In the basement of Bernie's inn...
Yorinnsud tries to get the priest, who seems to be busy sorting through a chest of some kind, to pay attention to him.
[Attention getting roll: 1]
He yells that he's here and he's ready for action and whatnot! The priest jumps up instantly!
[Bernie reaction roll: 4]
He manages to keep a hold on whatever he was sorting through as well as the probably immense temptation to use it. He glares at Yorinnsud for a moment, then slowly starts to speak again.
"Zu-amaniz! Zu-latris. Zu-gozo, zu-lus-pozok-aliziris-trazikiz! Zu-pazlikut." ("You no do that! You slave. You prognosticate, you make give tribute virgins elsewhere. You bring on over.")
He seems to be trying to say something about making people give virgins tribute. Or is it giving virgins as tribute? And something about bringing them here. Yorinnsud is, quite frankly, insulted. Not even a "how are you" or "where have you been" from the guy.
In the maw of a metal shark...
Luke tries to bite Sharkhammer on the internal organs from his disadvantageous position!
[Luke vs. Sharkhammer: 6-1 vs. 2]
He shuffles around a bit in Sharkhammer's mouth to force the construct to try and bite him again. Interestingly, this works.
But Luke does not use the opportunity to get out of the shark's mouth. Instead, he dives deeper in and bites right through a layer of softer metal to reach what looks like a glowing heart! He elects to bite down on it. After all, what could he possibly lose this way? He clamps down on it with his teeth and starts chewing!
[Sharkhammer endurance roll: 5]
The heart proves quite resilient, and Sharkhammer tries to bite Luke once again!
[Sharkhammer vs. Luke: 3 vs. 2-1]
It clamps down again, but this time below Luke's neck and more around his chest area, leaving very deep marks indeed. Luke just keeps on chewing on the heart!
[Sharkhammer endurance roll: 1]
He bites it from every conceivable direction until he finally finds a weakness of some kind around one of the vessels protruding from it! He rips the vessel right off, spilling a silvery liquid through the innards of Sharkhammer! The hammer twists and convulses, then locks its jaws around Luke in some strange reflex!
Well, that's odd. It seems to be dead. It also seems to be unwilling to let go of Luke.
Next to a scene of gruesome violence...
Mark attempts to practice medicine on the unconscious man!
[Medicine roll: 3]
He looks to be in pretty bad shape. Hm. Better drag him back to the guy before all of his blood gets out. Mark tries this to the best of his ability.
[Strength roll: 3]
This fellow seems to be pretty heavy. It takes Mark about twenty minutes to drag him back to the basement. Oh hey, his brother-in-arms and accomplice in stabbing violence is here! He's looking awfully good for someone who was chopped into tiny bits. Oh well.
[Man endurance roll: 5]
The guy seems to be holding up okay, though. He actually looks a bit better than previously. This is good. Better that bleeding subjects have some life left in them. The blood lasts longer that way, apparently, from what Mark knows. He presents the man to the necromancer.
Bernie turns away from Yorinnsud and takes a look at the guy on the ground.
"He'll do, I guess. Affix him to the straps next to Chuckles, will you?"
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Topic: Life Begins At Death - Epilogue: We Live And Live Again (Read 563118 times)