"Ignis. Calm. Down." Soar says with a fading smile, wheeling back to him. "I told you there was a spirit in here. This one seems nice. Even offered us a drink. Put your lights out. Now. Please."
She turns back to the bar. "Thank you for the offer. I'll have measure of your strongest spirit. Please forgive my... companion. We're still working out the kinks, but we don't mean harm. We'd love to talk about how we might be able to work together."
Ignis chuckles darkly before muttering "You must think you're a really nightmare, don't yah spook?" "I've seen horrors no one in this room could imagine. A simple geist like you ain't got nothing on those Xanathar scumbags." Having said his piece, Ignis crumples his hands into fists, crushing the fireballs held within.
(If Ignis doesn't calm down, she'll attempt to gently escort him out of the tavern. Whether he does or not, she'll remind him that they rescued him from Xanathar's torture chamber and being eaten by an ooze, and it's an open question as to whether he has a legal claim to the tavern, so she'd really appreciate it if he wouldn't burn it down while trying to fight a ghost that actually seems not-unfriendly.)
The hand leaves Ignis' shoulder, and in a few moments you hear clattering behind the bar as a glass is placed and a bottle of some sort of concoction is poured into it, all without apparent actor; the glass slides over towards Soar.
(OOC: this back-and-forth is kind of hilarious, and sorry if Soar's optimistic lawful good-ness is clashing with other characters! It's hard to keep track of everyone who's recently joined the party so I'm just having her advocate for what she wants to do. Love the idea of having Ignis not trusting the idea of working with a ghost, and who knows, if it's Lif, maybe Lif won't be on board with having us there. But I also love the idea of trying to use a haunted tavern as a base of operations, with a ghost with a mischievous sense of humor, a death knight with an overly positive outlook, a curious halfing bard, a crazy scottish kobold bard, a dwarven brewing barbarian, a halfing rogue, a mysterious mind-reader, a robot, a driven earth genasi fighter, and a fire genasi sorceror who's Scooby-Doo-ing over the g-g-g-ghost!)
(Though I have the capability to read minds, I actually cannot. I have just studied paladins and clerics so much that I will know whenever I see one. After hearing what all of the characters are, that is hilarious. For reference, I have Psychic Assault, Precognition, and one more undecided discipline {It isb Master of Ice and Mastery of Force}. I have Mind Thrust as my talent.)
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Marius Krakensson- Simic Hybrid - Fathomless Warlock 5 | AC 13 HP 48| Passive Perception: 14; Passive Investigation: 10; Passive Insight: 11| Equipped: Leather Armor, Eldritch Blast, Light Crossbow, Backpack, | Wielding: Eldritch Blast. Mind Sliver (, and Endless ritual spells, apparently)
Soar places a silver down at the bar next to the glass. "For the drink and the mess. Thank you. Do you care about money anymore? Am I talking to the famous barman Lif? Maybe we could find a slate and chalk so you could talk to us more easily. Here's our story."
She pulls a knocked-over stool, sits down at the bar, and takes a sip of the drink, making a satisfied face no matter what it tastes like.
"Some of us did a big favor (we rescued some friends of his from some gangs -- long story) for a cad named Volo, who apparently owned this place, though he never took the time to actually come in and say hello. Anyhow, as thanks for this favor, he tries giving us the deed to Trollskull Manor! But we heard it might already be occupied. So we had to come investigate. This is us doing that. Hello!"
She turns to where she thinks the ghost is.
"So now the question is, what next? Are you okay with a bunch of us breathing folk coming in and trying to fix up this place a bit, in partnership with you? Some of us can perform pretty well and might liven things up, no pun intended. Are you alone here? I'd love to hear what you'd like to do. I've also never talked to someone of the... ghostly persuasion before."
(If any of you have a Discord account, my tag is AllenMan77#3713. I own a server, planning to make a server dedicated to this since I had one that has been mostly useless otherwise. JoanBaxter, if you have a Discord account, I could transfer ownership to you if you'd like.)
