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May 27, 2015 11:08AM
INT. Great rift at Sanessee - tunnels
Apheori (GM): Food mornaing.


May 27, 2015 11:08AM
The rain has stopped, almost as suddenly as it started, leaving everything gleaming, with impossible colours glinting out of the edges.
Frezak (GM): Phnragh!


May 27, 2015 11:09AM
Amadi puts away the umbrella.
Gaurav: Bless you.


May 27, 2015 11:09AM
Rhu tries to hand the drugs back to Greibel again.
Apheori (GM): I guess we have everyone we're going to get.
I have no idea what happened, who was present, or really much of anything.


May 27, 2015 11:11AM
Before Greibel can respond, the porridge oozes across his face, covering it in a strange, lumpy film. He pantomimes mock panic for a moment before just stopping and shrugging.
Frezak (GM): There were shadows.


May 27, 2015 11:11AM
Then more porridge is oozing across the ground, out of the crevices, up Greibel's legs, covering him, more and more.
Apheori (GM): But, uh, apparently y'all killed some shadows, Amadi turned the remainders into rain, and... yes.
Anyone know what the porridge was up to?


May 27, 2015 11:12AM
The Greibel lump, no longer even recognisable as Greibel, takes a lurching step towards Rhu.
Frezak (GM): GLooping?


May 27, 2015 11:12AM
Rhu pokes it. ''(rolled 22 heal)'' The lump seems to be growing, now vaguely conical.
Gaurav: Oh right. Rain and umbrellas.


May 27, 2015 11:13AM
The Gravedigger pokes it with a stick, trying to see if there's even a druid still in there.
Apheori (GM): How big was it?
You know what, it doesn't even matter.


May 27, 2015 11:13AM
The stick goes in slightly and then gets stuck.
Gaurav: Porridge didn't do anything. I asked if it had initiative and Frezak said it had the speed of oats.


May 27, 2015 11:13AM
'''''Frezak''' (Gravy): Can I x-ray the Porridge Form for a bong? Because Greibel wouldn't be without it. It's the source of his power.
Frezak (GM): Quantum!
I was probably right.


May 27, 2015 11:13AM
RHU
Apheori (GM): The porridge oozes over and covers Greibel.
(at nowhere in particular)
Hello?
(he waves his arms)
Hello? Hello?


May 27, 2015 11:13AM
Rhu spots some porridge tracks. More of a trail, really. Like oaty slugs. ''(rolled 23 perception)''  Little porridges coming together into big porridge.
Frezak (GM): it sounds right.


May 27, 2015 11:14AM
Rhu follows a trail and winds up staring at a wall.
Gaurav: What kind of AC boost does being covered in sentient porridge give you?


May 27, 2015 11:16AM
Amadi hands the porridge lump a cup of hot chocolate.
Frezak (GM): The Armour of Oats.


May 27, 2015 11:17AM
Instead of accepting the hot chocolate, all the porridge collapses into the floor and disappears, leaving behind nothing more than a deep, dark pit.
Ganelon: Not enough to wash away the shame.


May 27, 2015 11:17AM
The Gravedigger shines a torch down the hole.
Gaurav: Hee.


May 27, 2015 11:19AM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Frezak (GM): The cleansing power of oats:
(shouting down the hole)
GRAAAAAAAAVES.


May 27, 2015 11:20AM
The shout completely fails to echo.
Apheori (GM): So none of you do anything about it?


May 27, 2015 11:20AM
'''''Frezak''' (Gravy):  No light, no echo... Does it smell like a Hole? A capitalised hole?
Gaurav: About Greibel and his glooping porridge? Noooooo


May 27, 2015 11:20AM
MIDORIKI HANO (HAZZ'RIDAN)
Ganelon: I have both doubts about my ability to do anything about it, and also the actual danger posed.
It smells like a dead end.


May 27, 2015 11:20AM
'''''Frezak''' (Gravy): ...
Gaurav: Never get between a man and his porridge, my mum always taught me.


Rhu tries to hand the drugs Greibel handed him earlier back to him.
The Gravedigger punts Midoriki Hano into the hole, and she vanishes almost immediately.


May 27, 2015 11:21AM
Kyrule appears behind Gravy, looking basically how she did before, grey and godly and masked and not at all an anime boobchick. For some reason her hair is a bit crazy, and in a completely different style from before. There seems to be a sausage embedded in it for some reason.
Apheori (GM): More and more porridge seems to be covering him.


May 27, 2015 11:21AM
Kyrule giggles quietly before suddenly recovering herself and looking completely serious.
Ganelon: Anyone got a hollow tube handy so he doesn't suffocate?
Also, another important point - does he even care this is happening?


May 27, 2015 11:22AM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Apheori (GM): Frezak suggests Radek's rifle.
Oh, hey.


May 27, 2015 11:22AM
KYRULE
Ganelon: That's not hollow on both ends.
Ahem. Yes. Hello.


May 27, 2015 11:22AM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Apheori (GM): He seems to be trying to walk.
(shouting down the hole)
OKAY IN THERE?


May 27, 2015 11:22AM
KYRULE
Ganelon: Also no.
I'm sure he's fine. She's. Something?


May 27, 2015 11:22AM
RADEK
Frezak (GM): IT COULD BE
What about Greibel?


May 27, 2015 11:22AM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Apheori (GM): But it's not working very well.
Well, he's not here.


May 27, 2015 11:22AM
RADEK
Ganelon: No.
Is he "fine"?


Rhu pokes at the porridge.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Difficult to say. Since. You know. He's not here.


May 27, 2015 11:24AM
AMADI
Ganelon: But really, unless you want me to set him on fire to try and bake the porridge, I haven't really got a way to stop a completely amorphous entity from covering someone.
(she shrugs)
Soft landing. Oaty.


May 27, 2015 11:25AM
KYRULE
Rhu: rolling d20+15 Heal check on Greibel
(peering down into the hole)
(
I'm not sure there will be much of a... landing.
7
)+15
= 22


May 27, 2015 11:25AM
The Gravedigger's eyes light up.
Gaurav: Mostly, I want to check if the porridge is affecting Greibel's brain function in any way.


May 27, 2015 11:26AM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Apheori (GM): You ascertain that the porridge seems to be alive and growing.
Jetpacks!


May 27, 2015 11:26AM
AMADI
Gaurav: ... growing?
Well, a cushioned fall that... doesn't end.
Uh oh.


May 27, 2015 11:26AM
KYRULE
Apheori (GM): You recall Greibel was in there, but there isn't much sign of him anymore.
You'll see him again. You might even see both of them again. Though I do hope not.
It's basically just a large, lumpy, vaguely conical lump.


May 27, 2015 11:27AM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Frezak (GM): I POKE IT
Hey! I quite like Greibel! Somehow!
With a stick
 
May 27, 2015 11:27AM
Gaurav: It's too late. Greibel has been consigned to an oaty grave. We should bury him and move on.
 
May 27, 2015 11:27AM
Frezak (GM): to see if there's a druid in there
 
May 27, 2015 11:28AM
Gaurav: I wonder what would happen if he were to transform into a swarm of bees right now.
 
May 27, 2015 11:28AM
Frezak (GM): They would be really upset bees?
 
May 27, 2015 11:29AM
Gaurav: I mean, would each bee be wrapped in a tiny bit of porridge, or would they all be stuck as a ball inside all of the porridge. What if a bee escapes? Stuff like that.
 
