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Adelita waits for Kerda to turn back to her sneaking then pokes out her tongue, shrugs and heads back to Clydwell. She hovers uncertainly.
"Umm. Clyd. I don't have to like, be Iomedae's puppet if I accept your blessing do I? I don't really know anything about her. Or him?"
In a gentle tone, Clydwell keeps it brief. "Iomedae is the Light of the Sword. She is the goddess of righteous valor, justice, and honor. As long as you do not fight on the side of evil, she... and I will have no quarrel with you." There is no intensity to his voice. It's not a threat or a challenge. It's just calm fact.
"Her blessings are the source of my power and if we are to work together, you should accept them, for I offer them freely and without reservation."
The big half-orc steps up to Adelita and speaks aloud, his hand giving off a soft orange glow as he does. "For Victory, for the Heart." This he says with intensity.
Clydwell stands calmly by with his outstretched hand aglow, waiting patiently for Adelita to accept the blessing.
Hearing conversation, Shotaro wanders close. "If you don't trust her that badly, then just search her when she gets back. If she'll let you." he says. "Now can someone point me to the door so I can enter? I'm thinking a fish fry sounds delicious right about now and I want to get inside before it rains or something."
Calling over to Shotaro "Door's over zis way!"
if needed to open:
"My thanks Clydwell" Adelita intones, the first time she has been serious since you met.
Then, as the dwarf heads to the door, Adelita follows behind, the faint szching of her longspear accompanying her steps. She adjusts her grip to hold it at shoulder level, above and to the side of the dwarf's head.
Her voice is a deep whisper, all the youthful glee you are used to replaced with grim determination.
"I'm with you Ro..."
"I shall take the blessing if you don't mind", chimes Yoska.
The wizard then walks Shotaro, pointing out any trippable objects in their path.
You'll notice that Shotaro is surprisingly good at avoiding tripping on objects. His foot would barely touch it before suddenly he shifts his footing and steps around it.
Also, being that close you can see his hands have the callouses of a man who has fought using his hands as often as his spear. His body is in good condition and you're pretty sure he'd be an amazing warrior if he wasn't blind. Still, despite his balance and relative swiftness of foot, he needs help with directions.
You'll notice that while difficult to spot, his cane actually hides a sword!
Shotaro gladly accepts your assistance to the door, and he tenses at the door, opening his senses to be ready for danger.
Yoska whispers, realizing he doesn't need to speak loudly.
"I have read of men like you. People who have lozt one zenze to have the other four zensez compenzate. Your name suggests a Tian origin. Iz it true?."
Shotaro nods. "Yes. I am from a land in Tian Xia called Minkai." he says. "My family were silk traders. We were crossing over the crown of the world... when I lost my sight."
He sighs. "But I was fortunate. In Magnimar I received special training that taught me to use my other senses better than they could ever have been with my eyes. Vildeis, her priests saved me from a pathetic ditch and gave me the means and volition to truly live again."
sorry for late reply, i fell asleep.
For those of you by the front door, you can hear the sound of a dog barking as well as a harsh "Shut up you filthy mut!" and it will go silent
The side doors you hear a rumbling snore, a dog barking sometimes followed by a loud "Shut up" as well as the protest of the walkway under you.
Both of you pick the locks and find different outcomes.
"A life in focus can bring clarity", nods Yoska knowingly.
Shotaro, who was ready to walk into the room, tilts his head at the sound of the dog as the door opens. The dog comes hurtling towards him, and he spins out of Yoska's grip, chopping with his bare hand and striking the dog as it passes by where he used to be.
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Shotaro, who was ready to walk into the room, tilts his head at the sound of the dog as the door opens. The dog comes hurtling towards him, and he spins out of Yoska's grip, chopping with his bare hand and striking the dog as it passes by where he used to be.
[dice=Strike!]1d20+5
[dice=Damage]1d3+4
When Kerda realizes the door won't open, she briefly considers working on the hinges before a loud racket from around front stops her. Kerda frowns and pulls out her dagger. The holy men blew our cover, didn't they?
Quite annoyed, Kerda quickly moves back around the building to see what is going on.
"Tell the mutt to shut up! If it's well trained it might just listen." Adelita offers by way of "useful advice'.
Your attack hits the dog and seems to aggravate it, it lunges and trys to bite your arm
Jumping back at the sudden appearance of a dog I quickly step back and grip my spear, thrusting at the angry beast!
