Six Nights to Yearsend (Ptolus Group A)

[OnlytheStrong]

Tagret shakes his head, It appears we will both die here Lizard. He smiles painfully at the Warden, and attempts grapple with him.

ooc: maybe I can at least hold his ass down lol.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The 25th of Yearsend Month, 5:58 AM

Seeing the determination in the eyes of them men in front of him, the Warden moves first (he always had initiative but would hold action) and with two quick jabs of his rapier Tagret's life is ended. He moves forward to Percival and attacks again with the same result, and the duskblade's corpse falls as he continues to move and block Kaeso. The ogres are in a state of confusion during this, due to the quickly unfolding events and the fog that now covers their area, thanks to Morty's magic.

Kaeso barrels past the Warden, suffering two cuts as he does so (-13 hps to Kaeso) and frees Luna. Morty yells to them both and reaches out his hand from his cell window, which Luna and Kaeso both rush out to grasp. As Morty begins to chant, realization reaches the Warden's eyes and he screams out and grasps towards Luna. "No, you cannot leave!"

He is not the only one who yells out. The strange man that was locked away and talked to the party shouts, "Don't leave me behind! I am Kurt Nagel! Lord Kurtlan Nagel of House Nagel! Tell my wife I still live! Tell her..."

In an instant the party finds themselves transported above a body of water and lands with a splash into the salty liquid, causing Kaeso to grimace in pain because of his wounds. Kaeso, Luna, and Morty are swimming outside the cliff cave that led into Ptolus Prison. It isn't easy, but the trio eventually arrives at the beach at the Docks district, in the Bay of Ptolus, and near the Dockmaster's Tower. No one is around to see the gasping, wet group as they lay exhausted on the sand and in the heat of the rising sun, worn but free.

 

[Dekana]

Kaeso lies on the beach, exhausted. "Tagret... Percival..." He'd lost friends in battles before, so he knew that he had to move on... but it wasn't something you could ever get used to. "At least they died fighting bravely" he thought... but it didn't ease the loss.

The smell of fish wafted past his nose. Wasn't there a market nearby? He couldn't let himself be seen by anyone. What was their plan? And where was Kareus?

"We need help. And I don't know about you two", speaking to Morty and Luna, "but I only have two other close friends in the city. One man with some influence in House of Khatru, who might be able to scrounge up some weapons to us. The other, well, is a member of the City Watch. I don't know how far this corruption in the prison system spreads, but I'm not terribly anxious to meet anyone involved in the law right now."

[sblock=ooc]We have our house in the city, but I think it's safe to assume someone will be watching it once news of our escape becomes public. Not to mention Kareus has been free for awhile[/sblock]

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: The house in the city has spare pouch of ingredients (for spellcasters), spellbooks, packs and food, and masterwork versions of your old armor and weapons. It's not a bad idea to go back, but you'll have to have a plan in order to avoid being detected. There is a back alley to hour home and if you move quickly then news of your escape may not reach the Watch soon enough to stop you.

 

[Dekana]

ooc: In that case, I suggest we head straight there, sticking to back alleys whenever possible. If our slain allies make new characters, it might also be a convenient place to meet up with them.

 

[farmboymdp]

Spares? In that case, going to the house sounds like a good idea.

Morty nods along with Kaeso, "I know someone who could help us get some information and contact Kareus. She's a seer, though we'll have to hope she's in a good mood..."

He continues. "Either way, I need spell components and my spare spellbook at a bare minimum. I think we should go back to the house; if we can get some gum from a merchant, I can render Luna invisible, and she might be able to go get our essentials undetected."

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The 25th of Yearsend Month, 7:06 AM

The gum is not easy to get since the party's wealth has already been confiscated, but an embarrassed Luna uses her less used roguish skills to sneak a pack of gum from an outdoor vendor while the party is on their way to their home.

The group approaches their home from a back alley, and they can already see from a distance of fifty feet away that several of the windows have been broken. It would appear as if news of the murder has travelled through Ptolus and several angry citizens took it upon themselves to pelt the house with rocks. You hope that your servants have not been accosted, also, and that your property inside is unharmed.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Bumpity...

 

[Dekana]

Kaeso Drionus

"Hmm, I don't like the look of this." says Kaeso, referring to the smashed windows. "Alright, I think it's time for Luna to have a look around. If no one is inside, we should be in and out within 10 minutes."

ooc: I agree with the farmboy's plan; invis Luna, have her scout the place, then we raid the house for our supplies. (oh, and see if our servants are still alive. )

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Luna
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You are able to turn invisible thanks to Morty's magic and find the spare key that the party had hidden under a rock near the back of your home. A quick survey allows you to see that the house has been damaged from rocks thrown from the outside, but that it is currently unoccupied. The lock to the front door seems to have been broken from someone trying to kick the portal in, but nothing seems stolen. After a moment you signal the group to enter.
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Morty casts his spell on Luna and you watch as she turns invisible, the back door open, and then close. After five minutes the back door is opened wide, the all clear signal. As Morty and Kaeso enter they see that their home has been damaged from rocks thrown from the outside, and also see a half-made breakfast of bagels and juice on the kitchen table counter. From this and the lack of bodies and blood, it would seem that your servants made a hasty retreat. You go up the stairs and find some spare equipment. Luna grabs a backpack, multiflask, whistle, spellbook, spell component pouch, elven chain mail armor, masterwork dagger, and a masterwork composite longbow with 20 arrows.

Morty finds a spare spellbook in his room, a spell component pouch, satchel, ink, pen, bedroll, waterskin, backpack, and masterwork quarterstaff.

Kaeso gets his spare masterwork flail, masterwork trident, masterwork tower shield, masterwork full plate (which takes some time for him to get into), backpack, armorsmith's tools, and waterskin.

As Kaeso clips on the last of his straps for his armor, the group of you hear the creaking of old wooden boards on the first floor below your rooms and the hushed and excited conversation as some unknown invaders explores your home. Luna is the first to pick up the sound and gives her companions a halting sign of warning.