Pearce and Kess to their own devices.

The Suicide Squad

Being wary of the dozing kobold, Pearce quietly tells Kess that if Brienne comes after Kü to incarcerate him; he would take the fall for him. Kess counters that they probably have ways to see if he’s telling the truth-- but then realizes that they could eliminate the problem altogether if they separated the being from Kü. The fishsticks from earlier betray our druid-- the combination of the grease and stress forcing them from her stomach and onto the nice guest room floor. She flings a sidelong look at Kü and decides that their ‘stealth speak’ may not be enough to escape Mother’s… uh. Not ears, but-- whatever an evil being uses to listen. I didn’t take Eldritch Anatomy. The pair take off toward the greenhouse, Kess instinctively leading to the place she feels most at home. Once inside, they rehash all that they know about Skugamor. 

Pearce looks at the scene around him, soil spotted with Kess’ white flowers with the black iris, and he takes off the dried remains of the one he picked and places it with the others. He asks if Ashe is of a similar type as Mother, and Kess denies it. She says that she thinks her power isn’t tied to the being, but it does help him in some way. This inspires her to grow a flower to try and talk to Ashe to get help with their situation, but no answer comes. Pearce, irate, takes hold of it like a microphone and shouts into it, obscenely demanding attention. In a panic, Kess draws the rest of her strength and grows another flower-- and when it only waves in response, an insidious idea blooms. The changeling tells Pearce she saw Ashe when she was dead (unconscious), and without further explanation the gunslinger refuses to help one of his best friends die (get knocked tf out). He does, however, offer to take her to Rook’s room (you know, where the poison is— the poison to kill Kess. Kess’ poison. THAT poison) so that they have someone else to assist should the whole dying (slight coma) thing go wrong.

As they’re headed back into the house already, the duo go into the guest room to let Kü know their plans. Pearce wakes up the kobold and Kess breathlessly explains her brain blast, asking him if he wants to join them. The sleep immediately leaves Kü’s drooping eyes as rage fills its place. His voice booms with pain and accusation-- unbelieving that she could even think of killing herself (taking a quick nap with no breathing) because of him, especially after she told him she wouldn’t leave him the way that Jendee, Dorf, Augustus, and his mother had. He pointedly asks her ‘Do you know how I would feel if you died trying to fix me? Not that I NEED fixing” and as the anger gives way to sadness, he mutters that he was better off asleep. Effectively having talked Kess out of being near-suicidal, Kü takes this opportunity to relieve himself of his party’s company while he cools off. He storms out and starts to stalk the halls for his nightly watch.

Küdini

Now alone, Kü registers Mother attempting to speak with him. She extinguishes all the firelight around him, and the kobold lets loose a bloodcurdling scream for help. Kess and Pearce emerge from the guest room, the former running to all of her relative’s rooms to ensure their safety, and the latter posting up beside Kü. Everyone on their floor seems to be fine, but before they can let a sigh of relief loosen from their lungs, a scream rings out from downstairs. If you’re feeling deja vu, rest assured, it’s about to get REAL different. Pearce yells at Kü to go outside, but as he tries to comply, it’s soon clear that he and his party members are dashing toward the scream instead of going their separate ways. The lights continue to go out as they bolt through the halls-- stopping finally as the group comes to see two hired hands; one standing frozen in horror… and one being constricted by shadows.

Not knowing what to do, Kü tries to counterspell the tendrils of darkness. When nothing happens, he instead casts fly on himself and throws his tiny body at the Drow chef in front of him-- who is suspended in midair, choking from the pressure on his throat. He succeeds, but only inasmuch as he gets him on the ground. Kü watches as the light dies in the chef’s eyes-- not unlike the lantern fires that now flicker to life around them. Kess, acting quickly, brings out a diamond and uses Revivify to save the fallen housemate. The druid then heals him for good measure; giving him no time to recover from his experience before she and Pearce give him food and drink before asking him to recount the events of the night. He doesn’t remember much, and before the two can dig in deeper, Norse pulls Kess aside to ask what the actual fuck is going on. 

Her daughter tells her about Mother, about Kü’s past, about their current predicament. She fears Kü is a warlock, and that the shadowy magic comes from his patron, who is wreaking havoc in their home. Mind clouded by fury, Norse reveals that she was plotting to kill Xarus already, and with this secret out-- a wave of calm washes over her-- and she marvels at Kess having enough magic within her to save a life. It’s then that Norse ushers the younger Shadowmore away to check on her friends. She sees Pearce, and they link up to head outside for Kü. However, once there, they see no trace of him. He’s vanished.

