"Ugh!  The Brothers always said those were evil to the core."

"An 'offering' to whom?"

Jareth places his hand near, and then on (if it's not too hot first), the door to test the heat through his gloves.

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 8):

"They looked like a man on fire, would heave balls of flame at us if we had nothing."

In reply to smuggling thug (msg # 9):

"Maybe need to to hose him down..."

"So, bullies, with fireballs.  Bullies were one of the reasons I made my first bow.

"Jareth, what does it take to kill one of those?  Silver, I'm guessing?"

"Sounds like Flame Lord.  Not sure we can kill it, without someone dyin.  Ya arrows be next to useless Mario, is weak to water, it's basically an uppity fire elemental.  Probably bound t'e furnace, probably highly upset by this.  Huh, this be t'e first time kinda wish Marie were with us, she's a fire mage an pretty tight with t'e Bronze City by fy recollections."

He stands there letting the heat soak into his glove for a moment.

"This might be where turn back, if what we seek part t'e Flame Lord's purview... gonna be a rough fight."

He let's his words stand a moment, "Could try parlaying.  Flame Lord might trade for somethin," he turns back to face the group, "so what say, wanna try talkin with an elder fire elemental what's been bound an is probably pissed about it?"


OOC:  01:45, Today: Jareth Mooncalled rolled 12 using 3d6.  Hidden Lore (Elemental) 11 (default).
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01:54, Today: Jareth Mooncalled rolled 13 using 3d6.  Will 15, resisting Psionic Backlash from defaulted skill failure.

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 12):

"Not a fight I want, to be sure."

"I'd rather talk than fight something like that, no question.  But what might a Flame Lord want, other than freedom?  And how would we free it if that turns out to be needful.  Not to mention, what might such a one do once freed, after being imprisoned for heaven only knows how long?"

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 14):

"What would it take to get some fancy incense or whatever for this hothead?"

"Incense isn't hard to come by -- probably a dozen or more places to get it in Artisan, or you can get it blessed by at least a couple temples.  The Brothers used to always get it from Frank.  Never figured out which Frank that was, though."

"Take goin upstairs to buy some.  T'ere opportunity cost to it.  Time.  Who stays, who goes. Etc."

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 17):

"What do you plan to do in the meantime down here?"

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 18):

this can be accomplished in about two hours- if hasty in the market.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 19):

whoever runs needs to make a scrounging roll to find such things quickly, as they are probably in the temple district market.

additionally they must pass the leeches twice...

OOC:  If* anyone is leaving, let's not get ahead of ourselves.  Jareth is waiting on a few others to speak up before he pulls the trigger on either "go in and talk first" or "go topside to get incense".

*Yeah, we probably are, just want to give Joc and Nodwin a moment to interject before we make that decision.

I have little which would inconveniece this fire being.

[Private to GM: She again tracks the silver, to ensure it is through the door where the fire beings stay.]

In reply to Jocelyn Lemru (msg # 22):

occ Nodwin would negotiate,  but is a swayable npc

[Private to Jocelyn Lemru: the silver is close, maybe 10 yards away]

"I see two excellent options for needing to pass the leeches twice: Jareth with all his anti-leech gear, and another way out.  One of those we know exists.

"Then again, I don't like the idea of sending anyone all that way back to the surface, and then returning down here, alone."

He turns to Anton.

"Is there another way out from here without passing the leeches, or getting tangled up with the fire lord?  Or have we, as the Brothers used to say, painted ourselves into a corner?"

In reply to Narrator (msg # 23):

Question to GM

[Private to GM: Cool, but in which direction? Into the flames of whatever? Somewhere else?]

In reply to Jocelyn Lemru (msg # 25):

Anton Shrugs. "There might be another way back toward the rooms beyond the furnace, we usually took this route to avoid all of the dead that linger near the Tepidarium.  we would have to go back out, around, and up, but there are heavy doors bound with chains, and full of dead. it was easier to bribe the burning man to get there."

In reply to smuggling thug (msg # 26):

"Dead or undead? Are they zombies, or worse?"

"Sealed in since plague days no doubt.  Eit'er t'ey zombified or makin t'e boneway for ghouls."

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 28):

"Likely what we are looking for will be there anyway..."

"I recall the ghula being difficult to kill, and coming in bunches.  I really need to find a way to get my quiver upgraded to silvered arrows, at least."

He shakes his head.

"Plague walkers, not so big a deal, unless there are a lot of them.  Any way to tell which are there before unchaining the door?"

"'Fore go unchainin t'e doors in our imagination, let's decide we're gonna try talkin with t'e Flame Lord or get some fancy incenses, or what."