Alchy watches on, not emotionally tied to any course of action.
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Perhaps we can find him as we travel. The less that know of our coming the better. The more we stir up the sky the more obvious the clouds... We must be like rain falling from clear heavens, a total surprise.
"That should do it. A map of where to look, and then we can wander..."
"I always welcome a chance to wander in the Mothers bones"
Alcherinaga and the now massively oversized Blaze sit lazily on the floor and wait as they chew on various flowers.
"Aha, Money-mojo. Duskwardens always give bags of money-mojo coins out for people exploring the caves. Use the magic to get what you want"
"Back into the tunnels" Alcheringa smiles as he pulls out his trusty treatise on things in the underground, "I'll need to take more apples, almost ran out last time"
"Alignment of the stars does it, born at a fortuitous moment in the cosmic dance." Alcheringa offers, slightly vacantly as he stares heavenwards again "She exhaled as he breathed in"
"AHA! Finally a man who understands what I have been saying all along! Magical weapons, Dragons, and the building of the Ardocs golems is not a perversion of nature, but rather the very essence of life and nature itself! It is the Mothers gift to weave her energies!" Alcheringa looks thrilled to have finally met another rational and sensible person.
Alcheringa looks at the stranger suspiciously and picks up a jar of salt curiously, he then notes the stranger is an Elf, and picks up the sugar instead as though an afterthought.
"All these chariots, makes no sense, embrace the spirit of Brother Eagle, adopt his form and simply go snatch the Count... riing through all those knights makes no sense." Alchy scratches his head, then looks at the ceiling for a moment, as though it is telling him something, he nods at whatever it was "Quite right" he agrees, and walks off again.
"I don't care about your slaves, and freeing them seems to be a dangerous preoccupation that gives us back little reward, I'd get more reward tending a tomato plant. Keeping slaves is no different from keeping a cow or a chicken, I don't see the point in differentiating" "I'll fetch the eggs, but not because Bobo wants to cook with them, but because the Naga folk might have some good wisdom, they might even trade us something for one - or we can outwit the smart snakes and steal one, but that is my Eagle aspect talking."
"Bobo has been freed from two owners so far, and spared being eaten by Blaze, so I think he should be pretty happy with his place in the universe. A Nagas egg could be interesting, the snake people have clever mojo, so much cunning, and the serpent spirits have been a continuous theme - the snake lion spirit, and even the snake spirit we negotiated with earlier... so many snakes, perhaps it is a cycle, perhaps it has a meaning? I heard Kaer Maga was the City of Strangers, not that it was the City of Snakes". "I better stop feeding Blaze so well though, she seems to have evolved further to the primal spirit of her great ancestors"
"Oh. the land of the troglodytes, worms, and ozzing things. Once more into the Mothers bones"
HP /Blaze no change.
Alchy raises an eye...
"I don't recommend human, needs more salt"
Alcheringa also wonders what the Necromacers might have to say, as a conclusion or as a prelude...
"Here of course. Make biscuits" Al offers, really helpfully.
"Good, then we will have tranquility once again at The Revive rather than the riot of noises. Long may it last. A place of meditation"
"Here, try the flowers instead..." Al hands over a pile of purple flowers...
Al returns to his Elven form. "A rest and a think on what happens now... The Revive has now repurposed again, an orphanage?"
Alcheringa screeches to the sky...
Blinking in surprise Alcheringa assumes his native elven form, stretching his hands as though they are almost unfamiliar. "A giant Eagle to carry them down?"
Alcheringa and Blaze both twitch at the sight, both hit by the tang of fresh blood and slaughtered meat, the heady smell of a feast. Unconsciously they lick their lips and emit an almost growl. Alcheringa pauses to sense for magic.
Blaze maintains her vigil whilst Alcheringa transforms.
"The iron golem..."
Alcheringa follows behind the Zombies.
"My thoughts too. No need to rush in"
Alcheringa is happy with the win win situation, and simply sits back to watch.
Alcheringa watches to see the fate of the bolt, or whether its time to fetch undead.
"That was dramatic" "I wonder if there are further clues or survivors about? No point risking any of us to advance further"
"Seems like a reasonable system" Alcheringa gives the stairwell a very wide berth.
"Does this cult have a ranking system tied to colours? Because it certainly isn't a rainbow"
"Strange magic, what is its purpose do we think?"
"Stillness is death" Alcheringa also pushes forward.
"Then again, if they have all gone to die then who are we to stop them. One way or another, the Cult vanishes"
"No point waiting here then, I suppose they are all planning on returning the the ground or something equally dire"
"Might be for the best, lets go have a look at what is going on, and if need be we just mercy cull everyone, if they aren't dead already"
"Very odd, where is the trap?"
"Let's go" Right behind him.
"But what surprise?"
"Yes, wait for the chaos of carnage to cover our assault" Alcheringa awaits something happening.
"It might come to that"
"Bobo forgets that it was only the reassurance that he had nothing to do with Necromancy and was just a bumbling and ignorant harmless cook that swayed my decision to spare his life and not put him back to the earth like I did his master. It is never too late to find out the assurances were wrong and act accordingly. If he challenges me ever again, he will be reminded of his status in the pride."
Alcheringa looks at the halfling, no humour evident at the challenge, "So... you've moved past your stalled apprenticeship with the Necromancers and seek to resume your association with their ways like Worsh before you?" Al raises an eye curiously.
"Command some undead cohorts? Maybe make a nice snack for Blaze and I when we confuse you for the enemy. I never heard of you being a good fighter either. So it's best if you stay out of our way, we have enough people to rescue already... just get the food ready for when we return. The Children might want sweets."
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