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Marius Krakensson- Simic Hybrid - Fathomless Warlock 5 | AC 13 HP 48| Passive Perception: 14; Passive Investigation: 10; Passive Insight: 11| Equipped: Leather Armor, Eldritch Blast, Light Crossbow, Backpack, | Wielding: Eldritch Blast. Mind Sliver (, and Endless ritual spells, apparently)
Soar looks to the rest of the group. "Do you all like taverns? Think we should... revive this one? I'll do my part. But it might be hard, so what do you all think?"
A cold, invisible hand rests itself on Ignis' shoulder, as if to say "I am right here behind you, buddy; you wouldn't want to do that in my tavern."
"Ignis. Calm. Down." Soar says with a fading smile, wheeling back to him. "I told you there was a spirit in here. This one seems nice. Even offered us a drink. Put your lights out. Now. Please."
She turns back to the bar. "Thank you for the offer. I'll have measure of your strongest spirit. Please forgive my... companion. We're still working out the kinks, but we don't mean harm. We'd love to talk about how we might be able to work together."
Ignis chuckles darkly before muttering "You must think you're a really nightmare, don't yah spook?" "I've seen horrors no one in this room could imagine. A simple geist like you ain't got nothing on those Xanathar scumbags." Having said his piece, Ignis crumples his hands into fists, crushing the fireballs held within.
(If Ignis doesn't calm down, she'll attempt to gently escort him out of the tavern. Whether he does or not, she'll remind him that they rescued him from Xanathar's torture chamber and being eaten by an ooze, and it's an open question as to whether he has a legal claim to the tavern, so she'd really appreciate it if he wouldn't burn it down while trying to fight a ghost that actually seems not-unfriendly.)
(OoC; Sh*t.Sorry rkmobius. I started writing Ignis's response before you posted yours, so I didn't see it. I hope I didn't ruin everything...)
(I'll allow you to retcon that post.)
(I edited it. I didn't complete delete it, because I feel it helps show a bit of Ignis's past and personality.)
Jal says to Ignis, "Ignis, if that's your name, could you calm down? Just buy a drink." (To all who would like to know, Jal is neutralgood)
Jal says to the ghost(who I'm assuming is Lif), "I have never seen a ghost before. I'm Jal, what is you name?"
(Also, though he may have forgotten, Wh1tefuryGamer does have access to this account)
Marius Krakensson - Simic Hybrid - Fathomless Warlock 5 | AC 13 HP 48| Passive Perception: 14; Passive Investigation: 10; Passive Insight: 11| Equipped: Leather Armor, Eldritch Blast, Light Crossbow, Backpack, | Wielding: Eldritch Blast. Mind Sliver (, and Endless ritual spells, apparently)
The hand leaves Ignis' shoulder, and in a few moments you hear clattering behind the bar as a glass is placed and a bottle of some sort of concoction is poured into it, all without apparent actor; the glass slides over towards Soar.
On the dust: "Cheers. -Lif"
"Mind pouring me a glass?" Ignis asks. "Sorry for threatening to torch the bar. I've got a fair number of missing screws if yah know what I mean."
(OOC: this back-and-forth is kind of hilarious, and sorry if Soar's optimistic lawful good-ness is clashing with other characters! It's hard to keep track of everyone who's recently joined the party so I'm just having her advocate for what she wants to do. Love the idea of having Ignis not trusting the idea of working with a ghost, and who knows, if it's Lif, maybe Lif won't be on board with having us there. But I also love the idea of trying to use a haunted tavern as a base of operations, with a ghost with a mischievous sense of humor, a death knight with an overly positive outlook, a curious halfing bard, a crazy scottish kobold bard, a dwarven brewing barbarian, a halfing rogue, a mysterious mind-reader, a robot, a driven earth genasi fighter, and a fire genasi sorceror who's Scooby-Doo-ing over the g-g-g-ghost!)
