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<blockquote data-quote="PhoenixAsh" data-source="post: 1984659" data-attributes="member: 18230"><p><strong>Update #14: Reunion at the Docks</strong></p><p></p><p>Elisa fiddles with the gold in her pouch. So far, working in the employee of House Lyrander has been very profitable. Fortunato had concocted the idea to sample several dishes of local Fairhaven cuisine, and invited herself and Dox along. Loki was busy loading cargo on the ship, as was Alexandre. Audric had elected not to join them and none of them were sure exactly where Ruel went off to.</p><p></p><p>Fortunato had taken them to several inns and restaurants, ordered several dishes and tasted each one. He then passed them to herself and Dox, and declared the virtues or ills of each dish while the two of them ate. They all tasted good to her but Fortunato, she imagines, was designed and built to be a finely tuned, flavor distinguishing man-machine.</p><p></p><p>It’s still weird having a warforged cooking their meals.</p><p></p><p>Dox spots Ruel returning to the dock and waves him over. The wizard joins them, and she stares hard at him. It looks like he has been running. He’s sweating and, for a wizard, he’s in pretty decent shape, so that would not come just from walking around. Either that or he’s nervous. Dox opens his mouth tospeak, but before he can Ruel takes some money and shoves it into his hands, than her own and Fortunato’s.</p><p></p><p>“From the items we recovered. I could not get as good a price as I had hoped, but I still got a decent deal, I assure you.” She barely hears him, she’s counting the gold and silver he shoved in her hands.</p><p></p><p><em>“If this keeps up, maybe I’ll be able to buy a better sword. Or maybe have this one enchanted…”</em> She thinks as she claps her scabbard fondly and smiles. <em>“Very good pay.”</em></p><p></p><p>“Help!” A distressed shout from a familiar voice draws all their attention. It takes a moment for Elisa to recognize Elaydren running towards them. She’s used to seeing her in one of her formal gowns, but she’s in far more casual clothing now. And she’s bleeding from the arm. And being pursued by four kobolds!</p><p></p><p>As Elisa watches, Elaydren jumps out of the way of a clumsy attempt to grab her from one kobold, while whirling away from a spear thrust at her by another. She sprints towards them and runs behind Dox, struggling for breath she blurts out, “I’m very glad to see you all here!”</p><p></p><p>Dox, briefly looking torn between twin desires to protect their employer or retreat behind cover, draws his bow and fires at the lead kobold. The arrow sails over the kobold’s head, who points his spear at him and yips excitedly. Cursing quietly, he takes a few steps back, apologizing hastily to Elaydren as he bumps into her.</p><p></p><p>Elisa has her blade free in an instant and gripped in both hands as she moves to intercept that same kobold. Her teeth grit together and her vision tinges red as she focuses intently at that kobold, focusing all her anger and channeling it into an intense rage. Her blade comes down in a perfect arc, splitting the kobolds head, chest and torso in two and nearly getting stuck in the dock beneath the unfortunate creature. She yanks the weapon free and turns her attention to the remaining three kobolds, suddenly looking a great deal more nervous.</p><p></p><p>From around a corner, a warforged arrives with sword and shield in hand. It looks at her and the kobolds and yells out “Weak Flesh!” while running towards the fray. Whether it means her, the kobolds, or her friends behind her, it didn’t really matter to Elisa, she itches to break it with her greatsword. But the warforged’s arrival does encourage the kobolds to fight her, though not very well, as she deflects each of their timid stabs with powerful strikes from her sword. In her haste to remove a kobold’s head from shoulders, her blade slashes too high and she has to struggle to yank the weapon free from the side of a wooden outbuilding while they regroup.</p><p></p><p>Behind her, Fortunato moves into view, drawing sword and shield. The warforged turns its attention to him and charges into the cook, penetrating his guard and savagely hacking into his armored form, while Fortunato’s answering strike is deflected off of its shield. A moment later, in a burst of bright light a giant beetle appears behind one of the kobolds and lashes at it with its mandibles, but the agile creature dodges the strike. A pool of Grease forms under another kobold and the warforged, and both lose their balance on the slick substance. Elisa barely heard Ruel’s incanting from behind her, but it is apparent the wizard has been busy.</p><p></p><p>Dox shoots an arrow that lodges in the thigh of one of the two kobolds still on their feet, but Elisa has no intention of letting either of the two keep standing. Focusing just enough through her battle rage to attack when one of the kobolds is distracted by the beetle, she cuts clean through the gut of that kobold and into the one next to it. Both slump over dead as she yanks her greatsword free.