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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 3268740" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>Dark Speech</strong></p><p></p><p>Menthos, Doopa, and the Kadorians left Highcastle just after three in the afternoon. It would be a five hour trek to the secret entrance and then another three hours of walking the tunnel to get back to the party. Menthos figured an hour of killing and looting goblins would fit in just right for them to be in the party near midnight. </p><p></p><p>Halfway into the walk, Helle struck up a conversation.</p><p></p><p>“I appreciate your willingness to allow us to accompany you. Kador will see a sight tonight.” Helle states, the acolytes shout “Amen” in unison at the end of his sentence.</p><p></p><p>“It’s not a bother, besides, a couple of fireballs are just the reality a bunch of ego stroking goblins need to wash down their throat of denial. Then again, it gives me a chance to test the mettle of that fire fox Fyrhe.” Menthos answers</p><p></p><p>“I wish you luck in that endeavor then.” Helle replies</p><p></p><p>“I don’t need luck; I have a ten foot pole.” Menthos giggles</p><p></p><p>“Doopa not know why Menthos needs giant toothpick to get armor off girlfriend.” The ogre speaks; startling Menthos who hadn’t heard him approach from behind</p><p></p><p>“Heh, you’re pretty wily there Doops, but I don’t need this pole to break her hard outer shell, I need the pole.” Menthos tried to think of a word the ogre was sure to have not heard before, “to go spelunking.”</p><p></p><p>“What’s that?” Doopa asked</p><p></p><p>“It’s when you go lunking with a spiel, all the rangers are doing it, and it’s the latest in dwarf fashion.” Menthos answers, a confused Doopa slows down and scratches his head trying to force his brain into grasping Menthos’ meaning.</p><p></p><p>“Why again is he here?” Helle inquired</p><p></p><p>“You’ll see I need a big enough distraction that I can create and use initially, but that will continue to cause distractions long after I discontinue its use.” Menthos replied</p><p></p><p>Menthos sped up to walk side by side Fyrhe.</p><p></p><p>“So what time do you get off work tonight?” Menthos asked</p><p></p><p>“I do not go off duty.” Fyrhe replies</p><p></p><p>“Oh come on now, surely you have to eat, sleep, use the latrine?” Menthos inquires</p><p></p><p>“Yes, but I remain ever vigilant while doing so. My goal is to follow in Ailena’s footsteps and command my on force of righteousness for Kador.” She stated</p><p></p><p>“Wouldn’t that include practicing your healing technique? There’s got to be some wounds you’ve never had to heal before.” Menthos stated</p><p></p><p>“I am not a healer; you will need to speak with Helle if you are injured.” Fyrhe responds</p><p></p><p>“Oh, so you like the rough stuff, I’m down with that. I’m told the flame of Kador burns with more passion than a thousand year love story.” Menthos continues while swinging his metal pole from his left hip, “I see you’ve noticed my pole, I’m looking for someone to test that passion theory of Kador’s out. You wouldn’t know anyone I could speak to about that, seeing as how you’re the “Y” to my Yin Yang?”</p><p></p><p>Although she didn’t reply Menthos noticed the subtle change in her breathing from focused to annoyed, and if her could get her unfocused, then he could get her other places too. Menthos returned to alongside Helle.</p><p></p><p>“I don’t think she’s going to ace the program.” Menthos whispered</p><p></p><p><em>“No, but you are.” </em> Helle thought to himself</p><p></p><p>A half hour from the tunnel, the group slowed to try and figure out a way to approach the entrance without being noticed until they were within spell range. With the entrance being at the bottom of a cliff face, they though the best way would be to get to the cliff as quickly as possible and then approach from the west side of the entrance staying as close to the rock face as possible. </p><p></p><p>Once they were within a couple hundred feet of the tunnel, Menthos turned to Doopa to begin his plan.</p><p></p><p>“Go kill some goblins Doopa, they’re all yours.” Menthos said pointing towards the tunnel entrance</p><p></p><p>Doopa rushed forward, a blood raging scream escaped from his lips as the muscled man leaped into the air and cam crashing down in from of the entrance ready to pounce on the first sign of movement. Doopa peered through the darkness looking for anything other than rock. It took his ogre brain a couple of seconds to realize that’s exactly what he was staring at.