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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #40 on: June 21, 2012, 11:24:33 PM »
Kaytiss smiles faintly. "My apologies, Ariston, but this is only the precursor to a much more vital and important duty."
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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #41 on: June 22, 2012, 12:05:46 AM »
Urglmek follows, only pausing once to growl at a dwarf who he thought was staring at him a little too much.
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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #42 on: June 23, 2012, 01:05:05 AM »
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The new arrival leads the strange group out of Kaytiss' tent, with only one terrified dwarf as collateral damage. More of the camp's inhabitants are awake now, and quite a few stares come in the group's direction before Urglmek's display. After that, they're better hidden.

Eventually they come upon a section of the camp marked by a riot of different smells and sounds, full of heavily-armed dwarves and a smattering of elves.
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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #43 on: June 25, 2012, 10:19:06 AM »
A man who looks otherwordly, and slightly draconic, and somewhat fey (and yet somehow manages to pull it all off without looking like a freak of nature) approaches Ariston.  Instead of more traditional armor he wears strips of cloth twisted around his body with loose ends hanging off every now and then, and the battleaxe and warhammer he carries with him are made out of ice. 

"Ariston my good man, so good to see you again.  Have you brought me some new friends to play with?"  He grins, though this grin is not altogether friendly.

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #44 on: June 25, 2012, 02:58:46 PM »
Ariston smiles slightly.  "It seems so.  I discovered them in Kaytiss's tent, where she asked me to introduce them to you and the...doctor.  I don't know why, but anyway they seem interesting enough."
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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #45 on: June 25, 2012, 03:14:56 PM »
"Well, we were invited here. I thought it was probably by Kaytiss... " Urglmek scratches his head, looking a bit like a giant, confused, (draconic) ape. "I guess we should have asked her about the map."
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« Reply #46 on: June 25, 2012, 04:08:22 PM »
Rodric makes a face showing his distaste at the mention of the...doctor.  He then gives a slight bow to the rest of the party.  "Ariston has been teaching me about courtly manners so let me introduce myself.  I am Rodric the Sly, manipulator of luck and all around scoundrel."  Introduction finished, he winks at Marie.

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #47 on: June 25, 2012, 10:21:22 PM »
Sarai looks up, mildly bothered at the fact that she has to take her time away from... her work. She flashes a quick shark-like smile, her eyes flashing while her snake-like tongue flicks out when she begins.

"Pleased to meet you, Rodric; I am Marquess Sarai Eire d'Alhazrad."

She glances over at Marie, who is [most probably] looking a bit shy at the shameful forwardness of this young man.

"Dearie, you might as well introduce yourself; I certainly won't."

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #48 on: June 26, 2012, 11:32:30 AM »
Marie edges forward, curtsying and murmuring a few barely audible words of introduction.

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #49 on: June 26, 2012, 11:46:35 AM »
Rodric smiles at Marie in a disarmingly charming and yet somewhat predatory manner.  "A pleasure."  He then turns back to Ariston.  "Well if they are to be introduced to the doctor we should introduce them.  Come along." 

Leading the group outside of what could possibly be a medical tent, Rodric stops anyone who attempts to actually enter.  "I wouldn't want to subject you to any unnecessary...unpleasantness," he explains.  He then abruptly yells at the tent, "Human!  Kaytiss would like you to meet some people, please do not inject them with anything."

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #50 on: June 26, 2012, 12:12:06 PM »
Urglmek has a puzzled look on his face as he looks at Sarai and mouths the word "human?".
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« Reply #51 on: June 26, 2012, 12:36:53 PM »
There's no reaction from the tent. During the silence there's a faint gurgling sound coming from inside, regularly accompanied by a muffled high-pitched whinny like the giggling of a sickly child.

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #52 on: June 26, 2012, 12:49:25 PM »
Rodric rolls his eyes to the heavens.  "Please oh please don't it be doing what I think it's doing.  Come inside then."  As long as nobody resists he ushers them inside the tent.

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #53 on: June 26, 2012, 01:04:46 PM »
Looking slightly alarmed, Urglmek follows Rodric into the tent.
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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #54 on: June 26, 2012, 01:11:21 PM »
Urglmek has a puzzled look on his face as he looks at Sarai and mouths the word "human?".

Sarai glances up, notices Urglmek's mouth movements, and shrugs; after all, she has seen... things that make the fact that someone insists on being named Human quite quaint.

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #55 on: June 26, 2012, 01:14:12 PM »
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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #56 on: June 26, 2012, 02:06:20 PM »
The smell inside the tent is unpleasant to say the least: a nauseating odor both sweet and sharp, like a combination of unction, dried roses and spoiled milk. On the left side of the tent there's heavy breathing coming from two unconscious dwarves lying on stretchers. On the right side there's an apparatus distilling some clear liquid from some over sized insect. In front of you there's the corpse of a tall dwarf with a lump on his chest lying in a weird pose. Thick black blood drips from his mouth, which is being distended by a metal and leather contraption covering his head.

For a moment, the lump stirs and a steady stream of bubbly blood gushes from the corpse's mouth and nostrils. "OOOOOOOoooooooAAAH got 't, khekekekeeeee."

Suddenly, three ribs burst through the dwarf's chest and a metal object violently ejects the body, covering most of the tent's inside in bloodsplatters and landing in the back. An insectoid paw quickly contracts back in. The lump starts moving upwards, making the neck swell a grotesque size. In a flood of gore and stomach acid a flat worm protrudes itself from the mouth, sliding behind the table.

After a short whisper, a cloaked figure the size and shape of a halfling sticks his head up, facing the back of the tent. It walks away and picks up the object. As it stretches its wiry ivory arm high, you can see it's an arrowhead it's holding. "AAAAAAAhhhhh yeeesshhh RodddGGGGRRRRik, just in time. Kaytiss will be pleeeeeaaaaaaaased, yeeeeEEEEEESH," it says in a voice going from high-pitched to guttural, with the harsh consonants in Rodric's name sounding like someone is trying to saw through a brick with a bonesaw.
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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #57 on: June 26, 2012, 02:25:08 PM »
Rodric mutters to himself, "Damn, exactly what I thought it was doing."

In a louder voice he says, "Er..yes.  Just in time indeed.  Kaytiss wants you to meet these people, please say hello."

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #58 on: June 26, 2012, 02:53:37 PM »
"People..." The figure lifts it's head and breathes in deeply. "... here for diagnosis?" As it slowly turns around, it becomes clear that this is nowhere near halfling. Its skin is grey-brown and segmented. From underneath the hood two beady black eyes stare at the company in the tent. The mouth, a large perfect circle filled with tiny razorsharp teeth, extends horizontally to show a horrifying smile. "Kaytissss... brought me more TALL FOLK? Khekekekekekekeeeee!"

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Re: Chapter One: Stranger Things Have Happened
« Reply #59 on: June 26, 2012, 02:55:09 PM »
Sarai glances up, slightly annoyed at the newcomer's loud entry, then drops the papers as her mouth opens in a girlish, almost child-like smile, recognizing what looks like her childhood invisible friend.

"Mr. Corpsely? Is that you?"

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