At the University of Magic...Jordan has an idea in that decomposing brain of his! He says so!
"I say, chap, I have a brilliant idea of how to get past this here barricade!"He will use his Displacement Axe's capabilities to teleport himself past the barricade going into one of the buildings! He stands next to a barricade and swings!
His image does indeed transport itself past the barricade for a short period of time! However, it soon disappears, leaving the real Jordan on the wrong side of the barricade the entire time!
[Mob reaction roll: 1]
"Look over there! It's a walking corpse! And he's got a magical axe of some kind!""Should we get 'im?""You heard the man! Get 'im!"
The mob descends upon Jordan! While it does so,
Samuel searches for an alternate way inside one of the faculty buildings!
[Faculty building choice roll: 5]
[Search roll: 1]
He walks to what he believes is the Divination Department and kicks at the barricade a bit! It doesn't yield!
[Samuel will roll: 2]
Samuel is very angered at this development! He proceeds to begin whacking the barricade with his cane relentlessly to no effect! He hears a voice from up top!
[? roll: ?]
"I have foreseen your coming, skeleton! Come in, and we shall negotiate!"[? magic roll: 5+1]
Samuel feels himself being lifted into the air! He rises three stories, then gets pulled in through a window! He finds himself in the company of five elderly wizards, all of them dressed in the standard grey robes of the Divination Department! One of the wizards is wearing an interesting-looking amulet!
[Handy exposition roll: 6]
"The visions told me you would come while I was sitting on the toilet yesterday morning, reading my morning book (it was a paper on visceromancy, fascinating stuff, really, I would recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in divination), but I know not your name and intentions! I am the Head Diviner of this university, and I have the scrying amulet to prove it!" he says, holding up his amulet!
"State your business here or I shall smite you!"Near the lair of Bernie, the great and magical...Leon, weighed down by a whole lot of equipment, decides that unloading it somewhere would be the best idea!
[Leon local knowledge roll: 4]
There is a town that's about a three hour walk to the east. And it supposedly has an armorer, unlike Richardsburgh! But first, the best garment has to be put on! He drops everything to the ground and puts the officer's bloody levy leather armor on!
Well, he doesn't smell so bad anymore. Sure, he smells like a victim of a bloody beating and evisceration, but at least he doesn't quite smell like a rank corpse! That's a start.
That being done, he picks up everything again!
[Leon strength roll: 3+1]
Leon struggles a bit, but manages to hold everything on his back! He decides to go for the other town,
Kerwood!
[Leon speedy traveling roll: 2-
2]
He forgets to turn when he reaches the road and keeps going straight on through the wilderness! He walks for an hour until he realizes that there's no road! And that he's totally lost in the woods!
Vincent, having no idea where the university is, decides to follow the road until he sees a person to ask for directions! In an hour, he has reached Richardsburgh! There used to be many buildings here! There's a person, too. He's naked and dead!
On the road westward...The approaching dawn does little to give
James confidence in his abilities! He decides to look for a sun shade while he's strolling along!
[James search roll: 4-
1]
He finds a small narrow-brimmed hat hanging from a tree branch on his way! He grabs it and puts it on!
[Resistance roll: 1-
1]
A swarm of insects pours out over his head! It scratches, bites and infests his previously immaculate skin!
James is now a breeding ground for insectoid forces of pestilence!
Oh well. At least he has a
hat. Just as he thinks so, the hat disintegrates, having lost the insects that held it together!
He keeps going. Dawn breaks on the wilderness. He is about halfway to the university.
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Topic: Life Begins At Death - Epilogue: We Live And Live Again (Read 557067 times)