View source for Questing to the Dragon's Den - RPLOG

=Participants=
* [[Adren]]
* [[Aliasi]]
* [[Dal]]
* [[Esana]]
* [[Fenris]]
* [[Myriam]]
* [[Redd]]
* [[Sasha]]
* [[Sigyn]]
* [[Taggart]]
=Date=
21/1/2015
=Log=
<div></div><br> <br>Fenris seems to have moved on completely, ignoring the commandos and the various shouts and threats from his erstwhile companions. He seems to be composing a little song as he trots along, map still held out in front of him. &quot;Dragon, dragon, dragon, dragon!&quot; he sings. It is not a very good song.<br> <br>Myriam pulls her hands out of her pockets, brushing back the sides of her trenchcoat to give her access to the weapons on her legs, should she need them. She doesn&#39;t draw, though. Not yet. She tries to keep going along her way, with Fenris. If they don&#39;t start anything, she won&#39;t! Of course, she&#39;s ready for if they -do- make a move, that much is clear.<br> <br>After his small bit of cocky bluster, along with the backup-bluster from his traveling companions, Taggart tucks both of his paws into the pockets of his peacoat.  Seems he&#39;s content with that for now, his heavy footpaws thumping along as he stays flanked to Fenris, free of worry toward either a fight starting or not.<br> <br>With such a large group of people traveling together, the rest of the hour-long walk across town is similar - passing single agents or ones working in pairs, groups of ferals, and the various bits and pieces that make up the nightly activities of a broken society on the mend - is relatively undisturbed. Eventually the group finds Oak Lane, and, after heading in the wrong direction for several blocks, gets oriented properly and Birchgrove Circle - a small shopping area. True enough, the store in the center has a sign proclaiming it to be the Dragon&#39;s Den Comics Store and, miraculously, the glass of the front window is mostly intact, even if a bit cracked. The windows are boarded up, but a thin trickle of light marks the building as occupied.<br> <br>&quot;A comic store, seriously?&quot; The coyote snickers, and dashes to the door. &quot;I call all the miniatures!&quot;<br> <br>Dal stares at the comic book store and laughs, &quot;Okay, a comic book store? Great, are we going to play extreme Dungeons and Dragons now?&quot; He slowly stops laughing as he comes in for a landing in front of the comic book store. &quot;This is too easy.&quot;<br> <br>Esana blinks, then shakes her head with a sharky grin. &quot;The dragons den....makes sense now. Though, doesn&#39;t light mean someone that isn&#39;t a feral is there...? Someone&#39;s home?&quot;<br> <br>Adren is running right behind Redd, trying to reach the door first. &quot;Dream on, Redd! I&#39;m getting the collector ones! Maybe they even have some dice too. Or even rule books!&quot; <br> <br>Sasha blinks a bit looking at the store front. &quot;Miniatures? Dungeons and Dragons?&quot; She asks, looking back at it once more, &quot;Well, it is something and light doesn&#39;t always mean there are sane people inside. For all we know could just be some mutation that glows brighter than I do.&quot; She says, looking at the windows, &quot;Well, who first?&quot; She asks.<br> <br>&quot;Hot!&quot; Fenris crows, &quot;This is awesome!&quot; The tubby tanuki races off after the others. &quot;Dibs on Sandman!&quot; he calls. The coon-dog can&#39;t remember what his real name is, but he remembers his favorite comics. How bizarre. &quot;Oh, oh!&quot; he calls, &quot;And see if they have Bone!&quot; He hurries up and knocks politely on the door before sticking his head inside, &quot;Anyone home?&quot;<br> <br>Taggart approaches the comic book store with a bit of a smirk and shakes this head, then raises his brows as the two of them dash for the door.  &quot;Bloody coyotes...&quot;  The large wolf gives a small sigh and shakes his head, &quot;Ya&#39;ll ger yerself eaten, I&#39;m not savin&#39; ya.&quot;<br> <br>Dal hears Adren&#39;s words from behind and stops. He shouts out, &quot;Wait! We are supposed to bring proof of the dragon and proof of his hoard, not steal everything there!&quot;<br> <br>Myriam tilts her head to the side, peering at the store. She&#39;s got no clue what miniatures are! And probably the wrong idea about &#39;dungeons and dragons&#39; but all the same, she starts for the door after the others, not in any particular rush, save for the excitement of seeing something new.<br> <br>Esana winces as the group rush for the door, before moving in with her spear out, ready to defend the foolish agents if needed. <br> <br>Fenris was the first to stick his head in the shop&#39;s door, and so it is Fenris&#39; head that is in the way when a heavy kick threatens to slam the door shut on him. Luckily the tanuki ducks his head back quick enough to avoid having it squished, and the doorframe rattles as it slams shut. A low, grumpy snarl comes from the other side, inside the building.<br> <br>Adren jumped back, quite startled by the sudden attack on Fenris, but seeing as the Tanuki is alright, he exclaimed with a mockingly terrified tone. &quot;Oh no! The final boss is a D&amp;D nerd! He&#39;s probably a lvl 100 Warrior/Mage! We&#39;re doooooomed! Seriously though, we gotta get inside, I bet there are treasures in there.