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Aella
Having put on her armor, Aella packs up her things and grabs her bec de corbin. She walks up to the others, with a note in her hand scrawled in nigh illegible handwriting that says only one word.
She looks around and points at unopened doors as she shows the others her note.
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Vaughn nods, stretching out and clenching his fist. He motions for Aella to lead on.
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I didn't mention it, but I figure Vaughn would probably have had some coffee and breakfast ready when people got up. He shows his concern by cooking for people :)
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Not having noticed the others moving around yet, Charlie frowns deeply at the magical aura she gets off of the statuette. She traces a rune in the air with her free hand that seems to do something to her one good eye, and begins studying the statuette even more intently.
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Casting Detect Magic, maintaining it for three rounds and using Spellcraft to try to identify the properties of the statuette.
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Chewing on her breakfast, Evelyn starts setting out a number of items: beakers, vials, her journal, and reagents of various sorts. She sets up a small metal stand next to the fire and empties out her unused concoctions from the day before. By the Allfather, she thinks, had it really been less than a day that they were still safe within the walls of the city?
She pushes this musing out of her head and refocuses on the task at hand. She refills the vials with water and mixes in a few of the reagents. As the vial is heating by the fire, the alchemist draws a pentagram around the stand, and makes a few hand gestures of her own. After about a minute of work, she repeats the process again, and sets the vials aside to cool as she packs up her equipment. She stuffs everything back into her pack, and tucks the vials into her belt. The woman stands up, stretches, and smiles, ready to start the day.
Rene continues to sit.
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She's going to prepare Enlarge Person and CLW again today
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As Charlie concentrates on the statuettes, they all begin moving. First their arms, then their legs. They look to be awakening from a deep slumber. Forcing themselves free, the statuettes hop onto the ground. In unison, like tiny little soldiers who have been perfectly drilled, the statuettes waddle forward towards the pews at the front of the church. As you look out towards the nave, you see roughly twenty five other statuettes waddle out from all manner of semi-hidden nooks and crannies, all moving in unison with their comrades. From one of the locked rooms on the right hand side of the nave appears a life-sized version of the statuettes. She, like her diminutive followers, is half angel and half devil. Her left side is beautiful, with flowing robes that look to be billowing in a gentle breeze. Her right side is jagged and ungainly, her features gaunt and almost skeletal. A large, curved horn protrudes from the left side of her head. Like the statuettes, she has wings, one angelic and bird-like, the other leathery and bat-like. The statue of the woman imperiously strides forward and up to the apse at the far end of the church. Standing behind the broken altar, the statue makes wide, sweeping motions with its hands, as if drawing symbols in the air. Suddenly, in a burst of light, the words,
"WELCOME MY CHILDREN!
PRAISE BE TO COLATA!"
appear before her. The left hand side of her writing curved and gentle, glowing a soft blue, while the right half of her writing is jagged and angular, glowing a dark sanguine.
Although the statuettes cannot be seen now (as they have hopped up onto the pews at the front of the nave), they waggle their hands in the air, each writing the words, "HAIL THE SILENCE!" Their script comes in a variety of styles and colors, seemingly unique to each statuette.
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Aella
Aella sees everything that just happens and she's completely flabbergasted. Completely unsure what to do, her training takes over. She grabs her weapon tight and takes up a postion between the group and the statuettes, looking at the scene and ready to defend herself.
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Huh, Evelyn thinks. Looking at Rene, she quickly tosses a blanket over him, and nudges him under a pew. Might be for the best, after all.
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Had Daedalia a tail like many of his ancestors did, surely it would be twitching with unease at the scene before him. As it was, he just gingerly moves a bit closer to Aella, prepared to reach for his knives should anything go awry. However... they didn't really seem to have a way of communicating, here. They couldn't write on thin air like these... things... could. So Daedalia tries sign. He turns toward the large statue, and quickly gestures a message to it in the tiefling sign language.
What do you want?
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Charlie stands there, mouth agape with shock. Hesitantly, she sketches a rune in the air, and tries to use Dancing Lights to form some letters in front of her.
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I don't know if it'll actually work since that's not how Dancing Lights is described, but I figure if the DM allows it I may as well try. The letters will be "HELLO"
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Vaughn drops into fighting stance, but mostly just stares with a mix of amazement and apprehension at the statues. He sticks close to Aella just in case, and glances back toward the door to see if there's anything between them and the exit.
