Face to face
Subject Turn
Sorry I did not get anything out yesterday. It was a beautiful day here and the wife and I were busy. I will get a turn out latter tonight.
From: Mark
Subject Face to face
Shield in hand, Mund looks at the others and then nods at Salix. He pushes open the door, not slowly but not quickly either. As the door opens to the right, the two see a wall about 40 feet away from them. The room is evenly lit, but not overly bright. As Mund and the druid enter the room along the east wall, they look to the west and see that the room is about 80 feet wide. At the opposite corner of the room they can see two large figures. These large figures are sitting on the ground like cats(OODM: What I mean is that the upper part of the body is upright and the back is down. If this is not clear to any one please let me know), but they look like no cats that Salix has ever seen.
The face is vaguely humanoid, but the body is almost lion like. It is hard to tell with the distance and with them sitting the way they are, but something seems odd about their backs. When they see Mund and Salix one of the creatures speaks up. "You said that there were seven of you. Where are the rest? Are you trying to betray us?" Salix quickly replies in calming tones " The rest are in the hallway and will enter in a bit. My friend Mund and I came first to make sure all was well. You said there were four of you, but I only see two. Where are the others?"
The creature seems a bit taken aback but quickly answers. "This is my mate, Flailtail and the other two are our young. They are behind us, and will stay there until we are confident of your intentions. They are not yet old enough to understand why we do not just eat you. Bring in the rest of your pride so that we may finish this."
OODM: What do you do now?
From: Porter
Subject Face to face
Mund calls out to behind his shoulders "They want to see the rest of our "pride". Let's all go in and say howdy."
From: Mark
Subject Face to face
How do you want to move in? Along the East wall? Along the south wall? What order? The same as listed on the map now?
From: Kevin
Subject Face to face
When Harp hears the creature mention that there were 7 in the group, he realizes that Salix had probably meant 7 others beside himself. These creatures were already suspsicious, probably best to not add to that. Before he enters the room, he will wisper to Ran "Tell Surin to stay out here in the hallway. Lets not spook these things anymore than we have too." With that, he will move into the room with Ran and move to Salix's side. OOC Mark, unless anyone else has an other idea, Ran and Harp will go to either side of Mund and Salix, sort of like book ends. Ragnar and Kal can follow, ending up on either side of Allistair.
OOC: I think I am running Salix now, so bear with me.
IC:Salix hears Mund call back to Allistair, and puts his hand out and on the humans shoulder, indicating he should wait momentarily. Salix feels his heart race as he talks to the creatures.
Here was a living, sentient being that had not attacked them at first look. Finally, something that made some sense. The protective feeling a parent had for its offspring was the first natural emotion he had seen in some many days, it almost made him want to weep with joy. But first - they had to accomplish their task while not antagonizing these creatures. In his most soothing voice (OOC: and using all the diplomacy skill he has) he says to (OOC: Mark, I don't want to sign out to look it up, but I think it was Sharpspike) " Sharpspike, I thank you for your trust in us. I appreciate the risk you have taken and give you my word that your trust will be honored. We will move forward slowly, and our friends will follow after us slowly as well, so as not to alarm you." Salix will motion for Mund to join him moving forward slowly, keeping eye contact on the creatures ahead of him.
As he moves, he decides to try and engage Sharpspike in some basic conversation, trying to learn a little about this new creature. "I am an elf from the Greatwood in "??? OOC: Mark, I forget where he is from please fill in. IC: It is my path to learn about natural things, to be nutured by them, guided by them, grow with them. In all my travels, I have never seen anything as wonderous as yourselves. It would be an honor to learn more about you and your mate. If we knew what you were and where you were from, maybe we can help you to find a way out of this place."
OOC: Mark, I think I am making a complete hack of this. If you feel this is way Salix/Karl would hav done this, please feel free to rewrite.