The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter II

[Majin]

After a few moments the front door opens and a tall man in a servants outfit exits the building. He quickly gathers the dogs and leashes them and approaches the gate. "Ah, you must be the group the mayor hired to explore the swamp hmm? Oh don't bother answering I can smell it on you," he laughs.

He opens the gate and ushers you in. "Please, if you would accompany me to the garden to begin discussing your findings the mayor has promised to be with you shortly."

 

[Verbatim]

Allowing himself to be shown in, Ayden is not too surprised that Mayor Applebottom has hired staff to assist him.

~It showed he had expensive taste with his sword...~

As they walked, Ayden turned to address the man.

"Sir, we do not wish to keep the Mayor long at this time as Sheriff Trond and his men are expecting us to return shortly. We merely wished to know if the Mayor would be able to travel with us to see the evidence we have located in the swamp. If you could ask if his schedule permitted such a visit, we could do a formal discussion there with the Sheriff and Father Ernest."

 

[Velmont]

OOC: I meant that I was not with Trond or the group at all. After we have carry the body to the proper person, I took Felmir to the well so he could drink and rest before we go back to the swamp. Sielwoodan doesn't like much any social situation, so he leave that to his companion.

 

[Majin]

"Ah, so you did find something out there did you?" says the servant, allowing the gate to close behind him. He locks it before continuing. "This does not bode well at all it appears..." The look in the servants eye makes most of you feel uneasy. Behind the party another figure enters the garden from an opposite gate. The figure is wearing a bloody smock and wielding what appears to be a very nasty cleaver.

"My apologies, I didn't introduce myself," says the servant. "My name is Simon and this is Adrian," he motions to the figure behind you. At that, the window above the rose trellis opens and Mayor Applebottom leans out.

"My my, what resourceful heroes Trond seems to have found me," he exclaims with a wide grin. His smile suddenly turns sour though as he continues, "A little too resourceful I'm afraid. Your job was simple. All I wanted was the destruction of the lizard tribe but no! You had to play inquisitor!" he chuckles. "Well I'm sorry but I cannot allow you to leave here alive. We cannot afford to have you running off to the sheriff and informing him about this now can we?

As he begins to aim a shortbow out the window he shouts, "Simon! Release the hounds!"

He shoots, aiming for Andreas, and the arrow flies wide landing in one of the decorative trees.

Initiative:

Osborne - 28
Calenthang - 26
Drogo - 20
Mosslime - 19
Ayden - 18
Simon - 15
Andreas - 14
Chaos(?) - 11
Adrian - 11
(3) Dogs - 4
Velmont - Not Present

 

[Verbatim]

Stunned momentarily by the betrayal of the Mayor, Ayden looks around quickly as he realizes that this time, the group will not be able to talk their way out of this situation.

~Uncle guide my steps...

A feeling of peace comes over Ayden as the world around him seems to slow down. Grasping the sacred harp around his neck, Ayden calls for Finder to lend a Moss a touch of his holy strength.

Singing a quick melody, Ayden channels Finder's blessing to Mosslime.

OOC: Cast Magic Fang on Moss.

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang, not wholly off-guard, but certainly surprised that it was the Mayor his intuition was warning him against, arms himself and turns to the man behind them blocking off their escape (if needed). He attacks Adrian.

 

[Majin]

Calenthang closes the distance to Adrian and swings, but his attack glances off the man's smock. Apparently he is no ordinary chef, as there must be armor underneath his clothes.

 

[Velmont]

OOC: Is there any chance that Sielwoodan hear any of that (after all, you said he shout by the window)?

 

[Majin]

OOC: I gave Sielwoodan a difficult Listen check DC to make and whatta ya know, he made it He hears some shouting in the direction his companions went that sounds like the mayor, but he cannot make out exactly what was said. It does sound "urgent" nontheless. It will take Sielwoodan 2 rounds to reach the mayor's house at a full run, and then he will have to deal with climbing the gate if he chooses to do so, otherwise firing through the bars might be a bit constricting to his field of view.

 

[Velmont]

Well, Sielwoodan will run to the place, hoping it is not a false alarm, taking his bow in one hand, an arrow in the other so he may be ready to shoot, leaving Felmir near the well.