Odelai frowns, "Oh, it's a Homunculus. The skeleton is probably its former master. Looks like he is willing to defend it."
Jenkin raises his hands placatingly and backs away from the yellow creature. After all, it's just being territorial, not overtly hostile, and... it's small. Not exactly menacing, more like a yappy lap dog."Oh, hey, little guy, not gonna bother your friend." He says over his shoulder, maintaining eye contact with the homonculus, "Looks like there might be a trap near the desk. There's some stuff on it, don't know if I can get it off without setting off the trap or the critter."
Czy szukasz wolności dla siebie i swojego pana? Łańcuchy można zerwać.
Svetlana is ready to fight, but also willing to talk she makes a question in Abyssal
Do you seek freedom for thyself and they master? Chains can be broken
The yellow skinned homunculus silently watches and seems to be waiting to see if anyone is coming near its masters remains.
"Unless we think the button will save the children, let's continue." Penelope suggests. "And leave the creature to mourne."
"Do we want to see what is hidden by the stone, or move on?" Elowen asks, looking at the others in the grip of indecision.
Penelope has already voiced her desires, anxiously waiting at the door.
Kids first, loot later Svetlana says quite decisively
And I dont think the Kobolds dragged the kids into here
She adds.
"Agreed."
(+2 in dim or dark)
(+1 for traps)
Moving to the end of the hall you are greeted with a dead end where it turns left. It's weird for a hallway to abruptly end like this.
"Thre's something...on the other side of the wall....can't quite make out what I'm hearing but something is making noise." Elowen says, pointing to the dead-end wall.
Svetlana fangs retracts and she switches to extremely good darkvision, that even includes see in darkness.
"Um... I just heard someone yell 'run'." Jenkin adds.
That makes Penelope's pointed ears twitch. She hurries to the dead end "Is there a secret door?" she presses and pushes with a hefty amount of anxiety.
The frustration on her face when she turns back around is heavy "Another way around then..."
"Let's see..." says Jenkin, putting on his secret door detecting hat, which is to say, he aims a kick at the wall.
He stubs a toe.
Lets see if I can use my head!
Ouch Svetlana says as her attempt to headbut the door into submission, after growing some horns, fails.
Effing 2 legs! You dont need horns to open doors, just use your strength properly! He indicates with a dismissive tailflop after doing a far better job then either Svetlana or Jenkin
"Well whatever is behind the wall knows we're here now." Elowen mutters.
Odelai moves back down the corridor to where the girl is, trying to find another way in.
Moving back the way you all came the noise of hissing and growls start to echo when you enter the formerly trapped room. Moving a little quicker and rounding the corner there are a group of kobolds armed with spears stabbing at something around the corner at the four way.
The familiar voice of Kimi yells,
The response is not from a voice any of you recognize but he sounds tired. "You'll die girl. Stay ba.." A grunt of pain as a spear has clearly landed a solid blow.
Two arrows are zipping through the air of the hallway as soon as Penelope hears Kimi. "Kimi!" the paladine yells, covering the sticking thud as both arrows hammer into the nearest foe.
seeing the kobolds, Elowen begins to chant, drawing out a wicked thorn and infusing it with magic as it grows to the size of a javelin.
Lets go pounce!
Eyes blackneing and horns growing
Svetlana charges in
Blyad she snarls are her charge goes wide
Pounce charges alongside his mistress
Hearing the sound of Kids in Danger, Jenkin throws all caution and subtlety to the wind and rushes at the nearest kobold, axes held high over his head and bellowing in rage, ending by hacking his glowing axe at the little lizard's skull.
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One arrow tears though the throat of a green scaled kobold as Sir Pounce bites into the shoulder of a red scaled kobold its arm fully swallowed in a sickening noise. The second arrow goes over Jenkin's shoulder it hit the black scaled one though its arm while the lumberjack slams his axe down on another green scaled one, severing is snout.
There is halfling who stomach is covered in blood barely holding kimi, who has at least a foot on in him height. Both have broken sticks in their hands. Very much sounding her age and very scared, "Penny? Penny! I lost.. them! They are gonna.. die and its my.. my fault!" Behind her screaming you can hear sobbing.
"Breath girl." Keeping on arm outstretched incase the kid bolts the bloodied halfling swings wide at the last kobold. But instead of attacking it rushed past the halfing and is unfazed as the stick smack it in the chest. Lunging past kimi there is a loud shriek and the sound of a quick scuffle.
Its me Svetlana Svetlana says, thinking that the kids or the halflings may not recognice her in her full blown warform
Pounce, pursue!