Lif pours Ignis a drink that is hot and spicy, figuring that's what a fire genasi would go for. In the dust:"No worries."
(Though I have the capability to read minds, I actually cannot. I have just studied paladins and clerics so much that I will know whenever I see one. After hearing what all of the characters are, that is hilarious. For reference, I have Psychic Assault, Precognition, and one more undecided discipline {It isb Master of Ice and Mastery of Force}. I have Mind Thrust as my talent.)
Marius Krakensson - Simic Hybrid - Fathomless Warlock 5 | AC 13 HP 48| Passive Perception: 14; Passive Investigation: 10; Passive Insight: 11| Equipped: Leather Armor, Eldritch Blast, Light Crossbow, Backpack, | Wielding: Eldritch Blast. Mind Sliver (, and Endless ritual spells, apparently)
Soar places a silver down at the bar next to the glass. "For the drink and the mess. Thank you. Do you care about money anymore? Am I talking to the famous barman Lif? Maybe we could find a slate and chalk so you could talk to us more easily. Here's our story."
She pulls a knocked-over stool, sits down at the bar, and takes a sip of the drink, making a satisfied face no matter what it tastes like.
"Some of us did a big favor (we rescued some friends of his from some gangs -- long story) for a cad named Volo, who apparently owned this place, though he never took the time to actually come in and say hello. Anyhow, as thanks for this favor, he tries giving us the deed to Trollskull Manor! But we heard it might already be occupied. So we had to come investigate. This is us doing that. Hello!"
She turns to where she thinks the ghost is.
"So now the question is, what next? Are you okay with a bunch of us breathing folk coming in and trying to fix up this place a bit, in partnership with you? Some of us can perform pretty well and might liven things up, no pun intended. Are you alone here? I'd love to hear what you'd like to do. I've also never talked to someone of the... ghostly persuasion before."
(I'm probably going with Mastery of Force.)
Jal says to where he thinks the ghost is, "Could I get some ginger?"
Marius Krakensson - Simic Hybrid - Fathomless Warlock 5 | AC 13 HP 48| Passive Perception: 14; Passive Investigation: 10; Passive Insight: 11| Equipped: Leather Armor, Eldritch Blast, Light Crossbow, Backpack, | Wielding: Eldritch Blast. Mind Sliver (, and Endless ritual spells, apparently)
Ignis picks up his drink, drains in a single gulp, belches loudly, then falls on his face and starts snoring. (I have to go AFK for a while. Sorry!)
(If any of you have a Discord account, my tag is AllenMan77#3713. I own a server, planning to make a server dedicated to this since I had one that has been mostly useless otherwise. JoanBaxter, if you have a Discord account, I could transfer ownership to you if you'd like.)
Marius Krakensson - Simic Hybrid - Fathomless Warlock 5 | AC 13 HP 48| Passive Perception: 14; Passive Investigation: 10; Passive Insight: 11| Equipped: Leather Armor, Eldritch Blast, Light Crossbow, Backpack, | Wielding: Eldritch Blast. Mind Sliver (, and Endless ritual spells, apparently)
"I am Lif."
"Alone."
"This tavern is my love, I would love to see it..."
(Lif has run out of room on the bar and continues on a nearby grimy window, which he rattles to get your attention to.)
"Revived."
Soar looks to the rest of the group. "Do you all like taverns? Think we should... revive this one? I'll do my part. But it might be hard, so what do you all think?"
She drains her drink. "Not bad, Lif!"
Jal exclaimes, "I shall help revive it in all ways I can. Should I start anything now?"
Marius Krakensson - Simic Hybrid - Fathomless Warlock 5 | AC 13 HP 48| Passive Perception: 14; Passive Investigation: 10; Passive Insight: 11| Equipped: Leather Armor, Eldritch Blast, Light Crossbow, Backpack, | Wielding: Eldritch Blast. Mind Sliver (, and Endless ritual spells, apparently)