Kuro had pressed his bolt forward plunging the flame into the gremlin's side! Dealing some damage it screamed out in pain roaring in desperation at the party!
Round 8
Zim: Current turn with 2HP
Zephyro: Death save needed (No advantage this time sadly)
Big Green: KO'd
Red: Attacked Zim
Arthur: Attacks the last yellow gremlin!
Zahira: Killed a Red
Trick: Current Turn
Yellow:
Blue: KO'd
Kuro:
You get a teacher! I shall roll a D20 for which teacher ^~^
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The wind had begun to flow through the air, it wasn't a draft from the windows was it? A flowing robe and a clank of tea upon a small plate as an older gentleman can upon the cafeteria. He had looked around perusing the battlefield to see Zephyro had fallen and this gremlin alone and wounded he had begun to speak goblin to this creature.
The gremlin looks this man over with a look of frustration as he looked down in defeat. The gremlin had begun to kneel as Silas raised a hand wrapping it's body up in rope. As well as the other gremlin's he had taken 3 scrolls along with several materials. The rope enraptured even the dead gremlins as he dropped scrolls upon their bodies. He had begun to walk toward Zephyro. He had motioned for Arthur to follow him. The two of them kneeling together over the boys body.
1: If Zephyro died in the last save
Arthur looked up at Silas with a shake of his head and tears in his eyes he couldn't.. Heal what was broken. He couldn't bring forth the dead... Yet Silas had indeed had his own plans. Taking a scroll he placed it upon Zephyro. The scroll (if any follows) is signed with a name.. The name of the original caster of this spell. It was clear that Silas, despite being a powerful wizard could not cast such a divine spell. The scroll had begun to vanish in a radiant bright light as light began to flow back into Zephyro!
"Thank the gods he wasn't dead for longer than a minute.. Otherwise the rite is impossible to perform I'm afraid."
"Ahh... Ahh! Zephyro you're alive!!"
With that Arthur had rushed over hugging Zephyro tightly
2: If Zephyro passed the save
Silas had looked the boy over, however he did not have any healing magic. Arthur however had saved one last lay on hands for this exact reason. Placing his hands on Zephyro he began to heal him (1HP) the magic was able to close the wounds to be non lethal but.. Zephyro was certainly not in fighting shape.
"I see, my help wasn't needed. With one gremlin left you all seem to have had the situation under control."
"Heh.. You brought the other gremlins back to life too huh..? Control? Us? I don't know.. But thank you! Ahh Zephyro I can't believe it you're alive! Oh you crazy son of a bitc h!"
He hugged the man laughing a bit.
(Below is what happens after either way)
Silas stands up looking around with a wide smile.
"Now I'm supposed to do the adult thing yes? Take the gremlins away and the cauldron and the evidence and make sure the police take over everything. Let the news know that I did all the heavy lifting or the school's reputation may suffer huh? ...Pfft! Just kidding! Haha! It's not like I'm trying to become Larex's school of the gifted. We.. make real adventurer's and clearly you all have the heart. I will go inform the police but they'll know you had this situation under control. I'm supposed to tell you not to touch anything before the police and the knights arrive but.. I mean I will be outside the cafeteria while I make my call. So.. Whatever happens between now and than.. Well that could be anything yes?"
He had offered Zahira,Zim,Kuro a playful wink. He had looked over to see Trick, his cheeky smile had turned for a moment before smiling once again. (Insight roll DC 15)
And with that Silas had left the cafeteria to go and make the call. Arthur had let out a sigh of relief.
"Haha! Is it just me.. Or does he want us to investigate? Oh jeez... I'm terrible at that though! Oh.. You with the cute ears and tail! What's you're name? Thank you.. So much for helping us! I'm Arthur, Arthur Chevalier!"
He had offered him a bright and cheery smile with hands proudly on his hips he seemed relief.. That the murder of those gremlins was able to be fixed. Though deep down.. Arthur understood now the cost of such combat.
OOC
8
Arthur's insight roll
Arthur's investigation roll (He'll try but he sucks at this lol)
Zephyro continues reaching for the light until it overtakes him. He opens his eyes to see several figures standing over him, however they all appear to be blurry blobs to him. One of them he recognizes as Arthur after the paladin starts talking. He blinks, and sits up just as the Blond Blur grabs him in a hug. "AH! OUCH! Geeze! Thanks for saving me but please don't do that! Your going to send be back to Cerebrum at this rate!" He lets out a bit of a pained laugh as he looks/feels around for his glasses, "I really thought I was gone."He says just as his hand finds his glasses, as he puts them back on he says, "What even happened? Oh Uh.. Hi?" He starts when two of the blurs come into focus. When did they get here. "Dang, how long was I out?" He falls silent as the Wizard talks, however most of it fell on deaf ears as Zephyro sits there looking for Zahira. It was her voice he heard in that dark place he's sure of it. Once he sees her he relaxes a bit, and focuses on the wizard just in time to catch the last bit of what he said. At this point he starts to struggle to his feet, once there he looks for his sickle, which he picks up. "Well I sure am a mess." He says taking note of his ruined clothes before wiping the bloody weapon on them and sheathing it. How is he going to explain this to his parents? Heh, maybe he looks bad enough to postpone dinner with Arthur's sister. He grimaces at that thought. Once again, the paladin's voice brings him back to the present. "Yeah, that is what it sounded like to me too."He looks at Trick and smiles, "Well, I certainly would have liked to meet in a different situation. My name is Zephyro Aethylmir..." He grimaces again after realizing he let his last name slip. He glances at Arthur hoping the paladin didn't hear him before looking back at the cat-eared boy. "Thanks for helping us out. Heh, I certainly needed it. Serves me right for running in here like a maniac." His laugh is cut short as pain spikes through his side, "Oh Geeze everything hurts."
At this point, Kuro is glad that Zephiro is alright... gods, if he'd witnessed someone die there was no way anyone would convince him to come back to this school. Even if he had to pretend to show up only to climb back into his house through his bedroom window and hide under the bed until school was over. Even now he considered the prospect, though he realizes that father would probably find out sooner or later and figure out how to force him to keep coming.
Now, he isn't sure if he's really all that happy about this teacher showing up--too late. Go figures. At this point they could have handled the last gremlin and gotten away without drawing to much attention...well except for the fact that everyone other then him was all bloody. And Zephiro would probably be dead. So perhaps it was a good thing that this wizard guy showed up. But... so he's NOT going to tell them not to touch anything? Shouldn't he be rushing everyone to the hospital or something?
