“I was like you, big guy,” Dev’s eerie voice is clear and as pointed as his ears. “Maybe not as tough as you… but I had to filch for the table and if I didn’t, I’d be hungry… maybe for days… my parents too.”
Dev weighs the cheese and sausage with his eyes.
“Are you feeding someone else too?
He waits for an answer, but whatever is said or not said, continues presently.
“Next time you’re hungry, wait for me. I’m at the Lilac Inn. I don’t need anything from you. I just know what it’s like to be hungry.”
The teen tiefling looks to Lokilia and suggests with a glance that she give the lad the filched provisions.
Normont stays silent for the moment, interested in the child's answers to Dev's questions.
He has questions of his own as well, around if it was the child's decision to steal or if they were put up to it. If they stole because they were starving, then there should be something he can do. But for that he needed to know where the child is from and who they live with and who else they have to support.
All that led to more questions and required trust. And so he waits.
“I was like you, big guy,” Dev’s eerie voice is clear and as pointed as his ears. “Maybe not as tough as you… but I had to filch for the table and if I didn’t, I’d be hungry… maybe for days… my parents too.”
Dev weighs the cheese and sausage with his eyes.
“Are you feeding someone else too?
He waits for an answer, but whatever is said or not said, continues presently.
“Next time you’re hungry, wait for me. I’m at the Lilac Inn. I don’t need anything from you. I just know what it’s like to be hungry.”
The teen tiefling looks to Lokilia and suggests with a glance that she give the lad the filched provisions.
" Um...yeah...thats right...nah...just me...it was kind of a dare..."
Normont stays silent for the moment, interested in the child's answers to Dev's questions.
He has questions of his own as well, around if it was the child's decision to steal or if they were put up to it. If they stole because they were starving, then there should be something he can do. But for that he needed to know where the child is from and who they live with and who else they have to support.
All that led to more questions and required trust. And so he waits.
Normont frowns, looking the child up and down from where he is to determine how malnourished they actually are. He is not happy that crimes are potentially being committed simply as a dare.
" Oh, yeah. Bavvrik said if I could steal some stuff from Feldspar and get away he'd introduce me to some new fellas in town......I guess I kinda did that......"
Normont frowns, looking the child up and down from where he is to determine how malnourished they actually are. He is not happy that crimes are potentially being committed simply as a dare.
Investigation: 6+5=11 (Passive: 15)
( The lad seems fit enough, bit dirty but not malnourished or anything.)
" Oh, yeah. Bavvrik said if I could steal some stuff from Feldspar and get away he'd introduce me to some new fellas in town......I guess I kinda did that......"
Dev’s mouth pulls into the merciless grin it sometimes forms as his eyes grow cool and hard.
“Bavvrik?,” he asks, his voice calm as dark water in a poisoned well. “Who is Bavvrik?”
" Oh, yeah. Bavvrik said if I could steal some stuff from Feldspar and get away he'd introduce me to some new fellas in town......I guess I kinda did that......"
Dev’s mouth pulls into the merciless grin it sometimes forms as his eyes grow cool and hard.
“Bavvrik?,” he asks, his voice calm as dark water in a poisoned well. “Who is Bavvrik?”
The lad seemed to realise that he was perhaps being a little too easy with his information sharing, " Uh, just a kid.....bit older than me, no one important."
Dev takes a breath and the venom leaves him. “Yeah… okay big guy, I’m gonna tell you something. You got caught.” The tiefling’s eyes flick around to the others. “By me and my friends. Maybe, think about spending your time with people who won’t get you into trouble.”
He stands up, and motions with his chin toward the hidden provisions. “Enjoy your lunch. It’s my treat.”
He looks around to Lokilia and the others, satisfied. “Let’s go?”
Lokilia gives the boy a mocking chuckle as he reacts. "Ha! You wanted to meet new fellas? You're in luck! Here we are!" She glances over at Normont. "You did hear this fellow is a Pale Guard?"
She then takes a step over toward Dev. , quietly putting a hand on his shoulder. "You don't want to speak with this Bavvrik?"
(Actually, I think I'm the one that misunderstood. Because it does say he took them. I read 'shoves them away' to mean he shoved them away when offered. But I think that's wrong.)
Normont steps forward making sure to position himself so the child cannot easily just run away. "Indeed I am", he says, referring to being a Pale Guard.
"And I am interested to meet this Bavvrik, and his friends that are important enough to commit crimes for. This sounds like some kind of initiation. What is your name, boy? Who are your parents?".
Lokilia gives the boy a mocking chuckle as he reacts. "Ha! You wanted to meet new fellas? You're in luck! Here we are!" She glances over at Normont. "You did hear this fellow is a Pale Guard?"
She then takes a step over toward Dev. , quietly putting a hand on his shoulder. "You don't want to speak with this Bavvrik?"
