Q'Barra: Facing Truth Chapter 2

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

Kaelan pulls aside Sepoto and Charles and speaks quietly in common, he figures the conscious ones will find out soon enugh what their fates are, so no need to waste time. "Sepoto if you want to help hang them up go ahead, Charles and I will go ahead. I'd rather have three of us in there though. Catherine, Darrick and Treb can begin preparing them, then the three of us can go." Once the decision is made, Kaelan speaks to Catherine. "We are going in, if we are gone more than five minutes come in after us."

 

[Rookseye]

Sepoto nods at Catherine until she mentions leaving the men food and water, whereupon he has an incredulous look pass over his features for a moment before he quickly hides it from the captain. Given how tightly the bandits will have their legs and arms bound, the sheer height from which he plans to suspend them, and their gags, eating will likely not be much of an option for them. Sepoto decides against disclosing this simple fact now that Catherine seems keen on his idea. A little fasting never hurt anyone, anyway.

Unless he and his companions all perished within the ruin, that is.

Sepoto pondered this possibility for a moment before dismissing it from his thoughts. There was no sense dwelling upon things he could not control. I'Katra would provide for the men.

Or not.

After being taken aside by Kaelan, the shifter nods in agreement at his words before turning to Catherine and the others again.

"Sepoto will arrange the bindings for you and show you how to tie them, captain. When I return from scouting the ruin with Friend-Kaelan and Friend-Charles, Sepoto will secure the men up high where they will not be able to trouble us during our search for the artifact."

 

[Pebele]

(Ok, so Kaelan, Charles and Sepoto are going to try and sneak in to the ruin, is this correct?

So, what I need to know is what exactly the plan is for the three of them. Are they going to sneak in and just scout a certain distance or what? Sepoto knows that about 40 feet in to the ruin is a room, but that is the most he knows.)

 

[EvolutionKB]

[sblock=Pebele]Yeah I thinkt the three of us are going in. Sneaking all the way. No certain distance just a time table to where we can be back in five minutes or so. I assume we won't linger too long in the room Sepoto has seen, unless there is more to the room than a table and stuff. You can use my rolls from above or roll for me, doesn't matter.[/sblock]

"We'll be back soon Catherine, if we find somebody, we will avoid them unless they are an easy target." With that said, Kaelan begins toward the entrance.

 

[Pebele]

Charles, Kaelan and Sepoto make their way in to the ruins. They are grateful for the fact that there seem to be torches placed only every 60 to 70 feet on the walls, so they are able to mostly stay to the shadows.

The entrance hallway is wide enough for them to walk side by side, though they proceed single-file to better stay in the shadows. As Sepoto remembered, after they have traveled about 40 feel, they come to a room. Upon closer examination, the room appears to be about 40 feet square, and in the center is a rickety table with four benches. There are still cards left on the table.

On the East side of the room there is a desk that appears to have stacks of books on it. They can see a bell attached to the North side of the room, near another hallway. There appears to be broken furniture scattered near the walls, and the party can see the remains of what must have been a granite statue in one of the corners.

This second hallway is as wide as the first. After they have traveled about 70 feet, they come to a fork. The hallway continues to the East and to the West.

Sepoto is able to see that to the East, the path appears to curves after a moderate distance.

(How do they wish to proceed?)

 

[Rookseye]

Sepoto pauses, breathes deeply of the air in the ruin and waits, closing his eyes as he exhales.

"What now, Friend-Charles, a choice is ahead. Neither way smells any different from the other. My eyes see that the eastern passage curves after some distance, and the western continues on for some way. Do we proceed, or return to the others and our prisoners?"

(Sepoto is of the opinion that they return to bind the prisoners and get them off of the party's hands. We can then proceed as a group through the charted areas of the ruins, with the scouts moving well ahead of the rest of the party reconnoitering the way through the unexplored sections.)

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

Kaelan is crouched low, standing still in the shadows of the torchlight. He whispers, "I say we go back, we can stay ahead of the others, and continue doing what we do best. I want to examine the desk and books on the way out though. What do you think Charles?"

 

[BRP2]

Charles scratches his chin for a few moments.

No matter what I think, the vote would be 2 against 1. We should head back if you both think this is a enough.

 

[Pebele]

Charles, Kaelan and Sepoto make their way back to the room near the entrance. They move towards the desk and begin examining the books on top of it.

The books are filled with handwriting, but none of them can decipher the script. There are four books on the desk, as well as a quill and ink pot. One of the books was open on the desk, and the writing stops abruptly in the middle of a line.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

Kaelan grabs the open book and takes it out to the rest of the party. "Catherine, you seem to know many tongues, can you read this?"