"O čem bova razdihaiIa veter?"
*What are we breaking wind about?*

"So much for sepruchal scruples!"
*looks at floating head, and shrugs*
"I tried..I tried.."

"'M w'you."  Aldous looks around at the group.  "Go' tha' li'l r'spec' f'th' dead?"  He shakes his head, and steps forward, lowering his lantern to guide his blade into its sheath, then approaches the body.

"B' righ' back."  He reaches down to grab the headless corpse by whichever wrist is nearest and begins dragging it back toward the goblins' door, then looks at Sparky.  "Comin'?"

Sparky nods and follows

Nana gasps.
"Can he do that??"

In reply to Nana Yurick (msg # 836):

yes he can. he is encumbered,  but he can do it.

"Doesn't look like handling the remains effects a person after the animating link is broken, by bodily destruction...good to know."
"I will help you, then..."
Svendegard helps carry the body from the other end, so Aldous doesn't have to drag it.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 23:22, Sat 19 June 2021.

With help now offered, Aldous will regrip so as to hold both wrists and walk forward (body behind him, that is).

"Le's go."

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 839):

Aine will go with them to give them some light...

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 840):

after a few minutes, you get back to the door.

"If the goblins don't have sentries to let us in, let's see if that key we picked up, will let us in these doors."

"Prolly w'll, bu'tha' ain't neighb'ly."

*Nodding*
"Hello! We've found one of your missing people...not good!"

In reply to Kazimir Yurick (msg # 844):

"What have you found... Aiiieee! the head!"

"We have the rest of him... We found him roaming the passage, and he attacked us. You can see how he's been turned... In order to keep it from getting back up, we had to cut off his head. I trust your funeral customs will finish the job. We are sorry for the loss of your kin. I have hope yet, we may find the others. We will destroy this undead menace...Far too close for comfort, it is."

In reply to Kazimir Yurick (msg # 846):

"But why does his head float?"

Because I make it float, but let me put it down, it is tiring.  he lowers the head to the ground

"Fo'k 's 'fraid t' han'l th' bodeh."  Aldous, still holding the corpse's wrists, pushes forward to the door.  "Pries' c'n lay 'm so'e stays."

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 849):

"He was...Élőhalott? we keephead accross  river."

Both siblings nod gravely.

In reply to Nana Yurick (msg # 851):

the goblin unlicks the door, and two come forth to take the body. Keselezo  gingerly takes the head of his friend, and somberly they head toward the "river"

"If we find anyone else, we'll do likwise. We'll go now, and leave you to mourn.."
Kazimir says as they leave.
He looks at the group and addresses them:
"Ready to get back to business?"

Yup.

Returning to where he set down his lantern, Aldous picks it up, draws his sword to low guard once more, and turns to face the hallway not yet traveled.  "Abeamus!"  The careful pronunciation marks this as probably a foreign word.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:42, Mon 28 June 2021.

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 855):

you make your way back down the corridor to where you fought the wight. the walls show signs of having been tiled, but the tiles are long gone, and only the grout remains. ahead is a T intersection.