Gardens and the Graves

[Ashy]

Once Grouse arrives at the ring, he consoles Titian, patting his hand gently. "Shush, shush, little one. Grandfather's here...all is well. All will be well..." Once the boy has calmed down a bit, the thistle asks gently, "Titian, can ye tell me what th' voice in th' well said to ye? Have ye heard that voice a'fore?"

 

[Lady Shatterstone]

*As Grouse appreaches the ring Oribella hurrys back to the children and settles once again on Katherine's shoulder. She smiles to the girl questionly as Grandfather talks with Titian.*



"It is all right dearest. Answer Grandfather, he needs to know." she says to the little boy.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Titian seems to relax a bit with the fairies' coaxing.*

"I've heard it once before..." he says, and then looks at Katherine. She nods at him, and he continues. "I heard it in a dream. And I thought it might come true. What's in the well, Grampy Grouse?"

 

[Ashy]

Grouse looks kindly upon the lad, but he stays the course. "Wha' did th' voice say exactly? Wha' did th' voice say would come true?" His purple eyes fall briefly to Katherine and he gives the older girl a worried, but encouraging look. He replies to both children this time, "It's very, very important that ye both be truthful wit' me, young'uns - there's somethin' awful and dangerous in th' well and only th' truth can protect us from it's evil..."

 

[Steve Gorak]

Tuk keeps a weary eye on the devil. He casts a persistent (24h) thunderlance (FR campaign setting p. 75) and is ready to strike the moment he perceives any hostile action. Talking to the beast, he shouts:

"Move not and speak only when spoken to. If not, I shall slay you where you stand, it's your choice"

Tuk is fully alert and is aware that the devil could try to cast a silent spell. Again, he'll strike if he thinks the devil is doing this. Also, Tuk is paying attention to the duration of his circle of binding spell. If it's going to reach the end of its duration anytime soon (OCC: I'm not sure how much time has passed), Tuk will cast a persistent (24h) version of Circle of Binding (BOEMIII p75).

 

[hafrogman]

Gus paces back and forth in the ring, watching Grouse and Oribella try to get some answers from Titian. He wrings his hands together, but remains silent.

 

[Lady Shatterstone]

*Oribella watches Gus pace back and forth in worry. She catches Tuk out of the corner of her eye minding the well and the creature within it, he seems to have everything under control with his binding spell. With that thought Oribella leaves the childern in the thistle's care while she checks on Gus.*

" I know the evil within the well has you worried, but is there anything else weighting on your mind dear? " She says placing a hand on his shoulder and gesturing to the well where Tuk keeps guard.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"I was dreaming I was here, by the well. And then I remember seeing Mother, and she had a baby with her. She smiled at me, and the baby waved... and then I heard the voice from the well saying if I wished it, it would come true," Titian confesses.

"Move not and speak only when spoken to. If not, I shall slay you where you stand, it's your choice"

*There's a faint whimper from the well, which cuts off quickly with a squeak of dismay.*

 

[hafrogman]

" I know the evil within the well has you worried, but is there anything else weighting on your mind dear? " She says placing a hand on his shoulder and gesturing to the well where Tuk keeps guard.

Gus leans in close and whispers to the fairy so that the children do not overhear.

"It's nothing more than you know, but it's more than just the presence of the demon that upsets me. I'm also worried about how it got there, and what it was trying to do there, and why none of us knew it was there before. It scares me that something so malevolent has been here underneath our noses for any amount of time."

 

[Lady Shatterstone]

*Putting her arm around the mushroom she tries to easy his worry a bit*

"The creature must have just arrived. There is no way something so horrible would have been able to get past Grouse and yourself. I wouldn't fret too much Deary, for all we know it could have surfaced just this morning." With those last words she can not help but wonder if her and Tuk's arrival was not part of something bigger.