His own weapons sheathed and secured, Gundrabu fits the lantern back into his pack, then stoops and lifts the guttering torch from the cavern floor. As he rises, the gleam of a strange, crystal weapon in Kondor’s search of Tetranna catches his eye.

“Kondor, may I inspect that curious device. And mind those vials with care. I expect the fluid therein contains a virtue we soon shall have need of. In fact”— Gundrabu emits a shuddering breath, aware of his aches, pains, and festering cuts in his studded leathers—“allow me to sample one of those philters now, will you?”

Gundrabu reaches out a hand.

fireinthedust wrote:

ooc: Did Kondor ever figure out what killed Emral? He did look at the body a lot, and as a tracker he'd know the look of someone who died like that.

Kondor is no alchemist, but from his memory the look of Emral's burnt out mouth and throat, he most likely consumed an ingestible II poison.

“You look concerned, Kondor. Fear not. I shall not quaff the cordial outright but merely wet my lips. If the brew is noxious, by the Kraken, I pray no irremedial harm shall beset me.”

Ignoring the crystal implement for now, Gundrabu unstoppers a flask and gingerly sniffs at the rim.

The paw closes +2HP worth of wounds.

Okay, I’m getting a “meta”-indication that something is at stake. Or maybe it’s just a question of my light source.

Gundrabu has picked up the torch in one hand. In his other is the glass phial. Kondor continues to hold the crystal implement, probably wondering what to do with it.

Gundrabu sips from the top of the flask.

Eirvit wrote:

Okay, I’m getting a “meta”-indication that something is at stake. Or maybe it’s just a question of my light source.

Gundrabu has picked up the torch in one hand. In his other is the glass phial. Kondor continues to hold the crystal implement, probably wondering what to do with it.

Gundrabu sips from the top of the flask.

HAHAHA! Nope only making sure that I'm tracking what all is going on.

As in: Gundrabu packed the recently emptied lantern into his sack before leaving the slab and joining Kondor (leaving behind the remaining tied canoes, the beastmen bodies and the extra backpack on the slab.) 

Iron Ranger wrote:

Eirvit wrote:

Okay, I’m getting a “meta”-indication that something is at stake. Or maybe it’s just a question of my light source.

Gundrabu has picked up the torch in one hand. In his other is the glass phial. Kondor continues to hold the crystal implement, probably wondering what to do with it.

Gundrabu sips from the top of the flask.

HAHAHA! Nope only making sure that I'm tracking what all is going on.

As in: Gundrabu packed the recently emptied lantern into his sack before leaving the slab and joining Kondor (leaving behind the remaining tied canoes, the beastmen bodies and the extra backpack on the slab.) 

[Oh, I see. Yeah, I suppose I couldn’t carry the spare pack and the lantern at the same time.]

Gundrabu shudders. “This tastes not beneficial, Kondor. When I first encountered... Igrest, was he? the pyromancer?... his throat was ice. I feel this draught might do the same to me.”

Gundrabu stoppers the phial and puts it in a pocket. He goes back to the platform to drag the other pack onto the ledge. The torch remains in one hand. “I will be pleased to look at that crystal device in a moment, Kondor.”

Kondor helps Gundrabu off the slab, and will hand over the crystal weapon when Gundrabu is ready for it.

"Ice poison? Aye, that sounds like whatever killed Emral, too. Ice is death to fire sorcerers! It is known to me, then, this poison type. Must have been from the Picts."

Question: the beast men also dropped a torch, right? Is it still lit?

I don't know how torches work in real life. Pretty sure they're wood with cloth and "pitch" on them, or somehow prepared, and maybe a "torch handle"? I picture them as they look in old movies, but that's maybe not realistic.