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[h2][color=598527][i][b]Kathryn Pyke[/b][/i][/color][/h2][i][b][color=598527]Human, Fighter (Rune Knight), Level 05[/color][/b][/i]
[color=598527][i][b]HP:[/b][/i][/color] 43 / 49	[color=598527][i][b]Armor Class:[/b][/i][/color] 19	[color=598527][i][b]Conditions:[/b][/i][/color] N/A
[color=598527][i][b]Location:[/b][/i][/color] Outside Distillery --> Manor --> Outside Distillery 
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[color=598527][i][b]Bonus Action:[/b][/i][/color] N/A
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	Kathryn jumped back at the magical energy that loosed from Kosara. Surprised at the flaming magic the tiefling woman had, but realizing she probably shouldn't be so surprised. "[color=598527]Holy shit dude... Little warning next time yeah?[/color]" Kathryn asked Kosara with a chuckle and a surprised smile on her face. Truthfully, she was just happy this whole place didn't go up in flame with Kosara's stunt. But maybe her magic was fire proof? She heard Tieflings were fire proof once. But she also didn't know any tieflings prior to this adventure. She had seen a couple on her travels, but never knew any of them. And not longer than a passing glance. 

	Pondering of tieflings aside, Kosara had a point. They should probably seal this place up. The conversation she had with V also was rather informative. Kathryn listened closely to V as she explained how different kinds of magic worked. Her face was visibly pondering like a young student in learning trying to grasp an exciting topic she knew little about. "[color=598527]Well, I am studying some runic magic from a couple of those books, and trying to continue the translations in the others. When we have time maybe we can lend each other a hand? I can help you with your books, and you can help me with mine?[/color]" Kathryn offered hoping to learn a bit from Victoria, and maybe even teach Victoria some stuff herself! "[color=598527]I would love to learn some stuff about Arcana! It's pretty nifty stuff from what I hear. Though I do wonder... how come we can't use the identification spell in here? When we suspect there is magic afoot, but we don't know for sure what it is?[/color]" She was sure there were rules on how spells could be used. But little of it made sense to the poor half giant. 

	Thankfully getting the barrels out of the distillery was easy work. Several of the barrels were of comparable weight to those she worked out with many mornings. But this was also evidence. So she had to be rather careful. One by one she rolled up several barrels to load up into the cart V found, and so she could carry one back. This wasn't her morning workout where she was trying to push herself as far as she could go, so it was better safe than sorry. She could have gone into her giant's form. But that didn't last too long. She hadn't timed it yet, but she wasn't convinced it would last long enough to get the barrels back. So she figured just the one to get some back. The rest could be gathered later with the wagon and the mule that Blackberry was growing rather fond of. 

	"[color=598527]I am going to grab us some help to get this sealed back up so we don't get too many stragglers going in. Or out...[/color]" Kathryn said in a weary tone. It was clear something was up, but all of their attempts to figure things out have been stifled either do to a lack of evidence, or a lack of ability to find said evidence. "[color=598527]I'll be right back with some help![/color]" And she set off, dropping off the ale at the couch house due to it's closer proximity to the distillery, and moving on to grab some help. Ideally aiming for Cecily or Lizbeth as they may know more about the history of said place, but anyone who had a spare moment to help she was open to offering. Thankfully not a far walk as she returned after passing the word along for assistance. 

	Kathryn was able to make it back in decent enough time after asking about getting help. Seemingly in time for her to explain her concerns with the issues going on in the distillery. "[color=598527]What if they are like vampires? And are only active at night? Or like the constable and his goons and only get their powers on specific times? Were-... were zombies...[/color]" She would work on that. Names were not her strong suit. "[color=598527]But what kind of command could those two have? They were trapped in a distillery for countless years. And as Kosara said, one of them had their head bashed in. And was likely killed in there.[/color]" Then there was the concern of whoever gave the order. Maybe they were made on accident? Magic could do all sorts of weird things. But even then, how were they created? "[color=598527]Could it just be more mild magic playing tricks on us? Messing without magic and those corpses giving us false information?[/color]" Kathryn probably had the least experience with magic in the party, and the magic she did know was a rather powerful, but crude magic. Far from the elegance of arcana. 

	"[color=598527]When I dropped off the first barrel I asked for some help that should be here pretty soon. Hopefully we can seal this up until we get a better idea on what to do here. Maybe we gotta come here during the night, or the full moon?[/color]" She paused looking at their resident necromancer. "[color=598527]Hey V, if they might already be animated in some form, could you try to take control over them? Or if we found a way to cancel out their possible undead condition, could you speak with them then?[/color]" She wasn't sure how to kill a dead guy who wasn't undead if that was even the case. Maybe snap their neck? Remove their heads? She had no idea. She listened to Kosara explained how the now burnt corpses should they ever animate, may be easier to face now. "[color=598527]makes sense to me. They have less body, so there is less body to destroy![/color]" Was that how it worked? No idea. But! It made sense to Kat. And magic had its own logic. Speaking of magic, Kathryn enjoyed another sip of that brandy from her waterskin. It was rather good, maybe this could be her drink of choice for a bit.