Post by Celina Zabinski on Sept 29, 2021 0:09:02 GMT
Liches Get Stitches...
The Plot Chickens
Written by Celina Zabinski
I was invited by the Lady of Sorrows on a new adventure. I was told to arrive at the Guided Mirror at a specific time. When I arrived I got to see some familiar faces again, Kelne, Varga and Toothy. And a new face of an orc who goes by Itzal. I spotted Leocanto and he remembered me. We chatted for a bit before he brought me to meet the others.
But guess what! As I arrive, there was a chicken there. A freakin’ chicken! Red Blades from my old gang used to have them as pets. Always squawking at me, always… doing chicken things. Stupid chickens! That dragonborn just HATES me. I hate her and her stupid idiotic chickens. I mean… you eat one sandwich and it’s like a death sentence to her. WHATEVER!!! Usually when I see chickens I know that she’s close by. So… I don’t like chickens… They're always watching me… Ugh! However I find out that this chicken is actually with Toothy… He brought the chicken. This is the first chicken I’ve seen in MONTHS. I start to question if Toothy is conspiring with her…? Does he know Red Blades? He has mentioned it’s not his chicken… If that’s the case… that chicken is probably hers and will freakin say something… That chicken will tell Red Blades where I am. The others don’t know my past, they don’t know and I refuse to say anything.
Varga and Kelne sit next to me. Varga begins to tell me she is now a business owner, like myself. That she has set up shop called CHAOS. It has dust bunnies or something… I laugh and congratulate her and tell her we should toast to her new shop. I ask for the most expensive bottle of champagne, to which I learn is on the house from the Lady. Well thank you Lady of Sorrows! However as Varga tells me and everyone else at the table more about her shop, I am zoning out and focusing on the chicken. It’s staring at me… why is it just staring? It can’t be a good thing. I am so distracted by this damn chicken, which I hear Toothy call Wilfred, that I nearly missed the lady. Well ok... I mean I don’t actually think you could miss her… she moves... so painfully slow. I was almost going to dismiss her but she did let us get that expensive champagne… I decided to wait and see who this rich lady is. Once I saw her face, I got swept up in how stunningly beautiful she looks… how amazing she is… If I had to say… I think I might have a crush on her. That face and those eyes. Her raven black hair… I couldn’t look away. In this moment I feel like if she asked me to do anything I would do it. No hesitation. Also this lady won’t stop smiling. I would find it creepy if it was on anyone else, but with her it’s charming.
Eventually she sits down and introduces herself. Then goes one by one around the table to get our names and who we are. I immediately tell her that I am Celina the apple shop keeper. It’s almost like this beautiful lady could see right into my soul and knows straight up there's more to me than meets the eye. She gets me. However she doesn't give me away. She just nods and mentions that she’s sure that my apples will come in handy. I smile to myself. Isn’t she just amazing? She tells us she needs help with a dear friend of hers who’s in trouble. It’s in a new court that’s undiscovered called the court of rebirth. She mentions there will be a high chance of some fighting, that’s why she needed us. I ask about gold and she places a pouch on the table and says that we’ll be handsomely paid on return. I can already tell it’s a lot of money and I am sold. A portal opens and she tells us we need to go there. I practically run to get to the portal to show my enthusiasm and well... to also get away from the damn chicken. It better not come with us… Red Blades spying on me… I can’t be having that… I decide I might have to do something with the chicken if that’s the case... we'll see.
As I step through the portal, I immediately notice that everything looks fresh and new. There’s lots of animals and baby animals around. The whole place looks charming. I spot a baby deer skipping in the distance. There’s music playing in the area and we all decide to head towards the source of the sound. I look to our group and notice Toothy doesn't have the chicken. Yes! As we all get closer to the music, I can see a baby deer emerging from a fire and a strange Deer Centaur figure greets us. Introduces themselves as the Regent of Rebirth. They seem to be quite a laid back and chill person. Nothing seems to really both them. They start to tell us all about the place and that they can bring people back as animals. Then they start offering to bring all of us back as animals, if we wanted. I actually quite like being my tiefling self and I didn’t want to be an animal. It would be just my luck that if I did it I would be brought back as a damn chicken! I would be stuck as a chicken… Chickens. UGH! Would Red Blades still want to kill me…? Probably. I can’t risk any fowl play… see what I did there? I know my humor is im-peck-able…
Anyway the person asks for our help restraining a lich kinda creature thing in the cave nearby. We need to restrain them and pour some vial into its mouth to make it normal again. Says it like it's a normal thing to do. I get concerned but I don't say anything. I take the vial. I know I can use some sneaky tricks up my sleeve if I need to get the vial into its mouth. Then I learn this thing doesn’t have a mouth and we need to chip away at it. Great! I think my dancing rapier is going to come in handy. Finally the Regent brings us to the entrance of the cave and wishes us luck. We all head in. I immediately move forward quickly and I get into a position against the side of a wall and wait for everyone to join me. However all of a sudden a huge thick wall of vines and thorns appears behind me out of nowhere and blocks the others from joining me with the monster. I am on my own… Oh god I'm going to die and they're going to have to bring me back as a chicken... This cannot happen!
