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Dionysus: Arsul, you get a strange feeling on the way back to the inn.

Dionysus: Arsul?

Arsul_T: yes

Arsul_T: what kind of feeling

Dionysus: The feeling is that someone is watching you.

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• Arsul_T turns his head, listening, coming to a slow shuffling stop

Dionysus: No unusual sounds come out.

• Arsul_T starts to walk again. Does he still feel that way

Arsul_T: ?

Dionysus: Yes.

Dionysus: Someone is definitely watching you.

• Arsul_T stops again, but not in the middle of the thouroughfare. Against a building. "What do you want?" he asks

Dionysus: After a moment, "Damn your senses." The voice is a thick Guidrean accent (Australian)

• Arsul_T frowns and waits

Dionysus: You hear heavy boots coming up.

• Dionysus gasps. "Arsul, he's got a gun."

Arsul_T: "move behind me. Hunny!"

Dionysus: "Aye, that I do. And we'll be having your tongue kept still, little man."

Dionysus: Sweet

Dionysus: r init new

Dionysus: r init hunter 15 hunny 14

: INIT: hunter [15] 16 17 18

: INIT: hunny [14] 18 24 24

Arsul_T: r init 9

: INIT: Arsul_T [9] 13 18 18

Arsul_T: (thought it was Blake Guidry for a second(

Dionysus: tr hunny 14 hunter dodge 13

Dionysus: r hunny 14 hunter dodge 13

: Dionysus [hunny: 14] 15 19 24

: Dionysus [hunter dodge: 13] 15 16 18

Dionysus: r stunhunter 13+3 wound 13+3 stunhunny 22 wound 22

: Dionysus [stunhunter: 13+3=16] 18 21 23

: Dionysus [wound: 13+3=16] 17 19 25

: Dionysus [stunhunny: 22] 31 32 32

: Dionysus [wound: 22] 27 31 32

Arsul_T: well shit

Dionysus: You hear the sound of rending cloth & flesh, a scream, & then the startled gasps of a crowd.

• Dionysus graps your shirt. You can feel him hiding behind you.

Arsul_T: "Hunny!" he calls her back and that's my action

Arsul_T: or hold?

Arsul_T: I dunno

Dionysus: The man is dead. Battle ove.r

Dionysus: A buzzing voice says, "Maraddons?"

• Arsul_T pats his side to call her back

Arsul_T: "Yes?"

Dionysus: "You will come with usz."

Arsul_T: "What happened?" he mutters to Dionysus, behind him

Dionysus: "Hunny ripped the man open. He was going to shoot you."

• Arsul_T nods slightly and waits for someone to move so he can follow the sound
• Dionysus steps forward & leads you, if you intend to follow the Atanaxan

Arsul_T: we were told to come

Arsul_T: we're a blind man and a halfling

Arsul_T: what the hell else are we gonna do?

Dionysus: It's a few moments' walk to a surprisingly cool building, the sounds indicating there's a lot of people here.

Dionysus: A buzzing voice asks, "What isz happening in the szquare?"

Arsul_T: Is it asking me?

Dionysus: As far as you can tell

Arsul_T: "A man followed us."

Arsul_T: "Me."

Dionysus: "The one that wasz disemboweled?"

• Arsul_T nods

Arsul_T: "The Prophet Hunter."

Dionysus: "A merchant?"

Arsul_T: "What?"

Dionysus: "He isz profit hunter? That is merchant, yes?"

• Arsul_T barks a laugh (it probably sounds terrifying and very loud)

Arsul_T: "No. Prophet.... Future seer?"

Dionysus: "You make sztrange szoundsz. Bear is szeer?"

Arsul_T: "Which sounds?" he asks confused.

Dionysus: "Your roarsz."

Arsul_T: "No, she's not."

Arsul_T: "Oh. right."

Dionysus: "Then why isz bear killing?"

Arsul_T: "He was hunting me. He had a gun. Yes, Dionysus?"

• Dionysus nods.
• Arsul_T turns his head toward where Dionysus last was

Dionysus: "He was menacing."

Dionysus: There's a click as the cricket nods.

Dionysus: A conversation in High Atanaxan begins

Dionysus: Finally, a different bug voice says, "Wasz man known to you before?"

Arsul_T: "What're they saying?" he mumbles

• Arsul_T shakes his head. "no."

Dionysus: No one answers

Dionysus: "Very well."

• Arsul_T shifts uneasily, waiting

Dionysus: "Do you... claim reward?"

Arsul_T: "Reward?"

Dionysus: "The man wasz... szerial killer. Reward for hisz capture."

• Arsul_T frowns and after a moment. "What is it?"

Dionysus: The price he names is about 5000 dollars.

Arsul_T: "Yes, we'll take it."

Dionysus: He nods, & a moment later, he puts a heavy sack of money in your hands.

Arsul_T: "You have healers here?"

Dionysus: "Yesz, szome."

Arsul_T: he looks uncomfortable. "For me?"

Dionysus: You hear a click, then, "You need healing? The man szhot you?"

Arsul_T: "No, something else."

Dionysus: "You may aszk them. Szhow your friend to the healersz, little Maraddons."

• Dionysus takes your hand.
• Arsul_T lets him lead us

Arsul_T: me

Dionysus: A moment later, a human voice says, "Well, then. Maraddonians, are you?"

• Arsul_T turns to the voice. "Yes."

Dionysus: "What seems to be bothering you, sirs?"

• Dionysus says, "It's Arsul."

Arsul_T: (oh!)

Arsul_T: "My lungs."

Dionysus: "Lungs? Ahh. Lift your shirt, please?"

Arsul_T: "They're bad, and I need to fix them."

• Arsul_T pulls the shirt over his head as he speaks

Dionysus: He puts his ears to your back.

Dionysus: "Breathe deeply."

• Arsul_T does, trying not to cough

Dionysus: You do cough.

• Arsul_T lets it out when it's clear he can't hold it

Dionysus: The doctor says, "You're dying of lung cancer, sir. There's not much I can do."

Arsul_T: "Nobody in the city could help?"

Dionysus: There's a pause, then, "There might be someone... But he's very unreliable."

Arsul_T: "Who?"

Dionysus: "The Wanderer is in town. He's... a strange old man. He stays outside at night, sleeping by the river, they say."

Arsul_T: "The Wanderer?" he confirms. "Thank you."

Arsul_T: he pays the man with some of his reward

Dionysus: The man gasps, "This is too much, sir."

Dionysus: He tries to press some back into your hand.

• Arsul_T lets him give back some but not as much as he tried to

Dionysus: He says from the floor level (meaning he's bowing), "Thank you, good sir."

• Arsul_T reaches down to try and pull him gently back up. When he's standing he pats him on the back. "Thank you."

Arsul_T: "The inn?" he asks Dionysus

• Dionysus says, "Sounds good."