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<blockquote data-quote="hewligan" data-source="post: 4136201" data-attributes="member: 19688"><p><strong>The Return To Daylight</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">The Stench of Death</span></p><p></p><p>It is difficult to disguise your mood, a mix of elation, exhaustion, and disgust. It has been a difficult day. A day of slaughter, and horrors. The sights of the Glassworks, the men, tortured and disfigured by the goblins, are still fresh in your minds. The melted statue that Kaijitsu Senior had become, the blooded, hollow eyes filled with opaque glass. As you rise out of the Catacombs, you can see that the Glassworks are crawling with activity. Town guards stand vigilant at every entrance. The windows are in the process of being boarded over. People, their faces down-cast, move amongst the carnage, removing corpses, chisel blow by chisel blow.</p><p></p><p>At your appearance there is a burst of activity. Relief is evident, tinged with excitement. A few younger guards crowd around you, leaving their horrific work.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">"What did you find?"</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">"Is it true that there is a link to the hells below?"</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">"Nah, it is goblins, right? An entire army of them! I heard they are getting ready to attack the town. What have we done to deserve this?"</span></p><p></p><p>They pull back, seeing the exhaustion in your eyes, but also seeing the bundled corpse and hideous head that you carry.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">"By Desna, that ain't no goblin, for sure!"</span> one utters.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Who would want to be Mayor?</span></p><p></p><p>Kendra Deverin paces her office. She has heard your story, has nodded her head in silence at each gory point you raised.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">"Hemlock will be back in a few days. Lets wait for him. It is pretty obvious that the goblins plan to attack us here en-masse. The journal you recovered from Tsuto makes that pretty clear. It would seem that we have two ways of dealing with things. We can either sit tight, get our defences up, and try to repel them when they come. Or, we can try and find some brave, and perhaps slightly insane, people who can take the fight to them. Either way, we need Hemlock and his troops in town."</span></p><p></p><p>She opens a large bottle of local whisky, a grain variety, potent and aromatic. She pours six stiff glasses of the stuff and passes them round, taking one herself. It is strange to see her drawing deep on the spirit, but when you follow suit the warmth it sends through your joints is welcome, and the slight numbing of your brain is even more welcome.</p><p></p><p>She coughs as the spirit sears her throat.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">"Word is out. It is everywhere already. The men, the guards, they are good, but they are family men, and they have never had to witness such a procession of horrors ... well, not since the Late Unpleasantness...</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">You will find that people are bound to ask you a thousand questions. Try and not stir things up. We need you guys more now than ever. Heck, if it weren't for you five we would probably be days from attack and not even know it. I am incredibly grateful for what you have done. I just need you to keep doing it. Stay visible. Stay strong. We could be attacked at any time.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">Now go, have a day off. Ha! I hope you can have a day off. Who knows? Who knows? I will see you the morning after next. Hemlock is due back then, and I think it would be best if you were there to update him in person!"</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Cold Ale and Quiet Discussion</span></p><p></p><p>You head for The White Deer. You need a rest, and while The Rusty Dragon is as good an inn as any, you are guessing that Ameiko has probably closed it for a few days, what with the death of her father and brother, and her own imprisonment. You can always visit her later, but for now you need to rest.</p><p></p><p>The White Deer was a good choice. Garridan immediately clears you a private room, away from the noise. The inn is packed. It seems that everyone is out today, seeking communion in these times of trouble. People see you as you are guided through the throngs to the back room, and they fall silent. A few nod their heads at you in respect. A couple quietly raise their glasses. But there is respect here, and it seems that the people know that now is not the time to bother you.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"I will get my daughter to serve you. Any food, any drink, it is on the house. You just need to ask."</span></p><p></p><p>Warm steak pies and ice cold ale ... life feels better already.</p><p></p><p>After a period of quiet has passed, Mandraiv gets out the little journal you found on Tsuto. Now seems as good a time as any to investigate it.</p><p></p><p>OOC: I refer you back to posts <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3965646&postcount=271" target="_blank">271</a> and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3976545&postcount=297" target="_blank">297</a>. The journal seems to reference some form of impending goblin assault, and the woman in charge of the whole thing appears to be Nulia. Some god soul has posted their own PDF version of the above, including some of the notes that are scribbled in the margins. I recommend you read this: <a href="http://www.creativeservicesdesign.com/pathfinder/tsuto_journal.pdf" target="_blank">tsuto's journal PDF</a> </p><p></p><p>It looks like a trip up to Thistlepoint may be in order, but not now, not just yet! The goblins might attack, but surely not while you are having an ale! Not tonight!