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"Ugh... head brain pound hurting!" Chatters pukes for hopefully the final time "Grr this is your fault guilt!" Chatters stares at his hand angerly before slapping himself over the face with it "Agh! Traitor hand thing how dare challenge me! Chatters will show you who is pack boss leader!"

Fight my traitor hand I must put it back into its place!

Spoiler: Chatters (click to show/hide)

Name: Chatters
Species: Skaven Legally distinct rat creature
Species distinctives: Legally distinct rat creatures are known for backstabbery, cowardice, and general xenophobia luckily for his party Chatters happens to be something of a saint among his kind and as such usually only ticks off 2/3 of these boxes (The cowardice and xenophobia one) they also tend to have aversion to sunlight due to them spending most of there lives underground.
Quest objectives: Summon the Horned Rat Make a name for himself
Inventory: Nanotube injection arm attachment "borrowed" from Cy-Bog Bob

(1) This goes exactly as one might expect. You bite your hand. Hard. it bleeds. You hurt. Now i roll for serious damage: (1) You sever a finger and cause nerve damage, making gripping objects difficult. Huh. Your teeth are pretty sharp and strong, after all. Let's call this one a "moral victory."

all but one of me spread out and monitor the area around our home, the last of me is watching the dirty comms hub (which needs cleaning and afterwards will hopefully be working) and seeing if anyone is willing to get it cleaned and working.

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Spoiler: Collar Messages (click to show/hide)

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Spoiler: Status and Location (click to show/hide)

1> (F) : Exploring!
2> (M) : Exploring!
3> (F) :  Exploring!
4> (F) :  Exploring, fur removed from head
5> (M) : Exploring, has a dirty paw.
6> (F) : Exploring!
7> (M) : Watching over the comms hub
8> (F) : Exploring!

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Spoiler: Kit (click to show/hide)

Name: Kit (Kitty Hive)
Species: A litter of 8 kittens that are linked together into a single hivemind.
Species distinctives: This litter of kittens have had their brains linked since before birth, and are essentially a single mind spread across eight tiny bodies. They show near-human intelligence, and are able to operate independently or together as desired. Their maximum separation range has not been determined, but placing one of them in orbit with the rest left on the planet caused no negative effects, and they were still able to act cohesively with no noticeable delay. To facilitate communication each kitten has been given a collar with a small digital display that shows whatever text the kitten desires it to display, up to a maximum of 13 characters long.
Overall status: Fine!
Quest objectives: Find useful tools!
Inventory: collars with a digital display and neurolink to the wearer. each individual collar can display up to 13 characters at once.
Action Tokens: 1

(5) Your explorations yield results! You find an entire pile of Janitor Clones lying dormant. You paw one curiously and a panel on it's chest activates. "Clone boot up sequence, intitiating in 5 ... 4 ... 4 ... 1 ..." and then a mechanical appendage extents from the clone's backpack and delivers a swift, but solid, kick to another clone's posterior. that clone's panel flickers for a moment, then falls silent, until a second kick lights it up entirely. The clone rolls over, out of reach of the offending appendage, and rubs it's posterior as it slowly rises to it's feet, clad completely in it's standard hazmat suit, complete with mop, sniffer, broom attachment (sans broom head), and themronuclear incinerator (probably non-operational).

"Not liking the looks of that storm, we should probably find something to act as a wall."
Look around close to camp for a tarp or anything similar to use as a wall to keep the weather out of our camp.

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Name: Debby
Species: Deer person
Species distinctives: Has the body of a human but the head of a deer.
Status:

Quest objectives: Enjoy this really cheap vacation
Inventory:
 Casual clothing
 Sunglasses
 Wide brimmed hat
 Cellphone has a map of the planet and less accessories
 Camera
 Suitcase filled with clothing
 Face covering made from clothing
 Bloody clothing
 Rusty pipe with a pointy end
 Half a bottle of bleach
 Sweater/backpack with paws
Action tokens: 2

(4) you find enough material to seal up the shelter reasonably well, and enough wood for a small campfire. Now if only someone had dumped some hotdogs and marshmallows in this sector of the trash heap ...

