It has been 100 years since ancient beings, known as the Old Ones, walked the Earth with their two strong feet. Now they are gone and we animals now rule the remains that they left behind. With our new knowledge of sword and sorcery, we were able to survive in peace for a while, but then came the three factions.The Apes: Strong giants, claiming to be as just as the old ones and believe they should be the ones to rule over the new world.The Pigs: An intellectual but slothful group who wish to rule the world with an iron hoof and remain kings while the others remained as dumb animals.Then there the Lizards: A fast and large group that want to set the world a blaze. Trying to forget the harsh past that the old ones left.All three sides wishing to go war and destroy one another to bring in what they believe to be true peace.But, unbeknownst to everyone, there was another group. One that was trying their best to find a way to heal everyone. To bring back order.You found it.... and now you are taking care of it.A D&D Homebrew Adventure.Previous Quests:https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Rise%20of%20the%20Awakened
Should be available tomorrow.
>>6318864I will be as well.
What happened last time at RotA!>Ursus escaped prison and went on as a rat to find the dealer while Mog stayed.>They eventually found him and Maggie threw the bear turned rat turned back into a bear and captured him with ease.What will our heroes do now.Find out today.
Just waiting now.
>>6319139I'm here. Didn't think I'd be nearly this late, but here we are. Just waiting on Ursus.
Ah, it seems Ursus was here for several hours, just that he was looking at the other thread. In fact, he was waiting on you QM.
>>6319164Well I'm a fucking idiot.
>>6319175 >>6319175I’m here now
>>6319194>Ursus and Maggie end up dragging the humanoid figure to the old church.>Fortunately with your bear strength you and very precise rope tying the two of you get there with no problems.>Suspicious glances here and there but hey no one is really doing anything.>Eventually you guys get to the old church.What do you do now?
>>6319195“Alright break out the headset, let’s make sure they aren’t being controlled by some squid.I want to make sure we got our target and not some crazy, also if he is Infact human I want the doctor to see if she recognizes him”
>>6319201"Right the headphones! Smart thinking Ursus.">Maggie says as she gathers the headset."Headphones? What are you going to do with those headphones?!">The humanoid figure asks.>Maggie then gave the bear the headphones."I got Metallica in there on full blast. Just say the word and I'll turn it on.">Maggie tells the bear.
>>6319203“Ok so I am going to blast your ears with loud human metal, and if you only get some minor temporary hearing damage then your fine but if a cephalopod crawls out of your skull well, we will know, so any things you would like to get off your chest before we start?”
>>6319211"The fuck?! A cephlopod?! The hell are you talking about?!"
>>6319212“Hmm good, now then shall we Maggie”(Do they Infact look human?)
>>6319213>>6319212Yeah, this is worth asking. It was noted before that the figure looked humanoid, but we never confirmed it. Are they human, or a animal mutated by Nihm, or an ape?
>>6319213>>6319215"Do it.">Maggie says.>Ursus then lifts the hood.>He then sees what the humanoid figure looks like.>It's a human.>Male.>Looks like his teenage years.>Wearing the collar most humans wore to understand animals.>Clearly looks like he doesn't want to listen to music."I will sit here tied up as you force me to listen to middle of the road music!">He shouts.
>>6319216“Yup also pretty cool you also got one of thise odd devices, good to know that whoever you are apart of has that kind of resources. Also good to confirm human if young, not that I’m making some assumptions but do they remind you of anyone?”
>>6319217(Ursus asked Maggie if they reminder her of anyone in a tactful way)
>>6319217"Nope not at all.">Maggie replies."Not anyone at all?! How dare you!? How dare you not recognize the great talent that is Eugene!?">The angry teenage boy says."..... Who?">Maggie asks.
>>6319220“Wait he controlled a bunch of racoons I think, why the pit is he dealing mutative substances to animals, you little snot damaged the lives of two people I know of and probably more.How did you even get here? The last survivor of one of the bunkers?”
