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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2219476" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><em><strong>Melee in the Tangles (Aftermath):</strong></em></p><p>“Dabuk! Dabuk, can you hear me?” The voice sounded like a trumpet in the half-elf ranger’s ears.</p><p></p><p>“Ugh, not so loud.” Dabuk woke to a splitting headache and double vision. He knew this because he only ever one gnome, not the two that were looking down at him now.</p><p></p><p>“How do you feel?” Thessa propped up Dabuk’s head feeding him water.</p><p></p><p>“Like someone dropped a dragon on me,” Dabuk gurgled while drinking the water.</p><p></p><p>“Don’t exaggerate,” Thessa had used up all of her healing ability for the day. “I’m being serious.”</p><p></p><p>“So am I,” Dabuk wheezed. “My chest hurts and my head feels like its going to fall off. And my feet are numb.”</p><p></p><p>“Well, that’s a good sign. I was worried I wasn’t going to be able to heal your legs. The ogre would have crushed and smothered you if you hadn’t stuck the beast with your sword. You were lucky you didn’t kill it or we would have had to roll it off you. By then it would have been too late.”</p><p></p><p>“Thanks, I’ll remember that,” Dabuk tried to remember where he was, but his memory was foggy. He wasn’t surprised that an ogre had landed on him, as it wasn’t the first time and wouldn’t be the last. “Someone remind me where are we again, please? Everything is a little fuzzy.”</p><p></p><p>“Tangles.” Bactra bent over his cousin with concern.</p><p></p><p>“What?” Dabuk didn’t have a clue what Bactra meant. “Tangle what?”</p><p></p><p>“No son, the tangled ruins of Onaway, remember?” Garth looked at Thessa with concern, as Dabuk tried to process what they were trying to tell him.</p><p></p><p>“He’s as healed as I can get him, at this point. His body has taken an awful shock to its system. Blood is again pumping to the healing areas, which means he’ll be a bit dull-witted for a while.”</p><p></p><p>“When isn’t he dull-witted.” Mesik smirked.</p><p></p><p>“Oh, very funny,” Dabuk’s vision began to clear and the healing energy continued to seep through his body. He saw that they were on a roof somewhere in a ruined city just like his father had said. It seemed familiar with its clinging vines and crumbling stonework. Then a name came in a flash. “Bren, how is he?”</p><p></p><p>“There we go,” Thessa laid his head down on what remained of one of the backpacks. “Bren isn’t with us right now. He went to give his report to the garrison, remember?”</p><p></p><p>“No, but I’m sure it will come back to me.” Dabuk closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.</p><p></p><p>“Shouldn’t we keep him awake?” Mesik’s grin faded to concern.</p><p></p><p>“No, it will be all right,” Thessa sighed. “I took care of the worst of his injuries down on the avenue. We wouldn’t have been able to move him or bring him up here if I hadn’t.”</p><p></p><p>Thessa had gotten to Dabuk just in time. She had been forced to dump her most powerful healing spells into the ranger just to stabilize him enough to be moved. Garth had been relatively fine and had insisted on her using most of her spells on Dabuk and the others.</p><p></p><p>Those first few minutes after the last ogre had died were tense, to say the least. They weren’t sure if more ogres would arrive and Dabuk had been too hurt to be moved right away. Mesik had scouted the route that Bren had taken down the avenue, being overly careful not to spring any of the Onans’ laid traps. He found no signs of other ogres, so they had risked staying put until Dabuk was well enough to travel.</p><p></p><p>They found a way up on to the rooftops and carefully selected a defensible position with enough room to set up an area to let Dabuk rest. Thessa waited to see if her friend would wake on his own but after a good 5 to 10 minutes of waiting she decided to use a scroll she kept with her in case of emergency.</p><p></p><p>Dabuk woke up just as the last healing spell took effect throughout his body.</p><p></p><p>“The question now becomes, what do we do next?” Bactra’s leg was healing nicely and he could finally stand on it without aid.</p><p></p><p>“Now, we wait.” Garth laid down on the cold, cracked stone pulling his cloak over himself. “And hope it is Bren who finds us first, and not more ogres or something else.”