Xeni swings at the goblin dog, almost losing herr grip on herr staff in the process.
Feeling a little woozy at this point from all the blood she's lost, she tries to pull it together to finish off the beast before them. She knew they were all feeling worn from the battle that seemed to drag on forever, but they just had to beat this thing, they just had to.
She screams in frustration as she misses it yet again.
Round 5: Lilla, Ana, Bairn, Goblin Dog, Xeni
Once more, Ana Orc heritage came through as a deep seated rage boiled over into a primal scream as she swung her axe to remove the beast's head.
Ana lops off the goblin dog's head, sending it rolling toward the man cowering behind the barrels. He lets out a small, almost girlish shriek before he composes himself.
Panting as blood soaks through her shirt on her side she looks up at Ana with a grateful smile, "Oh thank you...." She manages to say before the sharp pain in her side causes her breath to catch. She just felt so woozy. Sheathing her rapier, she manages to make it over to a barrel and lean against it as her legs start to feel weak. Blood droplets follow where Lilla stumbles over to the barrel.
The man cowering behind the barrels approaches Lilla. "You were magnificent, my dear. A pure combination of beauty and deadliness."
You see that things have wound down and the goblins have been routed. Sheriff Hemlock leads a couple of the assailants down the road in chains. Elsewhere, the rest of the town folk seem subdued, giving up on celebrating the rest of the festival. They pass by you, offering heartfelt words of thanks despite the sheer terror that had consumed the town just moments ago.
"I am Aldern Foxglove," the man continues, ignoring everyone else but Lilla. "I'll be staying at the Rusty Dragon. Be sure to find me and I shall reward you for saving my life today."
Bairn frowns slightly at the man's fawning over Lilla, but goes to check on Xeni and Ana. "Are you two alright?"
She nods, "We're staying there....too." She says, still feeling pretty woozy, "I think I might need to get patched up though. Do you have any doctors...or anything here?" She says, between breaths as she tries to find where Xeni and Ana are, "A few of us got...messed up pretty bad." She holds her side, but blood seeps around the wound and through her hands. Looking at the man she says, "You know...I didn't fight them alone, my friends were with me....and they got hurt defending you too."
Ana was breathing rather heavily, the rage within her was finally beginning to subside. Turning to the Half-Elf, "Yes, more or less. Thank you."
"I saw who did most of the work," Aldern says. "I suppose you could go see Hannah for some healing. Aside from Father Zantus, Sandpoint doesn't have many clerics."
She sighs, she had seen his kind before in the caravans. She wasn't impressed then, and she isn't impressed now. Holding her hand over the wound that was still continuing to seep she asks him, "Could you take us to them? I think a few of us could use a little bandaging and some rest as well most likely." Looking over at Ana and the others she says, "If nothing else, we need to get these wounds bandaged up so they can heal and then get some rest. I'd like to check on Ameiko as well and make sure everything is okay with her too."
While talking with Aldern, Father Zantus approaches with an elven cleric. "I thought you might need some more help and it looks like I am right."
The cleric smiles. "I am Hannah. I can't thank you enough for your help."
She goes over to Lilla first and heals her.
She then heads over to Xeni and heals the druidess.
Satisfied that her healing was enough, she and Father Zantus take their leave. Aldern nods and heads off to the Rusty Dragon.
"Feeling better?" Bairn asks Lilla.
Finally feeling back under control, Anazaliana wiped the blood from her axe with a bit of cloth from the Goblin Commander then replaced it back in the ring on her belt. She needed a drink, a real one. Perhaps this Rusty Dragon was a good place.
She thanks them before they leave. She let's out a sigh of relief as she feels her wounds seal up and Aldern leaves. She gives Bairn a little smile, "Yeah, that helped a great deal. Just some bruising left. I'd like to check on that older couple, and Ameiko, and maked sure they're okay. I should probably see about getting another shirt too if I don't want to bed showing stuff off to that creep when we see him again." She says, clearly uncomfortable with all the attention he had been showing her. She was glad that hed was gone now.
Lilla looks at the other woman that had joined them in the fight, "I'm sorry there wasn't timed to introduce ourselves earlier, I'm Lilla, this is Bairn, and our other friend is Xeni. Are you here alone?"
The Half-Orc looked at the young woman, "Anazaliana Rigatioso, din Caravana Migiato."
She nods, "Ahhh...I see. Well, it's nice to meet you Ana. I left my caravan so I could seek out some adventures, and it would seem I've found some, along with some friends...but, we could always use another friend. Would you like to join us for a while? It's better than travelling alone, or getting mixed up with the wrong kind of people. I find it easier to stay out of trouble, when I'm around other people." She says in way of invitation to join them.
"As long as it involves a stiff drink, I'm game."
