"Yeah, you'd be diggin' til Longheat t'make a hole in this mud," Tal agreed with a shaky grin, grateful not just for Noah's timely arrival but also for lifting the mood. Alys's laughter might have been a little shaky, but so were Tal's legs as he accepted the Sentinel's hand up. At least the damage wasn't too bad; most of the wood from the door could be salvaged and repaired without needing to split entirely new planks from the supplies they had. Moving inside to be out of the rain, Tal put his woodworking skills to good use and soon had the door reassembled and ready to fit back on the hinges.
Noah and Alys were also in luck. The debris was fairly light; the stone golem appeared to be a recent resident of the building, and the mess it had left was more one of disarray than damage. Noah's demi-godly strength did, indeed, come into play as he shifted the larger rocks back outside with enviable ease. Alys faced more of a struggle; her height worked against her for reaching the cobwebs in the high corners of the room, and her strength wasn't quite up to the challenge of carrying out the larger chunks of stone, but with Noah's help they had soon cleared the nest and all remaining signs of the Golem were relegated to outside.
Tal had just finished hanging the door and making sure it closed properly when he straightened, a look of distracted panic crossing his features. "Oh, fuck, Boreal don't--!" But it was too late. With the Golem dispatched the dragon had gone back to investigating the roof and chimney, and though her bulk couldn't fit down the opening she had stuck her head down as far as she could, sniffing something delightful. And when she couldn't get any closer to it, she did what any self-respecting dragon would do.
She took a deep breath and belched a ball of flame down the flue.
Fire hit the rusty grate at the bottom, scattering ashes across the hearth in a cloud, but the larger problem was the small colony of Humming Bats that fled downwards and away from the predator at the top of their home. They burst out of the fireplace and into the building, humming wildly and darting this way and that in a singed panic!
Round 3:
Oh no! Get those humming bats out of there any way you can!
Humming Bats (common - Hollowed Ground): A large colony of bats live in the rooftops of the domiciles. Coming out only at night as they are wont to do, this species of bat uses both echolocation to determine their surroundings as well as an oral phenomena that sounds to human ears like humming. They are roughly hand-sized, are easily frightened, and happily eat away the bugs that would otherwise linger near your doors and windows.
Noah and Alys were also in luck. The debris was fairly light; the stone golem appeared to be a recent resident of the building, and the mess it had left was more one of disarray than damage. Noah's demi-godly strength did, indeed, come into play as he shifted the larger rocks back outside with enviable ease. Alys faced more of a struggle; her height worked against her for reaching the cobwebs in the high corners of the room, and her strength wasn't quite up to the challenge of carrying out the larger chunks of stone, but with Noah's help they had soon cleared the nest and all remaining signs of the Golem were relegated to outside.
Tal had just finished hanging the door and making sure it closed properly when he straightened, a look of distracted panic crossing his features. "Oh, fuck, Boreal don't--!" But it was too late. With the Golem dispatched the dragon had gone back to investigating the roof and chimney, and though her bulk couldn't fit down the opening she had stuck her head down as far as she could, sniffing something delightful. And when she couldn't get any closer to it, she did what any self-respecting dragon would do.
She took a deep breath and belched a ball of flame down the flue.
Fire hit the rusty grate at the bottom, scattering ashes across the hearth in a cloud, but the larger problem was the small colony of Humming Bats that fled downwards and away from the predator at the top of their home. They burst out of the fireplace and into the building, humming wildly and darting this way and that in a singed panic!
Round 3:
Oh no! Get those humming bats out of there any way you can!
Humming Bats (common - Hollowed Ground): A large colony of bats live in the rooftops of the domiciles. Coming out only at night as they are wont to do, this species of bat uses both echolocation to determine their surroundings as well as an oral phenomena that sounds to human ears like humming. They are roughly hand-sized, are easily frightened, and happily eat away the bugs that would otherwise linger near your doors and windows.
