Editing Navero Ep1 (section)

===THE WIERD DRUID===

Our DM was pretty good with NPC's.  At one point we were conscripted
into an army, and got stones embedded in our foreheads; they were some kind
of mind control mechanism.  We escaped the domain of the controlling wizard
into the domain of another wizard (Duke Desmod, actually.  He nearly killed
us, as we weren't about to call on THEM.) and the stones ceased to function.
We then fled into the wilderness to try and find a way to get rid of them.

''(We are wandering down a path, very upset with life in general, when we hear something scuffling in the bushes.  Kortul goes to investigate.)''

'''Kortul''': ''(Jumps out in front of an old druid dragging a body away.)''

'''Druid''': "Oh, hello, you startled me!  I, eh, I was getting this man, uh, you
see, cause he has this strange stone in his forehead, there, and Oh
you have one too, uh, hum."

'''Topash''': "Hail, father, we are travelers who have unfortunately been taken
and controlled against our will, by a man who implanted these."

'''Druid''': "Oh, mind control, yes, I see.  Would be likely.  Would you all like
to come to my house while I have a look?"

''(We all go to his house.  It is a small wood dwelling in a clearing, with a large garden and many beautiful flowers.  The Druid took the dead body inside while we waited outside.  Serga admired the flowers and butterflies, Topash communed, and Navero petted the Unicorns, which ran away from Dania.  Then we were invited in.  The body had been laid on the table, with the head cut open to reveal that the stone was a spike driven deep into the lower centers of the brain.)''

'''Topash''': "That looks serious, father.  Do you know how it might be removed?"

'''Druid''': "Well, just pull it out, my boy, don't be an ass."

'''Dania''': "He means without killing the patient."

'''Druid''': "What?  Oh, you mean for you, yes...  Hm.  Let me look in my books, so
many things in books.  Look, here's a recipe for making a tasty soup
from the tail feathers of a roc, a diamond, and 12 feet of twine...
Hm... removal, removal..."

'''Dania''': "Maybe that book over there titled 'Secrets of the body.'"

'''Druid''': "Oh, yes.  Hmm...  Ah, here is an account from Geriatrix the younger
on the surgeons of the eastern continent.  You might give them a
try.  This is more up their alley, I believe."

'''Kortul''': "Long trip."

'''Druid''': "Yes, they do live rather a long ways away."

'''Navero''': "Is there anyone here who might know?"

'''Druid''': "Hmm... nope, no I don't think so."

'''Topash''': "Well, I suppose we'd better go, then.  Perhaps on the way over we
can make some soup from the tail feathers of a roc."

'''Druid''': "From ''what''?  Yuck, why would you want to do that?"