Watanabe sighs and points at the creature, "It's been made into a zombie. The bone pickaxes are the sign of Zyphus, the Grim Harvestman. His cult ascribe a purview of pointless and accidental death. The markings are strange, it could be that the artist just wasn't very good, but if I'm not mistaken it's like someone just described his symbol to the artist and then they drew it over and over."
Watanabe looks over the writing, "I can translate it with magic. Should I?"
Barlespin's wide yellow frog eyes go even wider. "Not to look a gift snake in the mouth, but why is the zombie not attacking us?" He holds his polymer net, ready to attack if needed. "It seems wise to know what it says. Translate it if you can."
Watanabe saturates the room with arcane energy, right when his teeth feel tingly he concentrates on the adamantine ring on his finger and recalls a spell he's cast many times.
"Prayers and curses to Zyphus, whoever wrote it is clearly insane." Watanabe looks at the zombie and asks rhetorically, "Was it you?" He writes the translation next to the notes.
Barlespin shrugs. "It doesn't appear hostile. Should we just ... leave it here? Maybe lock the door and put up a warning, or something."
"Let's move on!"
If no one objects, when they move out of the room, Barlespin tries to lock it from the outside.
"Does anyone have chalk, so we can write a warning message?"
"I do!" Morgan takes out the chalk. "Here, take it!"
As Barlespin begins the process of sealing the door shut and marking it there is a sound from behind you, from the way that leads to the desert area. It is a scraping sound as if something is being dragged along the metallic floor.
Barlespin turns slowly, drawing out his polymer net. "Um ... how many of those four-armed corpses were out there?"
Watanabe makes his skin as hard as iron in preparation for a likely confrontation. "Too many"
The scraping sound intensifies as you see 4 zombie kasatha round the bend and head toward you.
"I will shoot!"
"If we must fight them, we should create a choke point in the hallway." He heads toward the end of the hallway, with his polymer net, ready to attack as soon as one gets near him.
Combat Round 1 - Bold May Act
Zombies
Watanabe
Ohitekan
Morgan
Sinna
Barlespin
Zaraith
Sinna looks about, commenting "We must have activated something when we entered...."
She then turns her attention to the advancing zombies, then making her decision extends her left palm towards the corridor, tiny black motes emerging and settling on the floor in front of the zombies...
Watanabe speaks a prayer to Nethys. Casting bless.
Morgan moves closer to the enemy and prepares his gun.
Barlespin throws his polymer net at the leading zombie.
He frowns as the net falls on the ground in front of the zombies. "Well, that was not a good throw ..."
[ooc[ Scraping was flavor for them dragging their skeletal feet across the floor. [/ooc]
Barlespin misses with the net and the undead continue their advance.
Blue makes an attack at Zaraith while the other crowd in.
The attacker misses.
Combat Round 2 - Bold May Act
Zombies
Watanabe
Ohitekan
Morgan
Sinna
Barlespin
Zaraith
Barlespin raises a hand and points at one of the zombies. His eyes flash silver, and a spark of electricity flies from his finger toward the zombie.
Blue and Green slip in the grease and fall to the floor. Yellow and Purple manage to maintain their balance moving through the slippery patch.
Barlespin hits Yellow with a spark.
Combat Round 2 - Bold May Act
Yellow (-1)
Blue (Prone)
Purple
Green (Prone)
Watanabe
Ohitekan (Delay)
Morgan
Sinna
Barlespin
Zaraith(Delay)
Morgan moves behind the corner and shoots the purple one.
Morgan's bullet tears into the purple enemy and it drops on the spot.
Combat Round 2 - Bold May Act
Yellow (-1)
Blue (Prone)
Green (Prone)
Watanabe
Ohitekan (Delay)
Morgan
Sinna
Barlespin
Zaraith(Delay)
Watanabe blesses Morgan, making him harder to hit.
Round 2
Sinna moves so that she had a line of sight on the approaching zombies, and fires her crossbow...
Sinna puts a bolt into the Yellow zombie, and it falls.
Blue and Green both try to stand.
Blue tries to stand and slips. Green stands and moves toward the group.
Combat Round 3 - Bold May Act
Blue (Prone)
Green
Watanabe
Ohitekan (Delay)
Morgan
Sinna
Barlespin
Zaraith
Morgan reloads his pistol and shoots green one.
Morgan takes Green out.
Sinna similarly reloads her crossbow and targets the prone zombie...
Even with the penalty for shooting at a prone target Sinna hits.
Barlespin moves past them, climbing along the wall to avoid the grease. He looks through the doorway, just to be sure there aren't more zombies coming their way.
Moragan starts searching the bodies.
Barlespin does not see any more zombies coming. He does not hear any either.
Morgan looks at the bodies but they are ancient and quite decomposed. They have nothing of value on them.
Watanabe goes to the nearby double doors and looks for any danger before opening them.
Watanabe sees nothing dangerous about the double doors. They are just like the other doors in this area.
"I will scout ahead ..." Barlespin heads through the double doors and sneaks down the hallway to see what is further down the hall.
The corridor ahead is the same in construction as the rest of this area. The walls are smooth and metallic, the floor is of the same material. You access card works the door.