He stays utterly quiet, his blank expression returning as Silas leaves the room. Maybe we should tell the police what he just told us, He thinks dully, wondering if it would accomplish anything anyways. Who knows how many kids have died at this school. Why was that guy so stinking calm? They almost DIED for crying out loud and he thinks they had it under control? This was not under control, this was the result of idiots not thinking and getting into fights that weren't theirs and then him being stupid enough to let them drag him into it, and then them all fighting desperately to keep from dying. This was NOT control. This was pure idiotic luck. And with how his life goes, he probably just used up all the luck he'd ever had and be luckless until he dies. Perfect.
While these thoughts go through his head, he simply stands there quietly, unsure of where to go and what to do. If he leaves, Silas will see him and probably question him. The last thing he wants to do is talk to the wizard. ...if he stays everyone's going to expect him to help with this investigation (even though most of them should be going to see a medic!), and then if the police find out that they messed up the evidence then he'll be grouped in with the trouble makers. Great. No good options.
Ah help arrived in the form of Silas. A sigh escaped passed his lips. He hadn't been able to do what he had set himself up to do, but at least the blonde was able to heal this boy at his feet. He looked around the group now feeling a little better. He closed his eyes for a moment and then looked towards the blonde that spoke to him.
Wait..? Did he just call him cute? Oh no. Just his ears and tail. He wagged his tail slightly and his ears twitched happily. Seemed the boy that was up now was introducing himself as well. He laid a hand on his chest and gave a slight bow.
"I am Twin Trick! Though I really like to just be called Trick. You don't have to thank me!"
"I really wish we could have met in a different way too! I'm glad that you are okay though! I was worried."
The good natured tabaxi wagged his tail a bit more and slowly looked around the place. Everything that had just happened... Nothing set right with him about this. It wasn't like he hadn't seen fighting before... Or even that he hadn't been apart of some fighting, but... For some reason this just didn't feel right. These creatures just in the school. Maybe it would be best to take a look around. He was wounded and so were the people around him, but he couldn't help but feel like he should be trying to figure out why these things were here and what they were doing there.
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Arthur chuckles a bit as Zephyro tells him he may send him back to Cerebrum. He releases his grip with a wide smile toward Zephyro, offering Silas a bow as he had begun to leave. The paladin had ran around the room. Checking Zahira's wounds as well as Kuro's and Zim's. He had nudged Zim with a half smile
"You really held you're own on the front! Zahira.. Thank you for supporting me out there. Heh.. You're a real one! Seriously.. I was really starting to doubt myself a bit. Should we mess with the evidence here..? I mean it's what adventerer's do though right? Either way I'm not the best at that sorta thing.. Haha. Hey Kuro you seem quiet how are you holding up?"
Arthur had seen Zephyro manage to stand back up he offered a worried glance for a moment before chuckling at his comment.
"Ahh.. if the hallway wasn't blocked off or others needing healing I would have probably sprinted in myself honestly."
Arthur had seen the way the principal looked at Twin (20 before) he gave a somewhat.. Uncharacteristically thoughtful glance before returning to his usual bright smile. Arthur looked to Trick as his tail began to twitch with his ears.
"Awwww you make me think of a cat! So fluffy I wanna squish ya! Wait.. What race are ya? You look human.. I'm so confused but.. Those tails and ears? You're outfit also looks.. Well not what I'm used to in the city ya know? Wait.. Trick? Jeez that is cute too! Don't you think Zahira??"
Arthur offers Trick a light bow with another gleaming smile.
"Though the meeting was rather.. Turbulent I wouldn't change it at all! Now I know you're the sorta guy who risk everything to protect others. You've got a real heart of an adventurer.."
Arthur had looked upon his own hand gripping his fist as he let out a slight sigh
"Heh.. Unlike me you didn't almost freeze up. Seems I've got a lot to learn huh?"
(I wrote to Trick what he saw via insight from the principal)
Trick had begun to look around it would seem, Arthur had done the same by his side. Trick's investigation.. Wasn't going well. Things were floating in the cauldron it seemed? Arthur was able to find a few things in the far back as he rummaged about but one can hear a sigh as he struggles to find as much as he wanted. (Moved his icon)
"Zahira I could use some help! Oh crap.. I should text my party jeez!"
Arthur had begun to catch his party up with the happenings around here at the school.
OOC Arthur's insight on Kuro now!
20
Trick can reach in the cauldron for what is in there. Or someone else can help him investigate.
Feel free to move you're icons around and such ^~^
And use whatever skills/spells to help look around or even try to leave before the police/knights arrive ^^
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Kuro gives Arthur a flat look when the paladin comes to check his wounds... miraculously, Kuro had sustained zero damage, well, aside from the burning that hadn't quite left his lungs after that brief sprint down the hall. "I'm fine." He says plainly, shoving his hands in the pockets of his jacket and eyeing the cauldron.
Deception: 12
He watches silently as Arthur interacts with this newcomer... who did look oddly catlike. Wait...did Arthur really just call the guy cute? And that...he want's to squish him? What a weirdo. Who would say something like that to someone's face? Even if that person has the ears and tail of a cat. Fortunately, it doesn't seem like this... Trick... person, cares. His eyes shift to the tabaxi, and he wonders why this kid was out on his own. Didn't he have a party he should be with? Then again, Arthur already has a party and he was by himself too, so perhaps it was just a coincidence. If Trick somehow doesn't have a party, and the other three decide to adopt him... well Kuro will have a hard time convincing his mother that one of his new teammates is literally a cat. ...well, maybe not literally, but pretty close.
(Yeah Zeph is was still coming to when the principle came in here so i don't think he would have noticed the look he gave Trick)
"Nice to meet you Trick. Sorry I worried you."Zephyro smiles pulling his hand away from his bloody side. He tries to stand up straighter but ends up grabbing his side again. "I'm definitely going to be feeling this for a while--but I'm fine now I think."
"Dang, did we really just get into a fight?" He shakes his head a bit to try to clear his mind. "Yeah, that was my first fight and I spent half of it laying on the floor. I can't let that happen again." He clenches his fist, then gives Arthur a smile after he realizes the paladin had said something to him. "Heh, well, next time I'll think it through a bit more. I don't want you all to end up doing all the work while I take a nap."
He stands there on unsteady feet for a few moments, contemplating what just transpired before his brain clears enough to realize what everyone is doing. Even with what little he heard of Silas's words, he could clearly tell the principle wanted them to look into this. Why? He has no idea. It seems odd to him that a teacher would be so fine with them poking around, but then again it was odd for the school to suddenly be attacked by gremlins. He'll have to think about that later, right now it is time to do some investigation. The first thing the high elf thinks about is the strange cauldron the green one had been messing with. He hadn't seen it summon another gremlin, so he still has no idea what it was trying to do with it.
Still holding his side, he makes his way over to the cauldron. Without touching it, he looks inside.
