"Aw man, looks like she's running away again without doing her job." Liam taunts as he readies himself for the next strike after stepping up with Bel.
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Liam and Lianne chase after Belaria. She usually has a good head for these kinds of things.
"Yeah...that one seemed pretty smart...maybe we should go after it? I'm not used to monsters running away from us."
"Ah...yep, pretty sure it's calling for help."
"Oscillate? Bel, you can't just make up words and expect us to know what that means." Liam gets into a position to cover his friends with his shadow reach before readying to counterpunch the Quickling when it attacks someone within his reach as well.
"That sounds logical to me. Sis can you peek through?" Liam watches his sister give a thumbs up before she heads for the door.
Liam gives Daji a slow clap for her masterful ruse. "We should probably tie them up in case they wake up." Liam makes sure that happens before helping Belaria search for traps.
Liam quietly speaks to his friends. "Guys, what do we do now? I didn't expect them to actually have their names written on it."
Liam folds his arms. "It's your house? I don't see your name on it." Liam smirks at the awesome display of his ironclad logic.
"Gross. Gods I hope that's not what it is." Liam follows them.
"Good idea Bel. So time to check out this Castle right?"
"A ghost! Maybe Ameiko is being haunted. Ghosts can do all kinds of weird things."
Liam rolls his shoulders. "Fine enough. Who is our new fairy friend?" Liam rejoins his sister and takes in the Castle? Fort?
"Time for a little payback!" Liam rushes up to the Ettercap to help his friends gang up on this abomination.
Liam jumps the moment the boulder slams into the wall and as the shrapnel erupts, his feet kick off the rocks while his shadow arms deflect smaller pieces of stone. He rolls to safety full of adrenaline.
"Urgh, yeah. Thanks fairy!" Liam appreciates the help up from Daji. He focuses a moment and his internal energy rebalances itself.
Liam then half-runs/half-clambers up the wall to put himself at the top to face down the monsters.
"-Huh? WHOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GRK!" Liam is suddenly caught in the very difficult situation of wanting to shout in horror but also not strangle himself to death. His sister, however, is not limited to mere mortal capacities of breath and screams in terror.
"Well that was easy. Daji, you must have nailed that Corby real good. Nice throw!" Liam strolls up to the gate with his sister.
Liam stands next to Belaria ready to break some beaks.
"...So a bunch of monsters are squatting...Roosting? in this castle huh? Well if talking didn't work out, time for plan B right?" Liam jogs back to the gatehouse door with his sister.
Liam and Lianne back off farther away. Sixty feet in fact. They give a thumbs up from afar to Daji.
"Pretty sure it can. We'd just need to get her to a powerful priest. They can fix anything. But if we don't get rid of or find whatever did it in the first place in that castle, then she might just end up like this again." Liam has that anxious, gogogo energy about him as he paces back and forth.
"I like to think I'm an expert on family-related weirdness and this definitely qualifies to me." Liam makes a complicated expression at his own comment. "We're after some kind of inheritance from that scroll right? Sounds like there might be strings attached."
Liam blinks and decides to ignore Daji joking about not knowing Tien. "She...only collapsed once we started to head towards the castle. This place has some kind of connection to your family, right Daji? I bet there's something there doing this. Though...it kinda sounds like some curse than treasure if it's doing this to Ameiko." "We should get going now though. No telling if her condition will get worse."
"Maybe we should get her back to the caravan? I tried to say something but I got overruled." Liam checks if she's still breathing.
"I don't really like to hang around graveyards. They kinda give me the creeps." Liam kinda edges behind his sister while looking around.
"That boat isn't completely wrecked either. There might be survivors onboard or maybe they took shelter in that rundown cathedral." Liam adds...not completely excited at the idea of immediately heading towards an abandoned castle.
Liam, having super awesome reach with his shadow extending his blows, is not clipped by the weird lobster monsters. "How're the scales? Let's get a couple as souvenirs. Aw, we could make like necklaces. It'd be like a token of our first big adventure." Liam tries to carve off a few for him and his friends.
Liam strolls up and attempts to smash the other Reefclaw with his shadow fists.
"This thing kinda looks like a lobster...think we could boil it?"
"Whoa! Is that a dead dragon?" Liam immediately moves to check that out. That's the coolest thing he's seen in his life. He takes a moment to manifest his sister and introduce her to Ameiko before checking the dead body out.
"Hey guys! Come check this out!"
"I know this whole trip was your idea, but...you sure you're well enough to do this?" Liam has a hard time looking Ameiko in the eyes to say this. He bumps Daji's shoulder. "She's your sister, say something."