May 27, 2015 11:30AM
Ganelon: We've already pondered the question of how druid swarms even maintain a gestalt intelligence.
In short, it's weird and magic.
And I don't think they can separate from the same close area.
 
May 27, 2015 11:30AM
Apheori (GM): The stick goes in slightly and then gets stuck.
 
May 27, 2015 11:31AM
Frezak (GM): I relinquish the stick.
Defeat!
 
May 27, 2015 11:31AM
Gaurav: Ah, never mind then.
 
Rhu remembers that one of the shadows was consumed by an invisible thing beside Greibel, and he starts saying "Hello?" and waving his arms in the empty space.
 
May 27, 2015 11:31AM
Rhu: rolling d20+15 perception check
(
8
)+15
= 23
 
May 27, 2015 11:34AM
Apheori (GM): Rhu: You see porridge tracks.
 
May 27, 2015 11:34AM
Frezak (GM): More of a trail, really.
like an oaty slug
 
May 27, 2015 11:35AM
Apheori (GM): Little porridges coming together into big porridge...
 
May 27, 2015 11:35AM
Frezak (GM): A porridge singularity:
We're DOOOOMED
 
May 27, 2015 11:35AM
Gaurav: We're heading towards a Hole. We're doomed anyway.
 
Rhu follows the trail.
 
May 27, 2015 11:36AM
Frezak (GM): Yeah, but we could do with LESS dooms.
 
May 27, 2015 11:37AM
Apheori (GM): ...any trail in particular?
 
May 27, 2015 11:37AM
Gaurav: If we got a comically large magnifying glass as part of our Sarathi expedition supplies, Rhu will take it out and do his best Elmer Fudd impression.
Do the trails converge on a point? Is that point Greibel?
 
May 27, 2015 11:37AM
Apheori (GM): The little ones all go off in random directions.
...yes.
And yes.
 
May 27, 2015 11:38AM
Ellemerr (GM): Amadi hands the porridge a cup of hot chocolate.
 
May 27, 2015 11:38AM
Gaurav: Any trails heading towards one of the walls, or do they go down the corridor?
 
May 27, 2015 11:38AM
Frezak (GM): Can I x-ray the Porridge Form for a bong?
 
May 27, 2015 11:39AM
Apheori (GM): Instead of accepting the hot chocolate, all the porridge collapses into the floor and disappears, leaving something of a horrible dark hole behind.
 
May 27, 2015 11:39AM
Frezak (GM): Because Greibel wouldn't be without it.
It's the soruce of his power.
 
May 27, 2015 11:39AM
Gaurav: Ew.
 
May 27, 2015 11:39AM
Frezak (GM): GREAT
A HOLE
YAY
 
May 27, 2015 11:39AM
Apheori (GM): Gaurav: All of the above.
 
May 27, 2015 11:39AM
Gaurav: We should try offering more of our enemies hot chocolate.
 
Rhu follows the largest trail that leads towards the wall. He'll poke at the trails as he goes, looking for clues.
 
May 27, 2015 11:40AM
Ellemerr (GM): Um. Where's Greibel?
 
May 27, 2015 11:40AM
Gaurav: Towards a wall, I guess. The nearest wall.
 
May 27, 2015 11:40AM
Frezak (GM): I shine my Space Elf issue Flashlight down this new hole.
 
May 27, 2015 11:40AM
Apheori (GM): Rhu spends the next hour following all the porridge trails up walls, down floor, etc etc. He finds they all just sort of randomly start out of nowhere and needs to give me a perception check.
 
May 27, 2015 11:41AM
Rhu: rolling d20+15 perception check on random trails
(
10
)+15
= 25
 
May 27, 2015 11:41AM
Gaurav: Up walls. Nice.
 
May 27, 2015 11:41AM
Apheori (GM): Rhu notices the shadows at the edge of the light and doesn't walk into them and get devoured.
 
May 27, 2015 11:41AM
Frezak (GM): oats don't bow to gravity.
 
May 27, 2015 11:41AM
Gaurav: YAY!
 
May 27, 2015 11:41AM
Apheori (GM): Unless he really wants to or something.
 
May 27, 2015 11:42AM
Frezak (GM): Hug your doom!
 
May 27, 2015 11:42AM
Gaurav: No no. Undevoured is fine.
 
May 27, 2015 11:42AM
Frezak (GM): Embrace it like a comfortable bear!
 
May 27, 2015 11:42AM
Gaurav: Rhu's doom is waiting for him at a dead end somewhere.
Anyway, brb. I'll be back in 10 mins.
 
May 27, 2015 11:44AM
Apheori (GM): Okay, so presumably that didn't actually go on for an hour.
 
May 27, 2015 11:44AM
Frezak (GM): Gravy shouts down the hole.
 
May 27, 2015 11:45AM
The Gravedigger: GRAAAAAAAAVES
 
May 27, 2015 11:45AM
Frezak (GM): Maaaaybe it's echolocation.
 
May 27, 2015 11:45AM
Apheori (GM): It completely fails to echo.
 
May 27, 2015 11:45AM
Ganelon: The real question is whether it's a hole or, you know, a Hole.
 
May 27, 2015 11:45AM
Frezak (GM): Maybe he's just shouting.
Damn you, echolocation!
You fail me in my most dire of hours!
10-foot poles!
Deploy a drone?
Probably safer than spelunking.
 
May 27, 2015 11:47AM
Ganelon: A fair point.
 
May 27, 2015 11:47AM
Frezak (GM): That said short of evil darkness, Gravy could probably just jump down most caves.
 
May 27, 2015 11:48AM
Ganelon: But I want to know what we're dealing with before I even toss junk in there.
 
May 27, 2015 11:48AM
Frezak (GM): No light, no echo....
Does it smell like a Hole?
A capitalised hole?
 
May 27, 2015 11:49AM
Midoriki Hano: It smells like a dead end.
 
May 27, 2015 11:49AM
Frezak (GM): ...
Gravy pushes hazz down the hole.
Roll to punt:
rolling 1D20+11
(
11
)+11
= 22
AC?
Reflex?
 
May 27, 2015 11:52AM
Apheori (GM): Something.
She's knocked flying into the hole.
 
May 27, 2015 11:53AM
Frezak (GM): Against MYSTERY
Have at thee, mystery!
 
May 27, 2015 11:53AM
Apheori (GM): Kyrule appears behind Gravy and giggles.
 
May 27, 2015 11:53AM
The Gravedigger: Oh, hey.
 
May 27, 2015 11:53AM
Kyrule: Ahem. Yes.
Hello.
 
The Gravedigger shouts down the hole.
 
May 27, 2015 11:53AM
The Gravedigger: OKAY IN THERE?
 
May 27, 2015 11:53AM
Ganelon: I can't really disagree with this course of action.
 
May 27, 2015 11:54AM
Kyrule: I'm sure he's fine.
She's.
Something?
 
May 27, 2015 11:54AM
Radek: What about Greibel?
 
May 27, 2015 11:54AM
The Gravedigger: Well, he's not here.
 
May 27, 2015 11:54AM
Radek: Is he "fine"?
 
May 27, 2015 11:55AM
The Gravedigger: Difficult to say.
Since.
You know.
He's not here.
 
Amadi shrugs.
 
May 27, 2015 11:55AM
Amadi: Soft landing. Oaty.
 
