Problems, Problems

What to do now?

The previous session has thrown up a bit of a problem. Traci had thought she'd be able to persuade the three women, who we now know to be Alice, Melissa and the Flame Princess, to accompany her back to the ruin in a bid to find out more about the oppressive presence, but they are proving to be a little more discerning about who they hook up with. They're friendly enough and seem to like her, but they're very wary, and to be honest, rightly so. Traci really should have foreseen just how difficult it would be to win them over given that they'd already sensed that awful presence following her when she entered the tavern. Too late now. 

The possibility of persuading them to do anything now seems to be very slim, and she truly does need their help. Alice, the blonde cleric would be of invaluable aid given the current predicament, and that's quite without what help the other two could provide. Traci simply can't afford to walk away from them.

But what to do about it?

Well, going back to the ruin alone just isn't going to work, and in fact going back in at all was probably just a bad plan full stop. After all, the thing already followed her out of the ruin anyway. What good could she have expected to come from venturing back in? She also has no idea where the women are headed, and when they're going. Would they even let her join them if it came to it? The magic user, Melissa, and particularly the cleric, Alice, should be willing to help her, surely? And we don't even know what the flame princess is capable of.

It's a bad situation. She can't simply follow them around like a little lost puppy. The only way out of it I can see for Traci is to speak to the cleric and see if she can help rid her of the presence once and for all. Never mind the ruin. It was a bad plan to begin with. She just needs to rid herself of this thing now.