"How so?" Khutulan asks, looking the old woman over.

"And how long ago was it that he took over?"

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"How so?" Khutulan asks, looking the old woman over.

"And how long ago was it that he took over?"

 " There were more of us before....but those taken to Agungs house did not return."

" its been two weeks since the takeover."

" Honestly I think that lot...", she indicated the slaughtered bandits. " ....were as terrified of him as we were."

"Well now you are safe and can return to the village" she says with a forced smile.

Mal says to the old woman, "Please stay here for a minute, we will be happy to escort you to the village, but give us a moment to check the huts. Then we'll put torches to the camp and return."

He goes over to the hut of Agung, listens for a moment at the entry, and then looks inside.

Cinta follows Mal into the hut, pike on the shoulder.

Jupp will stay with the rescued town folk and start cleaning his equipment and turn towards the villagers "How long exactly have you been gone?"

Krikoris will curiously move to examine the Agung's hut as well.

Uce will watch over Krikoris to make sure no one attacks. 

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Jupp will stay with the rescued town folk and start cleaning his equipment and turn towards the villagers "How long exactly have you been gone?"

One of the younger women spoke, " Um...I was taken about three months ago.  Some of the others a little after that. And a few more in the last two weeks."

Malambing, Cinta and Krikoris opened the rattan door to the house and were greeted by a horrific odour of spoiled meat, it was dark within but in the light from the doorway they could see a table in the centre of the room almost completely covered in gnawed red-pink bones, a dozen or so skulls sat on a cot off to the side. And the floor of the hut was black and sticky, a huge cloud of flies rose up as the door was opened.

Covering his nose and recoiling from the sight, Mal asks his companions, "Ugh! What was wrong with that old man? Is this some sort of ritual?"

Cinta has seen her fair share of rotting remains, she raises her arm to cast Frostbite at the flies to hopefully kill them off. DC12 1.

"Never seen a ritual like this before, cannibalism though is a different story."

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Cinta has seen her fair share of rotting remains, she raises her arm to cast Frostbite at the flies to hopefully kill them off. DC12 1.

"Never seen a ritual like this before, cannibalism though is a different story."

 The insects drop to the floor like so much black rain...

"Best for that blight to not escape and cause duress, you think?" she lowers her arm.

"Indeed. Best be sure there's nothing of importance tucked away in here though, all the same." Mal will wrap a bit of cloth around his nose and mouth, then proceed to investigate the room. Investigation: 6

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"Indeed. Best be sure there's nothing of importance tucked away in here though, all the same." Mal will wrap a bit of cloth around his nose and mouth, then proceed to investigate the room. Investigation: 10

 After a few minutes....and some close calls regarding regurgitation....Malambing finds a stoppered gourd shoved under the cot and a pouch of ingots ( 25 silver).

If any of the Orang Bunian smell the liquid in the gourd they will recognise it as -

 Cinta pulls out the gourd and gives it a quick sniff. "Very curious...," she remarks.

Uce looks at the gourd and pats his stomach, reminding himself to eat later. "That looks tasty." 

Krikoris waits for the others to clear out of the way and then tosses his torch into the hut, using his magic to cause the flames to engulf and consume the hut and its contents.

(Control flames)

Watching the hut burn, the monk turns to Krikoris.

"That bad was it... I hope his death will be the end of it. But we are still looking into a murder. We need to get back now we have how we came for" she says, somewhat coldly.