An Elemental Adventure

[ddevans96]

Should probably paint the countdown in bright teal, lol

[Jocko]

What happens now we have a tie?

[ddevans96]

What happens now we have a tie?

The round isn't actually over yet, so somebody could break it.

If there is, I'll just RNG it.

[Jocko]

Oh, i didn't see that counter.
PD: That map is awesome, you should enter ms paint comp. 

[ddevans96]

Ending Day now.

Nelevitas Round: 8 Health: 41 Quanta: 48 - 6 | +1:death - 4 | +0:water - 4 | +0 - 4 | +0:aether - 4 | +1:life - 5 | +0:time - 3 | +0:gravity - 3 | +0:earth - 5 | +1:fire - 5 | +0:entropy - 4 | +0:light - 6 | +2 Attack: 20 Defense: 22 Notes: Added another section to the Quanta indicating how much quanta      you got this round. We gained 3 random quanta and 2      from the Rays. I also added a section to the items indicating      the 'pillars' we have. Right now we only have a quantum pillar      (hence the 3 random quanta). Options - Polling Phase: 1) Follow the footprints. 2) Return to the old tree. Day has Ended

Items: Towers and Pends: 1x Quantum      Generate 3 random quanta each round. Pets: Ray of Light      Attack 5. Defense 5.      Give 1 each round. Ray of Light      Attack 5. Defense 5.      Give 1 each round. Armor: Tower Shield (equip)      Permanently increase your defense by two. Scrolls: Quicksand Scroll      Costs 2 Quanta      Destroy up to 8 Quanta of the target. Healing Scroll      Costs 2 Quanta.      Heal ally for up to 10 Health. Food and Drink: * Artifacts: * Miscellaneous: Ball of Shapestone Ball of Shapestone

Synopsis: In the end you decide to go beyond the trees where you found the healing scroll. The cave seems like a good idea, but it seems too dark and foreboding. Maybe you'll come back to it later. You progress into the forest. It seems surprisingly quiet, with little activity. There are no paths, so you just continue straight forward, hoping to find something to advance from, or something strange to find your location. Nervously, you glance into the pockets of your vest. They're almost full, so you think about finding something to carry more items around in. Even a small pack would help a lot. As it is you have one sphere of Shapestone and one scroll in each pocket. You walk for a small while, with the Rays still hovering around your back, until you come to a tree that is utterly out of shape. It's completely bent around it's own branches and has a huge gaping hole in the middle. Slowly, you approach it, afraid that something would pop out and attack you. As you come closer to the tree, you notice it's taller than most of the other trees, and it has several burn marks on it. It looks like it had been struck by lightning at one point or another. You begin to climb up the tree, hoping to find something of importance. Upon reaching a large limb near the top, you look around - and you notice that there are several trees that look like this, scattered almost randomly around. You choose another tree a short way away and climb down the tree. Heading in the general direction, you see that the ground here has a lot less small plants than what you were walking through earlier, and the grass seems almost darker. Kneeling down, you look at the grass closer, and you spot a few holes in the ground. Looking closer, you see that these holes are oddly shaped, like an oblong with a point at one end and a curve in the middle. You stop. It's a footprint. One that appears to be humanoid. You walk slowly in the direction it's facing, and you see there is a single pair that seems to be moving around. If there's one, there could be a whole civilization of sorts somewhere around here. Maybe it could be friendly, maybe it could be hostile. Even so, your heart races at the thought of seeing a creature you could interact with, in some way or another. You think about what to do next. Following the footprints seems like the best option, as if the creature is hostile you can probably defend yourself somewhat well against something your size and strength with two scrolls and a shield. But would it be worth it?

[Onizuka]

First real chance at storyline.
I'm willing to risk what we could have found in the cave to move along.

[Nepycros]

I wanna get some more scrolls. We've found 2 already in the camp area we've set up, so why wouldn't there be more? With an Earth scroll in the rocks, and a Life scroll near the trees, I'm willing to bet there's a Darkness scroll in the cave. We just scored a Darkness quanta, so we have a good chance of getting something out of this. Also, anything in the cave that could be hostile is probably not as deadly as a possibly hostile CIVILIZATION of humanoid creatures. I say, we shouldn't follow the footprints at all. If push comes to shove, the RoL's can probably work as a makeshift lantern.

[SteppingStone81]

I vote that we focus our efforts on one task at a time.  For now, let's follow the footprints and see where that line of exploration leads.  Later, we may be able to return to the cave, perhaps even better prepared for what may lie inside.

n.b. I voted for cave first time around, but now I'd like to pursue the footprints

[Nepycros]

I vote that we focus our efforts on one task at a time.  For now, let's follow the footprints and see where that line of exploration leads.  Later, we may be able to return to the cave, perhaps even better prepared for what may lie inside.

n.b. I voted for cave first time around, but now I'd like to pursue the footprints

We'll be better prepared to defend against the civilization if we have more scrolls! Right now, we need to arm ourselves, and we have a good shot of it if we can look around the cave! We've found 2 already, in an isolated area, so if we find more in the cave, more power to us!

[YoungSot]

If the civilization turns out to be hostile, Nel will simply have to avoid it. Being slightly stronger won't matter. On the other hand, an encounter with other sentient beings may give her some insight into who she is and how she came to be here (plus it's a better place to look for food than the cave is, and poor Nel is rather malnourished at the moment.)

[UTAlan]

Definitely follow the footprints!

[ZephyrPhantom]

Footprints. Perhaps we'll get an NPC or even an Ally?