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Well, thanks for sticking with it for so long. It's been fun.
"They're down the hallway!" With rapier drawn and eyes shut, Jones drinks a Displacement extract.
Jones doesn't seem at all worried about the demons. "I'm sure Luvick will disagree with you, once we honorably fulfill our agreement with him. Besides, letting you go without Bloodbrew would just delay the inevitable."
Jones draws his rapier and keeps "looking" around with his echolocation.
"That would leave us with the worst of both choices. We'd have no information, and Luvick would hunt us down for betraying him."
Jones rubs his chin. "Mmh, you have a point..." He nods. "Very well. It seems the risks far outweigh the benefits, both morally and logically."
And why would we want to make Bloodbrew? We should destroy the recipe, any who know the recipe, and all samples of it." "To buy ourselves time. Luvick can communicate telepathically with his spawn. Once Radvir's current Bloodbrew dose wears off, and he reverts to a loyal spawn, Luvick will know about our plan to betray him, and where Radvir saw us last."
"First, I'd like to know what you're doing with those." Jones points to the vials of blood.
"You're with us, Radvir. We wouldn't want to lose track of each other, would we?" Jones helps Radvir to his feet. "In the meantime, here's one more question: Do you know anything about how Bloodbrew is made?"
"But according to the notes we found, Bloodbrew is only effective on vampire spawn. How could it be of any use to you?"
"We shall see." "Here's an easy one: What was your ultimate goal in working with Aisa and Hetna? Does the Way have a specific reason for gathering Bloodbrew, beyond controlling vampires in general?"
Jones seems mildly irritated. "That is scarcely better than what Luvick promised to tell us in exchange for your capture. If we're going to betray him, you need to make it worth our while." "Can you tell us anything about this 'leader' you mentioned? Have you met them in person, or at least heard what they are capable of?"
Jones is planning to keep his word.
"Hm. I didn't realize you were so low in their hierarchy. I hope you still know enough to be useful." "How much do you know about their plans to release the Whispering Tyrant?"
"They would discard you so easily?"
"If we release you immediately, what's to stop you from contacting your allies in the Way, and telling them exactly where we are and what we're doing?"
Jones narrows his eyes. "Very well. We'll talk once you call off the demons...and are wearing the chains."
"Dammit all. Let me go. Why do you even want to work for Luvick anyway? You're intrepid adventurers, I'm sure you kill vampires all the time! Why are you so hell bent on punishing me for doing it?" "I consider it a 'greater good' scenario. A much more serious threat than vampires looms on the horizon."
Jones closes his now-useless eyes and relies entirely on echolocation as he takes a stab at the retreating demon.
Jones warns his allies about the Nabasu's abilities, and approaches the demon while averting his eyes. He Studies it as best he can without looking into its eyes, and readies to attack if it begins casting one of its SLAs.
While the monsters bicker, Jones subtly turns toward Sledge. "You have the chains ready?" he asks quietly.
"And blunt weapons are most effective!" Jones adds. Before attacking, Jones changes his stance to strike with the pommel of his rapier.
Jones wonders if he knows any additional facts about blood knights, particularly their defenses.
If not, he'll give Konas a good stabbing.
"Did you have a chance to see how the ritual affected Aisa in terms of combat capabilities? Did she seem stronger? Faster? More adept at spellcasting?"
Jones quickly grabs the vial out of Osric's hand, and forces the liquid down the spawn's throat.
Jones helps with the grapple.
Jones quickly moves around the man to provide flanking for Sledge, then strikes. "If it's any consolation, your master will be taken care of shortly."
"I used up the last of my most potent ingredients for those Death Wards, so Freedom of Movement and Greater Invisibility won't be possible. But I can give you a normal Invisibility that I made earlier."
Jones prepares and drinks extracts of Long Arm, Fly, Death Ward, and Freedom of Movement. He also gives a Death Ward infusion to Sledge. "I can try to interrupt Ais as well. I should be able to outpace her."
"I can make a Fly extract."
"I could ask the same of you." Jones replies. He can't help but be reminded of a certain, rather unpleasant brain-in-a-jar incident.
"Actually, it was definitely the spiders. Which I have no intention of dealing with again." Jones flies down toward Osric.
Jones activates his celestial armor's flight. "Perhaps we should check the bell tower? I get the feeling that the bell didn't fall on its own."
Jones nonchalantly steps back from the falling bell.
Jones pockets the book. "I see no need for us to approach that skeleton at the moment."
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