IC: Quill talked little during the meal, his mind on other things. When Demoiselle brings up the meeting with Dawnlord Wintermoon, Quill starts paying more attention.
"He said to not let other people, outside of us novices, know he was here," Quill says in a hushed tone. He offers Korlan a half-smile.
"Derogatory nicknames for our old temple...a bit of a snake problem in our new one...Quiqwin and Forest in a daze...Wintermoon lurking about nearby...Atterley's attractive daughter..."I ponder out loud.
I mention to my fellow novices that I managed to smuggle some of the curious blue potion into the Basilica with me. "I'd love to know just what this stuff is, but I doubt this is the place to do any sort of investigation."
"Oh, well done, mon frère! Worry not, we will find a place where we can examine this liquid and see what manner of ill it is." She said with quiet excitement.
Tryma excuses herself and leaves the rectory just after Esvaris leaves the table.
Korlan stealthily slides into the room behind Emungo, who did not use a key to unlock the door. In front and to the left he sees three rows of bookshelves, the first two full of scrolls and books mixed, the last one with locked wooden cabinet doors. Emungo is facing the last row at the far left side of the room, the only one that is locked. After using one of the iron keys to open the cabinet door he adds the books he's holding to the others inside. Muted light streams in through one large window on the right side of the room. The room seems to be designed in such a way as to angle the shelves away from the sunlight, in order to protect the scrolls and books from damage. In front of the window are three large tables with a few clerics working on copying scrolls or illuminating pages in a book. A tall black man is standing, looking out the window with his hands clasped behind his back. He wears a long flowing white robe, belted at the waist with a wide yellow wrap. His thick grey and black braids are twisted together into a knot at the nape of his neck. Currently, no one has noticed Korlan entering the room.
Esvaris: When you ask where the novice sleeping quarters are you are directed down the same hall Emungo went into. You see four busts of the past High Lords of Lichfield Basilica on your right, in order from oldest to the current High Lord, Emeritus. His bust shows a middle aged half-elven man with short swept back hair and a small goatee. You pass two doors on your left, one of them open. The hall ends and to the right you see that it opens directly into a dormitory style room with several beds. Two of them look as if they have an owner. There is a foot locker at the end of each bed. When you enter the room you see a door at the far end of the room and one to your left.
Everyone: A single bell rings out signaling the end of the noon meal. Sister Naphtali begins directing the cleanup of the common room.
if I am unnoticed, I want to stay hiding for a bit. Maybe see if I can hear anything said between the people in the room. I also want to watch where Emungo places the books and what the books look like. I may try to “borrow” them at a later time.
Korlan doesn't see a place near the door to stay hidden. Emungo is currently re-locking the cabinet, but will turn around at any moment. Everyone at the tables is working silently. All the books in that cabinet looked like the size of books that individual spellcasters might carry and keep their notes in. If Korlan is going to truly hide somewhere he must choose a location quickly.
I’m going to bail out of the room just as Emungo is locking the cabinet. I’ll wait right outside of the hall and look like I’m cleaning the bust of High Lord Emeritus. I’ll stop him when he comes out. “Oh, hello Emungo. They have me polishing the statues around here for the day. What are you tasked with today? I saw you carrying some books in, but you seemed like you were on a mission, so I didn’t want to bother you then.”
I will choose an unused bed, and empty some of my stuff into that trunk. Is there anyone else in the room? I haven't played a prank on anyone all day, so if there is nobody in the room, I will short-sheet both of the occupied beds. Then I would like to sneakily investigate both of the doors in the dormitory, starting with the door at the back.
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Demoiselle finished her meal and then cleaned up after herself. "Perhaps I shall seek out Friar Bernard and see if he has any need of my help for now. I will keep an eye out for any good places we might use for our little mystery." She said before going off.
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Simeon Grey
I answer Sister Naphtali's call to clean up. While I take care of the business of wiping down tables and so forth, I make an effort to chat, seemingly casually, about the snakes that have recently appeared in and around the Basilica. "When did they first appear? Do they seem concentrated in any particular area? Do they seem to avoid any particular area?"
If this line of question goes nowhere, then I pursue conversation about the higher-ups in the temple. Allowing the person I speak to the latitude to discuss whichever person or persons may be on his or her mind. I do what I can to make all of this conversation look like I'm just another new novice trying to learn about his new home.