</p><p></p><p>They all decided that sleep was best, except for Bactra who wouldn’t need to enter the Reverie until just before sunrise.</p><p></p><p>“I hope Hougwarth is okay?”</p><p></p><p>* * *</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 2219476, member: 2012"] [I][B]Melee in the Tangles (Aftermath):[/B][/I] “Dabuk! Dabuk, can you hear me?” The voice sounded like a trumpet in the half-elf ranger’s ears. “Ugh, not so loud.” Dabuk woke to a splitting headache and double vision. He knew this because he only ever one gnome, not the two that were looking down at him now. “How do you feel?” Thessa propped up Dabuk’s head feeding him water. “Like someone dropped a dragon on me,” Dabuk gurgled while drinking the water. “Don’t exaggerate,” Thessa had used up all of her healing ability for the day. “I’m being serious.” “So am I,” Dabuk wheezed. “My chest hurts and my head feels like its going to fall off. And my feet are numb.” “Well, that’s a good sign. I was worried I wasn’t going to be able to heal your legs. The ogre would have crushed and smothered you if you hadn’t stuck the beast with your sword. You were lucky you didn’t kill it or we would have had to roll it off you. By then it would have been too late.” “Thanks, I’ll remember that,” Dabuk tried to remember where he was, but his memory was foggy. He wasn’t surprised that an ogre had landed on him, as it wasn’t the first time and wouldn’t be the last. “Someone remind me where are we again, please? Everything is a little fuzzy.” “Tangles.” Bactra bent over his cousin with concern. “What?” Dabuk didn’t have a clue what Bactra meant. “Tangle what?” “No son, the tangled ruins of Onaway, remember?” Garth looked at Thessa with concern, as Dabuk tried to process what they were trying to tell him. “He’s as healed as I can get him, at this point. His body has taken an awful shock to its system. Blood is again pumping to the healing areas, which means he’ll be a bit dull-witted for a while.” “When isn’t he dull-witted.” Mesik smirked. “Oh, very funny,” Dabuk’s vision began to clear and the healing energy continued to seep through his body. He saw that they were on a roof somewhere in a ruined city just like his father had said. It seemed familiar with its clinging vines and crumbling stonework. Then a name came in a flash. “Bren, how is he?” “There we go,” Thessa laid his head down on what remained of one of the backpacks. “Bren isn’t with us right now. He went to give his report to the garrison, remember?” “No, but I’m sure it will come back to me.” Dabuk closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. “Shouldn’t we keep him awake?” Mesik’s grin faded to concern. “No, it will be all right,” Thessa sighed. “I took care of the worst of his injuries down on the avenue. We wouldn’t have been able to move him or bring him up here if I hadn’t.” Thessa had gotten to Dabuk just in time. She had been forced to dump her most powerful healing spells into the ranger just to stabilize him enough to be moved. Garth had been relatively fine and had insisted on her using most of her spells on Dabuk and the others. Those first few minutes after the last ogre had died were tense, to say the least. They weren’t sure if more ogres would arrive and Dabuk had been too hurt to be moved right away. Mesik had scouted the route that Bren had taken down the avenue, being overly careful not to spring any of the Onans’ laid traps. He found no signs of other ogres, so they had risked staying put until Dabuk was well enough to travel. They found a way up on to the rooftops and carefully selected a defensible position with enough room to set up an area to let Dabuk rest. Thessa waited to see if her friend would wake on his own but after a good 5 to 10 minutes of waiting she decided to use a scroll she kept with her in case of emergency. Dabuk woke up just as the last healing spell took effect throughout his body. “The question now becomes, what do we do next?” Bactra’s leg was healing nicely and he could finally stand on it without aid. “Now, we wait.” Garth laid down on the cold, cracked stone pulling his cloak over himself. “And hope it is Bren who finds us first, and not more ogres or something else.” They all decided that sleep was best, except for Bactra who wouldn’t need to enter the Reverie until just before sunrise. “I hope Hougwarth is okay?” * * * [/QUOTE]
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