The party settles in for the day ale and tea are brought to your table, food is available if anyone gets hungry after waiting a few hours. Around the time the sun is setting, a familiar visage darkens the doorway. Idina, the old woman with stringy white hair and a dark grey cloak, darkens the doorway. She looks around the room briefly before spotting your table and slowly makes her way over.
"Welcome back adventurers" she starts in a strained whisper "I was beginning to worry you met a grizzly end. How did your expedition conclude?"
Gadston will use his Divine Sense but say nothing. He want to sense the good and evil in this place plus if there area any celestials, fiends, or undead within 60 ft.
"It was interesting, ma'am. May we offer you a drink?" Direcris signals for one of the tavern's staff before taking his own drink. He regards the woman, as he knows the others are. "As you see, we survived. Though there was a little destruction. And some death."
Sir Gadston doesn't notice any creatures abhorrent to his senses. By the time Idina enters the inn, the sun is low enough in the sky to be obscured by the mountains. Responding to Direcris "Tea would be lovely, thank you. Death is an expected thing in a place like that. I don't wish to sound insensitive to your struggles, but were you successful in your task beyond your survival?"
She produces the silver-lined jewlery box from within her cloak. She rests it on the table before her and her fingers linger on it's edge before she sets it out onto the table's center. "And the book?" She waits expectantly.
"Madame," Gadston begins, "Before any payment is taken I suggest you authenticate the book, to ensure we have the article which you seek. We will hold onto the tome and open it and both parties will verify it at the same time," he states.
Dench finds the box to be filled with a wider array of jewelry; from pearl earrings, to platinum bracelets, and a gold necklace with emerald studs, it is all very finely crafted.
"I should be able to verify the tome by opening it." Idina replies to Gadston "but it will produce nothing in your hands."
Uri peers around, looking for any sign of the frail human woman with stingy white hair and a dark grey cloak.
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"Ale" Gadston exclaims. "I need an ale man!" he says to the grey-bearded dwarf.
Resisting the urge for Uri to say, "The ale man's down there" and point out the diminutive barman.
Dench eyes the crowd as well, also looking for the older woman. He'll ask for the hottest tea available and drink it slowly.
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Direcris also signals for ale. He wonders if they will have to wait for nightfall to see the woman.
The party settles in for the day ale and tea are brought to your table, food is available if anyone gets hungry after waiting a few hours. Around the time the sun is setting, a familiar visage darkens the doorway. Idina, the old woman with stringy white hair and a dark grey cloak, darkens the doorway. She looks around the room briefly before spotting your table and slowly makes her way over.
"Welcome back adventurers" she starts in a strained whisper "I was beginning to worry you met a grizzly end. How did your expedition conclude?"
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Gadston will use his Divine Sense but say nothing. He want to sense the good and evil in this place plus if there area any celestials, fiends, or undead within 60 ft.
Dench watches the woman approach.He tries to tell if direct sunlight touches the woman as she enters the inn: Wisdom (Perception): 20.
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"It was interesting, ma'am. May we offer you a drink?" Direcris signals for one of the tavern's staff before taking his own drink. He regards the woman, as he knows the others are. "As you see, we survived. Though there was a little destruction. And some death."
Sir Gadston doesn't notice any creatures abhorrent to his senses. By the time Idina enters the inn, the sun is low enough in the sky to be obscured by the mountains. Responding to Direcris "Tea would be lovely, thank you. Death is an expected thing in a place like that. I don't wish to sound insensitive to your struggles, but were you successful in your task beyond your survival?"
Back as they are in "civilisation", Uri once again defers to his liege, Sir Gadston.
"We were indeed successful," Dench says. "We have the item you seek. I believe you should have a box for us?"
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She produces the silver-lined jewlery box from within her cloak. She rests it on the table before her and her fingers linger on it's edge before she sets it out onto the table's center. "And the book?" She waits expectantly.
"If I may?" Dench will reach out and open the box. He will run his finger through the gems and coins that ought to be in it.
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"Madame," Gadston begins, "Before any payment is taken I suggest you authenticate the book, to ensure we have the article which you seek. We will hold onto the tome and open it and both parties will verify it at the same time," he states.
"Is this agreeable?" Gadston asks.
Dench finds the box to be filled with a wider array of jewelry; from pearl earrings, to platinum bracelets, and a gold necklace with emerald studs, it is all very finely crafted.
"I should be able to verify the tome by opening it." Idina replies to Gadston "but it will produce nothing in your hands."
Uri scans the room nervously, wishing the transaction to be completed before anyone pays them unwanted attention.
Dench thinks Direcris has the book. He'll sip from his tea. Like Uri, he watches the room to see if anyone is watching them.
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Direcris takes the book from his bag and sets it in the table in front of him. "Would you share the means of how you use the book?"
He flips the book open but keeps it on their side.
The woman reaches across the table for the book, "It is less of an issue of 'how to use it' and more 'who can use it'."
If no one stops her, she will slide the book in front of her.