Korlan: When Emungo comes back out he seems surprised. "Dawnlord Menges gave you the day free to settle in, but you're already cleaning? You must be a hard worker!" He tells you that Friar Bernard asked him to put the books used in his class away in the scriptorium. They're spell books that Brother Annan, the scribe master, has his scribes use to make spell scrolls. They sell them to make money to support the basilica. Gesturing at the bust you are dusting he asks, "So, have you chosen hospitality to serve in, then?"
Esvaris, investigating the door at the far end, finds a room with a much larger bed in it and fine furnishings including a desk and wardrobe. There is a door to the left that leads to a bathing chamber and guarderobe which consists of an empty copper tub and a half wall hiding a chamber pot. In the west end of the room are double wood framed glass doors with sunburst motifs leading to a small sunroom with a view of the basilica and square.
In the other room, on the south wall of the men's dorm, Esvaris discovers the women's dorm where a dwarvish girl with short-spiked red hair is changing. She shouts a cantrip and the door slams shut in your face. That's followed by the sound of cursing and the word "pervert!"
Demoiselle finds Friar Bernard beginning a class on the use of the glaive.
Simeon learns that some of the other clerics are avoiding the gardens between the library and the northern transept at the northeast corner of the basilica due to the increase in snakes since about four fivedays ago. High Lord Emeritus had said he would look into the problem after complaints were made, but with him gone, it seems the problem may continue. Sister Naphtali seems suspicious of your questions about the leadership and shuts down any gossip as "innapropriate conversation for novices".
Not sure what to do, Quill stands in the crowds of people for a few moments, frowning. Then he heads back to the Basilica, deciding to find the sleeping quarters.
As Quill returns to the basilica a smiling, white robed young man with a short blonde hair tail drapes a flower wreath over his head and offers him a blue drink to bring him peace. Make a perception check.
Demoiselle: Friar Bernard scratches his bald tattooed head, hesitating in confusion at your offer of "help". He asks if you want training in the use of the glaive. If not, you could help with mending some of the damaged armor that is for student use. If you get it finished (sewing broken straps and such) before ninth bell curfew then you can keep one of the studded leather ones, he offers.
OOC: Yes, that's why she waited for the gnome to leave before speaking.
OOC: Okay, just making sure.
IC: Quill talked little during the meal, his mind on other things. When Demoiselle brings up the meeting with Dawnlord Wintermoon, Quill starts paying more attention.
"He said to not let other people, outside of us novices, know he was here," Quill says in a hushed tone. He offers Korlan a half-smile.
"Your lie was a good one, then."
And that's all I have to say about that.
Simeon Grey
"Derogatory nicknames for our old temple...a bit of a snake problem in our new one...Quiqwin and Forest in a daze...Wintermoon lurking about nearby...Atterley's attractive daughter..." I ponder out loud.
I mention to my fellow novices that I managed to smuggle some of the curious blue potion into the Basilica with me. "I'd love to know just what this stuff is, but I doubt this is the place to do any sort of investigation."
"Oh, well done, mon frère! Worry not, we will find a place where we can examine this liquid and see what manner of ill it is." She said with quiet excitement.
Tryma excuses herself and leaves the rectory just after Esvaris leaves the table.
Korlan stealthily slides into the room behind Emungo, who did not use a key to unlock the door. In front and to the left he sees three rows of bookshelves, the first two full of scrolls and books mixed, the last one with locked wooden cabinet doors. Emungo is facing the last row at the far left side of the room, the only one that is locked. After using one of the iron keys to open the cabinet door he adds the books he's holding to the others inside. Muted light streams in through one large window on the right side of the room. The room seems to be designed in such a way as to angle the shelves away from the sunlight, in order to protect the scrolls and books from damage. In front of the window are three large tables with a few clerics working on copying scrolls or illuminating pages in a book. A tall black man is standing, looking out the window with his hands clasped behind his back. He wears a long flowing white robe, belted at the waist with a wide yellow wrap. His thick grey and black braids are twisted together into a knot at the nape of his neck. Currently, no one has noticed Korlan entering the room.
Esvaris: When you ask where the novice sleeping quarters are you are directed down the same hall Emungo went into. You see four busts of the past High Lords of Lichfield Basilica on your right, in order from oldest to the current High Lord, Emeritus. His bust shows a middle aged half-elven man with short swept back hair and a small goatee. You pass two doors on your left, one of them open. The hall ends and to the right you see that it opens directly into a dormitory style room with several beds. Two of them look as if they have an owner. There is a foot locker at the end of each bed. When you enter the room you see a door at the far end of the room and one to your left.
Everyone: A single bell rings out signaling the end of the noon meal. Sister Naphtali begins directing the cleanup of the common room.
