The Mage Sees Savage

Talia Sunsong: "Look down below, I see people."

Talia Sunsong: What is this place?

Fiesty Lotus: Well, this looks a good place

Savage Taurus: I'm getting hungry. Let’s stop for some food.

Talia Sunsong: "Does it have cream?"

Fiesty Lotus: I see people and cows and a caravan!

Refugees on the Ship

Talia Sunsong: "Look another airship. Let's park here."

Savage Taurus: Don't know, but I don't want to stay here and listen to Fit and Can doing 'inventory'.

Savage Taurus: Let's go check out that caravan.

Talia Sunsong: "I hate it when they make me leave the cabin."

Talia Sunsong: "I want to look at the pretty gypsy wagons and drink cream."

Fiesty Lotus smiles

Fiesty Lotus: Yes, we should go down

Fit and Can do Inventory

Savage Taurus: "Yea, let’s see what they have," hops off the ship onto the sky dock

Talia Sunsong: "I'll go down the fast way"

Talia Sunsong: she leaps over the side.

Fiesty Lotus shakes her head

Savage Taurus: Dang fae...I wish I still had my wings

Savage Taurus: makes his way down the long boardwalk to the ground

Savage Taurus: (trudge, trudge, trudge.)

Fiesty Lotus follows

Talia Sunsong: smells freshly baked bread

Savage Taurus: minges in amongst the lively crowd, following his nose

Talia Sunsong: "Ohh I want some fresh bread." She approaches the table of baked goods. One is coated with sprinkles of sugar.

Talia in the Market

Savage Taurus: finds a vendor selling roast beast

Talia Sunsong: "This one! I want this one!" She grabs the sweet bun.

Fiesty Lotus follows the two and searches in her pockets for coin to pay for food.

Talia Sunsong: The vendor holds out her palm for coins for the food. Talia ignores the palm

Talia Sunsong: She takes a big bite out of the sweet bun.

Fiesty Lotus searches some more and comes up empty

Fiesty Lotus: Uh oh.

Talia Sunsong: The vendor glares at her, and shakes her palm. "Pay for the food!"

Talia Sunsong: "Pay? I'm a Fae. I don't pay for things."

Savage Taurus: is shocked and offended that the vendor wants coins for the food

Talia Sunsong: "Pay or you go to the constable takes you to the dungeon!"

Fiesty Lotus bites her lip, unable to help

Savage Taurus: realizes that this is going to cause a commotion, so he gets an idea and notices a man nearby holding a lute

Savage Finds the Lute Player

Talia Sunsong: Searches her voluminous dress for coins. "But I don't have any coins!"

Savage Taurus: whispers to the minstrel, who listens and smiles and nods and starts playing a tune

Talia Sunsong: The vendor leans menacingly towards the Fae. "Pay or you go into the dark, deep dungeon."

Talia Sunsong: Talia shrinks back and tries to return the half eaten bun. The vendor shoves it away.

Savage Taurus: saunters up in front of the crowd and clears his through, then shouts loud, "Ladies and Gentlemen. Feast your eyes on this!"

Savage's Fire Show

Savage Taurus: then he blows flames out of his mouth and lights the torches he is holding

Fiesty Lotus: A mage nearby hears the shouting and wanders over to see what is happening

Savage Taurus: as the torches burst into flame he begins twirling them in the air, hoping to catch the crowd's attention and distract them away from the mischievous fae

The Mage thinks the actor is very clever and wonders how he lighted the fires

The Mage inches closer

Fiesty notices the creepy guy and moves away

The Creepy Mage

Savage Taurus: he spins the flaming sticks deftly as he dances around

Talia Sunsong: watches the show with interest as Fae like shiny and bright things like fire.

Savage Taurus: as he flips and spins, his spectacles fall off his nose

Fiesty Lotus: The mage notices the Actor's eyes- They don't look human. He wonders.

Fiesty Lotus: The mage now notices that the fires are coming from the actor’s mouth and nose. This is no normal fellow.

Savage Taurus: quickly blows out the torches and takes a bow, scooping up his spectacles, while holding out his top hat for tips

Talia Sunsong: Baby dragon Rorn pops his head out from under Talia's cape. He watches his daddy twirl the fire sticks.

Savage Taurus: stops

Savage's Eyes

Fiesty Lotus: The mage creeps closer yet

Mage: “You are very talented sir.”

Talia Sunsong: pulls a bit off the sweet bun and feeds it to the little dragon.

