(057) Dawn Patrol

[mushgnome]

"Forget about the wolves!" hisses Highbough. "Quick, to the top of the wall! We must shock the enemy before they have time to organize a defense."

Once he has reached the wall, he will use his keen Elf eyes to scan the rooftops and towers for any snipers or lookouts.

[flightcommander]

Armando heads towards the wall and prepares to ascend the rope, having debouched from the tree and (with any luck) recovered his somewhat gnawed and slobbery boot from Beringar.

[verhaden]

Torben

Torben will also work towards the wall.

[coffee]

Seeing no sign of enemy activity in the courtyard, Dieter will kneel and inspect the black-robe he killed. He's not sacrificing his peripheral vision, mind you; but he'd like to know more what we're up against.

If the corpse is face up, he'll move aside the hood with the point of his sword. If face down, he'll roll the corpse over with his foot and then move the hood. He is not touching the corpse with his hands at all.

[mgtremaine]

Wen will move from the trees to the wall, trying to take up a position that affords a view over the courtyard. He would be ready shoot at anything that threatens Dieter.

[mushgnome]

Wen will move from the trees to the wall, trying to take up a position that affords a view over the courtyard. He would be ready shoot at anything that threatens Dieter.

"Smarth thinking, Wen," speaks Highbough in Elfish. "If we control the walls and rooftops, then we will crush the enemy. Do you see the bell tower to our left, the chapel, the infirmary, the library, and the cloister on the far side of the courtyard? Keep an eye for any enemy movement! Olaf and I know the way over these rooftops; let's wait a moment for the others to catch up."

Noticing the dead Nun, Highbough congratulates Dieter on his kill!

[waysoftheearth]

Completely unseen by those beyond the wall, Desmond/Mondes secures Dieter's grappling hook before lowering the rope into the orchard.

Wen moves into a tree adjacent to the wall while Armando climbs down to fetch his wolf-torn boot. Despite his better vantage, Wen can't catch any glimpse of activity within the walls--everything appears quite serene. Thus he is surprised when a rope seems to pop out of nowhere and worm its way down to those below. Ulric is waiting for it in the orchard, and is the first to attempt to clamber over the wall... the company pauses respectfully for the duration of this event, for one should always be willing to observe patience while a wizard with heavy pack scales a wall of any kind hand-over-hand up a rope.

Meanwhile, inside, Desmond turns over the body of the black-robe and finds it to have been a freckle nosed young woman--perhaps twenty. Her faun eyes stare flatly past him. Hmph.

by now Desmond/Mondes has reached the bell tower d6=2 but someone has gone and nailed a beaten sheet of bronze to the wall side of it, from the catwalk to a height of about 4ft. Perhaps specifically to prevent anyone from scaling it? Either way, he can find no purchase for climbing.

...and now Ulric makes it to the top, and passes within.

Those in the Orchard see Ulric "disappear" over the wall abruptly. Desmond/Mondes sees him "arrive" all of a sudden on the wall top.


Who is next up the rope?

[flightcommander]

Armando stares balefully for a moment at the toe sticking out of his boot, then heads up the rope.

[mushgnome]

As Highbough completes his visual sweep of the rooftops, he notices the sheet of beaten bronze. "Too bad I did not memorize the Torrefaction today, Desmond, or else I could easily deal with that sheet of metal, perhaps even use it as a weapon..."

[ehiker133]

Desmond checks the body to see if the young woman is wearing shoes or if she is barefoot. He looks for anything else on her that might help identify her - enigma-like jewelry or markings on her clothing.