Constables of the 14th Ward Part 2

[pathfinderq1]

With the last of the visible enemies taken care of, Thea relaxed- for just a moment. Then she put her wand of missiles back into its belt case and stepped back out the door...

"If one of you gentlemen would help me, I think we ought move Raul- his body... I don't like the thought of just leaving him lying there in the muck." As she finished speaking, her voice gave a slight hitch that could have been a well-quenched sob- but as she moved out her steps were steady, and her eyes were focused. While the lethal trap _probably_ hadn't reset this fast, there might be other hidden dangers.

OOC: Moving back outside, to Raul's body. Taking care where she is walking, and using her Trapfinding class ability and Search +12 as she gets close, to make sure the area is safe- just in case.

 

[Rhun]

"I shall help Thea," says Brae to Alarion, "while you finish your search of this building." With that, the cleric flies down from the loft to help carry Raul's body inside and out of the muck.

 

[Scotley]

A careful search of the barn reveals that the feed bin lifts up to reveal a shaft leading down into the gloom. A wooden ladder is affixed to the side of the shaft.

 

[Leif]

By the way, the trap that did in Raul is still in it's "tripped" position. Evidently it must be manually re-set.

 

[Helfdan]

Alarion helps the others carry Raul inside, and bows his head as he says a brief prayer. He then takes a torch from his pack, lights it, and approaches the escape hole. He is about to drop it inside, but pauses and looks to the others. "We need some light down there. Any objections, my friends?"

 

[Scotley]

The shaft is surprisingly deep. You can just glimpse the floor at the far edge of the torchlight perhaps 40' below. The air is cool and smells of mold.

 

[pathfinderq1]

With help from Brae and Alarion, Thea set about the task of recovering Raul's remains. Once they were back inside, she rummaged around in her satchel, digging out a rather surprising amount of cloth (mostly in the form of several different cloaks)- then she began wrapping the body so that the could transport it back to town. As she worked, she kept glancing from time to time over at the group looking down into the tunnel- just in case they needed her help.

OOC: Sacrificing the cloaks from her various spare outfits in the Haversack to make crude shroud- if nothing else, we want to keep all the parts together.

 

[Rhun]

OOC: If Brae's fly spell still has some time left, he will quickly scout out the bottom of the shaft...he'll fly down to take a look around, and then fly back up to report his findings. DM's ruling on whether the spell is still in effect, of course.

 

[Leif]

Brae steps up to the edge of the vertical shaft, clears his throat, and steps out into the air above the middle of the shaft, while several of the other constables try vainly to restrain him. He then just smiles and begins to "sink" downward at a respectable clip. On the way down, Brae sees some rocks in the shaft's walls, a few severed worms, and numerous grub-like crawly things.

[sblock=OOC: Scotley]Hand-Off dude! Meetcha in the End Zone![/sblock]

 

[xedr]

Seeing no action in the rest of the compound, Darius moves to inspect the cart to see if it can be used to transport Raul back to town. (In other words, is it in decent repair? Does it require a horse or is it small enough to be hauled by a couple of men?)