Redlun XVII

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Are we ready?</div> <div> Dukejr01: good to go</div> <div> tacit01: yah</div> <div> Missiledine: Right... when we broke off Athamar had just finished sealing the passageway in both directions approaching the chamber the</div> <div> skeletons were found in... He and his troops were withdrawling whence they came.... </div> <div> Dukejr01: <when suddenly, a chest of gold falls on the ground ahead of the party...></div> <div> Dukejr01: <It could happen></div> <div> Dukejr01: :-D</div> <div> Missiledine: <Crushing Lord Athamar to death</div> <div> Dukejr01: <AHEAD of the party. sheesh></div> <div> Missiledine: <Bounced... Could happen.></div> <div> Dukejr01: lol</div> <div> tacit01: LOL</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay,. is there more to the description or are you waiting for my orders?</div> <div> Missiledine: Waiting orders more or less</div> <bR> <div> An error with AIM resulted in a loss of transcript.... Lord Athamar and company returned to the entrance overlooking the main courtyard to find the guards he had left hiding inside the entrance waiting his return. They had seen the flying creature circling the Fangs and sought cover in the tunnel....</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Missiledine: "It was circling, lower and lower when we ran in here."</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Gallus, take some men to secure the manor and get the wounded to the village. The rest of you, we return to the platform we found. WE might be able</div> <div> to find this thing. Move"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Errm, My Lord." One says... "I think it saw us."</div> <div> Dukejr01: how fatigued is A?</div> <div> Missiledine: Gallus says, "I'm not keen on crossing almost a mile of open fields in the dark, with wounded."</div> <div> Missiledine: Finished your casting about fifteen minutes ago</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. pretty fatigued.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Do you think we havea shot at it?" Athamar consults with Gallus quietly.</div> <div> Missiledine: Gallus leads you off to the side and says, in a very serious and quiet voice, "With this lot? Not a prayer in all the Nine Hells."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Not unless you have some suprise magic in your pouch."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Damn. The pieces are starting to come together in this puzzle and I don't like it one bit. I am inclined to seal the entrances to all the openings ASAP and</div> <div> waiting for reinforcements. Thje question is, do it now or in the morning?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "No, My Lord. I think the question, with all respect, is how do we get this bunch back to the safety of the manor with out getting our</div> <div> asses chewed off."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "This thing probably can see well enough at night. We are going to be a target anyway. woulda really bright light allow us to see the creature before it can</div> <div> swoop in?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Well, I suppose, kind of like a bat swooping in on the bugs around a cam,pfire... We'll catch a glimpse of it... But we will be</div> <div> illuminated from hundreds of feet up."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Or we can move inteh dark, staying together so no one straggles."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Like a hedgehog with spears high. men with crossbows looking up, while others watch the ground"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Well, my Lord. As I see it we have two choices. Either stay here and defend this place until daylight, or make a dash for it. How we</div> <div> make the dash is the next issue to consider."</div> <div> Dukejr01: If that thing can fly, it can fly to the manor."</div> <div> Missiledine: "True, and it can do so at any time.. But right now it knows that there are people in here."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar casts Seek Earth again. same as last time, to see if it moved.</div> <div> Missiledine: The silver seems to be in the samae place</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: probably not those bastards.</div> <div> Dukejr01: how far is i to the entrance from where we are?</div> <div> Missiledine: Sixty, seventy feet.. That wanted to be deep enough that your lights wouldn't be easily spotted when they stopped you</div> <div> Missiledine: there is a curve between you and the entrance</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: "We should send someone forward to look"</div> <div> Missiledine: "A hedgehog is probably the best tactic." Gallus says thoughtfully, "If we make a dash for it."</div> <div> Dukejr01: how many spears do we have?</div> <div> Missiledine: One of the mercs will slink forward, without lights, to see what is happening</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think we need toget back to the manor. andthe men to the village to defend them. This thing can't be all that powerful or it would have attacked by</div> <div> now. Our concern is that it might try to do us some damage if it can."</div> <div> Missiledine: 8 spears</div> <div> Dukejr01: What did the merc see?</div> <div> Missiledine: he isn't back yet</div> <div> Dukejr01: does he have backup?</div> <div> Missiledine: He went alone</div> <div> Missiledine: (Quieter that way)</div> <div> Dukejr01: <sigh> considering the tunnel the bend etc, someone could be watching from aroundthe corner</div> <div> Missiledine: its not a sharp bend, rather a curve</div> <div> Missiledine: You hear him returning after a few minutes... "I saw nothing My Lord... It is full dark out now."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Bravely done" "WE form a hedgehog. detail men for point, have crossbowmen watch the sky."</div> <div> Missiledine: With lights or not?</div> <div> Dukejr01: no lights. </div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: let everyone eyes adjust.