>>6279791
Last Time on RotA
>Prison Breaks
>"RISE UP!!"
>Corrupted goverment.
>The party splits.
>Mog and Ursus kill some apes.
>Kinny was on his way back to move everyone to the abandoned church.
>The queen is forced to put Mog and a currently disguised Ursus in jail.
>Will they escape?
Find out what will happen in this thread.

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I'm here. Just waiting for the others.

I don't expect I'll do much, since the plan was for me to essentially be good faith collateral to the queen, reassure her that we don't intend to scram entirely. Suits me just fine to leave the investigation up to Ursus and Kinny, since I'm busy atm.

>>6279806
I’m here

Can't do a lot of posts... but.

>>6279806
>>6279839
>You both find yourselves in a prison.
>Thankfully much cleaner than the apes.
>It's still dark and dingy but again cleaner.
>You soon find your cell.
>A cell suited well for people who steal from royalty.
>Usually made for people under the death penalty or life in prison.
>Must be why it's the cleanest.
>Still best to make yourselves comfy in here.
>Mog and Ursus get their restraints removes and then put into their cell.
What do you two do now?

>>6279839
>>6279847
Sorry, I was busy. Didn't think I was really needed, since the plan was for Ursus to pursue the Nihm dealer, iirc. I thought he was gonna slip away in the transition to the prison, before we were restrained.

Anyways, we had a late start to today. Now that the thread's up, we can hopefully start earlier next week.

>>6279847
Right we do have that in us potion but I don’t know if they took everything off us

Should be available later today.

>>6279906
>>6279867
Back, and just found out I am dogsitting because I was volunteered to do so.

>The guards were smart enough to remove all weapons and armors.
>Thankfully they didn't take away the rings, holy symbol, or potions that didn't seem to do anything.
>Must have been rookies who put you in the cell since you were willing to turn yourself in.
>Either way they keep a good close eye on you as you are kept in your cell.
>The Wolf and the Ape.
>Both just in the pound.
>Don't know where they put the actual apes though.
>Probably in the dankest and darkest dungeon they can find.
>Still there are a bunch of other stray dogs here just chilling and waiting to be free, no matter how long it takes.
What do you do?

>>6282776
Ursus waves at one of the other canines in the cell with a big gorilla hand

>>6282810
>The dog awkwardly waves back...
"Umm.... hi...."
>He says, unsure how to react to this situation.
"So... what are you in here for? You stole some bread or something?"

>>6282810
Waiting fir mog before things pop off

>>6282817
I started a massive prison riot because the apes in charge where doing extremely corrupt stuff including disappearing people, this might end up causing conflict between the apes and the wolves but in all fairness they where literally trying to turn this government into a puppet state

>>6282832
"....... oh........ okay....."

>>6282835
Yeah the royals did not like that so that’s why me and my friend here are currently locked away

>>6282847
"..... you're sure you're not here because you are mentally retarded and come up with weird fantasies? Because if you did something like that, wouldn't you two have been put in the lower cells?"

>>6282853
That is a very important question and brings up some pretty interesting implications, for instance while our weapons where confiscated we still have options, hmmm. Hey mog are you thinking what I’m thinking?

I'm here. Sorry for no heads-up that I was gonna be available or that I would be a bit late.

>>6282870
It's okay Friend

>>6282854
Mog lowered his voice to a whisper "Honestly? Probably not. I was think that we just have you drink your invisibility potion. Then I can yell for the guards that you just up and vanished. Presumably they'll open the cell to search for you. Y'know, see if you were a druid who transformed into a rat or something, and hid under the bed. Then you can slip out when they open the door, get your weapons and armour, and chase after the Nihm dealer. I'll stay here as collateral, just like we planned. If they overreact to you being gone, I can slip out the same way you do, with my own potion. Otherwise, you can slip back in with your second potion."

>>6282874
“Sounds like a plan” ursus checks and makes sure the gaurds aren’t looking and then pulls out the invis potion and hopes his scent gets masked

>>6282876
>>6282874
Give me a perception check first.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>6282877
Rolling

Rolled 12 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6282877

>>6282878
>>6282880
>Mog and Ursus see the two rookie guards looking at their cell.
>Making sure that you don't do anything...
>Suspicious.