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The statue looks up and seems startled (as much as an animated statue can appear to be startled), as of noticing the party for the first time. The statue looks at Charlie and watches the witch create the words "HELLO" with magical light. The animated statue nods, then reciprocates by spelling out the phrase,
"GREETINGS. BLESSINGS OF COLATA UPON YOU, TRAVELERS."
The smaller statuettes all hop up onto the back of the pews. Some balance themselves precariously upon the back, while others merely hold onto the edge of the back with their wee little arms. Some spell out, "GREETINGS!" and "HELLO!", while others seem much more wary of your presence, some even bordering on fearful.
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The exit is behind you and the path to the exit is clear.
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The statue does not seem to understand your signs (or at the very least, is not acknowledging them), however, one of the smaller statuettes - who is truly struggling to hoist himself up onto the back of the pew - signs back, "Hello, friend. Where did you come from?"
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Daedalia sees the statuette sign back to him, and nudges Charlie to get her attention, as well. At least they seem intelligent. He signs back to the small statue. Not from here. Dun Dunachad, he signs, though he's unsure if the statue will recognize the signature for the city's name.
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Aella
Aella is still unsure how to respond. It doesn't look like these things are hostile, so that's a good thing at least. So, she lowers her weapon and sort of sheepishly waves hello at the nearest statuette.
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Evelyn
Not to be deterred for too long, Evelyn's natural curiosity gets the better of her as she moves closer to inspect the statue. The craftsmanship was remarkable, to say the least. Reaction! Remarkable, does it have a mind or was it merely preprogrammed? This bore further research...
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Charlie jumps slightly as Daedalia pokes at her, and goes back to trying to communicate with the statuettes. Casting Dancing Lights a few more times, she tries to spell out a message to them.
"THANK"
"WHO YOU"
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Spoiler: Aella
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A gruff looking statuette notices Aella's wave and reciprocates with a thumbs up and a wink.
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The small statuette signs to Daedalia, WHERE D-U-N D-A-N-A-C-H-A-D? He then asks, "YOU LOVE COLATA?"
The magnificent statue strides down the stair case and down into nave. Standing in the center aisle, the statue strikes her scale-staff on the marble floor. The unnatural sound dampening effect that has been placed on the building muffles what would most likely have been a thunderous knock. The statue then writes,
WE ARE THE SILENCE.
FORGED BY THE FAITHFUL
OF COLATA TO GUARD
AND PROTECT HER
SANCTUARIES. WE STAND
AGAINST THE DARKNESS
OF THIS AGE AND ACT AS
A GUIDING LIGHT FOR ALL
THOSE WHOM HAVE LOST
THEIR WAY AND THEIR FAITH.
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Okay, well, they don't seem... super dangerous. Hopefully. Daedalia continues his conversation with the small statue. The city fell, he responds to the first question. Then, in response to the second, Colata is one of many deities which I revere.
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The diminutive statuette slips a little and slides down into the seat of the pew. With a little effort and determination, he crawls his way back up onto the back of the pew. He signs, "I ONLY LOVE COLATA! COLATA IS FRIEND. IF COLATA LIKE YOU THEN I LIKE YOU.
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I think Colata likes me, Daedalia signs in reply. He can't think of a reason why she wouldn't - even with his demon blood, the Goddess of Death was supposedly fair in all regards.
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Once more cursing the limited nature of her magic, Charlie continues trying to communicate six letters at a time.
"DARKNE"
"SS? WHA"
"T? WHO "
"FORGED"
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Vaughn
Vaughn also lowers his fists, glancing at the statues and the others with some confusion. They seemed to be friendly enough, and if they were designed to guard the sanctuaries they might help defend them if anything else decided to try and force its way in... but their appearance was unsettling, and they could decide his group was a threat if they were set off. Vaughn had never been particularly religious, so he didn't have more than a passing knowledge of who Colata was or what her temperament was like. A goddess of death, but also protection? Overall the entire situation left him uneasy.
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The statue motions to the heavens and then writes,
THE DARKNESS BEGAT FROM THE DECREPIT,
ROTTING HEART OF THE PLAGUE BEARER.
UNTOLD DEATH BUBBLED UP FROM BELOW
AND WASHED CIVILIZATION AWAY,
CLEANSING IT WITH UNHOLY MAGIC
THEN HEROES ROSE UP AND TRIED
TO STEM THE TIDE OF DARKNESS.
THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL,
FOR A TIME...
BUT THEN NEW HORRORS ROSE
BIRTHED FROM THE GAPING MAW...
