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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:15:47 GMT -5
Nogeko gathers together some Stone Shards and puts them away before telling everyone what he saw in the window while John tries to pry the door open with his hands. "There was a woman in there, but she wasn't naked, so I wasn't interested. There was a chef too. But they ALSO weren't naked. This place is no fun..." John pushes and pulls with all his might, but the ancient gate seems incredibly powerful. Whatever is holding it in place will not budge.
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:15:59 GMT -5
Nogeko hands the stone shards to John and he uses Rock Throw to launch them with all his might through the window, shattering it. You can hear someone scream from inside somewhere. Flurrie inspects the area, looking around. The fountain is still there without much changing about it. The ground around it is all wet from the strange water humanoid splashing Hope. There is a wide variety of colorful plants around the area as well. It is a pretty nice courtyard. The gate blocks off the main entrance, so there aren't any accessible doors you can see. Some vines grow on the side of the mansion up to the broken window.
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:16:07 GMT -5
Flurrie approaches the fountain and looks inside. There's something down in the water she can't see very clearly. She cautiously reaches in and then pulls out what looks like a stone in the shape of a crescent moon.
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:16:19 GMT -5
Flurrie places the stone moon into the slot on the ancient mechanism. You can hear something click as gears start to turn and the gate opens up. Flurrie leads the way into the mansion, opening the giant doors. As she walks in, a gigantic main room takes up the first floor. You can see six doors on this floor not including the one that was just entered from. There's two on the right with strange platforms and symbols in front of them and two on the left also with the platforms and symbols. The two doors in the back do not have platforms or symbols. There is also a large staircase that goes up to the second floor in the center. Two more gargoyle statues stand at both sides of the bottom of the staircase. Something smells delicious. Someone must be cooking somewhere. There are a few random household objects around as well. Other than that there doesn't seem to be much else worthy of note. Everything is very elegant and extravagant. You feel like you're being watched, but nobody is in the room...
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:16:30 GMT -5
Nogeko attempts to start yodeling while drawing porn on the walls. His porn drawings aren't very good either. Very sloppy. The proportions on those bodies are VERY off. Meanwhile, Hope and Seiberg check the doors and platforms. The ones on the left and right don't move and seem to require some sort of puzzle solving element. One platform has a crown on it with ribbons behind. One has a crystal with a swirling design. Another has a mysterious magic-like design. The last has a tribal design. All of them glow on the platforms. The doors in the back simply open without much effort and going inside, Hope and Seiberg find that it is a large kitchen. Floating books are flying around and strange, lizard-like chefs prepare a meal together. You count three chefs in this room. Each one is scrambling to cook their meal. A large boiling pot probably contains soup inside and sits over a fire. There are all kinds of cooking utensils on the counter. Spoons, forks, whisks, knives, and so on. A giant cook book is open as well on the counter. They're making something from that. An Empty Bottle sits as well close by to one of the chefs. If you could get it without them seeing it would be a valuable item...
Meanwhile, back in the main lobby, as Nogeko yodels to pretty much warn everyone in the mansion of his presence, John and Scruff attack the Gargoyles. When this happens, these Gargoyles' eyes flash before they start to move and take up a battle position. It looks like they plan on battling you. As well as these, a Coeurl comes prowling out of one of the locked doors and notices you, licking its jaws and flicking its tail while growling.
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:16:41 GMT -5
Seiberg casts fire on the cookbook and it bursts into flames. The chefs all panic for a moment, running around and gathering water while trying to contain the flames. While they're distracted, Hope grabs the Empty Bottle and stores it away. The chefs notice Hope and Seiberg and don't look as much angry as they do scared. Now that they're looking at them, Seiberg seems to recognize them. "That's a Tonberry. That type of monster is incredibly dangerous. Do NOT let it touch you."
John and Scruff continue to attack the Gargoyles with Rock Smash while Nogeko prepares an arrow. He hits both of them with one of his arrows before Flurrie leaps into the air and performs a body slam, crushing one of the Gargoyles into pieces while posing. Daniel and Rena focus on the Coeurl, trying to fight it off, but even though they damage it, this one seems to be stronger than the Gargoyles by quite a bit. Fletcher manages to hit the Coeurl with an Ember as well before it unleashes a wave of electricity around itself, damaging and paralyzing Daniel, La Rena, and Fletcher. The electric wave hits and damages Waite as well and the water creature turns to the Coeurl with its eye's color changing to red. The Gargoyle that is left attacks Scruff savagely and knocks out the poor Poochyena. Nogeko returns it to his Pokeball.
What will you do?