Cool!  This stuff looks amazing!

Jump into a few of these hexagonal plates, and try to figure out what tools I need to shape them or form them into body elements.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Geryon Vagante
Species: Poltergeist
Species Distinctives: Incorporeal creature with natural telekinetic abilities.  Must possess some object to survive for more than a few minutes.  Must occasionally consume objects, rendering them into ash, rust, or other high-entropy forms to regain energy.  Innate radar sense capable of detecting and analyzing nearby objects.
Quest Objective: Form awesome body capable of retaking to the stars.
Inventory: Currently possessing a good cart wheel.
Stuff:Two by four, metal pole, cinder block, two good cart wheels, metal bed pieces, air compressor.  Pile of food, including broken electronics, wood, fur, books, t-shirts, mechanisms.  Incomplete shock weapon, needs batteries.
One Action Point.
One Energy Point. (Ate an extra meal.)

The hexagons are inert, nonmechanical. They'd work best as plating or structural pieces on a very large body or vehicle. to morph them for use on a person-sized body would require some pretty heavy energy use. You'd have to dissolve a lot of functional machinery. (3) you store a mental record of their structure for use though. You can make the same pattern out of other material later.

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Name: Bowser
Species: Koopa
Species distinctives: Much larger than the average koopa, with claws on his fingers and toes, and dangerous looking white spikes dotting his large, green shell, and a flaming red floppy mohawk sits between two horns on his head. Able to breathe fire.
Status: Grouchy
Quest objectives: Establish dominance and authority on this planet and add it to my kingdom
Inventory: Two spiked bracelets on each arm and a spiked collar, and a duffel bag containing a cannon, two cannonballs, and two powder bags

Wait out the storm inside my shell underneath the overhang of hexagons

You very unhelpfully retreat into your shell and fall alseep.

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Two event rolls: One for the home team, and one for the away team:
Home: (3) The Janitor Clones seem to be drawn to the Chad Brand chocolates, and march in force to the home base, hoovering up the chocolates as they go.

Away: (5) A building sized legged machine strolls near to your camp, occasionally interacting with the trash heap with mechanical arms, a cargo scoop, or the occasional sensor. Several spotlights shine out into the darkness, or down at the thing's footing as it goes. There are several smaller bots moving along with the Heap Crawler as well, some apparently darting about semi-randomly, some seeming to scavenge off the larger bot, and some apparently doing more specific tasks. You smell opportunity! Well, you smell garbage really. But the Heap Crawler is pretty neat, anyway.

Almost forgot:

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Name: Bowser Jr.
Species: Koopa
Species Distinctives: A much smaller specimen compared to the fully-fledged Koopa, unable to blow anything other than smoke. Making up for being small and weak by being dexterous and quick. Has red colored hair tied into a ponytail.
Status: Figuring out where the heck he is.
Quest Objective: Help pops conquer more kingdoms.
Stuff:
- Giant Paintbrush Used to be friggin' magic, now it's just a big stupid stick.
- Bandana It's not a bib! It's a bandana!

(6) You land surprisingly gently. And then your door explodes outward with a solid thunk, and tehn a second smaller thud immediately after, followed by a sickening splat sound.You see dozens fo hazmatted figures outside your pod, and a bloddstained lump under neath your door, which is currently being carried off to who knows where by several of the hazmatted figures. Suddenly, your pod lurches sideways, and slowly rises off the ground. Looks like yo umight be getting a bit carried away also ...

Why wasn't the Island Bob Ate^TM the same one where the fighting all is?

Proceed with the plan. Keep our ant escorts in some kind of order, especially if battle happens. Wonder idly if our equipment might have aided us in our diplomatic efforts.

((maybe Hugh didn't think of eating arms as harmful?))

"Remember, our goal is to get the Artisan it's building permits. The whole point of this conflict is to get the ants to agree to that. The actual outcome of their battles is irrelevant. We are simply after bargaining points so we can get our task done."

