For More Than Glory

[Delwin]

Delwin rest against a tree listening to the conversation.He thinks to himself for a moment.

"I noticed that guard got a good look at us.He will likely remember just in case something were to come of it.I still think we should have killed him.It has been bugging me since we left the city."

Delwin moves closer to the group with a serious look in his eye.He looks at Val.

"I just may have to go back for him.I have this feeling he could throw a kink into things we have planned,really foil this dockside meeting.We must make sure to be very cautious there.If word gets out it could verywell turn into a trap.I really should get more familliar with that area.Anyway, I believe holding up out here is a wise idea for now.This whole thing is still very new."

Delwin turns and walks back to the tree.He leans his arm there looking off in the direction of the city.He was much more comfortable inside the city,no matter who is looking for him.He sits back down and leans back once again.Resting for what could be a very event filled few days ahead.

 

[Memnus]

"Would have been better to cut a deal. I'd prefer to be able to come back to this city, someday." He sighs, glaring a moment at Delwin, uncomfortable at the talk of cold-blooded murder. "All we can do is hope the guards can keep him held for long enough that our surprise isn't lost. It'll be hard enough to take him conscious this time, especially with the area so crowded. Kirran, he'll probably resist your immobilization spell. You'll probably want to have more than one ready."

He stands up and starts pacing, mumbling ideas to himself or to the group. "If we had tanglefoot bags, they'd be optimal. Should've got those from Randall. The rope-entangling spell will help, but it's not tight enough... A way to catch him while he's running..."

 

[firehorse]

Valdir shrugs in his characteristic way. "His idea of a deal was to let him go. Imagine that, just letting him go after trying to assassinate one of us! Plus, he would have been free to go and rat us out sooner that way. Killing him would have put us into double jeapordy with an additional price on our heads from the local law. Even though I might have preferred killing him, turning him over was likely the best idea in my mind."

"I still have my bolas. They worked rather well before, although a way of toughening the cord to prevent cutting might buy us some more time. Either that, or a strong net. We'll be by the docks, maybe we could purchase one and drop it on him from a roof or something. Of course, he wouldn't cause us much trouble anymore if he ceased to breath..."

 

[firehorse]

Then Valdir's face lights up as if an idea has come to mind. "Most spells have a verbal component, right Fleck? If so, a nice little Silence spell, like the one I saw one of our mages use on his nagging wife, centered on him might render him virtually defenseless."

 

[Rish]

Kirran looks over at Fleck, smoothing the last bits of skin-darkening cream onto the backs of his hands and scrubbing his fingertips clean on his shirt. "Hm? Oh, the holding spell. Always do. As for keeping him quiet," and here he turns to Valdir, "That's not hard to manage either, providing I don't need it tonight... though I shouldn't. I hope." He pauses and grins broadly, his teeth unnaturally white in his artificially darkened face. "And given a little time and a little luck - and a little of either's not hard to come by, if you're clever - there are a few other wicked little surprises I could have ready for him."

 

[firehorse]

Valdir frowns as he thinks harder. "How well would it work if we were to have a net with an area silence spell on it and then entangle him with it? That way, we'd bind him physically and spellwise."

 

[Rish]

Kirran shrugs. "Silencing the net's easy enough... easier than aiming at him, really, since he can fight it off and nets have, well, not enough brain to resist a spell. I don't know about entangling him with it; ask Fleck." He looks questioningly at the gnome.

 

[firehorse]

"Oh, I can handle the entangle part well enough if I wait on the roof of the building he is going to. We will need a net that is hard to cut, perhaps one that us used for sharks or the like. Maybe we can purchase one tonight when we scope out the target area."

Valdir grabs a stalk of grass and starts chewing on it.

 

[Memnus]

"You know, I've never tried to animate a net. It'd probably be more complicated, because it's designed for linear... er, that is to say, the spell works on a single rope, not a weave of them. If I could single out one rope around the outside, it would probably work."

He pauses, thinking. "I wish there were a way to catch him somewhere not as crowded. It'd be best not to have any witnesses we can't avoid...."

 

[firehorse]

Valdir shrugs, "We could always try to follow him when he leaves. That would be a bit risky since he will likely get word when he gets there of the failed assassination and will be more cautious. If we can somehow get him before he finds out we live, he may be less alert. I can only relate this to when I'm tracking animals for food. You try to catch them where you know they'll be, but where they'll be less aware that the hunter is stalking them."