IG's "Those Left Behind" Chapter 2

[Scotley]

"Yet another companion lost. Were I inclined to be a morose fellow, I'd say we're bad luck." He sighs, "Well, can't help them now. But I think you have the right of it on those chaos beasts. We need a strategy. I think ranged weapons are best. If they don't touch us, then nobody else turns into one. Maybe you magicers know some spells to keep them off us until we can finish them? I've got to get some more arrows before we go back down. Maybe some alchemist's fire would be good for those of you who aren't good with a bow? Maybe some water blessed by a god of law?"

 

[Scotley]

Rogash gives Caerwyn a sharp look before licking his lips. If you didn't know better you'd say he started to stick his tongue out at Caerwyn and thought better of it. "If you insist on staying up half the night jawing this over, then I say we get a bit of ale. Talking is thirsty work. As for what I know. Duran is a crime boss who's man is the chap in the White Plumed hat. Duran has been cooking up a plot in the sewers--the alchemist thinks in association with the Kobolds. He seems to have taken Loddie over some nuts. The daughter is now missing too. The Alchemist was into summoning some most unsavory critters including that little undead summoner, the big outsider and the chaos beast. He's missing now too as is Duran. The summoned creatures have escaped creating chaos beasts and other trouble in the sewers. No doubt this was the source of the 'strange noises' from the sewers we heard about. What would the rest of you add."

 

[Leif]

Uulark Simental, Cleric7, AC18,FF15,T13, HP28/35, -4 wisdom=12

"I"d just add that I need a drink, too, after that story!"

OOC: Sorry, but I still don't quite get who this Loddie is and how he figures nto the story.

 

[Scott DeWar]

]ooc[ Loddie was a bartender/innkeep who had the special nuts for sale and duran wanted a shipment of. the shipment was waylayed and since duran had paid Loddie up front, duran was not happy, so Loddie's daughter was made to work in the 'harpy(?) to pay off Loddie's debt. I am guessing that Courage died in an ambush to aquire the walnuts and was in the group who had the responsibili to bring said nuts to Loddie, but had lost her life in the fight for the cargo.

It might be important to note that (i think this is how it went down) Loddie tried to turn down the business of duran and was forced to accept the business of duran by the strong arm of the white plumed hat chap.

i would further speculate that
1 Duran had wanted the shipment to fail to arrive and engineered the ambush himself
2 Duran wanted Loddie's daughter to work in his own tavern possibly as a prostitute
3 Loddie might have been kidnapped and taken to what ever is foing on in the sewers where 'something went wrong' and possibly duran was changed into a chaos beast and loddie is hiding in abject fear of his life. or worse ...dead.
4 white plumed hat guy may have figured out that Duran is dead or even 'engineered' his death and has taken over the 'company business'.
just my off the wall ,convaluted (too many episodes of the csi shows), warped, twisted and otherwise demented thoughts.
]/ooc[

 

[Leif]

OOC: Thanks, Mr. Twisted!

 

[Scott DeWar]

Thanks, Mr. Twisted!

uh, that's Sick and twisted to you, mister!

 

[industrygothica]

uh, that's Sick and twisted to you, mister!

OOC, please.

 

[Shayuri]

"I would add," Talashia says after absorbing all the news quietly, "that we should make plans to tell the city authorities about what's going on. I'm not especially fond of involving them, but if Shazi's right it may be a job too large for us alone. At the very least, the city watch should post guards with bows at the places where the sewers open up to the streets."

She shakes her head and waves a hand vaguely.

"This business with Duran and innkeepers and so on...it may be connected at some point with the alchemist and these creatures, but right now we simply don't know enough. I'm not without some sympathy for their plight, but it won't do them any good if we rescue them only to have a living ocean of chaos beasts erupt from the sewers immediately afterwards."

"Tomorrow we should go to the temple and explain to the priest what's going on. He saw two of us afflicted by chaos beasts...he'll be inclined to believe us. With his voice added to ours, it's more likely we'll be able to get an official response. Hopefully we'll be able to get maps of the sewers...potions and scrolls with spells against chaos...things we'll need to end this."

 

[Leif]

Uulark Simental, Cleric7, AC18,FF15,T13, HP28/35, -4 wisdom=12

Uulark, needing that drink, grabs the nearest full flagon to him and downs it quickly. Then, he excuses himself from the table and walks up to the nearest window, bows his head and releases a tremendous belch, as he surreptitiously looks out the window to be sure that the inn is not under assault by an army of chaos beasts. Then Uulark turns around and says:

"I agree with your plan, Talashia. And I'd like to be included in the delegation to the temple, but we'll also need someone to go who is more knowledgeable about all of these goings on than I am."

 

[jkason]

Shaimon Hu'u, barbaric human druid

Shai seems mortified at the prospect of once again setting aside the mission he'd accepted from his absent friends, but he bites his lip and nods.

"Tal's right," he says. "I still owe it to the others to find Loddie, but if there's still more goo-critters, all the time making more of themselves, then finding him ain't probably the same as saving him."

Shai glances to Uulark at the window, saying to the group, "Right now, though, I gotta admit I can hardly keep my eyes open a minute longer. Morning's only a few hours away, and if we're about to fight what we're afraid of, we'll need all the rest we can get. So, we meet in the common room in the morning?"