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Post by GravityEmblem on Aug 9, 2022 5:26:13 GMT -8
"I-I'll leave the knife with you!" he promises. "I won't try to harm anyone again--this is true!" Daos can easily detect the fear and sincerity in his voice.
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Post by Daos on Aug 9, 2022 14:09:52 GMT -8
"Leave then," Daos tells him. "Not to your room, but to the Morning Bell and rejoin your fellow pilgrims. And I strongly suggest you leave town early. I do not want to see you again, and you certainly do not wish to see me again. Understand?"
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Post by GravityEmblem on Aug 10, 2022 5:27:10 GMT -8
Sareal nods, and leaving the knife, scurries out of Daos' room.
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Post by Daos on Aug 10, 2022 12:29:44 GMT -8
Daos picks up the knife, closes and locks his door, then returns to his still glowing bed. He sits on it, cross-legged, the dagger still in hand. He realizes there will be no further sleep to be had now, so he just stays up and watches the door.
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Post by GravityEmblem on Aug 10, 2022 12:52:47 GMT -8
Daos, cautious after one attempt on his life, stays up all night to watch for another. After many hours of waiting, dawn breaks, and he goes downstairs with the rest of the party for breakfast.
"Elsh, Daos, you look tired," Meine points out. "What's wrong?"
[OOC: Daos benefits from a Short Rest. The rest of the party benefit from a Long Rest.]
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Post by Daos on Aug 10, 2022 18:45:38 GMT -8
Daos sighs and sets the knife on the table before them. "Sareal broke into my room last night in a clumsy attempt to kill me. Apparently Count Moonbeam has a bounty out on my head, and he hoped to claim it. I sent him back to the other pilgrims with his tail between his legs. But it seems we have a real problem here. Someone far more competent than him may come for me next."
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(OOC: Daos will use his arcane recovery to reclaim his two spent level 1 spell slots.)
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Post by GravityEmblem on Aug 11, 2022 9:38:08 GMT -8
"What?" Valerie says, practically jumping out of her seat. "Why would he want to kill you?"
"Count Moonbeam? He's our lead for the Lightscale Bow," Tympany adds, looking worried.
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Post by Daos on Aug 11, 2022 12:22:55 GMT -8
"I've no idea why he'd target me," Daos admits. "Never met him, never even heard of him until Miss Trite told me about him recently."
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Post by HorizonsDream on Aug 11, 2022 20:00:28 GMT -8
"Are you alright?" Caelynn asks. "Count Moonbeam? Lightscale Bow?"
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Post by Daos on Aug 11, 2022 20:12:39 GMT -8
"I didn't sleep well, as one might imagine, but otherwise I'm fine," Daos answers. "The Lightscale Bow is one of the artifacts needed to seal the Mouth of Ozymandias for good. It's last known location was in the hands of the count of Moonbeam."
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Post by HorizonsDream on Aug 12, 2022 19:53:02 GMT -8
"How is it that he knows that we know about it if we just learned about it?" Caelynn asks curiously. "And why attack you, and not Trite?" she asks.
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Post by Daos on Aug 12, 2022 20:27:41 GMT -8
"We don't know that he knows that we know," Daos says. "It could have nothing to do with that, although I am at a loss as to any other reason."
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Post by HorizonsDream on Aug 13, 2022 19:28:07 GMT -8
"Some sort of personal vendetta against you?" Caelynn asks curiously.
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Post by Daos on Aug 13, 2022 21:40:35 GMT -8
"I can't imagine why, I've never met the man," Daos says. "Unless..." He hesitates, remembering Simpson. According to him, Sombra was heading for the Elven Lands. Did she somehow wrap this Count Moonbeam around her finger, and then he put out a bounty on Daos in some twisted way to earn her affection, like Simpson did? He shakes his head. "No point in speculating wildly. But until we know more, we'll have to be careful against any Elves. I might need to start going by an alias, as well."
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Post by GravityEmblem on Aug 14, 2022 10:15:20 GMT -8
"What sort of alias?" Valerie asks.
"Probably just a last name. Daos isn't rare, as far as Elven names go," Meine says. "Heck, my Elvish tutor was named Daos."
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