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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 6925623" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>At Jabbar's Trade Shop</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Aust Thale returns to Jabbars Trade Shop out of the lashing rain, bleeding and distraught. He stumbles against the door, smearing bloody fingers against the invisible runes to disarm the magical wards before he opens it and collapses within. Avar and Billanverthorne are quick to step to his side with wide-eyed looks. Aust expected to see Avar of course, he and Jabbar dropped off the Neferese-female prisoner earlier before the night went very-very wrong. The other elf beside him however is a stranger, but at this point Aust is so gladdened to be back safely he is willing to accept a new face at-face-value. Billanverthorne is an elf, elves usually conduct themselves respectfully towards each other. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Avar:</strong> </em><span style="color: #999900"><em>"Aust! Where in the nine-hells have you been? Where is the prisoner?!"</em></span><em> He exclaims. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Avar:</strong> Looks aghast. </em><span style="color: #999900"><em>"Wererat?!"</em></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Avar summons Jabbar and the Rhat upstairs. A few pressing questions are asked and answered. Ren the Rhat breaks the sad news that Aust has unwittingly cursed himself touching the unholy symbol of Vermithrax when he searched the prisoner earlier. He warns that before long the curse will run its course and he'll endure a terrible fate. Jabbar offers to take him to the neighboring Temple of Ishvar at dawn to ensure he is cured. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Suddenly the discussion is interrupted by a loud knock on the door, the sort of knock that resounds with authority. </em><em>Jabbar asks Ren, Billanverthorne and Avar to hide in the cellar. He then </em><em>opens the view-port revealing a patrol of town guards on the street with sergeant Abdul and his lackey standing in front of the door. Jabbar opens the door. </em><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Jabbar:</strong> </em><span style="color: #996600"><em>"Sergeant Abdul! So glad to see you! There is trouble in the streets tonight!"</em></span><em> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeant Abdul:</strong> Nods, eyes flicking towards Aust. <span style="color: #696969">"May we come inside? We have questions."</span> He says immediately noting the bloody bandages and general wounded look of Jabbar's partner. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Sergeant Abdul:</em></strong><em> <span style="color: #696969">"Tell me how you got those wounds?"</span></em></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Sergeant Abdul:</strong> (Sense Motive Check: =7, Fail)</em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeants Lackey:</strong> (Sense Motive Check: = 19, Fail)</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>At some point the sergeants lackey starts to interrupt your tale with questions of witnesses shouting of murder, but Abdul gestures for silence and says.</em></p><p></p><p><em><strong>Sergeant Abdul:</strong> -Chiding his lackey- <span style="color: #696969">"Nevermind that, I believe what he says."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeant's Lackey:</strong> Stammers with disbelief. <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"But sir! We can't ignore evidence of a possible murder!"</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeant Abdul:</strong> Glares. <span style="color: #696969">"What evidence? Some spots of blood in an empty wheelbarrow and claims by witnesses who were either indoors half-asleep or half-drunk in a tavern at the time? This elf actually saw something dangerous with his own eyes! If he says there are Drow prowling the streets, who are we to disbelieve him? Everyone knows how much surface elves and dark elves hate each other. He would not lie about of a threat so great as that, to do so would shame himself and his whole race."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeants Lackey:</strong> <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"But sir! They're smugglers! Of course they'll lie!"</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeant Abdul:</strong> <span style="color: #696969">"Enough! I'll have no more discourtesy from you!"</span> He barks.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeants Lackey:</strong> Glares at Jabbar and Aust for a lingering moment before he says <span style="color: #A9A9A9">"Yes sir!"</span> through clenched teeth as he turns and exits into the street.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeant Abdul:</strong> Takes a quick breath and says. <span style="color: #696969">"Forgive my men... we're a bit on edge tonight. I don't know if every part of your story is true, but I'll bet there's more truth to it than not... and I thank you for the warning! In return I will give you a warning of my own. Those barrels dropped by those thugs weren't full of ale at all... it was alchemist's fire!"</span> He states with dread.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Jabbar:</strong> Gasps quickly reacting as the sergeant would expect. (Bluff Check: =18) </em><span style="color: #996600"><em>"Alchemists Fire!"</em></span><em> He states angrily honestly expressing that emotion.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeant Abdul:</strong> (Sense Motive Check: = 10, Fail) <span style="color: #696969">"Yes indeed, it's anyone's guess what they intended to do with it exactly, but there can be no doubt great destruction would result. Alchemists fire is highly regulated in this realm, especially in town limits, for good reason. That much of it could start a raging inferno regardless of the rain!"</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Jabbar:</strong> Nods, playacting, but he knows better, having bought and sold much of it in his trade... only whatever is coated by the oil would burn in the rain. If Noro's thugs intended to burn down the whole town with it, they'd need dozens of barrels in a storm such as this. But for now he holds his tongue and lets the ignorant sergeant make his presumptions. </em><span style="color: #996600"><em>"Thanks be to Ishvar that you found it before they could use it!"