Waterdeep Dragon Heist - Campaign Thread (DM: Webgambit)

Phaedra notices Elon and walks casually over to him, entering the warehouse.

"So Elon, who is your newfound friend?" she says as her light blue eyes, flecked with gold, come to rest on Selinae. "I am Phaedra Starcaller, devotee of our Lady of Mysteries, Mystra, the Mother of All Magic."

"And I am Kestrell.  Kestrell Rangerson.  Eater of Scones, and other baked goods."

Selinae turned towards Elon, waiting to be introduced.

Elon turns to everyone "friends, this is Selinae Liol" he turns to Selinae "and as you now know I am Elon Andrael" he offers a hand shake to the tall woman.

Selinae waved nervously then saw Elon coming in for a handshake and quickly dropped her hand down....resulting in a very awkward hand slap/shake.

Silver just sighs striding from the shadows that he was hiding in, his hand still resting on the blades hilt "The name is Silver - it's a pleasure." he just looks to his companions wondering how much they would tell her "Does anyone else want to expose our purpose for coming to a complete stranger or just Elon?" he asks starring at his companions "Probably not the smartest move to be blabbing our plans to strangers - no matter how attractive they maybe or how much they may bat their eyes mate."

Selinae again flushed a deep purple-gray as Silver said she was attractive....though she wasn't quite sure what bats had to do with eyes....

She looked at Silver, " I wonder what Grumpy would make of you? Well...I call him Grumpy....I think he's like Z-mans 2IC."

Silver just gives a charming smile as he replies "Oh I'm sure he'd be a big fan of me in particular Ms. Liol - though I'm a delightfully determined Drow dependent on deducing his decisive decision."  as he speaks his right arm goes across his chest giving her a bow. The woman was still an unknown factor for him and his companions, so for now the rule was simple be cautious and try to build an ally.

Elon rolls his eye then looks to Selinae "please ignore him. Now please repeat what you told me" 

Elon takes a deep breath to calm himself. It's one thing to harsh and rude to him, a man, but to a woman is just wrong.

(Your always rude to me!)

Phaedra raises an eyebrow at the exchange. 

"You seem to know a lot about this crew and the ship. Why are you interested?"

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(Your always rude to me!)

Phaedra raises an eyebrow at the exchange. 

"You seem to know a lot about this crew and the ship. Why are you interested?"

 (We just have friendly banter and poke fun. What are friends for?😛)

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Silver just gives a charming smile as he replies "Oh I'm sure he'd be a big fan of me in particular Ms. Liol - though I'm a delightfully determined Drow dependent on deducing his decisive decision."  as he speaks his right arm goes across his chest giving her a bow. The woman was still an unknown factor for him and his companions, so for now the rule was simple be cautious and try to build an ally.

" Well.....I don't know....I mean he really doesn't seem to like elves and half-elves by some of the looks he gives them....but he's drow and your half-drow....so maybe he'd make an exception?"

" Its just weird...I mean Z-man has his three drow guards with him like all the time....but sometimes when he heads out at night with them, when he comes back in Grumpys missing."

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(Your always rude to me!)

Phaedra raises an eyebrow at the exchange. 

"You seem to know a lot about this crew and the ship. Why are you interested?"

" Well, I work here....and I know enough to keep my eyes open....learn't that young...didn't want to accidentally step on Dad...."

" Anyways.... as I told Elon, the captain is a human bloke named Zardoz Zord....I just call him Z-man. Dresses like a pimp...as I said he's usually got these three drow that hang about him when he heads off ship, one of them I call Grumpy cos he glares at all the elves and half-elves and I take offence to that on behalf of me Mum."

" No one is allowed on board except crew....even paid off the Dockmasters inspectors not to come aboard...something dodgy going on mark my words."

" Also Elon said you were on a case! And I have got a serious case of utter boredom working the docks these last months.....so if you need an intern? Or a guide? Or a contact? Or someone who can lift an ox cart over their head. I'm your girl."

" Also....who does your hair? Do they charge a lot? Would I need to make an appointment?"

While everyone is talking, Kestrell looks around the room and then slowly backs into the corner where he can watch the entryway as well as keep an ear on the discussion.

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(Your always rude to me!)

Phaedra raises an eyebrow at the exchange. 

"You seem to know a lot about this crew and the ship. Why are you interested?"

 (You were rude to me first, lol. Silver has always been a butthead 😛

Phaedra gives Selinae a quizzical look, which followed by a little huff melts into a smile.

"My hair... well I do trim it now and then but really it just falls like this naturally. Guess it's a blessing."

"So you are basically saying that a drow you have dubbed Grumpy has issues with elves and half-elves. And I would assume half-drow after that incident with Vassa" she says, looking back at the others.

"I am sure you can understand my friends trepidation. We have come this way for a reason, for a task which was asked of for Elon to complete. You must say you can understand why we would think it odd that we find someone here who could be looking into the same matter as us. If you say you wish to help, then I believe we need to find Grumpy..." Phaedra looks back at the others, searching for some sign of confirmation.

"Let's take over the ship! See what kind of weird shit they got going on in there!"

In her best motherly voice, "Now Kestrell, as usual I am seriously loving your enthusiasm. Loving it." Phaedra pauses for a second before continuing. 

"I am just not sure if it is being directed in the correct way forward. We have already caused a least one big incident, yes you did and we are lucky that the law has not come asking about that. So I would say that attacking a ship in the middle of the harbour, owned by a group who clearly have the harbour master and most probably the local guard on there side would not be the best idea. Especially when we came looking for a circus and our excuse for attacking is because a woman we just meet on the docks said that she didn't like Mr Grumpy and the Z-man is up to some dodgy stuff. See enthusiasm is great, direction needs thought. Yes?"

"No offense intended Selinae"

" No offense taken."

She looked at Kestrell in alarm, " Uh, I was thinking more follow Z-man when he heads out for the evening, then follow Grumpy when he breaks off from the group."

" Not so much the attacking a heavily armed and crewed boat under the watch of the Harbourmaster......that would be.......insan....uh, unwise."

" I was just asking about your hair because its so hard to find anyone who knows how to do goliath hair properly, my poor dear mum tried her best but braids seemed easiest all round both for her fingers and my comfort."

 Kestrell nods thoughtfully.  "Good point Phaedra.  Alright, so where do we go from here?  Should we wait for Z-Man and Mr. Grumpy to return to the ship and then try to join?  Or just maybe just watch the circus?"