Nacht tilts it's head eye blinking at the words this being said. An Angel? What manner of being was this ? The way in which the female-being said such words convinced Nacht it must be somewhat true. " Whhaaat, does an angel neeed to do? Answer the Anngeeelll. Whhhy do you cry...? Whhhhy are you heeeere?"
Let's search Jourdemayne to see if there's anything on her. Then I guess we can go talk to Roger Bolingbroke, see if he's evil and go from there.
Let's search Jourdemayne to see if there's anything on her. Then I guess we can go talk to Roger Bolingbroke, see if he's evil and go from there.
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A sound of booted feet can be heard drawing nearer through the door!
Paddy flattens against the wall, blade at the ready for whoever comes in.
Iommi-Tyr Magnusson moves well away from the door.
Let's not be hasty, Gentlemen, we're only here to stamp out evil and get evidence of the Witch's plot against the King -- not murder house guards who honorably do their duty.
The invisble Hisao shurgs and stealthily searches the Witch's body while keeping away from the path of the stairs.
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[Fast Invisible Stealth]1d20+20+13[/dice]
Alphonse lowers his weapon.
"Now, how to explain this?"
To Sir Alphonse (& everyone else):
We've done nothing wrong so far. We KNOW the Witch was evil and plotting against the King. We will find irrefutable evidence.
Let us see who comes through the door.
Nacht tilts it's head eye blinking at the words this being said. An Angel? What manner of being was this ? The way in which the female-being said such words convinced Nacht it must be somewhat true. " Whhaaat, does an angel neeed to do? Answer the Anngeeelll. Whhhy do you cry...? Whhhhy are you heeeere?"
I.... I'm here so my Roger can fornicate with that witch!! *SOB!* That witch, who has lain with devils!!
Through the door comes a pair of guards, alerted to potential danger by the witch's dying scream!
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(still in disguise)
Guards quick, come in. Milady Jourdemayne is a Witch! She made me into a Doppelganger and was going to turn me into a newt but these heroes from the King stopped her.
They have evidence she was plotting against the King!
Nacht's voice is still for a moment before responding. " Ssooo you wish this Rogar-beiinng dead as well as this witch-being? Thee Angel can dooo sooo. You are allready freeee. "
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(still in disguise)
Guards quick, come in. Milady Jourdemayne is a Witch! She made me into a Doppelganger and was going to turn me into a newt but these heroes from the King stopped her.
They have evidence she was plotting against the King![dice=Inspired Bluff]1d20 +11 +1d6
The guards are clearly confused, and alarmed by the sight of the dead witch, and seem to be trying to puzzle together what the "maid" is saying to them, while also looking quizzically at the tied-up maid in the corner.... They hold bared swords, but take no immediate actions....
A cloak, a ring, an amulet, several wands, scrolls, and potions, a rapier and a dagger....
Nacht's voice is still for a moment before responding. " Ssooo you wish this Rogar-beiinng dead as well as this witch-being? Thee Angel can dooo sooo. You are allready freeee. "
No! Please! Don't harm my Roger! I love him.... And once, he loved me.... But the witch has seduced him! Poisoned him against his loving wife....
" The witch will be no moreeeee sooon. Go to him nooow. The way is opeen. " Nacht tired of the female-being, there was nothing to be had from this one, as it was already somewhat broken. Nacht opened the door wide to illustrate to the female-being to leave. His form still very much cloaked by the spell.
Aye, it's as he said....she was consorting with dark powers...demons and the like. She was
going on about her influence over Bollingbroke...she was most evil indeed....
The guards are clearly confused, and alarmed by the sight of the dead witch, and seem to be trying to puzzle together what the "maid" is saying to them, while also looking quizzically at the tied-up maid in the corner.... They hold bared swords, but take no immediate actions....
"I swear on my position as a squire of the realm and a servant of our Lord above that Lady Jourdemayne was steeped in evil. Her death was necessary. She was the Witch of Eye, in service to the foul dragon Conflagratious."
"You can lower your weapons. I believe the danger has passed." Alphose says, sheathing Foereaper.
"Iommi. There is no need for such a ruse."
