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Post by HorizonsDream on Feb 19, 2023 19:08:05 GMT -8
"I agree with Granker that they will probably murder us if we pretend to be blind," Sumina admits. "But I don't think they are checking us all the time because they are morons. There is a reason to it." She just wasn't sure what the reason was.
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Post by GreyWolfVT on Feb 20, 2023 4:32:38 GMT -8
Arthogate nodding his head "I had a feeling that would be the outcome. I do hope they did not eat my dog."
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Post by Dallion80 on Feb 20, 2023 6:04:04 GMT -8
*Granker looks at the dwarf concerned before shrugging at Sumina's statement*
"I don't know....depends on how bright their leader is to be honest"
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Post by Matt4 on Feb 20, 2023 8:01:13 GMT -8
*Granker snorts* "The blind one would be murdered then the rest of us would still be here." " That sounds... Accurate." - Kaelestia sighs. - " I am afraid we will have just to wait until they decide to be a bit more explicit about their intentions with us."
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Post by TristenC on Feb 20, 2023 11:10:47 GMT -8
Sha'al will join Kaele in fiddling with the puzzle. So, they want us for something they are too stupid or blind to do. And they offered to send us back if we succeed... Aside from agreeing we should burn the lot of them to death in their ship at the first chance, I think we're stuck. Everyone keep a weather eye for any way out, still...
Grank, any chance they honestly intend to release us if we do whatever this mysterious task is?
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Post by HorizonsDream on Feb 20, 2023 19:14:26 GMT -8
"I'm going to do a lot more than burn their ships," Sumina mutters as she joins Kael and Sha'al to try to figure out the puzzle.
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Post by Daos on Feb 21, 2023 12:49:12 GMT -8
Almost exactly an hour later, the door slams open again. The two minotaur guards have returned, this time escorting two three-foot-tall gnomes with scraggly red beards and dressed in dirty white coats stuffed with wood scraps, papers, and other junk. The third minotaur has also returned, remaining in the shadows as before. He barks at them to hurry.
The gnomes produce long pieces of string marked at regular intervals. They use the strings to take measurements of the party's necks, mumbling to themselves while they record the figures.
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Post by Matt4 on Feb 21, 2023 13:21:50 GMT -8
Kaelestia didn't like in the slightest having those people taking measurements of her necks. As the gnomes are measuring her, she whispers to them: "Could you explain to us what is happening?"
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Post by HorizonsDream on Feb 21, 2023 19:02:30 GMT -8
Sumina looks towards the one barking orders from the shadows, and narrows her eyes. She doesn't exactly like having her neck measured because it feels like she is being measured for a noose.
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Post by GreyWolfVT on Feb 22, 2023 5:04:26 GMT -8
Arthogate watches the gnomes wondering how exactly did the minotaurs manage to get gnomes to work for them. "I'm guessing they are taking measurements for either clothing or armor possibly. Then again being gnomes who knows what kind of invention they might be measuring us for."
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Post by TristenC on Feb 22, 2023 11:17:03 GMT -8
Gods, if we're going to have to wear a gnomish invention we have better odds fighting our way clear/ Sha'al mutters dejectedly.
Hey, stumpy! the sea elf addresses one of the tinker-gnomes. What kind of suicidal gizmo are you maniacs concocting? And what are the odds of survival?
He mutters something else under his breath.
Hey Grank, I'll wager 500 steel at least we two survive. he adds with a wry grin
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Post by Daos on Feb 22, 2023 14:35:03 GMT -8
One of the gnomes answers, "OhsogladyouaskedyouseemynameisParmelionandthisismytwinbrotherZastandweareheretomeasureyournecksto--"
The gnome is interrupted when one of the guards smacks him with a club. "Shaddup! Get back to work!" he warns.
Absently rubbing his head, the gnome resumes his work, along with the other. After they finish their measurements, they nod to the guards, who escorts them out and then slams the door behind them, locking it.
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Post by Matt4 on Feb 22, 2023 15:42:32 GMT -8
Kaelestia rolls her eyes in frustration at the fact that they still had no informations about what they were supposed to do.
She goes sitting on the pile of straw on the ground, her back on the wall, to rest.
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Post by HorizonsDream on Feb 22, 2023 18:39:14 GMT -8
"Even with how fast they talk, they weren't fast enough," Sumina says with a shake of her head.
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Post by GreyWolfVT on Feb 23, 2023 5:07:32 GMT -8
Arthogate "Only other thing I can think they'd be measuring our necks for is a noose. But why make us come with them test our eyesight just to let us hang for committing no crimes?" the dwarf says ending with a sort of questioning tone directed towards the minotaurs in the group.
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