[GRIM TALES] Wulf Ratbane's SLAVELORDS of CYDONIA

[Old One]

Brigitta

Brigitta bristles a bit at Joshua's words and feels a tingling urge flit from her core down her slender arms to her fingertips. A voice-less voice gently tugs at her brain, urging immediate action

'Perhaps a minor demonstration is in order...'

She shakes her head, banishing the annoying thought and gives the preacher her most disarming smile and a quick laugh.

"Point taken, Mr. Hambrick and I am genuinely relieved that I have you as not only a valued guide, but spiritual advisor as well. Be assured that the effects I alluded to have little to do with hellfire and damnation...they are better characterized as temporary weakness brought about by overtaxing mental strain...not trafficking with the Great Enemy."

Even as she laughs off the preacher's warnings, her thoughts circle the image of old babushka that had taught her one of the more dangerous incantations. The mental picture of the gypsy woman rooting around on the ground, gnawing on rocks and ripping the skin from her face with her own nails was worthy of a wood-cut from Dante's work. Perhaps Joshua did have a point.

Turning to T. Rawley, she fixes him with a penetrating gaze.

"Are you sure you want to know? I am not sure this is something easily explained to your...more parochial American newspaper readers," she winks at him and continues, "let us save this discussion for a quieter fireside chat...but I will share what I know with you...give you the story of a lifetime...with one iron-clad restriction. Absolutely no attribution. After all, I do have a medical reputation to protect...do you agree?"

~ OO

 

[Fenris]

"Yes, Ms. Nielson, I think you having that chat in some other place is best. No need to further dark our path here now. So once you have recovered from the strain there of magic, well press on. Come to think of it, I think there's a fakir I need to vist back in India as well. I never could figure out his damn parlor tricks, guess this is why."

 

[BryonD]

Joshua turns away again and moves five to ten feet down the southern corridor, trying to not leave the light behind. Searching for any indication of which way will find Brigitta's goal and get us done and back out of here.

Rolls another survival check: gets a 26
survival (1d20+7=26)

 

[ragboy]

"Are you sure you want to know? I am not sure this is something easily explained to your...more parochial American newspaper readers," she winks at him and continues, "let us save this discussion for a quieter fireside chat...but I will share what I know with you...give you the story of a lifetime...with one iron-clad restriction. Absolutely no attribution. After all, I do have a medical reputation to protect...do you agree?"

"Of course, Ms. Nielson," Rawley says, putting away his notebook.

It was always the same, he thought. They never wanted to talk about it. Hell, she'll probably kill me in my sleep just so she can dig through my guts.

 

[Old One]

Brigitta

"Of course, Ms. Nielson," Rawley says, putting away his notebook.

It was always the same, he thought. They never wanted to talk about it. Hell, she'll probably kill me in my sleep just so she can dig through my guts.

[OOC: Hah!]

Brigitta glances at Haskins and Hambrick and then over at Teddy and a brief mask of worry clouds her face.

"To answer your earlier query, Mr. Hambrick, the appearence of this reptilian monstrosity leads me to believe we are on the right track...on the trail of a greater mystery, if you will. But I have yet to find what we seek. We might want to do a quick search of this cesspool, although I doubt we will find more than much and the waste discharge of those unfortunate souls that seem to have encountered this creature prior to our arrival."

She pauses for a moment, taking stock of everyone's condition.

"I am willing to press forward in the interest of time, but a rest period might be warranted to allow the injured further recovery. I will, however, defer that judgement to those so wounded."

She carefully cleans and replaces her medical cleaver and double-checks the load on her Webley while awaiting a reply.

~ OO

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Map update. Further updates may be made to this post shortly...

Yes, I know you can see through the walls on this map.

Having now seen the creature up close and personal, Joshua had surmised that the "dragged thing" he'd been tracking was most likely caused by the sweep of the creature's tail.

And it was clear to Joshua that the lizard had made use of the passageway to the west ("south" in the combat map) as well.

 

[Old One]

Map update. Further updates may be made to this post shortly...

Yes, I know you can see through the walls on this map.

[OOC: That's 'cause we are so special ]

~ OO

 

[nakia]

Teddy will slowly get to his feet. "I'm okay. Brig took care of me. We can get on wid it."

I have Teddy's hitpoints at 18. He lost 20 from the monster (ARRGGH!), got 1 back from Brigitta's normal healing, and 8 more back from her Dark Arts . Does that look right?

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I have Teddy's hitpoints at 18. He lost 20 from the monster (ARRGGH!), got 1 back from Brigitta's normal healing, and 8 more back from her Dark Arts . Does that look right?

That's fine. I am not doing a lot of book-keeping on my end, so I hope you guys are keeping tabs, especially action points and hit points.

The post above has been updated with the results of Joshua's Track check.

 

[BryonD]

Any sign of the dragging we were following before?