Rend would put his spear and shield on his back once more. "I am confused, so are you attacking us or not" The kobold would say towards the captain with a grin before moving to the nurse and priest an extending a hand to help them if they were on the ground or anything like that.
The captain makes no move to attack and you can see a sense of relief come over him as Rend lowers his spear "I am going to need an explanation of what this THING" motioning to the fiend "is doing here. Right now!"
J'Anna feeling a bit more relaxed now that it seems she has diffused the situation a bit...
"Trust me it is no friend of ours. It was quite a battle to erase that beast from this plane when it attacked us." J'Anna says... "Even right now it is not alive, the cleric here just cast a spell in order to make it talk to us for a few minutes, then it will go back to it's dormant state...I think she was hoping it could answer questions about what had happened to the priest."
"M-my name is Felicity Calico! I'm 12 years old, I'm a Swiftstrider Shifter, and I don't know if my parents are alive or not. I snuck into the arena when I was a child and I lied in my application by shifting into my Feline form to look bigger. I win my match but they kicked me out and it made me feel really sad! I took up adventuring after and when I was 11 I went back and became Tessa's champion! I owe everything to her and I can't disappoint her by failing this mission so please just let me talk to this dead demon so I can look for clues to find out what might be wrong with your priest friend. Please don't make me kill you because I easily could!" she worriedly spills out after having her spell backfire on her.
(The guards who just walked in should also make a save I believe.)
Rend, realizing he was in the zone of truth but unaffected would blurt out "I am a decedent of a great and powerful brass dragon! I am also a very attractive and have lots of friends!" he would say looking around before moving over towards the captain and standing by his side facing the group. "yeah, no more funny business." The kobold would say with a fake scowl before folding his arms and looking at each of you.
Halizthan simply lowers his hand and shakes his head as he walks over to the shifter cleric. "My dear next time you are going to do such a thing make sure that you warn those around you. While things were resolved peacefully this time around, it may not always work out that way."
Upon hearing the dead fiend speak the guards stiffen but make no other move. The Captain mutters "That's the creepiest thing I think I've ever seen. Is it actually saying something?"
"Yes...sorry Halizthan I understand! I'm so so so so so sorry. I'm just tired from the long days of travel and I sometimes get bad judgement when I go days without a proper steaming bath. I didn't mean to scare the guards! Please don't use your creepy magic on me it's a little freaky whenever I see you use it..."
She then asks the guards, "By the way, what's the name of this town again? Between all of the commotion I don't think I managed to catch it. I'm not all too smart when it comes down to it and that's something that really bothers me sometimes. I mean, I make up for it in literally every other way possible, but I've always envied those egghead wizards who carried those big books around. It look like a bother to be carrying something that big but it must be nice to be able to blow stuff up without even batting an eyelash."
She turns back to the Fiend. "Being an ******* isn't something that would put you in a coma...at least until you pissed others off. Do you fiends often attack priests like this? Third question, would your kind raid a temple for a bunch of books?"
Halizthan looks at her with a mild glare as she calls his magic creepy. To him it seemed like the pot calling the kettle black since she was the one that was messing with the body of a fiend that very second. He calmed himself though and stepped back. "Magic is magic. I could very well say I find yours creepy. The only difference is that while a god grants your I was born with mine."
The Captain says "Sorry I thought you may have know, our city is called Movenight"
The fiend responds in draconic
You know nothing of our kind little kitten and soon you will pay for declining our offer! I know nothing of books but I would raid a thousand temples if they were ones such as this"
J'Anna asks the captain, "I'm sorry I may have missed this earlier while I was in the shrine but did you have any leads on what happened to this priest? Were there any other witnesses or reports of strange happenings during the time of the temple theft? Even the smallest occurrence may or may not be connected with it, I'm just curious."
Turning to J'Anna "Unfortunately no, I think that's why the rumors have started about this being some kind of punishment. After we found out I sent my men out asking questions, but it didn't turn up anything useful. A couple reports of brawling, a petty theft, and reports of traders leaving the docks before the sun rose but that is nothing very unusual. We do much trading on the river and merchants come and go at all hours. The area is well policed by my men and I have descriptions of the men who left and their boat but even if it were suspicious I'm afraid we'd have no hope of catching them on the river."
"Hopefully with the priest awake he can tell us something of what happened?"
Meanwhile the priest having calmed after understanding what's going on is looking very agitated. It looks like he's trying to communicate but is unable.
Rend would put his spear and shield on his back once more. "I am confused, so are you attacking us or not" The kobold would say towards the captain with a grin before moving to the nurse and priest an extending a hand to help them if they were on the ground or anything like that.
The captain makes no move to attack and you can see a sense of relief come over him as Rend lowers his spear "I am going to need an explanation of what this THING" motioning to the fiend "is doing here. Right now!"
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"Oh, it is dead" Rend would say very matter of fact. "They tried to kill us on the way here..."
Two guards come running in and the Captain holds up his hand "Hold men."
