THE DUNGEON: (1) Out of Whistle

[Argent Silvermage]

OK... Where are we? Did you see all the undead Aska? These must have been hundreds! Now that would have been a grand fight. we should.. Kazareen shut up! Aska yells clutching her holy symbol and trying to catch her breath. Kaz looks like he's been slapped by his mother and shuts up.

 

[LazarusLong42]

Kael will attempt to lead the group in the direction of the receding figure, though knowing them [looks at Kazareen] there's no telling if they'll follow.

OOC:

Also... have we lost both GE and Chauzu now? Is it, perhaps, time for more recruiting?

 

[Uriel]

OoC:GE seems to have just disappeared. He mentined computer problems before, I hope that it is temporary. He is in another game I DM as well as running a couple.
But,alas, i think Chauzu is gone for good.WQe had better replace him lest Aregent try to take on ANOTHER character...he's Skitzo enough. Good thing he doesn't read this thread.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

OoC:GE seems to have just disappeared. He mentined computer problems before, I hope that it is temporary. He is in another game I DM as well as running a couple.
But,alas, i think Chauzu is gone for good.WQe had better replace him lest Aregent try to take on ANOTHER character...he's Skitzo enough. Good thing he doesn't read this thread.

Yeah! It's a good thing Aregent doesn't read this! Lord and Lady know he's nuts.

 

[Uriel]

The group follows the furtive figure down dusty hallways cluttered with detritus and the refuge of a World gone horribly wrong.

Finally, you enter a chamber that resembles a dwelling, though one filled with garbage and broken furniture.
Whoever lives here has been hiding for a long time, it would seem. The figure turns to reveal a young human female, perhaps 15, though it is hard to tell her actual age so gaunt and malnurished is she.'I thought the deaders wuz gonna git ya...' she says with an accent strangely reminiscent of a Londoner to Kael's ears. The girl then begins setting an old table, saying 'You all must be hungry, we don 'ave much, but you're more than welcome at our table...' she begins humming a little ditty as she goes about what must be a very infrequent event in her life, having company.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Kaz extends his small hand and says Hi. I'm Kazareen Bricklebottem. We're here to find the Clock work city.. or something like that. What's your name?

Aska looks around and seems very depressed. "I could never live like this." she thinks to herself.

 

[LazarusLong42]

Kael unpacks some of the fruit from the garden, handing it to the young woman. "Perhaps we can help with filling your table. Are there many of you living here?"

 

[Uriel]

To Kazareen the lass says 'My name is Della...Clock'whut?'
The girl looks at the fruit with suprise, as if she had never seen such a thing before. Taking it gingerly, she sets it upon a dusty plate and continues to hum.She mutters, more to herself than the Kael
'Granpa, and Sonny, and me, three peas inna pod, Happy as kin be...Dinner should be inna few minutes, make yerselfs comfy, we have a chess Set an a Book or two...'

The indicated chess set is a rather nice thing, it's pieces carved ivory and ebony figurines, astoundingly detailed.
The Books of which she speaks are upon a small bookcase, perhaps 12 tmes in all.
Kaz also begins absentmindedly 'borrowing' things, a spoon here, a ball of string there, even a plate.
Jack Whispers 'She's a bit Mad, I says...'
taklinn, for his part harumps and sits upon an old chair, while takote stays alert, still distrustful of anyone that he meets in this Damnable Labyrinth.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

OOC: just remember that Kaz would be putting things in the place of what he borrows.

Aska looks at the books with interest then turns to Della. I'm Aska. Tell me Della how did you come to live here? Where is this place?

 

[Uriel]

Della continues to hum as she sets the table, the silverware mixing with more mundane utensils of cheap metal and some odd white substance that looks quite weak.

A movement to the rear of the room draws your attention and you all are rather taken aback as a door opens and you hear a creaking sound like some wheels turning.
Sure enough, a chair is entering, one with wheels and an elderly human sitting upon it. The old man looks fairly hale for one so aged, and Kael is taken aback once more, seeing human frailty so displayed, such was not for his Folk, who rarely looked a day over 'middle aged' even upon their deathbeds.
The old man is being pushed by a massive figure, a lumbering hulk of a man, a large hump visible upon his bacl.
this must be Grandpa and Sonny.
The Old Man looks up and glares at Della for a second, wondering at this intrusion into his home, then sighs and nods, wherupon Sonny pushes him up to the table. Sonny, for his part, says nothing, humming a tune reselbling Della's not at all.

della smiles weakly and says 'Granpa, the deaders wuz gunna et em up, I couldn let em git et up...that's not right, is it?'
The old man says nothing as the girl continues to put out the trappings of an evening meal.
Finally a voice like an ancient parchment being unrolled, cracking in the wind says 'No...s'pose it's not right,sweets...' The Old Man then lapses into silence, looking from one to the other of you.

Jack busies himself piling books one atop the other for a seat (upon the chair), oblivious to the fact that Kaz has borrowed three of his seat components even as he goes for more.
Kaz places a mug from the Inn way back in Whitsle on the cupboard shelf, as well as a large rock, a ball of string and a dagger, whilst putting one of the chess pieces and several marbles from a bowl into his Haversack.