>>6282887
>>6282876
Whispering again, Mog said "Why don't you get underneath the bed covers, to shield yourself from view. Or if you are worried about the covers outlining you and giving away your invisibility, we can pretend like we're talking. I'll be in front of you, with my back to the cell bars, blocking your view from the guards. When you take it, I'll suddenly shout about you vanishing."

>>6282892
Whispering “I mean Allright but there is a bit of a size difference between us” I’ll try to pass it off as a water flask

>>6282892
>>6282907
Give me a Deception check.

Rolled 15 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>6282907
>>6282916
"As long as I can block their view of you drinking, it should be fine."

He shifted to stand in front of the bear, his back to the bars. Rearing up on his hind legs, he talked aloud animatedly "I'm sure the Queen will pardon us! After all, we were in the right! Those apes were practically declaring war on us themselves with their insane actions."

The deception had begun. The wolf could only hope the guards would buy it.

>Roll

Rolled 1 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>6282918
Ursus quickly gets the potion going no idea if his own ability to deceive will compromise the objective

>>6282919
Welp

>>6282919
Roll another one, I'll give you advantage thanks to Mog's Roll.

Rolled 18 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>6282927

>>6282918
>>6282936
>>6282919
>The two wolf guards soon get distracted by Mog.
"I mean yeah. That can be true. But what you did was just as bad. What if they reported to the queen instead and you couldn't get proof. Then you would be in huge trouble. And huge trouble and then you would be in a worse situation. Death penalty don'tcha know."
>The distraction works enough for the bear turned ape to drink the potion of invisibility.
"Well it was nice talking to you but we gotta make sure your friend there don't do anything drastic an-.... where'd he go?"
>The two wolf guards look flabbergasted.

>>6282943
Ursus pulls the most bond esque manuver he can, and as soon as the wolves enter through the gate he very gently but quickly and quietly gtf to pull off the plan not to mention his scent will likely still mean they will vaguely know where he is

Rolled 16, 18 - 3 = 31 (2d20 - 3)

>>6282950
Give me a Stealth Roll with advantage.

I am rolling a perception with a negative 3 buff and disadvantage.

>>6282950
Forgot to type this in. Gain a +5 to your roll as well.

Rolled 4 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>6282943
"That's ridiculous! Evidence or not, it doesn't change what they were doing in fact. Besides, I did get proof. There are hundreds of witnesses! Anywa-HUH!? Where'd Ursus go?! He's gone, he just disappeared!" Mog began to respond, before feigning surprise at the bear vanishing.

He began to blunder around the cell blindly, wandering around and feeling up the other prisoners and tapping at the walls like a madman. To make it easier for Ursus to escape, he continued his bumbling performance around the course of the cell until he tumbled into the path of the incoming guards moving through the cell threshold. He clung to their legs.

"Where'd he go? What'd you do to him! You monsters!" he wailed in frustration. This was all to physically impose himself in their way to make it easier for Ursus to escape and to distract them.

>Performance roll to act like a deranged senile old wolf who is shocked at the apparently supernatural phenomena in front of him.

>>6282963
"We don't know. We didn't do shit to him."

Rolled 4, 9 + 3 = 16 (2d20 + 3)

>>6282959
Stealth roll

Sorry guys but I must leave. Sorry for mostly being quiet.

>>6282973
>>6282965
It's okay. I know you're busy dogsitting. See you guys next week!

>>6282975
I’m here once again

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>6282965
>>6286652
>>6282963
Sorry for being late.
>The guards look around even sniff around a bit.
"I don't see him... but I do smell him."
"Must be the scent lingering about though. If we can't see him he isn't here."
"Sound logic. Sir Mog, if you see the loose ape, let us know."
>They soon leave the old wolf in his cell and lock the key.
>Making sure he couldn't get out.
>Thankfully a certain bear in an ape transformation was able to get out.
>The guards then leave to look for said ape.
Ursus and Mog what would you like to do?

>>6286702
Didn't mean to roll.

