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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 3162433" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>Shifty</strong></p><p></p><p>Before retiring for the evening, Haimish pays for a message to be delivered to the Horned Devil asking that Lord De' Lite visit Haimish at the inn where he was staying. Haimish drifts off into a welcome dream of haggis and ale. </p><p></p><p>The dream goes dark however and then the scenery is ripped away to reveal a solitary Haimish alone at a table with a meal of maggots and blood. Reeling, Haimish shoves himself away from the table and spins to com face to face with lord De' Lite.</p><p></p><p>"Bad dream?" Lord De' Lite asks</p><p></p><p>"Would appear so, yeah." Haimish answers</p><p></p><p>"What is it that you needed to see me about?"</p><p></p><p>"Oh, I need some assistance on getting inside the School of Ancient Knowledge. What supplies should I get, what door should I use?" Haimish inquires</p><p></p><p>"A bribe tends to go a long ways, these days only senator's sons and merchant families gain access to the building."</p><p></p><p>"I will need to become one of those then. What about service entrances or sewer access?" Haimish asks</p><p></p><p>"I'm sure the School has prepared for such an eventuality, thievery is not a long lived occupation and stealing from those who can scry is asking for a short life span." </p><p></p><p>"Well, I think we're planning on going in real soon, I know this centaur guy who can shapeshift like a blanket in a rainstorm. He's going to try and get in to get a look around. I found some ogre muscle too." Haimish explains</p><p></p><p>"Well, I must be going. Parties to attend, people to see." </p><p></p><p>"What party is that?" Haimish asks</p><p></p><p>"Well, I just came from the Kador roast of Selonsia a Tinel priestess of minor import. That was quite the party, some good barbs thrown in there." </p><p></p><p>"What about these disappearances along Shady Street, do you know anything about those?" Haimish </p><p></p><p>"I don't believe this is twenty questions with Lord De' Lite time, perhaps you should focus more on getting the gem and less on talking to strangers."</p><p></p><p>"I was merely looking for a way to show the school that they can trust us, I figure solving those disappearances would lead to some fame that might lower the bribe cost to get into the school." Haimish replies</p><p></p><p>"Only if the cause is worthy of mage attention will it even register with them, since they never leave the structure." </p><p></p><p>"Oh, well it was worth a shot." Haimish states</p><p></p><p>"Yes, well don't call for me again, unless you have the gem. I need to plan for Lord Palmere's party in two weeks. I shall be constantly busy until then, hopefully it will not take you that long to retrieve the item for me."</p><p></p><p>With that Lord De' Lite disappears amidst a loud crash of furniture from below. Still groggy from a lack of sleep, Haimish stumbles out of bed and opens the door. Sounds of a melee ring out from below. Shaking the cobwebs, Haimish races back to retrieve his belongings and heads back down stairs, Kessen follows right behind him.</p><p></p><p>"Sounds like we're under attack." Kessen states</p><p></p><p>"Sounds like a treant giving birth with all the cracking wood." Haimish counters</p><p></p><p>They both reach the bottom of the stairs and take in a battered and broken bar area, a downed troll recuperates on the floor next to the bar, a throng of constables mill about the rest of the lower floor of the inn. Turgar and Doopa and both kneeling in front of four large ogres who have the duo grappled while a halfling works with a rope to secure Turgar and Doopa's hands behind their backs.</p><p></p><p>"Hey they're with those two, kick them out as well!" The barkeep shouts to the constables as Haimish and Kessen both realize the barkeep is referring to them, "Where's your drinking buddy, the reddish guy with horns on his head?"