"Wilma, on any ordinary night maybe but tonight? He may be a little distracted by a double murder in cold blood; a witness making claims about dark magick then fleeing; not to forget a skirmish in Brassman's basement with some weird magickal being which by the way got the better of us. For good measure, throw in some very mysterious behaviour from the Apprentice Seekers."
"Maybe you are right," replies Wilma, heading to her station behind the front desk. "But he will regret it when it comes time for accounting."
She writes something on a ledger and then asks, "And what are you going to do now? There is about a candle till dawn and you still have another two candles until the end of your shift."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: No worries, Paul. I hope you had a nice time.]
Some time passes and then the watchman who left with Barne returns to the Sheriff's Office.
Dora takes her leave and heads back towards her own Watchpost, which she reaches without incident. The coming dawn is detectable on the eastern horizon.
"Morning, Handleader," says Barrus, after stifling a yawn. "There is char in the pot, if you are interested."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Don't know if Andrew told you, but I have been in Calvary Hospital for the last two days having my appendix out after a bad attack stomach pain episode I had last Saturday. Because of previous stomach-related issues of mine (diverticulitis), no one thought it was appendicitis, but I was went to Calvary for a CT scan. However, the on-duty Medical Office thought it might be and his hunch was validated by the scan, so out it came. No complications, but instead of losing weight I am now several kilos heavier due to the litres of IV fluids I had pumped into me. It was an interesting experience, mainly because of the night I spent in the Emergency Ward awaiting the CT scan and an opening in the surgery schedule. That Ward is an interesting place; for a length of about 12 hours the patient in the bed next to mine was a drug overdose victim (with Police in attendance) who was handcuffed to his bed. Anyway, I have survived and am recuperating nicely.]
Barrus is the only one at the post and seeing Dora's questing gaze, he says, "It has been very quiet since you left. "Alice has gone off to the bakery to fetch breakfast and the other two are out doing a walk round of the western residential district. They should be back soon."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC Yes, Andrew let me know. Glad you are on the way to recovery. Interesting about the diagnostic process. Plaudits to the MO. I spent a few nights in A&E myself, usually my problem was much more obvious - "I can't pee". It makes you really want to ensure that our hospitals are modern and our medical staff valued and well-paid.]
"Barrus, I've invited Maclan and the night soil crew to stop for a cuppa whenever they are passing the post. They are very much shunned because of their work but I want them welcome. I have the feeling too that they could be very helpful to us in our work."
"Maclan?" says Barrus, his brow knitting with thought. "I know that name. They are rich. One of the founding families from memory. Why is someone like him driving a night soil cart?"
[OOC: By 'founding families' Barrus (who is Sorendenese) is referring to the first Sorendenese families who settled in Constantine about a hundred years ago. Stemians have been in the area for a much longer time, millennia most likely.]
"Ho, the post," comes a voice from along the road. Dora turns to see Jack and Luca trudging towards the Watchpost, their lantern shining brightly in the pre-dawn gloom.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Speaking of lanterns. Dora would have needed to borrow one from the Sheriff's Office to make the walk back to her Watchpost. She will be expected to return it when she makes her end of shift report in a couple of candles time.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC Yes, Andrew let me know. Glad you are on the way to recovery. Interesting about the diagnostic process. Plaudits to the MO. I spent a few nights in A&E myself, usually my problem was much more obvious - "I can't pee". It makes you really want to ensure that our hospitals are modern and our medical staff valued and well-paid.]
[OOC: I agree totally. How is Lismore for medicos and hospitals? Yass has a hospital, but it isn't up to much because of low staffing and lack of facilities. Fortunately, Canberra is close. I was ambulanced to Cavalry from Yass.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC I believe that my team of medicos is at least equal to and probably better than whom I could get in Canberra. Lismore Base Hospital and St Vincents Hospital both are aging albeit with new wings and so forth. From my extensive experience now - there are a few things to watch out for - for example if your condition requires attention during night shift then you are going to suffer as hospital administrators love to have minimal staff on at night. The best hospitals I have been to in terms of staffing and facilities have been QLD Government hospitals especially the one on the Sunshine Coast.]
"Wow," comments Jack. "Something must have him running scared if he did not want the protection of the Watch."
Luka just smirks and then says, "I am not surprised at all. He seemed pretty shifty to me. Who knows what, if anything, he said was true."
"Breakfast is up," interrupts Barrus, pointing. "Here comes Alice." He then enters the Watchpost's office and starts bringing out other foodstuffs to supplement the freshly baked bread that Alice is bringing.
"Good," says Jack, rubbing his hands together. "I am starving."
[OOC: Generally, there would be no more patrols for this shift and most of the time until the end of shift will be spent keeping an eye on out-going foot traffic, who use this road it they are heading north. Dora will need to stay at the post to conduct the handover to the new watch leader when they arrive. She will then need to make her way back to the Sheriff's Office to have her verbal report of the shift recorded in the Ward's record. After that, she will be off duty and we should work out a few things about where she lives, if she lives alone, etc.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Dole out a candle to Maclan, lead him to the back door, let him out; "remember to drop by and good luck with that mess!"
... locking the door when Maclan leaves. Then walking back through the Watch House to the front desk.
Maclan says goodbye and thanks you for helping him before you close the door on him.
Walking through to the front of the Sheriff's Office, Dora sees Handleader Ull showing Healer Wattson out through the door.
