The Summit Road Campaign Thread

You all round the corner and head in the direction Khova indicated. Barely ten seconds later, you nearly run into Shen, running in the opposite direction and looking unwounded. He skids to a stop. "What is it, what happened? Got your alarm," he says with a nod to Taran before his face turns grim. "And I found another body, killed maybe half an hour ago. Haven't had time to alert the rest of the monastery yet. Did you get them? Khyber, did you see them?"

Taran doesn't say anything, just levels his crossbow directly and Shen's chest. Waiting.

"Oh, and wing," Shen adds shortly, hand tightening and loosening on his glaive's haft in a stressed motion.

Taran slumps, "H-He g-g-got aw-away." he says, "kn-knew it w-w-was a tr-trap, tried to at-attack from th-the hall. Fl-Flight, In-Invisibility, t-t-turned to m-mist and fl-flew thr-through a cr-crack in the w-w-wall..."

"K-Kaori bl-bled him, b-b-but w-w-we c-couldn't st-stop him. H-He even h-had t-t-time to l-leave a m-message t-t-taunting us.... I-I'm s-s-s-sorry," Taran looks away, "Th-This w-w-was our b-best b-bet, t-t-t-too sl-slow, t-t-too w-w-weak."

Vishal narrows his eyes and asks, “What my favorite style of blessing?”

"Butt slaps," Shen tells Vishal flatly before turning his attention to Taran. "But you did see him, at least. More than we had before. Can you confirm that he was an oni?"

Vishal nods and begins to send information to the entire team telepathically one at a time, “His clothes are radiating illusion magic and his Glaive is a non descriptive magic. I still don’t trust him and I have one more way to confirm it’s him but it’ll use up my strongest magic which includes bringing someone back from the brink of death.”

 Taran cringes, "I-I-I-I d-d-d-don't kn-know f-f-for c-certain. I-I-I've n-n-never en-encountered an O-Oni b-b-before, s-s-s-sir. H-He w-w-was huge, t-t-ten f-f-feet at least, p-p-pale sk-skin, c-c-clawed hands. H-He w-w-was w-w-wearing a m-mask, a-a-a st-stylized m-m-monkey I-I th-th-think, s-s-sir. I-I'm s-s-sorry, I-I j-j-just d-d-don't kn-know f-f-for certain."

"Sounds like an oni, then." Shen frowns. "Get some rest. In the morning, you can talk to the spirits, see what they can give you." He sighs. "Pick any of the spots that people are resting. I've got patrols to supervise." Looking frustrated, the elan turns away.

As Shen turns around Vishal calls upon his magic once again to psychically reach to anyone in the world that’s he’s mean before and sends Shen a short mental message. 

Sending Message: It’s Vishal. Give me your exact location now. If it’s really you in front of me turn around and say Vishal you’re a paranoid idiot. 

Shen sighs and turns around. "Vishal, you're a paranoid idiot, now go get some sleep." He waves and keeps heading towards the security station.

Caelius nods and signs,

Vishal sighs and shrugs saying, “I can’t be too careful.” Before turning to the others, “Well....guess my plan failed. Onto Druhdaar’s idea tomorrow.”

Druhdaar arrives at that moment and grunts, his nose twisted in a grimace:

" I wonder if I'd recognize its scent again. That thing smelled of evil and death. Not the kind of thing you can unsmell , either... "

Taran shakes his head at Caelius, "Y-You g-g-guys c-c-can g-g-go to sleep," he says in a small voice, "I-I-I should ch-check the v-v-victim, I-I c-c-can r-r-report wh-while you a-a-are pl-planing t-tomorrow, b-b-but I n-need to ch-check th-the sc-scene, s-s-see if th-there are an-any n-new cl-clues..."

Saying little else, Taran runs to catch up with Shen, "U-Um, s-s-sir, I-I sh-should ch-check th-the sc-scene, and the b-b-b-body, s-s-see if I c-c-can f-f-find new ev-evidence..."

"Right now, I'm going to let the station know. Then we'll do a quick investigation for time-sensitive clues - which you can help with - and then the priests will be with the body the rest of the night. At which point you really need to go get your sleep." Shen replies.

Caelius frowns,

"I-I-I'll tr-tr-try n-n-n-not to b-be in th-th-th-the w-w-way s-s-sir." Taran says while signing to Mister Caelius.

 Taran turns to follow Shen.

Caelius steps in front of Taran and signs,

Taran looks away, signing.

 Taran stops, then continues