TotOM: Hollow
Rocky turns to Joe and then says, "Unfortunately the bull isn't able to give a more precise answer than in the forest."
Caeldrim follows along with Amalar to help explain things to Drash with Amalar. Drash looks to Amalar when she approaches him and responds somewhat angrily, "And why would I do that? The bull has gone made and killed my father. It needs to be put down."
Caeldrim then speaks up, “Our druidic friend used a ritual to try to speak with the bull and has discovered that a sound coming from the forest is driving the bull mad. The bull does not even realize he killed your father. We are just asking that you don't endanger yourself or anyone else by confronting the bull until we do what we can to try to stop the sound which should end the madness that is affecting some of the animals of this village. You have had to have seen animals doing some strange and aggressive things over the past few days. We have already seen some and have only been in the village for a few hours.”
Drash frowns at Caeldrim's explanation but nods before saying to Amalar and Caeldrim, "I have seen things... I'll wait to deal with the bull until you have gathered more information about what in the forest is causing this madness. If it cannot be stopped or if it is irreversable then the bull will still have to be put down. If whatever is causing the sound can be stopped, then stop it permanently... and if anyone is behind the sound then those individuals need to be killed or this village will never be safe." It goes unspoken that Drash also wants those responsible killed to avenge his father.
Meanwhile, Rocky turns to Hunter and shakes his head, "No if we try to subdue the bull it will fight to the death, and could cripple or kill someone before he is put down. We are better to leave him trapped in the fenced-in field where he can't hurt anyone. Trying to knock out all the animals wouldn't work either. There is no way the villagers would tolerate people just coming into the town and trying to do so without having the village turn on us. Plus the animals would likely flee into the forest where we couldn't get them all. It would be better to just let the villagers know what we have learned and for them to be on guard and to not travel alone. After all, if the animals in the village are being affected, so too are the animals around the village, like wolves or bears... and such wildlife might attack without warning."
Rocky then turns to Barbara and contemplates her suggestion, "Hmm, while that might work, getting close enough to use the earplugs would be too dangerous, as the Bull would attack from what he's already said. However, that could work to keep Donny, Parne, and Wildfyre safe since they could also be vulnerable to the effects of the sound."
Parne, who has remained with the group as Caeldrim followed Amalar looks around and sighs as he knows he'll have to speak up in order to explain things since Caeldrim is with Amalar and hasn't returned yet... Thus a soft voice can be heard coming from the Leonino with brown and white fur, as he speaks up in the elvish tongue. This possibly surprises those around Parne since he has not previously spoken up in their presence, (Elven)"Earplugs of some sort is a wise precaution as I am hearing a strange sound from the forest although I can't tell from where it is coming from... it seems to echo off all of the trees somehow and is most annoying in that regard. Unlike with the bull, it isn't affecting me, but that may be due to my higher intellect since this sound only seems to affect animals, not creatures with enough intelligence to be sentient, like me. I doubt Wildfyre would be vulnerable, but Donny is at risk, so we should at least use earplugs for him before we head off to find the girl. Oh, by the way, Caeldrim and Amalar have managed to convince Drash to not approach the bull until the group finds more information about what is causing the sound."(Elven) There is a slight hint of a mixture of both a sense of superiority and boredom in Parne's voice.
Rocky blinks as he listens to Parne as he knows Parne's voice is not due to the speak with animals ritual and that the Leonino actually can speak, and probably understands any language that Caeldrim knows since Parne is some sort of familiar. Rocky also realizes that not everyone in the group may understand Elven and thus what the Leonino said so the Warforged Druid translates it for the rest of the group if asked to.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 22:26, Thu 24 Oct 2019.