• Jul 18 19:10:35 <Fried_Wookiee> Moggallana stood at the end of a dead-end street. At the far end, a pair of heavy wooden doors provided access to the Ulrana Hospital, a heavy building of dark stone, windowless and stark.
• Jul 18 19:14:49 <Moggallana> Without hesitation, he headed in to do what he could, "I'm a healer, how can I help?" He said after entering...
• Jul 18 19:15:27 <Fried_Wookiee> A pair of soldiers are posted at the door. "You sure you want to go in there, milord?" asks one. "You might not ever come out."
• Jul 18 19:17:12 <Moggallana> "Not come out..?" He asked, "Why not, this IS a hospital, no?"
• Jul 18 19:18:09 <Fried_Wookiee> "You haven't heard of the crawling runes?"
• Jul 18 19:18:51 <Moggallana> "Um. no, I am new to this land and eager to learn, what is a crawling rune, friend?"
• Jul 18 19:19:12 <Fried_Wookiee> The soldiers shudder. "Just count yourself lucky and turn around, friend. It's not pretty."
• Jul 18 19:20:30 <Moggallana> "Well, perhaps I could help..." Said naively, "I mean it can't be all that bad, could it?"
• Jul 18 19:22:49 <Fried_Wookiee> The soldiers just shake their heads. "It's a disease. Black marks on the skin. Can't burn 'em off, can't cut 'em off.. because they MOVE. Itch like hell... get too many, they start to burn.
• Jul 18 19:24:46 <Moggallana> "Well, I can't stand out here chatting idley, while there are those I can help! Stand aside!" Said boldly and tried to rush past them.
• Jul 18 19:25:43 <Fried_Wookiee> "Alright, but if you got any on you, you won't be coming out again." They warily open one of the doors a bit, the other ready with his spear.
• Jul 18 19:26:33 * Moggallana continues into the hospital
• Jul 18 19:27:10 <Fried_Wookiee> It is several seconds before your eyes adjust. Only thin slivers of light enter the hall.
• Jul 18 19:27:44 <Moggallana> "I'm a healer, how can I help?" He said after entering.
• Jul 18 19:29:18 <Fried_Wookiee> The hall you're in is empty, but you can hear people moving around further in.
• Jul 18 19:30:07 * Moggallana stumbles through the darkness, trying to find someone in charge or in need of help...
• Jul 18 19:30:53 <Fried_Wookiee> A figure swathed all in bandages appears around a corner. It looks vaguely female, and is walking with one hand lightly touching the wall. "Who's there?" she asks, quietly.
• Jul 18 19:33:09 <Moggallana> "It's I, Moggallana. I am a healer, what seems to be the matter with you?" He said as he approached the woman cautiously, he tried to perceive what was wrong with her on his own...
• Jul 18 19:33:33 <Fried_Wookiee> She steps back cautiously. "Take off your clothes."
• Jul 18 19:34:10 <Fried_Wookiee> She doesn't seem to be injured or infirm at first glance.
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• Jul 18 19:36:23 <Moggallana> "Um, I don't think that will be necesary... I can help you if you are injured, otherwise, I am sure there ar others that need my assistance..."
• Jul 18 19:36:53 <Fried_Wookiee> "No, no, you misunderstand. I'm a healer here. I have to be sure you're not infected."
• Jul 18 19:38:04 <Moggallana> "Oh! I see. Well, I have just arrived in town. But if you feel it is necesary..."
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• Jul 18 19:39:41 <Fried_Wookiee> "I'm afraid it is. If you're infected I'm afraid I'm going to have to treat you as a patient."
• Jul 18 19:40:58 <Moggallana> "Um, I see. Well, if I must" Moggallana said as he started to disrobe awkwardly...
• Jul 18 19:41:38 <Fried_Wookiee> She waits there, a few steps away, waiting.
• Jul 18 19:42:14 <Moggallana> After he is nude, he slowly turns so that she could see whatever it was she looked for...
• Jul 18 19:42:29 <Fried_Wookiee> "Alright, you look clean. Come on, I'll get you some wrappings."
• Jul 18 19:43:07 <Fried_Wookiee> "Don't let anyone who isn't wearing them touch you."