Looking back and forth between J;Anna and Rend "I am glad for that. Why is it here and why is she talking to it as a friend?"
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J'Anna feeling a bit more relaxed now that it seems she has diffused the situation a bit...
"Trust me it is no friend of ours. It was quite a battle to erase that beast from this plane when it attacked us." J'Anna says... "Even right now it is not alive, the cleric here just cast a spell in order to make it talk to us for a few minutes, then it will go back to it's dormant state...I think she was hoping it could answer questions about what had happened to the priest."
"M-my name is Felicity Calico! I'm 12 years old, I'm a Swiftstrider Shifter, and I don't know if my parents are alive or not. I snuck into the arena when I was a child and I lied in my application by shifting into my Feline form to look bigger. I win my match but they kicked me out and it made me feel really sad! I took up adventuring after and when I was 11 I went back and became Tessa's champion! I owe everything to her and I can't disappoint her by failing this mission so please just let me talk to this dead demon so I can look for clues to find out what might be wrong with your priest friend. Please don't make me kill you because I easily could!" she worriedly spills out after having her spell backfire on her.
(The guards who just walked in should also make a save I believe.)
Nodding he says "Very well" and sheathes his weapon. "My men will stay though and we will keep a close watch to make sure nothing goes awry"
OK, so dropping out of initiative we can get back to what was going on.
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(I think some of the years in your post are mixed up or I am dumb. Are you 12 now?)
Rend, realizing he was in the zone of truth but unaffected would blurt out "I am a decedent of a great and powerful brass dragon! I am also a very attractive and have lots of friends!" he would say looking around before moving over towards the captain and standing by his side facing the group. "yeah, no more funny business." The kobold would say with a fake scowl before folding his arms and looking at each of you.
Halizthan simply lowers his hand and shakes his head as he walks over to the shifter cleric. "My dear next time you are going to do such a thing make sure that you warn those around you. While things were resolved peacefully this time around, it may not always work out that way."
"Hey dead demon, do you know who stole the items here and hurt the priest?" Rend would yell with his arms crossed standing next to the captain.
So yes, the guards would have to save (I wasn't sure if you were still taking that action after everything settled down)
Guard 1: 12
Guard 2: 8
In response to Felicity's earlier question "Do you know anything that could be ailing the priest." The fiend laughs manically and responds in draconic
He's probably a pious *******! Hahaha.. most priests are.. Hahaha
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ooc: I'm pretty sure it will only respond to the caster Rend
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Upon hearing the dead fiend speak the guards stiffen but make no other move. The Captain mutters "That's the creepiest thing I think I've ever seen. Is it actually saying something?"
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"it is being a jerk...." Rend will say as he looks back over his shoulder
"Yes...sorry Halizthan I understand! I'm so so so so so sorry. I'm just tired from the long days of travel and I sometimes get bad judgement when I go days without a proper steaming bath. I didn't mean to scare the guards! Please don't use your creepy magic on me it's a little freaky whenever I see you use it..."
She then asks the guards, "By the way, what's the name of this town again? Between all of the commotion I don't think I managed to catch it. I'm not all too smart when it comes down to it and that's something that really bothers me sometimes. I mean, I make up for it in literally every other way possible, but I've always envied those egghead wizards who carried those big books around. It look like a bother to be carrying something that big but it must be nice to be able to blow stuff up without even batting an eyelash."
She turns back to the Fiend. "Being an ******* isn't something that would put you in a coma...at least until you pissed others off. Do you fiends often attack priests like this? Third question, would your kind raid a temple for a bunch of books?"
Halizthan looks at her with a mild glare as she calls his magic creepy. To him it seemed like the pot calling the kettle black since she was the one that was messing with the body of a fiend that very second. He calmed himself though and stepped back. "Magic is magic. I could very well say I find yours creepy. The only difference is that while a god grants your I was born with mine."
The Captain says "Sorry I thought you may have know, our city is called Movenight"
The fiend responds in draconic
You know nothing of our kind little kitten and soon you will pay for declining our offer! I know nothing of books but I would raid a thousand temples if they were ones such as this"
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J'Anna asks the captain, "I'm sorry I may have missed this earlier while I was in the shrine but did you have any leads on what happened to this priest? Were there any other witnesses or reports of strange happenings during the time of the temple theft? Even the smallest occurrence may or may not be connected with it, I'm just curious."
Turning to J'Anna "Unfortunately no, I think that's why the rumors have started about this being some kind of punishment. After we found out I sent my men out asking questions, but it didn't turn up anything useful. A couple reports of brawling, a petty theft, and reports of traders leaving the docks before the sun rose but that is nothing very unusual. We do much trading on the river and merchants come and go at all hours. The area is well policed by my men and I have descriptions of the men who left and their boat but even if it were suspicious I'm afraid we'd have no hope of catching them on the river."
"Hopefully with the priest awake he can tell us something of what happened?"
Meanwhile the priest having calmed after understanding what's going on is looking very agitated. It looks like he's trying to communicate but is unable.
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