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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1150933" data-attributes="member: 11574">Alriand heads into the secret passage to check it out. Rebrey, carrying the infant, makes his way to the entrance of the secret passage. Tharhack meanwhile, binds the sobbing kobold child and tethers it to his waist. He then picks up Bimbar and makes his way to the entrance to the secret passage as well. "Oh, why did you have to bring that" Rebrey asks Tharhack while pointing at the kobold."Kord is going to be mightily pleased at my offerings, it is by his will alone, that I was able to defeat my adversaries." Tharhack replies."Yep, had nothing to do with the fact he was sitting on the ground with it's back to you, pulling out a crossbow bolt from his foot, that made him such an easy target for you." Rebrey answers."His weakness made him an easy target, and tonight I will weaken his god." Tharhack states as he pumps his fist into the ceiling."HELP! somebody." Alriand yells from inside the passage.Rebrey followed by Tharhack and a dragging kobold, race into the passage. They find Alriand apparently stuck in place in the middle of the tunnel. "I'm stuck" Alriand says while pulling at her feet. "It's some kind of glue, it's all over the floor here."Tharhack sets Bimbar down and yanks Alriand out of the glue. The soles of her boots sticky, Alriand removes them."There's also something at the end of this tunnel, sounds like bats." Alriand continues.""dinner." Tharhack replies.The party continues on down the passageway, avoiding the glue trap, they can see light filtering around some rocks and boulders at the end of the tunnel. Seeing daylight, the party quickens it's pace. Up ahead of the party, noises start to rise, Alriand almost ignores the small dark flying things coming from the end of the passage. Thinking they are bats, Alriand presses on until one of the "bats" impales itself into her right thigh.Screaming, Alriand yells out that these things aren't bats at all, while trying to remove the thing from her leg. Tharhack still bleeding from some minor wounds, is like a beacon for the "bats" and most of them target Tharhack. Unable to immediately defend himself, Tharhack becomes a pin cushion as five of the "bats" jam their long mouths into his flesh. Rebrey seeing the rest of the party's reaction, was a little more prepared for the "bats" when one came around Tharhack and headed towards Rebrey. With no weapon in hand, Rebrey swats at the "bat" slapping it against the wall, but not stopping the thing as it regroups and flies in Rebrey direction a second time. Alriand stabs the one on her thigh with her dagger, but that does nothing to slow the thing from draining blood through it's proboscis. Tharhack sets Bimbar down, and immediately three of these "bats" land on Bimbar. Tharhack then mashes one into his forearm, squishing it like a mosquito. Rebrey not wanting to set down the infant, keeps fighting with his backhand. This time swatting the same one he'd hit earlier, dropping it to the floor. Alriand takes another stab at the "bat", hitting it again, it falls off and lands on the floor. The puncture wound still leaking elf blood. Tharhack mashes another "bat" this one on his left thigh, leaving one left on Tharhack, while the remaining four swarm Bimbar. Alriand runs to the end of the passage and starts pushing rocks and debris away from the exit. Rebrey moves up to behind Tharhack and takes a swat at a "bat" sucking on Bimbar's motionless body. "Elf, get back here and help us clear off Bimbar before he dies!" Tharhack shouts at Alriand.Alriand reluctantly returns to battle. Tharhack squashes another one, this one shooting bright red blood all over the current section of passage. Rebrey swats another one, but he's unable to stop it from sucking on Bimbar. Alriand strikes at a "bat" but misses slicing only the air. Tharhack rips one off of Bimbar's body, and squeezes it into extinction. Rebrey swats the "bat" again, but still can't dislodge it from Bimbar's skin. Alriand tries again, this time hitting the "bat", however it is still lodged in Bimbar's chest sucking blood. Tharhack grabs another one and squeezes it's last meal out onto the dirt floor. Rebrey swats again, but this one hits Bimbar instead. Alriand gets another shot at the "bat" , and makes it count, ripping the body in half, and old thick blood from previous victims, comes spurting out all over her.Tharhack begins work on Bimbar at once, trying to save him from bleeding out. Getting out his last two healer's kits, he checks for Bimbar's heartbeat, and finds that it's getting weaker. Telling Alriand and Rebrey to apply pressure to the biggest bleeding wounds, Tharhack says a pray to Kord as he tries to save Bimbar.</blockquote>

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