IG's "Those Left Behind" Chapter 2

[industrygothica]

Rolls for Uulark:
[15+1=pass!] Uulark arrives at the temple and begins beating on the door in the dead of the night. And he waits...(for about a minute)
[13+1=Fail!] The pain races through his frame as his howls of pain mask the sound of the locks being thrown.(-1 wisdom, -2 total)
[11+1=Fail!] Uulark's face is shifting, melting. Boils grow and pop, and teeth sprout from his skin before disappearing again. "Help me!" he screams as the door creaks open. A man in a nightgown answers... the same priest as before. "Egad! Not again!"(-1 wisdom, -3 total)
[16+1=Pass!] "Grab hold of yourself man, less the watch come upon you. Come in, come in!" The priest quickly pulls him inside and bolts the door again. "Stay here, I know what it is you need now." He rushes off, and arrives again about a minute later.
[3+1=Fail!] "Quiet now," the priest yells over Uulark's agonizing wails. "Here, drink this. Quickly now, you haven't the time to spare."(-1 wisdom, -4 total)

Somehow Uulark manages to get the vile potion down his throat, and the pain stops after a few moments.

OOC

IG, does Buurt have enough of idea what's going on to know it'd be a good idea that Uulark not run off to the temple on his own?

Also, if someone else is going with him, Buurt will help tear the place apart, top to bottom, in a very thorough search/tossing of the place.

The chaos beast died just before Buurt arrived, and is behind the table or the room that Buurt isn't quite in yet, so all you'd really see is Uulark stripping off his gear for some ungodly reason, and Talishia casting a spell from a scroll on him.

But, he did say something about going to the temple... just not why.

 

[Leif]

Uulark Simental, Cleric7, AC18,FF15,T13, HP28/35, -4 wisdom(?)

Uulark breathes a sigh of utter relief and collapses into a near coma. On his way down to the floor, he says, "I'm just going to lie down for a moment now, wake me when......." and he is out. (OOC: Since he is in the priest's care now, I'm assuming that he will wake Uulark up if he needs to do something more?)

 

[Friadoc]

Considering the particulars of how he met and joined with these folks, what happened to their ally, Buurt will make to tail after Uulark, with a nod and word to the others, "I'll keep with him and help him, if needed."

 

[industrygothica]

Considering the particulars of how he met and joined with these folks, what happened to their ally, Buurt will make to tail after Uulark, with a nod and word to the others, "I'll keep with him and help him, if needed."

It's simple to say that Buurt has witnessed these events, and likely why the priest helped so readily.

If you give me a bit, he might also have something else for you (being some divine thingies to go with the arcane ones, so Talishia doesn't all the good stuff).

 

[Shayuri]

(OOC - Blasphemy! The loot is -mine!- It's all mine! BWAHAHA! ... *ahem*)

Talashia watches, bemused in spite of herself, as Uulark doffs his armor and sprints at a prodigious rate out of the building, all the while fighting the changes ravaging his body. When Buurt shrugs and follows she remembers what she's doing.

On seeing one scroll in particular, her face lights up. With exaggerated care she rolls it back up and tucks it into a hollow tube for safekeeping...even scratching a little glyph on the tube so she'll know which one it's in. After a moment's perusal, she adds another scroll to the same case, rolling it up more tightly so it fits inside the first.

"No magic circle yet...but maybe he has one inscribed. Yes...yes he'd have to if he's been summoning..." she muses as she pores over the remaining scrolls.

Finally Talashia looks up at the others. "We need to check downstairs."

 

[Leif]

OOC: Dwarf? What dwarf?

 

[jkason]

Shaimon Hu'u, barbaric human druid

Considering the particulars of how he met and joined with these folks, what happened to their ally, Buurt will make to tail after Uulark, with a nod and word to the others, "I'll keep with him and help him, if needed."

"Go with Buurt, Dys," Shai tells his wolf. To Buurt, he calls, "Send Dys back if there's trouble, and we'll be there quick as anything!"

To the room as the trio leaves, he says, "Don't think Dys would've gone near that chaos beastie body, anyway. This way, he's still helpin'."

As Talashia moves to continue searching, Shai joins her, stomach churning at the thought of what else might be lurking here, but hoping there may be aid at the same time.

 

[Scotley]

Rogash

Feeling helpless, the dwarf moves carefully to the stairs and down to see what other surprises the Alchemist might be harboring.

 

[industrygothica]

Feeling helpless, the dwarf moves carefully to the stairs and down to see what other surprises the Alchemist might be harboring.

The stairs descend into a dark basement. It's cold and dank, with familiar feeling stone-worked floors. And the smell, a chemical aroma mixed with something all together entirely too familiar.

Tomes of various subjects fill the shelves that line the walls of this out-of-place laboratory. A large wooden table in the center of the room contains several vials of different shapes and sizes containing a rainbow of bubbling liquids. A large cage with thick iron bars sits in the southwest corner of the room, its gate leaning forward at an awkward angle after being broken loose from the top hinge. Across from it a tall glass case stands in a niche in the wall and contains what appears to be a large amount of blood mixed with patches of a more viscous fluid.

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The priest disappeared again as Buurt looked after the cleric. He returned with an armload of parchments and vials with a strange colored liquid. "Here!" he says abruptly, anxiously. "Rid us of those things wherever they may be, but do not bring them back here. We cannot risk one of those things being loosed into the city! The scrolls will help with an infection should another occur. I expect your friend of faith here will be able to use them when his mind settles a bit. The potions are more a bit more generic. They'll make you feel better. Go now, and hurry!"

 

[Friadoc]

The priest disappeared again as Buurt looked after the cleric. He returned with an armload of parchments and vials with a strange colored liquid. "Here!" he says abruptly, anxiously. "Rid us of those things wherever they may be, but do not bring them back here. We cannot risk one of those things being loosed into the city! The scrolls will help with an infection should another occur. I expect your friend of faith here will be able to use them when his mind settles a bit. The potions are more a bit more generic. They'll make you feel better. Go now, and hurry!"

"Thanks," says Buurt as he helps stow away the items, securing the scrolls upon Uulark, if the cleric needs his help. "And we will succeed, sir, and we will keep this from the city."

While they're getting things stowed and ready, Buurt looks to Uulark and asks, "Are you feelin' readied? Once you are, we can get back to the others, I'll even keep pace with you until we're there." The later part is sad with a grin, however true the statement is, he's just trying to life spirits a bit.

During the exchange, Buurt tosses a piece of jerky to Dyspear, with a friendly smile for the animal. Back is a luxury that the half-orc hasn't been use to for awhile, prior to joining with the new group.