"Wow Bel, you've really gotten good at drawing." Liam says in passing by whilst on guard duty. Upon seeing Ameiko under the weather, Liam seeks out and speaks to Madame Mvashti about it. "Madame, Ameiko is looking worse and worse by the day. I'm no good at figuring out what's wrong with people, but is there any way to help her out?" <When we make camp for the night, I can look at her too.>
"I didn't want to know about Brinewall anyways...I'll guard the heck out of these carts..." Liam...is actually a permanent member of the Sandpoint Militia. Everyone of course has a bit of emergency training, but when your dad is the Sheriff there are a number of things you pick up on more.
"That's crazy Mr.Proudstump! Slavers in Varisia? In Magnimar?! I'd hate for you to have to leave us."
"So I heard about treasure, but what's this Brinewall Castle we're going to? Why don't people go there anymore?" Liam takes the comment about Riddleport entirely at face value. Everyone knows you don't go to Riddleport unless you absolutely have to.
Liam winces at himself for his earlier thoughts. Right, this is just an expedition. Sandpoint is home. "Yeah dad, I'll make sure everyone makes it back safe and sound." Liam later also joins everyone in welcoming Walthus. "Hey Mr.Proudstump! Good to have you with us. Heh, with this group, I'd almost feel bad for anything that tried to pick some trouble.
Liam pauses for a moment. Leave Sandpoint? I've spent my whole life here...everyone I know... Liam blinks as his two closest friends have already volunteered. Oh. There's nothing really here, is there? "Yeah. Yeah, I'm in too! I'm sure Sheriff Hemlock wouldn't mind me making sure everyone stays in one piece either."
Liam spends the week going on walks out of town and visiting Walthus a few times to check up on him. He stays off the beaten trails and manifests his sister so she can spend some time solid.
"I'll go drop off the bounty and then lets meet up at the Rusty Dragon to divvy everything up." Liam says while slapping the treasure chest once more. "We even found a chest to carry all the gold we're about to get! I have no idea what we're gonna do with it all." Liam blinks as he never considered that part. Later outside the Sheriff's office, Liam dusts himself off to look a bit more presentable before entering after taking a deep breath. "Uh...Hey Sheriff Hemlock. Ahem...Mr. Olfnir, Daji, Belaria, Kyomi and I took care of the goblin problem. We met up with Mr.Proudstump and he helped guide us to where the goblin's camp was. It looked like the goblins were attacked by some undead and the chieftain locked himself up in their hall. The other goblins didn't even really stop us from going in and getting him. We looked into the undead too and that was weird, but shouldn't be a problem anymore either. Anyway...I have the chieftain's head in this sack." Liam awkwardly places the sack with the head on the Sheriff's desk. "So...yeah."
"On second thought, I feel pretty good about what we got done today. Goblins dealt with and treasure well in hand." Liam slaps the treasure chest he's still carrying around. "Lemme get everyone fixed up before we head out." Liam focuses for a moment before reaching out with one hand while gripping his wrist with the other. His internal energy stretches out in wispy, tealish strands before shooting to Daji, Kyomi and then Belaria. The cooling sensations purges what ails Daji and Kyomi whilst bolstering Belaria for now. "That's all I've got before I can get a nap in. Don't trip over any snakes on our way outta here." Liam yawns as he feels a bit empty inside from the lack of spiritual energy.
"There's one more place on the map right? We could see if we can spend the night at Walthus' shack and then check it out. As long as we're back in Sandpoint in one or two days, I don't think anyone would be too worried. I think Walthus would enjoy the company too." Liam glances at Daji and Kyomi still scratching and looking generally unwell. "I could fix up them two with the last of my internal energy if we're resting for the night as well."
Man, this poor skeleton probably lost his mind. There's no way Daji is royalty...I mean look at her. Liam thinks to himself as he checks on the Goblin "Heroes".
Liam gives Daji the most powerful buff spell known to the world. "Good luck! He gives her a thumbs up then goes to help the goblins.
"Whoa, it's like some kind of skeleton necromancer! We gotta deal with it first." Liam rolls his shoulders to get ready.
Liam grimaces. "If we can make it through today without anyone else getting hurt, I can fix that. Try to bear with it for now." Liam looks around the cave.
Liam walks up to punch the cephalothorax off this spider.
Liam looks over his shoulder back at Havi. "Alls good. Took care of it myself. Won't fix the hole in my shirt though." Liam says as he brushes some dried flecks of blood off.
"Uh...huh. So like a fox person. Well you're you, right?" Liam looks to his sister as they share a look of Hey! We're not the only weird ones. "Anything in this cave?" Liam strolls up to where Daji is.
Liam sits down for a second. "Hang on, I lost so much blood that I think I'm seeing stuff. Is Kyomi a fox?" Liam focuses for a moment and his internal energy comes to him in a rush. His shadow writhes and his eyes glow an otherworldly green like his sister.
Liam staggers back a bit, clutching at the grievous wound. His shadow lashes out twice as Liam readies himself to block a blow.
Liam's shadow tries to automatically defend him with a lashing kick from the right, but unless the skeleton is really terrible while charging, he misses. "Urk!" He rasps as the blade slides between his ribs.
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