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Cloud Shear - Bat Pony Geneticist - 5/5 (5/5)
Alder Frostclaw - Griffon hermit - 5/5 (5/5)
Rin - Dragon Outlaw - 7/5 (7/5)
Cerulean Splash - Sharkpony Knight - 8/5 (8/6)
Heavyhoof Steve - EP Crusader - 9/6 (9/6)
Cutlass - Uni Rogue - 5/4 (5/5)

Last time on Pirates...

The party trekked northeast along the road of an old ruin of the ancient Windies' civilization. They were on their way to the Gusties' half of the island, in order to figure out how and why the Gusties were able to summon their Loa demons and attack the Misties, even though they hadn't been able to attack the Misties to that degree before.

Along the way, they encountered a pack of skeletal dinosaurs of all kinds of varieties. After defeating the dinos, they explored a half-buried ziggurat, belonging to the Windie tribe, that described a series of rituals by which the Windies established who their queen was. The rituals were a test of Vitality, Wisdom, Steadfastness and Kindness. They decided to take on the test along their way across the island.

>>29439045
>>29439051
>>29439095
>>29439055
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGtRJAW423A&feature=youtu.be

You stand before the mural on the temple wall, depicting in hieroglyphs the journey that would-be queens endured in their quest for power. She must visit each of the four temples, and complete the quest therein. Based on the map hieroglyph on the mural, it seems as though you are in a temple near the center of the island. There is one to the southeast (in the Gusties' territory), one directly north, and one to the northeast.

In the upper right corner of the room, light dribbles down from a large crack in the ceiling, and rocks pile up toward it, which look climbable. The temple continues down the hallway which you just came from.

>>29439053
You found a sunny spot in the jungle to meditate, and the drone of flies and insects becomes a continuous, calming drone of white noise.

>>29439225
>>29439051
>>29439055
>>29439095
Cloud skims over the murals not paying much attention to the finer details, or most of the details.
"Are we bothering with this? Seems a bit out of the way, unless its got some links with those Loa spirits."
He asks the others.

>>29439225
"So... do we have any idea where to look for the next test?" he asks, ruffling his wings a little "Or do we just keep heading for the Gusties' side of the island?"

>>29439225
>>29439281
"Let's head for the southeast temple. We can get rid of them gusties along the way." Rin says, beginning her climb back up through the large crack.

>>29439259
"Coming or not, I'm going to become this islands new queen! I'll have the queen's treasure if it's the last thing I do!" Rin shouts, her greed fueling her enthusiasm for temple hunting.

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>>29439225
After lighting some incense, Steve flattens out against the jungle floor and thinks upon the teachings of Sugar Hoof and the events of the days past.

He comes to the conclusion that working hard now will not always result in less work later and falls asleep.

>>29439225

Cutlass lays uncomfortably on the ground while everyone reads the hieroglyphics. With her change in size, she is afraid to stand tall, lest she accidentally touch any of the ancient walls, ceilings, or pillars of this unwashed place. Who knows what bugs may be crawling in an old buildings such as this?

"Yes, this is all quite fascinating," Cutlass says, her words dripping with sarcasm. "But, does this really concern us? Wasn't the plan to raid a village and leave?"

>>29439259

"I don't know what spirits you're referring to, but if we aren't going to do anything with this, then we should discuss it outside. It's quite... cramped in here..." she trails off as she fidgets awkwardly with her shredded dress, trying desperately to maintain some amount of modesty.

>>29439225
Cerulean takes the odd egg she found with her. She wasn't sure if it would hatch or not, but it would look pretty nice in her groto back home regardless.

>>29439259
"Might as well. I mean, it is in Gustie turf, right? And we're heading in there anyway. Who knows, maybe we might find some neat Gustie stuff to take home!"

>>29439297
>>29439290

"Treasure?" Cutlass says, looking up from her own dress with a far more interested demeanor. "Well, now you ARE speaking my language. This queen business sounds pretty melodramatic though. Can't we just steal the treasure. It's not like we need to be adored by a bunch of breezies... or whatever these things are."

>>29439290
Alder nods a little, before chirping happily "T-Treasure sounds nice, I would say!"

>>29439290
"Whatever floats your boat."
Cloud says with a shrug.

>>29439297
"The gusties have some bad spirit things they called to attack us, which is why we're walking across this island in the first place. To stop them."
Cloud glances up and down Cutlass.
"You're the one who came in here all big. Can't complain when you should have expected an old temple ot not take giants."

