💨Mary Jane's Smoky Sentiment💨

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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Where did you go?

• The Froglet Grove
• A Pond with Japanese structures

Who did you meet?

• Sho
• Valkorian
• Aux Cloud
• Nephr
• Horlix
• Seryn
• Koolra-Kura

NPCs

• King Shoom
• Baby Froglets
  • Garbit
  • Hamlet
  • Gobbles
  • Goku???????

Enemies

• Disgusting ugly toads that ate our baby froglet
• Skeletons, but they were not moving, as we didn't trigger them

What actually happened?

• Mary Jane was wandering in the woods when she came across a pond where she ran into a group of people, some she had met and some who were new to her. Sho passed Gobbles to Mary Jane, and the group walked over a bridge where there was a giant ugly toad.
• Seryn, the last to cross, couldn't make it when the toad jumped into the middle of the bridge, so she had to jump from the other side. The group finally reached the pond, and they all started to swim.
• Suddenly, the ugly, gross toad snatches one of the baby froglets and eats it!!!!!! And 3 other equally gross toads appeared and surrounded them. Angered by this horrible scene, Mary Jane attacks the toad that ate the froglet with a deadly chromatic orb spell. The group fights the toads, and finally we get back the froglet who was eaten.
• The group packed up and left, but halfway through, they realised that the baby froglets were naked; their Halloween outfits were left at the pond. So they headed back to grab the clothes because who could say no to their giant cute eyes looking so sad.
• As the group arrived back at the pond, it was nighttime, and there were skeletons everywhere! Luckily, they were in statue form and weren't aware or moving. A riddle by a stone that lights up explained that they will only attack if we disturb the water.
• Using acrobatics, Sho went towards the shrine-like building while Aux Cloud used teleportation. They both retrieved the clothes, came back and we went back to the grove.
• Once home, King Shoom immediately put the babies to bed, gave us our rewards and then shooed us out of the sacred grove, except for Koolra-Kura and Seryn.

💨Mary Jane's Smoky Sentiment💨

Today was another horror show. I originally signed up for this quest because we could try this special fruit called durians. But I didn't expect to see sentient durians and even bonded with one of them. The durians became sentient, not out of their own will, but due to careless magic. They didn't have long to live but the party still decided to mercilessly kill them anyways, despite my pleas.

But I'm glad that I got to make friends with Private Duri and that he agreed to be my familiar. But my faith in people has really been shaken. From the poor, abused children to now little sentient beings fighting for their lives... why are people so quick to kill? Sigh...

Peace out ✌🏻☮️

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Where did you go?

• Northern Village
• The Abandoned Orphanage/Kael's New Mansion

Who did you meet?

• Sho
• Hacker
• Aux Cloud
• Ywolres
• Elaya

NPCs

• Pak Lang
• Mary Sue, the Witch
• Private Duri

Enemies (?????? Mary Jane would rather consider them as scared little durians than enemies)

• Jeneral Durian
• Sentient Durians

What actually happened?

• Pak Lang had posted a request for help with his durians going missing, so Mary Jane, Elaya, Ywolres, Sho, Hacker and Aux Cloud went to his village. He greeted us and told us that his durians have been going missing, splitting open and being destroyed, and he needed his durians back for a durian fest he had planned.
• We went to Pak Lang's orchard and investigated. We found many footprints and the split-open, hollow durians without external force. Mary Jane suddenly found and caught a sentient durian called Private Duri, who was very afraid that we would eat it.
• Mary Jane tried calming him down, but Ywolres made a silly joke about cooking him, and he freaked out again. Hacker did a search for magic action and found that there are traces of the durians becoming sentient from some potions. The party told Pak Lang about it, and he went to find the witch who might have done that.
• As Pak Lang left, a group of the sentient durians led by Jeneral Durian wanted to attack us. Despite negotiations to try and make peace, the durians still chose to fight for their lives. Mary Jane was still holding onto Private Duri at this point, doing her best to keep him out of harm's way. She also pleaded with the group not to kill the poor durians, but everyone was out for blood.
• The battle ended pretty quickly, but after Jeneral Durian was killed, Private Duri became very shaken, so using Elementalism to Beckon Earth, Mary Jane made a little figure in the shape of Jeneral Durian to help calm him down. This helped Private Duri calm down and also trust Mary Jane, creating a bond with each other.
• Pak Lang and Mary Sue, the witch who caused the durians to become sentient, arrived at the scene and spoke to the party. She noticed that Mary Jane and Private Duri's bond and suggested that the durian became Mary Jane's familiar.
• Mary Sue also gifted two magic items to the party, while Pak Lang gave everyone gold and durian-flavoured jerky.

