While Jakrin was Sleeping - Transcript

[22-Aug-21 01:57 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 So Jarkrin….

After the incident with the vampires, the paintings and that whole strange demi plane situation. On top of all the other crazy things that have going on since you set foot on this ship, sleep cannot come soon enough.

You head to your little cabin, shutting the door hoping that no one disturbs you, and nothing attacks the ship so you can at least get a few hours of peace before another strange day is upon you.

Sleep finds you easily. And you wake the next morning and feel well rested and refreshed.

You blink your eyes open… your in a ships cabin but it’s a bit different than the one you fell asleep in. The bed is a bit nicer, it’s furnished with a small desk stacked with books and over all looks far more lived in than your previous dwelling. A bit cozier too.

[22-Aug-21 02:16 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Did I get a long rest?

[22-Aug-21 02:16 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Yes

[22-Aug-21 02:33 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Where am I?

[22-Aug-21 02:33 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Is there a door or exit?

[22-Aug-21 02:33 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Yes

[22-Aug-21 02:34 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Check if it is locked.

[22-Aug-21 02:34 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Not locked

[22-Aug-21 02:34 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Do I recognize this room at all?

[22-Aug-21 02:34 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Make an investigation check

[22-Aug-21 02:36 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Pfft. 12

[22-Aug-21 02:37 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Something seems familiar but you can’t quite put your finger on it. You do notice that the papers on the desk seem to have your hand writing on them.

[22-Aug-21 02:37 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I read them.

[22-Aug-21 02:39 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 They appear to be spell notes and research. Very general stuff your always working away at for spells and what not you already know.

[22-Aug-21 02:42 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Can I figure out a timeframe for these? About how long ago would this have been active research for me?

[22-Aug-21 02:43 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Intelligence check

[22-Aug-21 02:45 PM] RhetoricX#7736 13. I'm rolling so well!

[22-Aug-21 02:47 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You look at a lot of these you have picked up around like 6-7th wizard level

[22-Aug-21 02:47 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Huh.

[22-Aug-21 02:48 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I check my stuff. Do I have all of my gear, up-to-date spellbook, etc?

[22-Aug-21 02:49 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You do.

[23-Aug-21 09:35 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 (Also I am apologizing now for what the rest of the party did with you last night)

[23-Aug-21 10:06 AM] RhetoricX#7736 (I am concerned...)

[23-Aug-21 10:06 AM] RhetoricX#7736 What books are there? Are they mine? Or do I recognize them?

[23-Aug-21 10:07 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 They look to be your books only they all look slightly different. Covers a different colour slightly differ wear and tear

[23-Aug-21 10:11 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I leave the room.

[23-Aug-21 10:12 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You leave the room and walk out into the hallway of what looks like crew quarters on a ship.

[23-Aug-21 10:13 AM] RhetoricX#7736 Is Greywind with me?

[23-Aug-21 10:13 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Doesn’t appear to be at this moment

[23-Aug-21 10:14 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I cast Invisibility.

[23-Aug-21 10:15 AM] RhetoricX#7736 And then start making my way to the top deck.

[23-Aug-21 10:17 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You make your way up to the deck. For a moment it looks like a normal ship. But getting your bearings you see no water around you, just blackness and stars.

[23-Aug-21 10:19 AM] RhetoricX#7736 Do I see anyone around? Crew? Horrible monsters? Amway consultants with an amazing opportunity for passive income streams?

[23-Aug-21 10:20 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 There’s crew around working always yes. Normal looking individuals as far as you can tell.

[23-Aug-21 10:21 AM] RhetoricX#7736 Do I recognize any?

[23-Aug-21 10:21 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Investigation check

[23-Aug-21 10:21 AM] RhetoricX#7736 28

[23-Aug-21 10:25 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Looking around a few individuals stick you almost immediately. A familiar Tabaxi, and gnome you haven’t seen in a long time, then near the bow of the ship you see Arryn (blue with her long white hair) and Bhaus (still with one boot) the two of them going on as they always do.

[23-Aug-21 10:25 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I find an unobtrusive place and drop invisibility.

[23-Aug-21 10:25 AM] RhetoricX#7736 So that I don't just pop into existence in sight of anyone.

[23-Aug-21 10:27 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You hide behind some crates and drop the spell

[23-Aug-21 10:27 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I step out and approach Arynn.

[23-Aug-21 10:29 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You walk up to Arryn and Bhaus. Arryn sees you and spins around.

