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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."

I. Exploring Main Street! Take a trip through a little town taken straight from 1890's America. Visit the shops, dine at the restaurants- but don't forget you are here on a mission. As an Apprentice, you will need to gather some supplies. A weapon, or tool for producing magic.

But we understand if that corn dog cart on Market Street is your first stop.

II. Apprentice Class 101! Practice your spell casting and weaponship on the open commons behind the Firehouse. Sparring, casting or just general confusion abound here. Try not to hit anything or...anyone, the paint on the infirmary is still drying.

III. Look out! A level 2 corroded monster has managed to get onto Main Street! Protect the citizens and defeat the cur, and please watch the damage, the paint is still wet!

IV. One Little Spark! Go ahead, show us the strength of your imagination and come up with your own scenarios. Just, stay out of the Corroded Lands...if possible.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

serpentinthegarden

"Please.... don't."

For a demon to use the word please it must have been a desperate situation indeed! But with how badly the lute and the kazoo playing had been he could only imagine how terrible the singing would be!

"How about you try talking to him? I'm sure you could calm him down... maybe get your lute back."

Or he could become a distraction, or better a snack. The werewolf might not be so disagreeable after a snack.

From:

idiotic_bard

He scratched his chin considering. "You actually want me to take an active role in the combat?" he asked, getting excited.

From:

serpentinthegarden

"YEAH, active role, go on out there!"

Each word was barked like it was a separate order because at the end of the day, Crowley wasn't really a combat oriented sort of demon. He was a screw up... If some didn't fight that thing they were both getting eaten.

From:

idiotic_bard

"Don't suppose you've got a sword?" he asked, eager to be of use!

From:

serpentinthegarden

Frustrated he held out two very empty hands.

"Do I look like I have a sword?? Do I even look like the 'sword' type?! You're supposed to be the great adventurer, don't you have some way to defend yourself??"

From:

idiotic_bard

"I did, but no one drew my sword here, so I can't draw my sword. I don't even have a bag of small animals."

From:

serpentinthegarden

"Uh huh, look... you've done that joke twice now and it wasn't even funny the first time. What we really need to do is..."

The monster werewolf howled and having finished off the lute charged toward the hapless pair.

"Run!"

From:

idiotic_bard

He ran with him. "Guess it's now officially a running gag!" he said with a grin.

From:

serpentinthegarden

"Am am SO feeding you to that thing!"

This was said but as they ran no attempt to actually throw the fellow at the monster was made.

From:

idiotic_bard

"HEY! COOL!" he shouted as they ran. "You sound like Roy!"

From:

serpentinthegarden

"Really don't care who Ray is!"

He ducked a paw as it slashed at them just overhead.

"Come up with something!"

From:

idiotic_bard

"Roy!" he happily corrected. "And I did come up with things, but you threw them all at the monster," he pointed out.

From:

serpentinthegarden

"Roy, Ray, does it matter right now? We need a USEFUL idea, not a poor retelling of the Music Man!"

He rounded a corner and found a narrow doorway to hide in. Maybe the werewolf would just run on by.

From:

idiotic_bard

"It matters because if they have to reprint this to fix an error, we'll have to do this all over again," he pointed out like that was the most reasonable answer in the world.

He saw him duck into the doorway and followed. "We should roll a move silently and a Hide check," he whispered. "I GOT A THREE!"

From:

serpentinthegarden

The kid yelled... at the top of his voice while they were hiding from a huge monster with big sharp scary teeth... the kid yelled!

Crowley rounded on him and grabbed the little fool by his shirt collar.

"ARE YOU TRYING TO GET US KILLED!?"

But the demon barely had time to snarl at his unhelpful companion before the werewolf reached in, plucked him up, and tossed him out onto the cobbles of the street.

From:

idiotic_bard

Before he had a chance to answer, his new friend was pulled away. But... OH! There was his lute trapped between the beast's toes! He darted in and managed to snag it free. "YAY!" He might fail at spot and move silently, but he had a good Dex score.

"On my next turn, I can help!"

From:

serpentinthegarden

"It's your turn now!"

Crowley managed to shout as he rolled clear of the monster creature's massive paws. He had no idea why this was a situation in which one needed to take turns, see a monster, thwart a monster... felt more the way to go.

From:

idiotic_bard

"Oh! I won initiative?" Cool!

he took a breath and started strumming. "Dodge dodge dodge the horrible monster," he sang. "Dodge. Dodge. Dodge. The inevitable counterattack."

In his world, it would have given Crowley pluses to dodge. All it did here? Was tick off the monster and make Elan the new target. Whoops...

From:

serpentinthegarden

There was the bright side, at least he was no longer the target the strumming kid was. He might have said nothing but that often denied good streak of his had him shouting a warning.

"Whatever you are trying to do it doesn't work here! Run you little idiot!"

From:

idiotic_bard

"Yeah, got that, but it isn't letting me know when it's my turn!" he called back, obediently waiting for turn order as the thing lunged towards him.

From:

serpentinthegarden

"There are no turns!"

The werewolf lunged with open mouth right for the little bard and only a yank of his tall prevented his swallowing the kid whole.

It was a horror for Crowley to realize he had just saved the kids life by putting his own on the line. As it turned out werewolves really hate having their tails pulled.

From:

idiotic_bard

"You mean we all have the same initiative?!" Well that made things confusing. Seeing the monster spin to go after Crowley, he had a rare idea! "We can make it dizzy!" He started playing again. "Confuse confuse confuse the stupid monster!" he sang.

From:

serpentinthegarden

As the werewolf hated music he turned again to attack the boy with the lute and Crowley, thinking that this latest suggestion at least held some merit, dove again for the creature's tail. The wolf spun back around to attack the demon... but that annoying song was still playing! He swung around again and again, swiping at one pest only to be annoyed by the other and turn back around to attack them until he finally just fell over panting. Too dizzy to move.

"That actually worked!"

He sounded more surprised than impressed but thought to make good this opportunity! He found a line, might have been a clothing line or left over from some sort of decoration, and yanked it down. He threw half of the line to the kid.

"Let's tie him up before he can recover!"

From:

idiotic_bard

Elan was elated that his plan worked! Roy NEVER let him make plans. "YAY! I CONTRIBUTED!" he cheered helpfully. And then he was even happier when he saw the other person pull down a line. Now they were going to swing dashingly awa... oh. Tie the monster up. Right.

"Is he supposed to be a recurring monster? Or is there some other reason we shouldn't kill it and split the XP?" Why were they tying it up? Not that he minded showing off his ranks in use rope.

From:

serpentinthegarden

Crowley looked up from his rope tying adventure to glare at the kid anew.

"Kill it? With my bare hands or were you planning on bashing it over the head a few dozen times with that lute?"

Eye roll. He might have been a demon but there were limits! He was not killing anything.