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Gallus summons Jacinta and Ollyn to lay out his plan of action</div> <div> Dukejr01: heh heh</div> <div> Dukejr01: that and redlun would fall to Taciter.... </div> <div> Missiledine: "Jacinta, go to the village and round up all the militia. Gather carts and wagons, get them hitched up anf loaded with brush, fodder,</div> <div> anything that will burn... We will smoke that bastard out!</div> <div> tacit01: "militia and flammables - got it - Is anything required from the manor?</div> <div> Missiledine: "ollyn, get three men mounted and have them take posistion around the Fangs, in case anyone tries to leave. Don't try and stop</div> <div> them, just make a note of their trail</div> <div> Missiledine: "Bring the militia back here."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Don't wait for the wagons, get the rest of the villagers working on that."</div> <div> Missiledine: Ollyn departs </div> <div> tacit01: "yes sir" and off she goes to the inn</div> <div> Missiledine: When the militia arrive, Gallus will leave one Man at Arms and five Militia, along with Nordan, Bragan and Tassiter to guard the</div> <div> manor, "less this is an elaborate ruse to draw us out."</div> <div> Missiledine: Jacinta, you arrive in the village</div> <div> tacit01: <does J know that before she leaves?></div> <div> Missiledine: no</div> <div> tacit01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: good idea</div> <div> tacit01: is there something there to ring the gong with?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, a striker is hanging there</div> <div> tacit01: k - Jacinta bursts into the in, announces "the militia ha been called up - Lord Athamar was wounded at the Fangs", turns around, goes out, and rings the</div> <div> gong</div> <div> Missiledine: Yarling will follow you out onto the porch, "What?"</div> <div> Missiledine: As you begin ringing, people stop what ever they are doing and start coming to the inn. Both those in the village and those out in the</div> <div> fields</div> <div> Missiledine: Since the harvest is in, all that they are doing in the fields is tending stock, so most people are somewhere right around the village</div> <div> and the crowd quickly gathers</div> <div> tacit01: We were securing the Fangs when Lord Athamar was shot by a crossbow. He is being tended, and should recover. Gallus has called for the milita to help</div> <div> secure the area and catch the shooter. We are also to bring brush, fodder, or anything else we can burn to smoke them out."</div> <div> Missiledine: The crowd mills about for a few moments, clearly absorbing the news, then they spread out to make preperations</div> <div> tacit01: "The milita is to go up with me; the carts of fodder can follow as they are made ready"</div> <div> Missiledine: It will take about fifteen minutes to get the men armored and outfitted</div> <div> tacit01: "Master Yarling, perhaps you can suggest someone to oversee the preparation and transport of the fodder after the militia has departed?"</div> <div> Missiledine: He still looks a bit stunned by the news, but he nods and says that he will see to it. Then he goes to get his armor and weapons</div> <div> Missiledine: Soon the men are assembling. You can hear them talking about who is still missing.. A couple men who were furthest away in the</div> <div> fields, but they should be here soon.</div> <div> Missiledine: There is some discusion about whether they should bring their armor and kit or leave it for the men who are undoubtably headed</div> <div> back to the village... It's decided to bring it</div> <div> tacit01: "who is missing?"</div> <div> Missiledine: finally you are as ready as you can be.... three men who were out with the sheep</div> <div> Missiledine: the rest of the village, those men not in the militia, women and older children are working on filling the farm carts and wagons.</div> <div> Horses, and a few oxen, are being lead out and hitched up.</div> <div> Missiledine: It will be another fifteen to thirty minutes before all the wagons are ready</div> <div> tacit01: Jacinta will learn their names, than put someone in charge of preparing the fodder (for accountability's sake) - prob an older man </div> <div> Missiledine: Yarling already did that</div> <div> tacit01: cool</div> <div> Missiledine: you asked him to</div> <div> tacit01: <clarification - was Jacinta at the fangs or the manor when Gallus gave her her orders?></div> <div> Missiledine: manore</div> <div> Missiledine: manor</div> <div> Missiledine: specifically, in the hall outside Athamar's bedroom</div> <div> tacit01: k - Jacinta will lead the militia to the manor</div> <div> Dukejr01: we could change the name to "manore" is sounds so chic and classy. maybe after we install the cont light glass chandliers and the silk bedecked salon</div> <div> Missiledine: When you arrive, you find Gallus and Ollyn and three other men at arms, waiting by the gate. Gallus points at five militia, "You, you,</div> <div> you...." Stay here and guard Lord Athamar and the Manor House. The rest of you, with us." He starts out at a brisk walk.</div> <div> Missiledine: To you (Jacinta) he says, "The caryts?"</div> <div> Missiledine: carts</div> <div> Missiledine: <What room are you planning for the harem?></div> <div> Missiledine: <Manore is too much like Manure></div> <div> tacit01: <is the manor on the way to the fangs - in other words, is it more efficient to gather the carte at teh village or the manor?></div> <div> Dukejr01: oh,. Athamar is not interested in a serangalio, they will stay in his bedroom. which will be expanded and have a balcony</div> <div> tacit01: <it is kinda musty smelling></div> <div> Missiledine: carts are starting in the village, they will head directly across the fields to the Fangs, no need to go by the manor</div> <div> Dukejr01: Redlun Mannorr</div> <div> tacit01: "the cars should gather in the village"</div> <div> Missiledine: <Redlun Manure Pile></div> <div> Dukejr01: pardon. I forgot the "<>" for the aside jokes.</div> <div> tacit01: <carts></div> <div> Missiledine: <That's where they live when not in use></div> <div> Dukejr01: <"in use" lol></div> <div> Missiledine: <How would you say it?></div> <div> Missiledine: <being used?></div> <div> tacit01: <being of service></div> <div> Dukejr01: <ahem> Get on with it!</div> <div> Dukejr01 has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Point is, Gallus knows they are in the village... He wants to know how far behind the troops they are!"</div> <div> Dukejr01 has entered the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: hi</div> <div> Missiledine: hi</div> <div> Dukejr01: the dog decided to get my attention</div> <div> Missiledine: 'woof!'</div> <div> Missiledine: You continue your rapid forced march across the commons</div> <div> tacit01: <my bad> "15 to 30 minutes"</div> <div> Missiledine: It is almost a mile from the manor/village area to the Fangs. Mostly open meadow and fields. Ollyn grumbles, "They know we are</div> <div> coming for sure by now."</div> <div> Missiledine: You presently have a force of 23 men, with three more expected shortly</div> <div> Missiledine: <Sorry, 21 men, two women></div> <div> tacit01: I inform Gallus that 3 men were not mustered; it was believed that tehy were tending their sheep and should be arriving shortly - the other militiamen brought</div> <div> the kit for those 3</div> <div> tacit01: also tell him their names</div> <div> Missiledine: Soon you are climbing the slopes to the entrance area... Ollyn has those men with crossbows spread out and watch the walls as you</div> <div> enter.... He aknoeledges your information</div> <div> tacit01: "shall a few go in to make sure the ramparts are unmanned before the main body enters?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Truth is often ugly</div> <div> Missiledine: Ollyn has the main body spread out, with the missile trops acting as a skirmish line..."No, if they are holding the battlements we'll</div> <div> need the crossbows to clear them, and we'll need them in quantity." Ollyn replies</div> <div> tacit01: jacinta nods consent</div> <div> Missiledine: You have 11 militia with crossbows or prodds, and six with slings.. the rest have spears</div> <div> Missiledine: All of your men at arms have crossbows or bows</div> <div> tacit01: Jacinta will ready her bow as well</div> <div> Missiledine: The last part is done in a rush... There is no sign of any resistance as you enter the courtyard area. You can hear the men of the</div> <div> militia breath an audible sigh of relief at that</div> <div> tacit01: <and women></div> <div> Missiledine: Ollyn places the troops on the raised battlement overlooking the courtyard. He puts two men, with crossbows, in front of each</div> <div> opening along the top and has the slingers divided between watching the lower entrance and the higher points</div> <div> Missiledine: Then Ollyn and Gallus go into a huddle. After a moment Gallus calls Jacinta over</div> <div> tacit01: how many exits are being covered?</div> <div> tacit01: she approaches (also switched to sword)</div> <div> Missiledine: All of the upper entrances into the main courtyard have two men in front of them. There are seven all together...</div> <div> Missiledine: Gallus says to you.."You and Ollyn and Miklas are the ones who have been inside. Take 4 men and go down one tunnel. Ollyn will take</div> <div> four and so will Miklas. I will keep the rest as a rescue force and to get the brush andflammables ready."</div> <div> tacit01: so 14 men being used to cover entrances, of 23 milita?</div> <bR> <div> Missiledine: Not going to leave all 14 outside once you start</div> <div> tacit01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: Which tunnel do you take and what weapon assortment do you want? The slingers also have spears, but the slings are useless</div> <div> inside</div> <div> Dukejr01: may I suggest anything? or shall I just shup?</div> <div> Missiledine: One of the militia men on the battlement calls to say that the three missing men are coming up the hill now. He waves to them</div> <div> tacit01: Jacinta went to the pool, so she should probably retrace that path and explore from there</div> <div> tacit01: can J get 2 spewarman, and 2 with clubs/swords and crossbows?</div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Dave will take over the character of Ollyn for now</B></div> <div> Missiledine: yep</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. how about using the slingers in the two courtyards? say, three slingers/spearmen and one man at arms in each to act as a reserve and nail the guy if</div> <div> he is flushed out of the tunnels?</div> <div> Missiledine: Gallus agrees</div> <div> Dukejr01: allrighty. do you want to keeop the two pcs together?</div> <div> Missiledine: doesn't make sense, but if you want to I don't care</div> <div> Dukejr01: distribute balls of twine to each group of searchers, and cont light objects.