A Horse By Any Other Name (Part 16)
One Month after the Summer Solstice (Seventh Moon 1000 ALB)
Ra’ziir searches the water looking for any sign of the escaping murderer.
Kysek scans the water as well; hoping his pony vision is as keen as his elven. Drax shakes his head to clear it of the cobwebs that have filled it and scans the area.
Grotto curses the fiend. He glances over at the body to see if his knowledge of healing could give some clues to what may have killed the pony. He then looks to our guides and asks "Does murder happen often here in pony-land? What are you leading us towards!" Grotto demands!
Grotto then jumps on the treadmill to carry the ferry forward to the bank they were headed towards. Honey Bucket sees the dwarf-turned-pony take action and darts to the second treadmill and begins trotting along as well, adding his strength to the waterwheel and speeding the ferry along.
Nik knocks an arrow and scans for signs of the imposter Shackleford. “What was that”, he asks to no one in particular?
Abacus stammers, "Th-this can't be...those...things were all imprisoned centuries ago. Nopony has seen them in ages."
Foil Hat scowls, "Speak plain, Abacus. What the hay are you talking about?"
The wizard gulps, "I believe that that creature may have been a changeling. A being that feeds on the emotions of others, usually by touching them." Abacus looks over to Grotto, "You are lucky that Niklas knocked over the barrel, that hoof bump you were offered may have had dire consequences."
Raven checks the body. Compass Rose kneels beside him, helping pull the pony the rest of the way out of the barrel. As Raven lays a head on the pony's chest, it takes a ragged breath. "He's alive!" Compass Rose splashes some water on the unconscious pony. He coughs and sputters, his eyes fluttering. "Wha...wha...what's going on...?"
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• Cedron: 95% health;
• Drax: 100% health; Nondetection (lasts until about 10 pm), Undetectable Alignment (lasts until about noon tomorrow)
• Grotto: 94% health;
• Kysek: 100% health; Half of the Tome has been read
• Niklas: 100% health;
• Raven: 80% health;
• Ra’ziir: 80% health;
• Shadow: 97% health; Overland Flight (18 hours, 59 minutes, 7 rounds remaining)
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