I try to attack the monster when I can but I am barely doing damage. I throw some apples at it and the monster dodges it. Eventually the others get up to me but looks like they didn’t have an easy job to get through the thick wall. Varga and Toothy make good way at doing some damage to this thing. Suddenly a flashing light comes from the back of the room and I notice Kelne has brought down the whole vine wall. Everyone is stunned and impressed, even the monster. The fight still continues. However every so often, I notice the monsters vines trying to snatch my bag of apples. I keep slapping the damn thing away. Get your own damn apples for god sake! It keeps trying to grab for my apples and eventually it succeeds. It destroys all my apples and completely blinded me at one point. But thank god Itzal was there. She came up quickly to my aid and made me be able to see again. Itzal then swiftly turns her attention to the creature and delivers an amazing attack which nearly knocks it out.
There seemed to be an opening and Varga grabs the vial of liquid from me and shoves it quickly into the monsters mouth. The monster turns into a baby horse and starts to talk very calmly. The monster was finally contained and a charming horse came about instead. We all head back to the Regent and show them the horse. They seem to be happy, as much as they can show. They mention that they’ll look after this baby horse. Then asks our group one more time if we wanted to change into animals for a short time? Toothy immediately asks to be turned into a bear and poof he’s transformed. Now there’s just a bear with our group.
We all head back and find the lady. She’s still as beautiful as when we left. We explain what happened. She seems quite pleased with everything and give us all a large amount of gold as payment. She's amazing. Toothy gets his chicken back. I don't want to say goodbye to the Lady just yet so I suggest we do a drinking game, with everyone around the table in victory. Everyone agrees. Even Toothy the bear. We all drink shots. The most amount wins. Of course it came down to the orcs facing off with each other, however in the end Itzal wins.
Turns out the chicken is back. The Lady was looking after it while we were not around. The chicken continues staring at me… I stare at it back. You will not win today chicken. Not today!
The Plot Chickens
Written by Celina Zabinski
I was invited by the Lady of Sorrows on a new adventure. I was told to arrive at the Guided Mirror at a specific time. When I arrived I got to see some familiar faces again, Kelne, Varga and Toothy. And a new face of an orc who goes by Itzal. I spotted Leocanto and he remembered me. We chatted for a bit before he brought me to meet the others.
But guess what! As I arrive, there was a chicken there. A freakin’ chicken! Red Blades from my old gang used to have them as pets. Always squawking at me, always… doing chicken things. Stupid chickens! That dragonborn just HATES me. I hate her and her stupid idiotic chickens. I mean… you eat one sandwich and it’s like a death sentence to her. WHATEVER!!! Usually when I see chickens I know that she’s close by. So… I don’t like chickens… They're always watching me… Ugh! However I find out that this chicken is actually with Toothy… He brought the chicken. This is the first chicken I’ve seen in MONTHS. I start to question if Toothy is conspiring with her…? Does he know Red Blades? He has mentioned it’s not his chicken… If that’s the case… that chicken is probably hers and will freakin say something… That chicken will tell Red Blades where I am. The others don’t know my past, they don’t know and I refuse to say anything.
Varga and Kelne sit next to me. Varga begins to tell me she is now a business owner, like myself. That she has set up shop called CHAOS. It has dust bunnies or something… I laugh and congratulate her and tell her we should toast to her new shop. I ask for the most expensive bottle of champagne, to which I learn is on the house from the Lady. Well thank you Lady of Sorrows! However as Varga tells me and everyone else at the table more about her shop, I am zoning out and focusing on the chicken. It’s staring at me… why is it just staring? It can’t be a good thing. I am so distracted by this damn chicken, which I hear Toothy call Wilfred, that I nearly missed the lady. Well ok... I mean I don’t actually think you could miss her… she moves... so painfully slow. I was almost going to dismiss her but she did let us get that expensive champagne… I decided to wait and see who this rich lady is. Once I saw her face, I got swept up in how stunningly beautiful she looks… how amazing she is… If I had to say… I think I might have a crush on her. That face and those eyes. Her raven black hair… I couldn’t look away. In this moment I feel like if she asked me to do anything I would do it. No hesitation. Also this lady won’t stop smiling. I would find it creepy if it was on anyone else, but with her it’s charming.