</div> <div> Missiledine: right</div> <div> Missiledine: You are ready vision wise</div> <div> Dukejr01: go then</div> <div> Missiledine: You exit the tunnel, descend the ramp into the courtyard, seeing no sign of anything odd...</div> <div> Dukejr01: <I hate it when they pause></div> <div> Missiledine: Cross the courtyard and out through the entance channel, following its curves and bends in the dark, very aware of the walls towering</div> <div> over you and shutting out visibility while you are in the ancient death trap....</div> <div> Dukejr01: Keep everyone together.</div> <div> Missiledine: Finally you are out in the open and making your way down the hillside</div> <div> Dukejr01: which is closer. manor or village?</div> <div> Missiledine: You are about halfway down when from somewhere high on the Fangs a man's voice rings out, "Athamar Tallanar... Can you hear</div> <div> me?"</div> <div> Missiledine: <Manor></div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar says. "Stop here a moment."</div> <div> Missiledine: Instinctively everyone stops at the voice</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar crosses his arms and waits.</div> <div> Missiledine: "I know you are there, Lord Athamar... Are you afraid to answer?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar just grins. Waggles his eyebrows at Gallus/</div> <div> Missiledine: "No matter... Hear me well, Lord Athamar. The Fangs are mine. Stay out of them and I shall let you live in peace. Venture here again</div> <div> and you and yours shall know the meaning of terror."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar snorts. "I was hoping for something more amusing. Lets go"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Sleep well Lord Athamar! Kiss your sister good night for me!" There is laughter following that</div> <div> Missiledine: The night is silent now</div> <div> Missiledine: You continue?</div> <div> Dukejr01: " I already said"lets go"</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, you move on down the slope and across the fields unmolested</div> <div> Missiledine: Soon you are back at the manor</div> <div> Missiledine: the militia will return to their homes, unless you detain them. They are anxious to go</div> <div> Dukejr01: they may go</div> <div> Missiledine: Gallus says, "What do you think, My Lord? They seem to know that Danika is still here, unless it was a bluff."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Is Danika allright?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, she is fine</div> <div> Dukejr01: good.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think he has the power to harm us, but the threat is a bluff. He wants us to stay out of the Fangs, if he had the power to remove us or keep us out, he</div> <div> would have."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think its safe to assume that they made no play for the ruse."</div> <div> Missiledine: BRB Guys, my wife just came in...</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> tacit01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, I'm back</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Yet another AIM problem (it was a bad night) again resulted in a loss, tho small, of transcript.....</div> <bR> <div> The next morning Lord Athamar seeks out the Friar for consultation.....</div> <bR> <div> Dukejr01: A thinks that we need some assistance in clearing hte Fangs. the question is, where do we get it? Who can we call upon and be justified in doing so. A</div> <div> sees Boma, the Abott and the Army. Now, since we have seen a large number of undead. teh Church is likely to take an interest. </div> <div> Missiledine: My wife is on AIM, via the same internet connection... she is having no trouble at all</div> <div> Dukejr01: lol. AOL sucks</div> <div> Dukejr01: and not in a good way</div> <div> tacit01 has entered the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: due</div> <div> Dukejr01: dude</div> <div> tacit01: SONOFAHIBACHI</div> <div> Dukejr01: FArging Iceholes.....</div> <div> Missiledine: LOL</div> <div> Missiledine: I'm almost ready to give up for the night</div> <div> Dukejr01: k.</div> <div> Missiledine: we'll try some more tho... now that we are all here, again</div> <div> tacit01: so, tell me again why AOL is the most used ISP in the world?</div> <div> tacit01: Oh. marketing, that's right...</div> <div> Missiledine: marketing to lemmings</div> <div> Dukejr01: netscape sucks now that AOL runs it</div> <div> Dukejr01: anyway. to the gamebefore it effs up again</div> <div> Missiledine: I run Netscape 4.5</div> <div> Dukejr01: don't get 6</div> <div> Missiledine: I won't</div> <div> Dukejr01: I hear bad things.</div> <div> tacit01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: And don't play with it..... you'll go blind</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, so what is Athamar's plan? If he has one</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar will talk to the Friar in the morning.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamr maintains his sangfroid about the whole business. If asked, he says he will come up with something and complain that the Fangs is a humongus</div> <div> pile of rocks.</div> <div> Dukejr01: anyway,. does Gallus have any thoughts about my askinghte Abbot for aide in riddingthe Fangs of undead?</div> <div> Missiledine: Well, he thinks its the best plan for the moment</div> <div> Dukejr01: Okay, the plan right now is that we are not going to call ou the militia tomorrow. they can pursue their own business, while A figures out what to do. to</div> <div> that effect, he pens a letter to the Abbot.</div> <div> Dukejr01: He also chats with the Friar aboutthe whole business. Shall we play that out or shall I give you the rundown?</div> <div> Missiledine: give me a rundown later, maybe write up the letter you are sending the church</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. what do you want to do now?</div> <div> Missiledine: <In the few minutes remaing before the IM Gremlins strike again?