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> Look for the others
You're down to a state where you can at least get partially dressed, so you do so before you go look for the others. After putting on your clothing as best you can, you do find that you've filled them out a bit more. They're not uncomfortably tight though, so you're not too worried about it. With that done, you head out into the hall and towards the sitting room.
Once there, you find Kaiti, Myla, Elykae, and Nerron talking. You notice that Nerron looks like he's been in some sort of fight, and looks roughed up. As you step towards them, they notice you.
"Oh, you're awake." Kaiti looks over at you with a serious look. "Good, come." She motions you over. You do so and take a seat near her. Obviously something is up, and you ask about it. "Nerron showed up a short while ago in this condition. He... well, it's probably best if he explains."
"Yeah. First things first though..." The drake looks over at you. "Don't worry, I'm fine. It's a good thing we drakes can take fire pretty well. Aside from that, I'm afraid I don't have good news." He pauses for a moment. "Last night, after I left here, I went to give my report about what happened. Of course, I followed Kaiti's suggestion and didn't give all the details. After all that, I decided that I'd go keep an eye out near your apartment. It's basically part of my patrol anyway, so it felt like a decent thing to do. Besides, I figured you'd want to know if your spider friend decided to skip town." Your heart sinks a bit as you hear that. You start to realize where he got his injury from. "Well, long story short, she did. Didn't see her at all. I realized after a while that there wasn't any light coming from your place, and for some reason, I got the stupid idea to go check it out. Knocked on the door, no answer. Tried the handle and it was unlocked. The next part is a bit of a blur, but once I opened the door, I set something off. Got blasted back and thrown for a loop. Again though, don't worry. I'm fine, just a bit banged up."
"It sounds like what Tassri had planned for us in those mines." Elykae speaks up. "You remember that she had started to cast fire traps while we spoke to her, in case of violence? What Nerron encountered sounds similar."
"I do get the feeling that those traps were intended for you, Floria." Nerron nods. "I can take some fire without too much damage, but that would have seriously hurt someone like you." You ask what the state of your apartment is now. "Oh, the explosion did a number on the doorway, but nothing too bad. Nothing caught fire at least." You sigh, and despite what he says, you ask if he really is okay. "Heh. Well, I'm here in front of you, aren't I? Don't worry about me. I'd be more worried about yourself. It looks like you've made some dangerous enemies."
"Indeed." Kaiti nods with a serious look. "I only hope that they don't attempt anything more drastic. Regardless, it's obvious that your apartment isn't safe. You and your friends are free to stay here for as long as you need. There's always a heavy guard presence here in this district, so the odds of someone ambushing you here are lower. However, I'm worried that the city may no longer be a safe place for you." The catgirl sighs. "But the Commander should be returning soon. I imagine his airship will return in a few hours. As soon as that happens, we need to speak to him." You nod, saying that Elykae has to speak with him as well. "Yes, I remember you saying that earlier. I hope that he's able to help you, though with this group appearing in Erada, it may be more difficult..."
"This is one hell of a mess." Myla leans back on her seat, crossing her arms. "You seem to attract all the trouble, Floria. Of course, we don't know for sure if it was even the spider that set those traps. Could have been more of that cult or something." She pauses for a moment. "Don't get me wrong. I ain't defending her. I still don't trust the spider. Just saying."
"Tassri may be involved with those people." Elykae shakes her head. "Your apartment may hold more clues, Floria. It may be worth investigating. Tassri may have left something behind that could point to where she went."
"There may be more traps there." Kaiti warns. "The guard has blocked it off anyway. If you really do want to investigate, then you'll need permission. I can help with that, but I must ask that you be careful. It may be better to just let the guard handle this."
"Well, whatever you guys plan to do, I'm going to just get some rest." Nerron flops back on the chair he's seated in. "I think I've earned it by taking a bomb to the face for you." He chuckles at that before groaning a bit. It's obvious that he's a bit more hurt than he lets on, but he's obviously pretty tough to be able to laugh it off.
You have a few hours before the Commander is expected to return back in the city. You ponder what you should do in the meantime.
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Posted by The_Prof 8 years ago Report
let's toss a friendly heal to Nerron for handling that explosive confrontation for us.
After that we need to plan to investigate the apartment. Any clues will help, though at least we don't have to ride a blimp anymore
Posted by DissociatedChaos 8 years ago Report
Wow, fire traps, Tassri? Really?
Then again, it -h- have been someone else, and Tassri could end up the next hostage against Floria. That would be a bit of a twist.
If not though, there's not much way to defend the boob spider after that.