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> tacit01: I'd say no, split us up</div> <div> Dukejr01: well, I was wondering if you would prefer it if it makes it easier for you</div> <div> tacit01: chalk too</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes. every group should use a different symbol</div> <div> tacit01: but it is easier for GM, who should be kept happy at all costs</div> <div> Missiledine: No big deal, I can handle two... It will get interesting with four or more tho</div> <div> Missiledine: (Other PC group)</div> <div> Dukejr01: you mean npc group?</div> <div> Missiledine: no, Tuesday night</div> <div> Dukejr01: oh. k.</div> <div> tacit01: wanna run us in the chat or IM's when we split? </div> <div> Missiledine: However, we will be using the individual IM screens for a lot of this tonight</div> <div> tacit01: :-D</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. 26 men, that include gallus?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. 8 are in the courtyards. that leaves 18 men. we should make sure that people havea call sign so we don't attack eachother accidently.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, like what?</div> <div> Dukejr01: we could do 6 groups of 3. if there is only one bad guy, 3 will be enough, but no garuntee of that.</div> <div> tacit01: <marco polo></div> <div> Dukejr01: something simple, the sniper will possibly hear it and start using it himself, but the point is to stop and make sure you are not attacking in panic.</div> <div> Missiledine: Gallus will take charge of the outside group. He thinks 3 groups of five. That leaves a squad of reinforcements that can go without</div> <div> leaving the courtyard unprotected. Also, he will need bodies to move the brush etc while the guard is maintained</div> <div> Dukejr01: good idea.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Use Lord Redlun's name." Gallus suggests "As the password."</div> <div> Dukejr01: lets start in the second courtyard sending two groups into the two tunnels leading the directon the sniper went originally, J can lead another group down</div> <div> to the water source and start there</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok</div> <div> tacit01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: <Password is "Athamar" Countersign is..... "A**hole..... :-D></div> <div> Missiledine: <Sorry></div> <div> tacit01: <heh heh - ah, the joys of leadership></div> <div> Dukejr01: that 's LORD asshole to the commoners.</div> <div> Missiledine: <couldn't resist></div> <div> tacit01: I was gonna suggest "Mitra" and "light"</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: that is good too</div> <div> tacit01: since J has already been yelling Athamar's name in the tunnels...</div> <div> Missiledine: As you disscuss the plans, the three missing men enter the courtyard and begin gathering their kit. They are a bit out of breath.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Good point." Gallus agrees</div> <div> Missiledine: "Now we have enough men that you can take five with each of you." Gallus observes</div> <div> Dukejr01: Ollyn heads off </div> <div> Missiledine: Miklas and his squad follows you</div> <div> Missiledine: Jacinta?</div> <div> tacit01: J takes her men and heads out</div> <div> Missiledine: in</div> <div> tacit01: down</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Session 14 Continued:  Duke playing NPC Ollyn</div> <bR> <div> <B>Dukejr01: right. Ollyn uses the tunnel to the other courtyard, cursing hte magic that cut them off when they get to that entrance. he puts miklas on point and has</B></div> <div> <B>crossbowmen cover the exits and moves his troops by twos whn in the open</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok, you will only have Miklas through this courtyard, then he takes his group and splits off</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: righto.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "Good luck, Lad"</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Miklas nods, "You to Uncle."</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: what is the exact break down of Ollyn's squad, crossbow vs spear? Your call</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: not really too necessary at the moment.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: like to know, for the record</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. shoot</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: I'm asking you... 3 cbow, 2 spear or what?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: oh!</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: yes. that sounds good.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: You get across the courtyard without incident</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: You have all the opening under guard... What now?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: ollyn has his sword out, he details one CB and one spearman to cover the rear, one Cbman and one spearman on point. the spearman gets a cont light</B></div> <div> <B>object.t he third cb is paired with gallus.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Gallus is not with you</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: i meant ollyn, sorry</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Miklas takes his group into the other tunnel</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: point men in first. then gallus and his paired cb man, then the rearguard</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: other than Ollyns C light, you have two more with your group</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: no Gallus</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. I keep saying gallus when I mean ollyn, its a metnal block of siome kind!</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: arrrg</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. ollyn and the two cb men on point and rear get the others</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: that way they can see what they shoot</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: spear men use shields</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: ?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: illuminated targets work both ways :-)</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: yes</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: tracers work both ways...</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. so, can a shield hand be ued to hold a torch too?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: used</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: yes, but you need to drop the torch to defend with the shield</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. well, that is optional for the spearmen then. gallus will have a torch and a cont ligh object. he will drop his torch if he goes into a fight.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Why a torch and a CL?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: i mean ollyn!</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: extra light, and a fire source if it is needed</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: The group proceeds downt he corridor at a deliberate pace.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: You advance as far as Ollyn went in pursuit of the attacker. The tunnel descends sharply, then goes straight away for some distance</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. keep an eye out for boobytraps, look for dust on the floor and tracks thereof</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: There are cobwebs hanging all over the place, many may have been disturbed, but its hard to say how long ago. </B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: allright.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: overall, the tunnels aren't that dusty</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: k. ell keep moving</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: The entrences are up high and the land around them is mostly green</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: eh?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: RE: the lack of dust</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: oh.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: The tunnel levels out, ahead you can see what looks like a pile of rubble and dirt, maybe a cave in</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. move more cautiously. check the ceiling, when e get to the pile. look closly at it before moving on. we are moving cautiously in case the pile hides a</B></div> <div> <B>sniper</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: You advance with crossbows ready... The pile is about 6' high at one side of the tunnel, tapering down to two feet at the other. It looks</B></div> <div> <B>like time and weather shifted a big stone and it let a landslide of dirt and smaller stones in. At the low end of the pile is a clearly used path of</B></div> <div> <B>beaten earth</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: hmmm.... chalk the wall. check the prints. lok for identifying marks. look for discarded detrius</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Nothing obvious to you</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. move on</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Ahead, on your right, you see a large opening</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. get close enough to toss a torch and toss it in the opening. usea crossboman in overwatch position and move in.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: (Ollyn, you are aprofessional fighter... These men are not. Don't expect too much from them.)</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. ollyn explains what to do, and he takes point moving in.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Looking through the opening you see a large, oblong chamber stretching away from you about fifty feet. It is maybe 30' wide</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. "You two" pointing at the rear guard. "guard the rear. the rest with me. spread out, stay in pairs." Ollyn moves in and checks out the room. watch</B></div> <div> <B>check ceiling and floor. if there are no other exits, we go pack to the corridor and move out.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok, up in the right corner there is something odd. It's a dark pile on the floor</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: shine the cont light on it. approack slowly</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "Cover that" he tells his CB man</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: "Looks like somebody has been emptying their chamber pot here." One man says</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: "Been doin it awhile too."</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: The man you told to cover the pile of dung starts chuckling</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: Ollyn grunts. if that is all in thsi room, he says "Allright. lets keep moving. " He spares a brief sry grin for the CB man.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: wry</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: that is it</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. continue down the corridor.