I’ll Fly Away

Unbeknownst to anyone, Kü used the remainder of his Fly spell to escape soundlessly from the Shadowmore manor. It carries him to the treeline of Mardosta, and once it fails, he falls into the snow, sobbing. His shaking arms reach up and lift the helmet from his head-- bringing it to face him. Nothing happens, and the kobold tries to form one word. His heavy heart crushes the ‘why’ rising from his gut, and he lays down on the unforgiving snow. Kü squeezes the skull to his chest and sleep claims him. The green and purple of the aurora above stick behind his eyelids as they close. They twist into a nightmare of screams, slaughter, and ash until everything goes still; melting into a small campfire. The warmth radiates from his mind to his body, and an excited voice calls out to him. Kü attempts to respond, but there is some sort of disconnect. The cry implores him to find them-- admitting they’ve been watching him for some time and are anxious to meet him.

Kü awakens, afraid and unsettled. He reaches out to Mother, who tells him that she’s tired and will talk to him in the morning. The kobold, however, has other plans. He refuses to wait, and Mother fumes at the fact that he thinks he is in any position to be demanding when he took away her kill, but she relents. She asks if Kü doesn’t want her to get stronger anymore, and he timidly replies that he does, but he needs to know who she really is. Her anger rises as she fires back the same question to him-- accusing him of not acting like himself, of being stupid. In recompense for his insolence, Mother tells him that now, HE needs to spill blood for her once a day. If he doesn’t, she will be forced to, and she won’t show any prejudice. Seeing no other way out, the kobold agrees, placing the skull back on his head and sits in silence. After a couple of hours watching the night sky, Kü grows hungry and he decides to try and make his way (SOMEHOW) back to the mansion.

While all this is happening, Kess and Pearce are panicking. Kess shapeshifts into a giant owl and persuades Pearce to hop on her back. In this higher vantage point, they find the missing kobold within twenty minutes, and Kess swoops down to intercept him. Kü assumes he is about to be eaten until he sees Pearce, and Kess drops her form before he can run away. Things escalate quickly from here, and I bet you can guess whose fault it is. Pearce whips out his gun and points it at Kü, assuring the kobold that he doesn’t want to hurt him, but he needs to remove the helmet. Kü relents, placing it on the ground. Kess and Pearce take in their friend’s visage for the first time. He sports small, nubby horns and a long, healed scar from the top of his head to his nose. The gunslinger asks for one reason not to shoot the skull, and Kü tells him he doesn’t think it would stop Mother. The two quickly realize, however, that Kü doesn’t need to be wearing the skull for his powers, which seems to soothe them somewhat. 

Mommy Dearest

Because the hits to my heart never stop, Kü voices his decision to leave the group. He tells Kess and Pearce that he wants to go home to his cave, and they agree-- excited to go with him, thinking digging into his past may help. The kobold shakes his head and clarifies he wants to go alone; he is afraid their timers will go faster if they stay with him-- and that as long as he’s in Mardosta, people will continue to die. He realizes he can let go of his anger at Gus, who only left because he thought what he was doing was right. Pearce tells Kü he has effectively paused his timer; and he and Kess aren’t going anywhere. Kess says they can find a way to break it, but Kü dejectedly murmurs, “She’s the only one who won’t leave. I can’t let her leave; not again’. So-- they then discuss other options; Kü wonders if he can find a Scott-like douchebag (and Xarus, just saying) to take out every day to keep Mother away.

Kess brandishes the page she ripped from the library book and hands it to Kü. He sees the illustration of the struggling victim of the shadows but is unable to read the words; so he passes it off to Pearce to read for him. Afterward, Kess asks the kobold if he believes the entity in his mind to still be his mother. Kü launches into the story of what happened to his real mom in answer; saying that a giant spider had stalked him and that his mother gave up her life for his-- and months later he found her skull, picked clean from other scavengers. That’s when he heard her, telling him to pick up the skull and take her with him. Kess, unnerved by the story, switches back into her owl form and flies the trio to a cave she used to hide in-- covered in dusty furniture and knick knacks. They start a fire with the forgotten relics, and from the flames comes the voice that Kü heard in his dream. She introduces herself as Kertilios, encouraging Kü to call her Kerti. They are able to communicate this time, and Kü learns that she is the disowned daughter of Skugamor, the Goddess of Warmth, the Daughter of Firelight. She tells him they can get rid of Mother together, and he took an important first step by removing his helmet; they’ll need to destroy it.

