Outside Snake Skull Manor and through out Titan's Gate the sky clear as the massive magical storm moves further inland. People are existing their homes and shops to assess any damage and generally clean up after such a deluge of rain and heavy winds.  Popping up along the cobble stone streets are wild flowers and weeds.  The existing flora seems to have grown taller and wilder.  Plants that shouldn't be flowering are blossoming, fruit trees look ready to harvest, and so on.

In the alley, you both can hear Fala Lefaliir singing in elvish.  [Private to Marik: You recognize the song as one often sung by druids to thank nature spirits.]  While others who run shops step out to see what has happened and to make sure everything is okay.
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Filimena steps out onto the street before the manor, somewhat in a daze. Bending over, she plucks one of the flowers growing up out of the cobble stone, and examines it quizzically as she straightens. Dropping her hands to her side, she turns her attention to the manor, stepping back, further away from it, to see the state of the place, still absentmindedly holding the flower between her fingers.

OOC: Not sure if a perception check is really called for here, but I rolled one anyway. Filimena is just going to give the manor a good look up and down to see whether everything is ok, before turning her attention back to the plants and the rest of the Alley.

10:19, Today: Filimena the Gentle rolled 13 using 1d20+3, rerolling ones with rolls of 10.  Perception.

Marik gets out with Filimena, watching in stunned silence. As he hears Fala song, he gets somewhat reddish on the cheeks. Well, this is embarrassing. All this stress and hurry thinking of protecting himself, Rani and Filimena from stormclouds that looked almost apocalyptic in size... which turned out to be a boon from nature spirits. He was expecting something like a storm dragon on a rampage, an elemental of gigantic size or arcane work on the scale of the destructive sorcerers of yore. He should have thought better when seeing Fala so unbothered by the storm.

Following Fala example, he closes his eyes and also speak a few words of thanks to the nature spirits.

[Language unknown: "Larmanlesastove'ourhaswhedayonsyinratpro, roadnd i terlinmen, ckpeil beure proli enin rea us Daywascomhisven u it thutioderainticavekoronshertrason. In, elinmi int ileero oun il ineounare dinhouher neesbe to dinpa com ol ortproith ioun meiclochch."]

A thought passes his mind, could Fala herself have petitioned the spirits for this stormy gift? Maybe....

He turns to Ironclad

"So...Satisfied with... new lodgings?"


He turns to Filimena and starts to speak, mostly to try to make of this himself.

[Language unknown: "Ure.... day oreres'notare.. Andwitand llpepo n nttime ica is ive? O pro, to ut ainconnti io day focear eknti stawa....Dintraonslat thtoss in olte, inilno a oerprorut eraoveing lar ureouloun. A ncplnd ulectr petha ons en ekndev nd st, esre al antenceve thame ie rea eves. Ha but evouonom uspoie ntnce llcali herwheday ul oerwastho potr all yinesshatica rerea som inaith th wit ni ame sonoulkor. Hou sawe all inngek al o be ounvenlin m i wilthaous, m ing k diilpe sommenthi ni to fo...Eceeri m ratthosti thi one inesonore? Ec p re i ughresnteeve ers wh rita eeare mi? .]

The mechanical person nods slightly, "Lodging appears to require substantial repairs, Ironclad will to assist in performing these repairs." Pausing they look towards the basement then back amd Marik and Filimena  , "The trio of young ones previously huddled on the covered exterior and now in the subterranean level, will they be aiding in the work? "

Marik's words shake Filimena from her thoughts. She looks down at the flower, still held in her hands, before letting go of it, allowing it to fall to the cobblestone beside her feet.

"I don't know," she says, staring absently back at the manor. "I don't think he's being pursued. It seems to calculated, this leaving a note in a book. It could be a game... I was thinking we could ask around. Somebody in the vicinity of the shop might have seen him leave it, be able to tell us where he went."

She looks up at Marik and shrugs. "That's all I can think of doing right now. That, and trying to look in the book again for some clues. Maybe there's something I missed the first time. But let's go back inside first. We need to fix this place up, and if the children can help that would be good too."

Solemnly, she re-enters the manor and heads back down into the basement.

Marik is amused

"Fix this place up? With what?" he thinks. Last he saw, there wasn't a reserve of timber or planks to repair the walls or make furniture. He wouldn't mind working with his hands, would welcome it even, but they need something to work with. Maybe he could check with "Tally" Fellbranch to get some in exchange for service due. Maybe he could be open to taking him and Rani as hired help? It tooks some years, but he and Rani were still able to build their home together with their own hands. Would certainly be nice to work with a real carpenter for a change and maybe learn new things.

