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<blockquote data-quote="Express" data-source="post: 1633486" data-attributes="member: 19166"><p><strong>Rainy Day Doldrums (cont'd)</strong></p><p></p><p>I awoke a short time later. By then the office was well lit, the lamps turned on. Anvil was standing over me, smiling, or at least a close approximation of a smile as Warforged do.</p><p></p><p>"For a half elf you sleep quite well." Anvil actually chuckled.</p><p></p><p>Now this jest may be lost upon you. I'll explain this a bit later. It all comes to the fact I'm a black sheep and why a <em>sleep</em> spell would affect me. It has to do somewhat with family history, so I won't go into it here.</p><p></p><p>Suffice it to say I consider myself a half elf. I look a little like a half elf. I even prefer the company of half elf women. But physically, I'm human.</p><p></p><p>At any rate I struggled to get to my feet. Bynara was gone, off chasing our intruders. Dorbo was in the rear of the office standing over a small figure dressed in a black suit. As I stumbled over, I could see through the spell and alcohol induced haze it was a goblin lying motionless.</p><p></p><p>"He's dead Calib," Dorbo pronounced.</p><p></p><p>"For the love of.." I sputtered. "Did you have to kill it?" <em>Now the City Watch will have be called. Questions. Wonderful.</em></p><p></p><p>"It tried to get away in the dark, boy," Dorbo snapped, "Bynara tripped it. We couldnt hit 'um they were too quick."</p><p></p><p>"No doubt their speed was magically influenced, I have little doubt of that. " Anvil interjected helpfully. With a shrug he went to inspect our office for signs of theft.</p><p></p><p>Bynara appeared in the doorway breathing heavily. "Theyre gone, moving too fast. Two of them. I couldn't keep up."</p><p></p><p>While Anvil looked the place over, the rest of us gathered round the corpse. Its clothes were black, nothing fancy nothing too shabby.A bloody dagger was in its right hand, a pool of dark blood beneath the body. It had a mask over its mouth and nose, which Dorbo removed.</p><p></p><p>"Stone cold," the gnome observed. "When Bynara tripped this fella he fell on his blade. Look, its got somthing on it." He crouched and sniffed at the dagger. "Something toxic. Took him quick like."</p><p></p><p>We didnt recognize the goblin, wasn't from our district. He had no tatoos or marks that would make him a soldier in any crimelord's organized groups. Dorbo did pull a strange necklace off him. A small black furry paw.</p><p></p><p>We passed it around. Rabbit? Racoon? We pondered it.</p><p></p><p>Anvil returned. "My limited observations seem to reveal nothing was taken. Dorbo's laboratory is in a ramshackle state however. It appears we interrupted their attempt at burglary." Dorbo grunted unhappily and went to look after his things.</p><p></p><p>Bynara took the paw. Sniffed it. Studied it. For a moment I thought she was going to put it in her mouth.</p><p></p><p>"That's no animal paw." she said with a confident smile. "Its a gnoll paw-the right one, shrunk down."</p><p></p><p>That was it for me. "I'm going to bed. I'm drunk, tired, and embarassed. Anvil, fetch the City Patrol please. Answer their questions."</p><p></p><p>I climbed the rear steps and went to my room. There would be work to do tomorrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Express, post: 1633486, member: 19166"] [b]Rainy Day Doldrums (cont'd)[/b] I awoke a short time later. By then the office was well lit, the lamps turned on. Anvil was standing over me, smiling, or at least a close approximation of a smile as Warforged do. "For a half elf you sleep quite well." Anvil actually chuckled. Now this jest may be lost upon you. I'll explain this a bit later. It all comes to the fact I'm a black sheep and why a [I]sleep[/I] spell would affect me. It has to do somewhat with family history, so I won't go into it here. Suffice it to say I consider myself a half elf. I look a little like a half elf. I even prefer the company of half elf women. But physically, I'm human. At any rate I struggled to get to my feet. Bynara was gone, off chasing our intruders. Dorbo was in the rear of the office standing over a small figure dressed in a black suit. As I stumbled over, I could see through the spell and alcohol induced haze it was a goblin lying motionless. "He's dead Calib," Dorbo pronounced. "For the love of.." I sputtered. "Did you have to kill it?" [I]Now the City Watch will have be called. Questions. Wonderful.[/I] "It tried to get away in the dark, boy," Dorbo snapped, "Bynara tripped it. We couldnt hit 'um they were too quick." "No doubt their speed was magically influenced, I have little doubt of that. " Anvil interjected helpfully. With a shrug he went to inspect our office for signs of theft. Bynara appeared in the doorway breathing heavily. "Theyre gone, moving too fast. Two of them. I couldn't keep up." While Anvil looked the place over, the rest of us gathered round the corpse. Its clothes were black, nothing fancy nothing too shabby.A bloody dagger was in its right hand, a pool of dark blood beneath the body. It had a mask over its mouth and nose, which Dorbo removed. "Stone cold," the gnome observed. "When Bynara tripped this fella he fell on his blade. Look, its got somthing on it." He crouched and sniffed at the dagger. "Something toxic. Took him quick like." We didnt recognize the goblin, wasn't from our district. He had no tatoos or marks that would make him a soldier in any crimelord's organized groups. Dorbo did pull a strange necklace off him. A small black furry paw. We passed it around. Rabbit? Racoon? We pondered it. Anvil returned. "My limited observations seem to reveal nothing was taken. Dorbo's laboratory is in a ramshackle state however. It appears we interrupted their attempt at burglary." Dorbo grunted unhappily and went to look after his things. Bynara took the paw. Sniffed it. Studied it. For a moment I thought she was going to put it in her mouth. "That's no animal paw." she said with a confident smile. "Its a gnoll paw-the right one, shrunk down." That was it for me. "I'm going to bed. I'm drunk, tired, and embarassed. Anvil, fetch the City Patrol please. Answer their questions." I climbed the rear steps and went to my room. There would be work to do tomorrow. [/QUOTE]
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