black rock ♔ with my sad bones and my soiled throne

[sternshield]

WHO || Erky, Maxwell, Liam, Thoster
WHAT || The Knights track down a message from a mysterious woman in trouble
WHERE || Black Rock, Utah
WHEN || April 22nd, 2015
HOW || Actionspam

It's after noon when they arrive, a bleak, dreary day, and an ominous blanket of low, gray clouds hangs over the landscape.  A recent rain has left everything damp, giving the scenery an air of decay.  It seems there is no end to the parade of empty fields and derelict farmhouses flanking this stretch of road.   As they drive towards the coordinates of Black Rock, Thoster's phone abruptly rings.

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[ex_boning176]

[With the ghoul that had been coming for him now dispatched thanks to Thoster, Liam turns toward the one that's still standing and goes in like he's bout to claw swipe a bitch but then crit fails so. o_o Leaves the outcome in the mod's capable hands....]

[bluffcheck]

[With one ghoul down, it only makes sense to go after the other one!! (attack 19, damage 7)]

[herebemonsters]

[ liam slips on a bit of bumpy carpet, knocked to his ass, while thoster gets in a solid bash on the ghoul as well. it focuses in on him, biting (atk 19) and clawing twice (3 & 17). i think only the bite hits?? 9 dmg with penetration, and another fort save ]

[beatemup]

[Mentally, Max is like "C'mon, pal! Join me in the land of waiting." He's rooting for Thoster to be downed because he doesn't want to be the loser alone. Meanwhile, physically, he just "...."]

[sternshield]

[ erky's 13 whiffs right past the creature unfortunately ]

[ex_boning176]

[Well since Liam tripped and fell on his ass he's going to use his turn to try and get back up again.

Fortunately he's not too pissed about it, because he rolled a pretty average will against rage issues.]

[bluffcheck]

[Thoster doesn't go down this time, thankfully (suck it, Max). So instead, he goes back to attacking the creature, but this time with magic! Using the spell Sound Burst, he opens his mouth and lets out a deep, rich note that just hurts. And unfortunately is not something that can be directed at one particular creature so... everyone has to beat a fort save of 14 or you will be stunned for one round. Also 8 damage (or 4 if you make the fort save).]

[herebemonsters]

[ with a 16 save, the creature resists the painful cry... luckily erky rolls the same. still, the 4 dmg is enough to down it entirely.

/init ]

[beatemup]

[Fort save 13, guess that resurrection didn't help building resistance. Max is still lying prone on the ground without moving, cause he is still paralyzed, and the fact that he is almost unconscious again due to a certain bard screaming also doesn't help. Someone treat him, please.]

[sternshield]

[ erky heals him up for 11, laying a hand on his shoulder ] Everyone alright?

[ex_boning176]

[Liam didn't make his fort save tho so I guess he was dazed for a hot few seconds but init is over, so as soon as he shakes that shit off turns to growl at Thoster like a rabid fucking werewolf (intimidate 16). Probably not a good idea going forward, bruh. Just saying this kid is on a hair trigger.]

[bluffcheck]

[Haha thoster sure failed that will save so watch him step back away from Liam, eyebrows raising.]

Sorry about that...

[beatemup]

No thanks to the deadly sound blast! [He answers Erky as he gets back on his feet. He glares at Thoster momentarily but seeing the big bad wolf has scared him enough, he doesn't bother to continue.] If everyone's alright, let's continue the search. Attic and basement are our best bet, if they're in this house.

[bluffcheck]

Possibly not the best spell to use in close quarters, I'll admit...

[He gives a shrug. Not like he can take it back now. He nods to Max's direction and continues to move forward.]

Cellar seems likely.

[sternshield]

If there's even anything here. I'm beginning to suspect they only lured us out this far to separate us in the first place, make us easier to kill.

[ex_boning176]

[Liam is going to take a moment to ... sniff and see if he can smell anything else idk. He's dumb he doesn't know what to do ok.]

[sternshield]

[ liam doesn't smell anything moving around anywhere... those things are pretty gross so he'd be able to tell. seems like they've cleared the house. ]

[ex_boning176]

I don't think there's anything else here. Those thinks are pretty easy to smell.

[#helpful]

[beatemup]

[Thinking hard here... wis 17... He looks at Liam like there's something stuck in his head about the kid.] Hmmmm....There's a chance they lured us here because you guys were getting closer to their secret base. Where were you two? [Still staring at him...There's something weird here...]

Wait! Did you say smell? [Oh right! Dogs can use their nose to track people. Not sure werewolves count as dogs. But they're almost same to him....] Why the hell didn't you tell us sooner? You could track them using the smell from their car!

[ex_boning176]

[Wow, Max, way to put him on the spot here. Liam looks at the others nervously, thinking he did something wrong.]

I guess I just didn't think about it...

[This is all new to him. He's not used to greeting people with, "Hi, my name is Liam and I'm a werewolf. Ask me how!" ok.]

[bluffcheck]

The important thing is that we know it now. [Even if Liam and Max are both pretty pissed at him, he can't stop his big brother instincts.]

Let us know if you sniff out anything odd, lad. Not just ghouls, but that woman and her child too. Still not sure if they were just a trick, but if they're real, we need to get them out of here as quick as we can.

[sternshield]

Why don't we head back to the car, see if the boy can pick anything up.

[bluffcheck]

Aye, makes sense to me. [Thoster nods but ultimately looks to Max because he's not trying to make decisions when someone else is leading this one.]

[beatemup]

Okay, let's go! [He nods and marches toward the car.]

[ex_boning176]

[Liam follows after Max, but he's going to keep his nose open on the way back too, since apparently that was a useful thing he should have been doing all along whoops (wisdom 23 after spending one action point to re-roll).]