Zahira, being outside the cafeteria, was the first to see the principal appear. Had it been a normal moment, she would have smiled at him. She liked that man! He seemed weird and funny, instead of severe as she could have perhaps expected from a man of his position.
But that hadn't been a normal moment at all. She had seen the ones she already considered friends pushed to the limit, some of them sent close to death. Gods, had she even murdered a gremlin? Had Arthur tried to hide that from her so she wouldn't see the result of her harmful magic?
Still outside and sitting on the floor where she had fallen twice, she looked at her small blue hands and all she saw was a blur through the tears that were now filling her eyes. But she didn't let that emotion overcome her for far too long, as she still wanted to check on her friends. So she wiped the tears as best as she could and went into the cafeteria.
Seeing that Arthur and the principal were still with Zephyro, she went to Zim first. She said nothing, but smiled at him with here eyes while she fixed his torn apart clothes with her signature cantrip ( Mending ). Unfortunately she couldn't prestidigitate (and how would she love to know that spell), so the cleaning would have to come later. Perhaps they could find a wizard student that could do that for them? Or maybe she could ask the principal himself before he left.
She then checked on Kuro, but it seemed the young Aasimar hadn't received any damage. She was happy about this, as he passed near him and nodded at him.
There was something odd about Zahira as she walked slowly towards the group surrounding Zephyro. What was it...?
When she reached Zephyro, she sighed in relief. She pushed her lockpick softly towards his chest and after a while, his clothes where mended. And she did the same for Arthur.
"Better to fix than to destroy things, right, Zahira?", she thought to herself.
Then a few words came out of her mouth:
- I'm sorry, Mr Forthright, but could I ask that you clean the blood from us? I can't do that. I can only mend what's been broken.
She waited for the principal to do this and though she thought she heard Arthur saying something to her, it reached her mind just as a muffled sound and she just nodded a few times absent mindedly, but didn't really answer back. The newcomer was there too. Trick his name was? She was glad to see him in one piece. Zahira gave him a slight smile.
Then she woke up, and started investigating by herself. Mainly, the cauldron. But also around the cafeteria, wondering what was that the gremlins were trying to achieve? Only to cause havock? Or maybe they wanted something specifically?
At that point, whoever looks at the young air genasi and knows her a little bit can realize something that is missing on her: no breeze of air surrounds her. None at all. Where has it gone? Had the ordeal they've just went through depleted her so much that even that feature of hers had disappeared?
Absent mindedly, and while she is investigating, Zahira will cut a piece of clean tablecloth she finds lying around and cover her wounded arm with it and it slowly turns from white to purple. As she realizes this, she just sits for a while in one of the chairs, trying to rest a little while her eyes are lost in some distant and undetermined point of the cafeteria.
(OOC: I'm doing a short rest if that is ok, Shield).
When Zahira pushes her lockpick towards him, Zeph looks down at them with a bit of a confused look. Then he notes his clothes mending and looks back up at her just as she asks Forthright if he can clean up the blood. "Yes, that would be very much appreciated." He adds, though it seems like the wizard has other things to attend to.
Assuming Zahira is going to go try to help Arthur, Zephyro catches her arm as she starts to leave. (If not then he just walks up next to her.) He can tell the whole ordeal had shaken her up a bit, and he'd be lying if he said it hadn't done the same to him. He had come extremely close to death after all. "Um. Thanks, for earlier." He says quietly, "I don't know what you did, but I don't think I'd be here if I hadn't heard your voice." He offers a small smile before turning to investigate the caldron.
Still hesitant to touch anything even though it seems safe to say the magic is no longer in affect, the high elf points out what he sees to anyone around him. "That seems a bit odd," He says pointing to a piece of leather clearly from a letterman jacket. Then he points out some pieces of a tome floating around in there as well. "I have no clue what any of that means, but I'm wondering if these gremlins didn't come here on their own accord? Perhaps someone was controlling them?"
- I did some tinkering to try to light your way back to us. I wasn't sure it would work but... I couldn't reach you and my magic was depleted, so there's nothing else I could do. But I'm so happy to hear it worked ... and to see you in one piece - she seems somewhat cheered after this - It's not that I wouldn't try to help anyone suffering, but ... we are a team now. And I want us to stick together. To be strong as individuals and as a team - she sighs - Well, hopefully we'll do better next time.
Though she's still shaken, doesn't really respond as her usual self and she's still going to need a moment to rest after the investigation is done, she shares what she has found while investigating with everyone.
First, near the cauldron she notices a couple of things:
- This cauldron is no longer active nor dangerous. What's that inside....? Bits and pieces of magical scrolls ... and ... a piece of a letterman jacket? Weird. - she looks a little more - And... here, there's some kind of religious book next to the cauldron - she takes it and hands it to Zephyro, Trick and the rest, before adding - There's something weird about the gremlins now that I see them knocked out, but I can't quite put my finger on it - She shrughs, and goes to Arthur.
Zahira arrived late to the conversation of with Zim, Zeph, Sato and the tiefling bard guy. So she didn't really hear about letterman jacket guy. Sorry, I don't remember the names right now! haha
With Arthur, in the back of the kitchen, she says:
- It seems they hid some pieces of paper and some notes. This is gibberish to me. But I believe that if the green gremlin had reached this place, he could have used the cauldron to ... enhance himself? - As she doesn't really understand anything of these notes, she takes them to the rest so they can study them.
While the rest study her findings, she's going to do the mentioned short rest sitting in a chair and being lost in her thoughts for a while.
While resting, Zahira reflects about everything that has happened today leading to the cafeteria mess. But also on the glance that Silas Forthright shot Trick. That gesture had been pretty clear for the genasi artificer, and she saw melancholy in the pricipal's eyes. And some kind of sense of ... duty? Purpose?
Zahira wondered what kind of tie could link those two. But even for one as curious and talkative as she usually was, she understood that specific matter was not for her to uncover. Not that day, at least.
Upon seeing Kuro's spell land but still fail to take down the gremlin in front of him, Zim knew he was in trouble. This thing clearly had it out for the half elf. In another moment it would strike. Zim didn't know what to do. He could attempt to strike at the creature before it got to him, but the would-be bard could barely hold his weapon any longer- let alone guarantee a strike that would take the creature down before it took him down itself. Zim had hesitated too long, but then it was all over. The principal had swept in taking command and control of the situation. A more welcomed sight could not have even entered the youth's already exhausted mind.
