Cliche Graveyard

February 3rd 2007

Players: ShadowHawk, Tikk, Blu'Shim, Grub, Taymon, Lyse

You have all been summoned in one way or another to an inn in a nearby village. There's a job for you, a job that needs gnomes and other various insane people.

At the inn is a man, human in the 40's approximately. He has a somewhat pleasant demeanor though it is evident to those who have any experience in reading emotion that he is nervous and shaken to the core. Drinks have been served, a map has been laid out, and he starts speaking, "Greetings and well met. I am Alan, a hunter for this town. There is a graveyard nearby with something unsettling going on..."

ShadowHawk walks in looks around and seeing as the man talking to him walks over sticks out his hand and says "Hi my name is Shea Hamilton Alleyne Dunham Oberon Wendel Harken Aerynn Weylin Keegan of the Skyye Clan in Meloria how are you today" then turns and climbs on a table

Blu'Shim pushes the door to the room open looking down at the parchment in her hand and knowing that she's running late to whatever this meeting is about, she quickly looks to make sure she's not going to run into anyone else as she hurries into the room. She seems to be cursing under her breath in gnomish at being late.

Tikk bounces up to the man, just in time to hear about the disturbance at the grave yard, "what is going on? are the worms boycoatting." she asks and tilts her head slowly, "ooh I know, the ghosts are asking for people to throw them a bone?" she beams.

Jumping off of the table and yelling "ITS YOU!!!" ShadowHawk runs over to the Pilvisadi woman that walked in. "I've been looking for you for years! My name is Shea Hamilton Alleyne Dunham Oberon Wendel Harken Aerynn Weylin Keegan of the Skyye clan I've been trying to find out what happened to my clan." He steps back and takes a look at her "Wait I know you." he says with a confused look on his face.

"I am... well. Considering." Alan states looking at ShadowHawk for a moment. He unrolls a map in the middle of the table, crudely drawn, of what appears to be a graveyard. "The land started dying... wild creatures fled, winter dwelling plants withered, all and all things are going bad. A few of my hunters told me they spotted a black transparent cloud entering the main mausoleum before they fled." He pauses hearing the loud outburst and long name.

Blu'Shim's mouth drops open "Shea?" she whispers, she suddenly throws her arms around the other cloud gnome "I just found out the other day that you were here" tears form in her eyes as she pushes him back to arms length and then hugs him close to her again "it's me Tallullah" she says through her tears of joy, she pushes him back again to arms length "it's me your sister!!" she looks over at the guy "yeah yeah shh one sec, can't you see a family reunion going on over here" and then looks back to her brother "Oh my clouds! look at you! how'd you get so tall?" she looks curiously "wow" she breathes after a moment.

Tikk nods slowly, "Why didn't they just fire ball it and leave, seems tome always like the safest bet you know. Fireballing something and leaving, Its safer then snow ball...ing...it.." Tikk turns to the two cloud gnomes. "Siblings?' she asks and looks from one to the other before clapping like an idiot monkey with cymbals in their hands, "yayya."

Grub walks up and then looks over at the group that just gathered seems to be late, "Hmm," He says a high pack on his back he tilts his head as he looks about and then shrugs, "Well this is interesting." He says pushing up glasses on his nose having listening from the door he looks about. "Hello everyone, I'm Grub..." He mentions as he scratches the back of his neck lightly.

Alan, a man of patience, takes his tankard of ale and drinks heavily before setting it back down. "Welcome Grub. Have a seat please."

ShadowHawk blinks "Tally? really its you." then hugs Blu tightly and whispers "I thought I lost everyone." When he straightens back up wiping a tear from his eye he points over to the human. "I guess we should catch up later, Those bigguns with short names don't have any sense of whats right just what they want must be done now, like they wont live long enough to see it done if they sit down for dinner first."

Blu'Shim chuckles through her tears "yes of course" she says, she looks over at Tikk "it's my baby brother" she whispers loudly as she walks with ShadowHawk over to the table "Sorry about that mister" she says to the human at the table.

Alan nods again at the others, hearing the conclusion of their reunion... or at least a pause where he might could insert details of the mission, "So I would like to send you to this graveyard to try and clear up the mess. Would you please do this? If it continues to drive the forest life out... we will all starve."

Tikk looks at ShadowHawk and then at Blushim, "Your brother saw me naked." she announces. though to be fair it /was/ at the hot springs so she can't be asked to stay to modest while bathing really? Can she? Bah! it doesn't matter, the gnome female is mated now. "Can I get some cocoa.." she asks of the Barkeep, before climbing into a chair and plopping down to look at the man, "Now, the ground is drying, black clouds at mussle-laims." Yes, she pronounced it wrong and just like that. "Why are you hunting in a grave yard to begin with, what if there are zombies and you kill one, do you eat it? what if its your old aunt Bee...would you eat your aunty bee.."

