[Wizard Jail] (mini-battle)

James glanced around the corner carefully. There were several Blang members coming down another hallway; he could probably handle them if he took them by surprise, but it would be safer to take another route.

He went back the way he came, only to find a grinning ogre, clearly another Blanger, waiting for him.

"Easiest thousand I ever made," the ogre snorted. "I already found ya, now I'm gonna pound ya."

James was unimpressed by the ogre's rhyme scheme. He was more concerned with how noisy the fight would be. There were more Blang not far off, after all.

James' long-range spells were all rather loud, so he instead chose to focus on short range attacks. He pulled out a shiv, and it began to glow a bright red as he filled the metal with heat. At the same time, he channeled the powers of the Jail's animals, strengthening himself. Then he charged forward and thrust his short blade towards the ogre's heart.

But as he drew near, the ogre's shining jewelry began to glow, and he found the shiv simply bounced off. The ogre laughed.

"Maybe some Blang folk just wear this stuff to show off," he said, "but I know good gear to enchant when I see it. Goodnight, druid."

And with one strike, James collapsed to the floor.

He had just enough time before blacking out to be grateful that he'd hidden the innocent blob in a cell before he went scouting.

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Sometime later, James woke up locked in a cell. The same ogre was glaring at him angrily on the other side.

"About time," he snarled. "Where the hell did you hide it? And talk fast, there's another thousand gold waiting on your answer."

"It's right behind you," James muttered.

"That dumb trick?" said the ogre. "Please. Even if I were stupid enough to actually fall for it, there's nothing you can to do me in there. Hell, maybe I should do it just to see what you try to pull."

The ogre turned around, snickering.

"So what are you going to..."

But James was already gone.

1. James left the blob somewhere.
2. James has spent most of the two hour time gap under observation by the Blang while they try to figure out where the blob is.
3. James just fled because the Blang didn't know about his cell teleportation tricks and locked him up alone.