Reprise! Act 1!

[Carthrat]

"Look, that way, there are men. This way, there are women. Way better idea to go this way, if you ask me," he replies, shrugging.

[Rezantis]

Relm eyed him, then shrugged.  "Alright then."

And thusly she kept walking the same way she had been when this whole mess started.  Bloody interruptions.

[Carthrat]

And so the little group continued onward.. until they reached a tent.

It was a nice tent, to be sure, but it took up the entire path, along with a sizable amount of the side area of the forest.

Relm detected a magical wall which would prevent anyone from passing around, over, or under the tent, so there was only one way through..

It was opened, on both sides, but because of a magical distortion, it was impossible to see what was in it.

[Rezantis]

Relm gave it a flat look, and not waiting to see what the rest of the party was doing, kept walking.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat follows, peering around. "It's dark in here," she comments.

All of a sudden, a terrible voice can be heard..

"Evildoers.. time is up for you! We elves will not suffer servants of darkness to trample about these woods! Prepare yourself!"

[Rezantis]

"What the hell do you mean, 'servants of darkness'?  Turn a damn light on!"

[Carthrat]

Relm hears an embarrased cough.

"Well, actually, I'm being paid for this," she hears. "Look, I'm really sorry. Those other two idiots are a bit thick in the head; they just don't realise what they're doing is Bad. They have this silly need to justify themselves, and it's rubbed off a bit on me, I'm afraid."

[Rezantis]

"Oh.  THAT I can understand,"  Relm snapped her fingers and her palm caught fire, again, which she lifted up so she could see a bit, "they are a bit thick, aren't they?"

[Carthrat]

"Well, yeah."

Relm makes out a figure, sitting on a broomstick and hovering about 20 feet in the air.

She also notices she's now standing in a grassy field, and the entrance to the tent seems to have vanished.

"Well, shall we get this over with?"

[Rezantis]

"Do we have to?  It's a serious pain in the posterior."

[Carthrat]

"I dunno. I'm being payed 20,000 gold to kill you. If you can double that, I'll let you off," she replies. "It's not worth less to compromise my reputation."

[Rezantis]

"Dammit,"  Relm sighed, "Do you still get paid if the other two die?"

[Carthrat]

"They're gonna die? Allright. Now you owe me 120,000," replies the witch.

[Rezantis]

"Well, I don't know they're going to die . . ." Relm looked over at the other two, curious as to their silence.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat and Ginn.. aren't there.

"Sorry, hun. Your friend missed out," says the witch. "The bounty ain't for her.  Just you."

She produces a small amulet.. "She's in here. I figured I'd let her go once I'm one with you. Too bad."

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Meanwhile.. to Ginn, it looked as if Carthrat and Relm had just walked inside the tent.. and the whole structure (them inside) simply vanished.