IG's "Those Left Behind" Chapter 2

[Leif]

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

"I see. There's obviously more to this story, but this is neither the time nor the place for it. We must speak at length later, Rogash!"

 

[Shayuri]

"Oh, is that all?" Talashia visibly relaxes. "You had me worried for a second."

 

[jkason]

Shaimon Hu'u, barbaric human druid

Shai shuffles his feet, glancing nervously amongst all present.

"So, Mr. Innkeeper ... um, rooms?" he says almost plaintively.

[sblock=OOC]So, it's really Loddie (the father) who the innkeeper's talking about, yes? Or are we going with Vardi now to further plunge Shai into the depths of guilt for having gotten side-tracked? [/sblock]

 

[industrygothica]

"Yes, Loddie's gone missin', that's fer sure. Word has it so's Duran, fer that matter." The innkeeper chuckles under his breath as he directs you to your rooms.

 

[Leif]

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

"This innkeeper is not a very savory fellow, is he?" mutters Uulark under his breath to Rogash and Talashia.

 

[jkason]

Shaimon Hu'u, barbaric human druid

When the group is no longer within earshot of the Innkeeper, Shai speaks up, beckoning the party into his room.

"I ... have something to confess," he says, and his face looks like nothing so much as a child's when caught stealing cookies.

"It's my fault Loddie's gone," he says, sinking to sit on the floor. Dyspeer sits next to him, and the large druid scratches the wolf's ears absently.

"Well, I mean, I didn't take him. It's just ... well, when I met Tanith and Courage and Jonas and the lot, they were on the road for Loddie, looking for something called Dryad Walnuts. Seems Loddie owed 'em to Duran, but they got shanghai'd on the way.

"So I latched onto the group of them, and we found the nuts, along with a lot of trouble and some critters which ... " Shaimon shivers, clearly remembering something he isn't telling. He shakes his head.

"In any case, we found the nuts, and Tanith put 'em in that magic backpack of hers, and we came back here, only Loddie was already gone, and Duran, too, which was supposed to be why we went down under, on account of the noises and the disappearance went on at the same time, but then the devil minotaur, and the kobolds, and the chaos beasts and the pixie and ..."

He looks up, clearly ashamed as he admits. "I lost track, I did. And Tanith, too, sure 'nough, unless she left the nuts for us somewhere when she had to run away. So all that fighting and searching, and Loddie's still gone and I know I never did meet him or his daughter but I was supposed to be helping and ... "

His voice trails off, and Shai looks sheepishly to the floor, muttering, "Well, I don't think I helped much, I guess that's what I mean to say."

 

[Leif]

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

"I seem to remember Tanith. She hadn't yet left the group when I joined had she? But it does seem like she left not to awfully long after that. Or maybe I'm just remembering all of you talking about her or something. *shrug* Anyway, Shai, no one is wanting to blame you for anything, so don't worry about it. All that we can do is try our best to put the situation that we find ourselves in now into some semblance of correctness. Certainly no one person acting alone could have made much of a difference in this whole deal. So, while I'm sure you want to be the sine qua non of the group, I think you're going to have to let us all share in some of the work and some of the responsibility for the good and the bad."

 

[Shayuri]

"It's worth pointing out that Caerwyn and I only joined this group today," she says. "So it's not like a lot of time's passed. Why, I imagine Tanith even delivered the walnuts herself when she left. Maybe that's why this Duran has vanished...he's using them to...to...whatever."

"Even if not, the tiny drama of an innkeeper and his daughter hardly compare to the threat posed by uncontrolled chaos beast replication under a city," she finishes.

 

[Scott DeWar]

"I seem to remember Tanith. She hadn't yet left the group when I joined had she? But it does seem like she left not to awfully long after that. Or maybe I'm just remembering all of you talking about her or something. *shrug* Anyway, Shai, no one is wanting to blame you for anything, so don't worry about it. All that we can do is try our best to put the situation that we find ourselves in now into some semblance of correctness. Certainly no one person acting alone could have made much of a difference in this whole deal. So, while I'm sure you want to be the sine qua non of the group, I think you're going to have to let us all share in some of the work and some of the responsibility for the good and the bad."

" what he just said." says Caerwyn, then a moment later, "wait, what is a sign squat rock?"

then his sister speaks,

"It's worth pointing out that Caerwyn and I only joined this group today," she says. "So it's not like a lot of time's passed. Why, I imagine Tanith even delivered the walnuts herself when she left. Maybe that's why this Duran has vanished...he's using them to...to...whatever."

"Even if not, the tiny drama of an innkeeper and his daughter hardly compare to the threat posed by uncontrolled chaos beast replication under a city," she finishes.

" Uh what she just said. Unless of course the caos beast encountered were one of those who are missing..."

 

[Leif]

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

"Excellent point, Talashia! I guess I was just grateful for the diversion from thinking about that horrifying prospect. But, you know, we should use this brief time that we have now to try to discover some way to better defeat the chaos beasts. Maybe there is something that we can do which will improve our odds of surviving this ordeal."

OOC: Maybe we should spend some time in a nearby library looking for some mention of way to defeat a chaos beast? Or maybe there is a priest who can offer some advice? Sheesh, why didn't we think to do this before?