Castle Amber: A D&D Adventure

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:01 am

Kalar wills the first zombie out of the cell, and commands it to watch his back and attack anything that tries to stab him in the back while he keeps working on opening the other door.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:36 pm

Silas sees the woman that has just crawled out of the ground. It's hard to tell in her current state, but that triangular mole is unmistakable. This woman is depicted as one of the statues. The woman scurries over towards the door Lynda went into.

Meanwhile, Thistlewhistle goes back to looking at the sword wielding statue, trying to figure out some way to get the sword without getting touched by the statue. Galse sees the crazy woman go after Lynda, into a door on the other side of the chapel. He wonders if the rest of the party will be joining her and if he might have to go into this cursed chapel after all. Kalar manages to free the second zombie due to the age of the cell door. He know commands the two zombies freely.

Lynda looks around the library. Though there are two bookshelves, she notes that there are very few books. About 15-20 in total, with book-stops keeping them from falling over in the less than full shelves. The books all seem rather old and tattered. On the wall hangs a clover emblem shield with a claymore behind it. The man seems very interested in his book. However, after a moment, he places a ribbon in the book to mark his place, places the book on top of one of the bookshelves and turns to Lynda.
"So, who are you?" says the man in a hushed tone.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:25 pm

Silas follows the woman with the triangular mole. He wants to politely ask her name, and her story.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:50 pm

Just as Lynda is about to introduce herself to the reading man, a crazed woman pushes into the library. She lunges at the reading man.
"But... but... you're DEAD!" screams the man.
Silas enters the library to see the woman violently choking the man as he struggles to get away.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:03 pm

Silas casts Touch of Fatigue on the woman, and attempts to separate the two. Neither of them appear to be armed, so he isn't terribly worried about what either of their fingernails might do to his new metal flesh.

He now wants to question both of them, and he has somewhat lost interest in doing it politely.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:19 pm

Silas casts a spell and the woman seems to get very drozy. She does however continue choking the man. Silas manages to pull her off the man but isn't strong enough to hold her back very well even given her drozy state. She frantically tries to escape Silas' grip. He's unable to question them well as he struggles to hold the woman back.
The man looks at the woman with terror-filled amazement. He rubs his neck as he repeats, "You were dead," over and over.
Lynda looks on, not sure what to do.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:22 pm

Silas asks the man:

"Who are you and who is she?"

If he can get any answer to that, he will follow up with "Why do you think she is dead" to the man, and if the answer to that doesn't make the next question pointless, he will ask "What did he do to deserve a strangling?" to the woman.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:35 pm

Silas questions the man. He begins to dust himself off and refocus. That's when the woman started biting. Silas barely managed to avoid getting bitten in the face, not wanted to test his metal skin that much at the moment. Lynda decided to join the grapple then. And she and Silas managed to hold the woman down without further biting.

The choked man looked at the crazed woman. He cast a spell, and the woman froze in place. Silas recognized this as a hold person spell.

"My name is Charles Clover and that is Madeline Clover. I believed she was dead and so I buried her in the chapel, six months ago. I can't believe she is alive. I have made a grave mistake. I am very sorry Madeline, I will make this up to you."

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:26 pm

"So you are both Clovers? What is your exact relation to her? Why did you believe Madeline was dead six months ago?"

Silas asks Charles.

Then, thinking about the biting, and wondering if the woman he is holding down might be an unusually fresh and unrotted undead,

"And why do you think she is not dead now?"

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:55 pm

Lynda's head is spinning. In a matter of moments, a wild woman barged on in and started strangling the man she was about to question, and Silas along with her, who she thinks is equally unpleasant.

She is interested to know these people are of the Clover family, however.

"My name is Lynda, by the way. This warforged fellow here is Silas. We're part of a party that seems to be caught in this area."

"Silas poses some good questions, but I have some of my own, if you don't mind terribly."

"For starters, what exactly is this place, and why are you still here?"

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:16 pm

"She is my dear sister. I found her in her room, stiff as a door nail. There was a service for her and everything. I don't know how she could be alive. I assume she is not undead or else the spell I cast on her wouldn't have been effective."
He goes over to her and shakes her.
"Yes, must not be undead. Though, this spell won't last forever. Madeline, do you know who I am? What has happened to you? I am truly sorry. You were dead, I'm sure of it. "
"Perhaps we should tie her up until she is back to normal? Then maybe I can answer some of your questions. I'm sure you have a lot."

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:26 pm

"Damnit, we can't afford to lose this man, or his sister...they're possibly the only chance we're going to get to answer our questions." Lynda thinks.

"That sounds tragic...it must be hard to see your sister in this state. I'll do my best to contain her and see if she can come back to her senses. Hopefully then we can talk." She says to Charles. "Oh, and please try to stay back. She's quite possibly dangerous, and we don't want her to go at you again."

Lynda takes out her rope, and proceeds to try and tie up Madeline.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:38 pm

Charles looks over Lynda as he ties Madeline up. He nods his approval. "Good, good. If you would, please carry her to her room, this way."
With that he opens the door tot he south. In this room, Lynda and Silas see a number of apparently empty clerical robes dancing a bizarre, repetitive dance around a circle painted on the floor in amber-colored paint.
"Just ignore this for right now."
He walks around the edge of the room and begins studying the wall.
"Now, where is that button?"
He stands there rubbing his hands along the wall, searching for a button presumably.

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:48 pm

"Well...ok." Lynda says. She cautiously tries to carry Madeline. She's alert for if Madeline were to regain motion.

She follows Charles, bewildered by the dancing clothing. She sticks closely to Charles, avoiding the bewitched apparel and the amber circle.

"So, Charles, you mentioned something about a button?" She says. She tries to scan around for it.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:04 pm

Silas follows. He looks at the robes and the circle on the floor. He nods approvingly, and tries to remember if he recognizes anything.

"Charles, there was a statue back in the chapel that resembled your sister. I am willing to bet that if I go back there, I will find a statue that resembles you too. What can you tell me about the statues in the chapel?"