A middle-aged man with a scratchy beard and battered armor sits warming himself by a fire. He has a holy symbol and dented mace.
He nods. "They call me Gooley."
He grunts. "I and Yong-Mi are adventurers. We're trying to get into the crypt."
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adven
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"Well, have to do something. I wasn't like this on the surface. I was a monk and a sage, but then I did something which angered my superiors."
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super
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"Positively nauseous men. Never understood the need for perfect grammar on the scrolls. The records were for posterity! Is it too much to ask that some effort be spent to make them correct?" He frowns. "It would seem so. It was too much trouble for them."
"I criticized their handling of them one too many times, and here I am."
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crypt
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"That's definitely what it is. I can sense the torment of the souls beyond. We hope to liberate them from their unholy bondage, and pick up a treasure or two in the bargain."
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stnd
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You find a small Asian woman with waist-length hair. She seems to be mixing up some poison.
"Greetings. I'm Yong-Mi."
"Getting ready to enter the crypt. It'll be a tough haul. Nasty and dangerous." She sighs. "But better than the alternative."
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crypt
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"The main problem now is figuring out how to get in. Spells and picking haven't worked on the door yet, but we'll keep on it. There must be some way to open it."
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alter
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"Well, I could be on the surface. I went into Exile voluntarily. I may be the only one. Let's just say there was a marriage I wasn't interested in being a part of." She looks at the substance she's grinding carefully. Then she smiles.
"It's hard to get quality ingredients."
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ingred
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"I've had best luck with the poison glands of asps. Asps are hard to find, but their fangs make powerful poison, if you can find a recipe. I'd teach you mine, but, well, I don't want to. Sorry." She smiles winningly. "Still, there are better things."
"What I could really use are some good arrows."
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arrows
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"Arrows of light and arrows of life would be really useful in here. The first slays demons. The latter slays undead. Both are rare as hell. Ah, well. Have to do things the old fashioned way."
