As you ask these questions he slams his beer on the table breaking the mug and he raises his voice "Yes! They are dead Luke okay? They are were massacred and all I could do was run. I ran as fast as I could and I had to leave neverland. The other fairies ran to the forrest of light after Tink was captured. She was capture, and the night before we thought we were gonna rescue her... thats when it all happened. One by one they got mercilessly murdered Luke." He sobs loudly and looks at the barkeep "I'm sorry JJ. I'll pay for the cup. Bring me another will you?" The barkeep goes and poors him another cup and cleas the broken pieces from the last. You look and you see that eve JJ is close to tearing up even though he was your foe a long time ago you both came from the same place. Neverland.

When you mention his age he looks at his wrinkled hand and laughs "I forget that you only spent a couple years in neverland so you probably didn't notice when it happened to you. You never age in Neverland... but you gotta pay the price sometime." He sips his beer a little more calmly now "you pay once you leave is what Pan always told me. I didn't know what he meant at the time, but i sure as heck know now! I don't know how to explain it Luke I'm still just a kid" again he looks at his hand "well i guess I'm not. But I am not super great with magic. I'm sure someone smarter than us can explain to you, all I know is that since I have left Neverland I haven't stopped aging since" as he says that you realise his hair indeed has gotten whiter and if before he looked 60 now he looked 65.

Tik-tok picked up the ball and replaced it, giving full attention to individual actions as he performed them, before walking up to the gnomes. "I require services, if you provide them. I require a charge. What do you offer here?"

This was an incredibly difficult task as no sane person would ever even try to decipher this monstrous map, but you with your naturally inquisitive mind and your familiarity with over complicated texts you actually gleam a general direction as to where the restricted section may be. And you also get an additional information of a room on the map that you found peculiar a room labeled "lab". The lab is in the opposite direction of where the restricted section and you keep that info with you. As you try to make your way through this labyrinth and by labyrinth I truly mean it, there are dead ends, places where you have to crawl under to get by, there is even a shop that you see says "Lost and Found for sale" and its motsly clothes from people you can only assume got lost in this maze.

As you get closer you notice something odd. The light is starting to fade... it is not close to night time, but something about this area makes it so the light doesn't arrive here. You also see mist coming from the direction you need to head towards, a passing caw of a raven can be heard and as you look around distracted by this place you bump into an owl and he looks at you and says "whoot are you? How did you get here? Hoot"

Redek Cocks an eye brow as his eye quickly flashes towards the lamp. Normally, Town guard would be all over this type of situation. Streets cleared, people questioned, facts gathered. 

but its the royal guard. Their involvement usually supersedes and invalidates the local guard.

Redek would also usually insist at inspecting such an item as that lamp, but again, a royal guardian is an order of station above his own. He relinquishes this thought, settling instead to do his best with the brief split of a moment he can glance at it.

Perception: 5

"Redek Solwin. City guard. *He nods with mutual respect, returning a similarly MANLY AS **** hand shake* Tomorrow It is. 

He turns to leave, thinking quietly about the Lamp.....

(I imagine this Pistol is now....mine ;)

She looks at your grin and winces a little and says "oh honey please never do that again. Leave that to the professionals okay" she gives you a warm smile as an example. She looks at you and says "all that was left befind was a note from the top monk that has this here riddle on it 'what is lost isn't forgotten. And what you cannot see is not lost' and I'm just pooped honey to be honest with ya I have no idea what this means. I do have a feeling that it's not about where they all went... but something else. I can't quit put my finger on it Sulky." She manifests a pencil just to bite on it as she thinks. "The godmother will be mighty mad if I don't figure this out. Would you mind if I did a couple spells on you darlin. I trust you, I just want to have more clues."

Zagga jumps back surprised. "Sorry there! My name is Zagga, and I'm just following the map! Who might you be?"

They look at you as you place the ball back in a painstaking manner and their eyes light up. If you were adept to human emotion you would think they are happy. Actually give me a insight check to see what you process their hapliness as. Pop looks at you say "well sure bud we can recharge ya. We will even do it for free. We know you lot ain't got much choice in the matter so it be mighty cruel to charge you money for something you need to live. But if ya want to give us something in exchange will you let us tinker and look into that body of yours. You are quite a fascinating model" Mom speaks up "you sure are dear I ain't never seen a robot like that. Id love to see what makes ya tick!" And they both say at once "we promise qe wont brake ya"

You enter the Lazurg bar a pretty old, but well maintained bar. Definitely not a dive bar, but a more upscale cocktail bar with dim mood lighting, light music and young hip people in the back. There are a couple tables free here there is also the bartoop which is a nice piece of granite polished to sparkle like the stars. The bar would be the closest to the tv and you see at the bar a human sized alien toy (from toy story) is the bartender.

