Crossed Paths, Part II

[eoghanbt]

Tullius drops his shortsword, the bloody length of metal clattering to the floor. He sort of gestures with his axe, hand slipping from that, too, rivulets running down the haft. "My arm.." he says, feet shuffling, before slipping into dumb, shocked silence.

<OOC: 5 hp's and BIG bites means shockey to me...>

 

[Manzanita]

Aftermath

Marcus examines his former opponent. He has suffered a split skull from Tullius' axe. Although still alive, Marcus can find nothing to do for him. Heading over to the door through which they came, Marcus quickly determines how it works and can easily close and wedge it shut when he wishes.

Dhormium approaches Tullius as he sways on his feet. Chanting a quick invocation, the dwarf closes the Roman's wounds. (heals 11 pts). He then finds Marcus, examining the door, and does the same to him (12 points, bringing Marcus back to max)

Brioc finds that Gruk is indeed still breathing, only unconscious. The minor cure spell actually brings him back around. He blinks his eyes and looks about weakly. "Ah, cousin, I live."

I think I won't try to disguise Gruk's words. I'll assume Brioc translates sufficiently for anyone to communicate w/the shamen. If Brioc wants to keep anything private, feel free to switch to blacked out letters. By the way, how do I black out the letters, as opposed to simply making them the color black?

 

[Krilith]

~I have still one spell left and Brioc looks as if he could use it well, and so the dwarf walks over to Brioc, ~

"Brioc, I could still heal some of your smaller wounds, it is not much that I can offer you, but that is all that I have left for today.
I would advise some short rest and some food and drink. After that, we can decide what we shall do now."

ooc: discard 1st lvl protection from evil and cast cure light wounds on Brioc.

 

[doghead]

ooc: I did a reply post and found "spoiler" tabs in his post. I suspect that these do the trick.

ooc: Marcus will only close the door if he is confident that they can get it open again from this side.

"Thank you Dhormium. Your skills and spells are most appreiciated.

"Could you do something more once you have helped everyone? You have the advantage of us in the dark. Could you keep an eye on the corridor*. There are more of these creatures here still."

To Octar and Mendicus Marcus turns.

"I think that I can operate these doors from inside. Lets get the sleeping ones inside then shut the doors. Then we can perhaps take a moment to decide what to do next."

Marcus pokes his head around the door to see if the corridor is clear, then slips out to collect the sleeping and dead lizardmen.

Got to remember to sweep the floor after. Don't want any trails of blood ...

 

[Krilith]

~Dhormium follows marcus into the hallway, he takes a peek up and down the corridor and if all is clear he walks into the hallway and starts helping marcus to drag the bodies into the room. After all the bodies are clear Dhormium remains in the hallway and listens for sounds and then walks back into the secret hide-out~

 

[doghead]

ooc: Doh! Now I remember what the * was for

Marcus realises that his request of Dhormium was not all that clear. He's grateful for the dwarf's help in the corridor, but conscious of the unattended door at the other end of the room. The others perhaps, did not see that some of the lizard folk exited the room that way before things got nasty.

Marcus asks Ehldannis if he could keep an eye on things at that end, indicating the doors with a glance in their direction*.

ooc: * the ones at the west end of the room. Not sure if they are open or not.

Marcus will concentrate on getting the sleeping lizard folk bound and gagged as quickly as possible.

As he works, he wonders what Brioc is getting out of the druid.

 

[Jarval]

"You do indeed." Brioc says to Gruk, recovering his sword from the ground. "Be still, or you will reopen your wounds."

"Thank you Dhormium, your magic is a great kindness." Brioc smiles as the dwarf heals some of his wounds. Looking over to Wolf, he calls his friend over.

"Now let's see if we can patch you up a little, eh?" He says, casting his own curative spell on the wolf. This done, he turns back to Gruk.

"What lies behind this door?" He asks, pointing to the western exit.

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

Octar follows Marcus' suggestion as to the sleeping pair, not seeing Brioc contradicting it. He binds them both and uses his considerable strength to haul them into the room. As Marcus points out his wounds, he manages a small smile. "You didn't look so good yourself. Shouldn't take Dhormium more than a moment's work."

 

[Manzanita]

THe western doors remain open, but could be closed, as could the eastern doors. The western room is dark, but a little light reveals a high vaulted ceiling, held aloft by several pairs of pillars placed periodically down the wide hallway. Bats flutter about and the floor is covered by deep bat guano. Across the hall is another double door, closed. DHormium recognizes this as the room into which he ventured when the party first entered the underground.

Gruk pulls himself painfully into a sitting posture. "Beyond those doors, centipedes, bats, and the exit to the surface."

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

"So what happened, Brioc? Why did things turn sour?" asks Brioc quizically, viewing with distaste the barbarian lizardman lying wounded on the floor.