>>29439310
"Yea, but hen we'll have to walk *all* over this island for the other temples. Just seems like a lot of work."

>>29439354
"Phooey. When has some hard work ever kill anypony," she says with a pout and a flick of her tail.

>>29439354

"Well I'm not the one who made me this way!" Cutlass objects. "You weirdo," she adds after a moment.

>>29439310
"What kind of things do you think the Gusties would have? H-Hopefully their things are larger than the Misties' things... not that I dislike the gift I received, o-of course!"
>>29439354
"Perhaps we might find reasons to go that way, anyways?"

>>29439310
>>29439297
>>29439290
>>29439259
It occurs to you that the Misties might also know something about these trials and temples, and would be the go-to people to ask.

As you crawl out of the crack in the ground, you find yourself in more thick jungle. To the west you see the hill on which you fought those skeleton dinosaurs. The Gusties' village is further to the southeast. As you trek through the shrubbery, the path soon dissipates into the thickness of the undergrowth, suggesting nobody's gone down this way in a long time. Nobody your size anyway. As you proceed, the air becomes more dry and rougher, and sharp breezes grate against you like wisps of sandpaper.

Roll 1d10

>>29439296
The warmth of the sun and the drone of the insects lulls you into a deep sleep. You dream of fond, nostalgic memories and scenes from your youth.

Roll 1d10

>>29439314
"Yarharhar, I'll just take the title then if nobody wants it." Rin chuckles with a yar har har.

>>29439324
>>29439354
"Then it's settled, we spill gustie blood and search for the queen's treasure!"

>>29439387
Rin begins to search around as she treks through the abandoned path, taking slow deep breaths as the air gets a little rougher to breathe.

[1d10]

>>29439376
Cerulean hums in thought.
"No idea. I never even knew Misties existed until now. But I'm sure there is bound to be something neat!"

>>29439387
As Cerulean presses on, she braces herself and ducks down a bit.
"Yeesh. Haven't felt this since the first time I beached myself."

[1d10]

>>29439374
"I felt pretty dead after hard work sometimes. Probably a sign of what it'd do if I kept that up."

>>29439375
"Did it help fight off those skele-saurs?"
He asks in question.
"You're welcome." He quickly says after, answering.

>>29439376
"I suppose so..."

>>29439387
Cloud marches through the shrubbery as the group decides to follow the trials, pushing through the rough growth with plenty of complaints.
"Ugh, can't walk through this place and now its feeling like a desert. This island is just full of unpleasentness."
>[1d10]

>>29439408
"W-Well I certainly do not want the title... I do not think coming back to my tribe a 'Queen' would do me any good." he mumbles, letting out a nervous little warble
>>29439415
"Yeah, I will bet! This whole island seems to be full of surprises, anyways!" he chirps out, before coughing sharply and frowning "I am used to harsh conditions, but none similar to this... this place feels so suffocating." he mumbles, before tucking his wings in a little tighter. Luckily for him, he's not really large enough for the more dense foliage to be a big problem
[1d10]

>>29439387
Steve has a wet dream

[1d10]

>>29439387

"Fantastic," Cutlass groans as the wind ruins her dress further.

[1d10] for resistance(?)

>>29439408

"As if anyone would want to follow you," Cutlass mutters, pouting.

>>29439436

"I-I was fine without your help, weirdo!"

>>29439480
"Sure you were."

>>29439436
She tilts her head.
"Then why not make yourself bigger? I mean, I felt tougher and stronger when you made me big, so maybe if you got big too it won't tire you out as much."

>>29439453
"Exactly! Now let's get though this nasty wind and see what's out there!"

>>29439501

"Are you doubting me!?"

>>29439480
"Oi! Shut it or I'll make sure to keelhaul you when we get back to the ship!"

>>29439522

"I don't think you even know what that is," Cutlass accuses.

>>29439506
"They don't let me grow on the job. Something about 'not being delicate enough for weather work', and 'a public risk walking around like that'."

>>29439507
"You were on the ground for most of the fight until I helped. So yea."

>>29439525
"I'll be glad to prove ye wrong with a demonstration." Rin growls back.

>>29439408
>>29439415
>>29439436
>>29439480
>>29439453
https://youtu.be/zxjjie1Ohio

The thick coils of grass and foliage grow coarser and tougher as you forge ahead, causing you to trip often as vines snare your ankles. Bristly plants and angry needles grate at your skin, gnawing at your legs with many bright red scratches. It's as if the jungle itself doesn't want you to come this way.

