In the spirit of fairness, the boar goes after Xeni, the only person to deal damage to it so far.
;
Round 4: Xeni, Ana, Bairn, Lilla, Boar
Ana was beginning to get unbelievably frustrated at how she could miss such a large target. Once more, she tried to end the beast.
Seeing the half-orc deal a ferocious blow to the boar, Bairn steps towards her and heals her, sure that if the beast would go after her again.
Ana's blow severely wounds the boar, but it remains standing.
Round 4: Xeni, Ana, Bairn, Lilla, Boar
Knowing that the situation was not going well, she attempts to attack the perilous pig again.
Lilla moves forward a little after the attack to try an move herself into a more advantageous position for a sneak attack if this thing persists.
Letting out a cry of pain as the boar tears into her side, Xeni smashes her staff down on it with all the force she can muster.
Severely wounded but still standing, the boar attacks Ana again.
In its injured state, the beast thankfully misses.
Round 5: Xeni, Ana, Bairn, Lilla, Boar
Desperate tp put the vicious boar down, the druid strikes again with her staff.
With a loud squeal, the boar collapses under Xeni's staff and lets out its last breath.
Aldern comes over to the group. "Marvelously done! This shall make a fine meal!"
"I don't think hunting is something I enjoy," Bairn says, holding back from yelling at the cowardly noble. After all, Aldern did give them free horses.
Lilla walks over to Aldern and glares at him, "When you asked us to go on a hunt with you, I thought you would be doing the fighting with us. Not hiding like a scared little girl. Tell me why we should share the spoils of our efforts with a coward that hid while we were almost killed." While she keeps her voice even, there is a deadly softness to it as she clenched her fists to keep from punching him in his pompous face.
Aldern shrinks back from Lilla. "Honestly, I didn't think it would turn out like this. I'll make it up to you with some healing potions once we get back to town."
She nods, "Damn right you will. Now go make yourself useful and find some wood for a fire so we can cook this thing." She says before walking off in a huff to find some stones to make a fire ring with.
"Wouldn't it be better to take this to Ameiko's and have her cook it? I'm not skilled enough to cook this myself," Aldern suggests.
Stopping in her tracks she turns to look at him as she considers for a moment, "Yeah, I guess so. Then I guess we need to tie it up and put it over one of the horses." Taking the rope out of her bag she steps up to him and hands him the rope, "I'm sure you can at least manage to tie up the boar right?"
Aldern nods. "Of course."
You head back to the horses and Aldern secures the boar to his horse with his attendants' help. You return to Sandpoint shortly before twilight.
Still sore from the fight with the boar, Lilla winces while getting down from the horse.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Xeni glares at the cowardly noble as they ride back, having bandaged her side as well as possible. "I suggest your next 'hunt' take place in a butcher shop. The wilds are not for those with weak stomachs"
Ana had fallen to one knee after the boar fell. After managing to catch her breath she stood up and turned to the noble. Seeing how the others were clearly fuming but not taking there frustrations out on him, the Half-Orc held her tongue then and on the way back to Sandpoint. Her Orcish rage was barely under control, and she needed to do something soon before something or someone felt the full brunt of it.
Once they were back at Sandpoint, and had stabled the horses, she asked Daviren "Do you need any wood chopped?"
Thoroughly chastised, Aldern remains silent as he and his attendants start dragging the boar to the Rusty Dragon.
Daviren shrugs. "Never had a hero offer to do chores for me, but there's a wood pile out back. Have at it."
Bairn follows after Aldern toward the tavern.
Stopping by Ana for a moment before they head to the tavern she says, "Make sure after you're done you come back to the Rusty Dragon so we can take care of the rest of your injuries okay?" Giving her shoulder a light pat she turns and heads off after the others.
Walking next to Bairn she takes in how badly everyone was hurt. If it had not been for Bairn and Xeni, she knew the outcome would have been much more grim. Looking from Xeni to Bairn she says, "I'm sorry we all got hurt so badly. Once we get this boar taken care of, we can see about taking care of the rest of these wounds."
Hmph, I'm no hero, She thought as she made her way back to take her frustrations out on the innocent hunks of wood.
She nodded at Lilla.