“Finally thought you were going to sleep all day!” She says.

[23-Aug-21 10:31 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Well, I had a bit of a rough night. Strange dreams, I think?" "How are things? Seen anything strange in the, uh... water?"

[23-Aug-21 10:34 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Water?” Arryn does her little head tilt. “Bhaus how much did you two drink last night.”

“He made his choice to challenge me to a drinking contest!” Bhaus says. “Not my fault he can’t remember what space is.”

[23-Aug-21 10:35 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Right, right. Very foolish of me."

[23-Aug-21 10:36 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I look down. Can I see anything besides darkness and stars below the ship?"

[23-Aug-21 10:37 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You see a few rocks and other things floating about as the ship strangely drifts through the stars



[23-Aug-21 10:38 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "My head is still foggy. Where are we headed?"

[23-Aug-21 10:41 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “We found him Jakrin!” Bhaus grabs you and points to his foot. “I’m finally going to get the other one! That giff is at the next outpost!”

“We’re getting his boot!” Arryn chimes in. “But what do we call you after that?”

“I shall be Bhaus of the Two Boots!”

“We’re going to have to work on the name.”

[23-Aug-21 10:43 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "We'll workshop it. Bhaus, could I have a word with you?"

[23-Aug-21 10:44 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I playfully elbow Arynn in the ribs as I walk away, specifically checking if she is solid and not an illusion.

[23-Aug-21 10:44 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Boy talk boring!” Arryn skipps off

[23-Aug-21 10:44 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 She’s solid and real

[23-Aug-21 10:45 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Now Jakrin don’t be embarrassed you did fine. You drank a lot. Just not as much as me.”, Bhaus says when she’s gone

[23-Aug-21 10:46 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Apparently I did. It has really done a number on my head." I shake my head a bit.

[23-Aug-21 10:47 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Humour me, Bhaus. So we're sailing through the void, chasing the giff that has the match to your boot, yes?"

[23-Aug-21 10:47 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Of course we are! It’s only been my life’s goal!”

[23-Aug-21 10:53 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Where are we coming from? What was our last adventure before this? And, uh... before I unwisely engaged you in a drinking contest?"

[23-Aug-21 10:55 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Jakrin… I hate to tell you this but i think you might have a drinking problem. We just defeated the Artificer. You took him down with a fireball.”

[23-Aug-21 10:56 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Yes, well. He was a jerk."

[23-Aug-21 10:57 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Such a jerk!

[23-Aug-21 10:58 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Bhaus, I hate to say it, but I'm a little concerned about your own wits as well. You drank even more than me!"

[23-Aug-21 10:59 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Let's do a quick test: where am I from?"

[23-Aug-21 11:00 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “You’re from (insert correct place name here because I am working with a limited wiki).”

[23-Aug-21 11:00 AM] RhetoricX#7736 lol (Wouldn't matter anyway. This Jakrin has no idea where that is, or what it means)

[23-Aug-21 11:01 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 (Truth)

[23-Aug-21 11:02 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Right, right. Good job, Bhaus. You truly are a wonder."

[23-Aug-21 11:03 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Of course I am. I am Bhaus. Soon to be of the two boots.”

[23-Aug-21 11:03 AM] RhetoricX#7736 (I am tempted to have Jakrin go to the engine room, but then he will spend the next three years doing nothing but studying the Plynth, and that will not be a very satisfying role play. 😆)

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[23-Aug-21 11:04 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Arynn's right. We need to work on the name. Hey, maybe you'll win a massive tournament and become the champion of an archfey! You never know."

[23-Aug-21 11:06 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “I like the sound of being a champion.” He laughs. “Now let’s get you some coffee and get you battle ready! We are getting my other boot!”

[23-Aug-21 11:07 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Of course. Lead the way!"

[23-Aug-21 11:10 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 He leads you to the galley and shoves some coffee in your face. Arryns sitting on a table with her lute. “Boy talk done?” “Yes he drank so much he forgot where he was from.” “Jakrin, maybe you should cut back a bit.” She laughs.

[23-Aug-21 11:13 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "As usual, Bhaus is incredibly astute, and has struck true to the heart of the matter."

[23-Aug-21 11:14 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "So what's the plan? How soon before we catch up with the villain who had the audacity of keeping his own second boot?"

[23-Aug-21 11:24 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Should be at the way station in a few hours.” Arryn says.

