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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 3362335" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>Hey man, I'm so stoned</strong></p><p></p><p>As Helle’s Pyromancers were dragging the minotaurs out of the kitchen hallway, Xanthos had a thought cross his mind and he approached the pile of dead half-bulls. Sifting through the mass, he located the left hands of all the minotaurs and picked out the one that displayed the symbol of Carnack most clearly on the back of the hand. Finding one his was pleased with he served the hand at the wrist and placed it in a bag around his waist. He then returned to the rest of the group near the walk-in freezer as the Pyromancers returned from the kitchen to begin burning the bodies. The largest minotaur was removed from the pile and placed in the secret tunnel prior to the burning.</p><p></p><p>“Well, looks like you know how to lock a door, too bad you can’t unlock one mister rogue.” Kessen intimates</p><p></p><p>“This only proves I’m so good at my tasks, that even one as great as I cannot reverse what I have done.” Menthos responds</p><p></p><p>“This reminds me of a time I left the wax from a candle on the shelf leading to a troll’s den; I can tell you there were quite a few pickles drained from that lager I assure you.” Haimish added</p><p></p><p>“Doopa likes pickles.” The ogre states</p><p></p><p>This gives Menthos an idea.</p><p></p><p>“Well, there are pickles behind this door, along with dozens of racks of ribs.” Menthos pauses for dramatic effect, “still hungry?” he finishes with a raised eyebrow</p><p></p><p>Doopa needs no further provocation as he bull rushes the door and blasts it off of its hinges. The doppelganger inside, who had been trying to work the lock from the inside, is knocked back prone from the force of Doopa’s charge. Using it’s ability to hide even while in plain sight, the doppelganger quickly recovers it’s footing and spying a swaying side of beef, it scales up the hanging slab opposite the side the adventurers are on.</p><p></p><p>“Brr, a little cold in here.” Turgar issues</p><p></p><p>“It’s a meet locker; it’s supposed to be cold. Don’t want maggots in your steak.” Kessen informs the shaman</p><p></p><p>Doopa selects the nearest side of meat and tears it off its hook and shoving as much of it as he can in his mouth with one fluid motion.</p><p></p><p>“Isn’t that a tad raw?” Haimish asks</p><p></p><p>Doopa shrugs as his mouth rips into another bite.</p><p></p><p>“Doopa’s tribe has yet to master fire, so this seems normal to him.” Turgar says</p><p></p><p>Kessen enters the room, bow drawn and arrow notched, “Where’s this assassin of yours?” </p><p></p><p>“Hiding obviously.” Menthos replies </p><p></p><p>“Everyone fan out, and keep sharp. Shoot anything that moves.” Kessen instructs</p><p></p><p>“Does that include you?” Menthos asks</p><p></p><p>Kessen ignores the teifling as he sprints to the last side of beef hanging opposite the door and peeks around the meat to get a look at the wall opposite the door, “Clear along this wall!” </p><p></p><p>Doopa continues to eat while Turgar and Haimish follow the nearside wall heading towards the back of the room, Haimish looking forward and Turgar looking into the hanging maze of beef.</p><p></p><p>Deftly the doppelganger descends from its hiding spot and quietly creeps to the open door, only to pull up as Xanthos’ frame appears in the doorway, blocking an easy escape.</p><p></p><p>“Who… ?” Xanthos gets out before the doppelganger flicks two daggers at the shifter. Both missing their target and bouncing off the wall behind Xanthos’ head.</p><p></p><p>Menthos turns back to catch the glimpse of the attack and shouts “Assassin!” to the rest of the party.</p><p></p><p>The doppelganger flings two more daggers at Xanthos, this time hitting the shifter in both shoulders. Xanthos stands his ground however, forcing the doppelganger to retreat back into the maze of hanging meat. </p><p></p><p>“It went back into that row of …. Oh my god! The horror! What is this room?” Xanthos exclaims, realizing for the first time what the room contains</p><p></p><p>Kessen cuts through the rows of beef and quickly gets disorientated as the party’s shouts appear to come from all directions, “Where is it now?”</p><p></p><p>Haimish dives to the floor to look for it’s feet, mistaking Kessen’s feet as the doppelganger Haimish calls out, “It’s right in the center of the room, it appears to be confused as it’s moving in a tight circle not going anywhere. Turgar and Menthos push their way into the hanging slabs headed for the center of the room.</p><p></p><p>“I should be right on top of it, where is it now?” Kessen yells</p><p></p><p>Recognizing that the adventurers are headed in the wrong direction, the doppelganger shoots from its hiding spot, aiming to overrun Xanthos. Doopa spies the fleeing doppelganger and using the only thing he had in his hand, crushes the doppelganger beneath four hundred pounds of meat.</p><p></p><p>“Doopa squashed bug.” The ogre announces</p><p></p><p>“Great Doopa, now go find the assassin.” Kessen answers</p><p></p><p>Confused, Doopa shrugs his shoulders and gnaws into another side of beef. </p><p></p><p>“Doopa killed the assassin.” Xanthos calls out </p><p></p><p>The party makes their way back through the meat to inspect the body. </p><p></p><p>“*whistles* that’s a lot of daggers” Haimish notes as Kessen pulls two dozen off the gray thing’s body. </p><p></p><p>Xanthos scours the body for any tattoos or brands of affiliation, however he finds nothing of that sort. </p><p></p><p>“I wonder who the target was.” Xanthos asks aloud</p><p></p><p>“I don’t know, but we’re losing time down here. Kalen’s bound to be here by now.” Haimish advises</p><p></p><p>The party agrees and leaves the doppelganger behind as they meet Helle at the stairs leading up to the party. The faint scent of burnt charcoal permeates the room.