Character Meet and Greet: Winter Wonderful!

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i.Main Street

Main Street has settled in for January, but there are still Christmas Decorations here and there to liven things up a little bit. Feel free to shop, mingle with the locals or explore the castle grounds.

Though after hours there are still some shadows that venture into the streets. Not everything here is as peaceful as it seems, and it’s best to defeat the corroded trespassers before they cause trouble.

ii. Cookie Overload

Do you like free cookies? Of course! Everyone does. After the Christmas Rush, there are plenty to go around, available only after the sun goes down to any hungry passerby. There are cookies of all styles and flavors. But watch out for the dreader sriracha cookie. It will make you breathe fire in three flavors and gives a bit of heartburn after, but the aftertaste will leave you craving more.


iii. The Eighth Wonder of the World
Now that the jungle has been purified, Apprentices can wander through to explore all the things the jungle has to offer. Take a (still somewhat shambly) riverboat and explore the river, or come to chat and trade with the villagers. (Shrunken heads, two for one special!) But beware. Even though the jungle is purified, it’s not a safe place. In this kingdom of animals, someone is always hungry.


iv. Pin It On Them
Some smugglers are hanging around the outskirts of New Orleans, selling dubious looking items from even more dubious looking bags. Do you buy from them? Haggle? Steal? (not recommended) Or quietly try to alert any sort of authority (good luck) The choice is yours.


v. Battle Mesa Gate
While the jungle may be purified, many other Kingdoms are still seething with corrosion. Erstwhile Apprentices will find such corrosion on the banks of the Rivers of America, right where the jungle river joins in. Fight corroded creatures on the shore and in the water and be careful, they are stronger than they look and cleverer than they seem.

Comments

[followedbyfools]

He winces at his concentration being disturbed, but reaches up to grab that tendril gently, in the exact instant Keeper makes contact.

"I was trying to concentrate," he says in an even, quiet tone. "But since you're here - hello." He opens his eyes and smiles, just a touch. "I don't suppose you'd mind passing me that, would you?"

[abys_keeper]

"AHHH!" He's been grabbed! Oh no! Will he be eaten? Should he sting him? The lights flicker uncertainly under his skin. "I'm not tasty." But pass him something. It's a trade. Right? Aby taught him about trades. You give someone something and they give you something back.

"If you let me go and don't eat me" a pause "ever. And I will give you your thing."

[followedbyfools]

Those lights are beautiful, Obi-Wan remarks, though with the creature's fixation on eating, he realizes he's speaking to a dyed-in-the-wool predator.

"I don't think you're to my tastes, so no worries there. But what's to stop you from making a meal of me once I'm free, friend?"

[abys_keeper]

He frowns. Pouts. "If something says no, I'm not allowed to eat it." A pause and then: "Can I eat you later?"

[followedbyfools]

So, a considerate predator. How rare, and how charming, he thinks to himself, and smiles. "No, thank you. I don't think I'm quite up for the experience yet. ... Though if I find anyone or anything which is, I'll be sure to let you know. Is that fair?"

[abys_keeper]

The 'yet' makes him smile. If there's a yet that means a maybe. And even if it isn't a maybe, there might be tasty things

"That sounds like a good trade."

He fetches his thing. Though it's going to have to pass through a lot of water as he grabs it and then holds it out, dripping wet and splashing a fine spray of water everywhere. "Here you go!"

[followedbyfools]

It's a good thing, he thinks, that the sabers aren't affected much by water. The Jedi gives it a brief shake, then turns it on and cuts himself free neatly, somersaulting down and immediately disengaging the weapon again. It takes all of a few seconds, and he has the look of someone who's had a great deal of practice at it.

"Thank you very much. Shall we see about finding you something to eat, then, my friend?"

[abys_keeper]

He blinked.

"Where did the light go? That was beautiful." He scooted around and poked at the thing, wondering if he could make the light come back. "Is that part of you? Is it your sting?" More pokes and he flicks it with a tendril to take a taste.

"Disgusting!" He reared back. "How can you hold it." Even if it was beautiful! That taste is forgotten though at the thought of food.

"Yes! Let's go eat! Let's find something delicious!"