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

  • From: Eddie Marsden-Jones <eddiemarsdenjones@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:13:49 +0400

Arfa will just stick his head down the other passage to see what's there while 
waiting for the others to catch up.  He won't go far. 

> On 3 Sep 2014, at 02:07, Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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]
>> 
>> 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:
>> 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:
>> 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
>> 
>> 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]
>> 
>> 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:
>> do I have a 'sense troll' skill?
>> 
>> if not, I'll take a guess using mapmaking
>> 
>> 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]
>> 
>> 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:
>> so we are looking for the remains to two dead trolls - or we are to find 
>> them in jail somewhere ...
>> 
>> and we chose to explore some caves for some reason...
>> 
>> 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]
>> 
>> :-)
>> 
>> all hail the mighty Stan!
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> (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:
>> 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]
>> 
>>> 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?
>> 
>> 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?
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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?
>>> 
>>> or cow sized
>>> 
>>> I'd suggest cow sized for a herd
>>> 
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> 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?
>>> 
>>> From: Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> Sent: 
>>> Subject: [satanworship] Re: descent into the depths, yet again
>>> 
>>> they *are* larger, so they're a herd
>>> 
>>> 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:
>>> And if they were larger?
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>>> 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:
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> as the torch grows nearer, a herd of smallish shiny multi-legged insects 
>>>> rapidly abandons the corpse.
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