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Odo moves behind the kobold in an attempt to surround him but after seeing Nazdip charging with all his might at the poor fellow he almost felt sorry that it ended up this way. "Let's just finish this. At least we'll have this area secured." he said launching another icicle at the one of the monsters in the distance.
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"Well I was nervous too when I heard them asking for shinies, but that was just uncalled for. " Odo protested not being too pleased about the fact they were having a fight over some radishes. "I guess there's no helping it now. " With one hand h aimed and cast his icicle spell and with the other he drew his sickle ready to enter close combat if it was needed.
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"Just watch what you're doing and if you get in any trouble call for us. I still don't think they would be friendly towards us."
"I do not suppose someone learned their language, just for fun... I say let's just use this nice situation to our advantage and take the baskets. The kobolds might have food indigestion from eating too many of those radishes. And I suppose they would not be too happy with us bothering them, I'm sure I wouldn't if I'd be in their place" Odo said dismissing the idea of a trap completely. After the fights with the bandits he was unable to see this small group as a threat.
Odo patted his pony on the neck then after checking if the saddlebags are secured he jumped on it. He nodded affirmatively at Muroi and with the compass on one hand he pointed towards their desired direction. He hoped that the Oleg and his wife would remain safe during their absence.
"Might as well" Odo said, not willing to get into this clash once again. He searches his pockets and finding the coin from last time he prepares to throw it in the air. "With heads we go for their heads, with tails we go for the radishes." Spoiler:
"If we go now and if we'll be lucky in finding the moon radishes, we can return by nightfall and start the journey tomorrow as Nazdip said. In hopes that Svetlana and Oleg are willing to share some of the soup afterwards." Odo added, happily chewing the meal before him.
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Amazed at what he was hearing Odo stood speechless for a second, he then replied with a slight grin on his lips: "Shush, shush, the bandit may presume you are not Terri the famous bandit slicer. " Unable to control his laughter he shifted his position to make it less obvious. Pleased that he received his share from the reward, and that there will probably be more spoils to come he urged the others to have their meal but before leaving the room he checked the ties of the bandit and gave his late answer to Ekan: "Gagging him would be a conscious solution and I hope he won't give us any troubles if he know what's good for him."
Odo smiles at Ekan's comment: "Oh, it can solve it alright" He throws the coin in the air allowing it to swing, then while falling down Odo cached it quickly holding it in his fist for a second or two, then throwing it again, this time more easily in the sorcerer's direction. "We're doing what?!" He turns to Oleg and gives a fake smile: "If you'll excuse us, my friend does not appreciate the value of helping a person in need." He approached Muroi and tried to lower his voice enough so that Oleg won't be able to hear. "Good thinking, let the man's coffers get full again, THEN bring the prized reward." He takes another look at Oleg then continues."But, still, isn't he going to be attacked in the meantime? I suspect the other bandits are not going to just stand idle and not ponder about their lost brethren."
Odo looks up the window at the two girls chatting: "Hey guys, good news! I think Lilith is not going to get killed today.Though I would not go outside just yet, the other one seams to be laughing madly." He moves away from the window and closer to the source of the music. " You see, this is one of the reasons I live in the woods, much safer I say, much safer. Now all that remains is what should we do with this poor guy. One throw of a coin can solve this. Heads he gets to stay here, tails, he will come with us. What say you?"
Odo sights and moves closer to the interogated bandit. "Terri, please stop. I know he is a bandit scum but killing him right now will not solve anything. " Odo said trying to put himself in the prisoner's position,for some reason it was easier then expected. He then looks at Ekan and gives another sigh before continuing. "But given the current circumstances I'm inclined to believe we can't leave him here. As for that thing you are holding Muroi, I would not even want to touch that ."
Odo enters the room after staying outside thinking of things to come. He didn't dislike the reward but last time was really close and now Terri was almost burnt to a chrisp. He enters the room at first with his head down then seeing Terri's new look he says:"Oh, now you have less things to worry about at the next encounter with the bandits. Be more careful next time, ok?" He moves next to Muroi and whispers to him: How much you think we'll get on these weapons? You know, I've though... as long as the leader remains these bandits will always be a threat, what we did here was just postponing their actions.
Seeing that the situation was under control Odo moves closer to the last remaining standing bandit, points his hand at him, preparing to shoot an icicle then his hand suddenly changes direction and points at Terri. Summon water!
