Since she was near the carriage, Mina finds herself in immediate peril!
"Oh my!" she says, startled, as it explodes outward.
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We were the unloved stepchildren of GM Grog! * sobs *
Mina looks a bit scared and, with Cordelia, stands near the frozen statue (perhaps using it for cover a bit).
"Wh-what is going on?" says Mina with a shiver that combines both uncertainty and cold. "Is... was that a person?" She hesitantly approaches the ice statue, wondering if it is a sculpture, or someone actually frozen solid.
I'm at a Star Trek con and the hotel internet craps out if I try to post more than a couple lines or look at graphic-intensive maps. Maybe something like that.
Been having connection problems while away from home. :/
Mina hikes up her skirts and stumbles as she trudges through the snow. "This is as bad as trying to get on the road in the middle of winter!" she says. "There must be something we can do."
Untrained:
"Oh, ah, thank you, we were... hmm." Mina pauses, then says, "Just a moment, we'll figure it out." She pulls Cordie to one side. Cordie: "Er, we were going to stay in that rustic little spot for the trip, but maybe it's best if we stay together, especially if things are going a little sideways out there? Or at least where helpful people know where to find us."
Um... dagger? If I'm in melee, things have gone awry!
"Well, if evil faeries are going to attack, it's best to be prepared, right? But if someone's in danger now then maybe we can't wait! I'm not sure what to do, I've never been in this kind of situation."
"It seems like we've just found ourselves in a wicked faerie tale," says Mina. To her friend she says, "Cordie, what if we're trapped in this little village while those awful faeries come down from the north and start freezing everything and everyone? There's nowhere to go - the only way out is through."
"A surprise, to be sure, but a soothing one," she says as she takes the ranger's other arm.
Mina stands up and says, "Well, maybe we can get some news, then - figure out if we'll have to change our route?" She also seems a bit relieved at having an excuse to leave the dive bar.
"That was... strange," says Mina. "What do we do, Cordie? If what she said is true, then... if the strange weather means a magical winter is coming, we wouldn't be able to get far before the roads were covered in snow."
"We are... just passing through, taking a trip across the south of Taldor. This village has certainly been... quaint," says Mina. "I am Mina, and this is my friend Cordie. Our families sometimes travel seasonally and we happened to be on such a journey this year."
Mina tugs at Cordelia's arm and says, "All right, let's sit down at least. But somewhere not too far from the door." As she directs Cordie to a nearby seat the bottle of wine arrives. She looks momentarily puzzled, but upon being told it's from the half-elf, she gives a nervous, slightly worried smile, then after she manages to sit down she gives a questioning sort of wave of greeting to their benefactor. She leans over to Cordie and whispers, Cordelia: "That half-elf doesn't look so bad! At least if he is at our table that will mean we're less likely to be targets for the um... others."
Mina clutches at her friend's arm and says, "I think they might eat people." She looks toward the bar, at the server, as if to reassure herself that if the people working here are human, they probably won't be on board with turning the human patrons into dinner. Probably. "How can you even think of getting tipsy in a place like this? You'd be kidnapped and... and something horrible!" she whispers.
The skittish-looking woman who follows - reluctantly, alternating between gigging and looking scandalized - almost seems to shrink into herself as she is dragged, half-unwilling, into the establishment by her shining associate. She looks to her friend, then inside, then back to her friend, quickly shifting her focus in this fashion several times. "I suppose it could be fun, but aren't there... rough men in these places?" she says, her voice dropping to a husky whisper. Nevertheless, she lets herself be led - or dragged - through the doorway, one hand firmly in Cordelia's grip, the other trying to control the long red dress that descends to her ankles. Then she notices that the patrons are not all men, speaking in the usage of "men" standing in for "humanity." Her face falls as she realizes that she has accidentally stepped into something far more dangerous than intended, and a look of worry strikes her face as she says to her friend, "This isn't a bawdy tavern - it's a... an establishment of... I don't know what!" Her eyes look wide as she suddenly steps in close to her friend and says, "Cordie, we really shouldn't be in here!"
Cordelia and I are determining our joint entrance. :)
A mere +5 Diplomacy - not superb. (It's not a class skill.)
I would take Alec.
I'm honestly kinda grappling with trying to figure out how to deal with having a flesh-eating gnoll in the group as-is! Tavarokk was Espher, so that removes the paladin from the equation in any case. Rolph seems fine. He would at least fit 2/3 of the party dynamic. ;) Alec seems to be set up for traps + frontline melee (falcata dueling).
I wasn't that taken with Selena, myself. Espher actually spent a rank into Linguistics, so that player may be thinking ahead. As a paladin she's tanky with off-healing.
I'm still poring over the submissions! |