Rather annoyed his foe is getting the better of him, Morythine launches an all-out attack. This proves an unwise course of action, as the vicious little oik dodges about his blows.
Xamarath struggles ineffectively against the goblin that's tangled up with the Thayvian.
"If someone could remove the goblin from the wizard..."
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Crichton propels himself from Xamarath's shoulder to try and momentarily distract the goblin behind them, but manages to merely poop himself in a panic before hovering closer to the ceiling. A thick matte paste of white and black impacts the floor of the entry hallway: an excremental dare to any soul foolish enough to brave further trespass into the Glasswork's depths.
Xamarath wheels about and shifts closer to Kala, trusting that Crichton's efforts will prevent the goblins from advancing closer. Just to be sure, he begins tracing his hands through the air in concentric patterns before fanning his fingers out before him. He grunts with exertion as he wills the threads of magic permeating the area around into an altogether different form. After uttering aloud " a vibrant spray of rainbows, much like the one he had used in their initial defense of Sandpoint against the goblins, leaps from his outstretched hands. It engulfs the two goblins near the entryway and leaves the pair stunned.
"All clear in the rear! Oh, hey, it even rhymed."
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Eugeni fires an arrow at the goblin facing off with Kala. In his efforts to avoid the armored maiden, he misses completely. ”Man, shooting at things with people in the way is much harder. I'm going to have to get used to this quick if we're fighting a war against the goblins,” he thinks, before reaching back to draw another shaft.
"Xamarath, I'll try clear a path for you! This way!" Kala says as she swings at the goblin between herself and the red wizard. As she turns to swing at the goblin, Kala steps on a shard of the plate glass that somehow manages to pierce the thick leather sole of her boots, causing her shield bash to miss wildly. She manages to recover and stabs the goblin in the arm with her sword, scoring a decent blow.
"Seven Hells! We have to get him out of there, help me clear a path."
Seeing the goblin grapple Xamarath, Zoli quips through her bloody lip, ”Getting Shayliss’ attention is one thing, but when even the goblins are looking for a smootch and a squeeze? You really are a charmer, aren’t you, Red!”
Zoli leaps gracefully over the broken glass and in one smooth motion drives her rapier into the goblin’s side, missing it’s heart but piercing a lung, leaving the creature gasping and wheezing. She and the goblin fall to the ground behind Xamarath, with Zoli standing triumphantly over the lifeless goblin beneath her.
Looking around at the other goblins, she smirks, "OK, who thinks you can take a halfling?"
Rather annoyed his foe is getting the better of him, Morythine launches an all-out attack. This proves an unwise course of action, as the vicious little oik dodges about his blows.
Crichton propels himself from Xamarath's shoulder to try and momentarily distract the goblin behind them, but manages to merely poop himself in a panic before hovering closer to the ceiling. A thick matte paste of white and black impacts the floor of the entry hallway: an excremental dare to any soul foolish enough to brave further trespass into the Glasswork's depths.
Xamarath wheels about and shifts closer to Kala, trusting that Crichton's efforts will prevent the goblins from advancing closer. Just to be sure, he begins tracing his hands through the air in concentric patterns before fanning his fingers out before him. He grunts with exertion as he wills the threads of magic permeating the area around into an altogether different form. After uttering aloud "మిరుమిట్లు స్పెక్ట్రమ్", a vibrant spray of rainbows, much like the one he had used in their initial defense of Sandpoint against the goblins, leaps from his outstretched hands. It engulfs the two goblins near the entryway and leaves the pair stunned.
"All clear in the rear! Oh, hey, it even rhymed."
The half-elf moves further up the room, lining up a better shot at the blonde warrior woman in the doorway. This time, the arrow glances off of her helmet, snapping in two and creating an annoying ringing noise in Kala's head, but she is otherwise unharmed from the shot.
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The goblin blocking the doorway takes another swipe at Kala with the tongs, again missing terribly. The goblin behind it calls out frantically:
The first goblin steps back and to the side, tossing the tongs aside. Meanwhile the one behind it, wielding it's sword, steps up and thrusts it at Kala. She is able to knock the swing aside with her shield, however, resulting in a goblin curse to be muttered by the eager little critter.
In the hallway with Morythine, the goblins attempt a tactic similar to what happened to Xamarath. The rear goblin rushes past his friend and Morythine, slipping past him and dodging his fist as he does so. Having surrounded the dhampir, they launch their assault. The one that slipped by Morythine opens another small cut on his back, while the other narrowly misses his calf muscles.
