[Adventure] Lost Love (DM: Velmont - Judge: Renau1g)

[Mezegis]

At her brothers arrival on scene, Ryda has a distinct and very obvious “What is going on here” moment.

OOC: Feel free to chime in here guys, before Ryda's stubbornness has us all rerolling characters.

 

[Antithetist]

[sblock=OOC]Going to wait for Mezegis to post I guess, since maybe Ryda recognising that person will calm things down a bit, I don't know.

As for Jarren, he knows who these guys are, and that makes him basically disposed to trust them in so far as they should be broadly on the same side - but there's no way in hell that he's prepared to acquiesce to this guy's inane bullying. Why the hell should we sheathe our weapons? YOU sheathe YOUR weapon. Or better yet, just try talking to us instead of storming in and making threats. Morons. :/

EDIT: Hmm, cross-posted - I guess Ryda is not going to be the one to calm the situation down. Uhhh... re-rolling characters it is then?[/sblock]

 

[Velmont]

[SBLOCK=OOC]By the way, they had all there weapon down, and the druid is not even armed... and for the animals, not sure how they could sheet their teeth. Sure, now, they are all on the defensive.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Mezegis]

Brother, what in the 7 hells are you doing here? Suddenly, as the memories of the last time she saw him and the circumstances surrounding her escape flood back, Ryda looks very nervous about all the Tharashk soldiers present.

 

[Antithetist]

[sblock=OOC]Wait, are their weapons sheathed? That might put a different complexion on things. I was going off of this:

A moment later, six other half-orc get out of the trees, some of them wielding battleaxe, others longbows. Unit 16 also spot the last worker, which is escorted by two of the half-orc.

which implied to me that they had their weapons readied ('wielding'). But if that's a misunderstanding then the demand is much more reasonable, and Jarren would be inclined to go along with it. But if they're still holding their weapons, just angling them downwards, they should be prepared to accept the same from us.[/sblock]

 

[Velmont]

[SBLOCK=OOC]They where carrying their weapon like a hunter or a lumberjack carry their weapon when they come back at the end of the day. No arrow was on the string of the bows and the blade of the axe were simply near the heal of their wielder.

They were not sheathed, but neither they were in a defensive or ready to attack stance.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Velmont]

"You know him?" asks the Druid to Rydion.

"Yes." he tells, but after a moment of hesitation he doesn't seems to add anything.

"So, half-orc, will you sheath your weapon and ask you companion to do the same?" asks again the druid, this time directly to Ryda. Ryda feels that Rydion seems nervous.

 

[LadyLaw]

[sblock=ooc]It should be noted that Talkrai's weapon is sort of on the ground, since she's just been dragged along and keeps collapsing whenever people aren't holding onto her. She is still gripping the hilt, but it shouldn't be looking in any way threatening.


Her current position is something akin to sitting with her feet under her butt, arms hanging limp at her sides. The sword should be laying largely in the dirt. Just tossing that out there for clarity sake, since she's being mostly non-responsive.
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[Mezegis]

Shaking her head slightly in disbelief at the “him” comment, Ryda puts the arrow back in her quiver. Unfortunately, I cannot sheath my bow, for I do not have a sheath for it, these girlish hips of mine take up too much room. She flips her cape over her shoulder, and turns to reveal her pack and 5 quivers, but no sling for the bow she carries. Not having an arrow in hand is the best I can do. She then lets gravity take the bow, allowing it to roll in her hand so it looks more like a woodsman’s saw than a martial weapon.

 

[evilbob]

[sblock=ooc]I think none of us are in the mood. Frankly the stubborn responses seem extremely natural.[/sblock]
Unit 16 stopped when the stranger began to speak, but he hasn't moved since. He watches carefully as Ryda and her brother have a conversation; knowing a tiny bit of her situation makes him question further what is going on but he doesn't move. He watches the lone workman survivor from the group carefully for any signs.

Finally, without moving he says in a very calm voice, "Workman, did these people save you from that other group? Are there any other survivors?"

To the druid he adds, "You say you killed the rest of those that attacked this camp? We slaughtered every one that went below."