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crossover_chickThough that's partly because I'm making a concerted effort to try and wrap things up a little earlier tonight instead of ending late and stressed like last night. And I have had a pretty accomplished day, happily --
Work – Fairly quiet day overall – I spent most of the morning working on the GL (as there was a lot of gifts posted on Friday), and most of the afternoon on various roster maintenance tasks. In between there was a sprinkling of credit card calls. *shrug* I’ve had worse Mondays!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike this evening, and back to the Sponsored Arcane Deal Oxventure, “Big Deck Energy!” Grazilaxx fortunately successfully convinced Dob to DRINK from the spiky overflowing chalice full of healing energy and not jam it on his balls. Unfortunately, after drinking from the chalice, Dob demonstrated how he could flex his crotch, to general horror. XD He WAS fully healed, though! Meaning Graz was free to take the chalice and yeet it elsewhere. Egbert was not exactly happy about having an amazing magic healing item just yote yonder. XD Graz insisted that part of the fun of being an adventurer was taking damage and urged them onward, and Corazon took point to “plainswalk” (aka do some very deep lunges) through a doorway into some ruins –
And fail a Dex saving throw, meaning he took a glancing blow from “Curtain’s Call,” a very metal spiked wagon wheel on a chain hanging from the ceiling some shirtless dude in an executioner’s cage helmet and striped pants was launching at people to buzzsaw them. Corazon, pissed off, threw a rock at him –
And Prudence, true to form, Eldritch Speared the guy at the same time and REDUCED HIM TO A RED MIST. TWO red mists, in fact – one for the chest, one for the head. Corazon promptly attributed this to his rock and began worrying about the extent of his new powers. XD Though he did at least retain the sense to roll out of the wall of the horrible spiked wheel as it came back the other way. Everyone promptly decided they wanted the incredibly metal spiky wheel – Dob asked first if Egbert had anything sharp to remove it from its chain, only for Corazon to point out Egbert himself is incredibly sharp. This evolved into a discussion of various ways they could sever wheel from chain –
Cue Dob getting bored, grabbing Merilwen, and trying to enact the “Bear Down” protocol by flinging her at it. XD Poor Merilwen desperately changed into a cat mid-air to try and get a grip on the chain – it hurt, but she managed it. Then, instead of becoming a bear, she turned back into a wood elf and used “Produce Flame” to melt her way through the chain below her, sending the wheel hurtling to the ground. Dob and Graz both happened to be standing under it – Dob rolled EXTREMELY well on the old Dex save and executed a perfect handspring to get out of the way.
Graz got flattened because Luke/Dob had said just before how funny it would be if the smug mindflayer scholar got killed by the wheel. XD His last words were an admonishment to the team for constantly calling him “Gravelaxe” instead of “Grazilaxx.” Dob promptly made him a little grave marker with the incorrect name. XD As Graz was their “Plan A” for dealing with N'ghathrod the horrible mindflayer pirate captain, Corazon began searching his robes for documents on how to kill mindflayers (none; however, as Merilwen pointed out, they already know that they’re weak to horrible spiky wheels being dropped on them) and Dob asked if it was possible to use any part of him as a costume (no; Graz is only good as fish food at this point). Sorry, guys – if you wanted to use his invaluable expertise, you shouldn’t have said how funny killing him would be. XD
Johnny, at this point, decided it was time to get this adventure moving and had N'ghathrod’s powers warp the world again, teleporting them and the ruins to an island (or possibly teleporting an island under them and the ruins). Dob caught Merilwen expertly as she fell from the crumbling ceiling, with Merilwen admonishing him not to throw her again. XD The gang began wondering what they were going to do on the island, with Corazon offering up his pistol with one shot (if they all stood in a line), and Merilwen saying that she’d easily outlast them all (with Dob interpreting this as she was going to EAT them all). Fortunately, Johnny drew another card at this point, allowing them to discover some catacombs that they could traverse to get closer to N'ghathrod and his ship! Corazon cast Dancing Lights to light the way ahead. . .and then KEPT casting it when his companions, all with darkvision, started complaining about it. To the point where he was able to create a humanoid companion out of light. XD They successfully traversed the catacombs to find themselves on another part of the island, revealed to be a Tainted Isle. Prudence quickly said it was like that when she got here, and Dob admitted he couldn’t Presdigitate on that scale. Prompting Merilwen to make a “Presdigi-taint” pun, and Dob to promptly flavor her like chips so she would be attacked by seagulls. XD Not even Animal Friendship stopped them from pecking her, though they at least did it with less vigor.