>>6319222"Do you know how easy it is to deal with those retards!? Racoons are easy to trick and basically fool into believing you are a god! They also make good servants for gathering solid Nimh stones. Just give them junk and they'll do anything. Unfortunately poor test subjects. Especially since they died immediately after being so exposed. Though to be fair most of them were malnourished and eating junk. So that's why I was experimenting with the wolves."
>>6319220>>6319222Oh! Simon's Patron, Eugene! That little shit who brainwashed that other PC.
>>6319226And he admits to being the Nihm dealer!
>>6319226>Ursus griwns pinching the bridge of his brow in frustration.“and you know nothing about the squids that we’ve been encountering? We have a bigger problem then, those squids are still gonna be at large. We’ve only stopped the nihm getting sold to people not the source of the squids”
>>6319230"No! I still don't know what the fuck squids have to do with Nimh! I just mined them from dead shelters. The previous one Simon was supposed to pick up was never picked up. In fact he disappeared after he met with another human from what I heard. So I decided to investigate myself and found liquid Nimh. Something I thought would be perfect to experiment with. Which I assume you guys took."
>>6319236>Ursus took off the headset it was clearly not needed.“why are you out here at all? Apart from experimenting with mutative material and ruining peoples lives you pathetic little man.”
>>6319237"Because..... I'm trying to find the hot girl that Simon found. I finally found a female of my species. So by that logic, we should be together."
>>6319239“You aren’t the only human “Eugine” not to mention any lady worth her knowledge wouldn’t date you, especially after what you’ve done”
>>6319243"So what do we do with him Ursus?">Maggie asked Ursus.
>>6319248“Get other humans involved, he’s clearly human, and let the most effective human of them all extract as much knowledge he knows, he thinks he knows, and things he overlooked. We still have to resolve those squids”
>>6319251"So get Jessica?"
>>6319256(Yup she is trained and skilled at getting information, not to mention we’ve likely gotten as much as we can and she would discover anything that wouldn’t have been considered important by “Eugene”)
>>6319258"Alright I'll go get Jessica.">Maggie then leaves."Wait who's Jessica? Is she hot?">Eugene asks.
>>6319261I mean I’m not human so that depends on your definition, although considering your attitude, your probably focusing on the shallow trait instead of anything truly meaningful.”
Have to leave now. Sorry again Ursus for not informing you about this thread.
>>6319267Eh more my fault should have figured
>>6318863This is btw really cute, thank you
>>6319607Kinny made it.Going to be available tomorrow.
>>6321677I'll be there, not sure how long I'll be available though. Probably not for the whole session.
Here.>>6319266>You and Maggie then leave the room."So... what do we do with him after Jessica's done with him?">Maggie asks the bear."I mean we can't exactly have him thrown in a prison here. People are going to ask what the hell he is and then that'll open the can of worms that's humanity."
Also here, just waiting on Ursus.
>>6322232I’m here>>6322231>Ursus turned contemplative.“I suspect the humans we know will have ideas, after all given their situation they should or would have methods on a possible path.Not to mention I’m still very pissed about what gap to the mutilated people under our care, what they experienced. I’m not gonna kill him that’s not how I do things but, how I want to throw him at the femwolfs friends and let them get their catharsis”
>>6322266"Problem is we only know of three other humans that are awake. Jessica, who seems to be our most competent human, Superman, who... might not all be there, and Eugene, the guy we are trying to convict. There is still myself but honestly... I don't know if I should convict anyone."
>>6322270“Eugene hurt a whole lotta people, ruined lives, and unleashed horrors on people. You don’t have to convict him but I’m certain you understand the problem here.”
>>6322270Remember, there is Doctor Wallace, Maggie's aunt. She was working on a cure for June and Hogar, I think. Or something.
