A Spiked Drink

[Systole]

There's a faint clink of glasses as Daylily continues to sample the perfume selection. "I'm not surprised that your women do something as passing odd as tae change their scent. After all, they rub themselves with that foul 'soap' nonsense which does naught but remove their natural womanly humors. But I confess, I never would have imagined that even civilized women would care tae douse themselves in so murk a stench."

He belches, and the odor of lilac wafts across the room. Daylily grimaces. "Whaa, that one crept back upon me most wickedly."

 

[jackslate45]

OOC: Wince ... Why for some reason do I have a feeling that it's not a normal chair? And that all of a sudden Relic is going to be strangled by it? hehehe ... talk about paranoia!

OOC: Fort Save or Die

Relic and Holphin together examine the stock of potions, and they find that most of the marked potions are spiked in some way. Some with Contagion, others with Poison, still others with different fungi floating in the solution that don't seem natural (Nature/Dugeoneering/Heal). Lt. Rondo knew what he was doing, as all of the potions labeled where tainted.

Saranna, on the other hand, looks at the bottles a second time, and gets the distinct impression that the writing on the labels have been written for some time now. Clearly, these were prepared before hand!

Relic sits down in the chair, and notices something odd. The cushion on the seat is well founded, shaped as if someone has sat on this chair for long periods of time. Searching the surrounding books and alchemical equipment, he finds a small brown book, tightly bound by a fraying rope.

Daylily continues to be surprised by how something so foul smelling (to him at least) tastes so good.

 

[InVinoVeritas]

Holphin looks over the bottles with some concern. "If someone had gone through this much trouble beforehand to prepare these tainted potions, there is even far more preparation here than meets the eye. This increases the chance of surveillance greatly."

Holphin finds a clearer section of the floor and pulls out a piece of chalk. "Please don't disturb me for a moment. I would like an extra pair of eyes and ears in this situation."

The halfling starts drawing in the air with the chalk. For some reason, it leaves a trace, and a hastily scribbled magic circle appears in midair. It starts to shiver as powdery motes float about. In the center of the circle, Holphin inscribes a large door. The door opens, and out steps a mountain of a... mountain. About seven feet tall, it appears as a man, carved out of stone, then shod with rough iron bands over a series of cracks. Within the cracks, and the simple openings of its eyes and mouth, a ruddy light smolders within.

"Everyone, this is Emet, my companion."

 

[jbear]

Relic is clearly impressed with the halfling's companion. He waves timidly somewhat lost for words.

Eventually he turns his attention back to the small book he has found. Squirming around on the chair unable to make the cushion feel quite right he stands and begins rearranging it in earnest trying to make the odd depression disappear. He picks it up several times, fluffs it vigourously before replacing it and flopping into it solidly in an effort to make it take his own shape.

"Hrumph! Either someone has spent half their lives sitting in this cushion or or it has been emptied and refilled with something else ... Hrumph! Because I've never known a gnome to weigh enough to leave a cushion so bereft of comfort!"

Struck with the curiousity his own words stir Relic stands and examines the cushion awaiting for the answer to leap out at him. When that fails, he takes to the cushion with his sickle and empties the contents out onto the floor.

Feeling somewhat guilty for his wanton destruction (whether he finds something of interest or not) he turns his attention to the small book, unbinds the rope and skims through the contents to see if it is the meticulous ledger he is seeking.

 

[Systole]

Daylily watches the summoning with interest, and he nods in approval as the eidolon appears. "One of the Stonekin, eh? Well then, hail and well met, Uncle Mountain." He laughs and shakes his head. "Ye know, I never expected tae see such wonders when I left Jirago tae come on walkabout. Snake Daughters, Dark Children, Speakers of the Sun Wolf ... and now one of the Stonefather's own. I regret I've little tae offer ye but these drinks, Uncle Mountain. They taste passing fair, but mind the belching, as they've an after-stink ye cannae believe."

 

[jbear]

OOC: [MENTION=95784]jackslate45[/MENTION] I've been looking at the career I had loosly mapped out for Relic which would have seen him go into Mystic Theurge prestige class,and I've decided it's not such a great idea. So after having talked with the judges on the LPF discussion area (Satin Knights principally), it was agreed and confirmed by a second judge that if I so chose, as Relic has not been yet approved for level 3 I could count the time xp he has received thus far as being only level 2 and make significant changes to his build. This included not taken the level in Oracle and going straight Wizard. I was tempted but after some thought I decided I liked the fun a level of Oracle brings to Relic. I'm going to just take levels as a wizard fromhere on out so I came to realise that the Oracle Revelation I had chosen for Relic was terrible considering it was never going to become more powerful. So having to change the build significantly in any case I've decided to take the xp penalty and be counted as though I had only levelled up to lvl 3 from today. This means my xp total will have dropped somewhat, though I'm pretty sure I'm still lvl 3. And it also means when you calculate xp you'll have to take that into consideration, calculating my days til now as though Relic was level 2. Sorry for the hassle. I'm hoping [MENTION=6666968]Satin Knights[/MENTION] can post an xp correction for me some time soon and then approve Relic for lvl 3 I'm really sorry for the hassle! Relic's lost his longsight but his near sight has sharpened considerably,and he's quite a lot quicker off the mark! Handy for a Wizard! Cheers!

 

[jackslate45]

OOC: Got it. I won't be able to update tonight (Tuesdays are my long days) so that should give SK time for a reply. I'll work on the change tomorrow.

 

[Songdragon]

"These marks here... they have been on the bottles for sometime now. They were prepared, long before the gnome got into any trouble. Perhaps he is being set up for something? The halfling states as she looks up at the new rock fellow.

As she had not seen the fellow halfling perform magic before she looks at him now with a confused look. 'He does not dress as one of the Grey Ones, but has great magical abilities. I will have to look into how halflings of these lands differ from those of the Isles.'

She then bows respectfully to the halfling and his servant.

 

[jbear]

Relic pauses at the halfling's comment truly surprised.

"Sorry dear, did I hear you say you think that the mark's on the bottles are old? Or are my ears playing tricks on me? Because ..."

Relic takes a deep breath thinking of the ramifications of the information.

"Are you absolutely sure? Because if that is the case, if Lt Rondo did not mark the bottles ... how did Rukelp miss seeing so many marks on the bottles? How, with all the strangeness of an entire years stock being dropped at his doorstep ... which noone saw even arrive, did this man not even think to check its meaning with a few simple tests first? Why some of the bottles have a fungus floating in them!

Or perhaps it was Rukelp that marked the bottles himself! Why don't you compare the mark with Rukelp's hand amongst these papers and this book."

With a frown he turns back to the book.

OOC: Relic's new starting HP's: 3906 Edit: Ahahahahaha: I mean xp! Doh!

 

[Systole]

Daylily takes one of the marked potions, and peers at the material floating within. He shrugs and puts it back on the table. "Looks like the hair off a frog's arse tae me," he says.

OOC: 3906 HP? Man that's like a Constitution of 2600 or something! Awesome!