"Amen Sister Amen"
The crowd bows their heads at those poignant words. The mood is less ugly than before. (Except for Nasty and Gaz; nothing can help them.)
Questioning the urchins in detail, you find out today is Saint Swizal day in Lichberg. They wanted to get an early start on the festivities. Tommy is the son of the local blacksmith. Tommi is the daughter of the former Mayor, may he rest in peace.
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"As the patch of green slime makes more of itself when flesh is consumed, so too must we act. We must raise our gazes beyond these petty concerns and seek the first mover."
Say What!
Nesod: You go back to Alissa's room. When you get there, you notice something you missed earlier when trying to get away from the fire. In Alissa's bed the is a crude doll fashioned to look like Alissa. There is a six inch long knitting needle sticking a folded note to the doll.
"Ifn youse wanna see da broad agin, come alone to silver cave."
*Head back to bed, continue dream of infinite cigars*
Goes back to sleep..,
James: You go back to sleep, but you do not dream of cigars. Instead, you dream of a hoard of Vegigoblins.
Am S: You go to sleep and dream of of being burned at the stake.
Nesod: you ask about the Silver Cave. You are told about a prospector who was searching the area for gold. Instead he found a vein of silver. He started mining and after a year had excavated 5,000 sp worth. He spent all his money over the next ten years digging for more, but never found any more after that initial vein. He died penniless. About 5 years later, the town council renamed it Silver Cave.
Take the west road out of town. Head toward the hills. The signs will lead you the rest of the way.
You don't have that spell. You borrow Am H's otyugh.
Riding westward you get an uneasy feeling. As if something bad were about to happen.
Roll me a perception check.
You spot the sign that says this way to Silver Cave. After half an hour you finally arrive at the cave. You are about to ride the otyugh inside when 7 arrows plant themselves in the ground in front of you. A rough voice from inside the cave says "Leave the beast."
The otyugh goes home (where you first encountered him).
Am S: You go to sleep and dream of of being burned at the stake.
For some unexplained reason, he enjoys it. He laughs at the villagers as they try to burn him alive with wood and oil. His face cover in scales...
A voice answers, "Come into the cave and find out."
"Where is pouty lipped lady? Our leader? I no see her anywhere?"
SLEEP
"I was sleeping everyone yelling woke me up. I found kids brought them back as asked but Pouty lipped leader lady is not here to tell me what to do. Where she go?"
James: You go back to sleep, but you do not dream of cigars. Instead, you dream of a hoard of Vegigoblins.
Am S: You go to sleep and dream of of being burned at the stake.
Nesod: you ask about the Silver Cave. You are told about a prospector who was searching the area for gold. Instead he found a vein of silver. He started mining and after a year had excavated 5,000 sp worth. He spent all his money over the next ten years digging for more, but never found any more after that initial vein. He died penniless. About 5 years later, the town council renamed it Silver Cave.
DIE VEGANS DIE!
Am S: You are asleep.
Nasty: Everyone is ignoring you.
Gaz: You dream of a pine forest.
James: You are asleep.
Nesod: You walk into the cave. There was no need to light you cape as there are torches in the walls. You walk about 100 yards in and stop before a male orc and a female half-orc. They are sitting on a couch.
To your left are 10 men and women with crossbow aimed at you.
To your right is a small cage. Alissa and her bear (in small size) are inside. Alissa is tied up but not gagged. The bars are too close together for the bear to fit through and the cage is too small for it to grow without crushing Alissa.
Orc: "Welcome friend."
Nasty orc walks to Alissa's room and sees if she is there since everyone else is ignoring him.
"Miss Pouty lady are you there?" He opens the door and looks around the room to see if anyone is there.
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To Liss "Any info on those two?" (Gestures to orcs.)
To orc: "You're the couple that our Orcish friend flirted with. I think. What do you want with Alissa and how can I get her back to safety?"
AWAKE
GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!
Male Orc: "You are correct. We were there. We were doing some scouting then you came in. It occured to us that if we went ahead with our plans you may try to stop us. We did not want that to happen. So we came up with a new plan."
Female Half-Orc: "We are a band of freebooters. We were hired to steal Saint Swizal's Sacred Stick. But you and your friends are going to do it for us."
Male Orc: "The Sacred Stick is kept in a vault in the church and only comes out to be shown on Saint Swizal's Day. During that time it is under guard at the church. The church is open from dawn to dusk so people can view the stick."
Female Half-Orc: "If you want the wench back in one piece, you will steal the Stick for us. If not, she will have a glorious ending."
Male Orc: "Don't bother bringing your friends back to try and rescue her, this is just a temporay meeting place and we will be long gone before they get here."
Female Half-Orc: "And don't bother trying to hide and follow us. You will be watched during your trip back to Lichberg, as you were during your journey here. One wrong step and both you and her will die."
Male Orc: "Now leave. We will contact you later."
"Piece of paper. Too bad I can't read those things on paper. Maybe Gazebo can."
He walks downstairs with the slip of paper and looks for Gazebo.
"Hey GazeBOOO, where are you? I need you to read this for me."
OOC: Hey, I can read. All you need to do is wake me up...
Male Orc: " You will be contacted after you have the Stick."
"GAZEBOOO !!! Can you read this for me?"
He shows the piece of paper to his friend Gazebo.
READ
GO
Male Orc: "you will have to figure all that out for yourself."
Female Half-Orc: "By the way, we did not say you had to do it by yourself."
"Go where Gazebo? What does the stick things on the paper say to you?"
Male Orc: "We told you the Stick is under guard when shown and kept in a vault when not. What more do you need?"
SILVER MINE
FIND ALISSA
"Where is silver mine? "
He looks around the room to see if there is someone to ask about the silver mine.
Diplomacy: but actually it is always intimidate with him.
Nasty: Just as you ask, Nesod walks in the door. He looks a little tired from the short hike after little sleep, but he is unharmed.