"I can try to see if I can move the fog," Lokilia says. She concentrates on the air surrounding them, pushing it to create a light breeze. (OOC - Using her Elemental Harmony background feature: You create an instantaneous puff of wind strong enough to blow papers off a desk or mess up someone’s hair.) She works to maintain the effect to perhaps eventually clear the fog, at least around where they stand.
‘He’s dead. Or worse.’ The thought comes unbidden to Dev, but it’s the only explanation for Magnus’ absence that makes sense. If he were alive, he’d figure out a way to shout out, to respond. Anyone within a mile would have heard the sound Dev made.
The teenager’s legs buckle and he leans heavily on Quinn. Looking speechlessly around at the others, his morbid thoughts and the agonized sense of loss writ upon his face become obvious.
But although able to walk only weakly, Dev clears his throat, swallows, and says, “Quinn, show us where it is. What you felt. Maybe… maybe the presence is weak because Magnus wounded it.”
Though leaning on the others for support, he begins moving together with them into the chill fog.
"That's right, Dev. Ok, let's move together with Quinn directing our path, and keep eyes all around us in case there are more of those things", Normont suggests. "And let's hope Magnus isn't returning Dev's call as he is simply hiding".
Despite his hope, he is now more worried than ever that something really bad has happened to Magnus, out in the mist alone. The best they can now hope for is to find their friend unconscious, he believes.
He lets out a big sigh as that thought crosses his mind, along with the one that follows. If they ever find him in this darned mist.
The four of them slowly make their way through the freezing mist following Quinns senses, after about five minutes they come to a mostly collapse building, peering inside you can see Magnus lying face down slumped over a pile of fallen debris.
Having all but lost hope, Dev gasps, stifling a sob, at the sight of Magnus, but relief is immediately overtaken as he rushes, stumbling, almost on all fours, to Magnus’ side, the lads' senses acutely tuned to the companion’s physical state as he, Dev, searches inside for the power to heal Magnus’ body from pain and injury with the power of melody. Does the place where Dev finds that power, the singing center of his heart, seem at first, to be closed… ? (Is Magnus alive? If close to death, Dev tries to stabilize him. Medicine: Crit! 20+2=22)
“Magnus! Magnus! Wake up! We have to get out of here!”
Normont rushes after Dev, standing over him and the prone form of Magnus, keeping a guard whilst Dev checks him over. It is a quite comical sight really, bearing in mind how small he is, but the grim look on his face shows he is not taking this as anything but deadly serious as he scans the vicinity for whatever did this to Magnus.
Still connected with the ropes, Lokilia too moves forward towards Magnus' body. While Dev obviously is desperate to tend to Magnus, she keeps an eye out, fearing another shadow creature might be at hand. "You still sense the presence Quinn? Is it here?" (Perception, trying to see if anything is in this place: 16)
Dev immediately knows that Magnus is gone, he is cold...he feels almost hollow as Dev lifts him to try and bring him back.....it is when Dev lifts Magnus that Lokilia notes something is wrong....when Dev pulled Magnus up Magnus' shadow stayed in exactly the same position on the ground, not moving with the body.
Now frightened, Lokilia tries to keep the panic out of her voice. "Dev! You'd really better move away from there. Somethings happening... uh... with his shadow." She turns to loo at Normont. "Maybe we should just go. And get out of this place." She looks ready to run and is only awaiting a confirmation from anyone else.
Dev, his breath coming in gasps, stares unbelievingly at the cold, unmoving features of the dead companion. Shaking violently, the teenager must be physically pulled away from the spot, for inertia drags him downward while his mind and thoughts move but slowly and perilously, as if at a great distance from his body. The only sounds he hears are the roaring, indistinct winds of blood rushing to his ears, and although he soon finds his feet, yet he stumbles, weak and disconnected, following the others like a blind newborn foal.
Quinn will see if he feels the vibration of the presence here as he goes and picks up the corpse of a fallen friend. Quinn is not as torn up about this sight due to his belief that we all come from the ground and shall find rest there again.
The feeling is certainly coming from Magnus' shadow as it sits on the ground despite Quinn having lifted his body away....but it is nascent...as if it were not fully formed..
Lokilia comes over to Dev, carefully putting a hand on his shoulder. If she has to grab him more firmly to get him to move, then he does so. When she hears Normont suggest Quinm grab the body she says. "Fine! Sure! But let's get out of here!" She is trying hard to keep the panic from her voice as she stands with Dev. She lowers it a bit as she talks to him. "It's awful. I know. I see him. But we've got to get moving. We've got to get out of here. We can give Magnus a proper burial."Along with pleasing she tries to push Dev along. And as they are still connected with the rope, she tugs on that a bit too. "Yea? We ready to move?"
