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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 795521" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 26, “Intruder in Kulp’s Comfortable Castle”, July 7th , 1019, 4:00 A.M.</strong></p><p></p><p>Blake is on guard duty in the Great Hall when the door to Kulp’s Comfortable Castle opens and Narg’s wife Vallessa enters the room. This surprises Blake, as the elf had not accompanied the party to Jawltorn, although he is unaware of most of what has taken place outside during the 2½ days the stealth team has been inside the Castle. “What?” he asks. She replies “I need to check the items. Kindor thinks that a few may have been switched during the robbery. Where are they?”</p><p></p><p>The ever-paranoid halfling yells out for the others. His voice isn’t that loud, and he is only heard by the gnome Blip, who had kept the door to her room open a crack. She heads down the hallway to intersection near the great hall, seeing Blake talking to Vallessa. While the elf standing in the room looks exactly like Vallessa, Blip senses that something is wrong about her appearance. Blip yells down the hall for the others, with both Dennismore and Ailsheir quickly coming to assist. Both elves enter the great hall, with Blip staying in reserve back in the hallway. Hearing that something is wrong, Ebony decides to remain locked in her room with the items.</p><p></p><p>The first thing that the drow archer Ailsheir notices is that Vallessa has her sword hanging from her belt, but is without her bow and quiver of arrows. This strikes him as odd, her being a skilled archer. He then reminds himself that Vallessa has not been able to wear her armor for the past month, which she is wearing now. He says to her “We did not expect to see you here. What happened to your current ailment?” She appears momentarily startled by his question, replying “I got better.” This response blows what would have otherwise been a perfect disguise, as the imposter is clearly unaware that Vallessa’s ‘ailment’ is a now visible pregnancy. </p><p></p><p>The players announce simultaneously that their characters are drawing their swords and daggers. One player comments “Blades flash everywhere. Suddenly the room looks like Viagra got slipped into the porcupine feed.” Dennismore leaps over one of the dining tables, landing immediately before her with his sword out. She begins to back towards the doorway. “She’s trying to get away,” Blake yells. Blip tosses a Blindness spell onto her, which appears to be successful. </p><p></p><p>The imposter then begins to cast a spell, but is then stabbed by Dennismore, causing her to lose it. Dennis then tackles the woman, with Ailsheir and Blake charging forward to also help subdue her. They discover her ‘armor’ is illusionary, her clothing being simply cloth, which they immediately strip off of her along with all possessions. They hold her down on the table, Blip casting a Dispel Magic. The Vallessa disguise falls away, being replaced by a female human in her early to mid-forties. The woman is tied and gagged, Blip removing the only other remaining possession from the woman, a ring on her finger. </p><p></p><p>The invisible Lee-May tells the halfling “Mr. Blake. She no smell like Vallessa.” “We’ve already figured that much out,” the halfling replies. Blake is told to exit the Castle and get the rest of the Silver Moon. Blake heads out through the doorway and into the hall. The auction house is totally quiet, as it is still a few hours before dawn. This causes him to panic. He does not know who is staying in which room, and realizes that if he wakes up either Narg or Furynick at this hour they will probably kill him first and ask questions later. He knocks on the first door, and is relieved when he hears Vincenzo’s voice answer “Yeah, Whatta you want?” </p><p></p><p>Blake tells Vinnie what is going on. Vinnie yells “I’m getting dressed. Wake up the others.” “Who’s in the next room?” Blake asks. The cleric responds “Fiona.” Blake knocks on the door, wakes Fiona, and tells her that there is an intruder and to wake up the rest of the party. </p><p></p><p>Most of the group soon enter the inter-dimensional castle, with Mojo asking “Who is the woman and why haven’t we killed her yet?” Kharole recognizes her as the woman who had been working with the gnome, and asks her “Have you seen Norbert and Porter lately? No? That’s because they are in the Lordholder’s dungeon.” </p><p></p><p>Cassie interrogates the woman about the missing sphinx, with the prisoner not answering. Kharole calls Cassie aside, and says “Keep trying, I’ll use my ESP spell.” Cassie barrages her with questions about the gnome, the sphinx, and threatens to throw her into the dungeon. Just as the ESP spell is ending Cassie asks her about the ILA. Kharole’s last impression is the woman thinking “ILA? What’s that?” Kharole leans over and says to her “It’s the Assassins’ Guild honey.” </p><p></p><p>Kharole pulls several of the others into the conference room, informing them that “The woman is not going to talk. She expects Wobblewick to rescue her. She also wants to be put into Kindor’s dungeon.” “Probably so he can teleport in and get her, which he can’t do here,” Cassie comments. “Fine, she stays here,” Mojo states. They return and inform her that she isn’t going anywhere. Ailsheir comments “Good, you never know when you might need a spare naked woman.” Cassie retrieves the Greyhawk Lantern, to check for any invisible or ethereal creatures in the room. Kharole casts a Magic Mouth spell onto the door to sound if anyone else enters who is not