Follow-Up|Autus

[Devon]

Sage arrived in Autus and immediately sought out the house that Mina had seen in her visions. Since she couldn't travel much due to her family, he had decided he'd do the footwork for her and see if the man she was looking for was indeed in Autus. Approaching the house she had described to him, he knocked on the door and patiently waited for an answer.

[Kender Bard]

For a long time, there was no answer; but there were sounds inside the house. Just near the door there was a faint groan, barely audible through the wooden door. Sage's knock had pushed the door in a tiny bit; it was unlatched and unlocked.

[Devon]

Sage looked around carefully before he finally pushed the door completely open and walked in. "Hello, is anyone here?" he asked out loud as he surveyed the room in front of him. He was hoping the man hadn't gone over the edge and done something he'd regret later. The house had an eerie feel to him and he wasn't sure if someone was hiding in here or not.

[Kender Bard]

Slumped against a wall in another room, visible through the entrance, was a young woman. She was looking around a bit blearily, clearly disoriented. When she noticed Sage, she gave a frightened yelp and scrambled up onto her feet.

[Devon]

Sage put up his hands in a non-threatening manner. "It's all right, I'm not here to hurt you," he said to her trying to calm her down. "I'm a priest of Etaf, a friend had a vision involving you and another man who lives here. I'm just here to make sure you're both okay."

[Kender Bard]

The woman glanced at his robes and seemed to believe him, for the second scream that was on her lips died away and she simply stood and looked at him. "W-why are you here? What visions? Does this have anything to do with Larson?"

[Devon]

"Larson?" Sage murmured in question. "Ah that must be the man my friend saw in her visions. A friend of mine saw this Larson in a vision, he was saying something about our world and the lights going out. I agreed to come here on her behalf and see what this was all about." Sage lowered his arms and calmly approached the woman to listen to her story.

[Kender Bard]

The woman rubbed her eyes and leaned back against the wall. From the way she swayed a little, she was still not completely all there. "I... Oh!" She darted off into another room. "Larson? Larson! LARSON!!"

She searched the only other two rooms in the house and came back, looking strickened. "I can't find him."

[Devon]

Sage found a chair and set it down in front of the woman so she could sit down. "What about Larson? Just calm down and tell me what happened and I can see if I can help you," he told the woman.

[Kender Bard]

"I was supposed to take care of him," she cried softly. "The poor man! He went to the healer near the temple and complained of headaches. He'd had a recent accident, you see, and hurt his head. The healer asked me to look after him, since I was his closest neighbor. The headaches went away but he began to rant about these strange dreams he was having. I tried to tell him that they were only dreams, but he wouldn't listen to me. Then yesterday he started acting normal again. Before I left for the night, he invited me to have a drink with him to good health. I didn't see the harm, but he must have put something in it. I blacked out... and now he's gone!"

[Devon]

"It's all right," Sage said trying to comfort her. "I can try and look for him for you and see where he has gone. I doubt he has made it too far if he only left the other day." Sage paced around the room in front of the woman for a few moments. "Listen, I am going to need to go back to my temple and speak with my friend who had the visions. Are you going to be all right on your own for a little while? I promise I'll return with any news on Larson that I can."

[Kender Bard]

The woman brushed the tears from her eyes. "I'll be okay," she murmured. "I need to go home... and I may go to the temple later. But I'll be fine. Please, don't let Larson get his fool self killed..."

[Devon]

Sage nodded, feeling there was nothing more he could say to the woman at this time. "I'll return once I have news about him," he said as he touched his Mind sign and teleported back to the temple in Talen'sul.