The tigre moves quickly, his tail giving a quick reassuring gentle tap to the screaming child, remnding it of better times,
It moves past the halfing and kid, sees a kobold, and runs at it snarling.
he misses, giving a roar.
ON IT Svetlana snarls back as she moves towards Pounce and the remaining Kobold
She may swing wide though.
Jenkin tears around the corner, stepping over dead and maimed kobolds with a wet splorping sound as he does so, trying to keep pace with Svetlana and Pounce.
As the kobold's fall, Penelope runs down the hall, leading over the bleeding corpses. "Kimi" she nearly crumbles in relief as she sees the child unharmed. Her friend is another matter. "Where are the others? We will get them." she can't promise to save them, she wishes she could promise that, but her heart won't lie. She simply does not know.
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Elowen moves down the hall as a long thorn grows in her hand. Jeva trails behind her, watching the plant grow with wide eyes. Once the kobold comes into view she throws the javelin with deadly skill, it stops halfway through its chest. Another long thorn is already in her hand. The Kobold looks down and sways. Mirka, who had been in the corner shoves the kobold before diving into Svetlana's chest.
Kimi on other hand has grabbed Penelope by the arm and is pulling, "I said to run and Sav ran the wrong way. Penny we gotta get him.." Tears start pouring down her face, "Jur.. Jurin.. him might..."
The halfling, pressing one hand into his belly, pats her on the back with his other. "I help how I can. The little pale one ran off that way. An her other friend was grabbed further back."
He points down the hall in the direction you all fought the ooze. There is still one of the kids that hasn't been mentioned. Hollin, Ralla's little rother.
Penelope pulls Kimi into a hug, tight and hard. "Mirka, are you okay?" a stupid question, but one she asks anyway. She wished she still had some of her new magic that could help heal. If nothing else to help the halfling, but she doesn't. "Okay, Sav is that way, we will go after him. Where is Hollin?"
Pounce, protect and calm them Svetlana says as she very gently tries to pat Mirkas had, as to not accidently injure him with her claws.
My fury, my claws, my fangs, their fear, their blood, their deaths
She intones in an eerily beautifull singsong voice.
Play with Pounce Mirka, Aunti Svetlana has some kobold killing to do.
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Pounce starts gentle tapping the butchers son with his tail. The world does look brigther with a friendly tiger to protect you.
Mirka rubs at the cut on his forehead and is easily transferred to the furrier feline. He remains silent and seems more likely to crawl on top of Sir Pounce than walk on his own.
Kimi looks down, shame written all over her, "Don't know."
Starting to move in the direction Savram ran in the halfling add, "Other boy is probably further in. Didn't know bout him when I had the chance to run with those four."
Penelope rubbed her thumb along Kimi cheeks, bringing her face up to hers. "No." the half-elf says to the shame, firmly. "We don't have time for that, we all are needed to save the others, yourself included. So No." she pulls out a bundle of arrows "When we start fighting, you hand me one when I reach for it. I'll be able to shoot faster, so stay with me, stay focused, and help save your friends."
She wants to question the halfling, but she has her hands full. She does take a moment to make sure the other little girl is with them still, giving her shoulder a squeeze, and then hurries them all after the tiger.
Svetlana is about to run in further.
"Jeva, you can stay with them, it should be safe here with Pounce, or you can come along with us as we go to get the others. Your choice." Elowen says quickly as she moves to follow Svetlana.
Kimi nods solemnly and slings the strap over her shoulder. Hugging the bundle and keeping a arrow ready in her hand. Looking over at Mirka who is staring at her with wide eyes and his arms locked around the tigers' neck, "You all are leaving?"
Jeva's lip twists, irritation written all over her face. "I am not staying."
Pounce will stay and protect you.
You can of course tag along, but you will probably get splattered with Kobold guts. And you will see what I am really capable of in terms of violence. You may not want to experience either, but you can make your own decisions.
Svetlana speaks to her as she would to an adult, currently sporting horns, pitch black eyes, fangs and claws.
Penelope's forehead is scrunched mightly, obviously disagreeing with letting the children out of her sight. She tries to respect the wishes of those around her, so she tells Mirka and Jeva "You can come with us, as Svetlana says, we will protect you. Sir Pounce will also if you wish to stay." her voice is soft and anxious at the same time "But you have to decide now."
"Alright, just stay close, and stay behind me." Elowen says to Jeva
Mirka looks panicked at the conflicted opinions. Staring into Svetlanas dilated eyes, a line of blood runs between his eyes. Not letting of Sir Pounces fur but he nods, "Wanna help.