&quot;<br> <br>Esana chuckles and shakes her head. &quot;The shock serves you right. This is their territory. And if there is light, it&#39;s likely not a feral, but a survivor. It&#39;s gone from an attack or theft mission to negotiating.&quot;<br> <br>Fenris blinks and stands at the suddenly slammed door. &quot;Well,&quot; he says, &quot;That wasn&#39;t very nice.&quot; The tanuki then proceeds to knock politely on the door. &quot;Hi!&quot; he says brightly, &quot;Didn&#39;t mean to intrude. Can I come in? I like comics too, I think!&quot;<br> <br>Dal watches as the door nearly slams shut on the large tanuki&#39;s face. He laughs slightly, &quot;I knew it wouldn&#39;t be that easy.&quot; He turns back to the rest of the group. &quot;Well, which of us has the most physical force? We could have them open the door, or we could try another way.&quot; The golden scaled dragon notices the window. &quot;We could go in through the window or get him out here. Anyone have a stink bomb?&quot;<br> <br>Myriam leans back when the door is slammed in their face, ears twitching under her large witch hat. &quot;...Huh. Maybe they are friendly?&quot; At Dal&#39;s question, she gives a shake of her head. &quot;Not me. I have lots of firepower, but not much in the way of... Hitting things hard.&quot;<br> <br>Sasha shakes her head, &quot;Alright, if we aren&#39;t just going to destory the place, as you all seem quite fond of it, seems we need another way in.&quot; She says, wings fluttering once again, she looks up to the large one among them, &quot;Any rough access, chimneys, sky lights, holes that you see up there?&quot; She asks.<br> <br>Taggart gives a hefty sigh at the attempted break-in, shaking his head slowly back and forth while thumping his way up to the door.  The large wolf pushes past the rest of the group, not afraid to shove his companions to the side before he gets to the entrance, waiting while Fenris addresses the &#39;dragon&#39; inside.  &quot;Clear out a bit, then... give&#39;em sum room.&quot;  He glowers at everyone crowded at the door, &quot;An&#39; quit talkin&#39; about smokin&#39;em out&#39;er wutever else.  Not tha best way ta get on their good side.&quot;<br> <br>Fenris frowns over his shoulder at the rest of the groups. &quot;Hey!&quot; he says, &quot;Nobody will share comics with you if you act like that!&quot; He turns his attention back to the door. &quot;Mind if I come in and chat?&quot; he asks, carefully removing his spear and sword and passing them to Taggart, &quot;I&#39;m unarmed! And mostly cuddly!&quot; The teddybear-esque tanuki does look pretty non-threatening.<br> <br>Dal flies over to Taggart and whispers, &quot;Have you tried telling him that we are knights and we want him to join our quest?&quot;<br> <br>Aliasi shakes her head. &quot;Look, you figure out something, since it&#39;s a miracle the place is undamaged. But if you all can&#39;t do it peaceful, I&#39;ll be damaging the place.&quot;<br> <br>Adren gave a bump in Fenris&#39; side with his elbow. &quot;Ask him if they have any rule books. And dice. Do you think they take creds...? Ask them about this too, please!&quot; The heeler couldn&#39;t hide his excitement, tail being a blur behind him.<br> <br>&quot;I&#39;ll check the roof, maybe they&#39;ve got a skylight or something!&quot; The coyote tries to grab the side of the building and starts his climbing attempt.<br> <br>As Redd makes his way to the corner of the building and begins inching his way up the side of the cinder block building - slowly, and painstakingly, managing to clear a good six inches (by jumping off the ground) - the door cracks open. A draconic head, sleek and angular and covered in glittering scales, peeks out and lets loose with a bellow. A billowing, shadowy morass as cold as an arctic gale flows out at the group, and although most of the group scatters out of the worst of it, a few of the Questing Adventurers are caught dead center in the blast. Then the door slams shut again.<br> <br>Adren grinned from ear to ear when the door opened, opening his mouth to greet the, frankly quite impressive, dragon, when he found himself hit right in the face by a wave of cold. Wearing nothing his his shorts, the poor dog is quite affected by it, his gooey body starting to harden while frozen patches grow here and there onto his torso and face. Whimpering and trying to hug himself, the dog moved away from the door, really slowly since his body was now half-solid &quot;R-R-Ruu--uud-d-de!&quot;<br> <br>Esana gasps in surprise at the sudden cold greeting, managing to leap out of the blast zone for it. As soon as she lands, she lets out a growl and dashes towards the door, raising her shoulder to slam half a ton of  ticked-off shark against it. They had tried playing nice, now things got nasty.<br> <br>Taggart squints his emerald eyes mostly shut as the dragon peeks out, one arm raising upward to ward off the dragon breath attack.  