(008) The Blockade

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coffee wrote:
Dieter stands ready to ventilate the boson unless he does exactly as he's told.

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Harry wrote:
Clutching his stomach, Taines peeks under the his leather vest to reveal his wound, blood dripping across his hand,

Taines calls out "Ayeee, I need a little help here", his face draining of all colour.

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verhaden wrote:
Mads the Fair

Mads will kill off any sleeping hobgoblins in the area, if any. Afterward, he'll turn to the Boson and say "Were it up to me, you'd be lying in a pool of blood just like your Captain. Krystin's death should be avenged."

Turning to the rest of the group, "We shouldn't tarry for long. Those workers will be reporting back what they saw soon enough."

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Mads whirls the Hobgoblin spear efficiently in his grasp as he strides toward the last of the sleeping soldiers, timing in to perfection such the spear comes to a point-down halt exactly as he reaches his foe.

The Hobgoblin comes bolt awake with a hoarse scream as Mads gracefully plunges the spear's dagger-point right through his mail and belly, and into the wet earth beneath him. The Goblin's limbs flail desperately and he snorts and splutters for an enduring moment, but then with a pathetic gasp he quiets to a wheezing gurgle which soon ceases altogether.

Mads does not bother to rip the spear from him...

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waysoftheearth wrote:
"I said I surrendas," spits the Boson unhappily, tossing his giant dented shield down with a loud clatter. "Theys no need fer that," he indicates Mads' most recent kill sourly, but makes no further move. Olaf, Dieter, Caine and Flewellen stand around him with bristling weapons, after all...

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verhaden wrote:
Mads the Fair

"Yes. You surrendered." He says, exhausted, as he picks up his axe. Nodding to Taines "Let's see if we can't bandage you up."

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eris wrote:

"I said I surrendas," spits the Boson unhappily, tossing his giant dented shield down with a loud clatter. "Theys no need fer that," he indicates Mads' most recent kill sourly, but makes no further move. Olaf, Dieter, Caine and Flewellen stand around him with bristling weapons, after all...

"I said we'll give you quarter, but you are our prisoner and will answer our questions. Is that clear?" says Olaf.

OOC: Olaf probably isn't the guy to be questioning the Boson, but I think we'd like to find out (a) who their leaders are and who sent them to blockade the road, (b) where their camp/village/town is located, (c) how soon we can expect more Hobs to appear here after the laborers and remaining soldiers ran away, and (d) if there are patrols of Hobs out and about in this area.

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waysoftheearth wrote:

"I said we'll give you quarter, but you are our prisoner and will answer our questions. Is that clear?" says Olaf.

The afternoon is turned bleak indeed. You stand upon a windy, rural track-side surrounded by bodies of the fallen. The sky is overcast with blotchy clouds, and now that the fighting has stopped, you feel the pinch of the blustery wind pushing at you once more.

"That's clear'n proper," grumbles the fat Hobgoblin as he coils the length of his whip and stuffs it under his belt.

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Taines plonks himself down heavily with a grunt and peels back his pierced and bloody armour in order to see to his belly wound...


I'm assuming that nobody has questioned the prisoner yet.

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verhaden wrote:
Mads the Fair

"I say we blindfold the prisoner and take him somewhere more private. We're sitting ducks out here, as we showed these hobgoblins. Let's get Taines bandaged up, see about giving our fair maiden a proper funeral, and for heavens sake..." He reaches out towards the Boson and takes away his whip. "Prisoners should be tied up, not armed."