conversations: human
conversations:  They call it The Plant.  It provides water and power, and, everyone says, air.  No one is quite sure when it was built, or why.  But all agree, it will serve as long as the city built around it continues to thrive.
  
  And that was the problem.  This place was built on a desolate crossroad.  Without the Golem-cannons and the walls, it dissolve before an army like mist.  Without the ancient roads, no one would come here.  The soil nearby is too poor to grow grain, and, without the water, it would never hold Wollipedes.
  
  This was a planned, artificial city, built in the first days after the War.  It has none of the strengths and advantages of one that grew naturally from the dark times before the coming of machines.
  
  But that is ancient history.  The city is dying NOW.  And you must open the roads, or trade will stop.  And, without it, the city, the plant, the land itself, cannot live.
  
  
  You were the greatest champions in the City, so you were sent out.  Open the roads, defeat the bandits and the monsters, and make the world safe again.
  
  The Eternal Warrior, the Gunslinger, the Holy Man, and the Mystic Master, out on a quest.
  
  The road beckons onward...
conversations: Feathersnow:
conversations: human
conversations:  Currently not wearing my mask.
  
   "Who are you lot then?"  Looking the group up and down trying to suss them out
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ciel looks to the others in a slightly cold, yet calculating, expression.
  
   "Call me Ciel... I've never worked in a group before. Tell me, how are you in a desperate situation?" 
  
  He adjusts his headphones slightly as he looks between his new... acquaintances again and explains
  
   "a good way to get to know someone is to see how they react when their life is on the line" 
conversations: Ishimi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Raising an eyebrow  "Is that a Threat?"  Slightly looking forward to a fight she reach's back to grasp her mask and ready putting it on out of sight.
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ciel, looking off into the distance, idly pulls back the bolt of his rifle and lets it slide silently back into place as he says in a calm tone
    "No, just a question. I don't make threats. That would require my target to know I'm present..." 
   He then looks to the one who had spoken to him
   "But if it's that important to you then I'm willing to fight..." 
conversations: Ishimi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Moving her hand back into sight away from the hidden mask she Onyxia moves her hands out in front of her to show that she is unarmed   Not that it matters   she thinks.  " No I think that I just got what I need to know about you"  She lowers her arms to her side then stretches one out to shake  "Onyxia's the name and you like to stay hidden then?" 
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ciel looks at Onyxia's outstretched hand and after a moment cautiously takes it and shakes.
  
   "I like nothing about what I do... But yes. In combat I prefer to be hidden." 
  
  He takes his hand back and again adjusts his headphones ever so slightly
  
   "do you have any preferences in tactics?" 
conversations: Ishimi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Onyxia takes a moment, and thinks   No one knows who I am, they don't know me as the Drake   but responds with  Personally I avoid combat but I have a friend who takes care of things for me. 
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  Arriving late to the meetup, Adran approached the two having a conversation.  Not saying a word he stopped a few meters away.
  
   
   Spoiler 
  
  As for why he was late, gonna say he's used up one of his Channel Energies, he was at whatever counts as a hospital in the city helping out with an emergency.
   
conversations: Ultra4Life:
conversations: human
conversations:  Gazing over to see the new arrival  "And you happen to be?" 
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  "Adran,"  he replied simply.
conversations: Ultra4Life:
conversations: human
conversations:  Such a short answer makes Onyxia inquisitive.  "That it, what do you do then?"  All said while looking him up and down to see any clues about him. (Give a brief description of your look)
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  The road wanders on, you see an inn in the middle distance of the long, wide horizon as you moves toward the mountains to the south.
conversations: Feathersnow:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ciel walks about fifteen feet behind the group, scanning the area as he walks with his hand resting unmoving, inches above his rifle's trigger.
  
   
   Spoiler: Perception 
  
   (1d20+14)[ 34 ] 
   
conversations: Ishimi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Watching for any signs of hidden things but to intensely, only for the obvious. But mainly keeps her eyes on her new "friends". Keeping her stride in the middle where she can watch the others.
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  Looking puzzled he responded,  "I do several things."   Walking at the head of the group Adran kept a steady pace, regularly looking back to see how far he was from the others.  Upon seeing the inn he reached inside his cloak checking one of his pouches before closing it again.
  
   
   Spoiler 
  
   Adran's appearnce .
   
conversations: Ultra4Life:
conversations: human
conversations:  This Inn was once a fueling station for cargo groundships, in the early days of machines, before more long lasting power sources became small and common.  Then, it became a way station, and it remained in that capacity until well after the War, when bandits decided that the ancient rules of hospitality and neutrality need not apply to them.  Now it is a shell.  Some people but emergency supplies in there, and sometimes traveler wait out storms, but it is usually abandoned, and never that safe.
conversations: Feathersnow:
conversations: human
conversations:  Seems nice enough, do ya think bandits could use it?    Wanting to move from sight quickly to put on her mask without anyone se begins to walk around the side of the building making an excuse   "Don't follow me, a lady need to refresh herself  
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ciel looks to her with a skeptical look.  "Okay, give a shout if you find anyone. I'll check the inside." 
  
  He then slings his rifle back as he stealthily creeps into the closest doorway.
  
   
   Spoiler: Stealth 
   (1d20+19)[ 31 ] 
   
conversations: Ishimi:
conversations: human
conversations:  Watching the two walk away Adran shifted a bit in place.   "Then I'll just wait here?"   Glancing around he stared at the ground for a few seconds, kicking around some dirt before sitting down with his cloak between himself and the ground.
conversations: Ultra4Life:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ciel looks inside the abandoned station.  There is nothing here now.
  
  He looks a little closer and finds a body, a burly male gnome.  Much larger figures killed him, then dragged the bleeding body. of one of their fellows off.
  
  
  The Drake looks and finds a cellar door.  It was hidden with means both magical and practical, but the enchantments are wearing down, and it was impossible to cover the hatch fully from the inside.
conversations: Feathersnow:
conversations: human
conversations:  With this sight Onyxia slides the Drake mask on to her face. Now with blue flame lapping from her flesh, the Azure Drake leans down to open the suspicious cellar door pulling at its handle.
conversations: Draco.v9:
conversations: human
conversations:  Ciel examines the body looking for any signs of it being some local creatures or perhaps a bandit clan he'd heard of.
  
    
   Spoiler: Roll 
   Knowledge (local)
   (1d20+9)[ 17 ] 
   
conversations: Ishimi: