Krallek says quitely I shall not follow you guys. Wearing all this metal makes me much less sneaky. Hollar if you need me.
"right now the Mill. Toby Frinkle owned it I think. I do not know much about what happened, you see. You know how it is, pains of the office. All the paper work non of the people. Terrible business of course..I heard anyway."
A few moments later his assistant walks in, smiles at you and hands The Mayor some paper work. She rushes out again.
Carth and Elon both make their way (with varying degrees of quietness) to the back door of the temple.
As Carth opens the door to spot Paul. You both see him stood there smiling waiting for you to come out.
Krallek's initiative
"See what I mean, waiting for us."
Initiative:
Hi Paul, I thought you were heading out to sort the bar, what brings you to the temple?
Elon will bring his staff up to a ready stance, one hand discretely balled into a fist and waiting for Paul to act.
"Aye it was. Can you tell me more about this Mr. Finkle? Paul didnt know very much. As you can tell we are investifgating this matter heavily, no stone left unturned you know?" Archaouss winks then smiling.
"Your help in this matteris very much appreciated."
When Archaouss and the mayor begin talking about the mill's previous owner she interjects into the conversation. "Yes, the more we know about this Toby Finkle the better. More specifically, whether or not he's dangerous and what ultimately became of him."
Everyone there?
Yeah I am around, not sure whats been going on with the game. New year period and all that though
As Elon and Carth speak to Paul he stands waiting patiently for them to leave the building. He is smiling makes no move. His stance is neither offensie or defensive and he has a look of a man that does not need to be defensive.
"Did you know that the temple takes up all the land it owns? rather an interesting architectural choice don't you think?"
"Toby. I can not tell you what or where he is now. The last I saw him was the day he was banished from town. He was good for the town at first. Brought business and renewed hope. Then he wanted what was not his. went mad the poor man. Something about the orbs and power and well he nearly ruined everything. So it was decided he should leave."
I suppose if you have no need for more land, then it becomes wasteful to inhabit more land than that. I can see it working rather well for the temple and for the town
Perception
Sense Motive
D4
"Was he well liked Toby? Any body who he wouldve talked to more often than others? A sweet heart perhaps?" Archaouss asks smiling.
Krallek rushes down the hallway towards Elon and Carth
Noting Paul's words now, and with his previous conversation, Carth moves up to but does not pass the doorway.
"So, what you just standing there for?"
If Krallek or Elon tries to pass Carth, he will hold an arm in front of them to stop them.
"You guys are following me it seems, it does not pay to turn your back on people that do that. If I ran you would chase no doubt. So I stood my ground. What is it that you think you are doing?" he puts his hands down by his side and leans on one leg as he speaks.
"...Sweetheart. Well I wouldn't know about that. He was not liked, certainly not by anyone with half a brain. They could see he was a wrong one. not good enough for.. Well anyway I can't help you on the sweetheart front. A few of the farmers knew him and anyone that worked in his factory. The dribble brothers of course. You will find them playing cards at Paul's. He used to live near the mill. Ah here's his address." He hands you a piece of paper with an address on it. near the mill close to where Eliana lives."But be careful. Bad luck follows anyone who goes near anything he touched."
Intimidate:
"Well, following you," Carth said, "You did offer. The real question remains as to why you came to this temple in the first place. Clearly, it has nothing to do with the pub, otherwise you would have ignored us and gone about your business. You haven't given us a straight answer, and you still didn't say how you knew my name, when I never said."
"Hmm fair is fair you got me. I am off to kill Eliana." Paul smiles an you see what others have witnessed. Far to toothy a smile for a human. Almost the smile of a wolf or dog. and now he seems bigger than you had previously thought but only for a moment before he disappears round the building.
"...Look he and my daughter where getting to close. I did not want her involved with a man like that. He was going to steal all the orbs and she would of been ran out of town with him. So I stepped in. That mill is the only thing left threatening this town with its history. But if you are asking if I had it burned down. No, I did not. Though I wouldn't be sad to see it go."
He relaxes after the outburst.
