Alarmed, the children scamper up ladders and take cover in their treehouse. A small voice from the treehouse barks out, “Stand down or face merry hell!”
The four children look young – a young male dwarf, a ginger-haired female wood elf, and a female orc all look about eight years old (in human-equivalent terms). The fourth appears to be a spindly boy of maybe 11, who seems to match the drawings on the posters.
"Umm... what?" Horatio looks around to make sure none of his friends had weapons drawn or were doing anything aggressive, a big grin on his face. "We're just standing here talking to you... if we stand down, would that mean we need to sit?" He sits on the ground as he says it.
Keeping his hands visible and sitting down, Ben says, “We are here from the mortal realm to find that which was stolen from us at the Witchlight carnival. Other than being nearly killed by Bavlorna and her ninja frogs yesterday, we have little to show you….Although we did defeat one of her lackeys. Did any of you lose items to Longscarf’s thievery?”
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Titaani nervously figits, casting a worried look at the 11 year old. "Ben...Horatio...maybe we could discuss something quickly, before you continue conversing? Please? Group huddle?" She gestures for them to join her a little ways outside the grove.
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If there is not an immediate response from the lost children, Ben says, “We’ll give you are few minutes to think about it,” and backs off to talk with Titaani.
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Titaani pulls Horatio along as well, and forms a group huddle with the party.
"Listen, I'm usually not very cautious," she begins, her eyes wide with fear. "But there's something very, very wrong with those kids! The poster kid specifically. I don't know how you guys don't see it...unless...unless those adorable mushrooms gave...oh, never mind, I'm getting off track. Listen, that creature from the poster is no ordinary child: He's a demon! I know it sounds crazy but you have to trust me! He's got like these spooky eyes and jet black claws and he looks really dangerous!"
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”I don’t doubt you have seen what you describe, Titaani, but on the remote possibility what we are seeing is real and what the mushrooms helped you see is not, I should be able to independently verify if a fiend is nearby,” offers Ben.
Reaching out his senses, Ben activates his Divine Sense and looks towards the clearing.
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Ben reaches out with his divine sense, but detects nothing celestial, fiend, or undead here.
The four children peer out of the treehouse at you, together with the oversized kitten above. "We didn't lose nothing, and we don't know nothin' about frogs or scarves. But whatcha gonna do with Granny if you meet her?"
Titaani lets out a frustrated hum. "I am sure, Matilda. Those mushrooms were completely friendly, and what purpose would they have misleading us?" She glances back worriedly at the kids. "He looks like a demon, but he could be a fey...or even an ogre of some kind."
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"As far as I can tell, there are no fiends nearby--nor celestials or undead for that matter. I would rather see them as they are, but at least I don't think they are fiendish. Is your brother among them?" he asks.
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"I help kids escape from Skabatha, from Granny Nightshade. That's what Ido," replies Will. "She hates me for it, wants me captured. You say you oppose th' hag. Will you help me free more children? They're in Loomlurch - the kids are being held captive in the workshop and are haunted by boggles, an' guarded by the tin soldiers. I want to free them."
The kitten, nearly as large as the children, crawls into Will's lap as he sits talking in the treehouse. He begins to pet it. The other kids peer out from behind him.
”Show me your true form,” says Ben, “I would know whom I am dealing with before committing to embarking on a rescue mission.”
To Matilda, he adds, “If we keep helping people regain what was taken from them—be it memory, items, or their freedom—hopefully we will eventually regain what we have lost.”
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Horatio squints at Will, hoping to see whatever Titaani sees... When the squid cat crawls into Will's lap, Horatio visibly recoils. "What is that thing!? I mean, really - what is wrong with this place!?"
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Horatio, realizing they were all still dressed in the silly unmatched 'court' clothes would add, "We're against the hags too."
Alarmed, the children scamper up ladders and take cover in their treehouse. A small voice from the treehouse barks out, “Stand down or face merry hell!”
The four children look young – a young male dwarf, a ginger-haired female wood elf, and a female orc all look about eight years old (in human-equivalent terms). The fourth appears to be a spindly boy of maybe 11, who seems to match the drawings on the posters.