</p><p></p><p>Fortunato strikes at the opposing warforged as he struggles to his feet from the <em>Grease</em>, hitting it but barely damaging it, as the warforged’s plating seems as tough as Fortunato’s. A second strike is deflected off the construct’s blade. The kobold on the ground beneath her manages to both roll away from the beetle’s second strike and thrust his spear up into her leg from the ground. Elisa briefly admires the skill and surprising courage of the kobold before ending the creature’s life. The beetle disappears as quickly as it arrived in a brief puff of sweet-smelling smoke.</p><p></p><p>There are no more opponents to kill immediately beside her. Ruel is trying to convince the opposing Warforged to back off, and surprisingly, he almost seems to be listening to the entertainer. As he and Fortunato trade blows, however, Ruel grumbles something about a <em>Charm </em> spell not going to do any good now and he loads his crossbow while Dox ‘safeguards’ Elaydren. Elisa remembers very well when she and Ruel last fought together on a different dock, and waits until the <em>Grease </em> spell dissipates before maneuvering behind the warforged and slamming her blade home, rending into the warforged’s internals. From a short distance away, Ruel shoots a small ball of acid at the warforged, further dissolving into its metal skin. The living construct tries to strike at her, but is unable to break her guard while also deflecting Fortunato’s attack. Elisa’s answering strike easily breaks through its own guard, however, and the warforged is broken beyond any repairing by the thunderous blow.</p><p></p><p>Moments later, her battle rage clears and a familiar, almost pleasant feeling of fatigue seeps into her. She winces as she feels the wound in her leg screaming across her nerves for the first time and leans against her greatsword, still lodged in the warforged. The rest are staring at her. She smiles at them.</p><p></p><p>“Wow!” Dox says at last, looking back and forth from the warforged to the kobolds. “You killed them all!”</p><p></p><p>She shrugs and then yanks her weapon free. Wrapping an arm around Fortunato’s broad shoulders, she tugs him along with her back towards the <em>Liralen</em>. “Come on Fortunato, let’s go get fixed up. You too Elaydren, let’s get that arm looked at.” Both women and the cook move on-ship, heading for the healer’s quarters.</p><p></p><p>Ruel and Dox watch them a moment, then look at the corpses strewn around them. They share a look, then smile and set to recovering whatever valuables they can find from the mangled corpses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PhoenixAsh, post: 1984659, member: 18230"] [b]Update #14: Reunion at the Docks[/b] Elisa fiddles with the gold in her pouch. So far, working in the employee of House Lyrander has been very profitable. Fortunato had concocted the idea to sample several dishes of local Fairhaven cuisine, and invited herself and Dox along. Loki was busy loading cargo on the ship, as was Alexandre. Audric had elected not to join them and none of them were sure exactly where Ruel went off to. Fortunato had taken them to several inns and restaurants, ordered several dishes and tasted each one. He then passed them to herself and Dox, and declared the virtues or ills of each dish while the two of them ate. They all tasted good to her but Fortunato, she imagines, was designed and built to be a finely tuned, flavor distinguishing man-machine. It’s still weird having a warforged cooking their meals. Dox spots Ruel returning to the dock and waves him over. The wizard joins them, and she stares hard at him. It looks like he has been running. He’s sweating and, for a wizard, he’s in pretty decent shape, so that would not come just from walking around. Either that or he’s nervous. Dox opens his mouth tospeak, but before he can Ruel takes some money and shoves it into his hands, than her own and Fortunato’s. “From the items we recovered. I could not get as good a price as I had hoped, but I still got a decent deal, I assure you.” She barely hears him, she’s counting the gold and silver he shoved in her hands. [I]“If this keeps up, maybe I’ll be able to buy a better sword. Or maybe have this one enchanted…”[/I] She thinks as she claps her scabbard fondly and smiles. [I]“Very good pay.”