Korlan
if I am unnoticed, I want to stay hiding for a bit. Maybe see if I can hear anything said between the people in the room. I also want to watch where Emungo places the books and what the books look like. I may try to “borrow” them at a later time.
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Korlan doesn't see a place near the door to stay hidden. Emungo is currently re-locking the cabinet, but will turn around at any moment. Everyone at the tables is working silently. All the books in that cabinet looked like the size of books that individual spellcasters might carry and keep their notes in. If Korlan is going to truly hide somewhere he must choose a location quickly.
Korlan
I’m going to bail out of the room just as Emungo is locking the cabinet. I’ll wait right outside of the hall and look like I’m cleaning the bust of High Lord Emeritus. I’ll stop him when he comes out. “Oh, hello Emungo. They have me polishing the statues around here for the day. What are you tasked with today? I saw you carrying some books in, but you seemed like you were on a mission, so I didn’t want to bother you then.”
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Quill helps as well as he can with the cleanup. Afterwards, he heads back out of the building to see if there's any sign of Dawnlord Wintermoon.
And that's all I have to say about that.
Esvaris
I will choose an unused bed, and empty some of my stuff into that trunk. Is there anyone else in the room? I haven't played a prank on anyone all day, so if there is nobody in the room, I will short-sheet both of the occupied beds. Then I would like to sneakily investigate both of the doors in the dormitory, starting with the door at the back.
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Demoiselle finished her meal and then cleaned up after herself. "Perhaps I shall seek out Friar Bernard and see if he has any need of my help for now. I will keep an eye out for any good places we might use for our little mystery." She said before going off.
Simeon Grey
I answer Sister Naphtali's call to clean up. While I take care of the business of wiping down tables and so forth, I make an effort to chat, seemingly casually, about the snakes that have recently appeared in and around the Basilica. "When did they first appear? Do they seem concentrated in any particular area? Do they seem to avoid any particular area?"
If this line of question goes nowhere, then I pursue conversation about the higher-ups in the temple. Allowing the person I speak to the latitude to discuss whichever person or persons may be on his or her mind. I do what I can to make all of this conversation look like I'm just another new novice trying to learn about his new home.
Deception: 3 (that's promising)
Korlan: When Emungo comes back out he seems surprised. "Dawnlord Menges gave you the day free to settle in, but you're already cleaning? You must be a hard worker!" He tells you that Friar Bernard asked him to put the books used in his class away in the scriptorium. They're spell books that Brother Annan, the scribe master, has his scribes use to make spell scrolls. They sell them to make money to support the basilica. Gesturing at the bust you are dusting he asks, "So, have you chosen hospitality to serve in, then?"
Quill does not find anyone who has seen or heard from Dawnlord Wintermoon.
Esvaris, investigating the door at the far end, finds a room with a much larger bed in it and fine furnishings including a desk and wardrobe. There is a door to the left that leads to a bathing chamber and guarderobe which consists of an empty copper tub and a half wall hiding a chamber pot. In the west end of the room are double wood framed glass doors with sunburst motifs leading to a small sunroom with a view of the basilica and square.
In the other room, on the south wall of the men's dorm, Esvaris discovers the women's dorm where a dwarvish girl with short-spiked red hair is changing. She shouts a cantrip and the door slams shut in your face. That's followed by the sound of cursing and the word "pervert!"
Demoiselle finds Friar Bernard beginning a class on the use of the glaive.
Simeon learns that some of the other clerics are avoiding the gardens between the library and the northern transept at the northeast corner of the basilica due to the increase in snakes since about four fivedays ago. High Lord Emeritus had said he would look into the problem after complaints were made, but with him gone, it seems the problem may continue. Sister Naphtali seems suspicious of your questions about the leadership and shuts down any gossip as "innapropriate conversation for novices".
Not sure what to do, Quill stands in the crowds of people for a few moments, frowning. Then he heads back to the Basilica, deciding to find the sleeping quarters.
And that's all I have to say about that.
As Quill returns to the basilica a smiling, white robed young man with a short blonde hair tail drapes a flower wreath over his head and offers him a blue drink to bring him peace. Make a perception check.
Demoiselle smiles apologetically. "Excuse moi, Friar Bernard, I hope I am not too late. You wanted help with the class?"
Demoiselle: Friar Bernard scratches his bald tattooed head, hesitating in confusion at your offer of "help". He asks if you want training in the use of the glaive. If not, you could help with mending some of the damaged armor that is for student use. If you get it finished (sewing broken straps and such) before ninth bell curfew then you can keep one of the studded leather ones, he offers.