"True" Atherton says, smiling coldly at Reth for a fraction of a second before raising his crossbow and firing at the repulsive creature. "You're worse." he finishes, reloading his crossbow.
Reth barks out a short laugh, "Worse?!" He than pauses between bow shots and sniffs himself, "Well.....maybe." Feeling the magic guide his shots he looses two more arrows into the creature and senses even before they strike that his aim is true.
Malik with a single syllable sends another arcane bolt streaking into the creature.
Atherton takes a step further back, his cold smile twisting into an irritated sneer as his crossbow bolt flies wild.
I pull out My +1 Kukri and go to complete defense
What ya gunna do with the dead Otyugh folks?
Reth glancing over toward Ward', "You goin to look and see if you recognize any of the bodies it was eatin?" Reth takes up a position covering and entrances to the chamber with his bow.
Atherton looks at the bodies for a moment before glancing at Ward "Have fun with that. Let me know if you find something important."
"Well I suppose we'd better get on with it," Ward starts searching through the pile of bits and bodies.
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"Well I suppose we'd better get on with it," Ward starts searching through the pile of bits and bodies.
As Ward looks over the pile of chewed up remains, the legs that were previously sticking out of the monsters mouth take his notice. They are obviously Shoanti from the dark tone, and are covered in tattoos that Ward can easily identify as being from Gaekhen's tribe. It would indeed appear that these are, the legs you are looking for....Unfortunately, the rest of the body does not seem to be in evidence.
Glancing over toward Ward', "Well the rest of the body has got to be around here somewhere. Either it's still in that pile or the muckcrawler ate it. You want me to cut it open to see?" His face hardening to do a task that is unwelcome but necessary.
Atherton leans back against the wall, idly toying with his crossbow as a faint smirk plays at his lips. "Go for it."
Using his survival skills to avoid the worst of it, hopefully, he guts the beast to see if the missing body parts are inside of it.
Although he lounges against the wall with casual apathy, Atherton's eyes constantly dart about the room and he listens for anything suspicious.
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It quickly becomes obvious to Reth that there are no more shoanti body parts. It also quickly becomes obvious that, although they have been chewed up, the original act that severed legs from body, was performed using a knife, in a surgical manor. The ranger in Reth even notices that the body would have been long dead before that happened.
Ath notices not a lot, the scratching of rats, the flicker of the lamps, but nothing else. The place is eerily quiet for a cave system. Although there is a persistent buzzing sound...
"Nothing here. Look like the choice bits were taken by someone with a blade and a particular attitude." Reth takes a quick look over the pile to make sure there are no Shoanti bits that Ward' missed and then makes for the northern exit, "Let's get this done and get out of this stinkin pit."
Atherton follows Reth wordlessly, staying a few paces back to avoid the worst of the smell emanating from Reth.
Ward' follows Reth' out of the pool, "Some bodies going to suffer quite a bit for this particular outrage."
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The tunnel leads for about 6 or 6 yards, and eventually opens out into another cavers, this one roughly rectangular, 45ft (north-south) by 25 feet. There is an exit to the north, leading off into a darker section, and another, lit section leading away east again.
In the room are three large tables, each of which contains a cage, each of which contains two large buzzing insects with a long proboscis.
knowledge nature DC 15:
Well, not quite each cage. The cages all appear open, and twoe of the insects have gotten out....
Initiative please...
Having kept her tongue bitten for a little too long Cal edges closer to Atherton, about to speak when she hears Reth's words she stops and looks around for signs of the escaped insects.
Atherton glances briefly at Cal as she starts to open her mouth. He quirks an eyebrow a little curiously before turning to the room. At Reth's words, he raises his crossbow and stays in the doorway, letting reth go first.
Ward' looks at his cwarclub "Maybe not the most efficient weapon then".