Back to Fishy Normal - May 20, 2016

- Swim lessons?

- Symbiotic worm relationships and allergies

- The girls and the two Fish People come out of the cave dungeon thing, and it's hard to tell what time it is because it's so overcast. Not long after everyone arrives at the surface, it starts to rain.

- The girls decide to go back to the village with the FP, Gorbbel and Jerock so they can rest, and so the guilt-ridden Thessalie can try to make amends with the villagers.

- T chats with Gorbbel and Jerock as they well, keeping up the Tongues spells so they can understand each other. T tried to translate for Sharai the questions she has about being under a Mind Flare's control. There is some confusion on both sides. 

- They get back to the village, and the FP go to their homes, while FST camp under a tree in Sharai's Leomund's Tiny Hut spell.

- Felosyal is jarred out of her Trance by a strange tapping noise. There are five FP just outside the spell and on is poking the spell's dome with a stick. F watches in amusement for a few minutes and then elbows S.

- S pokes her head out of the side of the dome near them and shoos them away with her arms. 

- T finally wakes up and starts packing her stuff and re-braiding her fluffy, curly hair, and as she is rolling up her bed roll, the dome starts to flicker and fade, and she hurriedly finishes rolling it up and packing before the swamp starts sweeping back into the area.

- T casts Tongues again, and tries to talk to a FP who doesn't look too busy to apologize about the whole situation, and upsets him since his brother was one of the ones who was killed. F cuts her off and FST decide they will just fill in the pit that was dug in the path that leads to the cave for the FP and then will build a raft to get to the mainland. 

- FST spend all day filling in the pit, and manage to get it mostly filled in, at least where the path is, and then head back to the village. They are very dirty and sweaty.

- There is a mini quest to find something that will hold water for bathing. They talk to a random person and he tells them that Turbml whose hut at the end of that row has a big pot. T asks him if they can borrow his pot, and it is an enormous cast iron cauldron that he says he uses to make batches of healing potions / poultices / etc. He says the girls can use it, but all three together they just barely manage to knock it over, but they can't get it any farther than that. 

- T asks Turbml if he knows anyone who has a bucket, but then she has to try to explain what a bucket is, because the fish people just go swimming and that's how they keep clean. It's much too cold for the girls to do this, so they go on his advice to ask Florgl.

- T asks Florgl if he has a bucket, which is a thing to carry water or maybe fish, and he shows them a sledge that is sort of a U-shaped trough, but has no ends, so it can't hold water. T starts to break down a little because she's so tired and dirty and wants a bath. She burst out that she just wants something that will hold a gallon or two of water. He shows them a rain barrel that is about 3' tall and about 2' across that is half full of murky water. T is very excited. They dump out the other water and roll the barrel to their camp location.

- The girls set up their camp and have their sponge baths, and return the barrel, which T fills with clean water using her Create Food and Water ritual. They sleep.

- T casts Tongues yet again, and asks Florgl how far to the northern most part of the island. It's probably a two or three day trip, and there may be a settlement of humans up there. Right before they leave, T finally thinks to ask what the Fish People call themselves. It's Kuo-Toa.

- The girls start heading north. Eventually they leave the area with the Kuo-Toa live and there are no more paths. T casts Water Walk, and they continue.

- Eventually the girls come to a lake that's several hundred feet across. T refreshes the Water Walk spell to guarantee they can make it across, and the girls start speed walking to the other shore.
- F who doesn't have to work as hard to keep up with the group, notices a strange movement in the water to the northeast of the girls mostly northern path. She turns and watches as a truly enormous crocodilian snout and head surface and starts making a beeline for the party.
- FST start running as quickly as Thessalie can go, but the croco-gator is gaining quickly. . .

- 1,100 XP ea. for 23,610 XP total ea.