Posted by DissociatedChaos 8 years ago Report
-could- have been someone else*
Darn keyboard, randomly deleting stuff. This is what I get for having a touch-pad turned on right under my keyboard when I'm writing. *Sigh* >.<
Posted by MontyMiyagi2513 8 years ago Report
Talk with the remaining gang must get caught up with everyone
Posted by teslacoil22 8 years ago Report
Yay, I'm here early, as such I vote to investigate! also could be she saw danger hanging by us, set trap for pursuers chasing her, and skipped town to avoid getting involved with our shit anymore
Posted by slyfoxxl 8 years ago Report
Heal Nerron, obviously!
Then let the guard handle the investigation. The commander is priority at this point. Maybe head out to the streets to browse the shops again?
Posted by cloudrunnerteeny 8 years ago Report
i say we should heal nerron before laying low till the commander arrives, hgh alert and that sort. danger can come from anywhere, as displayed by tassari's betrayal.... ths really is a cryng hame that she would have done thing, she eemed o nice and really, really fucking hot.
still, it doesnt add up, i dont believe she would be affiliated with people who soley despise humans. she hates elves all the same, i think were missing some vital information here.
Posted by Kartomic 8 years ago Report
Give Nerron a hug and a heal, then see what the rest of the group wants to do.
Although it may have been somebody else, given that spider-bitch already sold us out, the likelihood of the fire traps being her doing is not outside the realm of possibility.
...Then again, she could have set those traps for the cultists in case they came back. Well, time to do some investigating!
Posted by Kartomic 8 years ago Report
However, first we should check on Gina.
Posted by Sarethas 8 years ago Report
Heal him, and let the guard clear the apartment before we go looking. No sense wasting our HP and risking another ambush.
Posted by joe354 8 years ago Report
That why I trust no one with big breast. Big booty girls are always better! Anyway heal Nerron and investigate the apartment.
Posted by lordamaterasu03 8 years ago Report
give him some healing he deserves a "thanks" for taking a fire bomb to the face
Posted by ShotgunJesus 8 years ago Report
HUG THAT DRAKE
Posted by Eboros 8 years ago Report
heal Neron and investigate the apartment.
and check Gina.
as for the trap, The most likely is that it was Tassri who put it. And as Nerron is still there, it's probably a trap set to slow down his pursuer. The question is who did she want to slow down ?
Floria and her group. The cultist group. the guards...
Answers may be waiting for us in the apartment of Floria...
Tassri, where are you ????? (T-T)
Posted by Sergit 8 years ago Report
Nerron has earned a heal, if he wants it, and certainly, a favor from us. I think letting an unknown guard do the recon is a bad idea. Whoever goes to check things out might be on the terrorist's side and clear the clues. I'd vote for going in ourselves, but Floria's build can't take the traps Tassri might have left behind.
Can we send Garret or Myla? they are though....though they are also valuable. If we were more heartless, we'd send Jates to check it out, but that's not the case, so the lil decepio will be safe this time.
With her out... let's just ask for people not to investigate that until Nerron wakes up, so he can come with us and help us inspect the place. Meanwhile, I'd surveil the house (maybe with Bluebell) from outside, to make sure noone suspicious tries to sneak in, or out.
Also, if there are more terrorists lurking nearby, they might show up to check if we have come to see, so it might be a good idea to carefully observe if suspicious individuals comes to watch around the house.
We are now wanted by terrorists, so splitting the party from now on will only lead to "we have your friend, come alone if you want to see him/her alive".
So, until that is cleared, noone goes on their own to do anything.
Posted by YesImCanadian 8 years ago Report
Much like what everyone is saying, heal Nerron. It's the least we can do for his being dumb :)
We should check up on the rest of the group. Make sure Elykae's belly isn't too big so she can move around easily as well as ask her and Myla how their night went.
Also, check on Garrett and Bluebell. I'm sure Bluebell will be, at the very least, happy to see us again. Wonder what she'll do to our belly.
Finally, while we could go check our apartment, we should just finish digesting before we go see the commander. Then get our armor refitted if it's a little small after our second round of digesting.
Posted by Graywolf18 8 years ago Report
Whaaat? Tassri's evil? Didn't see that coming. >_>
Anywho, heal Nerron and maybe ask Kaiti to kelp out with it, she is a healer after all.
We'll definitely need to visit a tailor cause of our bewbs.
And last thing, investigate the apartment. But before that, would combining Fire magic and Divine be enough for a protection from fire spell? Could be useful in case of more fire traps.
Posted by Humbug 8 years ago Report
At this point, it's not on us to approach Tassri. If she's innocent and still wants us to not be enemies, it's on her to come forward and prove it, so it's on our terms, not us going into whatever territory she's occupying. This is ridiculous, but I am starting to suspect someone's setting her up now just because of how obvious Rayen's making it that it's her.
Anyway, yeah. Heal Nerron, agreed. Surprised he didn't get more treatment from the city itself for his on-the-job injury.
Posted by Moxx 8 years ago Report
Definitely need to investigate. Need to find out what's going on. I can think of a few scenarios that still leave Tassri on our side, but need more info.