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Some seventy feet down you find another opening on your right, similar to the last</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: same tactic. toss a torch in first</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: same room description</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay, except no compost?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: "Wonder what these were for?" asks one man</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: correct</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: what does he have?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: cbow</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: oh, he was talking abouthte room</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: yes</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. Ollyn shrugs and tells em to move out.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: from here the tunnel curves right about 45 degrees then splits with a ramp going up and a ramp going down</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. up. btw we recover the torches.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Which way?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Dukejr01: like i said, up</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: '"Wait a minute." Says one man, pausing. "What's the worst thing about chamber pots?"</B></div> <div> <B>"The smell!" Another laughs</B></div> <div> <B>"EMptying them." Says a third</B></div> <div> <B>"Carrying them" Says the first. "How far would you carry one?"</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "Hmmm... good thought. just far enough so the smell wouldn't carry. and it would waft up. we go down"</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: He doesn't move. "we are what, two hundred feet maybe more from the pile now. I can't smell it now." </B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: hmmm... how close is the other chamber?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: to the first? close enough that the smell won;t carry</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: ?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: entrances are maybe 70 feet apart and the dung heap is back 50 feet in the corner</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: lets go back to the second room</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: you've been down here maybe 30 minutes</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: k</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: The second room is physically similar to the first, about 50' deep and 30' wide</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: hmmm.. check the back wall. this room is shorter</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: check all the walls</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: and the floor/ceiling</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: All the walls are made of large stones, like the entire structure. The boulders are covered, sporadically, with strands of cobwebs and</B></div> <div> <B>trailings of dust, especially in the recessed areas. One part of the back wall, a boulder taht is about four foot high and three feet wide, somewhat</B></div> <div> <B>triangular in shape, is slightly recessed, but there are no cobwebs on it. One of the men, the smart one, points it out to you.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "What is your name?" Ollyn asks of him. when he gets it he nods. "Right." then Ollyn checks the triangular stone out looking for other undusted areas to</B></div> <div> <B>see if there are any switches of panels. if not not he pushes on it.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: You don't see any other likely spots... Putting your shoulder against it, it definitely feels like it will move and move easily.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. Ollyn whispers "Get ready." he puts his sword away and keeps his shield, he is going to push the stone open, and move in when as soon as he has</B></div> <div> <B>enough room. he will be prepared to all out defend. the idea is to get inside the room quickly.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: The rock slides back easily, though with a grating, rumbling sound. There is a small chamber beyond, perhaps twenty by ten. There is</B></div> <div> <B>no one here. But the room contains a cot, table, chair, a small (20gallon0 barrel on a stand, a chamber pot an oil lamp and a foot locker</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: right. move in. unsheath sword. have one man stay here. that will leave two men in the corridor, one here to rely information/orders, and ollyn and two</B></div> <div> <B>men in the room.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: There is no one in here, other than you. </B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: The ceiling is rather low, maybe 7' and the walls are the usual big block construction. But the room is clean and neat and tidy</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. carefully check under the cot and anyplace that might hide a man. have the smart man look for other secret places. and ollyn will look at the foot</B></div> <div> <B>locker. open it from the side with no one standing in front</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: No one under the cot... The foot locker opens easily. It is empty. The man with you (smart one!) says, "They even took their bedding."</B></div> <div> <B>Sure enough, there is a matress on the cot, but no blanket</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: check the barrel and the oil lamp.'</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: anything on the table?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: The barrel has a spigot and bung. The lamp, is on the table, and is about a third full</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: look at the lamp carefully. sniff the bung.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: see if the barrel has any manufacturing marks</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: brands etc</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: same with lamp</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: look under the locker and under the barrel.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: The bung smells of wine. The man with you says, "That was made here in the village (the barrel)</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: There is a makers mark on the lamp, but you don't recognise it</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Barrel is less than a third full</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: Ollyn grunts sourly. last things to check is the underside of the table.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: if there is nothing else, they leave. chalk a mark at on the entrance so it can be found later by a recovery team.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Nothing on the underside, but you see a scrap of paper on the floor under the barrel stand as you straighten up</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: pick it up look at it.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: he is semi literate, i believe.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: yes</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: It appears to be a list with numbers and dates and names... that is all you can determine</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: what names?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: not people, unit names. Army units</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: make sure no one is looking over his shoulder</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: ah. ollyn carefully pockets the paper then.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "Lets go."</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: mark the entrance.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Where to?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: how far to the courtyard?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: which one?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: the near one. small. it should be a straight shot back.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: yes it is</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. Ollyn thinks that this is important. "you four stay here. remain just inside this room so you won't be sniped from down the corridor. I am going to</B></div> <div> <B>tell the Lord's Steward what we have found, it may be important." Ollyn trots back down the corridor with the cb man to the small courtyard. </B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: you are there</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: ya</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: oh. we are there</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: is gallus here?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: yes</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: in the main courtyard</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: what does Ollyn call gallus? gallus, Steward, hey man, old man? </B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Gallus</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: they are old army buddies right?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: not army, but old friends</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "Gallus, we found the lair. I found this." hand him the paper "the lair is in a secret room off the second chamber down that corridor. pushing on a rock</B></div> <div> <B>opens it. also, there is a large pile of shit in the first room, he has been there awile."</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "he cleared out"</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Gallus moves away from the militia men and studies the paper..."Hmmm, this is a record of troop movements up the river to the</B></div> <div> <B>Rivermarch...It's about three months old."</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "I should continue down that corridor. We should clean the stuff he left behind out, including hte wine barrel from here in redlun. I marked the entrance."</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: "Ok, do what you think best."</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: "Right" Ollyn returns to his men and continues dow nthe corridor at the split he goes down.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: as he approaches the second room, he says "Mitra"</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: "Errrr, uhh... Light?" Is the reply</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: Ollyn doesn't eve nslow down. "lets go."</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: they follow</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: at the split, go down.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ffdf</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: sorry! spilled wine!</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: ack!</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: on the keyboard!