></div> <div> Dukejr01: well, A is going to talk tothe Friar in the morning. either we do something before then or you have something else in mind</div> <div> tacit01: <um - kill our enemies and take their stuff?!></div> <div> Missiledine: <errrr... uhmmm, well. Tell you what. Let it it grade in to the next morning...></div> <div> Missiledine: By the time you get to the Friar he will already have heard about last night</div> <div> Dukejr01: I figured. A has written his letter to the Abbot already.</div> <div> Missiledine: <We have a time lag issue here, Jacinta is way ahead of Athamar, not that it matters much considering the distance></div> <div> Dukejr01: "Friar. Do you have a few moments?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Okay, any verbal messages?</div> <div> Dukejr01: verbal message for what?</div> <div> Missiledine: "For you, Lord Athamar, any time."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "How are the wounded?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "None are life threatening, but they will beare their scars for life." </div> <div> Missiledine: <A verbal message for the Abbot, to go with the letter></div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar nods. "I shall have to visit them today."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "You have heard of the events last night, I am sure. The presense of the undead concerns me greatly. It is one thing to outwit a squatter hiding in the</div> <div> Fangs. another to take militia into a maze where they may be confroneted by many times their number in undead. Can the Church help in this regard?"</div> <div> Missiledine: <still there?></div> <div> Missiledine: <My connection flickered again></div> <div> Missiledine: "Yes, My Lord. I am sure the Cherch will use its strength in this matter."</div> <div> tacit01: <here></div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: "That is a relief. there may be quite a number. What is the best way of contacting the Abbot. Do you have swift means or shall I send a messenger?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "I have to rely on messengers I am afraid."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar nods. "I have a small admission to make, I knew of the winged creature that the militia saw the other night. Two of muy men stayed behind in</div> <div> the Fangs after everyone had left and they saw the creature. Do you perhaps have any idea what it is?"</div> <div> Missiledine: He shakes his head, "I'm sorry Lord Athamar, I am but a a Friar, formerly a monk. Who you need to talk to is a Champion, or a Knight</div> <div> of Mitra."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "No need to apologise." Athamar grins but then turns serious. "I am concerned about the origin of the skeletons we fought. With your permission, I would</div> <div> like to cast a spell in the graveyard to make sure that the remains of Redlun's fold are undisturbed. Unless that would be inpious"</div> <div> Dukejr01: impious</div> <div> Missiledine: "It is not needed... If a corpse is animated from a grave, it usually digs its way out... making an obvious disturbance. Besides, a</div> <div> corpse that has recieved Final Rest and is placed in consecrated soil cannot be animated."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Of course," He admits. "In a village this size, not all the dead have recieved Final Rest, but they are safely buried in consecrated</div> <div> earth, and the consecration is strong.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar ponders that. Nods. "It couldn;t hurt. The spell is Earth vision. It would tell me little more than that he coffin is still there."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Very well. How are the folk taking this? Personally I am simply annoyed to no end. This.... evil, I suppose, has been brewing in the Fangs for some time."</div> <div> Missiledine: "The Abbot has made a point of regularly checking our graveyard, for reasons we have talked about before."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar nods at that.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Undoubtably true... Obviously the people are frightened, they do not blame you, if that is what you fear. There have been hints over</div> <div> the years, things that fill one with dread on a dark night, strange sounds and eerie lights. Nothing regular, nothing concrete..."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Thank you. That is one thing less to concern me."</div> <div> Missiledine: "It all would have come to a head eventually. We are grateful that we have a Lord who is concerned enough to take the steps needed</div> <div> to protect us all.":</div> <div> tacit01: <ya big stud></div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar smiles at that."I will never abandon my duties." He makes to stand "Well, Friar. I think I should visit the village. Unless there is something else to</div> <div> discuss, I thank you for your time. "</div> <div> Missiledine: "Do you wish to send a messenger? Or shall I send my young monk?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "I feel we must act quickly, what ever we do."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think I will be sending an armed messenger. Do you wish to add your own message? Perhaps I should send an armed escort with your monk, he kows</div> <div> where to go"</div> <div> Missiledine: The Friar nods, "Yes, that is a good idea. Send your man to see me before he leaves. I will add a letter, and my aid shall go with him."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Thank you, Friar."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Thank you, Lord Athamar."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Athamar goes to the village next</div> <div> Missiledine: <okay guys, lets wrap it here... its getting late. I'm sorry things didn't advance very far tonight.></div> <div> Dukejr01: k. night then. see you tus?</div> <div> Dukejr01: tues?</div> <div> Missiledine: yep, that is my plan</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>