Brother Lars made a mental note to mention his findings to Maurice after reading it over.
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"Hen'di: God of internal bleeding. Hen'di the Blind Death, Hen'di the starved."
The image on the opposing page shows A man, emaciated and very pale with a bandage across his eyes. Is mouth is open, showing off rows of thin, razor sharp fangs, like a sharks mouth of hypodermic needles. The symbol at the bottom of the page is a blood drop.
"Hen'di is said to be the cause of internal bleeding, crouching in the body of the injured and drinking their blood to satisfy his own need. He is Prayed to both in the case of internal bleeding and of shock. His Symbol is often placed on patients who are suffering from internal bleeding that the doctor can do nothing to help. Prayers to him are phrased as requests for the god to not drink too much, or as offers of blood from other sources, usually accompanied by the worshiper cutting his own hand or otherwise spilling a small amount of blood.
As with most gods of the Medic's pantheon, great care should be taken never to place Hen'di's mark on a healthy man, as doing such will draw the god's attention and single out the man as his next unwilling host."
It appears that convicts killing each other is, well, normal around here. That's somewhat distressing.
Think of a good name for the poor dead fellow.
He looks like a "Boots" or maybe a "Scrambles"
Milno smiled. A nice option, actually. "Would that be complicated? How much of an adaptation would be needed?"
Ask.
"That guy thomas had something like it done already, if you care to look. But it wouldn't be much. Cost of cam eyes plus two tokens for work and parts to adapt everything. Keep in mind that they wouldn't fit perfectly flush or anything, they'd stick out a little bit from the front of your helmet, but only an inch or two. "
Play defensively, attempt to lock opponent's blade. If such occurs, use gained leverage to shove them back and strike them upside the head while they're off-balance.
((I ever mention that Simus is ambidextrous?))
[dex:5]
[dum dex:1]
[str:2]
(I don't really give bonuses or anything for the hands anything is held in so I guess everyone is
)
You successfully knock the dummy off balance and then proceed to tap him on the head very gently.
"Hey- let- me- down- stop- shaking- me- help- you'll- have- to- pay- for- that- arm- if- it- comes- off- you- know-"
Let the crazy person take the tokens!
You drop the tokens and Cog scoops them up before dropping you to the ground.
Aw, don't feel bad. Cog's a lot less than 50% human, and he's participating.
((I pronounce it Tiroowin.))
((Irony got it right. ))
Ohhh, Cog.
Hmm, aren't you participating? I'm actually rooting (is this the right word?) for you or Milno to join in, but then it seems I can't find the lad anywhere.
Also, don't get pets from the Doctor. It's made out of people.
I always pronounced it Tie-ruin. And Feyri like "Fairy" but with a bit of a speech impediment.
((Oh yay, you got a backstory hook in the name! ))
"Cog has fists of death."
It doesn't look like Cog will be weakened here...
Browse the manual for any ranged weapon that is still of feasible use against armored opponents in this time period.
Well...does being armored in 15th century plate mail count as "Armored"?
"Science!"
Run into a wall.
You run into a wall. This results in you running into a wall.
"Thank you kindly."
Take the tokens and the corpse to the medbay. See what they can do with it.
((I suppose Cog could go unarmed. Though, from poor Scrambles perspective, he might be less lethal with a weapon.))
You drop Mesk, grab the tokens and the corpse and then head to the infirmary, dragging the corpse behind you. You walk into the infirmary proper, hold the body up and yell "ANYONE NEED A CORPSE?"
The doctor walks up and gives the corpse a poke or two.
"Looks pretty fresh. Want something done with it?"
This weapon, it's the one... He had
Flashback to inept team killing idiot shooting me.
[int:4]
You have a fairly accurate flashback to THAT GUY killing you. You're fairly certain he insulted your mother too.
Watch them fight.
You watch the fight fail to continue.