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<blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 6760037" data-attributes="member: 6790669"><p><strong>Billanverthorne: Ready To Party!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Bill's mind races with excitement at this newfound discovery!</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000">~Hmmm. Something's wrong, here. This Burrai fellow looks harmless enough, but I don't like the look of those two. I should warn him... But how?~</span></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000"></span></p><p>Bill sits down at the table adjacent to Burrai's without asking. As he does so, he gives everyone seated there a hard, mean look.</p><p></p><p><strong>To The Table (In Common):</strong><span style="color: #0000FF"> "I hope you boys like mining chanties. Because if you're going to share a table with me, you're expected to sing along, and make merry. I'm in a foul mood, and ready to fight. I need strong drink to distract me from these urges. If you're not with me, you're against me. So you'd best make merry! Understand?"</span></p><p></p><p>Without waiting for a response, Bill calls the bar maid over, and orders an ale, along with refills for the whole table. He gives her 4 gold pieces, and tells her to keep the change.</p><p></p><p>As the bar maid leaves, Bill unstops the vial and drinks it, looking at his "comrades." (Potion roll (2d8+2) = 15) [Bill is now at 21 hit points.]</p><p></p><p><strong>To The Table (In Common):</strong> <span style="color: #0000FF">"Don't worry boys, just priming the pump."</span></p><p></p><p>All the while that the Barmaid is absent, Bill scans the room, keeping an eye on the two cloaked figures.</p><p></p><p>As the barmaid returns with the drinks, Bill stands up, leaving his cloak, gloves, and arm coverings on the table, and raising his glass. He says the following to his comrades, while smiling "in general" at everyone in the vicinity, letting his eyes linger briefly on Burrai and his companion.</p><p></p><p><strong>To Bystanders, In Common:</strong> <span style="color: #0000FF">"Take a look here, my friends, we are honored to have these kind Dwarves 'neath our roof! This calls for a mining chanty!"</span> And with that, Bill begins to sing, smiling at Burrai.</p><p></p><p><strong>BILL'S SONG:</strong></p><p>[This is a chanty; you don't have to be a singer to sing it. It's basically a folk song that is spoken in time to a tempo. Hence, its popularity among commoners in situations such as this, where there is drink and fellowship to be had.]</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>At work in the mines, of old King Lanore,</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Our picks they did swing, 'til our shoulers were sore;</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>And we suffered bad usage of most every kind,</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>And we worked just like slaves, for the diamonds to find!</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Before the sun rises, our work do begin,</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>There's plenty to do for a Dwarf and his kin,</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Our main and top foreman so loudly do bawl,</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>For sweat and for glory, put your picks to the wall!</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em><strong>My good friend's a hard worker, and Avar's his name,</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em><strong>He sweats all the day long, and I do the same!</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em><strong>Keep an eye on your back, lad, for the diamonds ye mine,</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em><strong>Draw foes ever closer, of all sorts and kinds!</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em><strong></strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Come all brother miners, wherever ye be,</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>From King Lanore's mines I would have you keep free!</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>You'll work and you'll sweat, heaping pain hard upon ya,</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>'Til ye gets in half dead, back to good ol' Cabarda!</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p>[AS BILL SINGS THE PART ABOUT AVAR, HE LOOKS AT BURRAI, AND THEN CASUALLY AND QUICKLY OVER AT THE CLOAKED FIGURES. DURING THE COURSE OF HIS SONG, ALL THE TIME SMILING AND PRETENDING TO DRINK, HE "DANCES" OVER TO INTERPOSE HIMSELF BETWEEN BURRAI AND THE TWO CLOAKED FIGURES, ALL THE WHILE PRETENDING TO BE IGNORANT OF THEIR PRESENCE.]</p><p></p><p>As the song ends, Bill shouts, <span style="color: #0000FF">"Huzzah!"