At this point, Zim happily surrendered all calculations or thoughts of planning anything more. He gathered with the others around Zephyro. Seeing the monk conscious and of good spirit, Zim breathed a little easier. He nodded with respect to the other youth hoping he even saw the gesture. Zim warmed at Zahira's smile. His own companionable, yet wearied smile also reached his eyes. He felt truly touched by her thoughtfulness to look after the rest of her team even now. His clothes were the very last of his worries right now, but this simple act seemed to solidify Zim's regard for the rest of these people as a real team.
Of course, Arthur wouldn't really be a part of the group, but Zim hoped they all could be friends. He doubted that would be a problem though. The other boy had paid Zim a compliment, but now he was all over the place. Zim grinned at the paladin despite himself. He knew he shouldn't spend very much of his time in a battle "holding the line," so the encouragement fell a little flat. No, Zim smiled due to Arthur's pure heart. Here everyone was, barely able to believe that they're all even still alive, and this blonde-haired cup of sunshine was bouncing around full of energy and ready for more.
Completely out of Zim's own control, his mood had been lightened significantly. He caught Trick's eyes and bowed briefly in the way he had been taught; hand cupped and turned to the side and placed in the centre of his chest. He hope his smile relayed his gratitude.
Not knowing what else to do, Zim made his way to Kuro's side. Not turning to face the sorcerer, Zim spoke after a brief pause, "This was my fault for dragging you into this. I feel like trash over it, but I'm glad you were here to help; we would have all been killed if you hadn't fought as you did."
As Zahira walks by, Kuro can't help but be glad that she didn't comment on his magic. He really doesn't want to have to explain that he'll probably never be able to do that again...or that it was just a fluke.
When he hears Zahira ask the principle if he can clean them off, he waits to see if the old guy will bother to do that much for them. That was a spell that Kuro could actually do if he wanted to...and maybe he will if the old geezer doesn't do it for them. The last thing he wants to do is walk around the school with a group who is covered in blood. That would definitely draw to much attention to them, not to mention him, as he is the only one without blood on him... He clenches his right hand, and realizes that...well he does have blood on him. It's just not his blood, its Zim's blood, from when he'd healed him. Unconsciously, and without taking his hand out of his pocket, he uses prestidigitation to remove the blood.
When Zim comes over, Kuro watches with a blank stare. When Zim apologizes, Kuro blinks and raises an eyebrow. He seems to remember that Zephiro was the one who'd rushed in and thus dragged them all into the fight. Why was Zim apologizing for that? If anything, it was a group effort. Plus, he had been stupid enough to let it happen, so he was regrettably as much to blame as everyone else. He could have just walked away, or stood on the sidelines, or kept running to find someone else to solve the problem. Regardless, he doesn't really know what to say. Other then he seriously doubts he made that much of a difference in the fight... well, looking back on it...maybe... The bard does have a point. If not for that fluke spell, the green gremlin would have stayed up for a lot longer. Kuro had also been the one to get rid of those two blue gremlins. Yet...
"We got lucky," he says finally, his tone still as bored as ever but with an ounce of... bitterness? He looks away from Zim, shoving his hands deeper into his pockets. He seems to shrink further into his hood, as if to disappear. Even if he'd managed to turn the tides of this fight...if that was even true... it had all been dumb luck. He's not a skilled sorcerer, he's just a wild card. Next time, he might end up turning the tides in the wrong direction and they'll all see how useless he really is.
"Yeah, I hope so too." Zephyro replies to Zahira, he refrains from describing his experience in the darkness with two lights calling to him. It's probably better not to think about that anymore.
When Zahira hands him the book he opens it up and looks through it a bit, trying to get an understanding of what it is before handing it over to Trick. Then he moves to investigate the gremlins. He had been avoiding looking at them up to this point, but when Zahira mentioned they looked odd this sparked his curiosity.
Investigation for the book: 8
Religion? 11
Investigation for the Gremlins: 14
Arcana? 15
(OOC: I remember the tiefling we were warned about wearing a letterman jacket, but I don't think Zeph was there when the guy was described. Could be wrong, but if he didn't hear that part, then Zim is the only one who knows the guy wears one.)
The tabaxi looked at Arthur his head tilted slightly. He wanted to squish him? Because he looked like a cat? His tail twitched slightly. He didn't know what he was. He rubbed the back of his neck laughing lightly maybe a little awkwardly. He was actually rather distant when it came to people touching him. He definitely did not want to be squished.
"I suppose I am like a cat. My mom is definitely much more cat looking than I am! I am a tabaxi... Half tabaxi?"
Even he didn't seem to really know how to explain what he was. Normally he would have just said he was a tabaxi and left it like that. No one would have questioned him where he came from, but this was different wasn't it? His father was human so maybe it was best to say that he was only half. He regarded the blonde with a nervous look. Was he going to try and squish him like he was a cat?
He watched as a book was brought over to him and he watched as Zephyro looked it over. He was a bit surprised when it was handed to him. He looked it over curiously forgetting for a moment that he was possibly in danger of being squished by the all too friendly Arthur that was nearby. His ears flickered slightly. If he hadn't known anything about what Zahira found he probably wouldn't have really understood everything. He looked around at everyone. He would have to explain the best he could. He hadn't exactly had to really share his findings with strangers before. He had helped them though and they had helped him. They seemed to trust him and for some reason that made him trust them. It made him think of someone he had been so close to. His tail wagged slightly.
"I can't tell everyone exactly what schools of magics were specifically used, but I can tell you that the divine tome has been tampered with. The gremlins had magic used on them, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. There is magic on this piece of letterman jacket. The magic in the cauldron has weakened and the scrolls look rather... Similar to the principals. They aren't revivify but the style is very similar."
He looks around as he explains everything. Some of this he would have never known if Zahira hadn't found and shared it. He looked towards her and smiled warmly wagging his tail. She had been the one that healed him when he had stupidly moved to the front... That hadn't been stupid though had it? They had needed the help.
"I think that if someone were to use detect magic we would be able to understand what exact schools of magics have been used."
He didn't know such a spell. Actually he didn't know any spells. He wasn't that skilled of ranger yet. He hoped to get there though. He had to. He promised that he would. Not just to his family and friend, but to something else important. He looked around at them all now hoping that maybe his part of this information was helpful. He looked to Zahira again.
"If it wasn't for everything you found I wouldn't really understand some of this! Thank you for sharing!"
His eyes soon moved back to Arthur and he remembered that this male had been talking about squishing him. He took a slight step back. He would flee if he had to. He was quick on his feet.
Kuro had pressed his bolt forward plunging the flame into the gremlin's side! Dealing some damage it screamed out in pain roaring in desperation at the party!
Round 8
Zim: Current turn with 2HP
Zephyro: Death save needed (No advantage this time sadly)
Big Green: KO'd
Red: Attacked Zim
Arthur: Attacks the last yellow gremlin!
