Vivi starts playing on the bagpipes like Merrick instructed. It sounds... okay. Not great, but not quite the level of ear-rupturing it was a second ago.
The bagpipe changes, but is now an eye sore of sorts.
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Merrick's eyes bug out slightly. "Ahem. Okay, that's better, but you need to take the curly bits out. Make the lines straight. And um, what do you call it when the lines are straight with each other? I know there's a word for it. Porallalal? Perlilol? Nonpareil? Parallax?" Merrick looks to Muireach for help. "You know, like wagon tracks?"
"Anyhoo, keep blowing that note, and I'll accompany. Just keep blowing that, to fill the bag, and it's okay to inhale too for your breath. That's when you use the bag, see, the push the air out when you need to breathe."
Merrick starts playing a tune along with Vivi's background accompaniment.
"Glad to help!" responds Merrick with a warm smile. Turning back to Vivi "... As I said, you want the lines to be in peril. The music is sounding a lot better!"
Turning back to the elf
"Do you play any instruments? I know a lovely elven tune, no idea where it's from, but one of the prettiest I've ever heard. Maybe you can play it?"
“I play the pan flute. I spent around twenty years a winter as I learned the quiet intricacies of the art. It’s soft, whistling melodies carried through the wind on many a night... Long story short, I wanted to impress a satyr, but she wasn’t really interesting in a guy with no horns.”Muireach shrugs.
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Luthok whacks Dyoken with his magic staff again, it must have become a habit by now. "You mean they're not expecting us? USELESS I tell you USELESS!" As Luthok utters the last "useless" he shakes the staff in the general direction of the receptionist. He takes a few steps forward, not even letting Dyoken state his opinion. "OY, young'un. This doofus told us we could trade in some of these weird coins for some real money." He puts one of the sun coins right in front of the dwarf and slides it forward.
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Dyoken steps forward and offers the diffuse a consoling smile. "Yes, we are actually hoping to find an elf named Ivysaur. 'His pa sent us' if you could direct us?" He asks, adding, "Seems the old man's shop is in a bit of disarray after being attacked by some magical plants."
"Ivysaur? Er, you mean Ivsaar?"The young dwarf looks at the gold sun coin with a perplexed expression. "I'll go grab 'em for you."He gets up and disappears into one of the doors behind the desk.
After a couple of minutes, he returns with a tall elf man. The elf, Ivsaar, has light colored skin and short brown hair. He wears an easy smile as he casts his amber eyes to the both of you. "Greetings gentlemen. I'm told you wanted to try to sell something to me, the Archeological - Wait." Ivsaar looks at the gold sun coin on the desk, "Is that-?" He grabs it quickly as his face transforms into shock and awe, "Where, where did you get this!?"
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"That's what I said" DK calls after the dwarf. When Ivsaar asks where the coins came from he responds, "A gift from Liesuna herself. Your pa sent us over here, said you would be interested."
"A gift from Lysuna? What does that mean!" Ivsaar looks the coin over. "I am indeed interested. You tried to sell this to my father? Where did you get this? You couldn't have just found something like this on the street..."
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"Fawning over a satyr that didn't love you back because you weren't horny enough for her? That would get my goat too." says Merrick sympathetically. "I'm sure Vivi would bacchus up on that. At least you weren't deluted about your chances, and you're not wining. But hey, you got over the hump!"
"Not so much trying to sell as much as gauging their worth." Dyoken replies. "We didn't just find them lying in the street. This ancient lady god contacted us and asked us to defend her navel. Then she directed us to this treasure as a reward."
Luthok cuts in. "I would most certainly like to sell mine. For a fair price of course, and I would like to keep one for if i ever decide to collect coins."
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Roland "THUNDER HIPPO" Wolfscribe, Human Bloodhunter - In campaign: Core City: A Play-by-post Adventure
"Oh I intend to sell them certainly, but I suspect their value is greater than their weight, so here we are poking around," Dyoken says, "famous heroes scrounging up a living. Why just this morning we saved your father from an undead attack." He says to Ivsaar.
"Fawning over a satyr that didn't love you back because you weren't horny enough for her? That would get my goat too." says Merrick sympathetically. "I'm sure Vivi would bacchus up on that. At least you weren't deluted about your chances, and you're not wining. But hey, you got over the hump!"
“First of all, how dare you. Second, that was pretty good actually... In any case, while I have no issue with the powerful tones of the bagpipes, I don’t appreciate you interrupting my lesson. There is only one way to solve this, and I believe you know exactly what it is...” Muireach stows Calibolg and pulls out his flute.
Merrick's ears pick up in excitement! "A musical duel? A duel!? There's only one place to settle this, the market square! Come on, let's go!"
Merrick has completely forgotten about the bound and gagged girl. He drags Vivi by hand. "Now, this is very important. You'll see how to really play when your honor is on the line!"
