"Wow... intense." Nate feels the adrenaline slowly release from his body as he pops out from behind Delmon's frame. 

"Er... sorry for the... Rat. I was going to try and surprise them once I got outside but I just didn't see the right opportunity. I've... well I've kind of made some mistakes in the past with rushing into things so I felt I'd better stay put until they came into the taphouse. *Nate winks at Omnia and Brom* "... remember Quinn's face that one time with the goblins?!"

Nate then moves back a few feet listening to the others plan the next move for the Redbrand base attack. He kicks around the Redbrands bodies as well, searching them for loot.

Nate, make an Investigation check as you search the Redbrand corpses.

Tapping on the back door I shout "Its all safe to come out now, they have gone"

"Ugh," Delmon starts, "Made another mess, and this time on the tavern's floor.. Someone get the door please?" Delmon reaches at to the remains of the red brand's torso, grabbing under both arms, and begins to drag the first corpse out of the tavern. While doing so he continue talking to the group, "There is no way to know they are going to take the bait, Leo. We just have to hope they do. I figured by asking them to meet at dusk it would give us more time to prepare and head to their hideout."

OOC: Delmon starts with the red brand 4, the one I got the crit on.

Investigation: 10

Brom would help clear the bodies once Nate searched them. Easily enough he carried two of the bodies out onto the street one on his shoulder The other tucked under his arm "we are taking these bodies to the shrine yha?"

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Nate, you find 63 silver and 122 coppers total on the corpses, and then stand back as they are dragged away.

The dwarf comes out from her back room and looks you all over.  You folks are trouble.  I've no love for these ruffians, but I'll not be caught up in the backlash when it comes.  Get out.  Now.  She stands with her hands on her hips and nods over to the doorway.

"Gladly!" Nate says kind of rudely to the dwarf as he grabs the coins and stomps out.

"Do you guys want to take some time at the shrine after we dump these bodies? Seems some of us might need to take a breather before we head to their hideout and I am sure Sister Garaele will be more than obliged."

Ophirinn turns to the Lady Barkeep "My apologise for the damaged we caused to your establishment. Please accept this..." Ophirinn holds out 6 gold pieces. "We will take our leave now."

Ophirinn then turns to Nate "It is the right thing to do, we can not just leave them here after all."

Ophirinn, the dwarf bustles over, snatches the coins, and retreats, looking a little happier.  If you can take them out - all of them, I mean - you'll be doing this town a favour.  Hells, I might even give you a round on the house.  She folds her arms; the moderate improvement to her mood hasn't changed her order for you all to leave.

"We'll do what we can." Delmon says to the dwarf. "Sorry about the.. chair." Delmon carries the last body out to the shrine. Turning to the group as he leaves the inn he says, "You know, there are a lot of things that could have gone better in there. Maybe we should talk it over while we travel to the hideout. I'm not innocent either, don't get me wrong. There is much I could have done to improve the state of things." Delmon touches his side lightly and winces a bit at the pain of his wounds. "We can't delay too long. I'd rather we set out sooner and hide in the brush if we see the red brands leaving then to wait around in town for much longer."

OOC: Delmon would be okay with a short rest at the shrine, but would prefer to leave right after that.

Leo nods to Delmon, "It could have gone a lot better.  Something must have driven these men to throw their lot in with the Redbrands - be it desperation or otherwise."

Looking around cautiously, he continues, "I agree that we should leave this place sooner rather than later, I fear this taphouse may be subject to reprisals."

At the moment, the bodies are in the street outside the taphouse.  Are you all going together to the shrine, to drop them off?

Nate looks up at Ophirinn and the others, initially confused as to why they are being so nice to the woman who in his opinion we had just done a favor for along with the entire town. 4 less Redbrands is 4 less Redbrands... but then calms a bit as he is getting to know Ophirinn a bit better and definitely trusts his judgement with values and the like. 

Nate still leaves though and has no interest in a drink after that scuffle. He doesn't say anything else to the dwarf lady. He agrees with Delmon and Leo and then heads to the shrine (when everyone else does).

".... I was going to try and sneak up behind them in Rat form but I just couldn't find the right timing. They were coming up on us so fast I just didn't have time. I'm still getting used to this whole shapeshift thing."

Nate yawns.

"I'd definitely be up for a little bit of rest before we set out to the hideout. Hey... if you guys think it's a good idea, once we get to the hideout, I could try and sneak in while in spider form all small - like and see if I could get a first look at what we might be dealing with... especially if they haven't left yet. I'm sure they'd never see me. Would give me more practice with all of this and might just be helpful."

"A spider scout? That isn't a bad idea it would be nice to know their numbers now that we cut some of them down." Still holding the corpses Brom looks towards the shrine "to the shrine then? See these men return to the earth" 

Omnia walks behind the group reflecting on what just happened. Her mind soon drifts off to other things that is occupying her and starts to fall back from the group slightly but still heading towards the shrine

You walk together, between you carrying all three dead Redbrand bodies.  You attract some curious stares; people are alarmed, they don't know what to make of you, and are giving you a wide berth. The exception is the same small halfling boy from before, who stands and watches you, and waves again when you look at him.

At the shrine, Sister Garaele greets you and asks you to deposit the bodies in the same place as the earlier ones, which have now gone.  They have been laid to rest, is all the Sister will tell you of their fate.

You now have a few options.  You can take a short rest if you wish - perhaps at the shrine, or the inn, or somewhere you can keep an eye on the manor, or you can head directly for the manor, the mine, or anywhere else.

On a quick point of clarity - the message you gave the Redbrand was for their leader to meet you "Tomorrow, at dusk."   Did you mean tomorrow, or today?  If today, then we can retcon if you like.

"Thank you, Sister. Would you mind if we rested our legs here for awhile? I think some of us also might have some wounds that need tending to after this last batch of Redbrands...I know you have already helped us, but any further healing you might be able to provide now would go a long way."

OOC: Nate would be happy to short rest anywhere, so if you guys want to go closer to the Manor, Nate will follow. I think we also meant TODAY at dusk, like this evening in a few hours.

"While you guys are resting i am going to catch up with that young lad that we keep seeing, there was something he said earlier that i want to ask him about" Omnia retraces her steps in the hope to catch up with him.

(OOC:  Okay, so today it is.)

Omnia, you head back along the road towards the manor, but stop outside the taphouse where you look to the right and see the young halfling boy, sitting in the middle of a patch of grass and poking the earth with a stick.  He looks up, seeming to sense your approach.  Hi! he says.