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First Post
The party heads out of the shack, keeping a careful eye out for anything out of the ordinary. About fifteen minutes later, Mardrick begins to walk a little faster.
"Hey, it's not as far as I remembered. Look!" Mardrick points a few feet ahead. Surrounded by blighted bushes, dying trees, and diseased grass, small patches of green dot the landscape. A plant with small, pale-yellow diamond-shaped flowers appears to be thriving here. "But see! It isn't
just the plant that lives. The grasses nearby are healthy as well, and the trees nearby appear to be making a recovery."
Mardrick stoops down to get a closer look at the plant. He picks a flower and rubs it between his fingers, smelling it. "Doesn't smell like much. The question is, will it help a person infected as well as it helps the plant life?
Only one way to find out, I guess."
Mardrick tries picking some of the flowers and rubbing them into his skin. Nothing seems to happen. Next, he takes some of the root and does something similar. No effect. He tries eating the flowers. "Zeesh don't tasht very guhd." Then he eats a bit of the root chopped up. Then the stem. "I guess we'll have to wait and see if anything happens."
So you wait.
And wait.
And wait.
The party's high level of alert quickly gives way to boredom. After what seems like an eternity, Mardrick gets up to pace. "There is one thing I haven't tried yet." He takes a thorn from the plant and pokes himself with it in the arm. Then, he takes some of the flower and rubs it into the wound.
"Waaaagh!" Mardrick lets out an awful scream. "Gods, that hurts!" Breathing heavily, he looks down at his arm, and his eyes grow wide. "Look! It's working. Ha ha!" You can practically see the blight fleeing from his arm as the dark circles give way to grey and finally pale. "Quick, grab some more flowers! It's working it's working!"
As you all start picking flowers, Rellek stands up and raises his hand, pointing at a nearby tree.. Around the corner, two beasts skulk forward, growling. They look like they were wolves once, but the blight has taken them.
"Gods help us!" Mardrick steps backwards.
You draw your weapons.
"Hey, it's not as far as I remembered. Look!" Mardrick points a few feet ahead. Surrounded by blighted bushes, dying trees, and diseased grass, small patches of green dot the landscape. A plant with small, pale-yellow diamond-shaped flowers appears to be thriving here. "But see! It isn't
just the plant that lives. The grasses nearby are healthy as well, and the trees nearby appear to be making a recovery."
Mardrick stoops down to get a closer look at the plant. He picks a flower and rubs it between his fingers, smelling it. "Doesn't smell like much. The question is, will it help a person infected as well as it helps the plant life?
Only one way to find out, I guess."
Mardrick tries picking some of the flowers and rubbing them into his skin. Nothing seems to happen. Next, he takes some of the root and does something similar. No effect. He tries eating the flowers. "Zeesh don't tasht very guhd." Then he eats a bit of the root chopped up. Then the stem. "I guess we'll have to wait and see if anything happens."
So you wait.
And wait.
And wait.
The party's high level of alert quickly gives way to boredom. After what seems like an eternity, Mardrick gets up to pace. "There is one thing I haven't tried yet." He takes a thorn from the plant and pokes himself with it in the arm. Then, he takes some of the flower and rubs it into the wound.
"Waaaagh!" Mardrick lets out an awful scream. "Gods, that hurts!" Breathing heavily, he looks down at his arm, and his eyes grow wide. "Look! It's working. Ha ha!" You can practically see the blight fleeing from his arm as the dark circles give way to grey and finally pale. "Quick, grab some more flowers! It's working it's working!"
As you all start picking flowers, Rellek stands up and raises his hand, pointing at a nearby tree.. Around the corner, two beasts skulk forward, growling. They look like they were wolves once, but the blight has taken them.
"Gods help us!" Mardrick steps backwards.
You draw your weapons.
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