Kyrule leans over and peers down into the hole.
 
May 27, 2015 11:55AM
Kyrule: I'm not sure there will be much of a... landing.
 
The Gravedigger 's eyes light up.
 
May 27, 2015 11:56AM
The Gravedigger: Jetpacks!
 
May 27, 2015 11:56AM
Kyrule: You'll see him again.
 
May 27, 2015 11:56AM
Amadi: Well, a cushioned fall that... doesn't end.
 
May 27, 2015 11:56AM
Kyrule: You might even see both of them again.
Though I do hope not.
 
May 27, 2015 11:56AM
The Gravedigger: Hey!
I quite like Greibel!
 
May 27, 2015 11:56AM
(From Ellemerr (GM)): Where's my bong?
 
May 27, 2015 11:56AM
The Gravedigger: Somehow!
 
May 27, 2015 11:57AM
(To Ellemerr): Your bong is just... gone. But also not. It's... right here, in fact?
 
May 27, 2015 11:57AM
Kyrule: I'm kidding. Mostly.


Radek grumbles.
Radek grumbles.
Line 434: Line 114:
Amadi leans over the hole, looking a tiny bit like she's about to just fall into it.
Amadi leans over the hole, looking a tiny bit like she's about to just fall into it.


May 27, 2015 11:58AM
AMADI
Amadi: He's... not terribly gone... somehow.
He's... not terribly gone... somehow.


The Gravedigger throws drugs down the hole.
The Gravedigger throws drugs down the hole.


May 27, 2015 11:58AM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
The Gravedigger: In case he gets lonely.
In case he gets lonely.


May 27, 2015 11:59AM
AMADI
Amadi: I wonder what'd happen if he used...
I wonder what'd happen if he used...


Amadi mumbles.
Amadi mumbles.


May 27, 2015 11:59AM
Rhu turns around and notices his god is missing.
Frezak (GM): Perception to clarify the mumble!
rolling 1D20+14+10
(
1
)+14+10
= 25
 
May 27, 2015 12:00PM
Gaurav: Mumbling intensifies.
 
Kyrule points at Gaurav and laughs.
 
May 27, 2015 12:01PM
Kyrule: Er, ooc.
 
May 27, 2015 12:01PM
Apheori (GM): ...sorry. >.>
 
May 27, 2015 12:01PM
Frezak (GM): Even the gods mock you!
 
May 27, 2015 12:01PM
Gaurav: Yes. They do.
 
May 27, 2015 12:02PM
(From Amadi): "I wonder what'd happen if he used my/his mumble-bumble-thingy-whatsnot to blah blah blah..."
 
May 27, 2015 12:02PM
Apheori (GM): So your god just got shoved in a hole.
 
May 27, 2015 12:02PM
Gaurav: I'm just going to say that Rhu was peering intensely at a wall while his god was unceremoniously dumped into a torn piece of the fabric of the universe itself by his so-called friend.
^


May 27, 2015 12:03PM
The Gravedigger whistles and scuffs a foot in the dirt, hands behind his back.
Frezak (GM): If pushed, Gravy will blame Amadi.


May 27, 2015 12:03PM
RHU
Ganelon: It wasn't that kind of hole.
HEY!


May 27, 2015 12:03PM
AMADI
Apheori (GM): Gaarav: Perception.
Hello!
Also literal hole in the floor.


May 27, 2015 12:03PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Rhu: rolling d20+15 perception check
Hey?
(
3
)+15
= 18


May 27, 2015 12:03PM
Rhu runs up to the broken hole in the ground and looks inside.
Ganelon: Also the world is better off without.


May 27, 2015 12:03PM
RHU
Gaurav: I like Hazz'. But then I like Dave, so what do I know.
HELLO? HELLO?
Sorry, Dawn.
(to Gravy)
 
Did you just shove my god in there?
May 27, 2015 12:04PM
Frezak (GM): Gravy whistles.
Scuffs a foot in the dirt.
Hands behind his back.
hands that hold a giant sarcophagus lid and a shovel.
 
May 27, 2015 12:04PM
Apheori (GM): Rhu: Okay, fine, you missed the exact details, but you definitely heard something get hit with a shovel and saw Hazz anime boobchick fall into the floor hole.
 
May 27, 2015 12:04PM
Rhu: HEY!
 
May 27, 2015 12:04PM
Apheori (GM): And now there's Gravy. Doing that.
 
May 27, 2015 12:04PM
Amadi: Hello!
 
May 27, 2015 12:04PM
Gaurav: Hee, boobchick.
 
May 27, 2015 12:04PM
The Gravedigger: Hey?
 
May 27, 2015 12:05PM
Apheori (GM): Oh, and Kyrule's back to normal.
Just grey and godly and masked and not an anime boobchick.
Also her hair is a bit crazy, and in a completely different style from before.
There seems to be a sausage embedded in it for some reason.
 
May 27, 2015 12:05PM
Rhu: (runs up to Hole, peers inside) HELLO? HELLO?
(to Gravy) Did you just shove my god in there?
 
May 27, 2015 12:06PM
Apheori (GM): Not a rift hole, just a broken floor hole.
It looks dark and rocky and there is no echo when you shout down.
 
May 27, 2015 12:06PM
Gaurav: Oh, sorry. I misinterpreted what Hazz' said before his exit.


The Gravedigger looks at his shovel.
The Gravedigger looks at his shovel.


May 27, 2015 12:06PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
The Gravedigger: Um. No?
Um. No? Maybe?
Maybe?


May 27, 2015 12:07PM
RHU
Rhu: Not cool, man, not cool.
Not cool, man, not cool.


May 27, 2015 12:07PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
The Gravedigger: Hey, he killed me.
Hey, he killed me. Tit for... uh... tit.
Tit for... uh... tit.


May 27, 2015 12:07PM
RHU
Rhu: You know he's pissed off at me already, and I'm pretty sure we need all the godly intervention we can get for this stupid suicid-- wait, what?
You know he's pissed off at me already, and I'm pretty sure we need all the godly intervention we can get for this stupid suicid-- wait, what?


May 27, 2015 12:08PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
The Gravedigger: Yeah.
Yeah. Your god's a bit of a dick.
Your god's a bit of a dick.


Kyrule tries to look innocent and inconspicuous behind Gravy.
Kyrule tries to look innocent and inconspicuous behind Gravy. This doesn't really work considering she's even taller than he is.


May 27, 2015 12:08PM
AMADI
Amadi: I tried to stop her. But I'm not Squirrel.
I tried to stop her. But I'm not Squirrel.


May 27, 2015 12:08PM
Rhu looks at Amadi and Gravy before turning back to the hole.
Gaurav: Which is totally doable, given Gravy's size.


May 27, 2015 12:09PM
RHU
Apheori (GM): Also Kyrule is really big, so she's not actually managing to hide at all.
(shouting down the hole)
So you can totally see this.
DID YOU KILL HIM?


May 27, 2015 12:09PM
'''''Frezak''' (Gravy):  So tempted to punt Rhu in.
Rhu: (looks from Gravy to Amadi and back again, then shouts down the hole) DID YOU KILL HIM?


May 27, 2015 12:09PM
'''''Gaurav''' (Rhu): omg do it
Gaurav: Psh, like Rhu would notice.
 
May 27, 2015 12:09PM
Frezak (GM): So tempted to punt Rhu in.
 
