[CENTER][h1][color=brown]Brutrumukk[/color][/h1][/CENTER]

As Brutrumukk stood before the breached treasury vault, the [s]bugbear[/s] gnome took stock of himself. On top of his weakened state, the events leading up to this moment had left him weaker still. He was injured, down to his last rage, only had enough of his newfound ability to sense magic for one more use of it for the time being, hadn't had enough time to let the Will-o'-Wells' boon recharge, and all he had for an arsenal was a pair of daggers and some paint. Brutrumukk imagined Jub was in no better condition. And now they were about to go fight a pair of cats that were as big as ogres and had the ability to turn invisible. As eager as he was to kill them, Brutrumukk could only avoid the facts for so long. In the state they were in, Brutrumukk and Jub just didn't have very good odds of success.

...Or at least it seemed that way from where Brutrumukk was currently standing.

They [i]were[/i] about to head into a vault full of magical treasure. Perhaps there was some artifact they could use in there. Some defense system they could trigger to even the odds. [color=brown]"You ever been in there, before?"[/color] Brutrumukk asked the macaw. [color=brown]"If you 'ave, d'you know if there's anythin' in there we could use to 'elp us beat the cat ogres? Some magic treasure or weapon? Some trap or defense like those suits of armor we fought? That sort o' thing."[/color]