>>6322279>Ursus began to think hard“Should I go get mog?” I could possibly sneak in again via ring for and give mog a ring to shift out”
>>6322275"I do. But still I'm no one to judge. I was a soldier. I probably killed some lizard soldiers back when I was alive. So really do I have any room to talk?">>6322279How did I forget about her?!
>>6322284"That sounds like a good idea. We should probably carry five just in case one isn't fully charged. Also remember that this town isn't a full fan of rabbits... should probably change my form. Maybe a wolf? Seems reasonable enough."
>>6322286“Well in this case less is more, if we are doing a jail break a form your used to but haven’t used around here might work, wolves are likely to get them making questions about your family aswell so likely Norma wolf”
>>6322291"Norma Wolf?"
>>6322292)God I hate typing out on mobile) so a wolf form is not a good idea considering wolves are typically heavily communal and would likely know each other, not to mention stealthier forms are likely optimal”
>>6322294"So stay as a rabbit?"
>>6322296“Not necessarily, I’m going as a rat same so something similar would work”
>>6322298"No!">She said....>Then got her composure back."I mean... two rats would be obvious right."
>>6322299“Why the hesitation? I mean I’m not gonna push you to this I’m just curious.”
>>6322301"OK can I be honest with you?"
>>6322302“Maggie I’ve faught and bleed in this group, you can be honest with me”
>>6322303>Maggie then took a deep breath."I'm afraid of rodents."
>>6322305“Ok, any exact reasons? I’m not judging just trying to understand.”
>>6322306"I don't know. They just... creep me out... ever since... the incident....">She said as she blacked.>Having flashbacks that seemed like they were horrifying.
>>6322307“Yet you were able to handle the rat form. It probably took a lot, alright you don’t have to worry about it you can do rabbit form”
>>6322309"I'm pretty sure it's small enough.">The two of you head over to the prison.Meanwhile with Mog.>>6321681>Mog was now well rested.What do you wish to do Mog?
>>6322312Rising from his slumber, the elderly wolf's ears perked at the sound of pattering feet. He opened his eyes, glancing around. Nothing but the dregs he'd been locked in with.Still, whether it was his imagination or Ursus had returned, he ought to find an excuse for his absence, in case the guards came to check up on him. The queen might be forgiving, but he wasn't sure it would be good to betray her confidence and spurn the legal system, becoming a fugitive. If Ursus had dealt with the Nihm dealer, then there was nothing left to do.Finally wakeful, padded around his cell, examining his possession for any item that could help him.Perhaps he could slip his amber ring on another prisoner and disguise them as himself? A waste of a ring though, he may not get it back. The jig would be up after a few hours anyways. He couldn't think of anything else.Why not wait for the summit then? The tsar's plot had been foiled, and Lincoln would likely get his army and knock the lizards out of the faction war. Unless the queen was truly corrupted, there was little chance of Clayton convincing her to sell the nation down a river, now that the emperor's interference in Canis Lupin's internal affairs had been revealed. Sage had been dangerous, but when isolated against them, she had gone down surprisingly easy. Gawain had been dealt with. The pigs were a wild card, but they hadn't done anything overtly wrong in the capital to warrant going after them. They seemed not to have any particular strengths to their diplomatic game, at least none that Mog could see. He supposed they'd likely be the winners of the summit, aside from Lincoln, by virtue of not doing anything insanely criminal. Perhaps he should resume building support for a pressure campaign against them?No, perhaps he'd make use what he'd built to organize a protest, but since everyone left had apparently been playing the diplomatic game fairly, it was only right that he should leave the nation's foreign policy to the queen, as she'd stressed to him.Scratching behind his ears with his hind legs, he paced and pondered. What a conundrum.There was nothing left to do.He felt helpless.What could be done, they had done. Now it was up to the nation, and the queen.All that remained was the threat of Incahat, and the squids. But there was little chance of finding them and their machinations, with no leads. He'd already foiled much of their ambitions. Kuma was cleansed, the infected forest guardians eradicated, Gawain dealt with, the prophecy had not come to pass. Something could still happen at the summit, but it seemed like they'd foiled the steps that would lead to the worse case scenario. If some apocalyptic event occurred, they'd just have to deal with it as it came.So, Mog waited.
