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Post by Diocles on Jan 9, 2021 23:50:30 GMT
As you start on your third drink, you realize that in order to make this tattoo mask work, you're going to need to get ingredients.
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jan 10, 2021 0:32:25 GMT
Ok. What ingredients?
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Post by Diocles on Jan 10, 2021 0:37:09 GMT
You need something that "naturally" masks itself. Perhaps Muluc knows something?
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jan 10, 2021 0:39:56 GMT
"Muluc, in all of your experience with tattoos and inks, are you aware of any plant or ingredient that masks itself from view?"
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Post by Diocles on Jan 10, 2021 0:41:18 GMT
"You want a tattoo that masks its wearer from view?"
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jan 10, 2021 0:52:05 GMT
"Yes, essentially. Do you know of any such thing?"
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Post by Diocles on Jan 10, 2021 0:57:02 GMT
Muluc thinks a moment and then says, "There is a cave out in the desert, not far from here. The locals say a terrifying beast lives in it, and that warriors have tried to fight it, but their arrows and spears miss, for it appears to be in one place when it is actually in another. The blood of this beast, mixed with ink, might do what you need it to do."
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jan 10, 2021 2:35:57 GMT
"Excellent. I'll travel to the cave on the morrow. In the meantime, how about another drink?"
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Post by Diocles on Jan 10, 2021 5:39:39 GMT
"Sure. But are you certain you want to go into the lair of this beast?"
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jan 10, 2021 14:01:02 GMT
"If it will help me achieve my ends . . . absolutely. I might be able to get a little help with it." [Thinking to ask Drusinicus and Aethyl to accompany but just in bow distance.] "How far is this cave?"
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Post by Diocles on Jan 10, 2021 23:43:19 GMT
"We can get there and be back in Breakwater in a day--night!" Muluc chuckles grimly. "Well, what we used to think of as a day. That is, if we survive. This beast is so important to you?"
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jan 11, 2021 2:02:28 GMT
"It is very important to me. What do you mean by 'if we survive'? Are you coming with me? I would not ask you to risk yourself for my foolish quest. You could simply wait here for my return."
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Post by Diocles on Jan 11, 2021 2:05:32 GMT
"All right. You bring me the blood, and I'll mix it with my ink." During the inking, you know you will have to meditate, pray, and cast your spells in order to make the effect permanent.
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Jan 11, 2021 13:37:14 GMT
Thinking through the situation, it's probably better if I do this alone. I will set out as soon as I am refreshed.
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Post by Diocles on Jan 11, 2021 23:39:20 GMT
After a short nap, you rise in darkness, ready to go. The moon has risen, and the land is drenched in a pale blue light. You take a crude map Muluc has drawn for you and reach the cave a few hours later. All is quiet, dark, and desolate. Before you the land rises in rocky cragginess, and there you see the mouth of a cave, but within is all impenetrable blackness.
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