CH. 17: Poison Curse

[Chris1234]

"I offered to help in the first place, Serenna, so don't take this the wrong way, but you're a miserable beast. I have used my healing on the lot of you and not on me. Without me, you wouldn't even have a chance to be here. If your mother was not my friend then I would leave here right now just to prove you're wrong about treasure and so forth. However, she is my friend, so I will stay, and you can stick your opinions where the tide doesn't go," Naras retorts. "Cye, Shin, no reflection intended on either of you. Cye, thank you for explaining. I can understand Serenna's sourness. But now, enough talking, let's go rescue your mother."
The dwarf switches tongues, "I think we're nearly back to the unexplored tunnel, Val. Get ready."

[BishGada]

'Seven hundred???' Baeros thinks and chokes a bit but adds nothing. 'Guess we will have to go back to the ship again...'

[spyguy1503]

Gallath raises his eyebrows slightly at the sum.

[HorizonsDream]

Jocelyn looks to Ourgana for a moment, then shakes her head. "Way to be a true Draskian, Raven," she says. She digs out the money she needs to pay for herself, and hands it over to Raven. "You and Ourganga can talk about the slave girl, but in the meantime you now owe me the information I asked for."

[JadedDM]

Jocelyn, Ouragana, Baeros, Gallath and Drav (Raven's Orphanage/Sardonx 15th, 10 PM)
Ouragana gives Jocelyn a look of betrayal at her words, but doesn't say anything yet.

Raven takes the coin eagerly. "That's it? Straight to business? Ah, poor Jocelyn. I fear those vestments of yours have ruined your ability to have fun. But fair enough. Lucky for you, Draskian I might be, I'm still a man of my word. I've made contact with Sable. She'll meet you in the alley behind the Renosian Temple. She said you had to keep your weapons sheathed or she won't show. She also said not to try any 'funny business.'"

(Jocelyn pays Raven 100 platinum pieces.)

Val and Naras (Ixitxachitl Lair/Sardonx 12th, 1 PM)
Serenna stops short at Naras' insult and whirls to face her. "You dare speak to me like that? We never asked your help, and we certainly don't need it. It's you surfacers who are the beasts! Savages, all of you!" She then turns and swims off on her own angrily while clearly fighting off tears.

"Sister!" Cye calls after her. He shoots Naras a look of disappointment, then he and Shin hurry after her. As the undine are much faster than Naras or even Val, they soon disappear into the darkness ahead. The dwarf and half-orc are left behind in the tunnels.

[Chris1234]

While continuing moving, Naras says in Common, "Well, that could have gone better, Val. I'm still going to try and rescue their mother."
She speeds up into a trot. "With my big mouth, it could get even more dangerous now though, so it's fine if you want to withdraw."

Just where in the complex are the pair now?
If it's still a way, she will run.

[HorizonsDream]

"Was I really very much fun when I was here?" Jocelyn asks. "All right. Did she give a specific time?"

[JadedDM]

Jocelyn, Ouragana, Baeros, Gallath and Drav (Raven's Orphanage/Sardonx 15th, 10 PM)
"Perhaps if you had stuck around long enough, we might have found out," Raven says. But then he shrugs. "No matter. She'll be waiting for you right around now, I'd say."

Val and Naras (Ixitxachitl Lair/Sardonx 12th, 1 PM)
(OOC: I've placed on the map where Naras and Val are when the undine took off. They headed north, then around the corner to the west.)

[HorizonsDream]

"I can only imagine what your idea of fun is," Jocelyn says. "As for the girl we just rescued for you, I think the price can come down a bit. We did just save her after all."

[Nuke]

Val follows, "Let's just keep going"

[Chris1234]

"Ok, Val," and the dwarf breaks into a run to try and catch up with the undine (or at least fall less behind.)
She will stop running before the reach the right hand turn where they haven't explored before.

{OOC: I've assumed that you meant the undine went north then east..}

[BishGada]

Baeros becomes bored but he tries to pretend he listens to the conversation. "Where is Sable waiting for us again?"

[JadedDM]

Jocelyn, Ouragana, Baeros, Gallath and Drav (Raven's Orphanage/Sardonx 15th, 10 PM)
Raven chuckles at Jocelyn's statement. "Business doesn't work that way. Maybe those years in the church made you forget that. It's supply and demand. I have the supply, you have the demand. I can't keep this orphanage afloat with charity, after all."

Naishe reminds Baeros of what Raven just told them--that Sable will meet them in the alley behind the Temple of Renos. And that they are to keep their weapons sheathed and not try any funny business.

Val and Naras (Ixitxachitl Lair/Sardonx 12th, 1 PM)
Naras and Val hurry after the undine. They head north, then turn eastward but come to a stop when they reach the intersection. It's not clear which way the undine went. To the north is the entrance to the cave. They may have also gone south or further east. As they swam instead of walked, there are no footprints or other visible means to track them.

(OOC: Yes, you are right. I meant to say east, not west.)

[Chris1234]

Naras points to the south, the heads that way but slowing to a normal walk in case of any more net traps.

[HorizonsDream]

"You aren't the only one with slaves, Raven," Jocelyn points out. "I forget just how many slave guilds are here, but I know there are a few. I also know we can get one at a cheaper price at either one of these slave guilds," she explains. "500, but I'll pay any extra 200 for her to stay here, comfortably, until we are done with Sable and the Poison Curse."