Lotus and the Cobra [IC]

[Byrons_Ghost]

Yudhistra nods to the guard. "Greetings, sir. We have been sent by the raja to assist the village in it's troubles. I believe we are to speak with your leader, Ranja."

 

[National Acrobat]

"Yes, we bear a letter from the Brahmin Aditya Balava, stating that we are to meet with him. regarding a most urgent matter. I am Mira, Devapala of the Temple of the Great Bear."

 

[Yellow Sign]

Mira, Zhangyong, Adus, Yudhistra

"Ranja? He is down by the fish pond." The guard points down the dirt road. "Just on the other side of town." Both men are smiling and seem excited. "We are so glad to see you. We thought that no one was coming to help us."

 

[Mirth]

Zhangyong looks down at the smiling guards and replies with a grin himself, "Even when the Great Bear seems to be hibernating it is ever watchful. Blessings on you both." After the group has passed the guards, the brahmin's smile drops. The silence of death is about this place.

 

[Tonguez]

Arjay freezes as the cobra rises up and long tiger like talons manifest at the ends of his fingers.

"Keep back" he hisses to the Yogi incase he doesn't see him and he readies himself to retreat or to defend should the cobra strike..

 

[National Acrobat]

Mira looks at her companions, "well I guess that we should head towards this pond so that we may speak with Ranja." She turns her horse that way, turns to the man that they have been speaking to, "thank you for your assistance, you have been most helpful."

 

[Yellow Sign]

Jval, Arjay

The piece of cloth that Jval grabbed with his mind drops over the cobra. So intent on watching Jval, the snake did not notice the cotton shirt rise and then drop over it. This gives Jval a chance to back away from the cobra. The snake slithers out from under the cloth and it darts back into the ruins of the hut.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Mira, Zhangyong, Adus, Yudhistra

Your group makes the short trek through the villiage and you see a small stock pond on the other side. A group of men stand around a small form that is covered with a linen sheet. A small boat with two men in it floats in the center of the pond. One of them throws and retrieves a metal hook attached to a rope into the water.

 

[Mirth]

Zhangyong reins in his horse and dismounts. "Would one of you be Ranja? I am the brahmin Zhangyong and our leader, the devapala Mira, has a letter of introduction for you from lama Aditya Balava of the Temple of the Great Bear. He bade us give assistance on your investigation." The monkeyman hops on all fours over to the linen covered form. "What has happened here?"

 

[Robbert Raets]

Adus follows behind Mira and Zhangyong, while observing his surroundings, paying particular attention to the men in the boat, and the scene surrounding the covered form ('a body?', he wonders).