>>6286652
>>6286702
No worries, I was also late. Thought I'd be much earlier, but had to reschedule a dental appointment from yesterday to today, then come in early because there was a bunch of cancellations, so my afternoon appointment got moved up.

"Will do, fellas. Can't trust those rabid apes to stay put, huh." Mog replied in good cheer. The exhausted wolf then lay down to sleep.

>I take a Long Rest. All my Lucky charges and spells have been exhausted and need to be recuperated. IC I've also been awake for a night and a day iirc.

Hope you don't mind being solo for awhile Ursus. Hopefully Kinny comes back and helps you.

>>6286702
Ursus is getting his weapons and searching for the armory

>>6286772
Give me an investigation check.

Rolled 18 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>6286784
Rolling

>>6286786
>You find your equipment with relative ease.

>>6286792
Ursus grabs what his stuff and proceeds to gtfo

>>6286801
Unfortunately I can't continue sorry guys.

I'll be here tomorrow, barring any sudden schedule changes.

>>6290119
I’m here right now

>>6290309
I'm here as well. Just waiting on QM.

>>6290119
>>6290309
>>6290330
Hey guys sorry for not being here. I woke up with my arm hurting bad. Went to a doctor and found out I pulled a muscle. Sorry for being late for explaining this.

>>6290449
OH DAMN yeah get well soon

>>6290449
>>6290456
Shit. Sorry to hear that. I've only ever hurt my neck by sleeping in a bad position before, not sure if it ever reached the level of having pulled a muscle. Hope you get well soon.

Also, a heads up for everyone, I won't be available next week. I'm going on vacation again, for a week. It happens to be good timing, since my character needs to sleep anyways. Sadly it'll be a pretty lonely session for you two, unless Kinny comes back. I should be able to make the next session the week after that though.

Should be available tomorrow Ursus and Kinny.

>>6286801
>After grabbing everything that belonged to the bear and Mog, Ursus then heads back out of the prison and into the city.
>Probably best to get out of your ape transformation and turn back into an ape.
>Because they'll be looking for an ape not a bear.
>Still you do have to find that Nimh dealer whereever the fuck he went.
What do you do?

>>6293957
Dutch the gorilla disguise as fun as having opposable thumbs where then start searching for the nihm dealer
(Ooc what kind of leads do we have because it has been a while and I am going to college)

>>6293965
Whoops
Wrong character name. This is Infact still me

>>6293965
>>6293966
>With no leads it will be hard.
>All you have is the Nimh Stone itself to maybe get a sniff of and track...
>But now doesn't feel like the right time to become Bearwinkle or Bearman.
>You could but who knows what will happen.
>Then again maybe you could pick up a scent in the sewer if you are lucky.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>6293970
Then so be it
>Ursus loads the human rifle ensuring proper trigger discipline as Maggie indicated and searched for a sewer opening.
Mog us relying upon me to make good on this and by god I will, and while I would like the privilege of numbers I am on a time limit.

>>6293992
>Once you get in the sewer system where you found him originally you do sniff out something... a bit off.
>Unfortunately it is clouded by the very foul oders of waste.
>So it's a bit hard to trace.
>But being a bear, you should be a master of catching scents easily.
>Just need to focus a bit on it more.
Roll another perception check.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>6293993
Rolling

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>6293997
I know I have something passed this miasma if I have to get as uncomfortably familiar with this knoxius idea if the seat to parcel it I will

>>6294000
Typo
noxious Odor of this sewer to parce it I will

>>6294000
And if my own nose can’t work
>ursus raises one of the polymorph rings
Than maybe another animal’s might

>>6293997
>>6294000
>>6294001
>>6294004
What qnimal will you choose?

>>6294011
The humble rat
This is going to be an experience

>>6294015
>You then transform into the humble rat.
>Now with a better nose you might be able to find what you need.
Roll Perception with +3 and Advantage.

Rolled 6 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>6294023
Rolling

>>6294030
Forgot to roll 2 d20’s

Rolled 10 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>6294030

>>6294030
>>6294032
>Huh.
>Even with this new form still having a bit of trouble.
>Mother fucker picked a good spot hiding in the sewers.
>Still you are a rat, could hide out as one and wait for him to come back and possibly ambush him.
>He won't be expecting a bear to come from a rat right?
What will you do?