What did stop them from pecking her was a Hunted Horror – a strange tentacley mass of flesh with mouths everywhere that nyoomed in and grabbed all the seagulls to devour. One blast of a hunting horn later, two centaurs showed up to pursue it, and upon finding the Oxventurers, invited them along. Prudence and Corazon promptly climbed onto a centaur each, causing them to rethink this particular life choice. XD It didn’t help that Dob kept responding to their calls of “To arms!” with “Four legs!” XD But the group did indeed set off with the centaurs after the Horror. Seeing how much it liked the seagulls, it was decided to try and lure it in with a fake seagull made from a wineskin of poison – you know, like the one Katie packed for Dob in his lunch. Corazon made it look like a seagull and dangled it from a line as they rode onward –
And the Horror took the bait, grabbed it, and devoured it. Luke was consulted as to what this particular poison might do (it starts off hot, then leaves you feeling cold), and Johnny ruled that the creature literally vomited itself inside-out. And then all the seagulls that descended on the corpse to eat it did the same. Everyone was appropriately horrified. XD The Horror was definitely hunted, though, and the centaurs did thank the Oxventurers for helping – though the only reward they were offering was the satisfaction of a job well done. The Oxventurers naturally weren’t going to settle for this and roped the centaurs in to help them with N'ghathrod, calling him even more dangerous game. The centaurs agreed, on the conditions that a) they not be crushed by any razor wheels (after Dob mentioned it), and b) Corazon and Prudence stop riding them. Corazon and Prudence did reluctantly get off, though Corazon WAS able to get a material reward off the centaurs in exchange for a tasty carrot – a beautiful emerald ring that MIGHT be cursed based on the artwork of the card (Johnny thought it looked like it had a face trapped inside). It DOES give Corazon extra spell slots, though, so he will happily take it – he’s cursed anyway thanks to his crew. XD We’ll see if that comes back to bite him at any point tomorrow!
2. Continue writing “The Joker And The Queen”: Check – I have officially started Chapter 5, with Oblivion, Victor, Smiler, and Rita all playing “Go Fish” (with Smiler winning) before Bagshaw announces that they’re getting some outside time. Victor was surprised to learn that the Sanctuary HAS an exercise yard of sorts, as you might expect. Everyone’s eager for some fresh air, though – Thirteen so she can check on the oak tree that grows outside; Wickerman so he can play with some fire; Rita so she can run laps; and Air, Oblivion, and Smiler so they can play Frisbee! That latter activity is going to lead to a bit of trouble sooner rather than later, though. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Well, I’m gonna be one under on the Subs for the rest of this work week, as Gray’s upload today was one of his compilation videos – all about the games where you get points for breaking bones and the like. And since it’s an hour and a half, there’s no way I’m watching it before the weekend. I did get to yesterday’s Gray offering, though: “When you go from JUNK CAR to SUPER CAR in 10 minutes,” aka, Gray plays Get The Supercar 3D! One of those ridiculous mobile games where you have to take something down a road choosing the correct multipliers to get the best whatever-it-is available – in this case, you were upgrading cars by adding raw value (and sometimes new paint jobs and tires) to them. And then you drove the resultant car as far as you could up Rainbow Multiplier Road to settle on a sale price – or you kept the car and waited for someone else to phone you up with an offer as you spent your cash on upgrading your neighborhood and getting more parking spaces for all your cars. Gray started out with junkers worth a couple million, and by buying every upgrade available, ended up with fancy-ass super cars which fetched prices in the BILLIONS. He had so much money by the end of the video there was NO WAY he could ever spend it all. *insert commentary on capitalism here* It was your typical mobile nonsense, with Gray’s typical over-the-top reactions to said nonsense. XD
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check and then some! Got the text on my two remaining Chill Valicer save posts on Victor Luvs Alice done around watching Gray (one before, one after), then answered an ask that came in late last night and reblogged some stuff that I’d meant to reblog a few days ago. Also throwing “finally answering Gigs’s comment here” in here too – sorry it took me a couple of days to get back to you!
Hooray for productivity! And hooray for wrapping up before my bedtime, yes. Heading off now so I can try to get a little more sleep tonight than I got last night and hopefully keep up the productivity train. Night all!