Grub scratches his neck and then looks over at the rest, "I'm here for healing and magical support don't except me to do much of else. I don't have any armor or weapons...." He mentions as he looks over at Alan and then says, "Count me in, I will support you. If not perhaps I can find someone the local herbs or what not that they can cook and help out. I'm a famous chief after all."

Blu'Shim goes wide eyed "wait so that means we've both seen you naked" she laughs over to Tikk as she climbs up to sit on the table being the shortest in the bunch "make that two for the cocoa's and this guys paying" she says and points to Alan "Why do you want us to go to the dead people place again? I really wasn't listening until now" she says honestly to Alan.

ShadowHawk climbs up on the Bar and asks "Can I get a Cocoa with lots of sugar" then looks over to Alan "Sure big ugly aunt Bee is roaming around in a grave yard and you want us to kill her before she gets you, ok count me in, you only die 5 or 6 times right."

Tikk looks at Blu'Shim, then at Shadowhawk, "I guess you both have." she shrugs and giggles, "I thought 10 was supposed to be the normal for our type." Shrugging at the end, the young woman beams at Alan, "I am in."

Alan nods at Shadowhawk vaguely... "Riiiiight... just... go on and follow this one's lead." He gestures to Tikk and nods, "It's about an hour's walk from here, I suggest leaving now so you don't have to be there after the sun has set."

Tikk taps on her chin, "About how long Via Mount." she wonders and whistles out to call her, well, a rather large fluffy Dog bounds into the area. "I bet we could all fit on it." she beams out at the group.

Blu'Shim looks at the mount and then at Tikk "all of us?" she looks at the dog again "but?" she just shakes her head "only if we do acrobatics of standing on top of each other" she says in disbelief.

Grub looks over at everyone and then shakes his head, "Geez," He shakes his head and then looks over at Alan he just follows him, looking at Blu'Shim and the others scratching his head and shaking it again. "Lognare help me." He mumbles under his breath.

ShadowHawk looks at Fluffy Duffy then at Blu' "No we can all fit. Tikk makes her dog really big so it can carry lots of gnomes." he looks over a Alan "Great you want us to leave now so we don't remember to ask whats in it for us?"

Tikk looks at Blu'Shim, "I got ways to make it bigger," Tikk says with a giggle, "And I am ready to go when ever you are." she states happily.

Blu'Shim looks hesitant but then nods "alright lets go take on a big bad black cloud" she says and jumps down off the table.

"May the gods go with you my friends." Alan states and hands Tikk the map to get there.

Grub looks over at Tikk, "If you need help navigating let me know." He says as he starts out.

ShadowHawk taps his foot "umm whats in it for us? you Biguns always get us to do your dirty work then hope we die so you don't have to pay us."

Tikk looks at Shadowhawk, "didn't you hear, we get to burn a grave yard to the grounds." And for Tikk that is payment enough, "As long as we get to make things go boom, and guts fly all over. I am happy."

Blu'Shim turns around to look back at the man named Alan as she stands next to Tikk as Shadow asks about the goods for payment and then chuckles at the mentioning of burning stuff to the ground.

ShadowHawk jumps off the bar "Since you wont tell us I assume we get your first born" and walks out after the rest of the gnomes

Two hours later, with Tikk using the map, you arrive at the graveyard. There is still plenty of sunlight... about one and half hours of it... and there is a gray overcast sky. The graveyard hasn't been properly tended in quite a while, evident by the overgrown weeds and grass. But, like the world is in an eternal sleep, there is no life in any plant visible, even the ones who stay green in winter, and not a animal stirs save for the one you ride on.

Tikk claps as they get there, "Yay." she offers happily. "We arrive!" she giggles and looks around. "Hmmm. this doesn't look healthy." she remarks. "Someone really needs to garden..." Another glance is given to the group. "so then."she offers and rubs her hands together, "who wants to dig up some graves."

Blu'Shim sitting behind her newly found brother squeezes him about the waist in a hug, still being just so happy to have found him the permanent smile she had on her face slowly fades away as she sees what happened to the land around them as they arrive. "what the..." the rest silenced on her lips as the shock of the place sets in.

ShadowHawk Gracefully falls on his face as he tries to get off the dog then mutters "gotta work on my landings" He then looks around at the graveyard "Too much stone, not enough thats burnable to get a really good fire going" he then starts walking into the graveyard.

Grub shakes his head and readjusts his pack looking at the others he tilts his head as he looks over the graveyard a moment. Concentrates on his surroundings as he reads the horizon.

The Graveyard is centralized around the mausoleum with graves run in squared areas and trees. There are two ancient wooden doors on it.

Blu'Shim takes a look around to see if there's anything that might clue them in as to what could be in the mausoleum.

ShadowHawk walks over to the mausoleum and looks at the doors and searches the area to see if he can find anything.

