Lhavarr makes his last plea and the older man is quiet for a moment. He turns to the bugbear who curses when he sees Mordin's face. This is not going to end well, mark my words Mordin! You know this never ends well! He throws up his hands, then waves over the guards to help him take care of something. You see him take out some large apparatus off his back as Mordin approaches.
You must forgive my companion. He is overzealous in his duties. Lets just say that he has his reasons to be so distrustful. As he speaks, you see the bugbear use the complicated mechanism to grab the weird piece of metal and carry it slowly, very slowly, to a heavy looking chest one of the guards had also removed from the bugbear's back.
Seeing you glance at the shard, Mordin beings, Ah, that. From the look of you and that dog of yours over there, it appears you have seen some of the results of that... piece. Something foul has breeched Daunton's sewers. Not for the first time either, unfortunately. We... we deal with such things. Remove them. Your appearance, well it complicates things. Those that get near such shards often are tainted by them if you are not careful. The results are quite dreadful.
There is a sudden gong sound, but after a moment, you realize it is not actually a sound. Instead, it reverberates in your head. Lhavarr and Sapo feel it the strongest, both of them momentarily overcome with nausea. Mordin raises an eyebrow and continues. Ah, yes. That would be the Apparatus. Should be neutralizing this shard here. Touchy process that. Sometimes it makes, how should I put this, the more sensitive of us a bit touchy. Nothing to worry about.
The guard is strapping the chest back on the bugbear's back now; you notice that it is giving off a purple-green smoke. The bugbear glares at you before moving to the exit of the sub-sewer. Well, that should be it, then. There are usually more of these things around, so we'll be on our way. But, do be careful. There will be more of those changed by the shards in the sewer. That you can guarantee.
The old man prepares to leave.
Something Odd is Going on Here
Successes: 10
Failures: 2
Success! Barely.