</p><p></p><p>Menthos saw Doopa’s shoulders relax and the ogre stood up from his crouch and reached out with his club and began to prod at something hidden from all but Doopa just inside the opening.</p><p></p><p>“What is it?” Menthos asked</p><p></p><p>“There’s no tunnel.” Came Doopa’s reply</p><p></p><p>The party raced up to Doopa, Menthos whizzed every kind of scenario through his head as he tried to come up with a plan “B” that would get them to the party on time if in fact there was no tunnel.</p><p></p><p>The group skidded to a stop next to Doopa and saw the clear signs of a tunnel roof collapse, along with several scrapes and scratches along the wall and ceiling just in front of the collapse.</p><p></p><p>“Looks like your goblins didn’t want to be bothered. Not a problem, we’ll just have to give them a little surprise.” Helle said as he smiled</p><p></p><p>The Pyromancer walked up and stood directly in front of the collapse; he raised his arms out wide and then looked back to the rest of the group, “You might want to back up.” </p><p></p><p>The Kador acolytes back up beyond thirty feet from Helle as Doopa and Menthos stand pat and watch Helle work. There were two sounds; one from Helle’s mouth, the other seemed to come from the tunnel collapse itself. Menthos had never heard the word that erupted from Helle’s lips, by he was sure it was vulgar and that made Menthos all the more eager to learn what it was. The rock blocking the tunnel seemed to respond back to Helle, only instead of a coherent word, the rocks crumbled into pebbles and dust.</p><p></p><p>Menthos whistles as the blockage has been removed from the tunnel, he takes a step forward to get a better look and realizes that even the ground he was standing on as been cracked and the first few inches of dirt crumble beneath his steps.</p><p></p><p>“What did man say?” Doopa asks, Menthos just shrugs his shoulders</p><p></p><p>“Doopa thought he said Catherine.” The ogre answers his own question</p><p></p><p>“Must be an ex-girlfriend, maybe she had an open door policy?” Menthos replies</p><p></p><p>“Come on.” Helle waves on the group, as he does so Menthos catches a glimpse of Helle’s face and notices that Helle’s face has changed. His veins show black beneath his skin and his eyes are cat-like and glow red, taken aback, Menthos hesitates.</p><p></p><p>“It will pass, let’s go kill some goblins.” Helle states, that gets Doopa motivates and he charges forward into the tunnel.</p><p></p><p>Menthos pauses another second and then follows suit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 3268740, member: 11574"] [b]Dark Speech[/b] Menthos, Doopa, and the Kadorians left Highcastle just after three in the afternoon. It would be a five hour trek to the secret entrance and then another three hours of walking the tunnel to get back to the party. Menthos figured an hour of killing and looting goblins would fit in just right for them to be in the party near midnight. Halfway into the walk, Helle struck up a conversation. “I appreciate your willingness to allow us to accompany you. Kador will see a sight tonight.” Helle states, the acolytes shout “Amen” in unison at the end of his sentence. “It’s not a bother, besides, a couple of fireballs are just the reality a bunch of ego stroking goblins need to wash down their throat of denial. Then again, it gives me a chance to test the mettle of that fire fox Fyrhe.” Menthos answers “I wish you luck in that endeavor then.” Helle replies “I don’t need luck; I have a ten foot pole.” Menthos giggles “Doopa not know why Menthos needs giant toothpick to get armor off girlfriend.” The ogre speaks; startling Menthos who hadn’t heard him approach from behind “Heh, you’re pretty wily there Doops, but I don’t need this pole to break her hard outer shell, I need the pole.” Menthos tried to think of a word the ogre was sure to have not heard before, “to go spelunking.” “What’s that?” Doopa asked “It’s when you go lunking with a spiel, all the rangers are doing it, and it’s the latest in dwarf fashion.” Menthos answers, a confused Doopa slows down and scratches his head trying to force his brain into grasping Menthos’ meaning. “Why again is he here?” Helle inquired “You’ll see I need a big enough distraction that I can create and use initially, but that will continue to cause distractions long after I discontinue its use.” Menthos replied Menthos sped up to walk side by side Fyrhe. “So what time do you get off work tonight?” Menthos asked “I do not go off duty.” Fyrhe