Loot: The Eternity Dungeon

[Philote]

"Let's scout ahead friends" Willow says "We should see the nature of this town before we make our presence known."

Willow travels forward and then breaks off the path before he feels he has gone to near the town. He then tries to sneak and gain the best view of the town possible.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Whatever the condition of the town itself, he see's Star already looking around in the hub area most towns have.

[Smackgiver]

"I'm going to see if I can hire the services of a local healer.  If we're going to split up, we should designate a meeting spot and time.  How 'bout the central square/hub in 2 hours?"

[Marvelous Miscreant]

The town, and it was a proper town too, was encircled by a short wall that was just high enough to dissuade people from scrambling over it. The wall had been built from what appeared to be large rectangular bricks of maroon sand and was topped with accent stones. The Buildings in the town itself were nondescript cobblestone and log affairs that pressed tightly together to form streets between their rows. Oddly there seem to be a couple buildings set far apart from the others to the East. Several people, if you could call them that, roamed the streets. Their skin was a deep brown and they seemed far shorter than the average human.

Down in the Town square, Star can see the town more clearly as well as the various shops and homes. The shops are mostly bakers for some reason.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Star see the other come in and waves at them with his good hand. "Hey everybody, I thought I'd wait for you to catch up. Sorry for running ahead, but I really didn't want to wait in that room. Welcome to the lovely town of-"

(Star has been, if they're open to it, talking to the people about this town to pass time and is free to exposit anything he's learned about it.)

[Philote]

Willow lets the others walk their way into town first. If they were willing to take the risk this time, then he was not going to blow his cover till they were inside and well.

Once this occurs, Willow takes a final look around the wall, cave, and town to spot anything suspicious and then travels inside and joins the group.

[Mik_Hael]

Marked sticks with the group and carefully surveys the 'people' looking for any distinctive characteristics and behaviors.

[Smackgiver]

Praosk notices the unusual trend in the baker's craft and suddenly realizes... he's hungry.

"Is anyone else peckish?  We should surely refuel if we hope to regain strength from our last encounter.  I don't know about you guys, but I could definitely go for a buttery croissant... and a healer's touch."

[Philote]

"I'm not sure that we need food anymore" Willow says "But it would certainly improve morale. I'll go with you, we shouldn't send anyone off alone just yet."

[Marvelous Miscreant]

The townspeople had not been especially forthcoming to Star, in fact he got the distinct feeling that they weren't overly fond of Looters. Still, a few of them answered some questions, albeit begrudgingly.

"...Welcome to the lovely town of Bar-Lay." Star announces. He continues on to tell the others what he's learned about the town.

The town was built here because of the area's abundance of wheat and flour, hence the unusual number of bakers. There's a healer in town as well as a blacksmith, but they live up the hill and separate from the rest of the town. There's also an inn on the edge of the town to the north. There are a few shops around that might interest the group including a junk shop, a pawnshop and a apothecary. Again, they all seem to be on the outskirts of town.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Honestly, it's not the sort of reception I expected for the heroes who slew the brutal Chlorofiend. None of them even wanted to hear the story when I tried to tell it. Can you believe that?" Star said, miffed that their first town, which was almost surely in danger from the monster one cave over, had not greeted them with a heroes welcome.

"Anyway, we should get patched up before we do anything. Come on, follow me to that healer." With that, Star turned and started marching up the hill. He had a few places he wanted to stop, actually, most important being the inn. After all, it was bound to have a tavern. And though father had never allowed him near one, the humble tavern was widely known to be the place to sniff out problems. Problems that required the merciful ministrations of a mighty hero.

This place had to have problems. After all, what else were small secluded villages really good for?

(Oh hey, if Star looks up can he see the sky?)

[Philote]

"Let's see if we can get some of our items appraised as we scout this town" Willow adds. "When we have a moment to rest we should also see if we can get Xlprq's needle to function."

Willow follows the group to their first destination, the healer.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

After a quick trip across town and up the hill the party arrives at the Healer's and the Blacksmith's. It was nearly impossible simply arrive at only one of them sense both buildings seem to have been pressed together so tightly that they'd almost become one building. In places the cobblestones comprising each seemed to be pushed into one another.

 The Healer's shop was built from ash white cobblestones and accented with a deep red wood. A sign hung over the door the read, "Healing 4 Cash: Looters Welcome" below which was a crudely draw image of a heart.

The blacksmith's building was a lower building made from black cobblestones and metal. heat radiated from it and could be felt even from a distance.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"That's what I need!" Star said seeing the healer sign. "I also need cash. Willow, I need the gold."

He looks down at his broken arm and the green spike still sticking out of his shoulder. "I might need all the gold."

[Smackgiver]

"Star, I think we'd best be served if you get first dibs on healing resources."

/Praosk walks up to the door of the Healing 4 Cash building and knocks/

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Praosk knocks on the door, the noise echoing in the silent shop. After a moment several loud crashes and thuds can be heard from the back of the shop followed by heavy cursing and a scurrying of footsteps. Suddenly, the door is flung open by an over excited man dressed in white robes stained with various substances. He beamed at the Looters with yellowed teeth.

"Hello, Hello! Welcome! Always good to 'ave customers, come in, come in! What can I do for ya?"

The inside of the shop is a mess of book, various tools, jars of "Things" and various magical looking devices. The mess seemed to sprawl across the room, over tables and chair and even on to the ceiling somehow.  The back of the shop was dominated by a large operating table framed by shelves lined with meticulously ordered tools. The mess of the rest of the room stopped in a wide circle around the operating table which was immaculate and practically shone with cleanliness.

"I'm Murphy, " the man said with a hint of pride, " Now, which one of ya goons needs healin'?"

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Star stops looking at the things in jars with fascinated glee just long enough to raise his incasted arm. "Oh, me, me first." He says, hopping up onto the operation table. He points at the spike jutting out of his shoulder and asks "Can I keep this after you pull it out?"

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Murphy picks up a small monocle from a table, nearly causing a landslide of papers and dust. he polishes the lens on his robe sleeve before slipping it over his right eye and leaning in close to inspect the large spine in Star's arm.

"Hoo, that's a dozy of a wound there, eh? That's a Chlorofiend barb if I'm not mistaken. Looks like a clean puncture, through and through. I'm sure I can extract this without too much difficulty, but it's gonna sting like all hell."

Murphy straightens up from examining the wound and starts collecting a few supplies from his shelves. He grabs some pliers, cloth, a few small bottles and a thick cut of leather. He hands the leather to Star before tuning back to his supplies and opening a few of the bottles and mixing the contents in a small bowl.

"Now how did a group of novice Looters like yourselves get mixed up with one of the most ferocious monsters in the Eternity Dungeon? Don't y'all know to avoid a Chlorofiend's nest? Ah, what am I saying, course you boys probably weren't warned at all. Ah well, such is life."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"That's its actual name!?" Star exclaims. "Guys, did you hear that? I was right about the name. It looked like a chlorofiend sort of.... wait, most ferocious monster?" He sounds disappointed, before slipping the leather into his mouth and biting down.

[Smackgiver]

"No.  We weren't briefed,  but we would've surely liked to have been.  'Chlorofiend' you called it?  That thing very nearly ended our journey,  It was but pure luck that we survived.  Have you had much experience in healing looters who've suvived such an encounter? "