004 - Of Beacons and Bells
General Summary
After a fraught chase out of the petrified forest, the Space Oddities find a reprieve at the forest's edge, teetering on the top of a cliff. With some effort and only minor mishaps, they descend to a cave at its bottom and find respite for what they assume is the night.
During the night, Ursa experiences a vision - a strange dream that has them encounter a shadow, wolf-headed, scythed hornet creature and fighting against a manifestation of fear. They fail to defeat the creature, and are told that they need to do better, being given new power in the process. They awake with a start, witnessed by Pip, but the Forged does not comment.
In the morning, Pip picks up a signal - a strange beacon in the distance. They manage to discern a bearing and the crew, with no other notion of which way to go, decide to follow the signal. They come under attack by some roving Astral Monks, strange octopi that have adapted themselves to live in the voids of space, but manage to fend them off.
After around 3 hours of travelling, they come across a crashed ship that seems to suit only a single person, and an unusual pale-skinned elf with shining brass-coloured eyes. This person introduces herself as Xaylee, and explains that some clockwork scamps have made off with a piece she needs to turn her signal generator into a receiver so she can track down the nearest inhabited location - she asks the crew to retrieve the piece from the clockwork scamps that stole it, and they can all head off to a rescue together!
The crew obliges and, with Morell's tracking abilities, manage to find the lair of the clockwork scamps. Unfortunately for the crew, they failed to pay enough attention and are ambushed by the clockwork horrors that heard them approach.
During the night, Ursa experiences a vision - a strange dream that has them encounter a shadow, wolf-headed, scythed hornet creature and fighting against a manifestation of fear. They fail to defeat the creature, and are told that they need to do better, being given new power in the process. They awake with a start, witnessed by Pip, but the Forged does not comment.
In the morning, Pip picks up a signal - a strange beacon in the distance. They manage to discern a bearing and the crew, with no other notion of which way to go, decide to follow the signal. They come under attack by some roving Astral Monks, strange octopi that have adapted themselves to live in the voids of space, but manage to fend them off.
After around 3 hours of travelling, they come across a crashed ship that seems to suit only a single person, and an unusual pale-skinned elf with shining brass-coloured eyes. This person introduces herself as Xaylee, and explains that some clockwork scamps have made off with a piece she needs to turn her signal generator into a receiver so she can track down the nearest inhabited location - she asks the crew to retrieve the piece from the clockwork scamps that stole it, and they can all head off to a rescue together!
The crew obliges and, with Morell's tracking abilities, manage to find the lair of the clockwork scamps. Unfortunately for the crew, they failed to pay enough attention and are ambushed by the clockwork horrors that heard them approach.
Report Date
16 Sep 2024
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