Zahira: Killed a Red
Trick: Current Turn
Yellow:
Blue: KO'd
Kuro:
You get a teacher!
I shall roll a D20 for which teacher ^~^
15
The wind had begun to flow through the air, it wasn't a draft from the windows was it? A flowing robe and a clank of tea upon a small plate as an older gentleman can upon the cafeteria. He had looked around perusing the battlefield to see Zephyro had fallen and this gremlin alone and wounded he had begun to speak goblin to this creature.
The gremlin looks this man over with a look of frustration as he looked down in defeat. The gremlin had begun to kneel as Silas raised a hand wrapping it's body up in rope. As well as the other gremlin's he had taken 3 scrolls along with several materials. The rope enraptured even the dead gremlins as he dropped scrolls upon their bodies. He had begun to walk toward Zephyro. He had motioned for Arthur to follow him. The two of them kneeling together over the boys body.
1: If Zephyro died in the last save
Arthur looked up at Silas with a shake of his head and tears in his eyes he couldn't.. Heal what was broken. He couldn't bring forth the dead... Yet Silas had indeed had his own plans. Taking a scroll he placed it upon Zephyro. The scroll (if any follows) is signed with a name.. The name of the original caster of this spell. It was clear that Silas, despite being a powerful wizard could not cast such a divine spell. The scroll had begun to vanish in a radiant bright light as light began to flow back into Zephyro!
"Thank the gods he wasn't dead for longer than a minute.. Otherwise the rite is impossible to perform I'm afraid."
"Ahh... Ahh! Zephyro you're alive!!"
With that Arthur had rushed over hugging Zephyro tightly
2: If Zephyro passed the save
Silas had looked the boy over, however he did not have any healing magic. Arthur however had saved one last lay on hands for this exact reason. Placing his hands on Zephyro he began to heal him (1HP) the magic was able to close the wounds to be non lethal but.. Zephyro was certainly not in fighting shape.
"I see, my help wasn't needed. With one gremlin left you all seem to have had the situation under control."
"Heh.. You brought the other gremlins back to life too huh..? Control? Us? I don't know.. But thank you! Ahh Zephyro I can't believe it you're alive! Oh you crazy son of a bitc h!"
He hugged the man laughing a bit.
(Below is what happens after either way)
Silas stands up looking around with a wide smile.
"Now I'm supposed to do the adult thing yes? Take the gremlins away and the cauldron and the evidence and make sure the police take over everything. Let the news know that I did all the heavy lifting or the school's reputation may suffer huh? ...Pfft! Just kidding! Haha! It's not like I'm trying to become Larex's school of the gifted. We.. make real adventurer's and clearly you all have the heart. I will go inform the police but they'll know you had this situation under control. I'm supposed to tell you not to touch anything before the police and the knights arrive but.. I mean I will be outside the cafeteria while I make my call. So.. Whatever happens between now and than.. Well that could be anything yes?"
He had offered Zahira,Zim,Kuro a playful wink. He had looked over to see Trick, his cheeky smile had turned for a moment before smiling once again. (Insight roll DC 15)
And with that Silas had left the cafeteria to go and make the call. Arthur had let out a sigh of relief.
"Haha! Is it just me.. Or does he want us to investigate? Oh jeez... I'm terrible at that though! Oh.. You with the cute ears and tail! What's you're name? Thank you.. So much for helping us! I'm Arthur, Arthur Chevalier!"
He had offered him a bright and cheery smile with hands proudly on his hips he seemed relief.. That the murder of those gremlins was able to be fixed. Though deep down.. Arthur understood now the cost of such combat.
OOC
8
Arthur's insight roll
Arthur's investigation roll (He'll try but he sucks at this lol)
9
Zephyro continues reaching for the light until it overtakes him. He opens his eyes to see several figures standing over him, however they all appear to be blurry blobs to him. One of them he recognizes as Arthur after the paladin starts talking. He blinks, and sits up just as the Blond Blur grabs him in a hug. "AH! OUCH! Geeze! Thanks for saving me but please don't do that! Your going to send be back to Cerebrum at this rate!" He lets out a bit of a pained laugh as he looks/feels around for his glasses, "I really thought I was gone." He says just as his hand finds his glasses, as he puts them back on he says, "What even happened? Oh Uh.. Hi?" He starts when two of the blurs come into focus. When did they get here. "Dang, how long was I out?" He falls silent as the Wizard talks, however most of it fell on deaf ears as Zephyro sits there looking for Zahira. It was her voice he heard in that dark place he's sure of it. Once he sees her he relaxes a bit, and focuses on the wizard just in time to catch the last bit of what he said. At this point he starts to struggle to his feet, once there he looks for his sickle, which he picks up. "Well I sure am a mess." He says taking note of his ruined clothes before wiping the bloody weapon on them and sheathing it. How is he going to explain this to his parents? Heh, maybe he looks bad enough to postpone dinner with Arthur's sister. He grimaces at that thought. Once again, the paladin's voice brings him back to the present. "Yeah, that is what it sounded like to me too." He looks at Trick and smiles, "Well, I certainly would have liked to meet in a different situation. My name is Zephyro Aethylmir..." He grimaces again after realizing he let his last name slip. He glances at Arthur hoping the paladin didn't hear him before looking back at the cat-eared boy. "Thanks for helping us out. Heh, I certainly needed it. Serves me right for running in here like a maniac." His laugh is cut short as pain spikes through his side, "Oh Geeze everything hurts."
At this point, Kuro is glad that Zephiro is alright... gods, if he'd witnessed someone die there was no way anyone would convince him to come back to this school. Even if he had to pretend to show up only to climb back into his house through his bedroom window and hide under the bed until school was over. Even now he considered the prospect, though he realizes that father would probably find out sooner or later and figure out how to force him to keep coming.
Now, he isn't sure if he's really all that happy about this teacher showing up--too late. Go figures. At this point they could have handled the last gremlin and gotten away without drawing to much attention...well except for the fact that everyone other then him was all bloody. And Zephiro would probably be dead. So perhaps it was a good thing that this wizard guy showed up. But... so he's NOT going to tell them not to touch anything? Shouldn't he be rushing everyone to the hospital or something?
He stays utterly quiet, his blank expression returning as Silas leaves the room. Maybe we should tell the police what he just told us, He thinks dully, wondering if it would accomplish anything anyways. Who knows how many kids have died at this school. Why was that guy so stinking calm? They almost DIED for crying out loud and he thinks they had it under control? This was not under control, this was the result of idiots not thinking and getting into fights that weren't theirs and then him being stupid enough to let them drag him into it, and then them all fighting desperately to keep from dying. This was NOT control. This was pure idiotic luck. And with how his life goes, he probably just used up all the luck he'd ever had and be luckless until he dies. Perfect.
