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Chuffy x Vrinn, 1st of Abadius

Chuffy wakes up, the rotten grip of death fading as his dreams turn to reality. He touches his chest where the ghost slashed him and drained his life force. He frowns at the invisible scars, before standing and stretching. Looking around, Chuffy seeks out Vrinnathollis. Approaching the half-elf from behind, but making no effort to mask his presence, he taps the fangs in his mouth a few times before saying, "Husband, we need to talk." Without waiting for a response from the rogue, Chuffy rushes into his speech. "Vrinn, you nearly died yesterday, facing that big stupid ogre and the snake bitch. Then only hours after, I nearly died too because of some lonely doofgeist. How can we continue like this? How have you survived until now? How am I going to go home to Grosilge if you're dead? What will you say to her if I die? What about them?" Chuffy gestures vaguely at the rest of the party. "What if we both die? Do you really think they have the right words to console her? What if she does some dooftrauer thing and kills herself? Because of us? Can you condone that? That we could be the cause of her pain? How do we avoid these things? How do we not die? I can't think of the solution, do you have an answer?" Chuffy is looking up at Vrinn, little goblin tears leaking out of his eyes. He remains in front of Vrinn though, awaiting an answer.
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Vrinn finds his morning ritual somewhat... disturbed. His self-mutterings are interrupted by the seemingly ceaseless questions regarding mortality from the pint-sized greenskin. With eyebrows raised, he tries to find several places to interject himself before finally putting a hand on his little goblin friend's shoulder. "Th' answer's simple Chuffy... We don't die." He states, despite the simplicity of the response it still carries enough conviction that would make it seem as though the half-elf actually believes he can dictate on whether or not he will die. "An' if we don't die, then no one has t' carry us back t' Gildie, an' if that ain't happenin' then she won't be sad. As for whatever she does in th' meantime, well, she's her own person, y'know. She can take care o' herself" Rummaging through his pack as he speaks, Vrinn pulls out some dried jerky from his ration pack and breaking some off, hands a piece to Chuffy along with his waterskin to wash it down with. "Just keep on th' good side o' Miro, an' he can fix up what Calistria won't. Unless o' course ye blow yerself up in th' meanwhile" He says with a chuckle, the sparkle in his eyes dancing in the dim morning light
Chuffy stares at Vrinn, mouth hanging open and tears still leaking from his eyes. He numbly accepts the piece of jerky and the waterskin. Slowly he begins to shake his head. "I don't... You... What?" Chuffy's eyes still holding on Vrinn's face, as if he's said the most profound or stupid or profoundly stupid thing he's ever heard.  Chuffy blinks a few times. "What the fuck. What the actual fuck. What. Vrinn. You were practically dead. Big stompy ogre on one side and big slithery snake bitch on the other. How can you say just 'don't die'? You can't keep up your end of the bargain, clearly." Chuffy wipes the tears from his eyes. "No, you're being stupid. I understand that we managed to pull through, but lady snake bitch is still out there, and Gulo won't shut up about how she's just going to keep coming more and more powerful. How can you assume that you'll survive her next scheme? How dare you? Do you have no contingencies at all?" He hugs himself closely, glaring at Vrinn.
With a wide grin, the half-elf leans against the wall and pats the ground next to him, indicating that Chuffy should take a seat with him. Waitig for a moment to see if he does or doesn't, he continues, regardless. "Tis all a matter o' faith, Chuffy" he begins as he pulls out a rather odd looking contraption. Three daggers attached to a circlet and pointing outwards, he rolls it around in his hands while looking at it wistfully. "Tis The Lady In The Room that protects me from dyin', me li'l friend. Did ye know that the goddess Calistria herself visited me? Aye, tis true. An' as long as she needs me down here more than she wants me at her side, then I ain't goin' anywhere. Aye, I might have come close to leavin' ye once or twice..." he says with a smirk, his finger running down the long scar across his otherwise un-marred face thanks to the Lamia "...but I haven't yet, she won't let me" again his voice seems to be coated with the utmost of sincerity, the notion that his life could end at any moment without purpose not being something that he could even consider happening.