</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Just a few drops, I was wiping it up</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: the puter gods appreciate your libation</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok, down the ramp... The tunnel leads down, curving to the right and then leading back, underneath where you came from</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: follow that path, oh, mark the path we took with chalk.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: big arrow wtih an O</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: cute</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: hee hee</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: O+</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: O-></B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: or the symbol for iron, or male</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: the tunnel is heading back the way you came... On the right you see another large opening</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay,. same routine. toss in a torch. have my CB man cover while ollyn goes in</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: This is a shallow chamber, but it stretches out to your left a long ways, maybe seventy feet. The room is filled with pottery... mostly</B></div> <div> <B>large urns. The majority of which are broken, though not all. Theyt are clearly of Jhensari make</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. two men a the doorway to watch the corridor, then we move down teo the end of the room looking for tracks and disturbed cobwebs.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: not a lot of cobwebs here</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. well, check the room out. look in a few urns go left until the whole room is checked.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: there are definate paths through the pottery</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: follow a path.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Well, the 'path's look like the date back from the original placing of the urns, some of which are quite big, and have clearly sat</B></div> <div> <B>untouched for centuries. If you look inside them it is obvious that at one time they held food, probably grain, but it is long since gone. Some, not</B></div> <div> <B>many, still have their lids on</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. do we see the end of the room?</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: any other exits?</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: oh yeah, there is an end. No other exits</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. clear out continue down corridor</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: about a hundred feet down on the right is another, similar opening</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: same routine'</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: toss in a torch. move in. </B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: when he moves in he is ready to all out defend</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: Another room, similar to the last one, also has hundreds of urns, mostly cracked and smashed. Some are quite big!</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: hmmm... look for exits.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: like the last room, no other exits</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. keep going</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: about a hundred feet down, another similar opening</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: same routine.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: same kind of room...</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: torch. move in defense look for exits.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: More urns</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: no exits</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. move along</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: "Light!"</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: stop. douse our lights. listen</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: woops! Wrong window!</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. i ntheat case move along</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: had to happen sooner or later</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: lol.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: true true</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: about another hundred feet the tunnel ends</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: check the tunnel end for secret doors</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: tapping and pushing reveals.........nothing</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. head back in a little hurry, go up at the split</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: nothing happens on your return</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: you take the up ramp... It actually spirals upwards for quite awhile... then you see daylight</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. continue.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: You exit on a battlement on the far side of the Fangs, away from the manor</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: look around get bearings. see whio and what we can see and then if nothing interesting is going on, head back</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok, nothing interesting that you can see</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: go back to the courtyard.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: move at a good pace</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok.... </B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: stop at the splitand listen. then continue</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: you hear nothing of note and soon are back in the small courtyard</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: oka. look for gallus</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: In the big courtyard... When he sees you he heads your way quickly</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: trot to meet him</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: "Jacinta is on her way to the manor with four men. She overheard voices underground plotting to kill Lord Athamar and kidnapp</B></div> <div> <B>Danika... I waited for you... Miklas is still down there."</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: I suppose Ollyn looks alarmed and dismayed. "I should be there to protect him!"</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: "No more horses.. You better hoof it then."</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: Ollyn runs.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: </B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: lol</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: trots then</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: i suppose the men stay with gallus</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: </B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: up to you, he has plenty</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: Ollyn will take the crossbowmen, and leave the other four with gallus,. he can use them as he sees fit. probably send them after miklas.</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: ok... They are wondering what the rush is</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: The Lord may be in danger"</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: they hurry along with you</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: soon enough you are at the manor.</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: okay. ollyn asks where danika is and doesn't stop on his way to Athamar;s room</B></div> <div> <B>Missiledine: meet Jacinta in hall outside Athamar's room</B></div> <div> <B>Dukejr01: to the main chat room?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Session 14 Contiued:  Jacinta in the Fangs</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: What is your marching order?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: J in front, spearman 2nd, crossbows will stay back on straingtaways, come frorward on corners to help provide cover</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: You enter the tunnel, nothing has changed in the hour or two since you left</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: her 5th - hoes he use spear or club/sword?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: everyone has clubs or axes, its just a question if the have a spear ofr crossbow. your pick</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: ah - how wide are the tunnels, on average?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: 12 feet, but they are not regular</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - 3 crossbow, 2 spear</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: you advance without incident until you reach the down ramp. Everyone looks at you. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: 1-2-2-1 arrowhead formation; J, spears, crossbows, crossbow - the guy in back is to watch our back and mark at regular intervals our path</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Down? or stay on this level?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: point out the marks she left before - we will follow the same path she did previously, so left turn and into the tunned (if I remember the description right)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: did we get another cont light, or do we just have J's?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: you have three, counting yours</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: good</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: You are headed back to the pool?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: yup</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: You move down the tunnel, as quietly as you can, tho it seems pretty noisy to you</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: per dave/Ollyn "J can lead another group down to the water source and start there"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: what?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: verifying orders - no big deal</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: do a head count every so often, make sure the rear guard is still there</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: right</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: sop as we approach teh pool room and let them know what to expect</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: "watch the water and entrances"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Eventually you again hear the sound of the running water and you turn the bend and see the pool. You hear some of the men</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>whispering to each other in the rear. They sound puzzled</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: "do you have a question?"