Death in Freeport

[Le Noir Faineant]

Justin's eyes narrow, and he draws a long hunting knife.

He grabs Wilbur by the hair, and looks him straight in the eyes, rapidly talking in a low and harsh voice:

[sblock]"Listen to me! I am Justin Gilbert Muir, royal heir to the kingdom of Brindinford! By the lives of my father, king Tristan, and of my mother, queen Yvaine, I swear I mean you no harm! - The orc will want to have proof your death! Give me a piece of your cloth, and let me cut you, so the beast sees manblood on my blade! If you don't obey, the wild manling will come for you right after he has finished the hedgewizard!"[/sblock]

 

[Walking Dad]

Wilbur manages to nod, unable to defend himself anyway.

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

Without any further hesistation, Justin cuts two times into Wilbur's left shoulder, and rips off a piece of his new friend's vest.

"Stay here! And don't make a sound!"

Justin then leaves the latrine and positions himself at the door the tavern room, his bloody dagger in hand, quietly watching the fight... And to prevent anyone of looking into the latrine, of course.

 

[Voadam]

Dogrynn stares for a moment at the two before pondering aloud, "Which f&@#ing side am I on?" Shrugging his shoulders he leaps into battle hearing the orc's proclamation of demons his strike is aimed at the mage and monkey. Dogrynn's strike is true if a bit on the week side. His blade knocks off the wizard's hat and draws blood from the man's arm but the pale skinned man manages to keep chanting.

The monkey screeches and races down behind the man, using the wizard's body as cover.

21 Anton
19 Kenzil
14 Logan
8 Arcata
8 Scarbelly
7 Justin
7 Wilbur
1 Dogrynn
22 Monkey

 

[Voadam]

Anton is torn with indecision and holds back for a moment as the axe wielding orc eyes him hostilely.

The pale man finishes his chanting and there is a howl of wind as small clouds form swirling in the smoky air of the Rusty Tankard. Small bits of darker air coalesces in the clouds and focus on the pair of bravos attacking the wizard. These clouds start to buffet the orc and Dogrynn.

Dogrynn feels blows land upon his torso but his scale armor absorbs the impact. The orc is battered a little about his face and starts to curse out a snarling oath against demonspawn. Altogether it appears there are now four clouds swirling about Dogrynn and the orc.

The pale man shoves the loop of his satchel over his arm and calls out in words of power again. Smoky air swirls about him and the outline of his body blurs then contracts until there is nothing but a condensed cloud similar to the others with a vaguely humanoid shape that blurs as he rises up and back over the booth to above the one Arcata was lurking in. The screech of the monkey can no longer be heard.

Logan retreats from the fight toward the exit, readying his crossbow...

"Scarbelly, I can help you defeat this one if you let me talk to Lucius! We can talk later about details !" he shouts.

Changing his incantation a little bit, Logan orders this time in a firmer voice:
"Čarobnjače-zaustavi se!" and the universe itself seems to respond. Golden glowing rune sigils form in the air around the cloud over the booth. They form bars around the cloud form of the wizard but then shatter as they impact the cloud itself.

13 Anton
8 Arcata
8 Scarbelly
7 Justin (declared)
7 Wilbur (declared)
1 Dogrynn
19 4 clouds
19 Kenzil
14 Logan

 

[Erekose13]

"Oh for f&^@'s sake. Where the hell do you think you're going." says Dogrynn as he tries to move towards the door to intercept the gaseous wizard.

 

[Graybeard]

Anton, seeing the strange man change before his very eyes, is still unsure who to trust. However, he moves towards the door to try to intercept the mage. Only by asking questions can he sort out who to trust. He keeps his rapier at the ready just in case.

[sblock=ooc]

My computer died and I had to replace the hard drive. I just got it working again. Sorry.

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[Voadam]

Anton, seeing the strange man change before his very eyes, is still unsure who to trust. However, he backs towards the door to try to intercept the mage. Only by asking questions can he sort out who to trust. He keeps his rapier at the ready just in case.


8 Arcata
8 Scarbelly
7 Justin (declared)
7 Wilbur (declared)
1 Dogrynn
19 4 clouds
19 Kenzil
14 Logan
13 Anton

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

OOC - How far is the mage from Justin's position?
If he hasn't noticed about Justin's involvement, maybe the bard can land an attack of surprise....

 

[Neurotic]

Logan

Logan has no means of stopping gaseous form, no magical weapon to affect it so he chooses to wait until either he has clear shot (so that bolt ends up in the wall when it passes through as he expects) or the mage rematerializes.

He simply aims his crossbow at advancing mist and moves aside to let it pass.