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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeNotCharles" data-source="post: 4776842" data-attributes="member: 79945">Solon and Goeth:About half the former bucket brigade forms up behind you and follows at a run, while the remainder continue to divert water toward another street.  "Well done!" you hear them cry, and, "Follow those two - they know what they're doing!"  A few of them even seem to be cheering Goeth on.You round a corner to see the building site - really just a vacant lot, with a large pit dug to begin the basement.  Wheelbarrows and tools are scattered around a large pile of freshly turned earth.  Your helpers fall to and begin loading earth into wheelbarrows and hauling it towards the fire.You notice that a few of the people who were following you have not arrived, and you look behind to make sure that they aren't in danger, just in time to spot one - an elf - disappearing into an empty building.  Your first thought is that he's spotted some victims that you missed and bravely gone in to resuce them, but then you see his companion - a dwarf - standing in the street below the window, arms outstretched.  The elf reappears and tosses down a silver candlestick and a finely crafted, brightly lacquered fiddle, which the dwarf stuffs into a sack.  Looters![sblock=OOC]Goeth <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2054665/" target="_blank">passes his Aid Another check</a> with flying colours, giving Solon a total of 20.  That's a Success.Also, Solon and Goeth have started to become known and respected in the area for the efforts, which counteracts some of the prejudics against Goeth.  I'll give more details at the end of the adventure.[/sblock]Kama'zer:You look towards the building which the woman pointed out as housing one of your kinsmen, just as the cellar door creaks open and a cluster of people comes tumbling out, coughing and gasping.  They must have found a safe pocket to shelter from the fire.  Suddenly the ravaged hulk of the building gives a mighty groan and timbers begin to fall!  You wedge yourself into the doorframe to prevent the collapse, but you can't hold out forever and you can still hear cries coming from inside![sblock=OOC]Sure - I've responded as if, instead of a building that's still burning, it's a burnt-out hulk that's about to collapse.  You might want to edit your text slightly to match, but it still fits pretty well.I'll call this Endurance, which is still a Success.Also, you'll gain a small XP reward for roleplaying your char, for sharing the treasure you found with the prisoners.[/sblock][sblock=Status]Challenge 1: 7 of 12 successes / 0 of 3 failuresChallenge 2: 8 of 10 successes / 0 of 3 failuresSolon and Goeth are two blocks from the Hanged Man, at the edge of the area that's still burning, and can't see what's going on in the main square.Everybody else is in the main square, and can't see what's going on in the burning alleys.  Kama'zer is holding up the doorframe of a collapsing building.Acted:GoethCallenGalinndanMri'ThasSolonKama'zerYet to act:SolitaireSoldierTs'iri[/sblock]</blockquote>

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