Age of Worms: Act I - The Whispering Cairn

[Verbatim]

Working quickly Orin moves throughout the office and with Chryse's help the two begin to fashion a very crude fence system to guide the badgers to the entrance of the dining room. While it is a hasty job, the major areas are quickly blocked off as well, and with everyone trying to keep as much protection as they could between the badgers and themselves, the door is pushed open and two angry badgers rush out from the kitchen, down the chute and into the living room.

Trying to guide the badgers out, as well as stay clear of their sharp claws, was a slow task as the duo seemed determined to scratch and sniff everything along their path to the door. Suddenly the duo caught the scent of the fallen birds outside, and both creatures took off towards the fallen birds and began shaking them from side to side, ripping the husks apart quickly with their sharp teeth and claws. Seeing the creatures distracted, Chryse dropped the bench he was carrying and slammed the door shut and for the moment felt secure in the knowledge that the mining office was secure once more.

 

[hippocrachus]

Seemingly pleased the younger man agreed with both himself and the ranger, Chryse nodded his head and prepared to help make his plan work. When it did, he offered more thanks to the Shepherd God.
Your wisdom guides my every move, Apollo!
With the area secured, the cleric listened to the others' conversation, wanting only to rest after a very unexpected eventful day.

 

[Elocin]

Shadow - Rogue 1

Taking stock in the people around him, I am somewhat pleased that they seem to know what they are doing and are competent enough in a fight. He feels a little uneasy around the militiaman as he seems to want to uphold the law a little too much, but I think I can corrupt him enough in due time.

"So please tell me more about these cairns you mentioned and since there seems to be no riches amongst this building, which I assume is why you are all here, are there supposed to be some riches inside these cairns? If there is I will happily go with you as I am sure you will need someone with the skills that I posses."

 

[unleashed]

Orin Heartwood, Male Half-Elf Ranger

“Well as I said earlier Shadow, I only came here because I was in the vicinity when the storm struck, but I too would be interested in hearing about what might be in the cairns...I know the area hereabout fairly well, so I could probably help locate the exact location of the entrance.”

 

[Ozmar]

Jorun Trask, Human Paladin

"I, too, am interested in hearing more. My concern is this goblin tribe, and whether there may be more of them using the cairn as a lair. I am only interested in protecting the good people of Diamond Lake, so you need not fear that I will impede your quests for treasure. I think the laws of salvage certainly uphold your claims to any ancient treasures that may be found in an abandonded mine or goblin lair."

 

[Verbatim]

Shadow:[sblock]As you listened while moving around the building, you entered the kitchen and saw another reason perhaps why the goblins had placed the badgers inside the smaller room. While a hastily made covering blocked the entrance into the celler, the edges of a burlap bag sticking out from one of the cabinets in the room caught your eye.

Opening the bag, your eyes took in the contents quickly and your pulse raced with your find. Silver coins filled the bottom of the bag, with a few gold ones mixed in as well, four sliver syringes each filled with a liquid of somekind, eight pints of lamp oil, five tindertwigs, a coiled length of silk rope, a block of unworked rose colored stone, three blocks of unworked blue colored stone, and a metal flask.[/sblock]

 

[Elocin]

Shadow - Rogue 1

Eyes darting back and forht making sure no one else is in the room Shadow will reach in and grab a handfull of the coins to place in his own pocket. As his hand is about to clear the top of the bag a small voice inside of him screams out he would be dead if it were not for the others. Disgusted with himself he opens his hand and lets the coins fall back into the bag.

Walking back out into the other room Shadow throws the bag at Josun's feet and announces to the group that he thinks the goblins were using the badgers as some sort of guard dog as he found a bag full of coins and other useful items, some of the items he is not sure what the use would be for. At which point you see him go to the door and making sure the badgers are gone you see him stomp off into the rain. "I will be right back. There were tracks out here that I want to see if I can still see where they lead to."

 

[Verbatim]

Shadow:[sblock]Although the badgers have left the area, and taking the bird bodies with them, the only tracks you can easily see are those around the door of the office. The tracks that you saw elsewhere have been washed away by the rain.[/sblock]

 

[Verbatim]

Opening the bag, you all see the contents iside. Silver coins fill the bottom of the bag, with a few gold ones mixed in as well, four sliver syringes each filled with a liquid of somekind, eight pints of lamp oil, five tindertwigs, a coiled length of silk rope, a block of unworked rose colored stone, three blocks of unworked blue colored stone, and a metal flask.

 

[Ozmar]

Jorun examines the contents of the bag. He's particularly curious about the silver syringes and blue and red stones.

"What do you make of this?" he asks, of whomever is near. "Is this stone from some of our nearby mines? And these..." he indicates the syringes, "are they potions, or perhaps some alchemical substance?"

"This gold is likely stolen from unfortunate travellers, as goblins do not make anything useful for themselves. It would be impossible to return it to its rightful owners, if those unfortunate souls even yet live, so I suggest you divide this booty fairly as a reward for the good deed you have done today."