A creepy shack, made from rotting wood, stands alone in the s. The shack is rather rge for pears to be a lone dwelling, indig that the owner has a profitable hobby for being a hermit. That wealth has clearly not gone unnoticed, as the door has been busted down by thieves, and smoke is still rising from the ey. It is uhat if the thieves were successful in subduing the owhat they have left in time. Esstrey is about to make sure that any thieves left will never leave again.
Carefully entering much quieter than any being as rge as her has any right to, she ss the poorly lit room for octs. A dead harpy... no, the corpse on the ground has arms as well as wings, and their head is that of a bird. A dead [Avian-kin] acc to The tral Governor lies on the ground, fresh blood still pooled around the corpse. Loud rummaging is ing from two pces in the shack, and as the figures e into the light, as they make tact with Esstrey they freeze up. Two dog-like creatures stare at the massive mermaid, and she stares back.
Then one of the [Kobold]s begins to speak in a drunken Bavarian at. "Piswijf..." The magic of the old transtion spell has clearly worn off, or simply doesn't work here. Or perhaps both.
SpoilerDried up wench...
[colpse]"Piswijf inderdaad, dat tyfusding is enorm!" The bandits hurry to stand together and have their crappy spears point at the test intruder.
SpoilerDried up wendeed, that fug thing is huge!
[colpse]Esstrey simple smiles at the gibberish of the bandits, and positions herself wide to block them from leaving. No one leaves the shack today, not alive. The dogs whisper some more between each other, and charge at the mermaid blog their path. Esstrey tercharges them, and sms oo the back of the shack with her tail, while g the other. The ohat was cwed falls screaming to the ground, as massive rends have nearly torn him to shreds. The fact that he's still alive is impressive. The ohat was thrown back rises to his feet, a bit cussed. As his vision clears up, he readies himself to go agairey repeats the first trick, i on turning them both into screaming whimpering wrecks bleeding on the floor.
Her pn is halted when the remaining dog gets a thick yer of stone as armor just before the strike ects. The [Kobold] winces as the strike tears off ks of stone, aaggers from the sheer force of the attack, but mao remain standirey is surprised, some random bandit knows magic? Being able to make rock armor is a rather high-end magical usage of earth magid it should be especially hard to do under pressure unless you want to end up crushing yourself.
Esstrey's musing's get interrupted by the spear of the [Kobold] striking at her tail, but due to the shape and hardness of the tail it gets deflected. She quickly terattacks by grabbing the dog by the leg, and squeezes. The dog screams in pain as the rock that used to protect it is currently digging into its legs, and to finish him off, she uses him as a fil, crushing the floor with him. He falls unscious on the spot, and his spear ctters to some er of the shack.
Now that the thieves are dealt with, Esstrey properly analyze her surroundings. The dead [Avian-kin] on the ground is wearing some odd clothing that would often be worn by evil witches in stories, which frankly just looks a bit ridiculous. The entire shack is lined with bottled ingredients, and a rge pot stands in the ter. The pot is still on top of a fire, and it seems to be just boiling water. The roof is rather high up, which is the only reasorey even stand up straight here. There is also a hatch, which seems to lead to a rather creepy basement. Not for it seeming to be dark and abandoned, but more because it looks like the basement of satanic cultists. An obvious ritual area domihe ter, and there are everaints down here for visitors.
Going back up to the shack itself, she begins grabbing the dogs and carrying them downward. One is pletely still but alive, the other is still writing in pain while whimpering. She begins to the dogs up downstairs, and the cious oters and whimpers in what is obviously begging for his life. Esstrey doesn't speak his nguage, and he doesn't speak her nguage, but that doesn't mean she 't get a message across to shut him up for a bit.
"I wonder if the dy upstairs begged for her life before you guys killed her, I wonder if you even gave her the ce to." Esstrey points in the dire of the corpse as she says it calmly, and the dog seems to uand as all hope seems to leave him.
With that dorey heads back upstairs and begins taking stock. If the thieves were desperate enough to attack a magical chemist, there must be some valuable potions redients here. Its not like the witch will miss them. Esstrey's stomaaws at her as she's cheg. Right, she hasen in... damn how long was she even out of the dimensions? Things don't ge iradimensional space, but that doesn't mean she was meant to be there for very long. Who knows what kind of effects such extreme dispt could have on the body of a material. Esstrey tries to find some edible things, but the pantry of the witch was severly g. She looks around for anything to eat, and her eyes go over the corpse of the [Avian-kio the cooking pot, which still has boiling water in it.
"I wonder if avians taste like chi..."
