[He appreciates Keith's willingness to give his share of the reward, as well as his physical help, especially since they have to navigate some tricky points on the way back to Apkallun. Damn, this was such a blunder... lesson learned: Don't always trust the townspeople blindly when they say there's a monster! The ghost keeps floating alongside them, her sobbing a little more muffled to his death mage ears now.
Once again the trip back takes quite some time, but eventually they arrive back in the outskirts of town (Hijikata haphazardly wrapped the body in seaweed on the way to not immediately scare any faint-hearted citizens in the vicinity). As soon as some people he spoke to earlier spot them, approach, and learn what happened the town guard is called as official witnesses to the important occasion, and before long a small crowd has assembled around the two outworders.]
Is it true?! You slayed the Wispmera?
Yeah.
[Everyone who came here essentially opted in to seeing a dead body, Hijikata reasons, so he unwraps it. Reactions are varied: Some people cheer, others break into tears of relief, others yet look surprised or confused. Exclamations include "Finally we don't have to be afraid to let our children play here anymore!" over "So this is what it looked like this whole time?!" to "It was... a person? It halfway looks like one...".]
Well, there you have it. But frankly, I'd keep the kids within the town limits regardless. We saw all kinds of other dangers out there, some of them not far from here.
[The Wispmera's ghost is hovering at a distance, still looking terribly sad... Hijikata would like to clear her reputation, but chances are he and Keith might not be rewarded if they admit to her being innocent of the abductions.]
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[He appreciates Keith's willingness to give his share of the reward, as well as his physical help, especially since they have to navigate some tricky points on the way back to Apkallun. Damn, this was such a blunder... lesson learned: Don't always trust the townspeople blindly when they say there's a monster! The ghost keeps floating alongside them, her sobbing a little more muffled to his death mage ears now.
Once again the trip back takes quite some time, but eventually they arrive back in the outskirts of town (Hijikata haphazardly wrapped the body in seaweed on the way to not immediately scare any faint-hearted citizens in the vicinity). As soon as some people he spoke to earlier spot them, approach, and learn what happened the town guard is called as official witnesses to the important occasion, and before long a small crowd has assembled around the two outworders.]
Is it true?! You slayed the Wispmera?
Yeah.
[Everyone who came here essentially opted in to seeing a dead body, Hijikata reasons, so he unwraps it. Reactions are varied: Some people cheer, others break into tears of relief, others yet look surprised or confused. Exclamations include "Finally we don't have to be afraid to let our children play here anymore!" over "So this is what it looked like this whole time?!" to "It was... a person? It halfway looks like one...".]
Well, there you have it. But frankly, I'd keep the kids within the town limits regardless. We saw all kinds of other dangers out there, some of them not far from here.
[The Wispmera's ghost is hovering at a distance, still looking terribly sad... Hijikata would like to clear her reputation, but chances are he and Keith might not be rewarded if they admit to her being innocent of the abductions.]