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[Quaksna]

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"Calm down..." you make yourself heard. "We'll search the place thoroughly. I doubt such important documents would be displayed out in the open..."

"They might've been, if he died while working... But you're right. You look around and try to find anything peculiar, I'll check the hiding places I know of."



And so you do. Flax sets off in a clear direction, Sas wobbles around and ponders, not sure where exactly to search. You call upon a pair of extra eyes.

"Could you give me a hand?" you ask Nami.

"Sure thing!" she says. "Make yourself look busy, I'll direct you."



You kneel and search around the desk further, also checking the planks on the floor for loose ones, while Flax removes a round piece of wood from the wall above, and a burst of cold air comes in from outside, as it covered an opening, Flax searches the space in the frame.

Unsuccessful, he shuts the window again, and inspects the floor on the opposite end. Then, you hear from Nami again.



"The lid."



You take the cover away again, and examine it, your companions take notice and watch your doing. You find some irregularities on the item, it seems to have been broken and spliced.

"I think there's something inside... This." you speak.

Flax gestures to you to pass it along, and takes a look himself.



"Could be... Give me that headlopper of yours!"



You give him the axe, he rams it in, and levers the lid. It cracks and splits into two pieces, as splinters fall off. Between the halves, an object of contrasting color hits your sights.

"Aha!" Flax exclaims. "You're one bright fellow, friend!"



He picks it up, and they're folded parchments. With great excitement Flax peeks into their contents.

"This ain't it..." he says. "But it's a lot more important for the boss to salvage than those damn reports, that's for sure! Splendid work, Black."



You continue in your seach, and come across a few removable planks in the floor, but, no hold any secrets. You can't find anything by the furniture as well...

Then, you hear steps. A lot of steps, stomping loud, and soon, you hear the door creak, too, as the heavy tramping turns stronger, hitting against the wooden floor.



Without a word, you three look at each other, and you can tell, all of you suspect no good.



What do you want to do?

[Strik3r]

"
This can't be good! Blackhoof, listen! i'm so sorry but if you get into a fight, there's nothing i can do to help you right now! I can't harbor myself in your soul because of Crackantler, and i couldn't teach either Flax or Sas to wield my powers this quickly even if wanted to!
I can't do any more right now than either act as a psychic relay between you three or attempt to psychically distract your foes. Again, i'm sorry, i wish i could help more...

We'll sort out the rest of this mess later!
"

Although she clearly tries not to let it show, there are times when Nami herself seems to genuinely care what happens to Blackhoof. Perhaps she is not wholly the apathetic and self-absorbed great-spirit that she makes herself out to be...? Maybe she has reasons why she cares about his wellbeing, whether they be practical or personal... Or maybe both?
"
Defensive positions, quickly!
Flax, haveyougotablade? how'syourleg? getinfront!
Sas, gotabow? getinthebackandgetanangle!
Igointhemiddle!
"
We should try to avoid getting caught in melee, and focus on using magic. Having an axe doesn't automatically make one a warrior.

[King Zultan]

Just gonna say that if we do need to melee we should use the axe instead of the stick as the axe is better for killing. But otherwise magic sounds like a good way to do this except fire as wood houses and fire don't mix.

[Quaksna]

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"Sas back, Flax forth, weapons out, brace yourselves!" you order your fellows.

The hunter hops into a corner without a thought and follows your bidding, Flax does too with a nod, albeit somewhat slower.



"Aye, but don't strike just yet." he says. "I need to know what is going on here."

"What about the leg?"

"It's fine - se..."



You can't even finish the brief exchanges, as the incoming overcome the stairs, and rush inside the room. A group of soldiers, like you've seen around the town, although not as heavily armed, there's a lot of them - three go in, but you can see more outside the cell, likewise as you, battle-ready. One in the front points at you, and starts shouting.



"You lot're coming with us! Attempt no resistance, we have you trapped."

All of you remain unmoved, and willing to repel them, Flax, unconvinced, replies to their demands.

"Just a moment, what is the meaning of this?"

"Rest your sword, ask questions later! Come along."

"By whose name?"

"By the will of lord Udon, overseer of Gotofel!"

"Ah. See, you've forgotten that. Well, carry on."



A moment of silence passes, as the soldiers hold their position, but speak no more.

"What does the lord want with us?" asks Sas resolutely.

"Master suspects you are a part of a conspiracy!" the speaker elaborates. "The less difficult you'll be, the better for you!"

"How so, we haven't done anything!" says Flax.

"We'll see of that! Now, come!"



Your guide sighs, and turns back to you, more annoyed than angry. Hard to tell what he's thinking, but he's certainly not afraid of them.



What do you want to do?

[King Zultan]

Well I'm not quite sure what we should do, maybe we should wait and see what the others do first.

[Strik3r]

Well I'm not quite sure what we should do, maybe we should wait and see what the others do first.

I agree

Though i'd really do like to know what Flax is thinking... Maybe Nami can help us with that? Give us some insight into our companions' thoughts?
(I actually really don't like constantly tapping into her abilities, but her being the little spirit super-spy that she is, Nami's abilities are just too useful in any social situation.)

[Quaksna]

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You'd like to peek into Flax's head, as you're not much wiser from his expressions. Perhaps Nami could?

"I can't read his mind, sadly. But, despite the stern outlook, he understands the severity of this mess, that I can tell you... As for Sas, distrught he is, but not fearful."

You can certainly confirm the latter, as you recognize the hunter's look, from when he spots something moving in the snow, and even when he hesitates a bit occassionally, he does have his bow ready.



"What will you do to us?" Sas asks. He seems trying to talk when you two don't, but the henchmen aren't very happy about that.



"Us? That's for the lord to decide, but if you are dissidents, well, it's dungeon or gallows, not of your choosing!" the soldier barks, growing ever more frustrated. "But what we'll do, is take you the hard way, if you won't comply, damn!"

