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Lerith shakes his head with a frown. "Bastards will pay." When the sound comes, he realizes just how dark it is here. He turns back towards where the groan comes, touching his morningstar and focusing a light spell into it.
Wisdom Lerith scowls at the man who closes the door above them from his place further inside the tunnel where he moved to hide. He hurries over to Lilly and Eyeball though, knowing how much the little dinosaur meant to her, checking to see if any of his own healing powers can be of use. His voice is quiet, feeling the pain from the druid as he asks "Does he still live?"
Lerith curses softly, wishing he had checked if the door could be locked from outside or inside. That something came up so quietly and still has its eyeballs is a bad thing. He hurries after Nimwi, looking for a place to hide.
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Lerith smiles and puts a comforting hand on Urasia's shoulder. "Don't worry, Lass. We are all here with you, we'll come out alright." Turning his attention to Shefton he gives a small nod of his head "This had best be not a trap. If you have been straight with us we'll be back soon and you'll be rewarded for your help. If you haven't been, I can assure you we are quite good at slipping out of sticky situations and have good memories." Looking back to the others. "I'm not much of a warrior, if one of the more martially skilled wishes to take point I can follow close behind should they need my blessings."
Lerith nods his head in agreement with Uraisa towards Lavinia. "Indeed, Miss. We believe he is on Parrot Island and have met with someone who is aware of his specific location and can lead us to him. I believe we are ready to depart, we just felt we should update you on our progress."
Lerith keeps his eyes carefully on the man, they may have his loyalties now, but its obvious that they shift easily and so he is cautious. "Indeed. I am sure that Lavinia will want to know what we have found out and the manor provides a secure place to plan our next move without any eavesdroppers." He smiles just a bit at that before going on. "We will ensure you are rewarded for whatever services you provide. Now, let us go, there is much to be done now that we have a direction to point ourselves."
I wanted to put up a quick apology. I was going to be traveling from sunday night to monday night, I thought it was going to be short enough that it wouldn't even be noticed since I'd be posting again within 24 hours. However, my flight home got canceled and I was stuck across country without my laptop(due to the perceived shortness of the trip). I just got back in now and am going to be catching up on posts and putting up my own. Thanks for your patience.
Lerith looks to Uraisa with slightly raised brows before he looks back at the man before giving a frank nod. "She does speak truthfully. The little dinosaur does like to eat eyeballs. I think you might be best off giving us what information you have and why you were snooping on us and counting that we will reward you justly if you acted with good intentions."
Perception As he tells the others of what he an Uraisa found, leaving out the details of the particularly lovely lunch once Lilly and Asfer explain their day, Lerith grows more and more quiet. Eventually his voice drops to a near whisper, trying to be subtle as he indicates one of the other tables. "Seems someone has an interest in us. Could be this Vanthus business or it could be left overs from the ship I suppose. How do you all want to play this?" Bluff for subtlety
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I just wanted to give a quick apology for being quiet the last days. Sniffles at the beginning of the week turned into a pretty harsh flu and I've spent the last few days hiding in bed pretty much the whole time. Catching up on posts and putting up my own now.
As the woman breaks down, Lerith hurries over to her and puts a hand on her shoulder comfortingly though he flashes a worried glance at the others. "Its alright, Mi'lady, take your time. We're here to help."
Lerith walks near Lavinia and Uraisa, chuckling slightly at their excitement over the prospect of shopping. He's not too concerned about danger in the town itself, but while there are certainly others in the group who better qualify as bodyguards he still keeps an eye out for Lavinia as she is his boss and he seems to have picked up some protective instinct for Uraisa since she showed her nervousness after the spider attack. He frowns at the annoyance on his employers face at the mention of Vanthus. He doesn't know who the man may be, beyond apparently her brother, but the look she gives makes it apparent that his entrance to the vault may be worse news than expected. He follows after her quickly, waiting to ask any questions until they are out of hearing of the clerk and those on the street.
Lerith smiles at Lavinia and her offer of payment, nodding his head though his eyes stay on the odd maps. "You are certainly most kind, Mi'lady. I thank you greatly. I can't say that I know the tongue that these are based on, but perhaps I can help in some other way to decipher them?"
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Seeing Lavinia scramble for the entrance and that Uraisa looks to be going to make it safely he holds back with their employer so she isn't locked in alone. "Its alright, Mi'lady. They are still exploring, they will have us out soon enough."
