Seeing that he has a clear line to the symbol, Danaris charges to grab the thing. "Kast is going to kill for running into the open like this." Once he grabs the symbol, he will ready the net, hoping to trap the demon soon.
CMB to Grapple the Quasit
"You. That's not yours. I told you it's mine now. This temple is ours. We're going to dedicate it to bunnies."
Kast will hold the quasit tight.
While Kast grapples the quasit, Danaris will be sure to grab the holy symbol.
Zees watches the struggle in the other room and glances over at the water.
I sure hope nothing hops out of there.
"Somebody bring me a sack. And some rope."
Malcolm brings his 50' silk rope to bear and assists in tying up the quasit.
The plan worked?
Zees waits for the quasit to be dealt with.
After picking up the unholy symbol. Danaris will head over to assist Kast. "I don't have a sack, but I do have the net."
Dorin ran up , dropping the crossbow and getting the empty sack attached to his backpack. "Keep it from doing another evil channel, Kast!" he said.
CMB to maintain grapple on my turn
"Crap. The little bugger slipped free."
Malcolm will attempt to grab the slippery quasit, taking the AoO.
CMB:
Gar still holds Ameiko ready to run for it. With yells of Kast capturing it, he starts forward. But then yells of its escape give him pause. He is preparing to set her body down and draw his adze, but he really does not want to leave her body in this room alone.
Whomever can communicate with this creature should do so now before I destroy the vile thing!
Holding the creature's head away from Malc, Kast will speak aloud.
"Destroy it? No. We're going to teach it to meditate. And decorate it with flowers, Malc. We're going to give this creature a life of peace and quiet."
Bluff
Kast winks at Malc.
Dorin attempted to help with the grapple.
But thinking better of it, he will just hold the sack for the others to stuff the quasit inside.
"Uhm...thank you for your 'help' Dorin." Kast continues to wrestle with the demon.
"Malc, maybe you could get the net from Danaris and join me in wrapping this thing up? Or maybe you want to try to disarm it of his dagger? It would be nice to have it out of his hands before we wrap it in the net."
Kast looks at Gar coming closer.
"Gar, after we wrap it in the net, I'll hold it and you and Malc can end it's life? Malcolm, take my cold iron sword, please."
Danaris happily hands the net to whoever wants it. Then he whispers, in common, "Should we interrogate this demon before disposing of it. Perhaps it knows something about the threat facing Sandpoint. Though it may just tell lies."
Malcolm assists with the nbet to secure the Quasit, then he draws the cold iron sword and places the point at the creatures throat.
Ask away before I skewer this pest!
Dorin draws his dagger, then considers just backhanding the quasit with his cold iron spiked gauntlet. "I say we kill it, after what it did to Amieko. You played the game too harshly, you lose." he told the imp and others.
When Malc has the cold iron sword, Kast will help calmly butcher the quasit to death, going as far as to decapitate it and remove the tongue. (He wants to ensure against undeath.). When finished, he will place it in Danaris' offered sack, gather all the loot available, and return to town. I believe they will go straight to the Church for the burial of Ameiko.
With the way clear, Gar pushes past the butchery carrying Ameiko. "Someone should grab her brother. Let's go."
After taking care of Ameiko at the Cathedral, Kast will wish for nothing more than to sleep the night away, happy to be alive.
He will, of course, return the borrowed cold iron longsword to the owner.
On the morning, he will look to sorting and selling the treasure (see OOC thread) and think about the next steps in his life. Certainly, the goblin threat is pressing, but Kast wonders about his future goals. Now that he has a bit of coin in his pocket, he debates whether to make a run for Lastwall, to join the soldiers there.
Of course, he also desires to make good on his promise to the imp, sanctifying and committing the underground altar from Lamashtu to Irori, meditation, and rabbits.
With everyone returned to town, Zees gathers his few items and walks away in the night.
This town is doomed. Hopefully, more will realize it and save themselves. Maybe I can learn enought elsewhere to return and really help. Maybe I'll die on the roads.
Dorin helped move the bodies to the church. He doesn't care much for the treasure and equipment, but before Kast sells it off, he tells him "Ameiko always said that if I brought anything back to The Rusty Dragon, she would get the best price for it. Let me try to sell the items, for her sake."
Dorin will also return the borrowed weapons, and take the head of Erylium the quasit to Daviren Hosk at the Goblin Squash Stables and ask him to pickle it for the townspeople to see.
Then Dorin will go to see Father Abstalar Zantus at the Cathedral and beg for him to use clerical magic to bring Ameiko Kaijitsu back to life. He'll offer every gold piece he has, and payments of future gold. Anything. Even if Father Zantus can't do the spell, can he do a Gentle Repose until Dorin can get a Raise Dead spell to bring Ameiko back? What about buying a scroll from Magimar? This is his adopted mother, a merchant of the community, a person of the founding families. Dorin is heartbroken.