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Someone says, "There was never water down here before... It's been dry for generations... Not that anyone comes hear ya</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>understand, but that is why the old fortress was never used before... no water."</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: "That's good information" - she describes where the water is coming from - "any ideas on the source of the water?"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: There is a murmured discussion, but the consensus is, no idea</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - naturalism roll - does J have any idea at all how lon the water has been gere, bsed on moss & fungus growth, ect...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: (been here, based on)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: prob not, but worth a shot</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: hmmm, well, your best guess is probably not more than a year or two... but your not really sure</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Where to?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: "well, doesn't matter now - when i was down here before, i did see someone or something in here; it was about a child's size, but I didn't get a good look at</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>it - be alert, and call out if you see anything"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: in the room - stay to the left, take teh first passage</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: is there mosson the walls - I'm wondering if we can use a knife edge to mark teh wakks despite teh damp - teh chalk won't work, and a prper makr with</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>wax will take forever</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok, this one is dry, tho damp. It curves a bit to your right as you go in</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: some moss, it will work down here</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: good - keep marking</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: how far around the pool was it tp this entrance?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: and can we see teh bottom of the pool?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: about a quarter of the way... The room is fifty feet in diameter, with a pool of water in the center, with a large boulder in the middle of</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>the pool. The dry walk around the pool is about 8' wide. The ceiling of the main chamber is very high </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: too dark to see bottomn</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: continue down the passage</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: any wet footprints on teh floor?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: no</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: The tunnel straightens out ahead of you, then splits in a Y </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: how far from the pool room to the Y?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: 80 + feet</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: stop at teh intersection, gook for signs of life or occupation both ways - if nothing compelling presents itself, take the right branch</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: you go right</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: The tunnel bears sharply right and you can see ahead a series of openings on each side of the tunnel</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: no, but sharply</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - is the first opening on the left or right side?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: across from each other</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: carefully approach, secure the entrances, watch for crossfire</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: J intends to take teh next passage to the right - I expect these may be rooms or cells, however</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Looking through the opening you see a large, oblong chamber stretching away from you about fifty feet. It is maybe 30' wide</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: is this the opening to the left or right?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: description is good on both sides</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - anything in the rooms - rubble, manacles, altar, gold statue, weapons, skeletons, ROUS's....</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: a little rubble, nothing much tho</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: give both rooms a quick walkthrough - 3 men stay at he entrance - then on down the passage</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Every fifty feet or so you will find another pair of these chambers</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: how many pairs?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: How far are you going?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: at the entryway to the 1st pair, how many more can she see down teh hall on each side?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: light shines maybe sixty feet or so</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: go to the second pair -does she see a 3rd pair?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: yes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: inspect teh 2nd pair, then go to the 3rd pair - from there, does she see a 4th pair?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: yes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: inspect the 3rd pair, then go to the 4th - does she see a 5th?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Beyond the fouth pair, the tunnel ends in solid stone</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - is there a discance between the 4th pair of entryways and the end, or is it right at the doors - also, it the end a solid piece if stone or is laid or martared?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: mortared</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: about thirty feet to wall. solid stone</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: dust on teh floor</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: ?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: not much, not enough to track in</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - thinking of possible secret passages - any signs of stone scraping on stone, any alcoves or firepits in the rooms, ect...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: not a thorough inspection, just for the report to Athamar</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Nothing that you can see to think there is one here</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - head back to the Y intersection, stop at each pair of entrances and doublecheck the rooms (don't want to get lazy) - reestimate distances - how long</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>have we been underground?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: 30 minutes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k, not too long then - back to the Y intersection, take the other branch</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: nothing new on the way to the Y. Which way now?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: oh - also make sure teh path we've taken has been regularly marked</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: its ok</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: good</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: whoever's been down here, the apparently haven't needed a lot of space near water</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: could horses be lead down to these rooms?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: easily, they were clearly designed with livestock in mind</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - makes sense</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: anyway - to the Y, and the road less travelled by</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok, You advance up this tunnel.about fifty feet, it opens out into a large cahmber, so large you cant see the far wall. The ceiling is low</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and supported by dozens of rough hewn stone columns, there is no regular pattern to their placement that you can see</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: do we enter on a corner or the middle of a wall?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: The room is not a regular shape. The Jhensari builders never heard of a level, square or plumb line. You are in a recessed bit of one</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>wall</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - leave 2 at teh door with a cont light, J and 1 other will start to make a circcut around the room, following the wall to the right - they will keep the wall</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>about 30" to their right, so the cont light hits it - the other 2 militamen will be 30' to J's left, further in the room...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: essentially, J & her partner will be on the outside lap, the next pair on an inner lap</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: we'll go about 75 feet and see what we can see...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Well, you move out, working your way along the wall which has a lot of twists and turns, indentations and alcoves. It isn't long before</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>you loose sight of the guards at the door</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: stop there - any sign of the wall ahead?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: the wall is to your right</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: so the room continues out of our field of vision?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: yes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: BIG underground chamber! BIG</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - change in plans - retreat until we can see the guards again</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: then we will make an arch, keeping the guards just within our vision and to our left - the other pair to position themselves halfway between J and the guards</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: you are turning back, the way you came to make the arc</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - as long as we have inspected some rough area inside teh entrance to the chamber - we will have to return with a bunch of troops and light to do a</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>proper exploration</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: okay, you make your way back to the entrance then?