Baldhart remains giant-sized. If Hanako exits the house in fox form, Baldhart will not follow, but will stand by the door with her bow ready.
She does not understand what is so upsetting to Hanako. Maybe because Darlene was pretty and told a funny? But her aura reeked of evil. Darlene was not nearly as evil as the horned woman who put Baldhart in Hanako’s hair, when she was a flower, but still…
The big fairy does not think Darlene would have been upset if it were Hanako’s pretty dress soaked in blood. Darlene might have made a joke of it.
Blooderfly, Baldhart thinks.
She ’casually’ looks out the window and hopes none of the other giants notice her trying not to laugh.
"Spells that do not have anything to do with invoking the dead,like inflicting blindness and deafness, though necromancy are fine." Winter answers. "Pharasma's tenets forbid animating dead bodies or calling upon their spirits."
Garrosh does a last search of this area, then moves outside to confirm the gatehouse is now empty.
Once scouting is over Piotr says "No matter if there are people in there or not we'll have to search for clues to what those Yellowers are up to." he does say it with sympathetic look to Hanako for her distress.
While they wait, Ann comes over with concern and care, grasping her hand. "If you want to talk, I can't be sure I'll be able to help but I can try." said with all sincerity before her lips curl into her smirking smile "I DO understand feeling a bit jealous about the butterfly joke though, not sure if any of us will be able to top that today... but I aim to try. How about you?"
Hanako replies, “I am not jealous of the joke. Just… one second she is telling a joke, and the next, there is so much blood coming out of her. I do not doubt she has done things that make her quick, relatively painless death a mercy.
“She just reminds me too much of…” Hanako is about to say Miss Mizzola, but what comes out is “me.
“Maybe I lured people to their doom with my fancy costumes and pretty smiles.” Making an effort to perk up, just to not be such a Debbie Downer, she adds, “I bet I told better jokes though.”
"Yeah I can't do anything like that. Just things like creating bursts of energy." Kilarra replies. While Garrosh searches the first floor and moves outside, Kilarra does a search for valuables or clues on the second floor.
Baldhart does not try looting things, but she does try on the Amulet of Natural Armor. She goes outside to show Hanako the pretty shiny thing.
Kilarra thinks the padlocked chest on the 2nd floor is not trapped though a search of the premises yields nothing of value.
When it seems everyone who is going in is ready, Piotr nods to Ann. The spectral girl gives Haniko's shoulder a gentle rub and whispers "Whatever you did in the past is not who you Are now. And you are way funnier." the last part said with a smile. Ann is an expert at life changes so the first part is spoken from experience.
The siblings then move into the guest house and start working on the padlock.
As Ann picks the lock, there is a flash of yellow blasting from the chest, catching both Piotr and Ann. Ann is caught by surprise but Piotr, hearing his sister's gasp of shock, manages to get somewhat out of the way.
In the trunk is 24 nobles’ outfits (worth 75 gp each), 12 bottles of wine (worth 150 gp total), and a jewelry box made of palm wood (worth 50 gp) containing 1,800 gp worth of rings, bracelets, brooches, and necklaces.
Kilarra was already far enough away when the chest is opened, but the blast catches her off guard. Thankfully, no one is killed.
"Hey at least the stuff isn't broken."
Looking over the contents of the trunk, Kilarra has a weird idea. "What if... the people we just killed were disguising themselves? Not that it really matters, but they might not have been nobles. If we manage to sell all this, I bet we could get some magic itmes, eh Garrosh?"
Ann coughs up blood "Not trapped they said, Sure we said, idiots." it is unclear whether she is more mad at herself than others. Piotr isn't exactly happy either, seeing his sister in this state. He leans down and uses some of his magic to heal her.
Kilarra helps by shoving some of the bottles of wine into her backpack.
"We got everything? Let's storm another building. Unless there aren't anymore people, it looks like they never saw or heard us."
She'll lead the group to the next Western building.
The smell of freshly turned earth fills the carriage house. Behind the a large black carriage that nearly fills this space, near a wall hung with tools and various pieces of tack, is a hole nearly 5 feet wide. There is a door leading to the east.
Winter and Hanako hear a horse's whinny from behind the doors as the hair from their skin begins to stand.
"There's something amiss with what's behind the door." Winter warns the party."I hear a horse's whinny, and I think their restless spirits still reside there. Could be dangerous to go in. But we can put their spirits to rest by finding the murder weapon and removing it from this place."
"We need to investigate the area, but perhaps we can leave this one for later?"
"Sure. Next building then."
Garrosh follows the paladin, attentive to their surroundings - ”For sure this is not over yet Kilarra - be careful”
"Sure, sure, but they've never seen anything like me. Think of all the Yellows we've crushed under our boots. You, me, and everyone else, we're the dream team." She arrives at the door. "Here to stamp out some nightmares."
Once everyone's situated, Kilarra opens the door.
