DT's Old School Campaign- (Chapter 4: The Guild and The Girl)

[GlassEye]

"Thinking? I guess I wasn't. But done is done, my Da always said. So, we have a little less than an hour to find Vera. Once the fight starts attention will be focused on it. We're gonna have to act fast; I'm not sure how long I can hold out against Rexor. He's good. Hill, I'd like you close enough to watch my back and hold onto my axe. When things go down, I'm gonna want it. And also be close enough to help Lola and Rovan. Lola, you are likely going to be able to be right next to Mukang. Are you willing to kill him? Cut his throat during the fight and all hell will break loose. In the confusion the four of us link up with Quinn and the girls and get out." He knows the plan is weak but at this point there is little he can do about it. "If you've got something better in mind, spit it out now; time's passing."

 

[Deuce Traveler]

"I think I understand," Rose said as she looked into Edvan's eyes. "I truly do. I can see you for what you are." She drew close to Edvan, and the heat radiated off each of their bodies. For a moment it seemed as if she read his soul and saw him truly for the first time. "You're a damn, suicidal idiot." The flower girl brushed passed him; Quinn in tow.

She approached a server girl that she recognized and asked the woman about her roommates. Eventually it was found that the new girl was recently added to her room and put into the care of Gron- a horrid and brutal man who was said to be a quarter or so orc. Rose found the location of the room to be along the west wall of the bottom floor, six rooms south of the given Wilders' quarters.

 

[Fenris]

"I think I understand," Rose said as she looked into Edvan's eyes. "I truly do. I can see you for what you are." She drew close to Edvan, and the heat radiated off each of their bodies. For a moment it seemed as if she read his soul and saw him truly for the first time. "You're a damn, suicidal idiot." The flower girl brushed passed him; Quinn in tow.

Smirking behind his mask, Rovan leaned into the Ed "You're in trouble now, either you die and prove her right, or prove her wrong by living. And you don't want to prove a woman wrong. Though in this case you had better."

 

[Scott DeWar]

*ungh!* Quinn is slight caught off guard by the sudden exit of rose, with a metered klunking of his pegleg to indicate his pace to keep up with the girl.

When they get to a good privet spot he has rose stop.He then removes his pegleg and produces the silver dagger, which he in turn hides up his sleeve.

Ready moppi, ...er... Ahem, Amber.

 

[Queenie]

"Lola, you are likely going to be able to be right next to Mukang. Are you willing to kill him? Cut his throat during the fight and all hell will break loose. In the confusion the four of us link up with Quinn and the girls and get out."

Lola cocked her head. "I have no qualms slitting his throat, though that quick death is probably too good for the likes of him. The only issue is that now we have less than a hour to find the right girl."

 

[Queenie]

She approached a server girl that she recognized and asked the woman about her roommates. Eventually it was found that the new girl was recently added to her room and put into the care of Gron- a horrid and brutal man who was said to be a quarter or so orc. Rose found the location of the room to be along the west wall of the bottom floor, six rooms south of the given Wilders' quarters.

"Let's go see if we can find Vera," Lola said, adjusting her veil across her face. "One of you do the talking for me, to Gron. If he is ornery I will get angry. If we have to, we'll kill him."

Once everyone was ready Lola led them to the door and knocked.

 

[GlassEye]

Edvan looks askance at Lola. "Lady of the Veils, you are well-paired with the good Master here." He glances over at Rovan with a thin-lipped smile then shrugs and waits for a response to Lola's knock on Gron's door.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

It was about 30 minutes until the battle when a scarred, dog-faced kobold was allowed to come upstairs and nudge Edvan in the ribs. "It's times to prepare in pit. You ready?"

The other four Wilders also went downstairs, but turned away from the gladatorial pits. Instead they walked down the corridor with Rose in tow. Occasionally a burly, armed man would walk by them and so they waited near the door Rose insisted the new, disruptive woman was being held. Hilmdyn quickly tried the knob, however, and found it locked. Lola knocked, and a sweet female voice yelled back, "Go away! My lovely and I are trying to sleep!"

Rose looked confused and whispered, "Lovely? I would never call one of those men lovely. I could have sworn this was the direction given me."

