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<blockquote data-quote="BenBrown" data-source="post: 5098134" data-attributes="member: 1642"><p><span style="color: Wheat">"See uncle,"</span> the nephew says. <span style="color: Wheat">"I told you we'd find people. Have we got enough?"</span></p><p></p><p>His uncle nods and turns to the assembled adventurers. <span style="color: SeaGreen">"Thank you for helping me. I realize getting involved with someone else's feud isn't usually good business, but I think my niece may be in real danger.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"My name, in case you didn't catch it earlier, is Josiah Sturgeon. Lucius Hake and I have been rivals in the fish business for decades. We're both wholesalers. We buy the fish off the boats, and sell it to the markets. It makes it easier on the shopkeepers, since they're assured of a steady supply and don't need to spend all day on the docks waiting to see if any ships come in.</span></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"I never liked Hake all that much, but until recently it was always a business rivalry. Twelve years ago, we even made a deal to marry his son to my niece. I've got no children of my own, so Edith and Victor here will inherit my business. This didn't stop us from going at it hammer and tongs in the business arena. He pulled a fast one on me a few years ago, getting his agent rides on the pilot boats, and buying the fish before it entered the harbor. That was a terrific coup, and I wish I'd thought of it."</span></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen"></span></p><p>Sturgeon smiles a bit at the recollection, then his mood turns somber.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"The last year, though, it's gotten personal for him. The pilot boat was the last real advantage he got over me. Since then, I've managed to pull a few fast ones on him. I got the city government to dig up the street outside one of his depots. I managed to get the first salmon boats of the season, and delivered the ceremonial first salmon to the mayor's office two years running, which nobody had done before. Rather than getting back at me through normal business channels, Hake started to get nasty. Looking back now, it seems like the fire at my Scrod Alley warehouse must have been set by his people. People who know us both say he's started to get moody and doesn't talk to people any more.</span></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"Recently, I pulled off a nice coup. I managed to get a contract with Obadiah Tunny--of Tunny's Trawlers, you know--before he set out for the season. It was a risk, but it paid off, and when Tunny's first ship came back a month ago, they wouldn't even talk to Hake's agent. Hake didn't like this I guess, because he sent me a message saying that he was cancelling the engagement between his boy Donald, and our Edith. He's sent the boy off on some secret mission, according to a man I've got in his organization. Netari knows what that's about."</span></p><p></p><p>He inhales slowly before continuing.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"Today, it finally happened. He's gone completely over the line. Edith and Victor were walking along, minding their own business, and a bunch of armed men--this Pike character and his crew--grabbed her, pushed the boy down, and ran off. But our Victor's not stupid. He managed to follow them. Straight to Hake's big fish depot down by Fisherman's Alley."</span></p><p></p><p>Sturgeon surveys the adventurers, tough lot that they are. <span style="color: SeaGreen">"At this point I just want Edith returned to me. I'll pay twenty gold pieces to each of you, and you can. . . you can take anything you like from the warehouse. I don't know what he's got down there, but those goons he hired must have something."</span></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"Will you take the job?"</span></p><p></p><p>[sblock=ooc]</p><p>This is the tentative crew. Please let me know if this is incorrect.</p><p></p><p>Abigail (wik), Human Swordmage 1 (Defender/Striker)</p><p>Alastair Feyd (auberon), Gnome Warlock 1 (Striker)</p><p>Dante (Iron Sky), Human Ranger 1 (Striker)</p><p>Eraden (Eternal54), Half-Elf Paladin 1 (Defender)</p><p>Talks-to-the-Moon (taran), Githyanki Artificer 1 (Leader)</p><p></p><p>Also, please feel free to to ask questions both in character and out of character, and let me know if you want to make any skill checks.</p><p></p><p>If everything is cool, I'll start the adventure thread tomorrow afternoon.</p><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BenBrown, post: 5098134, member: 1642"] [COLOR="Wheat"]"See uncle,"[/COLOR] the nephew says. [COLOR="Wheat"]"I told you we'd find people. Have we got enough?"[/COLOR] His uncle nods and turns to the assembled adventurers. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"Thank you for helping me. I realize getting involved with someone else's feud isn't usually good business, but I think my niece may be in real danger.[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"My name, in case you didn't catch it earlier, is Josiah Sturgeon. Lucius Hake and I have been rivals in the fish business for decades. We're both wholesalers. We buy the fish off the boats, and sell it to the markets. It makes it easier on the shopkeepers, since they're assured of a steady supply and don't need to spend all day on the docks waiting to see if any ships come in. [/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"I never liked Hake all that much, but until recently it was always a business rivalry. Twelve years ago, we even made a deal to marry his son to my niece. I've got no children of my own, so Edith and Victor here will inherit my business. This didn't stop us from going at it hammer and tongs in the business arena. He pulled a fast one on me a few years ago, getting his agent rides on the pilot boats, and buying the fish before it entered the harbor. That was a terrific coup, and I wish I'd thought of it." [/COLOR] Sturgeon smiles a bit at the recollection, then his mood turns somber. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"The last year, though, it's gotten personal for him. The pilot boat was the last real advantage he got over me. Since then, I've managed to pull a few fast ones on him. I got the city government to dig up the street outside one of his depots. I managed to get the first salmon boats of the season, and delivered the ceremonial first salmon to the mayor's office two years running, which nobody had done before. Rather than getting back at me through normal business channels, Hake started to get nasty. Looking back now, it seems like the fire at my Scrod Alley warehouse must have been set by his people. People who know us both say he's started to get moody and doesn't talk to people any more. [/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"Recently, I pulled off a nice coup. I managed to get a contract with Obadiah Tunny--of Tunny's Trawlers, you know--before he set out for the season. It was a risk, but it paid off, and when Tunny's first ship came back a month ago, they wouldn't even talk to Hake's agent. Hake didn't like this I guess, because he sent me a message saying that he was cancelling the engagement between his boy Donald, and our Edith. He's sent the boy off on some secret mission, according to a man I've got in his organization. Netari knows what that's about."[/COLOR] He inhales slowly before continuing. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"Today, it finally happened. He's gone completely over the line. Edith and Victor were walking along, minding their own business, and a bunch of armed men--this Pike character and his crew--grabbed her, pushed the boy down, and ran off. But our Victor's not stupid. He managed to follow them. Straight to Hake's big fish depot down by Fisherman's Alley."[/COLOR] Sturgeon surveys the adventurers, tough lot that they are. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"At this point I just want Edith returned to me. I'll pay twenty gold pieces to each of you, and you can. . . you can take anything you like from the warehouse. I don't know what he's got down there, but those goons he hired must have something."[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"] "Will you take the job?"[/COLOR] [sblock=ooc] This is the tentative crew. Please let me know if this is incorrect. Abigail (wik), Human Swordmage 1 (Defender/Striker) Alastair Feyd (auberon), Gnome Warlock 1 (Striker) Dante (Iron Sky), Human Ranger 1 (Striker) Eraden (Eternal54), Half-Elf Paladin 1 (Defender) Talks-to-the-Moon (taran), Githyanki Artificer 1 (Leader) Also, please feel free to to ask questions both in character and out of character, and let me know if you want to make any skill checks. If everything is cool, I'll start the adventure thread tomorrow afternoon. [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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