Odo takes a deep breath and goes into the tall grass, moving swiftly up till the bandit that was sleeping, and glancing at the man that was trying to escape. He was in a very dangerous position but somehow he felt at ease with all the vegetation around him.
Seeing as one of the bandits has escaped the entanglement he slowly moves his summoning target from the center of the court a bit lower, a move that cost him more time but he hoped that by doing that his ravens would have a better chance or better motivation to go after the running bandit. He guessed that if one of them might run to their hideout , there might be a price on their heads later on.
Odo jumps out of the guest room and leaps on the seat for the table calling forth the nature's power once again and summoning a flock of ravens to make the enemies even more confused as they already were.
Odo, looks at Lillith and waits for her move first. He thought the bandits would be more difficult to put to sleep if they become agitated as a result of his spell. He takes a deep breath and as soon as he can after Lillith cast he will try this spell that would bind the enemies in their place. He hoped they would not draw too much attention.
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Half asleep and not in the mood for the battle that will begin in a couple of hours, Odo washes his eyes then returns to the guest room. For him that is the perfect place, not too far away to only be a spectator and not too close to be the first victim. He hoped that their plan would work and that the bandits would either run away empty handed or will die in a quick death. "Well, I'm ready. I can even take a nap till bandits come." spells prepared:
Odo doesn't say nothing for a long time thinking of the proper way to solve this mess. "The nature has many ways of solving such problems", Odo laughts... "I might get them to avoid using their horses, or at least slow them down considerably. Leave that part to me, you guys should worry on how to get as many of them down to their graves. And I think we might need to use range tactics this time as Muroi said."
Odo helped Oleg with the ponies, although he didn't like Drowsy all that much he didn't want it to leave it on stranger hands. He asks the man:"So how come you have no servants doing all the hard labor? I understand that it's a bit far from the bigger towns, but it's still not quite in the wilderness."
Odo didn't say nothing to Terry but instead looked at Muroi. "And you had to buy one single tent. And tools you don't fully understand." He
After a time he approaches Muroi again and says to him: "Ahh, listen, I didn't mean to sound rude, it's just, that... Up until now I didn't share a lot of things with others, especially money, and with Terri's story I lost my head. He moves his mount away once again feeling embarrassed, riding side by side with Nazdip. Something about him made him feel like home. He then glanced at Ekan and was happy to be riding with a bard at times like this.
"A compass and a map maker 's kit I can understand, but a tent?We'll miss all the fun on finding a place to sleep!" He sights and remembers that actually the others have done a lot more than him in the last fight. "It's ok... I guess."
Odo receives the money counts them once or twice and puts the purse of gold quickly under his shirt; then after thanking the lord he heads to the stable. Arriving there he saw that it was more crowded then he was expecting. He sights while seeing all the good ponies being picked up, and regrets not coming sooner or not selecting a spell to talk to animals for that day. He goes to the end of the stable where he saw a pony half asleep. Not sure of what to do , Odo picked it and named it Drowsy.
Odo's eyebrows suddenly lifted when he heard Nazdip's reason but said nothing, afraid not to insult the other halfling. After seeing what Nazdip was capable of, he sure didn't want to get on his bad side. He smiled at the irony, one was sent to learn to be civilized, and the other to be as far away from the temptations of the civilized world. Using his last remaining healing powers he tried to heal his leg and after assuring he was presentable he spoke to the lord:"I thank you for fine offer and reward. I shall use it wisely... maybe on a mount that will not panic if we attacked once again by bandits. " He turns to Ekan, I have nothing against sharing the road with you. You seam like a fine lad. Odo waits until the conversation is over then goes to find a pony he could use for the journey ahead.
Odo approaches the others drawn by the music and yawning from time to time. "What a great performance you made. And I see it even cures the wounds. So... you must be, the reinforcements? He looked perplex at Muroi hoping that someone will fill out the gaps. Anyway, if you are with these fine fellows, you are also my friend. Odo Tealeaf is the name. He touches Nazdip's shoulder and Odo's arm illuminates. As promised, I hope you don't mind. I forgot to tell you, but... you did fairly well last night. I am mostly avoiding direct confrontation. Odo said ashamed of his actions during the attack.
I will check the area around here, though I don"t think there are others. You can never be too safe. I'll join you a bit later. With that said he limped away.
