[LPF] Greener is the Grass
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GlassEye
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Behind the Goti leaders the warriors shift and their horses stamp their hooves due to rising tensions in front of them.
Juhelos' lips quirk in a sardonic smile. "Words, Maui of Aoreatoa. We have no quarrel with Uthred's people." His eyes flick from Sylla to Vincenzo and back to Maui again. "Though your companions seem to wish for the choice of swords."
His attention turns back to Sylla and Juhelos very slowly withdraws the long knife at his belt. The blade is indeed obsidion and he holds it towards the elf in the palms of his hands so that she can take and examine it should she wish to do so. "Yes, it is a spirit-knife. Obsidion, as you call it. A trophy taken from a witch of the Goti-Nushat who thought to curse me." He grins. "Though he is dead and I am not."
There is an intake of breath from Ganil and the young warrior steps forward and speaks. Words flow out in a rush with his breath. "A girl child, you say? With beads of gold?" He steps towards Maui. "Let me see her!"
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___ • Ganil Susack •_______• Juhelos Taraw •
Juhelos' lips quirk in a sardonic smile. "Words, Maui of Aoreatoa. We have no quarrel with Uthred's people." His eyes flick from Sylla to Vincenzo and back to Maui again. "Though your companions seem to wish for the choice of swords."
His attention turns back to Sylla and Juhelos very slowly withdraws the long knife at his belt. The blade is indeed obsidion and he holds it towards the elf in the palms of his hands so that she can take and examine it should she wish to do so. "Yes, it is a spirit-knife. Obsidion, as you call it. A trophy taken from a witch of the Goti-Nushat who thought to curse me." He grins. "Though he is dead and I am not."
There is an intake of breath from Ganil and the young warrior steps forward and speaks. Words flow out in a rush with his breath. "A girl child, you say? With beads of gold?" He steps towards Maui. "Let me see her!"
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___ • Ganil Susack •_______• Juhelos Taraw •
Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
Vincenzo gives Juhelos a thin smile.
jbear
First Post
Maui looks around momentarily confused before his eyes resettle on Juhelos, narrowed and hard.
"So there are different tribes of te Goti. Te bandits ... which tribe?"
At which point Ganil demands to see the girl. Maui shakes his head sadly, his face softening. "Not te girl. Only te bones. You know you cannot touch. Te spirit is at peace, but she may still be lost if disturbed before your holy men send her into te Long Night."
Maui dismounts and unties the sack from the back of his horse. He begins to intone a lilting prayer as he lays the sack on the ground gently and unties the bindings. He opens the sack so the young Goti leader may look inside.
"So there are different tribes of te Goti. Te bandits ... which tribe?"
At which point Ganil demands to see the girl. Maui shakes his head sadly, his face softening. "Not te girl. Only te bones. You know you cannot touch. Te spirit is at peace, but she may still be lost if disturbed before your holy men send her into te Long Night."
Maui dismounts and unties the sack from the back of his horse. He begins to intone a lilting prayer as he lays the sack on the ground gently and unties the bindings. He opens the sack so the young Goti leader may look inside.
Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
During the ritual that Maui does with the bones, Vincenzo moves his hand away from his weapon so as not to anger the spirits, or what ever it that needs rest.
ScorpiusRisk
First Post
Denziel does nothing to disturb the unvailing but something about Juhelos' response does not sit right with him. He tries to get a read off him but comes up blank.
[sblock=Actions]Sense Motive to Hunch Failed
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[sblock=Denizel, Level 5 Bard/Oracle]Denizel
AC: 20 (18 flat-footed, 12 Touch)
HP: 26 Current: 26
CMB: 2 CMD: 14 Fort: +2 Reflex: +7 Will: +8
Speed: 20'
Current Weapon in Hand:
Current Conditions in Effect:
+1 Longsword: +3, 1d8, crit 19-20/x2
Wand, Inflict Light Wounds: 50/50, Touch, 1d8+2, Will DC 16 for Half, SR = Yes
+1 Crossbow: +6, 1d8+1, Crit: 19-20/x2, Rng: 80ft, 31 Bolts
Wand, Cure Light Wounds: 50/50, Touch, 1d8+2, Will DC 16 for Half, SR = Yes
Key Skills: Bluff +15, Diplomacy +11, Disguise +13, Kn Arcana +12, Kn History +10, Kn Local +10, Kn Nobility +10, Kn Religion +15, Linguistics +9, Perception +8, Perform (Dance) +9, Profession (Courtier) +5, Sense Motive +8, Spellcraft +7
Bardic Performance: 11/11 rounds per day
Bard Spells Remaining: 1st level 4/4
Bard Spells Known: 1: Charm Person (DC 16), Disguise Self, Hideous Laughter (DC 16)
0: Daze (DC 15), Detect Magic, Light, Message, Prestidigitation
Oracle Spells Remaining: 1st level 7/7
