" Mr. Joe, I'm sorry if we somehow got off on the wrong foot. My names Mislaia, these are my travelling companions Rin and Sora, through some twist of faith we were tasked to save the village from whatever's happening. And, Mr Joe, you are perhaps the only person who knows what's actually happening in that forest. You might be the key to saving everyone here. " Mislaia stands still trying to get Joe to tell them what really happened

“Leave us.” He told Sister Mary Anne and she bowed her head and did as such, he gazes at you for a while taking what your saying in and understanding why you’re here and what you want “Don’t get many visitors, heard visitors either bring gifts or a story or a song.” He’s asking you to basically pay for the information, he has far more use than just information “So here’s what will happen, I don’t care much for Dumbarton now especially as the royals and druids alike have ruined it, but I do care about the people. My daughter Amber is a barmaid and I want to insure her safety, so I will give you every scrap of information and what I found in the woods, if you appease me with a song or a story bard to give a lonely old man some joy.” it now becomes apparent that Amber was not all peaches and cream as she first appeared to be, leaving her father alone without much visitation.

" Hm, Okay hold on... A small price to pay for information. " Mislaia takes out the lute from the beginning, " *SONG NOISES* "

( My dad loves this song )

(great song choice, roll for performance please) 

performance : 22

NAT 20!!!!!!!

> "...thought there'd be more of you"

Galqarin looks at his own bulky frame in confusion. "Mister Joe expect me be giant?", he wonders to himself.

As Mislaia plays, he croons along with a wide, crooked smile spread across his simple face.

" Was that good Mr Joe? I sure hope so. " Mislaia returns the lute to the backpack

( Buxton can you roll to persuade Joe Plz? )

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(another player will have to roll for persuasion as well)

A small tear rolls down his face as he listens to your song, of which it reminds him of his relationship with his daughter, he looks out at the forest which he can see from his window “that was beautiful.” He sighs as he stares out at the forest “It’s the shame the royals pushed hard working people into the forest much like Amber, if you can’t pay the taxes you have to live in that bloody fog. That fog holds all horrors.” He tells you and frowns softly to himself “every man, woman and child’s fear is in that damn fog.” He shakes his head “i came to the woods to visit my son in law’s tombstone, the first man in the woods who was my wives husband.... but when I came to visit? His body was gone.” He pauses for a moment as he tries to reach for his corn cork pipe with a shaky hand, he’s having trouble reaching from his position and looks at you with a silent plea for help but is to proud a man to ask for it

(now would be a good time to roll for persuasion, now that he’s shaken up a bit from his story)

Mislaia picks up and gives him his pipe before sitting down on the floor, " So what's in the fog? What's killing everyone and doing this? "

( Should I roll persuasion or somebody else? )

(you can if you’d like, I’d of preferred that someone else did because teamwork is a main theme but yeah you can!)

Mad Eye Joe takes his pipe gratefully and his snuffbox and starts stuffing tobacco into his pipe, with drawing into himself at the mention of his son in-law’s body just vashing out of nowhere “bloody grave robbers.” he’ll say more but will need more convincing to, since the forest has badly shaken this poor man up and he’s lacking a few marbles 

( Ok guess I'll wait a coupla minutes then I'll just roll )

persuasion : 14

You’re successful in persuading him to continue “The Wailing Warrior of the Dry Woods.” He reveals, with a quiver in his voice, he takes a small rune taped to the bottom of his side table for safe keeping “I saw him, right after I found this stone.” It is a simple little brown stone with a nordic N etched into it, it looks like an item a druid would use “I found this on my son in-law’s gravesite.” He says as he offers you the rune “a fog appears before his appearance and in that fog all manners of horrors lurk, I can still hear the banshee’s screams.” 

" Thank you Joe, That's all we need to know. Your daughter is doing fine work in a Tavern so don't worry about her. We'll come visit you once this is all over. " Mislaia smiles before getting up to go join Rin and Sora, and pocketing the stone, " Do you want us to bring you anything next time we come back Mr Joe? "

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 “The Wailing Warrior of the Dry Woods.” 

 ( Le Gasp )

“You’re very kind, if you bring me anything then I insist on paying for it.” He said as he took a coin sack out of the draw of his side table and placed it before you, always a proud man he believed firmly that although his sanity wasn’t what it was, his pride was one of his most defining personality features “I’ll take some form of entertainment- not books, I’ve got plenty of books, food is not pleasant here but I’m use to it and the bottle doesn’t play well with medication.” He rubbed his lap in thought “And please give me updates on my daughter.”

Sora finally speaks up, after being rather entranced by Mislaia's music. "Thank you, Mr. Joe, for sharing your story with us. It can't be pleasant to remember or dwell on. So you'd like some entertainment? I suppose we can see if a storyteller or another musician would come. We'll be happy to let you know how Amber is doing. She was very friendly and kind to us."

She was also watching Mr. Joe carefully, trying to gauge his honesty and whether he was telling them the whole story.

Insight: 15

(Sorry I didn't check in earlier. I've had a horrible migraine tonight.)

(I hope you’re feeling better kar)

You’re right in saying there was something he wasn’t telling you, a glint in his eye tells you there’s something else and he hesitates for a moment, the fact is he has a suspicion of who the wailing warrior could possibly be and that’s why he’s insist on knowing about his daughter, but she never visits anymore. There’s a glimmer of franticness in his eyes as he thinks about that day “Promise me, promise me you won’t breath it in.” He begs knowing that you’ll soon think of leaving soon and the last thing he could give you is a warning “the fog... it does things to people.”

"Mister Joe", says Galqarin carefully, "Stop wailing warrior, no more fog? Or stop fog, no more wailing warrior?"

“Two sides of the same coin, both responsible.” He tells Galqarin “Stop both.” He then pushes himself up from the chair and goes to stand by the window again with his back turned on all of you “No one man can stop this evil alone, band of brothers must stand as one.” He adds over his shoulder as he takes a deep puff of his corn cork pipe “Now hurry, it was nice meeting you all.” With that he closes himself up because he’s too scared to admit who he thinks the wailing warrior must be, but he knows that there’s more going on than just the wailing warrior.