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Sat 5th Mar 2022 04:21

Sarcophagi, Statues, and Sisters

by Petaluma Pitsniffer

So, we're still making our way through the temple catacombs, looking for this Damn Watcher. Mostly there's a whole lotta nothing. Lots of sarcophagi, but that's to be expected. Some are shattered, but most of them are intact. Freaking Lanmin and Amy try to open some of them, but luckily are unsuccessful. Let the dead rest, I think. When you start fucking with dead things, they sometimes start fucking back. Wait... not like that... I mean... Aw fuck it. Anyway some of the rooms have funeral niches instead of sarcophagi. Munin manages to find a necklace in one of them. It'll look good on her. Or get her some gold, either way it made that little bird happy. I always like it when she gets excited. Her little bird eyes go wide, she does a little hop, and makes a happy chirp.
 
One of the sarcophagi we see is circled with salt and has the name, "Demitra Elizabet," or something like that. Anyway there's a rumor that she was a vampire so I was happy to see her resting place was still sealed. Last thing we need is a freaking vampire on top of Beholders.
 
We eventually come to a big room with a Beholder hole. The others have never seen one, but I knew right off the bat what it was. We decided to leave that one for later and explore more of the catacombs first.
 
Well that turned out to be an asinine idea. The next room we came to had two zombie beholders and a Death Tyrant. The Damn Death Tyrant did something to me that made me scared for my life. That didn't stop me from doing my best to take it down. At one point Munnin says in my head, "I'm not gonna leave Hugin again. I'm coming back." The little bitch Death Tyrant also turned Na'kue into stone! So here we are fighting these things and one of our friends is a statue! Eventually Amy/Avery takes down one zombie beholder. Freya, the frickin' bad ass takes out the other one. Freya and Lanmin both seem to land the killing blow on the Death Tyrant.
 
After the fight, Freya tells us she thinks she's noble. She ran away as a little tyke, so she can't remember anything about her family 'cept they were raising her to be an asshole dickwad. She didn't want that so she took off and never looked back. She said this city and the Mitropolitis seem familiar so maybe she's from around here. I hope she can find the answers she wants.
 
We decide to go to the surface to find some diamond dust to fix Na'kue. But before we can leave the guards stop us and go get the MItropolitis. She happened to have some diamond dust in her back pocket, so she just gives it to us right out.
 
On our way back, I pull Munnin aside and ask her about Hugin. Turns out it's her sister. Turns out they were living on the streets, then taken in as littles by a halfling gentleman. He taught them how to work a crowd and do seedy work. Apparently, one of the jobs got a little to sticky and the halfling made Munnin leave her sister behind so Hugin got caught and was arrested. Munin has felt awful ever since. I tell her I will help her find her sister if she wants. We can bail her out, or break her out. Doesn't much matter to me. I just want to help her in any way she needs. Also, this halfling is the one that named Munnin and Hugin. Before that, Munin used to go by the sound of a clanging sword. She's so cool.