Overwhelmed, Kü admits that his waking hours hadn’t been very good to him, and though the sleeping hours weren’t much better, he needed some time away from the hurt. The kobold hands off his helmet to Pearce and lies down by the fire. Pearce lets Kess sleep as well, watching the skull for an hour or two before the changeling rises from her sleep, unable to breathe. The gunslinger instinctively attempts to shoot the skull, throwing an apology to Kü as he does so. Kü, however, does not hear it-- his mind is an unending echo of questions. The Shadowmother heard Kü talking to Kerti, and she’s not happy. In terror, Kü makes an effort to banish Kess to another plane of existence long enough for her to be out of Mother’s grip, but it fails. Pearce continues attacking the resilient bone, and Kess shapeshifts to loosen the hold the shadows have on her. Out of magical options, Kü gives Mother a warning. He tells her, “Let go of my friend, you FUCKING BITCH”, and when she doesn’t, he pulls the last bead from his Necklace of Fireball and the helmet goes up in flames; Pearce narrowly missing secondhand damage. The shadows recede violently with a howl, and Kü drops to his knees, hearing a small “You’ve done it” from Kerti in his mind.

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TL;DR

I was not ready for Kü’s Molly Weasley moment, y’all.

I think this is an important time to mention that self-harm does not fix anything; even fantasy problems. *cough*Kess*cough*

Can we be done with the Sad now?? What do you mean we still have DADDY ISSUES to explore?!

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Hugs and Kesses my friends, and catch the next session over at twitch.tv/lochness on September 8th at 7:30CST/8:30EST! If you’d like to watch THIS episode, follow the link below:

Secret Adventure Society | Session 30: Fire and Bone

#secretadventure #Dungeons and Dragons #dnd #d&d #d&d homebrew #recap #stream recap #Episode Recap #homebrew #twitch #youtube #podcast #actual play #streaming #stream #dnd 5th edition #dnd 5e homebrew #dnd 5e campaign #dnd actual play #kobold #warlock #changeling #druid #gunslinger #roleplay #combat #patron

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Tim Conway, Star From 'The Carol Burnett Show,' Dies at 85

Tim Conway, the impish second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, starred aboard "McHale's Navy" and later voiced the role of Barnacle Boy for "Spongebob Squarepants," has died. He was 85.

Conway died Tuesday morning in a Los Angeles care facility after a long illness, according to Howard Bragman, who heads LaBrea Media. Conway's wife, Charlene Fusco, and a daughter, Jackie, were at his side.

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A native of Ohio, Conway credited his Midwestern roots for putting him on the right path to laughs, with his deadpan expression and innocent, simple-minded demeanor.

"I think the Midwest is the heart of comedy in this country, and a little bit of the South, too," he told the Wisconsin State Journal in 2005. "For some reason, we're just more laid-back, more understanding. ... And Midwesterners have a kinder sense of humor."

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Those qualities probably contributed to his wide popularity on "The Carol Burnett Show," which he joined in 1975 after years as a frequent guest. The show aired on CBS from 1967 to 1978 and had a short summer stint on ABC in 1979.

"We really didn't attack people or politics or religion or whatever. We just made fun of, basically, ourselves," he said.

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The show operated with just five writers, one producer, one director and without network interference. The ensemble cast surrounding the redheaded star included Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner.

"I don't think the network would allow a show like 'The Carol Burnett Show' now because we had such freedom," Conway said in his interview with the State Journal.

While America was laughing at Conway, so were his co-stars: Burnett and Harvey Korman were often caught by the camera trying not to crack up during his performances.

The short, nondescript Conway and the tall, imposing Korman were a physical mismatch made in comedy heaven. They toured the country for years with a sketch show called "Together Again," which drew on characters from Burnett's show.

Besides the four Emmys he won with Burnett (three as a performer, one as a writer), he won Emmys for guest appearances in 1996 for "Coach" and in 2008 for "30 Rock."

Conway also had a modest but steady movie career, appearing in such films as "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975), "The Shaggy D.A." (1976), "Cannonball Run II" (1984), "Dear God" (1996) and "Air Bud 2" (1998).

"The Apple Dumpling Gang" and "Cannonball Run II" allowed him to work with his comedic hero, Don Knotts, who died in 2006.

"If there's any reason at all I'm in the business, I think it's Don," Conway once said. "He's an icon in this business. He's an icon that's never going to be duplicated."