Work – Fairly quiet day overall – I spent most of the morning working on the GL (as there was a lot of gifts posted on Friday), and most of the afternoon on various roster maintenance tasks. In between there was a sprinkling of credit card calls. *shrug* I’ve had worse Mondays!
To-Do List –
1. Get in a workout: Check – back on the bike this evening, and back to the Sponsored Arcane Deal Oxventure, “Big Deck Energy!” Grazilaxx fortunately successfully convinced Dob to DRINK from the spiky overflowing chalice full of healing energy and not jam it on his balls. Unfortunately, after drinking from the chalice, Dob demonstrated how he could flex his crotch, to general horror. XD He WAS fully healed, though! Meaning Graz was free to take the chalice and yeet it elsewhere. Egbert was not exactly happy about having an amazing magic healing item just yote yonder. XD Graz insisted that part of the fun of being an adventurer was taking damage and urged them onward, and Corazon took point to “plainswalk” (aka do some very deep lunges) through a doorway into some ruins –
And fail a Dex saving throw, meaning he took a glancing blow from “Curtain’s Call,” a very metal spiked wagon wheel on a chain hanging from the ceiling some shirtless dude in an executioner’s cage helmet and striped pants was launching at people to buzzsaw them. Corazon, pissed off, threw a rock at him –
And Prudence, true to form, Eldritch Speared the guy at the same time and REDUCED HIM TO A RED MIST. TWO red mists, in fact – one for the chest, one for the head. Corazon promptly attributed this to his rock and began worrying about the extent of his new powers. XD Though he did at least retain the sense to roll out of the wall of the horrible spiked wheel as it came back the other way. Everyone promptly decided they wanted the incredibly metal spiky wheel – Dob asked first if Egbert had anything sharp to remove it from its chain, only for Corazon to point out Egbert himself is incredibly sharp. This evolved into a discussion of various ways they could sever wheel from chain –
Cue Dob getting bored, grabbing Merilwen, and trying to enact the “Bear Down” protocol by flinging her at it. XD Poor Merilwen desperately changed into a cat mid-air to try and get a grip on the chain – it hurt, but she managed it. Then, instead of becoming a bear, she turned back into a wood elf and used “Produce Flame” to melt her way through the chain below her, sending the wheel hurtling to the ground. Dob and Graz both happened to be standing under it – Dob rolled EXTREMELY well on the old Dex save and executed a perfect handspring to get out of the way.
Graz got flattened because Luke/Dob had said just before how funny it would be if the smug mindflayer scholar got killed by the wheel. XD His last words were an admonishment to the team for constantly calling him “Gravelaxe” instead of “Grazilaxx.” Dob promptly made him a little grave marker with the incorrect name. XD As Graz was their “Plan A” for dealing with N'ghathrod the horrible mindflayer pirate captain, Corazon began searching his robes for documents on how to kill mindflayers (none; however, as Merilwen pointed out, they already know that they’re weak to horrible spiky wheels being dropped on them) and Dob asked if it was possible to use any part of him as a costume (no; Graz is only good as fish food at this point). Sorry, guys – if you wanted to use his invaluable expertise, you shouldn’t have said how funny killing him would be. XD
Johnny, at this point, decided it was time to get this adventure moving and had N'ghathrod’s powers warp the world again, teleporting them and the ruins to an island (or possibly teleporting an island under them and the ruins). Dob caught Merilwen expertly as she fell from the crumbling ceiling, with Merilwen admonishing him not to throw her again. XD The gang began wondering what they were going to do on the island, with Corazon offering up his pistol with one shot (if they all stood in a line), and Merilwen saying that she’d easily outlast them all (with Dob interpreting this as she was going to EAT them all). Fortunately, Johnny drew another card at this point, allowing them to discover some catacombs that they could traverse to get closer to N'ghathrod and his ship! Corazon cast Dancing Lights to light the way ahead. . .and then KEPT casting it when his companions, all with darkvision, started complaining about it. To the point where he was able to create a humanoid companion out of light. XD They successfully traversed the catacombs to find themselves on another part of the island, revealed to be a Tainted Isle. Prudence quickly said it was like that when she got here, and Dob admitted he couldn’t Presdigitate on that scale. Prompting Merilwen to make a “Presdigi-taint” pun, and Dob to promptly flavor her like chips so she would be attacked by seagulls. XD Not even Animal Friendship stopped them from pecking her, though they at least did it with less vigor.
