Log: Diagnosing Rinzik
From FiranMUX
The messenger whispers to you, "Sentry Jesika Coyote said to tell you, at Firan time: 09:15:10 PM on Wed Sep 08, in the year 43 A.U.: Mother? There's a commander acting... I .... I hate to say it. I do. But crazy. Actual... actually crazy. It's kind of worrisome. He keeps going on about everyone trying to poison him. I'm about to taste the teas I think - I'm a medicine maker in my clan, but I don't heal. Just make sleeping potions, fertility potions, things like that."
What message would you like delivered to Jesika? (use 'abort' to cancel) > A courier takes Karana's message and runs off. Message to Jesika:
>> Who? And where?
The messenger whispers to you, "Sentry Jesika Coyote said to tell you, at Firan time: 09:21:31 PM on Wed Sep 08, in the year 43 A.U.: Commander ... I don't know his name. He's in the guard. I know that, and a commander. And he has curly brown hair, and brown eyes. (Rinzik if that desc gives you that.)"
What message would you like delivered to Jesika? (use 'abort' to cancel)
> A courier takes Karana's message and runs off.
Message to Jesika:
>> Oh dear. Where are you both?
Messenger for Karana approaches Karana and makes a delivery.
The messenger whispers to you, "Sentry Jesika Coyote said to tell you, at Firan time: 09:25:52 PM on Wed Sep 08, in the year 43 A.U.: I'm in supply. He stormed off north, acting like a weirdo. It's really... concerning. "
What message would you like delivered to Jesika? (use 'abort' to cancel)
> A courier takes Karana's message and runs off.
Message to Jesika:
>> I will be there soon.
What message would you like delivered to Rinzik? (use 'abort' to cancel)
> A courier takes Karana's message and runs off.
Message to Rinzik:
>> Commander, may I have a word with you in private, please?
The messenger whispers to you, "Sentry Jesika Coyote said to tell you, at Firan time: 09:30:16 PM on Wed Sep 08, in the year 43 A.U.: Shite!! If he's crazy I've been exposed, and so's Argin, and Sarina, and Evius, and Kadia, and Thaddia, and those're just the ones I KNOW about. Oh and some little kid lord who paints a lot and looks like a Bear. And Arinsana and Sabria!"
The messenger whispers to you, "Sentry Jesika Coyote said to tell you, at Firan time: 09:31:34 PM on Wed Sep 08, in the year 43 A.U.: Want me to find him and like, keep track of all the people he comes in contact with? Totems and gods above."
The messenger whispers to you, "Commander Rinzik Kenirugrik said to tell you, at Firan time: 09:31:46 PM on Wed Sep 08, in the year 43 A.U.: Why, do you want to confess?"
What message would you like delivered to Jesika? (use 'abort' to cancel)
> A courier takes Karana's message and runs off.
Message to Jesika:
>> Oh dear. Hm. Intriguing. Yes, find all of them and... get
>> them together... but make it seem innocuous, not like a
>> quarentine... oh dear. Let me see what the estate looks
>> like.
What message would you like delivered to Rinzik? (use 'abort' to cancel) > A courier takes Karana's message and runs off. Message to Rinzik:
>> Confess? Not precisely, but I would like to discuss some
>> logistics with you, if you do not mind.
Messenger for Karana approaches Karana and makes a delivery.
The messenger whispers to you, "Sentry Jesika Coyote said to tell you, at Firan time: 09:39:43 PM on Wed Sep 08, in the year 43 A.U.: Okay. Um but Argin stormed through and grabbed Adan, oh he was there too, and Thaddia and Sarina and left. I dunno where they went. But I'll try to gather everyone else."
The messenger whispers to you, "Commander Rinzik Kenirugrik said to tell you, at Firan time: 09:39:58 PM on Wed Sep 08, in the year 43 A.U.: Logistics of poisoning, maybe?"
What message would you like delivered to Jesika? (use 'abort' to cancel)
> A courier takes Karana's message and runs off.
Message to Jesika:
>> Find them. I'm going to find Rinzik. This is... less than
>> good.
Ellish: Northern Wall, West Mess Hall
Karana makes her way in, somewhat hurriedly, looking about. "Commander Rinzik, are you here?" *Firan*
From the first amphora, Rinzik extracts a small measure of each sort of tea, and holds them up with a paranoid focus. He sniffs at them, a connoisseur of fine teas! And then he points at Karana. "Lord Captain, keep her back so that she does not get rid of the evidence."
Zeynus starts to move along after Rinzik, cleaning up discarded medical supplies as he is tossing them about. A look to Karana and he explains, "The Commander feels that the tea he has been carrying in his backpack has been poisoned, and that a fresh waterskin given him by supply was the same." *Firan*
Karana holds up her hands and pauses, shaking her head. "Oh no no, I'm certainly not here to get rid of any evidence. I'm here to offer my assistance. I've poison tested for noble families and the Chimeran Royalty before. I want to offer my aid..." She watches Rinzik though, carefully. *Firan*
An angry flush reddening lightly tanned skin, Rinzik is making rather a mess of the neat order of medical supplies in his determined search for the poison, and poisoned drinks. He eyes Karana with a slow spark of anger in his gaze. "I'm sure you are. And when you 'accidentally' knock something over -- no. It might've been you. Pagan filth." And he wets his lips with the tea, dry tongue tasting it.
Rinzik tastes ginger tea.
Rinzik tastes yarrow tea.
Rinzik frowns at the two samples of tea, muttering something along the lines of, "They don't seem to be -- but then neither did the others." So he tries a larger a sip -- and just as surely, when he goes to swallow, he spits it back up. He throws the tea at Karana. "AH HAH. I KNEW IT." *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik aims his ginger tea at Karana!
Karana takes a deep breath and nods simply. "Well, how about this as a compromise, Commander... rather than expose yourself through tasting, if you would like someone to bring me samples of everything. YOu can watch me here to make sure I don't do anything uncouth?" She blinks as the tea is thrown. "COMMANDER! That will be quite enough... please... calm down... tell me what has happened?" She looks at him now, definitely with the intuitive eyes of a healer, watching his body movements. "When did you first start suspecting the tea was poisoned?" *Firan*
Zeynus keeps out of the way of Rinzik and Karana, clearly inclined to let her do whatever diagnosing that she might be capable of without him standing in the way. The tea throwing catches him by surprise however!
COMBAT: Rinzik hurls his ginger tea and hits Karana with it.
COMBAT: Karana takes a hit to the chest!
COMBAT: ginger tea is now in your inventory.
Your Republic Issued Leather Breastplate with Ranivor's Symbol absorbs 3 points of damage (of 4).
Karana is looking somewhat under par.
DAMAGE: 1/60=2% of perm ENERGY: 0/30 = 0%
You get a tiny bruise on your chest. COMBAT: SUCCESS (6 successes) for shock resistance You take 1 point of damage.
COMBAT: Rinzik misses Karana with his yarrow tea.
KAPOW. Right in the boob. Rinzik has another cup of tea, too, but he misses with that one. Alas. "Bring you samples? And how can I trust a thing you say when both of these are poisoned?" His movements are short and sharper with a coiling fury.
COMBAT: Rinzik stops aiming at Karana.
COMBAT: Rinzik stops fighting.
Zeynus eyes Karana's chest. He does! Clearing his throat after a moment however as the tea seems to have done her no lasting damage and he says carefully to Rinzik, "She has not tried to make you drink anything commander.. it may be she is not in on it." *Firan*
Karana holds up her hands as she barely ducks the second mug of tea. "I would rather you STOP drinking the teas, Commander... how trained are you in detecting poisons? It's quite difficult, actually... now... when did you first start suspecting the teas were being poisoned?" *Firan*
Zeynus attempts to persuade Rinzik to Believe the whisper.
"Trained ENOUGH." Rinzik points at Zeynus, and then at the door. "That's a stupid idea. Don't let her out, in case she tries to run for it. I'm not going to let her get anywhere where she could poison more people."
Zeynus tried! He does move towards the door at the gesture, either humoring Rinzik or actually following orders.
Karana straightens a little bit. "Commander Rinzik. If I were to try and run, I would fall end over and and be quite easily detained. I am a woman, after all, not a Warrior." She holds up her hands. "Commander, I need you to tell me when you first started suspecting the teas were poisoned. Where were you? What was going on?" *Firan*
You sense Zeynus gives a briefly wearied smile in return, the sort that suggests the man had a rough time getting him to medical to start with.
Rinzik gestures sharply over his shoulder in the direction of the entire ... outside. "Out there, I guess." He is sooooo unhelpful. His eyes narrow, and he watches her with tense suspicion. "Trying to figure out which one of your little spies did it? It must be some sort of conspiracy. I saw a woman touching the weapons before we went out to meet the people outside the gates, although Captain Yacen /denied/ that when I accused him of it. Their tea is undrinkable. Your tea is undrinkable. You're all working together to bring down /good/ Hydrans!" *Firan*
To (Leia, Karana), Marsalos pages: You see nothing obvious right off, Karana.
Karana shakes her head. "Commander, I need more details. We can discuss the conspiracy later. I need to know from beginning to end. Tell me about this woman, please. Did you recognize her?" She takes a single step forward. "What time did this happen?" *Firan*
<OOC: ROLL> Rinzik rolls his Memory at difficulty 7 and gets 1 fumble.
Rinzik's lip curls back and his fists clench as Karana steps forward. He tenses, as if quite happy to leap at her should she take another step. "I don't know. Yacen insisted she was just doing /inventory/ but /obviously/ she was touching everything just to foul the weapons with a woman's touch." *Firan*
Zeynus tenses just a touch at Rinzik's tensing, still as there are no immediate displays of violence he just holds his place for now. Waiting carefully.
<OOC> Marsalos says, "Karana, @check perception at 8 please."
<OOC: ROLL> Karana rolls her Perception at difficulty 8 and gets 1 success.
Karana nods once. Arinsana. "All right then... now, did you start suspecting the poisoning before that? Commander... if you've been poisoned, you need a healer to look at you. You know I am one of the best out in Ellish right now. Would you feel more comfortable if Lord Captain Zeynus kept a weapon at my back, in case I try anything? I'm very concerned and I /need/ you to let me examine you, to help me narrow down this potential poisoning." *Firan*
To (Karana, Leia), Marsalos pages: You're rather busy with the calming down, but you do catch a glimpse of something at Rinzik's right boot. Maybe something torn?
Rinzik glances toward Zeynus, clearly expecting to see a weapon out and ready. He in no way relaxes.
COMBAT: Zeynus wields his Fierce Griffon Short Bow.
Zeynus answers Karana and Rinzik by obligingly pointing a bow in her general direction. See, he can be helpful! "She is covered if she tries anything" he informs Rinzik. *Firan*
Karana nods once, taking one single step forward again, being very obvious in her motions. "And, Commander, Lord Captain, perhaps if you sent for someone else, just in case? Someone else you trusted? From the other side?" SHe turns to look at Zeynus, nodding once, satisfactorily that the bow is being pointed at her. *Firan*
Zeynus senses "Karana quickly mouths. "Might need to detain him. Will signal.""
You say "To watch from the other side... as clarification" *Firan*
"If I see the point of your arrow waver in the slightest, I'll shoot /you/, first, Lord Captain," Rinzik says, watching him doubtfully with narrowed eyes. It takes a while for that whole 'someone else trusted' thing to percolate through his head. Let's see. No: "/He/ tried to lead us into that trap." No. "Pagan" Nooo. "Woman." Also no. "Whorish pagan woman." Hmm. What a dreadful lack of people. So he peeks south to see who is around.
Rinzik shouts, "Davonos! Get in here!"
Davonos comes in from the south.
Davonos has arrived.
With Zeynus already holding a drawn bow on Karana, Rinzik points to her. "Come over here and watch her. If she tries anything while examining me, shoot her. If you fail, I will shoot you."
Zeynus is indeed actually holding a bow on Karana, keeping it relatively on target during Rinzik's narrow eyed gaze in his general direction.
Davonos hustles in, looking a little harried, with damp ink spotted across his right hand and his hair mussed, as if he had been lying down. At Rinzik's order, he looks between all parties currently present, attempting (in vain) to hide his confusion as he reaches back for his bow. "Yes, sir." *Firan*
Karana nods once, taking another step forward again, though not rushing him, waiting for Rinzik to issue the orders. "Commander, I am going to need to check your extremities for circulation and discoloration. I am not familiar if boots are considered part of the armor a woman should not touch. I will remove them for you, but if that would cause them to become contaminated, I will wait for you to remove them." SHe nods to Davonos. "Sentry, I am going to remove my quarterstaff and my cane and place them on the ground. I believe the Commander would feel more comfortable if I had nothing weaponlike close by as I examined him." *Firan*
Two bows pointed in Karana's direction, and still, Rinzik hesitates! He eyes her with anger and mistrust both clear in his gaze. Then he asks, as he unlaces his boots to set them aside, "Where's Lord Tezzer? I want him here to confirm whatever you say." More and moooore difficult!
Tezzer isn't connected so doesn't appear on @where.
Karana nods simply, looking at his boots, watching his feet carefully, his ankles, looking over the boots themselves. "Anything I determine I can write down, for you to review that it is exactly as I told you... and then we can give it to Lord Tezzer when he finishes his rounds. WOuld that be acceptable?" The words flow easily even as she keeps looking around his legs. *Firan*
"...Alright," says Davonos to Karana. His bow is indeed pointed at her, if he does not really seem to understand why. He glances to Zeynus, and then back to Rinzik, shifting his weight uneasily from one creaky leather boot to the other.
Rinzik's feet look like feet. Maybe. (ASK MARSALOS.) "Fine," he growls, but he keeps his hand near his tamir stick, quite ready to bring it down on her head if she takes a step out of line. *Firan*
Karana removes her Forest Canopy Wooden Quarterstaff.
Karana removes her Forest Peace Wooden Cane.
You drop the Forest Canopy Wooden Quarterstaff.
You drop the Forest Peace Wooden Cane.
<OOC> Marsalos says, "Snickers. Karana, @check perception at 7."
<OOC: ROLL> Karana rolls her Perception at difficulty 7 and gets 1 success.
To (Leia, Karana), Marsalos pages: Is that dried blood on the back of his leg?
Zeynus simply keeps his bow generally leveled and ready. Peering at the entire diagnosis oriented festivities. Davonos gets a briefly sympathetic look, but not one that takes too long! Rinzik might start hitting people.
Karana nods again and steps forward. "Commander, I am going to come forward and kneel down, so I may examine your legs. I am going to remove my helmet so, should the need arise, I'm quite certain you'll be able to defend yourself, as well as the others making sure I don't move again." She starts taking slow steps forward, intent on doing just that, unbuckling her helmet and setting it down before she actually gets to Rinzik. "My Lord, Commander, Sentry, I will attempt to keep my hands visible at all times. I am also rolling up my sleeves so you can see that I am not concealing any weapons." *Firan*
Karana removes her Republic Issued Bronze Helmet.
You drop the Republic Issued Bronze Helmet.
It's a good thing that Karana is taking all these precautions, because Rinzik looks awful twitchy. "If she puts anything on me with her hands, like a salve or a lotion, it is probably another type of poison. Shoot her," he instructs the poor hapless henchmen of Zeynus and Davonos.
"...Alright," Davonos says again. That sounds...good. Then he looks to Rinzik. Right? Oh. His brows level. No, no it does not sound good apparently. He focuses diligently back upon Karana, and nods. "Yes sir."
Karana is not about to let the crazy guy have any more reason to be crazy. Her voice, her tone is completely calm, almost soothing, but professional, rather than mothering. She doesn't yell, but speaks loud enough everyone can hear. So, supposing she doesn't get a tamir stick to the head, she slowly kneels, trying not to flail, and she starts examining his legs. She starts with the ankles, touching him, to test for swelling, but her attention is higher. Hey, he's cute. I mean... where she spotted something out of place before....
You paged (Marsalos, Leia) with 'Obviously looking for something sticking in him. Arrow head, thorns, pointy stick, ticks, darts... something.'
As Karana VIOLATES RINZIK'S VIRTUE, he brings his tamir stick to his hand. Just in case.
Rinzik removes his Republic Tamir Stick.
COMBAT: Rinzik wields his Republic Tamir Stick.
<OOC> Marsalos says, "Karana, @check perception + healing at 6"
Zeynus eyes Karana's search for swelling with what now seems a bit of genuine wariness. Oh my! That /is/ suspicious!
<OOC: ROLL> Karana rolls her Perception + Healing at difficulty 6 and gets 1 success.
To (Leia, Karana), Marsalos pages: There's blood caked over his ankle, making it tough to see. But there's something under there.
<OOC> Marsalos says, "Karana, @check intuition at 7"
<OOC: ROLL> Karana rolls her Intuition at difficulty 7 and gets 4 successes. To (Leia, Karana), Marsalos pages: Doesn't take rocket science to guess there's a wound under that blood.
Davonos pales a little when he notes the line of Karana's observation. Somehow, says his expression, all things considered, it seems like a bad time to be having a looksie. He keeps his silence, though, and lets his eyes fall to her hands in hopes that they will be better behaved.
Karana doesn't REALLY go Mrs. Robinson. SHeesh. She does, however, focus on his ankle. "Commander, you have been bleeding recently and I need to be able to see the wound more clearly. I will need water and a cloth only though... no salves. I will drink part of the water, as well as apply it to my own skin before I wash the wound. It looks fairly serious. Will this be acceptable?" Even as she talks, she tries to see around the wound, the coloring of the skin around it... and it's on his ankle. *Firan*
"It's /fine/," Rinzik snaps, starting to pull his foot away defensively. "I bandaged it and treated it myself. It was just a small bite. How do I know you haven't already taken something to keep you from getting sick from poison in the water, huh? If one of the men drinks it first, then /I/ will wash it. But only then."
Karana nods simply, pulling her hands back. "What sort of bite, Commander? And yes, please... that would be acceptable. I can direct you how to wash it in the way that I need it to see. And while you do so, can you tell me the nature of the creature that bit you?" Great. Rabid Rinzik. *Firan*
Alas. Zeynus likely finds the show rather less interesting then. Sad. Still he keeps his bow leveled all the same while watching the continued exchange.
Surely the same goes for Davonos, who continues to look concerned nonetheless. He is frowning a lot, anyway. "Has someone threatened you, sir?"
"Oh, I don't know. A /bite/ bite?" Rinzik pulls away entirely, backing up with tamir stick clenched in his fist. "You were there -- but I suppose you can't trust a woman to pay attention to things. It was one of those dogs when we went out with Prince Argin." His tone is heavy with exasperation as he says, "Remeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeember?" in a really annoyingly teenaged way. "I know how to heal. I know how to wash a fecking wound."
Hmmm. Hmm. Pop! The air is suddenly charged with electricity.
Karana nods simply, remaining on her knees, her hands resting on her knees, clearly in sight. She nods to Rinzik, not quite pulling the mother card out yet. "The dogs, hmm... of course, my apologies. Do you remember which dog? I did not see it bite you at all... did this happen afterward?" She takes a deep breath, shutting her eyes tightly, one hand suddenly clenching her chest. *Firan*
Odoni stirs from where she sleeps on a cot pushed right up against one of the walls. Her face is averted from the others who are in the room, and she lies on her side, belly huge, and nearly also pressed against the wall. With some effort, she turns her body so that she lies flat on her back, her eyes swiveling around to regard those who speak. The hairs stand nearly on end on her arm, and her own hair crackles with sudden static electricity. With alacrity, she tries to shove herself up to a sitting position. "Wha... what?!" *Firan*
Zeynus is standing around with a bow, one aimed at Karana! Just to add further surrealism to the situation. He's not alone in that. The sparking feel of electricity in the air causes him to twitch, looking about sharply suddenly least another escaping priest is rampanging nearby.
Karana kneels near Rinzik, her helmet off, her staff and cane behind her far out of arms reach. Rinzik's boots are off to the side. Zeynus and Davonos have arrows pointed at Karana's back, though just seems to be holding for now. And, uh, evidentally there's electricity in the air?
"A fecking /dog/. I don't know. It looked like a /dog/." Rinzik's knuckles whiten where they wrap around the tamir stick, his frustration sparking -- even as, you know, the air is sparking. COINCIDENCE?! "It was half-mad from hunger, and so excited it was foaming at the mouth. I don't know what you mean by afterward. It was /days/ before the poison, although I suspected a conspiracy a few days after that when Yacen denied the woman contaminating things."
Sabria is racing through the area heading toward the griffons. "They woke up the tower." *Firan*
If Davonos was edgy before, he goes completely tense at the change in the air. "Did you feel that?" he asks of no one in particular, which -- they clearly have. His bow remains trained on Karana, but his head cranes back so that he can look suspiciously back at the door, and Sabria racing through it.
Karana shuts her eyes and shakes her head. "Commander... you need to rest and you need to rest right now. That dog has infected you... Commander, it's not poison. You need to be treated right away. Now please... sit down... lay down in fact. Did the dog bite anyone else?" She looks back at Zeynus and nods very slightly, before looking back at Rinzik. *Firan*
"No, no one, but I don't see the point," snaps Rinzik, sneering at Karana. "You are just lying so that you can go poison others, aren't you?!"
Pop! Pop! Spark! There's some kind of charge that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
Laurelia had been dosing herself it would seem, but her waking comes quick and the snap to reality one without any ease. Straightening from her cot she rises to her feet, her pale blue eyes taking in the scene as well as the general feeling. The raised bows are where her focus ends up and she frowns, the expression one not often seen on the usually neutral expression. "What, is going on here." the tone behind the words not posing it as a question but as a command that needs answering. *Firan*
After Odoni stops flailing and manages to plant her feet firmly on the ground, panting, she takes note of the arrows pointed at her high priestess and freezes, the only movement her breath, and she struggles to calm it, brown eyes assessing the situation. She's about to ask the question Laurelia just asked, but leaves it to the Ista Aldrik, and resists the urge to stand and move to Karana's side immediately.
Sabria is going to pull the griffons out of the tower if she can. She's not gonna loose an entire aviary at once.
Zeynus gives a fractional nod of his head to Karana in turn, keeping a watchful eye on the pair that Rinzik and Karana make. Right up until there is another spark in the air and the man twitches again, looking even more unsettled this time.
Karana starts to stand up, shaking her head her focus on Rinzik. "Commander you're very, very sick. You need to lay down. I am NOT lying. Remember the dog. Think of how the dog acted... paranoid, perhaps? Irrational? eager to snap at anything around it? Commander, the dog has infected you and you need to be treated /immediately/." Her fists clench at the electricity in the air, digging her nails into her palms. "Odoni... go find Jesika or send a message. Tell her to find out if anyone else was bitten by the dog that bit Commander Rinzik. Then I need your help." She struggles to her feet, without her cane, but she does stand. "Commander... I will only ask you one more time. Please lay down so we can treat you." *Firan*
Hmmm. Hmmm. Pop! Electricity crackles in the air over Ellish.
Aervani had been quietly observing the ruckus from her corner. Well, she'd actually been asleep - soldiers sleep when, and where they can, apparently. But the air begins to spark, and the voices raise, her eyes open and she shivers. Something is certainly in the air, but it is the ruckus of Karana, bow-pointing Zeynus, and apparently crazy Rinzik that gains her interest. Her hand moves to her own bow. Just in case!
Blah, blah, women demanding answers, blah, blah. Rinzik ignores Laurelia, all the better to keep a narrow glance on Karana -- except then she starts talking, and he is paying about zero attention. Having backed away from he already, the first swipe of his tamir stick through air misses her -- but it certainly stands as warning not to get closer. Again. "GET AWAY," he snaps, and starts backing toward a corner.
When Karana pushes to her feet, Davonos stiffens again, but begins to lower his bow once what she's saying sinks in, and Rinzik takes a swipe at her. He looks to Zeynus again, expression a coarse blank while he tries to ignore the electricity. Whaaat is going ooon.
Odoni nods slowly, and takes the hand of a nearby sentry who helps her huge form to rise. "Yes, Mother," Odoni replies quietly, already leaning into the ear of the sentry at her side, whispering urgently. "Find her as soon as you can," she urges, as he runs off. Now that she's standing, she looks helpless, defenseless as Rinzik takes a swing at Karana. "What help do you need, Mother?" her voice trembles slightly, as she fights the urge to approach. She takes one step only closer. *Firan*
Karana takes a step forward toward Rinzik. "Lord Captain! Now please!" She moves to completely take up Rinzik's field of vision, to completely be a green distraction. Maybe if she's knocked out, she won't get hit by the lightning again. *Firan*
Rinzik continues to swat at the air around him. He is not precisely aiming at Karana, but as she nears, she runs the increasing risk of getting hit by accident. As does anyone else who comes to shake his hand! Corner, corner. He backs up to the nearest wall, and then sidles toward a corner. "What do you want?" *Firan*
Laurelia's lack of a concrete response doesn't look to have pleased her. Rinzik's behavior does seem to have been noted though and she sends a narrowed look in his direction. Her lovely guards that didn't get the light duty like many others take up defensive stances around her, it's their job n'stuff. "I suspect there is something wrong with the...Commander, as no doubt men do not often swing tamir sticks at women during diplomatic en devours." which is apparently what she's terming this entire tour of Ellish. "If you need aid in subduing him it might be wise to use the man who believes it necessary to have a bow raised in a small confined area. I do hope he has a most perfect aim." *Firan*
WWWwwwwwoooosh.......ftz. ftz. Over Ellish, there's a spark in the air, then the night goes still and silent, and the tower is dead once more.
Zeynus keeps a continued watchful eye upon Rinzik and Karana and their exchange, that bow remaining at the ready and aimed in that general direction. He still does not speak, another bzzting of electricity causing the man to look uncomfortable but then.. hey.. silence again! Bliss.
Karana uses her very, very basic hunting to move to keep him cornered, basically. She's a tough old broad and can take a hit or one. "I want you to lay down, Commander. That is an order." She calls out over her shoulder. "If the Commander does not comply, he needs to be subdued and detained, please. Gently though. Do not actually hurt him if at all possible." *Firan*
Tezzer arrives. Perhaps a bit late. But soon enough to snap, "As commander of the healers, I request that you hold off on subduing Rinzik. Have you had any men talk to him, since I hear he's not doing so well with women just now?" *Firan*
Rinzik does ... not comply. He sooo does not comply. Instead he snarls at Karana: "Who are you tell me what to do? Some pagan bitch who's probably been going around poisoning people! I'm sure you'd be /happy/ for me to lay down so that you can finish the job!" *Firan*
Lots of people are talking. Bow and arrow still in hand, if not raised at ready, Davonos looks between them without doing much of anything else at the moment. He makes a good decoration, anyway.
Karana shouts, "Commander Rinzik needs to be detained. Captain Karana requests aid. He is not to be harmed in any way."
Karish steps in through the south entrance and looks around. "What's going on, Mother? Is something the matter?" *Firan*
The sentry Odoni sent away to find Jesika sidles back in as unobtrusively as he can to Odoni's side, and whispers in her ear. She blinks at him, and then hmms, sending him back off in the direction he came from. Turning her gaze back to Karana and Rinzik, "Mother?" she ventures forth tentatively, "Sentry Jesika sends word that she has no idea about anyone bitten by any dogs, though she said she did hear about some dogs tearing apart a corpse the other day." Her expression grows impassive as Rinzik starts spouting off his women-pagan-hatred.
From somewhere nearby, you hear a female voice shout, "Commander Rinzik needs to be detained. Captain Karana requests aid. He is not to be harmed in any way. He seems to be in the Mess Hall too!"
From somewhere nearby, you hear a female voice shout, "I bet a Hydran guy or two would be best. Yeah."
Karana shouts an order and her eyes remain on Rinzik. "Centurion Tezzer, as a ranking officer I am countermanding your order. I will fill you in later." She looks at Rinzik. "Commander. Lay down. You need to be treated this instant. Soldiers are going to come in and try to detain you. Please do not fight them. This is for your own good, Commander." *Firan*
Karish arches a brow. "Detained, eh?" He shouts, "No Problem" and begins to walk forward "Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it. Rinzik owes me a brawl anyway." He cleans off his hands and begins to walk forward to join his mother. *Firan*
Zeynus lowers his bow at Karana's shouting, things seeming to have gone past the need for that particular little deception to try to keep Rinzik calm. He's not very calm anyways! He takes a step towards Karana and Rinzik and says, "Commander. You truly are sick and need help, please, do as she says." *Firan*
Karana is currently, in her old lady way, looking like a hunter, rather than, you know a soldier, moving to keep Rinzik cornered. She looks fairly calm, even as tamir sticks are waved about near her. Rinzik is... um... a bit wild right now and not quite... there. Bows are pointed, but who knows where at this point.
Laurelia doesn't bother to voice another opinion. Perhaps because the man is clearly sick in the head, or that he's going to be taken down by other men either way it seems to suit the icy calm of the Ista Aldrik woman. Since her player is lost at the moment.
Davonos is here, and Hydran, which is convenient. He finally moves to put his bow away, and steps forward with Zeynus, only to pause when other Hydrans enter. Along with...many other people.
It is obviously a conspiracy and "--I knew you were in it!" Rinzik says with a jab of his finger at Yacen as the eagle walks in. "You probably started it!" He isn't exactly listening to all these voices of reason or anything, and he gives Karish a 'bring it' sort of look.
"Mother," Odoni announces again after the sentry returns for a second time, "Sentry Jesika says she also has the tea Commander Rinzik said was bad, but she poison tested it several times, and then drank it herself, and discovered nothing, and is not sick. Or.. well, that's what she says." Then she waits.
Firistan runs into the Mess hall, pulling his sword out, but not wielding it. He shouts, "What in the name of God is going on?" He pushes past people and then looks at Rinzik, "What is going on?" *Firan*
Lord Rodiste marches into the west mess wall; heading towards Rinzik and company as he hollers out, "What is the problem here? What is this madness?"
Eriden comes in from checking on the griffons with the other pilots, and just pauses on the outskirts of things, looking to Karana to see if he is needed.
"They are trying to poison Hydrans! That Eagle had a woman put her hands /all over/ the weapons and armor," Rinzik calls toward Firistan and Rodiste in a very Us against Everyone sort of paranoia.
Karana nods to Odoni, starting to step back as men swarm in. "Please, please do not hurt him. He needs to be treated. If anyone knows of any sick dogs, they need to be contained immediately. Dogs acting funny." SHe motions toward Rinzik. "He's been bitten and it's caused him to become wild..." *Firan*
Iona comes running abruptly into the room. The priestess is covered in blood and has a bandage over her eye. "Holy water. Holy wine. Something. Please!" *Firan*
Oh look, Yacen's here for two seconds and he already gets accused of doing something. "Calm down, Commander. Just calm down." He's standing back at the moment though, since it looks like there are plenty of people taking care of the situation.
Tezzer gives her a look that promises recoking later. "May I try speaking with him before you follow that course of action, Captain Karanik? Because if this is a matter of healing, with all due respect, I must point out that the Commander is not receiving your comments well and may respond better to someone he knows." *Firan*
Karana snaps at Tezzer. "CENTURION. I told you you would be filled in LATER. He is not receptive because he is NOT IN HIS RIGHT MIND. Stand down or help get him detained. NOW." *Firan*
Iona sees that more madness is starting to sink into everything. She edges around the room, heading for the blessed water. "It's Drik's influence. Have them drink holy water, it may help," she says, breathless. *Firan*
Andreas just came into the area and is not getting involved.
Sabria gets curious as the griffons are all a bit miffed when she pulled them out of their cages.
Seyhalia having come in several minutes ago, she hangs back as far from the maddness as she can, and lets everyone else play piggy pile on the Hydran.
While people bicker, Rinzik steps up to take a slug at Karish, what with him being closest and having already volunteered. He /does/ owe him that brawl.
COMBAT: Rinzik unwields his Republic Tamir Stick.
Rodiste comes up on Rinzik, left hand open-palmed as the noble soldier creeps a little. "Calm down, Rinzik, calm down..." and he points to Yacen and says, "You, Eagle Armorer... back off for a second." and then the N'Gato Lord looks to the other N'Gato Lord and calls out over his shoulder, "Is Lord Priest Emil around?" before returning his shocking blue gaze to Rinzik. *Firan*
Firistan narrows his eyes and then glances at Karana before he looks back to Rinzik, "Settle down before you get all of them to shoot you." Yes he said 'them' going along with Rinzik's paranoia for the moment. He then looks to Rodiste before he says, "Everyone back. Now. Lord Rodiste and I will handle Rinzik." He looks to Karana and says, "If you don't want this to get worse I suggest you help me." *Firan*
Iona grabs a cup and fills it with water from Zin's blessed barrel and she replies, "He's probably with General Argin," re: Emil before she hurries out, maneuvering through the crowd. *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails.
Karish steps in to deal with Rinzik when the man attacks him. "There's a sickness in the south of the city. The FFI men talked about it. It might be relevant here. Lord Rodiste has heard of it as well, he was with me when we talked." Karish steps out of Rinzik's way. "No one else get closer, I'll deal with this." *Firan*
Thaddia steps in, shooing a messenger away as she does so. She looks around to see if she can spot Karana... which is how she sees Rinzik getting ready to pummel her sponsoree. She makes her way over to Karana, "Sentry Jesika sent me a message that you needed to see me?" *Firan*
Crowded quarters. Etc. Rinzik continues trying to get close enough to Karish to pop him one, paying little attention to the N'Gato lords.
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails.
Artu shakes his head. "Lord Priest Emil went off on a mission to the south of the area you asked me to guard earlier. I was relived." he says, nodding as he stretches out a bit- frowning as Rinzik attacks Karish... he stands behind the man, ready to help if he's needed. "Just say the word, Centurion, and I'll help you with the man." Always volunteering himself. *Firan*
Yacen is thoroughly backed off. He didn't even start going too far into the room before he was accused of whatever and right there he stopped. There are most likely people in between he and Rinzik by this point and Yacen is not coming any closer unless it looks like he needs to.
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails very badly.
Karish waves everyone off. "No need, Artu. I'm not even remotely worried." He glances to his mother. "Mother, should I render him unconscious for you?" Karish is holding off on the attack, and is merely avoiding Rinzik easily. *Firan*
Karana nods to Firistan. "Of course, Lord Captain. He just needs to be restrained so he can be treated. He's very, very sick... I am not phsyically capable of restraining him and I do not wish to contaminate his armor." She looks quickly to Karish. "Find out everything you can. Treatments. Symptoms. Tell me everything. Wait. Tell Odoni and Tezzer everything. Do not hurt him if at all possible!" She nods to Thaddia. "Was anyone else bit by a mad dog? Do you know anything about it, your Highness?" *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails.
Rinzik's frustrating levels starts rising precipitously as Karish dodge, dodge, dodges his attempts to land a blow. "Afraid to face me?" he snaps. *Firan*
Frustration levels, that is. Frustrating though they may be.
Laurelia seems to believe that the amount of people filling the hall can handle one irate Hydran. Turning on her heel she takes her nonmilitary self off to the south, her guards rather pleased with this course of action.
Zeynus simply stands nearby and ready to assist in the subduing if necessary. Quarters are cramped of course and so far Karish seems to have matters well in hand as he so nimbly avoids the attacks of the crazed Rinzik.
Evius watches as Rinzik attacks Karish. "So, are we going to let those two fight or what?" *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails very badly.
"He is going a little above and beyond, my lord. I..." Rinzik takes a swing at Karish, and Davonos sort of stands there, not bothering to finish whatever it is he was going to say. He looks flustered, but takes a step back as directed by...someone. At least, he thought he heard someone say to do that. "I am confused," he says, mostly to himself.
Rodiste lifts his sword-hand to Firistan, "He speaks the truth... there is something out there to the south...." and then whispers something else to his younger brother, all the while still watching the Kenirugrik and keeping close, "Rinzik, I am going to have you blessed. To cure the desecration of the armor... or I'll get you another set that is clean and unstained... stop this nonsense, soldier!" he snaps! *Firan*
Thaddia shakes her head, "No one's reported any dog bites to me." She looks incredibly unsurprised that Rinzik is barking mad, er, ill. *Firan*
Karish points at Rinzik. "Stand down and drop to the ground now, Commander, or I will strike you!" *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails very badly.
Eriden nods to Evius, "That we are. No stepping in unless ordered to -- there are enough people, we aren't going to make things worse." *Firan*
Odoni remains quietly where she is, when the sentry returns for the third time. "WHAT?" she blurts out, and then her eyes find Tezzer, as Karana is otherwise occupied. "Sentry Jesika says that Sentry Dalinuel drank some Shamibelian blood, and is now attacking people in the shops..." What the Drik is going on?! *Firan*
Firistan says, "Sounds like water sickness to me. Didn't you just mention water?" He then levels his gaze on Karish and before he turns to Rinzik, "Commander Rinzik, STAND DOWN NOW. So that we can help you." He then nods to whatever Rodiste says and then he says strangely, "One." *Firan*
Alessandro stays back, for now. Unless Rinzik pulls out a sword or something, it's not really necessary for him to panic. "Everyone stay back, and let the Lord Proxy Commander, and the Lord Captain handle this. If anyone tried to engage the Commander with weapons without Lord Proxy Commander Rodiste's orders, I'll have you stocked." *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails very badly.
Yup. Pretty much not listening. Skin flushed, Rinzik stamps his foot at Karish, which is ~really~ intimidating. "STAND STILL, YOU SISSY."
Rodiste nods to Firistan, "I mentioned the water sickness, it is not it... something new." and he snorts out to Alessandro, "Hold your fire, boys..." and the
n looks to Firistan, "On three, One..." and his eyes return to Rinzik. *Firan*
Karana looks at Odoni and blinks. "....." That's her jaw dropping, b:looks at Odoni and blinks. "....." That's her jaw dropping, but she shakes herself out of it. "I need volunteers to go get Dalinuel and detain him here as well." *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails very badly.
All Yacen needs to hear is 'Dalinuel' and he's ready to turn. "Where in the shops is he?"
COMBAT: Karish stops fighting.
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails very badly.
"Let me find out," Odoni quickly sends the sentry off and running back to Jesika.
Odoni pays someone to deliver a message.
Karish snorts. "Forget this," and he steps towards Rinzik. "You sick little man, you need to STAND DOWN, Or I WILL TAKE YOU DOWN." He is clearly nearing the end of his rope with walking in circles around Rinzik. *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to engage Karish, but fails.
"You are just SCARED TO FACE ME, you fecking coward!" Rinzik shouts right back at Karish, continuing to try to get in close enough -- and continuing to faaaaaaaail.
"Dali did -what-?" Eriden steps forward now, "Captain Yacen, I'll go with you, if you'll have me."
Rodiste grunts, "Two.... THREE!" and pounce-tackles Rinzik. *Firan*
Evius lookst to Eriden. "You're my CO, what you want me to do." *Firan*
COMBAT: Firistan gets into position to attack Rinzik.
Thaddia watches the men dance about in that terribly ineffective manner. Complete with foot stamping in pouty fits. Attractive. The Princess looks to Karana, "If you have no need of me, I have things I must attend to." *Firan*
COMBAT: Rodiste gets into position to attack Rinzik. Rinzik is also engaged with Firistan.
Karish falls back when Firistan rushes in to attack the man. He looks variously annoyed. "Well, if we're going to dogpile on the little fellow, I'm not going to get involved. He can barely take one of us, let alone all of us." *Firan*
Firistan slams his fist into the side of Rinzik's head, hoping to knock the guy out, but it didn't seem to do too much. He then hits Rinzik again and says, "Let the Hydrans deal with the Hydrans." As he continues to try and wrestly Rinzik to the floor. *Firan*
Rodiste doesn't actually; punch... more like runs into Rinzik and attempts to rough him up a little. "Alright there, Commander..." and he ducks a quick punch and jerks his chin up, "Here. I'll give you a free one." *Firan*
For the fourth time, Odoni makes an announcement to the room. TeleOdoni, Channel 5 News! "Sentry Jesika says he's been knocked out, so if you want to go and collect him--" though she frowns in annoyance at the messenger," -- though she didn't say WHERE in the market. She says he was trying to kill the Unotian heale-- er, VELIANA? Sweet Gods, as if she hasn't had enough to deal with..." she blurts out.
Yacen takes a deep breath and rushes toward the south. Whoever is following him can follow.
Karana nods to Thaddia. "Thank you, your highness." She grimaces as they actually hit. "Just detain him! Don't beat him to death!" She blinks. "VELIANA? WHAT>" Oh lord. "I need people to go get them NOW *Firan*
<OOC> Marsalos says, "@check luck at 8"
COMBAT: Firistan aims and punishes Rinzik with his fists.
COMBAT: Rinzik takes a hit to the groin!
Rinzik is looking not good.
Alessandro narrows his eyes. "Shut your mouth, Centurion Karish. I don't want another person talking to Commander Rinzik or otherwise antagonizing him. Lord Commander Rodiste will let you know what to do. Everyone else go help the healers, /now/. *Firan*
<OOC: ROLL> Firistan rolls his Luck at difficulty 8 and gets 2 successes.
COMBAT: Rinzik misses Rodiste with his fists.
"They're gone, Mother. They'll bring him back, and hopefully Veliana, too." Odoni keeps her voice level, looking abashed for having blurted out at a time like this. "She's fine, I'm sure."
COMBAT: Firistan freely disengages Rinzik.
COMBAT: Rodiste gets away from Rinzik.
Davonos is doing a lot of watching, himself. He stands back, there in the off chance that he should be needed for anything here, where it's Hydran country.
Rodiste takes a hit to the chest and then says, "How'd that feel?" and then easily rolls away from him and reengages. "Come on now, Commander... thats enough of this." *Firan*
Tezzer gives a little nod as Karana at least remembers to direct the information to people who are /officially/ here as healers. But, oh, coming in to find her cornering Rinzik (like that's so much better than trying to take him down) was not ideal. He seems much more comfortable now that the Hydrans are dealing with the commander, as at least they tried before hitting him - despite the orders to attack.
Firistan knees Rinzik in the groin and then says, "Just STOP Rinzik, just stop and let us see what is wrong. This is harder on us than it is you. My father told me that once." *Firan*
Rodiste doesn't swing though; he instead grabs Rinzik on either shoulder and holds on, staring at him with those shocking blue eyes! "You need to calm down." *Firan*
COMBAT: Firistan gets into position to attack Rinzik. Rinzik is also engaged with Rodiste.
After a little bit of beating, having already half-exhausted himself chasing Karish, Rinzik shakes his head and tries to get away. "Why you are doing this?" he asks, more than a bit of a whine sneaking unguarded into what it supposed to be a stoicish grimness. (He fails at the stoic.) But his struggling is not so much ... struggling.
From somewhere nearby, you hear a female voice shout, "Coming in with a crazy blood drinkin guy. Can I come north?"
Karana shouts, "Please do so."
Firistan grunts as he tries to contain Rinzik, "We are doing this for your own good." *Firan*
Rinzik isn't going anywhere -- and he's not fighting back. Rodiste snorts; "Because you are at war, damnit all, man! Now sit down and let them treat you! I'll have your armor blessed again." *Firan*
Rodiste holds Rinzik at either side of his armor; staring at him. "Trust me, Commander. I won't lead you astray." he says intensely. *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to get away from Rodiste, but fails terribly, exhausting himself.
"You guys wanna tie some stronger rope on this before I put it down. He feels like he's starting to wake up, and though we tied him up with bandages, we didn't have a lot of them," says Jesika, hefting a Dalinuel over her shoulders, feet to the left, hands to the right.
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to escape Rodiste, but fails.
Artu blinks. "Oh. Yeah. Where is he? I'll help." he says, turning to go towards Jesika... *Firan*
Veliana comes into the medical are and looks back to Jesika, "If he's waking up, someone needs to get him restrained. He is in no condition to be moving. He's a danger to the camp." She looks furious and readies her staff, cause really, she will hit Dalinuel again. Just on principal. *Firan*
Firistan holds tightly to the other side of Rinzik's armor and glances at Rodiste before he looks back at Karana. He then says to Rinzik, "Now are you going to let them try to help you. You know something is wrong, this isn't you Rinzik. We can't have you attacking people who are trying to help you. You are a COMMANDER, you know this. We can get Lord Emil here to help if it would make you more comfortable." *Firan*
Karana moves toward the south as the shout comes in, motioning for Odoni and Tezzer. "All right, evidentally Karish and Lord Rodiste have information about this disease. We'll need to get a cure before the madness sets in even further. We need to find out if anyone else is suffering from this as well... if there are dogs eating corpses, we might have to detain them as well. This could spread to an epidemic unless we get them treated immediately. Centurion, I recommend /strongly/ that you interview Lord Rodiste as soon as the Commander is detained. Odoni, you and I will talk to my children. *Firan*
COMBAT: Rinzik tries to get away from Rodiste, but fails terribly, exhausting himself.
Jesika nods her head gravely. "Weird blood drinker. What's going on with all this tonight anyway? He didn't answer when I yelled to ask him if he'd gotten bited by a dog an stuff." Jesika bounces the Dalinuel a little like she would a baby. Maybe it will calm it. *Firan*
When Yacen and crew return, Odoni takes one last look at the Rinzik situation, and waddles over. One hand is clutched under her belly, as if trying to hold the baby in that probably wants to come out soon -- maybe this is more of a comforting gesture to herself right now, though. Something to hang onto in a stressful time! "I'd prefer it if he were bound as tightly as we can allow, because if he's anything like the Commander there, I won't be able to handle him, though Lord Centurion Tezzer certainly could, or any other healer...." Her eyes travel to Veliana, looking her over carefully, but quickly. "Yes, Mother," she murmurs, as Karana approaches.
Yacen returns to the medical area behind Jesika, who just happens to be carrying Dalinuel. "We've got some ropes in the supply area. I'll bring them over." *Firan*
Tezzer lifts one brow at Karana. "Ma'am, respectfully, what you have said is all common sense. Please, go tend to your children." *Firan*
Kadia trails in after everyone, "How would a dog bite make you drink blood?" She asks Jesika quietly, then glances at Artu, "I hit him in the head. Crack. Down he went." *Firan*
"I WASN'T attacking anyone trying to help me," Rinzik snaps back at Firistan, hardly calm for all that he isn't punching someone. Karish doesn't count. He is squirmy, not happily contained for all that he isn't trying to hit them. "I don't want women touching me. Or Eagles. For all you know, they did this. It's their fault I can't even swallow anything."
Karana calls over the Jesika and Yacen. "Oh good, we'll need your help as well. Once we figure out how to cure them, we'll need as many people as we can to gather supplies and make sure dogs and people are treated. Reverse priority." She shuts her eyes and prays. "Lord Firanos, grant us peace, and peace to the minds of the afflicted. I pray we find a cure quickly... I ask for your guidance, Forest Lord..." *Firan*
Artu frowns quietly. "I don't know. That's pretty...gruesome." he looks around....Taking a half step back. "Zutiv protect us." he whispers quietly. *Firan*
Yacen returns with about 50 foot of rope. More than enough to tie anybody up.
Rodiste is still looking at Rinzik; carefully keeping him under watch as he whispers something to Firistan for a moment and then nods to Karana, "Yes, yes, Lord Tezzer can treat him... as can Lord Priest Emil... but I would like to keep the rest away from him for the time being..." *Firan*
Talikos clanks in shortly after Jesika, following over to where they're depositing and restraining Dalinuel.
Firistan nods to Rinzik and says, "Then i'll go and get Lord Priest Emil." He looks towards Tezzer to help restrain Rinzik so Firistan can go. *Firan*
Scooting out of the way now, Kadia just sort of watches the wallers scurrying around.
"And keep an eye on Lord Cortik," Rinzik adds quickly. "I think he tried to lead us into a trap yesterday."
"With all due respect," Odoni murmurs quietly, her face humble, eyes traveling between Karana and Tezzer, "common sense seems to have been supplanted by something more sinister, Mother Captain, Lord Centurion. I don't think there's anything wrong with making things clear, in all this confusion."
Veliana goes about treating her own wounds, because really, she's angry right now. She doesn't really care about the hubub in the area though she flickers her gaze to her mother and brother, wondering what the heck is going on in here too.
Jesika hmmms and nods to Kadia. "A good question. Maybe it makes your brain think blood is water and then you drink the blood like ---- people eat meat when they're pregnant." She nods sagely. She moves Dalinuel over to Yacen. "Here. Tie him /tight/." *Firan*
Rodiste motions to Tezzer to join him and then takes the rope; arching a brow as he replies to Rinzik, "Lord Cortik?" in a suspicious tone, "What say you about this?" *Firan*
Having observed the majority of the Rinzik episode silently, Seyhalia perks up. "Have people been seen drinking blood?
Karana nods to Rodiste. "Of course, my Lord. We'll find a cure and make sure the proper healers attend to him. Please, we need your help. Karish, darling, Veli... please, come over here..." *Firan*
And and and. Rinzik's gaze roams, and he points at Yacen. "And he's been letting girls touch stuff. He's probably been /telling/ them too. Everyone needs their armor blessed, not just me. And their weapons." AND AND AND. "--the other day, outside the estate. Lord Cortik wanted to lead people charging off after a group of Shamibelians, and he somehow /knew/ how many there were and he somehow /knew/ we could take thim." His tone is, say, a little paranoid.
Veliana points to dalinuel at the words of drinking blood, "That man tried to eat me, after he drank Shamibelian blood from the floor of the black tower." She says matter of factly. She's a little sour about this. *Firan*
"What did the Hydran mean about not being able to swallow?" Kadia asks, looking at Rinzik, "I think we should knock him out too."
Yacen grabs one of the ropes and goes about tying up his longtime friend. "Sorry about this, Dalinuel, but it's for your own good." Tie tie tie. Ropes in knots. Tight knots. Hands behind the back, feet tied. *Firan*
Karish walks over to Karana, blank-faced, to do whatever she asks.
Davonos continues to watch the goings on in private bafflement, arms folded across his chest while he goes back and forth, listening to both conversations. "I think you would be well-advised to keep such opinions to yourself," is muttered into an aside to Kadia, but he's largely quiet. *Firan*
Rodiste bellows as he overhears something, "Knock him out and I knock you out." looking over his shoulder for a second with narrowed shocking blue eyes before returning his gaze to Rinzik. "Where are you coming from, Commander?" *Firan*
Artu frowns deeply- very deeply at Rinzik's words. "Wait just a moment, I was there with Lord Cortik at that- and I think we could have taken them. They're just Shammies, and.. Zutiv is on /our/ side." the Gold Dragon Sentry isn't about to let people just say things about one of /his/ Lords like that. "Shut up, Dog!" he looks over at Birch, shouting. "Orders?" he asks, looking over at any particular Gold Dragon who would give him an Order. *Firan*
Veliana looks up at her name being called and turns to see Karish following her mother. She is so angry, she nearly missed it. She mover over as she tightens the bandages around her arm and goes to sit down with them.
"Yes, my lord." Davonos steps forward at that, doing as he's told to take up a position on Rinzik's opposite side.
I'm sorry, there's no room to add a place there.
Rodiste glances to Davonos, "Come here, soldier." *Firan*
Jesika gently sets Dalinuel on a cot. She says, "All right. You're sick. It's okay. Here's the healers. You need anything, you let them know, okay?" She's shoved by Firistan but nods, understandingly. Then she looks at the dog, getting slobbered on. "Don't BITE ME!" she says to the dog, throwing a toy for it to fetch. *Firan*
Odoni waddles over to Karana, following the Karaniks. She sits down heavily on one of the cots, her expression somber.
Kadia shrinks under the Evil Hydran Hatred, and slinks off to a corner. Meanies.
Dalinuel is conscious but no sanity shows in his eyes right now. He chews at his gag and pants around it as best he can.
Seyhalia stares at Veliana for a moment, before asking in a cautious tone, "Did he bite you?" *Firan*
Yacen is totally ignoring Rinzik and completely worried about Dalinuel right now, especially when he starts panting and chewing at his gag. "That... is not normal..." *Firan*
"Yes sir." Davonos is being told to do many things. He steps after Rodiste as well as he can while still keeping firm tabs on Rinzik.
Veliana looks up at the gnawing Dalinuel and settles her staff on her knees while she sits with her mother, she keeps an eye on him. She -will- strike him again. That look in her eyes is very evident. She shakes her head towards Seyhaliaa and says, "No, he tried, but he did not." *Firan*
Iona's looking exhausted as she walks into the room, heading towards the priests' corner. She has the bandage on her eye still and heavy gait in her step.
Yacen closes his eyes for a minute as if in prayer.
"Should we take his gag out and like, talk to him?" asks Jesika, looking at him. "Ask him if he got bit too?"
Veliana looks at Jesika like she has lost her mind, "Do you want him to bite you? I don't think he's in a talking mood.." She mumbles and glares at the man from her seat on the cots. *Firan*
Karish stands back up from the cots. "Mother, Lord Rodiste can probably tell you everything you need to know. Do you mind if I go check the perimeter? I feel uneasy, considering." *Firan*
Tezzer has been dealing with a woman of many words. He makes his way over to Rodiste as soon as he can, moving with an even greater-than-usual precision. "Thank you for taking a hand in things, Commander. I would appreciate any information you might have about this...affliction." *Firan*
Oribanna just stares at the scene of confusion, shakes her head, and heads back into the other room. She catches Jesika's eye first, and nods to her, then jerks her head toward -- the room without the crazy people in it. She'll be in there.
Yacen sends a prayer to the goddess then looks at Jesika and looks to Dalinuel. "Somehow, I don't think that would be a good idea right now."
"Dal didn't get bit," Iona says. "It started in the temple. He got thirsty, right before we got jumped." Her voice is very very tired, as if she's been repeating that over and over.
Jesika nods to Karana and pads on over, curling up.
Yacen goes toward the cots over when he's waved over, but he's definitely keeping an eye on Dalinuel.
At the medical cots,, You say "Lord Rodiste, Veliana, please tell us what you can about this sickness from the south, anything you've heard, seen, especially in relation to cures." *Firan*
Dalinuel does have a bite mark on him, but it's more than a couple hours old.
"Do you think he could manage speaking? I think he's no better then a crazed animal now." Seyhalia takes a step towards Dalinuel to take a closer look at the Priest, but she stops several feet away, as if afraid he'll break his bonds and bite her. "He just got thirsty and drank goat blood?"
You say " Karish, darling, will you go make sure no one else is suffering from this? You know what to look for, so take a few people, if you would." *Firan*
Karish waves a hand. "I don't need anyone, but if I do, I'll find someone." He jets off to look around. *Firan*
Rodiste gets all snug and secure with Davonos' help and then says, "Commander, talk to me... where were you right before here?" *Firan*
Rodiste gets RINZIK all snug and secure with Davonos' help and then says, "Commander, talk to me... where were you right before here?" *Firan*
Iona nods absently as she looks up from her prayers. "He was frantically looking for anything to drink, and I guess he went for the blood. It was right after they did this to me." Her fingertips brush against her bandaged eye and she winces. "As we ran, he begged us again for a drink. It sounded like he was dehydrated and couldn't speak. Then someone gave him a bottle of mint and he drank it... it looked like it didn't work so he slammed the bottle to the ground. Then he growled and started to attack Veli." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Veliana looks towards Karana and then back to Dalinuel. Her hand is curled around the staff in her lap. She will likely strike him in the head if he moves too much. He attacked her for goodness sake. She turns her head towards Karana and says, "I have heard nothing." She points to Dalinuel and says, "He got thirsty all of a sudden in the temple and starting licking the blood off the floor when it splattered. Gemma drew her sword on the Shamibelians after they attacked on holy ground. It spilled the blood. He has to be dragged out, he wouldn't leave the temple because the blood was there." *Firan*
Firistan returns with Emil in tow and Anorna thrown over his shoulder. He points Emil towards Rinzik and Rodiste before he slides Anorna to the floor and whispers to her.
"Supply," Rinzik says vaguely. "Needed more tea. They did something to it." He is awful vague on who 'they' are, though. "I couldn't drink any outside, so I went to get more. Every time I tried, I just choked on it."
Anorna is picked up....and then dropped...and she looks around weakly and shakes her head to Firistan and whispers back to him.
At the medical cots,, You say "The situation, as it stands now. the Commander was paranoid, testing everything for poison, accusing everyone of it. I talked to him, determined that there was something not right, besides simple paranoia, very out of characcter for the Commander. I noticed a wound on his ankle and he related that a dog that was mad and foaming at the mouth bit him." SHe nods to Veliana. "The dogs had been tearing apart a corpse... so it is my theory that the blood contaminates and causes this illness, which is there by communicable through bites." *Firan*
Dalinuel relaxes a bit. A bit of recognition return to his eyes and he tries to make himself understood though his gag. "Iiiin. Iiiin." he moans. *Firan*
Rodiste nods to Karana, and then glances to Tezzer, "It's some calamity that has already struck the south of the city; there are guerilla fighters who know of it... charaterized by fever, chills, .... much of the some symtoms of water sickness... but different. I'm no healer; thats for sure... it could be something else." *Firan*
Iona glares, one-eyed, at Anorna. "I never want to see another Firan grovel before a Goat as long as I live," she spits angrily. *Firan*
Emil heads over to where Rinzik is apparently tied up, with Rodiste. Spotting Artu nearby, he calls out to the man, "Find me a short sword, iron preferred. Not Shamibelian." Approaching Rodiste's side, not really waiting to see what Artu does with that order, he looks at Rinzik. "Supply wanted more tea? Or you wanted more tea, commander?" he asks him. *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Yacen listens to what's being said. "Did these fighters mention anything about a cure or only the symptoms?" He knows at least that much about healing. *Firan*
Anorna looks back at Iona and frowns, "You ---- them to kill ---- You not know how to act in front of them. Walk ----- into temple and they could have all zapped you!" She says, but her head feels light again and she very nearly looks like she is about to pass out. "---------------" *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Veliana nods her head and says, "I tried to get him to the medical area when we got back. I was trying to help him and then he swung on me. After a few swings though, he tried to grab my arm and bite it. he was trying to eat my flesh." she tilts her head and says, "I gave him all my tea, thinking it might help, but he just lost his voice and choked on it, trying to get at me. I had to have Kadia throw me her staff, otherwise he would have never stopped." *Firan*
Davonos does indeed help to get Rinzik settled, in a completely manly and non kinky fashion. That done, he steps back and stands by in the event that he is needed to do anything else. Rinzik's story is listened to in silence.
Oh. Okay. Rinzik is tied up. That's cozy! He gives Emil an irritated look, exhausted and cranky and vaguely feverish. "/I/ did. I'm /thirsty/. I can't swallow my tea."
Artu looks over to Emil, "Yes, M'Lord!" he says, his sword is a long sword... and bronze. He turns and looks around for an iron short-sword. Away he runs! *Firan*
Rodiste reaches out to take Rinzik's waterskin, and then glances over his shoulder to Emil, "Ah. By Zutiv's Light a priest. I need you to perform the armor blessing on the Commander here... and then after that, we are going to need to go into the supply tent and bless everything in there too. And then Rodiste speaks quietly to Emil; whispering conspiratorially. *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Jesika nods. "Well it can be... I mean, if it's blood it should be easy to contain? Unless are there bugs that can bite us and other people? Like flies and stuff if they bit Rinzik then one of us would it spread it?" Jesika bites her lip and tugs on her braid. "Also... Rinzik was calling everyone whores. That's really ... ----- Someone said it was weird for him. Who was it who said it was weird for him? You?" she asks Yacen. *Firan*
Rinzik looks ever so slightly mollified by Rodiste's words to Emil. At last, someone takes the dire threat against the mighty Hydrans seriously!
Iona growls, "Better to die free than live a slave's life, cowering like a beaten dog. How COULD you cowtow to them like that? They're not your masters anymore!" *Firan*
Anorna tries to get up off of the floor, but everytime she tries to push her arms up, she slides back down weakly. But she keeps trying regardless, if only to get away from Iona's accusations.
At the medical cots,, Odoni continues to listen quietly, her frown deepening as more and more information is shared.
At the medical cots,, Yacen nods toward Jesika. "I've known Rinzik since we were kids. This is the strangest I've ever seen him." He thinks for a long moment. "You just tried to give him tea to drink and he choked on it? Arinsana said that about Rinzik too, that he tried to drink tea and choked it back up." *Firan*
Tezzer purses his lips. "Fever and chills we dealt with last time; we can try those treatments to contain the symptoms. The inability to drink, though...that's concerning." *Firan*
Veliana looks up at Iona's tirade and says, "Priestess. I wouldask that you please keep your voice down. YOu will not yell at patients in the medical area." That woman is nuts and she knows it. She looks to Tezzer, perhaps he will calm the priestess in sight of aggitating the ill and wounded. *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Karana shakes her head. "Rinzik is not in his right mind. At all. We need to figure out how the people in the south are treating them. The FFI... Karish mentioned they know something about this?' *Firan*
Dalinuel pants around his gag.
Anorna can't pick herself up. So, she begins to weep instead and angrily protests in a weak whispers, "Take me back, Firistan!"
Rodiste takes the waterskin from Rinzik; peering into it and then nodding to Tezzer and Davonos. "Stay here with him. And check his body for bruises or scrapes... or bites. Something out of the ordinary." and with that Rodiste returns to Karana and says, "Have you someone that can taste this for poison?" *Firan*
Karana motions to Rinzik. "He was bitten by a dog on the ankle." *Firan*
Iona has forgotten she's in the chapel and infirmary. She's had a ROUGH night. The wound over her eye and the blood on her face and hands speaks enough for her. She blinks a few times and her rage subsides, slowly. She nods to Veliana and turns her back on Anorna, kneeling once more by Uf's shrine in silent supplication.
At the medical cots,, Yacen shakes his head too. "Maybe we should try something other than tea? To see if they choke on that too? We've got wine... and whiskey." *Firan*
Emil shakes his head, "Why is he still in this contaminated armor?" he asks. "Get it off of him, bring him down to his tunic, and set the items by the altar so I may ritually cleanse them properly," he states clearly after Rodiste murmurs to him. "I'll handle the blessings of the items in supply in a little bit." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, There is a blank look on Jesika's face at the FFI. Who? She curls her feet up under her on the cot. "Whiskey he won't touch. Rinzik threw it on my face."
Firistan growls with irritation at Anorna but he picks her up anyway, even if it isn't gentle.
At the medical cots,, Rodiste nods, "They are dealing with some problems, but things are such a mess that its almost impossible for them to diagnose... I plan on bringing this up with Prince General Argin as soon as I have met with him. *Firan*
Veliana seems to be satisfied with that as Iona turns her back on Anorna. Its better than screaming at the woman. She tilts her head and sighs. She turns her attention back to the conversation at the cots. She reaches up to rub her temples. She's got muscle cramps and a headache.
A few more patients with similar symptoms show up in your clinic. All of them are very thirsty.
Iona starts to cry as she kneels with her face pressed against the floor. Her curls puddle over her head and pool around her.
"Yes, my lord. Karana did find a bite on his ankle, but I do not think the rest of him has been checked." Davonos turns to face Rinzik more fully as he speaks, expression blandly distracted while he glances over the younger man.
At the medical cots,, Karana shakes her head, her brow furrowed. "I don't know if they have the time to wait. We need to figure something out now. It all seems to stem from the blood -- passed from the dogs who ate corpses, to Rinzik through the bite." She shakes her head. "We need to get them water. Drop by drop if we have to." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Rodiste nods to Karana, "Alright, I'll leave you to the healing.... but keep me informed if you figure anything else out, as I will pass it along to the FFI gladly." *Firan*
As bits and bobbles of Rinzik's armor and aaaaaaaall of the many weapons he insists on carrying are removed and stowed away, he stirs to reach toward his backpack. "Get that quilt in there for me?" he asks Davonos.
At the medical cots,, Karana nods to Rodiste. "If we could speak with their healers as well, to try and come up with anything. For now, we need to get water into them. Liquids." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Veliana tilts her head and says, "We may need to have someone check out Dalinuel. But .. honestly .. he's hurt and he might be .. still quite insane." She speaks in small tones as she seems to be trying to hold her patience with all the chaos. Her hands just go to her head as she rubs gently at her temples. "I tried to make sure no one shot at him, I just wanted him to be knocked out." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Yacen has a very off look on his face when Rodiste mentions Karana keeping him informed and he glances toward Tezzer.
At the medical cots,, Jesika nods. "We got any cider? Or anyone who can brew? I can go pick apples." She just wants to help. "Maybe that'd work?" *Firan*
Emil waits on all of Rinzik's items to be placed near the altar before continuing. "Lord Tezzer, would you be so kind as to fetch the bowl from the altar to the One True God?" He eyes the request for the quilt. "Let him check for injuries first, then you can have something to keep you warm." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Tezzer looks interested. The FFI is historical and famous - well, among those who frequent the Great Library as regularly as he does. "Being Hydran, mes, he'll not touch alcohol unless it's a holiday, and even then it's a choice each man makes for himself." He nods approvingly to Veliana. "Thank you; your approach to handling her seems to have been quite effective." *Firan*
Iona is collapsed into a heap by the altar for Uf, sobbing into her hands. Whatever rage she's shown before has finally passed her. Now there is only sorrow and regret.
"Yes sir." Davonos complies with due speed, and flicks open the backpack to draw out the quilt in question. "This one?" There /could/ be another quilt hiding in there somewhere. You never know.
Firistan returns with Artu following behind him. He makes his way towards Emil and says, "You may use my sword, Lord Brother." He then offers his short sword and says, "It is pure and unsullied, except for the blood of Shamibelians. *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Karana shakes her head. "Alcohol will only exacerbate the dehydration at this point. We need pure water. Who is the Zinnian representative. I understand the pagan influence, but they have ways of purifying water." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Yacen replies quickly, "Sister Akralia." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Jesika looks apprehensive about water drinking. It's almost shock on her face.
At the medical cots,, Veliana nods her head with a sigh and says, "Well, its hard to think on your feet when you have a crazy man trying to gnaw off your arm." She gives the man a twitch of a smile and leans back on the cot. She's exhausted suddenly. She just closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. "Of course, any longer and I can't guarentee I wouldn't have had someone shoot him, just to stun him." *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Karana looks at Veliana. "Did he break the skin?" *Firan*
At the medical cots,, Yacen does not look too happy about Dalinuel drinking water either. It'd be much better to see if he could get some wine down.
Tezzer notes, firmly, "Commander Rodiste, Captain Karanik is in charge of the diplomats. This precluded her from being in charge of the healers...which is the position I was assigned." And now everyone there knows it. *Firan*
Firistan whispers "If the dogs are in question someone should get them all out of here before they begin attacking people, or eachother. They can be moved to the Vasaloo estate." *Firan*
Artu is there, ready to help if he's required to do so. Standing just near the other Monos....
At the medical cots,, Veliana shakes her head and says, "No, he swung at me a few times, but he didn't get me in his mouth." She eyes the man with a tilt of her head, "I will tend to him still, I hold no grudges .. but .. damn he made me angry." *Firan*
Rodiste glances to Tezzer, "Oh. Right, right. Well, keep me informed then... I would very much like if I could go back with something for their healers.... they have been waging a long battle and miraculously have been able to survive..." *Firan*
