In which the DG perform their secondary function of gathering data

From Record Of Fantasy Adventure Venture
Jump to: navigation, search

May 20th 11:00AM Well, that was a waste. Weddings are dumb.

So, I've heard RUMORS that 'danger gang' is actually an apocryphal attribution of meaning to DG. These guys are no gang but rather gatherers, specifically gatherers of data. My thinking before today was pretty constrained on the topic though. It might not be that the DG are either data gatherers or dangerous thugs but rather that they are either BEING data gatherers or BEING dangerous thugs. They can switch between the two, but cannot be both at once. Certainly the lack of activity so far today indicates that this might be right.

We went to c-town to gather data. Our first attempt was having Zombres dreams at the Graea. They can’t contact him back because he’s wearing a medallion, though.

The next point of data was gathered from the time pit. We pulled Semna out and it was confused about how ugly c-town was and started ranting about this Eorl character. I wonder if it’s the same Eorl from Evelake’s note. There aren’t that many people I’ve met who have the name earl but pronounced with that obnoxious ‘o’ sound. It makes you think of a tremendously sad donkey for some reason. Arben tried to see this guy be lying and he couldn’t. I tend to think that liars are pretty easily caught when they’re acting surprised—that’s a hard one—so the surprise as the craphole town might be real. Maybe this time dungon is also a mind-destroying place.

Finally we decided to gather data on items we are currently holding. First we ask my pal Dr. S to help us identifying some things. He does. He’s a good guy. I hope the rest of the DG can see this now. Goodness, talk about taking advantage of someone you don’t like. We also have to try some things out ourselves and also chat with a deity. So here is what we find out:

  • We have a potion of heroism
  • A potion of tongue swelling (I almost choked on myself)
  • A potion of invisibility
  • some green and white thing that, I don’t know, lots of knowing mutual butter eggs.
  • A terra cotta pennant that’ll keep someone from bleeding out if it isn’t smashed.
  • This awesome bowl of Jezabel. Basically, it reduces most of your stats to increase one of them—but it’s all temporary. You have to eat something that you put into it first, though. Also, there needs to be a stick in front of it for ashera—who must be one of jesus’s weird names for some weird culture.

Arben ate some stuff and started thinking really hard about Eorl. Then Zombres started saying that he’s the smartest and he should eat out of the bowl—only to realize that he couldn’t if there was a stick in front of it. So this leads me to a question. I understand the importance of not eating things under certain conditions. For example, under the condition that I am eating, I will not eat something other than beans. I have reasons for this because I talked to Jesus personally. Now I know that Zombres has talked to Jesus in the form of his dad. Still, I’m pretty sure in those conversations he was never told “hey Z—don’t eat things when there’s a stick in front of them.” I mean, the stick is probably part of J’s dad’s plan in some way (even if it’s a way that’s gone awry). Is it okay to eat food when it’s sat in front of a stick? I know the divine act in ways that I can’t puzzle out a lot of the time, but I cannot for the life of me see why there would be a rule “don’t eat food with a stick behind it, even if it will help you save the world.” As if a world where people at food from the front of sticks would not be worth saving? I must be missing something here. People who follow rules that they don’t understand and can’t verify for themselves don’t make much sense to me though.