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Post Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:05 pm |
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Felix goes to check up on the peasants.
The first peasant is still breathing. He still has a pulse. To a ten-second examination, he still looks alive.
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Post Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 4:31 pm |
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If Felix pulls out a knife, Arkady says: "Felix, are you sure they're deader than the queen in a diamond? Just because we won't try to cure them with modern medicine doesn't mean we can't try with the Blue Rose."
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Post Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:51 pm |
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"Well... I don't know much about the Blue Rose's properties, except that it's use is going to supercharge a spell that might have worked with a lesser artifact?"
Felix thinks for a moment.
"Piper, could a spell somehow return these people to sensibility? We have pretty advanced diagnostic tools on the ship. If we studied their brains and pinpointed where the damage was, could a spell theoretically heal that damage and give them back personhood? If not their old memories, then at least a new life? We know what a human brain is supposed to look like. We know what areas are supposed to do what. Could we do it?"
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:23 am |
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Piper still appears to be fast asleep. It doesn't seem like speaking at normal volume will disturb her.
You could deliberately attempt to wake her, of course; but at the moment she doesn't reply.
"I know nothing of magic that is so advanced," admits Sir Ulath, "but I see no reason to imagine that such is not possible."
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:27 am |
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Felix frowns deeply, mulling things over.
"Alright. We can take back any surviving victims and I'll do some research on how to restore their minds from my side of things."
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 4:33 pm |
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Sam hummed. "That stuff isn't really made to last without it's progenitor, on Earth at least." She kept her voice down, switching to English and speaking in a quiet singsong as to not bother Piper. "Like the zombie mushrooms. Or the earworm things from Star Trek, I guess. From an evolutionary stand point, it would make the most sense that either they're veggies permanently or whatever it is will be worn away naturally with time. The second is probably gonna mean withdrawal, though."
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 8:16 pm |
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Arkady shrugs as he starts to load the inert people into one of the trucks. "The spell we're supposed to use on the Queen can heal massive systemic and brain damage immediately if it is given enough power to work with. Or so we're told. And our doctor said the venom is metabolized quickly; so with luck no antidote will be needed if this spell can fix the damage it did."
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 11:11 pm |
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Roger nods, and helps to get the people into the truck. (eta) After a few minutes, he says, "Hm, we're probably going to have to keep them alive with an IV which I'm sure Dr. Vanderbilt won't mind, but David is going to have a conniption..."
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Post Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:44 pm |
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You load the dozen or so peasants onto the truck. Setting up a proper IV will take time - and it looks like you have plenty of time, none of them seem in immediate danger of starving.
Would you like to take an hour or so to set up all the IV lines now, or would you rather drive around the lake, seek out Sir Sparhawk, and then set up the IV drips?
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Post Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 2:52 pm |
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Felix would like to meet Sir Sparhawk. If their autonomous bodily functions are still going they can survive until after the Blue Rose is retrieved, or the group makes camp for the night.
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Post Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:18 pm |
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The trucks are not ambulances; there's no room for them to be put on IVs right now. Arkady's simply going to make sure they've got open airways as he packs them in, and then drives off to find the rest of the searchers.
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 2:35 pm |
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You wouldn't want to leave them for a week, but you're pretty sure they'll survive the next day or so. (Possibly several days, if they can get hydrated somehow).
So the peasants are stacked up on the backs of the trucks - this will make getting to the other stuff in there in a hurry a little tricky, but it's not like the peasants (or the Seeker, for that matter) would have the slightest idea how to use any of that stuff... right?
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The shore of the lake trends towards sandy beaches, most of which you can drive along. There are occasional patches of rocky terrain which give you a few nervous moments, but it's not long before you get close enough to see a few figures on a beach; a black-armoured knight on his hands and knees, one hand on his head, one of his companions watchfully pointing a crossbow into the woods away from the lake, and Lady Sephrenia waving and beckoning you in.
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 4:57 pm |
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Theresa bullies the truck into position until she can find a good place to park nearby, then she and Felix get out and make their way to Lady Sephrenia and Sir Sparhawk's group.
Making note of their general disposition, Felix makes a guess.
"It doesn't seem either of us has had a warm welcome. We got the Seeker. I'm guessing you got a Troll?"
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Post Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:06 pm |
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Arkady parks nearby, then gets out carrying his friend the sergeant. There's a troll out there somewhere, after all.
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Post Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 7:26 pm |
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Roger follows after the other two. He doesn't say anything but he is always scanning the surroundings.
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