[IC] New Crobuzon & the World Beyond

[Selina Parcellus]

"There's an ladder behind the shack.  You will have to dig it out of the weeds.  It doesn't often get used and the weeds can be quite pernicious."

After Crozar dismisses his elemental and he addresses her, the old woman then turns to Crozar, replying, "Oh... it's been such a long time since anyone asked me my name.  I had almost forgotten it!  But it's, Elphaba 0r just El for short.  That's a useful pet you got there!"  

While wiping the blood off her blade, Selina can't help but feel disappointment emanating from the blade.  It clearly doesn't like that it was sidelined during the battle. 

"Take it easy," Tomeal will say while shouldering some of her weight before she collapses.  "You need to just relax for a few moments.  Those whirling undead seem to have knocked the wind out of you.  You drank the two restoration potions but it was clearly not enough.  You're lucky you have a strong endurance.  Many others would likely have crumbled from all those blows.  So sit while I help Crozar move the giant spider-thing."  [Tomeal has 21 strength thanks to the gauntlets of Ogre power]  Tomeal helps Selina take a seat on a large, sturdy pumpkin and then steps away to help Crozar.

Nang mentally speaks with his brother, ~We could push the spider creature against the side of the shack and use it as a kind of trampoline to climb off and onto the roof.  It would likely be faster than a ladder albeit a lot more gross.  The Humans and Dwarf might reject the idea for being too icky.~

[[Erm...I could be mistaken, but I believe Selina attacked one of the Undead Whirlwinds and struck it once.  I also don't believe she has a penalty to her blade because she only took two swings, the other being the most recent crit on the potentially dead Spider-Thing.]]

Selina leans heavily on her strong companion and smiles her thanks.  She wasn't going to argue.  She didn't have enough pride to be wounded by the implication that she was feeling weak and frail as a kitten (she was and she knew it) nor that she wasn't the strongest member of the group physically (she was somewhere in the middle, she supposed).  "We thank you for your hospitality, Ms. Elphaba."