The Sudden Approach of Unexplainable Power: IC

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[SBLOCK=OOC]I’ll assume you mean Errast is more stable. [/SBLOCK]“Well, this evening is probably my best time to search the village thoroughly then. Do you think you can carry them both? If so, I’ll stay and search a while, though the battle with Errast has shortened the time I can do so. As for returning to your shop, perhaps you could take them somewhere else?”

 

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The half-orc woman replies, "If you can carry the female, we could take them now to the south, away from the hunting parties. There is a spot in the forest that should be safe for a little while at least."

 

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“I can certainly try,” Aeklalos replies, resheathing Maris’ weapons, before trying to lift her. If he’s successful, he nods for the half-orc woman to lead the way and follows her.

 

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Aekalos is able to lift the body of Maris once the half-orc woman takes some of her equipment. He is able to carry her, but it is a slow process that isn't necessarily easy for him. After about twenty minutes of slow walking through the forest the woman puts Errast down. "Here we should be safe. I will gag the spellcaster and bind his arms so his spells will not serve him. Go, do what you need, and come back here. Perhaps the wizard will be awake on his own by then."

 

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Aekalos puts Maris down gently and nods, “I shouldn’t be more than half an hour, once I reach the village. So if I’m not back in a reasonable amount of time, you should probably leave and pretend you never saw any of us here,” before heading back towards the village. Disguising himself once again with magic once he’s close enough, he then begins a thorough search of the village, starting with the two double-doored buildings and anything near them.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

As Aekalos reaches the village once more, the darkness has full overtaken the camp. This allows Aekalos a certain advantage in that the necessary detail for a successful disguise is also lessened.

Arriving within the village once more, Aekalos notices that all of the goblins continue to make no verbal noise - although the rustling of chains away from Aekalos should he get too close continues where appropriate. This time - given that that darkness has finally overtaken the land - many of the goblins retreat to small holes underneath the cabins. The holes are almost like tiny burrows, barely large enough to hold a goblin curled up in the fetal position.

As Aekalos heads toward the larger cabins with the double doors, a wind gusts up and blows a small amount of ash off of the central stone. It looks as though it hasn't been too many days since a communal dinner was prepared last.

The cabin that had several orcs talking within it before is now empty, except for the goblins out front. Should Aekalos investigate inside, he finds a few racks of well worn weapons. Some of the weapons have broken handles of blades that are clearly in need of sharpening. Most of the weapons hanging from the wall are in used - but functional - condition. There is no lack of orc double axes hanging from the walls. Most of the weapons that are neither double axes or throwing axes look like simple polearms of the glaive variety.

There is one other building nearby that has two doors and a pair of goblins outside. By the looks and sounds of it, this building is also empty for the time being.

 

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Aekalos moves quickly to the second building with two doors to see what’s kept inside.

[SBLOCK=OOC]Hmm, doesn’t matter now, but you do realise Aekalos was waiting until around dusk to enter the village originally right.[/SBLOCK]

 

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[Sblock=OOC]No, actually, that's preferred. I had the whole post typed up as though it was dark ... and then I had this whole nagging hint at the back of my head that you wouldn't have Aekalos working that late. So, I second guessed myself and changed it all without going back and checking.

So, you're OOC Sblock simply confirms that my first instinct was right and I shouldn't listen to suspicions.

FWIW, I edited the prior post to fit in the beter time of day, since it was my original desire and you commented.[/Sblock]

The second cabin looks to be one of preparation. There are several dark cloaks. In fact, it appears that the cloaks are made of a heavy hide and have been intentionally blacked - either by flame or ash. The insides of the hoods and sleeves (and perhaps further if Aekalos desires to pick one up and investigate) are a deep rich red in color. The color is that of blood, and it is an unusual color for leather.

There are several steel chains and a few pairs of manacles hanging from the wall. The chains and manacles look well used and blackened from intense heat. In addition to the metal ware, The piece of clothing on the top of the pile looks to be at least part of a lady's dress. It appears to have not gone through the ritual tearing process that most of the smaller pieces near the bottom have had happen to them. Most of the pieces toward the bottom have been torn into long strips to make it easier to wrap them around a torch.

 

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Fearing the worst, after speaking with the half-orc female and everything else he’s seen here, Aekalos takes the piece of clothing which seems to be part of a lady’s dress, hoping it might be enough to help the sailors free their captain if he can find nothing more... assuming it’s even from the woman he’s looking for. Putting it in his pack, Aekalos makes a quick search of the room, paying special attention to the area near the manacles in case something was dropped, before heading out to examine some other structures, even though hope is fading that Ella is still here. Feeling he can’t rightly leave, until he can find no further evidence of a woman’s presence.

 

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When Aekalos grabs the material, he discovers that it is actually a dress torn in half as if hastily removed from a body. He can easily claim both halves, however. The manacles do not seem to show any additional evidence other than their already blackened state.

Leaving the cabin, his eyes catch a glimpse of what looks to be a bone pile. In fact, it almost appears as though the bones have been collected after having been given to the goblins. Most of the bones have been chewed and licked clean. Many have been snapped in half and the marrow inside licked clean. There are certainly human - or elven - remains in the pile, but there are no complete skeletons. There are also a number of animal remains as well. It even appears as if something the size of a bear has recently been consumed.

[Sblock=OOC ... Search cut short]
If you want Aekalos to search through the village through the length of the spell and don't want to keep posting that Aekalos is searching ... and searching ... and searching ... just read the next paragraph for a summary. If you want to RP it all out, skip the next paragraph.

Aekalos is able to continue to search unhindered. The majority of the orc village appears to be away - even a good number of the females. As Aekalos passes by a few of the cabins, he can occasionally hear signs of children playing inside. Should Aekalos mean to peer in on them, in each case he discovers that they are being babysat by a female orc who looks none to happy at accidentally being disturbed. The children are usually playing games with bones. They appear to be using knuckles of all sizes as dice, the occaisonal vertebrae in a game that sort of resembles horseshoes, and some have even files down longer leg bones into makeshift play swords and clubs and seem to be staging mock combats. In general, though, Aekalos finds nothing specific pertaining to the missing woman. Nor does he find anything that would give him an indication that the village had hostages or prisoners.[/Sblock]