Blu'Shim turns around and shrugs "I have a sneaking suspicion that there might just be some dead people in here" she says mockingly and then walks back to look at the door.

As he walks around, ShadowHawk sees a few graves that look like they been dug up, he looks over at Fluffy duffy "did you bury a bone here?" he asks.

Grub mumbles some words under his breath as his hands glow softly rolling he looks over at Blu and then ShadowHawk, "Someone get the door open I think we need to deal with what is ever underneath there in the building... It's definitely got some magic evolved with it."

Blu'Shim motions a go ahead with her hands "you go right ahead" she says with a wink "I'll open it once someone has checked it for traps" she says with a smile "I'm not real good at that myself"

ShadowHawk looks over at Grub "Go a head it doesn't look locked"

Tikk looks around slowly and taps her chin, "really, well I suspect there are live people." she motions to the group. "Right here." She moves to fall to the back of the group. as she is tender, flammable, and certain she tastes good smothered in chocolate sauce.

Grub looks over at Blu'shim, "I suggest you move and quickly." He then looks over at ShadowHawk and pulls on the door, "it's locked someone needs to open it."

Tikk frowns and pulls out her wand. "Hold On. I know a trick." she offers to the group. "But you all need to step back...

Blu'Shim frowns over at Grub whom she's standing behind and then shrugs backing up even more.

ShadowHawk sees the wand that Tikk pulled out and turns to run from the soon to be exploding doors.

Suddenly there is the sound, as if there is a blender in the dirt stirring stuff around. A bony arm raises nearby and soon a skeleton is standing near the group, then another one, and they keep coming until six fully emerge.

Skeleton2 comes forward and takes a quick swipe at Blu'shim, scoring a blow.

Skeleton3 takes a swipe at ShadowHawk but misses.

Blu'Shim cries out in pain from the blow that the stupid Skeleton just made.

ShadowHawk pulls out his Hooked hammer and swings it at Skel2 yelling "Leave my sister alone!" The hammer bounces off the Skeleton without causing any damage.

Skeletons 6 and 4 swing and miss at Shadowhawk and Blu'Shim respectively.

Grub grunts looking at the Skeletons and his friends, "Ok, enough of this." He pulls out something from around his neck, "In The Name Of Logare, BEGONE!" He says as his holy symbol glows brightly as the sun..... The skeletons look towards the holy symbol, and shatters into a millon bone fragments as they listen to his command he looks over at the rest, "Protect me next time, I might come in handy." He says brushing off the bone fragments as he looks over at Blu and the others, "Anyone need healing?"

Blu'Shim raises her hand at the question "it hurted me" she says sadly.

Tikk blinks as Grub handles the problems before she can do anything, "Huh.." she offers and points the wand at the door, "Want me to open it?" she asks to the group.

The door opens by itself.

ShadowHawk looks at the door then mumbles something and is covered in a shimmer for a moment

Grub pulls out bandages and goes to work expertly bandaging Blu up and then looks over at the rest, "Just someone watch my ass, I can't defend myself I have no weapon or armor..." He mentions looking over at Blu, "You'll do ok."

Tikk puts her wand away and moves to head towards the door and peeks inside, "Damn right I am the queen bitch of doors."

Blu'Shim nods to Grub "Thank you" she says as she turns towards the doors once again "well, in we go?" she asks walking to catch up with Tikk.

ShadowHawk lifts his hammer and hurries to catch up with the Gnomish women.

Grub walks in with a shake of his head, "Damn undead."

Inside is a fairly straightforward place. There are shelves, three to a segment, with dead bodies in various stages of decay lined along the wall. There are sconces places periodically for light, but these aren't lit, and there are three sarcophagi in the middle of the sunken floor.

Blu'Shim wrinkles her nose "sheesh it smells in here" she says as she looks around "anyway we could get some light in here?" she asks anyone.

Tikk looks at Blu'shim then goes through her pack looking for some flower water and sprays it against the air lightly. It doesn't help at all, Flower water never really would, "there."she states and sniff, "Uggg.." she finishes. "lets just...go where we need to..."

Grub touches his holy symbol still out of his shirt and around his neck starts glowing as he looks over at the rest, "There, Be careful in here."

ShadowHawk looks at Grub's light, then looks at his hammer puts his hand on the head of it and causes it to glow as well.

The light only helps to show you the gross corpses... ewww... a few are still juicy!

ShadowHawk looks around the room "Doesn't look like anything to be worried about here, just a few big boxes and some rotting corpses. lets go back to town and get that guy's first born"

Tikk looks at ShadowHawk, "Something could be under the bodies." she points out and moves to head over to one of hte less Juicer ones to poke at it lightly.

Blu'Shim looks around her nose still wrinkled in disgust "this is rather gross" she says "what are we looking for again?"

Grub looks over at Blu, "Just search the area, we'll know when we find it."

