Temple of Ishassara

Nia manages about half a gulp before Liam's warning. She puts the ale down before wiping her face and carefully getting up. For a brief second her eyes flash red and a look of pure malevolence crosses her face, but then the red fades and her expression changes back to normal. "Here's hoping it's dire boars, I'm in the mood for pork!"

As Liam stands up, intent on investigating the noise, he picks up the ring but leaves the axe on the ground.

"Gregor, if you want this ring back it's safe enough.  Most it will do to you is let you jump farther than is smart to do.  As long as your reasonably careful with it you should be fine."

He then nudges the axe with his foot.

"This piece of work, on the other hand, is cursed to cause its wielder to fly into an uncontrolled rage, potentially hurting nearby allies.  I recommend it NOT be used for the time being, until we can find some way to remove the curse.  I think I have notes for a spell that should do the trick, but it will take me a while to make sure I have it right."

"You know," Crispy observes, "You sure do a lot of facepalming...just saying."

Gregor nods, picks up the axe with a towel he was using to clean the dishes with, and carefully puts it into his backpack without touching it. He then turns to Nia, and drops the ring in her palm. 

“Gregor already be good at jumping, Gregor be thinking you’s should be having it in case of the emergencies and such.”

He then turns back to Crispy and Liam and asks “Does you be thinking this is something we should be worried about now, we still be banged up from worm fighting.”

Nia cooed. "Thanks, Gregor! So, hopefully I can jump onto high places for sniper shots!"

Crispy makes a face of astonishment. "Ohhhhh, really?? OOC?" She asks, as if Liam just told her the secrets of the universe, which he definitely has none. "Is THAT what that stands for??" The look of seriousness returns very quickly, giving Liam a glare that says "DUH."  and adding "I saw you actually facepalm, that's why I said it." She then turns to Gregor, annoyed she wasted time answering silly questions.

"We might want to check that out." She tells him.

"If we don't investigate it now, whatever it is could come back to bite us later while we're resting."

Liam looks over the group, taking in everyone's weariness and various injuries, before looking back to the hole in the wall.

"I say we at least attempt to find out what's making the noise, but don't go too far.  If not that, then at the very least we need to make sure we keep good watch while we rest."

"Ugh, fine. I'll go look. Then no more silly questions."

Crispy walks over to the hole, carefully, blades drawn, and peers inside at first from a distance.

Investigation: 14 - Meh. I'll use a luck point: 16 - I'll take the 16.

"It's just a hole!" She calls back. "No wait...!"

As you peer in Crispy, it seems like this tunnel has been bored out by some sort of oversized earth worm. You can’t see much when you look in, as it declines steadily for a fair while, around 100metres. As you’re poking your head in, you swear you can hear the faint sounds of somebody whistelling...

Still looking into the hole, Crispy holds up her hand and does a signal to the group that says "Come here." Whoever comes over, she looks at them and raises her hand in a "Shush" motion, then touches her ear as if to say "Listen."

It’s a little hard to hear and it’s sparatic... but now and then, sure enough, a small tune is whistled. The longer you listen, the less frequent it is, until it all goes silent...

“Should Gregor be whistling back?”

Crispy puts a finger to Gregors lips. Urge to speak rising.

Urge: 6

"Hello...?" She says.

There is silence for a while before you hear a croaky, hesitant voice back;

"H-hello..?"

Liam's ears perk up at the sound of intelligible words coming from the tunnel.  He motions at everyone who has gathered around to stay quiet except for Crispy, who he gives an encouraging nod, hoping she'll get the hint to keep talking so they can find out more about whoever this might be.

“Hello??” It repeats. “C- climb through the wall! Yo- you’re not safe out there!”

Liam waits to see if Crispy will respond to the voice.