[IC] Return of the Runelords

Guest 11456 · Jun 11, 2019

As Shendra begins quickly searching the shelves she hears the faint sound of giggling. The sound comes from the direction of the sofa.

Deuce Traveler · Jun 11, 2019

Michael puts a hand on Shendra's shoulder in order to stop her from getting closer to the sound. He then approaches with sword in hand and peers around the sofa, "Whoever you are, I'd ask that you announce yourself and your intentions. My friends and I are a bit on edge."

Kaodi · Jun 12, 2019

The oracle halts in her tracks, not even moving to brush the old warrior's hand away. She eyes the sofa with a piercing gaze; if this was the spirit of Roderick, she might be forced to use her magic to disrupt him. But she was also wary of the sound being a lure - she knew a spell that could produce the same effect.

Guest 11456 · Jun 13, 2019

You see a man sitting on the sofa who appears to be reading from a book. There is a child sitting on his knee and two others sitting on the floor around the man. A woman nearby in a chair. She appears to be doing needlepoint. As you watch the scene changes from pleasant to horror. The five people suddenly shift, their skin begins to slough away in wisps of shadows to reveal skeletal faces. The man turns to you, points accusingly, and demands you leave, saying, "Get out!" in a long, gasping shout. Everyone needs to make Will saves.

OOC: BTW, north is to the left, so the front stairs are west and the back stairs are east.

Kaodi · Jun 13, 2019

Shendra's eyes widen at the frightful sight. Who are all these people? she asks as her emotions are torn at once more.

OOC:

Will: [roll0], +7 vs charms and compulsions.

Maybe we should have looked upstairs first, heh. Does this appear to be the same spirit from the Circle?

Guest 11456 · Jun 13, 2019

Shendra, Teea and Michael are effected by a fear effect for three rounds. Teodor and Mei are shaken for 1 round. So after Shendra, Teea and Michael flee for three rounds, dropping anything they had in their hands, they presumably return and pick things up. We will begin there. Teea speaks up, "That looked like Roderic and his family. I remember seeing a painting that looked similar to them in the image." Teodor and Mei recount that when the others fled, the image slowly faded.

Kaodi · Jun 13, 2019

"If you wanted someone to save your precious Cove you certainly are not making it easier for us to help you," says Shendra loudly and plaintively. But there is a shake in her voice too... The faces of those children as their skin gave way to bone - that was horrifying in a way that went beyond her compulsion to run. Suddenly the seer wanted to scream as an image of her own daughter making that transformation came unbidden to her mind, and she squeezes her eyes shut as her hands come up to her head.

After a moment she kneels down to recover her spear, still glowing with soft magical light. Glancing over towards the ruined chesterfield Shendra has a flashback to those times she had had to search for her daughter's modest toys, and then lowers her head down to the floor and slides the end of her spear underneath to see if anything has been left behind.

Guest 11456 · Jun 13, 2019

A quick search of the room turns up nothing of interest.

Kaodi · Jun 13, 2019

The oracle brushes herself off. "Which stairs shall we chance, Michael?"

Deuce Traveler · Jun 15, 2019

After Michael comes to his senses he says, "That's beginning to get old, but no less unnerving. Let's head to the southernmost stair. Only because it's slightly closer of a walk from here."