>>6294038
>Ursus unlike others who would catch of ball at the change of stature or size chooses to look at its advantages. Taking out a pin and brandishing it as a rapier Ursus looks at the terrain, piles cracks in the brick work acting as foot holds.
A warrior never out of options they improvise and capitalize on the situation.
The hate monger was likely here recently and will be here again this place one of his routes in or out of the sewer. Their smell is still clearly present.
>Ursus begins climbing up along the brick to find a spot to drop upon his prey.

>>6294041
Replace catch and ball with chaffe or balk

>>6294041
Sorry for the late response had to cook lunch.

>Ursus then waits...
>Waits....
>Waits....
>And waits.
>He soon sees nobody is around.
>But getting more used to his new rat transformation he could now smell and hear better.
>As he is not only below at the sewer but also above.
>He can also smell a bit better, as things that were here hours ago still linger here and there.
>As he can smell the two transformed wolves that were there.
>Although it is faint.
>Maybe this rat for will be more useful than you thought.
>Just be prepared to be more of an unusual size when you meet the bigger ones.
What do you do now?

>>6294093
>Ursus cracks his kneck and follows after the faint trail as he slowly truly learns and leans into this form.
Ursus pads around in this new vantage point chasing his lead, prepared to fight foes of any size or caliber for he is a warrior no matter the species or size.

>>6294099
Give me a perception check.

Rolled 8 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>6294105
Rolling

Rolled 13 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>6294130
Ok this is ridiculous

>>6294131
>You hear a few conversations from the surface.
>"Hey big boy want a ride?"
>"What do you mean 5,000 Silver just for that?"
>"Is that a real bottle o whiskey from the age of the old ones?"
>"So I heard there's an gorilla on the loose."
>"Mother fucker cut my hand."
>"Anyone got any spice?"
Which one sounds suspicious?

>>6294137
The bottle of whiskey but I’m also thinking cut hand, I’ll check hand first

>>6294147
>You go back to the surface and see a few animals up on there.
>You try to look for the one with a bleeding hand.... paw....?
>Then again he said hand.
>So he's either an Ape... or a lizard.
>Best to look for someone with ape or lizard clothing.

>>6294149
Hmmm climbing up and gain a vantage point using foot holds then parce the crowd of candidates

>>6294156
Give me aacrobatics check +5 and with advantage.

Rolled 15, 10 + 3 = 28 (2d20 + 3)

>>6294166
My base stat has a negative I’m more athletics so this is new

Unfortunately I must go now. Sorry.

>>6294183
It’s cool it was longer than it usually goes

I should be available next session.

I'm here for morale support.

>>6297645
I’m here

>>6297655
>>6294182
>>6297645
>As a rat you go across the city with ease following the source of the suspicious fucker with a cut on his hand.
>after a while you find him.
>Looks like a lizard.
>Engage him?

>>6297655
Just a suggestion OOC, if your current leads don't turn up anything, you can always head back to the temple and get help from our NPC allies. Their skills will help balance out yours. Time is of the essence, but you've still got all day/night or however long before the summit. Assuming the Incahat holds off any major plays until then, then the hate peddler's actions will hopefully stay limited in scale to "mere" individuals. You can afford caution, though it may cost some citizens their lives.

>>6297659
“Hey lizard, over here. Heard you exclaim something about getting cut. Do you know why and who did?”

>>6297664
"What's this? A mousey mouse? What's your concern over a cut?"

>>6297665
“Well I'm trying to find a very very dangerous person, who I suspect will be doing something rather heinous during or before the summit”

>>6297670
"Dangerous person eh? Well I wouldn't say their dangerous anymore... I got knifed by some fucker who esca-... nah shouldn't mention more. I already got out once not going back in again."

>>6297672
“You mean an escapee from the prison complex filled with some rather incriminating evidence involving disappearing people for rather nefarious purposes?” “The riot led by a gorilla?”

I've gotten run, but I may be back later today.

>>6297673
"Yeah.... that one... but no one is going to believe the former."

