Warriors Of The Coast

[stonegod]

Ari looks at everything, thinking his next move carefully. "I'm with Jango on this one, Skarg. I was hired to take all of these folks down, and that means I still have three on my list to go. Be they coerced or not is an issue for a tribunal, not me. But you're right that leaving them here without guard could be dangerous. That leaves us in a bind. I'd be loathe to do it, but we could wait to see if Nelson gets the Watch over here. But that might be a risk. If you can hustle there and get a horse ride back, that might work---but it gives her more time to do whatever in Khyber she wants."

Ari then examines the pile that Jango is analyzing. Looking at the captives, he asks the prisoner's directly, "What do these do? Remember, cooperation now means things can go better later."

 

[Brogarn]

Skarg cocks a bushy eyebrow at the Dwarf's emphasis on the word "persuade".

And the excuses start... he thinks to himself with a sigh.

Before going poking around any subterranean complex, we should head to town, renew our resources, including whatever spells and such you folks use, and possibly grab some reinforcements if we think it necessary. Plus, heading into something like this without a proper briefing to those in charge will lead to questions and other folks following us down and causing who knows what havoc. It's foolish, in my opinion, to just pop down now without proper preparation. I know my kind are supposed to be dull witted and more often than not, reckless, but I've grown rather attached to my ugly hide and I want to do this right.

I'll make sure to do something really stupid later, just to keep up appearences, though. I hate to go around breaking folks' paradigms. Skarg says with a sneer.

 

[Brogarn]

Ari looks at everything, thinking his next move carefully. "I'm with Jango on this one, Skarg. I was hired to take all of these folks down, and that means I still have three on my list to go. Be they coerced or not is an issue for a tribunal, not me. But you're right that leaving them here without guard could be dangerous. That leaves us in a bind. I'd be loathe to do it, but we could wait to see if Nelson gets the Watch over here. But that might be a risk. If you can hustle there and get a horse ride back, that might work---but it gives her more time to do whatever in Khyber she wants."

Ari then examines the pile that Jango is analyzing. Looking at the captives, he asks the prisoner's directly, "What do these do? Remember, cooperation now means things can go better later."

Skarg shrugs. Not a bad solution. Good chance I could catch back up with you, assuming I'm permitted.

Scratching his cheek as usual, he says Actually, that's probably about the best solution I can come up with. The only problem is resources. I'll leave that up to you folks to decide though. You know your own capabilities better than I, obviously. Let me know and I'll start out towards town, if that's the actions we plan to take.

 

[Velmont]

"I have still most of my spelcasting capability. A bow would be welcome, but underground, I doubt it would be such of use. That wand would be a lot more better." tells Jango.

[SBLOCK=OOC]For someone moving at 30 feet per round, doing a double move each round (finally, going fast without sprinting) how much time would it take him to reach the village?[/SBLOCK]

 

[drothgery]

"I have still most of my spelcasting capability. A bow would be welcome, but underground, I doubt it would be such of use. That wand would be a lot more better." tells Jango.

"I, however, used most of my spells of any real power this morning." Khalia said. "A chance to rest would be useful, if we expect to fight at the end of it. The Church is about as known for charging into situations without any heed of the danger as half-orcs, but I have no more inclination than Skarg to prove certain stereotypes correct."

 

[Velmont]

"What I am telling, it is Luttin has given us little choice. We don't have the time to wait until tomorrow morning for you to regain your spells. I would like to be prepared, but the captain is about to get what she wanted and she will leave before we come back, or maybe worst. I don't like the idea of heading head down into such situation, but think of what might happen if we don't go. If someone want to go to the village and come back here with reinforcement or more equipmeent or both, I don't think it is a bad thing, but wathever is in there" says Jango, pointing the cave "might be dangerous in the hand of that captain, more we wait, more we have chance she can turn it on us too."

 

[stonegod]

"You all speak the truth. Some of us are down resources. Some of us are concerned about their jobs. But, there is something ill going down there. As far as we know, this is only way out. But I do not like the idea of letting whoever it is down there do their evil deeds and then come up here. In addition, they may not let us dictate the timeline. If the Captian tries to get back out here before the morning, we will be fighting here as prepared as we are now. And, there is still the possibility that there is more than one way out, now that they have breeched the inner chamber."

Ari rubs his hand through his curly hair. "It is not a good situation any way you look at it. I think we can risk sending a message back to town as fast as we can as long as we keep a force here. But I loathe to wait longer. "

 

[DEFCON 1]

"What do these do? Remember, cooperation now means things can go better later."

The dwarf looks down at all their precious booty that has been taken from them (even if they themselves didn't really earn it either) and inwardly sighs. He looks over at the other three pirates, and they also almost just shrug in resignation. Their fates are pretty much sealed at this point, so any small positive steps will be for the best.

The dwarf starts commenting as Ari points to each item, and Jango uses his magical detection to try and confirm that what the dwarf is saying is relatively true.

"Me bracers and me medallion protect me from pain", he says... and Jango confirms that they both have auras of abjuration. "The wand heals us up pretty well, and we each have a potion to do the same". Jango indeed also confirms that four of the potions and the wand have light conjuration auras. The wand also has the command word "Flame" carved on it's side. "As for the other potions, one'll help against the heat or cold, one'll make ya jump, one'll change yer features, and the other will cover ya in invisble armor." Jango nods that he thinks these descriptions are all correct as well.

 

[drothgery]

"Did any of you see the cargo of the Admiral's Folly? In particular, anything shipped from Thrane, by the Lord Reverend Alistair ir'Indari, or to the Lady Khalia ir'Indari?" Khalia asked. "Some of what father was sending me might be of use to this mission."

 

[DEFCON 1]

"Did any of you see the cargo of the Admiral's Folly? In particular, anything shipped from Thrane, by the Lord Reverend Alistair ir'Indari, or to the Lady Khalia ir'Indari?" Khalia asked. "Some of what father was sending me might be of use to this mission."

The dwarf looks at Khalia, then turns to one of the female pirates who is gagged. "The trinket you and the Cap'n used to open the first portal. Wasn't the name inside the box something like that? 'Intari', 'Indari'?" The female pirate takes a second to recollect what she saw, then she nods to the dwarf in the affirmative.

"Aye. The rod, ya mean. Nice little item ya had there... opened up the sealed portal straight away it did. At least... it opened the first one. Couldn't get it to open the second one, but perhaps the Luttin boy did something to make it work. The portal's opened now in any event."