WARS BEGAN ANEW AND THE LAND
QUAKED UNDER THEIR MIGHT...
WE ARE THE SILENCE.
WE WERE CREATED IN THE
IMAGE OF OUR GODDESS
BY MORTAL MEN AND WOMEN
WHO WISHED FOR US TO
CARRY ON THEIR TASK
EVEN AFTER THEY HAD
PASSED INTO THE SOUL
SEEKER'S EMBRACE...
WE SEEK TO RETURN THE
WORLD TO ITS VIRGIN SELF
BUT WE NUMBER FEW...
OUR ORDER IS SPREAD THIN
ACROSS THE POCK-MARKED LAND...
WE FOREVER SEEK TO
END THE DARKNESS...
IN ALL ITS DASTARDLY FORMS...
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The statuette signs, "YOU GOOD PERSON. I LIKE YOU.
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Aella [roll0]
Charlie [roll1]
Daedalia [roll2]
Evelyn [roll3]
Vaughn [roll4]
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You notice that one of the doors on the right side of the church wiggles, just a little bit. Every now-and-then.
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Sounds as though the world was quite content going on without the inhabitants of our city, Evelyn thought to herself. It wasn't quite the end of the world that they had been led to believe, though her ancestors didn't have the hindsight that she did, rest their souls. Well, they did the best with what they knew, and probably would've gone and died anyway, and then where would she be? That wasn't the only conundrum on her mind at the moment. Between all the new information and her desire to analyze these fascinating constructs, the scholar needed to give her mind a moment's rest.
She took a step back and rubbed her temples. She had spent a great deal of time studying Colata, and the woman couldn't help but feel somewhat sad that the goddess' flock had been reduced to this. So overcome, she takes out her journal and writes:
Quote:
What can I do to help?
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Aella
As it seems that others have the situation in hand for now, Aella's grip on her weapon relaxes. This place seems safe enough, at least.
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Vaughn
Vaughn watches as the statue explains, though a small movement catches his attention. He nudges Aella and cuts his eyes over toward the door. Attempting to look casual, he steps up between the others and starts moving along the back pew, as if heading over to take a seat, trying to keep an eye on the statues and see if they react to his movement.
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Not sure if I need to roll anything here, let me know if I do!
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Daedalia's attention is pulled away by the priestess' speech, but before he can reply, his attention is dragged away to the shaking door. Vaughn seems to have noticed it, as well... the tiefling turns back to the small statue he had been signing with before. What is behind there? he asks it.
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The Statue looks at Evelyn and ponders the question for a bit, before responding,
THERE IS A GOBLET THAT IS SAID TO
HAVE THE ABILITY TO STITCH WOUNDS.
ALTHOUGH TRAVELERS TO OUR SANCTUM
ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, I WOULD VERY
MUCH WISH TO POSSESS THIS GOBLET SO
THAT WE MAY BETTER PROTECT AND SERVE
THE FAITHFUL MEN AND WOMEN WHO COME
TO OUR SANCTUM.
THE GOBLET IS SAID TO RESIDE IN A LOCATION
NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE NOW STAND.
I WOULD SEND ONE OF MY FLOCK BUT...
She looks over her diminutive congregants,
I FEAR THEY ARE TOO SMALL TO CARRY THE BURDEN...
Turning her attention to the tiefling, the statue states,
A CURSED MONSTER RESIDES IN THAT ROOM.
WE CAPTURED AND IMPRISONED HIM HERE.
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You move closer to the door. The statue does not seem to notice (or at the very least care). As you watch the door, it looks as if someone is slamming against it with great force. Thankfully the door is made from thick wood.
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Aella
Seeing the door move, Aella grips her weapon tighter again. She keeps her attention on it for now while the others talk to the creature, occasionally glancing over her shoulder in case people start making a a move to start a fight, to flee, or to leave.
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Charlie continues casting magic to ask, "WHAT /IS IT/CALLED/? THE/MONSTR"
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The statue scrawls the following in the air,
THE MONSTER HAS NO NAME. IT IS A WILD BEAST.
A BEAST THAT MUST BE PUT DOWN, EVENTUALLY.
FOR NOW, WE ARE STUDYING THE CREATURE.
WE WISH TO SEE IF IT POSSESSES ANY
EXPLOITABLE WEAKNESSES.
FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN LEAD TO
BELIEVE, THESE BEASTS ARE COMMON IN
THE HIGHLANDS, SO FINDING A WAY TO DEFEAT
THEM MORE EASILY IS VERY IMPORTANT.