Alexia nods and follows Arc silently, wrapping her arms around her.

Riannis turns invisible again and flies above the pair's heads.

"The men are foolish to waste their coin at cards," Az reflects more watching Conor watch tge men playing than anything. She then looks to Galius onstage. She has never met a sunblessed like herself. They were always the extreme of Valen or the warm, disarming type like Galius. Az never knew where she stood with either having been through so much before joining the motley crew currently spreading to the four winds it seemed.

"It's been awhile hasn't it? Besides these men here might needing help what uf our former party does? Shouldn't we go look for the others," she then as Conor with a concerned expression.

"We could, but then we don't exactly know where they went or what route they would take to come back.  We could stretch our legs a little, but if we go left instead of right then they could be sitting here having a drink, or whatever kriegzurg do for fun, while we get lost in a strange town.  But, if you are going out there, I'll keep you company." Looking back at the gamblers he adds "Stupid, yes, most probably, for some it is a job, and it is a skill, and a risk, but then few things are certain in life. What about the others, Galius seems to have made a new friend, and the others, well I'm not even sure where are!"

Lucina watches all around her rather curiously, seeming a bit more comfortable being in a tavern. She briefly watches Galius speaking to someone else who had been playing music before she looks over at Conor and Azrael. Feeling as if she has been standing a bit too long she finally makes her way over to sit near Conor and Azrael, not wanting to interrupt Galius's conversation but also not fond of interacting with people she didn't at least know by name.

Alexia and Arcast head back towards the Dragon and Bear, attempting to conceal the chest as best they can as they make their way through the dark streets. They are stopped on their way by a pair of guards on the bridge, but after a quick flash of the writ they are left to go on their way. When they eventually push themselves through the doors of the tavern and see the bustling bar full of drunkards, they notice the table with Azrael, Conor, Lucina and Valen sat quietly drinking to themselves. Looking around, they eventually spot Galius up on the stage, not quite believing that they hadn't recognised the sound of his horn from the music carrying it's way down the street. It seems like all of the patrons in the tavern are enjoying the music, with a few of them up and dancing, almost pressing onto the stage to the upbeat melody.

[OoC]: It's entirely up to you all what you wish to do now. I've seeded a couple of things your way that you could check out or explore, but I don't wish to railroad you, so aren't pushing in any particular direction. As a reminder, some of the things available in the town to check out are as follows (in no particular order); the Temple of the Sun, the Elfslums, the Greenfish, Kwenthro's Crystal Commodities, The Foarish Legion. This is by no means an exhaustive list, as the town is well fleshed out in my notes, so there's plenty more to do - those are just mainly what you've heard of so far. It's about 9pm in Sol'Foranna, and the tavern is full of happy drunks. You have until my next post to conduct any in character decisions or conversation whilst in the tavern, including with patrons if you so wish. There is an over-arching story to this campaign but, again, I'm not putting you on rails to find it.

Alexia blinks and drifts quietly towards the table with Azrael, Lucina, Conor and Valen, but sits one table over, frowning faintly and watching the others.

Riannis squeaks, turns visible, and flies over to the table where the four are sitting, landing and squeaking out a greeting before she sits cross-legged on the table.

When Galius wraps up playing with the Drakmer, he’ll take a bow and turn to him: “What’s your name? You’ve been a real joy to play with.”

Conor beckons Galius back to the table if he can catch his attention, if not he points at him across the room and whispers "Arc and Alexia are back with our pay, come and get your cut."

Sitting back down with the others, he turns to Alexia saying "Do we smell?  Is there a reason you don't want to sit ext to us?  Or is it just your little friend who is allowed to have fun? But thank you both for returning with the wages, it'll help me out a lot. Was the seafolker up to something dodgy I wonder, did you see anything suspicious? You know, while we are here does anyone want to see if there is any more work for us?  We did ok as a team, well you did, I got thrown out of a tree and nearly killed by a giant monkey but let's gloss over that."

OOC Using Message to contact Galius if needed.

At Conor's words, Alexia flushes slightly. "You seemed busy," she says quietly, rising and moving to the table the others are at. She shrugs. "I didn't see anything...suspicious on the way back. Ishaz stayed for dinner with the Guildmaster, but...I have no idea if that's weird or not."

Riannis squeaks happily when Alexia comes over and does a little flip in the air before settling on the table again.

