EPONA

[soulping]

[ Upon stepping through the archway, you find yourself deep within a green forest, surrounded by trees, undergrowth, and the chittering skittering noises of small animals and insects. Behind you and around you, the trees and other vegetation close in on themselves; before you, a narrow but clear path beckons strongly. ]

[ Your normal skills are off, but you gain Basic Outdoorsmanship. ]

Comments

FINALE

[soulping]

[ That's it! You're free of the woods, somehow! There's plenty of light filtering through the trees up ahead. But before you leave and return to your day...

In front of you are three stone plaques, with a small sandy pit beneath each of them, a large wooden stylus at its side. The riddles you found earlier are inscribed on each plaque. If you wish, write an answer in the sand for each riddle. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

 

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

My head's starting to hurt....

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[no seriously I want to beat these things with my shovel]

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

. . . ah, the riddles. . . but they don't have the statues.

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

So it's not one super riddle after all.......

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

No, it's not. . . mm.

Is there really no significance with the statues. . . . ?

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

It's got to be related!

The second one had wings... the first one had scales... the last one was a person?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

Right. But the second one. . . it doesn't make sense. Things with wings are in the air, they don't oppose it.

. . . so maybe it's the opposite?

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

So it's the opposite of a snake?

If it's an angel it could mean... after you go in a gravestone.... you turn into an angel???

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

Did you say the first one was a snake?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

It looked like it could be a snake, or a fish. ...well, less of a fish, more of a. . . Mermaid?

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

Bereft of it both gold and ash
Together fetch the same cold cash...

...scales? Ash could be coal. Things you need to weigh to find the value of.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

Oh! That's an idea. . .

But what about disorder?

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

Well, if you put differently sized things on each side it would be out of order. Out of balance.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

Oh! I see. . .

So without a scale, you wouldn't know how much something's worth, right?

Re: DISCUSSION

[moderndaywhitemage]

Nnnnno balance?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

Does this mean "I" is a broken scale. . . ?

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

If it's a mermaid, that explains why she has problems....

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

. . . what do you mean by that?

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

Just look at Greenigan Gills!

Besides, if she's a mermaid, she just wants to go on land, right? But she can't so she can't get legs! So she's seeking for a way to .. um.. have legs?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wingtamer]

. . . [no i don't understand]

She wouldn't need human money to get legs, I don't think. . . .

SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS

[soulping]

 

Re: SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS

[grandstanding]

[They write:

SCALES

EARTH

LIFE

And then, because he's completely fed up with the whole day, Blade smashes one of the plaques with his shovel for good measure.]

Re: SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS

[soulping]

[The letters for the first and third answers rearrange themselves in the sand...]

WORTH

EARTH

REBIRTH

[But at least the plaque gets smashed.]