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Post by Matt4 on Sept 16, 2023 15:57:25 GMT -8
"I understand. Thank you." - Poppy, reflected a bit, could she really trust the hag? Gurt was right, everytime hags were involved there usually was a trick.
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As the hag speaks, I'll roll an Insight to see if there's something that she's keeping hidden about this deal: q0r7vcIa1d20+31d20+3
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Post by Daos on Sept 16, 2023 16:53:50 GMT -8
The old hag is difficult to read, but Poppy feels she probably is leaving out something. She seems a little too ready to make this deal, even if it is in exchange for her own life.
Deception: 1aJSfMKO1d201d20
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Post by Matt4 on Sept 17, 2023 12:11:01 GMT -8
"Are you sure there isn't anything that you're not telling me?" - Poppy asks in a knowingly way. - "Listen, I understand we started off with the wrong foot, but I'd really like to leave here thinking of you as an ally which I could work with in the future. You never know when you could need a hand either, and you saw our worth out there, we could help each other off may the need arise."
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Post by Daos on Sept 17, 2023 13:57:51 GMT -8
"You needn't worry, dearie," the hag assures her. "I can promise we will meet again, and will work together closely, some day. After all, by completing this ritual, I will be imparting a small part of myself to you. Meaning I wouldn't do anything to harm you, because that would mean harming myself. And I can promise you, I'm far too narcissistic to do such a thing!" she jokes, cackling a bit. "Now then, are you ready?" She gestures to the boiling cauldron.
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Post by Matt4 on Sept 17, 2023 15:31:58 GMT -8
"A part of you in me? Does that mean that you'll have ability to control me or something like that?"
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Post by Daos on Sept 17, 2023 16:52:39 GMT -8
The hag chuckles. "No, certainly not. At least, not unless you agree to that. If I could do something like that without permission, I'd be puppeteering the entire garden by now."
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Post by MaltholLoth on Sept 17, 2023 21:27:25 GMT -8
Terani smirks to himself thinking that statement is possibly the most truth there has had said so far.
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Post by HorizonsDream on Sept 18, 2023 2:28:40 GMT -8
Kalinda sighs. "What is taking so long. This is making me nervous."
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Post by Daos on Sept 18, 2023 14:11:09 GMT -8
"Hope she knows what she is doing," Gurt agrees, absently strumming his lute. "Every story I've heard about hags and their deals have ended in tragedy one way or another."
"Maybe the old lady is just lonely and needs some friends," speculates Starbuck.
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Post by HorizonsDream on Sept 18, 2023 23:17:20 GMT -8
"I like the hopeful thinking, but I don't think that is the case," Kalinda says.
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Post by Matt4 on Sept 20, 2023 14:14:28 GMT -8
"So, huh, what did you mean exactly with the part about having something of you inside of me?"
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Sorry, I'm a bit busy/tired these days, hard times at work..also I know something messy is gonna happen but I'm kinda tempted to accept just because I'm curious about it lol
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Post by Daos on Sept 20, 2023 14:26:04 GMT -8
"It's the rules of magic, dearie," the hag explains. "Magic is power, and power needs a source. Hag magic needs a bit of hag essence. Gotta come from somewhere. So I can bestow a small bit of my essence to you, so you can use it to call upon the magic."
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Post by Matt4 on Sept 20, 2023 15:05:13 GMT -8
Poppy sighs, - "I see. Well, I always wanted a sister anyway. Okay, let's go." - she says, raising from her chair and finally performing the ritual.
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Post by Daos on Sept 20, 2023 15:19:30 GMT -8
Poppy steps up to the cauldron and speaks her true name, before cutting off a lock of her hair and dropping it into the soup. The hag gets to work immediately, chanting an ominous spell in a strange language while running to and fro the different shelves and cupboards of the cabin, grabbing ingredients and dropping them in. Eye of newt, toe of toad, or who knows what all. As she does so, the liquid in the cauldron bubbles and boils, changing colors in the process. Finally, the hag moves to a cutting board and draws out a butcher's knife. Without hesitance, she puts her left hand on the board, spreads her fingers and hacks off her pinky finger. She doesn't even flinch, but picks up the extremity and tosses it into the soup, as well.
She stirs it all together while finishing her spell, then scoops up some into a goblet and hands it to Poppy. "There you go, dearie. Drink this up, and the ritual will be complete."
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Post by Matt4 on Sept 20, 2023 16:35:47 GMT -8
"Huh...could you add some mint to it?" - she asks. Eventually, regardless of the answer, she drinks up the potion.
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