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<blockquote data-quote="Aust Meliamne" data-source="post: 786" data-attributes="member: 95"><p>Karanaj's Journal #2</p><p>4th day of Leaffall, 1372 DR</p><p></p><p></p><p>I awoke the next morning, and for some reason I was more tired that I had been in a while. I felt really lazy, so I decided not to dress up. I slept in my pants, and I went downstairs as I was. (What a mistake that was) I came down, and even Vallia gave me a little trouble over my appearance. She thought I was trying to insinuate something to everyone. I didn’t even feel like arguing. Misha and Kay had their words, of course, and I wished all the more that Kay had been just a little bit more nauseated. I let it pass, though. I was getting quite used to being thought of as Vallia’s boy-toy; they can think whatever they want of me, but I know who I love. I finished breakfast very quickly, so I could retreat to my room and get dressed. We were then off to the Platinum Quill to follow our only lead.</p><p></p><p>We found our way there easily; we had been there before, after all. The owner was a tall man named Catellion. We questioned him about Galliad, and he did not seem at all cooperative. We degraded to threats once more, and Catellion leapt over the counter yelling for Anteashara. Catellion made it out the door, but not before at least taking one hit. The battle ended rather quickly, with Misha taking out two thugs that tried to interfere. Gruush took hold of Anteashara, and we all reverted to our interrogation methods. I felt that maybe magic would convince her to change her mind, but I did a poor job of being convincing. Misha, it seems was already on the verge of acting, and I only served to push him over the edge. Misha killed the woman, and told me to shut the door. I did so, simply because I had no wish to get caught.</p><p></p><p>I could already hear Vallia’s anger coming toward me, but it never came to me. She directed it all at Misha, which made me feel sorry for him. Vallia eventually came up with an idea, however, and she did not really feel like talking to any of us at the moment. I thought she still might have been mad at me, and I didn’t want to say anything to her that might upset her. I took off the ring Talindra gave me, and placed it in my pocket, preventing myself from saying anything stupid.</p><p></p><p>The group walked in silence as we moved toward the Path of Silk Flowers. We passed the Avenue of Chimes “where sight and sound... meet.” We continued into the garden, and it was quite obvious that this was “were sight and sound and smell meet.” We moved to the house there, and finally just decided to knock. No one answered, so Kay had Gruush hold her up to see inside the window. There were some guards there, but nothing overly suspicious about that (we were doing the same thing not long ago). Misha and Kay decided to check out around the house for an alternative way in. Kay found a side door, while Misha didn’t fare as well. He had a globe of darkness cast upon him, and didn’t seem to enjoy being helpless at all. Vallia offered to stay with him, which I didn’t think was such a good idea for Misha’s sake. I offered to stay with them, but Vallia told me they would be fine.</p><p></p><p>I went after Gruush and Kay over to where Kay had found the door. We found that the door was simply leading to a bath house. We searched a little more, and found another door. This time, it was connected to the house. Gruush opened the door, and found two guards standing behind it. We quickly subdued them, though Gruush received a few nasty blows. I replaced the ring on my finger, and told Vallia that we needed her assistance. She hurried over there, and helped Gruush recover.</p><p></p><p>I watched Misha while Vallia helped Gruush. The darkness vanished from around Misha about the time Vallia returned, and we all decided that it was time to find our mage. As we walked into the house, I used a spell on Gruush to help protect him in upcoming battles (in retrospect, I think I should have use it on myself). We found our way to a bedroom which we examined for any clues. Misha found some jewels in one of the bedposts (which I still haven’t seen since then). We continued on into the next room, which contained a small study. We hadn’t looked through many of the books when Catellion charged out of the closet, and attacked me. The rest of the party quickly subdued him, and my attention was turned to the mage that appeared and shot me. I was staggering at that point, and I barely managed to fire off a few magic missiles before the mage turned invisible again. He then spoke another spell which I recognized as a teleportation spell. The trouble was over, for now.</p><p></p><p>The mage had dropped a pouch right before he turned invisible. Misha picked it up and told me to see what was in the pouch, since he wouldn’t know. He wasn’t a mage after all. If he had just looked in the pouch, he would have known what they were. We had finally found the contracts, and I was finished, yet again, with Kathkallen’s business. I was still woozy from the battle when we set off toward the inn. We came across the Watch while making our way there, and thanks to some quick acting by Vallia, they were distracted. Misha claimed Gruush as his bodyguard, and began talking a little with the guards to reduce their suspicion. Vallia told me telepathically that I should take an alternate route back to the inn, which I did. I didn’t encounter any trouble along the way.