“Then we go and get it!” Bhaus says a bit too loudly. “I will get what is mine! And then we’ll see who’s all fancy.”

[23-Aug-21 11:26 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Settle Bhaus, you're going to blow his ears again.” Arryn says

[23-Aug-21 11:30 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Look, this may be a odd question, but... do I seem different to you two? Do I *look* different in any way?"

[23-Aug-21 11:33 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Arryn and Bhaus squint at you.

“You parted your hair the other way.” Arryn says.

“If you were fishing for a complement just say so Jakrin. Your the second handsomest on this ship… behind me of course." says Bhaus

[23-Aug-21 11:37 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Just an experiment." Slams back his coffee "I'm going for a walk, help clear my head. I'll see you two around."

[23-Aug-21 11:41 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Yeah need you in fighting shape!” Bhaus says as you walk off

[23-Aug-21 11:57 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I go back to "my" room for a moment. I get out my notebook and start scribbling.

I outline the situation as I understand it.

[23-Aug-21 11:59 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I currently see several possibilities.

[23-Aug-21 12:00 PM] RhetoricX#7736 ''Number one. I have gone mad. I don't think this one seems likely, but I will see if I can get some kind of mental healing magic applied to my person at the earliest opportunity. Let's table this one for now.''

[23-Aug-21 12:03 PM] RhetoricX#7736 ''Two. I'm dreaming, likely under magical influence. There's precedent for this. Usually, one can wake up from a regular dream once one is aware of it.''

[23-Aug-21 12:03 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Jakrin tries to wake up.

[23-Aug-21 12:13 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 How do you try?

[23-Aug-21 12:37 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Wake up Jakrin!" I slap my face a couple times. Pinch myself.

[23-Aug-21 01:56 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 It stings a bit but Nothing happens

[23-Aug-21 02:04 PM] RhetoricX#7736 OK then

[23-Aug-21 02:05 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I try to cast Disintegrate, which I do not actually know, but did in Oberon's Brawl.

[23-Aug-21 02:05 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 No effect

[23-Aug-21 02:07 PM] RhetoricX#7736 No good.

Possibility three: I've been actually transported here (wherever 'here' is), either mentally or physically. I am getting rather tired of things just happening to me.

[23-Aug-21 02:08 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I close the book, stow it, and leave the room.

[23-Aug-21 02:08 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I head back up to the deck.

[23-Aug-21 03:59 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You head back up to the deck

[23-Aug-21 03:59 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Scratch that last line. Before leaving the room, I start looking around for any of the following:

[23-Aug-21 04:00 PM] RhetoricX#7736
 * a journal
 * a spellbook/scrolls
 * any kind of note or sign that seems out of place for this setting (ie, a clue about/from whoever sent me here)

[23-Aug-21 04:02 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Investigation check

[23-Aug-21 04:03 PM] RhetoricX#7736 25

[23-Aug-21 04:37 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You look around and find a spell book and several scrolls. One being Fortune's Favour, that one Zeltan had given you.

You do find a journal as well written in your hand writing.

[23-Aug-21 04:43 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 The last entry being.

''Picked up some strange scrolls at the Forge. Cicero probably won’t like that I took them but they are from a school of magic I've never seen before. I couldn’t leave them. They might be the key I’m looking for.''

[23-Aug-21 04:57 PM] RhetoricX#7736 (Well screw Cicero. He's a bit of a dick.)

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[23-Aug-21 04:57 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Any spells in this spellbook that I don't know?

[23-Aug-21 04:59 PM] RhetoricX#7736 (Canon-wise, in this campaign, Jakrin's spellbook was infused with a shard of Plynth, and contains every known wizard spell, even if Jakrin can't cast them due to not have slots. But let's pretend that's not the case, because did I mention the DM occasionally got too high and did crazy shit like that? 😆)

[23-Aug-21 05:03 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 This Jarkin seems to know Dream and Mordankainen's Private Sanctum and Sickening Radiance

[23-Aug-21 05:03 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Hmmm.

[23-Aug-21 05:04 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I calculate how long it would take to copy them, decide spending hours doing this would be unwise, and just tear the pages for those spells out, stuffing them into my backpack, and hoping for the best that they will still be there when I get out of whatever this is.

[23-Aug-21 05:05 PM] RhetoricX#7736 ''Sorry, alternate me. Hopefully it won't be too hard to re-scribe those.''

[23-Aug-21 05:05 PM] RhetoricX#7736 NOW I leave the room and head up to the deck.

