[GRIM TALES] Wulf Ratbane's SLAVELORDS of CYDONIA

[Old One]

OOC: Alright Old One, Try any of these on for size:
You can make digitalis from foxglove, ricin from castor beans, a digitalis-like cardiac gylcoside from oleander, a ricin-like neurotoxin from rosary pea, and my favorite, you can extract high levels of capsaicin from any member of the pepper familiy.

All of these are found in South America, all of these phytotoxins are easy to aquire, process and all can kill. But if you only want to poison they can be scaled back on dose.

Fenris

[OOC: Thanks...I will check those out...especially if I blow this next check ]

~ OO

 

[Fenris]

[OOC: Thanks...I will check those out...especially if I blow this next check ]

~ OO

OOC: Heck that wasn't even with Googling. Just checking my notes.

Haskins will circulate among the guards making small talk, one professional soldier to another. He'll ask if they have seen any tracks from local wildlife around, specificially big cats.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

It was around lunchtime-- right around the time her experiment went astray-- that Brigitta realized she hadn't eaten breakfast yet, let alone lunch. The native woman who had brought them breakfast had apparently forgotten her duties at lunch.

Haskins sighed. "I'll see if can't find her, or at least wrangle up something myself..."

The men were trying to busy themselves about the camp, but there was little for them to do. They were growing bored and restless.

"That gun's not getting any cleaner, Bill," Joshua griped. It was difficult to rest with all the incessant click-clack-rasp-rasp-clicking.

Haskins came back with some food. "Damn woman's gone off, it seems. This is the best I could manage."

They all munched quietly on dried jerky and pickled eggs, mustering all the enthusiasm of a herd of cattle deep into their cud.

And there was still no word from Dr. Parthenis.

 

[Hjorimir]

"Begging your pardon, preacher, but while it's all good and well to be prepared for the afterlife I'd just as well not rush to get there. Guns need to be clean to work properly and this jungle is anything but clean. So you stick to what you do best and I will do what I do best. Ah, here comes lunch - such as it is - why don't you lead a lil'prayer then? It will make the jerky all the sweeter," Bill replies with a wink and a nod.

 

[BryonD]

"Dear Lord, May Bill always be the second one to shoot. And may none be the third."

 

[BryonD]

When Joshua can get a moment of Brigitta's time:

"Well Mam, how much more sitting 'round we plan to do? I'm of the idea that you may know a fair site more 'bout this devilry than you're lettin' on. And I'm guessing that you may know a lot more 'bout it then that other Doc does or suspects. Him getting himself killed won't be good news for us. And us sitting in this dank camp doesn't do a thing for anyone. Perhaps being a bit more forthcoming would get us back inta the cave and on with your learnin'.

Then maybe we can go home."

 

[Old One]

Brigitta

Brigitta stares blankly into the jungle for a few minutes after Joshua's question, mind racing with portents and possibilities.

"Huh?"

She focuses in on the preacher, as her brain cycles through the recent comments of Haskins and Hambrick.

"My pardon, Mr. Hambrick...I have been so focused on my recent experiment that I momentarily lost sight of our true purpose. The disappearence of the navtive woman concerns me, since our intelligence indicates that several others have gone missing recently. While the jungle certainly holds dangers, I think there may be something more at play."

She chews on a strand of hair for a few heartbeats before continuing.

"I suggest we quietly gather our gear and slip towards the portal chamber in pairs. Let's be alert...ready for anything, as it were...since I just got a sinking feeling that something may have gone terribly wrong at the site. What do you say?"

~ OO

[OOC: Have we seen the fat man in the last 8-12 hours?]

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

[OOC: Have we seen the fat man in the last 8-12 hours?]

Huh. Now that you mention it, no.

Is it your intent to try to slip out during the day?

 

[Old One]

Huh. Now that you mention it, no.

Is it your intent to try to slip out during the day?

OOC: What time is it now? I am thinking right before dusk might be the best time, when the others are busy with evening meal presentation. That would leave enough daylight that we wouldn't need light sources to find our way back to the site. Thoughts, anyone else? If we are being watched carefully, then we may need a distraction...

~ OO

 

[Fenris]

OOC: What time is it now? I am thinking right before dusk might be the best time, when the others are busy with evening meal presentation. That would leave enough daylight that we wouldn't need light sources to find our way back to the site. Thoughts, anyone else? If we are being watched carefully, then we may need a distraction...

~ OO

OOC: Teddy and I can take care of a distraction if need be. But let me circulate a bit.


Haskins will approach the guards and ask to speak with Dr. Parthenis.