Northlands Campaign

WIS save:  19

He wakes up and looks at Bart.  "Are you my dad?"  (Sorry, couldn't resist the Dimension20 joke.)

Bart smiles and says "Yes son. And I need to know what you have been doing here. Me and mom were worried sick so tell me everything you know so we can help you out of here okay bud?".

Kina watches close by, trying to still her mind. She's not entirely sure resting in the stronghold is such a great idea, but the previous captives said there were only seven of them. She sighs, frustrated with not being able to piece together what their goal is, what they hope to achieve by these random kidnappings. She awaits the results of the interrogation, glad that Bart has the means of getting the information without violence.

"You got back together with mom?!?"  He looks at you incredulously.  "WHY!?  I mean, I was pissed when you left us, but as I got older I came to understand what a worthless human being she was and ran away to live in Carlisle."  He calms down slightly and shakes his head, returning to the question at hand.  "What do I do here?  We take care of the new converts for The One until the caravan comes to pick them up.  That's usually about every three weeks.  I'm due to rotate out of here when the next caravan arrives, but I don't know what my next assignment will be after that."  He pauses, as if the words just registered, "Help me out OF here?  Why would you want to help me out of here?  The One is All, There is Nothing Without The One."

The other captive's eyes are wide as he struggles against his bonds, vigorously shaking his head trying to get the man to stop talking.

Wil looks at the cultist, ”Friend, can you tell your father where you were stationed before this? And where you first learned about the magnificence of The One?”

"Huh?  Oh, in the barracks of course, by the commander's room.  And I have always known The One.  The One is All.  Only the unenlightened don't know The One, that's why we help collect them so they can be enlightened and join The One."

“What town is the barracks and commander’s room located in?”

"Town?  I used to live in Carlisle, but don't go to no towns any more.  Still too many unenlightened there, but The One is gathering them to help them join The One.  The barracks is by the tunnel, where the caravan takes the new converts, past the hall to the cistern."

The other captive has given up trying to get "the son's" attention and is instead concentrating on beating his own head against the wall.

"Say I don't suppose you could show us the way? Would be kind of like showing us the one." Barnabus chimes in gently.

"Kina, would you kindly hold that one before he really hurts himself?"

Cade trundles back to the group and takes a seat looking at the two captives. He just stares at them as questions are asked of them, still in his brown bear form.

Kina nods, getting up to head over to the man. She plunks herself down, and memories of the first one she encountered come back to her. She almost managed to reach one of them with compassion. She decides to gamble again, and rather than treating him as an enemy, she simply puts her arms around him and cradles him to her pillowy chest.
"Shh." she coos at him.
"We don't want to hurt you, I don't want you to hurt yourself. It's alright. Be at peace."

"The Way of the One?  Surely you know it already or we wouldn't be talking.  Oh, you mean to the barracks?  Sure."

(OOC:  if you are going to have him lead you, you will not be able to take a short rest.)

The (leader) looks at Kina, eyes wide and slams his head again, knocking himself unconscious.  You check his breathing and pulse, he seems to be stable.

"Well we have a few options available to us... 1) Take advantage of this opportunity and have our friend lead us to the location he's talking about. Once there we can find a place to rest before we proceed with unravelling this puzzle. 2) Continue to explore these underground passages, though there is a chance that in our exploration we could lose our new friends. 3) Head to Carlisle and see if we can find and tail some of his friends. 4) Say enough of this stuff and call it quits. 

Personally I'm up for everything but option 4. I think these passages have more secrets to tell and should be our focus since we are already here but it's not for me alone to decide. I know some of us are uncomfortable with being down here so it's something the group as a whole needs to decide."

"I know I said we should rest but I think following this guy to the barracks is a good idea." says Barnabus. "Don't worry Bart, I'll look after ya till you get yer legs under ya again."

 Kina THOUGHT she had him pretty securely held to prevent him from hurting himself, but what's done is done.
Again, she sniffs at herself. Does she smell that bad that everyone she gets close to would rather pass out than be near her cleavage sweat?
"I don't think any of us came here prepared for a long endeavor. Are we supplied enough to go traipsing in some unknown ruin for who knows how long?" she asks. She checks on her own provisions.
"I've only got a couple of healing kits, food, and some basic survival tools." she states.
She considers focusing her ki to heal the man of his injuries, but she's fairly certain he'd just end up hurting himself again.

Bart looks at Kina first and says "that was mighty nice of you to try and calm him down young lady. If more people were like you We wouldn't be in this mess". He then looks to Barnabus and says "I say we do have my son here show us the way. I will be fine I still have some songs to sing, but I will need a good nights rest after our little tour if we get into any trouble. I say we venture forth at least a bit more. We can always turn back if we need. Or we could send someone to get supplies that we only one of us leaves. Just a thought."

”I have enough food the last us a day or two, maybe 3 if we stretch it and include whatever everyone else brought. Sounds like most want explore a bit more before we leave this place.” Wil looks around the group for confirmation.

Kina hmmms, absent-mindedly adjusting her running harness.
"How long will your... son... be... err... agreeable, Bart?" she asks awkwardly.
"We may not have enough time to follow him before he suddenly comes to his senses. And 'barracks' means we'll likely be pretty widely outnumbered, right?"

(There is about 45-50 minutes left on the charm, and he will tell you it is only 15-20 minutes away if asked.)