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<blockquote data-quote="Morgaine" data-source="post: 123744" data-attributes="member: 2393"><p>What follows is "episode 7" --our conversation with Lord Dobberick and our subsequent arrest. We are trying to post in order now, so this comes right after Marja's last two posts.</p><p></p><p>*****************************************</p><p>When last we left our intrepid adventurers. Th posh sitting room was in shambles, there were dead goblins in two corners, a dead guard in the center of the room, an unconscious fop on the floor and the party separated (of their own free will) into two small factions. Guards were surrounding Borin, Xenia, Deke, Fergus, and Marja while Gemma, Kalina and Morgaine slowly traversed the woods back to town to warn the guards before Dobberick had the chance.</p><p></p><p>Inside Lord Dobberick’s stately manor, Borin, Marja and Deke try unsuccessfully to convince the guards that their employer is a worshipper of Mormo. The sentry accuses them of murder, attempted murder, breaking and entering and assault. They close on the adventurers. Looking around at the dead strewn about the room, the house guards call a truce with the business end of Borin’s axe and Xenia’s sword. All agree to wait for the city guards. Borin, no longer enraged, slumps on the ruined sofa and asks for more ale. Xenia, Marja and Borin each enjoy a pint of the Lord’s lavish libations. Fergus picks up a copy of “A Brief History of the Elven Race, Volume I” and pretends to read enthusiastically. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile….</p><p></p><p>Gemma, Kalina and Morgaine – en route to town to register their story with the city guard before Dobberick can – encounter a contingent of local law enforcement marching down the road toward the house. Twenty torch-bearing, armed men are moving at a pretty good clip in the direction from which Gemma and co. have just come. Hiding in the woods, they watch as the troupe passes, noticing one of the men bears the symbols of a sergeant. Deciding they may fare better with the guards than doubling all the way back to the city, Gemma and Kalina elect to show themselves. Morgaine, as usual, wavers indecisively. In a vain attempt to lend themselves credibility, Gemma and Kalina crash out of the woods near the guards, feigning breathlessness. The hope is to convince the guards that they have just run from the manor house and therefore eliminate suspicion. Morgaine lamely brings up the rear. She’s not a very good actress. Needless to say, the sergeant is less than convinced and orders them all to the manor house at sword point. </p><p></p><p>Once inside the manor, the party once again tries unsuccessfully to plead with the sergeant, who identifies himself as Tumbleson. He listens skeptically to their recount of events and protests of innocence. “Let me see if I’ve got this straight…you broke into a lord’s house, killed two of his guards, attacked one of his guests, destroyed his sitting room and threatened him with a sword. All because a stranger – whom you’ve also killed – said he was a worshipper of Mormo. I can see how you should be cleared of guilt.” </p><p></p><p>Morgaine, in a moment of frustration and foolhardiness, begins to rant about Lord Dobberick as the Mormo worshipper he is and that he is getting away. When Sgt. Tumbleson refuses to realize the full importance of this, she begins a diatribe against Mormo worshippers in general and their evil ways. Inadvertently, she tells him about the priest held captive under the Inn back in town. Her cohorts try ineffectually to end this impassioned speech but to no avail. Eventually Fergus fascinates her with his whistling and forces her into silence. Unfortunately, the damage is done and the guards now know about the “secret” tower in the cellar of the Inn. Having sworn they would not reveal this to anyone, our heroes, in addition to being in trouble with the law, have now displeased the Druids of Denev as well. Her companions stare daggers at Morgaine. When she finally realizes her folly, she sits quietly chagrined in an overstuffed easy chair. She really has no business adventuring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morgaine, post: 123744, member: 2393"] What follows is "episode 7" --our conversation with Lord Dobberick and our subsequent arrest. We are trying to post in order now, so this comes right after Marja's last two posts. ***************************************** When last we left our intrepid adventurers. Th posh sitting room was in shambles, there were dead goblins in two corners, a dead guard in the center of the room, an unconscious fop on the floor and the party separated (of their own free will) into two small factions. Guards were surrounding Borin, Xenia, Deke, Fergus, and Marja while Gemma, Kalina and Morgaine slowly traversed the woods back to town to warn the guards before Dobberick had the chance. Inside Lord Dobberick’s stately manor, Borin, Marja and Deke try unsuccessfully to convince the guards that their employer is a worshipper of Mormo. The sentry accuses them of murder, attempted murder, breaking and entering and assault. They close on the adventurers. Looking around at the dead strewn about the room, the house guards call a truce with the business end of Borin’s axe and Xenia’s sword. All agree to wait for the city guards. Borin, no longer enraged, slumps on the ruined sofa and asks for more ale. Xenia, Marja and Borin each enjoy a pint of the Lord’s lavish libations. Fergus picks up a copy of “A Brief History of the Elven Race, Volume I” and pretends to read enthusiastically. Meanwhile…. Gemma, Kalina and Morgaine – en route to town to register their story with the city guard before Dobberick can – encounter a contingent of local law enforcement marching down the road toward the house. Twenty torch-bearing, armed men are moving at a pretty good clip in the direction from which Gemma and co. have just come. Hiding in the woods, they watch as the troupe passes, noticing one of the men bears the symbols of a sergeant. Deciding they may fare better with the guards than doubling all the way back to the city, Gemma and Kalina elect to show themselves. Morgaine, as usual, wavers indecisively. In a vain attempt to lend themselves credibility, Gemma and Kalina crash out of the woods near the guards, feigning breathlessness. The hope is to convince the guards that they have just run from the manor house and therefore eliminate suspicion. Morgaine lamely brings up the rear. She’s not a very good actress. Needless to say, the sergeant is less than convinced and orders them all to the manor house at sword point. Once inside the manor, the party once again tries unsuccessfully to plead with the sergeant, who identifies himself as Tumbleson. He listens skeptically to their recount of events and protests of innocence. “Let me see if I’ve got this straight…you broke into a lord’s house, killed two of his guards, attacked one of his guests, destroyed his sitting room and threatened him with a sword. All because a stranger – whom you’ve also killed – said he was a worshipper of Mormo. I can see how you should be cleared of guilt.” Morgaine, in a moment of frustration and foolhardiness, begins to rant about Lord Dobberick as the Mormo worshipper he is and that he is getting away. When Sgt. Tumbleson refuses to realize the full importance of this, she begins a diatribe against Mormo worshippers in general and their evil ways. Inadvertently, she tells him about the priest held captive under the Inn back in town. Her cohorts try ineffectually to end this impassioned speech but to no avail. Eventually Fergus fascinates her with his whistling and forces her into silence. Unfortunately, the damage is done and the guards now know about the “secret” tower in the cellar of the Inn. Having sworn they would not reveal this to anyone, our heroes, in addition to being in trouble with the law, have now displeased the Druids of Denev as well. Her companions stare daggers at Morgaine. When she finally realizes her folly, she sits quietly chagrined in an overstuffed easy chair. She really has no business adventuring. [/QUOTE]
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