"Yeah, I think I remember the location of a stationery shop... as long as it hasn't changed locations."

"We have a lot of shops to hit, but we can discuss that on the boat. Excuse me, vessel."

After a few minutesBen looks a bit longer at Kay,

"You look worse than usual. Only a bit, but a dear friend like myself always notices the small things. You had a fun night?"

((I'm picturing an obvious black eye and swollen lip he only just noticed.))

Ash is chuckling at ‘stationery’…

"A productive evening. I'll tell you about it when we're under way. How'd the dinner go?"

"Less productive. Never got past the small talk into her political leanings or ambitions. It was as pleasant evening though."

He will look around and then lean in to Ash and say quietly,

"If you have time you could also check into whatever is happening with Hanna. She has been...off. I'm not sure it impacts us but it would be good to make sure she is okay."

Ash nods at Ben, looking suitably serious again, “Good idea. Yes, I will..”.

Prisoners returned + 17  /  8:00AM  /   The Line 

Ben and Kay to head out to Neverwinter! Ess and Ash to remain in town. 

Korrik, when you come down for breakfast after taking care of your morning needs, you notice that it is Brett who is working. ((had fun searching the thread for him!)) He offers you the house tea along with the breakfast special today which is a nice bowl of hot oats with local brown sugar to taste. Some berries as well on the side. Total for this meal is 1sp. 

Ben, Ess would say to you "Ben my dude. If you see a fancy sword when you go to the big city, can you grab it for me bro? My dude why don't you just see what you can get and then give me the balance in the shares. Dude we're practically rich now, I'm sure you'll be able to find a nice one for me right?! Also... would you go check out the temple and see if they'd hook me up with those grillz I was telling you about my bro? Please bro? Not magic ones. REAL ones. I'm sure they'll be able to do it my man. Tell 'em I'll be out there soon enough if they can." and he does the gang sign.

You know the one. 

Ben, you're also able to get the sweetened porridge! 1sp.

Ess does not understand any of the puns - they all go over his head and he looks confused as you talk about them. 

Ash, Brett would tell you that he can bring you some hot milk and kippers. He grins, and almost starts laughing when you order the fish (see Brett in past history thread!) but he manages to keep himself together and gets the dish you requested. It's 1sp as well for all of that. 

Ash, I think you would have an 'underground' contact in Neverwinter for sure that Kay and Ben could sell silks to. Not Fidd, but someone in general in the business. Pretty common actually. Ben and Kay would be able to meet this person and sell the silks for sure - although Ben does have the forged documents so they can sell them to someone in public I would think.

Ash, Ess makes it very clear again this morning that he plans on asking Hanna if he can perform his song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR4sxAyOp0Q). He will want to have a night of drinking at the Line regardless of Hanna's answer. Since Ess doesn't really need money, he wouldn't be up for doing any work. He would go back to The Empty Net and ask Kreb about the next fight night. Kreb would tell him to chill... they don't happen that often. Ess says "Well... then where can I find Arnold. I was serious about fighting him. I want him down in the club. I don't care if there's no one there my bro. Can you tell him man?"

While Ben and Kay are away, Kreb would eventually get in touch with Arnold and he'd be willing to take Ess up on his offer. However..... Arnold doubles down. "I'll fight you, boy. But no bus boy. No safety net. Just me and you down there. No one there to revive you."

Ess backs down (that roll of 4 in the other thread). "Ughhh.... ok, forget it bro. BUT... next club fight night.. it's YOU and ME!" 

((I was totally going to run a fight to the death with Ess and Arnold if he rolled a 18+))

((Yes, it's just IOUs to be redeemed for cash when Aubreck returns.  If Aubreck is likely to return while Kay and Ben are out of town, yes he would wait.)) 

OK - let me know if I missed anything or if there are any other responses, otherwise I will roll for the travel to Neverwinter and then Ben/Korrik can do their business there and then return home. 

In the meantime, the only thing I have pending while Ben and Kay are away is for Ess and Ash (if she wants) night of drinking and the Line and to see if Hanna will let him perform. Ess is not going to fight Arnold to the death. He chickened out. 

Let me know if I missed anything!

OH - please let me know everything you're doing in Neverwinter so I can get to that bit next.  

Time info for travel to Neverwinter ->

Kay will pull Ash aside.

"Try to keep the sweet idiot alive, yeah? He helps keep Ben grounded."

 Ben will listen to Ess's request and sighs.

"Fine. We'll ask about your teeth. It would be helpful if you sent along some coin for your sword as well, perhaps 700 gold like Ash is sending? It'd be a shame to not have enough on hand for something particularly useful."

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((To Spider's list of to sell I would add the spellbook and a few of the spell scrolls we can't really use. Maybe the orb of guidance?

Ben has a short list of magical wants, would you like that in advance? Same things as always but with some different items that are in higher priority.))