Tikk shrugs slightly and moves to looks around. "Um...undead...things that are making the wild life leave." she offers. "Is it a sin to distrupt bodies?

ShadowHawk looks over at Blu "some sort of black cloud" he then walks over and searched for an opening on the center sarcophagus "I wonder if there is any cleaning stuff in this box?"

Blu'Shim shrugs "alright" tho she looks unsure of really wanting to search.

As Shadowhawk begins opening the central sarcophigus, there is movement from all around. Three skeletons and two rotting corpses stir and stand waiting to dispatch the intruders.

Blu'Shim eeps and suddenly disappears, where'd she go? suddenly a small whishing sound comes out of nowhere and Zombie1 gets hit in the neck by a crossbow bolt.

Grub looks over at the skeletons and then to the zombies, "Begone in the name of Lognare," He says the light intensifying on the holy Symbol. The Zombies Explode still alive though they hobble for the corners of the room as he looks at what he did and shakes his head.

Tikk growls and points at the Zombie Blu'shim hit with her bolt. "DIE....again." Tikk commands and out of her fingers fly two Magic Missiles hitting it square in the chest. causing it to fall to the earth in re-un-unlife.

ShadowHawk looks into the Box "Hey theres stairs in here!" he then looks up to more big uglies. He turns and swings at the closest skeleton hits it in the chest and says "Are you aunt Bee?"

The skeleton Shadowhawk struck swipes at Shadowhawk with the scimitar.

One skeleton hits Tikk with it's big sword, the other misses Blu'Shim.

Blu'Shim appears momentarily as she moves from one hiding spot to another, she chooses a spot somewhat closer to the last zombie, she reloads her crossbow and unfortunately miscalculates her targets distance as the little bolt goes flying past the zombies head.

Grub says, "I said Begone." The light intensifies as rest blow up this time flesh flies all over the place and then says, "Did someone mention stairs? Also check those Sarcophagus' thingys too." He then looks about, "Who is hurt?"

Danger: Proceeding beyond this point may be hazardous to your health.

ShadowHawk nods "theres stairs here!" he then turns to open another box

Blu'Shim pokes her head out from behind one of the corpses that didn't try to just kill them and steps out when she realizes that its clear and ok to come out again.

After opening up the second box "hey this one is occupied doesn't look all that dead though" ShadowHawk says.

Tikk looks around slowly and frowns, "you know," Tikk states. "Either they are trying to turn away with with that sign. /or/ it really is really dangerous." she points out and grabs her wand of enlarge again. "I wonder how big it can get before it explodes

ShadowHawk walks over and opens the last box, ShadowHawk says "yay another dead guy"

Entering the second floor down, the room is pitch black save for the light the lighten objects bring. There is a single door forward in this otherwise non-descript stone room.

Tikk stops at the bottom and moves to look around, "Who wants go through first." she asks the others. "I am probably not the best to."

Blu'Shim looks around with her wild gnomish night vision and sees that there's nothing in the room except the door, unsheathing her jewel decorated friend (her rapier) she moves towards the door "I will" she says trying to sound brave.

ShadowHawk looks around "I will" then sees that Blu is on her way thru so hurries to catch up still holding his hammer ShadowHawk looks at everyone waiting at the door "well I'd like to get this done so I can go eat" reaches up opens the door and steps through.

Tikk waits in the back a bit, Letting others go first because she is tender, flammable, and good with bar-b-q sauce."

Blu'Shim follows her brother thru the doorway "well I can't let him get killed when I just found him again" she says as she goes.

Since others have entered the room: With the light of your hammer, you can see two forms in the room bent over what looks like a deer corpse. Upon the light entering the room, both turn to look at you, pale white faces and reflective eyes.

ShadowHawk yells "Two big uglies in here!" then steps to the side of the door with the hammer ready. "Which one of you is Bee?

Tikk points out at the Zombies, and whispers something in gnome, "Magic Missiles go Phew phew." the woman states happily. Both land solidly upon the foes, hitting with all the little gnome has in her for that spell She appears to be speaking in Gnome

Blu'Shim stunned by what she sees for a moment goes to swing at one of them and ends up tripping on an uneven stone in the floor, she turns to the stone sticking up and stamps on it a few times.

Blu'Shim made the mistake of looking directly at Tikk's magick missiles and when she tried to swing at one of the baddies all she could see were two yellow spots wherever she looked and completely missed the baddie.

One wight attacks Blu, the other attacks Shadowhawk. Neither are successful.

ShadowHawk swings his hammer with great gusto and hits the air with a solid swish "hmm maybe I sould move closer" he thinks.

Tikk points at them again, but this time, she hasn't recovered from all of the magic she has spent so far. Her Magic missiles are less impressive, Less effective, but still hit at least.

Blu'Shim steps past the little raised stone in the floor and swings at the one baddie and misses as it dodges from her blade.

