Mists over the Musarde, Chapter Four

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:27 am

Alain adds his blood to the circle. Just as soon as he crosses both his feet into the ring, he immediately vanishes from sight.

The natives become panicked, shouting about,

''Witchery! Black Magic!''

The entire native search party bolts into the treeline, taking the dogs with them.

The rain begins to fall in earnest now, threatening to drench anyone not under shelter. The flashes of lightning and thunderclaps are getting closer and louder. A stiff wind shakes the trees about the little glade.

steveflam · Post by **steveflam** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:47 am

Norzak moves quickly and does the same as both Alain and Jon. He didn't want to leave the lad alone too long.

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:02 pm

The rain has not quite washed the stones clean when Norzak dribbles his own blood onto the circle, steps in, and vanishes.

Now only Dorgio, Bennedict, and Cirdan remain in the rain soaked glade.

The summer storm that has drenched the area passes as quickly as it had come. The dark clouds overhead have drifted away, borne on the high winds. Bright, warm sunshine once again lights the forest. The air settles somehwat, the stiff winds lessening to nothing more than a gentle breeze.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:19 pm

Bennedict sighs in irritation and looks at Dorgio and Cirdan. "Apparently my lecture about trying to go in prepared was very effective."

He sighs and steps into the circle himself. "Well, we'd best go rescue the fools." He repeats the process of cutting his hands and spreading blood onto the stones.

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:42 pm

Jon experiences a momentary disorientation. The overcast sky and sylvan scenery of the glade is suddenly wrenched from his view and replaced with a shadow haunted vault of black stone. The only light is a thin sliver of sunlight coming in through a narrow grill set high into the wall to his left. Looking down, Jon sees that he is standing in the center of a white stone circle inlaid into the flagstones. It is almost identical to the one in the glade, only this one is not bloodstained. Once his eyes adjust to the half-light, the boy can make out that he stands in the middle of a rectangular chamber that is roughly ten feet cubed. Jon sees no obvious egress [the window grill is small] other than a corridor to his right. The archway there holds the decayed remnant of an ancient door, of which little is left but rusty hinges and a few scraps of mouldering wood.

JMaytr · Post by **JMaytr** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:35 pm

"Not exactly what I had in mind..." Jonathan says. Knife still in hand the boy clings to the shadows of the chamber.

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:05 pm

Jon isn't alone in the chamber for very long. Alain appears in the circle, quite suddenly and without warning. Over the next few minutes, Norzak and then Bennedict likewise appear.

[All of you suffer momentary disorientation from your teleportation between circles].

Brock Marsh Runoff · Post by **Brock Marsh Runoff** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:49 pm

"Brave boy" Dorgio mutters when he sees Jon vanish. As the others disappear and the locals panic and run, the priest casts a backward glance at the group, wondering briefly if they will be safe in their panic shoud this prove some sort of feint. But they knew the land better than he did, and he had other priorities at the moment. He let the wet, only half-finished cigarillo drop onto the ground, then he pricked his finger with the tip of the star-iron spear, smeared his blood on the stones, and stepped into the circle.

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:05 pm

Dorgio feels a queer whirling, rushing feeling pass over him- and finds himself standing in the dim stone vault with the rest of the party. Well, most of the party. Cirdan has yet to join them.

Lord Skybolt · Post by **Lord Skybolt** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:28 am

After getting there Alain nods to Jon in greeting then gets out of the circle . He takes up a position to the right of the corridor to be out of some one's sight(1) if they come down it . Signaling to Jon for silence by way of the eternal finger to lips motion .

1. Hide check 17, MS check 16 .

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:58 am

No sooner than Alain hides beside the open doorway; soft footsteps can be heard coming down the dark hallway beyond. Anyone peeking into the hall may spot the wobbling glimmer of a candle or lamp. The footseps begin to sound a wee bit louder and closer as the light seems to grow.

Lord Skybolt · Post by **Lord Skybolt** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:01 am

Alain draws his silver short sword then quietly cast's a spell (SG) . He will be using his other hand to inflict the spell if needed .

JMaytr · Post by **JMaytr** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:50 am

Jonathan hides the best he can, preparing to move to flank whomever is approaching Alain.

steveflam · Post by **steveflam** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:43 am

Norzak does the same as Alain except somewhere else, obviously. Unsheathing his sword, he waits.

Rolls were 23 Move Silently, 24 hide in Shadows!

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:45 pm

Now the person carrying the candle has come close to the doorway. By the light of a single taper, you can see Gaston Van Diecks, walking with an easy, unhurried gait towards the room in which your party hides. He is whistling to himself. His clothing is torn and soiled, but he appears untired and unharmed.

Gaston stops a few paces short of the little room with the white stone circle. [I am assuming that all of you are at least attempting to hide, perhaps nestled against the walls]. With his free hand, he swiftly draws a wheellock pistol and points it towards the doorless arch.

''I know that you are in there. I can smell your stink and hear your breathing. Come out!''

Café de Nuit

Welcome, friends, to our establishment.

Mists over the Musarde, Chapter Four