Perception: 14

Perception 5

Og seeing his fried chicken come out of the kitchen moves to the table their sat at last night. "Fried chicken so good. What we doin today? When big fight?"

Ash walks yo the table too. 

"We'll talk to Bup for the specifics when he s done with that guard."

Darksniffer will creep around to the end of the bar and try to slip under their conversation unseen.

(Sneak 24. Perception 16)

The guard is grilling Bup on what happened after he left last night. Bup conveniently leaves out the part where he tried to hire you to fix a fight. Seeing Og at the table, the guard approaches. 

"The queen demands your party see her. Please follow me to the palace."

"Why she want Og? Og not fight. Og finish chicken first."

As the guard steps away from the bar, Lophii makes his way down the stairs and finds a spot near Bup. "How about an ale? What's on the menu for breakfast?"

"Let me get you that to go," Bup says glancing over at the Watchman. He ducks below the bar and pours the ale into a flat-bottomed potion flask, then stoppers it.

The Watchman plants his feet by Og's table, trying not to tremble. "Please come now, Orc. You may eat on the way. I must inform you that if I haven't fetched you to the palace within the hour — and the roads are fairly crowded — all guards in the city have been instructed to apprehend you and your companions on sight. But I can assure you, the queen's intentions with you are purely benevolent."

"Oh, I'm not with them... I think?" Lophii says half-turning towards the watchman. 

"According to my list, you are," the Watchman says, producing a sort of clipboard from behind his shield and seeming emboldened by it.

"Fine Og go see queen. Og hope she have good food." Og will slam his feet to the ground. Intimidation 3 and follow the watchman out the door. Chugging the ale and slamming the mug on the table, pick up the chicken in two half to eat on the move.

"I — uhh — but your companions …" the Watchman stammers. (15 Will Save)

"Very well — we had probably better not keep the queen waiting. You, orc, and you, tiefling, follow me. If you have a way to inform your companions, they may want to know that they've been granted audience and that the Queen's Watch will be searching for them."

The Watchman spins on his heels and clanks bravely out the door and into the streets.

Darksniffer will follow the guard out, his arms folded inside his cloak, hands resting on the hilt of a dagger and sword. Moving into the busy street, the goblin is visibly ubcomfortable around so many people and does his best to hide around the larger companions.

Ash follows. 

" Let's not start antagonizing the master of the place ... Yet." he adds with a smile. 

Lophii grabs his stoppered bottle of ale and tosses a few copper to Bup. He will follow along behind the others, muttering, "What in the hell does she want with me?"

Yurk is hesitant, but follows along with his companions. Our arrival was bound to raise some suspicion, he thought, but a meeting with the Queen seems... unusual. He turns his goblin companions in particular, "Any idea if the Queen supports Gogog? Perhaps we have made an ally already."

Darksniffer turns a grim face to the guard, trying to fall into Yurk's shadow to avoid notice in the busy street. "Goblins tricky. No trust each other under same roof. Guard sneak too much, used hidden way into castle."

"There is no way we evade this meeting. Let's go with our head held high and deal with it." Ash looks at the others.

"If she wanted us dead or worse we would be. Like my goblin friend says the guard seems to be sneaky enough."

The Watchman marches through the streets, which are now swarming with goblins. He's pointing here and there at buildings and features, but you can't hear him over the noise of the crowd. At one point, he leans way over the chasm of the Pariah level, making wide gestures at them and talking energetically.