CAMPAIGN: The Unburning (D&D5e)

As soon as the cyan-white painted kobold child hears the name "Provincial Pilsbury" she turns her head and screams "PROV!" over her shoulder, and then goes back to playing in the dirt, as if nothing had happened.

From somewhere in the tent, a voice bellows

"Hey-hi! Already? Just wait a baker's minute! I'll be out!"

Sharn

The potion takes effect in a matter of seconds. With a flash of pain as her bones change length and her organs constrict and move around, she becomes a Blood Hawk. The pain passes, and the pleasure of newness floods in, the pleasure of being someone else. She still knows, in some rational corner of her mind that this is an illusion, but it feels so real (just like it does everytime) that she thinks this must be the time that it has finally happened-- Boot's suppliers have screwed up, and somehow he accidentally sold her a REAL potion of True Polymorph.



Kailyn

The moment the old woman realizes that Kailyn is following her, she whirls around and hits him with a spell



Kailyn is completely paralyzed.

The woman screeches "Provincial! Brigands in the camp!" and she flees, dragging the now completely panicked hogs.

"What!? What!? Who's in the What? I'm coming!" shouts Provincial Pilsbury's voice. There is a clatter of metal as if he has knocked over a pile of pots and pans.

"Ahg! Kailyn, fool! The party comes in peacccccce! The party is of the Guild of Arcane Firefighters"

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"Hum, it appears that our babysitting doesn't end at small lizards. Let's sort things out, shall we?"

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<TheGiz> oh hai doggy, oh no that's the straw that broke tjhe came baclsb

Cece smacks her face. "Mondieu..." she mutters "surely thees ees part of the test."

Normin decides to go along with Rasvim and enter the scene of the mishap to try to explain, "Yes, I'm afraid we need this man to help us earn our coin, and quickly become richer than all of England. We've come to learn more of our tasks."

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<TheGiz> oh hai doggy, oh no that's the straw that broke tjhe came baclsb

"My word, what a bunch I've gotten involved with now..." She thinks begrudgingly.

Evangeline shakes her head.

"Madame, we're trainees for the newly forming Arcane Fire-Fighters guild. Please don't mind our friend, he doesn't mean any harm. He's just to...curious for his own good."

Sharn flapped about. She ran around and beat her arms as quickly as she could. Free, she told herself. "I am a mighty blood hawk and free of my fiendish bond," she unknowingly said out loud.
Sharn looked around anxiously. Why wasn't she flying properly? "This must take some practice," she unknowingly said out loud. Best not to let the others know I can't fly in this form. Keep them guessing. "Ha ha ha!" she unknowingly laughed. They all must be impressed with my amazing transformation. These simple minded fools have no idea how to obtain such mighty potions. Sharn raised her winged arms and let out a loud, "Cra-CAW-caw-CRAW!" Then tucked her wing arms back in and high stepped back towards the rest of the group, with a smug look on her face.

"Ees she okay?" Cece asks the others, pointing to Sharn. "Are you okay?" she'll ask to Sharn too.. "Deed all the food do thees to you?"

Evangeline looks on in both tired exasperation and dull confusion.

"I...I wouldn't be able to tell you." She says to the gorgeous, if a little run down, woman. "I'm not quite sure what's happening anymore."

"I'm going to play a song." She says, taking out her violin to play. "I sincerely hope everyone comes to their senses by the time I finish."

Cece quits caring about Sharn and pays attention to the song, looking at the violin as if it were Excalibur.

"Maybe... She's getting herself psyched up? This is what the warriors of the wildlands do, you know. They paint themselves orange and black like the tigers and howl amongst themselves. It gives them the strength of twenty men." Petrol carefully moves out of Sharn's way as she rejoins the group.

Blood Hawk Sharn is basking in all the attention her new form is getting. "They love you now! If only this lasted forever!" she blurted. Sharn scampered over to Kailyn and looked him over. Why isn't he moving? she thought. She gave Kailyn a good peck, bloodying her nose slightly in the process. Then turned her head to the side slightly as if confused.

EDIT: This post is not canon

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<TheGiz> oh hai doggy, oh no that's the straw that broke tjhe came baclsb

"I feel like I should help him, or something responsible like that." She states. "But I'm going to finish this song first."

This is quite possibly going to be the worst thing she has participated in for the sake of money, and that's quite a loaded statement. This party is quickly turning in to a trainwreck, and she's going to provide the background music for this disaster.

"Oh goodnesssssss..." Rasvim is thoroughly confused. "Ssssshould we help him? Sssend someone to ressssstrain Sharn?"

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