💨Mary Jane's Smoky Sentiment💨

I was hanging out at the tavern, having a delicious meal when I saw the ad by a merchant named Kael looking to get rid of ghosts in his new mansion. It sounds fun because what if the ghosts are friendly, am I right?

I was happy to find that John and Bonnie were also joining me on this quest, man! We met up with Kael at the Northern Village where his new mansion was. He didn't seem like a friendly person but at least he was paying us. Whatevs, I guess.

We arrived at the mansion and investigated the place. There were quite a few mimics hidden as chests there and we did end up having to fight a couple of them. John was unfortunately very injured in those fights, sigh... Drav and Pax also happened to join us. They seemed nice although a bit intimidating, but later I found that they are very genuine people. Drav is a guard of Dawnport and I've seen Pax in the tavern before.

Together, the 5 of us investigated the place only to find that there were real children hiding there the whole time! They were orphans and this mansion used to be an orphanaged ran by a very horrible and abusive headmaster. Oh my god, those poor things! We totally rescued them, of course, but after that there really was a ghost too.

We investigated further to find that there was a poor child named Louis who had died and we found his body in a hidden room behind the grand piano. It was so sad. Bonnie was really shaken by it but that also pushed her to adopt the other 3 children, Austin, James and Clint. So, that's really sweet and I'm glad the children have a home now.

Kael appears later and pays us our wages for "getting rid" of the ghost but I also made sure he gave each of those kids some money since they were being evicted from their home. He was hesitant but I'm glad he chose to do the right thing.

Pax also happened to find a Ruby of the War Mage and gave it to me. He seems tough, intimadating and more focused on his goals, but I think deep down, he is a very nice person.

After everything was over, all I can feel was sadness for the children as they had suffered for such a long time, especially Louis who unfortunately died all alone in the dark room by himself. It is heartbreaking what some people will do and I hope that the headmaster gets caught one day and pay for his crimes!

With a heavy heart and a lot on my mind, I need some time to myself to heal both emotionally and spiritually. I think I will avoid going into town for a bit.

Peace out ✌🏻☮️

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Where did you go?

• Northern Village
• The Abandoned Orphanage/Kael's New Mansion

Who did you meet?

• John
• Pax
• Drav
• Bonnibelle

NPCs

• Kael the Stingy Merchant
• Austin, James & Clint, orphaned children
• The Ghost of Louis, the poor dead child

Enemies

• Mimics

What actually happened?

• John, Bonnie and Mary Jane saw the ad by Kael and decided to take up the job. We met up with Kael at the village just North of Dawnport.
• Kael needed help with getting rid of the ghosts haunting his newly bought house and also cleaning it.
• John, Bonnie and Mary Jane enter the house and was locked inside. John opens a chest in the corner and it turned out to be a mimic. We had to fight really hard just to kill it.
• At the same time, Drav and Pax appeared. They couldn't get into the locked house until the battle against the mimic was over.
• Together, the 5 of us explored the house, looking for clues and investigating the place. We separated for a bit and John got caught by another mimic which Pax and Mary Jane had to help get him out.
• After that, the party went upstairs where Mary Jane spotted a child out on the roof. With more investigation, the party found clues that there are real kids living there. The party caught one of the kids who lead them to the barn where the other kids were hiding.
• However, after finding all 3 kids, Austin, James and Clint, the haunted voice still came out and even the kids were surprised by the voice.
• With more investigation into the headmaster's room, we found that there is another child unaccounted for. Meanwhile, Pax managed to find a Ruby of the War Mage magic item too, which he later gave to Mary Jane.
• By playing the tune of London Bridge on the grand piano downstairs, a secret door opened up and we found the dead body of Louis. His spirit appears and said goodbye to his friends.
• John brought the body away to be properly buried in town while the other kids were brought to the village nearby and settled in a home and adopted by Bonnie. With some convincing, Kael also gave each child 50 gold pieces as pocket money. He also tried to hire them as child labour but everyone stopped it of course.

💨Mary Jane's Smoky Sentiment💨

I saw a little poster about training at the Training Grounds and Arena and thought it's high time I test out my newly acquired skills. Things started out pretty tough with a web being slung at us but we helped each other get out. And then there were some kinda bombs thrown at us as well. Thankfully, Zapin and Yvolres came to my rescue. #Teamwork

Zapin is a very fine person 🫣

After getting out of the web and bombs, the real battle begun and we did our best to fight. It wasn't easy, many of my teammates kept getting taken down by the simulated enemies. They're very strong! We did our best to help each other out wherever we could.

