Old one awakes (In game)
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"Good, we'll have a better chance of doing this with an extra set of hands... or three, as the case may be. Just know that you'll be dealing with... her... quite a bit." She brings her head a little closer to Rick. "And remember, what she does is not always what I want her to do. I can only try so hard to influence her, just as she tries to influence me."
"I think I can handle her. We probably shouldn't let her handle anything social though. I doubt people will respond well to grunts and backhands." Rick laughs a little at his own joke. "and I wouldn't count Topaz in on the whole grand mission. I promised her that I'd get her to the next town, whenever we get to one."
Topaz smiles, giving a nod back "It is nice to see you again Lucia. And hello there miss Grin, I'm not much help in a fight but I can provide support if your weapons break or you need them enhanced briefly."
Grin gives Nyarla a soft pat on the back and a gentle smile before turning to Topaz, the smile getting bigger. "Good to have you. Now if I can have your attention." She puts her bag on the ground and digs through it, after a few seconds she pulls out a map of the country and unrolls it. A part of it has been encircled. She clears her throat.
"This part here-" she points to the encircled area. "-is where I'm guessing our cults are hiding. The bad part is that's around 300 miles where they can be anywhere.." She sighs and pulls out another map, it seems to be a map of the area and has more details including roads and towns."I'm guessing we can get to this town-" She points at a dot labeled Red Larch "-in around a week if we cut through the woods in.." She looks up and looks around before pointing to the north east. "that way." She looks at the group. "This is anyone's last chance to leave now, we are after all going after four groups of dangerous people. Oh and any questions?"
"This part here-" she points to the encircled area. "-is where I'm guessing our cults are hiding. The bad part is that's around 300 miles where they can be anywhere.." She sighs and pulls out another map, it seems to be a map of the area and has more details including roads and towns."I'm guessing we can get to this town-" She points at a dot labeled Red Larch "-in around a week if we cut through the woods in.." She looks up and looks around before pointing to the north east. "that way." She looks at the group. "This is anyone's last chance to leave now, we are after all going after four groups of dangerous people. Oh and any questions?"
"I'm in. Though I have a question for our Heartless friend. Can you, both of you put aside the letter of the law for the greater good? For example could work with someone wanted by the authorites and knowingly let them go free?" Soliel askes knowing depending on how her father reportedher disappearance she herself might very well be including that catagory.
Rick turns to Lucia. "On the account of confessions, I've got nothing for you. I don't break the law.........unless I'm paid enough for it." He gives a small chuckle at that. "Sorry. That was a really bad joke."
He then turns to Grin. "I don't plan on going anywhere. I'm on the job as long as Sunny's here. I do have some questions though. I don't want to walk into this blind so anything you can tell us about these people would be nice. How big are these cults? Do they all have abilities like the people we fought the other day? Do they have any powerful friends that may want to help them?"
He then turns to Grin. "I don't plan on going anywhere. I'm on the job as long as Sunny's here. I do have some questions though. I don't want to walk into this blind so anything you can tell us about these people would be nice. How big are these cults? Do they all have abilities like the people we fought the other day? Do they have any powerful friends that may want to help them?"
Grin nods. "Some good questions..." She looks down at the ground as she thinks. "Hmm I wouldn't put their numbers at more then a thousand and that's the four of them put together. From what I've read these cults were never that popular. The grunts shouldn't have much more then enchanting their weapons but the higher ups will have magic that goes with their cult. Not to mention they sometimes go even further, some in the fire cult are rumored to replace their hearts with a flaming orb. At least that's a rumor from a few hundred years ago. As for friends...they can influence animals and monsters of their element. Like the water cult can tame sharks and convince mermaids to fight for them."
Rick gives a puzzled look at Lucia. "There's not much good about getting killed by a bunch of insane cultists. Living and beating all of them, now that's good."
He sighs. "Either way, a bunch of poorly trained grunts with magical weapons with some special snowflakes mixed in doesn't sound too bad. We probably shouldn't go for a head on fight though."
He sighs. "Either way, a bunch of poorly trained grunts with magical weapons with some special snowflakes mixed in doesn't sound too bad. We probably shouldn't go for a head on fight though."
Rick looks toward back toward the dragon. "I wasn't. I'm no fool. I meant that it wasn't as bad as I thought. I assumed that the guys we fought the other day were the standard of these cults. If we want to beat these guys, we need help. An army would be nice."
He then turns to Lucia with an uncharacteristically serious look on his face . "Like I told you back in Tradegate, I risk my life for money. The lives I'm worried about are the others here. You and I are trained fighters. We know that death could come for us anytime. Hell, you know it better than I do. The rest of these people" he gestures to Topaz, Sunny, Grin, and Nyarlatothep. "aren't like us. The don't have our training and they don't have our experience. The idea of a "good death" isn't much of a comfort to them. So don't go assuming that you're working with a bunch of soldiers. That mindset will get us killed faster than I could possibly make you angry."
He then turns to Lucia with an uncharacteristically serious look on his face . "Like I told you back in Tradegate, I risk my life for money. The lives I'm worried about are the others here. You and I are trained fighters. We know that death could come for us anytime. Hell, you know it better than I do. The rest of these people" he gestures to Topaz, Sunny, Grin, and Nyarlatothep. "aren't like us. The don't have our training and they don't have our experience. The idea of a "good death" isn't much of a comfort to them. So don't go assuming that you're working with a bunch of soldiers. That mindset will get us killed faster than I could possibly make you angry."
"I....honestly, like Rick said...I'm no solider, I'm not a mage. I'm a blacksmith, my combat training is minimum, I may be strong enough to forge a sword or armory...but I've never gone into a full fledged battle intill recently with those creatures...plus I...I don't want to die."