The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter V

[Verbatim]

"Aye Master Therav, this is a former companion of Priestess Teleri. She and Master Broddy seek to catch up on the tales of their seperate paths, and for tonight at least, he will be sharing our fire here with you."

As the time to turn in neared, Ayden volunteered for the first watch as he wanted to be able to rest fully before praying to Finder in the morning. There were questions he would need to ask his Uncle in the morning, and to prepare the spells, he needed to have all of his wits about him.

ooc: I will suck up the first watch guys, as near dawn I will need to pray, and not much I can see when my eyes are looking inwards at the heavens...

 

[Dhes]

On reaching the merchants cart, Dunstand joins Ayden in the fist watch.
“My head is still spinning, and I don’t feel like going to sleep with a headache. I’ll get us some hot strong tea, and we can play a nice game of chess while we keep watch. Nice shield by the way.”

ooc2: Sorry about that Dhes, thought you were with the rest of the party.

No problem. I’m sure that if I still would have been sleeping, that Krinke would have had Teleri kick me.

 

[kirinke]

ooc:
Teleri needs to pray for her spells when the moon is at it's fullest. So she'll take whatever watch that doesn't include that.

IC:
Teleri shakes her head in amusement as Dunstand staggers towards the group, holding his head and wincing. "Hangover Dunstand?" she grins. "You're lucky the Mellorn guard this place so well. In another place you probably would have been robbed blind, stripped naked and left for the local watch to find," she teases him.

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang flashes a venomous glance at no one in particular when Teleri, what to him seemingly, misinterprets the marker.
When the group gets back to Therav's tent, Calenthang opts to take third watch, as he will probably have slept plenty by then anyway.

 

[kirinke]

Before Teleri settles in, she looks after her horse and gear and then falls asleep, timing it so that she can pray when the moon is at it's fullest

 

[Mimic]

Broddy approaches the merchant grabbing his hand and shaking it vigorusly. "Hi I'm Broddydock Fannoodle Ashentree Glittergem but most of you tall folk just call me Broddy... I must say your wares are very pretty, did you make them yourself?"

Without really waiting for an answer Broddy leaves and starts to wander looking at the various trinkets and merchandise.

“My head is still spinning, and I don’t feel like going to sleep with a headache. I’ll get us some hot strong thea, and we can play a nice game of chess while we keep watch. Nice shield by the way.”

"I do have a medicinal cure for hangovers, it is derived from various herbs, roots and several different species of beetle parts. I haven't tried it myself but it should work, at least in theory it does." The gnome says shruging a little.

 

[Dhes]

“uhh no, no thank you Broddy. I’ll uhh just walk it of, and the fresh night air should do me good.”

 

[Verbatim]

When Dunstand returned with their tea, Ayden saw the scout rubbing his temples seeking to ease the dull throb of his hangover away. Ayden smiled into his mug, as he could recall many mornings where he had awakened and cursed all the gods for the parade that was marching behind his eyes, causing him to wince and flinch with every noise he heard.

"While I know in time, your hangover will ease on its own, should trouble come, we will need to be at our best."

Ayden reached out and placed his hand lightly upon Dunstand's head and sang a short healing song. He could feel the warmth gathering in his hand for the briefest of moments before it entered into Dunstand's body, washing away the fatigue and cloudiness of his mind.

As the last note of the song faded into the night, Ayden smiled down at the man and returned to his seat, enjoying the rich flavor of the tea.

"Thank you for the tea once more Master Dunstand, and as for the shield, I felt it was time that I took my advice to Calenthang and purchased a shield for myself. The wood that it is made of is from the lands of fabled Maztica, or so the vender said, and that while it is amazingly light, it is as hard as steel. Hopefully, he was speaking the truth to me, as its cost was nearly more than I could in good consciousness spend. However, if I fall in battle, who will bring Finder's blessings to you all?"

Looking into the night sky for a moment, Ayden turned back to face the scout and realized that he knew very little of the man. While they had shared the fires on occasion, Ayden could not recall hearing the man speak of his past to any great amount, and a comment that he had made while in the midst of his wine had made Ayden very curious.

"When Broddy introduced himself to you, you began to introduce yourself as a priest, but stopped. When did you lose your faith Master Dunstand?

ooc: Will cure minor wounds work for the hangover? Or do I need a CLW?

 

[Dhes]

Dunstand sips his tea, and grins as he feels his head clearing. “Thank you Ayden. Finder must be a real benevolent god, if he grand’s healing to a fool that drank too much.”

Dunstant stays silent for a moment as Ayden asks him about his faith. After a second or two he grabs inside his shirt and pulls a hand full of necklaces with religious symbols on them from his neck and throws them to Ayden. “There that’s my faith, back there was just a reaction, some thing I am to used to doing. I’m not a nice man, and where I grew up you had to be strong or smart to stay alive. You your self know just as well what people will do or give if they think you can lead them to a road of salivation.”

Taking a deep breath Dunstand goes on. “I’m not proud of what I did or do, but look at your self and the rest of the group, every one has there on skills that keep them alive. Me? My skill is stealing from people, I’m not a strong man or a blademaster so I have to find other ways to get what I want or need.”

Taking another sip from his tea, Dunstad mentally prepares himself for the preaching torrent that Ayden will undoubtedly give him.

Ooc: that was miss type, it was supposed to be pre and not pri. But not to worry, it gave me a really really good replaying opening. thanks

 

[Majin]

OoC: Minor wounds should work just fine I'd think.