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01a: A stormy beginning.

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Sir Adonis Campbell
player, 45 posts
The wheel is spinning
but the hamster has died.
Sun 8 Mar 2009
at 17:47
  • msg #110

Re: A stormy beginning


 "I said I will do well enough old one and I meant it!" declares Adonis firmly, not being used to having his word gainsaid by the old and indolent, least of all by a mere bloody peasant.

 On the other hand, despite his refusal to be guided like a child, he never ventures more than five to ten feet in front of the rest of the group on a narrow path and - when he stumbles from time to time - seems willing to live with the consequences of his actions without blaming them on other folk.

 When a halt is called he comes to a stop without complaint, apparently having forgiven and forgotten with the ease of a naturally easy-going sort of fellow to whom it doesn't come easily to hold a grudge - while not terribly out of breath (and that despite the steel he's wearing) he's obviously happy to stock up a breather whenever one presents itself like any good warrior.

 "What can you tell us of this Madam Olga?" he asks amiably, leaning against a convenient tree and flexing one limb after another moment to moment, to ward against their cramping.
Bjorn
Sun 8 Mar 2009
at 18:13
  • msg #111

Re: A stormy beginning

In reply to Sir Adonis Campbell (msg #110):

Bjorn cocks an eye at Adonis' creaking antics inside his full-plate armour.  "Well, young'un I can tell 'ee what I know.  Bain't much, mind.  That Olga been old since I were a wean.  Minding as how I bain't so old as I looks, on account of that damn curse.

But they told us that in times back when she herself was only but a young maid, she lived way down there in Ellesland and learnt her the craft o' witchin.  Only there they call it "Sorcelizin" or some such.  To me witchin' is witchin'!
    He glances at Beren for a moment "no offence mind".

"Well, ever since I've lived here, that Olga lived in the woods.  Helpin the folk o' the village with this and that. The old Jarl he didn't rightly see eye-to-eye with her but respected her all the same.   Sure enough she done cure his hounds and his men at arms more than once".

"Now this new man, this Siegfried, he don't like her at all.  Right off he heard on her, done declare her a piece o' evil and ban the villagers from seein her.  They keep right on seein' her though - only on the quiet, like.  That's why we got ta approach her nice and calm like.  Ever since this Siegfried came she gots to worryin' about him makin trouble for her".

This message was last edited by the GM at 18:25, Sun 08 Mar 2009.
Beren Sigilchyr
player, 44 posts
Sorcerer
Sun 8 Mar 2009
at 20:28
  • msg #112

Re: A stormy beginning

Beren made an undecipherable grin at Bjorn's comment on sorcery, but did not appear otherwise bothered. He was used to less polite remarks whenever someone found out about his crafts...
Arkenos
Sun 8 Mar 2009
at 20:47
  • msg #113

Re: A stormy beginning

Arkenos prowls across to the lesser path and squints along it.  "Fellows, I can see something along here.  Some kind of sack"
Sir Adonis Campbell
player, 46 posts
The wheel is spinning
but the hamster has died.
Tue 10 Mar 2009
at 03:46
  • msg #114

Re: A stormy beginning


 Being about as observant when it comes to the feelings of others as a similarly sized and shaped brick, Sir Adonis remains cheerfully oblivious to the funny looks his calisthenics are receiving - but since he can be assured that if sudden movement is necessary, he won't be hosting a collection visit from the biological debt fairy, he'd probably not mind even if he was aware of it.

 Wonder of wonders, he does sort of listen however, and save for making a sign of aversion at the mention of witchcraft, appears to be reasonable enough about the whole thing... "Well if she's a true witch she'll no doubt reveal herself at some point, otherwise I see no harm in treating her as a wise woma..."

 He breaks off to turn towards Arkenos when the other fellow calls out, head tilting to one side, asking "Well what of it?" in slightly impatient tones.
Arkenos
Wed 11 Mar 2009
at 20:44
  • msg #115

Re: A stormy beginning

Arkenos' eyes gleam faintly. It seems like some kind of knapsack.  It seems to have been abandoned for rather a long time.
Brakkus the Hermit
player, 39 posts
Wild-eyed Mystic
Sun 15 Mar 2009
at 13:46
  • msg #116

