"Wondered what you were doing down on the floor with that thing. Guess we better see if we can get you fixed up before we see who that was. Karsielle! Do you have any spells left to patch up Suny?"
Glad the fight is over, Bloody lets out a long breath. "I'm fine as well, lets see what these cultist blokes have on them."
Bloody checks the gear of the two cultist.
The cultist's helmet, a black helm with a faceplate cast to look like an expressionless face and a vial filled with fluid in a pouch at his belt detect as magic. He is also wearing black lacquered half-plate and carried a heavy steel shield, a bastard sword, and a heavy crossbow. The one with an intestine for a face is curiously devoid of equipment. Now that you have a good look at him, you're not even sure he's human.
Suny pads in and looks around the room carefully.
Still holding her side where she was the previous creature's chew toy.
Suny finds a rough edge in the wall close to the back corner. When she looks closely at it, she finds the outline of a secret door in the same area you saw light earlier.
"This fight has taken it out of me a bit, do any of you need the healing touch of Calistra as she seeks vengeance on these cultists?" asks a tired looking Karsielle.
"Thank you, but what you did for me during the fight has most of my fight back. I think Suny could definitely use some help."
"Oh!" Suny exclaims at Karsielle's comment and quickly skips over to hug the Cleric.
"I got a scratch here...an' a bite here...an' a bruise there..." (^_^)
Suny obviously has no thoughts of 'modesty' as she points out the places where the combat has taken its toll upon herself. (^_~)
Picking up the vial and trying to concentrate on it then gives a frustrated look, "Bah! Karsielle can you figure out what this potion is ? I never cared the lore of magic just its uses, of course that's biting me in the arse now hehe." He hands off the vial to the cleric and then studies the armored cultist, slowly he disguises himself as the cultist.
After the guise he picks up the heavy cross bow and begins to load it. Then looks to the group, "Want me to scout ahead? Not sure if its a great idea."
"Bloody, I'm not quite as quiet as you, but I can trail along behind to make sure you don't run into too much trouble while Karsielle patches up Suny. We probably shouldn't go too far."
Suny leans against the wall and says,
"Here, I done found somat." She points out the panel she's discovered, tough her voice is wane and her features pale.
Karsielle shakes her head when she see the damage done to Suny, "I can't do anything now to help you. The wounds are so deep and cold, the evil has ripped the life force from your body." "The limited power I had to heal you was used to save Mishael from certain death." Her eyes glaze as tears slowly slip down her cheek as she embraces Suny in a sobbing hug. "It would take our lady at the Temple of Calistra to restore you to complete health, be careful and follow us, don't get yourself too close to being hit."
Suny returns the snuggle to Karsielle,
"Thats okeys. I be good ta stay out'a the way fer a while." She replies softly. "I can still try an', y'know, shoot at things if'n I get me a x-bow or somat." (^_^)
Bloody hands over the heavy crossbow to Suny, "There you go lass, hope you enjoy this present." He gives her an encouraging smile, somewhat odd coming from the cultist face he currently wore. He moved away and got back into character. "Let me check down the hall real fast to make sure more are not on there way down." He quietly moves down the hall and will back if he doesn't hear or see anything.
"Damn, but you're not in good shape. Be careful, my little elf. Let me go ahead with Flag. We'll see what's going on here."
Silas stealthily starts after Flag, his dagger retrieved and in hand with his sword.
Suny blushes and grins at Flag's generosity, hefting the weapon to test its weight and balance, before resting its stock upon the ground and beginning the process of reloading the thing. (^_^)
She nods to Silas, "Aye, I be careful." She replies quietly.
Black Flag and Silas open the secret door and pass through while Mishael and Karsielle stand watch over Suny.
You find the tunnel beyond the secret door to be narrow and winding. It is very dark. Perhaps the earlier light mentioned by Karsielle was actually carried by one of the cultists. Silas is pretty sure you have passed into a smuggling tunnel that might connect to another residence or place of business in Freeport.
Quietly whispering, Silas says "We're in a smuggling tunnel, Flag. This leads somewhere else. Maybe we should go back."
As Silas and Flag investigate Karsielle takes a look at the potions. A cloud of confusion fogs her mind as the evil of the place seems to grip her. "We'll need Torch of someone to identify this, it might be helpful to Suny, we just don't know."
"Very well, we should note it as an escape point if we start to get overrun or that giant beast some how fits through that door." Will start moving back with Silas.
A few minutes after they departed, Bloody Flag and Silas arrive back in the passage.
Mishael turns at the sound of the door opening, "You're back quickly. What did you find? It looked like one of the cultists might have escaped. Did you find them?"
"No sign of the cultist. This tunnel leads to another residence in the district I think. It's possible they fled that way, but we can't be sure."
"Flag, we need to help Suny, this place isn't light enough for me to determine the properties of this potion, are you able to help?" she asks with concern etched over her face.
Suny blushes...obviously embarrassed at coming under attention. Also, possibly for being to 'laid up' after the fight.
Bloody shuffles uncomfortably, "I'm not the researching type, so I know how to cast spells but I don't go further then that. As you have seen I'm mostly show and my craft is more my focus then understanding my magic, sorry." He holds up his arms in he can't do anything.
[ooc]Aka I don't have any ranks in spellcraft or Knowlege(arcana)
Mishael suggests, "Oh hell, why don't we just give it a taste and see if we can figure out what it does?" Taking the potion from Karsielle, she sniffs it and then takes a sip. She swirls the liquid around in her mouth. "Hmm, I'm not sure about this one. Someone else want to try?"
Suny pads forwards, slinging the x-bow over a shoulder and takes the potion from Mishael. Sniffing it first she lifts the vial to her lips and lilts it just enough to place a drop upon her tongue.
Suny makes little 'Popping' noises as her mouth works, the tang of the liquid not making anything known to herself either. She hands the vial on to the next person,
"It don't taste like no cherry stuffs I've ever had afore..." She remarks, still absently licking at her lips as she thinks upon the flavor some.
Karsielle places a spot of the potion on her finger, before delicately tasting it with her tongue, "Hmm not totally unpleasant.."
"..but as to what it is or does I am just as lost" says Karsielle, disappointedly. "Anyone else like to try?"
"Let me try, if there's any left." Bloody performs the same test.
Perception
The taste is familiar, yet what it could be eludes each of you. Perhaps these cultists use unusual ingredients.
"Yeah, let me see."
Silas samples a drop of the liquid. A memory comes back to him of a concoction the ship's doctor used to bring out when men were exhausted after long shifts in the navy. It refreshed even those who were so weary that their strength and will to live was drained. The taste is a little different and brings to mind all manner of terrible deeds these cultists must be involved with, but Silas is pretty confident it is the same medicine.
"Ah, this brings back memories. This is a minor restorative. It will return a small amount of vigor to the tired and weary." I think this may help our elven friend here."
Silas proffers the vial to Suny.
"Well...I feel a little better..."
Karsielle touches Suny as she calls on Calistra to let Lady Luck help Suny in her hopes of restoring her strength.
"I don't know you can have a bath yet Suny.... Bloody, Silas do we follow the exit and come back after Suny is cleaned up and rested, or do we go on? If we leave now, who knows who might be here tomorrow?" Karsielle asks?
"Huh? In't we done here? I thought we's looked in every place?" She asks, surprised.
"We might be done in here Suny...well, except for that monster from the pool, but didn't Karsielle say something about seeing someone head down this passageway?"