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Well, nobody died.
Note to self: *the wolf*. All good plans will account for the
wolf. Also: the barbarian. Terrific fighting power, bit
incautious, might work well to come up with more advance plans.
Also: one blow from some of these things *will* take some of my
companions down. *Not* remote contingency: plan for.
It would figure that it's plants. And, yup, the druid did real
well, stretching its mouth open somehow so we could see Grettir
was still alive but paralyzed in its gullet. Also, later,
Quicksilver.
The damn thing was like a huge - *huge* - shambling mound, only
with teeth. Fire from Quicksilver and Matsuko, some big slices
from Dizyk, and one lucky punch from me at the end did manage to
take it down, but barely. Healed about as soon as anything touched
it, healed partway at least, we'd probably killed it twice over by
the end. Three times if you count Grettir cutting his way out,
carrying Quicksilver.
Another note: Quicksilver obvious recipient of fly magic (and
doubt could convince her otherwise), yet Quicksilver not strong
enough to carry any other downed party member. Hmm.
Did pick up some coin and sparklies. Also fruit. And beets!
Oct0703 morning
Location: Unknown
Direction: Unknown
After nearly twelve hours of failure, we finally succeeded in
locating Matsuko Matsushita. Her exact position is still unknown,
but she seems to have found her way into an underground cavern,
perhaps part of a larger network. The environment is dwarven-made,
but has evident connections to the travelling and/or the
dreaming--perhaps Matsushita arrived by these means. It was also
overgrown by an unnatural and perhaps magical vegetation.
We were unable to learn anything else of the network, but Joran
is trying to determine whether this cavern is, in fact, a part of
the known system. If so, we believe he will be able to
observe--and eventually intercept--her travels.
Still accounted for: Olc Aiche, Faile, the Eagle scimitar, and
the full set of Eogabul's gifts.
During the prescribed period, we witnessed an encounter
involving Matsushita, a large vegetative creature, and five
unknown persons:
- ordinary female dwarven monk
- female elven mage (transmuter?)
- small human male (rogue?)
- large male human barbarian
- large male human fighter (military?)
Though Matsushita interacted very little with the others, she
spoke often with the elven mage, who aided her in getting Olc
Aiche across a chasm guarded by the plant creature. She made no
attempt to interfere with the creature until it endangered and
then critically injured the mage, at which point she warped the
creature's mouth and attacked it with a flaming sphere. When they
finally defeated the creature, the fighter (who had also been
ingested by the creature), broke free carrying the mage.
Matsushita immediately healed her. We terminated contact.
It is unlikely that these five persons are companions of
Matsushita, though the elven mage seems a prior associate.
Matsushita's use of fire in a vegetative environment seems
indicative of an unusual concern for this mage. We will likely not
be able to identify the human rogue or the barbarian, but Corienne
is attempting to track information on the others through the
ordinary channels. Immediately prior to the healing, we heard the
elf referred to as "Quicksilver."
Next scry scheduled in 06h00m.
Emrin