Ull turns and sees Dora. "An expensive night," she says. "The sheriff will not be pleased."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I smile grimly.
"Wilma, on any ordinary night maybe but tonight? He may be a little distracted by a double murder in cold blood; a witness making claims about dark magick then fleeing; not to forget a skirmish in Brassman's basement with some weird magickal being which by the way got the better of us. For good measure, throw in some very mysterious behaviour from the Apprentice Seekers."
"Maybe you are right," replies Wilma, heading to her station behind the front desk. "But he will regret it when it comes time for accounting."
She writes something on a ledger and then asks, "And what are you going to do now? There is about a candle till dawn and you still have another two candles until the end of your shift."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Wait until someone arrives back here then head back to the Northern Guardpost."
[OOC Phill, we are away for the weekend so no moves from me until Monday 9/5, cheers, Paul]
[OOC: No worries, Paul. I hope you had a nice time.]
Some time passes and then the watchman who left with Barne returns to the Sheriff's Office.
Dora takes her leave and heads back towards her own Watchpost, which she reaches without incident. The coming dawn is detectable on the eastern horizon.
"Morning, Handleader," says Barrus, after stifling a yawn. "There is char in the pot, if you are interested."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Thanks."
Look around for the rest of the hand.
[OOC: Don't know if Andrew told you, but I have been in Calvary Hospital for the last two days having my appendix out after a bad attack stomach pain episode I had last Saturday. Because of previous stomach-related issues of mine (diverticulitis), no one thought it was appendicitis, but I was went to Calvary for a CT scan. However, the on-duty Medical Office thought it might be and his hunch was validated by the scan, so out it came. No complications, but instead of losing weight I am now several kilos heavier due to the litres of IV fluids I had pumped into me. It was an interesting experience, mainly because of the night I spent in the Emergency Ward awaiting the CT scan and an opening in the surgery schedule. That Ward is an interesting place; for a length of about 12 hours the patient in the bed next to mine was a drug overdose victim (with Police in attendance) who was handcuffed to his bed. Anyway, I have survived and am recuperating nicely.]
Barrus is the only one at the post and seeing Dora's questing gaze, he says, "It has been very quiet since you left. "Alice has gone off to the bakery to fetch breakfast and the other two are out doing a walk round of the western residential district. They should be back soon."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC Yes, Andrew let me know. Glad you are on the way to recovery. Interesting about the diagnostic process. Plaudits to the MO. I spent a few nights in A&E myself, usually my problem was much more obvious - "I can't pee". It makes you really want to ensure that our hospitals are modern and our medical staff valued and well-paid.]
"Barrus, I've invited Maclan and the night soil crew to stop for a cuppa whenever they are passing the post. They are very much shunned because of their work but I want them welcome. I have the feeling too that they could be very helpful to us in our work."
"Maclan?" says Barrus, his brow knitting with thought. "I know that name. They are rich. One of the founding families from memory. Why is someone like him driving a night soil cart?"
[OOC: By 'founding families' Barrus (who is Sorendenese) is referring to the first Sorendenese families who settled in Constantine about a hundred years ago. Stemians have been in the area for a much longer time, millennia most likely.]
"Ho, the post," comes a voice from along the road. Dora turns to see Jack and Luca trudging towards the Watchpost, their lantern shining brightly in the pre-dawn gloom.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Speaking of lanterns. Dora would have needed to borrow one from the Sheriff's Office to make the walk back to her Watchpost. She will be expected to return it when she makes her end of shift report in a couple of candles time.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC I believe that my team of medicos is at least equal to and probably better than whom I could get in Canberra. Lismore Base Hospital and St Vincents Hospital both are aging albeit with new wings and so forth. From my extensive experience now - there are a few things to watch out for - for example if your condition requires attention during night shift then you are going to suffer as hospital administrators love to have minimal staff on at night. The best hospitals I have been to in terms of staffing and facilities have been QLD Government hospitals especially the one on the Sunshine Coast.]
"Morning lads, how fared the patrol?"
"Boring," says Jack and then he smiles. "Which means it was damned good."
Luka then clears his throat and asks, "What happened with that young rascal you took away?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"We were taking him to the Sheriff's house for extra safety when he scarpered. If you see him about, arrest him immediately."
I pause a moment before adding "... and rope him up - he is not to be trusted."
"Wow," comments Jack. "Something must have him running scared if he did not want the protection of the Watch."
Luka just smirks and then says, "I am not surprised at all. He seemed pretty shifty to me. Who knows what, if anything, he said was true."
"Breakfast is up," interrupts Barrus, pointing. "Here comes Alice." He then enters the Watchpost's office and starts bringing out other foodstuffs to supplement the freshly baked bread that Alice is bringing.
"Good," says Jack, rubbing his hands together. "I am starving."
[OOC: Generally, there would be no more patrols for this shift and most of the time until the end of shift will be spent keeping an eye on out-going foot traffic, who use this road it they are heading north. Dora will need to stay at the post to conduct the handover to the new watch leader when they arrive. She will then need to make her way back to the Sheriff's Office to have her verbal report of the shift recorded in the Ward's record. After that, she will be off duty and we should work out a few things about where she lives, if she lives alone, etc.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Good morning Alice and thank you."
Sit and join in the communal meal.
Happy to let the Hand arrange the meal - tired after running to and fro all night.