"Is it empty then?" calls out Leandro, before following.
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Leandro waits at the feet of the ladder. In case Olaff decides to come down, he doesn't want to get a helping of falling northern brute.
"A cactus?"
Leandro grumbles something about faith being tested under his breath as he moves with the group.
"What a pleasant thought, what a beautiful image to have burned into my mind. Thank you, Olaff, for this insight about the colour your land." grumbles Leandro, on edge.
Leandro follows Sunishi. "Let's hope we can keep it as bloodless as possible. At the very least, for our side."
"There must be some other way. For all the Hells' sake, we are not even certain what it is we are looking for! Let's seek another entrance and try again, or check on the others and plan differently."
"No time to strategize, just go!" shouts Leandro, getting close to Ryn. "It should be too big to follow!"
"So we're running now? Good for me!" says Leandro, doing as suggested, but keeping to the back ranks.
Leandro dashes to the side, rapier at the ready.
"These motes look like... some sort of faerie fire? Vance, you are learned, do you recognize these winged things painted here?"
Leandro takes his place in the pre-planned order, rapier out. He takes deep breaths to calm his nerves, but the tip of the blade traces small arcs as his fingers quiver.
"I'm not going backwards when we have a friend who needs assistance! There must be some sort of a curse around here, and I plan to see it dispelled!" erupts Leandro, indignant at the suggestion to leave.
"Make sure your footing is safe!" warns Leandro, hurrying to follow.
Leandro stays close to Nikka,keeping an eye out for danger while others are investigating.
"I'm sure we packed some more in the caravan, didn't we?"
Leandro watches the situation unfold, now that there doesn't seem to be any need for his skills.
Leandro smiles widely as the fey appears, delighted to see such a graceful creature in such a forsaken place.
"I am peaceful." quotes Leandro from the Shelynite rules of conduct. "I come first with a rose rather than a weapon, and act to prevent conflict before it blossoms. I follow the Eternal Rose, who is a friend to the Song of the Spheres, and we all come in peace."
Leandro takes his place at the front, rapier out and ready. "A graveyard? We may face other undead, I fear."
"Do you reckon a dragon did this to the ship?"
"This place looks like it was abandoned for a long time. I'm with Ryn on this, finding whoever dwells here is our best source for information. If they worship Desna, then they shouldn't be too bad, no?"
"Let's make haste, then, so that we solve this mystery. Take good care of her, Mom." Leandro draws steel and gets ready to move with the others.
"Because the two ogres are dead, Ryn. We killed them, and I'm sure we can find a sheltered and safe place around here. We can just send the stealthiest of us, if you'd rather."
"Not alone. Mom, you can watch over her as we go forward, maybe?"
"It could be some curse upon the town. Whatever her ancestor was fearing might have laid harm upon his family line." said Leandro, frowning. He was confident that his mother would know how to heal Ameiko. He looked upon Brinewall, to get an impression of the hamlet.
"So, that's Brine- hey!"
Yep. One good hit in from either of them and it could have gone downhill pretty fast.
"By the Songbird, be vanished!" shouts Leandro, moving to the next target and aiming for the hamstrings.
Leandro sidesteps under the tree, stabbing again at the stunned ogre. His blow this time is far more precise.
Leandro lets out a sound that's half laughter and half whimper as the club leaves a mark in the ground. Keeping on the defensive, he tries to strike at the beast's knee.
"Hoy, what's this now? Giants?" Leandro mimics Olaff, standing at his side with the rapier drawn, ready to puncture.
Sorry for the silence these last couple of days, I've had a bit of an organization nightmare. I'll be fully back in a couple of days, in the meantime you are free to bot me.
"Ah! No, if you're coming, it's lovely! I was feeling so guilty, instead we're going on an adventure together! I'll pack some warm clothes!"
"She asked me too, and, well, I'd like to go, I think. And of course, I'm sorry that I'll be out of home for the time it'll take, but... I don't know. I feel that it may be time I leave the nest, isn't it?" Leandro's face is flushed red, and he passes his hand between his hair. "I mean, maybe it won't be that long. I'll probably be back in a couple of months. It's still in Varisia. I think."
Leandro is slightly flustered by Ameiko's gratitude.
"The letter was written by someone with your surname." explains Leandro, wondering why people seem to be circling the subject. "Apparently, some precious legacy from your family is in Brinewall."
"And we may want to specify that they shouldn't eat humanoids."
"I'll be at your side, sister, of course." Leandro isn't sure that leaving the goblins be will be better than cleansing the village. He remembers the victims of the little pests, Daviren Hosk's burning hatred for them. And he worries that someone might die to their next attack.
"Well, he said it more colorfully, but, well, my idea was similar. If we can somehow trust the goblins not to raid, then we'll have succeeded. But if not, they'll attack again, and someone might die. Like at the Swallowtail Festival a couple years back, there were casualties. Their life is beautiful, by itself, but their actions have the ugly taint of evil."
"I like Olaff's plan."
Leandro rubs the bridge of his nose. "Have you seen Daviren Hosk's stable? Ears are a proof of kill, as no sane creature would cut off their own. And no insane creature either! How do you think a cut ear mafia would work?"
"You do realize that ears don't grow back, do you?"
"You'd have them cut off their own ears? Who'd agree to a thing like that?"
Didn't we basically make a deal like "we stop the skeletons, you leave Sandpoint in peace"? Unless they agree, we haven't completed the quest we set out for (and we don't get the pretty ring that comes with Gutwad's head).
"Kaijitsu? Like Ameiko? Do you think it's an ancestor of hers? I mean, she is from a Tien family, isn't she?"
I've rebalanced my skills, dropping Perception, Artistry and one rank in Knowledge(religion)
Leandro, I believe we are not using the background skills rule... I'd be happy if we were, because I'd definitely like some extra points for fluff. You're very right, I must have misread during recruitment. I'll have to re-plan my skills and say goodbye to any expertise I might have had as a painter.
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