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

[TiCaudata]

"Yes it WAS her! She showed me their battles, she showed me their death! The same mage killed us both, but I was able to exact my revenge upon him in another realm." She turns and gives a rare smile to Kushnak. "You would have been proud of the sword training you gave me. It proved quite useful in a foolish battle against the cleric of the first cult. Speaking of which, if you didn't spend all the coin on raising me, I have need to replace these two potions, and maybe get some more invisibility potions.

I also can probably provide som added insight from the first group's battles."[sblock=oc]Not sure how to narrate the information, essentially Erdolliel witnessed a few of the major fights from before. She informs the group as best she can about the moving murals from the whispering cairn.[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=OOC]I'm willing to handle this however you guys want to. We can play it out, with Erdolliel giving a huge narrative of what she saw, or we can just say something like "Erdolliel describes the stuff that the previous party did" (with probably a few more notes than that, but along those lines).

For my purposes, I just want to make sure that we are on the same page regarding how much she does tell them (to the extent that she knows). What I want to avoid is later needing to decide, on a post hoc basis, whether Erdolliel told the party "X."[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=OOC]I figured I'd add the following for clarity...[/sblock]
Though Valkus Dun has left, Allustan still waits to escort the party back out. When Erdolliel continues speaking about whatever she experienced, the sage begins to take a keener interest, and momentarily stops moving for the door.

 

[michael_noah]

Kushnak ponders what the rogue has to say. "If only that fool barbarian had fought, they'd have been fine. Good thing Eskard will never leave us hanging like that," he states. "He says tomorrow, so I suppose we're staying the night. I don't know where - I can't imagine the authorities in town are too fond of us right now."

"As for gold, we have spent it all, in fact. We have a lot of goods left, but no one to sell them to here..."

 

[TiCaudata]

"The battles I witnessed were disjointed, the fight with the first cult was fantastic, but it obviously couldn't have ended with me fighting and killing the cleric. They seemed to stand a good chance against the mages, but that allip proved to be much too much.

Before that though, there was a journey through a cairn. She showed me a room with these murals made of steam and a column of air that raised you up to the top of the tomb. Up there she explained about the Chaos Queen, or something like that, and a Rod of Law. She said she had found something there, but couldn't recall what it was. It might be of value for us to find out what it was and recover it.

Erdolliel looks over the the lingering sage. "She told me that you took note of their finds and that if Smenk hadn't blackmailed them into the the mines, you might have tried to beseech them yourself. Is there anything you can add for us sage?"


After Allustan speaks, and Kushnak speaks, she replies, "We cannot even sell the baubles? I imagine we could fence some of that jewelry in order to better stock ourselves on potions and other relatively minor things. We might take a slight loss on the value, but the invisibility potion is the only way I beat the cleric. The tactic could prove useful in the future.

I almost forgot! There are another 3 adventurers around here somewhere, I don't know what they are up to, but they seemed much more...vivid... I don't even know what that might mean though."

 

[worthley]

Bazrim lets a contimplative look cover his face. He begins to wonder if he has heard of any of this before in his studies.

 

[michael_noah]

"Now you're just trying to confuse me, girl. You've been dead this whole time. What are you talking about? A cairn? Some cleric? You didn't beat any cleric, you sat across our shoulders."

Kushnak begins to leave. "This is no place to be talking about it anyway..."

"Where are we staying tonight? Let's get there and try to sort this out."

 

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel shakes her head at Kushnak. "It happened WHILE I was dead. Doesn't your god have some realm of waiting before crossing beyond?

If we want to avoid the town, I'm sure I could lead us to this cairn that I saw beyond. There was a building outside of it, and it might be easier for you all to understand what I saw if I showed you."

 

[Dichotomy]

Allustan shakes his head. "This is... confusing to say the least. This all happened while you were in the afterlife? I've not heard of such a thing." The sage ponders a bit while Kushnak and Erdolliel go back and forth.

"Perhaps it would be helpful for you to show your companions. However, I don't know that it would be prudent to delay. Your friends will tell you that we plan to head out first thing on the morrow. I suppose you are not bound by their agreement, though the may take it amiss if you abscond." Allustan adds the last with a playful tone.

"I truly must, however, get some rest. I'm not as young as I once was. Perhaps, on the morrow, after you've had a chance to think this through yourself, we can make some sense of it. We have a long enough road ahead to give me time to explain what I know, if you care to learn it."

 

[TiCaudata]

"I think I would be interested in learning what you may know, sage. You are right that it might wait until we are on the road.

She turns to Kushnak before continuing, "I would be much more comfortable with a potion of invisibility or two in my pocket in case of emergencies. The townsfolk did not witness me with your group when you slew the dwarves and men. I could easily take a handful of jewels, sell them, and buy a couple potions for the journey without being noticed."[sblock=oc]did we (you guys) ever decide what you were 'selling' to raise me?[/sblock]