October 2, 349
"Good work, Ms. Paladin!" Tabrina tells Urwing. "I think we should hole up until El is better...and
then go back in the way we originally entered. There are some more rooms to be checked out
down there," says Tabrina. "Then, when we are good and ready - this time - we should jump through that teleportal again and get into the tower. Obviously they are unaware of it...
"What do the rest of you think?"
Sarah tells the party "I agree, let us rest a while, although I want to watch the doors and see what they do and if they change anything."
"Good idea." Tabrina nods.
"Whatever" shrugs Reg.
"Sounds good to me." Urwing will heal as best he can any who are injured
during the next few days. We should easily be able to get to full strenght
in a week.
While we rest, Urwing takes the form a lovely elvish maiden. "Darn hairy
creatures those minotaurs!"
"We never decided who should get the magical blade. Perhaps a contest
of strength should determine it among those who wish it."
Urwing places her arm on the table, ready to arm wrestle any who wish
to try and claim the blade.
"So the weaker person will get the blade..?" asks Tabrina, "Since it will
be of a relatively greater benefit to them than to a stronger person..?"
Reg laughs at Tabrina's remark as he walks up to Urwing. "If that's how you want to settle it, then
let's go." He puts his arm next to Urwing's and grabs it. "Tabrina, do you want to be the ref?" he asks.
"Sure. This should be fun. On the count of three. One, two, three," Tabrina calls out as she lets go of the locked hands.
The arm wrestling match goes back and forth for a couple of minutes. Reg is starting to put
Urwing's arm down when she starts grunting and gives it a final effort. Urwing starts to lift Reg's
arm up and over. She finally manages to put Reg's arm down. The two of them get up and wipe
the sweat off of their foreheads.
"You were a very good contestant," Urwing tells Reg.
"Bite me!", replies Reg to Urwing, obviously pissed about the contest. Reg then shoves the blade into Urwing's eagerly waiting grubby hands and stalks off.
"That's more like it!" says Tabrina. "For a moment I thought I heard him
say something polite. I was wondering if he'd been possessed..."
Urwing laughs. "A good soldier never engages in battles that they expect
to lose. Did I tell you I was a blacksmith before the wars? Develops
a good arm."
She swings the sword around, getting used to its grip, and replaces the
one in her sheath with it.
During the week that it takes for El to get back up to speed, the party will rest, heal, and keep an
eye on the fortress.
One morning, Urwing will go to the fortress and climb up to where the two minotaurs are tied up. It
is warm and overcast. The air has the feel of rain in it.
Taking the form of a minotaur again, she will assume the role of a
savior, and rescue the two. She decides that it would be safer if she were alone, as other, non-
minotaurs seen in the area would raise suspicion. She then heads off to find the cave entrance.
The party passes the time waiting for Urwing's return.
Urwing takes a few hours to reach the yeti cave. She then makes her way to the room where the
minotaurs were tied up. When she opens the door, all she finds are some frayed pieces of rope
on the ground and no minotaurs. She quickly returns to the party to tell them of her discovery.
It is early evening when Urwing returns.
Urwing tells the party that when she got to the room that the minotaurs were tied up, all she found
were pieces of frayed rope laying on the ground and no minotaurs.
From the location that the party is at, the entrance to the fortress can't be seen so characters,
going in pairs for safety, take turns venturing out to take a look at the entranceway. There doesn't
appear to be any sign of incresed activities. The doors are seen to be opened on average four
times a day during the week. Each time a few minotaurs go in and a few minotaurs come out.
The party assumes that these are the patrols, which wander the mountainside, that they heard
about.
The rest of the week passes uneventful and everyone is up to full health.
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