One early morning, King Shoom waltzes his majestic self into the tavern.
He waves at familiar faces and finds himself at a table with a serving of Bonks house special, charcoal. Sticking his hands into the ash masquerading as meat, Shoom draws a scenery of a floating temple surrounded by lillies and koi on the table much to the displeasure of Bram.
Shoom draws a caricature of himself and some baby froglets at the temple entrance and meeps excitedly at adventurers.
Seems the King of the Froglets wants to go on a field trip and is looking for some brave chaperones.
Shippu
CrimsounSpecies: Reborn
Class: Bard | College of Spirits
I want to pet some Froglest, pweeease?
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Barnacle Inn, Froglet Grove, Forest with Pond
-Players- Nephr-ka-ra, H01211X, Aux Cloud, Seryn, Sho D. Ozmong, Koolra-Kura, Mary Jane, Valkorian
-Non playable Character- King Shroom, Garbit, Gobbles, Hamlet
-Enemies- Giant Toads, Zombie Skeletons
The group mingles with each other and makes friends with each other on this Halloween Day!
Soon, King Shroom walks in with an adorable Halloween witch hat and is mobbed by the whole group. Seryn managed to pick him up and that scared King Shroom a little bit. The conversation shifted a little bit to Koolra-Kura, who started recommending some psychedelic substances to the group. Then Nephr summons an unseen servant to pick up King Shroom but he does not enjoy it one bit! He hops off and runs to the table with charcoal. He draws a picture with 3 little frogs with an arrow to a temple, directing the group to transport the little frogs to the temple. He takes a scroll out from his hat and shows a picture to the froglet grove, showing the group how to get there and retrieve the froglets. Also, king shroom walks to Aux Cloud (who is 8 ft tall), assigns him as his royal mount and the group chaperones the king out of the Barnacle Inn. They go through an imaginary wall into a tunnel, and soon they appear into the froglet grove!
The group enters the most magical place ever. Seryn and Koolra chases some of the froglets around, and they run around trying to avoid them. The froglet's names are garbit, gobbles and hamlet, we need to transport these specific three to the temple. Seryn gives up on the group and targets a lone derp frog who fell right into her arms (kidnapping!). Sho manages to appease Gobbles and Horlix managed to successfully picked up Hamlet. Lastly, Valkorian plays a pleasant tune and Garbit is charmed to his side. They are ready to embark, and is joined by Mary Jane, who meets them at the forest. Sho passes Gobbles to Mary Jane as she can protect it from the backline.
Their first challenge in the forest is to cross a bridge and get past a giant toad. The first few cross without issue, the situation seems safe and the toad is not hostile. The last one to cross is Seryn, suddenly the toad jumps in front of him. With quick thinking, he runs the other way and jumps from the edge of the cliff, managing to cross barely with the help of Koolra grabbing onto his hand. They regroup and walked all the way across the pond and reached the temple. They release the froglets and King Shroom and them removed their costumes by the grass and start wading into the pool for a swim, joined by everybody. Nephr and Sho went to investigate the temple for a bit but couldn't recall any information. Suddenly without notice, while the party was least aware, the giant toad shot his tongue out and frognapped Garbit, he swallowed him whole and started to run away! Another 3 giant frogs appear and ambush the group. Battle begins!