• Jul 18 19:43:24 <Moggallana> "Wrappings? Is that necesary?" He said awkwardly, briefly hesitating to follow her"
• Jul 18 19:43:30 <Moggallana> "Oh, I see..."
• Jul 18 19:44:04 <Fried_Wookiee> She goes deeper into the building, to a locked grate which she opens with a key from her pocket.
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• Jul 18 19:45:23 <Fried_Wookiee> After you pass through, she locks it again. Behind the grate is a hallway lined with small chambers, lit by small oil lamps hanging from the ceiling.
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• Jul 18 19:46:23 <Fried_Wookiee> Small groups of people, most of whom look drawn, dirty and destitute, are gathered in the chambers. They eye you with a mixture of pity and puzzlement.
• Jul 18 19:49:28 <Moggallana> "What can I do to help? You are in charge aren't you?" Moggallana asked curiously...
• Jul 18 19:49:59 <Fried_Wookiee> She comes to cabinet and unlocks it with the same key as before. "Well, yes, I guess I'm in charge. Sort of, anyways. All the other healers have caught the disease."
• Jul 18 19:50:29 <Fried_Wookiee> "Since I can still come and go, I bring in supplies and meet folks like you."
• Jul 18 19:51:17 <Moggallana> "What techniques can you use to cure it?" He asked awkwardly...
• Jul 18 19:51:43 <Fried_Wookiee> She hands you several rolls of linen bandages. "Cure? None that we can find so far. Mostly we just try to make folks comfortable."
• Jul 18 19:53:02 <Moggallana> "What herbs have been tried, does it cause a fever? Who was the first person to get it and where were they when they discovered it?" He asked anxiously.
• Jul 18 19:53:33 <Fried_Wookiee> Scrofa comes around the corner, with Ben and Aithne with him. They had been sent to find someone named "Orenne"
• Jul 18 19:54:52 <Fried_Wookiee> He and his companions had been stopped at the city gates, and escorted directly to the hospital.
• Jul 18 19:58:25 <Scrofa> Scrofa is walking ahead, very protective of Aithne, who shuffles behind. He steps up and inquires, "Excuse me? We were told to find one called Orenne."
• Jul 18 19:59:22 <Fried_Wookiee> "That's me," she says. She backs away. "Are you afflicted?" she asks.
• Jul 18 20:01:13 <Scrofa> Scrofa jerks his head in Ben's direction. "One is, severely. We have brought him to Polimet that he would not afflict our lands more than he already has."
• Jul 18 20:01:47 <Fried_Wookiee> "And you?"
• Jul 18 20:02:45 <Scrofa> "I am not. Neither is my companion," indicating Yerti. "As for the other. . ." Scrofa hesitates, unable to voice it.
• Jul 18 20:03:26 <Fried_Wookiee> "Alright," she says, and points to an empty cell a dozen steps or so down the hall. "You can use that cell there. That one's empty. If you want to help out... you'll need to strip down so I can make sure you're not infected."
• Jul 18 20:03:49 <Fried_Wookiee> "Otherwise you can go back to the gates and the soldiers will do it before they let you out."
• Jul 18 20:07:08 <Scrofa> Scrlofa winces at the thought of rough men-at-arms thus inspecting his beloved. "This is the princess Aithne of House Pirkas of Lorenai; if she must be. . .examined, I would be most grateful for YOU to conduct it with grace and discretion."
• Jul 18 20:07:59 <Fried_Wookiee> "If you're admitting she's infected, then there's no reason for that."
• Jul 18 20:10:08 <Scrofa> Scrofa looks sadly at Aithne. ". . .yes. She has been infected by that person."
• Jul 18 20:11:07 <Fried_Wookiee> "Then she'll be staying here. The soldiers won't let her out."
• Jul 18 20:34:14 <Scrofa> Scrofa looks for a reaction in Aithne's face. "I feared as much. Very well. Please, Orenne, this lady is a daughter of Princes of the House of Pirkas. I ask that you afford whatever comfort and care you can, for she is deserving of more than the crude life of we warriors."
