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[Adventure] Rage of the Savage Lands (DM: Dekana, Judge: TwoHeadsBarking)
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<blockquote data-quote="Dekana" data-source="post: 5779690" data-attributes="member: 57009"><p><strong><span style="color: DarkGreen">"A lizardwoman, you say?"</span></strong> You can see large bags under the priests eyes as he tiredly focuses on Toeto. He looks like hasn't slept in days. The priest stands over Toeto, one hand holding his chin while he decides how to proceed. He then leans over her, reaches out an arm, and opens up one of Toeto's eyes. At first she remains still as the priest looks at her iris, but it's also enough to stir her from her sleep.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: YellowGreen">"Ugh... where, did you take me?"</span></strong></p><p></p><p>The priest responds softly softly, <strong><span style="color: DarkGreen">"Please, be calm, Miss. My name is Dieter, Dieter Foerster. I am the leading cleric of this Temple of Maros. Your friends have brought you here because you have fallen ill."</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: YellowGreen">"Temple? Cleric? I, no... I won't... be... <em>sacrificed</em>! I beat your raven queen. I'll beat you too!"</span></strong> Toeto grabs at Dieter's head while he is leaning over and raises herself up to bite. Thankfully, the priest slips out of her grasp and backs away before she can do any damage.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>"I was afraid of this. Everyone, your assistance if you please?"</strong></span></p><p></p><p>With the party's help, Dieter takes the now thrashing Toeto to a tiny cell in the basement. The room is bare except for a bolted-down iron chair in the center. The chair has wrist and ankle restraints built into it, which Dieter secures around Toeto once she is seated.</p><p></p><p>Dieter leads everyone just outside the room. <span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>"I apologize for the crude accommodation, but it is for everyone's safety. You see, your friend has caught the Rage-Plague. She will become increasingly delusional and violent, as you have just seen. And, I am sorry to say, I have no cure for this madness."</strong></span> The cleric sighs and looks to the ground.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>"Your friend is not the only one who needs a cure. Right now, hundreds of people in poor quarter are afflicted. It's only been a week since the plague appeared, and an entire district has been lost! The garrison had no choice but to seal the entire area off before the sickened could get out. I've... I've been working day and night for a remedy, but all I've had to examine are corpses..."</strong></span> He motions to another set of cells further down the hall. Their contents are (thankfully) out of view. <span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>"Perhaps your friend will be more helpful. You said she was your guide, yes? I'm afraid she won't be able to serve you in any capacity now, but please leave her with me. She'll be safe here.</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Toeto continues raving from out of sight, boasting about how her tribe will come to save her and will horribly kill all the humans in town. Dieter leads the party back upstairs to the relative quiet. <span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>"As you have a lizardfolk guiding you, I take it you are going into the swamps? Might I ask what your business is out there? I'm afraid the lizardfolks there are even worse off than the citizens in the poor quarter."</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dekana, post: 5779690, member: 57009"] [b][COLOR="DarkGreen"]"A lizardwoman, you say?"[/COLOR][/b] You can see large bags under the priests eyes as he tiredly focuses on Toeto. He looks like hasn't slept in days. The priest stands over Toeto, one hand holding his chin while he decides how to proceed. He then leans over her, reaches out an arm, and opens up one of Toeto's eyes. At first she remains still as the priest looks at her iris, but it's also enough to stir her from her sleep. [b][COLOR="YellowGreen"]"Ugh... where, did you take me?"[/COLOR][/b] The priest responds softly softly, [b][COLOR="DarkGreen"]"Please, be calm, Miss. My name is Dieter, Dieter Foerster. I am the leading cleric of this Temple of Maros. Your friends have brought you here because you have fallen ill."[/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR="YellowGreen"]"Temple? Cleric? I, no... I won't... be... [i]sacrificed[/i]! I beat your raven queen. I'll beat you too!"[/COLOR][/b] Toeto grabs at Dieter's head while he is leaning over and raises herself up to bite. Thankfully, the priest slips out of her grasp and backs away before she can do any damage. [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]"I was afraid of this. Everyone, your assistance if you please?"[/B][/COLOR] With the party's help, Dieter takes the now thrashing Toeto to a tiny cell in the basement. The room is bare except for a bolted-down iron chair in the center. The chair has wrist and ankle restraints built into it, which Dieter secures around Toeto once she is seated. Dieter leads everyone just outside the room. [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]"I apologize for the crude accommodation, but it is for everyone's safety. You see, your friend has caught the Rage-Plague. She will become increasingly delusional and violent, as you have just seen. And, I am sorry to say, I have no cure for this madness."[/B][/COLOR] The cleric sighs and looks to the ground. [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]"Your friend is not the only one who needs a cure. Right now, hundreds of people in poor quarter are afflicted. It's only been a week since the plague appeared, and an entire district has been lost! The garrison had no choice but to seal the entire area off before the sickened could get out. I've... I've been working day and night for a remedy, but all I've had to examine are corpses..."[/B][/COLOR] He motions to another set of cells further down the hall. Their contents are (thankfully) out of view. [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]"Perhaps your friend will be more helpful. You said she was your guide, yes? I'm afraid she won't be able to serve you in any capacity now, but please leave her with me. She'll be safe here.[/B][/COLOR] Toeto continues raving from out of sight, boasting about how her tribe will come to save her and will horribly kill all the humans in town. Dieter leads the party back upstairs to the relative quiet. [COLOR="DarkGreen"][B]"As you have a lizardfolk guiding you, I take it you are going into the swamps? Might I ask what your business is out there? I'm afraid the lizardfolks there are even worse off than the citizens in the poor quarter."[/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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