stepping forward, the light of the lit torches slowly resolve upon the forms of 5 orcs. two of them lay upon the floor, eyes closed, while the other 3 sit and lean back against the wall. one of them holds a broken sword in his hand, yet even that appears to be too much for him to accomplish.
The three sets of eyes just flicker to each of yours, yet they make no move to do much of anything...
"Between these guys are really drunk, or had their hats handed to them."
With a spell coming to mind, Antal gets ready to cast if need be.
Shae stops when he sees the orcs and eyes them warily as he clutches his battle axe. "Can't say I've seen orcs in this shape before. Normally they would have attacked as soon as they saw us. I wonder how long they've been here. I'm used to fighting them, not talking to them. Can any of you communicate with them?" he asks his companions, never taking his eyes off the orcs.
Linx thinks for a moment. ah, hold on, I think...
He then speaks in another language.
He says, trying to talk with the orcs,
He then grumbles to himself.
one of the orcs speaks up, in common. We speak your tongue, halfling. To you, dwarf, time has no meaning down here. we are prisoners too.
Gertrude takes in the orcs, just lying there. won't be much fun splattering their brains all over the wall. they probably can't even fight back. Boring!
unless they got food stuff, lets just leave 'em here.
after a pause, she has an idea, tells us what ya know of this place, like where ya been and such her tone isn't exactly the most friendly, as she does seem to want to see what color brains they do have.
"Do you know how many others have been this way?"
I have no bias against orcs, If they can fight I'd say bring them with us. The greater this group the more likely we survive... After all a vampire can only focus on so many people... He says, stopping his juggling. I mean, I've heard orcs cooperate with others when survival is on the line, so... Well actually I'm just guessing here, but I would totally accept any help we can get.
"Huh, well I'll be. Never knew some of them were smart enough to learn to speak something I could understand. Like I said, not used to talking to them," he says surprised that the orc can speak common.
He nods in agreement to questioning the orcs for information but doesn't divert his gaze from them until the halfling speaks up. Stunned, he looks over at the halfling like he just suggested that ale was bad for you. "You may not have a bias, but I certainly do. Unless they're going to walk in front of us to set off any traps, I'm not interested. From the looks of it, that's probably all they're good for anyway. They can't be trusted and would turn on us at the first chance," he says defiantly.
Linx snorts. Now, Don't be looking at me like I'm the dumb one here... If you where given the choice between life and death, would you allow an orc to save your life? Or if that orc moved to dive in front of an attack. blocking it, would you then slay that orc despite his heroics? And nothing says these orcs will betray us, They know just as well as you and I that we can slaughter them all here and now, no questions asked. But if we let them live, not to come back later and stab us in the back, but to treat them as equals and proceed together then would that not be better? the Halfling Huffs. I for one, would see no reason to kill them. We can kill them now, if you really feel the need. If we let them live and walk away they can stalk us and attack later, but if we take them with is and treat them equal then we can keep an eye on them and know if they intend to do so... the Halfling sighs, turning to the orcs.
Look, you fearsome warriors know what it's like down here, I'm sure you know that the more help you can get, the better he says. I am willing to take you along, protect you, and help where we can so that we can excape together. If we die, you can just scavenge our bodies, however I would do all in my power to make sure we ALL get out... After that, I don't care what you do. he says.
The Halfling's words are right, although he could have put them better... To a more receptive audience...
"Your statements would indicate you dont know much about the history between dwarves and orcs. I dont think either would save the other, it would be one less they would have to kill themselves. Bur I'm not a murderer, so I dont have a problem leaving them here to let the dungeon finish them off. They dont look like they have any fight left in them so I don't see them as much of a threat. If you insist on them coming along, they will be your responsibility to watch over them.
"Just remember Orcs aren't as bad as those filthy goblins."
Anatal spits on the ground
Linx laughs, "Agreed, I see orcs as much more sofisticated than canabalistic Pyromaniacs..." he turns to the Gnome. "I honestly have my opinions on orcs, he says
"I agree the savages deserve to die, But best they die stopping a monster than at our hands"
He says to Shea.
Gertrude goes to see what goodies they are in possession of, maybe they can contribute the the causer.
best to let us see what you have, at least I am gonna spare your lives, which is uncharacteristically nice.
Shae nods in agreement to Linx.
"What are you guy saying?"
Looking at each of you speaking Dwarven.
Linx Huffs, I was Discussing how much I honor the tradition of dwarves... he says, waving a hand at the orcs.