As you forge ahead, though, you hear something like a subtle stomping and a rustling. Soon the overhanging leaves and fruits from the trees obscure your view making it impossible to see more than a few inches in front of your own noses.

Eventually, you are forced to stop, before an unnatural and unusual sight. The path ahead is blocked by dozens of trees all lined up in a row, right next to one another. It's no fence; the trees are unmistakably growing out of the ground, but they're all in a row, and block your path.

>>29439462
The dream quickly becomes a nightmare, however, as a thick pressure starts to press onto your chest and front. You're in a deep cave, squeezed into some crevice of rock barely wide enough for you to squeeze through; the cave rocks and quakes, trembling violently. The floor lowers and then raises, as if to crush you against the upper wall of the crevice. Roll 1d10+1

>>29439546
"But you're not at...whatever job had weather and junk. You're here now. So I say grow away!"

>>29439565
"Woah, weird, but not gonna let this stop us."
She then goes up to the trees and swings her tail at them, looking to knock them down and out of the way.
>Slam, +1, crits 8+, DC-1
[1d10+1]

>>29439565
Steve begins stomping on the cave floor with all his might in an effort to slow it's ascent, trying to make the best use of what little space he has.

[1d10+1]

>>29439565
Rin is used to a little wear and tear against her armor and scales, forcing herself through the thicket.

When she comes across the trees, she decides to help Cerulean with forcing the trees down.

>Dual attack
[1d10]
[1d10]
>Slice n' Dice
[1d10]

>>29439546

"Th-that's just how I fight," Cutlass stutters, blushing.

>>29439548

"No thank you..." she mutters awkwardly.

>>29439565

"I hate this jungle!" Cutlass screeches as the bottom portion of her dress is completely torn away. Then, she looks up and realizes she's inches away from crashing into the "fence".

"Grrr! Who put this in my way!?" she shouts as her horn glows. She telekinetically punches the tree.

[1d10+1] for telekinesis on tree

>>29439580
"Right now I think that'd be a bad idea. Already getting scratched up enough, don't need more of myself to get into these vines."

>>29439565
Cloud falls back behind the others, letting them clear the path up some to lower the resistance he has to walk through. Doesn't help too much as visibility cuts down, even for a bat like him. Stumbling forward as everypony else stops, he looks out to the trees in a neat row to block their progress.
"this island really doesn't like us."
He thinks a moment, can't really change the weather to clear out trees anytime fast. But, if Rin is already gung-ho for that treasure, making her body match that drive would make this far easier. His eyes take a light orange glow, focusing his magic on the dragon.
>Wax/Wane [Grow] [1d10]

>>29439565
Alder squirms through the foliage uneasily, trying to work his way through it. When he comes to the wall of trees, he stops and... frowns

>>29439603
>>29439590
>>29439580
"U-Uhm... I am afraid I do not think I can help with this, much. I-I can try and find another way, or..." he lets out an uneasy little chirp, and lets his head hang a little

>>29439603
"Oh good, I really helped you out then. You can crush the bad guys when you fall down next time."

>>29439617
"Oh fine. But don't complain to me if you get tired."

>>29439633
"No biggie," she says as her tail makes contact, "just keep a lookout for something then. We are kinda in Gustie turf, so maybe they might try and get the drop on us like a sneaky flounder hiding in the sand."

>>29439639

"Weirdo," she mutters haughtily in response.

>>29439653
"Unoriginal."
He retorts dismissively.

>>29439603
Rin huffs at Cutless. "Just save your lip for the gusties. If you can do that, maybe I'll let you take whatever dresses we find in the Queen's Treasure." Rin says. "You look like you could use a replacement."

>>29439633
"Ye can always flap your wings at us to keep us cool. Yarharhar!" Rin laughs at her own joke.

>>29439580
>>29439590
>>29439603
>>29439617
>>29439633
As you attack the trees, they do not break, but rather... bend? Their trunks stretch back like rubber, absorbing the impact. Scowling faces etch into the tree trunks, and everyone but Cutlass recognizes them as the caricatures that are the Loa's faces. The trees shiver, and their leaves and branches all coil up against the trunks. The trees are all sucked back into the ground, leaving large gaping holes in the soil where they once were.

The ground all around you begins to quake and rumble, gentle at first but quickly accelerating to a tremor.

