Insight's "The Isle of Dread" - Chapter One

[Rhun]

Vrashek smiles at Questor. "Nafije told them where to meet us. If they run into any trouble, we may still beat them to the rendezvous."

 

[Scotley]

After a last look across the street, Geirgrim exits the back of the Hog's Breath.

 

[Insight]

At the Hog's Breath Inn (Adam, Keharn, Geirgrim, Skaros, and Barook)
As the last of the assembled heroes starts to exit the Hog's Breath Inn, you hear the unmistable shrill voice of Flerrian Kagel from out front.

"GUYS! No, they LEFT the tavern already!"

There is a great deal of murmuring outside

"NO! Down the street! I told you! To the MARKET! HURRY!"

A great shuffling of feet as dozens of men take off, following the gnome.

 

[Walking Dad]

Adam of Brightcastle

After everyone is out and the the door is closed behind, Adam calls his celestial battle mount to his side. He calls the big green and gold striped cat 'War-Cat' as it's real supernal name is very difficult to pronounce.
He swings himself into the saddle that is integrated in the crimson barding.

 

[Insight]

At the Hog's Breath Inn (Adam, Keharn, Geirgrim, Skaros, and Barook)
As Adam (and I'm assuming the others) exit the back of the Hog's Breath Inn and swing around to get a view of the side, they can see that only a few of the Veiled Society thugs remain outside Boloum's Books. It appears that the vast majority of them followed Flerrian Kagel away from the inn/bookshop.

 

[Insight]

Inside the Secret Passage: Cassi, Nafije, Astra, Questor, and Vrashek
Astra ventures down the side passage...

"Hold on," Astra said with narrowed eyes as she stared down the side passage. "Singing in a place like this is unnatural. It's not wise to leave an enemy at our backs. With your leave, I could scout that way and see what creature is there without being seen myself."

OOC: Astra should probably roll a Stealth check, if she's trying to be quiet about this. The post below assumes that she is trying to be sneaky.

Astra finds a long, dark passage. At the distant end is a closed door. She can easily see light coming from under the door (emanating from the room beyond).

As Astra gets closer, the singing gets louder. It is not in a language that Astra comprehends. It sounds as though perhaps 3 or 4 people are singing at once. Whomever they are, they sound pretty intoxicated.

 

[Rhun]

Vrashek waits quietly, his ears straining for any sounds of danger, or that anything untoward might have happened to Astra.

 

[Scotley]

At the Hog's Breath Inn (Adam, Keharn, Geirgrim, Skaros, and Barook)
As Adam (and I'm assuming the others) exit the back of the Hog's Breath Inn and swing around to get a view of the side, they can see that only a few of the Veiled Society thugs remain outside Boloum's Books. It appears that the vast majority of them followed Flerrian Kagel away from the inn/bookshop.

Geirgrim twirls the winged spear in his hands. "The numbers have turned in our favor. Do we dare remove a few of these Veiled Society thugs from the field while we have a chance? We would have to strike fast and depart even faster."

 

[Walking Dad]

OOC: Is the market at the same direction as the temple district? I assume Adam knows this. He will react differently if most of the enemies went in the direction the others will emerge.

 

[Shayuri]

Astra's ears twitch in irritation at the drunken discord within the notes of the song, as each voice tries to follow the lead of another, and wind up sliding all over the musical scale as a result.

Aesthetic nightmare as it was, she still wanted to see who these cretins were before writing them off as potential threats.

She crept closer, trying to keep her footsteps quiet in spite of their caterwauling.