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<blockquote data-quote="Tickleberry" data-source="post: 46037" data-attributes="member: 1565"><p><strong>Hee Hee Hee, I beat that stupid sword to the punch!</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Warning! Continued spoilers from Speaker in the dreams, or something like that!</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Hokay, we are offically hiding out in the Happy Hobbit. Kol'n, Lana, and some of the others could care less. Our Gnomish cleric of Pelor does some serious talking with his higher up, and four potions appear in his hands. He wants me to try one out! Hey, if he doesn't trust his God, I ain't gonna play Guinea Pig!</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">As we sit talking, and waiting, and waiting, Ember's body is getting riper and riper. Whooh! I cannot stand it! We gotta do something. Celwyn goes out and procures (legally) a big chest. Into the chest goes Ember's body (we keep a lock of hair, though).</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Celwyn goes out to see where we might store the chest. He gets stopped by guards, who point him in the right direction. Then he gets stopped by the put together monstrosity from the temple. What luck ( and skill)! The monstrosity doesn't recognize him from the fight. Celwyn did an amazing disguise job. Third time he's stopped, the guards direct him to a supposedly trustworthy storage facility. Sheeyeah, right! The guy wants a gold a day! Celwyn, being a smart bard, looks for an abandoned warehouse. He finds one with no difficulties. So he goes back for the body in a chest.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">EERmm, how much help is two hobbits, and a gnome in loading a body on a cart? Riiight. So bump! bump! bump! he drags it downstairs, and this fellow takes pity to help him load it.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">"'Cor, guv'nor, whotcha got in there? A body?" Asks the unsuspecting dolt.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">"Well, since we are stuck here for the duration, we thought we'd store some of our unnecessary supplies, like cookware and whatnot."</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">"Right." the helpful, and surprising insightful fellow goes on about his business.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">A cat gets very interested in it, and tries to get into it. Surprisingly, he has an uneventful trip back to the chosen spot, and stores the chest. Boy, is somebody gonna be surprised if they open that thing up!</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Well, he comes back, and the moment of truth is upon us. Celwn, brave soul, dares the first potion. Then Billen, and I try it. We go invisible. The cleric who summoned them drinks last. Boy, with his faith, you wonder that he became one!</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Well, now we are invisible, and we make our way silently to the temple and that column of fire. We go around to the side door. It's locked, but not for very long. I open it in jig time. </span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">"Ta da!" Lord, what am I doing here? I sure don't wanna be HERE, of all places, HERE!? Oh, well, I said I would have to handle this thing, didn't I? Sheesh.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">We-ell, we get to the room, and it has footprints everywhere, and that pillar of fire is bigger than ever, having crumbled the roof as it got taller.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">The priest moves into the center, mumbles to himself, and gestures at the fire. It's still there. He scratches his head, mumbles some more, and gestures at the fire. It flickers, but its still there. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Then he smacks himself on the forehead, yells "Of course!" mumbles some more, sprinkles holy water around. Then he mumbles and gestures, and a whole lot of flickering goes on. He mumbles louder, gestures and the flames goe out! Just in time, too.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">A tiefling comes prancing in, looks around, and can be heard to say "Either they left in a hurry, or they are still here, somewhere. I must get Alpha and Omega." Yowsers! We left in a hurry then!</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Guess who we met on our wild scramble back to the Happy Hobbit. Go on, guess. Yep, none other than old spooky-ugly-Mr. Monstrosity himself. Luckily, he either didn't notice us, or couldn't see us. Either way, we were sure lucky, and don't you know, we really appreciated it!</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Well, now we were back to square one, we were stuck in town, but no longer in a smelly room. Unfortunately, plans out of town were Very fragrant: THE SEWERS! The invisibility potions were still going strong, so we loaded up, and headed out of town, via the sewers. Oh, joy.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">We got to the entry point, and found it a fairly busy spot. There were a few abandoned buildings that made a nice distraction, once they were set on fire. We got out (I used my riding dog. I'm not a great swimmer). UUUUUUggggghhhhh! The smell was horribly hideous! I thought I was going to have to bathe for a week. As we were climbing out of the river, one of the dogs disappeared. We cleared out, fast. I decided a bath could wait.