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:16:50 GMT -5
Hope and Seiberg bolt out of the kitchen and slam the doors closed behind them, seeing the party fighting a Coeurl. "You've got to be kidding me..." Hope takes out her axe and runs in, smashing the Coeurl in the head with it. This keeps it distracted long enough for Nogeko to push Daniel and Rena away from the Coeurl with only a little difficulty. Flurrie recalls Fletcher while John suplexes the Gargoyle into the ground and gives Flurrie enough time to perform a body slam and smash it apart. Seiberg casts a Blizzard on the Coeurl to damage it some more and the electric cat casts a powerful spell. A blast of incredibly strong wind throws Nogeko back into a wall and knocks him out. He looks to be in seriously bad condition right now. The three Tonberries come walking in from the kitchen as well, staring at your group. Waite whips the Coeurl with his tentacles as well, dealing some decent damage.
What will you do?
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:17:01 GMT -5
Seiberg catches the Tonberries' attention by setting one of them on fire with his magic, distracting them and running around the house while they chase him. Meanwhile, Flurrie creates a Dodgey Fog, blinding all the enemies so they can't see what is going on. "Alright, let's finish this thing." Hope takes out her axe, hopping atop Flurrie as she jumps into the air for a body slam. As Flurrie comes down, Hope swings her axe with the power of Flurrie's jump and the Coeurl is split apart by the axe. While all this happens, John runs along, piling up everyone that can't move up into his arms and runs out of the mansion, carrying them all. Everyone starts to run out of the mansion and while Seiberg runs toward the exit with Tonberries chasing after him, Flurrie plants a Fire Flower to unleash a spray of flames at all of them, slowing them down so he can escape in time. Flurrie runs over to Nogeko and gives him a Shroom Shake, fully healing him so he's ready to battle. That definitely hit the spot. Meanwhile, the Tonberries start to come out of the door. Seiberg casts a Thunder, blasting one as it falls to the ground defeated, but the other two make it through the door, approaching your party still. Daniel and La Rena manage to shake off the paralysis as well.
What will you do?
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:17:11 GMT -5
Everyone splits off into different groups with Hope and Seiberg running around, getting chased by a Tonberry and Flurrie and Nogeko getting chased by a Tonberry. La Rena and Daniel are free of the Tonberries and Wait jumps into the fountain, controlling the water in it to splash both Tonberries. La Rena unleashes multiple arrows into one of the Tonberries, taking it down while Daniel casts Thunder on the other one to defeat it. All three chefs are defeated. Daniel picks up one of the items they dropped as well. It's a small barrel of Fresh Water. La Rena picks up another item as well. It's Star Corn. Everyone is standing around the courtyard quietly now.
What will you do?
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:17:19 GMT -5
Daniel and Seiberg work together to heal up everyone, healing most damage done. The party then heads back inside of the mansion and into the kitchen. There's nobody in here now. The fire seems to have been put out by the Tonberries before you killed them. There is a soggy, charred book sitting on the counter with burn marks on the counter as well. The soup is still cooking in a large pot over a fire also. Some of the kitchen equipment is still here, but all the knives are gone for some reason. While the party inspects the kitchen, they hear something outside of it in another room. Something loud like the shifting of an object.
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:17:30 GMT -5
La Rena walks over to the soup and tastes a small spoonful of it. It's a delicious, nutrient filled soup with different meats and vegetables inside. La Rena is fully healed and feels stronger now. Hope decides to put some of the soup inside her Empty Bottle for later. The bottle will keep it warm. Waite shrinks down into a puddle and slides under the door, looking around. It doesn't see anything different from when they were in the main room before.
What will you do?
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:17:40 GMT -5
Nogeko steals a pot and places it on his head. The party then moves on to the other unmarked door. Opening it, they find its a bathroom. A large bathroom. There's a shower, toilet, and two sinks. One of the sinks has large amounts of makeup and beauty supplies around it. A large mirror is above both sinks as well. There doesn't seem to be much else here. It's a fairly simple bathroom. It's very clean and smells like lavender.
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:17:49 GMT -5
"Finders keepers~" Flurrie gathers up the beauty supplies and keeps them. Meanwhile, John throws a rock at the mirror, shattering it to pieces. It's very loud and scatters glass shards everywhere. There is nothing behind the mirror.
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:17:57 GMT -5
The party heads out into the lobby, finding a three headed dog sitting there, waiting for them. Smoke can be seen in there breath and it looks like their mouths produce a lot of heat. It's Cerberus. It doesn't seem to be blocking the stairs specifically and you could probably reach the kitchen by running, but the dog definitely has noticed your group and is staring them down.
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Post by Just14 on Jul 24, 2017 23:18:09 GMT -5
Nogeko throws some Prosciutto over Cerberus' head and while its distracted chasing after the meat, Flurrie creates an evasive fog and everyone darts up the stairs. Making it up to the second level, there are three doors here. One on the left and one on the right with shorter staircases leading up to them. Both are locked, but have space for a large key. The door in the back is open, however. You may walk in. You can hear music coming from inside of it. A woman is singing while a piano is played.
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