Morning, Ulanra 8th - Evening, Ulanra 8th
An Eerie Land
Morning proved the same weak sunset as the previous day, all this cursed land could muster.
House of Clues
Puzzling It
Takeshi's Haunting Memory
Strawbed
Wild Ride
The Lonely Road
Snatched
Darling Little Chapel
Patrick and Lindsay
Kindred
Into Hiding
Limb from Limb
Relic stepped out into the open, appearing as a weathered swordsman, to confront the hundred raucous children that poured from the fields. Once sighted, there was a rush of gasps. Grown Up was spoken like a curse between their gritted teeth and the youngest of the bunch unleashed a hail of stones and sticks, while the older in the bunch ran to the houses and the barns. Relic was dinged a bit, but nothing he hadn't suffered before, and fired a few warning shots. His bid to tame this ornery bunch was further complicated when those same older children, which perhaps had been fleeing, returned with sickles, scythes, hammers, hoes and shovels. They charged as a second wave, this time unleashed a terrible barrage which nearly brought the machine man to his knees. A leader emerged then, an ugly seventeen year old with blunt features and black, beady eyes. He lifted wool shears and charged. Relic tried to blast him, but in the confusion of little, groping hands and a rain of blows, he missed. The boy lifted those shears and plunged them into the robot's neck, severing the unseen chords which powered his positron brain. His last cry was more of an electronic noise and he fell silent.
The others watched horrified from their hiding places as the children piled onto Relic, bits and pieces of him flying in the air and being floated on the crowd. Relic was torn asunder, and the leader lifted Quakeheart, blazing orange, into the air victoriously. He took the top half of the robot's head and wedged it on his head as a new helm, then lead a cheering Kindred to the carriage and horses. Climbing onto the roof, he was paraded around town.
Lingering by the fields with a dozen or so mean-looking teenagers was a little girl with blond hair and brilliant eyes, leaning heavily on a crutch, observing.
Selja left Colta in the care of the boy hiding out in the mills and ran to the fields, her mind set on a vengeful blaze. In the schoolhouse, Diana clamped her fist over her mouth to keep from screaming, Portia right beside her, Thamior still unconscious, and Patrick and Lindsay tugging her gently out of sight.
Experience: 567 xp each (18,407 total)
A House of Clues skill challenge, 800
Lonely Road skill challenge, 1200
Survivors of Darling (4 x 400), 1600
Magic: n/a
Money: n/a
Loot: 4 horses: young bay mare named Colta, mature bay mare, piebald stallion, dun stallion, 1 4-person carriage, 1 cat (magic?) named Shilo, 1 pig (magic?)
New NPCs:
Shilo, fat house cat; Diana suspects he's magical because of a wink and a smile he gave her
Pig (unnamed); Relic's new pet, found sleeping in a child's bed; Suspected might be a transformed farmer, though no one detected any enchantments on it
Colta, young bay riding mare; Selja's new best friend found locked in the stables and slightly starved
Patrick Henry, a boy of seven who hides in the schoolhouse in Darling, a place the Kindred are loathe to visit, and forages when they're out on their Fieldmeets; parents were snatched by Raggamoffyn; helps the group escape the Kindred (mostly)
Lindsay Henry, a girl of fourteen who hides in the schoolhouse in Darling and forages with her little brother Patrick; a frantic and motherly figure, she's always concerned with her brother's safety; begrudgingly helps the group back to their hideout, though refuses to house any animals for the telling noises they make
Oscar Mercy, a boy of twelve who hides in the old mills outside of Darling; one of the "Darlings", children who don't belong to the Kindred
The Kindred (organization), field-worshiping children based out of Darling with a hatred for Grown Ups and affliliate with Raggamoffyn
Lawpounder Malvern, ugly teenage leader of the older kids who pummeled and dismembers Relic; wielded wool shears; now possesses Quakeheart
Raggamoffyn (mentioned), strange being in the fields who snatches folks; praised by the Kindred and celebrated in Fieldmeets
New Monsters: Black Witnesses (crows)
New Quest: Little Darlings
Uncover the mystery behind the empty farmlands
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