We took quite a beating, I suggest we recover the woman and leave to we can decide what to do with them. Umm..We should let her keep her baby, it will keep her calm.
As the elimination of the Color out of Space had not the desired result on the woman's health, the group turns back to exploring the tunnel. Which is just that. A Tunnel. For a really long time and distance. After walking down the slight slope for half an hour you find that water fills it. First it's only wet feet, but not too far down it will be completely flooded.
Do we really want to swim now? Or do we rest and prepare for being underwater?
Hmm...I feel this might head out to the water near town, perhaps the main entrance for the Skumm. If we want to explore, we should prepare for underwater exploration.
[b]"I will need time to prepare, I don't think I have anything that will work effectively underwater and I have never done this before. I will have ot make sure my spell books don't get ruined.
Darius slumps against the wall. "Wha...what happened? I felt all energy leave me in there and a strange lethargy wash over me. But I'm starting to feel myself now."
Looking on at everyone then the water.
"I have the spells necessary for us to explore further in the water but I think we should rest and get back up to full strength before venturing in there."
Are we going to be swimming or can someone make us breath under there so we can say walk on the bottom?
But agree we should rest.
"I'll check but I have various water breathing spells that should help us. The swimming is on us."
I don't hve any potions or extracts for that unless I get a recipe. Maybe that fellow who had the weird floating machine can help
"We head back, maybe I can get a spell from a local to help with casting underwater, other wise I might be a disadvantage. Will everyones weapons work underwater?" Stam asks
That will be a problem. I don't think my bombs will and I have a crossbow and a mace
Well let's get her to safety, or as safe as it can be around here. Spugnoir will head back to the pit with the others and help the woman back to town.
As you get closer to the woman, to get her to safety, you notice, that the baby is long dead. She still wouldn't let go of it.
Miss would you like to visit a bigger cave?
"The pretty colors down the tunnel that will make everything all better." she mutters. Then she continue to hum a sleeping song to the dead baby.
Stam detects magic on the woman, then says almost regretfully. "The light has faded, it will no longer be casting it's warmth towards you."
The woman babbles and hums and sings, but you notice that her actions have nothing to do with you trying to talk to her.
Mr. Stam, can you move things without touching them? I'm wondering if she would respond if someone touches her.
Well, let us let her keep the child for now. We'd no doubt end up fighting her if we tried to bury it.
Stam nods and conjures up a hand of pure force, then gentlemanly as possible touches the woman shoulder.
She turns the head shortly but then ignores it.
"Miss we are going to take you wish us, we have a baby that needs looking after."
We can take you and your baby someplace safer.
"More babies?" she asks, gets up and follows you.
"Yes more babies, they need a loving caring mother to look after them." Stam says moving back towards the portal, keeping the woman in the middle with him.
The glowing woman with the dead baby walks in the spot assigned to her.
We should let her have a cloak so she can the baby can stay warm Spugnoir also hints towards being concealed. Plus make sure we can keep them healthy He nudges Darius.
Darius nods. And places a hand on her shoulder very very slowly.
Plus umm...Daris? Perhaps you can tend to any other maladies. Spugnoir looks pointedly at the glowing.
Stam takes a cloak or blanket from the room if available and drapes it over the woman's shoulders.
"Do you know who did this to you ma'am?" Stam asks kindly.
Maybe it is something I can help with.
Grergof gently lays his hand on her and does a Lay on Hands.
The positive energy improves the health condition of the woman a bit, but does nothing about the glowing condition and her obvious insanity. She still babbles incoherently about the beautiful colors and sings to her dead baby.
Spugnoir examines the woman, trying to figure out what her malady is and how to heal her.
Darius shrugs holding his hands out. "I've got nothing that will help her. Not today at least."
She is suffering from a malady called color blighted. We must heal her drained fortitude and to heal her mind we must use powerful healing magic.
"Miss all we have to do is go through this portal here." Stam indicates the portal they stand before "And we will take you to the baby." Stam goes first, just wanting to be away from this horror hole and steps back into the burnt manor.
"If we can get through today and find the components I can heal her."
The woman comes along, through the portal and even though the architecture changes, and there is some daylight through top level windows the only reaction from the woman is a squinting of the eyes and nervously looking around in this new environment.
"To the inn? I just hope she is not a missing person that we are now showing up with. That sheriff is looking for a reason to fight us." Stam remarks
Spugnoir puts his cloak around the glowing woman to help cover the glow. So you and the baby can stay warm.
I would hope recovering a missing people is not an offense in this town. After all we are bringing her back, not kidnapping her. Her Baby may raise some questions though...
As you move outside the house with the woman she gets hysterical and screams. Afraid of the rays of the sun and the endless sky, she hides back into the house.
Shhh..Shhh...Things will be ok. Spugnoir puts the hood over her head so she doesn't see the mean nasty sky.
With some soothing words and the hood, she can be brought to come along again. Bringing her into town and the inn you draw the suspicious starinf of the locals, but not more than you do anyway.
Once in the room she lies down in the bed with the dead baby and starts her routine of babbling about the light and humming lullabies again.
"So we need to heal ourselves, heal that woman, maybe she has information that will help us." Stam says
Quite Spugnoir gets food for the woman along with an Extract of Lesser Rerstoration for her to drink
Grergof goes down to talk to the Innkeep.
The woman we brought in... She's going to stay in our room. It would be best if she was undisturbed as her mind needs some time to heal. He pulls a platinum and casually places it on the bar. Do you think you can make sure she is undisturbed for the next few days by anyone who is not accompanied by one of us?
Dreeley, the innkeep grumbles in a way that could be interpreted as confirmation and takes the coin.
Once the woman is on the bed, Spugnoir turns to the others. Darius, will you be able to do something tomorrow? I am afraid I only have a limited extract to heal her