Introducing: Babartus, Kael, and Seiz

[Carthrat]

"Well, I think that makes it pretty straightforward," comments Seiz, heading towards the corresponding part of the library to the pearl on the map.

[Yuthirin]

Babartus nods. "Yeah, now all we need to do is avoid These creatures, get our book, and go."

[Brian]

Slogging through the dust, the group makes their way through the knee-deep dust until they approach the point where it seems likely the book would be.  In the center of the aisle, leaving only enough space to squeeze through on the right-hand side, is the largest mound of dust yet.  It stretches easily four times the height of Kael.

It's also quiet, and no dust-bunnies have been spotted yet.

[StormDragon]

Kael whips out a handkerchief to stifle the sneeze that racked his frame. Sniffing, he happily peered at the nearest shelf. While doing so he thought.

Arafael and Medide... I wondered what happened to him and their marriage? This is all so interesting, I might get a book of their family histories and check those out.

[Yuthirin]

Babartus stares at the dust mound. "That's...a lot of dust."

[Brian]

Kael's sneeze is almost completely muffled by the surrounding dust, though a tiny bit of dust drifts down from above.

Despite Babartus's observations, the dust-mound does not react.

[Carthrat]

Seiz tries clearing away the dust with his broom, cursing.

"We'll never find anything with all this crap," he mutters.

[Brian]

The huge dust mound does react to being swept at, however.  A pair of eyes the size of Seiz's head open, glowing baleful red.  A gap opens in the base of the dust-bunny, revealing a dusty, cavernous maw.

The scent of dust and the force of a strong wind emerge silently, blowing more dusty saliva across the demonic troupe.

[Carthrat]

Seiz gawks at the huge dust-bunny, taking a few steps back.

Then a few more, just to be safe.

Then he pulls a knife from his belt and flings it at one of the huge eyes.

[StormDragon]

Kael lets out a squeak. His nose tickles horrendously again, and he moves back from the dust bunny's reach.... which is a lot.

Just had to happen that the dust bunny was in front of the book they were looking for.  Eyes watering with the force of trying to hold back his sneeze, he whips out a dagger without looking.

[Brian]

Seiz's knife sinks into one glowing red eye, vanishing without visible effect.  In response, the dust-bunny rears upward, now towering a good seven meters over the troupe, and roars silently.

But the dusty quiet roar is followed by swiftly thickening rivulets of dust from the tops of the bookshelves, falling down the spines of the books like a dirty waterfall.

[Yuthirin]

Babartus looks up. "...Right! Have at you!" he shouts, darting forward to smack the creature with his duster.

[Brian]

The creature shuffles back on four huge dusty paws, Barbartus's duster slashing through the dusty hide, and causing minor amounts of cleansing ichor to seep from the wounds.

One paw rises, and sweeps across the aisle, headed straight for the hunter.

[Yuthirin]

Babartus dodges left and rolls.

[StormDragon]

Kael finally sneezes mightily. Holding a hankie to his nose, he leaps into the fray after putting away the dagger, weilding his broom at a swipe at the dust bunny's head.