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739102 No. 739102 ID: 8b5616

Hollow Realms.

Prologue.

I float in the dark endless abyss...
My body is numb and thoughts are hazy...
Pulsing pain in my forehead slowly fades away...
This feeling that I'm forgetting something important won't go away...
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No. 739103 ID: 908ead

Is the something important remembering who hit you in the head?
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No. 739104 ID: 60a6fb

How about you wake up
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No. 739105 ID: 3e79eb

As nice as it would be to fall asleep...it's probably a better idea to at least open your eyes and make sure you're not in danger or anything. Then maybe you can nap.
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No. 739107 ID: 8b5616
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739107

>Is the something important remembering who hit you in the head?
I think so... I'm not entierly sure.
>How about you wake up
I open my eyes. It stings... and I can barely make out my surroundings.
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No. 739109 ID: 3d2d5f

Not much here. You're floating in a void with rubble.

Can you move? Swim / fly through the void? You might also be able to pull yourself to things and jump from one to another, or throw things and propel yourself as a rock-rocket.
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No. 739110 ID: 7d01b5

Can you swim up?
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No. 739112 ID: 2ec50f

scream for help
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No. 739114 ID: ef22a0

>>739107
okay you might be underwater, and if you are, it looks like you fell in backwards. swim forwards if you can't see any light and towards it if you can.
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No. 739117 ID: 449269
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739117

>scream for help
As i open my mouth to scream, the little air I had left in my chest goes up in a swarm of bubbles.
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No. 739118 ID: 449269
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739118

>okay you might be underwater, and if you are, it looks like you fell in backwards. swim forwards if you can't see any light and towards it if you can.
Still in shock I jolted upward following my own bubbles.

>Can you swim up?
Looks like I can.
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No. 739120 ID: 449269
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739120

My chest burns up as I make one last push and reach the surface.
Deep breath sends blood rushing and clears my head a bit.
"What is happening?!" "Where am I?!" "Who?! Who am I?!"
I can't remember my name! I can't remember anything!
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No. 739121 ID: 38685c

>>739120
Your name is Bidoof and you are the dark lord of all evil.
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No. 739122 ID: b2d501

Doggy paddle to the nearest lighthouse!
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No. 739123 ID: a5b30c

Memories can come later.
Can you see anything besides ocean?
Somewhere you could swim to?
Dry land? A boat? Anything?
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No. 739126 ID: 449269
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739126

>Can you see anything besides ocean?
In water around me I can see few pieces of burning debris.
Not to far from where here I can see a shore.
For a split second, just above snow white mountain range, I saw a shining spire.

>Somewhere you could swim to?
>Doggy paddle to the nearest lighthouse!
I muster up all of my remaining strenght and paddle towards the shore.
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No. 739127 ID: 449269
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739127

I made it.
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No. 739128 ID: 449269
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739128

As I caught my breath I slowly stood up. Taking in a moment when my life is not in immediate danger.
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No. 739129 ID: 3e79eb

Oh, good; you didn't drown. Look around for any NEARLY immediate danger. If you don't find any, sit down. Or look for shelter.
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No. 739132 ID: a5b30c

Is there anything you remember?
Your species? The name of your world? Any skills?
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No. 739133 ID: 15a025

Sit down and take a rest. You deserve it.
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No. 739135 ID: ef22a0

>>739128
take a quick look around to see if there's any dangers on the beach.
after that you need to strip down and dry off on a rock, because being soaked in wet clothes sucks, take the time to gather your thoughts and take stock of the situation
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No. 739148 ID: 398fe1

After you're dried off the first priority is exploring to find a source of drinkable water.
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No. 739168 ID: a22f87

see anything around you that might suggest people live here other then that glowing tower of light?
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No. 739174 ID: a107fd

Head inland until you're above the tideline, then gather up some dry grass and dead wood and so on. Try to get a fire started.
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No. 739175 ID: 24100f

>>739128
Rub head bump, survey surroundings.

>"What is happening?!" "Where am I?!" "Who?! Who am I?!"
>I can't remember my name! I can't remember anything!
Look at it this way: you're in a survival situation, and for the immediate future, it's not like your actions would be very different if you did remember / know any of those things.
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No. 739191 ID: e782b1
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739191

>Is there anything you remember?
>Your species? The name of your world? Any skills?
I am a Kobold. Im not sure if it has a name. I seem to recall basic survival skills, basic herbal knowlege and can speak common tongue. And for some weird reason I remember how to prepare 99 sorts of tea.

