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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2377601" data-attributes="member: 13966">Risslek the kobold cleric gives Fleck a nasty look when he comes down out of the Rope Trick, then hisses out "You tricked me, gnome.  You were, sssss, lucky I was bound.  But....there was sssssome truth in what you said.  I could well kill you now, and Naeron would thank me for your delectable ssssoul....."  The kobold stares at Fleck like one would stare at a great treasure, then Risslek hisses again."But Naeron demands I hold to my word, ssss, and I would not ssssuffer his wrath when my soul issssss his too....  Nor the revoking of hissss blessings now, when I am without dragon and mage to ssserve my purposes.  I will bessssseech lord Naeron to give up your beast's ssssoul, and the dragon's diamondssss will be the trade.  You best pray to Naeron he acceptsssss them."Risslek performs the ritual to raise the dead, and while it is gut-wrenching for Fleck to see Bristletail's soul tear its way back into the little fox's body like some horrid, savage beast, followed by the corpses' nearly bone-snapping convulsions, and then the sound of bones realigning and a hissing sound as flesh unnaturally grows back in place over the mortal wounds that had been inflicted.......finally the fox familiar revives and shudders from the experience, fully alive once more.  Naeron has relinquished one small soul, for now.  The diamonds Risslek used in the ritual are snatched away by a spectral, clawed hand, and fade away.  The kobold utters another prayer to Naeron, and then backs away slightly from Fleck and Bristletail.The fox barks happily after realizing it's alive again, and runs around Fleck's legs for a moment before standing in front of him and waiting to be carried out, bushy tail wagging.  The kobold cleric hisses disdainfully at the display, and walks over towards one of the side-tunnels, then notices as he gets closer that it has been sealed up with stone.The kobold turns back to hiss loudly again at Fleck, then says "If your comradessss come back in here, I will kill them all.  I will not let a dead, arrogant dragon prevent my preparationssss.  I can call on ssservants of Naeron nearly as powerful, and I can call many more of them right now.  I made certain to prepare the proper invocationsssss to Naeron's proxies, fool gnome.  Begone now and I will not sssslay you immediately.  You made me promisssse under enchantment that I would restore your pet to life, but in your short-ssssightedness, you did not convince my then-addled mind to let either of you live afterward.  SSSSS."He proceeds to loose a short, draconic chuckle that more resembles a growl.  Standing close to one of the sealed side-tunnels now, he is well outside Fleck's gnomish sight in the dark.  Fleck leaves quickly at first, slowing as he gets further down the tunnel and feels certain the kobold cleric hasn't followed, or summoned anything to pursue him.After Fleck has left the main chamber, the kobold cleric Risslek hisses quietly, and turns toward the sealed passage he had approached a few moments ago.  With a quick prayer to Naeron, his body seems to ooze through the cracks of the Material Plane's reality, and ethereally he passes through the unimportant stone seal over the side-tunnel, sliding back into place on Aerde's Material Plane on the other side of the seal.  Risslek growl-chuckles quietly to himself as he easily heads down the dark, familiar tunnel and leaves through a distant, kobold-hidden exit..........</blockquote>

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