Star Shards and Spriggans – 01/06
Adventure recap and bonus screenshots below the break~
The Draffthouse Barons received their first job of the new year courtesy of an Ossuary contact and regular co-conspirator; Lux Lunseer. According to Lux a meteorite had broken up and scattered pieces of aetherically-active crystal in the Central Shroud. She explained how to find the shards and what to do once they had been found but she didn’t explain why it was she didn’t just go gather them up herself…
The shards were affecting the local wildlife, namely Spriggans. These normally docile creatures were aggressive towards group but smaller groups of one to two didn’t seem to incur their wrath. After being bum-rushed by soot sprites the Barons decided it would be best to venture into the impact crater in pairs. They would search the area while Lux pinged aether off of the meteorite and relayed the sound to let them know if they were hot or cold on the trail. The sound of pinging aether sounded suspiciously like chocobo kweh’s.
First to hunt was Shane, who found the star shard guarded by a Spriggan who didn’t want to just hand it over. Rather than fight for it Shane quickly hurried off to find an appropriate replacement and the two traded crystals, resolving the issue without having to draw a weapon.
Next up went Nonope. Her shard was clutched tightly in the twiggy little claws of a Spriggan who wailed miserably at all who approached it. After some careful investigation Nonope determined that it was lonely. Rather than take the Spriggan’s sole possession Nonope offered a trade of a thaumaturgy focus and her friendship. Overjoyed, the Spriggan immediately followed Nonope and was soon brought into the gang as Yesyes Yes.
The final shard was sought by Nananomi, Nonope’s brother. As we were beginning to suspect his shard was also guarded by a Spriggan who seemed more interested in wooing the lalafel than trading trinkets. It was interested in a friendship of a /different/ kind. It performed a beautiful mating dance, much to Nananomi’s horror. The lalafell had no choice but to dance in return, performing the Manderville flawlessly. Struck by the beauty of Nomi’s dance the Spriggan offered the shard as a sign of their engagement and Nananomi set a land-speed record sprinting right the hells out of that cavern. He spent the rest of the evening staring into the Void and rocking slowly back and forth.
The mission was a success, with four shards successfully recovered [though only three were turned in for the rewards] and no casualties were suffered. Save for Nananomi’s mental health.
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