</span> and raises his glass to Burrai, smiling. <span style="color: #0000FF">"Well met, friend Dwarf. What are you drinking? The next one's on me!"</span> Bill turns his back to the cloaked figures, so they can't see his facial expressions or read his lips.</p><p></p><p><strong>To Burrai, In Dwarven, And In A Low, Almost Whispering Tone:</strong> <span style="color: #0000FF">"You've attracted unwanted attention, my friend. Those two cloaked goons behind me. I fear they mean you ill will."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tellerian Hawke, post: 6760037, member: 6790669"] [b]Billanverthorne: Ready To Party![/b] Bill's mind races with excitement at this newfound discovery! [COLOR=#FF0000]~Hmmm. Something's wrong, here. This Burrai fellow looks harmless enough, but I don't like the look of those two. I should warn him... But how?~ [/COLOR] Bill sits down at the table adjacent to Burrai's without asking. As he does so, he gives everyone seated there a hard, mean look. [B]To The Table (In Common):[/B][COLOR=#0000FF] "I hope you boys like mining chanties. Because if you're going to share a table with me, you're expected to sing along, and make merry. I'm in a foul mood, and ready to fight. I need strong drink to distract me from these urges. If you're not with me, you're against me. So you'd best make merry! Understand?"[/COLOR] Without waiting for a response, Bill calls the bar maid over, and orders an ale, along with refills for the whole table. He gives her 4 gold pieces, and tells her to keep the change. As the bar maid leaves, Bill unstops the vial and drinks it, looking at his "comrades." (Potion roll (2d8+2) = 15) [Bill is now at 21 hit points.] [B]To The Table (In Common):[/B] [COLOR=#0000FF]"Don't worry boys, just priming the pump."[/COLOR] All the while that the Barmaid is absent, Bill scans the room, keeping an eye on the two cloaked figures. As the barmaid returns with the drinks, Bill stands up, leaving his cloak, gloves, and arm coverings on the table, and raising his glass. He says the following to his comrades, while smiling "in general" at everyone in the vicinity, letting his eyes linger briefly on Burrai and his companion. [B]To Bystanders, In Common:[/B] [COLOR=#0000FF]"Take a look here, my friends, we are honored to have these kind Dwarves 'neath our roof! This calls for a mining chanty!"[/COLOR] And with that, Bill begins to sing, smiling at Burrai. [B]BILL'S SONG:[/B] [This is a chanty; you don't have to be a singer to sing it. It's basically a folk song that is spoken in time to a tempo. Hence, its popularity among commoners in situations such as this, where there is drink and fellowship to be had.] [COLOR=#0000FF][I]At work in the mines, of old King Lanore, Our picks they did swing, 'til our shoulers were sore; And we suffered bad usage of most every kind, And we worked just like slaves, for the diamonds to find! Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down. Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down. Before the sun rises, our work do begin, There's plenty to do for a Dwarf and his kin, Our main and top foreman so loudly do bawl, For sweat and for glory, put your picks to the wall! Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down. Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down. [B]My good friend's a hard worker, and Avar's his name, He sweats all the day long, and I do the same! Keep an eye on your back, lad, for the diamonds ye mine, Draw foes ever closer, of all sorts and kinds! [/B] Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down. Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down. Come all brother miners, wherever ye be, From King Lanore's mines I would have you keep free! You'll work and you'll sweat, heaping pain hard upon ya, 'Til ye gets in half dead, back to good ol' Cabarda! Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down. Derry Down, Down, Down, Derry Down.[/I] [/COLOR] [AS BILL SINGS THE PART ABOUT AVAR, HE LOOKS AT BURRAI, AND THEN CASUALLY AND QUICKLY OVER AT THE CLOAKED FIGURES. DURING THE COURSE OF HIS SONG, ALL THE TIME SMILING AND PRETENDING TO DRINK, HE "DANCES" OVER TO INTERPOSE HIMSELF BETWEEN BURRAI AND THE TWO CLOAKED FIGURES, ALL THE WHILE PRETENDING TO BE IGNORANT OF THEIR PRESENCE.] As the song ends, Bill shouts, [COLOR=#0000FF]"Huzzah!"[/COLOR] and raises his glass to Burrai, smiling. [COLOR=#0000FF]"Well met, friend Dwarf. What are you drinking? The next one's on me!"[/COLOR] Bill turns his back to the cloaked figures, so they can't see his facial expressions or read his lips. [B]To Burrai, In Dwarven, And In A Low, Almost Whispering Tone:[/B] [COLOR=#0000FF]"You've attracted unwanted attention, my friend. Those two cloaked goons behind me. I fear they mean you ill will."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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