ShadowHawk swings again at the wight on the right and missed again this time stumbling a step towards it.

Tikk turns as Blu is hit and fires two Missiles right at the one on her. the Wright is still alive though. Well unalive Alive. Or...undead or ...what ever it is

ShadowHawk swings again, and again misses. He looks at the hammer and mutters "I might just trade you in for a staff"

Blu'Shim quickly reaches into her pouch and pulls out a glass bottle gives it a quick kiss and throws it at the Wight, everyone hears the glass bottle break and pieces hit the floor at the same time as the creature becomes engulfed in flames, it screeches a loud screech as it dies, fortunately

ShadowHawk dives out of the way before being hit by a splash from the liquid.

Wight2 doesn't take kindly to his friend being hit and so smashes the mage that had nothing to do with it.

Tikk is hurt, Tikk is hurt! Oh does she scream in pain as she swings her hooked hammer at the wright hard. The top part of it catches at the beast.

Blu'Shim yells out to Tikk 'watch out!' maybe she shouldn't have because both Tikk and the Wight moved out of the way as she throws the bottle of liquid at it, the glass shatters and the wooden door on the way out lights up like a christmas tree. "Oops, my bad!" she says sheepishly.

ShadowHawk swings his hammer again this time he stumbles the hammer spins so the hook enters the wights head and the hammer continues on it's arc with the head attached. ShadowHawk shakes the head off "Golf anyone?"

--The Next Morning, Grub has left for town in the night and is sending in some help. Enter Lyse and Taymon--

Tikk looks about as the morning snow breaks over the landscape. There is no Dew in Vintermor, Just ice, Snow, Or bitter wind. Thankfully, today its snow. Tikk seems more then happy to curl up tightly in a little ball as the first rays of light elongate the shadows of the grave yard.

ShadowHawk rubs the sleep out of his eyes, picks up his belongings, looks over at the doors to the Crypt then mumbles to himself a brief glow surrounds him.

Blu'Shim stands up and rubs the sleep out of her eyes, tho suddenly she looks like she stepped on a sharp rock or something hot she seems to be dancing around for some reason. She looks around quickly, then turns to ShadowHawk and Tikk "Uh excuse me just one minute" as she holds up one finger and runs around to the other side of a headstone.

Taymon smiles as he looks to the others with Lyse near, a small laugh coming from his lips as he sees who these adventurers he is suppose to help are. "Well hello and welcome me as a reinforcement...if you be the band I seek." winking.

Tikk looks at Blu'Shim and then at Shadowhawk, "what is wrong with her..." she asks with a shrug before moving to stand up, "You okay Blu..." she calls out to the other gnome.

ShadowHawk looks at Tikk "maybe she hid food over there should we go look?"

Blu'Shim hears a strange voice one that is not Tikk's or ShadowHawk's voice, she hides behind the headstone she was just peeing behind, and takes out her crossbow loading it with a bolt.

Lyse walks with Taymon, remaining close to him as they approach the group. She does offer a soft smile up but remains quiet as she lets Tay deal with the group.

Tikk looks at Shadow and nods, "Yeah!" she offers and moves to look for the last gnome. Of course those that are joining get a small finger wave, they haven't attacked yet, so they must be friends...that is her philosophy.

ShadowHawk runs over to Taymon "Hi are you here to carry us home.. its a long walk and you look like you could carry all of us." He then turns to Lyse, stands up tall and sticks out his little hand "Hi my name is Shea Hamilton Alleyne Dunham Oberon Wendel Harken Aerynn Weylin Keegan of the Skyye clan in Meloria. Who are you? How are you?" he looks at her then at Taymon "Are you too ok? you look a little ill?" then he bounces up and down "Taymon guess what I found the gnome I was looking for! she's my sister!!"

"She is also hiding," Tikk says and frowns lightly, "I think she really does have food, we are goin to have to find her and tickle her until she shares." Tikk states before shivering lightly. "Hi!" she offers a wave to Lyse.

Blu'Shim peeks over the headstone and squints over at the two walking up to their little camp from the night before, and see's ShadowHawk bouncing around the strangers, and quietly unloads her cross bow and stands up "Sheesh I do not have food, well not over here anyway" she starts walking back over.

ShadowHawk looks at Tikk and the headstone Blu dissapeard behind "Do all humans look this bad in the morning?" He appears to be speaking in Gnome

Tikk shrugs slightly, "I don't know, Roquen tended to look alot worse...lets go blow things up." she states and motions to the Mausleum, Changing to common she continues. She appears to be speaking in Gnome "Its down there." Tikk states with a beaming smile, "Lets go kill it."

Taymon smirks as he looks to ShadowHawk and nods as his glaive is held at his side as he looks to Lyse and winks comfortingly as he looks back to the party with a smile and stalk of some plant or another in his mouth. "Well, it is a pleasure to be helping you, if you need it...just was sent here by a hunter. I figured a fight is just what I needed."

