As Elmar ushers Citrine inside, Elizar turns to him 'This here cargo belongs to a good friend of mine. His orders were to have them delivered here. Gundren. Has he passed through here Elmar?'

She knew nothing of this man, she had no reason to trust him  and his glances and slight change of emotion had not gone unnoticed by her. She remembered days ago at the forest when Se'air had spoken of a set up....had this man set Gundren up?? Her only concern at the moment was to know that he was alive and well.

......Elizar watches Elmar very closely upon asking her question, ready to detect any slight dishonesty in his reply.

Perception 12

Insight 17

Elmar freezes "Master Gundren..." he spins suddenly and hurriedly shuffles over to your wagon, unties the leather carp covering the goods and begins sifting through the goods, all the while mumbling to himself. He pulls out a wound parchment, unrolls it and stares for a few moments "No, no, no..." he mumbles, shuffling aimlessly further into the storeroom and stopping before a makeshift desk built into the wall with a wooden stool. He turns and sits on the stool and now that he is facing you all, you can see he appears quite distraught. "I should have known.. " he says to no one in particular shaking his head.

Elizar you watch him as he sits slumped in his chair, apparently the name Gundren appears to have upset him, with one hand he still holds the parchment before him while his free hand hangs at his side... Suddenly he springs back to his feet, a small loaded crossbow in his free hand, pointed at Elizar's chest. 

"How is it you came across this cart hmm?" he swings the crossbow towards Cit'rine "i knew from the moment i saw you Darzan that you were no legitimate business man, did you really think i wouldn't recognise this sign?" he angrily shakes the parchment still in his hand towards you and you all see Gundren's insignia scribbled at the bottom of the page. "Well? Out with it! Who are you and why is it you have this Cart?" he turns back to Elizar "Where is Gundren?"

Citrine ignores old man and the crossbow he is swinging around-......instead his attention is on the white hair women, Elizar, who has now for the second time in less than 30min ruined his fun. He gives her a long, cold hard stare, considering all the ways he could murder her, before turning around and walking back to the cart with a sad look on his face.

OOC- He doesnt show any concern at the loaded weapon being pointed at him and completely ignores any calls from Elmar to stop (if he does call out to him)

When he reaches the cart, Citrine climbs the wheel and throws himself, face down, into it.

Elizar watching closely, can clearly see that Elmar is upset and that Gundren must be a friend also.

She see's Citrine looking at her out the corner of her eye and honestly couldn't give a shite what the hell he felt. In the back of her head all she cared about was Gundren right now.

Although Elmar had a bow aimed at her, she did not feel threatened because she could see he cared about the dwarf? She raised her hands showing she meant peace 'Elmar, my name is Elizar Sage- Gundren is a close friend of mine and my only concern right now is to know he is safe' She points at the cart, 'We have delivered these goods to you as I promised to him, however I have reason to believe he may be in danger'.

She watches him closely, well aware of the bow still aimed at her.

Persuasion 15

OOC- Sorry DM had to delete roll and do again as i did perception instead of persuasion.

at the sudden change of mood Estelle slowly raises her hands, displaying she does not mean any harm. Elmar seemed emotionally unstable, the slightest thing could cause him to act without thinking. She searches the room, if it did get out of hand she wanted to be prepared.  

perception: 12

insight: 3

investigation: 16

OOC- checking for things such as:

- how workers reacted/ if they can cause harm to us, exits and also ways to disarm Elamr (bc of his position if that makes sense?) Also if i recognise any faces :)

"you say that and yet you attempt to sell them off as his own?" he says tracking Cit'rine with his crossbow until he is out of sight within the cart and returns it at Elizar "and that's besides the point, Gundren didn't inform me that he would be hiring someone to deliver the goods but rather wrote me that he would come down here himself, seemed rather excited about something as well" he shakes his head "so you see your story doesn't add up, for all i know you killed him and made that story up"

During this Carp is watching in the back and catches Estelle's eyes with a quizzical look for a moment then nods to himself and pipes up "Master Elmar, i believe these people are good, This lady here was asking for her friend Gundren on the way over here. she wouldn't do that if they killed him now would they?"