>Look around for any NEARLY immediate danger
I see thin stream of smoke to the north. Might be a big camp fire. Looks about half a day away from here.
>see anything around you that might suggest people live here other then that glowing tower of light?
The shining spire is gone now, like it was never there in the first place.

>look for shelter.
There is nothing resembeling a shelter in the vicinity.
I'm on a small beach rounded by thick forest from all sides. There is small sandbank just off the coast.
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No. 739192 ID: e782b1
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739192

>after that you need to strip down and dry off on a rock, because being soaked in wet clothes sucks
There is not nearly enough sun today to dry off fast.
>Head inland until you're above the tideline, then gather up some dry grass and dead wood and so on. Try to get a fire started.
I gather up some dry wood and grass...
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No. 739193 ID: e782b1
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739193

...and setup a tiny campfire
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No. 739199 ID: a22f87

dry off and rest for now, then we can look for food and a fresh source of water once we've rested.
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No. 739204 ID: 24100f

>And for some weird reason I remember how to prepare 99 sorts of tea.
Maybe you were a servant or a slave, and had a tea snob as a master?

Or maybe you were some kind of shaman or sage (or apprenticed to one) and spiritual and/or medical teas were part of your duty?

>>739193
Rest and dry yourself for now.
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No. 739218 ID: a107fd

Make a big mark on the ground indicating the directions to the pillar of light, as best you remember it, and the smoke. Then, take an hour or two to warm up, maybe investigate potentially edible plants within line-of-sight of the fire.
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No. 739256 ID: 91ee5f

Check your gender.

>And for some weird reason I remember how to prepare 99 sorts of tea.
Maybe you're someone's butler and/or slave that prepares tea for your master? Well, look on the bright side, if you were a slave, then there's a good chance that your master is dead and you're free now!
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No. 739301 ID: eb8ace
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739301

>Make a big mark on the ground indicating the directions to the pillar of light, as best you remember it, and the smoke.

I lay down a few sticks in shape of an arrow pointing in direction of [/b]smoke[/b]. I can't remember exact direction in wich I saw sipre. All I can tell it was further inland.

>dry off and rest for now, then we can look for food and a fresh source of water once we've rested.
I took off my troned rags to dry em off.

>Maybe you were a servant or a slave, and had a tea snob as a master?
With this dirty rags... more chances I was a slave. So maybe it's a good thing that I don't remember.

>Well, look on the bright side, if you were a slave, then there's a good chance that your master is dead and you're free now!
I guess I am... even thou I don't remember if ever was a slave

>Or maybe you were some kind of shaman or sage (or apprenticed to one)
That would be cool I guess.

>Check your gender.
I take a moment to confirm my gender...
A)Boy
B)Girl
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No. 739302 ID: 7d01b5

A: Boy.
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No. 739303 ID: a22f87

rolled 2 = 2

1= boy

2= girl
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No. 739304 ID: ea2bfa

>>739301
Boy
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No. 739305 ID: 8124fd

Girl
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No. 739306 ID: 8a3061

girlbold
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No. 739307 ID: 36c589

Girl
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No. 739308 ID: 3740b1

A, boy
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No. 739309 ID: b2d501

Boy
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No. 739310 ID: bc08dc

girl
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No. 739313 ID: eb8ace
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739313

A)****
B)*****

It look like I'm a girl... maybe I should come up with a name for myself to round up this self discovery session.
To maintain some of this newly acquired modesty I put my (now dry) rags back on.
I search outskirt of the foresrt for food... I gather up some berries and nuts. It's a light snack, but better then nothing.
So what should I do now... Sun beginning to set, in few hours it's gonne get too dark traverse the forest, and that smoke stream is gone. I'm feeling it's gonna be chilly tonight.
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No. 739317 ID: ef22a0

>>739313
how about Syrrah?
and it might be wisest to work on making a temporary shelter rather than explore right now, especially if that smoke looked like it was too far to reach before nightfall
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No. 739320 ID: a107fd

Gather more firewood, enough to keep yourself warm through the night. Stack the excess into a low wall, with yourself between the pile and the fire, to keep the wind off and reflect heat onto whichever side of you isn't facing the fire.
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No. 739323 ID: 3d2d5f

>>739317
Sounds like a good name to me.
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No. 739324 ID: 15a025

Probably be a good idea to gather some more wood or something to help keep the fire going. At least that'll help make the cold night a little more bearable.
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No. 739332 ID: 398fe1

You should make a basic shelter to keep you protected from the elements.
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No. 739349 ID: a22f87

Beatrice?

also you should try and build a shelter or at least something to block the wind and gather more fire wood to stay warm tonight.
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No. 739353 ID: fba208

Hmm, names...

