Metropolis (The World in Waiting) - Chapter One

[Phoenix]

"Olan, you leave the other priest alive? Tell me you did," he said hurriedly, and wiped the blood on his hands onto his coat, "These kids got something real wrong with them, they're no good for sellin', they need help."

As he said this he carefully picked up the young boy who seemed to become harmed from trying to communicate to Ba'aktar what was going wrong.

"Them daggers beside you are Ulam's. Some of them look like they could fetch a good price, well made, but I'm no expert. Take them, helps make up for no loot, right? Where's the closest holy place what'll help sick young'uns? You're helping me cart them over there," Ba'aktar said.

"What in the Hells are you talking 'bout Baaky? Of course I wasted the other priest, no sense in leavin' someone like 'im alive to track us down..."

Slowly getting to his feet, Yu'olan stares at the form of Ulam nearby and the daggers offered.

"What's goin' on Baaky? Whatcha do to Ulam? Holy place? Slow down man...there's some crazy stuff happenin' here and I wanna know what!"

 

[Festy_Dog]

"What in the Hells are you talking 'bout Baaky? Of course I wasted the other priest, no sense in leavin' someone like 'im alive to track us down..."

Slowly getting to his feet, Yu'olan stares at the form of Ulam nearby and the daggers offered.

"What's goin' on Baaky? Whatcha do to Ulam? Holy place? Slow down man...there's some crazy stuff happenin' here and I wanna know what!"

"That's it! Crazy stuff, but I don't get none of it," Ba'aktar says frantically, and indicates the yound girl's corpse, "See that? That was one of the wee'uns. Then she puked up all that black sht around her, shrunk an' died. It's like they got some disease, so put it this way: We've been pretty close to them, so we don't wanna have it too. We gotta find some temple or other where this can be fixed. We don't wanna vomit loads of black sht and die, right?"

He suddenly remembers Yu'olan had asked him about Ulam.

"Oh yeah, that," Ba'aktar says, and looks at the partially mangled halfling, "We had a disagreement. He wanted to kill the wee'uns, and I didn't want them dead. Seein' as we couldn't come to an agreement, we had a go. He was small and flimsy, so he came out second best pretty fast, and it was decided the kiddies would live. Became a unanimous vote of one, in favour of live wee'uns. We shouldn't be wastin' time though, I dun want these kids nor either of us shrivellin' up and dyin'. Looked mighty hurtful when it happened to the poor girl."

 

[Phoenix]

"That barbed chain was around her foot, and the creature came from over there." Taran peers down where that creature had come from.

Taran points to where the river of severed limbs well up from the ground, indicating to Ghost where the creature had originated. Now the area was clear of any...living or unliving things...there was only death here now, no sign of the creature anywhere.

 

[Phoenix]

"That's it! Crazy stuff, but I don't get none of it," Ba'aktar says frantically, and indicates the yound girl's corpse, "See that? That was one of the wee'uns. Then she puked up all that black sht around her, shrunk an' died. It's like they got some disease, so put it this way: We've been pretty close to them, so we don't wanna have it too. We gotta find some temple or other where this can be fixed. We don't wanna vomit loads of black sht and die, right?"

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Yu'olan looks around for what seems to be less than a moment before replying: "F ck it! That Ulam probably 'ad that coming for a while. Grab Hentre, we're out of 'ere, these kids'll be fine..."

He looks at the children for a moment, a strange look in his eyes, before motioning to Ba'aktar to leave with him.

 

[Festy_Dog]

Yu'olan looks around for what seems to be less than a moment before replying: "F ck it! That Ulam probably 'ad that coming for a while. Grab Hentre, we're out of 'ere, these kids'll be fine..."

He looks at the children for a moment, a strange look in his eyes, before motioning to Ba'aktar to leave with him.

Ba'aktar slings his shield onto his back, freeing up an additional arm to pick up the surviving halfling. With the now four year old child held carefully in one arm and Hentre hoisted by his belt in the other, Ba'aktar started making his way out.

"If we're going to get ourselves fixed we should get the wee'uns done too. They're charity cases, won't cost us any since they ain't actually ours. We owe them, killing their caretakers for nothin'," he reasons, indicating for the other orphans to follow him with a motion of his head.

 

[Bront]

Taran points to where the river of severed limbs well up from the ground, indicating to Ghost where the creature had originated. Now the area was clear of any...living or unliving things...there was only death here now, no sign of the creature anywhere.

"We can explore down that way further if you'd like, or if you've had enough, we can return to the surface."

 

[Phoenix]

Ba'aktar slings his shield onto his back, freeing up an additional arm to pick up the surviving halfling. With the now four year old child held carefully in one arm and Hentre hoisted by his belt in the other, Ba'aktar started making his way out.

"If we're going to get ourselves fixed we should get the wee'uns done too. They're charity cases, won't cost us any since they ain't actually ours. We owe them, killing their caretakers for nothin'," he reasons, indicating for the other orphans to follow him with a motion of his head.

"Woah woah woah, 'ang on a sec Baaky. Didncha just say they were plague bearers? We should close this place up and burn it down aroun' their ears. At the least there aint no way I'm goin' anywhere near 'em!"

 

[D20Dazza]

Ghost Hound Elf Bard

"We can explore down that way further if you'd like, or if you've had enough, we can return to the surface."

"It probably wouldn't hurt to investigate a little further my fine friend" Ghost says amiably "although, I must admit to feeling a little trepadation about proceeding any further but lead on - you are obviously more comfortable in this environment than I"

 

[Bront]

"It probably wouldn't hurt to investigate a little further my fine friend" Ghost says amiably "although, I must admit to feeling a little trepadation about proceeding any further but lead on - you are obviously more comfortable in this environment than I"

Taran nods and begins to wander down the coridor that thing originated from. Twitchy leading the way, look to pick up some sort of scent.

 

[Phoenix]

Taran nods and begins to wander down the coridor that thing originated from. Twitchy leading the way, look to pick up some sort of scent.

OOC:
[sblock]Maybe I didn't explain it well enough. The creature came up through the filth in the floor, probably swimming up from the shaft in the ground in which the river of filth is coming from.
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