8. Back to the tavern

This follows on from the session entitled Disaster! 

Currently

Melissa is still unconscious but between them they manage to get her back to the tavern where Alice begins working on her in the hope of bringing her round. The girls begin discussing options, trying to figure out where to go from here.

Moving forward

• Traci just wants out of this place at this point and takes the opportunity once again to suggest they go back to the ruins. She's convinced now more than ever that the answer to their problems with the presence will be found there.
• Alice's interest in the presence is piqued even more now. It interests her greatly, especially since her previous attempts to shield Traci from it just seem to have resulted in it attacking Melissa. Did her divine shielding stop it from attacking Traci, or did it simply attack Melissa because she was the one casting magic? Whatever the truth, Alice wants to know more.
• The Princess may very well agree to go back to the ruin this time. Her barely supressed rage is in need of an outlet, and whatever they find back in the ruins may very well provide that outlet. And besides, Alice seems intent on going wherever she needs to to find this presence.

How it plays out

The girls decide it's time to kill two birds with one stone and head back to the ruins. They'll be out of town and away from the guards and also able to properly investigate and deal with the strange oppressive presence that is clearly still latched onto Traci, or more probably the entire group of them now. Unfortunately, Alice isn't having any more luck in bringing Melissa round any quicker(1d100=35) and she remains in a state of  near unconsciousness.

Looks like they'll be stuck here for a while longer yet anyway.

[OOC: Melissa is on turn 2 of a 4 turn cooldown due to her use of quicksilver]