May 27, 2015 12:09PM
Gaurav: omg do it


Kyrule whispers behind Gravy, "You know you want to."
Kyrule whispers behind Gravy, "You know you want to."


May 27, 2015 12:10PM
'''''Frezak''' (Gravy): The votes are in!
Frezak (GM): The votes are in!
Gravy just whacks Rhu on the butt.
 
May 27, 2015 12:10PM
Gaurav: That's one PC and one reasonably competent god against nil.
I got 17 reflex. What you got?


May 27, 2015 12:10PM
The Gravedigger whacks Rhu on the butt with his shovel. ''(rolled 31 vs 17 reflex)''
Frezak (GM): Also the GM herself is egging me on.
rolling 1D20+11
(
20
)+11
= 31


May 27, 2015 12:11PM
Rhu topples into the hole, and a tentacle reaches up to meet him an instant before he disappears entirely into shadow.
Apheori (GM): Rhu topples into the hole.


Radek edges further away from the hole - and Gravy.
Radek edges further away from the hole - and Gravy.


May 27, 2015 12:11PM
Amadi climbs up Gravy and smacks him over the back of the head.
Ganelon: I'm not going to be next.
No way, man.
 
May 27, 2015 12:11PM
Gaurav: Gravy, solving this party's problems one character at a time.


May 27, 2015 12:11PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Apheori (GM): Gravy, Amadi: You think you see a tentacle reachng up to meet him right as he disappears entirely into shadow.
Okay, now we can get some work done!
 
May 27, 2015 12:11PM
Frezak (GM): MEET YOUR GOD
 
Amadi smacks Gravy over the back of the head. (She might have to climb onto him to do this.)
 
May 27, 2015 12:12PM
The Gravedigger: Okay, now we can get some work done!
That's.. uh... you, Radek.
That's.. uh... you, Radek.


May 27, 2015 12:12PM
RADEK
Radek: ...Yes. Well.
...Yes. Well.
...Onwards, then.


May 27, 2015 12:13PM
KYRULE
Gaurav: Important question: did Amadi ever actually get off Rhu's shoulders? She was braiding his hair when the last encounter began.
Actually, maybe... you shouldn't have done that.


May 27, 2015 12:13PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Radek: ...Onwards, then.
Ooops.


May 27, 2015 12:13PM
KYRULE
Frezak (GM): HAHAHAHA
Maybe.
 
May 27, 2015 12:13PM
Apheori (GM): O.o
 
Apheori (GM) falls over laughing.
 
May 27, 2015 12:13PM
Kyrule: Actually, maybe... you shouldn't have done that.
 
May 27, 2015 12:14PM
The Gravedigger: Ooops.
 
May 27, 2015 12:14PM
Kyrule: Maybe.
 
May 27, 2015 12:14PM
Apheori (GM): Hmm.
Let's see...
rolling 1d3
(
2
)
= 2
Okay, Amadi was on him, but fell off when he got punted in.
 
May 27, 2015 12:15PM
Frezak (GM): Whew!
 
May 27, 2015 12:15PM
Apheori (GM): She was just by the edge of it.
And now she's on him punching Gravy.
Which I guess is why you both would have been able to see the tentacle, yeah.
Also we should... go buy food.
Because we're all horrible at planning.
So, uh.
 
May 27, 2015 12:18PM
Gaurav: BYE
 
May 27, 2015 12:20PM
Apheori (GM): Right, we'll be back in a bit, sorry about.
 
May 27, 2015 12:20PM
Gaurav: I'm in no rush. Take your time and have a nice dinner!
 
May 27, 2015 12:48PM
Apheori (GM): Okay, we got dinner for tomorrow and stuff.
And breakfast.
And lunch.
There was arguing.
 
May 27, 2015 12:49PM
Gaurav: Any porridge?
 
May 27, 2015 12:52PM
Apheori (GM): That was dinner.
So to recap, the current situation is...
Uh...
 
May 27, 2015 12:53PM
Ellemerr (GM): Dinner today.
 
May 27, 2015 12:53PM
Apheori (GM): Gravy pushed Hazz and Rhu into a hole in the ground.
Greibel is gone.
This leaves Gravy, Radek, Amadi, and Kyrule in the tunnel around a hole in the ground?
Is this the point where you head out onwards as Radek suggested, and stop for a relaxed lunch along the way?
 
May 27, 2015 12:55PM
Gaurav: I don't suppose Rhu is in a position to shout up out of the hole at everybody else?
 
May 27, 2015 12:56PM
Apheori (GM): Rhu is gone.
Goooone.
 
May 27, 2015 12:56PM
Gaurav: Well then.
 
May 27, 2015 12:56PM
Apheori (GM): ...I should probably figure something out with that.
 
May 27, 2015 12:57PM
Gaurav: We can figure that out next week if necessary. I'm pretty excited, since this is a particularly messed up time in the Rhu-Hazz' relationship for them to be stuck together somewhere, which should be fun.
 
May 27, 2015 12:58PM
Apheori (GM): Uh, care to have a nice chat with your god?


May 27, 2015 12:58PM
Frezak (GM): They can play games!
Charades!


May 27, 2015 12:58PM
INT. Great Rift at Sanessee - deep dark pit
Apheori (GM): One on one? All alone?
Weightless?


May 27, 2015 12:58PM
Rhu is suspended in blackness... and in Hazz'ridan. Other than that, he is simply alone.
Frezak (GM): WITH NO ESCAPE IN SIGHT?


May 27, 2015 12:58PM
There is no sign of Greibel.
Gaurav: You say that like Rhu doesn't do that every few weeks anyway.


May 27, 2015 12:58PM
RHU
Frezak (GM): ...
...so.
That's a really good point.
 
May 27, 2015 12:58PM
Gaurav: Up to you. I'm happy to watch everybody else adventure for a while, too.
 
May 27, 2015 12:59PM
Apheori (GM): Have a chat.
I don't expect it will last long.
 
May 27, 2015 12:59PM
Rhu: ...so.
 
May 27, 2015 12:59PM
Apheori (GM): Rhu: You are suspended in blackness.
As far as you can tell.
Also Hazz.
Though you can't actually see him/her.
 
May 27, 2015 12:59PM
Frezak (GM): Doesn't he have Hair-o-Vision?
 
May 27, 2015 1:00PM
Apheori (GM): It may be in his bag.
 
May 27, 2015 1:00PM
Gaurav: Yeah, I don't think I have it on. Do I have my bag with me?


Rhu attempts to move around in the empty blackness.
Rhu attempts to move around in the empty blackness.


May 27, 2015 1:00PM
HAZZ'RIDAN
Frezak (GM): I'm not aware that you were disequipped?
So.
 
May 27, 2015 1:01PM
Gaurav: It might be a blackness of the mind and not the body, in which case I might not have access to my things.
I -> Rhu
 
May 27, 2015 1:01PM
Hazz'ridan: So.
 
May 27, 2015 1:02PM
Rhu: I don't suppose you did kill Gravy.
 
May 27, 2015 1:02PM
Hazz'ridan: I did.
 
May 27, 2015 1:02PM
Frezak (GM): As if Gravy would lie!
 
May 27, 2015 1:02PM
Apheori (GM): Hazz isn't going to either.
Probably.


May 27, 2015 1:02PM
RHU
Gaurav: As if Gravy would shove party members into holes!
I don't suppose you ''did'' kill Gravy.