Paddy sheaths his blade following Alphonse's lead
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Iommi-Tyr Magnusson waits a moment to see how the guards react to Sir Alphonse's honesty gambit before allowing his disguise to fall.
Hisao presses the fake letter back into Iommi's hand with a nudge.
(still disguised, noncommittal about my earlier Bluff)
To the guards:
I can see by the looks on your faces that you guards have suspected wrongdoing from Milady Jourdemayne--
Perhaps we should all tell what we've seen and beg audience with Lord Gloucester to decide on the King's behalf.
Iommi-Tyr Magnusson takes the forged letter from Hisao.
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Iommi-Tyr Magnusson waits a moment to see how the guards react to Sir Alphonse's honesty gambit before allowing his disguise to fall.
The men-at-arms lower their blades, but stand ready, awaiting further explanation....
What, exactly, is happening here!?
" The witch will be no moreeeee sooon. Go to him nooow. The way is opeen. " Nacht tired of the female-being, there was nothing to be had from this one, as it was already somewhat broken. Nacht opened the door wide to illustrate to the female-being to leave. His form still very much cloaked by the spell.
The.... The Witch is.... No more? You.... You have dealt with her?
Elsabeth rises from the bed, tears streaming down her cheeks....
A guard sent to alert Roger Bolingbroke enters the upstairs parlor where he is waiting for his lady guest's return....
Sire! There was a scream from the lady in the cellar below!
Roger rises and follows the guard down the stairs to the foyer, from whence they will descend the stairs into the cellar with the "ghost box"....
" She will diiiiie, one way or the otherrr. I tire.. " As a wisp Nacht hen leaves heading back to kill the witch as they had set out.. unknowing the deed had been done.
(In Celestial)
Well Sir Alphonse, shall we tell the guards the whole story and hope to god they let us look about so we can find absolute proof of the Witch's evil plots against the King -- and maybe her relationship with Conflagratious?
Standard Action: Dismiss the Disguise
(To the guards)
Whom do serve first, His Grace or Roger Bolingbroke?
....Margiery Jordemayne was a Witch plotting against King Henry for Conflagratious. We righteously and lawfully executed her but did so away from Bolingbroke -- not yet knowing whether his alliance with The Witch of Eye is his corrupted choice or if he is being coerced or charmed.
What say you guards before we go confront Bolingbroke--
His Grace?
Or Roger Bolingbroke?
I think your allegiance should be with His Grace, right men?
His Grace, of course! says one of the men-at-arms. Aye! His Grace! agree the others in unison.
"Iommi is correct. Bolingbroke may very well be a good man, but we must be assured of that before dropping our guard."
The warlock intones an incantation to armor himself against attacks with a body-hugging field of force magic....
He then follows after the guardsman who alerted him to the scream down the stairs to the foyer, where the stairwell to the cellar awaits....
Pausing in the foyer, Bolingbroke casts a spell to ward off potential danger from fire....
The guardsman and Bolingbroke proceed down into the cellar, and come upon the scene of The Lusty Fools looting the corpse of Margery Jourdemaiyne!
My God!.... What have you done!?....
Bolingbroke looks severely surprised by this scene, and utterly bewildered by the goings on in his cellar....
Alphonse repeats the explanation he gave earlier.
Guards! Seize these murdering vagrants and put them to the sword at once! They have slain the Lady Jourdemaiyne! Kill them, as they have killed her!!
Roll 'em, Lusty Fools! Eeeeek! Eeeeeek!
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Nacht arrives just as the dance of death begins....
Alphonse shakes his head sadly.
"Forgive me for what I must do." he pleads to the guards, and sheathes his scythe in the light of mercy. He scans Roger Bolingbroke for signs of evil as he did the Witch.
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Alphonse shakes his head sadly.
"Forgive me for what I must do." he pleads to the guards, and sheathes his scythe in the light of mercy. He scans Roger Bolingbroke for signs of evil as he did the Witch.
The stench of foul evil assaults Alphonse's nostrils as he looks into Bolingbroke's intelligent eyes....
"Take him alive if you can, I know I'll try,...but Bolingbroke reeks the same as the Witch."