She nods, "Yeah, I think we can all use a drink after that. The ale at the Rusty Dragon is pretty good. I just hope everything is okay there still. I just wanna stop off one place on our way there if that's okay?" She asks while looking around at her friends.
"Then I'll meet you at the Rusty Dragon. First round is on me," Ana replied and offered.
"Sure," Bairn says to Ana before she heads off. He turns back to Lilla. "I guess you're wanting to see the Vinders, huh?"
Lilla nods, "Is that okay? I can maybe see about another shirt while we're there too."
"I'm fine with it," Bairn says. "How about you, Xeni?"
While talking with Aldern, Father Zantus approaches with an elven cleric. "I thought you might need some more help and it looks like I am right."
The cleric smiles. "I am Hannah. I can't thank you enough for your help."
She goes over to Lilla first and heals her.
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She then heads over to Xeni and heals the druidess.
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Satisfied that her healing was enough, she and Father Zantus take their leave. Aldern nods and heads off to the Rusty Dragon.
"Thank you Hannah, your healing is more than thanks enough." Xeni says in appreciation.
"I'm fine with that. I'd like to know that they're alright too." Xeni replies.
Before Ana heads off she gives the half orc a nod, "Thank you for the help, we'll meet you back there once we check on this other couple then." Giving Bairn and Xeni a smile as they head off she says, "Well, this day certainly has turned out interesting...in a strange, scary, kinda painful way. I'm not sure how all those goblins overtook the city so quickly, but I'm glad the damage wasn't any worse than it was...and I'm very glad that we were able to keep them from burning down the Cathedral." She says as she surveys the town on their way to the Vinder's shop.
The town seems to have held up fairly well considering what just happened. Lilla and the others find Ven outside his shop, closing it for the day.
Going to him with a look of concern on her face she asks, "Are you two alright?"
Ven nods. "Everyone here is okay. Those goblins just put a damper on the mood in town...I figured it'd be best to just close up for the night."
Xeni looks around as they walk for obvious signs of the damage done by the goblin attack.
Other than a few broken windows, the goblins' attack seemed more focused on killing people rather than damaging property.
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Putting a hand on his arm comfortingly she gives him an understanding look, "I'm sorry they showed up and ruined something so lovely. I know this has really put a....shadow on things at the moment, but shadows are just temporary right? I know you're probably tired and everything and feeling a bit down, but...would you have an extra shirt that I could buy? Mine got kind of....torn up, and I don't feel like going around advertising anything...ya know?" She says, as she tries to hold the tattered pieces of her shirt together.
"Look...for everything you've done for this town, I'll give you an outfit, free of charge," Ven says. "It's the least I can do to thank you for your bravery and selflessness...but that's the only thing you're getting for free."
The merchant lets out a hearty laugh before opening the door for Lilla and the others.
She gives his arm a light squeeze and smiles, "That's really wonderful of you, and it would be rude of me to turn down the offer...so I won't, but I would have totally paid for it. I'll try not to take up too much of your time." She says as they head inside the shop.
"It's a pleasure to have helped and prevent them from doing more harm." Xeni adds as they enter the shop.
Bairn nods in agreement and keeps quiet.
Ven leads Lilla to the clothing, which emphasize utility over fashion. There are a variety of colors, but all seem to fall into the categories of "brown" or "green".
Nodding in acknowledgement to her new found battle mates, Ana headed to the Rusty Dragon. This time, she was going to get a proper drink.
The Rusty Dragon is fairly busy when Ana arrives, but she is able to find a table. The proprietress, Ameiko Kaijitsu, approaches the half-orc's table. "What can I get for you?"
Lilla selects a pair of brown leather breeches, and a dark green top that just slightly loose fitting to allow her freedom of movement. Going into the changing room she discards her torn up shirt, and changes into her new outfit. Putting her older and more worn bottoms in her bag she walks back outg to the others. Giving a turn she asks them, "Does this look alright?" Keeping the scarf on her head, adds a bit of color to the outfit.
Taking a seat at the bar, Ana asks, "What's your strongest drink?"
Bairn nods. "It looks good."
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"I've got some Hammersplitter around," Ameiko says. "But I'm not responsible if you go blind or die."
She smiles, "Really? Thanks. Okay, thank you so much for the change of clothes. We better get back to the Rusty Dragon."
Ven nods and escorts the adventurers outside before locking his door. "Have a good night."
She smiles and waves at him, "You too." She says as they head back to the Rusty Dragon.
Bairn, Lilla and Xeni arrive at the Rusty Dragon to find Ameiko standing at Ana's table.
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Ana thought for a moment, "Hmmmmmm, let's go with your third strongest then."
I already came close to dying once today, let's leave it at that.
Lilla approaches the table, "Hey Ameiko, glad to see you're okay." She says before sitting at the table.