Ai'sha pushes Irakelesh back.
"We had our own bit of fun, thank you.", she says. "There was a two-headed dog outside, and I think his bite made me sick...", she looks worried at her bite wound.
"We should probably finish exploring this before i turn into a zombie..."
”You think it made you sick!?” Fitliss asks, concern evident in its voice. ”Do we know what it was? I might be able to treat it, depending on what cuased it, but that is a big might.”
The doorway east leads to a small room containing several beds and a rough stone table. Given its location, this appears to be some kind of sleeping quarters and living quarters for household servants.
Irakelesh inspects the bite wound carefully. "The good news is that you're not poisoned. But, the bad news is that you have got some sort of disease." For once, Irakelesh is serious. "We'll need to get this taken care of soon."
Aliva finally has time to look over the wounds Ai'Sha took, "Fitliss this is your area, maybe you can tell us?"
Fitliss grins sheepishly. ”I grew up rather solitary, and I’ve always been able to heal myself. I never did have a need to learn the mundane healing arts. My normal healing magic won’t do much, but if the disease is supernatural in nature I might be able to do something.”
"Its nothing, I should be fine for now, when we leave we can try the church or something...Maybe we should head back to the courtyard, that dog could be guarding something.", she heads to the building once again, stoping if someone suggests something else or no one follows.
"Hey Ai'sha! We should stick together. Remember?" Irakelesh catches up with the redhead as she moves outside. "Now. What is it you guys ran into out here?" Irakelesh stops up short when he sees the body of the dog they fought. "Now that's interesting. Don't see one of those everyday."
It's nearly impossible to tell what this building used to be - the dirt and debris piled up in the corners points to any number of possibilities. The stench, however, is overwhelming. It's very easy to see where the death dog spent it's time, the area is black with dirt and grease, and what appear to be hundreds of maggots writhe in the creature's leavings.
"...Eww. Lets explore something else.", she says as the stench gets to her.
”Is this where that dog creature lived?” Fitliss queries, poking around the room with a long stick enthusiatically.
"it is yes, we weren't quite expecting something living to still be here like that."
"I wouldn't describe that as living.", Ai'sha says, pinching her nose.
"Uhg. Me neither." Despite the smell, Irakelesh steps closer to the pile. He peers around, without touching anything, to see if there is something of interest.
Unfortunately, you don't see anything of interest.
Aliva will have a look around to see if there is anything worth trying to sell around here.
"Aha!" Irakelesh exclaims. "I do remember something about this thing." Then his face darkens. "Oh. Ai'sha. We need to get you healed right away. This thing bit you, right? When it bit you, it injected hundreds of these maggot eggs into your body. It might take a day before you notice but then those eggs are going to hatch and the stupid worms are going to drain your life!"
Irakelesh looks at the others urgently. "When we go back into the city, we'll have to buy a potion to cure this."
After exploring the lair of the death dog, the group moves north to find a smaller building that has also been ravaged by time and sand. Nothing more than shattered pottery and debris remain inside.
The next building contains skeletal remains of three humanoids. The bones have been blasted clean by scouring sand, and they lay in loose piles against the walls. After watching cautiously for several minutes, you determine these are simply remains, not undead lying in wait.
The next building is a small granary with a domed roof and a small door. As you get close to the building you hear a strange noise from behind the door. It sounds like some kind of rustling or movement.
”Did you guys hear that?” Fitliss asks, eyeing the door suspiciously.
"I did yes, I will open the door you all be ready for what comes out?" Aliva moves to the door waiting for the others to get ready, once everyone is ready she will open the door.
Irakelesh raises his morningstar. "Ok. I'm ready!"
Ai'sha shrugs. "I don't like it, but lets go..."
Aliva waits for everyone to get ready, then pulls the door open. The smell of offal and dung is nearly overpowering. More importantly, you all discover what was making the strange noise.
The rustling becomes a roar as a massive swarm of scarab beetles flies out of the granary. They settle upon Aliva and begin attempting to devour her alive.
Fitliss eyes the beetles. ”Yeah, I can’t do anything to those. Sorry guys!” he declares, sounding not at all as upset about that fact as he ought.
"...Uh oh..."
Ai'sha will ready herself to strike at the swarm if it comes close.
"Fitliss, you can get a torch and swing it. That can help to disperse this thing." Irakelesh pulls out his torch and lights it.
”Ooh! Good idea Irakelesh!,” Fitliss exclaims, extracting a torch and flint and steel from his pack.
Aliva backs out of the swarm, spitting out dead beetles that she killed with her teeth.
"I thought we would be done with swarms."
12/15 HP
Irakelesh loks from Aliva to G'nock. "You guys don't have torches?" he asks incredulously.
"I am busy keeping them off of you, kill them quickly please" Aliva says as she stomps on the beetles.
The scarab swarm twists and turns, moving straight toward Irakelesh, surrounding him with thousands of the biting insects!
Irakelesh starts swiping the beetles off of his legs but they still manage to bite through his clothes. "Owwww!" he shouts at them. "Ok guys. Some help here!"
Fitliss actually giggles as Irakelesh’s wounds fade, only to appear on his own dimuntive frame. ”Hey, that tickles!” he laughs, barely able to light his torch he is shaking so much.
Ai'sha steps foward, charges her weapon with magic and strikes.
Aliva pulls out her second last torch, lighting it from her Flint and steel.
"We need to get some items to kill these faster than torches!"