Q'Barra: Facing Truth Chapter 2

[Rookseye]

As Catherine proceeds to the first of the unconscious bandits, Sepoto approaches her from behind and pulls out the coil of silk rope from her pack, cutting off sufficient lengths of it to bind each man in turn.

"Sepoto, too, is wishing you remembered your manacles, Darrick."

Even as he tightly knots the bindings, Sepoto is tossing away any pouches, weapons, or magically dangerous articles he finds on the men to a central heap. His long fingers move dextrously over the rope as Catherine prays to the Host to spare each bandit, and the pair work systematically enough that the process takes relatively little time.

"I'm afraid there is not much of your rope left, Friend-Catherine."

[SBLOCK] Sepoto will tie the knots as tightly as possible, favoring security over the comfort of the brigands. [/SBLOCK]

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

double post...

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

Kaelan walks over to where Catherine and Sepoto were tying up their prisoners. "With all due respect Captain, I think we should heal up with that wand of vigor and what potions we have and press onward. We should wake up that one too," Kaelan points his still bloody weapon towards the unconscious human. "He seemed to be giving orders, can anybody confirm that? I couldn't understand what they were saying. He would be the one we want if there is more information to be had. That den of bandits can't be that large to where we should worry that much. Plus, when they find signs of the fight here, they will probably be ready for trouble for whoever comes to finish them or they'll move on, taking whatever is valuable with them, including the statue we seek. I like the idea of taking them to justice as well, but how are we going to carry them? Things are hard enough with a horse, right Darrick? Or do you plan to wake them all up and let them walk, and trust them not to run away?"

 

[Yeoman]

"They ran off an armed survey team, and seemed to have no motivation to pack up their gear. We also don't know how big the temple is. Worse, we don't know if they have more patrols inside or outside of the temple. It won't take them long to figure out they've got intruders anyway. They've lost two patrols already. I'll pull whatever I can from that one, Catherine points at the one Kaelan indicated, and hopefully he can provide us some useful intelligence. The worse scenario would be leaving them here, and a patrol locates them, gets them patched up and suddenly we're surrounded in the depths of the temple. Can we take that chance? I don't really know."

Catherine turns her back on the bandits, "My wand will work on the 5 of us, but it won't help Trebuchet at all. Your wand can, but it will take at least twice the power to get him up and running again. While I work and Sepoto helps me bind the prisoners, you can scout into the temple if you want. I'll get the lead bandit talking once I'm done with them and patching up you and Charles."

Catherine looks to Sepoto. "Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it."

After the bandits have been bandaged and secured, Catherine proceeds over to Charles and Kaelan and touches her wand to each of them in turn.

Catherine then approaches Darrick ostensibly checking for any wounds sustained in combat. She whispers to him, "I'm doing the right thing, right? Neither my honor, nor my physician's training will allow me to let these men die in such a way, but at what price honor?" Catherine nods, and says audibly "Well you look okay to me, so let's try and keep it that way."

 

[Rolzup]

"It makes tactical sense," he replies sotto voce, "As well as moral. We need to learn as much as we can. But it's an untenable position -- we need to obtain the item we were sent for, before the other bandits uncover it. But what do we do with the prisoners? If we leave them here, it will have to be unguarded. And that could easily mean we'll be facing them again. Unless...."

He turns, moving across the courtyard. "Sepoto," he asks, "Do you have anything that we could dose the prisoners with, that would keep them unconscious for a time? Some sort of non-lethal toxin, perphaps? It's a long shot, I know, but it would solve our immediate problem."

 

[Yeoman]

"Something like that would work, but do we have any?, She looks to Sepoto, "If we don't do you think that you or Charles could scrounge up something usable in that vein? Short of that, we're at an impasse here. In the meantime though...I need one of you to come over here, and keep a weapon at this man's throat, she points to the one they believe is the leader. You don't have to say anything, just look menacing."

With whomever volunteers in tow, Catherine moves over to unconscious and bound man, and attempts to rouse him, by applying her weakest healing abilities. Once he is awake, she proceeds in halfling. "Are you in charge of these men? How many of you are there in the temple? Were there any prisoners taken when you attacked the caravan? Start talking or my friend here, she points to her assistant, will get a little angry. Would you like to make him angry?"

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I forgot to put my name in so I apologize in advance.
Intmidate 21
If possible (and I'm not sure if it is), I'd like to try and use her Daunting Presence ability to scare the man, into hopefully being more cooperative.
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[BRP2]

I have something... but it ain't too potent. They could resist it. Drow Poison. How much will we be needing?

 

[Pebele]

The man Catherine revived looked around the clearing, quite startled at the weapon to his neck and Catherine's menacing presence. He swallowed and responded to Catherine in Halfling.

"In charge o' who? I ain't tha boss, no. I be in charge o' our patrol, though, aye. I dun' know how many is inside. We all got our chores ta do. Prob'ly between one an' two dozen, I reckon. Including tha boss. There's four people in tha prison. Dun' know if they's still alive, though." He eyes Catherine and her assistant "I bound to make someone angry. Right now it's you I don't want angry, no."

 

[Yeoman]

Catherine keeps her eyes on the man, but switches to Draconic. "Charles, I think we're looking for enough to knock all of these men out. Can you do that?" She switches back to halfling. "I've got some more questions for you, so don't move... Catherine laughs, well no worries there, eh?.

Catherine steps away from the captive and switches back to Draconic. "Alright everyone, gather round. That guy was the head of his patrol, but not much else. He's saying they've got between one and two dozen people still inside, but worse they have four prisoners in there. He doesn't know their condition though. For now, try to stay in Draconic. It's likely they don't speak it, so that works to our advantage as much as halfling does for them. What more do you all want to know?"

 

[Rookseye]

Sepoto scratches at this chin with the tip of his kukri, then responds in Draconic,

"Perhaps we should ask him, Friend-Catherine, just who these 'prisoners' are?"

Sepoto's hands go reflexively to his pouch, making certain the vial within is still intact.

"I'Katra's whispers tell me this man knows little beyond his orders, if you are agreeing Catherine I will save this truth-telling draught for another."