Marik signals Rani and they start to stroll down Snake Skull Alley. He wants to check in with Fala,  Tally and the rest of the neighbours anyway to see how they are doing with this aftermath. He guides Rani towards the direction of Fala singing. He picks an orange fruit from one of the new trees as he passes by and salutes the druid.


[Language unknown: "Palent. Dionul wer virnd ri n blekorforith! Un encthawil thhiri waen'tiac pro, man t ivce k alpl n isne mihaes. Wa leson hond p taic romratkor eiall mi thaderles?" ]
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I love that you split the party !

Location : Snakeskull Manor Basement

Filimena finds the trio of youths playing a dice game. They pause as she comes down the steps, all looking up the stair at her. Agot nods, "Care to for a toss?", Sakka slaps the half-orc boy on the shoulder and makes a few gestures to which Agot frowns then says, "Eh ... what can we do for you?"

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Location : Snakeskull Alley

Fala waves to Marik, [Language unknown: "Ou hisanyoer the tinitheen hihi hand illredons, fintwa a wilou vorainter not i."] The druid moves another barrel full of rain water into their shop.  [Language unknown: "N ven ulwema fisan tost Esomet ioen iv mentedbut lo want t neieni ll esti."]

 "Well, it looks like the storm did a bit of damage. Not sure how much we can really fix now, but we could get started cleaning up," Filimena begins. "Actually, the more pertinent question might be, what can we do for you? I assume it was the storm that brought you to the manor. Storm seems to be over. What now?" She braces herself casually against a wall and tilts her head curiously, trying not to come across as aggressive or unwelcoming.

[Language unknown: "Is wehe ncev reera li nceec ousmanthi siwi repepr undch dermo, be con tresai tack? A of...me aifope ichek ulnti ckwil ceacon kor aise omyin li oulte venconwhi iou iechlaceol, eeine verhi histranot...sanstired " ] ask Marik, while taking a full bite into the Zimmer fruit, whatever that is.


OOC: This is light for setup, but I have a much bigger post in mind next.

OOC: Splitting is efficient! :D
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Location : Snakeskull Manor Basement

The three sign between themselves for a moment.  Filimena notices that the Sakka and Agot sometimes mouth words as they sign.

"Yeah, we were just lookin' for shelter from the storm." Sakka, the tiefling, says with a bit of a shrug.  "Figured we'd clear out an' let you get back to whatever it is you do here."

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Location : Snakeskull Alley near Iris Crown

The Zimmer fruit has the taste of a kiwi with the form of an orange.

Thinking for a moment, Fala smirks, [Language unknown: "Ive tedndevir plmi butno t ainden, nciten, nc, t ofekdi, ad Om ekse mo ich ni with, Wi wh dinyinwas il P ev les t thenho ul enin fiarun il sheovepro.  Era alsa fo prohereau tiowhiwil st sa?"]
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Filimena nods thoughtfully. She looks up the stairs, then down again at the children. She doesn't think she can rightly speak for Marik, but... they did seem to get along ok. "I see. Well. Don't feel like you need to hurry to leave. We don't really have any immediate plans for this place, to be honest. To be clear, I'm not offering you a place to stay permanently, but... If you need a bit of time to sort things out, I don't see any harm in you staying a couple of days longer. And I mean, we do kind'a need help cleaning up a bit after the storm." She shrugs to show she's fine either way.

An idea hits her. "Say, uh... Actually. I was wondering if you might have seen somebody about town." She looks around for Ironclad.

" No..Not bother...not exactly...it' just..." Marik pause, looking at the floor, trying to find the right words

" [Language unknown: N utse ncwi der... madilo-ceta bencna etev t thenteica? Houiouons n tawhi Wangmi Alloureen thoen er utse ma aielaihonc pa ekweriei daywheson ave Evncwh. Eter erteri whant on herlather tr foril hisstaven. Ith oun taromo ilek astss eccemaad anand atprut os loadanse tr ess reioev wa com maalar. Ul ounihini not sachtr onund somorenotnce peany omendewas witonethi iemiai onome ispo nti ard elases himaek iv vor, haca ceyin thpl hieralas. Armapl ilteeron us iteen ll li. Lar Th waswitatiain at nceof eau oulnotnde wi thpoto pl ceha Eraicaameugh.]"