As Normont speaks to the boy, Dev answers Lokilia in a whisper. “I didn’t want to drag everyone into… what started to feel like I just misinterpreted what was going on to begin with,” he fumbles. “And since this kid is just a kid… I don’t want him to have to face consequences as if he were an adult… like being interrogated…”
Dev had been picked up in Drynna more than once — before he met Jasper — by city watchmen just because they didn’t like the way he looked. A muscle in his jaw flexes remembering the icy fear of being shut away for nothing.
But he takes a deep breath and pulls himself into the present. Normont is wise and fair. And this is his job, after all. He’ll do the right thing.
"I think Feldspar went back to his shop," Lokilia says. "All is settled with him." Her eyes shift to Dev, to see what he will say to the youngster.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
“I was like you, big guy,” Dev’s eerie voice is clear and as pointed as his ears. “Maybe not as tough as you… but I had to filch for the table and if I didn’t, I’d be hungry… maybe for days… my parents too.”
Dev weighs the cheese and sausage with his eyes.
“Are you feeding someone else too?
He waits for an answer, but whatever is said or not said, continues presently.
“Next time you’re hungry, wait for me. I’m at the Lilac Inn. I don’t need anything from you. I just know what it’s like to be hungry.”
The teen tiefling looks to Lokilia and suggests with a glance that she give the lad the filched provisions.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Lokilia holds out the cheese and sausage to the boy. "Here you go."
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Normont stays silent for the moment, interested in the child's answers to Dev's questions.
He has questions of his own as well, around if it was the child's decision to steal or if they were put up to it. If they stole because they were starving, then there should be something he can do. But for that he needed to know where the child is from and who they live with and who else they have to support.
All that led to more questions and required trust. And so he waits.
" Um...yeah...thats right...nah...just me...it was kind of a dare..."
"I'm ok..."
The boy takes the items and shoves them away.
“A dare?,” Dev asks, confused.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Normont frowns, looking the child up and down from where he is to determine how malnourished they actually are. He is not happy that crimes are potentially being committed simply as a dare.
Investigation: 6+5=11 (Passive: 15)
" Oh, yeah. Bavvrik said if I could steal some stuff from Feldspar and get away he'd introduce me to some new fellas in town......I guess I kinda did that......"
( The lad seems fit enough, bit dirty but not malnourished or anything.)
Dev’s mouth pulls into the merciless grin it sometimes forms as his eyes grow cool and hard.
“Bavvrik?,” he asks, his voice calm as dark water in a poisoned well. “Who is Bavvrik?”
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
The lad seemed to realise that he was perhaps being a little too easy with his information sharing, " Uh, just a kid.....bit older than me, no one important."
Dev takes a breath and the venom leaves him. “Yeah… okay big guy, I’m gonna tell you something. You got caught.” The tiefling’s eyes flick around to the others. “By me and my friends. Maybe, think about spending your time with people who won’t get you into trouble.”
He stands up, and motions with his chin toward the hidden provisions. “Enjoy your lunch. It’s my treat.”
He looks around to Lokilia and the others, satisfied. “Let’s go?”
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Lokilia gives the boy a mocking chuckle as he reacts. "Ha! You wanted to meet new fellas? You're in luck! Here we are!" She glances over at Normont. "You did hear this fellow is a Pale Guard?"
She then takes a step over toward Dev. , quietly putting a hand on his shoulder. "You don't want to speak with this Bavvrik?"
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
(Ah!, maybe I misunderstood. I thought the boy took the things and shoved them under his coat or something?)
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Quinn nods his head but does not leave until the others seem satisfied.
(Actually, I think I'm the one that misunderstood. Because it does say he took them. I read 'shoves them away' to mean he shoved them away when offered. But I think that's wrong.)
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Normont steps forward making sure to position himself so the child cannot easily just run away. "Indeed I am", he says, referring to being a Pale Guard.
"And I am interested to meet this Bavvrik, and his friends that are important enough to commit crimes for. This sounds like some kind of initiation. What is your name, boy? Who are your parents?".
As Normont speaks to the boy, Dev answers Lokilia in a whisper. “I didn’t want to drag everyone into… what started to feel like I just misinterpreted what was going on to begin with,” he fumbles. “And since this kid is just a kid… I don’t want him to have to face consequences as if he were an adult… like being interrogated…”
Dev had been picked up in Drynna more than once — before he met Jasper — by city watchmen just because they didn’t like the way he looked. A muscle in his jaw flexes remembering the icy fear of being shut away for nothing.
But he takes a deep breath and pulls himself into the present. Normont is wise and fair. And this is his job, after all. He’ll do the right thing.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
The boy visibly paled when Lokilia spoke, he had indeed kinda skipped past that piece of information in all the confusion......
" Uh, Andrew, Sir......Andrew Anderson....."
" Me Dad is Andrew Anderson Snr; dunno me Mum......she ran off Dad says."
" Your right......just a stupid prank.....a dumb dare....."
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