>>29439586
As you stomp against the floor of the cave, your vision fades, and a sense of grogginess and disorientation grips you. You awake in a dim cavern, bound up in a tight cocoon made of leaves and vines, with your head exposed. You can't turn your head much, but you see that you are being carried from below atop what looks like a tree. The tree slithers along, with its roots wiggling behind it like a snake's body. The cavern is full of stone ruins, such as ziggurats and even whole chunks of city, made of beautiful teal and purple stone. It looks as though they dropped in from above due to an earthquake, perhaps.

>>29439664

"But, accurate."

>>29439670

"What, are you planning to stay here?"

>>29439651
Alder nods a little, cheering up noticeably and trying his best to keep a lookout while they work away at the trees
[1d10] Lookout

>>29439675
Alder squawks in surprise as the tremors begin and turns back around, his tail flicking about nervously as he flutters his wings to get off the ground "W-What is going on?" he asks, looking over at the now non-existent wall and cocking his head to the side
Flight [Automatic]

>>29439675
"That's right! You better run, you no-good Loa thingies!"

As the ground rumbles, Cerulean steadies herself.
"I think we better get moving. And fast!"
She then proceeds to run forward, jumping over the holes left behind from the trees.

>>29439676
"For you maybe."

>>29439675
Cloud takes a step back as faces raise in the tree trunks, disheartened more from the faces appearing themselves than from them being of the Loas. As they vanish and the ground quakes, Cloud quickly jumps into the air in avoidance.
>Flight [1d10]

>>29439712
>a roll because some mysterious voice told me to
[1d10]

>>29439675
"Hey, just what's going on here feller?" Steve says struggling against the tree's grasp.
"This is just cruel friend, a boy can't even sleep in the middle of a humid bug-infested jungle in plain view of any predator without getting predated upon anymore!"

>>29439713

"I'm not the one who grows ponies and then ogles them," she accuses angrily.

>>29439675

Cutlass's eyes grow wide as a face appears in front of her. When the tree sinks into the ground, she shouts, "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!?"

She looks around quickly as the tremors start. "Let's go while we have the chance!"

She jumps over the hole and runs in the direction they've been going. [1d10+1]

>>29439676
"Pah! Don't be silly, I'm just going to make all those little fairy ponies give me all their left over treasure. The sea is my life and I will not abandon that for anything."

>>29439675
Rin attempts to fly up to avoid the tremoring, hestitating for a moment. When she notices Cutless attempting to escape over the holes, she attempts to fly over and help her get out of the way.

>Flying
[1d10]

>>29439682
You see an attack from some wild trees!

>>29439724
"Hey, I'm not ogling anypony. You're the only who can't keep a dress together and draws attention to it."

>>29439752

"I-I'm not drawing attention to anything!"

>>29439761
"Then why are you getting defensive?"

>>29439771
>>29439761
Alder follows along with the rest of the group, giving the arguing pair a concerned look "S-Should we not focus o-on the more pressing matters? W-We are not in the best place to argue."

>>29439783

"Don't tell me when to argue!" Cutlass argues.

>>29439783
"I'm just messing around. Prissy types always take things so seriously, it's fun to do this to them."

>>29439802

"I am not prissy, I am a pirate," states as if it is objective fact.

>>29439800
Alder flattens his ears back and shies away, before nodding a little and keeping quiet

>>29439704
>>29439713
>>29439719
>>29439724
>>29439735
Rin barely manages to yank the giant Cutlass away from the trembling jungle floor before all the trees that sunk underground jut right up through where you were just standing. As they extend to their full height and uncoil themselves, their Loa faces cackle and sneer derisively. A few of them reach up with their branches, pluck the fruit growing off of themselves, and throw it at you.

[1d10] [1d10]

>>29439722
The tree climbs up a set of stone stairs, then eventually sets you down atop a slab of purple and teal rock. It appears to have been some kind of sacrificial altar, judging by ancient bloodstains stretching all over the slab. To your right, there's more of the purple and teal stone architecture, leading up to a kind of palace. Said palace appears to be sticking up through the ground, leading to fresh air. You see mounds of treasure up on the stairs leading up to the palace top.

>>29439806
"A prissy pirate."

>>29439831
Cloud's eyes glow again, trying to twist the harsh winds that have been blowing on them to push the fruit back at the trees so they can escaped unharmed.
>Climate Control [1d10]

>>29439806
>>29439831
"If you're such a pirate then show it to me, I hope you can fight while on someone's back!" Rin says, handing a bottle of Blueberry Sour to Cutlass.

