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Day Five of the Odinsleep (A Familiar Tactic Revisited)

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 Day Five of the Odinsleep; 12 pm (12:05) Ra'ziir takes note of the red and black clad figure and wills himself to rise, floating to the next level and edges around to the south side of the tower.  Niklas whispers to Drax, asking if they should go up or in.  The assassin takes a breath, pausing to think and then motions with a tilt of his head that they should continue upwards.  The ranger nods in acknowledgment and the two continue on.  Bubo, spurred on by instructions from his master lands on the the next windowsill and peers inside.  Kysek concentrates on the owl, seeing what his familiar sees .  The bladesinger, assassin, ranger, and thief-turned-wizard all see the same thing: a small bedroom with a heavy wooden-framed bed topped by a thick mattress and heaped with furs, a small writing table with a padded chair, a delicate silvered ewer, and more furs on the floor.  Of Loki, or anyone else for that matter, there is no sign. Cedron cranes his neck, looking up toward the top of

Day Five of the Odinsleep (An Enemy Revealed)

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Day Five of the Odinsleep; 12 pm (12:05 pm) Shadow draws his allies in close, “I can make a number of us invisible until we attack.  We have to stay close together, whoever strays too far will lose the benefit of the spell.”  Cedron nods, “Very wise, Shadow.  I will also bless us to ensure our weapons strike true and are hearts are filled with courage so that we may make progress.”  The minstrel-priest then sprinkles holy water on all of his companions.  He follows it with a spell that will allow him to see things as they truly are and with that, all of his invisible allies once again are plainly visible to him.  “Since we are entering the home of a trickster god, it couldn't hurt,” he murmurs to himself.   Grotto nods in agreement and calls upon Hanseath to mend the holes in his armor and then again to protect against evil forces. Kysek tells Bubo to check the windows on the tower.  The owl flies off, straight for the structure as Kysek concentrates, linking his sight to that of t

Day Five of the Odinsleep (Paranoid Bladesinger)

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Day Five of the Odinsleep; 12 pm (Noon) Kysek and Bubo continue to watch the trail as the Jotun approaches.  The two blend into the tree as best they can and even though the giant looks directly at them for a full second, it passes by with no reaction beyond a soft smirk that is nearly hidden by its thick beard. Grotto signals the rest of the group to stay low, advising them all to stay low and let the massive enemy pass them by without raising an alarm.  Shadow flies back, landing and slipping into the group’s hidden alcove before the Jotun arrives and passes on what he overheard.  Raven immediately “thinks” that information to Ra’ziir via the mindlink they share.  Cedron, for his part, looks over Raven’s injuries before proclaiming that it’s “a good thing the ladies like scars.” The priest takes a moment to pray to his god, “O, Malazzarr, guide my actions so that I always walk the path of progress.  Always moving forward, never dwelling on the past, and living in the present only lon