"Like I said, they didn't really say where they were going, but unless someone died there should be eight of us."
You say this, standing over the corpse of one of your companions. "Eight? Well, if the three of you would follow me then?" He makes as to go, indicating that you, Durmokh (who will autofollow since he is inactive) and the alchemist should come along. "We'll let the other teams worry about the other five for now. Why would they wander off? don't they have a job to do?"
Action Unchanged
A farmer comes by, ignores you, and sits heavily next to the chief. or head, or whatever his name is. They start talking farm related issues for a bit. from the sound of it, the farmer came into town to pick up some ironwork for various bits around his place, and the two men have known each other for quite some time.
Well, none of the idiots around here can find me, and the people who actually have any authority don't give a shit.
Stick some sorcery into my eyes so I can see those souls better. Take a good look at the construct's soul.
You poke at your eyes with magic. it hurts and the world gets whitewashed and staticky for a minute. You drop the sorcery and look instead. you see something like this:
With this sort of in the background
You hear some rustling in the grass.
Clunkers will stay still like only a construct can, making sure not to make any sudden moves. These guys look nervous as hell, better play the part of the good little robot.
"Sincere apology: I am sorry, I must have misspoken. Query: Who is it that I am speaking to? Query: What seems to be problem?"
"Oh! um. My name is Edun. People call me Stick. the problem is, well ,there's a big mess, isn't there? it's all over, right over there? And we were hoping you fellas were coming to help clean it up, like. but no one is around, right? only, there are monsters and ghosts instead, inn't there? and like, well ... anyway, Jacum would like to speak with you. he's sort of the mayor? I guess? We have a mayor, right guys?" he says this last to the other two, who just sort of shrug.