"This Artisan is a servant of one of the Magi and needs to build a station of some kind in ant territory. The ants have been preventing it, but will allow it if we do something for them. Their first suggestion was murder, which we refused. So now, we are instigating war between them and another ant faction because the Magi they serve set their species up to self regulate through infighting and coups. I forget our immediate goal there, but it's in service of getting the Artisan his space to build whatever it is he needs to build.

Anyway, this group seems pretty eager for war, so the ants should be sufficiently distracted and willing to cooperate. I guess?"

"Oh, this is going to be a thing, isn't it? Let's organize teh whole group into units, and take just het one unit with us. Maybe suggest the other units .... scout some side paths? Or guard various areas along the border?"

Arrange the whole mess of ants into groups containing a bombadier, a digger, three soldiers, three regular, and two scouts each, or roughly thereabouts. I recommend we take this mix with us as well. Maybe add a second digger. Additionally, suggest that the enemy ants thing the Artisan's work is stupid and bad and should by no means ever be allowed to happen, especially within our ants' borders. Be sure to comment about the weirdness of the other ants' architectural choices. "Hexagons or Octagons? The choice is obvious, isn't it?"

I stare at the collapsing bugball for a few moments, and then resume attempting to decipher what we'll need to fix the communication hub, leaving one of me to watch over that bugball in case it does weird stuff again. If it does reanimate, then I'm probably going to be running away from the creepy thing.

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Spoiler: Collar Messages (click to show/hide)

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Spoiler: Status and Location (click to show/hide)

1> (F) : Exploring!
2> (M) : Exploring!
3> (F) :  Exploring!
4> (F) :  Exploring, fur removed from head
5> (M) : Exploring, has a dirty paw.
6> (F) : Exploring!
7> (M) : in the utility room checking on Alice -> nearly comatose resting on Alice while I'm focused elsewhere.
8> (F) : Exploring!

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Spoiler: Kit (click to show/hide)

Name: Kit (Kitty Hive)
Species: A litter of 8 kittens that are linked together into a single hivemind.
Species distinctives: This litter of kittens have had their brains linked since before birth, and are essentially a single mind spread across eight tiny bodies. They show near-human intelligence, and are able to operate independently or together as desired. Their maximum separation range has not been determined, but placing one of them in orbit with the rest left on the planet caused no negative effects, and they were still able to act cohesively with no noticeable delay. To facilitate communication each kitten has been given a collar with a small digital display that shows whatever text the kitten desires it to display, up to a maximum of 13 characters long.
Overall status: Fine!
Quest objectives: Figure out where I am? -> Find useful tools!
Inventory: collars with a digital display and neurolink to the wearer. each individual collar can display up to 13 characters at once.
Action Tokens: 1

(4) The communications hub starts flashing a warning light. A small blinking icon appears, cycling between an image of a bucket with suds overflowing, and a spraybottle. A tinny voice repeats "clean me. clean me. clean me." There doesn't seem to be any otehr alarms, and there are a few green lights blinking at various spots on the cube, so maybe a good bath to get the bug goop out will do?

"Don't really need clothing, but others might need to keep this place in mind when I get back to base."
Grab several of the nooses and look around the container for a backpack or something similar.

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Name: Debby
Species: Deer person
Species distinctives: Has the body of a human but the head of a deer.
Status:

Quest objectives: Enjoy this really cheap vacation
Inventory:
 Casual clothing
 Sunglasses
 Wide brimmed hat
 Cellphone has a map of the planet and less accessories
 Camera
 Suitcase filled with clothing
 Face covering made from clothing
 Bloody clothing
 Rusty pipe with a pointy end
 Half a bottle of bleach
Action tokens: 2

Quote from: King Zultan on October 18, 2022, 05:44:46 am

"Don't really need clothing, but others might need to keep this place in mind when I get back to base."
Grab several of the nooses and look around the container for a backpack or something similar.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Debby
Species: Deer person
Species distinctives: Has the body of a human but the head of a deer.
Status:

Quest objectives: Enjoy this really cheap vacation
Inventory:
 Casual clothing
 Sunglasses
 Wide brimmed hat
 Cellphone has a map of the planet and less accessories
 Camera
 Suitcase filled with clothing
 Face covering made from clothing
 Bloody clothing
 Rusty pipe with a pointy end
 Half a bottle of bleach
Action tokens: 2

”No problem.”

