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Post by GreyWolfVT on Sept 24, 2021 4:47:56 GMT -8
Arthogate "Well uh...ogres are kind of oafish, very smelly almost like milk gone bad. Giants are taller than ogres and basically smell like someone that doesn't bathe." the dwarf attempts to explain to the kender.
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Post by TristenC on Sept 24, 2021 7:14:48 GMT -8
Sha'al hesitates and shrugs. Wont be long before they figure it out anyway, if there is anything here. He'll peek in any windows he can find and circle the house, guard up, to get the layout
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Post by Daos on Sept 24, 2021 13:04:55 GMT -8
Twill thinks a moment, then says to Arthogate, "He kind of smelled like...someone who hasn't bathed in a long time, then decided to finally take a bath, but took the bath in bad milk. So...both?"
Sha'al circles the perimeter of the building, looking into windows. The front door seems to be the only way in. The first floor has only three windows, two on the front (on either side of the entrance), and one on the house's west side, near the back. They are all dark inside, but fortunately, this isn't a problem for the sea elf. Looking inside them all, it would seem the entire first floor is a single large room. There are stairs in the northeast corner leading up to the second floor. There is furniture inside, but no sign of any people, nor any movement or activity.
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Post by TristenC on Sept 24, 2021 13:58:37 GMT -8
Sha'al checks to see if the door is locked, if so he checks if he can get in one of the windows quietly.
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Post by Daos on Sept 24, 2021 16:23:45 GMT -8
Sha'al finds the door is not locked. Or rather, it is not locked anymore. It appears it once was, but someone or something had busted it.
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Post by TristenC on Sept 24, 2021 18:26:40 GMT -8
Sha'al motions to the others for quiet and tries to open the door quietly. Slipping inside he moves as stealthily as he can through the dark downstairs to get a peek at the upper floor. If he finds no traps or creatures he'll call all clear to the others. if he does find someone/ thing then it depends what he sees
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Post by Daos on Sept 24, 2021 18:58:15 GMT -8
Slipping inside, Sha'al finds himself in a kitchen and comfortable living area. While the room shows clear signs of ravaging by some creature (scratches, smashed furniture, broken dishes, etc.), curiously, it seems as if something tried to clean up as best as it could, for broken items are set in a jigsaw puzzle-like state, fitted back together as much as possible. On the north side of the room, a couch sits before a fireplace. A number of shelves against the eastern wall hold dishes and plates. A table an dchairs stand to the southwest. To the northeast, a stairway leads up to the second floor. Moving over to the stairs, Sha'al looks up. He doesn't see anyone or anything in the stairway. However, his keen elven senses alert him to the presence of a secret door on the wall about half-way up the stairs.
Sha'al passes a secret door (1 on 1d6): EMp_n2z01d6 1d6
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Post by HorizonsDream on Sept 24, 2021 19:06:06 GMT -8
Sumina runs her fingers through her hair as she waits. "If this did belong to the witch, we should check for magical items."
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Post by GreyWolfVT on Sept 25, 2021 4:38:06 GMT -8
Arthogate chuckles briefly at the reply back "Sounds like we got an ogre."
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Post by TristenC on Sept 25, 2021 6:22:46 GMT -8
Slowly, Sha'al decides it best to put his trident away in his quiver (handle first) but kee[s his shield ready. if a person were here somewhere, they might not react well to someone brandishing a weapon as they snuck in... of course the chances were good it would fall against him either way. He makes a silent sign for Zeboim's forbearance. Maybe this time she would take pity... she had already sent a Kender, after all...
Quietly he creeps up the stairs to get a look at the secret door above.
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Post by Daos on Sept 25, 2021 13:48:23 GMT -8
Sha'al quietly ascends the stairs about halfway and examines the wall there. He can barely make out the slightest imprint of a doorway; if one were to place hands upon it and push, it should open.
Before he can do so, or even consider it, a high-pitched voice behind him says, "Boy, this place looks boring! Did you find anything yet?" Twill asks, poking around. "By the way, I never caught your name. I'm Twill Topknot, or did I already say that?"
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Post by GreyWolfVT on Sept 25, 2021 15:11:39 GMT -8
Arthogate "Twil shhh. Do you know what stealth means? My name is Arthogate you can call me Art if you'd like."
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Post by Dallion80 on Sept 25, 2021 18:39:34 GMT -8
*Groans as the kender speaks. he pulls his weapons out ready for an attack*
"This doesnt bode well for us...."
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Post by Daos on Sept 25, 2021 18:42:31 GMT -8
Twill waves to the dwarf from inside. "Nice to meet you, Art!" he calls out.
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Post by TristenC on Sept 25, 2021 21:36:54 GMT -8
Sha'al lets out a sigh. the kind the dying might make when finally realizing the futility of clinging to a hopeless life in a world where the gods were truly unmerciful and created things like Kender.
Not yet, he says quietly, We're trying to be sneaky. You know how to sneak? he asks, before pushing the secret door open.
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