either currently in the room or wearing Silver Moon rings on their fingers. Fiona head off to restudy spells, telling the others to guard the prisoner carefully. The drow Ailsheir says “A tied and bound naked woman? I promise that I won’t take my eyes off of her.” </p><p></p><p>Cassie then continues to question the woman. The prisoner keeps mumbling, intentionally filling her mind with useless information under the assumption that she is still being psionically probed. Cassie identifies the woman’s ring as a +3 Protection with one other power that can’t currently be identified. Mark heads out to wake up the remainder of those in the building. Aradyn soon enters, exclaiming “What transpires here?” “Female intruder,” Timothy replies. “Is she detained?” Aradyn asks. Mojo gestures to the woman and says “No, we think she normally travels tied to the top of a table.” </p><p></p><p>They conclude that she probably entered when Cassie and Vinnie came into the Castle eight hours earlier, and waited until Blake was on guard duty to act. Aradyn exclaims “See. I told you that halflings have too short an attention span. She probably showed up when he wandered off to look for a snack.” “I saw her come through the door,” Blake exclaims. “Or you saw an illusion of her coming through the door,” Cassie interjects. </p><p></p><p>Narg arrives, and takes charge of the situation while also complaining about the early hour, and needing coffee. He then comments that she appears to be bleeding. Dennismore says “She had a back. I figured that she needed a blade in it.” The others pull Narg aside, and inform her that she entered while wearing a nearly perfect disguise of his wife, other than not being pregnant. Blip interjects “Yeah, it was a flawless design, except for being last year’s model.” Timothy says “She won’t talk.” “That will change,” Narg replies. “If we turn her over to Kindor she’s history,” Mojo states. “Fine, she stay’s here. Just keep her away from the stuff,” Narg states. “She’s not going anywhere,” Cassie comments. </p><p></p><p>They return to the room. “Any cooperation from her?” Narg asks. Ailsheir relies “No, and I’ve been keeping a very close eye on her. She’s the same as before, delicate lips, the subtitle curve of her long slender neck leading down to her delicate shoulders, the round and firm..” “Enough!” Cassie yells to the drow. “Hey, I’m a ranger. We are trained to be observant,” the drow answers. “That line never worked for me,” Narg comments. “Maybe because you’re NOT a ranger,” Cassie replies. </p><p></p><p>Mark is sent to tell the Jawlt Army guards outside of the building to go get more troops, and to broaden the parameter. Cassie suggests retaining the 10 construction workers as additional guards, and to perhaps bring in several of their ship crewmembers as additional guards. Narg says “Fine, but not the Lizardmen. I don’t want this whole place smelling of fish.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 795521, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 26, “Intruder in Kulp’s Comfortable Castle”, July 7th , 1019, 4:00 A.M.[/B] Blake is on guard duty in the Great Hall when the door to Kulp’s Comfortable Castle opens and Narg’s wife Vallessa enters the room. This surprises Blake, as the elf had not accompanied the party to Jawltorn, although he is unaware of most of what has taken place outside during the 2½ days the stealth team has been inside the Castle. “What?” he asks. She replies “I need to check the items. Kindor thinks that a few may have been switched during the robbery. Where are they?” The ever-paranoid halfling yells out for the others. His voice isn’t that loud, and he is only heard by the gnome Blip, who had kept the door to her room open a crack. She heads down the hallway to intersection near the great hall, seeing Blake talking to Vallessa. While the elf standing in the room looks exactly like Vallessa, Blip senses that something is wrong about her appearance. Blip yells down the hall for the others, with both Dennismore and Ailsheir quickly coming to assist. Both elves enter the great hall, with Blip staying in reserve back in the hallway. Hearing that something is wrong, Ebony decides to remain locked in her room with the items. The first thing that the drow archer Ailsheir notices is that Vallessa has her sword hanging from her belt, but is without her bow and quiver of arrows. This strikes him as odd, her being a skilled archer. He then reminds himself that Vallessa has not been able to wear her armor for the past month, which she is wearing now. He says to her “We did not expect to see you here. What happened to your current ailment?” She appears momentarily startled by his question, replying “I got better.” This response blows what would have otherwise been a perfect disguise, as the imposter is clearly unaware that Vallessa’s ‘ailment’ is a now visible pregnancy. The players announce simultaneously that their characters are drawing their swords and daggers. One player comments “Blades flash everywhere. Suddenly the room looks like Viagra got slipped into the porcupine feed.” Dennismore leaps over one of the dining tables, landing immediately before her with his sword out. She begins to back towards the doorway. “She’s trying to get away,” Blake yells. Blip tosses a Blindness spell onto her, which appears to be successful. The imposter then begins to cast a spell, but is then stabbed by Dennismore, causing her to lose it. Dennis then tackles the woman, with Ailsheir and Blake charging forward to also help subdue her. They discover her ‘armor’ is illusionary, her clothing being simply