Dorin agrees with the others to go back to the tunnels and clear the place out the next day or so.
Gar takes Ameiko's body to the cathedral, but then leaves with just the words, "I'll be at the docks."
He stops at the quiet Rusty Dragon and drinks a silent salute, then buys a bottle and takes it down to the shipyard. He drinks and hacks at a discarded mast with his adze until he passes out.
The next day, after treasure is sold, Kast will spend most of his time doing two things: practicing the with his new ranseur and detailing the account of what happened into his journal.
Every detail that he can recall will go into the journal as he plans to leave it for others should something happen to him.
Limping (his body is still sore and bruised from the recent encounters) to the end of the cliff (not far from the lighthouse), Kast will begin with the simple martial motions with the polearm before attempting more difficult maneuvers.
Twirling the ranseur with two hands (his shield lies nearby), he recants facets of the mantra of Irori while practicing his forms.
I lift my head to look forward.
My body is the combination of my heart and mind at peace.
My actions are defined by my thoughts.
Pain is just my body's way to tempering itself towards Irori.
I am the disciple of Irori, though practice, meditation, and study I serve him.
* * *
Kast will ask one of his school children from the Academy to deliver notes to Malcolm, Gar, Dorin, & Danaris asking them to meet him at the Rusty Dragon at sundown to discuss what they have learned and next steps.
* * *
Kast ponders his next steps:
1) Clean out the UnderSandpoint.
2) Dedicate area to Irori.
3) Discuss goblin threat.
4) Poems to Marigold Pottersmoot?
5) Go to Lastwall?
Malcolm will spend many hours in meditation at the Cathedral upon his return. His primary focus is on returning to the dungeons under Sandpoint to finish the job of vanquishing the evil therein. After meditation, he impresses upon Father Abstalar the impoprtance of bringing Ameiko back from the dead, if at all possible. Her loss can be felt throughout Sandpoint, but especially with Dorin, her friend. Finally, Malcolm will spend his free time sparring with Kast to further develop a relationship with the quirky, but quite valuable companion. After all, with Abadar's assistance, Kast and the others were able to save his life. He wonders how Gar is doing, and plans to see him shortly. Danaris is a constant companion of his at the Cathedral.
As Kast leaves the practice cliffs with Malcolm, he will remind the man about his dinner invite for later that night.
Kast will return home to clean up and tend to his weapons before going to the Rusty Dragon an hour before sunset.
I could use some time alone with a drink.
Along the walk to the Rusty Dragon, Kast will continue to recount all the events of the last few days in his mind, scouring them for bits of knowledge and experience to be gained.
* * *
Arriving at the Rusty Dragon, Kast will sit himself at a table meant for 5 or 6, order a drink, and wait.
After washing up after practice with Kast, Malcolm enters the Rusty Dragon with Danaris, whom he left with from the Cathedral. They join kast at the table.
Anyone seen Gar or Zees?
Gar makes an appearance. He has his pack, and adze and tosses them down by the table. Not wearing his armor, his shirt had been sweat through, but has now dried. By the smell, he has sweat out last night's liquor. He goes to the bar and brings back a pitcher of ale and settles in. "Need to stick to the light stuff if'n we are heading back down there."
Not having taken the time yesterday, he flips through Tsuto's journal as he takes pulls from the pitcher. He throws the book back on the table dismissively, "This Puke talked of 'His Love' and 'the mousy girl' still exploring down there. Looking for a Malfa-somthing to do their dirty work. I imagine them finding that person or thing will not be good for the town."
Kast will re-read the journal, making mental notes, while he waits for Dorin to show up.
He's probably still at the temple, pleading his case. I'm sorry that she is gone, but she's gone.
"Speaking of gone, Zees is gone too." Kast starts speaking as if the others were following his internal thoughts
"Zees left. Said he was going to the Occupy Absalom movement demanding equal distribution of magic at the Academy there. I asked him to stay with us, but he took his share of the loot and wanted to go. Felt there were other battles to be waged. I could not sway him otherwise."
Danaris walks into the Rusty Dragon. He's been absent for a while. After the horrors beneath the town, he spent some time visiting his sister and her family in the hinterlands of Sandpoint and then returned to the cathedral to attend to his priestly duties.
Seeing the group gathered at a table, he joins them, his natural reticence tinged with sorrow at the somberness of recent events.
"It's a shame a to lose Zees. I understand the desire to leave, especially considering recent events. But Sandpoint is home. Someone has to defend it."
Dorin can barely keep back his tears as he swallowed and said, "I understand, Father. But it's not right."
Dorin will spend the rest of the day helping Kast sell the stuff at the Rusty Dragon. He will also realize with Lonjiku Kaijitsu and Ameiko Kaijitsu, the town has lost both the Glassworks as well as the Rusty Dragon. Who will inherit both businesses in the town?
"An entire family, dead in a day - father, son, daughter." he told the others at the table.
Dorin will ready himself for the 3rd trip down below the Glassworks.