City of Cresthall

Ashley giggles at Crispys attempt to be civil with the man.

Hehe. Ok, so I assume we find a place and mail your letter. BOOYEAH! What's next?

After they send off the letter, and a gift of 50 platinum for her parents, Ashley desires to return and see if the boys are back and if their items had arrived to their room.

Looking at the top of her wrist as if checking the time, which..didn't have a watch wrapped around it, Cora said, "Good idea. It's almost 4 o'clock. We should head back. Perfect timing!"

Cora made sure that all the things they bought made it back to their rooms, and went back downstairs to wait for the boys. And the bird.

So, since we were talking about my family i have been wondering. What happened to your parents after you were left to the streets ?

"Five hundred gold for a breastplate. For the enchanted stuff, the scalemail is a thousand gold and the chain shirt is a thousand five hundred. The shield is ten thousand gold." The dwarf answers. The dwarf motions to the dark elf girl and she nods. She heads back into the store, coming back with a breastplate.

@Hatt

(Pretty easy to find them, will take about 15 or 20 minutes.)

Bennett starts to take off his leather armor, "If I give you this, would you maybe drop the price to say... four hundred and sixty-five gold?" He gives a super charming smile and winks at the dark elf girl.

Persuasion: 13

((Yikes.))

Hatt inspects Bennett's new breastplate, and nods.  You know, breastplate is probably the best option for me, too.  It won't give me any additional protection, I suppose, but at least it will be a little quieter.  Do you have another in a smaller size?  And perhaps a discount for the pair?  He gives the dwarf his warmest and holiest smile. (Advantage to Bennett's persuasion attempt?)

Crispy tells the tale.

In a desperate attempt to escape the abuse of her Father, Coras Mother took her and one night fled their home. In his drunken stupor that evening, Father never knew they had left. What Cora didnt expect is to be abandoned at 9 years old. In the morning, Mother went to the Church and told the priests to take care of me. She kissed me on the forehead and said goodbye to me. The sadness was overwhelming. I thought she’d come back, but she never did. I have no idea where she is. Besides you, she was the only person I loved. As a child, she was the only one who was kind to me. The only memory I have of her is some coins and a small toy horse.

As for my Father, I know exactly where he is. When I graduated the Academy at 19 the first thing I did with my new skills is find him. Because of his drinking he was unable to hold a job and was living on the streets. The third to last time I saw him, I dragged him out into the public streets and beat him with my fists till every bone in his body was broken. No one interfered because of the Organization I was a part of. Time went by so he could heal. I told the Church to not give him treatment, to let him suffer. They would not dare disobey. I used every ounce of clout in my position to make sure no one touched him but my rage and my fists. The second to last time I saw him, I dragged him out of the Church and beat him up again till I was out of breath and could barely stand over him. More time went by. The last time I saw my Father, I dragged him out again from the Church and after I beat him up for the last time I used my new blades and killed him in cold blood. 

Little would I know that my real nightmare was only beginning.

((If Hatt does help enough for Bennett to get advantage, here the roll for it: 23))

(Just so you all know, It took the help of a halfling to get Bennett to to be successfully charming.)

Have you ever tries to find your mother? It sounds like she did the only thing she could to defend you by giving you to that church. Though I cant imagine how you feel about it.

Cora was quiet for a long while, lost in thought at Ashley's question. Her smile slowly faded the more she thought about it.

"What kind of mother abandon's their only child..."

I cant say for sure, but maybe, just maybe it was the only way she felt she could keep you safe. Don't you want to find out for sure? I know it might be painful, especially if you get an answer you didnt want to hear, but ill go with you and bee by your side. If you want to. Ashley tries to speak softly and does her best to put as little pressure on the subject as possible. She wants her Cora to be happy, but she cant understand not knowing if your parents loved you and wishes Cora to know for sure one way or the other.

(Uuuh, Bennett might want to take back that wink. I said the dark elf girl looks young, like 10 young.)

The dark elf gives an odd look towards Bennett and the dwarf nods, "Go fetch'em." The dark elf gives a nod and runs back into the store, "So you both want breastplates, totaling up for nine hundred and thirty gold. How about your feathered friend?"

After a while Karra manages to find Bennett, Hatt, and Gasp at the smithy.

Update: (Just so you all know, It took the help of a halfling to get Bennett to be successfully charming WITH A 10 YEAR OLD. LOLOLOL!)

Ashley: Cora gave it some thought. "Maybe one day. I am curious sometimes, and I know you want me to do this because you love me, but..i'm just..i'm just so scared..or..angry of what I might find out. But, thank you. Really. I couldn't ask for better company. Seriously." Cora reached out and and grabbed her hand, gave it a loving squeeze. 

((OH MY ******* GOD! I AM SO SORRY FOR NOT READING AND FULLY RETAINING WHAT I READ! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT))

Haha! To be fair, and perhaps a little concerning, is that Hatt didn’t really try to stop you. ;)

Karra enters the smithy, looking at the group. "Hmm, it time." He comments to them.

Gasp has been eyeing the magic shield, but upon hearing the price tag of a cool 10,000 gold, his heart sank.