Death House

[kintire]

Kimber does not seem to be responding to the incident with Vorj much, shaking her head in confusion. The expulsion of Rose from Vorj's body however definitly grabs her attention, and with a gasp of terror she dashes out of the room, runs for several paces then drops to her knees hiding her face.

After a moment of quivering terror she slowly unfurls looking a little shamefaced, then glances back into the room, still shaking a little.

[VAN]

Van needs few moments to realize what just happened. The children that seem innocent attacked them and one of them actually got in Kimber. Then the other one get banished from Vorj's body and Rose accused him of being a monster. She also had scars that weren't there before. Van shakes his head in disbelief and turns to Burdur only to find out that he is in shock. Getting his wit he takes a deep breath and tries to help the cleric to recover so they can decide what to do.

"Burdur, come to your senses I need you."

Then always having his scimitars ready addresses the other two and a bit unsure if he is still talking to his companions says:

"Guys, you are here? Kimber calm down , how do you fee?"

[kintire]

Kimber swallows.

"I..yes I feel..fine. Well, a bit shaken up maybe. What was that... with Vorj?"

She enters the room again cautiously, looking around as if expecting ghosts to burst in from every wall... with some reason to be fair!

[Ken of Ghastria]

Vorj gasps for breath. His entire body aches, and he feels as though his soul has turned to glass and been dropped into a deep, dark well. His worst fears have been realized.

"It's... not gone. HE'S not gone," he says with terror. He reaches for the wall to steady himself. Then, seeing the looks on his companions' faces, he straightens up. He seems to visibly force the fear back down inside him, but with obvious effort. Like Burdur, the paladin's emotional strength is nearly gone.

"I was ... possessed once... as a child," he says haltingly. He strives to make eye contact with each of them as he speaks. "I will not speak the demon's name. He was exorcized... but I've feared that it didn't fully banish him. Perhaps it hasn't." His voice regains some power. "But he is contained." From his tone, it's difficult to tell whether Vorj believes what he's saying. He calls out to Kimber, "Kimber, are you all right? Are you... YOU?"

[alhoon]

Burdur still seems out of it and in his own mental prison. He justs murmurs in dwarven.

[VAN]

Van looks at Vorj without trying to hide his concern:

"And does this demon ever takes control over your actions? What if it decides to get out and attack us? None of us have a chance such fiends. We need to find someone that can banish it for sure."

Realizing that this isn't actually their main problem right now softens his voice and says:

"But first we need to get out of here. Kimber I'm glad you are back to yourself."

Going closer to the dwarf shakes him slightly.

"Come on Burdur, snap out of it we need you more than ever now."

[Ken of Ghastria]

Van looks at Vorj without trying to hide his concern:

"And does this demon ever takes control over your actions? What if it decides to get out and attack us? None of us have a chance against such fiends."

Vorj staggers back. "He's contained..." He wraps his arms around himself, as though trying to hold back the darkness within him. "He's contained..." he repeats, "...contained, contained, contained..." The unseeing gaze of his wide, bloodshot eyes drops to the floor as he continues repeating the word.

[kintire]

"I... Think I'm okay."

Then she stares blank faced at Vorj as he slides into a trance

"Van I think we may have come as far as we can in one day. Maybe these two will be better for a rest?"

She trails off to uncertainly

[Ken of Ghastria]

Vorj looks up. "Yes," he says, "a rest...." His tone is strange, almost mocking, for a moment, and then he relaxes and continues, "Where do you suggest?"

[VAN]

Van looks at Vorj as he repeats the word "contained" few times but says nothing, but is clear that he is worried. He nods at Kimber:

"Yes it's a good idea, well we have come across a bedroom at the 2nd floor that wasn't that spooky as the one at the 3rd one."

[kintire]

"Yes.yes. But we must set watches too. The lower floors seemed safe when we went through them, but who knows now?"

Kimber follows the others towards the lower floors

[alhoon]

Burdur shakes a bit and murmurs something as his eyes seem to slowly focus and his mind to clear. He ends with "I didn't know" before he gets hold of his tongue. He's still shaken and pale and he needs three tries to pick up his holy symbol, but he is back to his senses.

"What... what happened?" He says. "I mostly blacked out after the funeral failed." He looks at Kimber with suspicion, frowns, but doesn't say anything. Then his gaze falls to Vorj. He doesn't say anything or ask, but he clutches his holy symbol tighter, more protectively. It seems that he starts remembering at least parts of what sent him to a state of shock.

[VAN]

"Yes we will set watches for sure. Burdur, I'm glad you are feeling better, don't focus on past we need clear mind to stay alive in here."

[Ken of Ghastria]

"I can take first watch," says Vorj. "I don't feel like sleeping right now."

[alhoon]

Burdur looks at the Paladin with a surprised expression, before bluntly and undiplomatically speaking his mind "Who, exactly, do you think we will be watching for any suspicious actions Royalist? We will be watching you. It may very well all be a mind game by this atrocious den of evil. I never trust Undead very much in any case to tell me who is good and who is bad.
But I hope you understand that both you and the half-elf are suspect right now for more than your political association."