It took me a while, but I finally learned to use moonbeam which is very powerful! I'll have to keep in mind to use it more often in battles.

Finally, we did our best to take all of them down and won. Although, out of nowhere, a dragon suddenly appeared and went away again! I think we would have been fried if the dragon hadn't left, man...

Anyways, all this fighting has gotten me hungry. I wonder what's cooking in the tavern today?

Peace out ✌🏻☮️

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Where did you go?

• Adventure Guild's Training Grounds & Arena

Who did you meet?

• Shuo
• Zapin
• Yvolres
• Elaya
• Bonnibelle

Enemies

• Simulated enemies

What actually happened?

• A bunch of us gathered at the Training Grounds & Arena to practice our skills and try to get some experience in battle.
• Before we could even start attacking, some of us were already stuck in a web and had to help each other get out of it.
• Once free, some rushed straight into battle against the enemies, while some of stayed in the back as support.
• Many people went down several times and Bonnie and Mary Jane had to help heal them.
• After learning more about working together, we finally got to defeat the enemies.
• And a dragon appeared for a split second???

💨Mary Jane's Smoky Sentiment💨

So, I was like chilling by the drying fishes outside the tavern, smoking up as per ushz, and like a bunch of peeps gathered at the quest board and found something interesting. I was like yo, lemme join! And they were like yeah let's go.

So we went to this Froglet Grove which had a bunch of giant frogs and I like tried to speak with their leader called King Shoom, but then like, he got all offended, and I was like awwwhhhh. I didn't mean to offend him ya know.

Anyways, King Shoom wanted some snacks and we had to like go through some goblins to get them at the beach. Shu was all like don't kill the goblins and I agreed, but Elaya, Yvolres and Lucian really wanted to fight. So things got really bloody. I had no choice but to join the fight in the end because I couldn't bear to see my friends get into so much trouble. I had to hurt some of the goblins and the bugbear, but I only meant to knock them out... except the party did kill them anyways.

It was really a bloody scene and it sucked. They were just complaining about their bosses and having a beach day ya'know.

We ended up bringing back all the chicken and helping to feed the giant froglets. King Shoom awarded us with gold and I got a special Helm of Comprehending Languages. Maybe next time I'll get to speak with King Shoom better. We got chased out soon after though. It seems like this beautiful oasis is a bit of a protected area.

Peace out ✌🏻☮️

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Where did you go?

• Tavern
• Froglet Grove
• The Beach

Who did you meet?

• Shu
• Lucian
• Yvolres
• Elaya
• King Shoom & Froglets

Enemies

• Goblins
• A Bugbear

What actually happened?

• We were at the tavern when someone saw the quest put out by King Shoom. We formed a party and decided to follow the pull from the quest poster.
• We were lead to the Froglet Grove where King Shoom explained to us that he needed help getting some snacks which were guarded by goblins.
• We head to the beach where the goblins were having a nice beach day. Shu and Mary Jane didn't want to kill the goblins and thought of making it more like a stealth mission, however, Yvolres, Elaya, and Lucian were itching for a fight and some couldn't stealth well due to their armour either.
• Mary Jane and Shu turned into an eagle and raven to scout the area. Mary Jane went West and saw there were 8 goblins while Shu went East and saw a bug bear, several goblins and the bags of chicken King Shoom wanted.
• Mary Jane warned the rest of the party about the number of goblins but they decided to start fighting, this gathered the attention of all the enemies, so Shu snuck around trying to get the bags of chicken.
• Mary Jane stayed in eagle form while watching the party fight for a bit until she noticed Shu with the bags and went to help. Both Mary Jane and Shu turned back into their original form and tried sneaking out through the jungle.
• The party was getting beaten up pretty badly, and then once Shu reached the clearing, she got grappled by the bugbear. Seeing this, Mary Jane went over to help Shu and the rest of the party.
• After fighting back and forth, we managed to kill all of them, much to Mary Jane and Shu's dismay. Mary Jane looted two javelins from the bugbear and gave them to Elaya.
• Back at the Froglet grove, King Shoom fed all the giant froglets the chicken, then he awarded us with gold and a Helm of Comprehending Languages which went to Mary Jane.
• Then we got chased out of the grove.

💨Mary Jane's Smoky Sentiment💨

I was hanging outside the tavern, having a smoke before heading in to look for some food. Shu suddenly asked a few of us for help with delivering food. I mean, she was so nice the other day when she gave me a riceball so I was like...heck yeah, I should totes help her out.

We rode on a cart pulled by horses. Lucian was able to drive the cart but like, woah, he defo can't drift that well because we made a ruckus and caught the attention of some wolves nearby. I protected the food with my life! But I accidentally killed one of the wolves and feel kinda bad.

