Tesia gets down and looks at the ground, while keeping her other senses alert as well.
"Let me see if I can pick up the slippery bastards trail."
Tesia finds a fresh trail of blood leading north, but not much else.
"What the hells? There's a trail of fresh blood, we better hurry." She says before quickly following the trail.
"Maybe someone should take to the air and see how far off whatever may be out here is."
She nods, "That's a good idea, then we'll know how fast we need to go."
Changing into a hawk, she vaults up into the sky and takes off towards the north. Trying to find their quarry.
"Cyna can you follow the trail on the ground while she scouts in the air?" Sadhana asks.
Rhadaya takes to an elevation of about 100ft, keeping an eye on Tesia and ready to cover her should aerial dangers arise.
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"Alright, this way." Cyna says as she picks up the trail.
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Tesia sees a solitary figure fighting a group of other figures about five hundred feet ahead. Cyna manages to follow the blood trail and spies some footprints but they are very erratic. The ranger finds more gory evidence along the way.
Tesia flies a little lower, trying to get a better view of who is doing the fighting to see if she can make out any distinguishing features so that she knows who tell them to help. She sqwaks back at Rhy to alert her.
Landing quickly in a nearby tree she looks more closely at the figures fighting.
All Tesia can figure out is that the solitary figure seems to be the aggressor.
Hopping down from the branch she changes and goes quickly to Rhy's side, "I don't know who to help. Thed lone figure seems to be the agressor....but I don't know who's who in that mess."
As they move on, Celia studies the gore that Cyna points, trying to piece together the type of savagery that resulted in this mayhem, and how long ago it all occurred.
"Then we'll have to get closer and find out." Cyna says.
"Yeah, just be ready for a fight. One side or the other won't be happy to see us." Sādhanā says drawing Oblivion as they move forward.
She nods and as they start moving forward a thought comes to her, "If we could tell who was evil, we could just attack them." Tesia poses as she thinks out loud.
As you approach, you see the lone figure cut down two more of the other group.
A familiar voice calls out to the group.
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"Looks like we've found Nolletta," Mirrin mutters as they close the distance.
"Are we really going to help her?"
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Sienna shrugs. "We'll see what happens. No promises."
Tesia just sighs and looks over at Sadhana. The Drow were not innocents and Nolletta had already proven she would have killed them if she could have. Not to mention the golems the bastards let loose in the city, but this was not a decision that she could make alone. After everything they had been through, she didn't know what to think.
Rubbing her temple she says, "She tried to kill us, or at the very least sent others to try, not to mention the golems they let loose in thed city. I'm not sure if we can trust anything she says, and I have no idea who this crazy sword swinging bastard is....so, I don't know what we should do." Tesia finishes by drawing her sword as she waits for someone with a little more discernment to decide what to do. She knew that she was low on spells and might haved to revert to direct combat, even though she wasn't that prolific at it.
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Celia utters the words to a spell as they approach, her eyes glowing as she gains the ability to peer into the souls of those around her.
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"I'm starting to think that helping you might not be in our best interest!" Sādhanā calls out as they approach, weapons drawn. "Think you can convince me otherwise?"
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"Should I shoot her in the knee just to be sure?" Cyna asks as they approach.
Rhadaya thinks the solitary figure looks like someone she knew in her Blackwater days. Celia notes that everyone in the fray is evil.
"Eh, I think we're still supposed to be the 'heroes' here," Sienna answers Cyna.
"I ask for mercy and you won't give it?" Nolletta asks, as the lone figure cuts down the last of her company.
The lone figure grabs Nolletta by the hair and looks at the group, though its face is obscured by a helm fashioned like a skull. "I have no quarrel with you...unless you wish to save her life."
"And what business do you have with her?" Mirrin asks, hand on her blade.
"He's familiar....from Blackwater." Rhadaya whispers to Tesia.
"Because it may conflict with the business we have with her." Sādhanā replies as she continues to walk forward.
Tesia nods to acknowledge that she heard Rhy before moving to Sadhana's side, "Rhy says he looks familiar, like from blackwater. So, he may be working forf Sepherious. Be careful. I don't know what to think about Nolletta, but he probably needs to die for sure." She whispers quietly to the Magus as electricity crackles down her arm.
"She should have settled her affairs earlier, then," the figure says, holding Nolletta about a foot off the ground. The figure's hand shifts to around her throat and it begins to squeeze.
Nolletta gasps and kicks her legs as her vision dims.
She growls, "Damn....she might be the only one that can tell us where that crazy old guy got off to though. There's still the fissure and possible destruction of the Anizari to deal with. I guess we can't just let him kill her."
Hoping to distract him long enough for Sadhana or one of the others to do something she smiles at him, "Hold on there just a minute. Since she started crap with us first, it's only fair that we get first shot at her. Just out of curiosity, which one of Sepherious's lap dogs are you? So I know the name to put on the box when we send you back to him in pieces....that is if there are any pieces left to send." Tesia just continues to smile as if making pleasant conversation.
The figure loosens his grip slightly. "I am trained to kill, not serve."