 

[Scott DeWar]

Quinn whispers, "She might be playing along." then shrugs.

 

[Queenie]

Lola tried the know to see if the door was locked. Then she nodded to the boys, indicating they should get the door open.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The door was locked, and Hilmdyn also noticed that the bottom of the door seemed to have a sticky liquid that was beginning to pool by their feet. Quinn touched the substance and recognized it for blood.

OOC: Is Lola picking the lock while the others keep watch, or is someone kicking down the door, or is someone having another idea.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Quinn shows the blood to Lola and shakes is head no, then points to the lock and makes a 'turning the key' motion.

 

[GlassEye]

It was about 30 minutes until the battle when a scarred, dog-faced kobold was allowed to come upstairs and nudge Edvan in the ribs. "It's times to prepare in pit. You ready?"

"Nearly so." He turns to his friends. "Hurry, my friends, time is growing short." Edvan leaves them to their investigations and follows the kobold.

 

[Queenie]

Lola again nodded to her friends to keep watch. After seeing the blood she quickly pulled out her lockpicks from their hidden spot. She checked for traps on the door then started on the lock.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Edvan
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As the kobold guided Edvan towards the tunnels he asked him an odd question. "You are strange, human. What you fight tought man for? Tough man is bigger and badder. You not like life?"
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Everyone Else
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Lola took a few minutes to check for traps, and found a crude one with a blade that would shoot out from a panel near the lock if the door was opened before it was disarmed, but she could not find a way to safely disarm it. So she activated it and allowed the blade to fly out and hit the opposite wall with a thud and quiver. Lola shrugged at her companions and worked the lock while Rovan and Quinn ran interference on either side of the hall. Finally, she worked the lock open and pushed at the door. Immediately near the door was the bleeding corpse of a huge, muscled brute of a man. Pinned underneath him was a brown-haired woman that was trapped underneath his weight. She only had one hand free, but that hand held a long shard from a nearby broken mirror and it was evident that she had stabbed him several times in the neck with it, though she took a bruise or two on her own body as well as had a cut lip. "Blazes... well, I guess I wasn't escaping out of here like this anyway..."
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[Scott DeWar]

Quinn is so amazed at the sight fo the trapped girl under the falen handler he can only shake his head and say, "good form moppit. good form Your father will approve when he sees you free and , uh clean."

 

[GlassEye]

[sblock]Edvan looks at the little creature is surprise. "I love life very much." He pauses, thinks for a moment, and decides to take a gamble. "But I also love freedom. Sometimes you have to sacrifice one for the other. Tell me. Has sacrificing your freedom given you the life you crave? No? Then perhaps it is time to risk life for the sake of your freedom."[/sblock]

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Edvan
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The kobolds walked Edvan by several cells that held several giant rats, a monstrous spider, four arguing goblins, and two sombre hobgoblins. "A good life? No. But it has been life. We are whipped only on occasion, have food and entertainment, and are spared arena. Why? Does man have army coming perhaps?"
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Everyone Else
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Quinn helped the girl push the body off of her. Her sparse clothes were slightly torn, she had a couple of bruises, and she was covered slightly in blood. Otherwise she looked fine and was able to stand. "My father sent you? He taught me how to use a weapon as he used to be a man-at-arms before he retired to become a netmaker. My name is Vera."
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[Scott DeWar]

"Aye Moppit, ye be the net maker's dawter? An this be ye second beast that ye faught off? Good form indeed. Lola, if ye be so kind as to work magic on those bonds?" he steps aside to let lola unlock the chains, while Quinn will check the handler for keys or weapons or anything else.

"Do ye have any other clothing any where without blood? we have to do some sneakin and we need to not look , uh , too busy, if ye get me meenin?"

 

[GlassEye]

[sblock]"I won't be fighting alone. Even if I were alone, I would still choose to fight." Edvan falls silent for a bit and the two walk towards wherever the kobold is leading him. Finally Edvan says, "I fight for you, too. And for them," motioning back towards the goblins and hobgoblins. "But maybe they should get the choice to fight for themselves, eh?"[/sblock]