Deep Water and Shoals II

[Tonguez]

"We gonna be a fightin'" Malachi feels the rush of his Orcish heritage burning in his veins as he reaches down and takes the keys throwing them to the young orcs in their cages "fer freedom or dignity. An'wan knowin if we g'tya back door? and wots dhe fas'est way out dhe city? Get evr'one out. Wade in dhe rivar, go t' dhe for'est. 12 be com wit me t' dhe docks."

As the orcs deal with opening the locks he himself turns and calls the obscuring mist to full the courtyard outside the door, hopefully providing at least a modicum of cover for their escape...

 

[Uriel]

Nico frantically looks for a back way out <Search 16 total>

 

[kenjib]

Vemuz grins at Malachi's words. "We just might be swingin' in the morning too. Just need to get in and talk with them, eh?" A morbid chuckle escapes him.

ooc: does the door open inward or outward? If it swings inward toward him, Vemuz will rush to the door and brace it against opening. If it swings outward Vemuz will rush to the prison where the orcs are freeing themselves and assist in rushing them out the prison doors so as to increase the general confusion and increase the odds that they will be able to sneak out unseen.

 

[Bob Aberton]

Vemuz,

You slam the door shut and brace against it.

From outside, a voice seemingly straight out of your memories of the inland wars and howling drill sergeants shouts:

"This is the Watch! Come out now, I say, or we will force the door!"

A few seconds of silence ensue, and then you feel a shock vibrate through the door. You dig your heels in and brace for the next blow.

Behind you, you hear an Orcish voice shout "We done got free!" and a loud, combined roar of triumphant as the Orcs are unlocked and let out of their pens.

(OOC: Make a STR check to hold the door shut.)

Nicodemus,

You spot, behind the pens, a small and nondescript door that, wherever it leads, leads away from the irate watchmen trying to force their way in.

Malachi,

The excited murmur of the Orcs swells to a triumphant roar as one by one the pens are unlocked and the Orcs find themselves, for the first time since they were herded on slaveships in the Wild Lands, free and unchained.

"We done got free!" shouts one of the dockworkers, and the cry is taken up by all of the erstwhile slaves.

Free at last!

 

[Uriel]

Moving to the door, Nico says (not too loud a shout), 'Calypso's Grace, we have our Out. gentlemen, I think it's high time we ditch this cesspool of a town!

 

[kenjib]

Strength check: 1 + 3 = 4.

"Go! Quickly! I'll hold the door!" Vemuz strains to hold the door, but is distracted as he turns slightly to tell the others to quickly leave.

 

[Tonguez]

"Falla dhe dwarv!" Malachi yells at the newly free Orcs "g'tout as quek y'can"
As for himself he runs up to stands with Vemuz holding the door and casting about for something to use to bar it - even perhaps the body of a fallen guard.

Hauling the body up to the door and jamming it against the threshold and using whatever else is handy as a brace he leans against the door and whispers so many prayers to Calypso that it seems his throat will go dry.

(ooc Str check 10+3 = 13, cast Obsucring Mist, Bane, Guidance ready to cast Summon Monster)

 

[Uriel]

Nico sends to Artimus, ' Dammit, Artimus, I need to know how many guards are out there at the front dora, as well as the back of the building. I'll be comming out with a pack of Orcs quick on my heels and we need ta know what's a'waitin fer us.'

 

[dead_radish]

Malthas dreams of small women and piles of gold, happy in his slumber.

 

[Bob Aberton]

Nicodemus,

...angrymen number 1 paw (ie 5) at front door...2 angrymen at back door...

You hear, over the din of the newly free Orcs, a bursting, splintering noise (much like the impact of a 12 pound shot you heard once, serving on the THORGRIM'S WRATH), and over your shoulder you glimpse Vemuz bowled over as the front door shakes. The portal holds, however, for the moment.

Vemuz,

Your momentary distraction proves your undoing, as the door shudders again, almost slamming open. The impact flings you to the ground like a bundle of sailcloth, your unexpected flight terminating in a very inglorious landing on your backside.

(OOC: I treated the watchmen's attempt to force the door as a bullrush, opposed by you and Malachi on the other side of the door. Because you failed your STR check, you took the brunt of the bullrush and were forced back 5 feet.)

Malachi,

The door shudders again as the watchmen fling themselves against it. Vemuz, distracted by a momentary glance over his shoulder, is knocked off balance and is hurled back a few feet, making an inglorious landing on his backside.

Calypso must approve of your venture, however, for as your prayers leave your lips you feel Her strength flow in your veins. The door holds.

Meanwhile on the other side of the door, the Protectress of Mariners shows her other face; a low note like a ship's bell reverbrates through the oaken planks, and the next blow on the door is weak and disheartened. It feels almost as though the watchmen are afraid to approach the door.

Your original prayer to Her is answered as well; you can see through one of the small barred windows that the courtyard where the auction block stands is filled with a "pea-soup" fog.

You can also hear snatches of the watchmen's conversation outside the door via the same window.

"...ain't natural, Sar'nt. First this fog, an' then th' bell...you'd think Calypso Herself is against us. Or maybe Davy Jones...shouldn' we call...magical reinforcements?"

"Damn your eyes, Wilkes, what kind o' superstitious nonsense 're ya spoutin' now? Calypso don't care about no score 're two o' flea bitten Porcs, even if they are prime hands! I'll be damned if I'll call fer magical reinforcements, my report's gonna read that Sar'nt Q. Jones captured that there lot o' Porc-stealers on his own. Don't need to be roustin' no damned mages out o' their beds at this hour, 's just a coupla Porc-stealin' bandits holed up in there. Now put yer backs into it, all o' ya!"