"Good idea, Vin. Well let's go back to the tavern anyway, and see if they are there. We may not want to interrupt them if they are talking to someone from the bath house."
Mendax smiles ear to ear and grabs Jabaz's hand in excitement, "ah, see! The gods truly meant for this to happen. You just had a cancellation and now I'm here needing your skills! Yes, how do I signup Jabaz?"
Con shifts slightly in his armour as Mendax gets excited, but allows a half-smile to cross his face at how good a liar Mendax is proving to be. He hopes the smile looks friendly rather than sinister to the masseuse.
“No need to sign anywhere Xandem, just be in time.” With that Jabaz takes a last sip and places the empty cup on the bar. “No rest for the wicked, I’m afraid, breaktime’s over. See you at 4th bell.” With that Jabaz heads out the door and across the street to the bathhouse. Soon Vin and Kes arrive back at the tavern, is there anything you’d like to do until your respective appointments? If not we can jump forward after you catch each other up.
A couple of hours pass and Vin and Kes head back over to pick up their new duds. You marvel at the fabric, cut and design of the clothes, this is high fashion. ((Feel free you describe what your outfits look like!))
Kes and Vin arrive back at the tavern a bit before Mendax has to leave for his appointment. Any final plan of action before heading over?
Con is seated with Mendax at the table when Kes and Vin come in. He looks over at Vin and nods, then at Kes and grunts disdainfully, then he goes back to watching the bathhouse. However, he does fill them in on what happened with the maseuse. We go in at the 4th bell. You go in... later, I guess. And inside, we... he looks uncertain. Ask around? Look for hidden passages? I dunno. Not my kind of thing.
"OK, we will come in a half hour later and try to book a massage, or a bath. Yes, we'll just look around for anything suspicious or see if there are rooms that are off limits to guests, that kind of thing."
"I'm going to go up to our room, and use my disguise kit to make myself look a little different."
Kestrell goes up to the room and uses his disguise kit to change the shape of his nose, chin and cheeks and dye his hair a dark black.
Vin will also head up to change in a private room before coming back down. She chuckles fondly as Kestrell shows off. "You look great, Kes. If I didn't know any better, it would be easy to mistake you for a nobleman."
Vin's outfit is basically a fancier version of her usual black robe, but with fine silver filigree woven throughout, and a high collar of black feathers that extend down the shoulders.
"That seems to be the plan," Vin says to Con. "Get in, take a look around, get out. If we see a good opportunity to make our move we can take it, but right now it's just reconnaissance. We try to spot this secret door Tarina spoke of, and we'll come back when no one's around."
"Good idea, Vin. Well let's go back to the tavern anyway, and see if they are there. We may not want to interrupt them if they are talking to someone from the bath house."
Mendax smiles ear to ear and grabs Jabaz's hand in excitement, "ah, see! The gods truly meant for this to happen. You just had a cancellation and now I'm here needing your skills! Yes, how do I signup Jabaz?"
Con shifts slightly in his armour as Mendax gets excited, but allows a half-smile to cross his face at how good a liar Mendax is proving to be. He hopes the smile looks friendly rather than sinister to the masseuse.
“No need to sign anywhere Xandem, just be in time.” With that Jabaz takes a last sip and places the empty cup on the bar. “No rest for the wicked, I’m afraid, breaktime’s over. See you at 4th bell.” With that Jabaz heads out the door and across the street to the bathhouse.
Soon Vin and Kes arrive back at the tavern, is there anything you’d like to do until your respective appointments? If not we can jump forward after you catch each other up.
As they walk in to the tavern and see Mendax and Con alone, Kestrell goes over and fills them in.
((That's it, I'm ready))
Con doesn't say anything, but tags along with Mendax.
Okay, so the plan is to have Con tag along with Mendax and Kes and Vin head in in they’re new fancy outfits?
I think for the moment, we're all gathering together back at the tavern to talk. Mendax's appointment isn't for another 4 hours, right?
Correct
OK, let's go get our fancy duds and head on in!
Sounds good to me.
((Sorry for the delay, guys!))
A couple of hours pass and Vin and Kes head back over to pick up their new duds. You marvel at the fabric, cut and design of the clothes, this is high fashion. ((Feel free you describe what your outfits look like!))
Kes and Vin arrive back at the tavern a bit before Mendax has to leave for his appointment. Any final plan of action before heading over?
"Wow, great job! This looks fantastic!" Kestrell puts on his new duds and twirls around. "What do you think Vin? The names Bardson, Kestrell Bardson."
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"It sure goes well with my backpack."
Con is seated with Mendax at the table when Kes and Vin come in. He looks over at Vin and nods, then at Kes and grunts disdainfully, then he goes back to watching the bathhouse. However, he does fill them in on what happened with the maseuse. We go in at the 4th bell. You go in... later, I guess. And inside, we... he looks uncertain. Ask around? Look for hidden passages? I dunno. Not my kind of thing.
"OK, we will come in a half hour later and try to book a massage, or a bath. Yes, we'll just look around for anything suspicious or see if there are rooms that are off limits to guests, that kind of thing."
"I'm going to go up to our room, and use my disguise kit to make myself look a little different."
Kestrell goes up to the room and uses his disguise kit to change the shape of his nose, chin and cheeks and dye his hair a dark black.
Dexterity ? Check for the disguise: 22
Vin will also head up to change in a private room before coming back down. She chuckles fondly as Kestrell shows off. "You look great, Kes. If I didn't know any better, it would be easy to mistake you for a nobleman."
Vin's outfit is basically a fancier version of her usual black robe, but with fine silver filigree woven throughout, and a high collar of black feathers that extend down the shoulders.
"That seems to be the plan," Vin says to Con. "Get in, take a look around, get out. If we see a good opportunity to make our move we can take it, but right now it's just reconnaissance. We try to spot this secret door Tarina spoke of, and we'll come back when no one's around."
Soooo...
Con looks like he always does, and makes no effort to change. Yeah. Reconnaissance. We can do that.