He also found success in the 1980s in a series of comedy videos based on an oddly short character named Dorf. (Carefully costumed, Conway performed the bits on his knees.) Among them were "Dorf on Golf" and "Dorf Goes Fishing."

More recently Conway voiced the role of Barnacle Boy for the hugely popular children's series "SpongeBob SquarePants."

He was born Thomas Conway in 1933 in the Cleveland suburb of Willoughby. He attended Bowling Green State University and served in the U.S. Army. He got his career start on local TV in Cleveland in the 1950s, where his duties included comedy spots on a late-night movie show.

He was spotted by Rose Marie of "The Dick Van Dyke Show," who got him an audition for "The Steve Allen Show." He became a regular on the show in the early 1960s. It was Allen who had advised him to change his name from Tom to Tim to avoid being confused with a British actor.

Following the Allen show, Conway gained attention as the incompetent Ensign Charles Parker on the Ernest Borgnine sitcom "McHale's Navy" from 1962-66. That led to series of his own, including "Rango" and "The Tim Conway Show," but they were short-lived.

"McHale's Navy" fans loved watching Ensign Parker infuriate the ever-flammable Captain Binghamton (played by Joe Flynn), but it was Conway's work on Burnett's show that would bring him lasting fame.

Conway and his wife, Mary Anne Dalton, married in 1961 and had six children. The marriage ended in divorce. He later married Charlene Fusco.

Photo Credit: Getty Images Tim Conway, Star From 'The Carol Burnett Show,' Dies at 85 published first on Miami News

[duaneodavila]

Short Take: Masterpiece Lost

The Supreme Court punted in its Masterpiece Cakeshop decision, a 7-2 ruling that reversed the Colorado Civil Rights Commission on the narrowest of grounds, so fact-bound as to make it generally inapplicable to any other scenario. By doing so, the Court failed to answer the two questions posed: can a person be compelled to engage in speech against his will to avoid discrimination, and does discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation take precedence over discrimination on the basis of religion.

We’re no clearer on either issue today than we were before the ruling.

As many have noted, the path the court took toward ruling for the baker clearly reflected a compromise among justices with very different views. The court dealt with the profound issues of free expression and freedom of religion that the case seemed to present (whether it really presented them is a separate question) by avoiding them; as Prof. Michael Dorf of Cornell Law School wrote of the opinion, “At best, it is a masterpiece of ducking the hard questions.”

And Linda Greenhouse isn’t at all pleased with the outcome.

Those of us who were afraid that the Supreme Court would use the Masterpiece Cakeshop case to issue a license to discriminate against gay people in the name of religion breathed a sigh of relief on Monday. The court’s insistence that the dignity and equality of gay individuals “must be given great weight and respect by the courts” made clear that no such general license will be forthcoming as long as the majority opinion’s author, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, remains on the bench.

Rather than hinge her fears on the vagaries of language like “dignity,” Justice Kennedy’s favorite word, and the trade off for “equality” for gay individuals that comes at the expense of compelled speech and free exercise of religion, despite their enumeration in the First Amendment, she lays the problem at Justice Kennedy’s door.

“As long as” is an important qualification, of course; the retirement intentions of Justice Kennedy, who turns 82 next month and is the court’s longest-serving current member, are the subject of increasingly frantic speculation.

This reflects a two-pronged problem: will Anthony Kennedy stay on the Supreme Court as Protector of the Faith? And if he doesn’t, will Darth Cheeto nominate the Ghost of Bork to replace him? But as Greenspan goes on to note, not even Justice Kennedy can be reliably trusted to hold firm to her “exquisite sensitivites.”

My fear is that the Supreme Court has imposed a regime of constitutional political correctness on how we talk about religion. There is a striking contrast between the exquisite sensitivity for religious feelings that Justice Kennedy displayed on Monday and his casual rejection only four years ago of the notion that unwanted exposure to religious speech could be so offensive to nonbelievers as to violate their constitutional rights. I’m referring to Town of Greece v. Galloway, a 2014 decision on whether the overtly Christian prayers with which an upstate New York town opened its monthly town board meetings violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

Notably, Greenhouse put little effort into explaining why the holdings appear inconsistent, and there is a view that Galloway was an unprincipled decision that gave a grudging hat tip to a tradition that wasn’t really too awful but couldn’t really pass constitutional muster if it was put to a serious test. To say so, however, would have made clear that the free exercise of religion has become a disfavored right, despite its enumeration, amongst a certain crowd who have other fish to fry.

