For some reason, Kia suddenly feels very sad. As if something momentous is happening, but in a very distant way. She gazes at the rune stone and tries to extract the wisdom of the moment from it.
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Kia moves as fast as she can and then helps everyone to move a bit further.
"OK, let's go..." She beckons her allies, including the wisdom seeker who is carrying the stone. As an afterthought, she heals Darius.
Kia moves to get a good shot at the renegade seeker, switches to her bow once more and pots a shot.
Kia looks towards Arianwyn (or where she guesses he must be). "So what do you suggest we do about the other formorians? If you are so concerned, maybe you and Tutavak could try shoving it towards the exit while we deal with these guys" She steps towards the nearest wisdom seeker and tries to hit it once more.
"Or, you could encourage one of the seekers to knock it over and then roll it out. Just a suggestion."
Kia was so surprised that Arianwyn was shouting at someone who wasn't her, she fails to spot her chance when the Wisdom seeker moves within range.
Kia looks disapprovingly on as the remaining seekers howl unmusically. She gets over her slowed state by teleporting next to one of them and attmepts to provide a salve for the members of her party (but not for the seeker).
Kia looks towards Chary to see who is best placed to help Daruis, but finds she cannot see her. Seeing her ally in an unconscious mode of existence, her compassion gets the better of her and she heals him to enable him to fight another turn.
Kia concentrates on her task and takes a blow at the shaman.
"Oh, very clever! Well, if I can't get near enough to hit you, I'll have to ask someone else." Kia moves out of the zone of darkness and invites Darius to clout the Shaman once more.
"Get off me you oaf!" Kia shouts at Darius, "if you had any sense, you would help me take down this shaman!" Kia turns her attention to the shaman, hoping others will follow suit.
Kia decides to move closer to the action to keep a better eye on Arianwyn, as there is no telling what he will get up to. She moves between Darius and Chary with a nod of her head and, sword in hand takes a swipe at the Seeker.
"OK, we'll go for the seeker." Kia turns her attention to the target of most of the party.
In disgust, Kia swaps her bow for her longsword and prepares to wade into the fray.
"I think you should try to stay away from the stone." Kia shouts helpfully. The fires another arrow at the Shaman.
"OK, let's get this over with then." Kia prepares to attack by aiming her bow (serruptitiously) at the shaman.
"We could hear what else they may have to say. We may need to guage the effect of the stone before wading in."
"Right then." Kia switches to her sword, moves and then charges the remaining slaver.
"Slaving degrades people. Did you know that?" She informs the slaver as she clouts him.
Kia moves to fire off a magic arrow at the retreating rablmer.
"We'd better not let him warn anyone else or we could be fighting all day."
Kia acknowledges Chary and shoots an an arrow at the slaver.
Kia tuts to herself as Chary takes another hit. She moves to heal her and then helps Darius with his crusher.
Kia moves forwards a bit, much happier now that the idle chatter has died down. She fires a magic arrow at the slaver harrassing Chary trying to waeaken it a bit.
Kia looks at Tutavak and decides he needs some help.
Kia decides to change tactics for a bit and get up close (by proxy anyway). "Darius, could we just cut the cultural talk for a bit and hit something? Please?"
Now that everyone is awake again, Kia feels she can get on with the fighting with less to worry about. For now she is content to fire arrows in the nearest crusher. Once the field has cleared a bit, this tactic may change.
Kia looks doubtfully at her bow.
"OK, we'll take them one at a time then. The civilised one first, I think." Kia fires off an arrow at the nearest crusher.
Kia looks with disdain at her fallen allies, and with some chagrin also, because she can do nothing to help them. Deciding that attacking the slaver is the real enemy, she dicides to hamper it a bit.
Kia fires an arrow at a centaur, happy to be in amongst her friends.
"More big things" thinks Kia as she quietly readies her bow.