Posted by DanzoLegend 8 years ago Report
Heal him then ready to investigate.
But man i got hyper scared reading that. I though the spider had the stand killer queen from jojo. I was going to freak out...that shit would have been broken as fuuuck.
Posted by R3X 8 years ago Report
I vote for crafting a rolled newspaper +2, just in case... *shifty eyes*
Posted by Razgriz 8 years ago Report
Floria looks too adorable!
Posted by Ithilium 8 years ago Report
I say heal Nerron as well then catch up with everyone else in the group. On a side note can centaurs use transformation runes?
Posted by RumiBelly 8 years ago Report
Unless we have detect magic let's not go to our appartment. Just speak to the commander and then get on an airship out of here.
Posted by RumiBelly 8 years ago Report
Also to those saying heal Nerron. Kaiti is a better healer than Floria. I'm pretty sure she would have done that while we were asleep.
Posted by RumiBelly 8 years ago Report
>draw lewds of party until the commander arrives
Posted by Razgriz 8 years ago Report
> Suggest checking it out in drake form? Afterall you surely should be able to take a fire trap without much injury in that state. Besides, you must know for certain that Tassri is the culpret and not escaping prosecution or being used as an easy scapegoat.
Posted by NotBatman 8 years ago Report
Nerron deserve a heal, even if kaiti is also a healer.
Ask kaiti if she knows any tome seller that isnt the elf.
request for permission to go in the apartment, ask if nerron has any guard investigator friends who can spot traps.
check up on jate's situation and discuss with the group on who wants to tackle what, we dont need all to focus on the same tasks, though move in groups and not singles, who knows who's watching us now.
Posted by DeityV 8 years ago Report
Floria's mana capacity has increased by +10. Master spell learned: Lewd Overdrive. But yeah...the plot thickens! And "plot". If we are to have any hopes onto any leads, we need to investigate the apartment. Also, we need to let Kaiti and Nerron know now that they may not be safe either since they have been affiliated with us. For those who still may trust Tassri, take a lesson from our Edris experience. While Tassri may be innocent, trying to be friendly with her again is just too risky. We will address that scenario when the time comes. For now, let's get the party ready and get permission to investigate the apartment. Maybe give a hug for Nerron to give our thanks and to make Myla jealous. Then ofc, we have to address how Elykae is with her meal and how the night went between those two.
Posted by Xinless 8 years ago Report
I'll just say hot damn floria lovin the extra floof >\w\< now I am emotionally invested LOL
Posted by RavenXeo 8 years ago Report
heal nerron... go recruit the pretty flame elf.
'I need to fuck her mind...so she doesn't chase us for revenge!' Yeah right... i wonder what she really removed from that poor girls head.
Posted by RavenXeo 8 years ago Report
Also, still totally calling that Tassri is the shapeshifter queen the cult is all over in love with. I mean a perfectly sane, magically gifted hermit who lived by herself for who knows how long with a deep hatred for non-non humanoids..? sounds pretty suspicio to moi~
Posted by davidargall 8 years ago Report
We offer Nerron a heal in any case.
We offer the idea that Gina might be a good partner for Jates.
Accept Kaiti's help in getting back to our place and go inspect it. offer the guard any aid they may want
Tassri leaving is real bad for the Tassri innocent theory. We had best assume she is guilty until proved innocent.
For the most part we let her go her own way and forget her. most unlikely we are a high priority item for her. And we have other things to do. Take Myla to be healed for one thing. We should not be rash, but we have a life to live.
Posted by NiceGuy18 8 years ago Report
I am hoping that Tassri is innocent
Posted by The-Lonely-Gamefreak 8 years ago Report
First thing's first: heal Nerron, with Kaiti's help!
I also suggest, as most others have, we investigate the apartment. However, we need someone competent in detecting magical traps. I hate to say it, but that pervy mage from the magic store may prove helpful; pay him gold for the service and get him out of there.
Posted by The-Lonely-Gamefreak 8 years ago Report
I'd also like to suggest, if we can still vote on where more of our meal may go, i'd like to say we can keep a small bit of a tummy on ourself. X3
Posted by TotallyRandom 8 years ago Report
We should hit the market again. Have Elykae's Agent Garb repaired. She should look like an operative from Grental to be taken seriously by the commander and fighting isn't a good idea. Maybe get her a chain mail shirt too, she took some good hits from the raccoon and this should help mitigate future damage.
Offer Kaiti to tag along, when we investigate the apartment. But don't waste to much time or we may miss the commander again.
Posted by crushxtreame 8 years ago Report
Yeah heal the drake . Im kinda sad that drake form didnt becoume standart form. Maybe make her accidently swallow the rune and becoume a drake/birb hybrid but floria needs to be bigger pronto.