Q'Barra: Facing Truth Chapter 2

[Pebele]

[sblock=Rookseye]As long as you keep making notes about Sepoto's level of vigilance, I can make the rolls for him as necessary. Assuming that that works for you. I don't want to hold the game up simply for rolls, unless that's what you would prefer. [/sblock]
Sepoto continues up the hallway, keeping ever to the shadows and trying to make as little noise as possible.

Right as he is about to reach another fork in the passage, his foot brushes against a small rock, and sends it flying in to the wall. The sound is soft, but in the silence of the temple is sounds like an explosion. Sepoto hopes that no one was around to hear it.

Right as he is about to check for traps, his fears come true, as the passageway in front of him lights up. The sudden light causes Sepoto to blink uncontrollably after all the gloom.

As Sepoto blinks to clear his vision, he sees two black-clad figures standing before him, each holding a sword that is glowing, but pointed at the floor in a non-aggressive manner. They are standing side by side, completely blocking the narrow passage in front of Sepoto.

The one on the left speaks first, in common with a heavy Cyran accent. "What do we have here?" Then the one on the right, with a feminine voice, but same heavy accent, "A rat come for the treasure?" The left "Or something else?"

But they do not raise their weapons, they simply look at Sepoto, waiting.

The rest of the party cannot hear the voices, but they do see the passage ahead light up.

 

[Yeoman]

Catherine looks visibly surprised by the sudden appearance of the bright light down the hallway. She then looks over to Kaelan standing next to her. "I don't hear combat yet, but let's get up there asap." She then breaks into a run to catch up to Sepoto's position.

 

[Rolzup]

"Well, hellfire," Darrick groans, as he charges down the corridor in Catherine's wake.

 

[Shayuri]

Trebuchet increases his speed to keep up with the others as they hurry to catch up to Sepoto.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

Kaelan quickly strides slightly ahead of Catherine, his lighter armor enabling him to move more quickly. He stops behind Sepoto, with blade in hand.

[sblock=ooc]What kind of armor and weapons are they wielding?[/sblock]

 

[BRP2]

Charles draws a throwing axe and remains closely behind Catherine. Should battle break out, he'll be able to quickly maneuver to Sepoto.

 

[Rookseye]

Sepoto cursing his recent clumsiness, can only watch nonplussed as the bright light illuminates the black-armored figures before him. Recognizing the fact that, unlike the other bandits, they have not decided to carve him into small pieces on sight, he decides to make a rudimentary attempt at parley.

"Oho, hullo there!", Sepoto attempts to speak in an amiable and nonthreatening manner, trying to buy himself time enough for his eyes to adjust to the sudden light while giving the others a chance to catch up.

"Sepoto would be thinking that you are the brother and sister the Boss would be speaking about so often. I am Sepoto, his eyes and ears in Newthrone. Sepoto has come to warn the Boss that cadets from the ir'Kesslan academy have been sent to investigate the temple." Somewhat sheepishly he adds, "Unfortunately Sepoto is thinking that they have arrived ahead of him. They have chased Sepoto down this corridor, so it seems I have been fortunate enough to stumble across you two! Have you not heard the chaos in the southern chambers?"

[SBLOCK] Sepoto is very wary of the pair, but is willing to give them the benefit of the doubt before fleeing back this his companions or attacking. In an attempt to buy himself some time, he will try to use his horrendous Bluff skill to work his way into a conversation. If the pair seem even remotely threatening or skeptical, he will not hesitate to toss down the noxious smokestick and monkey-scramble back down the corridor to his companions, hooting like a toucan on fire. If the Bluff seems to work, he will play "bandit" until such a time as his companions and the pair initiate combat. Once the siblings engage while believing him an ally, he will coat his kukri with Red Dancer venom and strike the strongest looking of the two without warning.

Bluff check = 16, Wow! [/SBLOCK]

 

[Pebele]

"We try to be nice..." "...And this fool doesn't even speak the proper language..." "...To lie to us about who he is."

The two grip the hilts of their swords and eye Sepoto, then the rest of the party as they come barreling down the hall. "There are only two endings..." "...To this little comedy of errors here."

The two turn and look at each other, before turning back to the party. "So, will we kill you blindly..." "...Or will you explain yourselves first?"

[sblock=Rookseye]Since the party all came rushing forward, I did not have Sepoto fling the smokestick. If you would like for him to still do so, let me know and I will edit the post.[/sblock]
[sblock=EvolutionKB]Unless Kaelan has a weapon smithing and/or armor smithing ability that I am unaware of, his only information is that they are wielding one handed swords that are emitting light, and they are dressed all in black, including jackets and capes.[/sblock]

 

[Yeoman]

Catherine touches Kaelan on the shoulder and wordlessly tells him to pause. "So all the other bandits attacked on sight, but you didn't. Which means one of two things. You are either afraid of us, after our actions yesterday, or you are the mercenaries everyone is so afraid of, eh?" Catherine levels the point of her halberd towards the pair. "I'll humor you though. We're here looking for something important, and decided to bring these bandits to justice while we were here. Once we found out there were prisoners being kept here, we made it our priority to get them out of here safely." Catherine looks determinedly at the pair of people down the hall. "Now it's your turn. What are you two doing?"

 

[Rolzup]

[sblock=OOC]
How wide is the corridor here?
[/sblock]

At the sound of the pair's accents, Darrick's eyes widen fractionally. Remaining silent, he turns a little, holding his shield so that its blazon can be clearly seen by these strangers.

We're countrymen, he thinks to himself, But if that makes no difference to them, it shan't stay my hand either.