>Blueberry Sour: Grants the user another action for 2 turns

"Are ye ready to do this, lass? I want you to make sure our blades make beautiful music slicin' these loa up!" Rin shouts, guzzling down a bottle of the Blueberry Sour. The tone and passion in her voice for pirate filled violence attempting to inspire Cutlass.

>>29439831
"Oh good. I needed a toothpick," Cerulean says as she charges up to the trees and opens her mouth wide, giving each tree a rough gnawing.

>Cleave 4 targets, fails 4-
[1d10+1]

>>29439831
>>29439735

Cutlass "eeps" as she is lifted and pulled back. Before she can object, she looks up at the trees rising in front of her.

She looks to Rin. "Th-thanks," she says softly.

Then, she sees the trees readying to throw fruit at them. "Okay, now that's just rude," she says angrily.

A large dagger flies out from under her dress and slashes at a branch grabbing at fruit.

>[1d10+1] for a single weapon attack

>>29439854

"A prissy pirate CAPTAIN," Cutlass says, correcting him. "I-I mean just a pirate captain!" she corrects herself quickly.

>>29439889

"Dare I ask what is in that beverage?" she asks, eyeing it suspiciously.

>>29439831
Alder screeches angrily at the Loa trees, before his eyes widen in surprise and he attempts to duck out of the way
[1d10] Dodge

>>29439900
"Just drink it now!" Rin commands, not giving Cutlass an explanation as she readies her weapons.

>>29439831
"I really hope this isn't what the unusual dagger I bought is for" Steve murmurs to himself nervously as he looks upon the bloodstains

"Well I guess I oughta be getting back to my friends now fellers" Steve shouts to whatevers around him.

"Just gotta break free now"

[1d10]

>>29439900
"You need a boat and a crew to be a captain, prissy pants."

>>29439945

"I... had those..." Cutlass pouts.

>>29439854
>>29439897
>>29439900
>>29439901
The fruits are blown back in their wooden faces, and the four trees that threw those fruits become paralyzed as the fruits break on their faces and coat them in an unnerving purple sap. Cerulean pummels the trees and Cutlass slices off one of the trees' branches, keeping it from throwing more things at her. The four paralyzed trees sink back into the ground, snarling in annoyance.

The other Loa trees hoot in gladness and amusement as they see their brothers abused so. They reach out to other, non-possessed trees, and start raiding them for things to throw at you as you float in the air (save for Cerulean).

Trees A and B throw pony pirate skeletons at you all.

Trees C and D throw live monkeys, dressed in pirates's clothing, at you all.

>>29439912
As you cut yourself free, a clicking sound grabs your attention. Each series of clicks starts off very rapidly, then slows down to a mesmerizing tempo. It's like a rattlesnake's rattle, but resembles the clacking of bones with a sharp stone tool. Musty breath seeps from the far end of the cavern, which is steeped in darkness.

>>29440003
I should probably roll, huh

[1d10] [1d10] A and B

[1d10] [1d10] C and D

>>29440003
Rin shouts as she swings in to carve out a weak spot on Tree A before swinging at it with a flurry of attacks.

>Rupture
[1d10]
>Dual Attack
[1d10]
[1d10]
>Slice n' Dice
[1d10]

>>29440003

"You disgusting rude trees!" Cutlass shouts at them as she is carried away. Another dagger flies out from under her dress and another from under her hat.

>1 dagger for the branches on Tree A [1d10+1]
>1 dagger for the branches on Tree B [1d10+1]
>single weapons

>>29440003
Alder flutters his wings a little bit and tries to get a tad more altitude, before pulling his bow out and trying to shoot at a couple of the flying pirate monkeys flying through the air
[1d10+1] Shortbow

>>29440003
"HEY! WHOS THERE!" Steve shouts into the darkness.

Taking on a defensive stance now that he's free, "PRESENT YOURSELF, STRANGER!"

"WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME SHADOW!" Said Steve believing he was now engaged with darkness itself.

Steve shouts out one last time a recitation of a doctrine of Sugar Hoof
>Word Of Power [1d10]

>>29440003
Cloud celebrates with a hoof pump as the fruit is blasted back to the trees and the retreat in shame. Looking to Rin again, his eyes glow as he tries to boost up the dragon to tear through them with ease.
>Wax/Wane [Grow] [1d10]

>>29440003
>>29439981
Cloud drifts back as the tree start chuckle an assortment of pirate themed beings at the party.
"Keep your hooves up, looks like you can get some now!"