[23-Aug-21 05:51 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You head back up to the deck just to watch a shooting star fly over the ship it’s so close you feel you could fly up and touch it

[23-Aug-21 05:54 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Incredible.

[23-Aug-21 05:55 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I pull out a ball bearing, and throw it into the void. I watch it closely as I do so.

[23-Aug-21 06:53 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 The ball bearing floats out into the void of space.

[23-Aug-21 06:56 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You look around for a while taking it all in. After a while you see this in the far off distance:



[23-Aug-21 07:04 PM] RhetoricX#7736 (Pretty!) I look around on deck to see if the tabaxi is here.

[23-Aug-21 07:09 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 They are here

[23-Aug-21 07:23 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Uh... Cadence of Wind? Could you come take a look at this?"

[23-Aug-21 07:30 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Sure Jakrin, what’s up?” She says

[23-Aug-21 07:42 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Could you take a look at... uh, that? Is that our destination?"

[23-Aug-21 07:43 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Yeah that’s where that giff Bhas is after is docked.”

[23-Aug-21 07:46 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Right. The... outpost. Cadence... it's really good to see you ag... um, today."

[23-Aug-21 08:16 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Nice seeing you too Jakrin.” She smiles. “You alright? Bhaus did get you pretty drunk last night."

[23-Aug-21 08:25 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "I'm fine, totally fine. So what's our entrance plan? Friendly, sneaky, or kick the door in?"

[23-Aug-21 08:27 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “I’d like to say sneaky, but you know Bhaus… and this is over the boot.”

[23-Aug-21 08:40 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Boot the door in, grab the boot, boot it out of there - seems the likely course of action."

[23-Aug-21 08:40 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “All sorts a boots.” She laughs.

[23-Aug-21 08:41 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "I best get ready. See you soon." Waves to Gregory Potts, the gnome

[23-Aug-21 08:43 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 He waved back

[23-Aug-21 08:43 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I go find Arynn.

[23-Aug-21 08:48 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You find her at the now bow of the ship looking out at the starts

[23-Aug-21 08:50 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "It's an incredible view."

[23-Aug-21 08:50 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I look around. Anyone else in earshot?

[23-Aug-21 08:52 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “I know right.” Arynn turns around “How you feeling now?”

[23-Aug-21 08:52 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Peception check

[23-Aug-21 08:53 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Dirty 20

[23-Aug-21 08:57 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 No one seems to be paying attention. It’s Arynn and Jakrin, not like this was odd.

[23-Aug-21 08:58 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "We've been through a lot together, right? Experienced many strange things?"

[23-Aug-21 09:04 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “We sure have”, she says. “what's on you mind? You’ve been off all day."

[23-Aug-21 09:09 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "There's, uh, good reason for that. What I'm about to tell you is extremely strange, and difficult to believe. I am not joking in any way, and I am telling the full truth as I know it. I need you to trust me.

I am Jakrin Zendai, but I am not your Jakrin Zendai. I went to sleep last night on a ship... a sailing ship, on water... and I woke up here travelling through... the void? I'm not certain what we are traveling through, though I have some theories. But, um... I know you, and Bhaus, and Cadence and Greg, but... not like this. I don't know how I got here, or why, or what happened to your Jakrin. But I need to get back to my own... existence."

[23-Aug-21 09:17 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 She starts laughing. “Of anyone on this ship to say they are telling the truth, Jakrin, I believe you more than most. But just to be sure how much of that Psy-ale did you drink last night?”

“And if you say you are not OUR Jakrin then suffice to say that OUR Jakrin was playing in something he shouldn’t have, which is likely.”

[23-Aug-21 09:21 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Jakrin laughs "Well Arynn, I spent the better part of my evening fighting vampires in a magical demiplane with my Arynn and a couple others, so there wasn't a lot of social drinking. I washed the blood off myself, had a glass of water, and went to bed."

"It's possible your Jakrin did something, but I checked his journal. Only thing he mentions is grabbing a few scrolls from something called 'The Forge'. I think I saw them - no magic there that could cause anything like this."

[23-Aug-21 09:25 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Persuasion check

[23-Aug-21 09:27 PM] RhetoricX#7736 ... Nat 1

[23-Aug-21 09:27 PM] RhetoricX#7736 5 total.

[23-Aug-21 09:29 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “So that what you were doing sneaking around the last time we were there. But come on Jarkin there’s no way. Let me guess, in your world I’m a Fairy Princess and Bhaus has two boots!” She laughs.