Eventually she sits down and introduces herself. Then goes one by one around the table to get our names and who we are. I immediately tell her that I am Celina the apple shop keeper. It’s almost like this beautiful lady could see right into my soul and knows straight up there's more to me than meets the eye. She gets me. However she doesn't give me away. She just nods and mentions that she’s sure that my apples will come in handy. I smile to myself. Isn’t she just amazing? She tells us she needs help with a dear friend of hers who’s in trouble. It’s in a new court that’s undiscovered called the court of rebirth. She mentions there will be a high chance of some fighting, that’s why she needed us. I ask about gold and she places a pouch on the table and says that we’ll be handsomely paid on return. I can already tell it’s a lot of money and I am sold. A portal opens and she tells us we need to go there. I practically run to get to the portal to show my enthusiasm and well... to also get away from the damn chicken. It better not come with us… Red Blades spying on me… I can’t be having that… I decide I might have to do something with the chicken if that’s the case... we'll see.
As I step through the portal, I immediately notice that everything looks fresh and new. There’s lots of animals and baby animals around. The whole place looks charming. I spot a baby deer skipping in the distance. There’s music playing in the area and we all decide to head towards the source of the sound. I look to our group and notice Toothy doesn't have the chicken. Yes! As we all get closer to the music, I can see a baby deer emerging from a fire and a strange Deer Centaur figure greets us. Introduces themselves as the Regent of Rebirth. They seem to be quite a laid back and chill person. Nothing seems to really both them. They start to tell us all about the place and that they can bring people back as animals. Then they start offering to bring all of us back as animals, if we wanted. I actually quite like being my tiefling self and I didn’t want to be an animal. It would be just my luck that if I did it I would be brought back as a damn chicken! I would be stuck as a chicken… Chickens. UGH! Would Red Blades still want to kill me…? Probably. I can’t risk any fowl play… see what I did there? I know my humor is im-peck-able…
Anyway the person asks for our help restraining a lich kinda creature thing in the cave nearby. We need to restrain them and pour some vial into its mouth to make it normal again. Says it like it's a normal thing to do. I get concerned but I don't say anything. I take the vial. I know I can use some sneaky tricks up my sleeve if I need to get the vial into its mouth. Then I learn this thing doesn’t have a mouth and we need to chip away at it. Great! I think my dancing rapier is going to come in handy. Finally the Regent brings us to the entrance of the cave and wishes us luck. We all head in. I immediately move forward quickly and I get into a position against the side of a wall and wait for everyone to join me. However all of a sudden a huge thick wall of vines and thorns appears behind me out of nowhere and blocks the others from joining me with the monster. I am on my own… Oh god I'm going to die and they're going to have to bring me back as a chicken... This cannot happen!
I try to attack the monster when I can but I am barely doing damage. I throw some apples at it and the monster dodges it. Eventually the others get up to me but looks like they didn’t have an easy job to get through the thick wall. Varga and Toothy make good way at doing some damage to this thing. Suddenly a flashing light comes from the back of the room and I notice Kelne has brought down the whole vine wall. Everyone is stunned and impressed, even the monster. The fight still continues. However every so often, I notice the monsters vines trying to snatch my bag of apples. I keep slapping the damn thing away. Get your own damn apples for god sake! It keeps trying to grab for my apples and eventually it succeeds. It destroys all my apples and completely blinded me at one point. But thank god Itzal was there. She came up quickly to my aid and made me be able to see again. Itzal then swiftly turns her attention to the creature and delivers an amazing attack which nearly knocks it out.
There seemed to be an opening and Varga grabs the vial of liquid from me and shoves it quickly into the monsters mouth. The monster turns into a baby horse and starts to talk very calmly. The monster was finally contained and a charming horse came about instead. We all head back to the Regent and show them the horse. They seem to be happy, as much as they can show. They mention that they’ll look after this baby horse. Then asks our group one more time if we wanted to change into animals for a short time? Toothy immediately asks to be turned into a bear and poof he’s transformed. Now there’s just a bear with our group.
We all head back and find the lady. She’s still as beautiful as when we left. We explain what happened. She seems quite pleased with everything and give us all a large amount of gold as payment. She's amazing. Toothy gets his chicken back. I don't want to say goodbye to the Lady just yet so I suggest we do a drinking game, with everyone around the table in victory. Everyone agrees. Even Toothy the bear. We all drink shots. The most amount wins. Of course it came down to the orcs facing off with each other, however in the end Itzal wins.
Turns out the chicken is back. The Lady was looking after it while we were not around. The chicken continues staring at me… I stare at it back. You will not win today chicken. Not today!