Ptolus: The Legend of Longcoat

[Cthulhudrew]

As he observes the macabre honeymoon scene, Vanden recalls the entry from the journal he recently read. "Could that be Coraithe's body?" he wonders aloud.

 

[Dave Turner]

The huge rat the size of a good sized dog emerges from the fireplace, hissing at those in the common room, its eyes blazing with fury. It advances slowly on Jossen, lashing its tail back and forth.

Akilu grips the sharksin-wrapped haft of his trident and runs to intercept the foul rat. As he closes with the vermin, he glances at the dark fireplace, wondering if more will soon emerge.

"TROUBLE BELOW!", he calls out over his shoulder and towards the stairs, keeping his black eyes on the rat.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The huge rat snaps at Akilu, but the darfellan jerks his arm back in time to avoid getting bit by the filthy creature. He spears the rat with his trident, the tines sinking in deeply. It twitches at the end of the trident and goes slack.

((Akilu hits the dire rat for 8 points of damage, killing it.))

 

[Erekose13]

Akilu grips the sharksin-wrapped haft of his trident and runs to intercept the foul rat. As he closes with the vermin, he glances at the dark fireplace, wondering if more will soon emerge.

"TROUBLE BELOW!", he calls out over his shoulder and towards the stairs, keeping his black eyes on the rat.

From within the room Maugra cringes at the bridal corpse. But when she hears Akilu shout she quickly exits the room carrying the bouncing lantern out into the hallway towards the stairs.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

As one with Maugra, Vanden turns from the horrific scene in the bedroom into the hallway, towards the stairs and Akilu's cry or alarm.

 

[Dave Turner]

The huge rat snaps at Akilu, but the darfellan jerks his arm back in time to avoid getting bit by the filthy creature. He spears the rat with his trident, the tines sinking in deeply. It twitches at the end of the trident and goes slack.

((Akilu hits the dire rat for 8 points of damage, killing it.))

The barbarian lifts the head of his trident, raising the dead rat. He slowly turns the tines left, then right. The rat's bulging eyes and lolling tongue seem to follow the darfellan's face. The fetid smell of the rat reaches Akilu's small nose and he curls his lip. He lowers the trident and places a bare foot on the bloody ribs of the beast. He tugs the trident from the corpse. Rivulets of blood stream from the fresh wounds.

"Jossen, can you see any more in there?"

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Maugra, Vanden and Garnet thunder down the stairs to find Akilu shaking the limp corpse of the dire rat from his trident.

Jossen squints in the gloom of the fireplace, looking for more rats.

[sblock=ooc]Jossen sees something but it's hard to tell what, as it's obscured in a crude nest.[/sblock]

 

[Erekose13]

"Are you alright? What's going on down here?" the dwarven woman asks looking at Akilu and the rat.

 

[Dave Turner]

"Are you alright? What's going on down here?" the dwarven woman asks looking at Akilu and the rat.

Akilu gestures towards the rat's corpse with the butt of his trident, eyes still trained on the fireplace.

"This giant rat charged us from the fireplace. I'm not sure if it has any relatives or friends in there. I wasn't sure how many we were facing, so I thought it best to signal you."

He advances on the fireplace, keeping an overturned chair or broken table between him and the fireplace until it becomes impractical. He narrows his eyes, squinting into the blackness of the charred fireplace.

"If one of you has a light, you might get over here and shine it in there."

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Vanden looks relieved at Akilu's mention of giant rats. "I was almost expecting more dead to have risen, from the commotion. Perhaps we could move one of those tables in front of the fireplace to block their ingress?"

"We found some things of interest upstairs, though there might yet be some mysteries to uncover that can help lead us to Longcoat."