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[speedyth]

When Charlotte gets within range, open the hatch. We don't want it turning around prematurely.

+1

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Claire turns her head to you, nods, and mouths "Now!"

You hear the staircase below the hatch groan and shatter. You clamber down the steps and swing open the hatch to see the worm lying on the floor 15' below amid a pile of wooden wreckage. Charlotte has crept in the door and is attacking the worm with a rusty pitchfork. There are a few triple-stab wounds on the beast's sides and one of Claire's arrows sticking out of the tail.

The worm flips around and entangles Charlotte, pinning her arms to her sides. She cries out soundlessly as the serpent constricts.

//

You, Claire, and Pearl are in the 2nd floor of the guard tower. The white serpent is inside the 1st floor. Very narrow stairs lead up to a sturdy hatch, and down to an open hatch in the floor - but below that the staircase is shattered. An open broken doorway leads west into the shop building. You are in the hatch shaft, blocking it. Pearl is above you, and Claire at the arrow slit. Charlotte is on the 1st floor constricted by the worm.

Everyone except Charlotte is covered in dried blood, and Pearl is also grimy with coal dust.

Spoiler: Jeffrey Inventory: 22/20 -- Wounds 0/1 (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Fur Cloak, Faded Green Shirt, Trousers, Belt with Dagger Sheath and Pouch, Floppy Boot Hat, Cloth-Wrapped Sandals
Armor: None
Jewelry: Ceramic Ocarina Necklace (0 ENC)
In Hand: Rusty Axe
Satchel [10/10]:a Big Heavy Book [Unlocked] (10 ENC), Densely-Written Love Letter (0 ENC)
Dagger (Belt Sheath)
Bottle [1/1]: 1.9 Pints of Peach/Apple/Pine Liquor
Mirror Shiv with Shirt-Wrapped Handle
Torch
Sausages x1.5 (1 ENC)
Bread Loaf: 3/4 left
Jug [1/4]: 2 Pints Hard Cider

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Compass
Pocketknife
Engraved Lighter
Pack of Serpent Tarot Cards
Engraved Gold Engagement Ring

Spoiler: Claire Inventory: 18/20 -- Wounds 0/1 (Claire's pack is on the bottom floor of the guard tower) (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Black Cloth Pants, Black Cloth Shirt, Black Hooded Cloak, Black Leather Gloves, Black Leather Boots, Belt with Axe Loop and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: None
In Hand: Bow
Sturdy Backpack [7/20]: Hardtack x9 (1 ENC), Salamander Hide x3 (3 ENC), Salamander Head (3 ENC)
Hand Axe (Belt Loop)
Quiver [1/1]: Arrows x37
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Tinderbox
Chunk of Soap
Archer's Finger Guard
(Unknown)

Spoiler: Charlotte Inventory: 20/20 -- Wounds 1/1 (Charlotte's inventory is on the bottom floor of the guard tower) (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Black Cloth Pants with Two Dagger Sheaths, Black Cloth Shirt, Black Hooded Cloak, Black Leather Gloves, Black Leather Boots, Bandolier with Six Dagger Sheaths, Belt with Sword Sheath and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: None
In Hand: Short Sword
Cute Square Backpack [4/10]: Mixed Nuts x2 (1 ENC), Dried Meat x3 (1 ENC), Rolled Blanket, Brick of Soap
7 Daggers (Belt Sheaths)
1 Melty Dagger (Belt Sheath)
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Tinderbox
(Unknown)

Spoiler: Pearl Inventory: 19/20 -- Wounds 0/1 (Pearl's pack is on the bottom floor of the guard tower) (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Dark Purple Fur-Lined Pants, Grey Cloth Shirt, Brown Leather Vest, Deep Green Hooded Cloak, Brown Leather Gloves, Brown Leather Boots, Belt with Dagger Sheath and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: Silver Bracelets x5 (0 ENC)
In Hand: Dagger
Satchel [10/10]: Dried Fruit x4 (1 ENC), Dried Meat x4 (1 ENC), Pearl's Spellbook {Pyrotechnics, Whispered Message} (5 ENC), Coffer [Locked] [2/3]: 108 oz Gold, 100 oz. Silver
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Hollow Reeds and Cobweb x34 (Whispered Message)
Guano and Sulfur Balls x22 (Pyrotechnics)
Lockpick Kit (1 ENC)
Chunk of Soap
(Unknown)

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[speedyth]

Charge! attack the serpent with all of the weapons we have. We shall not let Charlotte perish without a fight

[Cain12]

Charge! attack the serpent with all of the weapons we have. We shall not let Charlotte perish without a fight

+1, should we grab Charlotte's sword if we see and get the chance? Would probably cut better than a rusty axe and dagger, should be on the ground floor.

[WillowLuman]

...but the stairs are out.

[Cain12]

Assumed we would try jumping down/navigating the shattered stairs, or go round like she did, if jumping how far is the drop?
Edit:Can't very well stay where we are anyway.

