We have dirtied our paws and gotten a taste of blood. Bluey and Darkmoon seem eager to fight everything they see, but I force them to stay their blades. As long as I am in the party, we fight cautiously and intelligently.
We only fight groups of one or two enemies at once, and run from battles that aren't in our favor. Selendro, Sai, and myself support the fighters as much as we can. Selendro takes out his mandolin and plays rousing ballads; I use Arc Fire to bathe troublesome enemies in blue flame. Sai seems to be content to chase butterflies and make his dagger glow with magelight - I usually have to rein him in and make him cast Vorpal Plating to strengthen our fighters.
Unfortunately, even with my shining example leading the party, Sir Camis was cut down by four nomadic warriors we could not escape from. We took refuge in the Adventurer's Guild for a while, where Sai cried on my shoulder. Finally, I stood up and told everyone to follow me.
I remembered seeing a temple south of the Adventurer's Guild, on Rahkir Street, near a statue of a samurai. The Twelve Crosses over the door eased my nerves. The banner reading 'Thief Temple', however, did not.
Hurriedly, I showed the priests Camis's lifeless body.
Nine hundred gold was steep, but most adventurers would pay anything to beat the cold embrace of death. The only question was: did we have nine hundred gold?
Bluey had everyone empty their purses and pooled our gold. We were surprised to find that between all of us, we had over two thousand gold! I noticed Darkmoon smiling sheepishly and looking away. I hesitate to think of where he's getting his extra funds.
We handed the nine hundred gold to the priests and they laid hands on Sir Camis. His body glowed, and then he opened his eyes once again.
"Where am I?" was the first question out of his mouth.
A small caveat that the priests didn't mention was that the nine hundred gold cost covered only the resurrection. He was alive again, but he was in critical condition and still in pain. To restore him to full health would cost an additional hundred and eighty gold. No wonder this place was called the Thief Temple.
Sai is especially ecstatic to have Camis alive again. He won't stop hugging the poor paladin. With everyone healed and in high spirits, we step back onto the cursed streets of Skara Brae.
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