"Why don't we just seal this room and take the Everlasting Carafe of Crappy Water somewhere it can fill up the rest of these caves and kill off all the goblins for us?" Horatio says. "But if we left it here, they could just rig this system back up and start poisoning the town again, right?" Vernon counters, offering that there must be someone clever enough to stop the bottle in Brighton. "A simple 'dispel magic' spell might suffice to stop the bottle," AdaRue states, but admits she is not familiar with the spell herself. "Let's just grab it and go as fast as possible - being careful to not touch it - back to Brighton, so they can deal with it."
"I knew my hydrology professor was full of shit" mutters Canun, clearly caught up in his own, contrarian train of thought. The charismatic cleric clears his throat, making sure he captures everyone's attention. "We believe we have discovered the source of the river poisoning. Removing it will be of some value to the folk of Brighton. We are in a very strong negotiating position. I don't have to tell you..." he looks around doubtfully "...or maybe I do, that our position is quite weakened once we fix the problem."
"What do you say we return to Brighton and negotiate?" he finishes, looking hopefully at Horatio.
"But, wait, if we don't fix the problem, they might not believe we can do it." Horatio offers. "What if we could, like, temporarily fix it, then come back and un-fix it if the villagers won't pay up? Like, 'Hey, nice water supply you've got now. Be a shame if something was to happen to it,' kind of thing."
Canun smiles in admiration. "An even better idea -- one I'm sure I would have thought of eventually," he adds quickly.
"You people are despicable!" Vernon protests strongly; his face rapidly growing to match the color of the dead warden's cloak. "First you insult a Warden of Brighton, and now..." The fighting man takes leave of his position at the door and carefully removes the cloak of the dead Warden. "We need to fix this permanently," he states, matter-of-factly. He approaches the well, where Keebler is examining the bottle, and begins drapes the cloak over the well, weighing it down with bones and stones.
"Don't lecture us, boy." Canun says to Vernon, looking at the fighter with bemusement. "We're trying to teach you how to improve your station in life... and you'd best listen to us: We're still here, alive, while the warden's gone and snuffed it, hasn't he?"
Vernon, still fuming at the insensitive motives of his companions, watches as Keebler concludes his inspection of the bottle, which appears to be nothing more than a simple vessel made of glazed glass:
"I'm still gonna take this down," Vernon says, hopping up to assume Keebler's vacated position at a safe angle beneath the bottle. "It doesn't seem right to play with folks' health like that." he adds.
After a few moments of study, Vernon readies himself and, his hands loosely wrapped to hopefully avoid any accidental spashage, he gently slips the bottle out of its suspension ropes.
The bootle keeps pouring "water" out its spout at a rapid rate in whichever direction it's facing!
The fighter quickly drops the spewing vessel into a large sack, but a few facts quickly become clear: The sack is not completely waterproof, and while it will "hold" a majority of the fluid entering it, it also leaks in some spots. The group also estimates, based on how quickly the sack is beginning to fill, that it will almost certainly be filled in a minute or two!
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Brighton Area Map
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Date: 4 Martius, Year 7102
Time: 11:29 (Sunrise: 06:53, Sunset: 18:37)
Temp: 62F
Conditions:
- Cool
Breezy
- AdaRue's Lantern (AdaRue) (Extinguished: 4 Martius @ 12:46)
Canun's Lantern (Canun) (Extinguished: 4 Martius @ 13:40)
- AdaRue: Protection From Evil (on AdaRue) (Expires: 4 Martius @ 11:40)
Dimly: Paralyzed (Expires: Unknown)
Rainey: Paralyzed (Expires: Unknown)
- Junius | Dwarf: 1 | Mv: 90/30 | THAC0: 19 | AC: 4/3/2 | HP: 10 | Armor: Banded, Shield, Dex -1 | Weapons: Scimitar, Sling (10), Shortbow (22) [5]
Sacro | Elf: 1 | Mv: 90/30 | THAC0: 19 | AC: 5/5 | HP: 4-2 = 2 | Armor: Banded, Dex -1 | Weapons: Longsword, Longbow (15) [5] | Spells: 1st: 1, 0 (Sleep)
AdaRue | Cleric: 1 | Mv: 60/20 | THAC0: 19 | AC: 4/3 | HP: 10 | Armor: Banded, Shield | Weapons: Mace | Spells: 1st: 2, 1, 0 (Light, Protection From Evil)
Canun | Cleric: 1 | Mv: 60/20 | THAC0: 19 | AC: 4/3 | HP: 7 | Armor: Banded, Shield | Weapons: Mace, Sling | Spells: 1st: 2, 1, 0 (Detect Magic, Light)- Nelly | Mule: 2 hd | Mv: 120/40 | THAC0: 18 | AC: 7 | HP: 9 | #Attacks: 1 (kick or bite) | Damage: 1d4 or 1d3 | Morale: 8 | Carrying: 0 pounds | Max Load: 400 pounds
Keebler | Elf: 1 | Mv: 90/30 | THAC0: 19 | AC: 4/3 | HP: 6 | Armor: Banded, Shield | Weapons: Longsword, Longbow (21) [5] | Spells: 1st: 1 (Sleep)
Horatio | Thief: 1 | Mv: 90/30 | THAC0: 19 | AC: 8/6 | HP: 8 | Armor: Leather | Weapons: Longsword, Longbow (21) [5]
Dimly | Dwarf: 1 | Mv: 60/20 | THAC0: 19 | AC: 5/4 | HP: 8-6 = 2 | Armor: Scale, Shield | Weapons: Longsword, Dagger, Shortbow (27) [5]
Vernon | Fighter: 1 | Mv: 60/20 | THAC0: 19 | AC: 5/4 | HP: 8 | Armor: Chain, Shield | Weapons: Bastard Sword, Shortbow (16)
Scout:
- Junius
- Junius
Dimly
Vernon
Keebler
Sacro
Horatio
AdaRue
Rainey
Canun
- Junius & Dimly
Vernon
Keebler & Sacro
AdaRue & Horatio
Rainey & Canun
- None.