I have decided that Brutrumukk will continue to refer to Jub as booyagh rather than booyahg. It would be in line with Brutrumukk's tendency to mispronounce things and it would make for an amusing interlude should we encounter an actual booyahg on our travels.
"We ain't 'eaded fer Acheron today, booyagh." Brutrumukk said as he finished his work on the bars. "Wanna know the best thing about the lowest points in life? The only way to go from there is up!" With that said, the bugbear slipped through the hole he made in the cage and began climbing up to wherever it was the cages were hanging from. With any luck, a way to release the others would be waiting for him up there.
At the top of the ropes, Brutrumukk finds a series of cranks he'd be able to pull the others up with. There wasn't a way to open the cages other than bending the bars though, and Brutrumukk had no idea how long it would be until whoever put them in those cages came for them. Wanting to open the other cages faster than he opened his, Brutrumukk snuck over to the open door leading into the cottage from the balcony. There, he hid himself behind one side of the door as quietly as he could manage and peered inside.
Brutrumukk stealthily peeks into B13. He rolls a 19 to avoid detection if anyone is in there.
After twelve seconds of huffing and straining, Brutrumukk stopped to catch his breath. But despite the lack of visible progress on bending the cage bars, he did have something to show for it. The bugbear could tell that he'd be able to bend the bars. But expending vast amounts of energy on an extreme effort wouldn't work. He realized he needed to go slow and steady, finding the right bars and exerting on them in the right places. It would take a few minutes, but he'd get the job done so long as he had the time to do so. And so once he'd finished taking his breather, Brutrumukk went to work.
In three minutes and six seconds, the bars on Brut's cage will be bent.
"Topaz the Radiant is your cousin?" Skobeloff said, eyes wide with excitement. "That's incredible! It's one thing to meet someone famous, but to actually be related to them? There aren't many who can say that." Skobeloff's head then tilted in curiosity. "You mentioned you've met her a few times." Skobeloff said. "Were any of these meetings particularly eventful?"
"Eh, I'm not really a fan of any politician." Skobeloff said with a dismissive wave of his tail. "I mean just look at where we are now. Their bickering has made this island decide it would rather take its chances with the Cloudstalker than spend another day hearing about why Topaz should or should not be Rothscar's new head-of-house." After a moment, Skobeloff fully internalized what Garrock had said first. "Wait..." Skobeloff said as he looked up at the older dragon. "You knew Topaz before all of this started?"
"Yeah, with the rate those posts are coming out, I wouldn't be surprised if they've started calling her Topaz the Relentlessly Insufferable by the time we get back." Skobeloff joked. "Thankfully those who can't stand her have the mystery of Kurkar's disappearance to take their minds off his obnoxious offspring."
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