"So these guys meet at sundown? It doesn't sound like we can get the medicine back and make it to the fights. I'm not the heroic type, but if I had to choose, we should go after the guys who are hurting the city."
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Failing to resist the urge to roll her eyes at the bard's questions and conditions, Marzira leans forward herself. "Miss Vox does not speak for all of us. It would be my pleasure to look into this matter on be.... for you. This seems important to the town and it's people and I'd hate to see people suffer. I don't need a down payment, and of course any assistance you can offer should any trouble crop up would be nice, but not a condition of my involvement."
That being said she will study the gnome carefuly trying to get a bead on him and how sincere he seems to be about this request and how he reacts to Vox's deal. Insight: 16 + 1
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"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
Vox quips back, "Noted - the two of you are foregoing your share of the fee offered by Mr. Thrindertop Karrasthinlek."
"Regarding timing, The Three Sided Dice OPENS at sunset... I'm sure these brothers will be there most of the evening and not likely when the tavern first opens its doors. There will be time for your interest in the fights."
Then Vox turns to the gnome and says smiling, "Since Carrick and Marzira are donating their time, lets drop the fee to 800 gold pieces."
"You have yourselves a deal "says the gnome streching Vox's hand with enthusiasm
"And you can be sure that you are retiving what it was stolen from us " he adds in gnome to her.
"I knew you were the right choice to pick among the ones who had come with the caravan"he says to the others " your help is much appreciated, but we insist in paying you."
He produces a small purse of coins and offers it to the party
"Not sure if there is a quarter, please count it, it's from my personal savings, for I didn't expected to have to pay you up front, but you will receive the rest after the crate is recovered. Thank you"he says to Vox " thank you, thank you, thank you " he shakes every member of the party's hand. " I will leave you now. The sooner the better!"he adds to Carricks comment about having this sorted before sunsdown.
"No need to count - your enthusiasm and willingness are all the confirmation I need," Vox replies to the gnome.
After the gnome departs, Vox tosses the pouch to Marzira, telling her, "Why don't you and Carrick count it out? Given your eagerness to undercut my attempts at negotiation it's all too obvious you don't trust me. So how about I trust the two of you to count it out so we know what we have and what to expect on the backend."
"While you all decide whether or not you are going to these fights, and I really do believe that there's time for that and this investigation today, I'm going to walk about and ask some questions."
As Vox walks away, Carrick turns to Marzira. "Well that happened. Well, we could possibly make it to the fight later, but we'd have to be quick about finding that medicine if we want to do so. But we should get started on this investigation now and it seems like the slums are a good place to look."
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Both Vox and Marzira look around. The street is pretty much crowded as it was before. They can see their gnome friend talking to a well dressed man a few meters behind their position, and some of them realize that there are more people listening to the man who was above one crate talking. Most of the people just ignore him and walk way but when they first saw him he has two or three listeners, now he has half a dozen. They are closer to it now and despite the sounds of the market some words reach them:
" Protect... Beware... Repent... Retribution..."
(What do you want to do / where do you want to go? )
Having spent more time notarizing Kundarak loan forms than he can remember, dwarvish (or more accurately Mrorak) is a language the gnome doesn't even need magic to translate.
"Haveyourpaymentreadyplease."
Genbo quickly translates the contract, gives it a mark of authenticity and snatches the coins out of the man's hand as he passes the documents into the other.
The look on Merzin's face quickly changes to worry. ''Listen. Keep the money hidden from her, and if anything ever happens to you or your brothers, grab the money and run. As soon as you find a place to hide, then draw this symbol somewhere.'' He draws a circle with three triangles in it, each pointing towards the middle. ''When I see this, I will know you are nearby and I will be able to help you.'' He turns to walk away, then turns back and says: ''I know this sounds strange, especially coming from a halfling you randomly met on the streets, but you have to trust me. I won't be able to live with myself if anything happens to you.''
Persuasion: 14 (if needed)
Merzin will then try to find the rest of the group.
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Watching the exchange take place so quickly, Leto sees the coin pouch tossed to Marzira saying "It seems you are our bank. I'll collect my 200 after we complete our task." Leto will then head with those headed towards the prophet.
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As he walks over he'll direct Hulud (invisible Imp familiar currently on his shoulder from before) to fly near the gnome, with his well dressed companion, and will try to listen in on their conversation.
stealth21; perception13
nat 1 stealth... shit.... lol. at least he's invisible :P If I notice a threat towards him I would pop him out of existence quickly; into the safety of the void.
You give the contract to the man who practically rip it from your hands and read it anxiously. His face changes from impatient to angry as he reads.