Fresh off the rush of the puzzle actually working, it takes Lerith a moment to come back down to the sadness of the situation for Lavinia. He moves with Uraisa to help comfort her, murmuring "Yes, its alright, Mi'lady. We'll find those responsible. Its no different than the vault itself really, the clerk will pass us another clue and we will go from there until it is solved."
He looks to Nimwi and considers "From what I know, a Chimera is a weird amalgamation. A beast that shares one body but has the head of a dragon, a lion and a goat. A cyclops is a giant with but one eye. A medusa is a woman with snakes for hair that can turn a man to stone. An ettin is a brute with two heads. A basilisk is sort of a lizard, but it has many legs and can turn a man to stone with a bite. I don't know there are many connections between the beasts. Two can petrify and two are giants."
When he touches the pillar and it spins, Lerith will work to move it based on the number of eyes, turning the red arrow first right to the gorilla-like beast(6), then left to tentacle creature(1), then right to the horned demon(2), left around to the two headed dragon(4), and then right back to the horned demon again.
Lerith nods his head to Uraisa with a smile. "Indeed. If it turns, something will come of it, surely." He grins a bit "Perhaps I wasn't so far off about the room spinning after all?" He glances to the others and then back to the pillar. "For safeties sake, are any of you knowledgeable in the way of traps or perhaps at least have better eyes than I do? From the Iron Cobra we know that little expense was spared to guard this vault. My excitement can cause me to leap in with both feet sometimes when there is something so interesting, I wouldn't want us to walk blindly into danger."
Lerith scratches his chin as he looks around the room, considering. He gives a small nod towards Uraisa as he speaks "The lass mentioned something when we were talking about the pillars that got me thinking. She referred to the beasts on the page as odd or even 'numbers', it made me wonder if that might be some sort of combination, rather than a pictograph. I was considering the heads of the beasts or something similar until we came here, but its obvious that the eyes have some special meaning or they wouldn't stand out so in gemstone." He does a quick count as he goes around. "Seems we have numbers one through six and then eight. Then on the paper, we have a chimera, would have 6 eyes on its 3 heads. A cyclops only has one. Medusa seems where it could fall apart, the woman only has two but I have no idea how you could imagine to count the snakes. Ettins have four on their two heads, then as far as I know, basilisks only have two." He furrows his brow and looks around again "I don't see anything that would represent sunrise or sunset however. I would think that we may need to go in the right direction, like with any lock, but that makes less sense for the walls of a room. And I was thinking the eyes themselves may be a switch, but that wouldn't make much sense if we need to push 'two' twice. The star could be a pointer, since it is set to nothing right now, but for that we'd have to be able to spin the roof or walls. Most interesting indeed."
Lerith scratches his chin a bit as he looks around the room, trying to inspect the pillars more closely for anything fairly obvious, trusting those with sharper eyes than his to find any secret doors. "There are five creatures spoken of on the paper, and 5 central pillars. Do any of you see something that represent the monsters?" He pauses, having a thought. "Also, it said they face sunset or sunrise. I had thought it may be a combination type lock, turn a dial either left or right from one creature to the next, but perhaps its more intricate than that. We have two additional pillars here on either side, those could represent the directions. Maybe they literally face east and west? I get turned around as soon as I can't see the sky, do any of you have a better sense of direction? Are these pillars to the east and west?"
Lerith nods his head at Lavinia's words. "It is good that we discovered it when we did. With how difficult it seemed to be to harm the beast, it could have been a real challenge. Simply incapacitating it will leave you a powerful guardian for the vault." He glances around to the others "Are you all well? Shall we continue on? I don't feel much power left, but I do believe I can bring out a bit more healing before I must rest. We don't know if the vault holds more dangers."
Perception Lerith blinks a bit but nods at Lilly. "It makes sense. If the thing will leave whoever wears the ring alone, perhaps we can make use of it? I'm sure that Asfer's sword arm could make short work of the beast if it won't strike him back. If he gets the ring, we could use the hallway to make sure it can't get to anyone else, and I could be right behind him to heal in case we are wrong."
Lerith smirks a bit to Lilly, jesting "That was me, not eyeball. If you all think we should fall back, I am with you. I will come back with the last of us to make sure we all get out. If it does sense that familial bond, perhaps she can direct it? Can you order it to stand down, Lavinia?"
Perception Seeing Lavinia take the place he had intended to get to, Lerith frowns a bit, trying to judge just how hurt Lilly is before pressing forward, slipping past Lavinia with a "Pardon me, Mi'lady" to come stand just behind Eyeball where he can reach most of the front line if they need it.