[23-Aug-21 09:30 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "..."

[23-Aug-21 09:32 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “You had a bad dream. You said you fought vampires. I know you wouldn’t go anywhere near those.”

[23-Aug-21 09:33 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Arynn, I can't have a bad dream that gives me an entirely different life." "Do you have any charm or truth spells? Get someone to tell the truth?"

[23-Aug-21 09:36 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Well charm person?”

[23-Aug-21 09:39 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Hmm. Just makes me consider you a trusted friend. I already do." starts fishing through his backpack muttering half to himself "... what would I have that your Jakrin wouldn't..."

[23-Aug-21 09:40 PM] RhetoricX#7736 pulls out a coconut "Um... Delfan's Exploding Coconut? Who in their right mind would carry that around?"

[23-Aug-21 09:40 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Persuasion check As you show her

[23-Aug-21 09:41 PM] RhetoricX#7736 (gawddamnit) 7 Rolled a damn 3. 😆

[23-Aug-21 09:43 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Jakrin… pretty sure you and bhaus stole these from that tiki bar on Omega 7.” She smiles “Are you worried about Laurel and your father? I know you haven’t been home in a while. Maybe next time we get to Gaia you could take a vacation. “ She does take the coconut and toss it around a bit

[23-Aug-21 09:45 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Hmph. My Arynn can sort out truth from lies." Looks down in frustration "... boots. Boots!"

[23-Aug-21 09:45 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Excuse me! I am Arryn! Don’t you get started on boots too.”

[23-Aug-21 09:45 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Did we ever meet an archfey named Oberon, the Summer King?"

[23-Aug-21 09:46 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Umm no.”

[23-Aug-21 09:46 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I unfurl the wings on my boots "Can your Jakrin do this?"

[23-Aug-21 09:47 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I fly straight up, and hover about five feet over her head

[23-Aug-21 09:47 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Persuasion with advantage

[23-Aug-21 09:47 PM] RhetoricX#7736 18

[23-Aug-21 09:48 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Holy shit!”

[23-Aug-21 09:49 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Nice, huh?" I do a few loops*

[23-Aug-21 09:50 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “How… I know you don’t have those.. you’d fly all the time if you did.”

[23-Aug-21 09:52 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "And this Jakrin Zendai does, indeed, fly all the time, occasionally to people's annoyance." "When I first got them, I would just hover up and down stairs. Fortunately, I've gotten over the novelty of them at this point." waves at Bhaus "Hi Bhaus! I'm Jakrin from an alternate existence or something! I can fly at will!"

[23-Aug-21 09:54 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Persuasion on bhaus.

[23-Aug-21 09:56 PM] RhetoricX#7736 11

[23-Aug-21 09:56 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Hi other Jarkrin!”

[23-Aug-21 09:58 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Wait wait wait!” Arynn tugs on your sleeve. “If you're here, where’s ours? What’s your world like? What am I like? Do I ever figure out why I'm blue?”

[23-Aug-21 10:00 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I land. "Um, OK, in order: I don't know, describing the world briefly is a tall order, you are very similar and I love you dearly, and yes but perhaps I'd better not give too many details."

[23-Aug-21 10:06 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “You sure your not my Jakrin? Because that’s what he’d say.” She looks at you again wit her little head tilt. “Come here.” She grabs you head as starts poking around your ears. Then steps back suddenly. “Your really not him… okay…” she starts humming to herself. “We got to get you back right?”

[23-Aug-21 10:08 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Yes, and hopefully in the process, get your Jakrin back."

[23-Aug-21 10:08 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Ummmm How?”

[23-Aug-21 10:10 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "I'm still working on that. But I had the choice of continuing to pretend and getting wrapped up in Operation Hippo Boot (and you know how bad I am at deception games), or try to convince someone of the truth. I figured I could trust you to get it." "I skimmed local Jakrin's notes, but didn't find anything directly relevant. Do you have any ideas?"

[23-Aug-21 10:13 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Ummm you'rer supposed to be the wizard. I sing and look pretty.”

[23-Aug-21 10:14 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "What I mean is, did he mention anything he was doing yesterday? Besides getting drunk under the table by Bhaus, I mean - I can relate to that."

[23-Aug-21 10:15 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “No it was just a normal day, he was in his room for the most of it doing wizard stuff I guess. Tried to bug him a few times but door was locked and I guess he didn’t hear me.”

