Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter Two

[Nonlethal Force]

The dwarf stammers, "But, well, of course I am caught off guard!" He turns and angrily points at the robed man. "You told me that the creatures underground had killed the priests and that these folks had sided with the creatures underground and tried to kill you all!" The dwarf's face turns a dark red.

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“See, this is what happens when you gloat and reveal your secrets to the people you’re trying to kill, before you’re sure they’ve got no chance to spoil your plans,” Keryth remarks to the robed man, stepping towards him. “So would you like to surrender now and avoid the same fate as those you set on us, or are we going to have to do this the hard way?”

 

[Nonlethal Force]

The dwarf behind the desk reaches to the wall behind him and hefts a mining hammer off of the wall. "I'd recommend the easy way, if I were you. You will surrender."

The robed man slumps his shoulders and holds his hands up innocently. "Fine. I'll go peacefully. You takin' me to Dullstown's jail or do I get to wait here for them to pick me up?"

The dwarf adds, "I can have my guards retain him here if you'd like ... now that his secrets have been revealed." He glares menacingly at the robed man.

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“Not that I don’t trust you,” Keryth says glancing at the dwarf, “but he’s been in command of your guards, so there may be a few that are sympathetic to him. Best I think if we take him with us, just to make sure. I don’t suppose you have any manacles handy?” he asks, before closing the rest of the way to the robed man... taking a rope from his pack in preparation to tie the man up, if the answer is no.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Destiny replies, "There were a few sets out near the cave mine entrance on the guards we fought earlier."

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“That’s right, I forgot about those. Did anyone hang onto a set when we set the heavier items aside?” Keryth asks.

 

[Fenris]

Varius rubs his eyes. Yeap, they are working. Eion was gone. Varius pondered it for a moment. He decided that he hadn't had enough ale yet for that to be the cause.

With a shrug of his shoulders, and another swig of ale, Varuis chalks it up to Eion's penchant for moving quietly and desire to always have the lay of the land.

"Damn elves" he mutters as he turns his attention back to the stew, bread and ale.

With his intial hunger appeased, Varius takes another look around the room, paying a bit more attention to who was here.

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

Byntrou stands silent a moment. That worked much better than I expected, he thought. Not that I think the dwarf's really innocent, mind, but hooray for greedy self-preservation, I suppose.

“That’s right, I forgot about those. Did anyone hang onto a set when we set the heavier items aside?” Keryth asks.

Byn looks a little sheepish as he says "Would that I'd thought of it, Keryth. We'll have to tie him for now, then perhaps we can take him back to the manacles?"

Turning to the dwarf, Byn says, "So you'll be dismantling the force barrier presently, yes?"

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Byntrou, Keryth:

Bahruul likewise replies, "Sorry, Keryth. I assumed that my sword edge would be more useful than a manacles." There also seems to be a bit of resentment in his voice.

The dwarf replies to Byntrou with wide-eyed wonder. "There's a force barrier in my mines? By the gods, man, what have you turned my mines into?" He turns to the robed man as he speaks and his face grows ever more red. Once he stared down the robed man for a second he turns back to Byntrou. "But ... why ... certainly! If I would have known of the presence of a force barrier in my mines I would have taken more interest in the subteranean workings! Not that I would expect an honest answer out of him," he points to the robed man, "But would you all care to inform me of the truth taking place underground?"

Eion, Varius:

[Sblock=OOC]
Fenris: Sorry about the delay. I'll give Rino a couple more days to participate and then we'll move on.

Rino: As noted above in Fenris' line, feel free to keep RPing. Online games move slowly I admit ... but they move much more quickly when all people RP at least once per day as advertised! [Or as close to once per day as their schedules allow] [/Sblock]

[Sblock=Varius]As Varius looks about, there are a small handful of waitstaff mixed in with an odd sampling of people. There seems to be a small business meeting taking place over in one corner of the room. The group of five men are all nicely dressed and many of their fingers are adorned with elaborate gold, silver, and platinum rings. There are also a few tables that appear to be filled with travelling groups of friends not unlike Varius and Eion. Most of theese groups are similarily armed as Varius and Eion.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“Don’t be too upset you didn’t get to use your blade Bahruul, perhaps he’ll decide to try escaping,” Keryth remarks, as he ties up the robed man with the rope, making sure to isolate his fingers. Once he’s finished that, he looks for something to gag the robed man with, leaving the telling of things to Byntrou for the moment.