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"You have given your pals warning and time. So far your friends are just bruised. Now it is time to step aside so there are no additional charges."
If they comply, will put manacles on Green. If not will try to Reposition Green away from the door, along the wall.
Spending Hero Point on Diplomacy. Moved coin to side so 3 to 2.
Aeric raises his buckler with a wary nod to his opponents. He reaches out to push Blue and then tries again on Green.
Going to need to hold the choke point. With a slight wince from the hit, Aeric weaves between Orange and Purple to stand at the doors across the room.
After taking a moment to study the challenge, Aeric pulls a different pick and gets to work.
"Let me give this a try. If we need to get in faster, we may need to breach the door." A tiny weed comes out of Aeric's pocket and sticks a limb into the lock as he tries to pick the lock.
Aeric moves forward a few paces, and throws a Ray of Frost at Blue.
"Honestly surprised they do not have a small OR at each district. Fairly easy to keep tabs and if they see a bunch of Guard is hurt, it could signal a crime spree to start while they are short staffed."
"I wanted it out, and the sooner the better. Roscoe has treated me before and seemed confident in his abilities. The front desk was willing to make room for the surgery here, but equipment was the bottleneck. So we went to where the equipment could be found. Having Roscoe handle it saved time bringing another practitioner up to speed. Emergencies should trump routine. The fire brigade does not wait at the intersection for the parade to finish. We hear loud, lethal fighting inside a house, we open the door instead of knocking."
"None of us recognized the creature that attacked us. Just a multidimensional traveler that infested me. The closest thing that jumped into my mind is Undead. But was this something slow acting like Ghouls, or fast - like wights and wraith?. With the power this thing had, I would definitely think the latter." His eyes widen a little as the memory comes back. "We wasted, no spent, a good chunk of time reporting back here first. Maybe we should have checked on the facilities here compared to the other precincts when we first arrived. Nothing can change that now. But the sand was dribbling away, so we went to the next place that could probably handle it." His eyes widen more as scenarios play through his mind. "We still don't know if I was going to end up a meat puppet for what was in me. Or if I would transform into one of them, like an undead. Maybe I was just a food source for a chrysalis. Worse thing I imagined was popping like a spider sack and having hundreds of minute creatures roaming the City, becoming an new plague." Aeric heaves a large breath as his explanation rushes out.
Aeric nods his thanks and finds a place. "Roscoe did a great job. Range of motion is good, but going to keep stretching it to make certain it stays that way." He thinks for a moment. "But seeing that proboscis come toward me, I think is going to rate as high as a vampire bite on spooky stuff."
Still rotating his shoulder at intermittent intervals and a slightly haunted look to his eyes, Aeric follows the group.
Aeric will see about getting a small glass jar and some sort of preservative to place the creature. It would then go on a shelf in his quarters. With a crash, he would try to recover from the ordeal.
With a bit of worry showing through his forced grin,
Will try Medicine (+12E) to see what is wrong with me.
Not wanting to risk the tumble, Aeric darts around the creature to get into flanking. He then makes a pair of quick strikes.
Aeric takes a small step and slashes twice with the animal horn. Crit for 14
Aeric bounces around the creature to reach Rocky. Then he quickly slaps a few leaves on leaking holes and stands in place.
Aeric carefully steps to the side of the creature and pulls his horn dagger.
Aeric sweats and strains as he tries to get the poison out of his system.
Edit for possible hero point usage.
Aeric looks around for a moment, shrugs when noticing Rhohka is not there.
Aklo:
"I guess the being you attacked is reluctant to come into your presence again. Without someone pressing on assault or trespass charges, and only superficial damages to the premises, you are free to go.
I understand you are frustrated at the time spent here, but hopefully the creature you were fleeing from has left by now. So you can return safely. Your phasing is a wonderful ability. Something that takes years of dedication to only rarely use on this realm. But our tales are filled with people ending in walls, over pits, in water. Lairs of monsters. So we now become the monsters in your precautionary tale to your people. Safe return." Aeric turns to the rest of the group. "Let's give them room to reach the hallway. They should be able to leave once out of the room"
[Not sure if they have pockets. If they carry treasure, they must have something like a pouch made of webbing or something.] Aeric will translate. Asking if Rohka wanted to press charges.