• Jul 18 20:35:48 <Fried_Wookiee> You can see pity behind her eyes. "There isn't much I can do, but there's a private room up those stairs there. At least she can be alone. Here, it has a special key." She fishes in her pocket and produces a second, smaller key. She hands it to you.
• Jul 18 20:37:33 <Scrofa> Scrofa nods and takes it. "I thank you." He continues, with mingled sadness and hope, "is there any progress toward. . .a cure?"
• Jul 18 20:38:22 <Fried_Wookiee> "I'm sorry."
• Jul 18 20:38:30 <Fried_Wookiee> "We don't know what causes it."
• Jul 18 20:38:51 <Moggallana> "What herbs have been tried, does it cause a fever? Who was the first person to get it and where were they when they discovered it?" He asked anxiously.
• Jul 18 20:40:13 <Scrofa> "I understand. I will leave you to discuss your work." Scrofa turns to Aithne. "I swear, Princess, I will do all I can to help your plight and end your pain."
• Jul 18 20:40:51 <Fried_Wookiee> "It's odd," she says, "We've been trying to track it down that way," she says to Mog'. "But several people simply can't remember. It just seems to have shown up one day."
• Jul 18 20:41:33 <Fried_Wookiee> "Those are the earliest of them, mostly."
• Jul 18 20:43:36 <Moggallana> "I see, thanks. Go ahead and inspect them..." Moggallana said as he left them to inspect the poor people down here.
• Jul 18 20:57:24 <Moggallana> While the Princess is escorted upstairs and the men are inspected, Moggallana questions many of the patients in the hospital, and examoines those that he can.
• Jul 18 21:03:24 <Moggallana> Quietly approaching the patient Orenne designated as one of the first patients, he asked quietly, "How do you feel?" as he puts hit hand on her forehead...
• Jul 18 21:03:50 <Fried_Wookiee> Something dark and crawly tries to leap from her neck towards Moggallana's hand.
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• Jul 18 21:09:29 <Fried_Wookiee> Moggallana recoils, and the thing barely misses, landing on the floor. The rune splashes into little drops of ink.
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• Jul 18 21:13:14 <Moggallana> Pulling a vial from his healing pack, Moggallana tries to scrape some ink into the vial without actually touching it...
• Jul 18 21:13:55 <Fried_Wookiee> The ink slides into the vial, collecting into a single drop at the bottom.
• Jul 18 21:15:24 <Fried_Wookiee> Only a little smear is left on the floor.
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• Jul 18 21:15:54 * Moggallana looks up to the patient, "How do you feel dear?"
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• Jul 18 21:18:05 <Fried_Wookiee> She pulls the neck of her dirty gown open enough to show her shoulder. Her skin has been scratched red and raw, but the eerie, crawling runes are still there, sliding over her skin.
• Jul 18 21:18:18 <Fried_Wookiee> Her eyes plead.
• Jul 18 21:23:45 <Moggallana> Moggallana took some salve from his pack and tried to apply it without touching her, using the wrappings to some effect...
• Jul 18 21:24:17 <Fried_Wookiee> "I... I can put it on, sir," she says, pulling back slightly. "I don't want you to catch this."
• Jul 18 21:25:08 <Moggallana> "I am a trained healer, I should be able to relieve your itching without contracting it myself..."
• Jul 18 21:28:15 <Fried_Wookiee> "Be careful, sir."
• Jul 18 21:32:40 <Fried_Wookiee> After five minutes of tentative, careful work, she grabs the ointment and starts applying it to herself. "Please. If there's anything I know, it's how to put oil on my skin."
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• Jul 18 21:34:54 <Moggallana> "Thank you, I wasn;t sure if you had the strength to do it yourself. Where were you when you first contracted this, what happened?" Moggallana asked oblivious to her indignation...
• Jul 18 21:36:47 <Fried_Wookiee> She groans. "Everyone asks. I can't remember, alright! I just woke up with it one morning."
• Jul 18 21:38:04 <Moggallana> "What morning? what did you do the day before?" He asked, eagerly overlooking her embarrassment.
• Jul 18 21:39:07 <Fried_Wookiee> "I was working!"
• Jul 18 21:39:22 <Fried_Wookiee> "We don't get days off, you know."