Nonetheless, the religious right didn’t get what it wanted from this case, and we have Justice Kennedy to thank for that. He found a way for two gay men to lose a case without setting back the cause of gay equality for which he has earned his place in history.

For Greenhouse, the decision was simple: she favors “dignity and equality for gay individuals” over religion and free speech. For others, the question remains how, or whether, we can accommodate everyone’s rights. Kennedy’s opinion didn’t answer any of these questions, for which he has earned his place in history.

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[cherylshots]

#tim conway #dorf goes fishing #dvd #1993 #90s #1990s

[who-is-shades]

raz dnd 6

dorf is leading us to the fish villiage. teya is secret messaging dorf with a cantrip wtf. parsley asks when they learned telepathy. teya is avoidant. dorf says we gotta take a detour in the forest. raz had moss do a random dex check and didnt explain why. then teya. then wheatley trips. senna helps him up. android insults him of course. senna then fumbles over with wheatley. then android trips too the dick going to a river. parsley laughs at him.

we can see houses down the river on stilts. dorf says its the place. he rolls down the slope lol. the rest of us slide down carefully. dorf warns us to be cautious and open minded cause they dont like outsiders.

the town smells like rotten fish phew. senna has incense in her armor though so she doesnt notice much. wheatley cant smell so lol. some fish guards at the front. they speak fish and point their spears at us. dorf can speak to them somehow. they agree to escort us so we stay close to dorf.

walking past houses and the fish people are staring at us. we get stopped and gestured to stay on the left. were gonna pass an 'asylum' and to keep back from it. we pass a platform with more villiage shit. at the top is a big throne alter thing decorated with river stuff. theres an arch priest and some unfurled banners.

the guards speak to the priest. the priest can speak to us! parsley shuts up after insulting the priest on accident. dorf is exasperated. as dorf and the priest talk, senna notices their getting surrounded. the priest agrees to teach dorf and offers a demonstration.

senna whispers to everyone about being surrounded. yep they wanna sacrifice us. behind the priest is a big tarp covering something. its a poorly built statue and a familiar symbol to senna. senna is having a bad time. dorf tells us to fight back!

(raz is giving us 2 rounds for...something? SUS) kua-toa battle!

senna is a little out of it but snaps back when theres a failed stab and she shocks him back. parsley also avoided being stabbed. he attacks the guy that hit him and the guy senna hit. wheatley gets hit. he casts false life on teya. space core misses. teya avoids a hit. teya missed. (raz tells kay to add points?! WHAT POINTS) senna rolled a 1 dex save and got fucked.

parsley gets hit with a net and is restrained. senna uses her turn to free him. wheatley avoided being hit. parsley kills one pog and attacks another one but misses. wheatley gets hit then he goes on the attack and uses branding smite and hits both. (the priest and other fish are praying and the statue is gathering energy) space core got up. wheatley is now caught in a net. teya uses firebolt and hits. senna wheatley and parsley get hit with bane. senna and parsley avoid it, wheatley gets hit.

senna goes to free wheatley and succeeds. (the statue is glowing more) senna gets attacked but is totally missed lol. (dorf gives up and goes on the attack) parsley misses. wheatley gets smacked. (its getting hotter from the statue, did it move?!) wheatley goes and hits both times and kills them pog. space core flubs oh well. parsley dodged an attack. teya fireballs the arch-priest! he passes but still gets some damage. the statue absorbs the fuckin fire and glows more! THE STATUE IS MOVING!

dorf says he has a plan. the god jumps in front of us. dorf needs us to distract the god until hes ready fuck. hes prepping his magic. soul of cinder looking ass. LAZRIS versus us. fuck.

Blessed are they who stand before The corrupt and the wicked and DO. NOT. FALTER. (senna) (everyone thinks shes being cool and badass)

senna crits with a mace but the damage sucks. dorf is in a magic circle. parsley throws a handaxe at its head and he screams at it. the handaxe melts and it looks at parsley wickedly. it opens it mouth and screams thousands of souls. (the priest is trying to stop dorf and they begin praying again so the statue is getting stronger) wheatley casts heroism on himself. SP epic fails. (the statue is unfinished. senna sees a familiar face but im not telling you haha) teya tries to vampiric touch and doesnt hit. it drains from her instead! (5 points? what does this mean raz wtf)

Lazris attacks parsley. it attacks him with his whip like flaming fingers.

