The Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom (Game Thread IV)

[JadedDM]

Unfortunately, the stone head does not make any response to Locky's numerous queries. All it does is hover in the air, following Shay wherever he tries to go.

Jerrard can't tell much about the stone head. It's clearly magical, in its ability to float in the air. Beyond that, it's difficult to tell much.

Babushka recognizes that it was carved from natural stone, but like the stone mouth they found earlier, it's not expert craftsmanship one would expect from her own people or dwarves.

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Jerrard makes a spellcraft check (11): Fail.

[Jenara]

"Not much of a Talking Head are you?" Locky rubs her head before returning her attention to the Mushrooms. The floating head was strange, but she was expecting something Interesting from it!

She checks the Mushrooms for a minute then returns to checking the cavern.

(ooc: I am trying not to move too far ahead. Oh, and "once in a lifetime" is a talking heads song, btw)

[Jerrard]

Jerrard makes a loud grunt of annoyance, "By Lunitiari" He curses quietly. "Well the skull seems to like you Shay, I am not sure what we can do about it." He curses again, both for his own stupidity of getting too close, and for not checking first.

"I am at a loss..." He scratches his head, "It has made no attack and
doesn't seem violent."

[ooc: no really, i am at a loss here!]

[JadedDM]

Shay frowns as he moves about the cavern, but the floating head continues to follow him. He even tries to experimentally step outside of the cavern, but to no avail.

"Looks like I'm stuck with it, for now. What should we go now?" he asks.

[Breila]

"Is there any other way than back?" Babushka asks.

"Are we fit enough to continue down? I'm not feeling completely ok yet, and I'm afraid this head", she points to the thing following Shay, "will somehow call its master. We should go to base camp and be ready to fight, I think."

[Jenara]

"The head isn't really interesting, it would be if it did something! " Locky looks at the head once again, "Although I have never actually seen anything like this..."

She smiles, "I can go on, this Cavern is kind of boring... I wouldn't mind seeing some more of the caverns. Down would be good.

[JadedDM]

Shay shines his lantern about, the floating stone head following him wherever he goes. "Looks like there aren't any other exits but the way we came," he says.

Frowning he swats his hand about, trying to shoo the stone head away. It avoids his slaps easily, but won't stray too far from him. "Whatever this thing is, why does it like me so much?"

[Breila]

"Well, Shay, you shone the light on it and, if I saw it well, came closest to it before it moved. Let me see. Does it always look in the same direction as you?
If I could do such magic, I would use it to follow around an intruder and let me see what he sees, so that I'm prepared for attacks. Maybe we should try to blindfold it?"


(ooc: I feel I'm stretching the limits of Bab's intelligence here, am I?)

[Jerrard]

Jerrard had stood silent through the recent exchange, possibly a little taken back by his own stupidity.

"Babushka, I believe you may be correct, I had... Not fully considered the implications of this head." He looks back to the head, then removes his cloak, placing it over the head.

(ooc: I believe the intelligence vs Wisdom discussion has already been had elsewhere, or so Jen tells me. Int=Having the ideas.
Wis=Knowing what to do with them!
Bab's idea is common sense, which she posseses in bucket loads.)

[Jenara]

She smiles, "Ohhh that's an interesting idea, just because it can't talk it doesn't mean it can't see. Locky looks thoughtful for a moment.

"I wonder, can it hear too? Maybe if we are really quiet, then it would forget we are here, and leave us alone?

She looks at the head, looking silly covered with Jerrards Cloak, "What if it just wants a friend?

[JadedDM]

The stone head continues to float in the air and follow Shay around, despite the cloak covering it. Before Jerrard did cover it up, Babushka could see that the head does indeed always face toward Shay.

[Breila]

"Hmm..." Babushka looks at the moving cloak with the head under it. "I was going to ask Locky if she doesn't have a piece of cloth to blindfold the head, so that Jerrard can take his cloak back. But like this, it looks as if our party was one head stronger, which may come in handy if we're attacked.

And Locky may be right, perhaps that head can hear, too. We should be careful what we say. Jerrard, can you take that head away a few steps, far enough so that Locky or I can whisper to Shay without it hearing us?"

[Jerrard]

Jerrard takes hold of his cloak and attempts to move the head away from Shay a few feet.

[Jenara]

Locky watches Jerrard attempt to move the head with a smile. "I can call to Palidine to make it quiet.. If I need to. Although I don't really like when its quiet, all I can hear is my thoughts and they are just.."

[ooc: Imagine the inner workings of a Kenders Mind! Scary!]

[JadedDM]

Although there is resistance, Jerrard is able to pull the floating stone head away from Shay.