• Jul 18 21:40:34 <Moggallana> "And where do you work? Does it involve writing, reading or working with ink of any kind?" He asked. He noticed her voice was raised, but couldn't imagine why...
• Jul 18 21:41:20 <Fried_Wookiee> She rolls her eyes. "I'm a WHORE, you stupid pile of shit."
• Jul 18 21:42:58 * You are now known as dindenver-afk
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• Jul 18 19:14:02 <Fried_Wookiee> Black stands in the twilight shadows, outside the Shattered Lantern, a small tavern on the edge of the Academic district. From inside comes the sound of merriment and cameraderie. As he watches, a trio of students stumble out, their matching red sashes proclaiming their membership in the Furies.
• Jul 18 19:14:41 <Fried_Wookiee> T Hey? notice Black briefly, but then turn away, laughing a bit too loud, dispelling the nervous tension that Black's presence always seems to elicit.
• Jul 18 19:18:27 <Black> Black looks around to be sure that nobody is watching him, brushes off some dust off of his cloak, wraps it tightly around himself and starts off after the furies
• Jul 18 19:21:51 <Fried_Wookiee> The trio stumbles along for a few blocks, moving gradually out into a neighborhood of laborer's tenements. A beggar, probably too desperate to know better, approaches them.
• Jul 18 19:24:54 <Fried_Wookiee> One of them backhands him, making him go sprawling. The ruffian clutches his hand. "Hey! Something jumped on me."
• Jul 18 19:25:56 <Black> Using the confuson, Black edges a bit closer, still hidden in the long shadows, trying to sneak a look on the going-ons
• Jul 18 19:28:51 <Fried_Wookiee> "Don't worry about it," says one of the others. "You got the Marks."
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• Jul 18 19:45:36 <Fried_Wookiee> "Don't worry about it," says one of the others. "You got the Marks."
• Jul 18 19:55:21 <Fried_Wookiee> The same one kicks the beggar. "Get to the hospital, you miserable wretch."
• Jul 18 19:58:06 <Fried_Wookiee> The trio wait for him to disappear down an alley, and then duck into a burned-out tenement.
• Jul 18 19:58:35 <Black> During the entire attack on the beggar, Black remains tightly clad in shadow, waiting for the Furies to make their move. As soon as they leave, he continues shadowing them, not even turning to look at the wretch sprawled in the street
• Jul 18 20:03:25 * Black strains to look into the dark passage where the trio disappeared to before quietly entering it
• Jul 18 20:04:27 <Fried_Wookiee> The upper floors of the building are gone, burned to an empty shell, but the stairs down into the basement seem intact.
• Jul 18 20:06:50 * Black stops for a moment before heading downstairs, heads outside, marks one of the stones of the building with an X and then proceeds down, trying not to alert the people below.
• Jul 18 20:07:27 <Fried_Wookiee> From below, Black can hear low conversation, the kind of buzz of a crowd waiting for something to happen.
• Jul 18 20:12:34 <Fried_Wookiee> Black sneaks down a bit further, but his sharp ears detect a footstep behind him. He just manages to slip behind a pile of rubble before he's seen.
• Jul 18 20:18:29 <Fried_Wookiee> He gets a fairly good look at the person who was coming up behind him.
• Jul 18 20:18:40 <Fried_Wookiee> He recognizes her.
• Jul 18 20:20:02 <Fried_Wookiee> She's Amaka, a young woman he had known when they were young, twelve or thirteen or so. She disappeared one night, and noone spoke of her.
• Jul 18 20:22:28 <Fried_Wookiee> She's dressed in black, with a cloak similar to yours. Her face looks different, hardened a little, and you realize that her features have taken on the androgynous lines of one given over to the Mystery.
• Jul 18 20:26:03 <Fried_Wookiee> She takes the spot you had prepared to take, looking down into the basement.
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• Jul 18 20:31:15 <Fried_Wookiee> Black seems to have been lucky enough to find a spot with good acoustics. He can hear the whole thing.
• Jul 18 20:33:39 <Fried_Wookiee> "Are we all here? <mumbled counting>...sixteen. Okay. I got a message today. We've got a new target. Some of you already know who it is, the rest can already guess. We've got the go-ahead."