After the shadowy swirl fades away, his arm slowly lowers and he lets out a hefty snort through his nostrils, his upper lip raising into a dangerous and low growl.  &quot;&#39;n&#39;ere I wuz gunna try ta be civil...&quot;  A hand shifts down to flick a switch upon a digital device upon his belt, before he backs up a few steps and starts to charge forward at the big, glass window...<br> <br>Sasha takes to the air at seeing the dragon head pop out, giving quite a growl as she flies upward to avoid the breath! &quot;Alright, enough is enough.&quot; She says. Flying up to the roof, she looks about and spoots... something, not quite sure what it is, but it is attached to some kind of tubing that leads inside. She gets over to it, takes a grip and tries to rip it open enough to permit entry.<br> <br>Dal backflips into the air, but feels the sudden chill and lands on his back. He rolls back to his feet and flies up into the air. He calls out to the coyote on the wall. &quot;Okay, you might want to rethink that plan unless you like becoming a yotecicle.&quot;<br> <br>Myriam blinks in surprise as the head pokes out of the door. As soon as she sees it opening it&#39;s mouth, she leaps out of the way, skittering to the side to avoid it while drawing each of her laser pistols from their thigh holsters. She takes aim on the door, in case anything decides to poke through again. It won&#39;t work twice!<br> <br>Fenris tumbles effortlessly to the side of the door, rolling back to his feet and stomping back up to the portal. &quot;Hey!&quot; he cries, &quot;Not cool at all! Even if you are Dragonlance and Wizards of the Coast Canon!&quot; The tanuki reaches to take his weapons back from Taggart, then makes an almost cartoonish wind up with his hips before swinging them forward with force. Suddenly, a pair of wreckingball sized testicles balloon out from his crotch to slam into the glass.<br> <br>Aliasi shivers but isn&#39;t badly hurt by the burst of cold, but she&#39;s distracted enough to not take an immediate action.<br> <br>Sasha rips the entire decrepet and, to her, unknown machine off the top of the building to casually toss it over the side. A vent! She knew what vents were! She ponders a bit, putting her muzzle to the open shaft and exhaling her toxic breath down into it.<br> <br>And so the party has started; Fenris winds up and mashes his massive balls into the cracked pane of glass covering the store front, just before Taggart slams his weight into the wooden boards and breaks into the building interior. Esana breaks the front door of the shop down, clean off of its hinges, and as the group moves in to assault the poor territorial dragon, the interior of the shop is revealed. There are numerous shelves, although only one of them is still standing; a large nest of shredded paper is sheltered between two of the bookcases leaning against eachother in the middle of the room. Small bits of metal are scattered around the floor - Taggart even steps right on one, painfully, as he recovers his balance - and an electric camp light set up on the counter flickers and casts shadows about the room, faintly illuminating the dust and foggy air falling from the ceiling. Meanwhile, down the street, a sharp whistle sounds - although the noise of the break in covers it.<br> <br>Dal notices Sasha rip off the top. &quot;Well, that works but I better go do something to make sure she doesn&#39;t kill the occupant.&quot; He flies over to Sasha and yells out with his hands on his hips. &quot;We aren&#39;t supposed to kill him. How are we going to cover this up or even get in?&quot;<br> <br>The shop&#39;s crystalline dragon occupant has retreated to her nest and is hissing, rough-hewn wings spread, a glitter of light refracting from the shards of crystal lifting from her wings.<br> <br>Myriam scoots a little close to the building, but she doesn&#39;t enter with the rest of them. Not yet, anyway. She peeks inside, certainly, but she remains at the ready, keeping her eyes on the street. She could&#39;ve swore she heard something... She brings her pistols up again, back to the door frame.<br> <br>Fenris stares at the shredded pile of papers in horror as his tanuki endowments vanish with a rather strange slurp. Then his teddy bear visage darkens and he advances on the hissing dragon. &quot;Shame on you!&quot; he roars as he stomps across the room, &quot;How could you ruin perfectly good comics like that?&quot; It is rather comical to see the fat tanuki bearing down on the dragon.<br> <br>Sasha looks down the hole... no real change all in all? Maybe too big, or too long? In either case she gets up and looks over to Redd as he continues to make his way up, offering a hand to help him the rest of the way up, or a wing if needed. &quot;Well, seems that they beat down the door while I was up here, oh well.&quot; She says, so much for an unusual entrace.<br> <br>Esana doesn&#39;t hesitate a moment, resuming her dash directly at the hissing dragon, building up momentum as she turns her head to the side, one arm raising to partially protect herself from the incoming shards of crystal, though she doesn&#39;t slow or otherwise hinder her own attack, counting on being able to take at least one hit,