He pauses, looking at the grey skies moving away

"[Language unknown: Io un... O ndeingkor Ev il k omeek forse m onadti. Meand thus linyinave taess u, peout and evetr po. Pl taurie butwhitio Ri iendne ck st, Al, ave omos is illl... lo iocaac hisortles ommoholiti witany'vereve...urom urwiweun...eeheckac wassancom thent voreauter his arisie o ndealloul no ardwe...]"

" [Language unknown: Ecand out....Ti omvor ll oneartout... Ceutch wheil prcawi olek esslinain sach a ilbe te pa uttabe, tinil Me ieleer Utesmawh lo ritelo. Thiorepre hatio proith'latsomwhi n semipa ilsti. U laho albe hatoas p of hiwi ielana...wi ilsawh Lipofita...he waen'iond menwasint forsonore ingthawit manei ut...us oreoerugh Dayhatateprohat cetadi...stapr ugh liure somweroul ssetil...peee ec m it allichtedred somat adnc pro ei e entortnti p lin. Ughstawil atwil trbut n comredeve m esto? Ll wa whe meour ho comreayin ntebutint n sa ncenceati, wil yinhismanany adadei vir onethende o icaoreere fiom i k thobutast whouck, nticss ardtedtic be eve ek unsies?]"
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Location : Snakeskull Manor Basement
Filimena can hear the heavy steps of Ironclad upstairs. It sounds as though the mechanical marvel is doing some carpentry or perhaps general repair as there is some hammering going on.


The trio confer with each other for a few moments before each nods in turn and waits

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Location : Snakeskull Alley near Iris Crown

The druid ponders Marik's points for a moment or two, their hands gently pulls a small twig from the tree beside their shop. Marik recognizes it as a Alin tree from the forest of their home.  [Language unknown: "U m oun i aioume u ut ouurun asulie hiseveome cebe utlaonnime heng pr."]

Fala gestures with the twig, [Language unknown: "Etlar res resar ecoun ore ro oulconillnte thokorwhi bepl to hasaol pape? Llsi, wievto, ndunac, whall nilopl no erawilwit sta one prfoio... thu es vir inent vir di nceoutman il ul, sa tiiou dice traourvir ica ure oremanentrea k tra."]

[Language unknown: "K ortblesta nde ineta pr Ughncesanund fo m eenousome.  U not alalri m ha, t ersundhis tenias si m, Is mafi heatno i. Riwithur comna seus tio nglipa etnt erpero rihali ec nasa enbeio."]


[Private to GM: Alin==Phandar trees had numerous curving branches sprouting from a knobby trunk. The branches faced away from the wind, meaning that a group of phandars almost always pointed the same direction. Phandar leaves were triangular and mottled green. Because of its strength, phandar wood was an excellent building material. It was also used in the crafting of bows, tools, and weapon handles. Its multicolored grains made it prized in jewelry making]
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Filimena gesture to the children to follow and heads upstairs. "I'm sort of looking for someone," she begins. "It's actually the main reason I came into the city in the first place. He's a halfling, and looks a lot like me, apparently. Last known location was Windsalt's Trinket Emporium in the Arcanist's Ward. I figured, if you've been around the city enough, it's possible you might have bumped into him at some point."

Arriving at the ground floor, Filimena calls out to Ironclad. "Hey, uh, I don't suppose you'd mind showing us that image you had of my brother again, from the trinket shop?"

Location : Snakeskull Manor Main Floor

Filimena see's metal marvel putting the finishing touches on installing a new front door.  No far away she can see a series of other repair tasks ready to be done with each having its tools and such lines up waiting for use.  Once that task is complete, Ironclad turns to her saying,  "Of course name is Filimena, Ironclad is able to do so."

Marik looks at the Alin tree [Language unknown: "Ha larithble k ni P ndic prerattho ec pl...Olre, Ouol int ll ome...O usofsi estul wer but T chvor con. M verentlin ess seteauter ei ss om poble adelna. Wi ceort eine comamelar, sonpredinson ill predinenc mias anyos, lesoredinsti etolre, ardprocom bepeai t wiit ieieic caadat eve Ateastpre, peive alstmehaol ma a atatst ratounter, ectundove stal Intughhisson, tirill wiusch illal waet art t anetst'siur ti red ulisom li. Ardillineant, enttrader ch intonssta oupa setoerureles."] he pauses [Language unknown: "Siha urrom, et hi tedmenast n onech, Iv onee, itil, stareahou toad comsonhis int we mo elti oner o ol entwitven atulsa of i aiivoupo. Is anthasers ore ma ofcaus o mi. Ariv alhaur nt ncehastra, hasou..."]

He shakes his head.

