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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5840343" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>The Hergstag incident continued</strong></p><p></p><p>After several minutes of trying to remove the bear traps which were hidden in the undergrowth and are now firmly attached to their legs they lay back. Both in obvious pain and suffering from the steel teeth digging into their flesh as it grates upon their leg bones; they scout around looking for something to help leaver open these hellish devices of torture. Neither have the upper body strength sufficient to pry open without the aid of a lever, neither of them have the know how to disable the mechanism, and neither of them have the skills to escape this trap through any other means. Searching through their packs again looking for the possibility of some grease they find some oil; while not perfect this could possibly help in their escape. Kat sends her wolf to look for a stick which produces a stick about as long as her forearm; this will not do so the wolf will be sent out again. Narrowly missing the other bear traps in the area it returns a few minutes later with a better stick, more solid and much longer. Sayuri tries vainly to escape on her own and makes it worse; she nearly passes out from the blood loss and digs in here backpack for some healing potions. These bring her back from the brink of unconsciousness but try healing the flesh around the grasping teeth of the bear trap. Kat manages after several attempts to prise open her trap and extract her mangled foot; and crawls over to assist Sayuri. Through the liberal application of a flask of oil and the work of Kat and her leaver they manage to force the trap open sufficiently to drag her mangled leg from the trap. They have been in these traps for more than an hour; they apply what healing they can and swear not to speak of this to anyone else. They hobble onwards the light failing as dusk swiftly approaches. They see in the centre of town what looks to be a small chapel which they head towards carefully probing the ground ahead of them with the stick to discover any more of the heinous traps.</p><p></p><p>They approach the chapel with care; this small timber whitewashed chapel surrounded by gravestones is empty and devoid of life. Scouting inside they find it is a sorry state of disrepair. The village’s chapel was dedicated to Desna, but it already shows the signs of its abandonment. Within, the simple chapel is falling victim to rot, its pews are already overgrown, and some of its windows are smashed. Mice nest in the altar, the holy water in the font is turning green, and the once-beautiful frescoes depicting Desna and the heavens have begun to flake. Sayuri whispers a brief prayer to Desna and they depart the sorry sight. Exiting the structure they notice the sun just disappearing below the horizon and a deeper chill enters the air than the abandonment by the sun would suggest. Kat the last to leave feels the chill of the grave sear down her spine as the claws of a diminutive creature score along her flesh rending it with small wounds but draining so much more. Spinning around they spy a wraithlike creature; wispy and the size of a small child. It whimpers softly in a childlike voice and screams at them in a tantrum alternatively as it tries to sink its claw like fingers into their skin and again feel the warmth of life running through it. Sayuri sheaths her body in armour made of pure force knowing it would make the creature’s attacks easier to avoid. Kat drawing her sword swings a low cut that connects and slices some of the darkness away prompting more screams of anguish and hate from the childlike wraith. The child wraith strikes out missing its prey while Sayuri starts summoning a creature from hell; Kat slices again at the figure missing through the creature’s natural wispy nature. Cursing at the creature as it tries vainly to suck out the life of Kat Sayuri completes her summons and rents a hole in space and drags through a Lemure which promptly starts clawing at the diminutive wraith. Kat casts a cure spell and tries touching the wraith but it deftly avoids the touch of positive energy. The Lemure rends the wraith some more as Kat takes advantage of the distraction plunges her hand into the core of the wraith; wreathed in positive energy it discharges into the creature causing it to explode into a fine mist with a final fading scream.</p><p></p><p>The pair looks at each other and decides sod this we are heading back to town for backup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5840343, member: 52403"] [b]The Hergstag incident continued[/b] After several minutes of trying to remove the bear traps which were hidden in the undergrowth and are now firmly attached to their legs they lay back. Both in obvious pain and suffering from the steel teeth digging into their flesh as it grates upon their leg bones; they scout around looking for something to help leaver open these hellish devices of torture. Neither have the upper body strength sufficient to pry open without the aid of a lever, neither of them have the know how to disable the mechanism, and neither of them have the skills to escape this trap through any other means. Searching through their packs again looking for the possibility of some grease they find some oil; while not perfect this could possibly help in their escape. Kat sends her wolf to look for a stick which produces a stick about as long as her forearm; this will not do so the wolf will be sent out again. Narrowly missing the other bear traps in the area it returns a few minutes later with a better stick, more solid and much longer. Sayuri tries vainly to escape on her own and makes it worse; she nearly passes out from the blood loss and digs in here backpack for some healing potions. These bring her back from the brink of unconsciousness but try healing the flesh around the grasping teeth of the bear trap. Kat manages after several attempts to prise open her trap and extract her mangled foot; and crawls over to assist Sayuri. Through the liberal application of a flask of oil and the work of Kat and her leaver they manage to force the trap open sufficiently to drag her mangled leg from the trap. They have been in these traps for more than an hour; they apply what healing they can and swear not to speak of this to anyone else. They hobble onwards the light failing as dusk swiftly approaches. They see in the centre of town what looks to be a small chapel which they head towards carefully probing the ground ahead of them with the stick to discover any more of the heinous traps. They approach the chapel with care; this small timber whitewashed chapel surrounded by gravestones is empty and devoid of life. Scouting inside they find it is a sorry state of disrepair. The village’s chapel was dedicated to Desna, but it already shows the signs of its abandonment. Within, the simple chapel is falling victim to rot, its pews are already overgrown, and some of its windows are smashed. Mice nest in the altar, the holy water in the font is turning green, and the once-beautiful frescoes depicting Desna and the heavens have begun to flake. Sayuri whispers a brief prayer to Desna and they depart the sorry sight. Exiting the structure they notice the sun just disappearing below the horizon and a deeper chill enters the air than the abandonment by the sun would suggest. Kat the last to leave feels the chill of the grave sear down her spine as the claws of a diminutive creature score along her flesh rending it with small wounds but draining so much more. Spinning around they spy a wraithlike creature; wispy and the size of a small child. It whimpers softly in a childlike voice and screams at them in a tantrum alternatively as it tries to sink its claw like fingers into their skin and again feel the warmth of life running through it. Sayuri sheaths her body in armour made of pure force knowing it would make the creature’s attacks easier to avoid. Kat drawing her sword swings a low cut that connects and slices some of the darkness away prompting more screams of anguish and hate from the childlike wraith. The child wraith strikes out missing its prey while Sayuri starts summoning a creature from hell; Kat slices again at the figure missing through the creature’s natural wispy nature. Cursing at the creature as it tries vainly to suck out the life of Kat Sayuri completes her summons and rents a hole in space and drags through a Lemure which promptly starts clawing at the diminutive wraith. Kat casts a cure spell and tries touching the wraith but it deftly avoids the touch of positive energy. The Lemure rends the wraith some more as Kat takes advantage of the distraction plunges her hand into the core of the wraith; wreathed in positive energy it discharges into the creature causing it to explode into a fine mist with a final fading scream. The pair looks at each other and decides sod this we are heading back to town for backup. [/QUOTE]
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