Tamerius stops, and, heroically, manages to throw some bandages on various cuts of Natsume's, helping the young woman who is very pale, and about to collapse from blood loss.
Natsume, whose knees were starting to give, manages to remain standing, but she feels very bad.
As you glance back over your shoulder, you see that the second bush does not exit the heavy thickly wooded area... and the bush that was waddling along after you stops, and moves back into the cover of the heavily blighted area.
You seem now alone in the lighter forested part.
Though there still is black ooze on trees here, and spongy grey moss, it is less creepy than the heart of the foul blight.
You do not see Dragh exit.
Giggett cannot see either bush.
Giggett was readying her bow with a special arrow infused with the spirit of the dead dwarf... But as the enemies manage to escape her sight she doesn't shoot it.
"I go back to town, I need to heal."
She says it without apparent emotions, certainly shocked by what happened.
Giggett sees that the black colored bush did not take the path, but cut straight into the heavy forest... maybe straight back towards where Dragh was.
"Let's see if we can find that ranger," groans Natsume, who's looking... slightly less terrible.
"Thanks, Tam."
Giggett fires her poisonous arrow, the revenge of Dragh sails through the air...
Meanwhile, Natsume's blood keeps on trickling from her body, and does not clot.
Giggett aims at the wood with her bow.
"May the Lady in the Room guide my vengeance. Savor this sting, you nun!"
And Giggett fires the arrow quickly followed by a second one.
Giggett sends two arrows out--
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Seeing that the creatures doesn't follow them outside the blighted area, Tamerius tries to help Natsume stops the bleeding.
I can't stop the bleeding!
”Well, I hope somebody can!” Natsume worries.
Nothing moves towards the Blighted Den.
Tamerius was unable to staunch the bleeding...
Giggett has not much to do, now that the creatures have fled.
Natsume's blood keeps on flowing out, and she is becoming quite pale again, wobbling on her legs.
You perform first aid on an adjacent creature
If you were trying to stop bleeding, it immediately takes an amount of damage equal to its persistent bleed damage.
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Natsume reaches into her belt pouch, grabs a Lesser Elixir of Life, and chugs.
She feels... a lot better. Like she might live for 24 more seconds than she otherwise might have. Or at least 18.
She feels significantly less better than she could have.
An Elixir made by Dragh, is drunk by Natsume.
Tamrius tries again to help stop the bleeding
Tamerius draws the elixir that he was keeping in case of an emergency.
Take it. he says to Natsume.
”I’m starting to like the flavor,” Natsume admits weakly.
Tamerius tries in vain to stop the bleeding.
These cuts are deep, and there are many...
He then takes a flask of healing out.
Natsume takes the flask of the elixir Dragh made.
Natsume, who is bleeding, opens and drinks the healing potion.
Giggett opens her backpack and gets her Elixir out of it. She then gives it to Natsume.
hit points healed.
Giggett heals Natsume.
Natsume's breathing is slow and ragged... but the blood finally stops flowing.
Whether that's a good thing or not, she's not certain.
"Ghh..."
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Upon imagining herself joining Dragh for an endless keg of Gale... Natsume's blood curdles, and thus clots!
Suddenly, Noala appears, a bow in hand--
"Oh, 'tis you... I though it was some stragglers.
What did you find?
Is it all clear?
Oh... you seem... are you all right?"
Tamerius is covered in the blood of his comrades but unscathed himself.
The creature in the woods, they... they killed Dragh. I will pray for him and his sacrifice.
But you were right, something is quite wrong here. We need to regroup and find new allies to help us find the bottom of this.
"I need a good night of post hangover sleep. Like a week of sleep. Between the Bleaching slow death and this... Well, maybe life's worth being boring and such."
"I could use a big sword..."
Noala is deeply shaken...
"Dead? But how? What? Shall we go in and recover his body... or is too dangerous?"
For now it's too dangerous. We were able to kill only one of this creature to the cost of one of ours. I don't know if they can regenerate itself but for today, it's better we go back to town and rest, recover and regroup.
Tamerius looks at Giggett's wounds and try to patch some quickly before going back to town.
Natsume sighs. "Living plants-- they lashed at us like demons. I only survived because I happened to be near them," she says, gesturing towards Giggett and Tamerius. "They broke my shield, even. I was going to set a fire trap for them, but they chased us like hounds..."
As Dragh's sacrifice proved it, fire is no more useful than a good sword.
Tamerius takes his time to patch some of Natsume's wounds.
"If we can ever get his body back, we'll be lucky. Right now, he's being sucked dry by awful monstrosities..."
"Didn't have a good sword," points out Natsume as Tamerius slaps a poultice on her back and some herbs into her mouth, "brt ah do 've frr."
She swallows; "but I do have fire," she repeats.
"Not that I'm ready to get back there. I don't suppose the smithy in Plaguestone knows how to forge a katana..."
"Well, you'll have to explain me what you mean by fire trap, because, from my perspective, I really thought you got hit on the head too hard.
And I think we all need to properly equip ourselves. These plants are no small threat."
Natsume nods. "We'll want weapons with reach, a clear lane to retreat behind, and something to prevent them from following-- like, say, a rope suspended between two trees that's been treated with grease that we can tap with a torch on our way past."
"I don't know how smart they are, but they'll either avoid it or rush right into it, and either would be good for us."
"We'd avoid greasing the sides of the rope, though, so that the fire stays suspended and doesn't start an actual fire. It's been wet enough lately that I'm hoping it won't spread anyway... but it's good to be cautious."
The elven ranger is very somber.
"I will accompany you to town, to make sure you are not attacked en route, and then I will come back here to scout around and make sure nothing comes in or out without our knowing.
You can then join me whenever you wish..."
You then all take the few hours walk back, quite somber, to the village and the inn & caravan.
Anything done before you walk back to the village, or on the way?
Or do you arrive...?
Tamerius takes 10' to patch some of Giggett's wounds.
But fails to do so...
Lets go. Says Tamerius, not happy of the death of one of his comrades.