His shorter legs and injuries had the halfling leading the way at the start but quickly falling to the back of the group. Moving quickly down the hall and turning into the hallway where you fought the ooze. That acidic smell still lingering. It opens into a large room. Three large stone tables stand in the middle of this room, while the long benches that once stood next to them have been knocked askew and overturned.
But this room is empty, Further ahead there are 2 kobolds standing in front of open double doors. One has turned back to stare at you all, Smacks the other and they both swear in draconic before running down the gall to the right.
The open doors lead into a dark space with the sound of dripping water and the occasional sound of something hitting metal. Those of you with darkvision can see thin arms reaching into the open walkway.
(+2 in dim or dark)
(+1 for traps)
Svetlana runs towards the thin frail arms, assuming they look human not Kobold.
Elowen quickly dashes into the room the kobolds were looking into. "In here! They need help." she says plunging into the dark room.
This dark ossuary is cold and full of the sound of dripping water. A dark corridor runs north down the center of the room, while to either side two large bays open into small niches that contain ancient dwarven skeletons. At the far end of the corridor rests a large iron anvil.
The arms reaching out of the caged alchoves are those of the long dead and they reach towards anyone they can while pressed against the bars. But that only goes so far. A skull is fling at Svetlana and a rib at Elowen.
The skull slams into the stonework's behind Svetlana's head while the rib smacks Elown in the shoulder.
Elowen the noise has stopped but was coming from the alter as best as you can guess. Knowing where yo look you can just see a shoe tucked behind the alter.
Come, we will save you. We already saved Mirka, Kimi and Jeva! It is me Svetlana! I will shield you little one, and if the nasties approach, I will crush them.
Svetlana speaks with an almost eerie confidence. But sometimes, looking like a fierce avatar of vengeance is just whats needed to get a panicked kid to come with you.
Covering the kid with both herself and her shield, she rushes back out.
Savrams, tiny and pale crawls out from behind anvil. He isn't crying but he reeks of adrenaline and fear. Tucking himself into Svetlana's belly< Keeping his face there so he doesn't have to look at skeletons. He doesnt react when the jaw smacks into the back of his head.
Kimi remains next to Penelope staring into the dark room and flinging at the noises. Rushing foward to hug her pale shorter friend when the trio are out of the room. She grabs him gently by the shoulders and looks him over.
The halfling looks back and forth before speaking up, "Mirka. Why don't you go to him as well, ok?" Offering the kid a tired smile and Mirka rushes over, tugging Sir Pounce along. With the children momentarily distracted he waves the adults over.
Keeping his eyes on the kids and his voice low, "The other kid, Jurin I think. He was grabbed by this thing. Never seen something like it before. I don't know if the boy is gonna be ok. No clue what happened to the other one."
Pointing down the hall, "We were in a storage room in the lower level. Got out when they took Tyran. Figure the other kid is somewhere down there. When we got up this thing of smoke and chains rushed us. We ran and it grabbed the boy. Then the kobolds were there. Took a guess on where to run."
Mirka is quietly wiping the cuts on Savram's arm. All three children and quietly whispering to each other. Thrilled to have found each other again and worried about the last two of their group.
Odelai stands in the entrance to the chamber. "I can go get that child." And it’s clear she doesn’t mean convince him to come out.
NL DAM: 3
2nd Spells
> Web (1):
> CMW (1):
1st Spells
> Burning Hands (1):
> Mage Armor (1): x
> CLW (1):
SLAs
> Dancing Lights (1):
> Flare (1):
> Prestidigitation (1):
> Produce Flame (1):
Effects:
Mage Armor = +4 AC/FF
Jenkin follows behind Svetlana and Elowen, but seeing as the tiger-lady has things in hand, doesn't intervene, aside from hanging his axes on his belt and drawing out his quarterstaff, remembering that skeletons get smashed easier than they get sliced, and stands on guard to make sure they don't start spilling out of their alcoves.
"Okay, how do we get downstairs?" He growls in response to this new information.
Once the kids are save I will slaughter these effing undead with their own effing bones.
For some reason an adult who is a horned tiger lady being extremely aggressive against things that are not Savram has an almost calming effect on poor Savram.
In relative safety:
Oh you got hit litte one!
Svetlana, with a considerable degree of gentleness, heals the kid.
Describe the thing, and how many Kobolds do you think are here in total? A guess is fine. She speaks, more quietly, to the halfling.
I can borrow you my longspear, as its mostly claws and fangs for me, combat wise, but its not correctly sized for you.