>>6297682
“So why the hesitation it’s not like I’m gonna snitch on you, I don’t even know your name.”

>>6297687
"Lillard. But honestly I don't feel like talking to a mouse about my time in prison."

>>6297691
“Rat actually.”
>ursus fiddles with his pin weapon.
“And that’s fair, so instead let me ask you if you have seen anything particularly unusual or shady, my target typically makes this area his test bed for a particularly heinous substance, typically dark red in color, monster has already ruined a few lives”

>>6297693
"Never heard of them. Sorry rat. But I do hope you find your guy. Sounds dangerous."

>>6297695
“Oh they are very dangerous, if you do see them be careful of anything with a red vial or tint, it’s very mutative”
>Ursus scampered off looking into the sale thinking it’s possibly where the feeler was.

>>6297696
Kek all fear the feeler

>>6297696
>Ursus starts to think maybe holding onto that Nimh stone bear pawed pun intended was more dangerous than he thought, when he thought feeler instead of dealer.
>Still best to keep searching.
>Though he could ask for help.
>Maybe from Kinny if need be.

>>6297704
“Hmmm more feet would cover more ground especially with kinny’s experienced eye. I hope they are all doing well”
>Ursus immediately reorients towards the groups secondary HQ to get ahold of kinny, gonna be funny surprising the cat as a rat.

>>6297706
>You head for the church.
Sorry guys g2g.

>>6297710
It’s cool
I got to get ahold of a possible ally’s name

I should be available tomorrow, maybe not for the full session though. For moral support, if nothing else.

>>6297713
>>6301165
Sorry guys I had a really stressed out week this week. I can't find the energy to host today. I'm sorry friends.

>>6301531
Hey man don’t sweat it, we are all likely busy, take all the time you need

>>6301531
No worries. Sometimes it is just like that. I hope next week is better for you. Take care.

Will be there tomorrow for moral support.

>>6304581
Should be there tomorrow.

>>6297706
>>6297710
>After a while you head for the church.
>There you see Maggie, Bobby, Jessica, Caramel, and the others just setting up the church to be a bit more tolerable to live in but not in a exposing that there are people here kind of way.
>Still they try their best to help out.
>All while Kinny rests because God knows the cat deserves it after all he's been through.
>Maggie is the first to notice the rat named Ursus an-
"Oh shit! A rat!"
>She exclaims as she jumps back.

>>6304859
“And your point being?,
>Ursus deadpanned
Got something against smaller sophists? Ursus attempts to hold a straight face before dropping it and smiling, its Ursus, I’m using one of the rings.

>>6304906
"Ursus?"
>Maggie says as she eases up.
"Sorry... rodents just unease me a bit.ç
>She apologizes... speaking of... why are you a rat?"

>>6304910
>Ursus breaths in
“The reason is two fold, the prison riot got the attention of wolf royalty that mogs been trying to get on our side, problem is she was trying to prevent a possible war between Apes and wolves so we where subsequently imprisoned, mog stayed behind and told me to get out and find the nihm dealer, so I used a Invis potion and then the rat form to effectively exfiltrate with our weapons. Then I sensed the nihm dealer but his trail vanished to above ground so they are using the sewer routes. I need help to find him”

>>6304914
"I know some bits and pieces about the prison riot thanks to Kinny mentioning it when he told us to relocate... but Mog's in jail currently?!"
>Maggie said as she tried to catch with Ratsus' story.
"So... the Nimh dealer is using the sewers to travel. I'm guessing you need Bobby and Jessica to help find them?"

>>6304922
Thank fully he’s not about to get exacted while they investigate our claims but having Jessica might be quite effective especially considering the nihm dealer was definitely humanoid

>>6304923
"Humanoid? So another human? Shouldn't I also come with if this is human?"

>>6304927
“Humanoid, remember this being is like the Druid, not human just human adjacent.”

>>6304938
"Right... sorry."

Sorry something came up g2g.

>>6304939
“No problem, asking for clarification is important. So as for how we will go about this, one human with tracking skills, one cat of great skill and I will plum the sewer system, it will be horrible, sifting through that smell to find the nihm dealer and all.