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: of the room</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: yes - was there any evidence of recent use in what (relatively) little we could look at</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: no, you don't think so, but as you are heading back, your men a little bit ahead of you, something on the ground catches your eye...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>something small that flashes in the light. It's a silver button</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: poke it with the sword, push it with the toe, then pick it up</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok, as you pick it up, the men are at the entrance now, about thirty or forty feet from you and they are starting back down the</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>corrodor, tho going slowly so as not to seperate from you. Just as you start after them you hear a voice, just as clearly as if it were a few feet from</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>you.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"THey've left." It is a man's voice, rather gravelly sounding </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Another voice, speaking polished, well educated Velitar says, "Good. It's your faul;t they are here at all."</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>You realize that the sounds are being carried to your ear by some trick of the stonework</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: signal the others to be quiet -</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: cover the lights so we have just enough to get back to the entrance</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: "The gruff voice says, "We'll have to kill him eventually!" He sounds defensive and angry</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The second voice says, "I told you to leave him to me! All I wanted was the girl.!"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"You and that girl!" The first one sneers, "What do YOU want from her?" He laughs. "I know what I'D want!"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The second voice says, "She's worth a lot of money you fool! You leave her to me! I want her untouched!" At the end the voice is fading like its</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>moving away</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: There is silence</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: stay put, keep listening - wait until there is about 30 seconds of silence</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok... it passes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - move everyone to the entrance, where the guards are</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok. No one else seems to have heard it</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: not even the one that I was paired with?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: no, he was ahead of you</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: wow, funky</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - head back to the Y intersection.... (i'm thinking)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: keep working at it!</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: how much time since we went underground?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: (not much, I know)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: maybe 50 minutes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: is the floor in here dusty?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: no more than usual</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: enough to track by?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: no</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - J had teh silver thing when she heard teh voices?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: t-h-e</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: y-e-s</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: :-)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: she looks at it</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: it is a plain, silver button</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: real silver</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: expensive button</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: definately upper class</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - either the busson is magis and that's why she heard it, or they are using another part of the room, since ther is no signs of passage here - the other</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>exporers are dong their thing, so we can't explore this further immediately, and there is no one she can really report this to immedately - So, reluctantly, go back to</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>the pool room and check the next entrance</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: errr, okay</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: she will be VERY careful what she says while carrying the button, just in case - only immmediate tactical info - once they are topside, she will put it in her</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>saddlebag</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: and incule it in her report, of course</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: how late you wanna play?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Include what?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: little more</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: teh info about the button</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: and the rest?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: everything</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Maybe</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: eesh - anyway, to the pool room</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: You are back in the pool room</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k -if I remember right, continuing around the room, the next entrance is where the water is coming from, and that is rougly opposite of where we originaly</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>entered the room?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: correct</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: does it look liked it was designed to channel water, or has a regular passage been flooded?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: made to channel water</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: hmm - any sign of fish, twigs, something to hint at the source of the water? </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: nope</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - does the water flow block the walkway around the room?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: it cuts through a channel in the walkway at that point</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: any estimate at the rate of flow?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: no idea, but it's steady</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k - (I am having second thoughts) - continue around the room, do a cursory inspection of the 3rd entrance - if noting interestin, we're going topside</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: nothing of note</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: k -we head out - before we emerge into waiting missile fire, call out "Mitra"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: friendly missile fire, that is</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: "Light!"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: you are outside</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: we just have milita posed out here; the big guns are undergound or at the manor?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: big guns?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: gallus, Ollyn, me, mercs; actually, are there any big guns at teh manor other than our injured leader?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: none, and he's more like a .32</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: right - are there any horses here, and can any of these 5 ride?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: A number of horses... yes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: tell those covering the entrances "We are returning to the manor - inform Gallus and Ollyn when the emerge of our whereabouts"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Gallus is right there. "What is wrong?" He asks, hurrying up</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: "Just a moment" - she wraps the button in a kerchief, put it on a horse, then takes him to the side...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: He looks at you, rather puzzled</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: "essentialy - I hear 2 voices down there, and suspect they intend to kill Athamar and kidnap Danika - since their hiding place is</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>uncovered, they may attempt this at any moment"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: "if you want more details, I suggest we discuss it at the manor"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: "Hmm, take four men (all you have mounts for) Get to the manor. I will stay until Ollyn comes out."</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: "And Miklas"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: "right" - piscks 4 of the 5 that she had with her (if on of hers was a late arrival, she will not select that one) and go to the manor - quickly</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: ok</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: You mount and depart</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: upon arrival, she will position people so that only those she trust (heself and Miklas) have direct contact with the nobles - the others will</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>be ont eh wall down the hall, ect...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Miklas is still under the Fangs</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: oh, I misunderstood - she will take one person with her to make sure the nobles are ok, than position that merson down the hall (or</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>something) - she will be the one guarding them until Gallus, Ollyn, Miklas arrive</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: (and she'll have a witness they were Ok when she arrived)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Athamar is alive and, uhm, reasonably well. Danika is fine and present</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: Tassiter?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: he's there, in armor</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Do you talk to anyone about this?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: no, none of the militia or commoners</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Do you tell Tassiter or Athamar?