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Suddenly surrounded, Morythine snarls as a dogslicer slices a small cut in his back. The monk tries to sweep the offending goblin off his feet with a spinning kick, but the first goblin stabbing at his calves leaves him off balance.
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"Zoli, Eugeni, I'll push this one back, someone needs to help Morythine." Kala says, lowering her shoulder to knock the goblin in front of her back. The creature tries to swing at her, but can't do so in time, and is shoved back, it's crude sword clattering harmlessly against Kala's pauldron.
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Hearing Kala's assessment of Morythine's plight, Xamarath elects to step around his comrades and carefully navigate his way through the mounds of broken glass that currently litter the hallway. Seeing the pair of goblins harrying the darkly garbed fellow further down the hallway, the Thayvian wills forward a mote of force to strike the nearest of the two. Sparing no time for theatrics on this occasion, the missile is simply an indistinct haze of energy with no particular shape. It sails into the little menace's back with a great deal of force—like a whack from a shillelagh.
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Eugeni smiles as he sees the half-elf step into his line of sight. He draws his bow to his cheek and fires an arrow at the other bowman. Let's see who's the better shot, he thinks as he releases the shaft. The arrow flies past Kala and over the goblins' heads to strike the half-elf in the chest. Eugeni smiles and reaches for another arrow.
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The arrow flies directly at the half-elf, but he apparently has amazing reflexes, as he manages to swat the arrow aside. However, Eugeni has earned Tsuto's attention, with a spiteful glare.
With Xamarath free and the goblins down, Zoli springs over the fallen goblins and in the door they came through. She thrusts her rapier into the chest of the goblin between her and Kala, drawing blood.
Turning to the halfelf, Zoli calls out, ”Tsuto, what is this madness? Why do you fight beside goblins? You can see that they are almost defeated. We've seen the note you left for your sister. Lay down your bow and we can discuss this.”
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Suddenly surrounded, Morythine snarls as a dogslicer slices a small cut in his back. The monk tries to sweep the offending goblin off his feet with a spinning kick, but the first goblin stabbing at his calves leaves him off balance.
"Zoli, Eugeni, I'll push this one back, someone needs to help Morythine." Kala says, lowering her shoulder to knock the goblin in front of her back. The creature tries to swing at her, but can't do so in time, and is shoved back, it's crude sword clattering harmlessly against Kala's pauldron.
Hearing Kala's assessment of Morythine's plight, Xamarath elects to step around his comrades and carefully navigate his way through the mounds of broken glass that currently litter the hallway. Seeing the pair of goblins harrying the darkly garbed fellow further down the hallway, the Thayvian wills forward a mote of force to strike the nearest of the two. Sparing no time for theatrics on this occasion, the missile is simply an indistinct haze of energy with no particular shape. It sails into the little menace's back with a great deal of force—like a whack from a shillelagh.
Eugeni smiles as he sees the half-elf step into his line of sight. He draws his bow to his cheek and fires an arrow at the other bowman. Let's see who's the better shot, he thinks as he releases the shaft. The arrow flies directly at the half-elf, but he apparently has amazing reflexes, as he manages to swat the arrow aside. However, Eugeni has earned Tsuto's attention, with a spiteful glare.
With Xamarath free and the goblins down, Zoli springs over the fallen goblins and in the door they came through. She thrusts her rapier into the chest of the goblin between her and Kala, drawing blood.
Turning to the halfelf, Zoli calls out, ”Tsuto, what is this madness? Why do you fight beside goblins? You can see that they are almost defeated. We've seen the note you left for your sister. Lay down your bow and we can discuss this.”
Tsuto appeared ready to let an arrow fly at the hairy humanoid, but when Zoli appears beside him, and makes her plea, he turns to her and tries to snatch her up. While he does manage to get ahold of her, she manages to get her rapier up in time to drive it deep into his abdomen.
Once he has her in his grasp, he calls out, "Drop your weapons, or I throw her in the furnace!"
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Everyone is able to hear Tsuto's shouted threat, but the goblins appear to not care or understand him as they continue their glee filled assault. Kala's foe finally manages to find an open spot in her armor to drive it's blade, opening up a gash on her shield arm.
The goblin Zoli stabbed turns with a hateful look in it's eye that turns mischievous when it sees her get snatched up. It draws it's crude blade and thrusts it at her, causing both her and Tsuto to avoid getting stabbed.
Morythine is able to just barely dodge the flurry of attacks leveled against him.