May 27, 2015 1:03PM
HAZZ'RIDAN
Apheori (GM): Well.
I did.
Things happen.


Rhu sighs.
Rhu sighs.


May 27, 2015 1:03PM
RHU
Frezak (GM): Frankly, blame Names on that one.
This is a pretty crazy party.
Is there any way to get back to the others, or do we have to wait for Mrs. Teatime to come rescue us again?


May 27, 2015 1:03PM
There is a pause, and then a tentacle wraps around Rhu with surprising gentleness, drawing him upwards.
Rhu: This is a pretty crazy party.


May 27, 2015 1:03PM
Apheori (GM): You didn't HAVE to.


May 27, 2015 1:03PM
INT. Great rift at Sanessee - tunnels
Frezak (GM): I did it because YOU TOLD ME TO PUSH YOUR CHARACTER DOWN THE HOLE
BLAME YOURSELF


May 27, 2015 1:04PM
Rhu flies back out of the pit, bounces off the ceiling, and lands in a heap in front of Radek just as everyone is about to leave entirely.
Rhu: Is there any way to get back to the others, or do we have to wait for Mrs. Teatime to come rescue us again?


May 27, 2015 1:04PM
A tentacle waves slightly after him before sinking back down and disappearing.
Frezak (GM): You are your own downfall.


May 27, 2015 1:04PM
RHU
Gaurav: I am Rhu's downfall.
Ow.
Which is fair, really.


Hazz'ridan chucks Rhu back up out of the hole.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Hey! Done with so soon?


May 27, 2015 1:04PM
RHU
Gaurav: What.
Hi. I think we're all even now. Maybe.
Like undercooked meat.


May 27, 2015 1:04PM
A small chunk of porridge jiggles on Gravy's shoulder.
Apheori (GM): So Rhu comes up with a tentacle, bounces off the ceiling, and lands in a heap next to Radek.
Comes up flung via tentacle, I mean.


May 27, 2015 1:05PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Rhu: Ow.
Hokay! Radek?


May 27, 2015 1:05PM
Rhu thanks Hazz' for the redemption and/or rescue.
The Gravedigger: Hey!
Done with so soon?


May 27, 2015 1:05PM
Radek grumbles and shakes his head as he steps over (not on top of) Rhu.
Apheori (GM): Is Gan still here
?


May 27, 2015 1:05PM
RADEK
Rhu: Hi. I think we're all even now.
It's a wonder anyone fears the unknown these days...
Maybe.


May 27, 2015 1:06PM
'''''Ganelon''' (Radek): Damn youngsters don't even appreciate the unspeakable terrors they find themselves facing.
Gaurav: Any tentacles still in the area?


May 27, 2015 1:06PM
KYRULE
Apheori (GM): A small chunk of porridge jiggles on Gravy's shoulder.
People don't know what unspeakable horrors lie beneath. Easy to only see what you see.
No tentacles, though.


May 27, 2015 1:06PM
RADEK
The Gravedigger: Hokay!
Hmph. Only because you've all gone ''soft''. Back in my day, we were never this blind.
Radek?


May 27, 2015 1:07PM
Radek heads off down the tunnel, not bothering with whether or not anyone is going to follow.
Rhu: rolling d20+10 religion check to thank Hazz' for his redemption/rescue
(
7
)+10
= 17


May 27, 2015 1:07PM
AMADI
Apheori (GM): You don't need to roll for that. You thank your god. He's thanked. Yadda.
I'm not actually blind, I'm just wearing shades in the middle of the night. It's a fashion statement.


May 27, 2015 1:08PM
As the others head after Radek, Kyrule pulls the sausage out of her hair.
Gaurav: Shh. This is Rhu's first chat-with-god religion check in ages. Let him have his moment.


May 27, 2015 1:10PM
KYRULE
Ganelon: I'm back.
(muttering)
Yeah, blind.


May 27, 2015 1:11PM
Kyrule starts munching on the sausage.
Apheori (GM): Rhu got flung back at you.
He landed next to you.
You were about to just head out anyway?


May 27, 2015 1:11PM
The Gravedigger's eyes widen.
Ganelon: Yes.


May 27, 2015 1:12PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Frezak (GM): Radek remains as STEEEEEL
Sausages!
 
Radek grumbles and shakes his head as he steps over (not on top of) Rhu.
 
May 27, 2015 1:12PM
Radek: It's a wonder anyone fears the unknown these days...
 
May 27, 2015 1:13PM
Ganelon: Damn youngsters don't even appreciate the unspeakable terrors they find themselves facing.
 
May 27, 2015 1:13PM
Kyrule: People don't know what unspeakable horrors lie beneath. Easy to only see what you see.
 
May 27, 2015 1:15PM
Radek: Hmph. Only because you've all gone soft. Back in my day, we were never this blind.
 
May 27, 2015 1:15PM
Ganelon: Damn gods keeping us mortals ignorant for our own well-being.
 
May 27, 2015 1:15PM
Amadi: I'm not actually blind, I'm just wearing shades in the middle of the night. It's a fashion statement.
 
Kyrule pulls the sausage out of her hair and mutters, "yeah, blind," and then starts munching on it.
 
May 27, 2015 1:16PM
Ganelon: He'll be heading down this tunnel, whether or not anyone actually cares to follow him.
 
The Gravedigger 's eyes widen.
 
May 27, 2015 1:16PM
The Gravedigger: Sausages!


Amadi draws out some sausages for Gravy.
Amadi draws out some sausages for Gravy.


May 27, 2015 1:17PM
The Gravedigger produces his own sausages (ALL FOUR KINDS).
Ganelon: ...That sounds like an answer.
 
May 27, 2015 1:17PM
Apheori (GM): Y'all head after Radek.
 
The Gravedigger produces his own sausages (ALL FOUR KINDS) and declares this to be The Time Of Lunching As Soon As We're Out Of This Cave


May 27, 2015 1:17PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Ganelon: Damn sausages, stealing my thugs' attention away from matters of great import!
(in declaration)
This shall be The Time Of Lunching As Soon As We're Out Of This Cave.


Rhu cheers.
Rhu cheers.


May 27, 2015 1:18PM
Ellemerr (GM): Answer to what?
Right then!
Tunneling!
Are there moles?
May 27, 2015 1:22PM
Apheori (GM): Uh, okay.
You head down the tunnel. Passage. Thing.
No moles.
Not even dead ones.
There are some... people.
They're all frozen in place.
May 27, 2015 1:22PM
Ganelon: Oh, that's remarkable.
May 27, 2015 1:22PM
Apheori (GM): In the middle of actions.
May 27, 2015 1:22PM
Frezak (GM): BASILISKS?
May 27, 2015 1:23PM
Ganelon: What's keeping them frozen?
May 27, 2015 1:23PM
Apheori (GM): The first one you come to is running as if in utter terror.
Behind him are others, as though following, chasing or whatever.
Nothing apparent is keeping them frozen.
May 27, 2015 1:24PM
Frezak (GM): I poke one.
May 27, 2015 1:25PM
Apheori (GM): Which one? The first one?
May 27, 2015 1:25PM
Frezak (GM): Closest, yeah.
With a shovel.
May 27, 2015 1:25PM
Apheori (GM): Kyrule stops you, or at least moves to stop the shovel with a hand on it. Like, you know. Gestury. Of stopping. Like someone... stopping...
...er.
May 27, 2015 1:25PM
Frezak (GM): Sure.
May 27, 2015 1:26PM
Apheori (GM): The one in front is some sort of warrior-looking guy in leathers and stuff. He has swords, but they're not out. The chasers look like an odd mixture of soldiers, peasants, and aliens.
A few of them are glowing.
May 27, 2015 1:26PM
Ganelon: Sounds like magic is afoot.
Shall I roll the thing?
May 27, 2015 1:26PM
Frezak (GM): I halt my pokage?
May 27, 2015 1:26PM
Ganelon: The understanding thing?
May 27, 2015 1:27PM
Apheori (GM): Roll all the things.
Yes.
May 27, 2015 1:27PM
Gaurav: Aliens?