Elmar thinks on that a moment "hmm well i suppose not" he lowers the crossbow. "i must apologise, these have been very hard times in Phandalin." he takes a deep breath and put down the crossbow "Gundren is an old friend and i have been expecting him since yesterday, i would hate if anything has befallen him" he rubs his forehead and then clasps his hands before him "You have all traveled far and i am afraid i have not been very hospitable, please allow me to make up for this and invite you all in for some food and nourishment?" he is trying his best to resume his friendly nature "come now, Elizar was it? a friend of Gundren's is a friend of mine, come" This time he invites everyone inside.

Sariya who had been far too distracted talking to the horses to really know whats going on cathes tge last few sentences of the conversation and notices the weapon in the old mans hand.  The tension in the room was easy to sense. Trying to act tough like the others she walks up to Elmar and stands right infront of him. she crosses her arms as she stares deep into his eyes. A moment of silence passes before she speaks "Will there be berries?"

"Berries? aye we have several different dried berries, good source of nutrition, and certainly we can procure some fresh berries for you as well." he smiles while he talks and then turns to the boy that almost fell from the ladder "Ander quickly run to Daren and acquire an assortment of fresh berries from his orchard, here" he throws him a small purse from his vest pocket that clinks in the air "i expect change now, don't let old Daren get one up on you, go on now and be quick" Ander nods and scurries out past the party, taking off running down the dirt road.

"well now please come in" Elmar leads you all through the back door and you walk past what appears to be his living quarters in the back of the shop. You see a simple yet comfortable sitting room with a small kitchen shoved into a corner, he leads you ahead past his office and into his store front which is quite large.

"i will make preparations for our meal and also have the rest of Gundren's cargo unloaded. Please have a look around at my wares and i will return shortly with your compensation."

He walks you past the wide wooden counter and leaves you there to look around. There is an open area in the middle of the room with one aisle each to the left and right with more shelving surrounding most of the walls except where glass windows shone the midday sun through. Some shelves sat emptier than others and you can tell that the store had seen better times, however that is not to say the store wasn't stocked. Shelves were filled with everyday adventuring goods and supplies, including backpacks, bedrolls, rope, and rations.

Elmar returns a few moments later with a large purse "Now Master Darzan shall i pay you the coins as the leader of this group... you do lead these fine people do you not?" he says with an uncertain chuckle "or perhaps i can separate for each individual?" he pauses a moment "ah now that i think about it, i have not asked you what you all call yourselves. have you a name for your little party?"

DM - he is asking you for your group name which is common for hired mercenaries / adventurers to have- i know the Genasi are called "the branded" but i'm giving you an opportunity to come up with something all together if you like - otherwise you can stay the branded and see if Elizar & Sariya would like to adopt this as well. Obviously you don't have to if you are not ready yet but i would encourage it eventually as your group will grow in renown and people will react to you on your exploits as a group.

Also you have an opportunity to shop for wares although Elmar does stock weapons or armor.

Elizar eyes Citrine coldly, knowing that he was probably going to take the whole pay and God knows if she would see any of it.

'Elmar, once again, my name is Elizar and I am part of no party. Gundren had promised 10 gold each for this job and I would like mine alone. Once you have finished with the rest, I would like a word alone. In the meantime I will have a look around, and thank you for your humble invite'.

She proceeds to look around for anything of use that she could buy.

OOC- Dm as discussed, Elizar is looking for a certain item (s) to be used later on for certain things :)

“Master Elmar,” she addresses him in her calm and confident tone, while walking towards him before stopping with an outstretched hand, “Darzan, as well as Estelle,” she points at her without breaking her focus on Elmar, before doing the same for Se’air, “and Se’air are my companions and together, the four of us are known as The Branded. Estelle will take the payment on behalf of our group and we will work out individual payment between each other.” After a moments pause she begins again, “You mentioned hard times in Phandalin... May I enquire as to what you were referring to?” 

ooc- WOW this is so hard to write for some reason! Sorry it’s so bad, I need to read through this whole thing and remember how I played her hahaha