Wildwood Red in Tooth and Claw II [IC]

[Voadam]

NR4ZN turns to provide one rat with cover using his metal body as a shield as the two rats continue to gnaw ineffectively at him.

Thelso reloads and takes aim again. This time his bolt, bolstered by the war blessing he cast, flies true and kills the second rat that is still exposed.

20 Inamar
17 Weylan
16 NR4ZN
21 Rats
21 Thelso

 

[Shayuri]

Inamar hesitates and the crackling glow around her hand fades away.

"Does the thing have to be alive to check it?" she asks. Then something else sinks in. "Does that mean I'm going to get sick too?!"

 

[Pyrex]

Trusting his companions, Weylan stands down to allow NR to capture the rat.

 

[chakken98]

Placing his crossbow back in it rightful place Thelso will begin to desend in the the vast hole that will lead to the rest of his compainions. "I am unsure Inamar, if it is dead we may not be able to tell if these rats are indeed infected in anyway with some sort of disease, or even a magic of some kind" Pausing a moment Thelso will call down the hole "Ennar if you can capture that remaining rat so we can look it over."

 

[Voidrazor]

"Of course milord." NR4ZN attempts gingerly to scruff the rat.

 

[chakken98]

Thelso will carefully make his way down the hole, doing his best not to lose his footing or grap on the vines.

 

[Voadam]

As Thelso carefully climbs down the vines NR4ZN grabs at the remaining rat. It takes a few tries to catch the quick vermin, but once he grabs the rodent it is unable to escape his metallic grip. It tries to nip at the hand grasping him, but its efforts are ineffectual.

Coming closer to inspect the rat it does not show overt signs of disease or injury. Its fur is intact, its skin is not flaking, and there is no foam at its mouth. But there is a glassy expression to its eyes as it continues to struggle to attack NR4ZN's hand, ineffective as the attacks prove.

 

[Shayuri]

Inamar cautiously starts climbing down as well, once she sees no more rats are attacking.

"Maybe it's got a spell on it," she posits.

 

[Voadam]

Illuminated by Weylan's mindblade the tunnel from above flares wider and opens into an irregularly shaped room roughly 40 feet wide and 30 feet deep. A tunnel leads off roughly east from the main room, while another winds south from across the chamber.

Nearby lie three crumpled corpses. The carcasses are of mole type animals a full meter in length and lie picked-over and nearly devoured.

 

[Voadam]

The rat squeaks in NR4ZN's hand and tries to bite him again. Its eyes are still glassy and somewhat vacant.