The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter II

[Verbatim]

As Ayden ended his prayers, he could not help but smile as he stood and prepared to leave the church to seek out Sheriff Trond. During his communion with Finder, he discovered his uncle had given him the strength to call upon him for more spells to use on his journey back into the swamp.

Asking only for what he thought would help them the most, Ayden left the church whistling the new melody Finder had taught him during his sleep and searched out Sheriff Trond for the treaty letter between the town and the lizardmen tribe.

 

[Majin]

"Oh no no dear, some of the ingredients that go in my potions are my little secret," she winks. "You just make that swamp safe for me to go in and go back to my reagent collecting and I'll award you with another day's worth of free divination!"

 

[Jarval]

"A more than fair deal, Madam Grundy. Again, you have my thanks." Andreas says pleasantly, before returning to the inn.

Once there, he'll have a hearty breakfast before finding his companions and passing on the information about the newly identified wands.

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang waves his goodbye to Andreas, moderately confident that he would be able to defend himself should the need arise.
When back at the inn, he passes the mosquito balm out to his companions as he sees them in their various comings and goings in the inn.

 

[Majin]

When Ayden tracks down Trond, the council meets. The clerk scribes a statement to the lizard tribe and each remaining member of the council signs it. The writ contains an explanation as to Mayor Applebottom's actions and the process in which he was caught and arrested, as well as an apology to Naamani and her tribe. It also asks that if a peace treaty can be worked out, to send a representative of the swamp at the tribe's earliest convenience. As

Trond goes over the letter one last time before handing it to Ayden with a smile. "The town's future rides on the hope that some kind of agreement can be made. We trust that you will deliver this safely to Naamani."

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Mosslime: Finhead Saurial/Male/Slayer of Haystacks

Mosslime finds himself unable to sleep in the early morning before dawn as he keeps contemplating and dreaming about using his new sword in some noble cause. Much more quietly than one would suspect of him be quickly gathers his new sword and looks towards Ayden. As he listens to his gentle snoring Mosslime debating rather or not to wake him but decides that his best friend could honestly use the sleep.

Mosslime quickly finds himself on the deserted streets but he is careful to keep the sword sheathed as the citizens of the small town still found themselves uncomfortable in his presence. He didn’t really understand it as he and the Lizardfolk looked nothing alike nor did they even smell even remotely similar be he did respect their concern.

On the outskirts of the village he couldn’t contain his childlike glee as he pulled the sword from its sheath and dropping the sheath in the process. The short blade of the sword looks silly as he clutches it with both his hands. The blade catches the moonlight as he raises the blade over his head and as he screamed like a silent banshee he charged the nearest haystack ready to delver the first deathblow of his adventuring career.

Things don’t go as he had planed as he brings the blade down with all of his might causing himself to lose his balance in such an extreme manner that his tail is unable to stop his forward movement.

Mosslime looks sheepishly at the world from under the small mountain of hay. Not wanting anyone to see him in such an embarrassing situation he quickly picks himself up from the ruined haystack and with the help of his tail he manages to shakes the hay free from his body.

Moss quickly loses track of time but his experiences teach him that the small blade of the short sword is meant for thrusting and not for slashing. As he sun raising he heads back to the village with many of the haystacks filled with holes or simply toppled over from Moss’s early morning fun.

Upon his return he quickly searches for Ayden and finds him talking to Trond about boring stuff that adventures obviously aren’t made from.

 

[Verbatim]

"The town's future rides on the hope that some kind of agreement can be made. We trust that you will deliver this safely to Naamani."

"I give you all my word that I will do all I can for the village and return as quickly as possible to bring the Council news, hopefully all good."

Rolling the letter up, Ayden has the clerk seal it with wax before heading back to the inn. Seeing Moss in the back of the council hall, Ayden smiled and patted the letter in his vest pocket.

"We have gathered what we needed Moss, let us hope the others are as ready to go as I am."

After returning to the inn and hearing Andreas' report on the wands and Calenthang's purchasing of the repellant, Ayden pulled the letter from his vest and placed it within his scroll case in the bag.

"Amazing what a day makes in one's life. Yesterday at this time, we were walking blind into the swamp unsure of what we truly sought. Today we return to the swamp hoping to make peace with those who live in it. May Finder share his wisdom with us all this day."

Standing up, Ayden walked over to the door of the inn and looked back to his companions, smiling as he spoke.

"Well, what are we waiting for? We have a treaty to make..."

OOC: Let's lock and load everybody...

 

[Seonaid]

Chastity watches the others as they trickle in, and when Ayden says, "Well, what are we waiting for? We have a treaty to make...," she nods and stands smoothly. "Let us go then. I am excited to get on the road and put this evil behind us." She smoothes some imaginary creases in her "new" armor and hefts her pack before resting her hand comfortably on the hilt of her sword.

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang stands and stretches, and follows at a leisurely pace. Just before they enter the swamp, he applies the mosquito balm and suggests everyone else do the same.

 

[Velmont]

When the group was gattering at the Inn for breakfast, Sielwwodan enter the Inn by the main entrance. no one had seen it get out of his room. "Felmir is ready to go and I have already eaten, We can go when everybodies is ready."