#odyssey

Symon moves in, and is already at work. Careful not to look directly in, as he uses a scalpel and... is that a spoon? To pop the eye from the socket.

The magic, he kens, is still in the eye, still able, even with its match long gone, to freeze someone in place or at least slow them down if he lines it up to their gaze

She uses a cloth to wipe the lizard's blood from the halberd's edge.

Pudge says "Well, the mess that leaves others will find out soon enough"

A thin smile. "Pudge - catch." He wraps it in a bit of fabric and tosses it to the Boggan. "Point it at the Beldame ere she wakes."

"Yeah, well, what can I say? I was a stranger and the thing scared me."

"Neither of those would be a lie."

He takes it "Good idea, but you want me on guard duty while you two take the risk?"

"You have a better idea? I want the six of you out of here, and that hole sealed."

"The more risk, the more reward."

"We need to physically get the redcap out of commission, and get the pooka silenced." A frown. "He might be the one we hit with the first lifter - freeze him, shoot him up the tunnel."

"Unless he can be snapped out of it. Is his Hunger greater than his Happiness?"

"Man, a satyr would be helpful."

"Does she keep him fed? A redcap cannot live on joy, no less a sluagh on light."

The sluagh's eyes open and the boggan is ready... the eye in his hand glows and the sluagh freezes, growing rigid "Sorry dear." he says, then ponders "Beg pardon, all moving a bit fast. He's fed, though I admit it's mostly from our garden. I'm not sure how mcuh actual meat we have, now and then she gets some from where I know not ..."

"Could any of your hoo-doos make him feel extra hungry?"

Then he looks at the basilik carcass, "Though I DO know where we can get a fresh kill" he looks a bit green as he suggests it

"We have meat right here."

He says at the same time, then grins gummily.

"I've seen Dirk eat worse."

"Dags? If you would..." He gestures to the doorway / or direction of where they were led to believe the Redcap and others await.

"The time for stealth has passed. Yeet?"

"I'll go to the kitchen area and cook it up, wish me luck?" He says

"Since when does a redcap require cooked fare?" Not wishing for the delay.

"I think if he sees a dead basilik he mikght get suspicious, if he sees a 'meat sandwich' not so much?"

"He must recall his primal nature." Symon says. "Redcaps are blood. Let him bathe his cap in it."

"Not if we're not going for subtle. Cause some chaos, distract everything - let Symon slip in and try to grab the mask before she even knows he's there, since she'll be focused on me?"

A glance at the sluagh, confirming.

He nods. "Let us act before the blood cools."

"Alright, " Pudge smiles "I'm pretty sure I come from a long line of sidekicks, at least that's what Uncle Gamgee told me."

She taps her bracer, and then she's all green, gold & shining.

"Well, if I got a Gamgee, then I've got a damn good ally."

"Okay." She picks up the basilisk corpse. "Operation Chaos, here we go."

The bogggan helps with the meat "I've one more idea, if you allow?" The boggan says "I'm not as powerful as Goldy, but I do know Summer magics including aphrodisia... could make it so he HAS to bite it, and after that w'll see?"

Symon frowns, but does not say no.

"Not bad."

He runs his fingers over the corpse trying not to take too long " O irresistible, with fleshless face, Say to these dancers in their dazzled race:
"Proud lovers with the paint above your bones, Ye shall taste death, musk scented skeletons! "

Suddenly it smells SO good, who wouldn't want to take a taste of slaughtered basilisk? Or maybe lick the blood from an eyesocket? MMM MM GOOD

"Oh lord."

A fortifying breath (through her mouth, not her nose). "okay!"

"Sorry about that" he says

Qetz returns with the poisoned elk, it was hard work. It was a hard hunt but... then he sees the Basilisk meat that was apparently there all a long and HISSES annoyed at Symon

She stomps down to the other hallway. "HELLO? ANYONE? YA'LL HAD A BASILISK HERE! THAT'S DANGEROUS!"

BOY HOWDY does her voice carry

It is a Clurichaun that slips out first "leave me alone, Gutter..."

Her voice carries and.. nope, it's rather hard to miss her. "SOMEONE COULD BE HURT."

Symon gives Qetz a conciliatory pat. "No need to share now, eh?"

The clurchauin gaps at the new comer and her SMILE spreads as she sees the dead basilik, then confusion as she ahs a craving to eat it

Then Gutter comes out.... Redcaps have a rough intimidating style, but the 'peace robes' he's made to wear take away from that. THe bald head might still work if it weren't for the whirl designs for yin and yang on them

Symon moves to the Clurichaun and pulls her aside as the redcap comes out. No hat? That bitch should pay.

She chucks the corpse towards the redcap. "I took care of it."