Dave, Fist of Odin Uh-oh.

So I vote two days of resting/healing. Is there any way to get some HP to Zom-G?

Two days will let me cast 'divination' and some 'augury's. I don't know exactly what those spells do, but it seems like that's the way to open a dialogue with Zelba, if such can be had. Can it? I want to see if she's got anything to say about what's going on.

If those aren't specifically the way to go, I want to get a sense for . . . well, maybe I'll cast 'em to see what's up with Zelba, and then we can talk about what our options are, and then I'll cast 'em again. So maybe three days here? I can Create some Food and some Water, so we're okay there.

I'd try talking with Odin, too, but I know what he'd say. Here's a sample dialogue:

DFoO: Are you there god? It's me, your Fist.
O: (Belching) Yeah? So?
DFoO: Well, we've got this situation...
O: So deal with it.
DFoO: ...
O: What, you want me to tell you what to do? Why are you my high priest, again? Maybe you need to go back some levels and figure some stuff out. Are you confused about what I'm all about?
DFoO: ...
O: Yeah. That's what I thought. Oh - wait - do you need a beer? That's generally a good answer. Here you go.
DFoO: Yeah, that'll work. Thanks!
O: Peace-out!

So, it's the big-Z that I'm asking here. And I'm not asking for a favor or anything, or even advice - I just want to see if the Croatius guy is someone she's interested in. Rob, you can fill in any blanks you want, there.

But, if we're taking some time, I'll try to see if Odin's got anything to say. I'm not asking any questions, even, just opening the door through His power to let Him tell me anything He might want to.

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So, I'm Dave, Fist of Odin. And there's some stuff that goes along with that. But you advance in levels as a Fist, and you realize that maybe your first instinct - to jack a guy in the face - isn't the best FIRST move. It's generally a pretty good second or third move, and sometimes the first move is to say "I'm gonna jack you in the face" as you're doing it, but sometimes there are alternatives to fighting.

It's just that I dunno what those might be. It seems to me that our work here is done - whatever Vrill was doing he's pretty much been subsumed by this Croatius guy, and I feel like he's probably not gonna fuck with us anymore.

And if he is - well, he's letting us have a couple of days here in the glen, right?

But jacking him in the face is certainly a plan I can get behind. My other idea seemed to go over as well as could be expected, and I doubt we could use C for anything.

So we're here in the glen. I beatbox a little under my breath, just to keep up on the skilz.

"Hey Croatius - who's this 'she' you're talking about? Anything we can help you with?"

And here's another question - how do we leave here?

One final question - what kind of booty is there around? We've got R-B and the chick Vrill ganked, unless Croatius is all up in her grill.

I'm sorry - this is a complicated post, and I'm not really a complicated priest. So here's a bullet-pointed list:

+Try casting to see if Zelba's got anything to say.
+And what the hell - if we're taking some time, see if Odin's got anything he wants to tell me.
+Ask Croatius about the girl he's mentioned a couple of times.
+Rest and heal.
+See about repairing Zom-G
+Talk to the party about what's next.
+Cast some more to see if any of our options might work.
+Finally, rest and get my fightin' spells back.  ¶ 5:31 AM