In reply to Ginger (msg # 181):

"Then lets take these three and head up there. Masugatan, please guard the prisoners. We will tie them by rope to Chris. If we are attacked, deal with them. Questions or suggestions?"

"Masugatan, please don't -- if Marjent shoots at us, they likely won't do any more harm than the archers did in the initial ambush.  Both Holy Sister and I have our shields and our armor, so they're unlikely to do grievous harm on the first shot."

She turns to the talking prisoner.  "What's your name, and do you have a password?  It could save your life and Marjent's if we can avoid further violence."

In reply to Evelina Grattan (msg # 183):

Christine frowns.

"Too much compassion is wasted on the wrong people...we shall see. Lets remove their weapons and armour first."

Masugatan shrugs once again, demonstrating he’s neither in a hurry to kill the prisoners, nor to spare them.  This gesture seems to be becoming a habit with him.

"People lie all the time when they are being tortured."

In reply to Valerie (msg # 186):

"True. Lets see if they speak the truth..."

Christine will try to restrain him for now. Not out of compassion, mind you, as they just tried to kill her. But they may make reasonable bargaining chips...

Head to the camp if noting else?

"Yes, let us go and negotiate with Marjent.

"Do you need help walking?  And also, once again, what is your name, and did you and Marjent have a password?"

In reply to Evelina Grattan (msg # 188):

"I am Peyrona... and they would know things to be wrong if I called them wrongly by their old name."

While the chit-chat proceeds, Masugatan cranes his neck, taking a quick look around to see if anything might be sneaking up on them.

 the stench of blood has thrown off any normal animals for now, and no predators on four legs or two are approaching

In reply to Narrator (msg # 191):

Right. Gathering up all the weapons and armour from the living and the dead, as well as all personal items from the dead, we get ready to leave. What did we gather up?

"Thank you, Peyrona.  Holy Sister and I will do what we can to avoid further bloodshed."

In reply to Christine Bjorn (msg # 192):

8 cheap short swords. 5 cheap bows and a few dozen arrows, 8 cheap knives and there was no armor to speak of, not even layered cloth.
Coin they had none of either, although there were some crude personal basics, flint and steel, and one set of bone dice.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 194):

Ok, take them, more to stop them being used again than anything else, and head off to the camp. Chris can carry the two that can't walk.

Chris can carry one only, he isn't fantastically strong.

Ginger checks, "Is the cart usable?"

In reply to Ginger (msg # 197):

the cart has a broken axle and looks like it hasn't been usable for years.

"Is there enough usable wood left in that old cart to make a couple drag litters?  We've got a tent and blankets, but only one tent pole."

that there is! good thinking!

In that case, the sisters will quickly (and reversibly) convert their tent and bedding into a couple travois, so one sturdy person can drag one infirm or unconscious one on each.

In reply to Evelina Grattan (msg # 201):

Emma will assist, but will use clothes from the deceased instead of her tent. Then she will bury the dead with a little ceremony.

In reply to Emma Wilson (msg # 202):

Christine will shape Earth to assist Emma, not because she cares for those that tried  to kill them, but because Emma is her friend and hates the thought of them rising as undead.

Chris can drag one injured, though Christine would sooner bury the most injured out of mercy, his chances of survival would be slim anyway.

Christine assembles the mass grave and fills it in as soon as the bodies are laid to rest.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 204):

Since Emma does not know Final Rest, she will pray over them and break the legs. But she will attempt to bury each without another body above them, at least.

Once done, and the living but weak are put on stretchers, Chris will drag the most healthy of the two that cannot walk, and the other can be dragged by someone else, or disposed of mercifully by Masugatan.

"I'll take that second litter, while Holiness helps Peyrona walk."