RPG event - Quest NPC Contact

[thalassino]

◣ Quest NPC Contact ◢

Below is a place to thread out quick little conversations with the NPCs that aren't worth an entire log. Vatheon's staple NPCs will have postings here, and all the other new quest NPCs will simply be listed under the "Quest NPCs" comment header. Please put in the subject line which quest you're talking with an NPC about!

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[thalassino]

[He leaves a note. "They're for regenerating your stamina! What else would you like to see with inn service?"]

[aim_exorable]

Hurt them? What made you think I was talking about that?

[Besides the tone. And the fact that he looks like he can bench press a bus.]

I was simply thinking of a way to trap them and give them a punishment of some sort, perhaps something to humiliate them so that they're shamed into behaving properly.

[thalassino]

[Again, it's the wife that leaves a note.

"You don't have to say 'not quite' like you're less than human, dear! We're all pretty different down here under the sea, that kind of thing doesn't matter."

She leaves him a few mp potions on his pillow.]

[thalassino]

Oh.

[He relaxes a bit. Sorry Darkleer, but you're just pretty intimidating in general.]

You think that would work? They're a pretty shameless bunch. They've been running around bragging about it!

[aim_exorable]

Musclebeast.

[Just a friendly correction.]

I suppose... What if I did the reverse? I'm rather confident I can lift Arty up.

[Arty gives a confirmatory nod. Listen, their hive has stairs, and it was a bit tricky getting down. Thus... Well, now they know!]

[thalassino]

[Dualscar won't get gratitude when he heads back downstairs. Instead he'll get a sassy librarian shoving soap in his mouth.

Well, that could have gone better.]

[aim_exorable]

That just means this will be an even greater blow to their pride. If they've done it before, then they'll surely do it again.

I can promise you that we will catch them. Arty has been getting... annoyed.

[That is a pretty grouchy looking musclebeast there.]

[thalassino]

Why are you complaining? You don't even have legs!

[What's he got to hide? Seriously.]

You taking the job or not?

[thalassino]

[She covers her ears, glaring up at Sola.]

Not so loud!

[Gosh, this kid. He's so much trouble...]

[thalassino]

[He looks like a rogue, so she makes him an hp potion and holds it out with a smile.]

Here you go!

[thalassino]

What? Lift up that musclebeast?

[Look, he can use its name! Sort of.]

If you can do it, that would be something to see, wouldn't it?

[aim_exorable]

I imagine it would be. If you have difficulty believing it, then I can give you a demonstration.

[He starts to stretch a bit, just in case.]

[thalassino]

But you look after them anyway, don't you? You wouldn't abandon them even if they did something stupid.

[Yes, that is a good thing. She's pretty fierce when she gets irritated, don't test her mister!]

[thalassino]

[He's waiting, Darkleer. No way he's going to send a failed sideshow out to the plaza as advertisement.]

[thalassino]

Put... a lock on it?

[He stares at Sola blankly. Put a lock on something? How does he do that? Why would he do such a thing? His trash isn't treasure, he'd just confuse adventurers.]

[thalassino]

Well... all right, then. Just don't hurt 'em. They're still kids, even if they are being a bunch of little jerks.

[The baker has a sneaking suspicion that the kids might not have much control over their mess making, though. Just like he suddenly can't bring himself to clean it up. Strange, that.]

[thalassino]

What? Well... sort of. It's more like... say your party is in trouble because the warrior ran ahead AGAIN without consulting anyone and you're completely out of mana but you can't just let the dunderhead die, he's still your friend and all, right? So you dig deep down into yourself, have a little FAITH, and draw on those reserves you didn't even know you had.

[Hubert has learned the skill "Faith"!]

[thalassino]

[She calls everyone well. It's part of her job to know what people are likely to do, otherwise she ends up with nasty surprises.]

And that's just the start of it. Even after you sit them down and tell them to wait for a signal or some kind of coordinated effort, there will always be that one guy who just caaaaan't wait. He'll just say "tl;dr" and run right into the middle of a group of monsters!

[thalassino]

Fighting isn't all there is, you know. Sometimes, it's the person who's not fighting keeping their head that saves everyone. Can't see the forest for the trees and all that.

[She has to believe that being in the middle of combat makes people suddenly idiots or something or she might just have to quit life.]

[thalassino]

Cross that obstacle course together, of course! As one! One body, one spirit!

[The man nods along with his parrot emphatically.]

[thalassino]

What, is he lurking around again? Man...

[He grins suddenly, tossing Dirk a pair of dice.]

Here, catch.

[thalassino]

You're damn right it is. Look, I'll just be straight with you - the key to becoming invisible is being really, really desperate. It's not something you can do all the time, you have to be in a real pinch.

[This is code for saying: it's a skill with a long cooldown that you can only use when your number's just about up.]

[thalassino]

[It vanishes right after the fireball hits with a flash of light. The man is still sitting, and if Fai could see inside his hood, he'd see him smiling.]

Defending someone you barely know, eh? Well, perhaps I should feel a little badly for that trick. You did learn it though, didn't you?

[aim_exorable]

[You asked for it.]

[After making sure that Arty is all good to go, no need to step aside for certain musclebeast business or that his udder is sore, Darkleer crouches down besides him. He takes great care in positioning himself; he doesn't want to be in the wrong place and make Arty kick out from discomfort or something. Once he's certain of himself, he takes in a deep breath and begins to slowly... slowly... slowly lift the musclebeast up.]

[Once he has Arty off the ground, then he starts to lift with his legs, raising his companion higher up the more he goes. Soon enough- hot damn, that sure is a lifted up musclebeast being held of his head! Darkleer's muscles are flexing STRONGLY and there are bits of sweat dripping down his jaw and throat.]

[Normally this would be a lot easier for him, but still, he can do it.]

[thalassino]

[A thought process like that makes him want to let the minotaur crush Eridan, even if it's only in dreamland. He's not that cruel though, and the whole scene vanishes in a flash of light after Eridan manages to bend time, revealing the man still sitting down and looking completely relaxed.]

Well? It was fast, wasn't it? Ohohoho.