May 27, 2015 1:27PM
INT. Great Rift at Sanessee - more tunnels
Ganelon: rolling 1d20+16 Thing
(
18
)+16
= 34


May 27, 2015 1:27PM
After some more hiking, with no moles in sight, or even dead moles, the party comes across some people.
Apheori (GM): Also it would help if I could remember if anyone ever mentioned this.
Gan: Looks like some sort of temporal distortion - they're not actually frozen. Probably.
Well, relative to you they totally are, but from the ambience you get the feeling that really you're just moving really really fast and they're normal.
Aliens as in... not elven or human, but I guess they're humanoid or something. Maybe.
I dunno.


May 27, 2015 1:29PM
There are eight of them, all frozen in place, as if paused in mid-action. One, a warrior in leathers, with swords sheathed, is fleeing from the others in utter terror. His pursuers are a mismatched bunch, a combination of soldiers, peasants, and aliens, full of darkness and harsh gleamings.
Gaurav: It's times like this that we need to ask ourselves the important question: what would Greibel do?


May 27, 2015 1:29PM
The Gravedigger raises a shovel to poke the warrior-looking guy, but then Kyrule moves to stop him, placing a warning hand on the shovel.
Ganelon: "What drug would Greibel do in these trying times?"
"Oh, definitely PCP. No doubt."


May 27, 2015 1:29PM
The Gravedigger stops.
Frezak (GM): Get high?


May 27, 2015 1:29PM
Kyrule approaches the warrior guy and reaches out to touch his face, but then also stop at the last moment, looking really, really sad for a moment.
Ellemerr (GM): I can produce drugs if you want them.


May 27, 2015 1:29PM
KYRULE
Frezak (GM): I'm... good, I think.
(whispering)
And with godly fortitude, probably pretty resistant to drugs.
Oh, Vardaman... be our beacon, my dearest Deathdealer, for one long night.
And yet I fear when we part next, it will be under even darker skies...


May 27, 2015 1:33PM
She backs away, drawing the Gravedigger as well aside around the frozen guy.
Gaurav: I... thought maybe throw porridge in their faces, but that works too I guess.


May 27, 2015 1:33PM
RHU
Rhu: Can either of you gods unfreeze them somehow?
Can either of you gods unfreeze them somehow?


May 27, 2015 1:33PM
KYRULE
Kyrule: We're currently kind of outside of time.
We're currently kind of outside of time. I wouldn't touch them.
I wouldn't touch them.


May 27, 2015 1:34PM
AMADI
Rhu: What happens if we touch them?
Separate time-streams! Like two rivers running at different speed. Which can totally happen.


May 27, 2015 1:34PM
RHU
Amadi: Separate time-streams! Like two rivers running at different speed. Which can totally happen.
What happens if we touch them?


May 27, 2015 1:35PM
RADEK
Radek: Consider this, Rhu.
Consider this, Rhu. An object moving at sufficient speed relative to its observer is effectively undetectable.
An object moving at sufficient speed relative to its observer is effectively undetectable.
If we have even the slightest semblance of mass, contact with these people could potentially annihilate them.
If we have even the slightest semblance of mass, contact with these people could potentially annihilate them.


May 27, 2015 1:36PM
KYRULE
Kyrule: You can break the weak forces within atoms.
You can break the weak forces within atoms. It's fun.
It's fun.
 
May 27, 2015 1:36PM
Ganelon: Gods!
No sense of responsibility!
 
May 27, 2015 1:36PM
Frezak (GM): rolling 1D20+4
(
17
)+4
= 21
Gravy trying to grasp science
 
May 27, 2015 1:37PM
Rhu: So it's something to do with the observer's relative. Hmm, interesting.
 
May 27, 2015 1:37PM
(To Frezak): (whispering) Also this is totally wod magic and I have no idea how well it even works according to the laws of physics or anything anyway.
 
May 27, 2015 1:37PM
The Gravedigger: It's fine, the differential in temporal rates is vast enough that the slipstream would only shear off a minor value of particles.
 
May 27, 2015 1:38PM
(To Frezak): (whispering) So who even knows what could happen.
 
May 27, 2015 1:38PM
The Gravedigger: Or so they say.


May 27, 2015 1:38PM
RHU
Rhu: I think Holy Kyrule is right, though. I think it will be fun.
So it's something to do with the observer's relative. Hmm, interesting.


May 27, 2015 1:38PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Radek: ...Just leave them undisturbed.
It's fine, the differential in temporal rates is vast enough that the slipstream would only shear off a minor value of particles.
Or so they say.


May 27, 2015 1:38PM
RADEK
Frezak (GM): FUN?!
...Just leave them undisturbed.


May 27, 2015 1:38PM
RHU
Kyrule: That was sarcasm.
I think Holy Kyrule is right, though. I think it will be fun.


May 27, 2015 1:38PM
KYRULE
Rhu: Oh.
(to Rhu)
That was sarcasm.


May 27, 2015 1:38PM
RHU
Ganelon: How minor is Gravy talking here?
Oh.


The Gravedigger runs around them in slow motion.
The Gravedigger runs around the frozen people in slow motion.


May 27, 2015 1:38PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
The Gravedigger: Toooooo faaaaaasssssst fooooorrrrr yyyyooouuuu
Toooooo faaaaaasssssst fooooorrrrr yyyyooouuuu.
Caaaaaant caaaaatchhhh meeeee
Caaaaaant caaaaatchhhh meeeee.
Iiiiiiiim theeeeee giiiiingerrrrbreaaaaad maaaaaan
Iiiiiiiim theeeeee giiiiingerrrrbreaaaaad maaaaaan.


Radek clears his throat. Loudly.
Radek clears his throat. Loudly.
Line 1,120: Line 371:
The Gravedigger stops immediately and salutes.
The Gravedigger stops immediately and salutes.


Kyrule goes up to the fleeing guy and almost - very nearly - touches him.
RADEK
 
Let us continue.
Kyrule just looks really, really sad for a moment and back away.
 
May 27, 2015 1:41PM
Amadi: rolling 1d20
(
6
)
= 6


Amadi tries to drop a sausage into their time-stream, right in front of a runner's face.
Amadi tries to drop a sausage into their time-stream, right in front of a random pursuer's face. ''(rolled 6 reality)''


May 27, 2015 1:42PM
There is an uncertain moment while the sausage hangs lazily in front of him, and then both sausage and pursuer explode.
Gaurav: Amadi: YAY!


May 27, 2015 1:42PM
The explosion expands a little bit past the floor before suddenly slowing almost to a stop, almost frozen in time like really thick syrup almost frozen in a freezer.
Radek: Let us continue.