I'm thinking, Faygo. What do you think? If you need a last name, try Coriander.

Faygo Coriander
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No. 739380 ID: ef22a0

>>739353
if last names are on the table, why not something tea related?

Camomile maybe?
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No. 739442 ID: eb8ace
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739442

>how about Syrrah?
I like it.

>Gather more firewood...
>You should make a basic shelter to keep you protected from the elements.
>...to block the wind and gather more fire wood to stay warm tonight.

I spent the rest of the day building a make shift hut and gathering more more fire wood.

Night set in and was thankfully uneventful.

I woke up at first light, now fully rested. Events of yesterday seems like a bad fever dream now. What should I do now?
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No. 739446 ID: 3663d3

now find food. put that herbology to use and find edible plants
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No. 739447 ID: 91ee5f

>>739442
Look for food. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day after all.
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No. 739453 ID: 398fe1

>>739442
Set off towards the smoke. You can find food on the way there.
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No. 739465 ID: a22f87

explore, we know there are other's here but we don't know if they're friendly or not so it might not hurt to make sure we have a fallback camp to run to encase we need to hide... and on that note while exploring keep an eye out for a good spot to put up a camp that isn't out in the open like the one yo have now.
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No. 739471 ID: eb8ace
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739471

>>739446
>>739447
>keep an eye out for a good spot to put up a camp that isn't out in the open like the one yo have now.
I'll keep that in mind.

>Set off towards the smoke. You can find food on the way there.
I move out in direction of smoke seen yesterday.
Forest was full of unknown scents, ethereal morning fog in the air sent chills down my spine. after an hour long forest stroll I dig up some wild potatoes and gathered more berries and nuts.

Finally I reached the clearing and saw...
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No. 739472 ID: eb8ace
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739472

A camp... a number of tents was set on the forest hill... some broken and burnt.
It's very quiet. Place feel very much desolated.
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No. 739475 ID: dfdb1e

If there isn't anyone around approach for a quick inspection. If there is, keep your distance and watch. Either way be ready to run at the first sign of danger.
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No. 739476 ID: a22f87

so there ARE dangers here. Well might as well poke around to get an idea of who was here and who attacked. Just keep looking over your shoulder ever now and then and be ready to run like hell if anything shows up for whatever reason.
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No. 739477 ID: 398fe1

>>739472
Rummage around in the ruins to see if you can find anything of use. Can you see any obvious tracks leading away?
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No. 739480 ID: 5ce416

Stay in the tree line while you gather information about the possible dangers that attacked the camp. When you go in to start looting, stay low to the ground and make sure to make things quiet and quick. The camp appears to be smashed to bits, and judging by the smoke emanating from the tents fire played a part in this attack. Open space is not your friend, so try your best to remain hidden until you have conformation that there are no threats nearby.
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No. 739485 ID: eb8ace
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739485

Keeping my head low I slowly began approaching what was left of the camp...
I see the number of bodies scattered around. Humans. None of wich shows any signs of life.
Most of them dressed in similar garbs. It looks like a battle took place here last night.
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No. 739487 ID: eb8ace
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739487

>Rummage around in the ruins to see if you can find anything of use.

Trying to avoid dead bodies, I did a quick search through the ruins.
I found: iron axe, small iron dagger, spear and a rope.

>Can you see any obvious tracks leading away?
Big number of footprints lead away from the camp through the forest to the west.
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No. 739488 ID: 3663d3

size of the prints? bigger then a human's?
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No. 739491 ID: 908ead

If there's any clean cloth might take that for clothes. Since it's a camp they should have blankets? Maybe a needle and thread?
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No. 739492 ID: 265534

>>739487
Avoiding human corpses? Are you not hungry or something?
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No. 739496 ID: dfdb1e

No food? Fine. Cut some fabric and get ready to leave, if you aren't too desperate in the food department...
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No. 739498 ID: eb8ace
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739498

>size of the prints? bigger then a human's?
Most of them are smaller than regular human size footprint. But there are a few bigger ones...

>Avoiding human corpses? Are you not hungry or something?
Ew~ I'm not that hungry... something in me tells me to stick to with berries and potatoes.