Since no-one is claiming any of the other loot, Kia packs it into the bag of holding except for the skins and the feystep potions. "Here, Baldrech, it is probably best that we leave the skins with you." She speaks to Chary, Darius and Tutavak. "I think you need these more than Arianwyn or I do." She gives two to Tutavak and one each to Chary and Darius.
"Still it will make a change from fighting formorians. I'm beginning to seriously dislike them."
Kia picks up a potion, assuming everyone else will also take one and follows Chary back to Baldrech's cave, being careful that they are not followed. Once there, she places the takings from the formorian camp out. "Right, who is best to have these things?" She takes a mug of beer from the cask and offers it around, (not forgetting Baldrech).
Kia tries to lift the stone, but finds the effort of the last two fights has sapped more of her strength than she had imagined. "Maybe some else had better do this. I'll help when I can, but I can't do much."
"You know much of us, Darius." "And no doubt you shall tell us all about it when we are safe. I hope you have something nice to say about Baldrech, when you meet him, as well as he is a fine fellow too." When Chary indicates the treasures, she proffers the whetstone. "Please, if you think it will aid you, take it. I fear it will take only one use." She looks at the cask. "We will indeed have a fine drink tonight." She appraises Darius, guaging his strength. "You can indeed help walk our road now. I think it will take several of us to carry this to where it belongs. Look, does anyone mind if we leave the human skins behind?" She puts all the treasure into the bag of holding and stashes it in her pack. Kia is keen to go and approaches the stone looking at the others for help in carrying it. "Let's get this over with."
"Conscience?" muses Kia. "Maybe." "I always thought of myself more as the one with the good manners. That's why I thought I'd better speak up first. I didn't want Arianwyn upsetting you." She indicates Arianwyn who is busily trying to get to grips with the polyglot gem. "I think we need to get out of here. How good are you at carrying stones?"
Kia casually picks up her bow and faces the stranger. "Are we to bid you welcome or kill you? Personally I'd rather not have to kill you, we have just had rather a hard fight already. Why have you been following us?"
Kia takes charge of the items found. She doesn't weant the formorians to know they have them. She does, however, don the Endless Quiver. The bag of holding and the other items are (hopefully) distributed among the rest of the party, to be divvied out when they get back to Baldrech's hideout, along with a good tankard of ale. (Unless people can quickly claim them).
Kia is searching in the tents.
"Why doesn't someone go and find our allies to help transport the stone? While we are waiting, we may as well take a look around too."
"I swear, Arianwyn, that, if you don't stop being an arrogant oaf whenever you feel safe, I may just start witholding my inspiration from you during battle." On hearing what Tutavak has to say: "Right let's find one of their clan to carry the thing back to where it belongs. We keep an eye on him, just in case he goes funny, though."
"Wasn't the plan to have the formorians back there look after them? We could either try to carry the stone back there or have one of them come and take it for us. We can be extremely angry that a supposed ally turned on us." "And I need a long rest... soon..."
Kia wearliy gets up with a nod of thanks to Chary.
"I don't know about you, but I need a break. What are qwe going to do about the stone? DO you think we can take it somewhere without trying to kill each other?"
Even though she is unconscious, Kia is still angry at the raver.
"Just go away!" Kia stabs at the raver albeit somewhat ineffectually.
Kia delivers what she hopes will be the final blow for the raver.
Somewhat against her will, Kia charges to T15 and attacks R1.
"Now, hit it!"
Kia looks in Arianwyn's direction and gives him some encouragement to get better. "You don't look that well..."
"And we were just starting to got on so well." "Let's concentrate on one of them for now. I suggest our old enemy . Everybody into position!" Kia decides to stay out of the fray for a bit and let everyone move to a more convenient location (should they desire) for a concerted attack.
Kia switches to her sword and teleports next to the portal lord. Trying desperately to down it with her final reserves of energy.
Kia knocks another arrow to her bow and fires at the portal lord, hoping to help others bring it down eventually.
Seeing the wounded, she heals Chary. "I'll keep you upright, and you can help Tutavak!"
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