• Jul 18 20:36:09 <Fried_Wookiee> "Engraia, I want you to draw him out. Tell him you have information, you'll be able to get him alone."
• Jul 18 20:37:37 <Fried_Wookiee> "Get him to the Broken Lantern. We'll stage a brawl. Luken, Omalder... you make sure he gets knocked on the ground. Malgress, you hide under the table, and do the deed."
• Jul 18 20:37:59 <Fried_Wookiee> The rest are there for distraction, and alibis.
• Jul 18 20:38:02 <Fried_Wookiee> ""
• Jul 18 20:39:15 <Fried_Wookiee> "Engraia, we'll be ready tomorrow night, at nightfall. Don't wait too long,"
• Jul 18 20:39:53 <Fried_Wookiee> he says with a note of irritation, "Some of us can't seem to understand what it means to drink >moderately<."
• Jul 18 20:42:41 <Fried_Wookiee> "Alright... scatter, my brothers, and we'll meet again tomorrow." You hear a clap of hands, followed by a loud "Huuah!"
• Jul 18 20:43:23 <Black> Black quickly removes himself into the deepest shadow in the small room, waiting for everyone to exit and memorizing all female faces.
• Jul 18 20:44:12 <Fried_Wookiee> Amaka slips away at this, hurrying down the street.
• Jul 18 20:44:44 <Fried_Wookiee> Of the Furies coming out of the basement, Black only sees one female face. She's pretty, but with a hard edge to her expression. Tough.
• Jul 18 20:45:24 * Black follows her, at a distance, noting where she lives before disappearing into the night
• Jul 18 20:54:04 <Fried_Wookiee> *
• Jul 18 20:54:06 <Fried_Wookiee> *
• Jul 18 20:54:06 <Fried_Wookiee> *
• Jul 18 20:58:43 <Fried_Wookiee> Black sits in a dark corner of the Broken Lantern, near one of the small windows.
• Jul 18 21:00:00 <Fried_Wookiee> He has spotted several of the Furies that he saw the night before, brawny, noisy fellows who seem more interested in harassing the barmaid than studying the books that lie ignored on the tables.
• Jul 18 21:04:09 * Black pretends not to be there while looking at the crowd, studying their movement and speed. The wine in front of him goes untouched for a long while.
• Jul 18 21:04:55 <Fried_Wookiee> Gradually, the patrons of the tavern are replaced by Furies. They are rowdy and insulting, and expert at driving people away.
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• Jul 18 21:11:08 <Fried_Wookiee> Several of them have the Arcane attunement, but Black can see that several have crystals indicating a laser attunement, as well.
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• Jul 18 21:18:42 <Fried_Wookiee> By now there are a dozen Furies in the tavern.
• Jul 18 21:20:18 * Black stands up slowly, so as not to provoke any unwanted attention, leaves a coin for his drink and wanders outside the door, picking a comfortable spot with a large rock in his reach.
• Jul 18 21:22:28 <Fried_Wookiee> As night falls, Black notices Amaka watching him from across the street.
• Jul 18 21:24:15 <Black> Remembering how almost everyone who meets him reacts, Black looks at her, then pretends he has lost all interests and starts examining the lint on his cloak.
• Jul 18 21:28:07 <Fried_Wookiee> She slips across the street to stand next to you. She speaks quietly. "I've been doing this long enough to know the signs. You gave your name, didn't you?"
• Jul 18 21:29:07 * Black looks at her, smiling a little. "I do know yours, though."
• Jul 18 21:29:24 <Fried_Wookiee> "Sssh," she says, "Don't tell me."
• Jul 18 21:30:03 <Black> "So, waiting for someone?"
• Jul 18 21:31:43 <Fried_Wookiee> "Can't say. Private Senjo affair. Why did you give your name? You were in line for the throne!"
• Jul 18 21:34:57 <Black> "That," Black whispers, "is private. But I am still alive."
• Jul 18 21:35:43 <Fried_Wookiee> "It seems we both have secrets. Can you tell me why you're here, now?"
• Jul 18 21:38:20 * Black picks up the large rock from it's resting place. "Well, currently, I am examining this fine rock. And waiting for someone."
• Jul 18 21:39:52 <Fried_Wookiee> She crosses her arms.