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Blue: 11/11
Orange: 5/11
Red: 7/11
Yellow: 11/11
Tsuto: 9/19, grappled
Zoli twists in Tsuro's arms and manages to stab him again, this time driving her rapier into his groin, and the half-elf immediately drops unconscious.
Zoli leaps out of Tsuro's arms, landing with a flourish she yells a triumphant, "Ha!" and then points her rapier at the goblin she stabbed moments ago, ready to parry if he comes her way again.
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HP 15/17
Luck 7/8
Panache 4/4
Buffs Luck (round 3/3) +2 to hit, dam, & all skill rolls
Bless +1 to hit & fear saves
Too proud to ask for help, but hoping someone obeys Kala's command, Morythine finally manages to land home a strike.
Xamarath continues his assault against the goblins further down the hallway, intent on blasting his chosen quarry into a fresh coat of paint along the wall. He conjures forth another pair of energy motes to assail the little bastard. They soar down the hall swirling parallel to one another, each impacting the goblin on either side of its enormous head. The crack, crunch, and subsequent whimper are unsettling (to some).
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Kala and Zoli have the goblin between them in a terrible position, and Kala exploits it, bashing it in the face with her spiked shield. The spikes leave deep rends in its face as it crashes to the floor, unconcious. Kala's attack leaves her slightly unbalanced, and her sword misses its mark, skidding off the other goblin's armor as she tries to stab it.
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Zoli twists in Tsuro's arms and manages to stab him again, this time driving her rapier into his groin, and the half-elf immediately drops unconscious.
Zoli leaps out of Tsuro's arms, landing with a flourish she yells a triumphant, "Ha!" and then points her rapier at the goblin she stabbed moments ago, ready to parry if he comes her way again.
Too proud to ask for help, but hoping someone obeys Kala's command, Morythine finally manages to land home a strike.
Xamarath continues his assault against the goblins further down the hallway, intent on blasting his chosen quarry into a fresh coat of paint along the wall. He conjures forth another pair of energy motes to assail the little bastard. They soar down the hall swirling parallel to one another, each impacting the goblin on either side of its enormous head. The crack, crunch, and subsequent whimper are unsettling (to some).
Eugeni sends another arrow down the hall, towards the last goblin harassing Morythine. He misses again.
Kala and Zoli have the goblin between them in a terrible position, and Kala exploits it, bashing it in the face with her spiked shield. The spikes leave deep rends in its face as it crashes to the floor, unconcious. Kala's attack leaves her slightly unbalanced, and her sword misses its mark, skidding off the other goblin's armor as she tries to stab it.
The goblin fighting Kala lashes out again, but his sword glances off of her scale mail. Morythine is not as well armored, however, and the goblin fighting him opens up another cut, this time on his arm as he pulls it back from his attack.
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Tstuto: -2, stable
Zoli smiles at Kala when the knight drops the goblin that had swung at her. Zoli attempts to return the favor, tumbling over Tsuto's fallen body to get behind the last goblin standing in the room. She gets there safely...but her thrust is off and the goblin easily bats it aside.
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Luck 7/8
Panache 4/4
Buffs Bless +1 to hit & fear saves
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His clothes wet with the blood of three jagged cuts, Morythine finally ends his opponent with a stabbing strike to the throat.
After seeing Morythine expertly dispatch his only remaining foe, Xamarath steps carefully into the doorway and unleashes another concussive blast into the goblin caught between Kala and Zoli. A shimmer in the rough shape of an overfat cardinal sails out of the Thayvian's outfacing palm to crack the goblin square between the eyes. An immediate knot and red welt forms on the goblin's brow in addition to a bad case of whiplash.
"The two in the entryway will wake soon; let's mop up quickly before they get up and rejoin the fray."
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Eugeni, seeing only one goblin left, sends another arrow towards it.
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After being attacked by magic, bow, and surrounded, the goblin tries to flee for it's life. Zoli catches it unprepared, however, and spins around with her rapier in a backhanded stroke hoping to at least knock it off it's feet. However, her blade caught the goblin square in the throat, and the speed with which it was moving and her spin resulted in the thing's head to fall cleanly off it's shoulders.
Now that the fight is over, you all have a chance to take in what this room is, and holds. A long furnace burns along the southeast wall of this equally long room. Marble tables sit throughout the chamber, used to work raw glass into usable shapes, with nearby wooden tables cluttered with various tools of the trade. The main furnace burns at the northeast end, a large chamber that utilizes alchemically treated wood that burns with a hot blue light. As the furnace’s stone pipes run to the southwest, they reach smaller and progressively cooler furnaces used to keep glassworking projects at the proper temperature; glass shatters if it’s allowed to cool too quickly.
