Shackled City - Chapter II
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hippocrachus said:
Ignoring the bait that the dandy offered him, Zeric watched as he picked up Alinis and further sought to taunt him. The desire to crush the half-elf's skull rushed through him, and for a moment, he could feel his hands twitch in anticipation of grabbing the morningstar at his side and ending the dandy's life.
~You are not the mindless brute he thinks you are...he underestimates you, and in that you have the advantage over him...allow him to think he has one and that you are nothing more than a savage...it matters not as long as the children are rescued, then you and he can have a talk...~
"Lead on oh bastion of light and may your righteousness show me the way to true salvation..."
As they walked, Zeric kept silent as the scribe eventually had to help the dandy carry the unconscious woman, although he did walk ahead and open the door when the dandy's sweat covered eyes sought aide from him.
After Alinis was placed on the ground, Zeric stepped around her and his eyes took in the two figures in the shop. Keygan he recognized at once, but the dwarf at his side was someone Zeric did not know, but the markings on his armor and weapons marked him as one of Cuthbert's priests.
~Is this the aide that Priestess Urikas sent for us? Did we not seem capable enough in her eyes? Why did she not call for him when she spoke to us? Lichspit and damnation...~
Approaching the dwarf, Zeric pointed to the still body on the ground.
"If you are a healer, then tend to her wounds, as she can not help us if she can not fight. If you are not a healer, then we need to send for one immediately."
hippocrachus
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Orpheus accepts Zeric's taunt with a shake of his head.
"Listen Zeric, our goals are mutual," he says, trying to reach him on a different level.
When the warrior asks for healing aide from the dwarf, the bard unshoulders his lyre and leans against the wall. He quickly tunes out the disturbances in the room and begins trying to form a song to help him relax his flustered emotions.
"Listen Zeric, our goals are mutual," he says, trying to reach him on a different level.
When the warrior asks for healing aide from the dwarf, the bard unshoulders his lyre and leans against the wall. He quickly tunes out the disturbances in the room and begins trying to form a song to help him relax his flustered emotions.
Alinis forces her eyes open, the room blurring dangerously and seeming to fold in on itself for a few seconds. Concussion? she thought groggily, feeling like she had been pounded on by a herd of really miffed elephants. Elhonna blessed. I feel like road-kill.
She stiffens in fear as an unfamilar face looms over her (the new cleric). In reaction to that fear, a strange tingling sensation races up and down her spine, feeling a bit like static electricity. (Casting mage hand to propel him away from her. This is purely an instinctive move on her part)
She stiffens in fear as an unfamilar face looms over her (the new cleric). In reaction to that fear, a strange tingling sensation races up and down her spine, feeling a bit like static electricity. (Casting mage hand to propel him away from her. This is purely an instinctive move on her part)
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Althron holds up his hand to silence Keygan as he hears noises coming from the beyond the secret passage*. "They are making too much noise to be these creatures the gnome is talking about, it must be the party I am supposed to join."
Althron will wait weapons close at hand in case he is wrong.
Althron raises one of his hairy eyebrows at the audacity of this human...
"First of all tis polite to introduce yourself before making demands on a stranger," he says walking up to the man. "Second, I am here at acting high priestess Urikas' request to help your party do what it needs to do, but donna think for a moment you can command me as you do a stable boy." Walking over towards the woman he will kneel and address her. "Relax lady, you are safe for the moment. My name is Althron and I am a priest of St. Cuthbert, if you would allow me to make sure there is no serious damage I can heal you." If she agrees he will check her over to make sure there is nothing seriously wrong with her <heal +5> and then cast cure light wounds on her.
As he treats the woman he continues to address the rest of the party. "Thirdly is there any among you fleet of foot and adept at sneaking in the shadows? I saw what appeared to be two elves watching either this shop or the gnome and myself, either way I would like know what they are doing."
*assuming that Keygan would show him where the secret door is
Althron will wait weapons close at hand in case he is wrong.
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Althron raises one of his hairy eyebrows at the audacity of this human...
"First of all tis polite to introduce yourself before making demands on a stranger," he says walking up to the man. "Second, I am here at acting high priestess Urikas' request to help your party do what it needs to do, but donna think for a moment you can command me as you do a stable boy." Walking over towards the woman he will kneel and address her. "Relax lady, you are safe for the moment. My name is Althron and I am a priest of St. Cuthbert, if you would allow me to make sure there is no serious damage I can heal you." If she agrees he will check her over to make sure there is nothing seriously wrong with her <heal +5> and then cast cure light wounds on her.