>>29440003
Seeing more trees pop up, Cerulean growls a bit.
"I've had it with you Loa!"
She runs back at Tree D, jumping up, and doing a frontflip to slam her tail down into it.

>Crits 8+, +1, DC-1
[1d10+1]

>>29440068

"Oh, har har," Cutlass says in an ironic pirate laugh.

>>29440034
>>29440040
>>29440055
>>29440068
>>29440071
The skeletal pirates break upon impact with you, causing you to lose 2 Hits each. The monkeys, however, are a bit more sturdy, and in their panic and confusion over being thrown so suddenly, latch onto you and scratch and bite at you incessantly.

>Monkey'd
>Lose 2 Hits per turn until removed; attempting to remove is an instant roll

>Cloud 1/5
>Alder 1/5
>Rin 3/5
>Cerulean 4/5
>Cutlass 1/4

>>29440034
You slice up tree A, causing it to retreat into the ground, but then Tree B punches you square in the face which knocks you away.
>Rin 0/4

>>29440055
Your arrow breaks off one of Tree C's branches.

>>29440040
Your first dagger hits Tree C in the eye, causing it to sink, but Tree D catches the other knife and throws it back, hitting you right in the thigh.
>Cutlass 0/3

>>29440071
Tree D is smashed straight into its hole.


>everyone see this
All the other Loa-Trees laugh at the frenzied monkeys scrabbling at you, and are so busy with their mirth that they forget to attack.

>>29440058
https://youtu.be/mzC-43mMwi4
Indeed, something begins to creep out of the shadows, but as it inches out of the darkness into the light, it vanishes, only allowing you a brief instant to survey its body as it wriggles forward. Its body is some kind of jungle cat, as big as a mammoth, easily. Its skin is putrid and bumpy, like a ship rotted by seawater, and it's a murky moldy color.

Once it's vanished entirely, the only indication you have of it are three dangling lights, floating in a rough triangle formation, but they swing like a pendulum, back and forth in a hypnotic rhythm, making it hard to track its exact location.

>>29440146
Cloud tumbles as the monkey latches onto him, pushing it away and hissing back at it, barring his fangs to try and scare it back.
>Remove Monkey [1d10]

Glancing at the trees, his eyes glow as he tries to call in a blizzard over them to freeze them out and kill them off.
>Climate Control [Blizzard] [1d10]

>>29440146
Rin growls as she attempts to push herself back up. "I won't be tossed around by a bunch of trees!"

>Double recovery attempt
[1d10]
[1d10]

>>29440146

"Gah! Worst desert island I've been marooned on yet!" she groans as her own dagger digs into her thigh. She pulls it out and rights herself.

[1d10] to get out of helplessness

[1d10] again if the first one fails because juice

>>29440146
Steve presses his helmet on tight and holds the unusual dagger in his hooves

"I'm warning you, whatever the heck you are, I'm armed with a weapon I have been adeptly trained in usin'!" Steve shouts as convincingly as possible

"Just gotta keep the bladey part over there and the nubby part over here stevie boy," He reassured himself.

>>29440146
Cerulean yelps a bit.
"Ahh! Octopus! Octo-oh wait...."
She gets a better look at what is clawing her. Seeing a weird monkey dressed funny, Cerulean attempts to grab it for a hug.
"Awwww! Look, they've got these furry things dressed like pirates!"
She continues to gush over the monkies much like she was with the Misties.

>getting monkey off
[1d10]
>getting monkey on her side via a shower of compliments
[1d10]

>>29440003
Alder screeches angrily at the monkey before ripping at its back to try and remove it. Despite the monkey business, he decides to throw one of his potion vials at Cloud
Remove Monkey [1d10]
Natural Remedy [1d10]

>>29440207
(For future reference, the flower is tucked behind Alder's ear, which definitely makes him look intimidating)

>>29440207
>>29440166
The two of you remove your monkeys, and then Alder heals Cloud. More clouds (real ones) gather overhead, and the air becomes mildly chilly. Those monkeys run off into the jungle in a fright.
>Cloud 5/5

>>29440177
>>29440180
Although you get up, your monkeys are still persistently freaking out all over you, slapping you with claws, tails and teeth.
>Cutlass 3/4
>Rin 5/5

>>29440187
Your monkey is too frenzied to get away from you or notice your attempts at cuddles, and continues his berserk onslaught, apparently thinking you're trying to squeeze him to death.
>Cerulean 2/5

>>29440185
As the lights get closer, they vanish altogether. After a couple seconds, the dagger vibrates with a life of its own, and points toward your right.

