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Post by Ancelas on Apr 2, 2022 18:08:50 GMT -5
 Book 2: Descent
Interlude: Blood for the Blood God Behind the Elfsong Tavern was a large fenced-in space where Alan Alyth received deliveries and disposed of trash, with a small stable tucked off to the side for guests, a closed gate leading out into an alley that led back to the street. Currently, in the gravel path leading from the stables to the gate, the dead bodies from the evening's action had been piled. The living cultist had been dragged outside as well and propped against the back wall of the tavern, wrists and ankles bound. Alan had already sent a runner off to the guard with instructions to go fetch the coroner immediately afterward so a cart could be brought to dispose of the bodies. |
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Post by Kyt on Apr 4, 2022 1:01:17 GMT -5
Rey leaned against the wall, testing the edge of her new dagger on her claws as she eyed the bound cultist.
"How stupid you think this'n is?" She addressed the others. "Hopefully he'll give us somethin' before Zodge gets hold of 'im. Got the feeling soldier boy's been pretty frustrated over all this shit goin' on in the city."
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Post by uberwulfx on Apr 4, 2022 14:00:59 GMT -5
Crystal squatted before the cultist, rubbing her chin as she considered. "They're a cultist, so they're already some flavor of stupid, right?" Standing up with a grunt, she looked back to Rey and Jinn.
"I'm ready to slap him awake when you are. I'm assuming you've got the questions primed, because I think maybe we want to be as quick and direct as possible with what we're asking."
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Post by opius on Apr 4, 2022 17:03:35 GMT -5
Jinn sniffed sharply as he stood with his companions, hands on his hips as he looked at the unconscious cultist. He nodded at the notion that the mook wasn't the brightest. "Let's wake him up. If he talks, he talks. Maybe he'll get pissed and let somethin' slip." He nodded, looking to Crys.
"You want me to give him a shake, or do you want the honor?"
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Post by Kyt on Apr 4, 2022 20:27:51 GMT -5
Rey grunted. "We need to know who his boss is, how they found us, and anything about their plans in the city."
She stretched, wincing slightly as her wound pulled. "Foots don't always know a lot, but maybe we'll get lucky."
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Post by uberwulfx on Apr 4, 2022 21:01:26 GMT -5
"Well, yeah. I just wanna maximize the time, you know. Squeeze this stone for all the blood he's talking about before we have to hand him over."
With that, Crystal reared back and slapped the man in the face hard enough for the sound to resonate in the space, but she'd not be removing any teeth with it anything.
"Wake up, you, it's time for you to be useful to society for once."
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Post by Ancelas on Apr 5, 2022 13:28:08 GMT -5
The cultist lulled with the slap, slumping over to one side. His mouth worked and he made a quiet, inarticulate sound, but he still seemed well and truly unconscious.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2022 14:27:28 GMT -5
Jinn squinted as Crystal walloped the guy, seeing that he was only barely stirred. He chewed the inside of his cheek, let out a grunt, and stomped forward to crouch beside Crystal. "Lemme give it a try." He grasped him by the shoulder and gave him a firm, rousing shake.
"Come on ya rat bastard, nap time's over." Although Jinn didn't quite understand how his power worked, he knew that on occasion he could will things to kinda sorta work in a way that worked for him. Whether it was stemming a bloody wound, or getting a survivor back on their feet, sometimes it helped just to grab, squeeze, and shake the life back into them. To that end, he... wanted the guy to get up.
Just a little, anyway.
((Lay on hands for 1 hp))
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Post by Kyt on Apr 7, 2022 4:28:13 GMT -5
Rey watched flatly as the other two tried to wake the cultist, keeping an eye for any movement.
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Post by Ancelas on Apr 8, 2022 18:59:41 GMT -5
Jinn focused and felt a warmth grow in his hands. A moment later, the cultist stirred.
"Ngh..."
He spasmed suddenly, jerking at his bonds, and fell over as he blinked and tried to make sense of his surroundings.
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Post by uberwulfx on Apr 8, 2022 20:05:13 GMT -5
"Don't you 'ung where am I' me, you jerk." Crystal tapped the cultist on the cheek rapidly, giving him something to focus on. "Wakey wakey, eggs and oat flakey. What's your name?"
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Post by Ancelas on Apr 9, 2022 10:17:29 GMT -5
The cultist winced as Crystal tapped at his cheek. He growled and spat at her, but his mouth was dry and he was still coming round, so there wasn't much behind it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2022 7:31:17 GMT -5
Jinn grunted as the cultist began to stir, thumbing his nose a little while he observed. "Ey, give him some space. Some guy hit him really hard with that chair.
He squatted nearby Crystal and the cultist, maybe three feet away as he watched on. It didn't seem like the mook could do much but spit and curse in their direction, so he didn't brandish his weapons.
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Post by Kyt on Apr 11, 2022 13:23:10 GMT -5
Rey wasn't against brandishing her weapons, but she did keep it casual, mostly just toying with her new dagger while keeping a few steps behind the others.
"He prolly gonna wish chairs was all he was hit by once Zodge gets through with him. I unno how guards usually tend to handle things, but the guy's gotta be pretty desperate if'n he was willing to ask us in."
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Post by Ancelas on Apr 11, 2022 19:25:00 GMT -5
The cultist groaned and bared his teeth at his captors. "You don't know what kind of trouble you all just stepped in," he rasped. "It's only a matter of time until they catch you and bleed you on the black alter.
"Blood for the blood god," he growled, then chuckled, his laugh turning into a groan of pain.
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