“Weaponize Me Later”
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| "Peon" is not a verb |
Last time Lyn (a Gnyll Sneak), DurBurDuke (a Frubbar Schwartzer) and Squire (DurBurDuke’s Roboservant) left the fantastic “City of Diamonds” to seek shelter in the Blorg homestead. The plasma storm kept them holed up until the first lull between storm events. A group of 12 urks, seeking shelter surrounded the house. The thick rock walls kept them safe until the urks realized that a recent addition to the hovel (a small wooden bathroom) meant that a hole had been made in the stone wall. The urks began to rip this off, board by board. Realizing that their time might only be measured in mi-nutas, Squire was put into a robo-suit (called the Wrecking Ball), rolled outside and tasked to take care of the pesky urk problem. While mighty, the robot’s PHP was quickly reduced to zero. Seeing the writing on the wall, Lyn puts on DBD's rocket boots and gloves, grabs up DBD and escapes out the front door.
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| Left to right: DBD, Lyn & Squire |
Lyn flies a gentle arc around the twelve urks jumping up and down on smashed bits of Squire now trapped in the crushed Wrecking Ball. DBD and Lyn are hatching a plan to retrieve the brain module of the robot. A plan is made and after a few slow circles they land on the hovels roof. A good thing too, as the urks had pulled out their bows. DBD begins to beg and plead with the urks to let them back into the hovel (the BA rain is due any time). Rad Bag (the urk leader) suggests that they will do this if DBD "become their slave for one year for each leg he has" (i.e., two). The urks start chanting “We want frog...we want frog” (in a distinctly soviet voice). DBD does some quick thinking and proposes that he build them a slave frog robot. The urks huddle for a quick conference. After a bit Rad agrees, but says “no tricky frog stuff”.
The BA rain is minutes away, so the troupe, Rad and two urk guards hole up in the tiny hovel. DBD retreats into his mind-shack to build the "frog" robo-slave. The first attempt is a total wreck and doesn’t work. Fortunately, he has a second one in crates for quick assembly. After a quick coat of green paint, a square face placard and some googly eyes, it’s ready to serve it’s new masters. There are still many minutes to go before the next calm and everyone (three urks, Lyn, DBD, Squire and the still wet with green paint rob-slave) all sit together in the one room hovel. It’s quiet...until one of the urks wonders what they should make their new slave do. After a lot of thinking they decide it should scratch an itch. There are some tense moments waiting to see if the robo-slave either 1) scratches the itch or 2) misses and pokes out someone’s eye.
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| What a 5 Nimbality looks like |
The BA rain subsides. A period of stillness has begun. Rad the urk says “OK, you all go now. This our house”. DBD begins whining immediately, nearly stunning the proud cruel hard urk. Rad exclaims “Ok..ok..we now are the leaving” and all twelve urks scurry away. No time is lost, the troupe knows the Tarnodo portion of the mighty storm is still to come. Just as the wind picks up, they clamber back inside.
Squire is inside DBD’s mind shack, helping to construct giant individual spider legs when an outside energy force starts to filter into his circuitry. It is completely unknown, ancient and powerful. He knows also can alter him chemically. It’s intent is unknown. After several mi-nutas (and still not knowing the intent of this force or it’s potential harm) Squire decides to let this alien thing into his circuitry with the understanding that he will be forever changed. This force of ancient programming breaks the bond of his robo-slavery to DurBurDuke...he has free will! But that’s not all...his body starts to change into pure liquid! During the change he feels a need to find a container and settles on blue plastic stackable bin. As all his body has now become water, he also knows he can no longer be inside his former masters mind shack and must leave immediately. Once out with his comrades in the tiny hovel he starts to experiment with his new form, seeing how big he can be, what shapes he can mimic, can he get hot or cold.... He expands to fill the room and while his two fellow travelers are inside him they feel a sort of healing. (It’s amazing to see how the newfound ability to heal affects old relationships). Lyn decides that she wants to lick him. The new Squire recoils from this, but not before she can get a good taste.
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| Apparently licking things is a thing in my game |
There is much discussion on the merits of being owned versus having free will. Not more than a few times the changed Squire uses his newfound Deep Triskelion voice to counter the arguments of his former master DurBurDuke. BDB continues to build giant spider legs to attach to the hovel turning into a vehicle to travel in this harsh land. As Squire waxes rhapsodic about being connected to this land and how he wants to stay and see more, DBD is mumbling how all he wants is to start his own circus...by the wall...
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| Technically there should be eight... |
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| It's like homework, BUT FUN (don't tell your parents that you are summoning demons. Trying to explain how you could spin black plastic discs backwards will prove futile). |
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