Today we started a new Blue Rose game! We are in the village of Ray'fin, south of Amber Bay, in the water, so you know what that means! Fish!
Ahem. Meet the characters:
- Greeni: Greeni is a rhy-bo, a dumbo octopus. The rhy-bo take care of a particular section of the Reef, keeping the coral safe and healthy. They don't have names, but are designated by their jobs. Greeni takes care of the green coral.
- Gali: Gali is a rhy-fen (dolphin). She's deeply connected to her pod and was the one who introduced Greeni to the village of Rayfin.
- Makala: A sea-folk warrior, she's a liaison to the town of Amber Bay and a protector of the reef and Ray'fin. She also saved the life of Adad's little sister when she wandered too far from home.
- Adad: A sea-folk warrior. Adad practices meditative magic, more inward focused and intent on self-control and improvement than affecting the outside. He also has a very big family - three parents, a bunch of siblings, and a small but growing collection of niblings.
The children of the Ray'fin have, of late, become lethargic. Not to the point that anyone is thinking there's an illness running rampant, but enough that it's noticeable. Adad swims out to the Reef to ask Greeni if she's seen anything weird or concerning of late.
And indeed, some of the coral seems to have a kind of mold on it. Adad casts Second Sight and notes that while it's not overtly magical, at least not powerfully so, it does have a kind of "off" vibe to it. He and Greeni swim further down the Reef to where the coral turns teal, and speak to Teali, the rhy-bo that protects that section.
Teali says that she's tried to clean off the mold and points out a hole in the rock that seems to be just full of the stuff. She also seems tired and bleary, more than a bit run down. Greeni and Adad decide to swim up to the surface and look for Gali - Adad is curious to know if the rhy-fen pod have noticed anything.
Up on the surface, Makala and Gali meet with Thyria, the matriarch of Amber Bay, and talk about trading and contact between their people (Gali dances and entertains the children). Adad and Greeni surface and call to Gali, and Makala joins them out of curiosity.
They dive back down and check out the mold. No one has seen anything like this before, and all of them are concerned by it. Adad and Makala use their special abilities (that is, thumbs) to scoop some up in a shell and take it back to the surface for study. Adad discovers that the stuff sizzles in sunlight - a sure sign of Corruption. Greeni casts a Cure spell on it and it shrieks and turns to dust. That might destroy it, but who knows what effect that shriek (with its psychic and sonic components) might have on the Reef.
The characters dive back down and talk to Teali again, and realize that she's on the verge of a breakdown. Cleaning the Reef and trying to fight back the mold is clearly taking a toll. They decide to descend a bit more, and trying to find a cave entrance or something that might lead to more of the stuff, maybe an origin point.
The four of them descend into a part of the Reef past a drop-off, and Greeni bumps into a section of coral that's been chewed on and cracked off. Adad knows what did this - coral crushers, and there's a school of them swimming this way!
The horrible little fish are sort of similar to piranha, but larger and more...squishy. There's an especially large one directing the others, and they immediately make for Greeni and start biting (rhy-bo are especially delicious). Greeni spews a bunch of ink and swims away to hide, and the crushers turn their attention to Adad, who enhances himself magically and starts punchin' some fish! Gali and Makala, much more skilled as combatants, strike fish, and between the four of them, they manage to kill the alpha crusher and most of the smaller ones. It takes a toll, though, and Greeni spends some time casting some healing spells. Adad casts Body Control and stops himself from bleeding (there are bigger fish down here than coral crushers, and the characters have no desire to meet one), and the characters gingerly pick their way deeper.
They find another drop-off, leading into a ravine, and the mold definitely gets thicker and stronger there. They decide to return to the surface, resupply, and head back down when they're up to par.
Next time, we'll see what awaits them in Ray'fin!
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