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"Golly. This gate's spotless... How am I supposed to..." Dixie looks around more at the gate. Does it have a sliding bar? Exposed hinges? How does it work? So many questions, and she can't just attack the gate willy-nilly. As much as Dixie hates to admit, she doesn't have that kind of power, fire- or otherwise.

"This is waste of time. I am freezing here!" Linea took three of her arrows and approached the door. At the gap where she suspected the hinges installed, she inserted two of her arrows, the last one on the middle.

"They say when you mix fuel, metal oxide and chemical powder in just the right way, it burns at 2000 degrees. Hot enough to cut through nearly any barrier known to man." she mumbled, disregarding the fact that whoever listened to her might or might not understand what was she saying.

"Don't know what the stuff is, and I don't have them. But it's the same idea,"  Linea continued rather presumptuously "Iron reacts the same way, crystalize it, throw some magic into the mix, and you've got one hell of a combination!"

The arrows reacted to the detonating spell she whispered, erupting three fiery fires that hopefully able to tear down whatever locking mechanism the door had.

Quote from: Slyph on May 05, 2020, 10:32:10 am

Linea knocked on the gate.

Several moments pass, as the only response is gate's metallic vibrations. Nothing happens.

"Huh, fine. Looks like we are going to camp here. Leaning against the wall... again." Linea looked up to the sky and winced. "Let's just hope it won't be raining anytime soon."

Linea, Edwarg, Jack, and Dixie travel for hours, heading northwest towards the lake. They eventually reach the tower, deciding if they should take a break or continue onwards.

A light groan soon comes from Jack's pouch where the unconscious pixie was being carried, followed by some movement. Stopping to look inside for a moment, Jack sees that the pixie is finally coming to.

The creature becomes startled upon seeing Jack, and leaps out of the pouch and into the air. It looks around, eyes darting between Jack and the others. "Who are you people!? Poachers or perverts!? You look a little familiar so I'm gonna guess perverts who were stalking me! What were you doing with me?? Oh I don't even want to imagine it!" The pixie looks to be in fight or flight mode, ready to decide between the two options.

Linea's golden eyes reddened. She drew her knife and her magic readied in a sudden alert. Unbeknown to her, the creature had had its leash removed and now floating freely.

Although it showed no immediate aggression, the thing was practically free now. That means it could attack or flee any time now.

Damn Edwarg. She glanced furiously at the orc, who should be the one responsible for handling the prisoner, but then her anger transferred to the old druid as well. Who else had a nerve removing their only countermeasure in the name of animalistic compassion? Damn tree hugger!

Concluding that nothing can be done about this situation, the Elf maintained a composed stance while still holding her knife. She listened to what the creature had to say but try not to make any direct interaction.

At this point, extracting information from the pixie was no longer her first priority. But still, she was really mad, and part of her ached to run her knife through anyone responsible for the creature's now unfettered status.

Not wanting to delve into the technicalities that Dixie abducted Plune in the first place and may have killed one of her 'friends and family', she distanced herself from the conversation and gazed at the tower and its gate. Is it still intact? Has the goblin automaton returned?

"It's the damn tower." Said Linea, subtly trying to hide her thundering anger with a flat, unconcerned tone. "We should look for a place to camp and unless if you fancy sleeping outside, the tower is the only proper place to take shelter." She paused and looked at the towering building she once swore to turn into a giant furnace. Such an irony and it added more fuel into her already boiling anger.

"There is a chance that the automatons are still there. Or maybe not... But if we crossed path with any of them, especially that blasted Goblin, please don't say anything about our destination."

"Oh, there it is. Look. "

Dixie pointed at Jack from a distance, doing labour work. "There's the pixie, on his back. Aw, it's so cute."

She then noticed the slew of food Linea carried in wrappings. "I suppose it's go time?"

"Let's go. Mr. Jack! are you in?"

"I forgot that we are not in the city. Nah, nevermind. I will have four pounds of your jerky, and five stacks of that biscuit. And some coffee powder and sugar. How much it costs?"

