IC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux, Part II

[michael_noah]

[sblock=ooc]Nothin' here. Just get rid of the junk.[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=michael_noah]Actually, I'm not certain at all what the goal for in town was, so yeah...[/sblock]
[sblock=o3]A copse of immense deklo trees shades a small, quiet clearing just where the ghost said it would be, about 10 minutes east of Diamond Lake. Crumbling walls and a seemingly abandoned farmhouse stand vigil atop a small bluff overlooking the clearing, the sad ruins of what must once have been the ghost's home. Five grave markes stand in the clearing, each with a different name: Anders, Bemissa, Coldaran, Gertia, and Alastor. Open pits yawn before all five headstones. Piles of fresh dirt and a pair of abandoned shovels suggest that the excavation took place recently, certainly within the week.

"What in the nine hells..." Alendar comments as he examines the graves.

The grave markes read as follows:
Anders Land: 531-564 CY
Bemissa Land: 534-576 CY
Coldaran Land: 550-576 CY
Gertia Land: 563-576 CY
Alastor Land: 552-
The graves of Bemissa, Coldaran, and Gertia all have a four-petaled flower motif on their graves, which Alexis knows is associated with the victims of the Red Death plague that swept through Diamond Lake 19 years ago. The blank space on Alastor's grave was not worn off, but rather appears that a latter date was never etched in.

"Look at this," Alendar says. He begins pointing things out to Alexis. "These look like wheelbarrow tracks. The head toward town. And it looks like, yes, five different people walked here. They wore boots. They go up to the farmhouse. But over here, I think four sets of tracks are coming back from the house, heading to the road." The elf looks askance at Alexis.[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=Ti]As you follow the tracks of the owlbear family, thank the gods there are so many of them that a blind orc couldn't miss it, you find yourself heading to a farmsite. The farm is about 10 minutes east of Diamond Lake. Crumbling walls and a seemingly abandoned farmhouse stand vigil atop a small bluff overlooking a clearing, shaded by a copses of immense deklo trees. There appear to be five grave markers in the clearing, and, it looks like the graves may have recently been dug up. While owlbear tracks head toward the yard of the farmhouse, Llyr can see in the clearing a human female and an elven male (Alexis and Alendar, whose descriptions I don't need to give). The elf is moving quickly around the area, examining the ground and pointing this out to the woman.

OOC: when you first show yourself, please give a lovely description for the party. In fact, though the rest should be sblocked, you can give the description to everyone, and don't forget your pet.[/sblock]

 

[o3caudata]

[sblock=Di]Stunned, Alexis stammers "Wha....why would anyone want to dig them up." For a moment, she stands transfixed, then snaps back to the present moment.

"You said 5 tracks were here and back to the house, but only 4 went toward town? That must mean someone's at the house. Come with me." she says hurridly as she 'runs' toward what remains of the house, looking for some sign of a person.[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

[sblock=Di&o3]“Did Broenhild send you two as well?”

Coming out of a wooded copse behind them, Alexis and Alendar spot a... [/sblock]tall man in in leather armor with a simple wooden club hanging down his side and a wooden shield strapped to his left arm. He is tanned with bright green eyes and flaming red hair in an unruly mop on top of his head. He simultaneously looks as though he has been walking cross country for years and like he could skip a meal or two and live just fine.[sblock=back to just the two]About 10 feet behind him, a wolf silently stalks into the clearing as well. With its nose to the ground, tracking, it appears to be following his every move across the farmyard.
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[o3caudata]

[sblock=TiDi]Alexis spins to see the man emerging frome the trees; a look of shock and suspicsion flashes on her face. "What? Who? NO!. Did you have something to do with this?" she stammers quite uncollectedly, pointing at the open graves.[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=Ti & o3]Alendar, who had turned to go with Alexis, spins on his heels at the sound and sight of the newcomer and his wolf. The elf almost trains his bow on the man, but, realizing that it is two on two, and one is a wolf, Alendar backs down a bit.

"Broenhild who? What is going on here?" the elf stammers.[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

[sblock=The Two of Them]"So it is serendipity that brings us together here? I've always liked him nice fellow from that island who actually gets rewarded for figuring things out, but I digress...

Broenhild has sent me to track a group of owlbears that are in this area. He's worried that the population isn't nearly stable enough in the area and wants to make sure that the new pups have a chance of reaching a breedable age. Llyr is my name by the way sounds like it's spelled, I MEAN spelled like it sounds. She's Moro, who might you be if you don't know Broenhild?

After waiting all of two seconds, the man starts examining the graves.[sblock=ooc]knowledge nature +7, and any other info I might see by looking around the yard since I only have a from afar description.[/sblock]"These graves do present a puzzler though... Were they anyone you knew? I wonder what dug them up? I do hope it wasn't the owlbears looking for a meal, just imagine what a moldy corpse would do to their digestion? Errr... Umm... Not to mention if the moldy corpse in question belonged to a friend of yours, I guess?"[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=Ti & o3]During Llyr's closer look he sees what Alendar and Alexis already noted. Five grave markers stand in the clearing, each with a different name: Anders, Bemissa, Coldaran, Gertia, and Alastor. Open pits yawn before all five headstones. Piles of fresh dirt and a pair of abandoned shovels suggest that the excavation took place recently, certainly within the week. It is fairly obvious from this close that it was the shovels and not hungry owlbears.

The grave markers read as follows:
Anders Land: 531-564 CY
Bemissa Land: 534-576 CY
Coldaran Land: 550-576 CY
Gertia Land: 563-576 CY
Alastor Land: 552-
The graves of Bemissa, Coldaran, and Gertia all have a four-petaled flower motif on their graves. The blank space on Alastor's grave was not worn off, but rather appears that a latter date was never etched in.

The elven male looks curiously at Llyr and Moro. He shrugs is shoulders and shakes his head, but visibly relaxes. "I'm Alendar. This is Alexis." He then turns to Alexis to see what she makes it it.[/sblock]

 

[worthley]

After laying his friend to rest, Viktor begins to wonder where they others are, and what is taking them so long.