As he treats the woman he continues to address the rest of the party. "Thirdly is there any among you fleet of foot and adept at sneaking in the shadows? I saw what appeared to be two elves watching either this shop or the gnome and myself, either way I would like know what they are doing."
*assuming that Keygan would show him where the secret door is
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ooc: Although I don't think a mage hand would actually move him it is a good way to introduce your new level so lets run with it...
Unprepared and off balance to begin with the mage hand attempts to shove him away, with a hrumph Althron end up on his back side, a look of shock on his face.
He scowls for a moment only to have it replaced with a smile and a laugh. "It would seem that she doesn't appreciate the beauty of a dwarven face... must be beard..." He says laughing again sitting up, "If one of you can reasure her that I mean no ill I will try to heal her again."
Unprepared and off balance to begin with the mage hand attempts to shove him away, with a hrumph Althron end up on his back side, a look of shock on his face.
He scowls for a moment only to have it replaced with a smile and a laugh. "It would seem that she doesn't appreciate the beauty of a dwarven face... must be beard..." He says laughing again sitting up, "If one of you can reasure her that I mean no ill I will try to heal her again."
Manzanita
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Raven
Raven trails the group slowly, allowing their words and light to fade, leaving her in her prefered realm of silence and darkness. Once she enters the locksmith shop again, she sees the cleric working his art, and everything seemingly under control.
"Elves you say? Watching this shop? I will look into it. Where were they when you last saw them?"
Raven trails the group slowly, allowing their words and light to fade, leaving her in her prefered realm of silence and darkness. Once she enters the locksmith shop again, she sees the cleric working his art, and everything seemingly under control.
"Elves you say? Watching this shop? I will look into it. Where were they when you last saw them?"
Majin
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*Assuming Alinis allows Althron to heal her, since again, technically she's still unconscious* :\
Inspecting the unconscious female, Althron feels her tender ribs. Recognizing her state, and knowing full well she would not wake for quite awhile if left to heal naturally, he calls upon his god-granted spells and heals her. (CLW - Heals 7 damage, Alinis' hp was -3, so therefore is now 4)
Inspecting the unconscious female, Althron feels her tender ribs. Recognizing her state, and knowing full well she would not wake for quite awhile if left to heal naturally, he calls upon his god-granted spells and heals her. (CLW - Heals 7 damage, Alinis' hp was -3, so therefore is now 4)
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~Why does everyone insist on talking so much when there are things that must be attended to first?~
Zeric listened as the dwarf began to preach to them on the important aspects of social graces and nodded his head in agitation as the dwarf followed next with declaring that he was no lackey to be bossed around.
~If you are no lackey then why did you agree to do as Priestess Urikas asked? What does she hold over you?~
Zeric did not speak until after the healing light had passed from the dwarf's hands and he saw that Alinis' breathing was much deeper and that some color had returned to her face.
"I am Zeric. The woman on the floor whose life you saved is Alins. Over there is Orpheus leaning against the wall and the shy one beside him is Elyas."
As Raven prepared to go out the door, Zeric reached out and grabbed the cage from her hands.
"I know you are in hurry to seek out those who could be lurking above, but we must finish what we start."
Zeric placed the cage in front of Keygan and once again wondered why the threat of losing this rat had been worth the cost.
"We have brought you back your lost familiar, but before you celebrate his return, think of the children who are lost now due to your weakness. If any have come to harm permanent harm due to your inactivity and fear gnome, I will have the church arrest you and bury you underneath it for your crimes."
Zeric listened as the dwarf began to preach to them on the important aspects of social graces and nodded his head in agitation as the dwarf followed next with declaring that he was no lackey to be bossed around.
~If you are no lackey then why did you agree to do as Priestess Urikas asked? What does she hold over you?~
Zeric did not speak until after the healing light had passed from the dwarf's hands and he saw that Alinis' breathing was much deeper and that some color had returned to her face.
"I am Zeric. The woman on the floor whose life you saved is Alins. Over there is Orpheus leaning against the wall and the shy one beside him is Elyas."
As Raven prepared to go out the door, Zeric reached out and grabbed the cage from her hands.
"I know you are in hurry to seek out those who could be lurking above, but we must finish what we start."
Zeric placed the cage in front of Keygan and once again wondered why the threat of losing this rat had been worth the cost.
"We have brought you back your lost familiar, but before you celebrate his return, think of the children who are lost now due to your weakness. If any have come to harm permanent harm due to your inactivity and fear gnome, I will have the church arrest you and bury you underneath it for your crimes."
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