Re: A stormy beginning

Brakkus' ears prick up at Arkenos' words. Abandoned knapsacks are often abandoned because their previous owner was killed by some local beastie. Groaning, the old hermit gets to his feet again and looks around carefully.
Sir Adonis Campbell
player, 47 posts
The wheel is spinning
but the hamster has died.
Sun 15 Mar 2009
at 15:06
  • msg #117

Re: A stormy beginning


 "Well take a look at it then, must I hold your hand through every little thing?" Sir Adonis states grumpily, having now had his train of thought completely derailed (not least because it's the sort of little mechanical train that goes around and around a short track and plays jangly music for kiddies), pushing off the tree he's leaning against and stomping towards the other man.
Kormak
Mon 16 Mar 2009
at 18:44
  • msg #118

Re: A stormy beginning

In reply to Sir Adonis Campbell (msg #117):

Brakkus looks around but does not see anything untoward.  Bjorn's "five minutes" seem to have turned them into a full-on nap as he is snoozing gently with his chin on his chest.

Kormak also pricks up his ears at the mention of the pack and joins Adonis and Arkenos at the other path.  Arkenos, somewhat emboldened, takes a step forward and points "there - see - at the foot of yonder tree".

Sure enough there does seem to be some kind of bag or sack, not too ragged, poking out from the underbrush.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:44, Mon 16 Mar 2009.
Brakkus the Hermit
player, 40 posts
Wild-eyed Mystic
Sat 21 Mar 2009
at 10:24
  • msg #119

Re: A stormy beginning

"Wait!" says Brakkus. "Let me first check for the taint of enchantment"

Using See Enchantment on the sack
Beren Sigilchyr
player, 45 posts
Sorcerer
Sat 21 Mar 2009
at 10:38
  • msg #120

Re: A stormy beginning

Beren looked attentively around, wondering whether it was some kind of trap or not.
Sir Adonis Campbell
player, 48 posts
The wheel is spinning
but the hamster has died.
Sat 21 Mar 2009
at 11:18
  • msg #121

Re: A stormy beginning


 "For the saviours sake!" declares Sir Campbell, crossing himself smoothly to turn incipient blasphemy into nothing more than outright exasperation, stomping towards said pack in the manner of a man intending to simply yank the thing out of cover.

 Of course, if he were a wiser man he'd use a long stick or perhaps a weapon... and he'd certainly not expose himself to threats... but it's the armour you see. All that weight of metal seems to suck the juice right down out of a mans brains.
GM2
Sat 21 Mar 2009
at 15:43
  • msg #122

Re: A stormy beginning

Kormak and Arkenos follow on Adonis clanking heels, almost jostling to get a look.  The pack is a little tangled in the underbrush but with a firm yank it comes free.   It is held shut by some leather straps, and on the top are embroidered some runes.  In the fading light Adonis manages to make them out - they appear to be the name "Carsten Redbeard".
Brakkus the Hermit
player, 41 posts
Wild-eyed Mystic
Sat 21 Mar 2009
at 15:47
  • msg #123

Re: A stormy beginning

Brakkus concentrates for a few seconds then shakes his head, wriggling his bushy beard. "There is nothing magical nearby".
Sir Adonis Campbell
player, 49 posts
The wheel is spinning
but the hamster has died.
Sat 21 Mar 2009
at 22:25
  • msg #124

Re: A stormy beginning


 Jostle all they like, bumping into the hulking Sir Adonis is rather like bouncing off a plate-armoured statue (indeed, in more ways than one since the average statue has about a fifty-fifty chance of outmaneuvering the good knight in any given contest of wits). With a firm yank he tugs the sack free and turns around to stomp back into the clearing proper before rather awkwardly (he is wearing gauntlets after all) unfastening the straps and simply upending the contents on the ground - though in all fairness he is at least clever enough to lower the bag to only just above the ground before doing so.

 Those runes are probably going to cause trouble of course, but it's 'all foreign foolishness' as far as Adonis is concerned.
Cameron
GM, 3 posts
Sun 22 Mar 2009
at 12:29
  • msg #125

Re: A stormy beginning

Adonis turns and clanks back to the clearing.   Each step he takes seems to be more difficult.  At first his heart and lungs, despairing of receiving a response from his slowly-ticking brain, simply apply more force.  Then Arkenos gives a cry and you all look down - the ground has become wet and marshy and your feet sink into the mire up to your knees.

