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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Here we go with a shining example of just how twisted he is. The attack of the undead was thwarted. Yippie. We were thanked for our part in it. We were told we could stay at a boarding house and the militia would pick up the tab. Yippie. Finally, a hot bath and a warm bed. We were taken to a 3 story house. We went inside, but the soldiers that led us there didn't even go in. As a matter of fact, they seemed quick to want to leave. We were met by a very old lady that was polishing everything. Granny Karna or something. Very old and slow. Everything was super duper clean and rather antique. Even the doilies looked polished. We dropped our stuff at the door after much coaxing from Granny Karna. Strangers in a strange land - we did not want to leave our stuff, but we did. Granny led us upstairs to our room. Felt like 2 hours just to scale 2 floors. As we went up, things got dirtier and dirtier. Old and unkept. Once we got to our room, it was no exception. Dirty, bare, and unkept. Creepy, to say the least. Why, we couldn't even clean the window ourselves enough to get a decent view. On our way up, we passed through 1 door. When Granny left us to fetch us some food, we heard 2 doors being closed and locked. At this point, my mantra became "only 'til morning ... only 'til morning ... " She eventually did bring us some stew. Of course, we saw things in the stew for fleeting moments. Was that an eyeball? Did I just bite into a finger? Only 'til morning. We slept for a grand total of 4 hours. Not only were we completely refreshed, but completely healed as well. Then we got the Nine Hells out of there. Very early morning and a few hours to kill. You would think that we could wander around and get our bearings, even if everyone else was still asleep. But no. There was another attack on the town. We spotted some flames in the sky. Like flying torches. Headed straight for town. As the flames got closer, we saw that they were flying horses with undead riders. Flaming manes and flaming hooves. Damn it! I donned the Skull Mask and noted that the riders had once been alive but no longer were. Definitely undead. The horses, however, where not alive and never had been. This meaning that the horses were some sort of conjuration. Out of thin air type stuff. The ramparts noticed and took fire with ballista. Amazingly enough, one actually hit and blasted the undead rider. I quickly got up on the wall to see if I could spot where the corpse had landed. I so wanted to use Aoxor's Helm on one of the riders. But that idea was no good because the fog started to roll in. Not your average fog, either. As the fog entered the main courtyard, people were gagging and falling down. Heavy fog, hard to breath. The fog was also cover for the advancing undead army. Damn it. Another undead army. Damn it. But this time, some live humanoids with them. I used the spy glass to survey the area. I spotted 3 mages sitting at a cozy distance and casting. Lightly wooded area, middle of the night, and fog - surely they were safe. Not! Magical night vision totally rocks. I grabbed some random archer and showed him the mages through the spy glass. He took aim and let fly. Amazingly enough, the one that he hit went down. The other 2 mages took cover. The archer and I snuck down and out to the spot where the one mage went down. Amazingly enough, they left the body and we recovered. We took our sweet time going back with the body because the battle was still raging. By the time we made it back, the battle was won in our favor. While I was off doing that stuff, Zir was on high ground doing what she could. She did what she could from a safe distance. Good girl. The body that we recovered? A human female in black robes. Also, wearing a red and white mask. Young, too. Looks like we had gotten ourselves an apprentice. I'm sure someone is pissed. Then again, it seems kind of odd that the master would leave her corpse behind. Not a very masterly thing to do. Maybe the master really is that dumb. Or maybe they were taken by surprise because they thought they were safe and just plain forgot in their scrammble to get to cover. On her body, we also found a ward token from the High Tower of the Arcane. Maybe the master isn't as dumb or as easily surprised as we had thought. Maybe, just maybe, she was left on purpose. Not only does someone know our MO rather well, but is willing to sacrifice an apprentice as bait. Seduce an apprentice with dreams of magical prowess, then toss her out for our sake. Man, this sucks. These kinds of villians are the worst. A few other little things happened. For awhile my ears were smoking and I got shrunk, the results of the Wand of Wonder. Also, I loaned the Skull Mask to one of the priests for further investigation. I hope I get it back. I used Aoxor's Helm and got the same slave for undead army story. I still have yet to use the helm on the apprentice. Who is to say that she wasn't already dead when the arrow hit her? We just had to find a ward token on the apprentice, didn't we? Still a lot of stuff do to before heading off to Hell's Gate Keep. With how frantic things have suddenly become, I don't know if we'll ever make it there. ---- Man, everything was fine until we found that ward token on the apprentice. I can't even begin to explain how much that seriously sucks. [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/351]warjournal[/url] on 07-11-2007 07:29)[/small] Loading...
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