replies “Oh come on now, surely you have to eat, sleep, use the latrine?” Menthos inquires “Yes, but I remain ever vigilant while doing so. My goal is to follow in Ailena’s footsteps and command my on force of righteousness for Kador.” She stated “Wouldn’t that include practicing your healing technique? There’s got to be some wounds you’ve never had to heal before.” Menthos stated “I am not a healer; you will need to speak with Helle if you are injured.” Fyrhe responds “Oh, so you like the rough stuff, I’m down with that. I’m told the flame of Kador burns with more passion than a thousand year love story.” Menthos continues while swinging his metal pole from his left hip, “I see you’ve noticed my pole, I’m looking for someone to test that passion theory of Kador’s out. You wouldn’t know anyone I could speak to about that, seeing as how you’re the “Y” to my Yin Yang?” Although she didn’t reply Menthos noticed the subtle change in her breathing from focused to annoyed, and if her could get her unfocused, then he could get her other places too. Menthos returned to alongside Helle. “I don’t think she’s going to ace the program.” Menthos whispered [I]“No, but you are.” [/I] Helle thought to himself A half hour from the tunnel, the group slowed to try and figure out a way to approach the entrance without being noticed until they were within spell range. With the entrance being at the bottom of a cliff face, they though the best way would be to get to the cliff as quickly as possible and then approach from the west side of the entrance staying as close to the rock face as possible. Once they were within a couple hundred feet of the tunnel, Menthos turned to Doopa to begin his plan. “Go kill some goblins Doopa, they’re all yours.” Menthos said pointing towards the tunnel entrance Doopa rushed forward, a blood raging scream escaped from his lips as the muscled man leaped into the air and cam crashing down in from of the entrance ready to pounce on the first sign of movement. Doopa peered through the darkness looking for anything other than rock. It took his ogre brain a couple of seconds to realize that’s exactly what he was staring at. Menthos saw Doopa’s shoulders relax and the ogre stood up from his crouch and reached out with his club and began to prod at something hidden from all but Doopa just inside the opening. “What is it?” Menthos asked “There’s no tunnel.” Came Doopa’s reply The party raced up to Doopa, Menthos whizzed every kind of scenario through his head as he tried to come up with a plan “B” that would get them to the party on time if in fact there was no tunnel. The group skidded to a stop next to Doopa and saw the clear signs of a tunnel roof collapse, along with several scrapes and scratches along the wall and ceiling just in front of the collapse. “Looks like your goblins didn’t want to be bothered. Not a problem, we’ll just have to give them a little surprise.” Helle said as he smiled The Pyromancer walked up and stood directly in front of the collapse; he raised his arms out wide and then looked back to the rest of the group, “You might want to back up.” The Kador acolytes back up beyond thirty feet from Helle as Doopa and Menthos stand pat and watch Helle work. There were two sounds; one from Helle’s mouth, the other seemed to come from the tunnel collapse itself. Menthos had never heard the word that erupted from Helle’s lips, by he was sure it was vulgar and that made Menthos all the more eager to learn what it was. The rock blocking the tunnel seemed to respond back to Helle, only instead of a coherent word, the rocks crumbled into pebbles and dust. Menthos whistles as the blockage has been removed from the tunnel, he takes a step forward to get a better look and realizes that even the ground he was standing on as been cracked and the first few inches of dirt crumble beneath his steps. “What did man say?” Doopa asks, Menthos just shrugs his shoulders “Doopa thought he said Catherine.” The ogre answers his own question “Must be an ex-girlfriend, maybe she had an open door policy?” Menthos replies “Come on.” Helle waves on the group, as he does so Menthos catches a glimpse of Helle’s face and notices that Helle’s face has changed. His veins show black beneath his skin and his eyes are cat-like and glow red, taken aback, Menthos hesitates. “It will pass, let’s go kill some goblins.” Helle states, that gets Doopa motivates and he charges forward into the tunnel. Menthos pauses another second and then follows suit. [/QUOTE]
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