The mage hands the actor money. A lot of money.

Talia Sunsong: 'Oooo shiny coins. That can pay for the food."

Savage Taurus: gives the old man a smile, "Thank you. Donations are welcome..."

Savage Taurus: Oh my, you are very generous, sir

Mage:” Would you be so good as to grant me some time sir. I would like to see you’re... technique.”

The Mage asks Savage For Some Time

Savage Taurus: tosses some coins to satisfy the irate vendor.

The mage smiles but the smile does not reach his eyes. He notices the companions of the actor and sees the  Fae trying to hide something wiggling with a blue tail inside her cloak.

Talia Sunsong: "There, your food is paid for!" Talia grabs a couple extra buns.

Savage Taurus: gets a suspicious feeling from the creepy man, "I..um..." but feels obligated since he gave such a generous tip.

Fiesty Lotus looks uneasily at the strange man

Fiesty Lotus: “I think it may be time to go Talia.”

Talia Sunsong: feds a bun to the eager baby dragon. "But we just got here? Is it already time to go?"

Fiesty Lotus: Savage, shall we go?

Savage Taurus: “uh....sure...I guess.”

Savage Taurus: Yes, we should

Fiesty Lotus: "We must meet with Druid Fit"

Talia Sunsong hides Rorn back under her cape.

Back to the Airship!

Savage Taurus: turns to the man, "I'm sorry. I need to go with my companions...."

Talia Sunsong: munches on a sweet bun as she follows Fiesty back towards the airship.

Savage Taurus: grabs a haunch of roast beast and tosses the vendor a coin and then follows his friends back up to the ship

Fiesty Lotus: A snarl erupts in the sages face - but only for a second.

Savage Taurus: notices the man's anger and moves quicker

The Mage says “If you must. But tell me where you are from so I might see your act again.”

Savage Taurus: You wouldn't believe me if I told you....Byeeeee....

The trio runs off to the airship with the Mage at their heels bellowing entreaties.

The First Journey

Fitheach Eun: spreads the map on the table. This map shows this part of the world Terminus.

Fiesty Lotus regards the map seriously

Fitheach Eun: The mage said we could fly or sail to the other lands that are stuck here.

Fitheach Eun: Some of them have portals that still work

Fitheach Eun: Shall we try to find one?

Fiesty Lotus: Yes, Maybe we can find one that has the rest of our people

The Map

Talia.Sunsong: find a portal?

Fiesty Lotus: Ter get back ter me Hobbits

Fitheach Eun: Yes and to find the people of Taibreamh and the few elves that remain

Fiesty Lotus snuffles " and me Copper..."

Can Wobbit chimes in: " And my dwarf friends."

Fitheach Eun looks sympathetically at Fiesty

Fitheach Eun: "I know you miss him."

Savage.Taurus: I used to want to get back home. But now I want to find out more about this strange gadgetry.

Fiesty Lotus nods and rubs her eyes

Fitheach Eun looks sideways at the dragon and hides a smile

Fiesty Rubs her Eyes

Fiesty Lotus: So, Where shall we go?

Talia.Sunsong: To where there is cream

Fiesty Lotus groans

Fitheach Eun sighs and shakes my head

Talia.Sunsong: What? I'm a practical Fae

Fitheach Eun coughs to hide a laugh at practical.

Fiesty Lotus: We should go to a place that might be like where we came from

Fiesty Lotus: But I don't know what is out there

Fitheach Eun: "Ah yes, good idea, my sister."

Talia.Sunsong: "I don't want to hide my beautiful wings forever."

Fiesty Lotus looks up and nods at the Fae

Talia and Rorn

Savage.Taurus: adjusts the weird mechanical spectacles he is wearing and looks at the map

Savage.Taurus: Hold on....

Savage.Taurus: stares more intently

Savage.Taurus: there seems to be writing on this map that’s invisible

Fiesty Lotus: Oh! How you know that?

Fitheach Eun: And look, there is a land just coming visible to the west isn't there?

Talia.Sunsong: "Really?" She peers closely at the map.

Fitheach Eun: What does it say?

Savage.Taurus: ...but when I look at it through these weird skyglasses, strange spidery script appears

Savage.Taurus: I can't read it...its in some archaic language I've never seen before

Could Savage's Spectacles Hold the Key?

Fiesty Lotus: Oh- That is exciting

Fitheach Eun: Interesting, could you transcribe it?

