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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrow" data-source="post: 721908" data-attributes="member: 301">6th of Charder Thar awoke sometime later to Moroku shaking him awake, “I was on watch with Atarax and Rhuun when they just stood up and walked out toward the exit.  They wouldn’t talk to me.”  Suddenly the Alarm spell that Moroku had cast at the once-secret door began to clang.“There they go.  Wake the others,”  said Thar.  He runs for the exit, only stopping long enough to cast invisibility.  As he reaches the smashed secret doors he slows and sneaks forward silently.  Atarax and Rhuun are already out of sight and he can here the old ogre moving up behind him.  Thar accelerates into a run, dashing through corridors, barely able to catch the sound of Atarax and Rhuun ahead of him.Eventually Thar catches up and, confident that Moroku is close behind, gets near his two companions and casts invisibility purge.  No invisible enemies are revealed, but Thar immediately becomes visible.  Thar attempts to reason with Atarax and Rhuun, but his words have no effect on the pair as they walk determinedly toward Sanctuary.  “We have to go to Zorn,” they explain.  Moroku casts one, then a second dispel magic around the pair, neither to any effect. Thar, in a juvenile fit of frustration attempts to kick Atarax in the genitals, but the nimble bard leaps aside and continues to walk.Suddenly an arrow flew out of the darkness and struck Atarax in the back.  Krikara has arrived.  Thar ignores Atarax and turns to Rhuun.  “I need you to stop.  Maglibuyet wants you to stop.  They'recontrolling your mind, damn it!”  Talking is having no effect, so Thar casts dispel magic on Rhuun.  She immediately stops, blinks, and looks at Thar with despair.  “Oh no!”Atarax has been struck with a second arrow and has had enough.  He casts expeditious retreat and begins to run away from the party.  He is almost out of range when Moroku casts dispel magic on him and he stops, shakes his head in confusion, and moves back toward the party, clutching the arrow sticking out of his side.  He casts a spell, and Krikara feels her will suppressed under Atarax’s charm monster enchantment.  “Let’s agree that the next time someone is charmed we don’t stop them by shooting them full of arrows,” yelled Atarax.  The rest of the party seemed largely unconcerned about his anger.  Thar brushes aside Rhuun’s heartbroken apologies.  “Let’s go back and find Foleful.”“Can I get some healing?” asked Atarax.  “When we get back to camp.  Let’s move.”The party returned to camp to find that Foleful, who was completely out of spells after a day of investigation, had elected to stay where he was.  Foleful quickly put the pieces together and deduced that the party had fallen victim to sympathetic magic.  He explained that sympathetic magic works over long range but requires something that belonged to the target.  It is particularly potent if you have a piece of your target.  Blood would work very well.This revelation sets off another argument.  Thar demands that they go and kill Aunty Em immediately.  Foleful reminds him that Slam her ogre bodyguard poses a major obstacle, and she wouldn’t live outside inner sanctuary if she couldn’t take care of herself.  Atarax suggests that perhaps Aunty Em is passing the blood samples on to someone else, perhaps unknowingly, and recommends talking to her.  Thar is adamant that Aunty Em is their only link to whoever is trying to control their minds.  “We’ll kill her, then ask her if she’s responsible.  If she’s not she can tell us who is.”  He rolls his eyes in disgust as the rest of the party agrees that they should try talking first.  “I can’t think of a scenario where the creepy old witch is our ally against the conspiracy to control our minds.”The party returns to sleep and Krikara conspicuously offers to sleep on the stone floor so that Atarax can have Gariarch’s bed.</blockquote>

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