Wildwood Red in Tooth and Claw II [IC]
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Voadam
Legend
NR4ZN approaches the edge of pit and brings his visored optical units to bear while keeping as much distance as he can. The rope hangs down and seems to be entwined and wrapped around a large knotted mass of roots and thorny vine. A long wooden staff sticks out of the mass and a tattered and singed green cloak is caught amongst its twistings. The vines and roots are moving and writhing. What look like gnaw marks all over it are filling with sap and closing as long thorns seem to be growing along the vines.
Inamar stares down, then at Weylan...and impossibly, giggles.
She backs away, covering her mouth, then finally blurts, "Oh Weylan... It IS the druid. Remember what the king said? He went through some ritual to turn into a plant and keep coming back from the dead."
With that Inamar looks over at Thelso. "Do you still have the amulet? We should show it to him so he knows we're friends and doesn't kill us. Those thorns look really painful."
She backs away, covering her mouth, then finally blurts, "Oh Weylan... It IS the druid. Remember what the king said? He went through some ritual to turn into a plant and keep coming back from the dead."
With that Inamar looks over at Thelso. "Do you still have the amulet? We should show it to him so he knows we're friends and doesn't kill us. Those thorns look really painful."
Voadam
Legend
Shayuri said:
Thelso clutches at his side where numerous small cuts still bleed. Distractedly he looks up at Inamar's question. "What, oh." he paws at his chest for a moment where the amulet hung before then says "No, that's right, I gave it to Weylan before he went scouting down that side passage. I'm . . . going to sit down here for a minute." and sits down next to the crates.
Down in the pit the knotty mass starts to sprout green buds and stretch out less as a ball and more as a vaguely humanoid figure. The rope seems to bind its limbs down and together and even be woven into its structure.
Seeing the odd bramble begin to unfurl, Weylan holds out the amulet and, somewhat nervously, calls down into the pit, "Hallo down there! We come on behalf Zallon at the behest of King Alagor seeking the Guardian Bloodthorn to learn what has become of him. If you are he, make yourself known."
Voadam
Legend
Several of the ivy-like vines twist into the shape of a humanoid head. A pair of the unwrapping leaves slide aside and reveal eye-like structures at the base of cavities formed by the twisting vines. The texture and color of the eyes look off though, as if they were perhaps leaves or flower petals coated in a sappy dew. The tattered cloak hangs around the neck vines. (see attached word document with picture)
The eyes turn to face Weylan with his outstretched amulet and focus on him for a moment before scanning past him to take in the rest of the party. The mouth of the vine face parts and it gives voice to sounds reminiscent of wind rustling through branches and leaves. These turn into words you do not understand, then into the barking and growling of the dover speech though with a rushing quality you have never heard before "I am the Guardian Bloodthorne. Where is Zallon? If you come on his behalf I have need of your aid.""
The eyes turn to face Weylan with his outstretched amulet and focus on him for a moment before scanning past him to take in the rest of the party. The mouth of the vine face parts and it gives voice to sounds reminiscent of wind rustling through branches and leaves. These turn into words you do not understand, then into the barking and growling of the dover speech though with a rushing quality you have never heard before "I am the Guardian Bloodthorne. Where is Zallon? If you come on his behalf I have need of your aid.""