While these thoughts go through his head, he simply stands there quietly, unsure of where to go and what to do. If he leaves, Silas will see him and probably question him. The last thing he wants to do is talk to the wizard. ...if he stays everyone's going to expect him to help with this investigation (even though most of them should be going to see a medic!), and then if the police find out that they messed up the evidence then he'll be grouped in with the trouble makers. Great. No good options.
Ah help arrived in the form of Silas. A sigh escaped passed his lips. He hadn't been able to do what he had set himself up to do, but at least the blonde was able to heal this boy at his feet. He looked around the group now feeling a little better. He closed his eyes for a moment and then looked towards the blonde that spoke to him.
Wait..? Did he just call him cute? Oh no. Just his ears and tail. He wagged his tail slightly and his ears twitched happily. Seemed the boy that was up now was introducing himself as well. He laid a hand on his chest and gave a slight bow.
"I am Twin Trick! Though I really like to just be called Trick. You don't have to thank me!"
"I really wish we could have met in a different way too! I'm glad that you are okay though! I was worried."
The good natured tabaxi wagged his tail a bit more and slowly looked around the place. Everything that had just happened... Nothing set right with him about this. It wasn't like he hadn't seen fighting before... Or even that he hadn't been apart of some fighting, but... For some reason this just didn't feel right. These creatures just in the school. Maybe it would be best to take a look around. He was wounded and so were the people around him, but he couldn't help but feel like he should be trying to figure out why these things were here and what they were doing there.
What if something like this happened again?
ooc: Game log investigation 7 >.<
Insight 17 ^^
Arthur chuckles a bit as Zephyro tells him he may send him back to Cerebrum. He releases his grip with a wide smile toward Zephyro, offering Silas a bow as he had begun to leave. The paladin had ran around the room. Checking Zahira's wounds as well as Kuro's and Zim's. He had nudged Zim with a half smile
"You really held you're own on the front! Zahira.. Thank you for supporting me out there. Heh.. You're a real one! Seriously.. I was really starting to doubt myself a bit. Should we mess with the evidence here..? I mean it's what adventerer's do though right? Either way I'm not the best at that sorta thing.. Haha. Hey Kuro you seem quiet how are you holding up?"
Arthur had seen Zephyro manage to stand back up he offered a worried glance for a moment before chuckling at his comment.
"Ahh.. if the hallway wasn't blocked off or others needing healing I would have probably sprinted in myself honestly."
Arthur had seen the way the principal looked at Twin (20 before) he gave a somewhat.. Uncharacteristically thoughtful glance before returning to his usual bright smile. Arthur looked to Trick as his tail began to twitch with his ears.
"Awwww you make me think of a cat! So fluffy I wanna squish ya! Wait.. What race are ya? You look human.. I'm so confused but.. Those tails and ears? You're outfit also looks.. Well not what I'm used to in the city ya know? Wait.. Trick? Jeez that is cute too! Don't you think Zahira??"
Arthur offers Trick a light bow with another gleaming smile.
"Though the meeting was rather.. Turbulent I wouldn't change it at all! Now I know you're the sorta guy who risk everything to protect others. You've got a real heart of an adventurer.."
Arthur had looked upon his own hand gripping his fist as he let out a slight sigh
"Heh.. Unlike me you didn't almost freeze up. Seems I've got a lot to learn huh?"
(I wrote to Trick what he saw via insight from the principal)
Trick had begun to look around it would seem, Arthur had done the same by his side. Trick's investigation.. Wasn't going well. Things were floating in the cauldron it seemed? Arthur was able to find a few things in the far back as he rummaged about but one can hear a sigh as he struggles to find as much as he wanted. (Moved his icon)
"Zahira I could use some help! Oh crap.. I should text my party jeez!"
Arthur had begun to catch his party up with the happenings around here at the school.
OOC
Arthur's insight on Kuro now!
20
Trick can reach in the cauldron for what is in there. Or someone else can help him investigate.
Feel free to move you're icons around and such ^~^
And use whatever skills/spells to help look around or even try to leave before the police/knights arrive ^^
Kuro gives Arthur a flat look when the paladin comes to check his wounds... miraculously, Kuro had sustained zero damage, well, aside from the burning that hadn't quite left his lungs after that brief sprint down the hall. "I'm fine." He says plainly, shoving his hands in the pockets of his jacket and eyeing the cauldron.
Deception: 12
He watches silently as Arthur interacts with this newcomer... who did look oddly catlike. Wait...did Arthur really just call the guy cute? And that...he want's to squish him? What a weirdo. Who would say something like that to someone's face? Even if that person has the ears and tail of a cat. Fortunately, it doesn't seem like this... Trick... person, cares. His eyes shift to the tabaxi, and he wonders why this kid was out on his own. Didn't he have a party he should be with? Then again, Arthur already has a party and he was by himself too, so perhaps it was just a coincidence. If Trick somehow doesn't have a party, and the other three decide to adopt him... well Kuro will have a hard time convincing his mother that one of his new teammates is literally a cat. ...well, maybe not literally, but pretty close.
(Yeah Zeph is was still coming to when the principle came in here so i don't think he would have noticed the look he gave Trick)
"Nice to meet you Trick. Sorry I worried you." Zephyro smiles pulling his hand away from his bloody side. He tries to stand up straighter but ends up grabbing his side again. "I'm definitely going to be feeling this for a while--but I'm fine now I think."
"Dang, did we really just get into a fight?" He shakes his head a bit to try to clear his mind. "Yeah, that was my first fight and I spent half of it laying on the floor. I can't let that happen again." He clenches his fist, then gives Arthur a smile after he realizes the paladin had said something to him. "Heh, well, next time I'll think it through a bit more. I don't want you all to end up doing all the work while I take a nap."
He stands there on unsteady feet for a few moments, contemplating what just transpired before his brain clears enough to realize what everyone is doing. Even with what little he heard of Silas's words, he could clearly tell the principle wanted them to look into this. Why? He has no idea. It seems odd to him that a teacher would be so fine with them poking around, but then again it was odd for the school to suddenly be attacked by gremlins. He'll have to think about that later, right now it is time to do some investigation. The first thing the high elf thinks about is the strange cauldron the green one had been messing with. He hadn't seen it summon another gremlin, so he still has no idea what it was trying to do with it.
Still holding his side, he makes his way over to the cauldron. Without touching it, he looks inside.
Investigation: 13
Arcana:9
Zahira's investigation: 18
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Auriel | Shenua | Arren | Lyra
Zahira, being outside the cafeteria, was the first to see the principal appear. Had it been a normal moment, she would have smiled at him. She liked that man! He seemed weird and funny, instead of severe as she could have perhaps expected from a man of his position.