"This is an outrage. Those greedy bastards... I will teach them I will show them that no one.. " as he turns away to go he slams directly against something in mid air. There's nothing there, but he had clearly hit something with his face.
"In the name of... " he says waving his hands in front of him but hitting nothing. He looks around, looking for the responsible of what happened, and looks down, looking for anything that could had been throw to him. Finally he looks down to Genbo and storms away followed by two retailers that cannot help but smile about the situation.
The gnome goes back to the inn where he hopes to find the woman. He sees the rest of the party approaching a man who is giving some kind of speech.
Mezrin:
The girl nods and grabs the coin close to her heart. she looks to the ground and tries to memorize the symbol he is drawing.
From behind the counter another boy appears. It's almost a teenager,a half-orc boy, and is a head taller than the girl and Mezrin. As soon as he appears she steps into the symbol.
"Sister"says the boy approaching and grabbing her from her shoulders " we were worried about you "Mezrin notices a couple of more boys behind the one who's talking " Mother was very worried when we saaw you weren't in your bed this morning. Are you ok? " he kneels in front of her and Mezrin notices that she moves her feet in order to erase the symbol. She nods "Was this one harrasing you?" he asks looking at Mezrin with a suspicious look.
"No brother it's ok he was asking me for directions... " she says
"Directions eh? I see..." the boy's face illuminates with a smile as he turns to Mezrin
"I can give you directions sir, I can even be your guide! 1 silver for the indications 3 silvers if you want me to guide you sir!"he announces smiling and putting her behind his back.
Rest of the party:
As you all approach the old man that is giving his speech you notice that he is dressed just with a simple shirt over his skinny shoulders and a dirt trouser. He has no shoes. He is standing in a improvised stand with three crates and he moves a little bit as he speaks.
The people around him seems to be more amused than interested in what he is saying.
" Hear me... and hear me well " he says with a well modulated voice despite his ragged looks " who brought us the war and the misery? them... who called those horrible creatures that had preyed on us since their twisted magics summoned? Them... those... dragonmarked "the spite on his voice in this last word is almost physical " those aberrations of the natural order caused all the pain and horror of the last years!! They should repent but in their arrogance, what do they do? they try to put themselves above the rest of us!! Can you believe it?! After all the death they had caused!!"
You see that some of the folk starts to nod un agreement, wich only encourages him more. And that some other people starts to stop and listen.
( Please those of you near make a WIS ST )
Leto:
Beign invisible he has advantage on stealth rolls but we leave it as it is... just for the fun of it ;)
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When Vox tosses her the money Marzira starts to protest, but thinks better of it. She'll count the money later when they have time and make sure everyone gets their share. She'll just throw a raised eyebrow look at Carrick as they walk away. "I'll make sure you get your share,"She assures Leto with what she hopes is a reassuring smile.
"I do want to focus on finding this missing shipment for these people."She says to Carrick, "Bu-ut if we can pull off both that and the fight, I wouldn't mind. And Miss Vox does make a good point, people like these brothers are likely to spend most of their evening at a place like the Three-Sided Dice. We could always swing by when it opens and see if they're there, if not we can make our way to the fight."
The ragged soapboxing man easily catches her eye and she frowns, especially as they listen to what he's saying. Maybe he could have been passed off as some crazy, homeless man, or a poor vet from the war suffering terrible PTSD, but his words catch her attention and make her freeze briefly.
Wis 24
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"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
''Thank you, but I already got everything I need from your sister. Il be sure to ask you if I need a guide though.'' And he will start walking away, keeping an eye on the boys for as long as they are in sight. He will then (if he doesn't see anything strange) make is way towards the group, a bit confused and worried as to what just happened.
Genbo enters the Muddy Pig and sits down with the village woman.
He'll begin by collecting a few details about her cousin. Name, profession, etc.
He then unclasps his Sivis bag and pulls out his catrographers supplies and gets a general location of where the cousin lives.
Finally, like a police sketch artist, he prestidigitates a general image of the cousin and asks several gentle questions about the cousin's appearance.
Once he has a general approximation of the visage, the gnome sketches it onto a paper.
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"So these guys meet at sundown? It doesn't sound like we can get the medicine back and make it to the fights. I'm not the heroic type, but if I had to choose, we should go after the guys who are hurting the city."
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Failing to resist the urge to roll her eyes at the bard's questions and conditions, Marzira leans forward herself. "Miss Vox does not speak for all of us. It would be my pleasure to look into this matter on be.... for you. This seems important to the town and it's people and I'd hate to see people suffer. I don't need a down payment, and of course any assistance you can offer should any trouble crop up would be nice, but not a condition of my involvement."