BluShim looks over at ShadowHawk with a smile on her face, quite obviously fake "I think so little brother, I've not found an attractive one during the day, in the morning or at night" then she she walks over to pick up her pack. She appears to be speaking in Auran

Lyse looks over the party letting her gaze rest on Shadowhawk as she softly answers his questions, "I am Lyse. It is a pleasure to meet you Shea Hamilton Alleyne Dunham Oberon Wendel Harken Aerynn Weylin Keegan of the Skyye clan." she pauses a moment and then adds, "We are just fine, have been traveling the last few nights." she then falls silent again as the others speak in a language she doesn't understand and turns her attention to the area.

Blu'Shim smiling after talking to her brother "well good morning" as she picks up her pack "let's go kill some baddies!"

ShadowHawk grins at the words 'blow things up' straightens out his pouches and starts walking into the crypt.

Taymon shakes his head with a swallow of spit, something bothering him as he looks to the others. "Can someone please translate...because I have no idea what was said." pausing. "Babies?" comes his words with a strange glance. "Blow things up?" comes the second response. "Damn....not again."

"Shadow wanted to know if everyone looked like that in the morning. 'she carefully motions to Blu. "And if we where going to go kill things." she beams but then her face falls, "I don't know what they said to each other, "I don't know that language." Tikk shrugs, "Okay, the ones we faced." she motions to the mausoleum again, "Are, erm, where in there," she states to the bigguns. "you didn't by chance bring any fire balls with you?"

Upon entering the crypt, you all see the leftovers of the destruction from yesterday. Bone fragments, old rusty swords, juicy corpse-pieces and of course, where would you be without the half-decomposed dislocated eyeball that plopped onto the top of one of the nearby sarcophagi?

ShadowHawk looks back at Taymon and Lyse "Are you coming? there was a whole bunch of fun and intresting bad guys in there and I think one of them was that Hunters Aunt Bee. we need to kill them all" he then grins innocently.

Taymon shakes his head with a small sigh. "Nope, alas I am of the blade." he muses, laughing. "A language barrier it seems....in a way.

Well just know we need to know what is going on or we could be in trouble trying to help you." he admits, urging Lyse to follow now. "So much fun, no?" chuckling

Blu'Shim walks into the Mausoleum and looks around, sniffing the air "Yep still stinks in here" she exclaims and then shrugs "alright c'mon biggun's let's go kill stuff" she almost seems happy about it this morning.

ShadowHawk walks over and picks up the eyeball "The bad guys are down there in the dark." he says as he throws the eyeball down the stairs. "I hope we can find Aunt bee and re-kill her soon it doesn't seem as if today will be as fun as yesterday."

Taymon shakes his head, following as he moves to put his glaive forth. "Shall I lead, and someone hold a torch behind me...or do you wish to fight in the corridors?" seeming a sincere question as he is a self professed fighter.

Blu'Shim looks to Tikk and ShadowHawk "Hey we could hide behind him if he goes first" she whispers loudly pointing at Taymon.

ShadowHawk blinks at Taymon "Torch? I don't have one but I can cast light on your big stick."

Tikk looks at Shadow and in all seriousness offers out, "I don't think there is an Aunt Bee....Not any more." Tikk moves to kick the eyeball lightly and lets it bounce off things. "Um...who has light..." she asks and then Shadow takes care of that problem and Tikk nods. "Good."

Taymon smiles as he waggles a brow. "That will do, that will do." he muses, seeming to like the big stick comment...perverted sailor, seeming to find humor in all things.

ShadowHawk walks over and gently touches the metal thing at the one end of the big stick murmurs and it starts to glow

Lyse raises a brow slightly and then shrugs as she follows Taymon, not sure what is going on but staying close to the mans side.

The scene is somewhat more grim than before. It is a simple small stone room at about a 5x5. The door, that once closed the room off, is not a smoldering pile of ash with carbon scouring all over. Smoke drifts about lazily, enough to be uncomfortable but not dangerous at this point, and the room beyond seems fairly still with Wight corpses present.

Taymon watches the undead corpses, and shaking his head at the scene steps into the room with a small sigh. "Where now?" he asks, noticing the room before. "Someone search this place for pits or traps?" inching towards the other room beyond.

Tikk looks about the room for said traps, as well no one seems to be doing that right now, "On it!" the gnome states happily.

ShadowHawk walks over to the wight corpses and starts searching them "where did that eyeball go" he mutters

Blu'Shim starts searching around for any signs of traps or boobies, err... boobytraps. Blu'Shim turns around from the door and shrugs "I don't see any traps on this door"

Taymon pokes the floor in an odd way as he moves, searching for a pit fall, being wary from one experience already. "Nothing." he says from his search.

ShadowHawk looks around "well since there is no traps should I go knock on the door?"