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When Galius wraps up playing with the Drakmer, he’ll take a bow and turn to him: “What’s your name? You’ve been a real joy to play with.”

The copper drakmer looks at you, excitement in his eyes. "Skoren, your radiance. If you ever find yourself in need of an instrument in Kapfloch, come find me at Woodwynd's." His amber eyes focus on something behind you. "It appears that an ugly human over there is trying to get your attention." The drakmer gestures towards Conor beckoning Galius back.

Stealing a quick peek into the chest, it appears to be full of gold coins. A rough guess would suggest 150 suns.

“I hope to find myself at Woodwynd’s someday then, Skoren.”

Galius heads back to the group.

”I assume this is our pay? And what do we do with a chest like this? Sort of... unwieldy.”

Galius says all this while sort of examining Conor’s face to determine if he’s ugly for a human, or if there’s something about him drakmer would find particularly ugly.

"Hello, is there a problem?" Conor asks as the sunblessed "You seem to be staring a little bit, something wrong?" Looking down at the chest he shakes his head "Do what you like with the box, I'm taking my cut of the suns and you can stare at the box until morning for all I care - I had just been asking the others whether or not they wanted to stick together while we look for some more work, so far I've not had a lot of commitment to the plan - what do you think?"

Arc happily sits with the group and they opens the box.  “It would appear there are 25 gold suns for each of us if my calculations are correct.”  Everyone is happy to take their portion and then there is just a box left.  Arc looks back and forth at everyone.  “I am willing to hold on to this beautiful box but if any of you have a use for it please speak up.”  He looks at everyone again.  

In answer to Conor’s inquiries about the Seafolker Arc gives a brief assessment.  “I believe there is more to the stories and organizations that Ishaz is associated with than he is saying but he has dealt with us honestly.  The rich part of town we were in was marvelous but the people serving those at the destination wore robes and acted with subservience.  The exact place was called Kwenthro's Crystal Commodities.  I’m not a conspiracy theorist but there was more there than meets the eye.”

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"Hello, is there a problem?" Conor asks as the sunblessed "You seem to be staring a little bit, something wrong?" Looking down at the chest he shakes his head "Do what you like with the box, I'm taking my cut of the suns and you can stare at the box until morning for all I care - I had just been asking the others whether or not they wanted to stick together while we look for some more work, so far I've not had a lot of commitment to the plan - what do you think?"

 Galius blinks and gathers his share. 

“It’s nothing. Ahem... I think that I’m interested in continuing the journey. I’m not sure how far I’ll go, but I want to go a little longer.”

Azrael nods at Arc and Alexia welcoming them back.

"I will take my share as well," Az calls out. "As for the box let's sell it and split that too," she offers her opinion. "I don't mind looking for work," she then adds looking to Conor. "Do you think they post jobs somewhere," she asks.

Alexia gives a tiny nod of her head and quietly collects her share. "We could look," she agrees softly, staring at the table.

"I'll ask the Barkeep, he'll know if there is one. But there are other options too, we could go back to this place Ishaz went to, see what the score is, I'm curious what he was up to, the are other areas we could check out too, does anyo ehave anything they particularly want to see here." Conor stands up and goes over to the dwarf at the bar, when he has his attention he politely asks, in dwarven, if there is a place or places where adventurous souls might find work. 

"Everything all right," Az leans over to Alexia and asks in a lowered tone.

Alexia shrugs. "Cities make me nervous," she says simply in a soft voice. "And people. Most people. Just..." she shrugs. "Riannis likes to talk to everyone. But I usually just miss nature whenever I'm with people."

Riannis, seemingly unaware of the conversation, turns invisible and follows Conor.

Arc listens to Az and Alexia.  "I love meeting different people in the cities.  Each comes with a new mystery in their life that makes them unique and interesting." 

He looks at Az and asks "So we do make a good team and there is a lot we could investigate in this city.  We could go back and try to help some of those poor creature in the slums.  Not sure how but the guards don't seem to be helping.  Or we could check on some of the interesting places in the city like the Temple of the Sun or the Greenfish." 

Then getting Connor's attention he says "And yes, as you say we could see what mystery is behind the robes at Kwenthro's Crystal Commodities.  I would advise caution if we move there but something is not right." 

Looking at the group he says "Do we want to make investigations together?  I think we make a good team."