Mama Kazuki, coming to, stands up and thanks Auntie Wu for healing her.
Then she walks over to Kazuki and bonks him on the head like he was 10.
And hugs him close.
”Promise me that you’ll never leave home again”
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...asleep, and now with significant head trauma, the old woman doesn't appear to be long for this world...
...it appears that Kazuki's mom is slumbering... Arcana, Occultism, or Sense Motive (◆) vs DC 15: She appears to have been put asleep using magic!
Exhausted and still reeling from the terror, the freed prisoners, still with their faces covered, seem reticent to engage with the party, but yet eager to follow them home...
prisoners make a break for the opened gate and disappear into the woods... ...the others remain paralyzed in fear!
A dirty, long-haired teenagerish youth stands amid the chaos, and heads to the Wooden Cage door, looking upon Auntie Wu with eyes of hopefulness...
A second hail of holy fire... ...deadly archery from the rooftops... ...spectacular displays of martial magic... ...a kind-faced armored man striding nearer... ...an unkempt old lady fumbling with keys... ...the Town Guardian breaking through... ...a few of the prisoners, despite the chaos and noise, seem to begin to recognize that the flow of battle currently turns towards these brave Willowshore residents... ...but the Wooden Cage remains locked!...
Lying on the floor of the cage with Midori, several abducted townsfolk (with their faces covered) cradle their arms over their heads in the chaos - arrows flying, fireballs scorching, the sound of metal against shield, people screaming as they die - but here or there, one or another looks up to see, in a moment of distraction created by the party, an opportunity to run! ...but... the Wooden Cage is still Locked!...
Hai-Er Ha - a handsome woman for her age - thinks upon her adult daughter's wellfare as she bleeds out beneath her would be slayers. Her condition...
...stabilizes for the time being, as somehow her motherly instinct keeps her breathing despite the grievous wound she has sustained; |