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: or Danika?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: A tired, out of breath, Ollyn jogs into the courtyard, along with a couple militia</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: she does now - Athamar - and he can decide how much to sell his sibs </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: you have this saved?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: yes</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Well, I am to bed!</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: Good night Troy, it's been a pl;easure</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>tacit01: g'nite, and good luck with the storm</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Missiledine: thanks</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Session 14 Continued:  Main Chat</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Missiledine: Back here guys</div> <div> Dukejr01: hi</div> <div> tacit01: howdy</div> <div> Dukejr01: "WEll?!?!"</div> <div> tacit01: <this is addresses to Athamar alone></div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: i suppose Ollyn is an NPC again</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: shazam!!</div> <div> Missiledine: <Whew!> Wipes brow..."Hard work being a pC... Haven't run that far in twenty years..." Sits down and has a long, cool drink.></div> <div> Dukejr01: lol</div> <div> tacit01: "first, a summary - while exploring a portion of a very large chamber, I briefly heard 2 voices in conversation - fist discussing what I assume was our</div> <div> presence in the Fangs - then 'we'll have to kill him', the other voice 'leave him to me, all I want is the girl', and later, 'she's worth a lot of money, I want her</div> <div> untouched"...</div> <div> Dukejr01: is Athamar conscious?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Missiledine: <Or else she's talking to the bed></div> <div> tacit01: I presumed you were the one to be killed, and Danika to be kidnapped, and wanted to alert and increase the guard</div> <div> tacit01: <he better be!></div> <div> tacit01: I have only told Gallus so far and only a portion - I'm not sure who to trust</div> <div> tacit01: one accent was educated, polished, Velitar - the other gravelly, possibly with an accent</div> <div> Missiledine: As you are talking, you look out the window towards the Fangs. You can see a smudge of smoke rising up from it.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I see. Well done. you did the right thing coming here first. Find Danika and Tassiter tell them to attend me here. Also tell Gen nd Dea to wait outside."</div> <div> Dukejr01: any other you girls in the manor?</div> <div> Dukejr01: young</div> <div> Dukejr01: where are the guards stationed?</div> <div> tacit01: "oustide in the hall, or is there another place you had in mind?"</div> <div> Missiledine: uhmm, a couple unnamed ones</div> <div> tacit01: Jacinta describes where they are stationed currently</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: outside in tue hall for the present, where there are guards.</div> <div> tacit01: an who is where, as well</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamr wants to talk to his sibs aonewith Jacinta present.</div> <div> Dukejr01: alone.</div> <div> Missiledine: (Mostly servants from the village or family of your men at arms</div> <div> tacit01: "I suggest you have Tassiter gurard the door until I return, and let him know who can and cannot enter for the time being"</div> <div> tacit01: with Jacinta present?</div> <div> tacit01: she summons Tassiter and Danika</div> <div> Dukejr01: <sigh> Athamar wants his sibs found and guarded. then he wants to talk to them privately. he wants ollyn's wife told to get the young women inside and</div> <div> safe. then he will send word to the cillage</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: village</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamr thinks its most likely that Danika is the target. but it is possible it is some other innocent</div> <div> tacit01: got it - after summoning the sibs, she locates Ollun's wife and delivers the request</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, in a few minutes the manor is ina flurry and the village will have heard that there are slavers in the Fangs, come to steal all the</div> <div> girls in the village and Lord Athamar was injured (maybe killed) while fighting a pitched battle with the slavers leader.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <sigh></div> <div> Missiledine: is that what you had in mind?</div> <div> Dukejr01: no.</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Missiledine: really hard</div> <div> Dukejr01: He want Danika found. he will tell his sibs what is going on. Danika will stay in A's room with a couple guards. Ollyns wife just needs to kep the young</div> <div> ladies in the manor inside and safe. then send someone to the village to make sure everyone is accounted for and insidethe village. especially young owmen.</div> <div> Dukejr01: women.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamr also wants Jacinta and Tassiter to go to the secret passage she gound and seal it off.</div> <div> Missiledine: oh, don't worry... thatpart is done... Danika is there</div> <div> Dukejr01: oh. yes. Gallus daughers should stay close too</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: its easiest to guard them all if we are all in the same place.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamr just doesn't want any stray girls wandering around and perhaps getting kidnapped.</div> <div> Missiledine: right... how long are you keeping everyone locked up?</div> <div> tacit01: Jacita will cary out her tasks with the utmost discresion</div> <div> Dukejr01: until the militia gets back.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Danika. you realize that you cannot go anywhere outside the manor without an escort for the time being, yes?"</div> <div> Missiledine: once all the dust is settled, the women and girls secure... what do you do?</div> <div> Missiledine: She understands</div> <div> Dukejr01: good.</div> <div> Dukejr01: olyn shows up?</div> <div> Missiledine: A while ago</div> <div> Missiledine: you ran him back</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. jsut make sure the secret poassage is secured and that no one else knows about it than Tassiter, Ollyn and jacinta</div> <div> Missiledine: he has recovered</div> <div> tacit01: heh heh</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. we seem to have plenty of guards. </div> <div> Missiledine: no sign of Gallus yet, except the smoke</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamr will ask jacinta to tell him what she found.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Then he will send J back to the Fangs with two militiamen.</div> <div> Dukejr01: mounted</div> <div> tacit01: any kind of interior lock to the river entrance of the secret passage?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, its very simple. A three foot iron rod with a hook on each end attaches to a ring set in the wall of the interior of the tunnel, and</div> <div> the other end hooks to the inside of the door. When in place the door can't be opened in either direction</div> <div> Dukejr01: cool.</div> <div> Dukejr01: do we have one?</div> <div> Missiledine: It cannot be locked from outside</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: was that set before?</div> <div> tacit01: very good - frankly, do you want Tassiter to know about it, or should Jacinta handle it alone?</div> <div> Missiledine: no, or Jacinta couldn't have opened it from outside</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm.. J should handle that alone.</div> <div> Dukejr01: only gallus, miklas, ollyn jacinta and athamar should be aware of it.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. after all of that THEN A sends J to the Fangs with a couple troopies on the horsies</div> <div> tacit01: k - she takes care of it (maybe borrows the keys to she is not interrupted while entering/leaving the passage)</div> <div> Dukejr01: yup.</div> <div> Missiledine: Jacinta, after you complete that task, you get a horse and ride back towards the Fangs. There is still smoke coming from the top.</div> <div> tacit01: an then she returns to the fangs - I presume checking out that room takes priority </div> <div> Missiledine: As you approach the base of the hill, you see one of the farm carts, pulled by an oxen coming out. </div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar basically has Danika set up her bed/cot in his room, she will stay with him guarded tonight.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> tacit01: k - anything unusal, other than the smoke and all...</div> <div> Missiledine: As you ride up along the cart, the man driving it, Yarling, says, "Look what Miklas found." He gestures to the rear</div> <div> tacit01: she looks (of course)</div> <div> Missiledine: There is an oblong shape under a tarp, Yarling reaches back and pulls the tarp away... It is a headless corpse.</div> <div> Missiledine: fresh</div> <div> tacit01: "where is Miklas?"</div> <div> Missiledine: it is, or was, a man. He is wearing a padded cloth arming doublet, boots and trousers</div> <div> Missiledine: "With Gallus, they're smoking the place."</div> <div> tacit01: nice boots?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes actually</div> <div> Missiledine: expensive looking</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm...</div> <div> tacit01: "are there others, or just the one?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Just this one" Yarling looks a bit green. "They didn't find his head tho."</div> <div> tacit01: "make sure everything on the body is secured - there may be evidence"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Uhmm, no problem." He flicks the whip and starts the ox moving again</div> <div> tacit01: continue into the fangs</div> <div> Missiledine: You fing Gallus talking to Miklas and the smith. He comes over to you quickly. "Is everyone safe?"</div> <div> tacit01: "yes, and the manor is better secured now"</div> <div> tacit01: "any idea how fresh the kill is?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Good." He gestures to the entrances where smoke is billowing out. "The place is too big! We could burn every tree on the manor</div> <div> and still not be certain to get enough smoke to fill every nook and cranny. Still, it may work."</div> <div> Missiledine: "He was still warm when Miklas found him."</div> <div> Missiledine: The ox cart will arrive at the manor about twenty minutes later. Athamar, you will recieve word about the body</div> <div> Dukejr01: Right. He gets out of bed to take a look.</div> <div> tacit01: "ok we'll have to compare notes on our exploration, start geting a rough map together - I found a HUGE room, that this smoke may not even touch unless</div> <div> some of the tunnels interconnect</div> <div> Missiledine: Danika and Tessa will scold you for getting up to see someone who, 'isn't going anywhere.'</div> <div> Missiledine: Gallus shrugs, "We'll stay till sunset. No point after that."