Outside the Swinging Sword the sun has fully risen and starts to warm the morning air. You notice people from other building shading their eyes till they can adjust as they start of down the dirt track towards the marketplace.
Walking along side Mistress Irkell, Terry peppers the woman with her questions.
"My. my you are the curious one aren't you." she says with a smile.
"Hmmm... I don't believe anyone I talked to is still in town, it has been over a tenday or two."
She presses her lips and she gets the look of one in deep thought as she continues walking.
"There was something I heard that seemed a fish tale at the time, the teller being full of ale and all." She goes back to smiling as if remebering something funny.
"A trader passing through said he saw a bolt of lightning, shot straight out of the ground and head into the air, instead of the other way around. Strange weather that would be. As I said before, fell magic at work."
The group soon reaches the marketplace and sees more than half the town gathered in the circular area, but no dwarf delegation or traders from outlying homesteads. The town constable Harburk Tuthmarillar stands on a cart, heads above the crowd trying to answer a dozen questions coming at him from as many directions. Finally he rings the town hand bell loud and long to silence the crowd.
"First. No the dwarven delegation has not been spotted along the road, and I have no information on when they will arrive." He sits the bell down and continues in a booming voice.
"I have called every able body out to help in the search for Minny's granddaughter Pell. The girl did not return home last night, and I want everyone to help search the town and outlying area."
"Oh, poor Minny she must be beside herself," Mistress Irkell says aloud. The group from the inn stayed together for no other reason than there wasn't much space when they arrived.
"Minny lost her daughter to Red Lung," the innkeep continues as the constable moves through the crowd sending groups of people off in different directions to search town and countryside.
As he approaches the Swinging Sword group, you notice an elderly woman slightly hunched walking along with him.
"Kaylessa, good, good. Glad your here." the constable says eyeing all of you with an odd expression.
"I'd like to use the Swinging Sword to coordinate all this. It s well know, in the center of town, and all."
"And the first place thirsty searches are likely to go, instead of to the meat market." Kayleesa laughs.
"Sure, sure I'll reopen and take Brother Eardon with me so he can run messages." Before heading back she takes Minny's old hands in hers, but says nothing.
"You all are not of Red Larch, so I have no right to ask any of you... Oaf!" he starts to say before an old sharp elbow takes him in the gut.
"PAH-Shaw!" Minny huffs stepping in front of Constable Harburk. She looks everyone up and down like you were a horse she wanted to purchase (at a bargain to boot), before turning back to the constable.
"You sent no one to Old Sevond's Tomb." she says waving a thin finger in the man's face.
"And you know well enough why not. Old Sevond scare the lot of these townsfolk right to their graves. The old ghost sees all, and may have answers. If I were spry enough I'd be on my way there now. My Pell out all night, playing Ghosts & Goblins while there be real life adventrous types right here in town."
"Minny, Minny please. I gave Lord Sevond my word," the constable tries to say.
"Phst! That old ghost probably sees people like these once a day and twice during Greengrass," she chides the man.
"You should send them, the blue boy there could scare that old ghost himself."
*sigh* "Yes Minny, I'll try."
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Of course this only works if everyone goes. Hoping those who want to get in good with the townsfolk will decide to help for that reason. (Cyan and Talinthos)
The good hearted will hopefully not need any pushing. (Terry and Niklos)
And then there is Barakas -lol- While most of the town was together you scanned everyone looking for Grimjaw, but the short, pudgy, pig-faced man was nowhere to be seen. Little insight into the conversation you were witness to leads you to believe that this ghost may know where Grimjaw is, if he does 'sees all'.
Hopefully getting the band together, if not I will have other opportunities.
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