Dorin woke up to hear Malcolm talk to Kast. "Uuuhhhggghh." he managed to say. Dorin sat up, seeing Kast limp away from him. "Thanks, I think." Dorin called out after him. "It couldn't have been long, the Dancing Lights are still shining." Dorin said to himself. He waved his hands, casting Dancing Lights again, then got up from the stone floor, and, not feeling very well, slowly made after Kast. "That's not going to happen again." Dorin muttered, and cast Mage Armor on himself.
"Take it easy if you can Dorin," Danaris cautions. "I'm not sure how much more of Erastil's favor I can beg today." Danaris joins the group, readying his bow.
"Come on people. Get past me back down the corridor. When reinforcements come, we don't want to get bottled up in that prison."
This is not good...
Seeing Kast's eagerness to charge after the creature. "Easy there lad. I think a fighting withdrawal is in order. We don't know how many more of those things are coming back. We have already nearly lost you and Dorin, we need to think about getting out of here alive to come back more prepared."
Looking around at the well constructed, and old, walls. "I don't think Ameiko's brother brought her this way. We must have missed their tracks at the beach cave. And who could deal with these creatures? My clan has spent a lot of time underground, and this is the first I have ever seen anything like them. Old secret prisons and savage creatures...this is not a good combination. Lets get out and regroup! There might be evidence back at the factory of where Ameiko might have been dragged off to. And we keep a watch on the tunnel under the factory till we come back and find out what this place really is. What say the rest of you?"
Zees readily agrees as he is quickly running out of anything but typically -6 to hit acid splashes.
Wise words Gar! Let's pull back and backtrack before we get some well-deserved rest.
Kast looks at Malcolm and takes a deep breath.
"Malc, we still need to find Ameiko. I'm fine with the idea that she didn't come this way, but if she's not this way, where did she go? I don't think we should be resting when we could backtrack and try to find where they have taken her."
Kast wracks his mind of how they got here.
"All of you, think with me...what did we miss? Where could they have gone if not this way? Are we missing something?"
Kast, I suggested that we rest after backtracking. I am well-aware of the necessity to find Ameiko. We must have missed something. Hopefully we will pick it up on the way back.
"Everybody look for tracks. A goblin and Ameiko plus her brother must have left some kind of track. How did we miss them so badly here?" Dorin asks as he joins them.
Kast, realizing the need to backtrack, gets a grim look upon his face.
"They are right."
Before leaving he will walk back to the statue and return the ranseur to the arms where he found it.
"Let us go back. Gar, Malc, you take the front, I'll watch our backs."
Kast will limp along last, looking frequently over his shoulder to see if they are being followed.
Sounds good...back to where the last goblin was sighted - the dead one. We can backtrack from there.
"Agreed. Out of this complex....something not right about this place."
"This is ridiculous." Dorin muttered when he saw the beach. "We need to go after Ameiko, she could be anywhere by now! I'm not going back to town until we find her. I say we go back to that jail and keep going. Go down every tunnel until we're sure she's not being held somewhere in the back."
The young man is scared but determined to find his older friend that took him in at Sandpoint.
Also at one point there is a crossing , to the left the tunnel end in a dead end...
Kast moves to the dead end and takes his time to really look for a door.
C'mon Kast, you can do this!
Malcolm aids in taking his time to search the dead end before returning to the tunnels.
Well, apparently, we did not miss anything here. Let's head back through the tunnels from whence we came, checking carefully for anything we may have missed up to the jail cells.
"We have been up and down these tunnels...I just don't think it is a door we missed, or we will be down here for weeks searching these walls. We need to realize that she has been taken ..somewhere."
"Those creatures haven't come pouring out to kill us...yet...that's a plus. But it seems we got three options as to where Ameiko got dragged off to. One, Ameiko's brother is allied or got captured by those creatures. We can head back in now withonly limited magic to help us or try again tomorrow. Two, they went out the sea cave and we just didn't see their tracks...a lot of goblin mess there, easy to miss them. We can head out there and investigate the surrounding area maybe find a clue, but I doubt we could catch them with the head start they have. Three, they are still hidden under the glass factory. Possible, but slim. But also people back there are probably really worried about what is going on down here. I don't like the idea of not coming back with Ameiko, but I just don't think it is likely at this point."
Kast curses in frustration, but stops for a moment to listen to Gar.
"DAMMIT!" Kast bashes the wall with his shield.
"Of your options, Gar, the one that makes the most sense it tracking back via the sea cave and rubbish heap. Let us go further down that route and see if we can pick up the trail of the goblins there."
Kast bashes the wall again.
"Grr! From the outside, we'll track back to Sandpoint if we don't find a trail. Again, Gar & Malc, you lead? I'll guard the back?"
"Could we have missed something in the Glassworks. I don't think anyone is left behind but perhaps the goblins, in their haste to escape, left something behind. Otherwise, I don't see what else we can do here. I fear the goblins took Ameiko back to wherever they came from. Probably that was their goal all along. "
"Could we have missed something in the Glassworks. I don't think anyone is left behind but perhaps the goblins, in their haste to escape, left something behind. Otherwise, I don't see what else we can do here. I fear the goblins took Ameiko back to wherever they came from. Probably that was their goal all along. "
"Returning to the glassworks to find potential clues sounds as good as any other idea to me at this point."