cloth, which they immediately strip off of her along with all possessions. They hold her down on the table, Blip casting a Dispel Magic. The Vallessa disguise falls away, being replaced by a female human in her early to mid-forties. The woman is tied and gagged, Blip removing the only other remaining possession from the woman, a ring on her finger. The invisible Lee-May tells the halfling “Mr. Blake. She no smell like Vallessa.” “We’ve already figured that much out,” the halfling replies. Blake is told to exit the Castle and get the rest of the Silver Moon. Blake heads out through the doorway and into the hall. The auction house is totally quiet, as it is still a few hours before dawn. This causes him to panic. He does not know who is staying in which room, and realizes that if he wakes up either Narg or Furynick at this hour they will probably kill him first and ask questions later. He knocks on the first door, and is relieved when he hears Vincenzo’s voice answer “Yeah, Whatta you want?” Blake tells Vinnie what is going on. Vinnie yells “I’m getting dressed. Wake up the others.” “Who’s in the next room?” Blake asks. The cleric responds “Fiona.” Blake knocks on the door, wakes Fiona, and tells her that there is an intruder and to wake up the rest of the party. Most of the group soon enter the inter-dimensional castle, with Mojo asking “Who is the woman and why haven’t we killed her yet?” Kharole recognizes her as the woman who had been working with the gnome, and asks her “Have you seen Norbert and Porter lately? No? That’s because they are in the Lordholder’s dungeon.” Cassie interrogates the woman about the missing sphinx, with the prisoner not answering. Kharole calls Cassie aside, and says “Keep trying, I’ll use my ESP spell.” Cassie barrages her with questions about the gnome, the sphinx, and threatens to throw her into the dungeon. Just as the ESP spell is ending Cassie asks her about the ILA. Kharole’s last impression is the woman thinking “ILA? What’s that?” Kharole leans over and says to her “It’s the Assassins’ Guild honey.” Kharole pulls several of the others into the conference room, informing them that “The woman is not going to talk. She expects Wobblewick to rescue her. She also wants to be put into Kindor’s dungeon.” “Probably so he can teleport in and get her, which he can’t do here,” Cassie comments. “Fine, she stays here,” Mojo states. They return and inform her that she isn’t going anywhere. Ailsheir comments “Good, you never know when you might need a spare naked woman.” Cassie retrieves the Greyhawk Lantern, to check for any invisible or ethereal creatures in the room. Kharole casts a Magic Mouth spell onto the door to sound if anyone else enters who is not either currently in the room or wearing Silver Moon rings on their fingers. Fiona head off to restudy spells, telling the others to guard the prisoner carefully. The drow Ailsheir says “A tied and bound naked woman? I promise that I won’t take my eyes off of her.” Cassie then continues to question the woman. The prisoner keeps mumbling, intentionally filling her mind with useless information under the assumption that she is still being psionically probed. Cassie identifies the woman’s ring as a +3 Protection with one other power that can’t currently be identified. Mark heads out to wake up the remainder of those in the building. Aradyn soon enters, exclaiming “What transpires here?” “Female intruder,” Timothy replies. “Is she detained?” Aradyn asks. Mojo gestures to the woman and says “No, we think she normally travels tied to the top of a table.” They conclude that she probably entered when Cassie and Vinnie came into the Castle eight hours earlier, and waited until Blake was on guard duty to act. Aradyn exclaims “See. I told you that halflings have too short an attention span. She probably showed up when he wandered off to look for a snack.” “I saw her come through the door,” Blake exclaims. “Or you saw an illusion of her coming through the door,” Cassie interjects. Narg arrives, and takes charge of the situation while also complaining about the early hour, and needing coffee. He then comments that she appears to be bleeding. Dennismore says “She had a back. I figured that she needed a blade in it.” The others pull Narg aside, and inform her that she entered while wearing a nearly perfect disguise of his wife, other than not being pregnant. Blip interjects “Yeah, it was a flawless design, except for being last year’s model.” Timothy says “She won’t talk.” “That will change,” Narg replies. “If we turn her over to Kindor she’s history,” Mojo states. “Fine, she stay’s here. Just keep her away from the stuff,” Narg states. “She’s not going anywhere,” Cassie comments. They return to the room. “Any cooperation from her?” Narg asks. Ailsheir relies “No, and I’ve been keeping a very close eye on her. She’s the same as before, delicate lips, the subtitle curve of her long slender neck leading down to her delicate shoulders, the round and firm..” “Enough!” Cassie yells to the drow. “Hey, I’m a ranger. We are trained to be observant,” the drow answers. “That line never worked for me,” Narg comments. “Maybe because you’re NOT a ranger,” Cassie replies. Mark is sent to tell the Jawlt Army guards outside of the building to go get more troops, and to broaden the parameter. Cassie suggests retaining the 10 construction workers as additional guards, and to perhaps bring in several of their ship crewmembers as additional guards. Narg says “Fine, but not the Lizardmen. I don’t want this whole place smelling of fish.” [/QUOTE]
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