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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DerianCypher" data-source="post: 279818" data-attributes="member: 883">(sorry I took so long!)Part IXI woke about six hours later. Waking up at all was a good sign, my trust had not been misplaced. I looked around at the rest of the party and saw that I was the first awake. Understandable considering all that everyone had gone through. I groaned slightly as I got onto my feet. The elf was no where to be seen.I walked deeper into the library and found him examining a tome that looked like it was about ready to fall apart. I stepped up to him and said, “Thank you for watching us as we slept.”He just continued on reading his tome and ignored my statement completely.“What are you doing here? Who are you?” I asked.“My presence here is none of your concern. The same goes for who I am.”“Fine. I can understand that easily enough. What is going on up there? The temple should be notified so they can dispatch some of their clerics.”“It might be better for them to send some of their warriors. It will require a lot of fighting to clear these ruins.”I paused. As always I kept any emotion from my face. Warriors from the temple? The temple didn’t have any warriors and for the rare occasion they needed them they either substituted battle clerics or they hired men like myself. “Well, the first test is getting them this information. Do you know another way out?”“Yes, there is a door in the back of the library that leads to the surface.”By this time everyone else was stirring. I walked back over to where we had set up camp and started to get all my things together. To my surprise Osbourne was doing the oddest thing: reading a book. He was completely engrossed by it. Of all places to be reading a book I suppose a library was one of the places to do it, but not THIS library.I pulled from my pack a portion of the rations I had brought along and began to quietly eat. We would have to press on as hard as possible on the journey back, making a brisk day walk into a grueling test of endurance. The elf came towards us and spoke up finally, “I am going to accompany you back to the temple. I need to speak with the High Priest.”We exited the back of the library to a long corridor that lead to the base of the hill. Just at the tunnel entrance was another huge centipede, although much smaller than the ones we had seen earlier. I was about to charge forth to do battle when the Osbourne let out a shout of rage. “I’M GETTING SICK OF THESE BUGS!!!” he screamed. He put his hands out and flames flew from his fingertips. For one of the first times in my life, I was completely dumbfounded.The centipede shriveled up and died, engulfed in flames. The entire party was staring at Osbourne as if he had just horns and a pointed tail. I suppose this was understandable, for in essence, he had.I growled and those blades came out of the gauntlets. I took a step forward to send this fallen angel back to where it came from when Kinoc stepped in front of me. “Not now. We have more important business to attend to.”I looked at him for a long moment, trying to collect my thoughts. “Master Kinoc, he is wizard! He must be killed!”“Yes, and all of that will be handled at the temple.”I growled audibly and began traveling towards the temple. We turned a brisk days walk into a grueling 5 hour test of endurance. We arrived at the temple and Osbourne was swept into the back temple with Kinoc and we were allowed to rest. Hopefully he would be executed swiftly. I was left in the main chamber of the temple for a considerable time before they returned. That time gave me a chance to think, and continue to grieve.</blockquote>

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