"For the record, I don't. But I figured I have to try something. What do you call it, improvising?"
Talon looks to Rohan and Krojun "Do you think it can even understand us, is it intelligent, whatever it is?"
Talon racks his brain trying to figure out what this thing is.
"This is my home, leave at once; I bother you as much as you bother me."
Mags gives a tired nod and a smile after Krojun uses the wand to close her wounds.
"Thanks. I don't suppose you have something to get the blood out of my mail?"
She stretches her newly mended arms and neck, but winces when she tries to stretch her leg.
When the thing finally speaks she whispers to the others,
"Didn't Tsuto's journal mention something about a 'quasit' and her freaks? I don't think it's a good idea to leave her here, at least not without finding a way to destroy that pool."
"How long have you been here? We did not realize this was your home and we apologize. Why is the pool so important?" Rohan asks the quasit.
"Well, we can't seem to harm her and she can't seem to harm us. So we might as well figure out if she knows anything." He whispers back.
"Tsuto? You mean that foolish half elf that followed Lady Nualia around like a besotted lap dog? Worthless idiot barely fit for even a cheap minion in my opinion. As for your other questions, I have been here long enough to not have to deal with such meddlesome pests, and the pool is none of your business; servants of Lady Alaznist are the only ones who need to know, and you are clearly not her servants."
"Listen, my friend there is going to break your pool in half unless you tell us what we need to know." This creature was trying Rohan's patience.
The quasit just laughs in mockery.
"I did warn you. Go ahead Krojun."
"Nualia? You mean the idiot who follows that b#&~# queen of demons and calls herself a goddess?"
The way that last part came out, it sounds as if Mags had swallowed something foul before saying it.
There is no audio response and since she has stayed invisible for about a minute now, you have no idea what her response is.
"I don't hear her anymore. I think she's gone."
"It's a little demon, at least that's what Stralla said. I'm an open follower of Desna and Lamashtu is a demon herself. I can't say I'm surprised."
Mags is still paler than usual, but she moves close to the pool and looks from it to Krojun as if to say, "well, now what?"
Talon accompanies Krojun and draws his blades, ready for whatever might come out of the pool.
"I wonder if it is deep or if its a portal, do you think things just manifest there?"
Nothing seems to happen until you flick the drop of blood into the pool, at which point, it comes to life, and another one of the creatures appears, reeady to attack.
"Another of these things?"
Mags sets her stance before bringing the bloodied greatsword around to try and cleave the things from it's shoulders. The blow is clumsy, but her next strike is much more accurate and rends the things flesh as her sword comes down.
Rohan brings his spear down on the creature
Assuming it survives the first onslaught, Rohan strikes again.
Copper goes up and attempts to take a bite out of the foul creature.
Copper rips another chunk of flesh out of it.
You are able to drop it before it can attack you back. The pool again seems to have lost a lot of it's bubbliness as the new creature emerged. There was no reaction from the quasit if the tiny creature was still around.
"So we just keep summoning creatures and killing them to drain it of power? Okay."
"I wouldn't think so. This is certainly something I've never read about."
I'm going to assume that someone healed Mags after she finished raging. You go through the process several more times. Grand total damage:
Mags is back at 1 hp after 1 clw and another hit cancel each other out
Krojun takes a total of 7 damage from a couple of claw attacks
The pool finally goes inert after going through the process 3 more times, and the room warms up slightly, though it is still a bit colder than you would normally expect. You hear a final shriek from the quasit, "You may think you've won, but you haven't even begun to understand what you face. Your pathetic village and this temple is but a small, unimportant cog in the greater things afoot." and with that you hear a flapping of wings exiting the room.
Copper grins and runs to scout ahead.
Rohan can't help but laugh at his friend's impetuousness. "That's a safe assumption."
You find yourself in what was clearly once a prison, with cells lining the perimeter. Upon entering, you fight 3 more of the sinspawn, each with a ranseur, hiding underneath a rickety wooden platform that overlooks the room and walkway that provides access to the statue room and a hallway going east.
Copper stays near the Magnhlidr so he can spot any other dangers that come their way while Rohan guards the middle rank.
Mags glares at what she imagines to be the thing's back. Her blood starting to pool on the floor made it clear that she was not up for another fight, until Krojun healed all of her wounds.
"Thanks. I may be tough but these things are not something I want to fight again."
She looks off to where Copper took off.
"Well, I think we need to follow our little friend before he gets too far ahead."
Talon covers the rear, ensuring that there are no surprises that come for them.
You shortly reach another room. This one contains several ancient looking torture devices. In one corner sits a spherical cage with spikes protruding inward from its iron bars. In another stands what appears to be a star-shaped wooden frame, its surface studded with hooks. And in the center of the room is a long table covered with leather straps and a number of cranks that seem designed to rotate and swivel. You are rather glad that they are all decayed and rusted at this point, as you don't think you would have cared to visit this room when these things were in their prime. There is a door to the east, a door to the south, and the hallway you entered through going west.
To Krojun, "Thank you, coming from one such as yourself that is a true compliment. But I must confess, you have been an inspiration in battle." as he smiles warmly at the large man.
Talon searches the room carefully for anything of interest, being mindful that any of these devices might be a trap.
"Well, this is disturbing."