</p><p></p><p>Kessen points upstairs while Haimish just shrugs, "Come with us, we have a few questions." a constable commands while grasping Haimish's arm and leading him away from the stairs. </p><p></p><p>"How do you know the two ogres over there?" a guard presses Haimish</p><p></p><p>"Um, we were part of the same cleaning crew." Haimish responds</p><p></p><p>"And what were you doing while this was occurring?" </p><p></p><p>"While what was occurring, I was asleep upstairs? I heard a crash and came to investigate." Haimish replies</p><p></p><p>"How long have you known the suspects?" The guards asks pointing at Turgar and Doopa</p><p></p><p>"Couple days." Haimish answers</p><p></p><p>"Couple days? Awfully close for a couple of days, they're down here abusing customers while you're conveniently upstairs sleeping." The constable says accusingly</p><p></p><p>"I don't know anything else, I wish I was full of information for you, but you've completely covered the whole of my abandoned duck with these questions." Haimish replies\</p><p></p><p>"Hey!" The constable shouts while poking Haimish in the shoulder, "Don't get smart with me, you're already under suspicion of obstructing justice. You're borderline traitorous, don't go there with me." </p><p></p><p>"Shouldn't you go down and see what's going on at least?" The wench asks Menthos </p><p></p><p>"Why, it's quieted down now. I'm sssure everythingss under control." Menthos slurs</p><p></p><p>"I should probably go back to work now, Tirn is going to be mad enough as it is that I've been up here for two hours." The wench replies</p><p></p><p>"Well, I ain't helpinss you find yer clothess. Menthos gets out of bed and walks over to the wench's side of the bed, he grabs a filled water basin along the way.</p><p></p><p>"Okay, dunk my head in the water then slap me." Menthos commands</p><p></p><p>The wench at first was a little nervous but got into the swing of things quickly. After eight dunkings and ten slaps, Menthos waved her to stop.</p><p></p><p>"Alright, I'm sober enough. Hand me that chute thing behind the pillow. Menthos then gets dressed and heads towards the stairs. He gets to the top landing and hears the interrogation occurring downstairs and sees the prone troll by the bar, thinking it best not to go down there now, Menthos heads back into his room and opens the window to peer onto the street below. Seeing no one milling around within forty yards up and down the back alley. Menthos swing both legs over the ledge.</p><p></p><p>"Where are you going?" The wench asks</p><p></p><p>"I'm going to piss off authority." Menthos answers and leaps down the ten feet to the alley below. </p><p></p><p>"I'm working tomorrow night too!" The wench yells out after Menthos.</p><p></p><p>The tiefling was already in full sprint as he raced through the alley and then up Caravan street and over to the boarding stables.</p><p></p><p>*whistle* "Hey Xanadu, I need your help." Menthos whispers after the loud whistle</p><p></p><p>"Me name is Xanthos." The centaur reminds him</p><p></p><p>"Close enough, the group's in trouble back at the inn. I have a plan." Menthos states</p><p></p><p>"What has transpired?" Xanthos inquires as he gets up from his sleeping position.</p><p></p><p>"Don't know and don't care, I'll tell you my plan along the way." Menthos climbs on the back of Xanthos and the centaur spirits them away back to the inn.</p><p></p><p>"Officer, I believe this boy has information vital to your case!" Menthos shouts as he bull rushes his way past a few guards and into the inn.</p><p></p><p>"What? We have all the facts we need." A constable replies</p><p></p><p>"I think you need to hear this." Menthos states</p><p></p><p>"Well, out with it boy." </p><p></p><p>"Sir, I was walking past the inn when I heard the fighting. I cracked the door and saw that green monster there fighting with those two monsters over there." Xanthos relays, "then from out of the green monster's mouth a huge worm came out and the pink monsters there yelled Morg! and the other pink monster cut off out the worm and threw it outside. Then the two pink monsters beat up the green monster."</p><p></p><p>"That's quite the story lad, but I think it best you ran along home and let the adults handle it from here." The constable said, not believing the little boy after taking a statement from the barkeep and the troll.</p><p></p><p>"Well, okay but you take this I don't want it." Xanthos states and throws down the Duergar Ale Chute minus the funnel</p><p></p><p>A startled gasp goes up from the assembled constables, the lead investigator eyes the tongue wearily then looks back at the troll.</p><p></p><p>"That not Murk's" The troll claims</p><p></p><p>The constable looks back at the young boy shivering with fear, then back at the troll, then over to Turgar and Doopa.</p><p></p><p>"Boy lie! Murk kill you!" The troll lunges only to be de-armed by the blade of the constable. The rest of the constables join in the beat down and soon the troll will be recovering for weeks. </p><p></p><p>The constables drag out the unconscious troll and release Turgar and Doopa with a "Thank you citizen". The lead investigator hands Xanthos a gold crown and rubs his head, "good work lad, we got the bad guy." and leaves.