[23-Aug-21 10:16 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Hm. What about on your... ship? Craft? ... what do you call this thing, anyway?" "Anything unusual happen?"

[23-Aug-21 10:16 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Ships fine.” “No not really.” “Not that I can think of really"

[23-Aug-21 10:23 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Hey Bhaus! Anything strange happen yesterday before you started drinking Original Jakrin under the table?" "... also, what's 'Psy-Ale'?" "Wait, nevermind about Psy-ale."

[23-Aug-21 10:26 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Bhaus comes over. “Well 'original Jakrin' was trying to convince me to NOT open the best laundromat in the star system.”

[23-Aug-21 10:28 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "When he gets back, tell him he's wrong, and Other Jakrin says you absolutely should." "Oh, can I have that coconut back, please? It actually will explode."

[23-Aug-21 10:29 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “You know what Arynn I like him better.”, says Bhaus. “But I like the coconut.” Arryn says “might come in handy.”

[23-Aug-21 10:29 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "... OK, trade you for a bottle of pys-ale." "Think, Jakrin, think! If is a semi-physical dream transference, there must be a way to end it."

[23-Aug-21 10:31 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Not real I made it up.” Arynn says.

[23-Aug-21 10:31 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "... really?"

[23-Aug-21 10:31 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “I don’t think he’s as good of a wizard Arryn.” Bhaus “whispers”

[23-Aug-21 10:32 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Bhaus, just... it doesn't matter. You'll be getting him back. Hopefully. Probably. Possibly."

[23-Aug-21 10:32 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Just kidding.” She laughs and pulls out a bottle of blue liquid.

[23-Aug-21 10:32 PM] RhetoricX#7736 looks it over, then stows it

[23-Aug-21 10:32 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Is it just ale with a fancy name, or does it do anything else?"

[23-Aug-21 10:34 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “I mean where’s the fun in telling you.”

[23-Aug-21 10:35 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Seriously Jakrin, stop getting distracted by booze." starts pacing "Last time something like this happened, Lord Oberon was in control of it. He could end it at will. We were transferred in our sleep to his plane and..."

[23-Aug-21 10:35 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Plane. ... could this be another plane... ?"

[23-Aug-21 10:36 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Arynn, do you know Sending?" "I have a crazy idea."

[23-Aug-21 10:36 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Uhh yeah.”

[23-Aug-21 10:37 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Try Sending a message to your Jakrin."

[23-Aug-21 10:37 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Uhh ok what should I say?”

[23-Aug-21 10:38 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Ask him where he is, and if he knows what is happening."

[23-Aug-21 10:40 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Hey Jakrin. You’re here but you're not here. There another guy who’s you but not. Do you what going on?” She sends the spell.

[23-Aug-21 10:41 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 And you hear the message in your head

[23-Aug-21 10:41 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Damn it."

[23-Aug-21 10:41 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “What?”

[23-Aug-21 10:41 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "I got the message. So much for that idea."

[23-Aug-21 10:43 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Wait I thought you weren’t Jakrin… you’re not Jakrin. Well ours. I’m confused.” Arynn says

[23-Aug-21 10:44 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "I'm not. It is just whatever is happening, a Sending spell isn't going to be able to sort it out." "Help me search his room. See if there are any further clues there."

[23-Aug-21 10:46 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Oh a chance to go through Jakrins stuff.” Arynn smirks

“Hold it.” Bhaus says “Jakrin is going to be mad if go through his stuff.”

[23-Aug-21 10:46 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "But I am Jakrin, and I say it's OK. You have my permission." "And as it is, odds are good he is in my room going through my stuff, so nothing to worry about."

[23-Aug-21 10:48 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Works for me.” Bhaus says and you head down.

[23-Aug-21 10:49 PM] RhetoricX#7736 This time, looking for anything that could shed further light on the situation.

[23-Aug-21 10:49 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Investigation check at advantage cuz they are helping you

[23-Aug-21 10:50 PM] RhetoricX#7736 25

[23-Aug-21 10:52 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 The three of you turn the room upside down. Looking through all his things stuffed under the mattress you do find an old looking envelope that’s been sealed and unsealed over and over again

[23-Aug-21 10:54 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I open it.

[23-Aug-21 10:55 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Inside there is a picture of your mother, one of your family and one of you and Laurel as kids.

[23-Aug-21 10:55 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Oh."

[23-Aug-21 10:56 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “What?” Arynn peaks her head over your shoulder

[23-Aug-21 10:56 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "I... It's just a drawing."