</em></span><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Sergeant Abdul:</strong> Nods with pride. <span style="color: #696969">"I felt his guidance lead me to your doorstep. Somehow I knew there would be answers here. I'll be sure to mention your cooperation to the captain when I make my report later. Keep inside and lock your doors!"</span> He says in farewell ready to make his leave.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Part 1 of 2, ...will be continued.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 6925623, member: 6677509"] [b]At Jabbar's Trade Shop[/b] [I]Aust Thale returns to Jabbars Trade Shop out of the lashing rain, bleeding and distraught. He stumbles against the door, smearing bloody fingers against the invisible runes to disarm the magical wards before he opens it and collapses within. Avar and Billanverthorne are quick to step to his side with wide-eyed looks. Aust expected to see Avar of course, he and Jabbar dropped off the Neferese-female prisoner earlier before the night went very-very wrong. The other elf beside him however is a stranger, but at this point Aust is so gladdened to be back safely he is willing to accept a new face at-face-value. Billanverthorne is an elf, elves usually conduct themselves respectfully towards each other. [B]Avar:[/B] [/I][COLOR=#999900][I]"Aust! Where in the nine-hells have you been? Where is the prisoner?!"[/I][/COLOR][I] He exclaims. [B]Avar:[/B] Looks aghast. [/I][COLOR=#999900][I]"Wererat?!"[/I][/COLOR] [I]Avar summons Jabbar and the Rhat upstairs. A few pressing questions are asked and answered. Ren the Rhat breaks the sad news that Aust has unwittingly cursed himself touching the unholy symbol of Vermithrax when he searched the prisoner earlier. He warns that before long the curse will run its course and he'll endure a terrible fate. Jabbar offers to take him to the neighboring Temple of Ishvar at dawn to ensure he is cured. Suddenly the discussion is interrupted by a loud knock on the door, the sort of knock that resounds with authority. [/I][I]Jabbar asks Ren, Billanverthorne and Avar to hide in the cellar. He then [/I][I]opens the view-port revealing a patrol of town guards on the street with sergeant Abdul and his lackey standing in front of the door. Jabbar opens the door. [/I][I] [B]Jabbar:[/B] [/I][COLOR=#996600][I]"Sergeant Abdul! So glad to see you! There is trouble in the streets tonight!"[/I][/COLOR][I] [B]Sergeant Abdul:[/B] Nods, eyes flicking towards Aust. [COLOR=#696969]"May we come inside? We have questions."[/COLOR] He says immediately noting the bloody bandages and general wounded look of Jabbar's partner. [/I] [B] [I]Sergeant Abdul:[/I][/B][I] [COLOR=#696969]"Tell me how you got those wounds?"[/COLOR][/I] [I][B]Sergeant Abdul:[/B] (Sense Motive Check: =7, Fail) [B] Sergeants Lackey:[/B] (Sense Motive Check: = 19, Fail) At some point the sergeants lackey starts to interrupt your tale with questions of witnesses shouting of murder, but Abdul gestures for silence and says.[/I] [I][B]Sergeant Abdul:[/B] -Chiding his lackey- [COLOR=#696969]"Nevermind that, I believe what he says."[/COLOR] [B]Sergeant's Lackey:[/B] Stammers with disbelief. [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"But sir! We can't ignore evidence of a possible murder!"[/COLOR] [B]Sergeant Abdul:[/B] Glares. [COLOR=#696969]"What evidence? Some spots of blood in an empty wheelbarrow and claims by witnesses who were either indoors half-asleep or half-drunk in a tavern at the time? This elf actually saw something dangerous with his own eyes! If he says there are Drow prowling the streets, who are we to disbelieve him? Everyone knows how much surface elves and dark elves hate each other. He would not lie about of a threat so great as that, to do so would shame himself and his whole race."[/COLOR] [B]Sergeants Lackey:[/B] [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"But sir! They're smugglers! Of course they'll lie!"[/COLOR] [B]Sergeant Abdul:[/B] [COLOR=#696969]"Enough! I'll have no more discourtesy from you!"[/COLOR] He barks. [B]Sergeants Lackey:[/B] Glares at Jabbar and Aust for a lingering moment before he says [COLOR=#A9A9A9]"Yes sir!"[/COLOR] through clenched teeth as he turns and exits into the street. [B]Sergeant Abdul:[/B] Takes a quick breath and says. [COLOR=#696969]"Forgive my men... we're a bit on edge tonight. I don't know if every part of your story is true, but I'll bet there's more truth to it than not... and I thank you for the warning! In return I will give you a warning of my own. Those barrels dropped by those thugs weren't full of ale at all... it was alchemist's fire!"[/COLOR] He states with dread. [B]Jabbar:[/B] Gasps quickly reacting as the sergeant would expect. (Bluff Check: =18) [/I][COLOR=#996600][I]"Alchemists Fire!"[/I][/COLOR][I] He states angrily honestly expressing that emotion. [B]Sergeant Abdul:[/B] (Sense Motive Check: = 10, Fail) [COLOR=#696969]"Yes indeed, it's anyone's guess what they intended to do with it exactly, but there can be no doubt great destruction would result. Alchemists fire is highly regulated in this realm, especially in town limits, for good reason. That much of it could start a raging inferno regardless of the rain!"[/COLOR] [B]Jabbar:[/B] Nods, playacting, but he knows better, having bought and sold much of it in his trade... only whatever is coated by the oil would burn in the rain. If Noro's thugs intended to burn down the whole town with it, they'd need dozens of barrels in a storm such as this. But for now he holds his tongue and lets the ignorant sergeant make his presumptions. [/I][COLOR=#996600][I]"Thanks be to Ishvar that you found it before they could use it!"[/I][/COLOR][I] [B]Sergeant Abdul:[/B] Nods with pride. [COLOR=#696969]"I felt his guidance lead me to your doorstep. Somehow I knew there would be answers here. I'll be sure to mention your cooperation to the captain when I make my report later. Keep inside and lock your doors!"[/COLOR] He says in farewell ready to make his leave.[/I] [I][B] Part 1 of 2, ...will be continued. [/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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