</p><p></p><p>Turgar and Doopa take a moment to think about restarting the fight that got the troll knocked unconscious to begin with, but decide better of it and just thank Menthos and Xanthos.</p><p></p><p>Haimish and Kessen realize it was now going to be much harder to get rid of Menthos now, as the tiefling suffering from an extreme hangover, plops down in a still intact chair by the door, and orders a pitcher of water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 3162433, member: 11574"] [b]Shifty[/b] Before retiring for the evening, Haimish pays for a message to be delivered to the Horned Devil asking that Lord De' Lite visit Haimish at the inn where he was staying. Haimish drifts off into a welcome dream of haggis and ale. The dream goes dark however and then the scenery is ripped away to reveal a solitary Haimish alone at a table with a meal of maggots and blood. Reeling, Haimish shoves himself away from the table and spins to com face to face with lord De' Lite. "Bad dream?" Lord De' Lite asks "Would appear so, yeah." Haimish answers "What is it that you needed to see me about?" "Oh, I need some assistance on getting inside the School of Ancient Knowledge. What supplies should I get, what door should I use?" Haimish inquires "A bribe tends to go a long ways, these days only senator's sons and merchant families gain access to the building." "I will need to become one of those then. What about service entrances or sewer access?" Haimish asks "I'm sure the School has prepared for such an eventuality, thievery is not a long lived occupation and stealing from those who can scry is asking for a short life span." "Well, I think we're planning on going in real soon, I know this centaur guy who can shapeshift like a blanket in a rainstorm. He's going to try and get in to get a look around. I found some ogre muscle too." Haimish explains "Well, I must be going. Parties to attend, people to see." "What party is that?" Haimish asks "Well, I just came from the Kador roast of Selonsia a Tinel priestess of minor import. That was quite the party, some good barbs thrown in there." "What about these disappearances along Shady Street, do you know anything about those?" Haimish "I don't believe this is twenty questions with Lord De' Lite time, perhaps you should focus more on getting the gem and less on talking to strangers." "I was merely looking for a way to show the school that they can trust us, I figure solving those disappearances would lead to some fame that might lower the bribe cost to get into the school." Haimish replies "Only if the cause is worthy of mage attention will it even register with them, since they never leave the structure." "Oh, well it was worth a shot." Haimish states "Yes, well don't call for me again, unless you have the gem. I need to plan for Lord Palmere's party in two weeks. I shall be constantly busy until then, hopefully it will not take you that long to retrieve the item for me." With that Lord De' Lite disappears amidst a loud crash of furniture from below. Still groggy from a lack of sleep, Haimish stumbles out of bed and opens the door. Sounds of a melee ring out from below. Shaking the cobwebs, Haimish races back to retrieve his belongings and heads back down stairs, Kessen follows right behind him. "Sounds like we're under attack." Kessen states "Sounds like a treant giving birth with all the cracking wood." Haimish counters They both reach the bottom of the stairs and take in a battered and broken bar area, a downed troll recuperates on the floor next to the bar, a throng of constables mill about the rest of the lower floor of the inn. Turgar and Doopa and both kneeling in front of four large ogres who have the duo grappled while a halfling works with a rope to secure Turgar and Doopa's hands behind their backs. "Hey they're with those two, kick them out as well!" The barkeep shouts to the constables as Haimish and Kessen both realize the barkeep is referring to them, "Where's your drinking buddy, the reddish guy with horns on his head?" Kessen points upstairs while Haimish just shrugs, "Come with us, we have a few questions." a constable commands while grasping Haimish's arm and leading him away from the stairs. "How do you know the two ogres over there?" a guard presses Haimish "Um, we were part of the same cleaning crew." Haimish responds "And what were you doing while this was occurring?" "While what was occurring, I was asleep upstairs? I heard a crash and came to investigate." Haimish replies "How long have you known the suspects?" The guards asks pointing at Turgar and Doopa "Couple days." Haimish answers "Couple