[23-Aug-21 10:57 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I look it over, check the back, check the envelope, see if there is anything else.

[23-Aug-21 10:58 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You check the back of the pictures. On the back of the one of your mother is written on word: Possibility

[23-Aug-21 11:00 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I furrow my brow.

[23-Aug-21 11:01 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Put the drawings back, and check through the scrolls other Jakrin grabbed, besides the Fortune's Favour.

[23-Aug-21 11:04 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 There’s that one. one called temporal shunt, and the pulse wave one

[23-Aug-21 11:05 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Reading over those two, could either one possibly cause the current situation?

[23-Aug-21 11:06 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Possibly temporal shunt but this situation seem a bit differnt

[23-Aug-21 11:12 PM] RhetoricX#7736 scanning the Temporal Shunt scroll "Maybe? But this situation seems far beyond the capabilities of this spell..."

[23-Aug-21 11:12 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Make a Dex save.

[23-Aug-21 11:13 PM] RhetoricX#7736 (damnit other me, are you trapping your scrolls? 😆)

[23-Aug-21 11:13 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 As your speaking the ship suddenly lurches hard to one side

[23-Aug-21 11:13 PM] RhetoricX#7736 5

[23-Aug-21 11:14 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You go flying into the opposite wall and take 15 bludgeoning damage You hear some sort of warning bell go off

[23-Aug-21 11:15 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Ow"

[23-Aug-21 11:15 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Arynn and bhaus pick themselves up off the floor. “It’s an attack!” Arynn says

[23-Aug-21 11:16 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "Ah. This I am familiar with." "Lead the way!" casts Healing Word on himself at 2nd level

[23-Aug-21 11:17 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Well at least you can fight!” “Arynn where’s my ax?!", Bhaus yells.

[23-Aug-21 11:17 PM] RhetoricX#7736 8 HP healed.

[23-Aug-21 11:23 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You head up to the deck people are scrambling to strange cannons. Beams of blue light hit the ship causing explosions everywhere you look.

[23-Aug-21 11:23 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Can I spot the source?

[23-Aug-21 11:23 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 There is another flying ship attacking you.

[23-Aug-21 11:25 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I call over to Arynn. "So, shall I blast that ship, or what? This kind of situation is a bit new to me."

[23-Aug-21 11:28 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Yes! Hit it with some fire or something.”

[23-Aug-21 11:29 PM] RhetoricX#7736 "That I can do." I spin the Staff of Fire, slam the end of it to the deck, and launch a Fireball at the ship.

[23-Aug-21 11:29 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Roll to hit Oh right Dex save Roll damage

[23-Aug-21 11:31 PM] RhetoricX#7736 25 fire damage

[23-Aug-21 11:32 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 A small explosion hits the ship as it looks to be charging up another blast

[23-Aug-21 11:33 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I hit it again, trying to aim for the spot where the beams seem to be originating from.

[23-Aug-21 11:34 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You aim there and the fireball seems to be absorbed by the beam

[23-Aug-21 11:35 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I open the pouch on my belt and cast Animate Objects on the ten silver pieces in there. Can I see any crew on the other ship?

[23-Aug-21 11:36 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Perception check

[23-Aug-21 11:36 PM] RhetoricX#7736 10

[23-Aug-21 11:37 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You see several crew members Of a race you don’t recognize

[23-Aug-21 11:38 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I send the ten animated coins to attack the nearest hostile crew member.

[23-Aug-21 11:38 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Roll to hit

[23-Aug-21 11:43 PM] RhetoricX#7736 It's ten separate attacks... standby...

[23-Aug-21 11:44 PM] RhetoricX#7736 25, 18, 19, 22, 9

[23-Aug-21 11:45 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 All but the nine hit

[23-Aug-21 11:45 PM] RhetoricX#7736 13, 19, 25, 11, 19

[23-Aug-21 11:46 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 One goes down

[23-Aug-21 11:47 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 The cannon fires another large blast. Dex save

[23-Aug-21 11:47 PM] RhetoricX#7736 17

[23-Aug-21 11:48 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You manage to hold on as the front of the ship you're on is blown clean off Crew member blasted to nothing Or off into space

[23-Aug-21 11:49 PM] RhetoricX#7736 I order the coins to continue attacking the nearest hostile. Move on to the next after each one goes down. (as a bonus action)

[23-Aug-21 11:50 PM] RhetoricX#7736 Then send my third and final Fireball into the hostile ship again, aiming for where the first one hit.

