[Pathfinder] mazzoli's Kingmaker IC

[Scotley]

The Kobold goes down from the one blow.

 

[Kaodi]

The bandit woman kneels down besides the fallen kobold and roots through his meager belongings to see if he has anything valuable. Once she is satisfied by her search, Pixie picks up anything he may have dropped when he went down and then puts a hand around his scrawny neck and slings him over her shoulder; probably the easiest way to drag him back.

She heads back to the others, and as she knocks the last branch out of her way says, "He gave a bit of a run, but I got 'im in the-". Pixie goes silent when she sees to her dismay that the Prince and his retinue seem to have decided to parlay with two remaining kobolds instead of cutting them down immediately.

 

[Shayuri]

"Prince," Kyria says quietly, moving closer to him so she may not seem as if she's questioning him openly. "The trading post has been here for quite some time, and neither of them breathed a word of kobolds. Not to mention, they were harvesting wild radishes. Not the actions of predators. But if we start this, we will have to finish it or it will spiral out of control. It's not too late, I think, to walk away from this."

 

[Scotley]

The bandit woman kneels down besides the fallen kobold and roots through his meager belongings to see if he has anything valuable. Once she is satisfied by her search, Pixie picks up anything he may have dropped when he went down and then puts a hand around his scrawny neck and slings him over her shoulder; probably the easiest way to drag him back.

His possessions are as meager as expected. A small knife still damp with radish juice, 6 coppers and 3 silvers, a sling and half a dozen bullets, a half empty water skin and a pair of dice, one of which has a chipped corner. Other than that he has a leather armor and poorly made clothes.

When Pixie grabs him by the neck she can feel a pulse. He still clings to life if feebly.

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Liam glances between the cowering kobolds and Kyria. He lowers his voice to speak to her "Perhaps they had larger concerns than kobolds. The Sootscale will not think kindly of us for killing two of their companions. What do you propose we do?"

 

[Kaodi]

Pixie ignores it. Having done her best to kill him outright, it is no concern of hers whether he bleeds out at this point. You'd think these folks would take their jobs more seriously, all high and mighty as they are. Kobolds' always been pests, and I'm pretty sure they are supposed to clean up these lands, not negotiate with the natives...

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Liam looks up from his conversation with Kyria, "Someone see if we can keep them from bleeding out for now. After that, question the other two. I want to know where these bandits are so we can get on about our business."

 

[Shayuri]

Faced with that question, Kyria has to contemplate unpleasant realities.

The reality was that while this entire thing had been completely avoidable...and that everyone would have been better off if it had been avoided...now they had killed a number of the kobolds. Sending the rest back to the village with tales of human aggression and massacre could incite their tribe into violence. Killing the rest here...there would always then be questions, wouldn't there? Deniability. The bandits in particular were plausible scapegoats.

She shakes her head slowly to the Prince, unable to meet his eyes. They'd just been picking wild radishes.

"I...would not presume to offer advice to your Grace," she says woodenly. "Please accept my apologies for my outburst."

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Rhote keeps his face and tone emotionless as he says, "So my Lord commands, and so it shall be done." He goes to tend to the worst of the kobolds in an attempt to stabilize him.

 

[Scotley]

OOC: Heal checks? The one Pixie cut down is stable.