Fitheach Eun: There were runes in one of those grimoires I found

Savage.Taurus: I could write it down and maybe you mage-types could use your book-learnin' to figure it out

Fitheach Eun: We can certainly try.

Savage.Taurus: "This spot here," points to a section of the map," looks to be of significant importance…but I can't tell why."

Savage.Taurus: turns screws and flips tiny levers on his spectacles to modulate it

Talia.Sunsong: "Let's go there. It could be fun."

Fiesty Lotus: "Fun!

Fiesty Lotus harumphs

Savage.Taurus: That's all I can see

Fiesty Lotus: Alright , I am for it

Can Wobbit slows the ship as the land comes nearer.

Can Slows the Ship as the Land Approaches

Fitheach Eun: It may be a good start; let's steer now for that land we can see.

Talia.Sunsong: "Well instead I could drop baby Rorn on the map and go where he lands."

Savage.Taurus: I'll need more time to peruse the map further

Savage.Taurus: chuckles at the silly fae

Fiesty Lotus: Uh no- Isn he potty trained yet?

Talia.Sunsong: "Yes and proud of it."

Rorn grins

Could This Green Land Hide a Portal?

Fiesty Lotus winces- "Still, I think reason is the best guide.

Fitheach Eun smiles at the fae: "You know Talia; this really could be fun."

Talia.Sunsong: crunches her face up as she thinks hard. "I'll use Fae reason."

Fitheach Eun looks down at the green land as the ship comes to a halt over it

Talia.Sunsong: hangs dangerously over the edge of the airship

Fiesty Lotus looks over the edge and is amazed

Fitheach Eun: "Let's go explore? Can will remain with the ship."

Talia.Sunsong: "Ooo lots of places to play. I want to explore."

Fiesty Lotus nods and gets ready to disembark

Savage.Taurus: grumbles, "I wish I had my wings...."

Clueless

Clueless at the Constabulary

Detective Clueless address the Constable of the town in his Constabulary.

Detective Clueless: "Monsieur Constable, I am grateful for the opportunity to find zees stolen spectacles. I understand they are very important and must be found at all costs.

I vish to report what I have done so far. I have interviewed ze man whose name you gave me. He zeems to be in need of psychiatric help. His claims, they were extravagant. Perhaps you could find him some help, no?

I interviewed the neighbors and also came up with nothing. Then I met this boot boy who gave me the first clue of the day. He zaid that there were people living in one of the small houses at the end of ze street who were very strange and had a small blue dog with them. Well, I inquired further and found out that they own one of those derelict airbuses. So I, Detective Clueless will now go and route these villains out."

Detective Clueless salutes and takes his leave of the Constable.

Detective Clueless consults a card in his hand and nods to himself "Yes this is ze place."

Detective Clueless knocks

Fitheach Eun adds a second dagger; she is tired of feeling underdressed

Talia.Sunsong: Startles from the knock as she is fluffing her wings and throws a cape over her wings

Savage.Taurus: yawns and puffs on his pipe, unconcerned

Detective Clueless: "Oen up in ze name of ze law"

Fitheach Eun looks at the bolted door and calls out: "Who is knocking?"

Clueless Outside the Hideout

Talia.Sunsong: “What is ze law?”

Fitheach Eun: “I am not sure, Talia”

Detective Clueless: “It is I, Detective Clueless. I wish to speak with you."

Talia.Sunsong picks up baby Rorn

Fitheach Eun: What is a defective? Or is that his name?

Detective Clueless stares at the door as if expecting it to explode.

Detective Clueless knocks again

Detective Clueless begins kicking the door. “Open up I say!”

Fitheach Eun sighs and walks to the door

Talia.Sunsong: The noise wakes up baby Rorn, who blinks his eyes sleepily.

Fitheach Eun: "You there; why are you pounding on our door?"

Detective Clueless: “I insist you open zis door- I am a detective - 3rd class. I must interview you.”

Fitheach Eun: "What is a defective? And what is an interview?

Detective Clueless: An officer of the law.

Fitheach Eun: “Law?”

Detective Clueless rains blows on the door

Talia.Sunsong: Whispers loudly. "He's only 3rd class. I'm much classier."

Savage.Taurus: “Come back when you are first class. We don't deal with third rate whatever-you-are-s.”

Fitheach Eun shrugs and unlocks the door, opening it slowly.

Detective Clueless: “I shall come back with several constables if you do not let me in.”

Fitheach Eun sighs: "The door is open you idiot."