Now even the hunter has nothing to retort. The eyes of you three flicker, as you watch yourselves and the crashers closely, who indeed seem very impatient.



Your companions don't seem to want to make the decision, or not alone at the very least, you'd rather have the incoming act first. It is too late to negotiate, and it would probably agitate them even further, although, staying silent on the spot angers them likewise.

Nevertheless, you want to see what they'll do, first, and so remain idle.



"That's enough, seize them!" the chief cries, and his comrades react.



But just as the last word is spoken, as if he waited for this very moment, Flax lunges forward, like a bolt of lightning, and cuts him open.



In a flash, he finishes the move with another, and the soldier crumbles down.



Without delay, Sas lets his arrow loose, piercing the neck of one of the henchmen, as he gasps for air his last time.







The soldiers seem staggered by the ferocity of your resistance. The one left still in the room holds his ground, but is quite apparently hesitant. The rest behind the doors is on a move.



"Alarm!" they start crying over each other, and one runs for the hills, as you can't see him anymore, but hear the stomping over the wooden steps.



Flax immediately sets off to pursue them, the nearmost warrior tries to stop him, but with a blow is repelled, and his weapon knocked out of his hand.



Then you can hear only a crash, cracking of wood, more shouting and shrieking, and clashing of steel. It was all very brief, still it captured your focus, which the foe took advantage of.



While you were processing what's going on down there, he armed himself again with a blade of his fallen comrade. Raising his shield, he advances towards you!




What do you want to do?

[Strik3r]

The floor is wooden; its part of nature, or at least was at one point. Let's take advantage of that and use our magic to rapidly grow vines with poison thorns out of the surrounding wood, including this guy's shield, and ensnare him.

[King Zultan]

The floor is wooden; its part of nature, or at least was at one point. Let's take advantage of that and use our magic to rapidly grow vines with poison thorns out of the surrounding wood, including this guy's shield, and ensnare him.

Sounds good to me but if we can't do it fast enough we should use the axe.

[Quaksna]

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You run with the first promising idea crossing your mind, danger is imminent. With a gesture you bewitch the wood around.

As the attacker is firm on his feet holding the shield high, you don't see affecting it in any significant way, but if you were to tangle it with the floor... It's worth a try.





Under your direction, the spell causes the boards to sprout twigs, and you get one such cluster grow over the warrior's boot, but alas, the procedure is rather slow, although you did halt his advance, and he clearly didn't expect such a thing, and nearly tumbles down.





Sas skewers the other leg with an arrow, before the soldier can break loose, he struggles for balance.



You abandon the spell, seeing it's done its purpose, and want to knock him over. You swing your axe, which he readily blocks with his shield. He tries to retaliate, but his wound slowed him down, and you evade his attacks without much difficulty.





You attempt a hack a second time, that he blocks as well, but his pierced limb can't withstand the impact, and the man is knocked down.





Sas hops closer and shoots him in the chest. As life is quickly fading from his breath, the warrior looks his foes in the eyes.

"Curse you." he spits, closes his eyes, and is no more.

"Hahahahahaa, yeeeees..."



In the clash you haven't even noticed the sounds of battle from the lower flooring have vanished. You swiftly creep outside the cell, and can see the little stairway has indeed been completely wrecked.



A head in a helmet appears underneath, and you assume postures again, but soon you can see, it is only Flax.

"Gear up, there're archers outside!" he calls. "I have a plan, but we must hurry!"



Sas nods and without hesitation starts looting, you look around and try to process.



No helm would fit you, for obvious reasons, but there is a shield left, some leather stripes, a cudgel and a sword, though that is likely not what Flax had in mind, more could be downstairs. It is certain he does not want to waste the slightest bit of time.



What do you want to do?

[AvolitionBrit]

 Set up an ambush in this area, lure more of them using the cudgel by making lots of noise and await their attack with cudel in hand[color/]

[Strik3r]

"
Archers, huh? They'll require lots and lots of concentration to aim and fire their bows, so throwing off their focus is much easier than doing that to a warrior. That's why you don't need to worry once you're outside, as i'll be much more help against them, from inside their minds. Khehehehe!
"

Set up an ambush in this area, lure more of them using the cudgel by making lots of noise and await their attack with cudel in hand[color/]

They're not gonna come in here, at least not without a ton of additional reinforcements. We'll have to slip the noose before it gets tightened around our neck.

I think Flax can take care of himself, so we should concentrate on protecting ourselves and Sas from being impaled with arrows. In fact, i think we'll do the most good if we keep our enemies from bothering Sas while he picks them off with his bow. To that end, i say we use a similar magic to bewitch a wooden shield and make it a bigger wooden shield! Unwieldy? perhaps, but if our goal is to protect ourselves the best we can, it hardly matters.

[King Zultan]

Using magic to make a tower shield out of the little ones sounds like a good idea, also if there's a knife we should grab it so when our ice one melts we'll still have one. Also if the walls are wooden what's to stop us from making an arrow slit in the wall so Sas can shoot through it?

[HakuryuVision]

Your faces are getting better and better, quaksna!

[Quaksna]

Using magic to make a tower shield out of the little ones sounds like a good idea, also if there's a knife we should grab it so when our ice one melts we'll still have one. Also if the walls are wooden what's to stop us from making an arrow slit in the wall so Sas can shoot through it?

I probably should react to this one o king, Black has still Sas' knife on him, and the walls aren't wholly wooden, they're coated with clay/dung mixture. Feel free to adjust your plan, I'm not sure if I get the part done this week anyway 

Also welcome AvolitionBrit, hope you'll enjoy your stay. Always nice seeing new Watchers come by.

Also Hakuryu, you don't say where is my green text