Corpses Found In The Hive

[*Selebius]

Emila finds undead in Undersigil- but at first there is nothing unusual.

Then however she finds a different corpse. While appearing to be a normal zombie at the first glance she sees the marks of the disease but what is even more unusual is the fact that the corpse is heavily infested with all kind of vermin.

Small beetles and grubs and centipeded and warms dig through the still oozing flesh of the creature, slowly devouring it.

[*StarSight]

((Just a quick note, Auric in his hiring here is offering uses of a remove disease wand as part of payment. That's the TL;DR version for those who care))

A figure, wearing a hooded robe and mask, slightly hunchbacked, walks amongst the Hive. He walks amongst the ostracized disease-ridden and offers "wonders", healing magics to banish the sickness and restore health. The mask is clearly enchanted, or at least it is presumably the mask, as his voice sounds distorted.

Regardless of the reasons, either for his actions or his concealment, he dispenses what healing he can, before such supplies dwindle and expire, and he must sadly depart, vanishing mid-stride.

Arriving invisible from the Dimension Door spell, Verdant removes the mask and robe and stows them before ending his invisibility. It matters little if no one knows it was him, personal glory or fame was not his objective. What mattered was doing the right thing, that now some people who did not have hope in the face of this plague now have some respite.

What mattered was changing the world for the better, however he can.

[*Midnight]

Unconcerned about the plague Emila materializes the gaseous cloud taking shape and stretching out with one hand in the corpses direction she would activate her ring of control undead.

//I think the dc is in the low 20s we can check it next time we're in game if you want.

[*Selebius]

In the Hive Verdant's actions are inspiering some hope, giving the people an alternative to the healing the dustmen offer.

He will notice the poor hygienic conditions however so that even those cured need to be careful to not be infected again. Yet every little bit helps and soon people will start to flock to the places where this 'masked savior' was seen working his miracles.


In the meanwhile in undersigil...


The infested undead shodders and falls easily under the vampire's control, the vermin infesting it agitated somewhat now, crawling and flittering around it nervously.

[*Er_Nano_Infame]

meanwhile Serin, done talking with flara, thanks her for the talk, maybe she'll seek her out again , waves byebye and heads back out in the streets of sigil.
a few time and she hears the rumors about the show of emilia, the hooded creature and the guy hiring people and offering wands.
she takes some moments to consider what to do next.

she shrugs and goes looking for the masked guy ((which is auric, not verdant, right, or i misunderstood?)).
she goes masked and hooded herself, whole skin covered, also to avoid contacts with the diseased

[*StarSight]

((Nope, sorry, Auric is the one hiring and throwing in magical disease removal thanks to a wand. Verdant's the one playing masked healer))

[*Er_Nano_Infame]

///ah ok. serin might have chances of hearing about auric too then?///

[*Midnight]

As the undead reacts Emila smiles to herself beckoning the creature closer.

"Who's a pretty boy? Shall we take a look at you then."

She notices the scurrying vermin inside the corpse and her smile grows into a full on fanged grin.

"And you're little friends too."

She leads the corpse back to the entrance to the deep crypts and the Mortuary where she can find a secluded tomb amongst the living dead who are not at risk of contracting the disease so she can begin to examine it better.

[*Selebius]

The blockades and checkpoints are received with mixed feelings- some Hivers who already received help from Harmonium healers (or free food) in the weeks before welcome the stronger hardhead presence and cooperate quite well.

Other of course still react with open or hidden hostility, trying to avoid the lobsters who meddle in their business.

Yet there are no violent incidents- not yet- those who want to leave the Hive without submitting to Harmonium checks use Undersigil's tunnels- but for now this plague seems to be contained.

Measure Cryptbane hears always the same reports- of people coming up from Undersigil, already infected, of this bug infested undead that roam the dark corners of the Hive- often wearing the familiar faces of those recently deceased.



Somewhere else in the hive a Yuan Ti is trying to avoid the hardheads to find a certain somebody...


And in undersigil an undead follows the dustman to the lower crypts.

The creature moves slowly, as if pulled after Emila on an unseen leash, the vermin infesting it agitated, nervous, trying to hide deeper into the corpse.
It is still bleeding some infectious goo, some of the beetles and grubs and corpseflies covered in the same substance, buzzing and crawling and worming around the undead.

Emila might notice that they react... unusual. They seem to understand each other, seem to work together? Indeed they seem almost like a seperate, many bodied organism which rides on this undead host.

[*Midnight]

Once back at the Mortuary Emila would find a secluded part of the deep crypts and have the xharmed zombie lie down on a slab she would then with no sense of revulsion or fear of disease rumage through it her hands sinking into its oozing wounds would reach inside it grabbing handfuls of the vermin that infest it depositing them into jars trusting in her ownresistences to protect her from the inevitable bites and scratches. Then she would begin with an exammination of the body before she turns her attentions to the hoarde of jarred insects.

//She rolled 14 on a lore check + 20 for her ranks in it and + 4 for her int modifer is a total of 38.