senna hits it with guiding bolt and it stares at me. senna is big mad. dorf is still charging. parsley is yelling at senna like wtf. the statue glows more due to praying. parsley misses both times. wheatley casts branding smite on the statue and hits. it looks at wheatley oh no. spacecore missed. teya casts ray of enfiblement but misses and she drinks a health potion (and removes 2 points wtf)

Lazris screams a soul crystal spear at wheatley. he survives but barely. senna casts healing word (fucking hell) on wheatley. i also cast beacon of hope on teya parsley and wheatley. (it actually does the opposite on teya wtf) dorfs still doing magic. the statue calls out senna "oh child of the ember why did you leave my warm embrace" senna just snarls at him. "oh you never strayed far" (raz you bitch) the statue glows more and turns toward spingledorf.

parsley calls him a shithead. and he also missed his attacks. wheatley missed. spacecore hit a 21 fuck yeah he did damage good boy. teya does 8 chilltouch damage, 1 point and drinks a health potion 2 points away. it looks at teya.

Lazris forces teya into a dex save. failed. it streams souls at teya! shes downed and 3 points. senna casts cure wounds and teya wakes up thank god and removes 3 points? the sky goes dark and dorf wishes for the god to be destroyed. the cult finishes praying and the statue activates at the same time. BRIGHT LIGHT! spingledorf looks exhausted and coughs up blood. the statue is crumbling but still alive, but barely. teya gets 4 points wtf?

parsley hits it in the head. the statue has lost most of its heat so no melting. wheatley casts shield on himself but the spell doesnt cast? (bane is also gone) he misses. space core isnt moving (no magic wtf) teya uses her dagger and gains a point.

the statue looks at spingledorf and is moving toward dorf and begins crumbling and tries to hit him. dorf tells teya page 34 and tosses her his book AND HE FUCKIN GETS CRUSHED AND THE STATUE DIES. senna tells everyone 'uh no magic and i cant bring him back' the fish people flee.

its a teleportation circle on the page. zen and android show up. senna falls to her knees. shes very...not doing well. teya is very bad. parsley pats senna on the shoulder. senna wants so badly to fix him. zen tries to shake her out of it. wheatley is freaking out about fixing his child. he manages to get out the anti field and space core wakes up.

senna is being dragged away by zen. teya draws the circle. nothing happens for a sec then it glows. theres a dwarf in the middle of the circle, young and red haired?! SPINGLEDORF IS ALIVE AND YOUNG?! senna flings herself at him and starts sobbing. (hes just in his undies its funny lol) he apologizes for how badly things went. (also 1 point teya?) parsley asks him wtf is going on. dorf made a clone of himself and his soul comes to take it? senna calms down and apologizes and thanks him.

wheatley tries to get our attention and shows us the anti magic field. senna looks at teya. she looks really sunken in. (space core puts his hand in and out of the field) senna runs over to teya panicked. teya chugs a health potion. (minus 1 point) senna shows teya's reflection in her shield. (gain a point again wtf)

a chunk of teya's arm has fallen off. senna calmly makes her sit down. her hands sink into her shoulders and are covered in gunk. senna calmly tells teya to tell her how to help. (zen is helping dorf with the statue to get his shit back)

teya isnt sure but dorf said potions help (wheatley goes eeby deeby) she asks how many potions teya has left so she begins drinking them. some of the potions do nothing. she does look a little healthier. she drinks all her greater potions too. looks much better. still on 5 points.

senna calmly walks over to spingledorf. she makes him walk over to teya and explain wtf is going on. he says the anti magic field is making her worse. whatever was helping her is gone now. senna tells teya she wants to help no matter what, even if teya doesnt wanna tell her whats going on.

zen informs us of a level up poggers! but teya and dorf beg him not to cause it will make her worse. senna asks zen to only level up her and parsley so teya wont suffer. god speaks through zen to teya. teya says she rots faster when she gets stronger. zen offers to talk telepathetically with teya but she says everyone should hear this.

teya had died. she is now a lich but she doesnt know how it happaned. god knew and was prepping something to help her for when she beats the wizard.he tells her if she doesnt get stronger she will be a hinderence. zen will have to moniter her to figure out how to fix this. teya has dorf though so lol. teya relents and accepts the power. she totally heals and has no points but then gains 3 points.

