Malvoisin's War of the Burning Sky - IC Thread

[Rhun]

"So much for the courage of his wintery god," remarks Xander, glancing about for the missing priest. "He probably realized he was in over his head and fled while he had the chance."

 

[Erekose13]

Taren does his best to gather the troops after the fear of dragons has left them. As the congregate and discover that Markus is missing, Taren says, "I'm sorry, I could not find him. Perhaps he managed to get out of the crowd ahead of it, I hope so. The power of his god would've helped us greatly with Innenotdar ahead of us. We'll have to let him run, we don't have time for a man hunt now."

(ooc: hope I'm not getting to ahead of myself, but I'm pretty certain I remember Torrent mentioning the forest fire.)

 

[Rystil Arden]

'Something's going to hit you and you're going to die, Fae. These people won't save you--they couldn't even if they wanted to, not without the cleric. Run! Just run like the Cleric did! I bet I could make it...'

"Oh, I see. That is indeed unfortunate, but I suppose we shall have to continue. If we see a healer along the way, I'm about to collapse from all this blunt trauma, but it will have to wait, I guess."

 

[Malvoisin]

'Something's going to hit you and you're going to die, Fae. These people won't save you--they couldn't even if they wanted to, not without the cleric. Run! Just run like the Cleric did! I bet I could make it...'

"Oh, I see. That is indeed unfortunate, but I suppose we shall have to continue. If we see a healer along the way, I'm about to collapse from all this blunt trauma, but it will have to wait, I guess."

"Sorry, I didn't realize you were quite so bad off..." Torrent fishes a short, stubby wand from a pocket and taps Cassandra with it, murmuring a brief prayer of healing and thanks. Cass immediately feels her bumps and bruises fading away, and seconds later she is good as new.[1 charge from wand of CLW, heals 7 hp.]

[HP Update: Taren 6/7, Coldan 13/14 (6 NL), Cassandra 7/7, Aridha 10/10 (6 NL), Xander 16/16 (4 NL)]

"Anyone else need healing? Speak now." Torrent looks around, then goes on. "As the knight said, the priest will have to meet up with us at the depository. There is no time to search for him now. Let's go."

One unintended benefit of the draconic fly-by is that the crowd trying to push through the district gatehouse has lessened drastically. The party rushes beneath the arched gates and into the next district, unmolested. The depository draws near now, only two blocks away.

As they hustle through the streets, the party suddenly is stopped by a portly man, shivering in a linen nightshirt who jumps in front of Torrent. "My baby! My baby, please, help me find my baby!" he cries.

[OOC: DEFCON, here is a good scene for Portnoy's entrance. On the streets in the wake of the attack commencing, he observes the party interacting with this gentleman. Introduce him to the scene as you see fit.]

 

[Rystil Arden]

'We're almost there...we have to go. We're almost there. Please let's just go. Don't stop here. Don't stop here. Don't stop here. Don't...'

*Cassandra stops briefly.*

"Are you missing a little girl? A little boy? What does she look like? We may be able to find her if she is nearby."

'Stupid. Stupid! Oh why do I always do this...then again, it could be a little girl about to be left all alone in this awful firestorm, crying as she can't find her Mommy or Daddy...'

 

[Malvoisin]

The heavy-set man answers with relief, "Oh, thank you! My baby's a girl! She's about so long," he spreads his hands about 3 feet apart, "with brown fur, a pointed nose, dark glittering eyes...she answers to 'Kiki'!'

 

[Rhun]

Xander has had enough. He steps forward and grabs hold of the man's collar in one beefy hand. "Your 'baby' is an animal? This is what you delay us for?" His voice is a low growl as he speaks.

 

[DEFCON 1]

"C'mon, ya pup! Gets on your legsh! No, no! Your hind legsh! Up! Up! That'sh it! Yesh! Good pup! Thatsh a good pup!"

A good twenty feet away from the party, a ruddy-faced gnome can be seen in the doorway to some shop with a... furry thing... at his feet. The gnome has a large leg of some type of bird... cooked, dripping with sauce... and he holds it over the animal, trying to entice it to stand up on it's hind legs, apparently thinking it is a dog of some sort. In the gnome's other hand he has a bottle of... something... and he goes back and forth taking a bite out of the bird and a swig out of the bottle.

"Yoush got to be good, pup... if you are going to be in our parade! Thish parade is happening! You know that? Jusht ignore the big flying lishard overhead... it'sh not invited to the parade!"

As the ruckus in the street continues a bit he glances out from the doorway... and then he hears the portly man say to the party...

"Oh, thank you! My baby's a girl! She's about so long, with brown fur, a pointed nose, dark glittering eyes...she answers to 'Kiki'!'"

The gnome's eyes immediately go wide and then he looks down at the creature at his feet... still trying to get at the leg of bird for a quick snack. "Kiki?" he says to the thing... who immediately leaps forward and snaps it's jaws on the leg of bird, wrenching it from the gnome's grasp. The gnome yelps in surprise, not expecting the long, lithe, furry animal to be that fast nor have that strong of a bite. He immediately steps away from the creature as it continues to rip flesh from the bone, and he takes a swig quickly from his bottle and says aloud for everyone in the area to hear. "Thish dog isn't mine! Shomeone loosh a pup? He'sh over here! Nice pup it ish! I found him for you!"

 

[Malvoisin]

OOC: As revealed over in the OOC thread, there is a major problem with DEFCON's first post, so if everybody could just hold up until he is able to revise it, that would be best. Thanks!

 

[Erekose13]

"Is, umm, that your girl?" asks Taren pointing to the weird gnome and the furry thing he's carrying.