>>6322316"Excuse me Mog.">A soft feminine voice arose.>Mog found it to be very familiar.>It was the queen's voice."I have a proposal for this situation."
>>6322318The paladin walked to the bars, following the sound of her voice, poking his snout outside the cage, listening.
>>6322319"Mog... I have an offer. I know how devout you are of protecting this country and I... but I can't allow you out either for messing with the fairs of the elite and risking us to go to war. Something we've been trying to avoid since I became queen. I know you want your own army to fight the oppressors... but unfortunately I cannot give that to you. I'm warning you right now that most of the counsil is against the idea of supporting you due to Gawain's poisonous words and you attacking the ambassadors of Tarzan. Hell, they want you to rot in this cell for all eterninty. So here's my offer. Instead of attending the summit and the potential of being locked up in here... I'm willing to give you a more lenient punishment. For you and your party to be banished from entering this nation ever again."
>>6322322(OOC I’m up fir what ever you decide mog, besides we can still get in regardless by just taking different forms)
>>6322322"Banished?!" Mog voiced aloud, stunned, "What ever for? This seems a punishment almost worse than death, to never step foot again in my homeland! And for merely exposing the other nation's treachery too! Ultimately, you are the leader of the nation, my queen. If you do not wish to go to war, then the nation will not go to war. It is that simple. No provocation on my part could change that. But that doesn't change the fact of what Clayton or Tsar Dhalsim did! Kidnapping, imprisoning, and torturing citizens in the capital! Setting up a bomb underneath her majesty's very palace! I must inform you now, as I believe I did earlier, but both Clayton and Lincoln are here for an army as well, I at least wish to deny the former."He shook his head. The wolf almost forgot himself. What he wished did not matter to the queen. He was but a humble servant.Bowing, he said "Forgive me, your majesty, for rambling. I forget myself sometimes. If you do not wish for me to have an army, then so be it. It was a hope of mine, now dashed, but not a loss that drives me to despair. I only despair at seeing our nation so weakened by ape overtures, and by infiltrators. I think I told you of the squids before, but if not, then I recommend you have the clerics examine everyone in government with Detect Poison and Disease magic, there are parasites infecting many. I know it sounds crazy, but even a low level cleric, or even a paladin can tell."He stopped again, then started up, slower this time "I'm rambling again. Ahem. To answer your proposal, I will simply say that I will never accept being an eternally transient vagabond, some wanderer without a home. If the elites do not want me to interfere, then fine! I was done anyways, I do not need to interfere anymore. Nor do I mind being punished for acting without sanction."Taking a moment to swallow, he got up on his hind legs, pressing his paws against the inside of the bars, as if to pry them apart. Poking his head through, he said "As for fighting the oppressors in exile, but without an army, or being locked up in here forever...well..." he smiled, showing teeth through the bars, "...I can leave anytime. I'm not worried. The fight will come to them, one way or another."The wolf stepped down, any airs he'd put on drained away as he licked his paws and whimpered at his aching leg. He turned around, then glanced back and added as an afterthought "Oh yeah, some rabbits wanted to talk at the summit but were repeatedly denied at the police station 'cause of the laws or something. You might want to talk with Chief Cottontail. Otherwise the rabbit will declare war on Canis Lupin whether you want it or not, and they've got Old One tech. Apparently some wolves attacked them, I thought it was a false flag, but who knows?"He lay down to await Ursus's return and the queen's answer.
