THE DUNGEON: (1) Out of Whistle

[LazarusLong42]

Kael nods at Aska. "'Annoying' is most certainly the correct word, m'lady. If there's one, though, I'll bet there's more of them about. He may have even gone to get friends. Best to keep your guard up until we get out of this bloody tunnel."

 

[Uriel]

OoCid you want to chase the 'Ghost' or see if the Boat wil continue.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

As much as I would love to chase the ghost down lets get out of this place and onto the city of Clocks. Kaz says to the air.

 

[Uriel]

Settling back into the seats of the carriage, the Band is relieved when it shudders to life, moving off down it's rickety course along whatever old track supports it.

It is mere moments when the carriage stops again,a Light suddenly lighting up an area that resembles an old cobblestone alleyway. There seems to be nowhere for the Carriage to go further, it sits facing a brick wall.
The Alley stretches off some fifty feet or so and ends in what appears to be a street. The scene reminds Kael of Rome, the street and alleyway seeming to wind, the walls of the buildings on either side tall and ancient. Sounds of life seem conspicuoiusly absent, however, as do animals. No rats, cats or even stray dogs are evident...
Taklinn looks up, he just saw someone pass by the end of the alley's mouth. Something odd in the way they moved made it evident that they were either injured or carrying something heavy.

 

[LazarusLong42]

"Well... we seem to have reached a city at last. Taklinn, any idea if this is the fabled City of Clocks?" Kael straps his spear to his back. "Whether it is or not, it's likely a convenient place to catch a rest; we need as much of that as we can in this... place.

"Milady, gentlemen... shall we continue?"

 

[GoldenEagle]

Taklinn nods at Kael. He keeps his focus on the end of the alley where he saw movement and moves in that direction quietly and quickly.

GE

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Kaz and Aska follow the group.

 

[Uriel]

Moving along the alley, the band sees detritus everywhere, yet no carrion feeders. No rats, dogs ,cats or even pigeons.

Coming to the mouth of the alley, they look out upon a wide avenue suffering from a decided lack of commerce andtraffic.
The shuffling form that taklinn had sighted seemed missing now, if he had even seen someone to begin with...

jack Lobbins flits up, peering into windows, then darting back down 'Cor, that's an eerie thing. I could see indistinct forms inside the rooms, but none o';the details were I able to make out. I did see someone movin' about inside o' some o' them rooms, thugh. Eerie, I say agin.'
Takote draws his sword, taking up a position at the front of the group.
Across the street you can clearly make out a figure now, dressed in grey and brown, a uniform complete with helmet and cloak. Clearly an officer of the Law. He stands upon a street corner, turned slightly away from you, looking down a side-street. Further on you see a trio of shapes looking in a Shoppe, pointing and gawking, like some Holiday shoppers, though no laughter comes from their direction. All is disturbingly silent.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

I guess I should have expected this. Were in the city of Clock-works. They are golems of a sort. Kaz saya tio the group.

Aska looks out and says, You mean to tell me they aren't people?


OOC: Domo Origato?

 

[Uriel]

Jack Lobbins pulls on Taklinn's shirt-sleeve insistantly, saying in a voice laced with unease 'I don't think is tha Clockwerk City, Mate, them don't look like Gnomes...'
Pointng East along the city avenue.

Walking steadily though slowly to wards the Group is a near-solid wall of people, ragged clothes and soot-stained faces a veritable Sea of Humanity. The people are some hundred feet off at this point.
A voice behind you says loudly 'Here,here! What's the meaning of this!I'll have no Unlawful Assemblage on my Watch!' It is the Constable, moving towards you. Well, perhaps he could shed some light on things, as he seemed to have noticed the vagabonds moving in.
However, it quickly becomes evident that he is adressing you instead of the vagabonds.

As the Constable draws within 10' or so, you all see with a dawning Horror that half of his face ssems to have fallen away.
A Ghastly visage greets you, putrescent stench assailing your noses even as rotting flesh does so to your eyes. The Constable grins 'Well,well, it Has been a long time since someone so delicious visited our Fair City...pleased to welcome you all, friends. Now, if you would be so good as to hold still so that I can 'assess' the situation properly.'
The Constable Howls a Keening sound and you see several forms pop out from alleyways andstorefronts. Ghouls...or something worse perhaps.

<Only Kaz is affected by the thing's Stench, suffering nausea and a -2 to all Saves,skill checks and attacks for the time being>

From the Vagabond horde comes a sibilant rasping intoning, something like one would expect from those plague-ridden and asking for water to assuage their agony. One word 'Flesh...'

Initiatives

Taklinn 21
Jack Lobbins 19
Kael 17
Takote 16
Kaz 11
Aska 6


The Ghast is 10' away to the west, there are some haf dozen ghouls heading towards you from the surrounding west and north, and there seems to be a veritable Wall of Undead East, moving towards you, hungry for flesh...
There are streets leading North and West (past the ghouls or whatever they are).