>If there's any clean cloth might take that for clothes. Since it's a camp they should have blankets? Maybe a needle and thread?
I rounded up something all I could find. There is not much but I can whip out something better than this torn up rags of mine. I'm not very good with threads and needles so it must be something simple.
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No. 739503 ID: 7d01b5
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739503

Left side is what's under the poncho.
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No. 739507 ID: ef22a0

>>739503
looks good, I think following those tracks carefully is a good step, if nothing else you'll probably be led to civilisation
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No. 739509 ID: dfdb1e
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739509

Shirts and pants require some work. What about a zero effort toga?
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No. 739519 ID: 3e182c

Your feet might be large enough for human boots.
Also These men seem to have very nice hats.

Try to scavenge a hat, boots, and belt in addition to what you cobble together.
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No. 739533 ID: c43722

And grab some of the tent cloth as well. It's waterproof, so you can make a crude hood and cloak from it to protect yourself from rain. That is, assuming you can't just scavenge a rain cloak from the wreckage or the corpses.
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No. 739578 ID: 5ce416

Your top priority at the moment is gathering supplies, so I recommend locating a backpack along with belts and pouches in order to carry as many trinkets as possible. Also, get a bedroll and other such basic supplies. Lastly, see if they have a map or any other written notes because information is at an all time low right now.
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No. 739632 ID: 91ee5f

See if you can find a tent that has little to no damage to it. That'll give you somewhere to sleep at night.
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No. 739721 ID: eb8ace
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739721

In few minutes I put together a set of clothes to replace my rags.
I put on a boots I took of the dead human and try on a hat. It's size is slightly big for me. It's an odd looking hat with black crow feather sewn into it. Leather is thick and rough.
I take a second thoughts about taking it.
A) Yes take it
B) Leave it

>See if you can find a tent that has little to no damage to it.
>And grab some of the tent cloth as well.
It would be too much to carry around.

>backpack along with belts and pouches
I didn't find anything like that.

>bedroll and other such basic supplies
Everything here is ether reduced to ash or beyond any use.

>map
... I would let you know if I were to find something valuable like this.

I can't stay here any longer... scent of dead humans will certainly attract "something" I wouldn't want to meet.
Where should I go now.

1) South (back to the shore)
2) North (toward the mountains)
3) West (follow the foot trail)
4) East (forest-???)
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No. 739722 ID: a22f87

ditch the hat but keep the feather. Might be able to stick it behind an ear or something else with it later. hell if you could find some string or something like it you might be able to give yourself a simple braid or even have it hang from one of your ears if you aren't against piercing an ear for the sake of fashion.

Also go west just to get and idea of what attack this place but be careful. I don't think I needed to say that last part but I feel it was worth mentioning.
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No. 739726 ID: ef22a0

>>739721
ditch the feather hat, these guys got wiped out and that looks like an identifier as part of this group.
It's probably best to follow the trail West, with luck it should lead to civilisation.
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No. 739730 ID: 3e182c

Yeah that hat is way big, don't bother with it. If you take it for some purpose other than a garment, say as a water skin, remove the feather.

Try to stay hidden as you travel west.
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No. 739742 ID: eb8ace
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739742

I decided to leave the hat but to keep black feather.

I began traveling west following trail left by group of at least 20 individuals
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No. 739743 ID: eb8ace
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739743

In a few hours I caught a scent of cooking meat in the air. And soon sounds of barely understandable banter.

I reached another clearing in the forest and saw a small village/fort. A number of crudely build huts filled it's inner walls.
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No. 739744 ID: eb8ace
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739744

Goblins... and a lot of them.
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No. 739755 ID: 24100f

>>739744
You have no reason to believe golbins will be friendly to you. It's possible, but I don't think you should chance it. Retreat, but don't flee quickly or carelessly, that will just draw the eye of sentries.
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No. 739756 ID: 91ee5f

Let's not go there. I think you should head back to your camp on the beach, gather up your things, and relocate to a less out in the open location.
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No. 739782 ID: 3e182c

They are either organized enough to have been able to ambush the unwitting humans, or have their hands on something really nasty.
In case it's the former, I suggest leaving this area immediately and exploring another port of the island. They may have patrols around here.
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No. 739784 ID: 3663d3

do you know the relations between goblins and kobolds?
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No. 739785 ID: 398fe1

>>739744
Do kobolds and goblins have friendly relations?
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No. 739786 ID: 69dc1a

>>739744
Bad news?
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No. 739831 ID: a22f87

hmm, well I think we've seen enough here, let's head back to our camp and depending on how much time we got left maybe try and find somewhere else we can move it to that isn't as exposed. Unless your friends with the goblins I believe we are probably going to be avoiding the west for awhile now unless something happens.
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No. 739977 ID: 5ce416

Head back to base camp, and get ready to relocate. Also, take an alternative path to the beach so you can keep your eyes peeled for possible campsites.
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