((Orb if guidance would be handy for a ships captain, might better sell direct if we can? Same question on magical shopping list, if you want something in advance, how meta do you want it? Just a general sense of what we'd be looking for that you can run with, or specific items?))

((I will respond proper when I have time - but yes in the meantime for sure if you have general ideas and/or specific items you can send them along!))

((Things to do in Neverwinter:

Sell stuff

Buy stuff (magic, potions, stationary)

Inquire about a grill))

Prisoners returned + 17  /  8:00AM  /   The Line 

Ess pumps his fist in happiness and responds to Ben and Kay "Aww thanks my dudes! But bros... I do not want a temporary grill my dudes. I just want you to go to the temple or wherever and just ask them if they could do the procedure. Dude I want this to be permanent. So if they can do it I will just go back once we are done here in Marshswamp! WORD!"

And he does the gang sign again. 

"Oh! The money for the sword. Yeah, bro I was thinking you could just take it out of my share of the bling bling once Aubreck gets back? But hey my man if that doesn't jive with you, here's a grand. Should be enough, right? hehehehehehe!" and he chitters a laugh that Korrik might remember. He gives Ben the 1000gp. He was able to get a few larger leather pouches and so the coins are in there. (removed from Ess's sheet.)

Prisoners returned + 17  /  9:30AM  /   The Line & The Docks

Ok, while Ben and Kay are away on their trip to Neverwinter, is there anything specifically that Ash wants to do? I think we already covered this but just want to make sure.

Since Ess won't be fighting Arnold to the death with his weak 'balls' roll, the only thing Ess wants to do while the guys are away is to have a night of drinking at the Line and ask Hanna if he can perform his song.

Ash will you come to this night at the Line? We will RP this night for sure. 

OH - Ash, your magical items will arrive in town with Xendros in 4 days. 

((see spoiler below for timing on pending stuff))

Ben and Kay - regarding the magical items, I am going to roll to see how much of the listed potential desired items in the private messages are going to actually be available in Neverwinter. 

Ben - sorry if I missed it, did you send me any specific desired magical items?

The dwarven cargo ship will be heading North, staying relatively close to the shore. Here is the weather roll for the travel to Neverwinter which will determine travel speed, along with a potential encounter roll. 19    /    4.

There will be another roll for the travel time for the return home, but there will not be a second encounter roll. 

Here's the availability roll for the desired magical items in Neverwinter: 17

Let me know if I missed anything!

The results of rolls and the subsequent post will be done as soon as I can - in the meantime let me know if I missed anything!

Neverwinter Stuff:

Pending / Timing Stuff:

Travel Info:

((I'll respond more later but I sent you the list from the OOC thread.))

Before the boys leave, Ash will say to them (speaking mostly to Korrik given his background and the fact she still has his lock picks), “I don’t know if you’ll see such a thing, but if you happen to find a Poisoner’s Kit …”.

”I am… … ‘proficient’ with such things. I am perhaps a little out of practice, but a kit, with a few basic supplies, could come in handy. .. enough components to make a few basic poisons would be ideal, but…Whatever you can get….”.

She gives him a serious look like she knows what she’s talking about. The look conveys the notion that these things should not be trifled with lightly. The look might make him think that she is also impressing upon him to carry it carefully and not to try and use it without proper instruction, like a blacksmith giving an apprentice a look that says ‘you really don’t want to touch that, it’s ‘hot’…’.

((edit: just saw Klein’s post… will respond more later tonight))

"I'm not Ess, I'm not gonna taste them because they smell nice... I know an herbalist I did some work for, might be she has some things that would suit, but you know of any places to go asking about such things?"

"We'll ask about your teeth Ess, we'll ask. It's on my list. We'll see about getting you that sword and maybe a shield. You and I both need something to breath underwater as well. So many things."

On taking the pile of gold ((added)),

"The dilemma with our... bling from Aubrek is that we won't have it in hand should we find more than we have gold for in Neverwinter. I certainly am hoping for lucrative sells and bounding purchases."

((I'd misunderstood that you wanted the list of magical items in a PM. My bad, sorry.

Oh, I would add the spellbook and those scrolls to the sell list of Kay's. And a stop at a couple stationary shops.

Also, I don't like the looks of that 7... Ben will give it a d8 of bardic inspiration :D.)

((Sorry, just reread a bit. I think you were waiting on me…))

Ash would accompany Ess for a night out for sure!..

She doesn’t have a lot to accomplish in town: check on Hanna for Ben, keep tabs on any new Thieves’ Cant messages, keep a general eye and ear out for anything with the council members, maybe check in for progress and updates with the council as appropriate, eat more kippers and milk, bathe and brush her fur a lot, sleep in, etc. Pick up her magic items when the time comes.

((Keep an eye what's his name's slavery operations maybe? Gillan or whatever that's on the council.))