Message:The players are trying to disrupt the ship building in Sinope. The crossed the tar pits, the moat with markings of Anchor and Parrot. Escaped death in Antechamber of forcefulness and the illusory Kitchen pitfall. They met a crying man, six-feet tall w/ an ogre sized head spanning his entire shoulders. He tried to offer help to the party.
The main enemy is a person who can summon demons and create living clones of important NPCs. That's a dangerous combination. Rasùl the Syrian is actually not involved. The rogue fleet bothering the Three-Eyed Oracle was led by clones.
Flashback previously to Constantinople, the players hunt for Sulla, the Roman shipper, and encounter three copies of a shrinking Dace and new figure, Tom the Lunatic. Dace is supposed to be dead. Tom is enigmatic.
Tom the Lunatic
Would you like a Riddle or a Poem? He's trying to help.
Tom the Lunatic will spout rhymes and riddles. With each one he seems to grow a bit taller.
I’ll tell you a story
About Jack-a-Nory,
And now my story’s begun;
I’ll tell you another,
About Jack and his brother,
And now my story is done.
What is always there but more so at night? Ans. Stars.
Little Poll Parrot
Sat in his garret
Eating toast and tea;
A little brown mouse
Jumped into the house,
And stole it all away.
I’m still working on the rhyme, you see.
Now I flee.
I navigate rivers without being wet; I enumerate cities both inside and out, I have a forest with no leaves? Ans. a Map. If you answer correctly, he hands you a blank piece of parchment.
Five little pumpkins
Sitting on a gate
The first one said,
“Oh, my, it’s getting late!”
The second one said,
“There are witches in the air!”
The third one said,
“But we don’t care!”
The fourth one said,
“Let’s run and run and run!”
The fifth one said,
“I’m ready for some fun!”
OOOOOOOH, went the wind
(clap on “out”) And OUT went the light
And the five little pumpkins
Rolled out of sight.
You stand by the river looking across. You espy five elephants pointing South. Every other one has a rider facing north. Each rider could have a parrot pacing back and forth, squawking on his shoulders. Are there more swinging elephant trunks or total peeping eyes, theoretically, able to see you if you are facing east. Ans. Three riders and like number parrots would mean six eyes > five elephants.
A one L lama is a priest.
A two L llama is a beats.
But I will bet the cat’s pajama.
You’ll never find a three L lllama.
Tom is actually a summoned demon. He was placated in Sinope. What is his true name? It is a palindrome, two syllables, a clone words with two L. XXXX-XXXX w/ Ls inserted nearly anywhere. How do the Distant Man play in all this? Two, Ares and Tottot are gone. Yet Lios and Lumen remain part of the crew, albeit Grumblers.
Error: The Open Database Of The Corporate World. Repeating C3 44 94 91; the clues slowly coming together.
Yours,
IronRed
17-Jun-2021