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar grimaces. "It is necessary."</div> <div> tacit01: is the smoke coming out all the entrances?</div> <div> Dukejr01: men are pigheaded</div> <div> Missiledine: The body is a headless adult male, probably in his thirties. Strong, muscular, very fit. He is wearing a dark brown arming doublet and</div> <div> padding on arms and legs</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. search his clothes. take of his boots.</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes, all the accessible entrances. In a few spots you can see it coming out of roof holes too</div> <div> Dukejr01: does it look like he was wearing armour over the padding?</div> <div> Missiledine: The boots are very well made leather... there is an empty scabbard in the right</div> <div> Dukejr01: who is withteh body when I getthere?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: besides the lack of a head, are there any other wounds on the body?</div> <div> tacit01: find out where in the passage Jacinta took they started the fire - did they go all the way to the pool room?</div> <div> Missiledine: The guards in the courtyard are gawking, Yarling is telling everyone how Miklas found it, sans head, and it was srill warm to the touch</div> <div> Missiledine: No, they went to the ramp</div> <div> tacit01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: No other wounds... are you undressing him?</div> <div> Dukejr01: athamar looks at his hands, checks to see where the calluses are.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar will have retainers do it. looking for clues to his identity.</div> <div> Missiledine: Clearly a fighter type, judging by his hands</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar kinda sits</div> <div> Missiledine: "errr, My Lord?" One man says</div> <div> Dukejr01: look at boots. look inside. look inside the scabbard</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmm?</div> <div> Dukejr01: is there some kind of taboo about undressing a corpse?</div> <div> Dukejr01: don't take the crap filled pants off.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Maybe we shouldn't be doing this outside here... where the kids can see?" He points up to the second floor window where half the</div> <div> manor's children are leaning out watching</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Right. Stables"</div> <div> Dukejr01: cover the body</div> <div> Missiledine: They back the cart into the stables and procede to remove the arming doublet. He is wearing a fine quality linen shirt underneath</div> <div> Missiledine: One man shows you the dead man's hand. There is a white band on the middle finger of the riight hand</div> <div> Missiledine: Like he had worn a ring all the time.. a ring that is gone</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm... athamar looks at everything once its removed. checks boots for heal compartments or anything under the lining. check the scabbard. </div> <div> Dukejr01: "hmmph. Friends must have liked him."</div> <div> Dukejr01: heel</div> <div> Missiledine: nothing interesting. The man has a number of old scars from past wounds</div> <div> Missiledine: nothing</div> <div> Dukejr01: A sighs. "It was worth a shot. This guy probably was a liability to the others."</div> <div> Missiledine: It is getting dark outside... Gallus calls it quits. "Won't be able to see anyone sneak out anyway. Let's go home."</div> <div> tacit01: still smoke coming out?</div> <div> Missiledine: The tunnels, at least near the entrance, are thick with smoke</div> <div> tacit01: k</div> <div> tacit01: Jacinta will describe the big room, and it's tactical difficulties, to Gallus, Ollyn, ect...</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar will hobble back to bed.</div> <div> Dukejr01: He thanks Yarling for bringing him.</div> <div> Missiledine: Well... As the militia, lead by Gallus are heading out of the fortress, Miklas taps you on the shoulder and pulls you aside</div> <div> tacit01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: "Lets just sit here abit, real quiet like.... People been coming and going all day... Who ever it is, even if they're counting, can't know if</div> <div> anyone is left."</div> <div> tacit01: "sounds good"</div> <div> Missiledine: Miklas finds a dark shadow, cocks and loads his crossbow and sits down with his back to the wall</div> <div> Missiledine: Up on the second level, where he can see the entrances</div> <div> tacit01: J draws her sword, does likewise</div> <div> tacit01: can she soot her sword or something to make sure it doesn't reflect light?</div> <div> Missiledine: lots of ashes around here at the moment</div> <div> tacit01: cool - camo the weapon, and her face while she's at it</div> <div> Missiledine: ok.... you wait</div> <div> tacit01: how long does Miklas want to wait?</div> <div> Missiledine: he seems a patient sort</div> <div> tacit01: ok - we wait - can we see each other's position?</div> <div> tacit01: (I assume so)</div> <div> Missiledine: Athamar, you have seen Gallus and heard his report on the days events. It is fulkl dark outside now and several hours have passed</div> <div> since the troops return. CSome one mentions that no one has seen Miklas or Jacinta</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: Miklas did not tell gallus?</div> <div> Missiledine: nope</div> <div> Dukejr01: <sigh></div> <div> Missiledine: Jacinta. You have been sitting in the dark for about three hours. It is cold and you are hungry... </div> <div> Missiledine: Suddenly you are plinked by a pebble that Miklas tosses silently</div> <div> Dukejr01: well, first of all, Athamar is probalby going to have to talk to the village leaders, so they can see him and know he is going to be allright.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> tacit01: she plinks one back...</div> <div> tacit01: stands alert...</div> <div> Dukejr01: he will summerize that there was more than one person living in the Fangs for several months. Thre are probably two living there. as a precaution, young</div> <div> women should probably stay in the village.</div> <div> Missiledine: It is a moonless but starry night... something passes through the sky overhead, blotting out the stars in its passing... It is hard to jusge</div> <div> size and shape... maybe a fifteen foot wingspan....</div> <div> Dukejr01: as for the lack of miklas. Athamar talks to Ollyn and he is going to have to go find them.</div> <div> Dukejr01: take a few men</div> <div> Missiledine: Ollyn doesn't seem too worried. Miklas is pretty competent</div> <div> tacit01: (she asumes he doesn't want to leave yet, but wanted to alert her or make sure she was awake)</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm... that is true</div> <div> tacit01: 15 foot! </div> <div> tacit01: <patience, daniel-san, patience></div> <div> tacit01: Track the flying thing as much as I can without coming out of cover</div> <div> Missiledine: it disappears over the Fangs, then a miute later you see it cicling the highest point of the old fortress. It then lands</div> <div> tacit01: on the fortress?</div> <div> Missiledine: yep</div> <div> tacit01: I'm a little unclear on the layout of this place - first, is the old fortress part of the fangs or the manor?</div> <div> Missiledine: The Fangs are a fortress</div> <div> Missiledine: A Jhensari Hill Fort of enormous size</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes,. so it lands on the fangs then</div> <div> Missiledine: The thing has landed on the highest point of the Fangs</div> <div> Dukejr01: I was think you meant the old keep in the manor</div> <div> Missiledine: sorry, I see the confusion</div> <div> Missiledine: no</div> <div> Dukejr01: righto</div> <div> tacit01: k - is that part of the level we are on now, or a higher level entirely, and how does one get from where the critter is to us, or to the entrance area?</div> <div> Missiledine: no, higher. For you to get to him would mean climbing the sheer stone or going through the tunnels and finding a path. For him to get</div> <div> to you....</div> <div> Missiledine: Miklas raises his crossbow and sites on it, but then lowers it. Too far to do any good.</div> <div> tacit01: so it's competely separate - how far away it is, and can I draw and ready my bow without revealing my position</div> <div> Missiledine: In a straightline from you to it... 300 feet, all up. Yes, you think you can draw your bow safely.</div> <div> Dukejr01: roll a 3!!!!</div> <div> Missiledine: 300 feet +</div> <div> Dukejr01: twice</div> <div> Dukejr01: with favorable updraft</div> <div> tacit01: ick - I don't think so, Tim...</div> <div> tacit01: do we get a better look at it now?</div> <div> Missiledine: In the dark it is just a form, but it furls its wings and seems vaugely man like, but much bigger. </div> <div> Missiledine: It stands still for a moment, then moves back, out of sight</div> <div> tacit01: wait and watch... stay alert</div> <div> Missiledine: About fifteen minutes later it comes out and spreads its wings. Then it pauses, furls its wings and turns around for a moment. You</div> <div> think you faintly hear a voice. Then the thing turns around, opens its wings again and takes off. Circles once, then heads west out of sight</div> <div> tacit01: voice - tone and pitch? </div> <div> Missiledine: couldn't tell</div> <div> tacit01: k - guess the smoke didn't do much good...</div> <div> tacit01: keep waiting...</div> <div> tacit01: (i know, J is hungry)</div> <div> Missiledine: After a few minutes of nothing else happening, Miklas tosses another pebble. When you look he gestures to the exit</div> <div> tacit01: she nods assent, quietly heads out</div> <div> tacit01: (suprised he didn't wait longer)</div> <div> Missiledine: You will make it safely back to the manor</div> <div> tacit01: yeah!</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. stop here or go on a few minutes?</div> <div> tacit01: I need to be up in less than 6 hours, so not too much longer</div> <div> Dukejr01: early day again? yuk</div> <div> Missiledine: Quitting time I think</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. thanks for running us, jim.</div> <div> Missiledine: Something you want to do Athamar>?</div> <div> tacit01: all week this week - I should be very available Thursday, tho</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Sure.</div> <div> Dukejr01: thursday works, though if wed works for everyone, that would be better for me</div> <div> Missiledine: nah, Thurs</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: wife comes home Wed</div> <div> Dukejr01: same bat time?</div> <div> Dukejr01: gotacha</div> <div> Missiledine: yep</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. night troy. Athamar will be praising Jacinta's actions.</div> <div> Dukejr01: she keeps this up, she will end up with an offer to be a hauscarl</div> <div> tacit01: cool - I will be up for a bit brushing mu teeth and such - I just want to start getting ready for bed, hit the sack in about 20 minutes...</div> <div> Missiledine: good night</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Missiledines Archives"><U>Back to Archives</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>