Aux Cloud launches a fire bolt and hits one of the giant frogs. Mary Jane then throws a chromatic orb and it does big damage to the frog that is running away! It is injured. Valkorian uses his pipes of haunting and scares the three nearby giant toads, he also inspires his allies to move up tactically. Nephr then uses his speech and commands the furthest toad to drop Garbit, which he succumbs to, and he inspires Horlix too! Sho uses his fists to attack the toad using his durian knuckles. The many spikes bash through the big frog's body, close to bringing it down. Koolra then waddles under Seryn's legs and he wildshapes into a horse named Kudra-Kuda (freaking cool!), he rushes forward together with Seryn, charging at the giant toad that has got Garbit. The toads fight back and are less effective as they are frightened from the pipes of haunting. It's Seryn's turn and she casts a guiding bolt, point blank to the giant toad kidnapper and she literally melts his face off! Big damage! Horlix commences mission "Saving Private Garbit", he picks up the froglet and acrobatically jumps through the rock bridges and lands perfectly, halfway to the temple. Mary Jane chucks another chromatic orb but she misses this time. Valkorian and Nephr teams up to cast dissonant whispers on one of the giant toads and it starts running for it's life. Sho continues to bash the toad and it is getting more and more hurt. Kudra-Kuda charges forward and tramples the giant toad under it's hooves. Seryn then uses guiding bolt again and just the same as last time, the giant frog melts under the radiant damage, hanging on for dear life. Horlix successfully saves Garbit from the clutches of the evil giant toad and Aux Cloud then finishes him off with a fire bolt, defeating the giant toad in one fell swoop. The last toad gets frightened, one last time by Valkorian and Nephr kills it with one last starry wisp!
The group went to check on the three froglets and thank goodness they are fine. King Shroom was a little bit scared but the group reassured that they will protect them. After King Shroom got his confidence back, they moved on the path once again. They head all the way back to the grove and they have to double back because the froglets forgot their clothes. By the time they go back to the forest pool area, it is nighttime already and the party suddenly stumbles upon an army of skeletons just standing still among the grass. So far they are not moving, the world just moves around them. At the cliff, there is a plaque that is glowing slightly, it says:
Disturb the waves, disturb the still,
And wake the dead who lie sealed,
Touch not the ???, still and black,
Lest bony hands come reaching back.
The group devises a plan to sneak to the temple side to retrieve the clothes. Sho is the sneakiest and Aux has misty step so they volunteer to cross the plains. As they manage to reach the package of clothes, they successfully retrieve it. Aux heads back but Sho stays behind to investigate the temple one last time, he tries to enter through the door but it's locked. He considers for awhile, but in the end he decides to turn back and rejoin the group. They ensure that the clothes are worn back on the froglets and they return to the grove together. King Shroom puts the babies to bed and shakes the hands of the party happily. Valkorian requests to be appointed as one of the mushroom knights, at first he was rejected but he reconsidered and pulled out an empty scroll from his hat, and bestows it to Valkorian. Valkorian stows it away and promises to find the meaning for it and keep it for life. Koolra-Kura asks for lodging and King Shroom approves. Seryn asks for a hug but is rejected, and subsequently ejected by the group and held down by the giant guard frog. Aux Cloud also requests to be the royal mount but is rejected also. In the end, King Shroom gives the group a sack of gold, each member received 150 GP. They move out from the froglet grove, and they live happily ever after! (Definitely did not forget Seryn and leave her behind)
The End!
After talking to King Shoom the other day, I wasn't expecting to run into him and his baby froglets again so soon. I was taking a walk around the forest as usual and ran into him, his kids, and a group of adventurers who were escorting the froglets over to the pond. Sho immediately passes me little Gobbles, and I did not want to let Gobbles go! The little cutie was just so adorable; I could hold him all day.
Unfortunately, some very ugly, disgusting toads attacked us and ate one of the baby froglets! I was just so mad and couldn't think of anything else but to attack it and get back our little baby. I may have been a bit too harsh using the chromatic orb but... sigh... I guess it deserved it, man.
Oh well, we almost had to fight some skellies as well but luckily we managed to avoid combat and escaped the place! I wanted to hug King Shoom once we were back at the grove but... he didn't want to hug me back. T^T
Well... I guess I'll just have to go light one up to get rid of this sadness.
Peace out ✌🏻☮️
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"Disturb the waves, disturb the still,
And wake the dead who lie sealed.
Touch not the ???, still and black,
Lest bony hands come reaching back."
