Chapter 2: Friendly Fractal Fruit Farmers

[Flay Crimsonwind]

[spoiler]Spot: 12
Listen: 14

Oh COME on! I've got a friggin +10 to each![/spoiler]

Apparently, Zane is not paying attention at the moment.

[Kuroimaken]

@Phaedrus
[spoiler]You hear what sounds like ruffling paper falling down from above. You deduce it comes from the feathers, as there is no paper flying about. Which begs the question of why do the feathers sound that way.[/spoiler]

@SDK
[spoiler]You notice the feathers aren't falling down exactly like you'd expect them to. They seem to behave more like sheets of paper in the wind than actual feathers.[/spoiler]

@Solo, Flay
[spoiler]You notice that the feathers are producing sound, which they aren't supposed to.[/spoiler]

[Solo]

"The feathers be sounding!"

[PhaedrusXY]

Kyx goes and grabs one of the "feathers".

[spoiler]Will save to disbelieve? 1d20+7=25
[/spoiler]

[The_Mad_Linguist]

[spoiler]away from sheet/roller.  Take 10.
ED: Spot 13, Listen 12[/spoiler]
Sabot looks back over his shoulder.

[VennDygrem]

[spoiler]Listen, Spot:

1d20(4)+3=7
1d20(14)+5=19[/spoiler]

[Kuroimaken]

[spoiler]The Will Save actually worked.[/spoiler]

As it turns out, the feathers are actually made of paper.

[VennDygrem]

Talon wonders just what could do such a thing...
[spoiler]Knowledge: Arcana and Spellcraft trying to determine what's going on.
1d20(3)+12=15
1d20(18)+14=32[/spoiler]

[Kuroimaken]

@Venn
[spoiler]You're fairly sure the explosions were caused by the Explosive Runes spell, though you know enough the spell is triggered by reading them.[/spoiler]

[VennDygrem]

"It seems to be the work of explosive runes, usually a spell, which means we are up against one or more spellcasters... and most definitely one with a deranged sense of humor."
[spoiler]This is the point at which that dispel magic invocation could prove useful. "Hey, there's a herd of animals! Let's check it out!" "No, wait. Remember the crows? *Dispel Magic* *explode* "See?"[/spoiler]

[PhaedrusXY]

"That's very strange... Why did I sense a soul in the bird, then? Are they some kind of living constructs? And what else is an illusion here?"

[Kuroimaken]

"Is there a chance you could be wrong? Or potentially deceived?" Matsuko asks of Kyx.

[skydragonknight]

Paul suggests "As a culinary artist, it is my belief zat any artist puts his soul into his art, non?"

[Kuroimaken]

"This is more of a pragmatical question, Paul. Whether the birds had a soul or not relates to what kind of opponent we're dealing with."

[skydragonknight]

He speaks to her in a slightly consecnding manner, as if stating the obvious. "Ze kind that like birds, of course! A fowl-minded person like myself should be able to understand zere inner workings. Moi would use my chickens to check for ze danger and to confuse, while I set up for ze main attack."

[Solo]

"Did you just use "moi" and "I" in the same sentence?" Fistbeard asks, confused by his companion's linguistic anomalies.

[skydragonknight]

"Regional Dialect." Paul answers quickly.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

And if you put your soul into your food, aren't you at severe risk against transformed devils?

[skydragonknight]

"Nonsense! Psions put zeir souls into sandwiches all ze time, and ze worst zat happens is zat a Fighter eats zem - very good 'brain food lunch' if I might add."

[Flay Crimsonwind]

Suddenly dead-serious looking, Zane comments finally, "regardless of art, it's something we should be careful to avoid, if we have to set one or all of them off from long distance. Now, if there is nothing else to blow up, how about we catch up to Eren. Think on the crows on the way, if anyone thinks there is an answer to be found."