days? Awfully close for a couple of days, they're down here abusing customers while you're conveniently upstairs sleeping." The constable says accusingly "I don't know anything else, I wish I was full of information for you, but you've completely covered the whole of my abandoned duck with these questions." Haimish replies\ "Hey!" The constable shouts while poking Haimish in the shoulder, "Don't get smart with me, you're already under suspicion of obstructing justice. You're borderline traitorous, don't go there with me." "Shouldn't you go down and see what's going on at least?" The wench asks Menthos "Why, it's quieted down now. I'm sssure everythingss under control." Menthos slurs "I should probably go back to work now, Tirn is going to be mad enough as it is that I've been up here for two hours." The wench replies "Well, I ain't helpinss you find yer clothess. Menthos gets out of bed and walks over to the wench's side of the bed, he grabs a filled water basin along the way. "Okay, dunk my head in the water then slap me." Menthos commands The wench at first was a little nervous but got into the swing of things quickly. After eight dunkings and ten slaps, Menthos waved her to stop. "Alright, I'm sober enough. Hand me that chute thing behind the pillow. Menthos then gets dressed and heads towards the stairs. He gets to the top landing and hears the interrogation occurring downstairs and sees the prone troll by the bar, thinking it best not to go down there now, Menthos heads back into his room and opens the window to peer onto the street below. Seeing no one milling around within forty yards up and down the back alley. Menthos swing both legs over the ledge. "Where are you going?" The wench asks "I'm going to piss off authority." Menthos answers and leaps down the ten feet to the alley below. "I'm working tomorrow night too!" The wench yells out after Menthos. The tiefling was already in full sprint as he raced through the alley and then up Caravan street and over to the boarding stables. *whistle* "Hey Xanadu, I need your help." Menthos whispers after the loud whistle "Me name is Xanthos." The centaur reminds him "Close enough, the group's in trouble back at the inn. I have a plan." Menthos states "What has transpired?" Xanthos inquires as he gets up from his sleeping position. "Don't know and don't care, I'll tell you my plan along the way." Menthos climbs on the back of Xanthos and the centaur spirits them away back to the inn. "Officer, I believe this boy has information vital to your case!" Menthos shouts as he bull rushes his way past a few guards and into the inn. "What? We have all the facts we need." A constable replies "I think you need to hear this." Menthos states "Well, out with it boy." "Sir, I was walking past the inn when I heard the fighting. I cracked the door and saw that green monster there fighting with those two monsters over there." Xanthos relays, "then from out of the green monster's mouth a huge worm came out and the pink monsters there yelled Morg! and the other pink monster cut off out the worm and threw it outside. Then the two pink monsters beat up the green monster." "That's quite the story lad, but I think it best you ran along home and let the adults handle it from here." The constable said, not believing the little boy after taking a statement from the barkeep and the troll. "Well, okay but you take this I don't want it." Xanthos states and throws down the Duergar Ale Chute minus the funnel A startled gasp goes up from the assembled constables, the lead investigator eyes the tongue wearily then looks back at the troll. "That not Murk's" The troll claims The constable looks back at the young boy shivering with fear, then back at the troll, then over to Turgar and Doopa. "Boy lie! Murk kill you!" The troll lunges only to be de-armed by the blade of the constable. The rest of the constables join in the beat down and soon the troll will be recovering for weeks. The constables drag out the unconscious troll and release Turgar and Doopa with a "Thank you citizen". The lead investigator hands Xanthos a gold crown and rubs his head, "good work lad, we got the bad guy." and leaves. Turgar and Doopa take a moment to think about restarting the fight that got the troll knocked unconscious to begin with, but decide better of it and just thank Menthos and Xanthos. Haimish and Kessen realize it was now going to be much harder to get rid of Menthos now, as the tiefling suffering from an extreme hangover, plops down in a still intact chair by the door, and orders a pitcher of water. [/QUOTE]
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