Origin Star Finale: Session 3

[fairwind]

Who: explorers
When: Day 54, early afternoon
Where: The Final Island

[After returning from the second mission with a little extra cargo, Thyme waits another 20 minutes before calling for the third and hopefully final round of totem hunting.

One more. If you have the energy to help, climb aboard.

Characters attending session 3 may now board the airship. As it flies, they'll get their briefing:]

If you haven't gone in yet, please pay attention.

Your objective is to find and deactivate a totem -- a source of Malice in the target area. You'll probably come up against enemies, but try to defeat them by showing them positive emotions, not through combat. Defend yourselves if you have to, but keep in mind killing things won't purify them.

This is the last totem as far as we can tell, so it's vital that you get to it one way or another.

[You land, this time, in a clearing in front of a ruined temple. The heavy bronze doors, cast with images of stars, have swung open, and one has fallen from its hinges to lay in the grass.]

Comments

START

[fairwind]

[The airship stays still and Thyme stays on it, as you all unload.]

I'll wait here in case you need to run. Remember your entire mission depends on this, so take it seriously.

[You can proceed into the first room. If you need to heal or leave, return here.]

[voreaciously]

[puts chest after chest on the airship.]

Re: START

[bad_crowmance]

Combat would be easier....

[ Crow mumbles this to himself, but he'll listen! He'll listen.

He turns to head to the first room. ]

Re: START

[notafruit]

[ Well, she's been all mended up since the last one.

. . . To be honest, she's nervous to do this again. It... was dangerous. And a little scary, too. But if they can't help fix things, then nothing will get better, either. ]

I guess... here goes nothing.

Re: START

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Dahlia hesitates long enough to look out to the clearing before heading into room 1. ]

Re: START

[daydreamshimmer]

[After making sure Sleeping Beauty would be fine on the train, has come for part three.]

[And is writing in a journal.]

[For reasons.]

ROOM 1

[hot_mess_express]

[You enter the atrium, once a lush garden with a giant tree growing through the middle and up out of the open roof. The glass that once shielded the walking paths from rain is long gone, and moss and weeds cover most of the ground. Along the edges of the room, the walls have been lost behind several feet of vines and jungle underbrush.

There is only one door, facing south. You may take it, or spend time investigating.]

Re: ROOM 1

[learnedfool]

[Well, Penric is going to investigate the walls.]

It's been a long time since this place was used...

[voreaciously]

[she is going to investigate</b]

Re: ROOM 1

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow takes a moment to look around the room. He's going to investigate and see if there's anything worth noticing in this room. ]

[thunderbeast]

[Going to see if there is anything beneath the vines. ]

Re: ROOM 1

[notafruit]

[ There's so much brush... she'll investigate, though, carefully, brushing some of the vines and such away while searching the area. ]

I wonder how long it has been like this for...

Re: ROOM 1

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Investigating the giant tree! Can she climb it...? ]

Re: ROOM 1

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Well, they needed the pendant last time.]

[He's gonna investigate.]

Re: ROOM 1

[daydreamshimmer]

[She's watching those vines, but moving to the door to listen through it.]

ROOM 2

[hot_mess_express]

[Past the atrium, you enter the main room of the temple. On the ground there's a thick layer of dust covering everything, and the room is oddly empty except for an altar at the back of the room.

There are two doors near the altar: east or west. From the east, you hear the whistle of wind. Pig tracks, some tiny like the ones you've found in the atrium, go into the west.]

Re: ROOM 2

[learnedfool]

Which way? [going to advance towards the altar while they decide]

[voreaciously]

[lets examine the altar]

Re: ROOM 2

[bad_crowmance]

[ The Senna guy seems to have the altar handled so Crow pauses to consider both rooms. The pig sounds are west and he assumes other people will want to check that out so he's going east. ]

Re: ROOM 2

[notafruit]

[ She wants to advance and go investigate the little piggy but-- even she knows it's probably not all that safe (yet) to just wander off alone. So she'll investigate the alter like everyone else. ]

Re: ROOM 2

[daydreamshimmer]

[Dust, huh?]

[Well, no one has been attacked yet, but things have been strange as is.]

[Pulling up the top of her dress over her mouth and nose, and will carefully step towards the altar.]

ROOM 3

[hot_mess_express]

[Entering the Eastern door, you find yourself in a long, upward-sloping hallway. The wind is whistling from the end, past the next door.

On the floor about halfway up is a statue of a deer. Resting in its antlers is a very real sword.]

Re: ROOM 3

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow is going to head towards the next door, but he'll pause at the sword. He understands combat isn't the way to go here and he isn't stupid enough to think brandishing a sword will be helpful in any real way, but he is checking to see if there's anything noteworthy about it. ]

ROOM 4

[hot_mess_express]

[Entering the Western door, you find yourself in a long, downward-sloping hallway. The animal tracks continue this way, though not in a straight path -- they wind side to side at times, but always in the exact same way, up to the next door.

On the floor about halfway up is a statue of a deer. Resting in its antlers is a very real shield.]

Re: ROOM 4

[learnedfool]

[following the tracks, but going to stop at the shield]

ROOM 5

[hot_mess_express]

[The eastern hallway leads to a small room. It looks like it was probably a library, once, but almost all of the books have since been moved, and the few that remain are faded and fragile scrolls, scattered on the floor. They flutter slightly in the wind that whistles between the two windows, but it may be that very wind that's kept them from rotting away.

The only exit is back to the hall.]

Re: ROOM 5

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow is going to limp towards the scrolls and very carefully try to read what they say. ]

ROOM 6

[hot_mess_express]

[The western hallway leads to what was once a priest's apartment. There's not much furniture left, but room's original purpose is clear by the ancient hearth, the stone table, and the smaller altar set into a wall. A hole in another wall leads out into the jungle, and this is where the piggies seem to have gone, but tramped down weeds suggest that this may be where they sleep.

On the altar, there is an ornate glass bottle, full of a sickly glowing, red-black liquid.

The only exits are into the jungle or back to the hallway.

As you enter, roll 1d10.]

Re: ROOM 6

[learnedfool]

[3... welp]