However, this room is currently a gruesome display of goblin boredom. The bodies of the eight murdered staffers lie in various stages of dismemberment; the goblins have been burning legs and arms in the furnace with glee, and pouring melted glass on the remains.
Propped up in a chair in the central alcove and encased in thick runny sheets of hardened glass is the body of a severely burned old man, an elaborate cane broken and tossed at the base of the hideous statue. Zoli quickly recognizes him as Lonjiku Kaijitsu.
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Eugeni will search Longjiku and Tusto's bodies for a set of keys. He will also test the strength of Tsuto's bow. "I'd heard bad things about the old man, but damn, nobody deserves to go like this," he comments in disgust at Longjiku's body. The dismembered staffers are almost too much for him, but he arranges them back into bodies as much as possible and covers them with something. "I'm beginning to really hate goblins. How can they be so evil?!" he mutters angrily to no one in particular.
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Kala hobbles over to the unconcious goblins, walking with a noticable limp on her left side. She realizes her rope in on her horse outside, and walks out the back door to retrieve it, and after doing so, ties the two goblins up, face to face.
She then turns to the bleeding half elf and attempts to bandage his wounds with a few pieces of cloth cut from his shirt, but is unable to stop the bleeding fully. Afterward, Kala, now visibly flustered by her failure, tries to remove the shards of glass from her foot, but is unable to get them out properly. "Anyone good at this kind of thing?" she asks.
Zoli finds herself looking around the room in disbelief, trying to make sense of all the death. Mixed in is relief and pride in truly helping out her companions. Chaldira Zuzaristan, thank you for watching over me there. Truly your luck overflows!
"Kala's right, Eugeni, it looks like Tsuto's still alive. Can you stabilize him? What he's done -- it's unconscionably evil, and he may deserve to die for it -- but we haven't found Ameiko yet, and we don't know why he did this, or if anyone else is involved. We should keep him alive, question him, and turn him in to Sheriff Hemlock."
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Once Tsuto is -- hopefully -- stabilized and tied up. "Now we still need to find Ameiko. I have no idea where those tunnels in the basement go, but maybe that's where we need to look next. Before that though, is everyone OK? I'm sure my lip must look something terrible but I think the bleeding is already stopping, I should be fine. Morythine and Kala, how about you though? Those cuts look rough."
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The glass covering Lonjiku's body is too thick to be able to break easily. It would take some time and adequate tools to do so. However, a search of Tsuto's body does produce a variety of items.
Composite Shortbow (+1 Strength)
An elaborate ring adorned with small rubies all along it's surface (Spellcraft DC: 20 reveals to be Ring of Protection +1
Well-made thieves’tools(Appraise DC 20: 100 gp, Masterwork)
Flute with mithral filigree(Appraise DC 20: 100 gp, Masterwork)
Silver earrings (Appraise DC 20: 25 gp)
Journal
6 pouches of gold dust worth 50 gp each
8 pouches of silver dust worth 5 gp each
10 pp
Keys
Eugeni takes the valuables off Tsuto, and sets them aside. "He had a bunch of money, and a nice ring," Eugeni says. Then he takes the keys, and begins to explore the rest of the glassworks. If he stays anywhere near the half elf or goblins, he will kill them all in a righteous rage. He gets the feeling that wouldn't make the others in the group too happy, so he leaves, with his paws twitching to bury a knife in Tsuto's vile heart. He makes his way deeper into the glassworks, looking quickly through each room, and eventually heading down into the lower level. When he comes to the locked door he tries all the keys on the ring in it.
Xamarath follows casually in Eugeni's wake, peering into rooms somewhat aimlessly while he pokes and prods the various tools of the trade scattered throughout the nooks and crannies of the Glassworks. There seems to be little of interest. Glassblowing is far from an exciting prospect to the Thayvian given the lack of arcane influence. Owing to the ransacked nature of the place, however, he figures no one will miss a few baubles here and there should he encounter something of practical use.
When he peeks into the secret office downstairs, Xamarath says "Well, well. What have we here?" He picks up the leather bound book and begins leafing through it, looking at both the first and last page to get an idea of what is written within.
The leather book appears to be a ledger written in Tien.
The keys turn the lock to the door easily. Ameiko lies on her side on the floor in here, bound at the wrists and ankles with rope and blindfolded and gagged with strips of leather. She is badly beaten, her eyes swollen shut, her lips busted open and nose broken. Her abdomen and back are also heavily bruised, the result of receiving repeated kicks. She is unconscious, and her breathing is labored.
