Act 3 - Carnival on Ice
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
Nessa waves at the pale Elohim but remains behind the group, behind Dreams to be precise. She watches the elf move to the trees. Some other introductions are made but Beltarion sort of ignores them as he moves to one of the trees. He has a small jug of ointment and smears some on one of the trees and backs away.
You stand and watch, and over the course of the next few minutes the tree begins to transform. The branches shrink and the leaves fall to the ground or 'ungrow' back into the woody surface. The largest tree limbs become shaped more like human limbs and the thick bark begins to fade and become more flexible, more pliable, like skin. After a few minutes a man is standing there, mug in one hand, other in the air as if he was shouting and having a good time. His skin takes on the woody appearance of a Barkskin spell but then even that fades and he collapses to the ground and drops the mug. Gasping, as if for air he cries out, "By Lietbur! Thank you!" He pants on his hands and knees in a bit of shock but wholey recovered.
You stand and watch, and over the course of the next few minutes the tree begins to transform. The branches shrink and the leaves fall to the ground or 'ungrow' back into the woody surface. The largest tree limbs become shaped more like human limbs and the thick bark begins to fade and become more flexible, more pliable, like skin. After a few minutes a man is standing there, mug in one hand, other in the air as if he was shouting and having a good time. His skin takes on the woody appearance of a Barkskin spell but then even that fades and he collapses to the ground and drops the mug. Gasping, as if for air he cries out, "By Lietbur! Thank you!" He pants on his hands and knees in a bit of shock but wholey recovered.
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." - Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
Wilfried mumbles a short prayer when he sees the magic paste is taking effect. The magic of the fey is truly capabale of powerful magic the large man muses.
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
Dreams lets out a sigh of relief, glad that Baltarion's cure for the curse has worked. Tension she didn't even realize she was holding in her body begins to disappear. She waits for him to turn the other trees back into people.
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
Celevan nods and lets out a deep sigh of relief when the first townsperson is transformed back to human form. "Thank you Beltarion," he says as he moves over to help the relieves townsperson to stand up. "Do you feel okay?" the summoner asks the man as he gets to his feet.
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
The man looks fatigued, "My arms are stiff, but I'm alright." He motions to leave him sitting there for a moment more. "I need a moment." He's going to be sore and tired for a while yet.
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
"Perfectly understandable," he says to the man. Then he looks around for some chairs or benches or even stools - anything that will keep people off the cold ground. "Let's get something for the people to sit on once they're transformed," he calls out. "They've spent enough time stuck to the frozen ground."
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
Dreams says, "I think there's going to be quite a lot of them. I guess we can lay out our cloaks on the ground for them to sit on, though that probably won't be enough for everyone." Nonetheless she does so--with the boots of the winter lands on, she is unconcerned with the cold. "Maybe we should bring them to Laurel's so she can look them over and make sure there's no lingering side effects."
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
"A very good idea" Beltarion says to Dreams, "We have no idea what condition each person will come out in, though I'm glad that the first is safe." Moving on, Beltarion continues to apply the cure to each tree one by one and letting the others tend to the people, unless there is an issue that is clearly visible.
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Re: A Serious Case of Barkskin
Torias also aids the people, casting healing spells where needed.
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Harvest Time: The People are Saved
Over the course of the next hour Beltarion moves from tree to tree applying the fey made ointment to the victims of the Dark Ice Fey's magic. One by one the people of Falcon's Hollow are returned to normal. Some of them are worse off than others, a few have terrible wounds where fellow lumberjacks had broken off a branch or hit them with an axe. These ones Torias and Dreams tend too with magic patching them up and easing their suffering. About half way through Beltarion reaches the smaller tree that is Gunner and he applies the paste and the sapling turns back into the young boy. Nessa wraps her arms around him, tears in her eyes, "I told you drinking was bad for you!" The siblings laugh with one another and then Gunner slumps to the ground exhausted where Torias tends him.
All in all the people are saved. No one fails to be saved, and even the badly wounded are alright ad Beltarion lends his own healing to that of the Elohim and Kilmor. You are showered with praise and thank you's from everyone and by supper time the carnival grounds are empty once more as the people return home to their loved one, or empty houses as the case may be.
You are waving good bye to the last pair of lumberjacks and so turn to speak with the new Elohim Beltarion. Only your small group, including Ness and Gunner, remain here out in the cold empty field.
All in all the people are saved. No one fails to be saved, and even the badly wounded are alright ad Beltarion lends his own healing to that of the Elohim and Kilmor. You are showered with praise and thank you's from everyone and by supper time the carnival grounds are empty once more as the people return home to their loved one, or empty houses as the case may be.
You are waving good bye to the last pair of lumberjacks and so turn to speak with the new Elohim Beltarion. Only your small group, including Ness and Gunner, remain here out in the cold empty field.
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." - Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring