7 - 057: An Army of the Dark

[K Man]

Londo and Graak - In the thick of sweaty drunken bodies, Graak easily gets his spells off without being noticed.

The floorboards first light up like burst of a dozen candles, and then turn a dark color as the water soaks through a through. For a moment, you wonder if anything will come of your little ruse. None of the drunken swaggering patrons give it a second glance, and no one appears from behind the bar.

Then...you see.

Leaning over the side of the bar discreetly, you see the hatch open slightly - pushed to an apex by a feminine hand...

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Drop'Gar - For the few brief moments that you have, you wonder what is going on. Arturick's strange comments, the lack of the calvary charging in to rescue you...it's all very disorientating.

You become vaguely aware of Arturick's voice as he nears again.



"I'm going to see what I can get out of the cripple. I want you to head upstairs and..."

He stops suddenly as do the booted footsteps.

"What in the hell is going on up there? Go up there and see what this is all about. Make sure it's just a spilled barrel of ale or something..."

You hear a woman's voice mutter in agreement and then the sound of someone climbing the metal rungs of the ladder at the front of the lab.
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{In case you missed it, I will be gone May 16th to May 19th. See you when I get back.}

[Toptomcat]

Graak 'accidentally' drops his mug of ale behind the bar and onto the trapdoor.
"Oops! Damn. Don't worry, I'll clean it up..."
Smirking just a little to Londo and nodding for him to follow, Graak steps behind the bar and puts a boot into the hatch's edge to keep it from being closed again. His grin stays on his face, but hardens to become slightly predatory as he 'helps' the woman up by bodily pulling her up and out of the hatch. He nods politely and deftly goes down into the hatch, getting in and beginning to scurry down before she has a chance to gather her wits.

[K Man]

{Only one reply?}

Graak - The woman offers little resistance to a menacing Half-Orc. She barely yelps as you hurtle her out of the tube.

Looking down, you note that she's just come from a stone tube, impossibly cold, that leads deep beneath Arturick's. There is a metal rung ladder that is bolted to the side of the tunnel and heads straight down.

You can spot some candlelight coming from the bottom of the shaft...

[BluSpecs]

Londo quickly moves over to the opening and seeing that Graak is already moving down, quickly checks the woman for any weapons or the smell of any arcane components. If any are found he takes them

[Japic]

Still nothin from me. Still just a cripple chained to a wall...

[Toptomcat]

(Ah, Londo, you may wish to revise that. I didn't knock her out, and you're still in the middle of a crowded bar.)
Graak climbs down the ladder as quickly as is possible without endangering himself, and draws his greatsword when he reaches the bottom. After stopping to see if Londo will guard the enterance or come down with him (both good options, in his opinion), he looks around him and heads for the candlelight...

[BluSpecs]

Londo waits to see what the womans reaction is. If she has any weapons or the smell of any arcane components he move over to "help" her up or move her out of the way

Delayed action to see if he need to get nasty with her