Fitheach Eun ignores the visitor and turns to pick up her bow and arrows; she slings them over her back

The Detective Falls on the Doorsill

Detective Clueless falls on the doorsill as he enters

Detective Clueless gets up and addresses himself to the crowd

Savage.Taurus: chuckles at the clumsy detective

Fitheach Eun wonders what on earth he wants

Detective Clueless: You have been seen by a witness to be very suspecious people

Fitheach Eun: “May we help you, defective?”

Detective Clueless: “Do you have a blue dog?”

Fitheach Eun: “A dog?”

Talia.Sunsong: ”Usually people call me mischievous not suspicious.”

Detective Clueless: “Ah, What is that in your arm Madmoselle?”

Talia.Sunsong: “Yes, it's a DOG not a baby DRAGON!”

It's  a Dog, not a Baby Dragon!

Savage.Taurus : mutters, "seems like a defective detective"

Fitheach Eun nods

Detective Clueless huffs

Talia.Sunsong tries to cover baby Rorn with her cape, but Rorn pops his head up.

Fitheach Eun settles her bow more comfortably

Detective Clueless: “I have it on good athority that you may have been in the vicinity of a yellow house, hmmm.”

Savage.Taurus: “Can you describe the house? What color is it?”

Detective Clueless: “A house where a very important item was STOLEN!”

Fitheach Eun: “I do not believe you are correct; I have not seen a yellow house save the one by the ocean near the boardwalk.”

Talia.Sunsong: “I never was in a vicinity. I stay away from vice.”

Detective Clueless shakes his finger at the lady with the dog

Talia.Sunsong: “Seeing the moving finger, Rorn stretches his neck out to bite it.”

Detective Clueless: “You will answer to me. Have you the stolen item?”

Talia.Sunsong: “What's stealing?”

Detective Clueless goggles at the lady

Savage.Taurus: “I don't think I've ever seen a stolen item.”

Detective Clueless: “To take what is not yours, of course.”

Fitheach Eun looks at Talia; “We have had this conversation.”

I thought the Universe Just Gives Me Things

Talia.Sunsong: “I thought the universe just gives me things.”

Savage.Taurus: “What does an item look like when it is stolen versus when it is not stolen?”

Fiesty Lotus: “Um sir, would you like some tea? Nice soothing tea?”

Savage.Taurus: “Perhaps if you drink some tea, your item won't be stolen anymore?”

Detective Clueless: “Ah no. But I could do with a biscuit.”

Detective Clueless smiles winningly at the child and almost falls again

Talia.Sunsong looks for dog biscuits she's been feeding to Rorn

Savage.Taurus: “My momma always said, the cure for a stolen item is a good cup of tea, or was that swollen eyeball? She said a lot of silly things.”

Fitheach Eun looks for the tin of cookies but sees it is empty...

Fiesty Lotus goes off to make some tea.

Talia.Sunsong puts a dog biscuit on a plate and hands it to the strange man.

Detective Clueless takes the biscuit and bites into it.

Rorn watches hungrily

Fitheach Eun hastily grabs the plate and offer the defective an apple

Detective Clueless continues with the investigation

Detective Clueless: “You sir, have you been to the yellow house? I do believe you were said to hav been there.”

Fiesty Lotus gives the man some tea

Detective Clueless takes it gratefully and sips

Savage Denies the Theft

Savage.Taurus: "Me? " looks around, "oh no. I would never go to a yellow house after midsummer. It's just not fashionable."

Detective Clueless nods in agreement

Detective Clueless: Well, I think there be something wrong here.

Talia.Sunsong shakes her head "no".

Fitheach Eun looks at Fiesty and at the door

Savage.Taurus: Don't like your tea?

Talia.Sunsong: "There's just not enough cream. That's the only thing wrong in here."

Detective Clueless looks suspiciously at the curtains. I will return with a few others and see what we can find.

Fitheach Eun looks at the others and jerks her head towards the door

Detective Clueless hands the tea to the little girl

Clueless Hands the Tea to the Little Girl

Savage.Taurus: “Yes, tea without cream is just awful.”

Detective Clueless: “I shall return.”

Savage.Taurus: “Maybe if you get some cream for your tea, your item won't be swollen anymore.”

Fitheach Eun turns to the others; “Let's go now before he comes back with help.”

Savage.Taurus: shrugs, "Sure, let’s go"

Talia.Sunsong: "Will they take baby Rorn?"

Fiesty Lotus: yes.

Fitheach Eun: “They could; let's go.”