What did stop them from pecking her was a Hunted Horror – a strange tentacley mass of flesh with mouths everywhere that nyoomed in and grabbed all the seagulls to devour. One blast of a hunting horn later, two centaurs showed up to pursue it, and upon finding the Oxventurers, invited them along. Prudence and Corazon promptly climbed onto a centaur each, causing them to rethink this particular life choice. XD It didn’t help that Dob kept responding to their calls of “To arms!” with “Four legs!” XD But the group did indeed set off with the centaurs after the Horror. Seeing how much it liked the seagulls, it was decided to try and lure it in with a fake seagull made from a wineskin of poison – you know, like the one Katie packed for Dob in his lunch. Corazon made it look like a seagull and dangled it from a line as they rode onward –
And the Horror took the bait, grabbed it, and devoured it. Luke was consulted as to what this particular poison might do (it starts off hot, then leaves you feeling cold), and Johnny ruled that the creature literally vomited itself inside-out. And then all the seagulls that descended on the corpse to eat it did the same. Everyone was appropriately horrified. XD The Horror was definitely hunted, though, and the centaurs did thank the Oxventurers for helping – though the only reward they were offering was the satisfaction of a job well done. The Oxventurers naturally weren’t going to settle for this and roped the centaurs in to help them with N'ghathrod, calling him even more dangerous game. The centaurs agreed, on the conditions that a) they not be crushed by any razor wheels (after Dob mentioned it), and b) Corazon and Prudence stop riding them. Corazon and Prudence did reluctantly get off, though Corazon WAS able to get a material reward off the centaurs in exchange for a tasty carrot – a beautiful emerald ring that MIGHT be cursed based on the artwork of the card (Johnny thought it looked like it had a face trapped inside). It DOES give Corazon extra spell slots, though, so he will happily take it – he’s cursed anyway thanks to his crew. XD We’ll see if that comes back to bite him at any point tomorrow!
2. Continue writing “The Joker And The Queen”: Check – I have officially started Chapter 5, with Oblivion, Victor, Smiler, and Rita all playing “Go Fish” (with Smiler winning) before Bagshaw announces that they’re getting some outside time. Victor was surprised to learn that the Sanctuary HAS an exercise yard of sorts, as you might expect. Everyone’s eager for some fresh air, though – Thirteen so she can check on the oak tree that grows outside; Wickerman so he can play with some fire; Rita so she can run laps; and Air, Oblivion, and Smiler so they can play Frisbee! That latter activity is going to lead to a bit of trouble sooner rather than later, though. . .
3. Keep up with YouTube Subs: Well, I’m gonna be one under on the Subs for the rest of this work week, as Gray’s upload today was one of his compilation videos – all about the games where you get points for breaking bones and the like. And since it’s an hour and a half, there’s no way I’m watching it before the weekend. I did get to yesterday’s Gray offering, though: “When you go from JUNK CAR to SUPER CAR in 10 minutes,” aka, Gray plays Get The Supercar 3D! One of those ridiculous mobile games where you have to take something down a road choosing the correct multipliers to get the best whatever-it-is available – in this case, you were upgrading cars by adding raw value (and sometimes new paint jobs and tires) to them. And then you drove the resultant car as far as you could up Rainbow Multiplier Road to settle on a sale price – or you kept the car and waited for someone else to phone you up with an offer as you spent your cash on upgrading your neighborhood and getting more parking spaces for all your cars. Gray started out with junkers worth a couple million, and by buying every upgrade available, ended up with fancy-ass super cars which fetched prices in the BILLIONS. He had so much money by the end of the video there was NO WAY he could ever spend it all. *insert commentary on capitalism here* It was your typical mobile nonsense, with Gray’s typical over-the-top reactions to said nonsense. XD
4. Get my tumblr queues sorted: Check and then some! Got the text on my two remaining Chill Valicer save posts on Victor Luvs Alice done around watching Gray (one before, one after), then answered an ask that came in late last night and reblogged some stuff that I’d meant to reblog a few days ago. Also throwing “finally answering Gigs’s comment here” in here too – sorry it took me a couple of days to get back to you!
Hooray for productivity! And hooray for wrapping up before my bedtime, yes. Heading off now so I can try to get a little more sleep tonight than I got last night and hopefully keep up the productivity train. Night all!
