stonegod's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft: Ch. I [IC]
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James Heard
Explorer
" Disregarding the huge hole in the ground for a moment, has anyone found the Burgomaster's grave yet?"
James Heard
Explorer
Janis strokes her chin thoughtfully and sets her bear to the task of digging up the grave.
If the Burgomaster is a vampire, at least he'll have some difficulty with the bear, Janis thinks looking doubtfully at the enormous animal delegated to using it's huge paws as makeshift shovels. I really should think up a name for it. What do you name bears?
Janis is deep in the important matters of considering how to purchase a "Big Book of Baby Bear Names" in Barovia when something else occurs to her.
" Do you think we could set the tunnel alight and have whatever might be lairing in there rush into our cleverly prepared trap up here," Janis asks.
" The last time we went underground we almost got killed by the shrubbery."
If the Burgomaster is a vampire, at least he'll have some difficulty with the bear, Janis thinks looking doubtfully at the enormous animal delegated to using it's huge paws as makeshift shovels. I really should think up a name for it. What do you name bears?
Janis is deep in the important matters of considering how to purchase a "Big Book of Baby Bear Names" in Barovia when something else occurs to her.
" Do you think we could set the tunnel alight and have whatever might be lairing in there rush into our cleverly prepared trap up here," Janis asks.
" The last time we went underground we almost got killed by the shrubbery."
stonegod
Spawn of Khyber/LEB Judge
As the bear digs, an examination of the tunnel turns up little that would catch flame. Oil might be used, but as the tunnel soon turns away and levels off, it is hard to determine how far it would go.
The bear finished and with a 'grumph' sits back down. As the group looks on, they are in for a surprise.
The casket is gone!
A quick search by Jarrith determines turns up what appears to be drag marks in the soil, and perhaps a collapsed, dug-out tunnel. When he stands up and looks in the direction of the 'tunnel', he looks directly at Ladreth.
Right at the other tunnel.
OOC: Just to make clear, the two tunnels do not appear to be the same tunnels, just going to the same place.
The bear finished and with a 'grumph' sits back down. As the group looks on, they are in for a surprise.
The casket is gone!
A quick search by Jarrith determines turns up what appears to be drag marks in the soil, and perhaps a collapsed, dug-out tunnel. When he stands up and looks in the direction of the 'tunnel', he looks directly at Ladreth.
Right at the other tunnel.
OOC: Just to make clear, the two tunnels do not appear to be the same tunnels, just going to the same place.
"Oh this isn't good," the Stalker says, standing back up and wiping the dirt from his pants. He glances around at the group, then raises his voice to address Ladreth. "Looks like we both have some missing bodies, eh? I think this answers Marot's question as to whether we should enter the hole... because I don't want Ireena to get all persnickity about her father's casket disappearing."
He walks forward towards Ladreth and pulls a sunrod out from his pack. Smiling at the halfork, Jarrith bangs the end of it to alight it and then sticks it back into his pack so the lit end is held up and out of it. He unsheathes both of his rapiers and bends over and slides down into the hole that Ladreth discovered. A second later, his voice comes up from within the hole. "Ugh... this stench is rancid! Whoah. *Urp*... ugh... gods, my headache is now getting worse. Anyone else gonna join me down here?"
He walks forward towards Ladreth and pulls a sunrod out from his pack. Smiling at the halfork, Jarrith bangs the end of it to alight it and then sticks it back into his pack so the lit end is held up and out of it. He unsheathes both of his rapiers and bends over and slides down into the hole that Ladreth discovered. A second later, his voice comes up from within the hole. "Ugh... this stench is rancid! Whoah. *Urp*... ugh... gods, my headache is now getting worse. Anyone else gonna join me down here?"
James Heard
Explorer
Why would she become 'persnickety' about a missing casket? It's just going to be an empty box after we burn the body anyways...
" You could always wake whatever is down there and lead them bravely into our cunning trap up here? Janis looks alternately hopeful and resigned.
I wonder what I could wildshape into without a sense of smell? Do pelicans smell? Maybe some sort of large earthworm?
" You could always wake whatever is down there and lead them bravely into our cunning trap up here? Janis looks alternately hopeful and resigned.
I wonder what I could wildshape into without a sense of smell? Do pelicans smell? Maybe some sort of large earthworm?
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Marot the Deadly
"By the Flame -- what type of operation is at work in this place?" Marot says somewhat dumbfounded,"You would think that this cursed land is the research and development wing of Karrnath...."
"Will there be no end to the depths of depravity that we will encounter?" He says somewhat to himself.
"Hold on, Brother, I will be down in a second."
Marot traces a gesture in the air, and a second later, he appears down in the tunnel, he turns around quickly and sees himself still standing up on top of the ground. In another split second, the image aboveground disappears.
He looks to Jarrith, grins, and sheepishly says,"New trick I learned."
OOC: Uses Flee the Scene
"By the Flame -- what type of operation is at work in this place?" Marot says somewhat dumbfounded,"You would think that this cursed land is the research and development wing of Karrnath...."
"Will there be no end to the depths of depravity that we will encounter?" He says somewhat to himself.
"Hold on, Brother, I will be down in a second."
Marot traces a gesture in the air, and a second later, he appears down in the tunnel, he turns around quickly and sees himself still standing up on top of the ground. In another split second, the image aboveground disappears.
He looks to Jarrith, grins, and sheepishly says,"New trick I learned."
OOC: Uses Flee the Scene
James Heard
Explorer
Janis sighs.
" We're all going to need a bath after this. With the way this smells up here we're going to be completely disgusting otherwise when we go to kill the witch," Janis predicts.
Were-rats and graveyards, Janis thinks. Sometimes I hate my ideas. The next time I pick up strangers at the rail station I'm going to make sure they collect stamps for a living.
" We're all going to need a bath after this. With the way this smells up here we're going to be completely disgusting otherwise when we go to kill the witch," Janis predicts.
Were-rats and graveyards, Janis thinks. Sometimes I hate my ideas. The next time I pick up strangers at the rail station I'm going to make sure they collect stamps for a living.
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