"Pockets, I'm sorry." Luke says. "I should have been there, I can't imagine how hard this is for you. I can't make it right, but maybe I can save Tink, I'll do everything I can towards that end. If I can save Tinkerbell and Neverland I will, I promise. If you have any information on........no, I guess not, we already covered that didn't we? I guess I'll have to find a way to Neverland, starting off I'll head to the Forest of Light and try to find the fairies there, I'll need Pixie Dust if I'm going to fly." Luke's face saddens "If I find who is responsible I'll avenge The Lost Boys, you have my word. If there is nothing else to discuss I'll head out on this mission. Get some rest, you look tired." Luke looks Pockets in the eyes and a feeling of emotional pain hits him, he fears he will never see this friend again.  Luke removes a few wooden toys he carved with his woodcarving tools from his bag and puts them on the table, they were meant for random children he met on the streets, but maybe if Pockets really is mentally a kid, they will help him cope until....... "Goodbye Pockets."

What you said strikes absolutely true in your head. Something isn't quite right with this situation. There were other guards in the crowd so why weren't they helping? Why was 5 bandist stealing a single item? And why did the royal guard send a trainee for this situation if it needed to be a royal guard why not send a high ranking member? Very interesting indeed. The handshake rings out as you try to catch a glimpse of the lamp but have no luck as it's already in his pack. He hands you the piece of paper and you know where this address is... this can't be right. It's in The Slums a city of bandits located a the far southeast of the Soldier District. Why would Jim meet in such a dangerous area? You disregard your thoughts as a surge of absolute happiness surges over you as you realise that Jim did not ask for his gun back.

OOC: yes it is yours :]

He russels his feathers a bit and looks at you and says "hoot! I am Archimedes! The head researcher and curator of this library hoot. Hoowt did you stumble upon this place? Did Madam Darta show you the way hoot hoot? And what do you search for young Zagga hoot?"

" Well nice to meet you Archimedes! No she did not, I didn't want to bother anyone so I decided to find my way through the map." He paused, deciding how much he should say. "I'm always on the hunt for knowledge and anything to do with magic, just thought I'd wander until I found something I was interested in."

Pockets looks at you with a weak but warm smile. "I knew I could trust you Luke. There is one more thing though." He coughs mlre and mlre as he talks now "I think you need to fond Peter Pan, Luke. I think he is the only one who can bring back Tink and maybe even convice the other fairies to return. I got one useful piece of information. There is a bar in the Wild District that houses a man that has all sorts of information. People say that if anyone knows where Pan is it would be that Dwarf." You see JJ kinda raises his eyebrow to that statement. " find his bar luke he will point you in the right direction I promise." He looks at the toys and starts to make noises as if he was playing with his imagination and says "young at heart Luke that's always what mattered about us. Young at heart." He breathes heavily as you get up to leave. JJ speaks up and says "I've heard of this bar he speaks of. It be somewhere in the town square of the Wild District me harty. Take this for your travels." He tosses you a flask "it's good for ye health."

Redek first and foremost heads to a merchant to pawn his hand-held crossbow.  The pistol, he gleams, will happily take its place. He also needs bullets, gunpowder, wadding.

For his own taste, he will add a dagger, and 4 throwing knives.

Persuasion roll for a good deal: 20

Redek spends the rest of the evening distracted by questions about that young man and that lamp.

He has disassembled and cleaned the pistol on a roll of suede leather, a glass of workmen's bourbon and a lit hemp-cigarette both sitting nearby.
Possessed of his duties, he sharpens his blades, arrows, and repairs his armor.

The next day, Redek goes about his normal work day routine. He man's the gate for a rotational period of 3 hours and than patrols the city for 3 more.

Near the sixth hour of his shift, he finds himself at that tavern, Looking for Jim Hawkins.

Luke puts JJ's flask away as he exits the tavern and begins to make his way to the Wild District. Luke walks while thinking about what he has learned, and wonders what the Dwarf might know, and what it will cost to acquire his information. "Town Square, Wild District." Luke mutters to himself, cheeks wet with tears.

“To and fro my form is from. For asking from where my form is from is quite the poor form for one who hides their form from me.” With that I reach out to pull the hold off the figure and turn them about to get a look at them.

Elsa moves to the bar and takes a seat, watching the TV for any news of her homeland.

Insight: 13

Tik-tok eyes the pair and if he detects a level of confidence regarding the gnomes' intent, then he nods in agreement, to allow them to 'tinker' in exchange for the charge.