May 27, 2015 1:42PM
It glows violently.
Gaurav: I know this might destroy the universe as we know it, but I approve strongly.


May 27, 2015 1:42PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Apheori (GM): Amadi tries this on one of the pursuers.
Noooooo!
...it explodes.


May 27, 2015 1:42PM
AMADI
The Gravedigger: Noooooo!
...Oooops?


May 27, 2015 1:42PM
Radek and Kyrule facepalm.
Apheori (GM): Both pursuer and sausage.
 
May 27, 2015 1:43PM
Amadi: ... Oooops?
 
May 27, 2015 1:43PM
Apheori (GM): ...and a bit of the floor underneath.
But in slow motion.
 
Radek facepalms.


Amadi whistles and skips after Radek.
Amadi whistles and skips after Radek.


May 27, 2015 1:43PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
The Gravedigger: Maybe don't do that again?
Maybe don't do that again?
 
May 27, 2015 1:43PM
Amadi: Yes, let's go!
 
May 27, 2015 1:43PM
Apheori (GM): Just a weird expanding explosion.
Glowing.
 
May 27, 2015 1:43PM
Gaurav: Uh oh.
 
May 27, 2015 1:43PM
Apheori (GM): Getting bigger really, really slowly.
 
Kyrule face-palms.
 
May 27, 2015 1:43PM
The Gravedigger: Let's go.... a leetle faster?
 
Rhu nods at Gravy and is clearly ready to run for it.
 
May 27, 2015 1:44PM
Frezak (GM): Hustle!
 
Kyrule hangs back and puts out the explosion while y'all run away and then suddenly appears with you again a moment later.
 
May 27, 2015 1:46PM
Apheori (GM): Also Kyrule did something else with the fleeing guy but nobody cares. Ahem.
 
May 27, 2015 1:46PM
Gaurav: What?
 
May 27, 2015 1:47PM
Ganelon: It was probably someone important to her.
 
May 27, 2015 1:47PM
Frezak (GM): He is now wearing a fez
 
May 27, 2015 1:48PM
Apheori (GM): Yes.
That is now canon.
 
May 27, 2015 1:49PM
Frezak (GM): Sweet!
 
May 27, 2015 1:51PM
Apheori (GM): Now I need to look up what actually happens here. Uh.
Actually no, there was no visible change at all and she just grumbled a bit and left him there. Sorry.
No fez.
Also the guy looked utterly terrified, though I forget why I might have thought this was important.
Interesting.
Uh.
 
May 27, 2015 1:54PM
Apheori (GM): So y'all go on down the passage.
There's more folks, all frozen, but now they're more just milling around or clustered. There are a couple on the ceiling.
Roll sanity?
 
May 27, 2015 1:54PM
Amadi: rolling 1d20
(
11
)
= 11
 
May 27, 2015 1:55PM
Frezak (GM): rolling 1D20
(
6
)
= 6
 
May 27, 2015 1:56PM
Ganelon: rolling 1d20
(
5
)
= 5
Hoo hooooo
 
May 27, 2015 2:00PM
Frezak (GM): ONe day we'll get snake eyes again.
 
May 27, 2015 2:00PM
Apheori (GM): Okay. That's weird. There's weirdness. And stuff.
And light.
And distortion.
It's not night.
Yadda yadda.
We should go to bed.
 
May 27, 2015 2:00PM
Apheori (GM): Goodbyw.
e
 
May 27, 2015 2:01PM
Rhu: rolling d20
(
7
)
= 7
 
May 27, 2015 2:01PM
Ellemerr (GM): Mhm! Sweet nightmares.
 
May 27, 2015 2:01PM
Gaurav: Good night, all. Are we playing any more this week?
 
May 27, 2015 2:01PM
Ellemerr (GM): Veeeeery doubtful.
 
May 27, 2015 2:02PM
Gaurav: Cool. See you all next time, then!


May 27, 2015 2:02PM
AMADI
Ellemerr (GM): Have fun!
Yes, let's go!


May 27, 2015 2:03PM
The explosion continues to expand really, really slowly.
Apheori (GM): Rhu: Schoolgirls.


May 27, 2015 2:04PM
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Frezak (GM): Pervert!
Let's go... a leetle faster?


May 27, 2015 2:04PM
Rhu nods at Gravy and is clearly ready to run for it, but the explosion is still only slightly larger than it started out.
Gaurav: Rhu is thinking only of his god.


May 27, 2015 2:16PM
The party continues on past the explosion, only sort of hurrying, while Kyrule hangs back a bit to actually put it out.
Apheori (GM): His god is one. HEEE ISSSSS.
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Session 54 (raw log) (Overview)
INT. Great rift at Sanessee - tunnels
The rain has stopped, almost as suddenly as it started, leaving everything gleaming, with impossible colours glinting out of the edges.
Amadi puts away the umbrella.
Rhu tries to hand the drugs back to Greibel again.
Before Greibel can respond, the porridge oozes across his face, covering it in a strange, lumpy film. He pantomimes mock panic for a moment before just stopping and shrugging.
Then more porridge is oozing across the ground, out of the crevices, up Greibel's legs, covering him, more and more.
The Greibel lump, no longer even recognisable as Greibel, takes a lurching step towards Rhu.
Rhu pokes it. (rolled 22 heal) The lump seems to be growing, now vaguely conical.
The Gravedigger pokes it with a stick, trying to see if there's even a druid still in there.
The stick goes in slightly and then gets stuck.
Frezak (Gravy): Can I x-ray the Porridge Form for a bong? Because Greibel wouldn't be without it. It's the source of his power.
RHU
(at nowhere in particular)
Hello?
(he waves his arms)
Hello? Hello?
Rhu spots some porridge tracks. More of a trail, really. Like oaty slugs. (rolled 23 perception) Little porridges coming together into big porridge.
Rhu follows a trail and winds up staring at a wall.
Amadi hands the porridge lump a cup of hot chocolate.
Instead of accepting the hot chocolate, all the porridge collapses into the floor and disappears, leaving behind nothing more than a deep, dark pit.
The Gravedigger shines a torch down the hole.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
(shouting down the hole)
GRAAAAAAAAVES.
The shout completely fails to echo.
Frezak (Gravy): No light, no echo... Does it smell like a Hole? A capitalised hole?
MIDORIKI HANO (HAZZ'RIDAN)
It smells like a dead end.
Frezak (Gravy): ...
The Gravedigger punts Midoriki Hano into the hole, and she vanishes almost immediately.
Kyrule appears behind Gravy, looking basically how she did before, grey and godly and masked and not at all an anime boobchick. For some reason her hair is a bit crazy, and in a completely different style from before. There seems to be a sausage embedded in it for some reason.
Kyrule giggles quietly before suddenly recovering herself and looking completely serious.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Oh, hey.
KYRULE
Ahem. Yes. Hello.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
(shouting down the hole)
OKAY IN THERE?
KYRULE
I'm sure he's fine. She's. Something?
RADEK
What about Greibel?
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Well, he's not here.
RADEK
Is he "fine"?
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Difficult to say. Since. You know. He's not here.
AMADI
(she shrugs)
Soft landing. Oaty.
KYRULE
(peering down into the hole)
I'm not sure there will be much of a... landing.
The Gravedigger's eyes light up.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Jetpacks!
AMADI
Well, a cushioned fall that... doesn't end.
KYRULE
You'll see him again. You might even see both of them again. Though I do hope not.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Hey! I quite like Greibel! Somehow!
Radek grumbles.
Amadi leans over the hole, looking a tiny bit like she's about to just fall into it.
AMADI
He's... not terribly gone... somehow.
The Gravedigger throws drugs down the hole.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
In case he gets lonely.
AMADI
I wonder what'd happen if he used...
Amadi mumbles.
Rhu turns around and notices his god is missing.
The Gravedigger whistles and scuffs a foot in the dirt, hands behind his back.
RHU
HEY!
AMADI
Hello!
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Hey?
Rhu runs up to the broken hole in the ground and looks inside.
RHU
HELLO? HELLO?
(to Gravy)
Did you just shove my god in there?
The Gravedigger looks at his shovel.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Um. No? Maybe?
RHU
Not cool, man, not cool.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Hey, he killed me. Tit for... uh... tit.
RHU
You know he's pissed off at me already, and I'm pretty sure we need all the godly intervention we can get for this stupid suicid-- wait, what?
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Yeah. Your god's a bit of a dick.
Kyrule tries to look innocent and inconspicuous behind Gravy. This doesn't really work considering she's even taller than he is.
AMADI
I tried to stop her. But I'm not Squirrel.
Rhu looks at Amadi and Gravy before turning back to the hole.
RHU
(shouting down the hole)
DID YOU KILL HIM?
Frezak (Gravy): So tempted to punt Rhu in.
Gaurav (Rhu): omg do it
Kyrule whispers behind Gravy, "You know you want to."
Frezak (Gravy): The votes are in!
The Gravedigger whacks Rhu on the butt with his shovel. (rolled 31 vs 17 reflex)
Rhu topples into the hole, and a tentacle reaches up to meet him an instant before he disappears entirely into shadow.
Radek edges further away from the hole - and Gravy.
Amadi climbs up Gravy and smacks him over the back of the head.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Okay, now we can get some work done!
That's.. uh... you, Radek.
RADEK
...Yes. Well.
...Onwards, then.
KYRULE
Actually, maybe... you shouldn't have done that.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Ooops.
KYRULE
Maybe.


