{"id":1661,"date":"2016-04-15T07:53:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T11:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2016-03-09T01:58:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T05:58:32","slug":"rhiallis-nothing-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/rhiallis-nothing-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhiallis: Nothing Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

      Today\u2019s snippet, titled \u201cNothing Good\u201d, is a piece I wrote about my PC in Mark’s new (Good) Pathfinder Campaign.
\n      Be forewarned, there may be mature themes and naughty language below.
\n– \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 –
\n      \t\u201cSee? Shiny!\u201d Mira pointed to the base of the ramp.
\n      \tRhiallis squinted, shielding her eyes with her hand. \u201cMaybe.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cIts there. Some little glints,\u201d Sadie said, pulling a wand from her belt. \u201cAmongst all the rice.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cI don\u2019t see anything moving.\u201d Cole\u2019s eyes were apparently much better than his friend\u2019s had been. \u201cBut I dunno – what\u2019s rice?\u201d
\n      \t\u201cIt is like zizania. They had this friend called Kumiko- Oh, that\u2019s not important, Cole. Anyway. Let\u2019s send a fireball down there and see what comes up. Go on – Mira. Boom it.\u201d
\n      \tMira boomed it.
\n      \tThe wand\u2019s spell was not as powerful as one cast by Aimsley, but it seemed to do the trick. The corpses and the carpet of \u2018rice\u2019 burned briefly, brightly, and then all was quiet. Crispy. Like the succarat at the bottom of that seaside dish Matron Missean always tried to replicate with the zizania (Note: wild rice) that grows in the region. <\/em>
\n      \t\u201cLet\u2019s scout it – Mira and me will go down first. You guys come up behind us.\u201d
\n      \tSadie and Mira moved down the gentle, sloping ramp forty feet ahead of the rest of the party. Cautiously, they approached the singed field.
\n      \tA thousand thousand maws opened in unison the instant the halfings were within their grasp. Before Rhiallis could even comprehend the sheer horror of that sea of wriggling carnivorous maggots, one of the girls used a wand to cast another blast of fire at the swarm. They retreated, but Celeste stood her ground, protecting the rest of the group from the rotgrubs\u2019 advance.
\n      \tThose same, teensy grasping mouths chomped upon her as well, slipping like water into the chinks of her armor to get at the soft pink flesh beneath. Loathe to get close to them, for though the fire slowed them it had not yet stopped them, Rhiallis knew that her only choice was to aid Celeste.
\n      \tAn instant before she made up her mind to move in and lay hands on her friend, a third fireball blasted the area. Celeste was at the epicenter and the maggots chewing on her – burrowing into her – died by the thousands.
\n      \t\u201cIomedae, remove the blight of this swarm from her body, cleanse her and once more, let this Paladin\u2019s body be free of disease.\u201d
\n      \tRhiallis\u2019 prayer was brief but effective, and Celeste\u2019s flesh – warmed by Iomedae\u2019s power – rejected the grubs.
\n      \tWhen their tiny gaping mouths were all still – mostly burnt to a crisp – the party paused only briefly to be sure that there was nothing notable or valuable amongst the remains in the crevasse.
\n      \t\u201cLet\u2019s keep moving,\u201d Korael said, shivering despite the warmth of the wintery day.
\n      \t\u201cYeah.\u201d
\n      \tCole bounced from one foot to another, antsy to get moving and merely nodded his assent. Celeste plucked one last maggot from her breastplate and flicked it away. \u201cYuck.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cThere\u2019s no reason to linger,\u201d Rhiallis said. \u201cAnd who would want to, in this awful place?\u201d
\n      \tMira pulled a face, her palm on Agnes Forthright\u2019s pommel. \u201cDemons, I guess. Psychos. Weird blue crystal things.\u201d
\n      \t\u201cNothing good,\u201d Sadie added.
\n      \tRhiallis chuckled. \u201cNothing good, except us.\u201d
\n– \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 –
\n\"Signed,
\nNote: Image is “King Jagiello Statue Central” by (Mulligand) from SXC.hu; edited by me<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Today\u2019s snippet, titled \u201cNothing Good\u201d, is a piece I wrote about my PC in Mark’s new (Good) Pathfinder Campaign.       Be forewarned, there may be mature themes and naughty language below. – \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 –       \u201cSee? Shiny!\u201d Mira pointed to… <\/p>\n

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