And then we successfully sneak through the skeletons without touching neither the water nor the skeletons and as I was tempted to enter the temple but that would have alerted every charred skeleton and I could not risk my comrades. I then return back quickly ending the quest back to the froglet grove.
Operational DTTM: 584D10H47M
Unit: H01211X
Quest giver: King Shoom
Quest objective: Escort and protect 3 Froglet
Quest Destination: Froglet Grove(1) > Floating Temple(2)
Allies: Valkorian, Nephr, Aux, Shō, Kura, Seryn, Mary Jane
Transportation: Walk
Log1: Travel to (Quest Destination(1)).
Operational DTTM: 583D11H35M
Unit: H01211X
Quest objective: UPDATE! Escort and protect King Shoom, Gobbles, Garbit, Hamlet to (Quest Destination(2))
Log1: Action, Assist Nephr carry Hamlet... Result: H01211X carry Hamlet SUCCESSFUL!
Log2: Travel to (Quest Destination(2))
Operational DTTM: 583D13H38M
Unit: H01211X
Log1: Optical scan = Giant Toad detected
Log2: Reach (Quest Destination(2)) SUCCESSFULLY
Log3: Entering water protect (Quest objective)
Log3: Optical scan = Multiple Giant Toad detected
Encounter: UPDATE! 4 x Giant Toad
Log4: (Quest objective)Garbit CAPTURED!
Quest objective: UPDATE! rescue Garbit.
Combat Log1: Reaction move to Target Garbit.
Combat Log2: Action pickup Target Garbit... Result: SUCCESSFUL!
Quest objective: UPDATE! protect Garbit and return to King Sroom.
Combat Log3: Action dash Target King Sroom... Result: SUCCESSFUL!
Encounter: UPDATE! 4 x Giant Toad... Result NEUTRALIZE!
Operational DTTM: 583D15H13M
Unit: H01211X
Quest destination: UPDATE! Froglet Grove.
Log2: Action, carry Garbit... Result: H01211X carry Garbit SUCCESSFUL!
Log3: Travel to (Quest destination)
Quest objective: UPDATE! Retrieve Gobbles, Garbit, Hamlet's Cloths.
Quest destination: UPDATE! Floating Temple.
Log5: Travel to (Quest destination)
Operational DTTM: 583D17H06M
Unit: H01211X
Log1: Reach (Quest Destination) SUCCESSFULLY
Log2: Optical scan = multiple skeleton statue detected
Log3: Scanning (Quest objective)... (Quest objective) located... Infront floating temple.
Quest warning: Do not touch the water
Log4: Action move across the water... Predict Result: 40% chance of Failure... Action ABORTED!
Log5: Optical scan: Shō and Aux success cross the water and retrive (Quest objective)
Log6: Return to King Sroom
Quest objective: UPDATE! Escort and protect King Shoom, Gobbles, Garbit, Hamlet to (Quest Destination)
Quest destination: UPDATE! Froglet Grove
Log7: Travel to (Quest destination)
Operational DTTM: 583D19H56M
Unit: H01211X
Log1: Reach (Quest Destination) SUCCESSFULL!
Quest objective: Result... COMPLETE!
Log3: King Sroom Action touching Target H01211X... Result: insufficient data to reaction... stay still.
Log4: Action request Val and Nephr to upload data about Royalty etiquette rules for future encounter.
Reward: Null > 150 x gold
Actual Reward: 150 x gold
Log5: Travel to (Default base)
Today was another fine day in my new life on the run. I managed to rest for a few days since our last tango with the goblin, and today I feel particularly lively—so I decided to have a few drinks at the Barnacle Inn and perhaps meet some friends or gather more info on the current situation. It's always better to be ahead than to be a head.
I saw the usual bunch at the inn: Valkorian, H01211X, and Nephr. Oh, and I also saw Sho—haven't seen him in a while, not since the durian fight. He hasn't used his Durian Knuckle yet, though. But then I wonder: will his hand stink after using it? A curious point to note down for future reference.