INT. Great Rift at Sanessee - deep dark pit
Rhu is suspended in blackness... and in Hazz'ridan. Other than that, he is simply alone.
There is no sign of Greibel.
RHU
...so.
Rhu attempts to move around in the empty blackness.
HAZZ'RIDAN
So.
RHU
I don't suppose you did kill Gravy.
HAZZ'RIDAN
I did.
Rhu sighs.
RHU
This is a pretty crazy party.
Is there any way to get back to the others, or do we have to wait for Mrs. Teatime to come rescue us again?
There is a pause, and then a tentacle wraps around Rhu with surprising gentleness, drawing him upwards.


INT. Great rift at Sanessee - tunnels
Rhu flies back out of the pit, bounces off the ceiling, and lands in a heap in front of Radek just as everyone is about to leave entirely.
A tentacle waves slightly after him before sinking back down and disappearing.
RHU
Ow.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Hey! Done with so soon?
RHU
Hi. I think we're all even now. Maybe.
A small chunk of porridge jiggles on Gravy's shoulder.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Hokay! Radek?
Rhu thanks Hazz' for the redemption and/or rescue.
Radek grumbles and shakes his head as he steps over (not on top of) Rhu.
RADEK
It's a wonder anyone fears the unknown these days...
Ganelon (Radek): Damn youngsters don't even appreciate the unspeakable terrors they find themselves facing.
KYRULE
People don't know what unspeakable horrors lie beneath. Easy to only see what you see.
RADEK
Hmph. Only because you've all gone soft. Back in my day, we were never this blind.
Radek heads off down the tunnel, not bothering with whether or not anyone is going to follow.
AMADI
I'm not actually blind, I'm just wearing shades in the middle of the night. It's a fashion statement.
As the others head after Radek, Kyrule pulls the sausage out of her hair.
KYRULE
(muttering)
Yeah, blind.
Kyrule starts munching on the sausage.
The Gravedigger's eyes widen.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Sausages!
Amadi draws out some sausages for Gravy.
The Gravedigger produces his own sausages (ALL FOUR KINDS).
THE GRAVEDIGGER
(in declaration)
This shall be The Time Of Lunching As Soon As We're Out Of This Cave.
Rhu cheers.


INT. Great Rift at Sanessee - more tunnels
After some more hiking, with no moles in sight, or even dead moles, the party comes across some people.
There are eight of them, all frozen in place, as if paused in mid-action. One, a warrior in leathers, with swords sheathed, is fleeing from the others in utter terror. His pursuers are a mismatched bunch, a combination of soldiers, peasants, and aliens, full of darkness and harsh gleamings.
The Gravedigger raises a shovel to poke the warrior-looking guy, but then Kyrule moves to stop him, placing a warning hand on the shovel.
The Gravedigger stops.
Kyrule approaches the warrior guy and reaches out to touch his face, but then also stop at the last moment, looking really, really sad for a moment.
KYRULE
(whispering)
Oh, Vardaman... be our beacon, my dearest Deathdealer, for one long night.
And yet I fear when we part next, it will be under even darker skies...
She backs away, drawing the Gravedigger as well aside around the frozen guy.
RHU
Can either of you gods unfreeze them somehow?
KYRULE
We're currently kind of outside of time. I wouldn't touch them.
AMADI
Separate time-streams! Like two rivers running at different speed. Which can totally happen.
RHU
What happens if we touch them?
RADEK
Consider this, Rhu. An object moving at sufficient speed relative to its observer is effectively undetectable.
If we have even the slightest semblance of mass, contact with these people could potentially annihilate them.
KYRULE
You can break the weak forces within atoms. It's fun.
RHU
So it's something to do with the observer's relative. Hmm, interesting.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
It's fine, the differential in temporal rates is vast enough that the slipstream would only shear off a minor value of particles.
Or so they say.
RADEK
...Just leave them undisturbed.
RHU
I think Holy Kyrule is right, though. I think it will be fun.
KYRULE
(to Rhu)
That was sarcasm.
RHU
Oh.
The Gravedigger runs around the frozen people in slow motion.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Toooooo faaaaaasssssst fooooorrrrr yyyyooouuuu.
Caaaaaant caaaaatchhhh meeeee.
Iiiiiiiim theeeeee giiiiingerrrrbreaaaaad maaaaaan.
Radek clears his throat. Loudly.
The Gravedigger stops immediately and salutes.
RADEK
Let us continue.
Amadi tries to drop a sausage into their time-stream, right in front of a random pursuer's face. (rolled 6 reality)
There is an uncertain moment while the sausage hangs lazily in front of him, and then both sausage and pursuer explode.
The explosion expands a little bit past the floor before suddenly slowing almost to a stop, almost frozen in time like really thick syrup almost frozen in a freezer.
It glows violently.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Noooooo!
AMADI
...Oooops?
Radek and Kyrule facepalm.
Amadi whistles and skips after Radek.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Maybe don't do that again?
AMADI
Yes, let's go!
The explosion continues to expand really, really slowly.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Let's go... a leetle faster?
Rhu nods at Gravy and is clearly ready to run for it, but the explosion is still only slightly larger than it started out.
The party continues on past the explosion, only sort of hurrying, while Kyrule hangs back a bit to actually put it out.


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