Plant the rod into the ground and tie one of the articles of clothing to it to make a makeshift flag

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 Name: Bowser
Species: Koopa
Species distinctives: Much larger than the average koopa, with claws on his fingers and toes, and dangerous looking white spikes dotting his large, green shell, and a flaming red floppy mohawk sits between two horns on his head. Able to breathe fire.
Status: Grouchy
Quest objectives: Establish dominance and authority on this planet and add it to my kingdom
Inventory: Two spiked bracelets on each arm and a spiked collar
A metal rod, and a duffel bag containing a cannon, two cannonballs, and two powder bags

Right next to the duffel bags are a box of backpacks. They're a bit awful, in that they are sort of attached to a costume hoodie. Debby can't really wear the backpack as is without the hoodie on, and it is designed in such a way that the hood remains over your head. There are sun goggles that would obscure your eyes but let you see just fine, but the character you would end up cosplaying would get you severely beaten in any civilized part of the galaxy. Plus, it might interfere with your horns. Well, Bowser reached over, tears the head off the hoodie, and leaves you with a sweater/backpack with a ragged neckline and paws. Yup, the paws are built in. The backpack, at least, is quite roomy, and contains several useful pockets. Also, Bowser's flag thing works just fine. You can see the flag from a distance so you guys got that going for you.

Continue my drunkin argument until I win or someone stops me Chatters shall never admit defeat!

Spoiler: Chatters (click to show/hide)

Name: Chatters
Species: Skaven Legally distinct rat creature
Species distinctives: Legally distinct rat creatures are known for backstabbery, cowardice, and general xenophobia luckily for his party Chatters happens to be something of a saint among his kind and as such usually only ticks off 2/3 of these boxes (The cowardice and xenophobia one) they also tend to have aversion to sunlight due to them spending most of there lives underground.
Quest objectives: Summon the Horned Rat Make a name for himself
Inventory: Nanotube injection arm attachment "borrowed" from Cy-Bog Bob

(5)Somehow, Chatters manages to outlast teh fingers, which in the end all turn on each other, doing the rock paper scissors sign for a bit before colliding, creating a big, cartoony cloud, complete with fighting sound effects, before tumbling themselves out of existence. "And that's why purple is the smelliest sound-noise!" Chatters slurs, before falling unconscious and vomiting on himself.

Okay. Obtain offensive clothing and butcher them into inoffensive cloths, using the saws and stuff in our home.

Spoiler: Alice! (click to show/hide)

Name: Alice!
Species: Human
Species distinctives: Half stupid-looking-elongated-ape, half rat-resembling-aforementioned-ape. Looks something like bad practical effects for a wolfman.
Status: I dunno
Quest objectives: Be Alive, Continue Being Alive
Inventory: Prisoner Clothes (no pants), Ragged curtain-skirt, Autocooker, Water Filter, Emergency Kit, Flare Gun, Some Flares

(4) inoffensive outfits get! They are serviceable, and even warm.

I'm ready to move on, so just wait around inside an object for everyone else to finish up.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Geryon Vagante
Species: Poltergeist
Species Distinctives: Incorporeal creature with natural telekinetic abilities.  Must possess some object to survive for more than a few minutes.  Must occasionally consume objects, rendering them into ash, rust, or other high-entropy forms to regain energy.  Innate radar sense capable of detecting and analyzing nearby objects.
Quest Objective: Form awesome body capable of retaking to the stars.
Inventory: Currently possessing a good cart wheel.
Stuff:Two by four, metal pole, cinder block, two good cart wheels, metal bed pieces, air compressor.  Pile of food, including broken electronics, wood, fur, books, t-shirts, mechanisms.  Incomplete shock weapon, needs batteries.
One Action Point.
One Energy Point. (Ate an extra meal.)

Waiting commencing.