Muireach puts his face into his palm and sighs, “Don’t be stupid. We can’t leave her unattended... We’ll bring her with us. She couldn’t possibly escape if we’re right on top of her.” Muireach will pull Seven along with him as he walks alongside Merrick, “I’ll show you honor. A king is skilled in all he does, and I am the Lord of Kings. Expect a true massacre...”
"Massacre,"Vivi nods as she repeats Muireach. She marches along with them, playing the bagpipes very poorly. Seven resists being dragged along, but she seems to have about as much strength as Vivi does in terms of physical resistance.
"At least play in tune, you idiot,"Seven hisses at Vivi, who in response blows the most offkey note anyone has ever heard.
As you approach Gate Fiona, a pair of gnome guards stop you in your steps.
"Oy, what'ya got there, friendo?!"the older gnome guard barks at you both. He strains to look up at Muireach and instead keeps a steady eye on Merrick, "Why'sat girl bound? You have a permit to sell people, laddies? You don't look like no Eskos to me!"
"I think the correct term is Eskians."The younger gnome tried to correct.
"Bah!"
Context clues, you can figure out they must be talking about some sort of people that deal in a slave trade of some kind. But Merrick can roll intelligence or history to know more, DC 10:
Eskios is a human-only kingdom to the southeast of Shepherd's Crossing past the desert. They tend to export slaves to some countries out in the northwest. Slavery is technically outlawed in Shepherd's Crossing, but to maintain a trade relationship with Eskios, which has a lot of other valuable resources to offer, Shepherd's Crossing allows them -and only them- to bring slaves through. HOWEVER, no one is allowed to buy or sell slaves inside Shepherd's Crossing. When you think of Eskios, you think of the worst of humanity, really.
"Lysuna contacted you!? To her naval!?" Ivsaar repeated flabbergasted. "You mean to tell me an ancient mythical god gave you some coins to come visit her."Ivsaar ran his fingers through his brown hair. He seemed to regain some of his composure. "Sirs... you might be looney, but, this is interesting. Could you follow me to my office? I will buy these coins from you, but I need to fully assess their authenticity, value, and catalog your inane story."
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Vivi starts playing on the bagpipes like Merrick instructed. It sounds... okay. Not great, but not quite the level of ear-rupturing it was a second ago.
The bagpipe changes, but is now an eye sore of sorts.
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Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
Merrick's eyes bug out slightly. "Ahem. Okay, that's better, but you need to take the curly bits out. Make the lines straight. And um, what do you call it when the lines are straight with each other? I know there's a word for it. Porallalal? Perlilol? Nonpareil? Parallax?" Merrick looks to Muireach for help. "You know, like wagon tracks?"
"Anyhoo, keep blowing that note, and I'll accompany. Just keep blowing that, to fill the bag, and it's okay to inhale too for your breath. That's when you use the bag, see, the push the air out when you need to breathe."
Merrick starts playing a tune along with Vivi's background accompaniment.
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Nyx, Fairy Cleric, Descent Into Avernus
“Parallel... the word is parallel.” Muireach yells from across the way.
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
"I think that's when you're in danger, as in 'Run! Your life is in parallel!'", responds Merrick.
Brunella Wildheart, Dwarf Barbarian,Tomb of Annihilation
Nyx, Fairy Cleric, Descent Into Avernus
“No, Merrick, no. That’s peril, parallel is- Actually, why do I bother. Yes, good job, Merrick. That’s right.”
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Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
"Glad to help!" responds Merrick with a warm smile. Turning back to Vivi "... As I said, you want the lines to be in peril. The music is sounding a lot better!"
Turning back to the elf
"Do you play any instruments? I know a lovely elven tune, no idea where it's from, but one of the prettiest I've ever heard. Maybe you can play it?"
Brunella Wildheart, Dwarf Barbarian,Tomb of Annihilation
Nyx, Fairy Cleric, Descent Into Avernus
“I play the pan flute. I spent around twenty years a winter as I learned the quiet intricacies of the art. It’s soft, whistling melodies carried through the wind on many a night... Long story short, I wanted to impress a satyr, but she wasn’t really interesting in a guy with no horns.” Muireach shrugs.
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
Luthok whacks Dyoken with his magic staff again, it must have become a habit by now. "You mean they're not expecting us? USELESS I tell you USELESS!" As Luthok utters the last "useless" he shakes the staff in the general direction of the receptionist. He takes a few steps forward, not even letting Dyoken state his opinion. "OY, young'un. This doofus told us we could trade in some of these weird coins for some real money." He puts one of the sun coins right in front of the dwarf and slides it forward.
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Dyoken steps forward and offers the diffuse a consoling smile. "Yes, we are actually hoping to find an elf named Ivysaur. 'His pa sent us' if you could direct us?" He asks, adding, "Seems the old man's shop is in a bit of disarray after being attacked by some magical plants."