So all of us gathered around, shared some introductions and laughter, and then in came a cute little froggy wearing a tall wizard hat. Everyone was calling him King Shoom. He is just the cutest and roundest. I wonder—doesn't he bounce like a ball? (Note to self: need to verify the data. Need to bounce him in a future encounter.)
Soon a large crowd had gathered around King Shoom. Looked like everyone was trying to get a piece of him—particularly a lady called Seryn. She was especially insistent, trying to approach King Shoom, and from the look of it, he wasn't liking it one bit. There was a bit of cat-and-mouse going on; I'll skip that part. Oh, and then there's this tortoise-looking guy wearing shades who came together with Seryn. His name is Koolra-Kura, and he is totally intoxicated and aloof.
Eventually, King Shoom managed to get away and get to the main point. He informed us that he is looking for some people to bring three little froglets and himself to a temple somewhere. Hmm, can't they just roll over? I wonder.
So in the end, me, Valkorian, Nephr, H01211X, Sho, Seryn, and Koolra-Kura signed up for this quest, and off we went.
I carried King Shoom on my shoulder as he led the way to the Froglets Grove, and I can verify that he is very squishy and a bit bouncy when you hit him with the correct momentum. I had verified it a few times throughout our brisk walk to the Froglets Grove.
Once we arrived at the Grove, we were greeted by lush, picturesque scenery and many baby Froglets. Awww, they are soooooooo cuteeeee. I wanna kick them all. They look like balls.
Anyway, we were introduced to three baby Froglets named Gobbles, Garbit, and Hamlet. Very poetic. So we need to bring these little ones to the temples. Off we go.
It was uneventful along the way, but we did meet Mary Jane, onto whom Sho conveniently dumped his responsibility. We reached the temple grounds shortly after that and saw this humongous toad just chilling beside the bridge. Its eyes were unblinking, like it was staring back into our souls. Sho was the first brave soul to walk across the bridge. Luckily nothing happened. Then everyone crossed one by one—until Seryn, who seemingly elicited a response from the giant toad. She was scared and chose the other route.
Long story short, we all made it across and reached the temple. Then all the Froglets stripped down and jumped into the water for a swim. Hmm, unfortunately, that would be the last thing Garbit would do before being swallowed alive by the Giant Toad from earlier. Imagine the trauma. Pity. Then a few more giant toads showed up—three of them.
We fought, we charmed, and we scared all the giant toads away and managed to save Garbit. After that, everyone was not in the mood to swim anymore and quickly left the area.
Halfway through, the baby Froglets started panicking as they realised they forgot to wear their clothes. How come no one noticed this until now? Perhaps the way had taken too much out of us. King Shoom looked at us with beady eyes and requested that we retrieve the clothing.
So no choice—we doubled back to the temple grounds. By the time we reached there, the sun had set and skeletons had populated the area. Everyone inched forward slowly, trying not to touch the water or the skeletons, until we reached a fork in the road. Sho, using his acrobatic skill, managed to cross over while the rest of us waited on the other side.
I also teleported over to accompany Sho on his quest. We found the clothing still where they had left it. But beside it stood a lich, looking so fierce and mighty. I was scared and asked Sho to go ahead while I waited slightly farther away. Sho slowly approached the lich and grabbed the clothing beside it. Just as he was about to turn away, he suddenly stopped. He was staring right at the temple. Not moving. I got worried and moved closer toward Sho.
Sho alerted me to stop moving—I had attracted the attention of the lich. I asked Sho why he was taking so long. He said he saw something shiny inside the temple and wanted to grab it. Me, with my experience on the run, thought that was a bad idea. I said my piece to Sho and wished him luck. Then I ran all the way back to the others.
But luckily, Sho didn't let his curiosity control him. He also managed to safely make his way back to us, and we all left the temple grounds together.
Once we were back at the Froglets Grove, the kids went to bed and King Shoom rewarded us 150 gold each for today's effort. Yea, more money!