Aklo:
"That sounds very possible. Please wait a few moments. I need to have the representative look over the place before we can allow you out. You should also have the opportunity to apologize to the person that was hurt. If they confirm that nothing is missing, and are willing to forgive mistakes made, you will be freed. Would you care for some water after your lengthily confinement? Is there a food item that you think we could provide?" "Rohka, could you please come over here? They claim to have been fleeing from the ethereal plane and were unable to leave. Would you please take a moment to look over the boxes to see if any have been raided? I am giving them a moment to apologize for the assault, but they were already fleeing a predator and seem to have overreacted. Aeric will hand over his canteen and relay a food request.
Good point Aklo: And what do you mean by further trouble? More than the nips on the worker?
Aeric looks at the creatures and then again at the runes. Aklo:
I will have to talk with my partners. But how did you happen to get into a place you could not leave? "They say they want no trouble and I think that if they leave the area with the runes, will return to the etheral plane. I am trying to figure how they got here in the first place. Their natural abilities would make them great plunderers."
Aeric throws another ball of flame at the swarm and starts moving closer to Rocky.
Aeric checks his movement toward the swarm and instead throws another small glob of fire.
"Hmmm, looks like resistant to lightning. Back to fire guys!"
"Sometimes, bugs just need a good zapping." With that, arcs of lightning strike out at both swarms. Lastly, he raises his buckler in their direction.
Aeric will move over to get a clear sight of the swarm. He clenches his fist and throws a small ball of flame at Green.
Edit Cantrip is 2nd level
"Are Moredew and Grissom on duty today? Maybe we can go out and have a chat with them?"
"Did any of the intruders see the location of the hidden panel? You need not answer this, but do you have more than one if that one is compromised?"
"Orvington might be a good second choice. The vandalism could be a nice cover for scouting the place and seeing response times or tactics used by security." After a few blocks of pondering, "Uhmm, Mason. Have you kept in touch with the ratlings? They seem like a good source to find about the possible digging around Stonesworn,"
Aeric looks around and nods a greeting to Raslo. "Good afternoon. I am Aeric."
Nothing wrong. Just first time here. Trying to see it the way the others did. He moves up to Rocky.
Aeric follows the group as it starts and stops on the way out the door.
Aeric looks over from the bar as the group gets up to move. Wiggling a finger in his ear, he starts to follow after scanning the room. Surprising how much difference 5 ft makes. Could barely hear anything.
Aeric moves to sit at the bar behind the party. He will put his elbow on the bar and lean back, keeping an eye on the main room. Aeric will raise his eyebrow and give a small negative shake when he makes contact with Mason and Rocky.
Aeric takes the time to freshen up from the encounters below, trying to maintain the professional image of the Watch.
It might be nice to see if anyone knows how to work against the constructs and that jelly. Since we know there is a strong chance we will meet them, counters against them would be nice to bring.
Aeric sees the fantastic display Mason put on for the patrons of the room. With a small smile and nod of his head, he sits back down with his drink. Not going to better that performance.
Aeric looks at the results of the others attempts with a shrug.
Aeric grows more concerned as the rest of the group is still not moving. He starts slashing wildly.
Aeric takes his time and steps over to flank Green. Then he tries to stab a few times.
Oh boy. Aeric tries his best to tumble through Green and strike out at the underside. But instead, he picks himself off the ground and raises his shield.
Aeric moves up the stairway, hugging the wall. Trying to get a better look at the creature. Hoping you can get a better view and clear sight lines from the elevation.
Aeric grabs more supplies from his pack to try and draw the poison from his wound. Grimacing, he pulls an elixir from his pack an quickly chugs it.
Not feeling good, but unless stabbed again, should be fine.
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