BE7s Frozen Sick (IC)

Hulil listens to Torvil, offering a thankful nod when she hears that not all of her men are dead.  "Right ye are," she replies.  She fights off a shiver that seems to come from her very bones, pulling her furs tighter to her neck before continuing.  "Frigid Woe is what's fer killin' me tu death.  Heard o' it from them what's been tu Eiselcross.  How's that tight a$$ Pelc doin'?" she asks with an evil grin.  She succumbs to a fit of shivers, nodding to the elf to stoke the fire.  When she has it pulled back together she continues.  "We know'd o' the sellin' from Urgon tu dat crone Pelc.  Stealin' it was easy.  Sent some o' me boys tu search it one more time fer a cure.  Was hopin' fer a spot o' help from da Dragon Queen, but she ain't fer answerin' yet.  I'm fer suspectin' dat a pair o' blue vials is what dun it.  Pretty they were, but many tiny cracks were fer lettin' a blue powder out.  Sold 'em ta some fool named Irven Leil, a human seller o' odds 'n ends.  He was makin' fer Palebank.   Der, dat's what I'm fer knowin'.  Yer turn," she says, leaning in even closer to the inferno that is the "camp fire" in the center of the room. 

Kitsune steps a few inches further into the light, her eyes narrowing at the mention of the merchant.  "Irven Leil..." she repeats, committing the name to memory.  "A seller of odds and ends carrying cracked vials of death toward a town full of people...You’ve let a plague out of its cage, Hulil."

She glances at the stone chest, then back to the shivering dwarf.  "Pelc is already gone.  The Frigid Woe claimed her.  If you want to avoid her fate, you need to be more specific than a name.  Where did Urgon find those vials in Eiselcross?  If there is a cure, it’s buried where those came from.  Tell us exactly what your boys found when they searched Pelc's place."

She keeps her hand near her hilt, watching to see if Hulil is desperate enough to give up her source in exchange for a hope of survival.

Intimidation: 4

Hulil listens to Kitsune, eager for any words that may help her.  Her attention peaked at the mention of a cure, but her face soured at nothing new and more questions.  She coughed, spat on the floor near the fire, and glared at Kitsune.  "Half bein' dead, half bein' froze; I'm still fer havin' enough fer kickin' yer arse.  Who's fer botherin', if yer fer waitin' to wait a spell da damned blue veins may haves me.  Urgon weren't fer tellin' me nuttin' 'bout his trip, just hear'd o' da score.  His bits o' junk ern't fer talkin' on," she stopped for a moment to root around in her pockets, finally producing a page, clearly torn out of some sort of book, covered in delicate, flowing script.  The page contained the following information:  Items received from Urgon Wenth:  1 gilded scroll case / cosomological map design, 1 jade statue / unidentified giant, 1 silver ring set with a jasper, 1 quiver containing 6 arrows (remarkable condition for their alleged age),  2 blue glass vials.   Lot sale, $1000 GP.  The page is dated just over two months ago, in the same flowing script. 

General Intelligence check (with ADV if proficient in calligraphy tools)  DC 12

Kitsune's INT check: 13

Kitsune recognizes the elegant script as the same hand that wrote the sign for Pelc’s shop, linking the transaction directly to the source.  "This is Pelc's own handwriting" she whispers urgently.  "We have the names and the location...we need to move before the merchant reaches Palebank."

The dwarf, face streaked with thick, blue veins, shook her head.  "Was on da road, a ten-day ago I see'd 'em.  Said they was bound fer da Jolly Dwarf in Palebank.  They'du got der by now.  Now get ye gone, I'm fer Shadycreek Run 'n seekin' me cure."

Once Torvil finishes speaking, Akira walks up towards the front of the group and with a hand on Torvil’s shoulder she pleads to Hulil 

“Mighty Hulil, we have searched long and far to try and solve this frozen cruse. Battles that could’ve been avoided, lives that could’ve been spared. If you help us in our journey like my friend Torvil here just stated, your life may be spared and not added to the number of those that have been taken.”

Akira steps forward and takes a knee;

”If you have any information to share, together, we may be able to stop this dreaded curse and spare more lives.”

Akria then gently bows her head and looks deep in Hulil’s eyes, eyes that she can tell is loosing the light and life out of them.

Persuasion check: 19 

"I got no more words fer help'n.  Find  Ivren if yer want'n more fer know'n.  Find me cure, and yer to gets rich.  I'm fer Shadyrun when da snow stops, brings it fer me first, me time's 'bout out."

Kitsune’s eyes flick from the dying dwarf to the exit, her impatience growing as the fire crackles.  "The Jolly Dwarf in Palebank..." she absentmindedly mumbles, turning toward the pool.  "If they're already there, the infection has likely already begun to spread...we're wasting daylight."