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hewligan, post: 4136201, member: 19688"] [b]The Return To Daylight[/b] [COLOR=DarkRed]The Stench of Death[/COLOR] It is difficult to disguise your mood, a mix of elation, exhaustion, and disgust. It has been a difficult day. A day of slaughter, and horrors. The sights of the Glassworks, the men, tortured and disfigured by the goblins, are still fresh in your minds. The melted statue that Kaijitsu Senior had become, the blooded, hollow eyes filled with opaque glass. As you rise out of the Catacombs, you can see that the Glassworks are crawling with activity. Town guards stand vigilant at every entrance. The windows are in the process of being boarded over. People, their faces down-cast, move amongst the carnage, removing corpses, chisel blow by chisel blow. At your appearance there is a burst of activity. Relief is evident, tinged with excitement. A few younger guards crowd around you, leaving their horrific work. [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]"What did you find?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]"Is it true that there is a link to the hells below?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkGreen]"Nah, it is goblins, right? An entire army of them! I heard they are getting ready to attack the town. What have we done to deserve this?"[/COLOR] They pull back, seeing the exhaustion in your eyes, but also seeing the bundled corpse and hideous head that you carry. [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]"By Desna, that ain't no goblin, for sure!"[/COLOR] one utters. [COLOR=DarkRed]Who would want to be Mayor?[/COLOR] Kendra Deverin paces her office. She has heard your story, has nodded her head in silence at each gory point you raised. [COLOR=DarkOrange]"Hemlock will be back in a few days. Lets wait for him. It is pretty obvious that the goblins plan to attack us here en-masse. The journal you recovered from Tsuto makes that pretty clear. It would seem that we have two ways of dealing with things. We can either sit tight, get our defences up, and try to repel them when they come. Or, we can try and find some brave, and perhaps slightly insane, people who can take the fight to them. Either way, we need Hemlock and his troops in town."[/COLOR] She opens a large bottle of local whisky, a grain variety, potent and aromatic. She pours six stiff glasses of the stuff and passes them round, taking one herself. It is strange to see her drawing deep on the spirit, but when you follow suit the warmth it sends through your joints is welcome, and the slight numbing of your brain is even more welcome. She coughs as the spirit sears her throat. [COLOR=DarkOrange]"Word is out. It is everywhere already. The men, the guards, they are good, but they are family men, and they have never had to witness such a procession of horrors ... well, not since the Late Unpleasantness... You will find that people are bound to ask you a thousand questions. Try and not stir things up. We need you guys more now than ever. Heck, if it weren't for you five we would probably be days from attack and not even know it. I am incredibly grateful for what you have done. I just need you to keep doing it. Stay visible. Stay strong. We could be attacked at any time. Now go, have a day off. Ha! I hope you can have a day off. Who knows? Who knows? I will see you the morning after next. Hemlock is due back then, and I think it would be best if you were there to update him in person!"[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]Cold Ale and Quiet Discussion[/COLOR] You head for The White Deer. You need a rest, and while The Rusty Dragon is as good an inn as any, you are guessing that Ameiko has probably closed it for a few days, what with the death of her father and brother, and her own imprisonment. You can always visit her later, but for now you need to rest. The White Deer was a good choice. Garridan immediately clears you a private room, away from the noise. The inn is packed. It seems that everyone is out today, seeking communion in these times of trouble. People see you as you are guided through the throngs to the back room, and they fall silent. A few nod their heads at you in respect. A couple quietly raise their glasses. But there is respect here, and it seems that the people know that now is not the time to bother you. [COLOR=SeaGreen]"I will get my daughter to serve you. Any food, any drink, it is on the house. You just need to ask."[/COLOR] Warm steak pies and ice cold ale ... life feels better already. After a period of quiet has passed, Mandraiv gets out the little journal you found on Tsuto. Now seems as good a time as any to investigate it. OOC: I refer you back to posts [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3965646&postcount=271]271[/URL] and [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3976545&postcount=297]297[/URL]. The journal seems to reference some form of impending goblin assault, and the woman in charge of the whole thing appears to be Nulia. Some god soul has posted their own PDF version of the above, including some of the notes that are scribbled in the margins. I recommend you read this: [URL=http://www.creativeservicesdesign.com/pathfinder/tsuto_journal.pdf]tsuto's journal PDF[/URL] It looks like a trip up to Thistlepoint may be in order, but not now, not just yet! The goblins might attack, but surely not while you are having an ale! Not tonight! [/QUOTE]
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