Normont stares down at the unmoving shadow as they move Magnus' body, a frown etched across his forehead.
"Will that thing become like the other? I think we should put it down before it does", he says, pointing his pistol at it.
He speaks in gnomish to Amber and she also focusses on the shadow, waiting for someone, anyone, to agree they should not leave it without destroying it.
Lokilia comes over to Dev, carefully putting a hand on his shoulder... She is trying hard to keep the panic from her voice as she stands with Dev. She lowers it a bit as she talks to him. "It's awful. I know. I see him. But we've got to get moving. We've got to get out of here. We can give Magnus a proper burial."Along with pleasing she tries to push Dev along. And as they are still connected with the rope, she tugs on that a bit too. "Yea? We ready to move?"
Dev seems to focus -- slowly -- on Lokilia when she talks to him. He forces out a nod, hardly more than a shiver, and follows her.
Normont stares down at the unmoving shadow as they move Magnus' body, a frown etched across his forehead.
"Will that thing become like the other? I think we should put it down before it does", he says, pointing his pistol at it.
Dev doesn't seem to hear Normont, or simply cannot process his words. The tiefling offers no response one way or the other, his eyes drifting again and again to Magnus' limp body in Quinn's arms (I assume). He doesn't seem to connect the shadow to Magnus, or perhaps, is unwilling to.
Lokilia hears Normont's question, halting in her step to head away. She remains quiet, standing near Dev for a while before she responds. "You are of course right. What if some others come here in the future? It might seem faint now, but later? What do you suppose we ought to do? I could try hitting it with one of my stones that I enchant. That didn't do much, but maybe something. And you can shoot it maybe?"
Normont's eyes narrow, "Let's just give it all we've got".
With that he fires on the shadow, and Amber follows suit with her force strike.
Normont Action: Pistol attack on shadow - To Hit: 15+5=20, Damage: 8+3=11 [magical piercing] Special: Benefiting from Protection from Evil and Good - round ??/100
Amber Action: Force Strike on shadow - To Hit: 19+4=23, Damage: 2+2=4 [force]
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"I can try to see if I can move the fog," Lokilia says. She concentrates on the air surrounding them, pushing it to create a light breeze. (OOC - Using her Elemental Harmony background feature: You create an instantaneous puff of wind strong enough to blow papers off a desk or mess up someone’s hair.) She works to maintain the effect to perhaps eventually clear the fog, at least around where they stand.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Lokilia works to clear a little of the mist in an area around herself, it soon begins creeping back in though in the freezing temperatures.....
‘He’s dead. Or worse.’ The thought comes unbidden to Dev, but it’s the only explanation for Magnus’ absence that makes sense. If he were alive, he’d figure out a way to shout out, to respond. Anyone within a mile would have heard the sound Dev made.
The teenager’s legs buckle and he leans heavily on Quinn. Looking speechlessly around at the others, his morbid thoughts and the agonized sense of loss writ upon his face become obvious.
But although able to walk only weakly, Dev clears his throat, swallows, and says, “Quinn, show us where it is. What you felt. Maybe… maybe the presence is weak because Magnus wounded it.”
Though leaning on the others for support, he begins moving together with them into the chill fog.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
"That's right, Dev. Ok, let's move together with Quinn directing our path, and keep eyes all around us in case there are more of those things", Normont suggests. "And let's hope Magnus isn't returning Dev's call as he is simply hiding".
Despite his hope, he is now more worried than ever that something really bad has happened to Magnus, out in the mist alone. The best they can now hope for is to find their friend unconscious, he believes.
He lets out a big sigh as that thought crosses his mind, along with the one that follows. If they ever find him in this darned mist.
Quinn knowing that the presence he feels is not of this world, tries to put on a brave face for his young friend.
He will then lead the group closer to the presence he feels. It comes off like light tremors in the ground.
The four of them slowly make their way through the freezing mist following Quinns senses, after about five minutes they come to a mostly collapse building, peering inside you can see Magnus lying face down slumped over a pile of fallen debris.
Having all but lost hope, Dev gasps, stifling a sob, at the sight of Magnus, but relief is immediately overtaken as he rushes, stumbling, almost on all fours, to Magnus’ side, the lads' senses acutely tuned to the companion’s physical state as he, Dev, searches inside for the power to heal Magnus’ body from pain and injury with the power of melody. Does the place where Dev finds that power, the singing center of his heart, seem at first, to be closed… ? (Is Magnus alive? If close to death, Dev tries to stabilize him. Medicine: Crit! 20+2=22)
“Magnus! Magnus! Wake up! We have to get out of here!”