• Jul 18 21:42:58 * You are now known as dindenver-afk
• Jul 18 21:56:16 <Fried_Wookiee> With a snappy little exchange about heritage and their relative places in the hierarchy, Black adjusts his position relative to Amaka just as Engraia comes into view.
• Jul 18 21:56:36 <Fried_Wookiee> He manages to screen Amaka's view briefly.
• Jul 18 21:58:01 <Fried_Wookiee> Black notices Heldoran at her side, with her hand resting lightly on his arm. He looks quite pleased with himself.
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• Jul 18 19:16:57 <Fried_Wookiee> Lukirawa awakes. The horse carcass has been significantly reduced overnight, and there are rather a few snoring Oortlings with distended bellies lounging around, on, and in it.
• Jul 18 19:18:30 <Lukirawa> Lukirawa raises his eyebrows at the damage they've done. He then cuts off some meat he thinks will travel well, as the Oortlings continue to sleep.
• Jul 18 19:18:54 <Lukirawa> Seeing that they aren't going to wake on their own, he suddenly shouts, "Wolf atttack!"
• Jul 18 19:19:42 <Fried_Wookiee> The Oortlings start awake, rolling about fumbling for their weapons.
• Jul 18 19:21:59 <Lukirawa> Lukirawa laughs. "Better than last time, but still a bit slow. We'll keep practicing."
• Jul 18 19:22:07 <Lukirawa> "Now, which way did they go?"
• Jul 18 19:22:27 <Lukirawa> He tries to get his bearings without sticking his head up too far so as not to be seen.
• Jul 18 19:22:49 <Lukirawa> He intersperses this with picking up his things and getting ready to take off.
• Jul 18 19:23:35 <Fried_Wookiee> The oortlings start sniffing around, poking their noses and squinting. "Which they is that, littlebig?"
• Jul 18 19:24:05 <Fried_Wookiee> "They with the beasts or they with the waggin?"
• Jul 18 19:25:27 <Lukirawa> "With the waggin'," he replies. "Can you smell it?"
• Jul 18 19:26:19 <Fried_Wookiee> "Yeah, they gots flowers wit' 'em. Easy peasy."
• Jul 18 19:26:41 <Fried_Wookiee> Within an hour you've located their trail, following the faint scent of Mercuria's perfume.
• Jul 18 19:29:22 <Lukirawa> Lukiwara stretches out his sinewy frame as they stroll along, and takes in some of the scenery.
• Jul 18 19:29:53 <Lukirawa> Best not to let your guard down too much, he thinks to himself, this seemingly peaceful land could hide...well things not found in Irien.
• Jul 18 19:34:06 <Lukirawa> Despite feeling like crap from the abuse he's taken, Lukirawa decides to push on hard so as not to lose the trail of the pillar of crystal that he's vowed to find.
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• Jul 18 19:35:48 <Scrofa> Dang, I forgot this channel. . .I missed the cockney oortlings :P
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• Jul 18 19:46:18 <Lukirawa> He keeps going for hours on nothing but sheer grit, and the meat in his belly. Eventually he's about to collapse, as he comes over a rise.
• Jul 18 19:48:38 <Fried_Wookiee> Finally, Lukirawa sights the wagon, just finishing fording a small stream. Achur, still driving the wagon, points up at you. They don't seem to have noticed the fifteen foot long serpentine disturbance in the grass that is winding through the grass towards them.
• Jul 18 19:54:33 <Lukirawa> Lukiwara considers letting whatever it is attack the wagon...after all, if it eats them, then it would be rather easy to get the pillar back. But...something in him says to him that they let him go, so he somehow owes them for that. As they point at him, he points towards the oncoming beast in the grass, and starts to make his way towards them.
• Jul 18 19:55:07 <Lukirawa> "Come along, Oortlings, but beware," he warns them, "there is a snake in the grass."
• Jul 18 19:56:20 <Fried_Wookiee> Achur and Sandren mistake Lukirawa's gesture, but Mercuria sees it and shouts a warning.
• Jul 18 19:59:31 <Lukirawa> Before he's thinking straight - some part of him claims that it's the exhaustion acting - Lukirawa starts gesturing and shouting, trying to distract whatever it is that's coming for the wagon.