Eager to see how these infamous heroes handle a lone pup, Coeran hesitates and observes.
Initiative
Delaying.
Seeing the group start to move into action over a dog, Kerda simply watches, raising an eyebrow. "And there goes any attempt at asking for the gold politely. So if we kill them all, does it still count as stealing?"
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Seeing the group start to move into action over a dog, Kerda simply watches, raising an eyebrow. "And there goes any attempt at asking for the gold politely. So if we kill them all, does it still count as stealing?"
Following on his brother's hint...
"It counts as an unprovoked attack, and we haven't bothered to see if the break-in was even necessary. Maybe we can still calm all of this down, and if somebody is good with animals perhaps we can spare the dog. Besides, if there's information to be had here, the dead cannot deliver it effectively."
The young wizard attempts to pull the blind man away from the dog.
"No! Get away!"
Clydwell speaks sternly to the others. "So, we're breaking in and attacking the guard dog?""
In response to the chaos and Clydwell's question, Adelita shrugs and says with as much aplomb as she can muster given the barking, spearing and hustling around her:
"I'm not. Yet. But I might. If more dogs come. Or men. Men or women. With weapons. Or tentacl'd things."
The dog, having taken a heavy blow lays there whispering but completely unconscious.
As you open the door fully, A single desk sits in the middle of this room, a moldy chair pushed up against the far side. A small pile of ratty furs and straw is heaped under the table. The smell of fish and wet dog populate this room
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Argil rolls his eyes a bit and steps closer to the door.
"Alright then, I think that's enough pummeling first, and asking questions later. Let's get to the second part now."
He carefully leans his head into the doorway and scans more carefully for any traps or ambushes.
After, he backs away and turns to his companions.
"I'm pretty sure I heard a voice in there before. Can one of you poke your head in, announce our presence, and explain that we had a misunderstanding with the dog and mean no harm? I think it would be better not coming from the scariest-looking half-orc in the land."
Adelita waits for a reponse, whispering to the party.
"Well, I think Shotaru should have. I mean, he did knock the dog out. And it might come off as neighbourly if the harmless blind man calls out to tell "them" their dog is sick."
Shotaro will tilt his head several ways, crouching down hesitantly to touch the side of the dog. "Ah. Damn." he says aloud. "I thought this was a wild animal!"
He checks to make sure it's breathing. "Excuse me!?" Shotaro shouts. "I accidentally hurt your dog! Is anyone there?"
He will rise, pushing off with his cane. "I'm sorry, everyone. I think I might have overreacted."
Kerda keeps her knives ready, though hidden just under the hem of her sleeves. This group is jumpier than an urchin doing his first heist.
Adelita looks down at the whuffling canine.
"Pretty sure that counts as a wild animal."
She waits another moment before shouting in:
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Prodding the the unconscious beast with the butt end of my spear.
"Could be verse I suppose. Atleast it's alive. More than I'd have done."
Anyone who can see inside the door sees about 3 little human faces poking out of the inside door on the right, soon as they are seen the door slams shut with a thud (you can clearly see they are children).
"The hell with this place, im sleeping in the caravan" Huffs the dwarf in full retreat to the carriage
Yoska looks annoyed as the dwarven driver walked back to the carriage.
"Perhaps one of the SAFE STOPZ indictated on zhe map would have been a better place to spend the night, Master Dwarf!" The wizard in a raised aggravated tone.
Adelita knocks on the door.
"Hello? Children? Could you please get your mother or father or sister or brother to come to the front door?"
She favours the rest of the party with her trademark grin as if to say "there. all better"
No half orcs you can tell in the group. 2 humans and you think you spot a elf
With what is hopefully a joking tone I say to Argil "Your particular brand of beauty is an acquired taste vith goblins but a good heart vins dere trust." striding over to the door they ducked into "Hey, little ones. Ve are not here to cause harm. Vhy don't you come out. I've got an apple you can share. Might have some nuts as vell." motioning to the other doors "Vhy don't you guys check those over dere."
"I'll stay here by the dog. You kinder sorts can go inside." Shotaro offers. "I might just scare them."
Tired of standing around, Kerda heads toward the left side of the building. Maybe there's something left lying around over here.
Adelita frowns.
"Maybe we just saved them from a bad dog?"
Shotaro sniffs the air around the dog.
The dog smells of wet dog and looks under fed. everyone can hear loud booms and bangs coming from the room with the kids.