[Travisplo]

Do a drop-n-chop with our axe on it's body!

[speedyth]

Do a drop-n-chop with our axe on it's body!

+1

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Pearl is jumping from foot to foot above you while you're wracked with indecision, and sprints off across to the shop and down those stairs.

The serpent constricts again. Charlotte is all but hidden by the serpent's coils.

You leap down from the upper floor, landing on the worm axe-first and burying it deep into its side. You chop at it wildly.

Claire descends the narrow stairs to the hatch and fires her bow at the worm, planting the arrow in the floor instead.

--

As Pearl charges into the front door of the guard tower brandishing her dagger, the serpent finally succumbs to your axe-work and flops to the ground. Charlotte's white-skinned body slumps over it unconscious but alive.

//

Everyone except Charlotte is covered in dried blood, and Pearl is also grimy with coal dust.

Spoiler: Jeffrey Inventory: 22/20 -- Wounds 0/1 (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Fur Cloak, Faded Green Shirt, Trousers, Belt with Dagger Sheath and Pouch, Floppy Boot Hat, Cloth-Wrapped Sandals
Armor: None
Jewelry: Ceramic Ocarina Necklace (0 ENC)
In Hand: Rusty Axe
Satchel [10/10]:a Big Heavy Book [Unlocked] (10 ENC), Densely-Written Love Letter (0 ENC)
Dagger (Belt Sheath)
Bottle [1/1]: 1.9 Pints of Peach/Apple/Pine Liquor
Mirror Shiv with Shirt-Wrapped Handle
Torch
Sausages x1.5 (1 ENC)
Bread Loaf: 3/4 left
Jug [1/4]: 2 Pints Hard Cider

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Compass
Pocketknife
Engraved Lighter
Pack of Serpent Tarot Cards
Engraved Gold Engagement Ring

Spoiler: Claire Inventory: 18/20 -- Wounds 0/1 (Claire's pack is on the bottom floor of the guard tower) (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Black Cloth Pants, Black Cloth Shirt, Black Hooded Cloak, Black Leather Gloves, Black Leather Boots, Belt with Axe Loop and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: None
In Hand: Bow
Sturdy Backpack [7/20]: Hardtack x9 (1 ENC), Salamander Hide x3 (3 ENC), Salamander Head (3 ENC)
Hand Axe (Belt Loop)
Quiver [1/1]: Arrows x36
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Tinderbox
Chunk of Soap
Archer's Finger Guard
(Unknown)

Spoiler: Charlotte Inventory: 20/20 -- Wounds 1/1 (Charlotte's inventory is on the bottom floor of the guard tower) (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Black Cloth Pants with Two Dagger Sheaths, Black Cloth Shirt, Black Hooded Cloak, Black Leather Gloves, Black Leather Boots, Bandolier with Six Dagger Sheaths, Belt with Sword Sheath and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: None
In Hand: Short Sword
Cute Square Backpack [4/10]: Mixed Nuts x2 (1 ENC), Dried Meat x3 (1 ENC), Rolled Blanket, Brick of Soap
7 Daggers (Belt Sheaths)
1 Melty Dagger (Belt Sheath)
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Tinderbox
(Unknown)

Spoiler: Pearl Inventory: 19/20 -- Wounds 0/1 (Pearl's pack is on the bottom floor of the guard tower) (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Dark Purple Fur-Lined Pants, Grey Cloth Shirt, Brown Leather Vest, Deep Green Hooded Cloak, Brown Leather Gloves, Brown Leather Boots, Belt with Dagger Sheath and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: Silver Bracelets x5 (0 ENC)
In Hand: Dagger
Satchel [10/10]: Dried Fruit x4 (1 ENC), Dried Meat x4 (1 ENC), Pearl's Spellbook {Pyrotechnics, Whispered Message} (5 ENC), Coffer [Locked] [2/3]: 108 oz Gold, 100 oz. Silver
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Hollow Reeds and Cobweb x34 (Whispered Message)
Guano and Sulfur Balls x22 (Pyrotechnics)
Lockpick Kit (1 ENC)
Chunk of Soap
(Unknown)

>

[speedyth]

WHO-HOO! We Murdinated the vile serpent! Our next courses of action should be as follows:

1. Get Charlotte to a safe place upstairs so that she may recover.
2. Skin that snake and cook its meat. (if we ever manage to find some sewing equipment, we could make our entire party pairs of swanky snakeskin boots or more bags!)
3. return to the well and investigate the bottom. we might find better armor down there.

[Cain12]

Yay lucky skin, unless that is just shed skin that is lucky. Got my info on Lindworms from some dragon wiki, so I wouldn't trust it.

1. Get Charlotte to a safe place upstairs so that she may recover.
2. Skin that snake and cook its meat. (if we ever manage to find some sewing equipment, we could make our entire party pairs of swanky snakeskin boots or more bags!)
3. return to the well and investigate the bottom. we might find better armor down there.

