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While the rest of the party gets drunk, Erikwalks over to the hatch behind the bar and open it (if possible).  He have heard many tales of secret dungeons under old buildings and would like to check the cellar for hidden rooms. If neccesary some rolls; history (old ruins with secret rooms/dungeons) 17 . Open lock if the hatch is locked; 20 . Perception on the cellar/room below; 5

"Ah Lif, i think i heard of ya while on the streets. Famous for your drinks even in the backends of this place. Nice to finally meet you." Ripi says to the window

"Why do I feel like two giants are having a wrestling match in my head?" Ignis groans from his spot on the floor. He gets up from the ground and walked slowly to the bar to sit down.  

Jal says, "I just want some ginger. Either ginger root or a ginger drink, if you have it, Lif. I don't want to get drunk."

As Lif fixes Jal a ginger ale, Erik takes a look at the basement. Knowing first hand that homes in this town can be connected to the dungeons below, he looks high and low, but it appears that this cellar merely contains ales and wines in dusty bottles. He is honestly a little disappointed.

"So lif, you have any more roomates here. Maybe a child eating hag per chance." Ripi says as he goes and sits at the bar

Dwaye stops looking around and sits down next to Soar, ”Could I get a root beer? If you don't have it, then just a soft drink.” ”I think it's a great idea to renovate this place, I think we could have a pretty successful business, just the, what? Five of us?” [Counting Lif, Soar, Me, Erik, and Alton, but not counting the newer members, Ignis is still up in the air, but Dwaye believes he shouldn't get part of the deed] Dwaye says before starting to sip his drink

"No hag, she was put to justice and a final rest long ago."

Out of root beer proper, Lif substitutes sarsaparilla.

"Oi, just because i wasn't with all of yas during whatever you did for volo doesn't mean i cant be helpful, never know when ya may need a rogue monk on your side. Plus one always has to have a few friends in these parts." Ripi says with as he looks around the place

Ripi does some exploring; the second floor has several common rooms and a bedroom, all unfurnished, there are more bedrooms on the third floor as well as a room with bookshelves, mostly empty, and on the top floor there is another bedroom and some storage space. Also from the third floor you can access the manor's single turret; you can see all of Trollskull Alley from up there.

Jal says, hearing this, "There are more than 5 of us now. However, that does not mean more than the 5 of YOU have at least partial ownership of the deed. All I want to do is help. It is your deed. You earned it. I'm fine with just being more of an employee or something, but please, let me help."

Jal asks, "May I explore the Library, Soar? Anyone else who wants to give input on my actions is welcome."

"Feel free to explore, and if you find anything interesting, I would love to hear about it!" Soar says as she gives a wink to where she thinks Lif is currently. "If you're offering your help, there's a few things it seems we'd need if we're crazy enough to do this."

"One, is time and energy to fix this place up. Cleaning out the dirt (though let's keep some dust, for character, and also in case Lif wants to say something), repairing what's still good, disposing of the rotten stuff, taking stock of what's in here.

"Another is communication. Talking to authorities to make sure we're not running afoul of any important rules, to folks in the community to introduce ourselves, and to vendors to start thinking about the things we'll want to buy.

"And we also need some resources to buy replacements for anything broken beyond repair, and well... food and drink that people who come in might actually want to buy. Let's make it a little friendly competition. Whoever cleans and fixes up the best gets a share of the deed (and this goes for anyone who rescued Floon too, you could get a double share). Only caveat is that Lif gets final say -- if he objects to something you're doing, you gotta listen to him."

She looks around, a little amazed. She never expected this to happen in her life. See, kick Soar out of Kelemvor's chapterhouse to go experience life, and a haunted tavern manifests in the heart of Waterdeep.

"Am I forgetting anything? Oh, I suppose we'd want to keep this place safe and secure, so someone should handle security, right?"

Pausing to reflect, she begins righting tables and chairs, and helping Lif polish and organize the various containers around the bar, before moving onto the windows, unbarring them, wiping them down, righting crooked shutters, etc.

Jal starts helping out Soar wherever possible, asking what he can do if there is anything else Lif wants him to do.

"Alrighty then, ill go see if theres anyone that could help me set up security around this place." Ripi says then he will go towards the shops and asks around for any tinkerer kind of people

(Persuasion if needed: 9 )

Ignis grabs a broom and other cleaning supplies to begin tidying up the second floor and runs toward the stairs.

Ripi takes a walk about the neighborhood, finding the following:

(T1) Trollskull Manor

(T2) The Bent Nail, a shop selling ornate wooden furniture and wooden weapons / shields. Run by a half elf that goes by the name "Tally".

(T3) Steam and Steel, a blacksmithing forge and shop. Run by a fire genasi and water genasi married couple, Embric and Avi.

(T4) Corellon's Crown, a herbalist an apothecary run by a wood elf named Fala.

(T5) Tiger's Eye, a detective agency run by the human detective Vincent Trench.

(T6) Book Wyrm's Treasure, a book store with a small selection of scrolls and spellbooks, run by a gold dragonborn named Rishaal.

The shopkeepers greet Ripi with some curiosity, as they have never seen a warforged before. But they are generally amiable.

There is sewer access at (T7).

There is also a large building under re-construction west of the southern entrance to Trollskull Alley.

Jal says to Lif, "Would you like me to make some ginger beer? The apothecary down the road I saw should have enough ginger. Lots of people love it in mixed drinks. I also like it by itself, but I don't know anybody else who does."

Soar tells Ripi she does think a rogue monk, or a monk rogue, could be useful. She's honestly not sure what he is and asks for a demonstration of his talents. If Ignis' headache is sufficiently debilitating, she'll offer some healing in the form of laying on hands to rid him of it.

She thanks the people cleaning up, and eventually moves to the upper floors, searching around for anything interesting up there. (Investigation 8). She's particularly interested in the common room first, and then and wants to check out the turret, find out what it was used for, and if there's anything interesting inside. She starts cleaning up the bedroom attached to the turret entry, wondering if it'd be a nice place to rest in the evening. Throughout, she's looking for trinkets, papers of any sort, interesting items, useful things/provisions, anything beyond just utter trash. If it'd be helpful, and if Alton hasn't already done this throughout the rest of the building, she'll cast detect magic, and an addition use of divine sense.

Also on her mind is a list of things that need fixing. She's sure this helpful crew can handle the minor stuff but if there's something major they'd need to source professionals to address, she'll try to make a note of it.

She'll go outside as the afternoon passes on, and pause for a bit, taking stock of who's walking by and what they're like. She likes people and is genuinely interested in what makes them tick. She'll happily introduce herself to anyone who seems to take interest, or someone who seems to live nearby, trying to make the case that it's a good thing to have Trollskull Manor inhabited and fixed up again (persuasion 11), and asking what people would like to see. She's insufferably friendly and attentive. An annoyingly good listener.

Stopping by the Bent Nail, she'll introduce herself to Tally, telling them about the new Trollskull Manor. She asks about purchasing a slate and chalk of some kind to allow Lif to talk more easily, and also asks for advice on what they'd want to do if they're trying to fix up the tavern again (city inspectors, guild people, carpenters, food and drink vendors that would be good to talk to).

Stopping by the Tiger's Eye, she'll introduce herself to Vincent Treach in much the same way, and ask if there are any cases he'd like to tackle but just needs some extra hands or muscle or magic. Making some money wouldn't be a bad thing for people looking to start up a tavern again.

EDIT: I'm really going to regret these great rolls later when we're actually fighting things and I need her to, you know, hit things, aren't I?