[/I] “Help!” A distressed shout from a familiar voice draws all their attention. It takes a moment for Elisa to recognize Elaydren running towards them. She’s used to seeing her in one of her formal gowns, but she’s in far more casual clothing now. And she’s bleeding from the arm. And being pursued by four kobolds! As Elisa watches, Elaydren jumps out of the way of a clumsy attempt to grab her from one kobold, while whirling away from a spear thrust at her by another. She sprints towards them and runs behind Dox, struggling for breath she blurts out, “I’m very glad to see you all here!” Dox, briefly looking torn between twin desires to protect their employer or retreat behind cover, draws his bow and fires at the lead kobold. The arrow sails over the kobold’s head, who points his spear at him and yips excitedly. Cursing quietly, he takes a few steps back, apologizing hastily to Elaydren as he bumps into her. Elisa has her blade free in an instant and gripped in both hands as she moves to intercept that same kobold. Her teeth grit together and her vision tinges red as she focuses intently at that kobold, focusing all her anger and channeling it into an intense rage. Her blade comes down in a perfect arc, splitting the kobolds head, chest and torso in two and nearly getting stuck in the dock beneath the unfortunate creature. She yanks the weapon free and turns her attention to the remaining three kobolds, suddenly looking a great deal more nervous. From around a corner, a warforged arrives with sword and shield in hand. It looks at her and the kobolds and yells out “Weak Flesh!” while running towards the fray. Whether it means her, the kobolds, or her friends behind her, it didn’t really matter to Elisa, she itches to break it with her greatsword. But the warforged’s arrival does encourage the kobolds to fight her, though not very well, as she deflects each of their timid stabs with powerful strikes from her sword. In her haste to remove a kobold’s head from shoulders, her blade slashes too high and she has to struggle to yank the weapon free from the side of a wooden outbuilding while they regroup. Behind her, Fortunato moves into view, drawing sword and shield. The warforged turns its attention to him and charges into the cook, penetrating his guard and savagely hacking into his armored form, while Fortunato’s answering strike is deflected off of its shield. A moment later, in a burst of bright light a giant beetle appears behind one of the kobolds and lashes at it with its mandibles, but the agile creature dodges the strike. A pool of Grease forms under another kobold and the warforged, and both lose their balance on the slick substance. Elisa barely heard Ruel’s incanting from behind her, but it is apparent the wizard has been busy. Dox shoots an arrow that lodges in the thigh of one of the two kobolds still on their feet, but Elisa has no intention of letting either of the two keep standing. Focusing just enough through her battle rage to attack when one of the kobolds is distracted by the beetle, she cuts clean through the gut of that kobold and into the one next to it. Both slump over dead as she yanks her greatsword free. Fortunato strikes at the opposing warforged as he struggles to his feet from the [I]Grease[/I], hitting it but barely damaging it, as the warforged’s plating seems as tough as Fortunato’s. A second strike is deflected off the construct’s blade. The kobold on the ground beneath her manages to both roll away from the beetle’s second strike and thrust his spear up into her leg from the ground. Elisa briefly admires the skill and surprising courage of the kobold before ending the creature’s life. The beetle disappears as quickly as it arrived in a brief puff of sweet-smelling smoke. There are no more opponents to kill immediately beside her. Ruel is trying to convince the opposing Warforged to back off, and surprisingly, he almost seems to be listening to the entertainer. As he and Fortunato trade blows, however, Ruel grumbles something about a [I]Charm [/I] spell not going to do any good now and he loads his crossbow while Dox ‘safeguards’ Elaydren. Elisa remembers very well when she and Ruel last fought together on a different dock, and waits until the [I]Grease [/I] spell dissipates before maneuvering behind the warforged and slamming her blade home, rending into the warforged’s internals. From a short distance away, Ruel shoots a small ball of acid at the warforged, further dissolving into its metal skin. The living construct tries to strike at her, but is unable to break her guard while also deflecting Fortunato’s attack. Elisa’s answering strike easily breaks through its own guard, however, and the warforged is broken beyond any repairing by the thunderous blow. Moments later, her battle rage clears and a familiar, almost pleasant feeling of fatigue seeps into her. She winces as she feels the wound in her leg screaming across her nerves for the first time and leans against her greatsword, still lodged in the warforged. The rest are staring at her. She smiles at them. “Wow!” Dox says at last, looking back and forth from the warforged to the kobolds. “You killed them all!” She shrugs and then yanks her weapon free. Wrapping an arm around Fortunato’s broad shoulders, she tugs him along with her back towards the [I]Liralen[/I]. “Come on Fortunato, let’s go get fixed up. You too Elaydren, let’s get that arm looked at.” Both women and the cook move on-ship, heading for the healer’s quarters. Ruel and Dox watch them a moment, then look at the corpses strewn around them. They share a look, then smile and set to recovering whatever valuables they can find from the mangled corpses. [/QUOTE]
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