I think trying to take advantage of lone troops might be a better idea for us. With the numbers on our side, we should be able to take care of some of the elite troops.
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Ctha'at walks over to the map and examines it while the other groups continue to come in. When the stream of newcomers dwindles, Ctha'at walks over and seats himself near Sly.
" We look forward to meeting him. Is anymore known about who or what the leader of the group is or what they are after?"
"Well, apparently not knowing the language wasn't a problem tonight. You could have cut through that tension with a rusty spoon. They were almost as silent as some of the illithid hosts back home." Ctha'at pauses and probes the food offered gently with his tentacles before wriggling them in disgust. He turns back to the group before continuing his train of thought. "And the hosts were brainless. I'm not sure what the dwarf's excuses were." Ctha'at looks happily dazed at the thought of brains before making a strange noise and digging into the offered food, heading to sleep after he managed to pick through a small portion.
" Since you can actually speak their language for the day, Aury, I think you at the very least should really try to make it over this night. I don't want to fight the same people we are trying to help, and diplomacy is so much easier with a common language." Ctha'at ponders quietly for a few moments, twitching his facial tentacles before continuing. " The question is whether or not the rest of us want to wait behind to help protect the Golden Ram and the rest of the villagers in case of an attack, or go straight to the village and get acclimated. I am leaning towards getting acclimated: I highly doubt that if the invaders arrived tonight that we could make much of a difference, surprised and tired. My vote at the very least is to board at once. "
"I am not sure about my peers, but I for one have experience in the type of guerrilla warfare that strike teams inflict. I think it might be easier for everyone if I am part of one of these teams," says Ctha'at, gesturing at his inhuman form. "I am not sure what the good people would find more intimidating, the giants or my exoskeleton." The last part is muttered to himself, which is followed by a low hissing burble, which any observers might be able to interpret as an illithid chuckle. He cuts off the burble quickly with a statement to the party. " Since we are going to be traveling, I am about to summon my... armour... I must warn you, the process of donning it has proven to be alarming for other individuals. Having warned the party, Ctha'at begins his slow transformation, summoning up the protective carapace of his symbiote. The first stage of the transformation begins with small lacerations appearing over Ctha'ats body, from which solid black chitinous plates slowly emerge. As his body becomes more and more covered, his mask starts appearing from the base of his skull, right where the brain meets the spine. OOC: It might be easier for us to operate either by ourselves or with a smaller team because of our appearances. It seems like Grubgullet, at the very least, could conceivably be mistaken as an enemy in the heat of battle by those who don't know him.
I arrived just at the tail end of the ceremony unfortunately, so I missed out on most of it. If Ctha'at had hide eyelids, he would have blinked hard when faced with the ogre's breath. As it was, his sensitive cephalapod-like eyes watered intensely at the stench.
Ctha'at hisses out an acknowledgement to his new party members before asking "So we leave in the morning for the dwarfish lands?"
Ctha'at lets Tolheimia finish, all the while sizing up his new companions. He recognized them all at least by sight from his time at Goodwin's, but knew none of them personally. Remembering suddenly that it was probably expected of him to introduce himself to the new group, Ctha'at lets out a bubbling hiss of introduction. I suppose I will travel with your group for now. I have been travelling with Tolheimia for the past few days, but I feel that travelling in a smaller group will be more effective at finding the Archmage. I am Ctha'at Sebek, who are all of you? I recognize many of you from training at Goodwin's, but I am afraid I have never known any of your names.
Alias created! It was very hard to find a usable avatar though, unsurprisingly there are very few mind flayer avatars. Let me know if I am missing anything. |