We continued on and had to cross a river but the bridge was broken. So we had to like get down from the cart, carry the barrels and get wet. It was kinda annoying getting my clothes wet though.

Then we went through a dark place which felt kinda like one of the pits of hell I've been through before. It felt familiar. Anyways, yada yada yada, we ignored a sus merchant and then like fought some skellies.

After reaching the village and meeting Shu's lil sisters, they were like telling us Shu should have given us a map. Like whaaaaaaat? Man, that really would have been helpful. Oh well, when we got back, Shu was all like making it up to us by giving us gold, cooking some really yummy food, and buying us drinks.

It was worth it!

Peace out ✌🏻☮️

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Where did you go?

• Tavern
• Pretty forest with wolves
• Scary forest with fog & undead
• Random village where Shu is from

Who did you meet?

• Shu
• Bonnibelle
• Lucian
• John
• Yvores
• Elaya
• Random merchant who appeared and disappeared in the fog

Enemies

• Pack of wolves
• Skeletons
• Zombies

What actually happened?

• We were all at the tavern when Shu asked us for help to deliver food over to her sisters as they're having a potluck party but they aren't good at cooking. Shu cooked as much as possible and asked us to deliver the food.
• Lucian drove the carriage while the rest of us were in the back taking care of the food. However, we made too much noise and a pack of hungry wolves tried to attack us. We fought against them, killing some while just knocking some out and we continued moving forward.
• We came across a river with a broken bridge and had to abandon the carriage while carrying the food across the river. Mary Jane helped carry the desserts while John was barely carrying the soup. Everyone else also helped take a barrel or two each.
• After that, we wandered into a foggy area and a random merchant appeared in the fog asking for help. We decided not to help him because he seemed suspicious and we were busy with the delivery.
• Deeper into the forest, we tried to stealth our way through but failed and caught the attention of some skeletons and zombies around. We had to fight but with teamwork, we managed to pull through.
• After that, we arrived at the village and Shu's sisters greeted us with impatience. They said we took too long and we mentioned the difficulties we faced. The sisters said Shu should have given us a map and our journey would have been safer and faster.
• We then went back to the tavern, making sure to collect the horses and cart from earlier and asked Shu about the map. She thought she received an artwork, not a map. To compensate us, she gave us each gold coins, cooked for us, and served us drinks.

💨Mary Jane's Smoky Sentiment💨

I was heading to Dawnport when I met Bonk and Bonnibelle. Bonk invited us to the tavern and he promised to cook up the deer he caught earlier.

Free food? Heck yeah!

But when we got there, Bonk needed a secret ingredient that can only be found at some super dodgy black market. A bunch of us went there together and they were mainly doing the negotiations. I was just chilling and smoking at the back.

We finally found a merchant who was selling some weird af spice mix and decided to gamble on it and buy it BUT before we could head back, a bunch of undeads rose up and started attacking us. I was so high, I thought I could hit 'em with poison spray. LOL, my bad.

I did take a couple of hits and needed Bonnibelle to heal me but it was all G after that, man. I totes forgot to use my shield but it's okay.

Anyways, with the power of teamwork, we got done and headed back. Idk if it was the munchies or what but the deer meet Bonk made was bomb af. It was a bit raw but I cooked it up a bit more with Beckon Fire.

Man, Dawnport is really fun. Can't wait to find Mr. Ganja Man though.

Peace out ✌🏻☮️

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Where did you go?

• Tavern
• Mysterious night market to the East of Dawnport, several hours of walking

Who did you meet?

• Bonk
• Yvores
• Lucian
• Bonnibelle
• Lowkey
• John
• Shu

Enemies

• Skeletons
• Ghouls
• Giant bull-like thingy

What actually happened?

• Bonk caught a deer and needed help finding a special secret ingredient to cook.
• A bunch of us got curious or wanted to help, and we decided to go find the ingredient together.
• Bonk shared a bloodied map and John lead the way. It took us a full day to arrive.
• We arrived at the place and this bandit guard and he needed some convincing to start talking. He told us this is the market and we shouldn't be noisy.
• We checked out a couple of stalls before finding the seller with an unknown spice. John bought it off him but we were suddenly under attack by the undead.
• We fought and were bloodied and some became unconscious but luckily we pulled through. We were saved thanks to the two healing potions Lowkey found and Bonnie and Mary Jane being able to heal.
• We went back to the tavern and Bonk cooked us the deer. It was a bit burnt outside and undercooked inside. But the special ingredient made it tasty.