Blu'Shim turns back to the door and pulls out a little leather case out of her pocket and starts working on the lock.

Tikk giggles lightly, "last time we knocked on the door." she stops and blinks, "I don't remember what happened...was it bad/"

Taymon hrms as he raises a brow as he watches the others with a smirk. "Well it seems she is doing her magic, gnomes and locks go hand in hand, no?"

Blu'Shim has her little tongue sticking out of the side of her mouth as she presses her ear up against the door while she picks the lock and the lock opens so smoothly and quietly no one would have known it had opened except that Blu stands up with a grin on her face and quietly turns the knob opening the door "Shall we?" she asks.

ShadowHawk grins at Tikk "Didn't all the lights go out and something ugly beat on Taymon?" he looks up a Taymon "you want I should knock?"

Taymon smirks as he shakes his head, moving to the gnomes with a smirk. "Well...no, I think I am well, but I will do the honor. Afterall I am your shield of some sort, right?" he muses, moving to kick the door open with his weapon moving to the ready.

ShadowHawk sees Taymon Kick the door "Umm... Blu just opened that you don't need to make so much noise" then tries to peek through the door and Taymon's legs?

Taymon succeeds in opening the door further and making a lot of noise. Taymon smirks as the door is flung open with a shake of his head. "No see, this is not the name of the game. You be quiet and I distract them with noise, moving into the room with a combat stance, the tip of his polearm glowing.

ShadowHawk pulls out his hammer before following through the door "Hey Taymon is the eyeball in there?"

As you start to enter the room and light invades, it isn't clear at first what might be in the room. There is just one Sarcophagus a good ten foot away, Sculptures and murals on all the walls that open up immeadiately after you pass the threshold to spread to a width of about thirty five foot across total with the room extending from the door at 25 foot. Then, though, a large black shape shimmers and floats two foot towards you, still at the sarcophagus. Two glowing red eyes open up to look at you... and then it just stops and waits.

BluShim looks to ShadowHawk "What the fuck is that thing?" She appears to be speaking in Auran

Taymon pauses as he looks to the eyes with a small sigh. "Here you are thinking your very scary with the glowing eye bit....I don't buy it. Come on, smile for me, pretty!" he calls as his weapon touches the floor in preperation for battle, the blade scrapping rock. "Did I disturb your slumber?"

Blu'Shim sounds like she's swearing in another language as she peeks around Taymon's leg.

ShadowHawk looks at the shape by the sarcophagus "Hi my name is Shea Hamilton Alleyne Dunham Oberon Wendel Harken Aerynn Weylin Keegan of the Skyye clan. Are you the one that is killing everything aroud here? If so do you think you could stop? Oh, are you Aunt Bee?"

Lyse stops behind Taymon, staying directly behind him as she eyes the floating eyeball in the darkness. Taymon's words jerk her out of her study and she quickly says a soft prayer to Aurinko, her body glowing briefly.

The shape with the red glowing eyes doesn't move. Doesn't blink. Doesn't Cry. Doesn't Weep. The room, however, has a most discernable feeling to it... sadness beyond compare.

Tikk looks at the wraith for a moment, and then moves to step behind Taymon, Human Meat shield. I mean, the fighter is good to go first.

Taymon pauses as he looks to the eyes with a raised brow, pausing as his grip on his weapon begins to waver. Either he is ready for the fight and knows not to strain his hands or he is thinking. "So..whats wrong with you? I have heard many a sad tale, but you look just pathetic."

Blu'Shim stands behind Taymon's leg and just shrugs "What is it? And what's wrong with it? Why isn't it doing anything?" she asks the two other gnomes standing with her.

ShadowHawk looks around Taymon at the Wraith "You seem sad, is it that you don't remember being Aunt Bee? Did you want us to make some tea then we can all sit down and talk about it?" ShadowHawk has been told tea will make everything better.

Lyse puts a hand softly on Taymon's shoulder as the sadness of the room washes over her. She looks to Tay and says softly, "Maybe it is the victim here, love?" she turns her gaze back to the thing, always thinking the best of everything she comes across.

A deep and Aged voice sounds out... though it feels as if it were, in fact, coming from inside your old skull rather than from across the room, "Why do you disturb my peace?"

Taymon nods as he laughs softly. "Something about you on a horrible rampage and a threat to the people and blah blah....ok, so I do not know it all, but you were seen as a bad thing."

"Why are you upsetting the land..." Tikk asks back with a bit of a snarky comment before, hiding behind Taymon again. Hmm, someone is gonna talk big later.

ShadowHawk clears his voice "Well you see there was this hunter guy that was worried about everything dying here and I think he was looking for his Aunt Bee or at least the name came up, any way I was looking for some fun so I decided to come look around, then all these really nice skeletons came out and started grabbing at us, that was fun, but they all fell apart." he pauses to take a breath.

