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

[o3caudata]

Eskard kicks the body of the foe nearest him and shakes his head. "He isn't very useful."

 

[Dichotomy]

Nethezar chugs in his armor after Bazrim. The cleric takes a quick look at the body and says, rather nonchalantly, "I think this one is gone."

 

[michael_noah]

Kushnak fails to rush after Bazrim, instead looking to the other bodies. If any of them are not dead, he cures them slightly before leading the group, with body in tow, out of the open.

 

[Dichotomy]

The first human Kushnak reaches hadn't yet bled out. The half-orc cleric administers enough healing to stop the flow of blood.

As he starts moving the body, Nethezar joins him, though the scholar makes no move to help move the body. "This could... cause problems, I would suspect. How should we handle it?"

 

[worthley]

"Well, we could flee, or tell our story to a church that would defend us. Either way, it's best not to be confronted by the local law enforcement."

 

[michael_noah]

"We've already resolved to leave town. Let's just do it faster. Carrying one more body shouldn't slow us too much..."

"We should split up to get things done more quickly. Nethezar and Bazrim, do your best to get this one out of sight. Eskard, with me - we still need mounts."

 

[Dichotomy]

As you prepare to deal with the situation, you each hear (though, you don't know the others hear it) a voice. It sounds like a whisper directly into your ears.

"You'll not be able to get mounts from Faraday now. But I may be able to help you, if you will head my counsel." The voice, obviously male, and mature, speaks with a soft, assured confidence.

Nethezar snickers to himself. "The sage," he says quietly. And, it seems, based upon what you remember from your brief encounter buying scrolls a couple days past, that the voice does belong to the town sage.

"The town is not safe for you. If you wish my counsel, head north out of town..." The sage proceeds to give you quick directions to a particular grassy knoll that should be easy to find and sufficiently away from observers.

 

[michael_noah]

Shellshocked from the strange occurrence, Kushnak looks at the others, troubled. "A voice, did you hear it..." he says. "It makes sense though, the only stable owner in town will surely not risk giving us help now. We should..." he trails off, waiting to hear that the others have in fact experienced the same sensation he has.

 

[Dichotomy]

"The sage," Nethezar repeats making it clear that he indeed heard what Kushnak did.

 

[worthley]

Bazrim hearing the confirmation from the others, silently begins to run as fast as his little legs can carry him north out of town.