I don't mind finishing up the Canis Lupin arc and moving on, whether after that werewolf band or to find more Xenarus shit, or to visit bear country or fight Clayton's empire or whatever. But we should at least finish up RPing the resolution to who the Nihm dealer is, and get me outta prison now that we know what the queen's ultimatum to me is, on top of timeskipping to the summit and seeing both the diplomacy results and if the Incahat/squids cause some horrible event to occur. If things pass by smoothly, then great! If not, boss battle! Plus we're still waiting on Dr.Wallace to cure Hogor and June, and seeing if Adler is leaving the party to take care of the temple. Not sure if Wallace's cure is a long-term goal that needs time in the oven or not. If so, we might have to leave her here in the secret underground part of the temple with Adler, maybe with Jessica to guard her, Eugene, and the other human popsicles. We can adventure in the meantime.
>>6322331>The quern looked at her most loyal servant.>Giving out a similar smile to him"Fine speech as always Mog. I will speak with Chief Cottontail and make sure he has a turn to speak in the summit. Be prepared with and have a speech ready after him. Because your turn will be next.">She then leaves the old wolf again in his cell.
>>6322327OOC: I'm as eager to move on from Canis Lupin as anyone else. That being said, while I do not intend to slow us down anymore with shadowrunning, we still have loose ends to tie up and a proper ending to the arc to receive. Like my post gets at, we at least deserve to see what happens at the summit, even if we don't affect the results. It can be a cutscene or a big couple of posts from QM and then be over. Unless there is a terrorist attack or Incahat magic apocalypse, in which case we should be around for the showdown. It'd be weird to just up and abandon Mog's homeland when we know there was a doom prophecy for the summit. But AFTER that, yeah, we should skedaddle out of this overlong arc.Since Hogar and June is simply a matter of waiting for an NPC to come up with a cure, we can just leave them. Let it run in the background.None of this should take up a ton of time doing posts about the next morning and what we have for breakfast or however many minor events intervene the next day, we just need the 'connecting tissue' of us meeting back up in prison, me invisibility potioning/transforming out with you, bam timeskip, Summit (which we sneak into, since we aren't getting in legally it seems), fight if prophecy shit happens, or no fight and see the results if we solved everything, end arc and move on.
Sorry guys g2g.
>>6322334>>6322327Mog nodded thoughtfully after the queen, already planning his speech. He lay down to wait for Ursus.The truth is, I know that being prepared to speak at the summit was important, but I never prepared a speech simply because the circumstances under which we would be attending the summit and which problems lay unsolved, and what policies Mog thought were possible or what he wanted kept changing. Also, it has been so long, this arc I mean, so anytime I gave any thought to preparing one, I kept forgetting or not getting far into writing a pre-prepared one. It is no big issue, since I can always just write as fast as I usually write and have a word-limit length speech out when needed during whatever session the summit happens at. Doesn't matter much, since it seems like Mog won't be getting the policy goals he wants anyways, even if he has some supporters amongst the populace. But we solved pretty much every immediate issue with the foreigners doing shady shit in Canis Lupin, even if the social issues persist. So I'm fine with just giving a vague inspirational speech and moving on. Or even not attending the summit to affect anything at all, I just wanted to see what the other faction's diplomacy got them and to prevent a disaster.
>>6322338>>6322327Thanks for running QM! See you and Ursus next week, or whenever the next session is.
>>6322341See you two later
>>6322370>>6322341Might not be 100% available. Sorry in advanced.
>>6325335I should be available, but a bit late in the morning. So, if you're there, I probably will be too.
>>6322340>>6322309>Mog waits for Ursus to possibly rescue him.Mog what would you like to do?
Wanted to pop in to say I'll be busy for about three hours, sorry. Maybe a bit less.
>>6325694Right now I’m sick
>>6325729>>6325737Should we wait for next week then?
>>6325739>>6325737Yes, I think so. Get well soon Ursus. Take care everyone.
I don't think I'll be available tomorrow, unfortunately. Caught a cold, and while I could technically be here for a few hours in the early morning before I have to go, I think I'd rather use that time to rest.
Unfortunately I am going to be busy so I won't be here. Sorry guys.
If I'm there tomorrow, I might be quite late. Not sure atm, 50/50.