Oh, yes... sure. Odo replied, feeling uneasy after seeing what was left after the attack. He helps Terri get on the bench limping from time to time. I have a healing kit, and though I don't fancy using it, I still think it's a better idea for me to use it instead of you. I will also prepare some healing spells for the morning, and if the tomorrow's breakfast is good, I might not even charge you for it. He snickered and started looking in his bag for his healing kit. Spoiler:
With his leg still hurting Odo lifts his sickle in the air and tries to attack the dog that wounded him, however halfway through he was hit by remorse. The animal was just a beast, targeted at him by the bandits, now that the it's owners are dead maybe it can go free. attack:
Seeing that he was little or of no use at all in this battle, Odo decides to take a gamble. The dog's wounds were way over his power, at the best he can only stabilize it for now. However he can do something for the halfling wounded in the darkness. He would need a clear path for that but time was of the essence, he would have to take the risk, he takes a big breath and tries to move swiftly bypassing his enemies. He uses his healing to cure some of Terri's wounds.
action: Trying to stabilize the dog, next :D
Ok, done... Range touch attack: I can't believe I missed that, thanks for reminding me and for your patience.
Odo yawns and was barely awake to see the men approaching. If only he would have put more trust into the dog's words, if only the dog would have said that there are accompanying the angry dogs. he moves slowly, careful not to get into the fire or to get to close to the enemies and launches an icicle at the enemy halfling. He guessed he was the boss, and if they can take him down quickly it could very well change the balance in their favor. action:
Odo moves his ears then,looks to the right and left, but couldn't see anything. It seams we may have some company really soon. But I need to be sure. he says to Sancho then looks at Pip You say your pet is only half wolf, right? He looked at the animal standing before him and put his head on it's forehead gently moving his hand through it's fur. He whispered some words to himself, then tried his luck on the wolf. What are the others saying? How many are approaching? If nothing, it would provide him with some entertainment but he would hate to lose part of his power just before the battle for a cat. Spoiler:
You have a very cute friend, powerful enough to carry one of our kind atop yet smart enough not to throw it's owner off at the first sight of danger. Oto said to Sancho. If something would have happen to his master during the negotiates can I keep it? He started to lough, probably for the first time since he got to this town. Let me know if you want to ask him something. He checked the zone around them but quickly give up finding a good hiding spot. If there are only two persons guarding it, they will suspect something, so might as well stick with you guys, near this cozy fire. Aggg... and also, would you mind if I turn off the lights once the negotiations are over?
Odo gathers what he can from the table. He is going to need all the power he can muster, and probably even over to survive the night. With his belly full, he crawls to the granary checking if he can use his manacles to bind the door shut from the inside while using his rope to climb up and down from a higher point in the granary, he hoped that the construction had some kind of window or a crack where he could slide through. He also though of using the stacks of grain as a good cozy bed, until the night would come.
Let's hope you are right. I have no wish to get slaughtered by bandits well, not for a meal at least. Odo said smiling as he thought about the irony. At least three of the people who offered to protect the town from bandits have engaged in similar activities. Maybe the bandits would have some treasure at them, maybe the other halfling was wrong and help would be going to arrive from Restov and they may not even have to fight at all. That would have surely disappoint some of the others but at least they get all get a free meal out of this.
Odo moved slowly to the table unsure of what to say to the other halflings. They surely did a better job convincing the peasants to get the defenses ready even if all the defenses were just a couple of halflings around a fire. May I? He was not used being around so many new people. I can't say I will bring anything special, but if you choose to have me at your humble table you will not be regretting it. Had any of you fought bandits before?
Odo arrived in the town not knowing what to make of it, all the people were restless, afraid for their lives, their crops and their children. He had seen similar images in his life but nothing quite as desperate as this. He knew he wasn't much of a fighter, and would stand no chance against a band of bandits, however he wanted to help or at least buy some time till help arrived. Maybe he could disorientate the bandits somehow. There were a couple of haflings in the town looking more prepared for battle than the villagers but he doubted they were more than some travelers caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. He breathed deeply and thought how quiet his life was just a couple of days ago, he hated what he was about to do, and yet he saw that he had no other choice in the middle of the anarchy before him, he spoke in a loud growling voice: Everybody calm dawn! We need to make some preparations! How many of you are capable of holding your ground? He needed to know at least with what he was working with.
Do not underestimate nature's power. The halfling that just appeard said, patting the wolf with no hesitation in his actions. Ogo Tealeaf, at your service... with a more silent voice, more to himself whether he wants it or not.
And here comes another druid. Sorry Lotho, I saw your post too late. :( |