Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter Two

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

Bahruul listens intently as his friends speak. Hearing a plan, he acts. He marches up to the temple and pounds loudly. "Who's there? It's late!"

Following Bahruul up to the temple door, Keryth waits as he pounds on the door. “It’s Keryth, the priest of Bahamut, and his companions. We’ve returned from the mines with good news.”

 

[Rino]

Varius walks out of the tavern, "Well Eion, where to? With a full belly, and some ale in me, I am ready to take on the world. My question to you is do we search out some fun here or head back to those orcs?"

" I wanna see if we can find those orcs again. and tarhet practice is always good"

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Keryth, Byntrou:

Following Bahruul up to the temple door, Keryth waits as he pounds on the door. “It’s Keryth, the priest of Bahamut, and his companions. We’ve returned from the mines with good news.”

The door opens slightly, and Markie's head apprears around the door into into the gap. "Please, come in. But hurry!"

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

The door opens slightly, and Markie's head apprears around the door into into the gap. "Please, come in. But hurry!"

Byn raises an eyebrow, wondering if Markie's urgency is driven by his paranoia or a real danger, but enters without dallying, nonetheless.

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

Keryth too steps inside quickly, wondering what has occasioned the change in Markie... perhaps they already know the force wall is down.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Keryth, Byntrou:

When the party is in, Markie points to the larger room just beyond the entrance. Markies wife stands there with a concerned look on her face.

She speaks. "Markie has begun to show signs of improving. It happened earlier in the day. Come in, please hurry. I think something terrible has happened at the mine. You must not get caught outside."

 

[Fenris]

" I wanna see if we can find those orcs again. and tarhet practice is always good"

"So be it, let's get some horses and supplies and head out. There was a decent horse trader back near the merchant's quarters the street over from the guild house, remember. Let's start there" suggest Varius eager to be off.

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

When the party is in, Markie points to the larger room just beyond the entrance. Markies wife stands there with a concerned look on her face.

She speaks. "Markie has begun to show signs of improving. It happened earlier in the day. Come in, please hurry. I think something terrible has happened at the mine. You must not get caught outside."

“Yes, I noticed Markie has improved somewhat, and I imagine the timing would match pretty closely with the time the force wall was dropped. It concerns me though, that you think there’s a problem at the mine. I thought we’d sorted things out there, but perhaps the dwarf was playing us after all,” Keryth remarks, turning towards Byntrou with a concerned glance.

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

“Yes, I noticed Markie has improved somewhat, and I imagine the timing would match pretty closely with the time the force wall was dropped. It concerns me though, that you think there’s a problem at the mine. I thought we’d sorted things out there, but perhaps the dwarf was playing us after all,” Keryth remarks, turning towards Byntrou with a concerned glance.

Byntrou frowns at the thought he's been fooled by the Dwarf. "I never was good at reading the faces of Gah'irr-kei'uhk, especially those with noses instead of proper snouts," he mutters. Then he looks to the female. "Can you not feel your Recipient again?"

Byn glances for a moment to Markie before lowering his voice. "Unless it was Markie who was the ... " he trails off before finishing.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Byntrou, Keryth:

[Sblock=Quick Recap from July/August]Just so you all know the angle I'm taking in this post ...

Neither Markie nor Ellayna had told the party about what they truly are. As far as Markie and Ellayna know, the party still doesn't know. Given Keryth's comment about the force wall and Byntrou's comment about the Recipient, though ... it makes it clear that Keryth and Byntrou do know something now.[/Sblock]

Ellayna responds, "You saw the Recipient? Of course! That exaplins it. Our contact with the Recipient has been intermittant since this afternoon. I knew something must have happened, and she must be helping Markie to regain his former self." She looks overcome with total and complete awe.

Marlie breathes in deeply and sighs while looking to the ground. "The Recipient ... says ... thank you. Any you, shorter of the hairy ones ... thank you for the warning. She says ... forces ... never ... came." He looks as though he is expending great mental effort to speak normally and be in contact with the Recipient at this distance.

Ellayna replies, "I hope that means more to you than me."