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Post by MaltholLoth on Feb 7, 2024 3:41:59 GMT -8
"I hope that's not unease about something in the water rather than the island." Terani quietly says, though not trying to be secretive.
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Post by Daos on Feb 7, 2024 16:58:52 GMT -8
Mizzle stands and shrugs. "I cannot be sure."
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(OOC: Have Kalinda make an Perception check.)
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Post by HorizonsDream on Feb 7, 2024 19:35:15 GMT -8
7z6kMm4m1d20+4 Perception1d20+4
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Post by Daos on Feb 7, 2024 20:59:43 GMT -8
Searching through the weeds, after about ten minutes or so, Kalinda does find a forgotten, dilapidated rowboat hidden among the tall grass.
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Post by Matt4 on Feb 8, 2024 15:31:16 GMT -8
"Well, it seems we have a way to reach the temple at least."
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Post by HorizonsDream on Feb 8, 2024 22:27:52 GMT -8
"We might need to make a couple of trips with it though because it doesn't look like it will hold all of us," Kalinda says.
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Post by Daos on Feb 8, 2024 23:44:42 GMT -8
"Well, I can fly," Blitz reiterates. "So that's one less person you need to worry about."
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Post by Matt4 on Feb 9, 2024 3:31:21 GMT -8
"Let's go then."
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Post by Daos on Feb 9, 2024 12:56:02 GMT -8
Blitz spreads his wings and begins flying toward the island. The rest of the group piles into the small boat and push it out into the water. It seems just barely seaworthy, but there are no oars to paddle with.
"Leave that to me," Mizzle says. She begins gesturing with her hands, and the water beneath them moves with them, slowly pushing the boat forward toward the island. As they approach, they get a better look at the place. The island is covered with trees, but they are hardly inviting in appearance. Rather, they seem twisted and gnarled. The canopy is so thick it's like night within. The island is also deathly quiet; not a single chirp of a bird or chatter from a squirrel can be heard anywhere.
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Post by HorizonsDream on Feb 10, 2024 3:10:51 GMT -8
"Cursed is right," Kalinda says.
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Post by MaltholLoth on Feb 10, 2024 9:53:10 GMT -8
"It's possibly not the best it could look... Let's err... head on inwards I guess?" He says meekly.
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Post by Daos on Feb 10, 2024 12:43:25 GMT -8
The party disembarks and drags the boat onto the shore, before pressing forward into the treeline. They form a single file, as usual, with Poppy taking the lead, followed by Kalinda, April, Blitz, Mizzle and Terani taking up the rear.*
The woods are dark; so dark it feels like night has arrived early. Those without darkvision struggle to see more than a few feet in front of them. The canopy above is so thick it chokes out almost all sunlight, save for a few narrow beams here or there.
But odder than that, is how cold it is. The lack of sunlight can explain a way a minute drop in temperature, but the deeper they go in, the colder it gets, to the point they can see their own breaths in the air.
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(*This is your previously established marching order; let me know if you want to change it.)
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Post by HorizonsDream on Feb 11, 2024 2:00:06 GMT -8
Kalinda pushes her sunglasses up in top of her head. "That feels better," she says.
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Post by Daos on Feb 11, 2024 11:45:19 GMT -8
The party gets a strange feeling that they are being watched somehow, although there seems to be no animal life whatsoever in the woods that they can find.
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Post by MaltholLoth on Feb 11, 2024 12:38:25 GMT -8
"Why didn't they say about the forest when they said about a cursed temple? Bit nippy here." Terani says grimly.
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