The door to the tavern swings wide and a man rushes in in a great state of excitement.
"Help!" he cries breathlessly. "Help! Kidnapping! Murder! Or worse!"
The man is dressed in a well-made blue tunic and hose. The clothes are expensive-looking, but are obviously for work as well as show. He is approaching middle age, and has begun to get fairly paunchy. His soft tam-like cap can't disguise the fact that he is balding.
"Help!" he says again. "My niece! Kidnapped! I can pay!" He holds up a bag of coins.
-''Oh, boo. I don't do rescue missions, that's boring. Half the time you just get a body back. It pays next to nothing, too. That's for amateurs.'' Charina confides to Bell and Martelai.
''Let him hire the riff-raff, I say! Frankly, I think it's a little pathetic how shaken one of the two employers look. He shoulda composed himself before showing up.''
She then perks up as she sees a kid enter the inn and she recognize her.
The bouncer stands in front of the girl. "We don't want your kind here. You get out." As he come to grab the girl, she quickly evade the large hand and run to the table where Charina and Bell are sitting.
As the bouncer approach, the girl tells with a defensive tone "I'm with her." pointing Charina.
-''Let her through, you goon. I may be too lazy to get up and kick you a**, but that's why I carry an arbalest!'' she shouts at the bouncer.
"She is your responsibility."
-''Sure. I hope I don't go broke handling all the damage a six year old can cause in an already shoddy inn!'' Charina shoots back sarcastically.
After a moment, being sure she won't be kicked out of the place, the young girl turns toward Charina. "By Merkari, I finally found you." the child seems scared. "They are all gone. It was Jemny first. We thought he would be after good prey. But then Harold, then Ricky... and now it is Merryl. She didn't came back last night. I was scared alone. I was scared they would come for me too." She starts to hug as hard as she can Charina, trying to find some comfort.
-''WHAT? They took Merryl! Damn it!''
Charina, shaken and scared for her friend, jumps on a table and calls out loudly:
-''I AM HIRING FOR A RESCUE MISSION! I AM PAYING DOUBLE WHAT THAT GUY IS PAYING!'' she shouts, pointing at the other rescue party.
''BUT I WANT THE BEST! No, not you. You are a gnome, be serious. I said the best.''
[sblock=OOC]Beside usual drow arrogance, this adventure is for level 3 whereas Ben's is for level 1. Hence, Charina wants the best.
There are a handful of level 5+ character. None are in the inn right now, but if you read this, the adventure is not for you. You are a bit too 'best'!
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Then Charina composes herself and turns to Nelly.
-''Uh, I probably should ask you who 'they' are. Another gang, I assume? It's gonna be kind of useful to know.''
The kid, overcome with emotions, hugs Charina and sobs.
-''Right, you can tell me who the bad guys are after you stop crying. Um, that'll be soon, right?'' She caress the child's hair while looking at the adventurers in the inn, mouthing off silently : ''I want the best!''.
[sblock=Adventure]Level 3 (2 to 4), 4 to 6 PC including Charina. Velmont is the DM.[/sblock]