Blood Scales Game

As Lorarila flicks his nose his hand will reach up and touch her elbow, saying nothing and only smiling (healing her for 5) "I suppose I deserve that" he will say laughing. "I can sell you some things sure, what do you have in mind? If you are looking for something to do, I have plenty of things we can do together" He will say with a wink before pulling out a clip board and showing her a checklist of things he is expected to do.

Also Navek, roll me a perception check.

Standing in front of it for now by 15 feet. Now here we go!

Perception: 11 if allowed to add Guidance then an additional 2.

You do not see or hear anything (even with guidance), are you going to move forward or stay there?

"Smoke showed me a nice cloak and ring that would help protect me, I was going to get those. I am tired of being stabbed." Laughs at the double meaning in his words, "Now keep it in your pants. We can do this in no time, let's get started." Reads clipboard as she starts to follow Lex. 

Lex will go pull a cloak of protection and ring of protection off the self and place them on the counter. "I think he said he was going to cut you a deal on the pair for retreaving the chest for him your friends dropped off earlier, so go ahead and pay me that amount and we can get started" Lex will say with a smile before handing her the items and heading off down towards the basement. As you enter the basement, you see shelves and shelves of crates and chests. Each crate is labeled and appears to be over flowing with knickknacks, spell components, magic items, and jars containing strange organs and creatures of different sizes. "So I am supposed to go through and sort these shelves and categorize them in alphabetical order..." he will say walking through the large room with his arms outstretched. "I was told I am allowed to move everything in this room so long as I don't enter the doorway over there." Lex will say pointing to a room behind him with his thumb over his shoulder. When you look all you see is a large stone archway with no door but appears to be completely black and a strange silence seems to emanate from the room. "I asked him what was contained in the room and all I got was a glare and was told it was his... "private collection"" 

(Navek doens't have to move farther into the bridge if he doesn't want to, just trying to see what he is up to? is he going to continue to lure the troll out from in front of the bridge?)

"Oh come out ya worry wort! Can't hold your booze? Or worried the big, old Goliath who hasn't even brandished a blade yet might start carving you up just as soon as he'd see ya?" Navek calls out again in giant. But if doesn't look like the Troll had any intention of immediately stepping out from the shadows, he looks behind him to at least make sure it hadn't snuck around and started messing around with his horse. 

"Oh wait! I get it now... Your under some Hag's thumb aren't you? Sheesh! I thought you Trolls had at least a bit more self-respect for yourselves than that? Guess there's no point in me sweetening the deal with a bit of bear meat, eh?" He says as feigns turning away to start heading back towards the horse.  

(Go Navek Go!)

(I paid for your potions, Mo. You can buy more, of course, or armor, or anything with your 50p or the 5000g. Go nuts. )

Handing over the fortune of gold to Lex, "I have never spent so much coin before, it is heartbreaking. After we help this place, I should send some home." Looks around the basement at all the objects and smiles, it would be simple to organize and if given time she could make a easy system to locate items. Listening to Lex and shaking her head at the 'private collection',  "Don't go sneaking in there. It is probably dangerous, back at the academy I attended on of the Teachers had a 'thing'. Big purple tentacle thing that would grab people if they got too close, it was harmless and was made to mix bathing, massage and lotioning into one convenient session. Strange but it was very discouraging."

(I've never wanted in a room more 😬)

(In a old dnd in high school, one player made that so their wizard didn't have to waste time bathing. It haunts me still) 

"I have been very tempted to enter... just to see what is beyond.. with all the amazing items he has just laying around... what type of magic items could be so powerful... so forbidden.... that he would keep them hidden away..." Lex will say, turning toward the archway, looking longingly towards it before shaking his head and looking towards the half-elf. "But uhh.. yeah.. anyway, If you have a good plan to tackle this mess, I am all ears...." he will say with a smile.

Navek, as you act as though you are going to turn and walk back towards your horse you hear a large thud that shakes the ground around you. when you turn back you see a huge dark green and black troll with four huge tusks protruding from his face, that had apparently been laying in wait within the rafters of the bridge. He will stand a moment and look at you, stretching up high and cracking his back and neck before locking eyes with you and walking in your direction with heavy clawed footsteps

(what is Navek going to do, I will let you roll inside to decide if the troll appears to want to murder you or your keg of booze)

Like she is talking to a animal. "Down boy. No, no forbidden. You could seriously be hurt, messing with that. If you really want to see them, do it with Smoke. Be up front with your compulsions and what draws you, if you are going to take a dark path. Do it safely." Flushes, "Not that I know anything about that, now let's get to work. We will start simply by Selecting, Sorting and Storing. If Smoke has any tape, get it and something to write with. We will start by selecting a area, labeling them and setting them aside and moving on. Once we finish that, we will sort them by labels and finally store them in a organized manner. Once done, we can make a list of everything and it's approximate location for easy access." 

Sayre just eating her brunch while the others are missing out on millions of temporary HP.

"Safely.. eh" He will say with a smile. "Well I am not sure how to pull that off but my previous experiences with dark power was anything but that...." he will say, looking away from Lorarila and towards the floor. A moment later he will look up and lock eyes with the half-elf "I am pretty sure you know a lot more about demonic power than most" he would say with a grin. "Why do you think I spoke to you in abyssal.... I wanted you to know that we were on the same team here." he would say taking a step closer to Lorarila. "I am not the man I was before coming here... before I made the deal that free'd me from the dark mess that I had found myself in...but your blood stinks the same as mine.." He will pause a moment and kind of laugh to himself a moment. "So if you wanted to talk.. I guess... or maybe listen... I uh... " he will grab the back of his neck looking for words... "Ya know what.. I will see if I can't find that tape and quill for you.." He would say before moving towards what appears to be an office on the far side of the basement.

I bet it is super great too!

Navek is a goliath of his word. He stops the act, but holds true to at least some of his stubborn veneer. Too meek, and the troll might kill him without a second thought. Too tough, and it might attack him just to try and break through the veneer... or run away having stolen the booze. With these thoughts now rolling around in his head, Navek makes a point of keeping his eyes glued for any sudden moves as he went about shifting the keg forward enough until it sat just a short distance ahead of him. But otherwise, he doesn't move to intercept the troll, or go for his weapon. Yet.

"'Bout time. Not gonna mince words. Ain't the giant way. Booze here's a start. There's bear in it for you too for helping friends of mines out. Maybe even more. And what's your name son?" Navek asked plainly, shield lowered, but held at the ready.