The party hears the sound of some guttural language being spoken from beyond the door. Long tables covered with various utensils and food line two of the walls of this large kitchen. A fire crackles in the massive stone hearth. Four red eyed humanoids with clubs in their hands in various corners of the room glare back at Kilarra, releasing savage howls the moment she opens the door.
Piotr moves up to defend Kilarra.
"Winter, you should step away from there." Ann says to the cleric so she might be able to attack the howlers when they charge forward.
The red eyed humanoids immediately make move to the door, two of them being in range to club Kilarra. The other two just growl angrily.
Twice it looks as if Kilarra was going to get clobbered but Piotr manages to block off the blows with his shield.
"Yeah agreed." Winter agrees."Leave more room for our melee fighters to engage."She then withdraws out of the way.
Hanako sings,
Moan, you
Red-eyed bastards
You’re looking plastered
While planning the dastardly
Think you’re
Such a fright
But you’re not so bright
If you’re picking a fight with me
Why do you,
Half-wit twit,
Throw your life away?
You die, who gives a shit?
But ain’t a question
You won’t heed my suggestion
You be dead soon anyway
No point in a life lesson
Kilarra takes a step back, and prepares to slice the first red-eye that gets within her reach.
Garrosh moves to try and get a clear shot, launching one arrow at the front red-eyed human.
Garrosh shoots the front red eyed humanoid, who comes out of the door charging after him with a growl,just to promptly get beheaded by Kilarra.
The others nonetheless still recklessly come out of the door, clubbing Piotr and Hanako.
Piotr wounds all 3 as they step out of the door, drawing their ire, as two of them swing at him without success. Hanako however gets clubbed by the third one.
Winter casts guidance on Garrosh.
"Rude" Ann comments on their insistence of getting out of the room. She steps forward to flank with Kilarra, stabbing away. Piotr hacks at the same while trying to protect Kilarra.
Kilarra strikes the red eyes with her sword, making two attacks in quick succession.
“Ouch. You dick!”
Hanako steps back and continues her song,
We’re ahh.. into the thick
But this is a sword fight
And you brought a stick
Try that
Again I dare you
I know we don’t scare you
You know we won’t spare you
Baldy flies around in position to flank with Ann!
Piotr and Ann tag team one of the red eyed humanoids down, as Kilarra swings wildly at another red eyed humanoid, but manages to control the backswing to lash him from shoulder to hip.
Hanako shoots the other red eyed humanoid in the leg while Baldhart stabs him in the back.
Garrosh takes a step back, and shoots two arrows at the one between Ann and Baldhart.
Garrosh shoots the red red eyed humanoid in the shoulder.
The orange humanoid tries to club and bite Piotr with the red red eyed humanoid stepping out of flank to club and bite Hanako. Winter continues to give Garrosh guidance.
A lucky blow catches Piotr on his forearm.
Biting is so gross
You want to fight up close?
I will draw my blade
And stab and throw some shade
“You stink.”
Technically, Hanako threw shade while drawing and before stepping into flank position to stab. But her tune is as inspiring as her action is courageous.
Her noodly arm thrusts the rapier with finesse—
—sans power.
Baldhart also attacks red. Unless Hanako kills the guy, in which case she attacks orange. She flanks either way.
…and misses either way.
Kilarra arcs her greatsword swings into a quick figure eight, focusing more on speed than power.
Ann slips up to flank the one that just HURT HER BROTHER. and the two hack and slash the creature.
Hanako manages to stab one despite her noodly arms, but Baldhart's sword stroke is dodged. Kilarra cuts orange down with one decisive swipe of her greatsword, leaving Piotr with no opponent to face. Ann stabs the orange humanoid twice with her spectral daggers, finishing him off. On each of their bodies is hide armor and a club.
"I think I stepped to the wrong side." Kilarra mutters. To the group, she says "Okay, is that the end? Do we just search this building and call it a day?"
Hanako enters and searches the room.
She says to Baldhart, [b]“Please help me check for traps so I do not overlook another explosive.”[/dice]
The fairy looks around.
Long tables covered with various utensils and food line two of the walls of this large kitchen. A fire crackles in the massive stone hearth.
A pile of quickly spoiling butchered horse meat sits on the southeastern worktable, and the room smells like something else has gone bad long ago. A trap door in the eastern corner of the room leads down, and there is a stairway leading upwards.
Shelves holding all manner of dry goods and fresh vegetables line the walls of this expansive pantry. Some of the foodstuffs here have obviously spoiled in recent days, and have yet to be cleaned up.
Piotr's face grows grim "They butchered a Horse" Piotr likes horses.
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"Horse meat's a... a deli... delicate. No. It's a yum." Kilarra tries to convey with as much dignity as she can. "Shut up. I know the word. I just can't say it right now."
But as she looks at the spoiling carcass, she says "But not when it's raw. These red-eyes are like some sort of crazed cannibals or something."
Kilarra suggests going upstairs, but not downstairs.
Piotr looks at Kilarra in horror "Horses are majestic creatures, not a Whatever that is." he frumbles as he starts heading upstairs.
"Why can't they be both? Like pigs." Kilarra bickers back