That being said she will study the gnome carefuly trying to get a bead on him and how sincere he seems to be about this request and how he reacts to Vox's deal.
Insight: 16 + 1
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
Carrick smiles at Marzira. "She's right. We might be mercs, but that doesn't mean that we can't do a good deed from time to time. I'm in."
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Vox quips back, "Noted - the two of you are foregoing your share of the fee offered by Mr. Thrindertop Karrasthinlek."
"Regarding timing, The Three Sided Dice OPENS at sunset... I'm sure these brothers will be there most of the evening and not likely when the tavern first opens its doors. There will be time for your interest in the fights."
Then Vox turns to the gnome and says smiling, "Since Carrick and Marzira are donating their time, lets drop the fee to 800 gold pieces."
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"You have yourselves a deal " says the gnome streching Vox's hand with enthusiasm
"And you can be sure that you are retiving what it was stolen from us " he adds in gnome to her.
"I knew you were the right choice to pick among the ones who had come with the caravan" he says to the others " your help is much appreciated, but we insist in paying you."
He produces a small purse of coins and offers it to the party
"Not sure if there is a quarter, please count it, it's from my personal savings, for I didn't expected to have to pay you up front, but you will receive the rest after the crate is recovered. Thank you" he says to Vox " thank you, thank you, thank you " he shakes every member of the party's hand. " I will leave you now. The sooner the better!" he adds to Carricks comment about having this sorted before sunsdown.
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"No need to count - your enthusiasm and willingness are all the confirmation I need," Vox replies to the gnome.
After the gnome departs, Vox tosses the pouch to Marzira, telling her, "Why don't you and Carrick count it out? Given your eagerness to undercut my attempts at negotiation it's all too obvious you don't trust me. So how about I trust the two of you to count it out so we know what we have and what to expect on the backend."
"While you all decide whether or not you are going to these fights, and I really do believe that there's time for that and this investigation today, I'm going to walk about and ask some questions."
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As Vox walks away, Carrick turns to Marzira. "Well that happened. Well, we could possibly make it to the fight later, but we'd have to be quick about finding that medicine if we want to do so. But we should get started on this investigation now and it seems like the slums are a good place to look."
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Both Vox and Marzira look around. The street is pretty much crowded as it was before. They can see their gnome friend talking to a well dressed man a few meters behind their position, and some of them realize that there are more people listening to the man who was above one crate talking. Most of the people just ignore him and walk way but when they first saw him he has two or three listeners, now he has half a dozen. They are closer to it now and despite the sounds of the market some words reach them:
" Protect... Beware... Repent... Retribution..."
(What do you want to do / where do you want to go? )
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(Carrick is with them too)
"This is turning out to be one hell of a trip. Fighting pits, medicine thieves, and now crazy prophets. Wanna go see what he's talking about?"
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oh definitely. I love me a good crack pot conspiracy. And he may even be right
Raul says with a big smile
Having spent more time notarizing Kundarak loan forms than he can remember, dwarvish (or more accurately Mrorak) is a language the gnome doesn't even need magic to translate.
"Haveyourpaymentreadyplease."
Genbo quickly translates the contract, gives it a mark of authenticity and snatches the coins out of the man's hand as he passes the documents into the other.
"Lunchbreak! Sorryfolks!"
Genbo hurries off to the Muddy Pig.
DCI: 3319125026
The look on Merzin's face quickly changes to worry. ''Listen. Keep the money hidden from her, and if anything ever happens to you or your brothers, grab the money and run. As soon as you find a place to hide, then draw this symbol somewhere.'' He draws a circle with three triangles in it, each pointing towards the middle. ''When I see this, I will know you are nearby and I will be able to help you.'' He turns to walk away, then turns back and says: ''I know this sounds strange, especially coming from a halfling you randomly met on the streets, but you have to trust me. I won't be able to live with myself if anything happens to you.''
Persuasion: 14 (if needed)
Merzin will then try to find the rest of the group.
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Watching the exchange take place so quickly, Leto sees the coin pouch tossed to Marzira saying "It seems you are our bank. I'll collect my 200 after we complete our task." Leto will then head with those headed towards the prophet.
@DM
As he walks over he'll direct Hulud (invisible Imp familiar currently on his shoulder from before) to fly near the gnome, with his well dressed companion, and will try to listen in on their conversation.
stealth 21; perception 13
nat 1 stealth... shit.... lol. at least he's invisible :P If I notice a threat towards him I would pop him out of existence quickly; into the safety of the void.