"Toby was into some sort of ....magic I guess you would call it. He thought he was a god. His house hasn't been touched since he left. No one is brave enough to go in it. Everything you need to know will be in there."
Carth curses as Paul runs off. Carth quickly attempts to follow, but even if he loses him, he already knows where he needs to run to.
"Come On!" he shouts to Elon and Krallek, "We need to save Eliana!"
Krallek charges after Carth and Paul
Only abominations such as that creature shall die this day! Elon roars and draws the staff fully, then runs after Paul and Carth.
As you run round the corner, you see no sign of Paul. You all run towards the direction of Eliana's house.
You pass by people on the way who all quickly step out of your way and whisper to each other about how crazy you are.
It takes you a short while to get on the street where Eliana lives. You see a dark showed enter her house.
When you get outside you see a woman who matches the description of the Majors daughter talking to the receptionist/assistant.
Once outside, she sighed, trying to push the events out of her head. She turns to Archaouss with a questioning look but chooses not to say anything. She heard what he said but she's not sure what to make of it just yet. "We should probably go." She takes a second look at the paper the mayor had handed them. "Might as well see what we can find."
"Well I suppose I can always talk with the daughter later." Archy turns and looks at Gala for a momment considering.
"There's some iron to you. Remind me to watch myself around you." He says jokingly before continuing. "We should go back to the others."
Seeing the shadow enter the house, Carth mutters an 'Uh oh' to himself, readying his crossbow for combat. He quickly follows the shadow through the doorway, prepared to fire his crossbow at the first threat he sees.
Krallek follows Carth into the building.
Also following Carth and Krallek into the building, with detect evil up and running in the cone dead ahead of himself.
"Oh Im quite sure he could." Archaouss says laughing lightly. "But now we have a secret weapon. If we ever need public officals scared out of their pants we can sick you on them." He winks before continuing on.
As Carth, Krallek and Elon enters Eliana home, the living room you had previously been in seems to be a mess and the destruction leads its way to the stairs.
You can hear noises from one of the rooms upstairs and a dark shadowy creature leaps towards you all from the room, blood dripping down its front.
Then initiative order:(have taken previous initiative.
Perception
Archaouss tilts his head his elvish ears picking up the noise coming from the house. Frowning he draws a dagger from his sleeve and approaches the house. Peering back at Galacia he makes a gesture holding his finger to his lips.
Sleight of hand
Stealth
Perception:
Galacia walks down the street, humming to herself to pass the time while she walks to her destination. She's quickly brought back to reality when Archaouss draws his weapon. It takes her awhile to figure out what's going on but then she recognizes the house. Eliana's house. Galacia inwardly curses at the interruption to an otherwise nice day and gets her crossbow loaded and ready as she follows Archaouss, trying to match his quiet stride.
Stealth:
Cursing, Carth fires his crossbow at the creature, hoping that they are not too late.
Attack:
Damage:
Following Carth up the stairs, detect evil being maintained and then when the shadow comes out, will do two things.
Readied action (swift action) use judgement ability to boost weapon damage by 1 point
Then attack said creature assuming that he can as the readied action.
Readied action round rolls
Round 1
Activate Combat expertise, then move to attack creature. If he is able to get into a flanking position then he will.
Krallek sees the shadowy figure come lurching out of the shadows and his combat training kicks in and he attacks with his longspear!!
Readied Action:
Atk: on the shadowy figure
Damage:
Round One Action:
Atk: on the shadowy figure
Damage:
As the creature turns to see you all on the stairs he attempts to lunge at you. A crossbow bolt flies from Carth's weapon and hits it mid leap. The creature recoils and hits the ground before reaching you all. Elon attacks the creature with but it misses it's target. Krallek takes his long spear and hitting the creature he manages to break the fur.
The creature looks more surprised to be hit than hurt right now, though you cans see you have done some damage.
A low growl comes from it's mouth as it turns towards you all. Makes eye contact with carth and swipes for him with sharp claws.
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Dodging out of the way of the creature's attack, Carth reloads his crossbow and fires it again at the creature.
Attack:
Damage: