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Mr Peppers squints his eyes to see what he apparently missed. "Hrm was that there when I looked? Are you sure?" He rubs his eyes then pulls out his ironwood wand and summons in his own personal chain shirt that fades into his robes. "Anyone else want a hit off this thing? Its pretty good stuff, the Society claimed it was made by a Dwarven Wizard that didn't like being harassed by his older brothers about never wearing any metal armor."
He offers it around to anyone not obviously wearing armor, then pockets it and retrieves his oft smoking missile slingin' wand.
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As he nears the house he sees exactly what D. the spirit and the others pointing out and draws his blade positioning the blade to be level with his waist. Uesugi nods at their discretion but he feels otherwise. "Barbarian watch my back. If the child's parents are still alive in there we must act now." he whispers this to the group and moves to open the door quickly looking back to make sure everyone is assembled.
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Mr Peppers shies away from handling the greasy looking nastiness and instead taps Sirettis with the ironwood wand before stowing it. "What is it? Let me know and I'll be sure to write it down." He says with a slight bit of relief.
"Stand back 'Sugi, I'll open it with magic... assuming its not locked." Mr Peppers looks around quickly to make sure no one is giving them unneeded eyeballs and he says some Elven words and twists his hand as if opening a door.
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Despite Mayor Trinelli's warning to keep your investigation discreet, Uesugi decides to show off in front of the barbarian and commits a barbaric action of his own, kicking the door down.
Unfortunately, a boiling jet of deep red blood shoots out from the door as it flies open and singes Uesugi and Sirettis.
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With the door now open, you're able to get a good view of the interior. Scratches and dark stains cover nearly every surface in the spacious living room. To the east, paintings and other objects give fuel to a fire roaring in the hearth. Bent, broken, and bloody cutlery juts at odd angles from the table in the center of the room. Books lie scattered in heaps next to broken shelves, and shards of shattered dishes spill forth from their cabinets.
An open door to the west looks into the filthy kitchen, and stairs to the southwest lead up to the next floor.
Tiny bloody footprints cover the stairs, heading in both directions.
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Cup comes into the house, cure light wounds wand out, whip at belt.
She sees the burning portraits in the fireplace. "Is Gellion trying to destroy every bit of evidence of his former life? This looks like a childish act of revenge."
♫ Who are you Gellion, what have you done
Have the demonic voices in your head now won?
Mistress Pricknettle and I are worried for you
But how can we fix this, oh what can we do? ♫
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As you step into the creepy house and have a look around, a kitchen knife comes darting through the air towards Mr. Peppers. The small knife cuts the elf along his shoulder, opening up a superficial wound. The knife seems to have originated from underneath the table.
... And soon after, the winged, toothy devil emerges from its cover and darts over next to the fireplace, tossing another dagger at Uesugi.
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Mr Peppers looks at the little bugger that just sliced him with a kitchen knife. A look of surprise, hurt, and mental lapse hits him all at once as he tries to call to mind what exactly the thing is!
"That's a... a... just kill it before it knifes us to death!" He points at it with his wand and lets a glowing missile fly forth.
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The knife embeds itself into torso of Uesugi just after the little gnome heals him with her curative wand. As the others move quickly to fight with this imp like creature Uesugi advances and stabs with his katana hoping to skewer the creature. Remembering his time in the jungle* he watches with a careful to see how effective his blade is.
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Before the tiny devil can even react, Uesugi slides across the room with his blade held high. With two quick swipes of his arm, he carves the logo of the Red Arm of Absalom into the devil's face as if it were a Thanksgiving turkey and skewers it through and through when he's done.
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Gallix watches with his mouth agape as the small devil emerges from beneath the table and Uesugi instantly dispatches of the beast. "Now there's the samurai we all know and love," he says when he finally recovers his senses. "Seriously, though, Uesgui, well done. Sorry for laughing at you about the door. I hope you're alright."
He moves over to the creature and looks it over. "Well, I have no idea what it is. Seems kinda like the asuras we faced in Jalmeray, eh Uesugi? Not exactly the same though I guess. Do you all think this little guy may be the source of all the Demon's Bile?" He bends down next to the imp and examines its mouth to see if he can spot anything similar around its lips.
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Mr. Peppers identifies the creature as a construct, similar to a homunculus although it doesn't appear to have the ability to fly.
Gallix's close inspection of the corpse doesn't turn up any Demon's Bile.
The kitchen to the west of the living room has a door that's slightly propped open. It's enough to have a peek inside, but not enough to move through without pushing the door open.
The last signs of daylight have turned into darkness, and night has fallen in Saringallow. The light from the toasty fire in the living room vanishes as you look upwards towards the stairs, suggesting that the upper floor in this house is completely dark.
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Mr Peppers recovers his wits once Uesugi slices and dices the little guy. "Oh, ya, sorry. Its a construct, someone created this little guy to be a servant or a guardian of some kind."
Mr Peppers looks at the door that's been blown in. "We should secure that door closed somehow, make it a bit less obvious that there was a break in." He looks for a kitchen chair to prop against it for now.
"Lets look this first floor over quick shall we? What's in the kitchen there?" He casts light on his wand to brighten the place up a bit.
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He turns and moves to the spirit. Thankful to see she was not injured.
"I am sorry for my brash action. You were almost injured in the process. I will not let it happen again."
Sirettis cocks her head to the side. "Thank you, Uesugi. But I should have given you more room to explore. At least, let me heal your wound."
Her wand quickly and easily closes his injury. "Let us search the home, quickly. How about the kitchen?"
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Cup nods at Sirettis's suggestion of searching the kitchen. "Shall I summon an unseen servant to open the kitchen door? I think we may be best served by opening the door and letting the monsters come to us. Ready your weapons, opening on three."
Cup casts unseen servant, and has it open the door. "One, two..."
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Mr Peppers looks at the door that's been blown in. "We should secure that door closed somehow, make it a bit less obvious that there was a break in." He looks for a kitchen chair to prop against it for now.
"If you have nothing else to prop that door closed with, I can sing a solid note into place to hold it there," Cup offers Mr. Peppers. "But let's get the kitchen cleared first."
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Cup's invisible servant steps up to the door. As it creeks open, a string snaps, and two forks come shooting out from the door frame, flying fifteen feet before they fall to the ground. No one is harmed!
The smell of rotting food and stagnant water rises from the filth in the small kitchen, mixing sickeningly with the strong, coppery scent of fresh blood.
Broken jugs, upturned trays, and scraps of food litter the room. In the sink, a large bowl filled with chewed and spatout food floats in thick, bloody water in the sink. An open door to the south reveals a ransacked pantry.
D and Uesugi's search of the room turns up little of interest, but the disgusting smell of the kitchen sink makes you want to gag. Cup, Uesugi, Sirettis, and Corsac especially feel nauseous as the smell infiltrates their senses.