"We survived," Bairn mutters. "Nothing to be sorry about. It's not like this was your idea."
She sighs, "I know, I'm just sorry we all got maimed by that thick hided pig."
Aldern proudly walks into the Rusty Dragon, managing to get the boar through the doors. He flashes Ameiko a smile. "My friends have slain this giant boar. Would you honor us by turning it into a fine meal?"
Ameiko smiles and glances the Xeni, Lilla and Bairn. "Sure. I think your friends would like some time to relax before dinner."
"Yes, they have earned some respite," Aldern says. He comes over to the three of you. "I'll go get those healing potions."
Bairn sighs. "I'm going to get a bath in the meantime."
She nods, "That sounds like a good idea. I think I'll get one later myself. Right now, I'll be happy just sitting down for a bit and not having an angry animal's tusk in me." She looks over at Aldern, "Okay, we'll be here. Thank you."
As Bairn goes to get a bath, Lilla looks over at Xeni and gives her a small smile. "Well, that was a rough outing. Want to go sit for a bit? I'm really glad we were all out there together. I think Ana is feeling a little upset about the way things went." She says, trying to calm her mind after the run in with the boar. Things hadn't gone as well as they would have liked, but they were lucky that they weren't much worse.
After chopping five logs into sixths, the Half-Orc was feeling better. After ten, much more so. Tweleve was her limit, for her body was still too sore from the "hunt" to really do more. Once the wood was stacked, she thanked Daviren for the opportunity to work out her frustrations in a non-violent way. Ana then headed to the Rusty Dragon.
Aldern leaves Lilla and Xeni to go procure some healing potions for the group. Ana returns to the tavern before the noble does and notices the two women sitting at a table.
"Yes that definitely sounds like a good idea." Xeni says sitting tiredly.
The Half-Orc pulled up a chair and took a seat. Despite working out some of her frustration, she was still in a bit of a sour mood.
Aldern returns with six bright red potions. He places them in front of Lilla. "Here you are. They should help."
She nods, "Thank you Aldern." She gives one to all of them and puts the last two in her bag to keep in case of emergency. Putting a hand on Ana's shoulder she says, "It was a rough fight for all of us, but we made it through. Try not to be too hard on yourself okay?"
After downing the potion in one go, she whispered to Lilla, "Nu mă înfrunt pe mine însumi. Încerc să nu scot gâtul ăla de flori."
Lilla then takes the potion and drinks it.
Giving Ana an understanding look she just rubs her arm lightly, "În regulă, am înțeles exact ce vrei să spui, sunt destul de supărat pe mine însumi, nu am vrut să te învinovățești pentru ceea ce sa întâmplat acolo, e greu să știți gândul altcuiva și când am văzut cât de supărat te-ai uitat îngrijorat de puțin, tocmai asta a fost la fel de rău de lași, dar cel puțin am reușit să ne întoarcem și ne-a adus leacurile de vindecare, deși greu ne-ar compensa lașitatea lui ... Nu vom ieși din nou cu el și doar "Lucrurile sunt destul de dificile, fără să trebuiască să-i îngrijorezi pe niște nobili rasiți care se tem de umbra lui."
Bairn joins the group at the table after his bath and sits down with a groan.
Though he wasn't sure what the women were saying, Aldern could surmise what they were talking about. Not wanting to create further tension, he heads to the kitchen. "I'll see how Ameiko's coming along with that boar."
Lilla slides one of the potions over to Bairn, "Here, this might help with that a little bit. Did the bath help at all? Aldern went to check on the boar...I am honestly having a hard time understanding why on earth he wanted to take us on a hunt if he was just going to hide the whole time."
"Oh, that's better," Bairn says after drinking the potion. "I think he just admired us for saving him from those goblins. I think he was just starstruck and didn't think about the consequences of a hunt like that."
She kind of sighs, "Yeah...well it was mostly at our expense so I hoped he learned his lesson. If he wanted to learn how to hunt, why coudln't he just ask and we wouldn't have gone after something so dangerous his first time out. We could have started with rabbits or something."
Taking the potion and drinking it, Xeni sighs in relief as her wounds are healed. "Rabbits would definitely be more in line with his capability." she says with a chuckle.