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Who's there?
It's me Matt.
Password.
Dire Straits.
Come on in, Fracas. You're back early.
Yeah. I know. How long's Alex been
Asleep?
He just nodded off. He completed his
Watch and I'm just starting mine.
Oh. Okay, well I have some good
News and some bad news. Which one
You want first?
The bad news.
Well, that company of orcs is still
Hot on our trail. At most, a
Day behind and on foot. They have
A scout with them so not only can
They track us without losing us, they
Know how many of us there are.
Go on.
I thought about sneaking into their camp
And slitting his throat while he slept,
But they surround him with at least
Four guards. So they at least know
I'm here. I reached the entrance
To my old city, but a beholder
(Fracas) Lives there now. (Matt) A what?
A beholder. Large floating eye...
I know. I know. Please continue.
He's enslaved a small human family. He
Uses them to hunt for him and
Bring him food.
A family? What are they doing there?
Thought you'd might like to know. I
Sneaked in their slave quarters while the
Beholder was asleep. It seems they are
Survivors of a caravan the orcs hit.
They escaped, but the beholder found them
A few days later.
They say he eats twice a day,
Once in the morning, and again in
The early evening.
Greedy for a beholder.
Yeah, I know, he's big too, Matt,
At least nine feet tall from what
I could tell.
Mature.
Ready for some good news now? Absolutely.
The reason I'm back early is we're
Very near the entrance. We can be
There late tonight,
or early tomorrow morning,
Whichever you want.
We'll attack tomorrow morning, we need to
At least let Alex learn his spells.
I haven't had to cast a spell
In days, I'm ready now.
Great. We attack at dawn.
Matt, I want to warn the family
To be ready, okay?
Sure. Be careful, Frack, I'll need you
Tomorrow morning.
You got it.
Nine feet tall? Yeah. Very mature.
How long we need to look at this, Matt?
Why? Is the spell wearing off?
No, but my patience is wearing thin.
Watching them wait on that thing hand and foot
Is making me ill. I want to kill that...
Keep your voice down, I'm supposed to
Be the hothead. But to answer your question,
I've seen enough. I'll start my charge, Frack
You back me up.
Alex, follow until
You get close enough to cast a spell.
What you got for me?
Combination Two.
Good. Now I won't last long against
That beholder, Alex, so hit him hard and fast.
No problem, I won't fail.
Everybody got it? Good.
Fireball!
Run. Six O'clock.
Another escape? You die today, ***!
You've been backstabbed, ***.
No. YOU die today, ***!
Oh no! Frack!
It's going after Alex! It's going after Alex!
Try not to move, Frack.
I'll return as soon as I can.
Bettina, no!
Yeah, it was me. Using decent people
To feed your filthy hide. I'll fix
That for you right now:
FROM NOW ON, YOU EAT IN HELL!
Magic Missiles!
I take it the beholder's dead?
No. He killed us both, and he's
Coming back to finish you off.
But what happened to you? When I
Left you, you were dying stuck on
A spike, but now...
But now I believe introductions are in order.
I'd like to introduce the Baskerville family.
Mister Jonathon Baskerville, Mrs. Jennfer Baskerville,
And their beautiful daughter, Beatrix.
And although I wish this portion of
My introduction was longer, Fate has decided
Otherwise. We are what remains of the
Parker Adventure.
Our current leader, the strongest of us,
Mr. Matthew Leach.
And the wisest and probably the most
Powerful, Alessandro Assissi, the Wizard of Brestine.
We are on our way through this
Cave tunnel to get to deliver a scouting
Report to the steward in the nearest
Town. You are welcome to go with us.
You mean we are free?
Yes Mother, we are. Oh, by the
Way which of you has a knife?
A what?
Knife.
I do, I always carry one.
May my mother borrow it?
Sure.
There you are, Mother. It's okay.
And it's really dead?
Very.
Yarghh!
It's a long story.
We'll love to hear it sometime. But
First, let's spoil this beast's lair.
Oh yeah!
(Jennifer) Look at you now!
So my brother. Thou existence on this
World has ended. Such is life. Nonetheless,
I will bury thy murderers under your
Broken body so it will be above theirs
Forever.
Good work, my minions! Destroy them
All. You! Strip that fat one and
Bring his body to me!