</p><p></p><p>The group finally made it back to the inn, and found me sitting at a table. I was even more weakened by the whole ordeal, and yet I still attracted less attention than that odd collection, bleeding or not (sometimes I think it pays to come off as a ‘nice-guy’ . I could see the pain on Vallia’s face at seeing me so weak, and not being able to help me; she was apparently out of healing magic. However, it didn’t matter to me, and I was ready to go to sleep. I tried to make it there on my own, but I only took a few steps before I almost fell again. Gruush helped me to my room, and I didn’t even get the thank you out of my mouth before I was unconscious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aust Meliamne, post: 786, member: 95"] Karanaj's Journal #2 4th day of Leaffall, 1372 DR I awoke the next morning, and for some reason I was more tired that I had been in a while. I felt really lazy, so I decided not to dress up. I slept in my pants, and I went downstairs as I was. (What a mistake that was) I came down, and even Vallia gave me a little trouble over my appearance. She thought I was trying to insinuate something to everyone. I didn’t even feel like arguing. Misha and Kay had their words, of course, and I wished all the more that Kay had been just a little bit more nauseated. I let it pass, though. I was getting quite used to being thought of as Vallia’s boy-toy; they can think whatever they want of me, but I know who I love. I finished breakfast very quickly, so I could retreat to my room and get dressed. We were then off to the Platinum Quill to follow our only lead. We found our way there easily; we had been there before, after all. The owner was a tall man named Catellion. We questioned him about Galliad, and he did not seem at all cooperative. We degraded to threats once more, and Catellion leapt over the counter yelling for Anteashara. Catellion made it out the door, but not before at least taking one hit. The battle ended rather quickly, with Misha taking out two thugs that tried to interfere. Gruush took hold of Anteashara, and we all reverted to our interrogation methods. I felt that maybe magic would convince her to change her mind, but I did a poor job of being convincing. Misha, it seems was already on the verge of acting, and I only served to push him over the edge. Misha killed the woman, and told me to shut the door. I did so, simply because I had no wish to get caught. I could already hear Vallia’s anger coming toward me, but it never came to me. She directed it all at Misha, which made me feel sorry for him. Vallia eventually came up with an idea, however, and she did not really feel like talking to any of us at the moment. I thought she still might have been mad at me, and I didn’t want to say anything to her that might upset her. I took off the ring Talindra gave me, and placed it in my pocket, preventing myself from saying anything stupid. The group walked in silence as we moved toward the Path of Silk Flowers. We passed the Avenue of Chimes “where sight and sound... meet.” We continued into the garden, and it was quite obvious that this was “were sight and sound and smell meet.” We moved to the house there, and finally just decided to knock. No one answered, so Kay had Gruush hold her up to see inside the window. There were some guards there, but nothing overly suspicious about that (we were doing the same thing not long ago). Misha and Kay decided to check out around the house for an alternative way in. Kay found a side door, while Misha didn’t fare as well. He had a globe of darkness cast upon him, and didn’t seem to enjoy being helpless at all. Vallia offered to stay with him, which I didn’t think was such a good idea for Misha’s sake. I offered to stay with them, but Vallia told me they would be fine. I went after Gruush and Kay over to where Kay had found the door. We found that the door was simply leading to a bath house. We searched a little more, and found another door. This time, it was connected to the house. Gruush opened the door, and found two guards standing behind it. We quickly subdued them, though Gruush received a few nasty blows. I replaced the ring on my finger, and told Vallia that we needed her assistance. She hurried over there, and helped Gruush recover. I watched Misha while Vallia helped Gruush. The darkness vanished from around Misha about the time Vallia returned, and we all decided that it was time to find our mage. As we walked into the house, I used a spell on Gruush to help protect him in upcoming battles (in retrospect, I think I should have use it on myself). We found our way to a bedroom which we examined for any clues. Misha found some jewels in one of the bedposts (which I still haven’t seen since then). We continued on into the next room, which contained a small study. We hadn’t looked through many of the books when Catellion charged out of the closet, and attacked me. The rest of the party quickly subdued him, and my attention was turned to the mage that appeared and shot me. I was staggering at that point, and I barely managed to fire off a few magic missiles before the mage turned invisible again. He then spoke another spell which I recognized as a teleportation spell. The trouble was over, for now. The mage had dropped a pouch right before he turned invisible. Misha picked it up and told me to see what was in the pouch, since he wouldn’t know. He wasn’t a mage after all. If he had just looked in the pouch, he would have known what they were. We had finally found the contracts, and I was finished, yet again, with Kathkallen’s business. I was still woozy from the battle when we set off toward the inn. We came across the Watch while making our way there, and thanks to some quick acting by Vallia, they were distracted. Misha claimed Gruush as his bodyguard, and began talking a little with the guards to reduce their suspicion. Vallia told me telepathically that I should take an alternate route back to the inn, which I did. I didn’t encounter any trouble along the way. The group finally made it back to the inn, and found me sitting at a table. I was even more weakened by the whole ordeal, and yet I still attracted less attention than that odd collection, bleeding or not (sometimes I think it pays to come off as a ‘nice-guy’ . I could see the pain on Vallia’s face at seeing me so weak, and not being able to help me; she was apparently out of healing magic. However, it didn’t matter to me, and I was ready to go to sleep. I tried to make it there on my own, but I only took a few steps before I almost fell again. Gruush helped me to my room, and I didn’t even get the thank you out of my mouth before I was unconscious. [/QUOTE]
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