The Sudden Approach of Unexplainable Power: IC

[unleashed]

Preferring not to be trapped, should the voices be heading to the building he’s in, Aekalos tries to get out of the cabin and hide among the buildings.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Aekalos seems to have luck on his side. Not only is he able to escape the building undetected, but he is able to evade the orcs. They would have trapped him in the building - they entered the cabin Aekalos just exited. They seem to be talking, and in a bit of a hurry, too. Aekalos does not understand much of the language.

As Aekalos ducks out of the building he is able to spot a glimpse of the center of the village. There is a flat wooden table that is about six feet square resting on small makeshift stone legs. He cannot see much more than that without creeping closer.

[Sblock=OOC]Just so that you know, that was a foregone event. Regardless of what you would have chosen, the orcs were heading into the cabin.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

His sense of curiosity awakened by the glimpse of something different, Aekalos creeps closer to see what the wooden table is for.

[Sblock=OOC]

Just so that you know, that was a foregone event. Regardless of what you would have chosen, the orcs were heading into the cabin.

OOC: Yes, I expected as much. So I approached the situation with, what would be the worst thing that could happen to Aekalos now, and acted accordingly. [/Sblock]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Aekalos is able to see as he gets closer that the dark wood that makes up the table is not so much dark wood (although it is a darker wood) but actually it is a mixture of dried blood stain mingling with the dark wood. As he moves closer, he is able to distinguish that there have been several overlapping stains.

Surprisingly, outside of the conversation of the two orcs - which is substantially quiet while they are in the cabin - the only other sound that Aekalos is confronted with is the jingling of chain as goblins silently flee from Aekalos as soon as they spot him.

 

[unleashed]

A communal butchering table or something else... Aekalos ponders upon seeing the blood stained table... hmm, no point wondering too much about it now, as that won’t getting me any closer to finding Ella.

With no better lead currently than searching every building in the village, Aekalos steps up on the table and looks around to see if there are any different structures where prisoners might be held, hoping to shorten his search a little.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

As Aekalos steps closer to the table he can see that indeed there are fresh blood stains upon the table. Given the size of the stain, it couldn't have been pretty.

Looking around the village, there are few discrepencies in the buildings. A few of the buildings don't have goblins out front and there are two buildings within view that have two doors - each with a pair of goblins. None of the buildings look particularily guarded or even locked for that matter.

 

[unleashed]

Figuring he might as well try something different, Aekalos heads toward one of the building with a pair of goblins.

[SBLOCK=OOC]You are going to warn me when the duration of his disguise self spell is close to ending, right. [/SBLOCK]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

The building that Aekalos moves towards indeed results in a difference. There is hushed talking inside. Aekalos is able to pick out the word "pathetic" used a few times, assuming that he heard correctly. The rest of the words are lost on him. It sounds as though there are at least three orcs inside.

As Aekalos most likely assumes, the goblins slink away from him, rattling their chains. Shortly after the chains of the goblins rattle, the talking grows considerably hushed.

[Sblock=OOC]Sure. But Aekalos doesn't really seem to be wanting to move slowly, so he's able to cover a fair amount of ground since he doesn't have to duck in and out of shadows.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Guessing now what the goblins are for, a system to warn those inside the buildings that someone is approaching, Aekalos continues past that particular building and heads for one without goblins. As he passes one of the goblins he growls at it with some confidence, in orcish, now that he’s heard orcs speak, “Get out of my way, small brow,” and makes a halfhearted swing at the creature, which is not aimed to connect.

[SBLOCK=OOC]Okay. Just wanted to make sure before it came up. [/SBLOCK]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

The goblin ducks and scampers away. This goblin's silence is like that of all the others.

As Aekalos swings, the door to the cabin open and the orc shouts something that Aekalos doesn't understand a word of. The orc's face doesn't look angry or irritated, although the orc is intent on making eye contact and holding the stare if Aekalos chooses to return the eye contact. He seems to be waiting for a response as his body leans out the door.