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Sorry for the delay, was gone for the last few days.
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Test of Millicent (Jansson, Ruth)
ROUND SIX
Initiatives
Good Squirrel -
25
Jansson -
20
Ruth -
12
Evil Squirrels (5) -
10
The good squirrel dashes by again, oblivious to the fact that nothing is following it anymore.
Jansson tries the same trick as last time, slashing out at a squirrel...
He gets a 26, which hits! He deals 6 points to squirrel 2.
...and then tumbles backwards, putting ground between him and the creatures...
He gets a 27 on his tumble check.
...and none of their attacks manage to come into contact.
Ruth attacks powerfully with her blade once more...
She gets a 15, which misses.
...but her target moves deftly out of the way.
The five remaining squirrels look at the pair, and are still for a moment. They then disappear in a flash of black light, and in their place is the shadowy figure.
"Well done." It says simply. "You have defeated roughly half of the creatures... no doubt you would have destroyed the rest, given time. However, the remainder of your companions are waiting for you, and the Voices are impatient..."
As he speaks, the good squirrel slowly transforms into an older man. He shambles over to you, and waves the shadowy figure off.
"Hmm..." He says slowly. "I'm sorry I wasn't much help back there... hmm... you see, they make me do this, for each test... hmm... as a kind of punishment, you see... hmm... however, I don't like leaving people unrewarded for going through this... hmm... here, take these things..."
He ruffles through a pack on his backpack, and pulls out a small wand, then a rather heavy-looking mace. He then unslings a shield off his back, and hands the three objects to the pair.
"Hmm... these should be of use to you... hmm..."
"You will now be returned to your companions." The shadowy figure says, and both Jansson and Ruth disappear in a flash of light.
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The Rest of the Group (Animus, Desimus, Jansson, Ruth, Osius, Syld, Narok; Shardorn, Tori'shel)
Jansson and Ruth appear in the center of the stone circle.
The shadowy figure appears a moment later, slightly outside the stone circle.
"You have successfully passed the tests." It says, and nods. "The Voices have decreed that you are worthy to live... when you wish, you may leave."
The sound of the wind picks up, though the trees do not stir. The shadowy figure listens to it for a moment.
"The Voices have decreed," He says, "that you may choose a place, and we will bring you there... this once. The Voices do apologize for testing you, but it was necessary... the agents of the illithid, of anicent Penumbra, are gathering. None who bear the gift of psionics are to be trusted... but you have proved worthy of trust."
"We will leave when you ask." The shadowy figure says. "However, we will not travel by day... the Voices forbid it. When you have rested and chosen, enter the stone circle and I shall appear to take your request to the Voices."
The shadowy figure then disappears.
The night is roughly halfway gone, the two moons beginning their descent.