+1 to the first two, -1 to the third, it can wait.

[WillowLuman]

On top of our stash of salamander meat? We've got enough food to feed a small army. If we took the time to do that, we'd be out of daylight.

[Cain12]

Fair enough, try to remove one of its fangs then?

[speedyth]

if we don't need the meat, we should definitely save the skin. also, +1 to removal of fangs provided we are VERY careful. for all we know the fangs could be poisonous.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You all pick up Charlotte and carry her around to the shop and up the stairs to the central attic area of the shop, and then over to the guard tower 2F. There are plenty of beds to rest in. You make sure she looks comfortable and go back downstairs by the same path.

When you get back you find that the worm's skin has turned translucent and it has sagged noticeably. Its black blood is seeping out of its wounds and pooling on the floor. Pearl and Claire pick up all the gear that was left by the wood stove while you investigate the serpent.

Its fangs have retracted into the roof of its mouth again. You can see the four little openings in the hard gums in its jaw but cutting isn't very productive. As you're handling the head you can feel the whole thing getting very rubbery and the face deforms as if its bones are softening beneath the skin.

Suddenly the skin on one side bursts open and black viscera spill out. The corpse sags even more, as if deflating. The spill is opposite you, sloshing up against the east wall and moving about some pieces of the staircase. Pearl and Claire get out of the way and stand next to you, near the front door.

//

Everyone except Charlotte is covered in dried blood, and Pearl is also grimy with coal dust.

Spoiler: Jeffrey Inventory: 22/20 -- Wounds 0/1, XP 17 (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Fur Cloak, Faded Green Shirt, Trousers, Belt with Dagger Sheath and Pouch, Floppy Boot Hat, Cloth-Wrapped Sandals
Armor: None
Jewelry: Ceramic Ocarina Necklace (0 ENC)
In Hand: Rusty Axe
Satchel [10/10]:a Big Heavy Book [Unlocked] (10 ENC), Densely-Written Love Letter (0 ENC)
Dagger (Belt Sheath)
Bottle [1/1]: 1.9 Pints of Peach/Apple/Pine Liquor
Mirror Shiv with Shirt-Wrapped Handle
Torch
Sausages x1.5 (1 ENC)
Bread Loaf: 3/4 left
Jug [1/4]: 2 Pints Hard Cider

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Compass
Pocketknife
Engraved Lighter
Pack of Serpent Tarot Cards
Engraved Gold Engagement Ring

Spoiler: Claire Inventory: 18/20 -- Wounds 0/1, XP 14 (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Black Cloth Pants, Black Cloth Shirt, Black Hooded Cloak, Black Leather Gloves, Black Leather Boots, Belt with Axe Loop and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: None
In Hand: Bow
Sturdy Backpack [7/20]: Hardtack x9 (1 ENC), Salamander Hide x3 (3 ENC), Salamander Head (3 ENC)
Hand Axe (Belt Loop)
Quiver [1/1]: Arrows x36
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Tinderbox
Chunk of Soap
Archer's Finger Guard
(Unknown)

Spoiler: Charlotte Inventory: 20/20 -- Wounds 1/1, XP 14 (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Black Cloth Pants with Two Dagger Sheaths, Black Cloth Shirt, Black Hooded Cloak, Black Leather Gloves, Black Leather Boots, Bandolier with Six Dagger Sheaths, Belt with Sword Sheath and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: None
In Hand: Short Sword
Cute Square Backpack [4/10]: Mixed Nuts x2 (1 ENC), Dried Meat x3 (1 ENC), Rolled Blanket, Brick of Soap
7 Daggers (Belt Sheaths)
1 Melty Dagger (Belt Sheath)
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Tinderbox
(Unknown)

Spoiler: Pearl Inventory: 19/20 -- Wounds 0/1, XP 14 (click to show/hide)

Equipment
Clothes: Dark Purple Fur-Lined Pants, Grey Cloth Shirt, Brown Leather Vest, Deep Green Hooded Cloak, Brown Leather Gloves, Brown Leather Boots, Belt with Dagger Sheath and Pouch
Armor: None
Jewelry: Silver Bracelets x5 (0 ENC)
In Hand: Dagger
Satchel [10/10]: Dried Fruit x4 (1 ENC), Dried Meat x4 (1 ENC), Pearl's Spellbook {Pyrotechnics, Whispered Message} (5 ENC), Coffer [Locked] [2/3]: 108 oz Gold, 100 oz. Silver
Bota Bag [4/4]: 7 Pints Water

Small Items (No Weight) In Belt Pouch
Hollow Reeds and Cobweb x34 (Whispered Message)
Guano and Sulfur Balls x22 (Pyrotechnics)
Lockpick Kit (1 ENC)
Chunk of Soap
(Unknown)

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