Blu'Shim quirks an eyebrow at ShadowHawk as he tells this floaty thing the story of why they're there.

That same voice says softly, "Leave me. Leave me to my eternal peace." It appears to turn, noted by the disappearance of his red eyes and moves into a shadow, for all intents and purposes becoming invisible.

Taymon hrms as he pauses and shakes his head. "So no, you did not cause those disturbances?"

After taking a deep breath and clearing his throat ShadowHawk continues. "Well then we came inside and played with more dead things and finally came here.. Are you sure you don't want to go outside? We can start a fire and make Tea."

Lyse finally speaks up after being silent through its short speach, "I do not think it did, let it sleep. It has done nothing wrong." she speaks mostly to herself and turns to step out of the room, ready to leave.

Taymon nods to Lyse. "Maybe."

Actually, for having been Magic Missiled, the wraith seems to be rather easy going... "I did not say I was innocent. I just requested that you leave. I see now that this was too much for you to handle." The door slams shut just in front of Lyse and seems to turn into solid stone in front of her very eyes. "I must apologize... for your fates will now be tied to mine. Forever." And he begins advancing rather quickly towards Tikk.

Blu'Shim eeps and then disappears, where'd she go? who knows...

Taymon misses as he lashes out, the beast shifting as his blow is not even connecting with the incorporeal form of it's....what do you call a bodiless thing?

Lyse jerks to a stop as the door slams shut in her face and she freezes. Slowly she turns to face the others and says in a soft voice, "Just couldn't leave well enough alone could you guys?" her tone is kind though the words are not and she does...nothing, she just stands there seeming to pray silently.

ShadowHawk starts edging away from the door/wall/where the door was circleing to the right trying to stay away from the big nasty Wraith hoping that he can get over to the coffin before it notices.

Blu'Shim notices her little brother starting to edge away from where they just were and she sticks right close to him and hopes that the wraith doesn't notice the two lil blue gnomes creeping around the room.

Ghostlike hands reach towards Tikk and touch her shoulders, seeming to pass through slowly. The terrible creature makes a calm shivering motion as he attempts to sip a small portion of the little gnome's spirit like a fine wine... only to be tantilized as it is denied to him for a few moments more.

As soon as Tikk is touched the woman moves to step back from its grasp and charges up a spell. She only moves five feet, but its enough for her to toss two Magic Missiles at the wraith. they hit for all the magic she has.

Taymon lashes out with a solid blow of his glaive, the energy of the beast being disrupted as the blade passes through it, crackling as he glides the blade through with no sign of damage after the blow. "I know that stung, it bit, didn't it."

Lyse takes a swing with her mace, it arc's nicely, hits the creature with great force! So much so it goes right through not seeming to affect the creature at all.

ShadowHawk moves over to the sa-car-box thingy pushes off the lid and looks in "Hey there's a dead guy in here with a rock sign on him saying something about a dreaded one, and the wish he is punished in hell for a long time."

Blu'Shim sneaks past ShadowHawk climbs into the sarcoughithingie looks at the rock looking thing on the dead guys chest, she picks it up and chucks it at the Wraith, completely missing it and thankfully Tikk as well, the tablety rock thingie shatters against the wall. Blu'Shim shrugs and ducks back down into the sarcoughiboxie.

The Wraith sees the tablet fly through him and shatter, turns back to look at Shadowhawk, then turns to Taymon and flies to him before reaching out to grasp Taymon's arm.

Tikk growls out and fires off two more Magic Missiles. "Oh just die already." she states to the wraith.

Taymon takes a step back, guarding himself as he lashes back, missing once more!

Lyse takes a swing with her mace and actually manages to hit, she hurts it, she thinks but really can't tell as she glances to the others in the party trying to access who's hurt and who isn't.

ShadowHawk reaches into the Sar(has a cold)box thingy grabs onto the Clerical corpse and pulls it out and dumps it onto the ground then climbs in with Blu.

Blu'Shim helps her little brother with the body to an extent, then reaches into her pouch and pulls out a glass bottle. She looks over at Shadow after he crawls into the sar(coffee)cuss "You clear little brother?" and she drops the glass bottle onto the rotting corpse, it shatters and sets the dead cleric on fire.

The Wraith reaches out over towards the cleric, Lyse, but seems to lose heart halfway through. Then he starts moving towards his coffin dejectedly, the door turns back to normal. "Just leave me to my thoughts."

Tikk screams and tosses out two more Missile. "DIE." she screams at it. The little blue balls fly from her finger tips and slam into the undead creature. They aren't her most powerful, but they are at least effective

The wraith in it's departure, is hit with the spell in the back. An uneartly gasp is heard as it jerks, starting to convulse, "Damn you... but... thank you..." before he begins to slowly fade away.

Taymon just blinks as he looks to the others with a raised brow. "Well, was that it?" he asks amused.