[1d10+2]

>>29440263
>Forgot to mention

You hear a thunderous clacking and rumbling of drums coming from the southeast, followed by a low, musical chatter. You notice that it catches the Loa-Trees attention, turning their expression into one of longing. Two trees vanish into the ground. Seems they've forgotten you somewhat, having only been toying with you.

>>29440263
"Get off of me you damn dirty apes!" Rin insults them, trying to shake off the monkey on her back while also attempting to attack one of the two remaining trees.

>Get this monkey off my back!
[1d10]
>Slice n Dice
[1d10]

>>29440263

"Get off me, you little freak," Cutlass says, annoyed, as she pulls the monkey off of her with telekinesis and tosses it over her shoulder.

[1d10+1]

>>29440263
Alder pants a little, before frantically knocking another arrow and firing it at the monkey on Cerulean's face "Y-You get off of my friend!" he shrieks out
[1d10+1] Shortbow

>>29440263
"Yea, learn your place next time!"
Cloud shouts at the monkey as it runs off. He looks to his clouds and the trees tunneling away, wondering if that really was all it needed. His ears perk towards the drums, head following in turn.
"Didn't that mural say the gusties were off to the southeast?"
He asks aloud to the others.

In preparation, and to avoid any more tough troubles, he looks to Rin again to try and get the party their giant dragon.
>Wax/Wane [Grow] [1d10]

>>29440263
"Okay, now you're starting to hurt," she says and gets the bright idea to leap up and land back onto the ground, using the monkey to break her fall.

>doing flips and shit (to get the monkey off)
[1d10]
>ANOTHER!
[1d10]

>>29440279
>>29440284
>>29440288
>>29440305
>>29440293
As another ring of drums and music rocks out from the southeast, the Loa-Trees look at one another, making contemplative noises as though they were discussing what to do. But, once Rin grows to three times her size, their expressions turn to one of wild, wide-eyed intimidation and terror. The rest start to slip into the ground in their rush to split from Rin's immense stature.

As the music in the distance gets louder, your ears pick up on a level of funkiness that is a universal signal of a party.

>>29440410
Cerulean's ears perk, and her tail does some slapping on the ground in time with the rhythm.
"Fun when there's these crazy trees and pirate monkeys? Something doesn't add up, or is it just me?"

She then proceeds cautiously forward, tail still moving about with the music.

>>29440429
Alder flutters back down to the ground, and hurries over to Cerulean "W-Wait! Before we go any further, l-let me patch you up. I can not let you walk around in such a state." he fusses, pulling out a couple of his vials and trying to help
[1d10] Natural Remedy

>>29440410
When Rin's body grows larger than she expected, her tight leather stretches before snapping and tearing apart, leaving scraps left to cover on her body. "Yarharhar! Now this is what I'm talking about!" Rin says, savoring the fact she's now stronger with her size. She stomps off towards the "party" that's going on, ready to scare the voodoo out of those loa.

>>29440464
>Forgot to mention doing it stealthily.
>Sneak: Rolling if needed
[1d10]

>>29440448
"A-A party? W-Well, the music sounds good enough to dance to, at least... if quite unusual."

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>>29440448
"Alright. Not like anything neat happened to make these ones worth keeping around," she says, sitting still long enough until she gets patched up.
"Thanks again, Al," she says with a playful ruffle of his head feather, "now let's check out this 'might be a party but might not be a party'...party."

>>29440457
"Hmm...maybe you could use whats left of your dress for a...oh, what did they call it...a toga? I think that was the name of it up on land and they had parties for those."

>>29440410
>>29440464

"Welcome to the nightmare..." Cutlass mutters morosely.

She follows everyone to the party.

>>29440410
With the trees fleeing in fright, Cloud savors in the feeling of being able to scare these spirits by just playing with the sizes of the crew. He looks towards the sounds of the party, for once in his life feeling apprehensive about the tantalizing draw of relaxation and partying.
"This... doesn't sound right. I think we should probably keep back from this one guys."

>>29440483
Alder lets out a happy little warble, before following along behind her excitedly "I do not believe I have heard of a 'toga'."
>>29440485
"M-Maybe they are not as bad as they seem?"

>>29440464
>>29440485
"See, she enjoys it."
Cloud says in support of his magic at Rin cheering at her size while Cutlass continues moping

>>29440498

"I don't really care either way," Cutlass sighs. "I'm only here for the ship. And treasure."