Adonis is stuck fast with his heavy plate.  Arkenos goes pale and points towards a shape flitting behind the tress.  He suddenly stands very still and lifts his hand clear of its sword hilt.  Kormak manages with a lot of grunting to slowly lift one leg out and move forward another step or two.

At that moment the trees around this path seem to draw in again, with a definite rustling.

You all hear a voice, quite low but definitely a woman's, calling out around you.   "Who be ye to take poor Carsten's belongings?"
Beren Sigilchyr
player, 46 posts
Sorcerer
Mon 23 Mar 2009
at 12:38
  • msg #126

Re: A stormy beginning

"Huh oh, another nasty surprise..." Beren sighed. He turned around, asking: "Who be you, madam? We have no foul intentions, I assure you. My companions just saw a pack lying near the road and thought that perhaps something ill had befell its owner, and were searching it for clues!"
Sir Adonis Campbell
player, 50 posts
The wheel is spinning
but the hamster has died.
Mon 23 Mar 2009
at 16:14
  • msg #127

Re: A stormy beginning


 "Who the blazes are you to say that we should not!" announces the knight in a resounding voice as he reaches up to flick open his visor, turning as best he can at the waist while struggling to free himself from the sudden quagmire, "We did no harm to this Carsten fellow nor are we thieves, but it would be an incurious lout indeed who did not question an abandoned satchel beside the road."

 Well, on the bright side - the knight is at least shouting instead of drawing his sword, which suggests at least a proportion of the good manners his despairing tutors tried to beat into him took.
Cameron
GM, 4 posts
Mon 23 Mar 2009
at 21:04
  • msg #128

Re: A stormy beginning

The voice calls again "These woods are not yours, sirs.  I ask again - who are you and what is your business here?"
Beren Sigilchyr
player, 47 posts
Sorcerer
Mon 23 Mar 2009
at 21:22
  • msg #129

Re: A stormy beginning

"We have come here on Bjorn's advice, to seek Madam Olga's wisdom! We don't mean harm!" Beren answered.
Bjorn
Mon 23 Mar 2009
at 21:40
  • msg #130

Re: A stormy beginning

At the sound of his name Bjorn lazily opens his eyes and looks at Beren.  "Ach lad yon numpties have gone and upset her now", he mutters.  Then raises his voice "Mistress Olga bain't need for all this noise.  Twere I as brought these folk to yer."

After a moment's pause, there is a rustling of the branches again and the ground of the less path suddenly solidifies again.  Adonis, Kormak and Arkenos find themselves buried up to their knees in the packed earth of the track.

The voice comes for a third time "Let the one who knew my name, step forward.  Better the other fools stay where they are.".  Bjorn nudges Beren and points with his eyes along the main path.
Beren Sigilchyr
player, 48 posts
Sorcerer
Mon 23 Mar 2009
at 22:16
  • msg #131

Re: A stormy beginning

With a questioning look to Bjorn, the sorcerer starts treading on the main path. "Well, perhaps you should join me Brakkus?" he ventured.
GamesMaster
GM, 111 posts
It's all in the dice...
Wed 25 Mar 2009
at 20:36
  • msg #132

Re: A stormy beginning

Whether Brakkus goes with the sorcerer or not, the other three are still knee-deep in the mud and it seems to suck at their legs, keeping them in place. You all can feel a presence in the woods, not quite hostile but watching, cautious.
Ellinel seems to be feeling quite uneasy, used as he is to dark valleys and undead but not to these cold woods that somehow feel alive.
Sir Adonis Campbell
player, 51 posts
The wheel is spinning
but the hamster has died.
Thu 26 Mar 2009
at 05:01
  • msg #133

Re: A stormy beginning


 "Indeed not, they are beholden to that ghastly little tit [insert name of local lord here], though I believe that there is a bailiff appointed to most of the lands herabouts." - initially, Adonis' tone is rather argumentative despite the fact that he's half-trapped in dirt, but it trails off into a thoughtful (or at least forgetful) tone by the end of the sentence and those close enough to overhear the large nobleman can make out the words 'name of the fellow, blast it...

 ...Conveniently, the knight seems to have managed to distract himself, without anyone else needing to step in and do it for him.
Brakkus the Hermit
player, 42 posts
Wild-eyed Mystic
Sun 29 Mar 2009
at 09:23
  • msg #134

Re: A stormy beginning

Brakkus swiftly moves to follow Beren, gripping his staff tightly.
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