She reported to her friend in hasty whispers. “It's Kreemon. He has some person at knife point and is demanding to know when the Baron will return. There's a room full of people in there, and it seems they don't want to attack Kreemon while he has this person under his control, so maybe he's a minister or advisor or something. Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
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“Nothing, for now,” the Priestess replied. Then she got a look in her eyes. “Wait, think a moment. That soldier, the one that went into the secret passage. I'll bet he went to a secret place behind Kreemon. Let's follow. Quickly, we are minutes behind him!” She handed Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
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“Go see who that was!” they heard the knight calling. A rapid jog followed.
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The knight and a few of the soldiers followed Kreemon's glance, and saw Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
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“How much longer before the Baron gets here?” Kreemon asked.
“It shouldn't be long now,” the knight answered.
Kreemon kept the knife's point on the clerk's neck and looked at the papers he had sent flying about the room. Of the few he could see, many looked like dispatch orders for various parts of the city guard. Others could have been renewals of annual arrangements with various businesses, summaries of castle activities (expense and income reports, mostly), or letters to officials. From what Kreemon could see, the papers were generally legal documents of one kind or another, along with a few that implied power greater than he'd expect in someone with the title “Second Clerk.”
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The two women regarded the situation for a moment, perplexed as to what to do. Recent events had made it muddled as to whether Kreemon was indeed their friend, yet each of them was loath to let some stranger shoot him and his dog from a cowardly hidden place. However, it seemed they had nothing to prevent the man from firing if they accosted him in any way.
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“Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
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“Most are healing, a few life-giving – never mind; let's get to it!”
Kreemon heard strange sounds coming from above his head. When he looked up, he felt a splash of water on his face, temporarily getting in the way of his vision. Then a loose crossbow bolt nearly hit him in the eye, followed by the crossbow, then the crossbowman. Kreemon was barely able to sidestep the last, and the Second Clerk managed to scramble away in the confusion. All had come out of a hole in the wall near the ceiling. Bork went into a barking fit, unable to decide what required his attention most, but despite the noise, Kreemon could hear the voices of two woman above. They were Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
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The next moments were chaos. While the crossbowman tried to get up amidst human feet and animal feet and soaked papers, the Second Clerk called, “Get him! Get him!” incessantly, and the soldiers struggled past each other to reach Kreemon.
Kreemon tried to grab the Clerk, but it was too late. Now the only thing left was to escape without having seen the Baron…. The hole. It was ten feet off the ground, so he could just reach it from the desk. He took advantage of the confusion and leapt up on the desk. Taking one step to gain momentum, he jumped up and grabbed at the edges of the hole. Using the traction of the stone wall, he scrambled up as high as he could so no one could grab his feet.
Kreemon took one breath and yelled “Go!” at Bork, hoping the wolfhound would run from the guards and their swords. Then, with help from Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
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“Thanks,” Kreemon said. “I didn't think to look up. Any idea of what to do now? I think I may have gotten us into a little trouble.”
“There's another one in there!” the knight called from behind. “Follow them. And post guards at every known entrance, find out who knows about the others, and post there too! They will not escape.”
“We better move. Lead the way,” Kreemon said, and prepared to follow as quickly and carefully as possible.
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Kreemon squinted his eyes at the darkness, and after a moment, noticed numerous points of light, possibly indicating secret passages or cracks in the masonry. “No, no light for now. It will attract more attention than it is worth. Let's move.” Kreemon led in the group the opposite direction Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
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Their progress was slow, but they managed to avoid detection for a while, since they were so much quieter than the soldiers climbing around them. The scaffolding wrapped around walls, but at many points, came to a dead end where two walls met up, and the group had to backtrack, staying far away from the lights. Before long, Kreemon was not sure at all in which direction he was facing, or how far he was from the castle walls, though he could tell that he was about two stories above ground. He was also covered in cobwebs, and could feel tiny legs crawling down his neck and along his arms, and into his clothing.
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Kreemon spoke quickly and quietly. “Let's climb down the scaffolding. We need to get lower, stay away from the hole.” He carefully lowered himself down to Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
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There had been more pinpricks of light above them than below, and several had seemed close to ground level – more possible exits. It made sense that the exits would be at ground level, so they needed to go down.
“Quiet!” he heard a guard yell, from almost on top of them. “I can't hear anything.” The noise level in the area dropped considerably.
Hopefully, the shadows cast by lanterns and torches would make them harder to see, especially if they put some distance between themselves and the hole. With that thought, Kreemon touched Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
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“I hear something,” the guard said. After that, he was quiet, but soon a lantern could be seen coming down the hole, accompanied by the shadows of three men.
Kreemon led the others down, toward ground level, and before long, travel was made much easier by the presence of packed dirt. They still had to weave between the boards, but at least they could stand. There was also the danger of rats, not as enemies, but as creatures that could betray their presence with a sound.
The guards pursued them along the ground, though at some point they caught a false lead and headed off in the wrong direction. Still, Kreemon could see at least half a dozen lanterns from where he was. After a few more tense seconds of cautious walking, Kreemon's foot made a loud 'clunk' on the ground. That was certainly not packed dirt.
Kreemon moved his foot and brushed away the dirt to see what he had stepped on. He felt a pattern of flat segments and long, narrow holes, which he recognized pretty quickly as forming a wooden grate. Quickly circling, he measured its dimensions as roughly four feet square. It was covered in a thick layer of dust, dirt and rat droppings, and what felt like the decayed skeleton of a small bird lay near one corner.
Two of the lanterns were moving in this direction, one from above, and one from ground level.
Kreemon looked for a locking mechanism on the grate. Finding none, he gripped the grate and pulled. Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
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Kreemon lay down on the ground, stuck his head in the opening, and felt around. He found a ladder, which was damp and rotted. Although vision was useless in such extreme darkness, he could hear the scurrying and occasional splashing of small animals. Based on the amount of noise they made, it could not have been more than a ten or fifteen foot drop. This could have been an entrance to a cistern that led out from the castle. More than likely, it was filled with rats and other small vermin, but it was definitely a way to freedom.
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Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. followed. The fragment which had missed Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of dug deep into Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden.'s hand and snapped off loudly, though that didn't create nearly so much noise as the splash she made when landing on her back in the two-inch deep water.
Kreemon followed last, holding himself to the ladder with his feet against its sides and pulling the spear down into the hole with him, to settle the grate back in place. Kreemon then slid down the rotted ladder to the water below, landing lightly on his feet in the water. He could pull out the splinters later.
Once the grate was closed, the sounds above became almost inaudible, and were replaced by the scurrying, squeaking and rhythmic dripping that filled this underground passage. The grate soon became visible as a faint pattern of light and shadow, which grew more defined as the guards came closer.
It was time to leave.
I played Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. and Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of for a lot of this turn, so naturally, role-playing awards will be lower. Otherwise, 'twas a fun turn! This was the most exciting turn in a while.
In other news, you all know that turn 57 [edit: 62] has been going on for a while now, so it should be available on the web site soon. I'm definitely enjoying the faster pace of the game, and I hope everyone else is too.