Jojo's knock rings throughout the mansion as if it was hollow. There is nothing but silence for nearly 15 seconds. And then, suddenly, the doors burst open violently. Standing on the other side is a young woman dressed in a maid suit. Smiling with a strange forced smile. "Your business with the Burgomaster?" Her voice flat and shallow.

With a forced smile back, Ander replies. "We are new here, the guards told us that we should see the Burgomaster so here we are" 

Glimra moved up to stand way too close to the maid, " Now."

Joetaro nods as let's Glimra move past him. "Yes. Perhaps you could let him know we're here. We have important business and cannot have our time wasted."

Unastaer watches the maid, and attempts to see if anything is wrong with her beneath that smile

Investigation: 5

The maid rolls her eyes, maintaining her forced smile. You can't really place why, but everything feels off. You hear the clapping of boots on stone echo throughout the mansion as well as the jingling of dog collars. A greasy looking man and a tall thin woman emerge from the shadows flanked by two giant mastiffs. The mans voice sounds like gravel being poured into a bucket; a crackling baritone. "Esme, that is quite enough! Who is here to visit me. I swear to the gods if it's another solicitor, I will put them in the stocks myself." He walks up to the door way, pushes the maid out of the way with a single hand and then takes a single finger and puts it in between Glimra's collar bones and pushes her back out of the door way. "And, you are? You must be new, because I don't see your lovely smiles. I suggest you start now, unless you're in league with the demon prince." He gives you a suspicious look. 

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With a forced smile back, Ander replies. "We are new here, the guards told us that we should see the Burgomaster so here we are" 

 (Ander is smiling. And he will only stop smiling if he is alone)

"Hello, I am Ander and these are some companions of mine. I can vouch for them not being in league with the demon prince for you see, yesterday (Or however much time has passed, I know you said it was a days walk to here) we didn't even know he existed. We were brought here not knowing what we were coming here for and have been told we now can't leave. And not only did we not know of the demon prince, but on our way to your town here we slew some of his minions. We are here to offer our services to you though we probably won't stay long. We believe we know a way to get home but it won't be easy. (Ander lowers his voice) We are trying to find some items to help us kill the demon prince."

Glimras companions could hear her teeth grinding as the burgomeister touched her, she stepped back as Ander started talking, though they could distinctly hear her muttering under her breath, " Greasy-ass inbred-looking comb-over touches me again and he's gonna lose a godsdamned finger at minimum...."

As Anders finished talking, " .....also whats with the smiling, its creepy and super weird.  Does everyone who doesn't smile get murdered in their beds or something......actually how do you smile while your asleep?"

She decided to concentrate on the dogs, she knew dogs....she was absolutely no good with dogs...but they were easier than people.

Joetaro glances at Glimra, then turns to the burgomaster. "Sir, probably should refrain from putting your hands on people you don't know, I don't care if this is your house or not. As Ander said, we are here to destroy this demon prince. Do not take us for just some young bucks who don't know how to handle a sword. We are ELITE when it comes to dispatching our enemies." 

Unastaer takes Gilmra behind Joetaro and Ander, away from the conversion, and whispers to her, "Gilmra, I see that you want to pulverize him, and I want to see that happen. But we need him. Just hold on for a bit, and I'll try to give you the perfect opportunity. Agreed?"

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Unastaer takes Gilmra behind Joetaro and Ander, away from the conversion, and whispers to her, "Gilmra, I see that you want to pulverize him, and I want to see that happen. But we need him. Just hold on for a bit, and I'll try to give you the perfect opportunity. Agreed?"

 " Deal.", Glimra grinned.  She gave Unastaer a kiss on the cheek.  " You boys are too good to me."

Unastaer blushes, and gives Glimra a nod.

The Baron looks at you with condescending eyes. "Kill Strahd? You wish to kill Strahd, you say? Impossible. How can man kill that which lives eternal." His face twists into a wicked laugh as he takes a large step onto the porch. "The only way to keep him away is with happiness. That is why we must never smiling. But, in the interest of being a generous host, what items are you looking for exactly?"

"Well... Um... Funny you should ask. We don't know. We only know where we might find these items. And we were directed this way. I don't suppose you might know what he might have an aversion to aside from happiness. Or maybe we are looking for things that make him laugh. To defeat him that way"

Joetaro nods. "We're looking for a missing child who may hold some type of treasure. That's where we are starting." 

"A missing child? I haven't heard of any..." The dogs begin barking as two guards approach carrying a young man. One of the guards call out to the Baron, "Another Malicious Unhappiness, Baron!" The Baron walks up to the man and pulls out a small knife from his belt. He holds the knife to the mans face and cuts a small smile from his lips to his cheeks. "Take him to the Stocks. Anyway, do you have any clue as to the identity of the child?"

Glimra stared as the man was disfigured,  her mouth set in a hard line, " Can we just get the hell out of crazyland already......Strahd controls the whole place and only in this town do you need to 'smile'....this is all inbred comb-overs deal.  Nothing to do with Lord Vampsalot ".

She turned towards the others, " The kid was......something about a holy symbol?"

" We're agreed that if they try to cut us they all get cut, right?", she said slightly quieter to her friends.

Joetaro nods and pulls out his sword. "I agree on it. The missing child will lead us to the treasure to kill Strahd. If the Baron can't help us, I say we leave."

Unastear speaks up, "I believe the child was a Vistani from around here. Do you by chance know of any Vistani nearby?"

Unastear speaks up, "I believe the child was a Vistani from around here. Do you by chance know of any Vistani nearby?"