Into the New World, Chapter 1: Amongst the Verdant Towers

[Dire Lemming]

"Wait!" Enko rushes towards Artimisia and tries to grab her bow to obstruct her shot. "Don't kill it!"

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

As Enko leaps in front of Artimisia...Thane calmly raises his own bow, steps to the side and fires a single shot...

[sblock=Zurai]I'm not sure how we're doing nonlethal with VP/WP, so if there's a nonlethal option Thane's taking it, but if not he's still shooting it. Subtract 4 from my roll if nonlethal is possible.

Into the New World Attack Roll (Post 362) (1d20+3=15)

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[Shayuri]

Erin yells after the thing, "Szas fhel!"

On her shoulders, Quoth half spreads his wings and cawps excitedly, "Szas fhel! Szas fhel!"

 

[WarShrike]

Ryon, his bow quite a distance away, draws the dagger at his belt and throws it at Thing #3.
Throwing Dagger at Thing #3 (1d20+3=21, 1d4+2=4)

"The time for games is over!"

 

[Dire Lemming]

All Enko is able to do as the others completely ignore him and attempt to kill the fleeing creature for no apparent reason is impotently shout, "NO!"

 

[Zurai]

The scampering creature collapses back to the ground with a knife and an arrow protruding anew from its back. Artemisia scowls at Enko, lopes up to it, leans down, and slits its throat. "Those ... things ... tried to kill us in our sleep. I don't know what they were, but the very forest cried out in horror at their presence. I see no reason to give them mercy." She turns and looks at Ryon. "What did you do to scare them so badly? As soon as you drew your knife, they seemed to lose all will to fight. Whatever it was, you did well." She turns back and starts walking towards the remaining, paralyzed creature, obviously intending to finish it off as well.[sblock=Enko, Thane]Neither of you felt anything of note from the spirit world when the creatures attacked. Certainly nothing to justify Artemisia's "the forest cried out in horror".[/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

"They had a name for Ryon's new sword," Erin says. "They kept yelling it as they fled."

She looks around at the forest.

"It makes me wonder who they were yelling it TO."

 

[Dire Lemming]

Enko runs to grab the paralyzed creature, and holds it in his arms in an attempt to shield it with his own body. "NO! What are you doing!? Have you lost all sense of sanity?!" He almost screams, obviously distressed at the others' actions. "These creatures are... people! Look, they're made of flesh just like us, they speak! Why did you kill it?! WHY!? Are you going to eat it?! We have more than enough rations! There's no telling how many more of them there are and you've just killed one of their kind in cold blood! H-how do you think they'll react to that when they already saw us as enough of a threat to attack without warning?" By this point Enko seems practically hysterical, and it seems he's started crying due to sheer distress.

 

[Shayuri]

Erin blinks, taken aback.

"Um. Enko...they attacked us because they wanted to kill us. Not because they saw us as a threat. In fact, the instant they thought we were a threat, they tried to run away. I don't get it...what's wrong with you?"

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

"You're wrong," says Thane calmly. "They're afraid...but not of us. There's something worse out there. That's what we should be worried about. Do no over-mourn its passing, death is a part of the forest as much as life."