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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4923168" data-attributes="member: 13966"><p>Abde'ragman, Evanar, Abrielle, and Fayne each decide to stick around for the next week, purchasing accomodations for their wait in the hopes of more reward money. Abrielle continues to receive use of a free room thanks to her musical performances, though she spends more than the others on her meals and does some shopping. The Calishite also spends more on food and lodging, simply used to such accomodations.</p><p></p><p>Abrielle spends a bit of coin on loosening the tongues of some guardsmen and guardswomen, but doesn't learn much. There's nothing very interesting going on in town at the moment when she talks to them, and many were out of town for the past week with Ellarian on the hunt for the Calishite's assailants. She does hear about some shady figures being spotted entering the ruins of Halvan's Keep reecently, though, and nobody in the Town Guard has seen them leave yet, nor do they know what those people are up to.</p><p></p><p>Finally, after well over a week in town since your little adventure, you return to the Constable's Gaol and meet with Ellarian Dawnhorn again. She looks much the same as before, but less weary. She greets you only with a nod and gestures for you to sit down; there are only a few chairs in the Gaolhouse's office, but at least there are only four of you. Ellarian remains seated, and addresses you after a moment's thought.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>"I see you decided to wait around. Typical of your sort, always looking to squeeze more money out of everyone and everything...."</strong></em> She sighs, then adds <strong><em>"Well, I said I might be willing to pay you a bit more, and you're here, so I suppose it's my own fault. Here."</em></strong> The Constable withdraws a few coins from her belt pouch and tosses them on the table for you. 3 gold coins each.</p><p></p><p>She smirks when some of you show a bit of annoyance at the relatively small sum. <em><strong>"Disappointed? Too bad. While I appreciate your brief service earlier, your kind always expect more pay than guardsmen, and I've lightened my coffers enough for you already. This is the difference between <u>adventurers</u> and guards; we work for the people, you work for gold."</strong></em> There is obvious disdain in her voice when she mentions adventurers.</p><p></p><p>After just a short pause, she adds in a slightly more business-like tone <strong><em>"You will at least be glad to hear that there IS something else you can do for gold around here, besides hawking wares or working like a Harran. Garret, a local merchant, has recently run into a minor problem, and he's ignored my suggestion that he just reseal his cellar. He recently expanded his storage cellar to accomodate more trade goods, and while his men were digging they apparently dug through a thin wall into some natural cave. Garret first thought to make use of it for extra storage space, but found it was infested with vermin, some of unusual size. Now he wants someone to deal with that problem, and I've already made it clear to him that the Guard won't bother, since he could just seal the wall again to fix the problem. I'm going to order a detail of men to seal the hole in a few days if Garret doesn't take care of it himself, to prevent the pests from spreading. But, if you want to clear out the cave for him, that won't be necessary. Garret pays fairly well, but he has no mercenaries on-hand."</em></strong></p><p></p><p>For reference, it is now close to noon on the 9th of Eleint, the Fading.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=OOC]I think I may've forgotten to deal with XP and treasure-selling earlier, so I'll check on that in the OOC thread and post there when done.</p><p></p><p>Evanar and Fayne each spend 21 silver pieces (i.e. 2 gold and 1 silver) on accomodations. Abde'ragman spends 16 gold pieces and 1 silver piece on accomodations. Abrielle spends a total of 9 gold and 6 silver pieces (2 gold and 1 silver on meals, 2 gold on gathering information, 5 silver on good boots, and 5 gold on a nice dress but not especially good fabric or decorations; fine dresses cost 20 gold and exquisite dresses cost 75 gold in the Arms & Equipment Guide, but those are generally noble/royal sorts of high-quality apparel. If Abrielle wants such a dress, she can find a 'fine dress' in Harrowdale Town for 20 gold instead of the nice one for 5 gold, but that's the best available here.).[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 4923168, member: 13966"] Abde'ragman, Evanar, Abrielle, and Fayne each decide to stick around for the next week, purchasing accomodations for their wait in the hopes of more reward money. Abrielle continues to receive use of a free room thanks to her musical performances, though she spends more than the others on her meals and does some shopping. The Calishite also spends more on food and lodging, simply used to such accomodations. Abrielle spends a bit of coin on loosening the tongues of some guardsmen and guardswomen, but doesn't learn much. There's nothing very interesting going on in town at the moment when she talks to them, and many were out of town for the past week with Ellarian on the hunt for the Calishite's assailants. She does hear about some shady figures being spotted entering the ruins of Halvan's Keep reecently, though, and nobody in the Town Guard has seen them leave yet, nor do they know what those people are up to. Finally, after well over a week in town since your little adventure, you return to the Constable's Gaol and meet with Ellarian Dawnhorn again. She looks much the same as before, but less weary. She greets you only with a nod and gestures for you to sit down; there are only a few chairs in the Gaolhouse's office, but at least there are only four of you. Ellarian remains seated, and addresses you after a moment's thought. [I][B]"I see you decided to wait around. Typical of your sort, always looking to squeeze more money out of everyone and everything...."[/B][/I] She sighs, then adds [B][I]"Well, I said I might be willing to pay you a bit more, and you're here, so I suppose it's my own fault. Here."[/I][/B] The Constable withdraws a few coins from her belt pouch and tosses them on the table for you. 3 gold coins each. She smirks when some of you show a bit of annoyance at the relatively small sum. [I][B]"Disappointed? Too bad. While I appreciate your brief service earlier, your kind always expect more pay than guardsmen, and I've lightened my coffers enough for you already. This is the difference between [U]adventurers[/U] and guards; we work for the people, you work for gold."[/B][/I] There is obvious disdain in her voice when she mentions adventurers. After just a short pause, she adds in a slightly more business-like tone [B][I]"You will at least be glad to hear that there IS something else you can do for gold around here, besides hawking wares or working like a Harran. Garret, a local merchant, has recently run into a minor problem, and he's ignored my suggestion that he just reseal his cellar. He recently expanded his storage cellar to accomodate more trade goods, and while his men were digging they apparently dug through a thin wall into some natural cave. Garret first thought to make use of it for extra storage space, but found it was infested with vermin, some of unusual size. Now he wants someone to deal with that problem, and I've already made it clear to him that the Guard won't bother, since he could just seal the wall again to fix the problem. I'm going to order a detail of men to seal the hole in a few days if Garret doesn't take care of it himself, to prevent the pests from spreading. But, if you want to clear out the cave for him, that won't be necessary. Garret pays fairly well, but he has no mercenaries on-hand."[/I][/B] For reference, it is now close to noon on the 9th of Eleint, the Fading. [sblock=OOC]I think I may've forgotten to deal with XP and treasure-selling earlier, so I'll check on that in the OOC thread and post there when done. Evanar and Fayne each spend 21 silver pieces (i.e. 2 gold and 1 silver) on accomodations. Abde'ragman spends 16 gold pieces and 1 silver piece on accomodations. Abrielle spends a total of 9 gold and 6 silver pieces (2 gold and 1 silver on meals, 2 gold on gathering information, 5 silver on good boots, and 5 gold on a nice dress but not especially good fabric or decorations; fine dresses cost 20 gold and exquisite dresses cost 75 gold in the Arms & Equipment Guide, but those are generally noble/royal sorts of high-quality apparel. If Abrielle wants such a dress, she can find a 'fine dress' in Harrowdale Town for 20 gold instead of the nice one for 5 gold, but that's the best available here.).[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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