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| Geoph Getting Sloshed At The Rockrat |
Session 144- Geoph and Ewald in Space Part 1
9/15/2024
On the “Squished Fox” Gadath’s team moves towards ship stations
to prepare for take-off out of Dwimmermount’s hangar.
Gadath, standing in front of Jeler, Geoph, and Ewald, says to Jeler
in the Gith language “Which one do you trust the least?” as he
gestures to Geoph and Ewald.
Jeler responds to Gadath by first telling him that Geoph and Ewald
understand the Gith language. Gadath is infuriated to learn that info.
Jeler then indicates that she trusts Geoph the least. He assigns Ewald
to shadow a Gith crew member on the bridge; he keeps Geoph by
his side for the first shift of the trip.
Gadath assigns Geoph and Ewald new bunks in the brig, but doesn’t
lock them in while they sleep. The Gith crew members are somewhat
hostile (bad reaction roll) towards them and don’t want to share the
bunk room with Geoph and Ewald.
Gadath questions Jeler regarding Geoph and Ewald’s training and
competency and is surprised to learn they got through most of the
training modules already. He gives them a work schedule that keeps
them apart for the majority of the first trip.
Jeler informs Geoph and Ewald that the “Squished Fox” is enroute to a
Gith shipyard in the Asteroid Belt for upgrades (“Squished Fox” can’t
match the speed of the “Squished Dragon”). H’Raon and his team are
on the “Squished Dragon” and leaving the solar system to report to his
superior officer in the fleet regarding the Mind Flayer incursion. Both
ships are on high alert.
Jeler confides in Ewald that she had a prior romance with Gadath when
both worked in the salvage fleet. When Gadath was promoted to
H’Raon’s ship he recommended Jeler for the crew, hoping to rekindle
the romance, but Jeler isn’t interested anymore. Ewald feels the need
to share a personal detail and reveals that he slept with a stuffed animal
until his teenage years. Jeler is confused and thinks that stuffed animal
means taxidermied animal and it takes a while to bridge the cultural
differences. Jeler mentions that Gadath enjoys gambling and will likely
relax after he’s had shore leave at the shipyard. Ewald takes note of this
and carves a set of dice and starts strategically fiddling with them when
Gadath is nearby.
Last day before docking, ship is running low on oxygen supply and crew
has to go into low respiration protocol.
At the shipyard, the “Squished Fox” has to dock in the quarantine area
until the ship and crew can be determined to be free of Mind Flayer
tadpoles.
Once the ship is out of quarantine, a dock crew begins working with the
ship’s crew on upgrades.
As upgrades are wrapping up, the ship’s crew begins to take shore leave.
Gadath asks Ewald if he would like to go play cards with him at the casino.
Gadath had noticed Ewald’s fascination with rolling dice and thought he
might enjoy other games of chance. Ewald accompanies Gadath and
wins the last hand of cards, doubling his 100 GP bet.
B’Nelruth, a female crew member, tells Geoph he’ll be accompanying her
for shore leave at The Rockrat, a grimy joint in the bowels of the asteroid
complex. Geoph, as usual, is excited to sample new mind-altering
substances. Arriving at The Rockrat after winding through gradually darker,
narrower, grimier corridors, the pair reach their destination, a wide spot at
the end of a narrow corridor. A few mismatched tables are full of patrons;
B’Nelruth winds her way through the crowd with Geoph following her. The
bartender, a female wererat, is the only non-Gith Geoph has seen
throughout the shipyard facilities. She recognizes B’Nelruth and greets
her warmly; B’Nelruth introduces Geoph as a new crew member to Maya
the wererat proprietor of The Rockrat. Maya makes remarks to the effect
that she thought Gith didn’t allow other races aboard their ships as crew.
B’Nelruth and Geoph both comment that it’s a long story. Maya pours the
two of them drinks and Geoph shoots it and finds out it was extremely
strong, fails a Constitution roll and is immediately sloshed. B’Nelruth
slowly sips hers and asks Maya if she can order Deep Fried Spiders to
snack on. Maya puts the order in and it arrives via a delivery robot.
Geoph orders another drink and shoots it, too. He has some of the
Deep Fried Spiders, and manages to keep them down. B’Nelruth has
to hold his hand walking back to the ship due to his inebriation.
The next morning, Jeler informs Geoph and Ewald that Gadath has
decided to investigate another portion of the asteroid belt that is rumored
to be the site of a devastating ship battle between Thri-kreen and
Lunar Eld.
On the way, they stop for some of the crew to do a space walk to collect
gems. Ewald is a part of the space walk, but Geoph is excluded because
the ship doesn’t have a suit to fit his small stature.
The “Squished Fox” proceeds to the site of the ship battle and its nearest
asteroid.
Session ends as the Enormous Dead Spider Corpse with a Glowing Skull
is spotted on the asteroid.
Carousing XP = 400 XP
2 Pieces of Amber Encasing Insects = 1000 GP = 1000 XP
Total XP = 1400 XP
Geoph and Ewald each receive 700 XP
9/16/24 Perchance Prompt for Geoph at The Rockrat a gnome without pants is sitting at a ramshackle bar in an asteroid shipyard. the bartender is a wererat. a robot delivers deep fried spider snacks, sci-fi concept art
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