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"Ivysaur? Er, you mean Ivsaar?" The young dwarf looks at the gold sun coin with a perplexed expression. "I'll go grab 'em for you." He gets up and disappears into one of the doors behind the desk.
After a couple of minutes, he returns with a tall elf man. The elf, Ivsaar, has light colored skin and short brown hair. He wears an easy smile as he casts his amber eyes to the both of you. "Greetings gentlemen. I'm told you wanted to try to sell something to me, the Archeological - Wait." Ivsaar looks at the gold sun coin on the desk, "Is that-?" He grabs it quickly as his face transforms into shock and awe, "Where, where did you get this!?"
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Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
"That's what I said" DK calls after the dwarf. When Ivsaar asks where the coins came from he responds, "A gift from Liesuna herself. Your pa sent us over here, said you would be interested."
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"A gift from Lysuna? What does that mean!" Ivsaar looks the coin over. "I am indeed interested. You tried to sell this to my father? Where did you get this? You couldn't have just found something like this on the street..."
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
"Fawning over a satyr that didn't love you back because you weren't horny enough for her? That would get my goat too." says Merrick sympathetically. "I'm sure Vivi would bacchus up on that. At least you weren't deluted about your chances, and you're not wining. But hey, you got over the hump!"
Brunella Wildheart, Dwarf Barbarian,Tomb of Annihilation
Nyx, Fairy Cleric, Descent Into Avernus
"Not so much trying to sell as much as gauging their worth." Dyoken replies. "We didn't just find them lying in the street. This ancient lady god contacted us and asked us to defend her navel. Then she directed us to this treasure as a reward."
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Luthok cuts in. "I would most certainly like to sell mine. For a fair price of course, and I would like to keep one for if i ever decide to collect coins."
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"Oh I intend to sell them certainly, but I suspect their value is greater than their weight, so here we are poking around," Dyoken says, "famous heroes scrounging up a living. Why just this morning we saved your father from an undead attack." He says to Ivsaar.
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“First of all, how dare you. Second, that was pretty good actually... In any case, while I have no issue with the powerful tones of the bagpipes, I don’t appreciate you interrupting my lesson. There is only one way to solve this, and I believe you know exactly what it is...” Muireach stows Calibolg and pulls out his flute.
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
Merrick's ears pick up in excitement! "A musical duel? A duel!? There's only one place to settle this, the market square! Come on, let's go!"
Merrick has completely forgotten about the bound and gagged girl. He drags Vivi by hand. "Now, this is very important. You'll see how to really play when your honor is on the line!"
Brunella Wildheart, Dwarf Barbarian,Tomb of Annihilation
Nyx, Fairy Cleric, Descent Into Avernus
Muireach puts his face into his palm and sighs, “Don’t be stupid. We can’t leave her unattended... We’ll bring her with us. She couldn’t possibly escape if we’re right on top of her.” Muireach will pull Seven along with him as he walks alongside Merrick, “I’ll show you honor. A king is skilled in all he does, and I am the Lord of Kings. Expect a true massacre...”
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
"Massacre," Vivi nods as she repeats Muireach. She marches along with them, playing the bagpipes very poorly. Seven resists being dragged along, but she seems to have about as much strength as Vivi does in terms of physical resistance.
"At least play in tune, you idiot," Seven hisses at Vivi, who in response blows the most offkey note anyone has ever heard.
As you approach Gate Fiona, a pair of gnome guards stop you in your steps.
"Oy, what'ya got there, friendo?!" the older gnome guard barks at you both. He strains to look up at Muireach and instead keeps a steady eye on Merrick, "Why'sat girl bound? You have a permit to sell people, laddies? You don't look like no Eskos to me!"
"I think the correct term is Eskians." The younger gnome tried to correct.
"Bah!"
Context clues, you can figure out they must be talking about some sort of people that deal in a slave trade of some kind. But Merrick can roll intelligence or history to know more, DC 10:
Eskios is a human-only kingdom to the southeast of Shepherd's Crossing past the desert. They tend to export slaves to some countries out in the northwest. Slavery is technically outlawed in Shepherd's Crossing, but to maintain a trade relationship with Eskios, which has a lot of other valuable resources to offer, Shepherd's Crossing allows them -and only them- to bring slaves through. HOWEVER, no one is allowed to buy or sell slaves inside Shepherd's Crossing. When you think of Eskios, you think of the worst of humanity, really.
"Lysuna contacted you!? To her naval!?" Ivsaar repeated flabbergasted. "You mean to tell me an ancient mythical god gave you some coins to come visit her." Ivsaar ran his fingers through his brown hair. He seemed to regain some of his composure. "Sirs... you might be looney, but, this is interesting. Could you follow me to my office? I will buy these coins from you, but I need to fully assess their authenticity, value, and catalog your inane story."
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status