"Umm... what?" Horatio looks around to make sure none of his friends had weapons drawn or were doing anything aggressive, a big grin on his face. "We're just standing here talking to you... if we stand down, would that mean we need to sit?" He sits on the ground as he says it.
"Uh, yes! Sit down!" calls out the voice.
"You said you were against the hag. Prove it!" calls out a gruffer voice from the treehouse.
An oversized, tentacled kitten watches from an upper branch.
Ben:
Keeping his hands visible and sitting down, Ben says, “We are here from the mortal realm to find that which was stolen from us at the Witchlight carnival. Other than being nearly killed by Bavlorna and her ninja frogs yesterday, we have little to show you….Although we did defeat one of her lackeys. Did any of you lose items to Longscarf’s thievery?”
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Titaani nervously figits, casting a worried look at the 11 year old. "Ben...Horatio...maybe we could discuss something quickly, before you continue conversing? Please? Group huddle?" She gestures for them to join her a little ways outside the grove.
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Ben:
If there is not an immediate response from the lost children, Ben says, “We’ll give you are few minutes to think about it,” and backs off to talk with Titaani.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Titaani pulls Horatio along as well, and forms a group huddle with the party.
"Listen, I'm usually not very cautious," she begins, her eyes wide with fear. "But there's something very, very wrong with those kids! The poster kid specifically. I don't know how you guys don't see it...unless...unless those adorable mushrooms gave...oh, never mind, I'm getting off track. Listen, that creature from the poster is no ordinary child: He's a demon! I know it sounds crazy but you have to trust me! He's got like these spooky eyes and jet black claws and he looks really dangerous!"
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Matilda sighed, " Are you sure?"
Without hesitation Horatio says, "In this place? That figures. Everything is upside down here.. We should go then, like, now now?"
Ben:
”I don’t doubt you have seen what you describe, Titaani, but on the remote possibility what we are seeing is real and what the mushrooms helped you see is not, I should be able to independently verify if a fiend is nearby,” offers Ben.
Reaching out his senses, Ben activates his Divine Sense and looks towards the clearing.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Ben reaches out with his divine sense, but detects nothing celestial, fiend, or undead here.
The four children peer out of the treehouse at you, together with the oversized kitten above. "We didn't lose nothing, and we don't know nothin' about frogs or scarves. But whatcha gonna do with Granny if you meet her?"
Titaani lets out a frustrated hum. "I am sure, Matilda. Those mushrooms were completely friendly, and what purpose would they have misleading us?" She glances back worriedly at the kids. "He looks like a demon, but he could be a fey...or even an ogre of some kind."
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Ben:
"As far as I can tell, there are no fiends nearby--nor celestials or undead for that matter. I would rather see them as they are, but at least I don't think they are fiendish. Is your brother among them?" he asks.
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
None of these children is Matilda's brother. The only child you recognize at all is Will, the oldest boy, from the two posters.
Matilda shook her head sadly, " No."
She pointed at the boy Titaani had indicated, " You. Whats your story?"
" Why is your face on all these posters?"
Horatio adds, "And why do you actually look like a demon or something?"
"I help kids escape from Skabatha, from Granny Nightshade. That's what I do," replies Will. "She hates me for it, wants me captured. You say you oppose th' hag. Will you help me free more children? They're in Loomlurch - the kids are being held captive in the workshop and are haunted by boggles, an' guarded by the tin soldiers. I want to free them."
The kitten, nearly as large as the children, crawls into Will's lap as he sits talking in the treehouse. He begins to pet it. The other kids peer out from behind him.
Ben:
”Show me your true form,” says Ben, “I would know whom I am dealing with before committing to embarking on a rescue mission.”
To Matilda, he adds, “If we keep helping people regain what was taken from them—be it memory, items, or their freedom—hopefully we will eventually regain what we have lost.”
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Horatio squints at Will, hoping to see whatever Titaani sees... When the squid cat crawls into Will's lap, Horatio visibly recoils. "What is that thing!? I mean, really - what is wrong with this place!?"