[23-Aug-21 11:50 PM] FragmentedNotes#1529 It hits Roll damage

[23-Aug-21 11:51 PM] RhetoricX#7736 33 fire damage

[24-Aug-21 12:00 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 It hits and the ship is on fire

[24-Aug-21 12:01 AM] RhetoricX#7736 Quick scan: What are the rest of the party doing?

[24-Aug-21 12:02 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Perception check

[24-Aug-21 12:04 AM] RhetoricX#7736 12

[24-Aug-21 12:07 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 The rest of the crew is either manning cannons or slinging spells. Bhaus is throwing javielins at the ship

[24-Aug-21 12:11 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I start slinging Firebolt after Firebolt, aiming to do max damage to the ship itself and spread the fire.

[24-Aug-21 12:12 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Spells fly back and forth but it looks like the ship is charging up for another big blast

[24-Aug-21 12:13 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I send all ten silver pieces down to wherever that blast is coming from, order them to slam into whatever is causing it.

[24-Aug-21 10:32 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Do your rolls to hit.

[24-Aug-21 10:44 AM] RhetoricX#7736 12, 9, 28(nat20), 20, 19, 28(nat20), 27, 23, 20, 28(nat20)

[24-Aug-21 10:46 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 The first two miss the rest hit

[24-Aug-21 10:52 AM] RhetoricX#7736 42 bludgeoning total

[24-Aug-21 10:52 AM] RhetoricX#7736 Oh, wait. Forgot to double the Crits. 47

[24-Aug-21 10:54 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You watch as the thing that is charging thar blast begins to have a bunch of tiny explosions rupture through it and the other ship begin to rumble and shake

[24-Aug-21 10:55 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "It's going to explode! Get clear!"

[24-Aug-21 10:58 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Jakrin!” Arynn runs to you. “It’s too close. She looks scared “We’re gonna get caught in the blast!”

[24-Aug-21 10:59 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Who's flying this thing? Can't they pull away?"

[24-Aug-21 11:02 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Ummm it’s technically you. It’s just been set on auto pilot…”

[24-Aug-21 11:03 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Shit! Where's the control room?!" "Run, run!"

[24-Aug-21 11:03 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 She grabs your hand and starts running She leads you to the control room of the ship where there is a large chair with a strange helmet on it

[24-Aug-21 11:04 AM] RhetoricX#7736 I don't pause, just sit down and slap the helmet on my head

[24-Aug-21 11:05 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 “Wait you don’t know how to fly this!” She says as you do it

[24-Aug-21 11:05 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "I'm going to learn very quickly!"

[24-Aug-21 11:05 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You put the helmet on and all these strange glyphs and symbols appear before your eyes

[24-Aug-21 11:06 AM] RhetoricX#7736 (In-game, Jakrin was the only party member with a high enough Int score to fly the thing. Bhaus insisted on trying it once. It didn't go well.)

[24-Aug-21 11:06 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529

[24-Aug-21 11:06 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 (Mal told me)

[24-Aug-21 11:07 AM] RhetoricX#7736 Can I see how to move the ship away?

[24-Aug-21 11:07 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Intelligence check

[24-Aug-21 11:07 AM] RhetoricX#7736 22 (thank gawd!)

[24-Aug-21 11:09 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 You scan around the screen in front of you. Seeing the explosions going off outside. You do take note that the ship seems to be controlled mentally.

[24-Aug-21 11:10 AM] RhetoricX#7736 Mentally, I push off and get as far away from the exploding ship as fast as possible.

[24-Aug-21 11:11 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Roll a d20 and add your intel mod

[24-Aug-21 11:12 AM] RhetoricX#7736 18

[24-Aug-21 11:12 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 The ship begins to move

[24-Aug-21 11:13 AM] RhetoricX#7736 "Move FASTER"

[24-Aug-21 11:14 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 There’s another shake and a jolt as the shit get hit from behind. Out of the corner of you eye you see a hole has been blasted in the side of the room your in.

“Hurry Jakrin!”

[24-Aug-21 11:15 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 Roll another D20 +intel

[24-Aug-21 11:15 AM] RhetoricX#7736 16 "I'm thinking as fast as I can! Go go GO!"

[24-Aug-21 11:26 AM] FragmentedNotes#1529 There’s an explosion behind you… You hear Arryn scream…

You wake up.