Nori couldn't hold back the laugh, "A hero? I am more an opportunist. And right now I have the opportunity to free a little creature who has nothing to offer for its freedom. I guess I'll just have to let you stay in there." She starts to turn away and head for the door.
Nori turns on her heel and stares at the devil. She steps back to the circle, "Swear it?" She figured if he did attack, he would find a surprise behind the door she entered from.
Assuming he does, she gives the table a nudge over the line.
Nori moves to the desk and peers around the desk. She wasn't taking anything at face value.
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Nori does find a book in the top drawer, it appears to be a bunch of names. Before she can start reading names, Akrom begins to move out of the room.
"Ooo goody, was hoping I had someone to play with!", it says with diabolical glee, bearing wicked teeth at Jinx! "Said I wouldn't attack you, scaly one, but kitty here is fair game!"
"I wonder what you taste like!", Akrom giggles as he darts towards Jinx.
Jinx is savagely attacked, part of her fur melting as a welt begins to form on the bite mark.
Init Order (bold = up)
Akrom
Jinx (11 damage)
Wakiyan
Darb
Nori
Nori spun on her heel, leaving the book of names behind. She sprinted back into the hallway where the imp was struggling with her companions.
"You will die for your foolishness, you little bug!
A wind seemed to catch her long white hair, unraveling it from her hood. Then it took a life of its own and it shot out at the imp and attempted to catch him up in it.
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Nori tries to grab the buggy demon thing, but it tries to bite her first!
Nori is bitten, part of his skin melting off, but somehow resists any itchiness.
Wakiyan tries to blast with water, but fails!
Darb lurches forward and stabs at Akrom!
Darb manages to wound the demon!
Sputtering in anger, it tries to bite Darb now!
Darb is also bitten, the acid hurting his small body, but otherwise seems to ignore any itchiness.
Init Order (bold = up)
Akrom (9 damage)
Jinx (11 damage, itchy...)
Wakiyan
Darb (5 damage)
Nori (4 damage)
Nori growled, "you broke the pact by attacking me, creature. Now you die"
She draws her blade, steps in and slashes at him
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Darb stabs Akrom again!
"Forget you guys, I'm outta here!"
But Akrom is still there!
The party then gangs up and makes short work out of the little devil!
Nori now gets a chance to look at the book; it's a name of various outsiders and their types. Easily valuable as part of the auction lot to someone who is interested in such shenanigans!
The book would be worth about 2,500 gold!
Nori slips up behind Jinx and presses the tip of the wand to the cat's back. With a word of magic, the wand pulsed and sent its energy into Jinx's body.
"That should help," Nori was very casual about the cat's wounds. Nori holds up a book, "But it wasn't for naught. Anybody know how much this would go for?"
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Jinx gets healed between Nori and Wakiyan, although the ragged party is ready for some respite. However, more floor beckons to be explored.
The southern hallway continues around to a door. After doing a rudimentary check for traps , the party finds nothing of note and opens the door.
The walls of this room are covered with arcane symbols. In the northern chamber, a wooden table sits against the eastern wall, with several items laid atop it. A bright light shines forth from an opening in the south wall.
Nori slinks up close to Jinx. She shields her eyes the best she can. She whispers from the corner, "What is that gods awful light?"
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Wakiyan moves up behind the others. Not knowing what is going on... Doesn't bother saying anything to avoid alerting others.
FYI, new tech at work. everything is sooo locked down. No access to Paizo at all... In fact sites that register as resturant/food are block because he's heart is that black cold and evil... Yea tried to look up a recipe for dinner and was blocked.
In short I can't post during lunch like I normally could but will try to continue posting
Nori tries to shade her eyes as her eyes glaze over with a blue energy. She peers at the edge of the light, looking for tell tale signs of magic and what type it was.
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Nori is shocked, and a bit surprised as she realizes that the given what she is seeing, it relates to the components of a spell she couldn't identify in one of Hunclay's spell books. It's seemingly a wall of light, once so intense that going through it may very well render the person permanently blind, even if the eyes are closed.
Nori can also tell that the spell is permanently placed.
A weak voice calls out from the other side of the light wall, albeit weakly. "Come to taunt my again, foul wizard?"
Nori flops against the wall, looking away from the irritating light.
"What in the 9 Hells was this wizard's deal? Seems as if he enjoyed trapping and torturing all kinds of creatures," Nori whispered to her companions, "Who wants to take this one?
Nori glances around the rest of the room. Maybe the wizard had a way to get through the wall of light without burning his eyeballs out.
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The party thinks about it... but immediately cannot come up with a plan of action. Thinking that they have most of the place inventoried, they can perhaps turn in their mission, although the fact that Hunclay has a cave somewhere means that there may be more loot or other things to look at. And especially given the strange dangers and research here, it may be in the best interest of Belhaim to have it investigated... and there ought to be a reward in that, too! And also, perhaps someone in town will have an idea on what to do about the trapped person behind that wall of light.
Mayor Devy is pleased at the party's results who choose to ignore mentioning to her the particular demons faced below. She then has an assistant return with a large sack, filled with coins... 5000 of them to be exact, all gold! Darb's instincts are too strong and he grabs as many of the coins he can and runs out the door, never to be seen again...
Wakiyan takes his interest in the Green Faith to a new level and bids the party farewell as he leaves Jinx and Nori to their task. Knowing that they need new allies to aid them, they take the rest of their coins.