>>5202773>>5202431>>5202374>>5202371>>5202349>>5202338>>5202326>>5202300>>5202276>Follow the safe route with the wailing.“We’ll embark on the safe route, then.” You step down to a tomb that points outward and back. “I’d rather not slip and die and end up all the way back at the top.”
“Fine, fine. I’m sure that either route would result in just as much annoyance for me.” She sighs. She extends a hand for the doll. “Come on, Noelle. Let us hurry.”
“..Yes, of course, m’lady.” Noelle mumbles, taking her hand and following her step. She retreats from your glance again! Gah! You must’ve done something unbecoming.. what was it?
You continue along past the slow route–by the dhampir’s estimate, the journey could take between another five or so hours and a day. You suppose a dhampir’s conceptualization of time is.. different, than a human’s. Your sword’s immeasurable weight and the heft of your rifle and the sling of your back are now at the back of your mind, however; now that you’ve the sight of an end, this stress is meager.
The wailing grows louder and louder as you step along the chasm.. “Gah. A siren, or..?” You turn to the dhampir.
“I’ve no clue. It’s not a cry I’m familiar with. Sirens’ cries are sexier. Y’know, like, aaaangh, Von Gundyr~?” The dhampir makes a lewd face and voice. You turn away, your frown only set in more deeply.
Your curiosity, however, is quickly sated as your party comes upon the wail’s source–a lone woman, shackled and collapsed onto the floor. Her face is bound in an iron mask of some sort–caged bars and forged smile guise her true features in inky black shadow. Her body fares no better with iron chains and cuffs around her arms and ankles and legs. Her dress is that of a noblewoman’s, in spite of her sad state of affairs as she continues to wail and tremble.
“Oohhhh…” The woman snivels between wails. “Someone, please, help me..”
>Approach the woman and reassure her.>Hurry them past. This seems suspicious–some sort of trap, perhaps.>Keep your distance and announce your presence. Ask what her issue is.>Write-In. 