</p><p></p><p>“Ready?” Menthos asks, Helle nods and the two parties head upstairs </p><p></p><p>Most of the hallway is clear, as boisterous noises can be heard coming from the room at the far end of the hallway. A throng of people have gathered all trying to get a glimpse of whatever is in the room.</p><p></p><p>“Appears are options have limited themselves.” Xanthos states</p><p></p><p>The groups head down the hallway and pause just behind the line of party goers trying to push their way into the room.</p><p></p><p>“He’s got to be in there.” Haimish hopes</p><p></p><p>“It’s packed pretty tight, how are we going to get in there, let alone be able to operate in there?” Kessen wondered</p><p></p><p>“We have our on path maker, Doopa please clear us a path.” Menthos asks</p><p></p><p>Doopa tries to barge his way through the crowd but it is still too tight for him to budge through, he gives up on trying to muscle his way in and starts chucking patrons back down the hallway. Once he’s thrown a dozen or so and the surrounding masses of people see him going to work, they voluntarily move out of his way.</p><p></p><p>“Excellent!” Haimish exclaims</p><p></p><p>The two parties squeeze into the room and try to get into position to see most of the room.</p><p></p><p>Haimish grabs Menthos’ arm, “I’m going to go find Kalen, here, you hold the vial here by the door in case he tries to flee.” Haimish shouts as he presses the vial into Menthos’ hands.</p><p></p><p>Haimish melds into the group of party goers, however the hand-off did not go unnoticed by Helle, the priest begins shoving his way back through the crowd towards Menthos.</p><p></p><p>Xanthos cranes his next and spots Lord De’ Lite leaning against the far wall opposite the only exit to the room. Xanthos gets Kessen, Turgar, and Menthos’ attention and hand signals where he sees the vampire.</p><p></p><p>Haimish passes the midpoint of the room and hears a shouting voice rise above the shouting throng of guests.</p><p></p><p>“You won’t believe her beauty, I challenge any man to look her in the eyes and tell me she is not the loveliest thing ever created!” A crescendo of shouts drowns out any other words the man may have said.</p><p></p><p>Haimish stops and tries to see what all the commotion is about and spies a gnome standing next to a hooded robed figure.</p><p></p><p>“You want to see her?” The gnome shouts as the people scream, “Well then feast your eyes!”</p><p></p><p>Haimish began to form the sound of an “M” as the robed figure raised her slender arms and pulled back the hood revealing a writhing mass of black snakes on her head and glowing green eyes. That was the last thing Haimish saw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 3362335, member: 11574"] [b]Hey man, I'm so stoned[/b] As Helle’s Pyromancers were dragging the minotaurs out of the kitchen hallway, Xanthos had a thought cross his mind and he approached the pile of dead half-bulls. Sifting through the mass, he located the left hands of all the minotaurs and picked out the one that displayed the symbol of Carnack most clearly on the back of the hand. Finding one his was pleased with he served the hand at the wrist and placed it in a bag around his waist. He then returned to the rest of the group near the walk-in freezer as the Pyromancers returned from the kitchen to begin burning the bodies. The largest minotaur was removed from the pile and placed in the secret tunnel prior to the burning. “Well, looks like you know how to lock a door, too bad you can’t unlock one mister rogue.” Kessen intimates “This only proves I’m so good at my tasks, that even one as great as I cannot reverse what I have done.” Menthos responds “This reminds me of a time I left the wax from a candle on the shelf leading to a troll’s den; I can tell you there were quite a few pickles drained from that lager I assure you.” Haimish added “Doopa likes pickles.” The ogre states This gives Menthos an idea. “Well, there are pickles behind this door, along with dozens of racks of ribs.” Menthos pauses for dramatic effect, “still hungry?” he finishes with a raised eyebrow Doopa needs no further provocation as he bull rushes the door and blasts it off of its hinges. The doppelganger inside, who had been trying to work the lock from the inside, is knocked back prone from the force of Doopa’s charge. Using it’s ability to hide even while in plain sight, the doppelganger quickly recovers it’s footing and spying a swaying side of beef, it scales up the hanging slab opposite the side the adventurers are on. “Brr, a little cold in here.” Turgar issues “It’s a meet locker; it’s supposed to be cold. Don’t want maggots in your steak.” Kessen informs the shaman Doopa selects the nearest side of meat and tears it off its hook and shoving as much of it as he can in his mouth with one fluid motion. “Isn’t that a tad raw?” Haimish asks Doopa shrugs as his mouth rips into another bite. “Doopa’s tribe has yet to master fire, so this seems normal to him.” Turgar says Kessen enters the room, bow drawn and arrow notched, “Where’s this assassin of yours?” “Hiding obviously.” Menthos replies “Everyone fan out, and keep sharp. Shoot anything that moves.” Kessen instructs “Does that include you?” Menthos asks Kessen ignores the teifling as he sprints to the last side of beef hanging opposite the door and peeks around the meat to get a look at the wall opposite the door, “Clear along this wall!” Doopa continues to eat while Turgar and Haimish follow the nearside wall heading towards the back of the room, Haimish looking forward and Turgar looking into the hanging maze of beef. Deftly the doppelganger descends from its hiding spot and quietly creeps to the open door, only to pull up as Xanthos’ frame appears in the doorway, blocking an easy escape. “Who… ?” Xanthos gets out before the doppelganger flicks two daggers at the shifter. Both missing their target and bouncing off the wall behind Xanthos’ head. Menthos turns back to catch the glimpse of the attack and shouts “Assassin!” to the rest of the party. The doppelganger flings two more daggers at Xanthos, this time hitting the shifter in both shoulders. Xanthos stands his ground however, forcing the doppelganger to retreat back into the maze of hanging meat. “It went back into that row of …. Oh my god! The horror! What is this room?” Xanthos exclaims, realizing for the first time what the room contains Kessen cuts through the rows of beef and quickly gets disorientated as the party’s shouts appear to come from all directions, “Where is it now?” Haimish dives to the floor to look for it’s feet, mistaking Kessen’s feet as the doppelganger Haimish calls out, “It’s right in the center of the room, it appears to be confused as it’s moving in a tight circle not going anywhere. Turgar and Menthos push their way into the hanging slabs headed for the center of the room. “I should be right on top of it, where is it now?” Kessen yells Recognizing that the adventurers are headed in the wrong direction, the doppelganger shoots from its hiding spot, aiming to overrun Xanthos. Doopa spies the fleeing doppelganger and using the only thing he had in his hand, crushes the doppelganger beneath four hundred pounds of meat. “Doopa squashed bug.” The ogre announces “Great Doopa, now go find the assassin.” Kessen answers Confused, Doopa shrugs his shoulders and gnaws into another side of beef. “Doopa killed the assassin.” Xanthos calls out The party makes their way back through the meat to inspect the body. “*whistles* that’s a lot of daggers” Haimish notes as Kessen pulls two dozen off the gray thing’s body. Xanthos scours the body for any tattoos or brands of affiliation, however he finds nothing of that sort. “I wonder who the target was.” Xanthos asks aloud “I don’t know, but we’re losing time down here. Kalen’s bound to be here by now.” Haimish advises The party agrees and leaves the doppelganger behind as they meet Helle at the stairs leading up to the party. The faint scent of burnt charcoal permeates the room. “Ready?” Menthos asks, Helle nods and the two parties head upstairs Most of the hallway is clear, as boisterous noises can be heard coming from the room at the far end of the hallway. A throng of people have gathered all trying to get a glimpse of whatever is in the room. “Appears are options have limited themselves.” Xanthos states The groups head down the hallway and pause just behind the line of party goers trying to push their way into the room. “He’s got to be in there.” Haimish hopes “It’s packed pretty tight, how are we going to get in there, let alone be able to operate in there?” Kessen wondered “We have our on path maker, Doopa please clear us a path.” Menthos asks Doopa tries to barge his way through the crowd but it is still too tight for him to budge through, he gives up on trying to muscle his way in and starts chucking patrons back down the hallway. Once he’s thrown a dozen or so and the surrounding masses of people see him going to work, they voluntarily move out of his way. “Excellent!” Haimish exclaims The two parties squeeze into the room and try to get into position to see most of the room. Haimish grabs Menthos’ arm, “I’m going to go find Kalen, here, you hold the vial here by the door in case he tries to flee.” Haimish shouts as he presses the vial into Menthos’ hands. Haimish melds into the group of party goers, however the hand-off did not go unnoticed by Helle, the priest begins shoving his way back through the crowd towards Menthos. Xanthos cranes his next and spots Lord De’ Lite leaning against the far wall opposite the only exit to the room. Xanthos gets Kessen, Turgar, and Menthos’ attention and hand signals where he sees the vampire. Haimish passes the midpoint of the room and hears a shouting voice rise above the shouting throng of guests. “You won’t believe her beauty, I challenge any man to look her in the eyes and tell me she is not the loveliest thing ever created!” A crescendo of shouts drowns out any other words the man may have said. Haimish stops and tries to see what all the commotion is about and spies a gnome standing next to a hooded robed figure. “You want to see her?” The gnome shouts as the people scream, “Well then feast your eyes!” Haimish began to form the sound of an “M” as the robed figure raised her slender arms and pulled back the hood revealing a writhing mass of black snakes on her head and glowing green eyes. That was the last thing Haimish saw. [/QUOTE]
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