| Upon making back to the city the return to [[[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] and bring him the corrupted bird, [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] angrily left the room cursing under his breath. As [[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] was examining the bird, he discovers that the gem was embedded into his legs and inquires the group on any odd behaviors and he starts to cut on the bird's leg. He pulls out two very tiny shards, significantly smaller than the shards previously found. Very light purple aura, still containing the magic. After the operation, [[manerana:pc:Navier|Navier]] feels very sick to her stomach and the group was to regroup in the morning so that [[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] can begin his investigation. [[manerana:pc:Nox|Nox]] goes to the market to get some fish for the cat, striking out he goes to the shoreline to see fishermen about to throw out old fish. He then buys a few days worth for the cat and nothing more because he was worried about it spoiling. The rest of the group goes to their respective houses for the night and slept. In the morning they go directly to [[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] to discover the shards can be safely removed however if the creature were to die there would be a loop to go to the shard to destroy the shard and that the shards have layered enchantments. While the group listened intently [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] listening in at the doorway with his arms crossed. [[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] suggests going to see his cousin, [[manerana:npc:Needlepuck|Needlepuck]] for more information and may even pay them for the shards. [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] mutters, "Goodie...". [[[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] gives them a very confusing, yet detailed instructions on how to get to [[manerana:npc:Needlepuck|Needlepuck]] across the river. Looking at the map on the back is a very detailed information on how to get there including climbing through someone's window. Ignoring the weird instructions, they decide to go a different way. Looking at the map [[manerana:pc:Navier|Navier]] decides its best to go through the forest is the best way to get there, roughly it'll take two days by foot to get there. At the camp, [[manerana:npc:Quacks]] attempts to sell his boots of water walking. When he attempts to sell, he gets an offer of 30 gold which he declines. They make it up the road to the river, its not too big but there is a bridge leading across. It feels very woodsy and feels like the right way to go. They wander up the river for several hours but are struggling to find it as there are many boulders. [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] looks in the opposite direction at a small boulder and states he thought he saw a spider and sometimes has nightmares about spiders in her armor. They see a river crossing and an odd boulder crossing which didn't seem natural. They ended up finding [[manerana:npc:Needlepuck|Needlepuck]] and walk up the stream and it seems like someone uses a makeshift rock bridge looking towards the bridge. [[manerana:pc:Nox|Nox]] see a shiny something fly towards them and him and [[manerana:npc:Quacks]] hear a high pitch whine, like high speed gears spinning and whirling. Looks like it goes up from something, looks like a bug, doesn't feel like its a threat. It flies up and [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] gets hit (8 piercing damage, 5 poison damage) and it bites him then flies away. More flies out from behind the rocks and they look like clockwork beetles and appear to be very angry, about 20 to 50 feet away and they hide in-between the rocks. | Upon making back to the city the return to [[[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] and bring him the corrupted bird, [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] angrily left the room cursing under his breath. As [[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] was examining the bird, he discovers that the gem was embedded into his legs and inquires the group on any odd behaviors and he starts to cut on the bird's leg. He pulls out two very tiny shards, significantly smaller than the shards previously found. Very light purple aura, still containing the magic. After the operation, [[manerana:pc:Navier|Navier]] feels very sick to her stomach and the group was to regroup in the morning so that [[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] can begin his investigation. [[manerana:pc:Nox|Nox]] goes to the market to get some fish for the cat, striking out he goes to the shoreline to see fishermen about to throw out old fish. He then buys a few days worth for the cat and nothing more because he was worried about it spoiling. The rest of the group goes to their respective houses for the night and slept. In the morning they go directly to [[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] to discover the shards can be safely removed however if the creature were to die there would be a loop to go to the shard to destroy the shard and that the shards have layered enchantments. While the group listened intently [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] listening in at the doorway with his arms crossed. [[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] suggests going to see his cousin, [[manerana:npc:Needlepuck|Needlepuck]] for more information and may even pay them for the shards. [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] mutters, "Goodie...". [[[manerana:npc:Stratsberg]] gives them a very confusing, yet detailed instructions on how to get to [[manerana:npc:Needlepuck|Needlepuck]] across the river. Looking at the map on the back is a very detailed information on how to get there including climbing through someone's window. Ignoring the weird instructions, they decide to go a different way. Looking at the map [[manerana:pc:Navier|Navier]] decides its best to go through the forest is the best way to get there, roughly it'll take two days by foot to get there. At the camp, [[manerana:npc:Quacks]] attempts to sell his boots of water walking. When he attempts to sell, he gets an offer of 30 gold which he declines. They make it up the road to the river, its not too big but there is a bridge leading across. It feels very woodsy and feels like the right way to go. They wander up the river for several hours but are struggling to find it as there are many boulders. [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] looks in the opposite direction at a small boulder and states he thought he saw a spider and sometimes has nightmares about spiders in her armor. They see a river crossing and an odd boulder crossing which didn't seem natural. They ended up finding [[manerana:npc:Needlepuck|Needlepuck]] and walk up the stream and it seems like someone uses a makeshift rock bridge looking towards the bridge. [[manerana:pc:Nox|Nox]] see a shiny something fly towards them and him and [[manerana:npc:Quacks]] hear a high pitch whine, like high speed gears spinning and whirling. Looks like it goes up from something, looks like a bug, doesn't feel like its a threat. It flies up and [[manerana:pc:goro|Goro]] gets hit (8 piercing damage, 5 poison damage) and it bites him then flies away. More flies out from behind the rocks and they look like clockwork beetles and appear to be very angry, about 20 to 50 feet away and they hide in-between the rocks. |
