Gameplay Date 02-11-07 or 02-18-07
Players present: Mordek, Taneus
Looking through the dwindling flames, we can see 4 rats chomping at the bit to get in here at us. I went over to the closest of the coffins, apologized to the occupant, and started pushing it over to block the entryway. The oil was all used up and the fire went out, but I managed to get the coffin in place just in time, catching one rat between the coffin and tunnel wall as it tried to squeeze through. I had to stay there though, pushing against the coffin to keep it pinned, so the elf steps up and dispatches it. Two of the rats outside keep trying to push their way past the coffin, while the third rat attempts to start burrowing a new hole to get in at us. But before it can get very far, the elf says a couple of strange words, points his hand through the gap between the top of the coffin and the ceiling of the tunnel and shoots flame from his fingertips, roasting all 3 of the rats to a crisp. Wow! I guess the elf... err... I mean... Taneus isn't quite as useless as I thought. Wonder what else he can do?
Instead of heading back through all of those rat infested tunnels, we opted to take a shortcut to the outside. Realizing that there wasn't that much dirt between us and the surface, we propped the coffins vertically up against the wall, but took their lids off. Using my tools again, we then cut some crude hand/foot holes into the lids and propped the lids on top of the coffins like a ladder extension, allowing us to reach the ceiling and dig a hole upward to the surface. Finally above ground again, we headed back to Meg's place so I could get my rat bites seen to. They patch me up and I'm felling fine again, so once again I hand Luvana some gold to pay for it, but this time I also paid for a future treatment too... cause I seem to be spending a lot of time there. Cornelius is here too. Looks like his hangover is gone. When Meg & Luvana are out of earshot, the kid confesses that he's stolen horses from Gilliam's before, but that the Uegan would then steal them from him. As it's a nice day out and we're gonna be up tonight watching for horse thieves, I decide to take a nap, right there at Meg's, close to Gilliam's if need be. So I find a nice cozy corner of the garden, lean back against the house and doze off.
About 6 hours later, Corny comes out from the house and wakes me up. He tells me that he had taken a nap too... under Luvana's bed in an attempt to hide from the city guard (OK... what the heck did he do now?). He says that Taneus is already at Gilliam's and that he's heading over there now. I tell him I'll be along in about 5 minutes. I decide to take an alternate route to Gilliam's, maybe to come upon any would-be-thieves as they themselves are watching the place. From Meg's, I headed south to the hedge wall, then proceeded to follow it around until I was near the east gate of the city. From there I made my way quietly to Gilliam's Stable, coming up behind Gilliam's house in the process. The kid's back there too, but he's occupied looking toward the front and the stables, so I sneak up behind him and he nearly jumps a foot in the air as I surprise him. Once he settles back down, he tells me that Taneus is already up in the hay loft overtop of the stables and that he's gonna climb up onto Gilliam's roof to hide. There aren't too many other places to hide, so with a glance around to see if anyone is watching, I make my way as quickly & quietly as I can up into the loft to join Taneus.
Nothing happens until about 3 o'clock in the morning when we manage to spot 2 small, shadowy figures in cloaks approaching the paddock gate. They're speaking Goblin... don't know if the elf or the kid can understand them... but from what I can hear, they don't want the 2 sickly horses and decide to leave Gilliam's to go to the other city stable. But first they made their way over to the hedge wall and seemed to be whispering to someone on the other side. Unfortunately, they're too far away from us to hear what they said. After they left, we all came out from our hiding spots. I filled them in on what I heard in case they don't speak Goblin. Taneus uses his magic to make all of our skin black as pitch so we don't stand out in the dark (Boy... this elf has got some nice tricks up his sleeve). Taneus tells us that he's going to pretend to be a wandering drunk in order to get close to the other stable without raising too much attention, and he takes off in the same direction the thieves did. Corny decides he's gonna exit the city and see if he can find whoever or whatever was on the opposite side of the hedge. I made my way to the hedge wall north of the east gate, then follow the hedge until I am north of the other stable. I come to a stop when I hear some noises on the other side of hedge. As I put an ear to the hedge, I can hear something growling on the other side. There's also 2 beings speaking Goblin, chatting about the theft and saying to pull those things back so they don't spook the horses. All of a sudden, the ends of 2 poles are shoved through the hedge, followed right behind by 2 goblins. As each of those goblins grabs an end of a pole and starts pulling away from each other, a gap in the hedge wall is made, as there are 2 more goblins still outside the hedge doing the same thing on the other end of each pole. At the same time, the two shadowy figures are coming toward us as they are spooking and herding some newly stolen horses into jumping through the gap that had been created. As a couple of horses make the jump and I finally realize the extent of what they are doing, I jump out and start waving and yelling in order to spook the horses into turning away. It worked! The horses were loose but still inside the town. The goblins on the poles dove back through the hedge, followed close behind by the 2 shadowy figures. However, I managed to grab one of them as he was pushing through the hedge and pulled him back inside the wall. By now though, the city guard has raised an alarm and soldiers are gonna be on their way.
To be continued...
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