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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 7492485" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>In the lair of Kumbakarna</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Ordechai: </em></strong><em>Drops slowly to a crouched position, chewing slowly, preoccupied in thought. When he speaks again his tone is less cheery. <span style="color: #B22222">"I'd rather they didn't know <u>how</u> we came to find ourselves here in the hills of Kumbakarna."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> Pauses in between mouthfuls. <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"Didn't you say Kumbakarna was a great enemy of the Quresh?"</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> Nods slowly and swallows. <span style="color: #B22222">"He is indeed. His wrath towards them is well known."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"So why should we worry? Seems like this place is as much of a safe haven as we could hope for... assuming of course he doesn't have any more cursed demons to pit us against!"</span> He adds with derisive snort.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Ordechai glances up at the other deformed children of Kumbakarna overlooking you on the walkway. By now they have noticed Svexyn's disappearance, and are busy staring, growling and cursing at each other worryingly. They are also mystified by the delicious smelling-food Wrenwil has produced. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> Jerks his head up towards them. <span style="color: #B22222">"The only thing keeping these monsters in check is the word of Kumbakarna. If he suspects the Quresh know we are here, his sense of hospitality could change."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic: </strong>Spits <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"We have nothing to do with the Quresh! Your thoughts and memories should only confirm this!"</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Ordechai:</strong> Shakes his head. <span style="color: #B22222">"That's assuming those savages understand my memories well enough to make sense of them? They may glimpse the time we spent at The Restless Sands and get the wrong idea."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> Looks over to the tribesman worryingly and hastily resumes chewing, evidently a nervous eater. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Just then the elder shaman seems to come out of his trance, staring towards Alic and the other pair of you quite intensely. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong></em><em> Swallows painfully as if the elder shamans stare turns his appetite. <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"Moradin help us from the savages!"</span> He curses under his breath clutching the haft of his axe. </em><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>After several tense moments, the elder turns to kneel once again beside the cook fire, muttering to himself once again in his strange tongue. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Alic:</strong> Lets his breath out in a slow huff. <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"Maybe Svexyn had the right idea to disappear? Would have been a nice trick to share with the rest of us!"</span> He says bitterly, stuffing his cheeks again. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Just then, something else enters the cavern through the lower passage past the iron bars. Alic's head turns slowly before his eyes start to bulge in horror just as they did when he first beheld Kumbakarna's pet demon! The dwarf starts choking on his food as something much taller and bulkier than the tribesman looms beyond the cook fires with huge black curling horns and the head of a bull!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>[Wrenwil:</strong> What do you do?<strong>]</strong></em></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Results of Knowledge Arcana Check]</p><p>The scroll left behind by Svexyn is purely mundane and carries no enchantments.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 7492485, member: 6677509"] [b]In the lair of Kumbakarna[/b] [B][I]Ordechai: [/I][/B][I]Drops slowly to a crouched position, chewing slowly, preoccupied in thought. When he speaks again his tone is less cheery. [COLOR=#B22222]"I'd rather they didn't know [U]how[/U] we came to find ourselves here in the hills of Kumbakarna."[/COLOR] [B]Alic:[/B] Pauses in between mouthfuls. [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"Didn't you say Kumbakarna was a great enemy of the Quresh?"[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B] Nods slowly and swallows. [COLOR=#B22222]"He is indeed. His wrath towards them is well known."[/COLOR] [B]Alic:[/B] [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"So why should we worry? Seems like this place is as much of a safe haven as we could hope for... assuming of course he doesn't have any more cursed demons to pit us against!"[/COLOR] He adds with derisive snort. Ordechai glances up at the other deformed children of Kumbakarna overlooking you on the walkway. By now they have noticed Svexyn's disappearance, and are busy staring, growling and cursing at each other worryingly. They are also mystified by the delicious smelling-food Wrenwil has produced. [B]Ordechai:[/B] Jerks his head up towards them. [COLOR=#B22222]"The only thing keeping these monsters in check is the word of Kumbakarna. If he suspects the Quresh know we are here, his sense of hospitality could change."[/COLOR] [B]Alic: [/B]Spits [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"We have nothing to do with the Quresh! Your thoughts and memories should only confirm this!"[/COLOR] [B]Ordechai:[/B] Shakes his head. [COLOR=#B22222]"That's assuming those savages understand my memories well enough to make sense of them? They may glimpse the time we spent at The Restless Sands and get the wrong idea."[/COLOR] [B]Alic:[/B] Looks over to the tribesman worryingly and hastily resumes chewing, evidently a nervous eater. Just then the elder shaman seems to come out of his trance, staring towards Alic and the other pair of you quite intensely. [B]Alic:[/B][/I][I] Swallows painfully as if the elder shamans stare turns his appetite. [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"Moradin help us from the savages!"[/COLOR] He curses under his breath clutching the haft of his axe. [/I][I] After several tense moments, the elder turns to kneel once again beside the cook fire, muttering to himself once again in his strange tongue. [B]Alic:[/B] Lets his breath out in a slow huff. [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"Maybe Svexyn had the right idea to disappear? Would have been a nice trick to share with the rest of us!"[/COLOR] He says bitterly, stuffing his cheeks again. Just then, something else enters the cavern through the lower passage past the iron bars. Alic's head turns slowly before his eyes start to bulge in horror just as they did when he first beheld Kumbakarna's pet demon! The dwarf starts choking on his food as something much taller and bulkier than the tribesman looms beyond the cook fires with huge black curling horns and the head of a bull! [B][Wrenwil:[/B] What do you do?[B]][/B][/I] [sblock=Results of Knowledge Arcana Check] The scroll left behind by Svexyn is purely mundane and carries no enchantments.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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