senna has an important decision to make when leveling up. find out when it...actually...becomes useful xD

parsley asks wtf is all this lich shit. teya says her brother knows but hes being cagey. senna asks if shes allowed to hit him, teya says after her lol. dorf notices senna accepting redacted. she will do anything to help teya. we go back in the mansion and away from the fish people. dorf tells teya he planned on making teya her own clone so she could have a fresh body. itll take time though.

dorf says we can go take a path and relax yay! senna takes teya's hands and says its bubble bath time! also senna senses that her magic did...something bad with teya but shes not sure. she needs to investigate. time for a bath and massage! senna is being gay and trying to reassure teya she thinks shes fantastic even if she becomes a skeleton.

senna sneaks up on parsley and dumps the bucket on him and runs back to teya. he flips senna off and hides back under the water. senna goes and gets a massage. parsley asks teya where he can eat. he goes to eat. dorf is glad hes there to come and eat with him! teya gains a point (she rots faster damn) shes going to look at the bedrooms.

a black door lowers and opens for her. its a necromancy themed bedroom lol. senna walks over and asks teya whats up. teya says its too grim. senna offers to find her own room. she has 2 doors wtf?! white/gold door looks nice and clean and fancy. the red door is very red and hot, got a fireplace and a dragonhead over it. senna ushers teya into the white door it looks much nicer lol.

senna picks up a pillow and smirks at teya. PILLOW FIGHT! teya slips and falls on senna on the bed oh nooooo! senna keeps hitting her with the pillow lol. teya is trying to block me lol.

parsley is taken by dorf to the bedrooms. he also gets 2 doors! 1 door goes to like a cabin like a plant room fairy like and shit and nature. door 2 has like animal fur and weapons and shit. he goes into the weapon room so he can 'restock' but its just decorations so he goes to bed lol.

#mod shades #dnd #dnd adventures

[who-is-shades]

raz dnd 4

wheatley spacecore and parsley wake up cool. robot god is confused why this keeps happening lol. senna puts her arms around wheatley in relief. they lean in ;-; teya is dead asleep though lol.

zen is glad their back. parsley went back to sleep, wheatley is a little confused how long he was out. he realizes he has a soul. android is being a jerk and wheatley isnt having it. android says he doesnt have a soul and wheatley stomps over pissed.

wheatley is going to hit him but zen steps in and seperates them. wheatley avoids senna and walks off :( long rest. also teya has scars now.

its morning! parsley is confused lol. zen happily informs him his soul left again lol. zen also made breakfast! how did he get bacon? god apparently lol. wheatley is solar powered! his batteries run for 1 year after storing!

senna preps teya's plate for her since shes all sore. parsley realizes teya is scarred. wheatley walks away from camp to soak in the sun. space core is just running around adorably. parsley gives it bacon but i dont think it can eat it.

wheatley is a little insecure so zen goes over and talks to him. he just says hes tired. wheatley doesnt wanna be hated. zen says its not possible to avoid that. someone will always hate you for one way or another.

wheatley asks why the god has a lot of warforged, but arent they organic made? zen says he had organic worshipers once wheatleys creators. wheatley doesnt remember who his people were. he thinks android would know but isnt sure he wants to know. god sent android with us in the hopes he comes to care about organics. (hard mode) then they talk about how to worship the robot god xD

we continue on the journey! zen stops us cause something is coming. nooo. the grounds shaking. its a giant! zen tells us to retreat! space core wants to climb it.... oh no. it bolts toward the giant. senna goes after space core to try and stop it. giant is big and angry. zen also runs toward us to try and stop us. the giant tries to kill us but FUCKING SPINGLEDORF TURNS IT INTO A STONE?! HES OLD AND ALIVE FUCK YEAH!!

spacecore loves his star robe lol. he wants stars and spingledorf gives him an illusion of stars ;-; he introduces himself with like a flare show lol. senna curtsies and dorf bows. dorf is excited to learn that sp is wheatleys son. this is so fun! teya and dorf talk about magic lol.

he says he had a talking skull friend and lost all his necromancy powers xD named lancelot?! hes from another world! he accidentally teleported to a different world and couldnt go back. he mentions nana xD he stops rambling and asks what were up to. mission from god! android tells us to shut up lol. zen also agrees darn. dorf is excited to see so many warforged. he asks if were all friends sadge. parsley says his name is also spingledorf lol. we tell him not to talk to android, cause hes an asshole. dorf says android is bad at insults lol.