Once in place he reaches out and lays a hand on Lilly's shoulder, trying to call on the spirit that follows him to heal her. Cure Light Wounds
"Blast, I think its an Iron Cobra. Never actually seen one before. They are built to be pretty resilient, so unless some of you are porting around any adamantine we are going to need to hit it pretty hard to get through its hide or else use what magic we have damage it! I still have a bit of healing in me, but not much that can harm this thing.
Seeing the wizard sticking so close to his side, Lerith pauses just before entering the vault, reaching up to give her shoulder a soft squeeze, speaking quietly so as not to embarrass her. "Its alright, lass. You'll be safe by my side. There isn't anything to fear."
As the group makes its way with Lavinia to the vault, Lerith will bring out the collected pouch of coins and offer it to her. "Here are your ill-lost gains, Mi'lady. With luck and the deal you offer, hopefully we will be seeing them again soon." He perks up at the talk of her father's interests, much like Lilly did at the mention of gold. "Riddles, you say. This could be fun. I am a man of similar inclination, have no fear, we will have you into the vault at once."
Lerith smiles a bit towards the wizard as she talks, letting her give her description. "Don't worry, lass, I wasn't going to let the beast get to you. At least not 'til he had got to me first, which may have come far too close to happening." When Lavinia asks the question, he nods, pulling out the note and ring they had discovered, offering it to her. "The note was rolled up within the ring when we found it. I suspect that it may have some tie to the vault. Does the lock have pictures of creatures anywhere around it that may be involved? I have to admit, I am hoping this isn't some sort of warning about what is inside."
Lerith nods his head and walks with the others. "And like it or not, as corrupt as Vark may have been it seemed he had the law on his side in this. It may be wrong, but his superiors clearly did not take the lady at her word that she had already paid, so they won't see this as reclaiming property so much as looting a properly impounded vessel. It is fortunate for us that this cities criminal system is... sorely lacking, because even being in the right I feel we would have found ourselves on the wrong side of the law. But what the justice system is missing is often made up for by vigilantism. I suspect that will drop away when the coin flows from, Mi'ladies vault, but until she has established her safety by regaining her place in society through coin, it would be best if she knew we may have prodded at a bit of a hornets nest."
Lerith gives a nod of thanks to Nimwi when the elf fetches the boat, looking for a sheet of cloth he can wrap up the various collected goods in, bundling them for easier transport. "Yes, I am sure the lady will be pleased by our results, if not our methods. We should report back to her as quickly as possible."
As for the posting schedule, I am up for keeping whatever anyone else maintains. I tend to go nuts, particularly during the weekdays, when things are quiet, but I am in a few different games for that very reason. If one slows down a bit its alright and I don't sit there and refresh all the time. Its more important that you don't wear yourself out, but if you are enjoying the pace I am all good for it. As for the loot, I could certainly use one of the light crossbows to give myself better ranged combat options and since there are four of them I doubt they are going to be fought over too much. I'm pretty easy going about loot, I'd prefer it to go to whoever it is most suited for or is going to get the biggest benefit/most use from it. I don't mind putting loot in a party discretionary fund either for that matter, so if we need something we can check with the others to see if they mind and simply pick it up.
Lerith climbs back on deck with the others, giving a bit of an odd look to Lilly at her casual comment about eyeballs dietary habit before nodding his head. "Um, yes, fetching the boat would be wonderful if possible. I am sure I could keep myself from drowning if needed, but in my armor I would flounder pretty badly trying to get back to shore without the dinghy." Lerith helps gather up the goods they found, taking a moment to try and identify whatever the odd liquids are, detecting magic and focusing on them. Knowledge:Arcana When Lilly brings out the ring he smiles. "Ha, very good! The lady was seeking to open her father's vault. Perhaps this relates? The wealthy can create overly elaborate goods, the lock may hold images of such creatures. Hopefully this will get her within."
Lerith smiles to the girl as he is thanked. "Of course, lass. It was nothing. You covered my back as well, if we all look after each other, we all walk away to tell the tale." He grins a bit and adds "Though if you don't mind, I would prefer not to get quite so close to any insects of that size on your behalf again. They do grow them big in the jungles." Hearing her proposal, he nods his head "That is a fair idea. Perhaps he knows where this ring is, or at least can give some evidence to what Vark was up to that would help ensure this battle doesn't become a problem for us. First though, let me help stitch you up a bit better. You are on your feet, but I wouldn't want you falling apart on us trying to climb out of here." He flashes a smile and reaches out, touching her shoulder lightly, quietly requesting that spirit that follows him to aid her. Cure Light Wounds
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