(024) The Ravine Door

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tonneau wrote:
"Surely we can ambush these 'goblins' somewhere here - I am certainly up for another fight if there is some nosh at the end of it" professes Gustave, looking for all the world like he is not at all up for another fight.
"Ol' flaming fingers here", he says, nodding toward Ulric, "could make a splendid mess of anyone coming at us along this passageway I'll wager."

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Olaf and Victor are shocked to notice that Desmond the Halfling now has two heads!

"What are you ugly snots gawking at?" retorts Mondes (Desmond's right head).

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danhem wrote:
"Here you are," Ulric says passing some food from his pack to Olaf and Victor. "We'll need your sword arms for sure. Let's go see to these voices and get our treasure and your equipment back. It would also be good to know if the hobgoblins have entered this place. If they have then it's likely that there is an ambush waiting for us outside that door, just like the last time we left here."

"I still may be able to call forth the Sufferance. I may also be able to put a number of them to sleep. Let's be quick and quiet and find out what we're up against first though."

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Victor spits suspiciously as he eyes Mondes sourly. But the ugly Halfling only glares back at him and pokes his tongue out when Victor's attention turns to the food offered by Ulric.

Victor and Olaf quickly forget Mondes as they both mutter hasty thanks to Ulric and cram the dry rations into their famished mouths...

...for a few minutes everyone waits around in the dark as the hungry Men chew.

"Let's just leave these grunts behind," suggests Mondes impatiently...

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ehiker133 wrote:
"Nah, we can't. We stick together - and I don't mean just you and me, noggin. We have to keep together with the group. We owe these people our lives... maybe a few times, even."

Desmond tightens his grip on the Mads' cold iron axe with his dominant hand (and attempts to do the same with his right hand, as well).

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eris wrote:

"Any of you lot carrying any victuals?" asks Victor hungrily, "I'm famished."

"Me too!" Olaf says, "Thirsty, too!"

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eris wrote:

Olaf and Victor are shocked to notice that Desmond the Halfling now has two heads!

"What are you ugly snots gawking at?" retorts Mondes (Desmond's right head).

"One head was enough on your body Desmond." Olaf says, "What in Hades happened to you?"

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eris wrote:

"Here you are," Ulric says passing some food from his pack to Olaf and Victor. "We'll need your sword arms for sure. Let's go see to these voices and get our treasure and your equipment back. It would also be good to know if the hobgoblins have entered this place. If they have then it's likely that there is an ambush waiting for us outside that door, just like the last time we left here."

"I still may be able to call forth the Sufferance. I may also be able to put a number of them to sleep. Let's be quick and quiet and find out what we're up against first though."

Olaf accepts the food gratefully and wolfs it down.

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ehiker133 wrote:

Olaf and Victor are shocked to notice that Desmond the Halfling now has two heads!

"What are you ugly snots gawking at?" retorts Mondes (Desmond's right head).

"One head was enough on your body Desmond." Olaf says, "What in Hades happened to you?"

"We found some purple fruit on a tree somewhere up above... I must have eaten a rotten seed or something..." he smirks and tilts his head to the right really quickly in an attempt to hit Mondes in the ear.

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coffee wrote:

"We found some purple fruit on a tree somewhere up above... I must have eaten a rotten seed or something..." he smirks and tilts his head to the right really quickly in an attempt to hit Mondes in the ear.

"Yeah," Dieter quips. "It upset him greatly. He's been beside himself ever since."