spacecore pulled off one of the stars oh no. he tries to attach it to himself aww. it sticks there! dorf didnt know that could happen lol. hes on a quest to study a race of magical fish people? they have an ability to bring a god into reality?! can make gods?! (my internet got a little fucky here)

he noticed weird energy on teya and asks if shes healthy. teya has no idea lol. senna is worried :( dorf offers to look into this later. dorf wants our help! (HE HAS WISH AS A SPELL WTF) his magic shows the fish people are around here. zen says we can do this, we gotta get stronger! dorf joins the party! (hes level 20 jeezus)

senna tries to get teya to talk cause shes distracted. teya says the trolls talked about what we tasted like. they said teya tasted rotten. senna says it might be from the necromancy? teya says its all weird.

space core runs up to teya and starts tapping her. he forgets what he wanted to do and walks away lol. then it comes back and pats her lol. wheatley goes back in the tube cause addi goes eepy.

dorf notices that senna was a sorcerer! dun dun duuuun! she tries to deflect it being a cleric but it doesnt work. senna reiteritates she has not ever been a sorcerer. dorf just....doesnt pick up on anything xD

senna deflates and says she gave up sorcery. she says shes lived a long life, she no longer needs it. he says she has great capability with fire! senna just books it away from dorf. parsley tells dorf he pissed her off and teya tells him to give her some space. zen tells them not to stray too far.

teya goes to try and talk to her. she asks if shes ok and senna just mumbles that shes fine. getting angrier with every 'im fine.' she allows teya to stay.

dorf says he senses nothing from parsley lol xD parsleys lies that spingledorf is a common fairy name so maybe hes part fairy xD senna mumbles wtf are they doing back there? teya yells at parsley in sylven lol. senna is trying not to laugh at all these shennagins.

dorf points at a tree and it comes to life! an animated tree! fuck! the tree wants us to just leave him alone so we keep walking nice. spingledorf the dwarf and spingledorf the fairy (parsley lol)

parsley explain that sylvein is fey language so dorf should be able to pick it up. he asks parsley to teach him. senna cant understand but she KNOWS what their doing. dorf tries to say 'hello' to senna and she just starts praying lol.

dorf also apologizes for upsetting senna. she cant stay mad at him so she kneels down and gives him a hug xD puss in boots looking mf-

he mentions he met toriel! and the other members of the group! AND his cousin dans! (not yet cause other group but eventually) teya is fuckin SHOOK. she has a panic attack! senna helps her sit down.

parsley distracts dorf by 'teaching him more fey'. senna stays with teya to help her calm down. parsley takes the book away to close it and dorf fuckin loses it for a sec xD

senna is helping teya calm down from her panic attack. she calms down and apologizes for freaking out. senna asks if she wants to talk about it. senna says that tori was her sister. senna rubs her thumb over her cheek and says to take solice that tori is living a full life somewhere. senna understands missing someone that should be dead.

teya says wishes dont help. dorf naturally says he has a wish spell wtf. senna is like 'wtf you can do what?!' teya doesnt wanna hurt spingledorf though.

teya asks if tori is happy. dorf says she seemed happy. 2 kids. totally dating dans xD (now b team CANT see the group until dans and tori are a thing) she asks if events from there are similiar here. dorf says theres differences and hasnt met the others from that world. teya asks if her family is still alive. dorf says tori never talked about them only that something terrible happaned. says dans told him about tori's sad life while they were drinking. teya says tori caused that to happen here oh no xD

senna asks if he heard of parsley or senna. dorf says senna looks like someone from a violent religious group. (lol) senna distracts everyone and says we gotta find the fish people. dorf sadly remembers the religious groups name: The Noble Ember. whooo lore.

senna looks extremely distraught. teya rolls a history check but doesnt know shit xD dorf says they got wiped out a long time ago, but might be making a comeback. senna also then has a panic attack. she cant hear anyone shes just fuckin gone.

teya yells at parsley to stop spingledorf so he distracts him by asking him to find someplace to eat. he summons some doors!? it leads to a mansion?! parsley does NOT wanna go in there lol. he says we can bring food back for the others and dorf is confused. sadly you cant bring the food out. parsley tells dorf the girls cant go because their upset. teya says they need a moment. the doors disappear.

senna is totally freaked out, rocking back and forth saying 'i cant do this again' over and over. teya holds sennas hands awww. her hands are cold and begins to snap senna out of it. she touches her face and she melts in her hands and collapses into teya. she says she doesnt feel very well. dorf offers a place to rest and reopens the doors! senna is weary and grateful. teya helps senna up and leads her inside. parsley stays outside with the robots.

one of the servents helps support senna and gets her inside.

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