[satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the depths, yet again]

  • From: "Pete" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
  • To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:58:39 -0700

holding ...


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> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: 
>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
>depths, yet again]
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>swamp follows the crabsters out of the tunnel. they turn left as one, and go 
>charging up the tunnel at full bore for about 50m or so, before taking a rapid 
>left turn into a dead end cave littered with crabster shells. the live ones 
>vanish into a small hole in the wall ahead.
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>swamp manages to stamp some stragglers and declares the battle won, but the 
>war still going.
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>backtracking, he discovers another tunnel offshoot, sloping downward a little. 
>something about the air in this tunnel gives him a little shiver.
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>hold on, mattlebat coming through...
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>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>arfa takes off in pursuit of the cast of crablets. a few seconds after his 
>torch fades off to the left there is the distinctive sound of chitin cracking.
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>>search of the cave reveals nothing at all beyond scorpion man detritus. if he 
>>lived here, he owned nothing.
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>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>so that didn't work...
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>>>search the cave with the dead scorp-man in it for clues - troll footprints 
>>>and the like
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>>>tracking?
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>>>>________________________________
>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>Sent: 
>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into the 
>>>>depths, yet again]
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>>>>what is the exact thing you're trying to assume?
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>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>do I have a 'sense troll' skill?
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>>>>>if not, I'll take a guess using mapmaking
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>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into 
>>>>>>the depths, yet again]
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>>>>>>well since you volunteered that Hadarim was in the caves, the assumption 
>>>>>>was that the trolls might be here too... somewhere
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>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>>so we are looking for the remains to two dead trolls - or we are to find 
>>>>>>them in jail somewhere ...
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>>>>>>>and we chose to explore some caves for some reason...
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>>>>>>>Lets gather moss
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>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into 
>>>>>>>>the depths, yet again]
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>:-)
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>all hail the mighty Stan!
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>ok so... tl;dr... Humph took some dark root beer up to the grogge 
>>>>>>>>shoppe, and was imprisoned when someone sensed chaos on it. the party 
>>>>>>>>went up there to argue his case, and mostly succeeded thanks to their 
>>>>>>>>Mapmaking skills. the deal with the trolls is that they will release 
>>>>>>>>him on receipt of quality information as to the fate of two trolls who 
>>>>>>>>were accompanying Hadarim the Lhankor Mhy priest from Crabtown back to 
>>>>>>>>Alone.
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>>>>>>>>(Hadarim was originally imprisoned with you when SW started, and 
>>>>>>>>mysteriously died shortly thereafter in the tunnel before the fight 
>>>>>>>>with Karvik.)
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>>>>>>>>ring any bells? thought not.
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>>>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>>>>Stanworship
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>>>>>>>>>:)
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>> From: Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>To: satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>>>>>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Losing the plot. WAS [Re: Re: descent into 
>>>>>>>>>>the depths, yet again]
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>>>>>>>>>>So Humph is in a jail in crabtown (where it took us around 4 years to 
>>>>>>>>>>wrestle a troll) - and we have to do something to prove he is 
>>>>>>>>>>innocent of the chaos beer I think?
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>>>>>>>>>>I flippantly said something about moss earlier but wasn’t there 
>>>>>>>>>>something about moss used to flavour the beer? Should we scrape some 
>>>>>>>>>>off then head back?
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>>>>>>>>>>I’ve tried dredging the Stanworship archives but it’s about 90% 
>>>>>>>>>>trying to debug Pete’s mail and then most of the the rest is kittens 
>>>>>>>>>>dressed as Cuthulu.
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>>>>>>>>>>r
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>>>>>>>>>>On 2 Sep 2014, at 17:51, Pete (Redacted sender 
>>>>>>>>>>"tadcastervalentino@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) 
>>>>>>>>>><dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>cat sized then?
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>>>>>>>>>>>or cow sized
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>>>>>>>>>>>I'd suggest cow sized for a herd
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>...
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>>>>>>>>>>>So Humph is in a jail in crabtown (where it took us around 4 years 
>>>>>>>>>>>to wrestle a troll) - and we have to do something to prove he is 
>>>>>>>>>>>innocent of the chaos beer I think?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>close?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>>>>To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: [satanworship] Re: descent into the depths, yet again
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>>>>>>>>>>>>they *are* larger, so they're a herd
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>>>>>>>>>>>>if they were *even* larger, they'd be a club-sized gig
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>>>>>>>>>>>>On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Roger Nolan <rog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>And if they were larger?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>r
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>On 2 Sep 2014, at 15:54, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>if they were smaller, they'd be a swarm
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Pete Ford 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>><dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do insects come in herds then?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On September 1, 2014, at 4:18PM, Jason Proctor  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the second left turn goes round a sharp right-hand corner and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>gradually starts to slope downward. as you carefully proceed, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the air becomes drier, and the stench of ripe chaos fruit begins 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>to give way to another, much fainter but no less putrid aroma - 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>rotting flesh.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>fortunately the party's ace Mapmaking skills confirm that the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>smell is faint because it's distant in time rather than space, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>and shouldn't get much worse. these skills also allow Chump, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Splut, and Arfa to assume that the cave at the bottom of this 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>slope is the site of the defeat of the scorpion man guard during 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the original incursion.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>after some discussion you decide to proceed slowly. beyond the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>torches, the blackness is total. beyond heavy breathing and the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>occasional forced fart from Chump to lighten things up, the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>silence is similarly absolute. after a few minutes of cautiously 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>edging down the passage, the floor levels out.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>eventually the torches illuminate the crushed and splintered 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>body of a scorpion man in the small cave at the foot of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>passage. his chest has been caved in by a succession of blows 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>from a blunt instrument, and he is missing several legs. the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>expression on the remains of his face is one of anger and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>frustration.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>as the torch grows nearer, a herd of smallish shiny multi-legged 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>insects rapidly abandons the corpse.
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