Savage.Taurus adjusts the spectacles that were sitting his nose the entire time

Talia.Sunsong "Let's run away."

Fiesty Lotus grabs some food and essentials and goes to the airship

Fitheach Eun runs to the airship ladder and climbs up swiftly

Fitheach Eun: “Dragon, are you driving?”

Savage.Taurus: “I wonder what 'stolen' item he was looking for?”

Fitheach Eun goes to pull up the ladder

The Refugees Prepare to Leave

Savage.Taurus: sure, I'll drive. “Where do we want to go?”

Detective Clueless turns around suspiciously and sees the people running to their airship.

Fitheach Eun: "Does it matter?"

Detective Clueless: He follows

Savage.Taurus: hops in the captain's chair, having no idea how to pilot such a craft, but certain he can figure it out, no problem

Talia.Sunsong: "Hurry before baby dragon kidnappers come!"

Fiesty Lotus: “Ahh, that man was so silly.”

Fitheach Eun hopes the dragon can figure out how to fly the airship quickly

Detective Clueless climbs on board

Savage.Taurus: pulls the lever and spins the wheel, making the steam dirigible careen sharply, then he spins it the other way, righting it again

Savage makes the Airship Careen Sharply

Detective Clueless: He enters through the back and sneaks up on the people

Talia.Sunsong: stumbles from the movement of the airship

Savage.Taurus notices they are going backwards, so he jams the lever forward, making the ship jerk forward suddenly

Fitheach Eun hears the defective approaching and frees her dagger

Detective Clueless grabs the sill, nearly tippin over

Savage.Taurus: grins as he is having fun, spinning the wheel to the right, making the large ship bank steeply

Can Wobbit, up on the roof stowing supplies, grabs the ropes to keep from being thrown off and peeks over the edge to see if help is needed.

Can Grabs the Ropes to Stay on the Roof

Detective Clueless: “You are running avay!”

Talia.Sunsong: "My legs aren't moving I can't be running."

Fitheach Eun: "This is our airship, what are you doing here?"

Savage.Taurus: begins spinning donuts in the air with the ship and then turns it the other way and hoots excitedly

Detective Clueless falls again and grabs his trenchant

Talia.Sunsong: "You can't have baby Rorn! He's mine, sort of."

Detective Clueless: “You will not get away!”

Clueless Addresses the Refugees

Savage.Taurus: “Away from what?”

Fitheach Eun see the man grab a weapon and begins to remove her bow from her back

Detective Clueless looks at the young mademoiselle as she runs out on the bow

Talia.Sunsong: "I'm keeping baby Rorn!"

Detective Clueless: “No Madamoselle, do not do that.”

Talia.Sunsong climbs onto the bow to keep away from the strange man.

Talia.Sunsong: "You're not taking him!"

Fitheach Eun watches Talia carefully

Talia Climbs out on the Bowsprit

Savage.Taurus: “You tryin' to take my kid, detective?”

Detective Clueless: “No, no - But do not go out there like that!”

Detective Clueless reaches for the lady

Fitheach Eun moves closer in case help is needed

Talia.Sunsong: "Stay away!"

Detective Clueless: and falls overboard

Talia.Sunsong:"Ooopps."

Savage.Taurus: watches the detective fall over, "Aww he'll be alright. Detectives can fly, right?"

Fitheach Eun: “No, humans can't fly; Dragon.”

Talia.Sunsong: "Oh phoeyyy. Do I have to save this annoying man?"

Fitheach Eun: “He will die falling from this height.”

Clueless Falls from the Airship

Detective Clueless screams

Savage.Taurus: “Well, then he shouldn't have done that then.”

Talia.Sunsong: "I'm so noble"

Fae Talia jumps off the bow, throws her cape off and her Fae wings appear.

Talia.Sunsong flapping her wings madly, she dives after the detective.

Talia.Sunsong: "I'm going to regret this."

Talia.Sunsong: She grabs the falling detective, slowing his descent. She tosses him into the cotton candy machine.

Talia Tosses Clueless into the Cotton Candy Machine

Detective Clueless falls into the sugery mess and closes his eyes

Detective Clueless mumbles: “No, it did not happen.”

Talia.Sunsong sighs at the loss of cotton candy and flies back to the airship.

Talia.Sunsong dusts off her hands. "I took the garbage out."

Fitheach Eun: Ok, Dragon; let's get out of here.”

Savage.Taurus: chuckles: Ok, here we go!