But that hadn't been a normal moment at all. She had seen the ones she already considered friends pushed to the limit, some of them sent close to death. Gods, had she even murdered a gremlin? Had Arthur tried to hide that from her so she wouldn't see the result of her harmful magic?
Still outside and sitting on the floor where she had fallen twice, she looked at her small blue hands and all she saw was a blur through the tears that were now filling her eyes. But she didn't let that emotion overcome her for far too long, as she still wanted to check on her friends. So she wiped the tears as best as she could and went into the cafeteria.
Seeing that Arthur and the principal were still with Zephyro, she went to Zim first. She said nothing, but smiled at him with here eyes while she fixed his torn apart clothes with her signature cantrip ( Mending ). Unfortunately she couldn't prestidigitate (and how would she love to know that spell), so the cleaning would have to come later. Perhaps they could find a wizard student that could do that for them? Or maybe she could ask the principal himself before he left.
She then checked on Kuro, but it seemed the young Aasimar hadn't received any damage. She was happy about this, as he passed near him and nodded at him.
There was something odd about Zahira as she walked slowly towards the group surrounding Zephyro. What was it...?
When she reached Zephyro, she sighed in relief. She pushed her lockpick softly towards his chest and after a while, his clothes where mended. And she did the same for Arthur.
"Better to fix than to destroy things, right, Zahira?", she thought to herself.
Then a few words came out of her mouth:
- I'm sorry, Mr Forthright, but could I ask that you clean the blood from us? I can't do that. I can only mend what's been broken.
She waited for the principal to do this and though she thought she heard Arthur saying something to her, it reached her mind just as a muffled sound and she just nodded a few times absent mindedly, but didn't really answer back. The newcomer was there too. Trick his name was? She was glad to see him in one piece. Zahira gave him a slight smile.
Then she woke up, and started investigating by herself. Mainly, the cauldron. But also around the cafeteria, wondering what was that the gremlins were trying to achieve? Only to cause havock? Or maybe they wanted something specifically?
At that point, whoever looks at the young air genasi and knows her a little bit can realize something that is missing on her: no breeze of air surrounds her. None at all. Where has it gone? Had the ordeal they've just went through depleted her so much that even that feature of hers had disappeared?
Absent mindedly, and while she is investigating, Zahira will cut a piece of clean tablecloth she finds lying around and cover her wounded arm with it and it slowly turns from white to purple. As she realizes this, she just sits for a while in one of the chairs, trying to rest a little while her eyes are lost in some distant and undetermined point of the cafeteria.
(OOC: I'm doing a short rest if that is ok, Shield).
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Auriel | Shenua | Arren | Lyra
Zahira's short rest die: 9
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Auriel | Shenua | Arren | Lyra
Ah! I think I missed and Insight on Silas, DC 15? 6
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Auriel | Shenua | Arren | Lyra
(OOC: booom. Depressed Zahira is still a boss! 🤣)
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When Zahira pushes her lockpick towards him, Zeph looks down at them with a bit of a confused look. Then he notes his clothes mending and looks back up at her just as she asks Forthright if he can clean up the blood. "Yes, that would be very much appreciated." He adds, though it seems like the wizard has other things to attend to.
Assuming Zahira is going to go try to help Arthur, Zephyro catches her arm as she starts to leave. (If not then he just walks up next to her.) He can tell the whole ordeal had shaken her up a bit, and he'd be lying if he said it hadn't done the same to him. He had come extremely close to death after all. "Um. Thanks, for earlier." He says quietly, "I don't know what you did, but I don't think I'd be here if I hadn't heard your voice." He offers a small smile before turning to investigate the caldron.
Still hesitant to touch anything even though it seems safe to say the magic is no longer in affect, the high elf points out what he sees to anyone around him. "That seems a bit odd," He says pointing to a piece of leather clearly from a letterman jacket. Then he points out some pieces of a tome floating around in there as well. "I have no clue what any of that means, but I'm wondering if these gremlins didn't come here on their own accord? Perhaps someone was controlling them?"
Zahira smiles lightly at Zephyro:
- I did some tinkering to try to light your way back to us. I wasn't sure it would work but... I couldn't reach you and my magic was depleted, so there's nothing else I could do. But I'm so happy to hear it worked ... and to see you in one piece - she seems somewhat cheered after this - It's not that I wouldn't try to help anyone suffering, but ... we are a team now. And I want us to stick together. To be strong as individuals and as a team - she sighs - Well, hopefully we'll do better next time.
Though she's still shaken, doesn't really respond as her usual self and she's still going to need a moment to rest after the investigation is done, she shares what she has found while investigating with everyone.
First, near the cauldron she notices a couple of things:
- This cauldron is no longer active nor dangerous. What's that inside....? Bits and pieces of magical scrolls ... and ... a piece of a letterman jacket? Weird. - she looks a little more - And... here, there's some kind of religious book next to the cauldron - she takes it and hands it to Zephyro, Trick and the rest, before adding - There's something weird about the gremlins now that I see them knocked out, but I can't quite put my finger on it - She shrughs, and goes to Arthur.
Zahira arrived late to the conversation of with Zim, Zeph, Sato and the tiefling bard guy. So she didn't really hear about letterman jacket guy. Sorry, I don't remember the names right now! haha
With Arthur, in the back of the kitchen, she says:
- It seems they hid some pieces of paper and some notes. This is gibberish to me. But I believe that if the green gremlin had reached this place, he could have used the cauldron to ... enhance himself? - As she doesn't really understand anything of these notes, she takes them to the rest so they can study them.
While the rest study her findings, she's going to do the mentioned short rest sitting in a chair and being lost in her thoughts for a while.
Peindre l'amour, peindre la vie, pleurer en couleur ♫
Auriel | Shenua | Arren | Lyra
(OOC: Forgot something)
While resting, Zahira reflects about everything that has happened today leading to the cafeteria mess. But also on the glance that Silas Forthright shot Trick. That gesture had been pretty clear for the genasi artificer, and she saw melancholy in the pricipal's eyes. And some kind of sense of ... duty? Purpose?
Zahira wondered what kind of tie could link those two. But even for one as curious and talkative as she usually was, she understood that specific matter was not for her to uncover. Not that day, at least.
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Auriel | Shenua | Arren | Lyra
Upon seeing Kuro's spell land but still fail to take down the gremlin in front of him, Zim knew he was in trouble. This thing clearly had it out for the half elf. In another moment it would strike. Zim didn't know what to do. He could attempt to strike at the creature before it got to him, but the would-be bard could barely hold his weapon any longer- let alone guarantee a strike that would take the creature down before it took him down itself. Zim had hesitated too long, but then it was all over. The principal had swept in taking command and control of the situation. A more welcomed sight could not have even entered the youth's already exhausted mind.