Eugeni quickly drops to her side, and using Tsuto's knife , cuts Ameiko free. Then he says a quick prayer to Erastil and heals her.
The various wounds Ameiko suffered begin to recede, though are still plainly evident. As she comes to, she reflexively jerks away and curls up defensively. When she realizes who is near her, she breaks down into tears: the first time you have ever seen the usually joyful woman cry.
"I...I can't believe he would do something like this. I knew he was angry, but this..." her voice trails off, but then she continues. "I am sorry, I lied to you before. That knife," she points to the blade in Eugeni's "paw," "I had given that to Tsuto as a gift. I had hoped he was lieing about father in his note, but when I saw that knife, I knew just how big of a liar he was."
She pauses a moment to collect herself before continuing. "He said that he and some other mercenaries were hired by a woman to attack Sandpoint. He said she had big plans for the town, and wanted me to join them. I tried to slap some sense into him, but then he set those goblins on me, and said he was going to..." her head snaps up, "Help me up! Quick! I need to go warn father before Tsuto does something terrible!"
Eugeni's eyes fall. "It's too late Miss Kaijitsu. Tsuto killed your father and all the factory workers," he says gently. After a moments pause he mutters, "We defeated him and his goblins. He was still alive when I came down here a minute ago." The dogman helps Ameiko to her feet, "Do you need more healing?"
When she receives the news if Tsuto's deeds, she sits very still on the floor, her arms wrapped around her knees. When Eugeni asks her if she would like more healing, she says stoically..."Take me to him."
With the battle done, Morythine spends some considerable time idly examining the jagged, dirty cuts the goblins' crude dogslicers have left on his pallid skin. Only after a long while does he grow tired of watching his own blood dribbling out. With an almost regretful sigh he dips a hand into his sack and fishes out a small, grey vial, one of a pair he purchased from nefarious contacts in Kaer Maga. He unscrews the top, gagging briefly at the foul odour so released, then swallows the lot in one quick pull. He coughs and splutters for a second, but then the potion works its magic nonetheless, and his wounds disappear.
Morythine is a little bit crestfallen to discover Kala has no interest in slaughtering the fallen goblins. Perhaps she's not as faultless as I imagined her, he ponders, instead deciding to follow Eugeni, excited by the bestial rage the dog-man seems to be struggling to suppress. However, Ameiko's discovery quashes his hopes of witnessing Eugeni go wild. The dhampir can't help letting his eyes linger on the Tien woman's appealing bruises and contusions, and is further disappointed when Eugeni's touch lessens these violent embellishments to Ameiko's beauty.
"Help me up! Quick! I need to go warn father before Tsuto does something terrible!"
Morythine remains quiet, as he did on the subject of Zoli's bereavement. He'll not be the one to break news of Lonjiku's demise.
Eugeni looks ready to protests, but thinks better of it and nods. He leads Ameiko back up to where her half brother lies unconscious on the floor.
While Kala goes for rope and the rest explore the Glassworks, Zoli volunteers to watch the fallen. She quickly searches the goblins for anything of interest, piling their weapons to the side. She then stands in the open doorway, rapier in hand, keeping watch on both the goblins and Tsuto until the knight returns.
As she watches their still bodies she shakes her head. What leads thinking beings -- people with hearts -- to do this sort of thing?
As Zoli stands watch while the others are gone, she sees Tsuto start to come to. He clutches his wounds and looks about the room, his eyes eventually settling on Zoli. He shakes his head and says, "You're much better at this."
Before she can inquire what he means, he clarifies, "Than your father, that is. At fighting. At the festival all he did was try to flee the courtyard like a coward. And he did, right into my dagger. He didn't even put up a struggle." Tsuto stares the handling girl in her eyes as he speaks.
Just then, one goblin site up, clutching his head. The other one starts to stir as well...
Through tears she exclaims, "Wha-what- You'll see just how well I fight!" running him through where he lays.
Then, looking at the goblin stirring beside her, she says, still crying "You're next, you two, if you so much as twitch!" then, to her allies she hollers,
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Luck 6/8
Panache 4/4
Buffs Luck (round 1/3) +2 to hit, dam, & all skill rolls
Bless +1 to hit & fear saves
Tsuto doesn't even try to dodge her attack, and her blade slides neatly between his ribs and into his heart. More disturbing, is after the initial pain, he smiles at her before his eyes go lifeless...