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Normont rushes after Dev, standing over him and the prone form of Magnus, keeping a guard whilst Dev checks him over. It is a quite comical sight really, bearing in mind how small he is, but the grim look on his face shows he is not taking this as anything but deadly serious as he scans the vicinity for whatever did this to Magnus.
Still connected with the ropes, Lokilia too moves forward towards Magnus' body. While Dev obviously is desperate to tend to Magnus, she keeps an eye out, fearing another shadow creature might be at hand. "You still sense the presence Quinn? Is it here?" (Perception, trying to see if anything is in this place: 16)
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Dev immediately knows that Magnus is gone, he is cold...he feels almost hollow as Dev lifts him to try and bring him back.....it is when Dev lifts Magnus that Lokilia notes something is wrong....when Dev pulled Magnus up Magnus' shadow stayed in exactly the same position on the ground, not moving with the body.
Now frightened, Lokilia tries to keep the panic out of her voice. "Dev! You'd really better move away from there. Somethings happening... uh... with his shadow." She turns to loo at Normont. "Maybe we should just go. And get out of this place." She looks ready to run and is only awaiting a confirmation from anyone else.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Normont's eyes widen as he looks down to see what Lokilia is talking about.
"He's....dead?", he exclaims stutteringly. "First Theron, now Magnus", he mutters.
"Ok, ok, you are right, we should go. Can you carry his....body, Quinn?", he asks as his pistol is trained on the shadow.
Dev, his breath coming in gasps, stares unbelievingly at the cold, unmoving features of the dead companion. Shaking violently, the teenager must be physically pulled away from the spot, for inertia drags him downward while his mind and thoughts move but slowly and perilously, as if at a great distance from his body. The only sounds he hears are the roaring, indistinct winds of blood rushing to his ears, and although he soon finds his feet, yet he stumbles, weak and disconnected, following the others like a blind newborn foal.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Quinn will see if he feels the vibration of the presence here as he goes and picks up the corpse of a fallen friend. Quinn is not as torn up about this sight due to his belief that we all come from the ground and shall find rest there again.
The feeling is certainly coming from Magnus' shadow as it sits on the ground despite Quinn having lifted his body away....but it is nascent...as if it were not fully formed..
Lokilia comes over to Dev, carefully putting a hand on his shoulder. If she has to grab him more firmly to get him to move, then he does so. When she hears Normont suggest Quinm grab the body she says. "Fine! Sure! But let's get out of here!" She is trying hard to keep the panic from her voice as she stands with Dev. She lowers it a bit as she talks to him. "It's awful. I know. I see him. But we've got to get moving. We've got to get out of here. We can give Magnus a proper burial." Along with pleasing she tries to push Dev along. And as they are still connected with the rope, she tugs on that a bit too. "Yea? We ready to move?"
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Normont stares down at the unmoving shadow as they move Magnus' body, a frown etched across his forehead.
"Will that thing become like the other? I think we should put it down before it does", he says, pointing his pistol at it.
He speaks in gnomish to Amber and she also focusses on the shadow, waiting for someone, anyone, to agree they should not leave it without destroying it.
Dev seems to focus -- slowly -- on Lokilia when she talks to him. He forces out a nod, hardly more than a shiver, and follows her.
Dev doesn't seem to hear Normont, or simply cannot process his words. The tiefling offers no response one way or the other, his eyes drifting again and again to Magnus' limp body in Quinn's arms (I assume). He doesn't seem to connect the shadow to Magnus, or perhaps, is unwilling to.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Lokilia hears Normont's question, halting in her step to head away. She remains quiet, standing near Dev for a while before she responds. "You are of course right. What if some others come here in the future? It might seem faint now, but later? What do you suppose we ought to do? I could try hitting it with one of my stones that I enchant. That didn't do much, but maybe something. And you can shoot it maybe?"
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Normont's eyes narrow, "Let's just give it all we've got".
With that he fires on the shadow, and Amber follows suit with her force strike.
Normont
Action: Pistol attack on shadow - To Hit: 15+5=20, Damage: 8+3=11 [magical piercing]
Special: Benefiting from Protection from Evil and Good - round ??/100
Amber
Action: Force Strike on shadow - To Hit: 19+4=23, Damage: 2+2=4 [force]