At this point, Zim happily surrendered all calculations or thoughts of planning anything more. He gathered with the others around Zephyro. Seeing the monk conscious and of good spirit, Zim breathed a little easier. He nodded with respect to the other youth hoping he even saw the gesture. Zim warmed at Zahira's smile. His own companionable, yet wearied smile also reached his eyes. He felt truly touched by her thoughtfulness to look after the rest of her team even now. His clothes were the very last of his worries right now, but this simple act seemed to solidify Zim's regard for the rest of these people as a real team.
Of course, Arthur wouldn't really be a part of the group, but Zim hoped they all could be friends. He doubted that would be a problem though. The other boy had paid Zim a compliment, but now he was all over the place. Zim grinned at the paladin despite himself. He knew he shouldn't spend very much of his time in a battle "holding the line," so the encouragement fell a little flat. No, Zim smiled due to Arthur's pure heart. Here everyone was, barely able to believe that they're all even still alive, and this blonde-haired cup of sunshine was bouncing around full of energy and ready for more.
Completely out of Zim's own control, his mood had been lightened significantly. He caught Trick's eyes and bowed briefly in the way he had been taught; hand cupped and turned to the side and placed in the centre of his chest. He hope his smile relayed his gratitude.
Not knowing what else to do, Zim made his way to Kuro's side. Not turning to face the sorcerer, Zim spoke after a brief pause, "This was my fault for dragging you into this. I feel like trash over it, but I'm glad you were here to help; we would have all been killed if you hadn't fought as you did."
As Zahira walks by, Kuro can't help but be glad that she didn't comment on his magic. He really doesn't want to have to explain that he'll probably never be able to do that again...or that it was just a fluke.
When he hears Zahira ask the principle if he can clean them off, he waits to see if the old guy will bother to do that much for them. That was a spell that Kuro could actually do if he wanted to...and maybe he will if the old geezer doesn't do it for them. The last thing he wants to do is walk around the school with a group who is covered in blood. That would definitely draw to much attention to them, not to mention him, as he is the only one without blood on him... He clenches his right hand, and realizes that...well he does have blood on him. It's just not his blood, its Zim's blood, from when he'd healed him. Unconsciously, and without taking his hand out of his pocket, he uses prestidigitation to remove the blood.
When Zim comes over, Kuro watches with a blank stare. When Zim apologizes, Kuro blinks and raises an eyebrow. He seems to remember that Zephiro was the one who'd rushed in and thus dragged them all into the fight. Why was Zim apologizing for that? If anything, it was a group effort. Plus, he had been stupid enough to let it happen, so he was regrettably as much to blame as everyone else. He could have just walked away, or stood on the sidelines, or kept running to find someone else to solve the problem. Regardless, he doesn't really know what to say. Other then he seriously doubts he made that much of a difference in the fight... well, looking back on it...maybe... The bard does have a point. If not for that fluke spell, the green gremlin would have stayed up for a lot longer. Kuro had also been the one to get rid of those two blue gremlins. Yet...
"We got lucky," he says finally, his tone still as bored as ever but with an ounce of... bitterness? He looks away from Zim, shoving his hands deeper into his pockets. He seems to shrink further into his hood, as if to disappear. Even if he'd managed to turn the tides of this fight...if that was even true... it had all been dumb luck. He's not a skilled sorcerer, he's just a wild card. Next time, he might end up turning the tides in the wrong direction and they'll all see how useless he really is.
"Yeah, I hope so too." Zephyro replies to Zahira, he refrains from describing his experience in the darkness with two lights calling to him. It's probably better not to think about that anymore.
When Zahira hands him the book he opens it up and looks through it a bit, trying to get an understanding of what it is before handing it over to Trick. Then he moves to investigate the gremlins. He had been avoiding looking at them up to this point, but when Zahira mentioned they looked odd this sparked his curiosity.
Investigation for the book: 8
Religion? 11
Investigation for the Gremlins: 14
Arcana? 15
(OOC: I remember the tiefling we were warned about wearing a letterman jacket, but I don't think Zeph was there when the guy was described. Could be wrong, but if he didn't hear that part, then Zim is the only one who knows the guy wears one.)
The tabaxi looked at Arthur his head tilted slightly. He wanted to squish him? Because he looked like a cat? His tail twitched slightly. He didn't know what he was. He rubbed the back of his neck laughing lightly maybe a little awkwardly. He was actually rather distant when it came to people touching him. He definitely did not want to be squished.
"I suppose I am like a cat. My mom is definitely much more cat looking than I am! I am a tabaxi... Half tabaxi?"
Even he didn't seem to really know how to explain what he was. Normally he would have just said he was a tabaxi and left it like that. No one would have questioned him where he came from, but this was different wasn't it? His father was human so maybe it was best to say that he was only half. He regarded the blonde with a nervous look. Was he going to try and squish him like he was a cat?
He watched as a book was brought over to him and he watched as Zephyro looked it over. He was a bit surprised when it was handed to him. He looked it over curiously forgetting for a moment that he was possibly in danger of being squished by the all too friendly Arthur that was nearby. His ears flickered slightly. If he hadn't known anything about what Zahira found he probably wouldn't have really understood everything. He looked around at everyone. He would have to explain the best he could. He hadn't exactly had to really share his findings with strangers before. He had helped them though and they had helped him. They seemed to trust him and for some reason that made him trust them. It made him think of someone he had been so close to. His tail wagged slightly.
"I can't tell everyone exactly what schools of magics were specifically used, but I can tell you that the divine tome has been tampered with. The gremlins had magic used on them, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. There is magic on this piece of letterman jacket. The magic in the cauldron has weakened and the scrolls look rather... Similar to the principals. They aren't revivify but the style is very similar."
He looks around as he explains everything. Some of this he would have never known if Zahira hadn't found and shared it. He looked towards her and smiled warmly wagging his tail. She had been the one that healed him when he had stupidly moved to the front... That hadn't been stupid though had it? They had needed the help.
"I think that if someone were to use detect magic we would be able to understand what exact schools of magics have been used."
He didn't know such a spell. Actually he didn't know any spells. He wasn't that skilled of ranger yet. He hoped to get there though. He had to. He promised that he would. Not just to his family and friend, but to something else important. He looked around at them all now hoping that maybe his part of this information was helpful. He looked to Zahira again.
"If it wasn't for everything you found I wouldn't really understand some of this! Thank you for sharing!"
His eyes soon moved back to Arthur and he remembered that this male had been talking about squishing him. He took a slight step back. He would flee if he had to. He was quick on his feet.