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">We found the halfling encampment, and talked to the old lady there. For one thing, all they could do for us is offer a bath. That we took with gratitude.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Once cleaned, we headed for the city we had brought the dogs from. We found a fighter school, and got two instructors and three students. Oh, boy, send in the halfling army!</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tickleberry, post: 46037, member: 1565"] [b]Hee Hee Hee, I beat that stupid sword to the punch![/b] [COLOR=skyblue]Warning! Continued spoilers from Speaker in the dreams, or something like that! Hokay, we are offically hiding out in the Happy Hobbit. Kol'n, Lana, and some of the others could care less. Our Gnomish cleric of Pelor does some serious talking with his higher up, and four potions appear in his hands. He wants me to try one out! Hey, if he doesn't trust his God, I ain't gonna play Guinea Pig! As we sit talking, and waiting, and waiting, Ember's body is getting riper and riper. Whooh! I cannot stand it! We gotta do something. Celwyn goes out and procures (legally) a big chest. Into the chest goes Ember's body (we keep a lock of hair, though). Celwyn goes out to see where we might store the chest. He gets stopped by guards, who point him in the right direction. Then he gets stopped by the put together monstrosity from the temple. What luck ( and skill)! The monstrosity doesn't recognize him from the fight. Celwyn did an amazing disguise job. Third time he's stopped, the guards direct him to a supposedly trustworthy storage facility. Sheeyeah, right! The guy wants a gold a day! Celwyn, being a smart bard, looks for an abandoned warehouse. He finds one with no difficulties. So he goes back for the body in a chest. EERmm, how much help is two hobbits, and a gnome in loading a body on a cart? Riiight. So bump! bump! bump! he drags it downstairs, and this fellow takes pity to help him load it. "'Cor, guv'nor, whotcha got in there? A body?" Asks the unsuspecting dolt. "Well, since we are stuck here for the duration, we thought we'd store some of our unnecessary supplies, like cookware and whatnot." "Right." the helpful, and surprising insightful fellow goes on about his business. A cat gets very interested in it, and tries to get into it. Surprisingly, he has an uneventful trip back to the chosen spot, and stores the chest. Boy, is somebody gonna be surprised if they open that thing up! Well, he comes back, and the moment of truth is upon us. Celwn, brave soul, dares the first potion. Then Billen, and I try it. We go invisible. The cleric who summoned them drinks last. Boy, with his faith, you wonder that he became one! Well, now we are invisible, and we make our way silently to the temple and that column of fire. We go around to the side door. It's locked, but not for very long. I open it in jig time. "Ta da!" Lord, what am I doing here? I sure don't wanna be HERE, of all places, HERE!? Oh, well, I said I would have to handle this thing, didn't I? Sheesh. We-ell, we get to the room, and it has footprints everywhere, and that pillar of fire is bigger than ever, having crumbled the roof as it got taller. The priest moves into the center, mumbles to himself, and gestures at the fire. It's still there. He scratches his head, mumbles some more, and gestures at the fire. It flickers, but its still there. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Then he smacks himself on the forehead, yells "Of course!" mumbles some more, sprinkles holy water around. Then he mumbles and gestures, and a whole lot of flickering goes on. He mumbles louder, gestures and the flames goe out! Just in time, too. A tiefling comes prancing in, looks around, and can be heard to say "Either they left in a hurry, or they are still here, somewhere. I must get Alpha and Omega." Yowsers! We left in a hurry then! Guess who we met on our wild scramble back to the Happy Hobbit. Go on, guess. Yep, none other than old spooky-ugly-Mr. Monstrosity himself. Luckily, he either didn't notice us, or couldn't see us. Either way, we were sure lucky, and don't you know, we really appreciated it! Well, now we were back to square one, we were stuck in town, but no longer in a smelly room. Unfortunately, plans out of town were Very fragrant: THE SEWERS! The invisibility potions were still going strong, so we loaded up, and headed out of town, via the sewers. Oh, joy. We got to the entry point, and found it a fairly busy spot. There were a few abandoned buildings that made a nice distraction, once they were set on fire. We got out (I used my riding dog. I'm not a great swimmer). UUUUUUggggghhhhh! The smell was horribly hideous! I thought I was going to have to bathe for a week. As we were climbing out of the river, one of the dogs disappeared. We cleared out, fast. I decided a bath could wait. We found the halfling encampment, and talked to the old lady there. For one thing, all they could do for us is offer a bath. That we took with gratitude. Once cleaned, we headed for the city we had brought the dogs from. We found a fighter school, and got two instructors and three students. Oh, boy, send in the halfling army![/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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