>>29440508

"And now you see the difference between a classy captain, and a lowly regular pirate."

>>29440516
"Yea, the captain is enjoying the boost while the lowly pirate keeps whining about it."
Cloud responds smugly, twisting her words back.

>>29440464
>>29440457
>>29440448
>>29440493
>>29440429
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFQr8KQXEg8
>Cerulean 8/6

The song shifts to something more relaxing and laid-back as you approach. The ground becomes more arid, and the ground dries up. There are still plants around, but you notice they have actually been preserved from being so dry. A cycle of hot wind surrounds the area, acting like a security barrier.

Past the wind, you see a rough-and-tumble pirate crew, mostly ponies but some monkeys as well, about half a human's size. The monkeys are all dressed like pirates. Accompanying them are small Breezie-sized ponies, whose coats are mostly in shades of sandy brown. Instead of insect wings, they have a set of rotating wings which spiral like the blades of a helicopter in their back, and each wears a set of flight goggles, made out of hollowed-out seeds. They're all having a party. These must be the Gusties.

While the Misties' village was small and built out of the roots of large trees, the Gusties inhabit stone buildings and homes made out of purple and teal stone, like what you saw in the temple you visited earlier. There's advanced infrastructure and even running water here. Things look quite comfortable as they pass around food and toss meat to the myriad birds who perch on the stones, overlooking the party.

>>29440526

"You!" she says, but she has nothing to say. "Rrrrrgh!"

>>29440549
"Wait...these are the feared and evil Gusties?" Cerulean asks, looking to everyone else.
"But...but they look so cute like the Misties did! And...I don't think sharing is all that evil."

Cerulean carefully approaches, waving her tail like a creature known as a 'human' would wave a hand in the air as a sign of greeting.
"Hello! Uhmm...we liked your music! Not big fans of those trees, but the music is nice," she says in an attempt to break the ice, then looks at the stone buildings, "actually, your homes remind me of my home. Kinda reminding me of the coral reefs I used to swim in."

"Say, could you maybe not attack us? It's been a long day, and I was hoping to have some fun when I heard the music."

>>29440549
Alder is a little surprised by the view. The arid envvironment doesn't bother him much, but the hot winds do. He lets out an uneasy little noise, before giving the Gusties a confused look, and nervously waving "U-Uhm... hello? You are the Gusties, yes?" he asks, his tail curling around one of his hindlegsnervously

>>29440549
>>29440593
"I still wanna scare a few" Rin says with an evil grin, bursting out of the woods. "YARGH! BRING ME YOUR LOA SO I CAN MAUL THEM!" Rin shouts as she bursts out from hiding, attempting to scare the gusties into submission.

>Startling Intimidation [Bonuses from necklace and size]
[1d10+4]

>>29440549
Cloud keeps to the back of the back of the group as they march towards the music, feeling it as ominous given the Loas that they just faced. Once they past into the clearing, the Gusty camp coming into view, Cloud is a bit thrown off at how similar it feels to the Misties.

Having bummed around Equestria enough to know one can act casual in whatever environment they get used too, he stays on guard given how viciously they attack the Misties. But, in one attempt to maybe calm them or at least make them not attack right away, his eyes glow. Cloud attempts to call in some rain clouds, maybe some water to freshen up this area might help.
>Climate Control [Rain] [1d10]

>>29440549
>>29440617
>>29440593

"I don't care who they are," Cutlass groans. "Are we pillaging or not?"

>>29440630
"No, something seems off. Call it instinct, but I don't think a bunch of evil jerks would be sharing food and stuff like I saw."

>>29440630
"Not yet, those trees you saw back there? These guys can call up the spirits that were in 'em."

>>29440593
>>29440615
>>29440616
>>29440617
>>29440630
As you approach, the Gusties part the barrier of wind in order to allow you to enter. They speak with dignified Itailian accents and grammatically correct speech, unlike the Misties, but much like the Misties, they bristle with excitement and curiosity. They bombard you with questions as they float around you, their dignified chattering overlapping into a buggy buzz.

Then, Cloud's rain summoning coincides neatly with Rin's dramatic and destructive appearance. Gusties, birds, monkeys and pirates all panic and scatter, screeching and shouting in terror and surprise at the giant dragon.

Amid the chaos, however, a Gustie wearing a tiny leather jacket, riding atop a sparrow, starts flying straight toward Rin.

>pause