IG's "Those Left Behind" Chapter 2

[Leif]

Uulark Simental, Cleric7, AC18,FF15,T13, HP35/35

"I would expect that the winner of our 'beauty contest' to be, perhaps, Talashia? At any rate, a female with some stout male companions who can make sure that she is not taken advantage of may well be able to get the best offer of any of us."

OOC: I think that all of the items are doubtless worth more to us that the paltry cash we could gain from their sale.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Uulark:
"I would expect that the winner of our 'beauty contest' to be, perhaps, Talashia?

Caerwyn:
snort, chuckle, followed by an innocent look and a whistling of a tuneless song

Uulark:
At any rate, a female with some stout male companions who can make sure that she is not taken advantage of may well be able to get the best offer of any of us."

Caerwyn:
What's this list say?

 

[Shayuri]

At this point, Talashia makes her way down the stairs, squinting at a sheet of parchment in her right hand, while idly brushing at her long white hair with the fingers of her left. For a moment she runs her eyes over the common room until she locates the table that the others are sitting at, then she goes across to sit with them, wiggling in next to Caerwyn.

She looks a little tired, and isn't carrying the staff.

"Well," Talashia says as she puts the parchment down on the table. "It took longer than I thought it would, but I've done as I said. Have you eaten yet? I'm famished."

On catching a glimpse of Shai's wolf gobbling happily on sausage, her face falls a bit, and she shrugs.

"No matter. I have good news about what we found, and bad news. The good is that the potions and scrolls contain magic of considerable power, some of them at least. And also that many of them will be of direct use against chaos beasts...from warding off their attacks, to curing the curse they spread. I've labeled the ones that were not already labeled...and I've made a list here."

She taps the parchment.

"Now, the bad news. I am able to use the staff, and it is of...immense power. However, its power is fueled by dark forces that delight in torture, needless slaughter and eternal slavery. Using this staff would glorify those forces and further their aims, and..." She shakes her head.

"This is unfortunate, since in every other way, the staff would be our most potent weapon against the beasts. It's also unfortunate because finding a buyer we can sell to will be very hard. It's powerful, and thus valuable...but anyone seeking a staff like this would by definition have extremely questionable motives."

 

[Leif]

Uulark Simental, Cleric7, AC18,FF15,T13, HP35/35

Uulark, listening to Talashia's words, looks very thoughtful for a moment, and then he says, "The powers that be brought the staff into our hands, specifically, your hands, Talashia, so it would almost be an insult to them for us to fail to employ the staff to further a good purpose. If we can use the magic of the staff to defeat the wicked creatures that we face, then I don't see any reason why we (you) should not do so. If you feel 'tainted' at all by using the staff, then I shall do my best to restore your purity when our task is complete."

 

[Scott DeWar]

Caerwyn skoots dutifully over for his sister, then waves for a server. while she is talking he will order some food for her, the same as what he is eating actually. he slips the parchemnt from her hands and looks over the list, his eyes almost crossing at the squiggly lines called words.

"hey sis, all you've done here is scribbled." he shrugs and hands the parchment back to her.

 

[industrygothica]

[sblock=OOC]Admit it, you like the staff. I like the staff. Had great fun making it. And the moral quandary resulting from its use, well.. that's just lagniappe.
[/sblock]

Over breakfast you hear the excited whispers of a prisoners carnival!

 

[Scott DeWar]

]ooc[ a prisoner's carnival?]/ooc[

 

[Leif]

Uulark Simental, Cleric7, AC18,FF15,T13, HP35/35

OOC: Do they appear to have a sword swallower among their number? More specifically, Uulark is more interested in finding a Spear Swallower!

 

[industrygothica]

No Salvatore fans among us?

A Prisoners Carnival is a vicious show run by a magistrate, where felons are tortured in various fashions until they admit to the crimes accused of, so that they might be killed swiftly.

Great fun indeed!

 

[Scott DeWar]

Caerwyn looks to the managerie and simply says, "tyrrany"