Chuffy sits next to Vrinn with a huff. He looks at the circlet with daggers attached and grumpily mutters, "Seems like a waste of knives..." before stuffing the jerky into his mouth. Chewing noisily, he squints at Vrinn.  "OK, so, you believe that some titty goddess loves you in particular and watches you all the time because she has some sort of 'purpose' for you? That she won't allow you to die because she cares?" Chuffy reaches up to Vrinn and flicks his nose. "Dummkopf. People die. All the time. You're no different. How many avatars of sex do you think your titty goddess has had before? Or any other god? How many of them are dead now? How many actually completed their big quests?" Chuffy stands once more, getting enough height to look down his nose disdainfully at Vrinn. "Grosilge matters more than some titty goddess. Make your quest getting home to her alive, not boinking your way across the world." With this, he stares down at Vrinn expecting him to make some snide remark, to affirm his assumptions.
With a shake of his head, he sighs, thumbing the holy symbol in his hands. Looking back at Chuffy, he smiles as he rests his head against the wall and closes his eyes, the smile still on his face to give him an almost serene look, in stark contrast to the gruesome sights and blood smears still in the room. "I hold no illusions that I'm special t' her" Vrinn begins, his voice soft, the melodic elven accent thicker than before "An' aye, ye're prob'ly right, I'm most likely not her favorite chosen. But, she is mine.Me sun, me moon, me air an' me water. Aye, I love her, even more than I love me Da or me Ma, Rhynshinn, or even Grosilge. Me heart belongs t' The Lady, Chuffeh. Ye say she don't care, or won't protect me? Let me tell ye, when that Lamia was stabbin' at me and laid me low, aye, for all intents an' purposes I would have died." He continues, his voice steadily growing with resolve. "But it was Calistria's embrace that I felt that kept me still here. So aye, ye might dismiss her as just some lass with big tits or whatever, but t' me, she's watches over me, protects me, and fer that..." his eyes open, slightly wet "...fer that, I won't die, I choose t' live"
Chuffy watches Vrinn, the elfin grace making the little gob's stomach roil. "Ugh. You're the worst husband. But, I can at least understand you now. Only my titty goddess is Grosilge. Well, sort of. She's not a sun, she's a goblin. She might be a moon by now though... Anyway, I love her. Which is why I want a plan. You're meant to be good at them. Help me figure it out?" Chuffy slumps down next to the titty zealot, sighing. "How do we continue adventuring without bringing her pain?"
Lean forward again, Vrinn goes about packing up his mess kit as he thinks for a moment. The stubble on his face now shaved, he wipes the dagger clean before putting it back in one of his concealed hiding spots. "First things first. We have t' make sure that if we leave, th' Arrows an' Shalelu can hold th' fort in case of a secondary raid. I think it's unlikely, they prob'ly already have what they came for. But we do need t' follow th' ogres to find out what they're up to first before we rush in." he claims while pinching the bridge of his nose, trying to ward off a headache that he knows is most likely unavoidable. Looking out of one of the windows of the keep, the rain just keeps on coming "An' that has me worried too" Vrinn states, nodding his head towards the outside "We're in th' mountains now, an' with this much comin' down, it's most likely goin' t' flood everythin' down below. Farms an' towns will be ruined, people could die. I have a suspicion that Lucretia is behind it, but I can't say fer sure. Either way whatever she has planned, we need t' stop it"
Chuffy's gaze hardens once more. "So you're going to avoid the question. How reassuring. Exactly what I would hope from our Leader ." The goblin practically spits the last word, shaking his head in disgust. "Fine, you worry about the weather. Ungeheuerbumsen. I'm going to go talk to Miro. Maybe he'll have an answer for me. Dummerweise drückebergerei ihre aufgaben. Auschweisendummkopf..." Chuffy stalks out of the room, cursing Vrinn.
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Taken aback, Vrinn watches Chuffy storm off in stunned silence, not used to an outburst from the green skinned alchemist. "Ye wanted a fookin' plan, I tried t' involve ye in the fookin' process, an' then ye don't want t' fookin' hear it? An' then ye call me childish? Fookin', lesson learnt..." the half-elf mutters to himself under his breath as he begins to pack up the rest of his gear, disgruntled and confused