Wasn't as free as I hoped, renovations are still going on. Though I wasn't needed. To resume our more regular activity levels, we could have Jessica switch with me in the cell, though her skills are more useful in this scenario honestly. That, and I still need my sleep IC. Or Ursus, you could return and we could both sleep, then try and race to catch the Nihm dealer before the summit happens, for a tight finale.

>>6304969
I need people up at top shape so I’m game for whatever

>>6304975
Up to you, if you stop the Nihm dealer now, we could potentially prevent a catastrophe before it happens, but it'd probably deny us a thrilling finale for the arc if whatever QM had planned for the summit doesn't go off. I only mention it in case you and QM are getting bored of having just two people for the RP. If it is just schedule issues - like you said before, we're all probably busy right now - slowing down our pace, then my participating again probably won't help us resume our prior speed.

Guys I'm going to be honest. I'm starting to burn out. I'm starting to forget what we're even doing despite rereading the threads to check. Hell I'm confusing the irl group with what you guys are doing. I'm sorry for the lack of creativity lately.

>>6307895
Shit man I’m sorry you’re having a tough time with this, it’s been fun for me but I really do not want you to not have fun. Burn out is no joke. Whatever you need to do I’ll accept, sure it’ll suck but I really do not want you to suffer.

>>6307909
I want to at least finish the Canis Lupin Arc for you guys. Give you guys an ending for all the stuff I dragged you through.

>>6307911
Ok then I’ll wait for everyone to get here

>>6307919
Same.

>>6307895
>>6307911
There's a lot that I never really put in the effort to say, I'll say a little bit of it here, and save the rest for when we finish the arc.

At some point I hoped to do a recap and review, but as real life kept getting in the way of putting in the time, I kept putting it off. I initially wanted to give my thoughts on the forest cultist arc way back when, right after we completed it, but now there's probably too much distance in time between now in then to give much besides impressions. Basically to keep us all up to date, because rereading the archives can be time consuming.

I also noticed that we stopped getting XP for defeated enemies somewhere partway through the Canis Lupin arc. Plus we've been facing simple enemies/threats for the longest time, adding to the feeling that we're just going through narrative beats, with thoughts of mechanics or difficulty put to the side.

We've also just been on this arc for a very long time, though that can largely be attributed to me insisting on making the most of our time and not appropriately timeskipping. Basically making up a check list of stuff to do with all the invented lore in my head, when really we should've stuck to what you were capable of coming up with and managing with the time you had available (my focus on the political aspects of the summit with wanting to bribe supporters and irrelevant nonexistence political figures that were part of my character's lore for the country, but weren't introduced by you. In other words we should've just focused on the Nihm, Sage, the factions, and the Queen). It's my fault on insisting on a lot of the complicated shadowrunning partway though the arc, though I guess not entirely, since it wasn't fully acknowledged or engaged with. We weren't really ever pressured by the various factions seriously and most of the paranoia was just hype by me and Ursus. Plus we had understandable real life scheduling issues.

There's a lot more I could say still, and more elegantly and less rambling, but yeah. I want to say that I still had a lot of fun and enjoyed pretty much the entire quest and every little twist in this arc in particular. Superman was a little random as fuck, but the horror of the Nihm guy, the Incahat and squid reveal, the bomb underneath the castle, and various factions, it was all kino, if a little easy to resolve. Kinda pulled us in a lot of different directions. I'm sorry to hear you are burning out, and I hope you take the time you need to take care of yourself. If you need a hiatus or to stop, then I'm sorry that is the case, but I'm glad we all participated together, and am fine with whatever.

Also, I should've given you guys a heads up, 'cause I was here since several hours ago. Just turned away to handle some stuff while occasionally checking in. My bad.

>>6307936
I agree with a lot of these statements but I always figured the xp thing was just a thing the GM didn’t wanted to book keep and instead level us in respect to the context and content of our actions, I really want to say anything and rock the boat

>>6307940
I didn’t want to say anything and rock the boat

I think I am going to take a break today. Sorry for the inconvenience.

>>6307970
Hey take the time to relax mentally, stuff happens

>>6307970
No worries, take care man.
>>6307972
You too man, take care.