• Jul 18 20:02:38 <Fried_Wookiee> The creature rears up and turns to focus on Lukirawa.
• Jul 18 20:06:38 <Fried_Wookiee> It's a snake about two feet in diameter, with a fanged, clearly poisonous maw. Its green eyes glint in the twilight.
• Jul 18 20:08:52 <Fried_Wookiee> Its head is held shoulder high.
• Jul 18 20:09:09 <Fried_Wookiee> The Oortlings step back. Several take refuge behind Lukirawa's legs.
• Jul 18 20:11:02 <Lukirawa> Lukiwara, coming from Irien, where such beasts eat his people on occasion (at least small ones like himself), suddenly has a new appreciation for this domain. He begins to back off. Perhaps, if he was at full strength, he might have the energy to take on such a beast as this. Perhaps. But not now.
• Jul 18 20:12:31 <Lukirawa> Climbing will not help, snakes climb well. And he can't hope to outrun it for long - he's on the verge of exhaustion as it is. He has to find a way to outwit the thing.
• Jul 18 20:15:22 <Lukirawa> He turns to face the snake as it comes on. If he can just cleverly dodge it for a bit, perhaps it will give up. Knowing how such things strike, he waits for the attack and simply tries to remove himself before the blow hits.
• Jul 18 20:20:59 <Fried_Wookiee> Lukirawa manages to get his face out of the way, but the jaws sink into his flesh. With a scream, the Oortlings attack, jabbing their spears into its flesh, but the damage is done. Lukirawa sinks to the ground and falls unconscious.
• Jul 18 20:25:13 <Fried_Wookiee> *
• Jul 18 20:25:14 <Fried_Wookiee> *
• Jul 18 20:25:14 <Fried_Wookiee> *
• Jul 18 20:28:56 <Fried_Wookiee> Lukirawa awakens with Mercuria's smiling face above his. He feels worse than when Ontog decided to use him as a club. He feels worse than when Ysko tossed him into the dragon-nettles. Pain is shooting through his weak, nearly paralyzed limbs. Something smelly and sticky is covering his chest.
• Jul 18 21:03:13 <Fried_Wookiee> "You are earning my respect, my ugly friend, you really are. That was quite brave of you."
• Jul 18 21:05:51 <Lukirawa> "Well, that's one thing that's not horrible right now," Lukiwara says, as brightly as he can manage. "I can't seem to feel...parts.."
• Jul 18 21:05:56 <Lukirawa> "What's on my chest?"
• Jul 18 21:10:23 <Fried_Wookiee> Mercuria wrinkles her nose. "Something Achur cooked up. It's supposed to draw out the poison. You're not going to be moving anytime soon."
• Jul 18 21:13:19 <Lukirawa> "Poison? What's a snake like that need poison for?" Lukirawa laments, feeling like being sorry for himself in the condition he's in. "Hey, is there still some of that horse meat I had with me? Or did the Oortlings eat it all?"
• Jul 18 21:13:42 <Lukirawa> Then it dawns on him to ask, "Where are the oortlings? Did any get eaten?"
• Jul 18 21:14:02 <Lukirawa> His voice is still the gruff one of a foul fey, but there is concern in it.
• Jul 18 21:15:07 <Fried_Wookiee> "One of them got injured when the snake started thrashing. He's being watched over by the others. Fascinating creatures... oortlings, you called them?"
• Jul 18 21:18:47 <Lukirawa> "Yeah...but they're not fascinating. Loyal, but about as interesting as earthworms," he says. "And about as smart. They should have run off."
• Jul 18 21:18:57 <Lukirawa> "I don't know what I was thinking."
• Jul 18 21:20:50 <Fried_Wookiee> She smiles again. "I think it shows strength of character." She lays a gentle hand on your cheek.
• Jul 18 21:21:17 <Fried_Wookiee> "If you're quite done, milady, he's going to be needing a drink." Achur sloshes a waterskin.
• Jul 18 21:23:48 <Lukirawa> Lukiwara is bewildered by Mercuria's gesture of kindness.
• Jul 18 21:42:58 * You are now known as dindenver-afk
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