[Language unknown: "Chospr, nomein orekortraart korectout. Powhai ti oreeauwer. Ilreai Ss ntihasany erenderut i bleardith thoectver locedi eau saadwi t der te ion u larersnce n linour'urestrect acnaet. Be ngdiic intstrith m ilove sa ss atpo k vor. Ngarbe usno iou eretinatieve, Prat. Me atus ilweth. :)"]
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Filimena whistles, impressed at the progress the construct has already made, then motions appreciatively at him to proceed. "Please, if you could, uh, conjure up that image again, so the children can see?"

OOC: Haha

Location : Snakeskull Manor Main Floor

"Of course," Ironclad replies in their hollow voice then extends a hand and the image of Filimena's brother moving thru the shop appears.

The trio watch in earnest, taking in every bit of what they are shown. They sign to each other as they watch. As the image repeats for a third time, Agot speaks up, "We saw him over near church of St Gili a few days back.  He was talking to one of the priests.  Didn't think much of it at the time, he seemed like another passerby."

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Location : Snakeskull Alley near Iris Crown

Fala smiles taking in Marik's story, [Language unknown: "Wit etca whiwheore haser ess, on ulre urrea ulard ivieof.  Maieen riwit all ureounles ro stabutrutoun icaatieve heee acac'tape tr tra sta ine toetnd allch iname laecpa it chsiac tidith."]  They offer Marik the twig,  [Language unknown: "It stindeourove pe orestatic tiotedere?"]

[Language unknown: "Pricst ain e nt pro fieeal"] chuckle Marik, reminding himself of a close encounter with a angry ettercap or that time his sister and Rani saved him from roaming bandits  as a youngster. [Language unknown: "Hoers t ca pa ilndtaen pe nce il foha I anyie osofst e."]

Marik pick the twig, which he note has some small leaves. Having a idea, he pick up his flask and empties the old water in it as the feet of the Alin. He gives Fala a look of "If I may" and after a pause, fills the flask with some storm water collected by Fala.

Focusing his thoughts on Anhrenvoth, which he called back in the sewers, Marik hand fills with leaves and transfer some energy from the spirit of eternal regrowth into the twig.

OOC: Yes, Marik cast Cure wounds level 1 on the twig. If those leaves can patch up a bloodied elf, surely they could help a twig regrow some small roots? ^^


Satisfied, Marik set the flask on Rani's Back, letting the small leaves to absorb the sunlight.

[Language unknown: "Ithoerbut tha ereithted, Inera. Whre sa ou na wema memo ectwil'eventi, Adic ss aiad un n eeul" ]
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Filimena's eyes narrow as she takes in young Agot's reply. It doesn't tell her anything drastically new, but it does further crystallise in her mind the notion that her brother, for whatever reason, had been looking for her, and now knows where she is. Why hasn't he come to see her, though? Why resort to that cryptic message in a book? She has a feeling the only way she'll find out is if she actually manages to find him. Well, at least she has one more place to ask around now: the Church of St. Gili.

"That's Finneas, my brother," she says, sighing. "I haven't seen him in years. I ran away from home, you see, when I was just a teenager. I left him behind. Maybe I shouldn't have. But he was just a little kid. I couldn't have looked after him. I kept going back, secretly, to see that he was ok. Then a few years ago he disappeared. He must have run away too. I've been looking for him ever since..." She looks to the ground, surprised to be telling this story again. She's only told it twice, and the first time was to Marik, it feels like only a couple of weeks ago.

"Listen, if you see him, do you think you could come and tell me? If I'm still here anyway. I don't know if..." she closes her eyes, shaking her head. This is so stupid. She's so stupid. How did she even end up in this situation, baring her soul to a bunch of kids she's known for hardly more than an hour. "Or tell him that I'm looking for him, and I don't understand why he won't just come and see me if he knows where I am."

Location : Snakeskull Manor Main Floor

"Of course we can," Agot replies as all three nod. Findelye signs to the other two and Sakka smiles saying, "She says that family is important, be it blood or found. We'll keep an eye out."

Ironclad watches on quietly.

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Location : Snakeskull Alley near Iris Crown
The twig doesn't react to the magic which Marik uses, it remains just a twig.  [Language unknown: "Siadai erpaal rethnc son p ndiepl n teerni."]  They gesture and a small leaf blossoms on the twig (hello druidcraft)

Marik smiles [Language unknown: "Annc fi we ereta illurente theillven la ers mouluttr. Eifind is astobe haai ha ivchne e ha."] He then salutes Fala and makes his way toward Tali shop.

OOC: Oopsie!
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