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Message: <blockquote data-quote="biorph" data-source="post: 788319" data-attributes="member: 10426">The roper encounter, the other point of viewThey retreated back into the cell out of the foul creature's reach."Is Ulfgar alright? He just sort of crumpled back there." asked Veridian as the entered back into the safety of the unused jail."Uggh, I feel as weak as a newborne babe" croaked Ulfgar as the rest of the party pried  his armor off him so he could breathe better. "Whatever that thing did to me, it wasn't fooling around."Their new companion Elwood, was looking a little better than the dwarf, aided by the fact that he could still move under his own power."Well at least the half-elf got away so there's some hope of a rescue." Elwood said the rest of their party leveled their gazes at him.  "Oh come on, I mean I know he may be a it crude but he's not a total id-""YES, he is" interrupted Thane "Things are only worse for him being out there.""That reminds me." said Veridian "Back in a second"."Try not to get your ass kicked by an invisible Troglodyte" said Thane"Bartol's not by the door anymore, which probably means he's going to try something" Said Veridian ignoring the Druid's comment"Great." intoned the party in sarcastic unison.As they made plans for their escape, Veridian heard a shuffling at the far end of the other carven exit.  "May as well see what he's planning."Veridian decribed a scene where the barbarian threw the hobgoblin skeleton at the roper attempting to appease it."Did he miss the part where it said it wanted blood struggling meat?" asked ThaneThe roper was of course, not appeased.  The rest of the party attempted, futily, to dissuade Bartol from any futher attempt to appease it.  They'd formed a plan to fill the cavern with magical fog and sneak past the blinded roper.  The attempted to convey This to Bartol but in typical fashion the barabrian would not listen."And he's gone off again, oh great, what now?"The party seated themselves outside of the jail knowing that a show was soon to be imminent.A few minutes later Bartol appeared again, this time with one of the bodies from the Myconid King.  Everyone else hoped he'd obtained it without pissing the king off.again, as everyone save Bartol expected, the Roper was not appeased."Must be bloody, must be fresh" it said.As he left a thought occured to Veridian "He's running out of things to feed it, I'd be forry for the creature, but please let him just give it a horse so we can be done with it, I don't mind if I have to walk back to the glenn."Bartol of course decided rather than just a horse carry an extra rider, he's throw it something else.  He decided to give it the bear meat the party had just obtained.  Again there was no appeasing the creature.The party was screaming at him now, begging, pleading, and threatening.  Anything so he would just stop trying."Gone." said Veridian "He's gone again, just like an entire winter's worth of food he fed it, just like Ti...Oh no, he wouldn't dare would he?" veridian looked at Erik and Thane with panic in his eyes. "Bartol would try to feed the Roper..."The unsaid name fell heavy on their ears, it seemed to echo in the silence. Timmay"If he does" said Erik "Then when I get my hands on him I'm going to..." "We're going to beat some sense into him" finished Thane. "Yes" replied Veridian "WE will" another thought occured which he said aloud "Why is Bernedette letting him feed that thing all our stuff?""Pfft, She's probably asleep or something, the poor girl is going to be in for a nasty suprise when she finds out what's he's done" replied Thane.Again Bartol returned and as feared, he carried the young gnome's body."GGGGUUUUUYYYS," he yelled. "BEEE READY.""So what have you brought me?" the Rock asked."One of our member," Bartol answered tears streamed down his face."TTTTIIMMMMMMMAAAAYYYY," Bartol yelled the battle cry one last time. He hurled the gnome's form across the stream.The Rock grabbed it and swallowed him whole."GGGGOooood," the Rock replied. "I am sated."The others scurried passed. Erik dragged Ulfgar. Veridian carried the supplies. And Thane helped Elwood.As they exited the carvern Thane told him "You get to tell his wizard parents why their son is dead and there is no body for them to bury.""Hmm" thought Veridian, "no body indeed.  It's clearly a creature of it's word, perhaps it might be willing to return at least the skeleton if we give it something in trade, give the body some peace.  Well Bartol does have that horse he's so attached to...no, no sense in punishing the creature for something it had no part in.  They'd probably find something suitable soon enough anyway."After they had reached Bernedette and safety."You never leave one of your party behind," Erik fumed. "Bartol, I hope you aren't going to resist the beating you are about to receive."Thane, Veridian, and Erik worked the barbarian over with the flats of their blades. The half-elf cried the whole time.  The tears were lost on the elf, everyone knows children cry most often when they know they deserve the punishment they rare about to recieve, because then they can't get out of it.Bernedette took no action to stop them, but her face was unreadable, Veridian couldn't tell how she felt about all that had just passed. As he took watch that night the rogue's thoughts were heavy and muddled "Damn it, Timmay is dead, the body is gone, all the food is gone.  This couldn't have come at a more inconvenient time.  What am I going to do NOW!?!"</blockquote>

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