Not 100% sure but should be there tomorrow.
I'm here.
>>6322331>>6322309>Mog waits in his prison cell for the eventual escape.>He knows his bear turned ape friend will help him out.Probably best to rest for a bit but what would you like to do?>Ursus and Maggie soon arrive near the prison as a Ratsus and Rattie.>Maggie being slightly uncomfortable with it but willing to bear it a bit with the bear."So Ursus, what's the plan of getting Mog out?"
>>6331834There was nothing to do but wait, if he used his own last remaining invisibility potion, there was a chance Mog and Ursus could miss each other, like ship passing in the dark. So Mog continued to lay down and wait patiently, yawning. He had just slept, but boredom had a way of tiring one out."Hey, buddy, amuse me, what're you in for?" Mog questioned his cellmates brusquely. Gotta kill time somehow.
>>6331835"I'm here for stealing bread.""Stole some mantis meat.""Frog legs.""I took a bag o money."
>>6331837"Hmph, figures, mantis meat and frog legs are expensive, I made a decent chunk of change off weeks old mantis meat awhile ago. Bread though? Thought they would've put you in the stockade for a day or whipped you and be done with it. Things must've gotten harsher since I was last home." The wolf muttered in half reply.He settled in to wait for his companion, the occupants of his cell unfit for conversation, save to annoy him with reminders of the direction his kingdom was going.
>>6331840"What about you? What'cha in here for?"
>>6331846"Killin' a bunch of apes that set up a secret prison camp inside the city and we're kidnapping a bunch of citizens and whatnot. It's all over now, done and solved. Nothin' to worry about now. I tell you what though, that Clayton guy really has it comin'. He's got some nerve pullin' this bullshit on us while selling us his dumb metal toys." Mog replied casually over his shoulder.'But I'll leave that for the queen' the paladin added silently in his mind.While he had no intention of allowing himself to be permanently exiled from his homeland, it was clear he needed to stay away from home for awhile to let things cool down. Let the queen make her own decisions. He had bigger fish to fry, Xenarus, Clayton himself, and he was sure Kinny and Ursus would eventually like to take trips to their own homelands. All in good time.
>>6331850"Shit...""That sounds more heroic than... evil.""You kiddin'? That could have started a war.""If that was the case why is he in here with all the small fries?"
>>6331852"You kiddin'? Preventing thugs from kidnapping people is the right thing to do. If the apes didn't want a war, they shouldn't have done that shit. The responsibility is on them as much as us not to do anything to provoke a war. And a war wouldn't be a bad thing, given how they've acted. One shouldn't shy away from war for its own sake. Some things are worth fighting for. You wanna live under ape laws? 'Cause what they're doing is undermining the queen's law, Canis Lupin isn't a state if it doesn't have monopoly of force within its own border! They keep acting with impunity, bribing us with technology, enforcing their will on our country, then it'll be THEIR country soon enough. Goddesses help me, just think, damn you!" Mog shouted suddenly, incensed into ill temper yet again by and pushback against his righteous war against illegal interventions by all these damned foreigners into wolf affairs.He took a breathe, then continued, more calmly "I'm not in max security by the grace of the queen. She knows I'm right, I just overstepped by acting independently. Besides, I'm not exactly a nobody, so you can say I got special treatment. Now quiet down, I need some time to pray."The wolf let his anger bubble and boil away, before praying quietly to the Goddesses for strength for coming endeavours and insight into future threats.
>>6331858"Whatever you say sir.">The other wolves said as they laid down.
I have to go, though I might be back later in a few hours. Hopefully by then Ursus will be here.
Sorry college got in the way today and I’ve been absorbed in exams
>>6331986Understandable.
>>6331986Makes sense. Guess we'll have to wait for a lull in everyone's schedule to find time for a full session.
I'll be available tomorrow. Should be early, compared to when I usually make it. Though I'll wait for Ursus to post, since we're just waiting on him to meet up with me.
