"...right." Lia shuffles along behind the newcomers, looking at her feet.
They're just having a laugh right now, aren't they?
Venator gets pissed of by the joke, but he can't blame the short guy, as Lia is really making a drama out of it. "What's your name again, funny one?"
He turns to Lia. "You are fine. The bites may itch a bit, but there's nothing else you need to worry about. All of us may be contaminated by our time at the sewers, but considering what we've been through our bodies certainly have a good natural resistance. If not, we have medicine and magic at our side, so stop worrying and lay still while I clean this." He create purified water on the wounds and clean them with a fresh cloth from his backpack, tying it over the clean wounds so the woman would stop scratching it.
"Now, let's move!"
Lia takes a breath and holds still while Venator cleans the bites and bandages them up.
"Thanks." She says, more than a little embarrassed by how she was overreacting. She starts moving with more grace than before--if nothing else, the bandages around her bites would keep her from scratching them every five steps.
Aerodus scowls at the halfling's joke. He growls out, "Not. Funny." He watches as Venator works. He nods at the idea of moving on. As he passes Lia, he stops and nods at her. He whispers, "Can you hold out, Lia?"
Lia straightens up and nods. "I think... I think I'll be fine now."
She gives Aerodus a small smile before turning her eyes back to the halfling. A scowl to match his briefly appears on her face before it vanishes.
Lia sighs in relief. "I feel better, at least. My legs are a bit numb, but that could just be from the bandages... ANYWAY, it's not important now. Let's go."
Aerodus looks away. "N-no problem." Looking to the halfling, Aerodus sighs. "No problem. Just be aware of the situation next time." At Lia's suggestion, the ranger nods.
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You are taken through the rouble and through a series of tunnels, corridors and passages to a place that looks quite similar to where you were, but quite far from there. There is a heavy wooden door, quite clearly locked with heavy metal locks the size of large bricks. The green haired man "Alright before we enter, this is your last chance to bail, afterwards your part of the rebellion"
Jirani offers a slight smile, Well I don't plan on going back, I'm pretty sure those Hellknights will give little care to my amateur status.
Aerodus frowns, raises a brow, and looks to his allies. "I thought we were here to return something and follow up on some business from Sandpoint. Now we're joining a rebellion?" Turning to the strangers, he says, "Not that I would mind. Anything to stick it to the Hellknights. So when we get in there, you want us to introduce ourselves or something?"
Lia nods. "Yes... we were here to follow up on a couple of things. Neither of which involved this. How, exactly, is this going to get us any closer to whoever's truly behind the Blackscour outbreak?"
We were supposed to return Ileosa's brooch and look for more info on where the Blackscour came from... and Wolfhead.
Venator ignores the side talk and addresses the green haired man. "Don't be ridiculous, we are professionals. We were born in the rebellion, wherever it may gather."
Then he gives a mean look to his other partners to stop wavering.
Lia returns Venator's look, not inclined to just let something like someone unleashing a plague on Sandpoint go.
"If it means finally getting some answers as to what's really going on, then I'm in."
Aerodus frowns at Venator. "I'm just wondering why it is that when we go somewhere to do one thing, we get five more things to do."
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He nods and unlocks the door and opens it for you to enter, as the door opens the warm and welcoming smell of fresh bread meets you, as you peer inside you see a large dome with multiple colourful tents perched inside, there are about 20 other people inside most are sitting under the tents talking to each other and eating
Jirani offers a friendly hand on the back of Aerodus and Lia's shoulders as he urges them to follow, As Venator and I can attest, work such as ours often gets more and more complicated before it ends. Gods? Such a sense of humor, no?
The sights and sounds of the dome's interior (especially regarding fresh bread) put a smile on Lia's face.
"I suppose... hopefully, it'll all work out in the end." She says as she steps inside.
The frown on Aerodus's face fades slightly. "Fine." He steps inside after Lia.
"Octavian is a born revolutionary!" Andando exclaims about himself and his assumed identity.
Stepping in he looks around. particularly for anything to steal, or pick pocket.
"Not quite what I was expecting, but it will do. Can we talk while we grab something to eat?"
Agreed. Food and a conversation without the chasing would be ideal.
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As you enter a rather old man with a short white beard but a bald head greats each of you with a warm smile and a small loaf of freshly baked bread. The guys you came with take you to one of the tents at the far end of the dome, explaining to you that most of the people here are here because they're family have been incarcerated or executed by the queen and have no where else to go.
Aerodus takes a loaf of bread and munches on it while their contact explains what's going on.
Lia chows down on her loaf of bread, a somber look appearing on her face when their contact talks about how everyone here has lost someone to Queen Ileosa's tyranny.
She says nothing, crossing her legs and paying close attention.
Andando chewed his bread silently. The world was full of sob stories like these, "Oh no, someone is oppressing me." "Help this tyrant killed my family."
The world was brutal, and he would be brutal in turn, making this whole thing work out financially in his favor if he could.
His mouth twisted into a smirk as he bit off more bread.
Jirani ate as well, listening to the stories of the incarcerated an downtrodden.
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They leave you in a tent as they go to inform the others of the events that have happened with a female gnome. She has light pink hair and wears a strange bright orange dress that doesn't quite fit her, being a little too large for her.
"My name is Yakopulio, AND THERE ARE NO GODS!" she starts say but finishes shrieking at you
"You are free to be thinking that way, but do you mind telling us what's the reasoning behind it?"
Aerodus shakes his head. "You could apply that logic to just about anything you haven't seen with your own eyes." He takes another bite of his bread.
Venator likes the bread strategy, so he takes a piece. "Indeed. I've never seen a dragon. Thus, they do not exist!"
He turns to the little pink-haired gnome. "But tell us, Yakopulio, who's the boss around here? We need some information to make our task a little less unlikely to success."
That's not reassuring... Should we ask around?
Aerodus slows his chewing before swallowing. He says to Yakopulio, "Well, what can you tell us about our future task?"
Aerodus frowns. "What makes you say that?"
Lia doesn't have much to contribute yet, aside from chewing noises as she eats her loaf of bread.
Venator, serene and patient as he is, is getting bored with the man. "Listen, lady. I assume you're here because you don't approve what's going wrong in this city. So, we're here to help, but if you have nothing to tell us, we will get moving."
I suppose that makes sense. Would we attempt a rescue if they WERE captured?
Aerodus nods silently before finishing his loaf of bread. After swallowing, he mutters, "Hope we can get some answers and direction soon. I'm tired of all the running around that's happened for the last few days." Turning to Jirani, the ranger says, "Most likely, yes."
Jirani offers a nod and gesture with his right hand as he pulls two fingers down in front of his face and points at Aerodus. The gist of the gesture seemingly "I agree with your thinking."
Venator waits patiently until the real information arrives. He keeps and eye on Aerodus' girlfriend seeking signs of fever or something like that.
Lia notices Venator's look, beginning to eat her last morsel of bread. "My bandages are holding up fine, Venator. They're not itching anymore." She arches an eyebrow.
Why else is he looking at me like that?
Lia's eyes widen. "Um... Venator, I can't feel my legs. I can't feel my legs." She pales.