Deuce Traveler's Sewer Rats

[Deuce Traveler]

Before anyone can react, the elderly goblin woman and her fellow hat-wielding friend appear and see a lone Gunzuul standing in the center of the walkway spanning the two sides of the passageway.

"See, I told you I heard something, Ethel!"

"Ugh!"

"Young man, what do you think you are doing down here at this time of day?"

OOC: How does Gunzuul respond? If the answer seems shady, I'll be making you roll a Bluff check.

 

[Fenris]

Deep in the shadows of the tunnel, Fergus draws his bow, waiting.

 

[ghostcat]

OOC: Just trying to advance the story. If you want to give Boddynock a bit longer to reply just ignore it. I've put it in SBLOCKS so as not to give Boddynock ideas.

[sblock=DT]Hardnose waits for Gunzuul to come up with a story. When he doesn't Hardnose sticks his head out of the pipe and says "Stop chatting up the ladies mate. Otherwise we'll lose the race."

If the "ladies" ask for an explanation, Hardnose will tell them that they have bet a couple of their friend that they can reach <*> via the sewers before their friends can reach it overground.

Where <*> is a prominent landmark in the direction they are going.[/sblock]

 

[Boddynock]

Gunzuul freezes in place for a moment when the hatted pair appear. Then he shrugs, and sighs deeply.

Suddenly a loud shout comes from somewhere nearby.

"Never mind. I think they found me. You might prefer to leave before they get here."

He draws his axe.

[sblock=OOC]The "shout" is the auditory component of manifesting the Force Screen power. His AC is now 17 for the next 10 rounds. I'll roll a Bluff, not that I expect it to do much good.

Nah, didn't think it would.[/sblock]

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: My wife just gave birth to our fourth child a few days ago, but I'm still in the Middle East and have been a bit unfocused. We've been Skype-ing with the baby a lot, and I haven't been resting properly because of the excitement. I'll do an update soon. I'm sorry for being lax.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

IC: The elderly woman tsks to herself and says, "Young hooligans! My boys have long grown up, but I still remember what they were like! I was going to escort you out to the nearest exit, figuring you to be lost, but here you are with a regular pack of never-do-wells. What was going to be the game tonight, lads? A little fighting over turf with those pig-stickers? Maybe get a bit drunk and do a little breaking and entering and filching? Well, I'll have none of it! Not tonight. I can't trust you running around loose, since you look out to put the hurt on someone and I won't have violence on my conscience. So I'm going to take you to Mr. Sabatini's men so that they can take those weapons off of you and I'm going to convince him to make you do some community service at our social! Now come peacefully, boys. I don't want Ethel here to spank your friend. I'd rather leave that to your mamas. Mark my words they'll hear from me!"

She seems serious. For those of you with surviving parents, you have little doubt that this woman would use your descriptions to find your surnames and track them down if it took her relentless weeks to do so.

Ethel keeps a constant eye on Gunzuul after he draws his axe. The old woman just tsks again and gives him the stink eye of elderly disappointment so intense that he feels that she is not only judging him, but his entire generation and finding it lacking.

OOC: This was an easier update than I thought. The sneaking in was blown, but this new path came to me while I was making dinner.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: Bump... flee, fight, or consent to submit your weapons and meet Sabatini.

 

[Fenris]

After a tense moment with a drawn bow Fergus sighs and drops his arrow and slings his bow over his shoulder and climbs down to join Gunzuul. He could not let a fellow dwarf, a fellow Sewer Rat to take this fall alone. Besides there was more than one way to skin an orc and they would be taken to Sabatini which was their mission in the first place.

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Needles tries to stay in the shadows, as he allows the others to possibly surrender. He had no intention of surrendering to anyone. Besides, he took this job seriously. If he had to, he would try to get through the rest of this journey and hopefully meet up with the others. It would seem that perhaps they would be taken to the same place he was header. Having someone in the shadows, ready to deliver a distraction might prove worth the try...

OOC - Hiding, trying to not be found, since they are on a ledge. He will then attempt to continue down the path and meet up with the others, hopefully.

 

[Fenris]

OOC: OOC: This might work out.With Fergus going out it fulfills the suspicion that there were others but they don't know how many. Perhaps we can go with Ethel and crew will the rest head on. Two paths to the same destination. Not sure about Hardnose, he might prefer the open route.