"May I join you, Linea?" She spoke to Linea and give her a plate of Garlic Mushroom Toast, while for herself is Mushroom Omelette. It seemed she went to the kitchen again inside an Inn and used the mushrooms she picked and stored from the kitchen of an Inn.

As Linea opened her purse, Leamle showed up, offering her a plate of garlic toast with mushroom. "Be my guest, and thank you." she carefully placed the bread on the counter then speak again to the bartender "And some wrappings, please."

"Thanks for your assistance, Mr Lucy." said Edwarg, taking back the pancake into his backpack. "If I understand Linea's plan, she wanted to take this pixie with us back to the forest. Is it safe to do it now? I'm actually more concerned about the its well being."

After some times, Linea showed up, with no less frown on her face.

"I take the meeting didn't end up well?"

"Simply didn't end well is an understatement. The mayor was holding the information we needed for all this time and he just shared it with us now, when he thinks the situation is getting out of control. Can you believe that? Two days wasted!"

"However, he gave us what we need. All pointers lead to the lake, it is the place where one of his people were abducted, and apparently his men found our insignia near the vicinity. He also mentioned the sighting of a monster that matches the description. We will depart ASAP. 

Linea glanced at the unconscious Pixie. "I guess it will be a while until we can extract any information from the creature. I don't think we need to bring it with us now we have more solid leads. But your task is also to investigate the anomaly, so it's up to you, Ed."

 

"I-I-it's only fair I think, I'll help you out. I'll have my men keep a watch on the girl and your man. But I don't know about much about her, really! I can tell you she first appeared three months ago, after the animal attacks had started. Some villagers blamed her for the attacks, putting two and two together and tried to evict her from the village but... I will put it this way, you will be better off not angering her or the behemoth that follows her around. The other villagers keep their distance from her so I don't know if they can help you out either. However..."

The mayor pauses, trying to carefully gauge Linea's reaction.

"I know where she lives... I could tell you more once you come back."

"I don't think you are in a position to negotiate here, Mr Mayor." Linea retorted sharply. "Half of the information you provided is outdated at best and you need our assistance to rescue your son more than us needing the inadequate pointers you just uttered. Regardless, I will know it one way or another."

"What about the guild? Do they aware of her presence?"

Linea paused, looking again at the window before cursing all of sudden. "Damn bureaucrats and their red tapes! They hired us and you know that. Why don't you involve them in this meeting?!"



 

Quote from: Slyph on April 16, 2020, 06:57:33 am

It was clear that Linea wore the same insignia on her shoulder.

Her golden eyes studied the man, wondering what he was up to, and how did he get his hands on that insignia. Also, how did this mayor remained completely under her radar for three days?

"They were my colleagues," she said flatly.
 

"I see."

The mayor puts it back inside his pocket.

"It's not frogmen, they look like some twisted horror, a corrupted mass of wood and flesh. I saw them before they took my son from me."

The mayor directs his gaze directly into Linea's eyes.

"I can tell you that you'll find these things near the lake. If you can find my son, maybe you can find your colleagues as well. I can't force you to do it but it's the only way. I didn't expect Aven's hired adventurers to make it out of the forest alive, but here you all are."

Linea stepped closer to the mayor's desk and flip it in a tranquil, yet discernable rage.

"Four agents. Four goddamn agents have been here for at least two days. We asked your people, we gathered information and it was apparently for a useless cause because you and your citizens were hiding something from us!  WE ARE HERE TO HELP mister mayor, why didn't you tell me, or my friends earlier?"

Linea took a deep, careful sigh before concluding. "So now you want us to get the bottom of this because you are desperate, huh? Thinking that we are the only chance to rescue your son? And we are expendable if something goes wrong? Don't worry, if he is still alive we will bring him back, even if my missing team isn't as lucky as him.

Linea stared at the window, then back to the mayor.

"With one additional condition."