(If advantage, 19 from discord)
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Genbo:
You give the contract to the man who practically rip it from your hands and read it anxiously. His face changes from impatient to angry as he reads.
"This is an outrage. Those greedy bastards... I will teach them I will show them that no one.. " as he turns away to go he slams directly against something in mid air. There's nothing there, but he had clearly hit something with his face.
"In the name of... " he says waving his hands in front of him but hitting nothing. He looks around, looking for the responsible of what happened, and looks down, looking for anything that could had been throw to him. Finally he looks down to Genbo and storms away followed by two retailers that cannot help but smile about the situation.
The gnome goes back to the inn where he hopes to find the woman. He sees the rest of the party approaching a man who is giving some kind of speech.
Mezrin:
The girl nods and grabs the coin close to her heart. she looks to the ground and tries to memorize the symbol he is drawing.
From behind the counter another boy appears. It's almost a teenager,a half-orc boy, and is a head taller than the girl and Mezrin. As soon as he appears she steps into the symbol.
"Sister" says the boy approaching and grabbing her from her shoulders " we were worried about you " Mezrin notices a couple of more boys behind the one who's talking " Mother was very worried when we saaw you weren't in your bed this morning. Are you ok? " he kneels in front of her and Mezrin notices that she moves her feet in order to erase the symbol. She nods "Was this one harrasing you?" he asks looking at Mezrin with a suspicious look.
"No brother it's ok he was asking me for directions... " she says
"Directions eh? I see..." the boy's face illuminates with a smile as he turns to Mezrin
"I can give you directions sir, I can even be your guide! 1 silver for the indications 3 silvers if you want me to guide you sir!" he announces smiling and putting her behind his back.
Rest of the party:
As you all approach the old man that is giving his speech you notice that he is dressed just with a simple shirt over his skinny shoulders and a dirt trouser. He has no shoes. He is standing in a improvised stand with three crates and he moves a little bit as he speaks.
The people around him seems to be more amused than interested in what he is saying.
" Hear me... and hear me well " he says with a well modulated voice despite his ragged looks " who brought us the war and the misery? them... who called those horrible creatures that had preyed on us since their twisted magics summoned? Them... those... dragonmarked " the spite on his voice in this last word is almost physical " those aberrations of the natural order caused all the pain and horror of the last years!! They should repent but in their arrogance, what do they do? they try to put themselves above the rest of us!! Can you believe it?! After all the death they had caused!!"
You see that some of the folk starts to nod un agreement, wich only encourages him more. And that some other people starts to stop and listen.
( Please those of you near make a WIS ST )
Leto:
Beign invisible he has advantage on stealth rolls but we leave it as it is... just for the fun of it ;)
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Wisdom: 11
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When Vox tosses her the money Marzira starts to protest, but thinks better of it. She'll count the money later when they have time and make sure everyone gets their share. She'll just throw a raised eyebrow look at Carrick as they walk away. "I'll make sure you get your share," She assures Leto with what she hopes is a reassuring smile.
"I do want to focus on finding this missing shipment for these people." She says to Carrick, "Bu-ut if we can pull off both that and the fight, I wouldn't mind. And Miss Vox does make a good point, people like these brothers are likely to spend most of their evening at a place like the Three-Sided Dice. We could always swing by when it opens and see if they're there, if not we can make our way to the fight."
The ragged soapboxing man easily catches her eye and she frowns, especially as they listen to what he's saying. Maybe he could have been passed off as some crazy, homeless man, or a poor vet from the war suffering terrible PTSD, but his words catch her attention and make her freeze briefly.
Wis 24
"All will become equal now" | "Cause we're going to shout it loud, even if our words seem meaningless. It's like we're carrying the weight of the world"
Vox's WIS save 21
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Raul wis: 11
''Thank you, but I already got everything I need from your sister. Il be sure to ask you if I need a guide though.'' And he will start walking away, keeping an eye on the boys for as long as they are in sight. He will then (if he doesn't see anything strange) make is way towards the group, a bit confused and worried as to what just happened.
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Genbo enters the Muddy Pig and sits down with the village woman.
He'll begin by collecting a few details about her cousin. Name, profession, etc.
He then unclasps his Sivis bag and pulls out his catrographers supplies and gets a general location of where the cousin lives.
Finally, like a police sketch artist, he prestidigitates a general image of the cousin and asks several gentle questions about the cousin's appearance.
Once he has a general approximation of the visage, the gnome sketches it onto a paper.
DCI: 3319125026