Oracle Spells Known: 1: Bless, Command, Cure Light Wounds, Identify, Sanctuary
0: Ghost Sound, Guidance, Mage Hand, Mending, Read Magic, Resistance, Stabilize
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[sblock=Actions]Sense Motive to Hunch Failed
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[sblock=Denizel, Level 5 Bard/Oracle]Denizel
AC: 20 (18 flat-footed, 12 Touch)
HP: 26 Current: 26
CMB: 2 CMD: 14 Fort: +2 Reflex: +7 Will: +8
Speed: 20'
Current Weapon in Hand:
Current Conditions in Effect:
+1 Longsword: +3, 1d8, crit 19-20/x2
Wand, Inflict Light Wounds: 50/50, Touch, 1d8+2, Will DC 16 for Half, SR = Yes
+1 Crossbow: +6, 1d8+1, Crit: 19-20/x2, Rng: 80ft, 31 Bolts
Wand, Cure Light Wounds: 50/50, Touch, 1d8+2, Will DC 16 for Half, SR = Yes
Key Skills: Bluff +15, Diplomacy +11, Disguise +13, Kn Arcana +12, Kn History +10, Kn Local +10, Kn Nobility +10, Kn Religion +15, Linguistics +9, Perception +8, Perform (Dance) +9, Profession (Courtier) +5, Sense Motive +8, Spellcraft +7
Bardic Performance: 11/11 rounds per day
Bard Spells Remaining: 1st level 4/4
Bard Spells Known: 1: Charm Person (DC 16), Disguise Self, Hideous Laughter (DC 16)
0: Daze (DC 15), Detect Magic, Light, Message, Prestidigitation
Oracle Spells Remaining: 1st level 7/7
Oracle Spells Known: 1: Bless, Command, Cure Light Wounds, Identify, Sanctuary
0: Ghost Sound, Guidance, Mage Hand, Mending, Read Magic, Resistance, Stabilize
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Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
GlassEye
Adventurer
As far as Vincenzo can tell, Juhelos spoke the truth when he said the Goti-Susack had no quarrel with Uthred's village.
Juhelos shrugs off Maui's question about Goti clans; his gaze remains locked on Sylla.
"No clan," says the sun-worn scout. "Criminals and cast-outs and those who walk the path of Bekelle." He spits to one side to show his distaste for the bandits.
Ganil approaches Maui and drops to his knees next to the sack. Carefully he moves a fold of cloth aside so he can see the bones better. He reaches in and plucks out one of the beads and holds it in his hand for a moment. Ganil's face transforms with the realization that his hope that his daughter survives somewhere, somehow, is destroyed and the bead slips from his fingers to fall back into the bag of bones. The raw, naked emotion radiating from him is painful to see and made more so when he begins keening.
Unseen by the Goti but visible to the four adventurers Juhelos' lips curl into a cruel smile.
Sylla glances down at the knife displayed before her: the obsidian blade is barely longer than a dagger and the tip is flat and blunt where the point has been broken off. It is very likely that the shard in the group's possession came from this knife.
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___ • Ganil Susack •_______• Juhelos Taraw •
Juhelos shrugs off Maui's question about Goti clans; his gaze remains locked on Sylla.
"No clan," says the sun-worn scout. "Criminals and cast-outs and those who walk the path of Bekelle." He spits to one side to show his distaste for the bandits.
Ganil approaches Maui and drops to his knees next to the sack. Carefully he moves a fold of cloth aside so he can see the bones better. He reaches in and plucks out one of the beads and holds it in his hand for a moment. Ganil's face transforms with the realization that his hope that his daughter survives somewhere, somehow, is destroyed and the bead slips from his fingers to fall back into the bag of bones. The raw, naked emotion radiating from him is painful to see and made more so when he begins keening.
Unseen by the Goti but visible to the four adventurers Juhelos' lips curl into a cruel smile.
Sylla glances down at the knife displayed before her: the obsidian blade is barely longer than a dagger and the tip is flat and blunt where the point has been broken off. It is very likely that the shard in the group's possession came from this knife.
____ • Ganil Susack •_______• Juhelos Taraw •
jbear
First Post
Maui closed the sack and secured it again. He turned his head from the Goti's gut wrenching grief and fell upon his uncle's sardonic smile of pleasure. Maui looked back at Ganil utterly confused and then the meaning of those mysterious whispered words he had heard earlier dawned on him with a cold hard light of truth. He turned back towards Juhelos gritting his teeth to hold back his rising anger. "What is it that brings you happiness watching te tangi, te weeping soul, Uncle? And why do te Bones whisper to Maui to be careful? And why do te Bones whisper to Maui that Uncle takes too much pleasure in this? And why do te Bones whisper of Uncle's black stone knife that Angry Arrows holds? Black like te sharks we found near te Bones! Maui thinks Uncle knows something about te sad story of te Bones! Haere mai Taniwha!" Taniwha joins Maui's side crouched low to the ground, ears flat, hackles raised, a deep growl rumbling in his throat.
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