He looks at roland flatly, and then nods. "Seifer is a storm that i doubt either of us could fully stand against. His gaze looks upward thinking of where she was upstairs, and then speaks again. "That's why i know that neither of us is going to do anything as long as she's around."
with a small shrug he steps through the door gripping the door with his free hand. "I don't hate you, I don't like you for sure. You're very judgemental towards me despite not knowing a thing about me. i'm sure you have your reasons for that, but no, I don't hate you Roland." He closes the door behind him on that note.
"What did Seifer do to get you both jelly-legged? She doesn't seem all that scary to me." I stretch, and sigh, then an idea comes to me. "Ooh! I know! You two should arm wrestle while we wait!"
"It's a long story lass. The short version is, she came to my town to trade, I denied her access due to not being a trade partner, and many of my men died when she said "Well stop me". As for the arm wrestling, I would never want to touch a dragon's hand in an act of competition, I also wouldn't want to crush his spirits."
Gregory is outside, and didn't hear the question. he doesn't answer.
I walk downstairs and speak to the barmaid. "Hey, I have a friend in a room upstairs I need to wake, and his door is locked. On a side note, I heard a very strange noise coming from the room." I turn to Anette, "Hey, Anette! Come with me upstairs, we might have a situation." I half yell to her. Already we're having issues... Great....
"Wait, there was another? I thought everyone was here? I can't seem to recall another, did they introduce themselves to me last night?"If they did, I must have been caught up in my dragon hate to really take notice.
I walk over to the base of the stairs. "Would you like me to attempt to break that door down as well? I'm not that bad at it."
the barmaiden looks with some shock "wait, that door as well? you broke down a door?!"
I immediately point to Seifer "She said she'd pay for it."
looking at seifer, "that's be 20 gold right now missy!"
I hand the barmaid 20 Platinum, "NOW OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!" I yell.
a bit stunned "uhm, right away", she walks up the stairs and unlocks the door before taking a stepback to allow either of you access to the door.
I ready my weapon.
at the sight of the weapon being drawn the barmaiden skirts off down the stairs. she don't know what's happening, but she just got paided 20 plat.
I always have my bow with me, but my stance hasn't changed. I try to figure out what is inside the room and gain situational awareness.
unfortunately, you do not have echolocation nor x-ray vision and the insides of the room remain a mystery to you. though, there is something...
I put my hand out to bar entry into the room. "I smell blood. Something happened in here." I kneel down and move my head closer to the gap in the bottom of the door and floor, trying to detect the smell of blood clearer and confirm my suspicion.
If succeed, "There is blood in there, smells like your friend is either dead, or thwarted an assailant."
If fail, "I cannot tell if the smell of gore is coming from there, but I do smell it"
I cautiously open the door, still staying low to the ground.
the room is dark, but you can see opposite the door, what can be assumed to be kelendar sleeping in his bed. the room is about 15' by 15'.
I try viewing the room as well.
"Those who do not want to see something potentially gruesome, turn away, I'm going to light a torch.
I give a few seconds for the others to avert their gaze before reaching into my side bag and pulling out an ever-burning torch, holding it in front of me into the room.
I prepare to draw my cards if something potentially hostile comes to light.
the room lights up. Calander's bed has been soaked with blood and his rib-cage and torso appear to have been disemboweled. He obviously died in his sleep or at least gave no resistance.
I hold my torch to the closest person. "Hold this. I need both my hands" I wait for someone to take the torch from me, but ready to drop it at a moments notice, pulling my bow up into the door way. "Good thing Seifer paid extra, there's about to be a bunch of holes in the floor if I'm seeing things"
I pat Roland on the back with my free hand, then whisper a word to my blade. It instantly becomes coated in a cold mist and crackling electricity. I then take the torch.
I reach for my arrows
I clear my throat.
I put my hands on my deck holsters and ready myself for a fight.
Gregory sits outside enjoying the fresh air.
A Strange creature about the size of dog with a black exoskeleton 6 legs 2 pincers and a long tail arching over it's body scurries out from under the bedtoward Roland Suddenly. the 10 feet or so from the bed it !
The attack hits for .
The Creature jabs it's tail into Rolands leg piercing his armor he reels back but then suddenly stops moving.
I immediately begin to sing, but it's quite a vulgar song that arises from my lungs. Profanity after profanity are directed at the 6-legged creature.
The creature reels from the strange attack but moves to face it's attacker with a . Attacking with it's pincers and tail.
Anette manages to dodge most of the attacks this turn but the creature latches on with one of it's pincers.
I draw a hand of cards and send them as a flurry at the creature.
you don't save versus poison.
Gregory steps forward, and leans forward onto the railing. He inhales softly unaware of what's going on in the Inn. He was expecting everyone out to be shortly.
The Creature makes a short jump around Roland putting Roland between itself and Anette, so that it can attack Seifer.
The creature manages to get in several quick hits and even though Seifer feels a bit numb at the point the Tail struck her, she seems to be fine otherwise.
I stop screaming vulgarities at the creature, but the sound remains to echo in the room, as I step up to the best and stab at it with my rapier.
The Creature continues it assault of Seifer
Seifer manages to dodge most of the attacks but still gets nicked hard by one of the pincers.
"Irritating creature, stay away from me!" I say as I take a quick step back and send another hand flying at the creature.
As I regain my motor control, I rush my hand to my hip holster, drawing my arrows and releasing them so fast it looks like one blurry motion. Sending the arrows at the creature just to my left
Gregory leans against the railing a bit more seeing just how much wait he could take off his feet without hurting the structure.
I begin singing in a hearty, confident tone, and step back from the creature.
The Creature continues it assault of Seifer
While Seifer dodges most of the attacks the creature manages to get a good grab on and cause a serious gash with their pincer.
"I swear I'm going to kill this thing." I take another step away from the creature and fling another hand of cards at it.