Dorin makes Dancing Lights again and said "Maybe Ameiko's trail, or the goblin's trail, isn't cold yet. Or we go back to that place the strange creature was and search better there. I'm not out of spells yet - I just haven't used them!"
"It may be that we sleep in the Glassworks to guard the door this night, then return to those tunnels when we are fresher."
Kast looks lost, but is trying to find the right solution.
"I would go again after those creatures in the tunnels, but acknowledge that Ameiko is not likely to be that way, but we have few other options."
I agree. Back to the factory. He didn't kill her outright like his father, so that is not likely his goal. Let's see if there are any clues and try to find her that way...And I agree. This tunnel needs guarding. We will likely need to clean those creatures out, just to make sure the Ameiko isn't there and that the town remain safe.
Yes, let's get topside and see if we can sort out Ameiko's disappearance by finding any clues with a more thorough search. We can also let the Sheriff know what is going on here while we stake out the Glassworks for future exploration below.
Kast feels a sinking feeling in his stomach.
Those creatures were angry. But I did put the ranseur back, but we did kill a few of them. I worry.
"Malc, you go talk to the Sheriff and others. I feel the need to go back and guard that doorway down. Those creatures did not seem nice and we pissed them off plenty. If any of you want to come with me, it would be appreciated, but this town might be in danger for what we have done."
Kast will hustle limp back to the glassworks, worried that he might find a few of those creatures attacking the town.
"I'm with Kast. The Sheriff is out of town - we're the deputies!" Dorin said. "I'm not leaving until we find Ameiko. She has to be down here somewhere." he stubbornly insisted to the others.
Dorin and Kast, we are all well-aware of the necessity to find Ameiko, but the ruling authorities in Sandpoint need to be made aware of this discovery. Maybe we can send a member of the Glassworks staff waiting outside, like the foreman, directly to the Mayor? In any event, let's quit talking and start redoubling our search efforts. Stand by the door if you wish Kast.
"Kast, be sure to have your whistle ready. If those things do come through the door, we don't want you facing them alone," Danaris shrugs, knowing that he is not in much of a position to give tactical advice to anyone. "Dorin, I think Gar is right. The goblins haven't killed Ameiko, so I doubt that is their goal. Perhaps if we search the factory, we can find out where they were going, or who they were taking orders from. Our best bet of find Ameiko is getting a step ahead of the goblins, not wandering around in the dark."
Zees gets the letter from Dorin and rereads it.
Letter. No he doesn't feel any more aware of what to do. He resigns himself to poking around the glassworks for any clues.
"I don't mind if you search upstairs. Kast and I will stay here to make sure they don't sneak out around us." Dorin tells Danaris before he wearily waves his hands for another Dancing Lights.
"Kast, I don't think you needed to put the spear-thing back. It's just there on the statue. Maybe when we go back you should keep it this time, if you think you can use it." Dorin tells the guardsman.
"I'll watch the door, I have my whistle." Kast says, intent on guarding the secret door from the Glassworks with his life.
"You guys see if there was something we missed up here and then we'll discuss what to do next."
Kast responses to the thought about the ranseur with a dreamy look on his face. "Yeah, someday I hope to be able to use a weapon like that, but right now I'd like to do this with weapons I've trained with. I'm just not sure I could use it well. Besides, I left it behind because I didn't want to piss off whatever was in there anymore while we had other things to do. It may be that we need to go back and get that ranseur again."
Kast stands guard like his has trained to do...like a real soldier would.
Malcolm calls to the Mayor, and when he approaches her, he quietly explains the current situation as follows.
Mayor, we have secured the interior of the Glassworks, and the threat above-ground has been netralized. However, we have larger issues in catacombs discovered below the city. Please come inside so that we can discuss this in private in further detail. I do not want to alarm the citizens.
"Where should we start our investigation. It looks like the upper level is merely a scene of butchery. Perhaps the lower level will have more information about our goblin foes? If I remember correctly, one of the storerooms had some signs of recent occupancy, like a bedroll." If no one objects Danaris, will start his investigations in the store room with a bedroll, praying for Erastil's assistance.
Perception: (untrained with Guidance)
"I'm with you, Danaris. Now that we've cleared the Glassworks, let's work on this hidden basement thoroughly." Dorin said. "But does anyone have a torch? Casting these spells is wearing me out."
Zees will look through the files in the file room and office in an attempt to find any clues as to what is going on. After that he will advocate for resting for the so that the spellcasters can regain tehir spells.
Gar will stay on the lower level, giving the place a good going over. He is of like mind with Danaris that the the rooms showing recent use should get the most attention.
"I can help with the light, Dorin" Danaris says, praying for Erastil to cast light on the defenders of his community. .
"Shall we plan to rest? I'll take first, middle, or last watch."
Kast stands near the door, watching and listening...waiting for it to open.
As he walks inside with the Mayor, he says under his breath...All that you do not see out here are dead or missing.
Malcolm leads the Mayor inside and explains in great detail everything that ocurred and the current position of the party members.
We could use some help securing the glassworks and surrounding area while we delve further inside to deal with the creatures we found below.