[Koboldquest] Prologue: Tunnel patrol duty

[The Baron]

Kadan chuckles quietly as he pulls out a bolt and loads up his crossbow. He then makes his way over to the splattered and mangled crawlies.

"Beautiful, isn't it? Oblivion everywhere."

Kadan crouches next to a centipede, staring at it for a few moments. He then reaches out and yanks hard on a leg, removing it from the body with a squish and a crack. He pops the leg in his mouth and proceeds to chew.

"Beautiful. And tasty," says Kadan, his comments punctuated by the crunch of his munching.

 

[Diirk]

Miki sheaths his sword and stands around with a bored expression on his face watching the others, as he daydreams of wealth and power. He's cunning tho, and knows until those things arrive, he'd do well to mask his ambition.

 

[Krug]

Lok sticks his head through the hole where the crawler emerged after moving away the half-eaten kobold. He sees a rather large cavern with no visible exit. Two human-sized skeletons lie on the floor to one side of the cave. The cave is about 40' wide and roughly circular in shape.

"Maybe we should turn back," says Serk. "We survived one encounter and... that's already a record for us, isn't it?"

 

[The Baron]

Kadan glares at Serk as he slowly chews and then swallows the last of his treat.

"Actually, I think it would prove most prudent if our 'scout' led the way. And I think you know where we're going."

Kadan turns and steps towards Lok-Nar and the hole.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Couple of skeletons in there, could be worth a look. Aye, and we're more than a match for anything down here," Lok-Nar says with a pair of greedy grins.

 

[Krug]

"Um..." says Serk. "I'll... go look. And how can you eat that???" She seems more optimistic after Lok-Nar's words and approaches the hole, stepping through. She looks around the darkness but doesn't dare approach the skeletons, waiting for the rest of the group.

 

[Diirk]

Miki waits for the dweibolds to lead the way. Serk seems alot more sensible then the rest of my hatchmates he notes. No sense in taking risks when there's so many people willing to take them for you...

 

[The Baron]

Kadan follows Serk over to the hole. He watches Serk enter.

"Well, Serk still seems to be moving. Should be safe for the rest of us."

Kadan straps his crossbow to his back and pulls out his club. He then clambers through the whole into the cavern beyond. He eyes the skeletons.

"Any of you got anything on ya. Or in ya?"

Kadan speaks a few quiet words and moves his hands in a few quick motions.

(OOC: Casting detect magic and examining the skeleton.

 

[Lefferts]

Zort follows Kadan and Serk into the other cave and looks around
with interest at the skeletons and surroundings.

 

[Ferrix]

Nah'l pants a slight bit from the exertion of turning the carrion crawler into a mess on the floor. Right head says "it's dead," to left head, who responds, "you sure?" Right head looks again at the crawler, then to left head, "I think so," to which left head shrugs his shoulder and they heft the scythe over the center shoulder and proceed to follow Lok-Nar and the others into the cave. Trying to push some of the little ones forward if they are dallying.