[IC Thread] Delving the Mists

[Cerebus13]

OOC: Have there been any attacks by and/or sightings of unusually strong people/monsters recently?

[OOC: The only attacks in recent days have been the crimes described previously. No monsters have been seen lately.]

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To Natalie Qoildan says: "She had a large wrap around shawl that survived mostly intact, you could wear that if you wish." Qoildan digs around a bit in some boxes and pulls out a ragged shawl to give to Natalie.

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Telsar & Fangor:

Spoiler

Upon exiting the morgue and traveling down the street a bit you both immediately hear some struggling coming from a place in between two buildings. [OOC: Refer to this map. Coordinates will be stated in Rows/Columns order, where rows are the vertical numbers and columns are the horizontal numbers.] From within the gap formed at 14,52 you can hear the muffled screams of a woman and some low cursing coming from a group of men. You cannot see any of the people involved from the street, you will have to go in to get a glimpse of them. What will you do?

 

[Telsar]

Looking at the ragged shawl, Natalie thinks This will not remotely look good on me, no matter what I wear. Ah well, I guess the investigation has to come before fashion.

After she leaves…

Spoiler

Assuming that they haven’t gone too far away from the morgue when this happens, Natalie turns to Alyson and says quietly, but with an authoritative tone she really has no right using with a colleague, “Go get the men. I’ll try and at least keep whoever it is occupied.”. She’ll then cast Mage Armor on herself, first moving back to where she doubts whoever it is will hear the spellcasting. (How loud does a spell have to be? If Natalie can do it quietly without moving back, she will). Then, as quietly as she can [Default Move Silently +2] she’ll move around the building, trying to come up on the assailants and their victim from behind [I’m assuming we’re positioned on the left side of the map. If so, move to 15,47; then 12, 47, peering around for anyone I can see from there, continuing to 11,51 if I don’t see anyone.]

 

[Pyrex]

"Shall we start looking tonight? Or should we save it until tomorrow?"

"I suppose it's as good a place as any to start, let's see what we can find."

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Cerebus and Telsar,

Spoiler

At the mention of getting the men, she just gives Natalie a confused look. "Why? I am sure the 3 of us can handle this." Turning to Kalri, she says, "You ready?" With a sudden speed, she procures 2 scalpels, small, yet seemingly sharpened to a fine edge. Kalri responds by loading her sling and having her dagger ready to switch to if need be. Seeing Natalie head around to the back of the building, Alyson and Kalri will head to the front, hopefully enabling them to not notice Natlie flanking.

Moving Silently along the buildings walls, Alyson will try and get close to 14,51 while hiding and listening for what is transpiring. Kalri will hold back a little, at the corner of 14,47 to see both Natalie and Alyson. Watching for their reactions, and relaying anything possible by holding her fingers up for numbers of people in the alleyway.

Alyson, if able to get close enough to peer down the alley, will try and spot anyone and what is transpiring. Then, holding up her fingers, she will let Kalri know how many people she sees, altogether. Kalri will hold the same number of fingers up for Natalie. IF Natalie is paying attention, good. If she goes off on her own, then Kalri will move silently to join Alyson at the corner.

OOC - Hope that helps with things, as they are trying to spot things out first.

 

[Gramcrackered]

While the others may have spent the last chunk of time deeply engrossed in the descecration of dead bodies, Orum has made a point of it to be as far away as possible. However, one can only spend so much time buffing at one's armor before boredom begins to set in.

As Anton and Alyson make to leave, the soldier makes up his mind and quickly stands to his feet. If he was going to have any hope of being of help tonight he would have to act now, as everyone else has already trickled off to tend to their own interests.

"Mind if I tag along?" Orum asks hopefully, quickly grabbing at his things. "Just feel like I haven't been much use so far."

 

[Pyrex]

"Sure, you're welcome to join us."

With a glance towards Quilan to make sure he's ready, Anton nods toward the door.

 

[Telsar]

Cerebus and Fangor:

Spoiler

Natalie is paying close attention to Kalri. Close attention to Alyson too, until she's out of sight. Darn that girl. If anything happens to them I'll never forgive myself. And the men won't forgive me either. When on the job, and right now she is definitely on the job, Natalie has always taken on a psuedo-male role. Necessary to be seen as a professional. Meaning this 'male' will have to look out for the two girls, in Natalie's mind.

 

[Salzorin]

"A guys night out then. Let's see what we can drum up."

Quilan walks to the door and holds it open for the others to walk through, sweeping his arm across his chest to usher them out

"I have no idea where we're going... Anton?"

 

[Cerebus13]

Telsar & Fangor:

Spoiler

After a bit of sneaking and moving about you find yourselves in the following positions:
Natalie - 12,47
Alyson - 14,51 (leaning into 14,52ish)
Kalri - 14,47
At about the same time Alyson and Natalie see a group of three thuggish men standing at 11,50|11,51|11,52. They are accosting a woman who has been forced up against the wall at 12,51 and they look to be either trying to rob or rape her...but it's too dark to tell exactly what they are doing or who they are.
Alyson signals to Kalri as she indicated beforehand, and Kalri tries to signal to Natalie about how many people there are.

What will you do?

[OOC: just to save me a bit of look up time on characters whenever you decide to make use of a skill or make a roll of some sort that has a bonus from your character sheet, make a little OOC insert at the bottom stating all of the relevant stats/numbers so that I can make rolls for them. Spot, Listen, Search, Hide, Move Silent and the like are all stuff I should roll without your knowledge...but Attack/Damage rolls I'll allow you to roll using the dice rolling site I listed earlier in this thread. If you don't even want to roll that much lemme know and I'll accomodate.

Sorry about the late post too btw...work was a little annoying today so I couldn't get much done. Just think of it as more suspense and build up to the big encounter ]

 

[Telsar]

Cerebus and Fangor:

Spoiler

Natalie will nod to Kalri, holding up 3 fingers, indicating she sees all the assailants as well. Then she’ll hold her hand palm out, fingers together, as a hopefully universally recognized symbol to ‘stop’ and let Natalie try something. Hoping Kalri will convey that to Alyson, she then steps out into the alley [to position 10,47], an evil smile on her face that's not entirely faked, and says in a clear voice, “You gentlemen picked the wrong night to try and feed your baser instincts.” She then casts Message, pointing at all three men. Then she whispers in a deep voice, each of them hearing it right next to their ears even though she’s twenty feet away, “I can see right into your souls, craven things. Flee or plead, dogs. Nothing else will save you.” She gives them a penetrating gaze she hopes will at least give them pause.

[OOC Cerebus13, I’ve never used a dice roller, so I’d just as soon the DM rolled all my dice for me. But if it’s easier for you for me to use the roller, I will. If I can get an Intimidate check, my roll is +15, but I’m not sure if you’ll allow it or heavily modify it since it’s being used in conjunction with casting a spell. My AC right now is 17 with Mage Armor (assuming they just attack me)]