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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 3167826" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>With this plot seed, I set my mind in motion.</strong></p><p></p><p>The group packs up and heads to the next open inn, not caring what it was called or how bad it smelled in there. Xanthos heads back to the stables and the rest of the party splits two rooms with the ogres separated.</p><p></p><p>Morning comes, followed by breakfast, soon lunchtime approaches and finally the group awakes to begin their day. They head into the common room and order the roasted duck and tubers meal. Haimish excitedly tells of his meeting with Lord De' Lite last night. </p><p></p><p>Menthos pays for a current newspaper and again the lead story is another disappearance on Shady street. Menthos hands over the paper to Haimish once he's through.</p><p></p><p>"You know I thought that if we could impress the School of Ancient Knowledge of our abilities then maybe we or I could gain an audience with one of the teachers. I was thinking of finding out about these disappearances along Shady Street." Haimish relates</p><p></p><p>"I thought Lord De' Lite told you unless is magical in nature, then they wouldn't care?" Kessen asks</p><p></p><p>"Yes, yes he did. However I figure with a great liar and schemer like Menthos here. Even if the disappearances are nothing more than drunks who fall through an open sewer grate, the great Menthos could tell the constables that there was a dimensional vortex of magic that sucked them through. Surely that'll get their interest?" Haimish explains.</p><p></p><p>"I do not know about this lying business to the city watch. One too many times and you will surely get burned." Xanthos comments</p><p></p><p>"Maybe, but if he can take a ginormous tape worm and make the watch think it's some kind of body part removed by a mutated troll, then he could get away with telling the watch about imaginary vortexes of vacuum magic." Haimish explains</p><p></p><p>"That plan sucks." Menthos adds, "Or does it blow? I never get a vacuum right. Why not go to the watch now and tell this tale?"</p><p></p><p>"Because we need to end it, otherwise it keeps happening and then someone else solves it and it turns out to be drunken beggars falling through open sewer grates." Kessen replies</p><p></p><p>"Doopa not care, as long as Doopa hit something. Doopa is in." The ogre states</p><p></p><p>"I think we should scope out the street, look for obvious places where things might happen." Kessen offers</p><p></p><p>"Won't that be hard with all the Shade? I mean you're only a human and clearly not equipped to spot things in dimly lit places." Menthos inquires</p><p></p><p>"Keep it up jack-ass and I'll riddle your back with shaft protrusions." Kessen replies</p><p></p><p>"I don't do riddles or enigmas, which explains why I'm not married. But did it ever occur to you that they named it Shady Street for a reason?" Menthos asks</p><p></p><p>"Maybe it's a reverse nickname? You how they call orcs pretty or teiflings committed." Haimish interjects</p><p></p><p>"Or bards talented." Menthos finishes</p><p></p><p>"Suuuure, I've not heard of that one though." Haimish replies</p><p></p><p>"Well, I'm going to go scout the street." Kessen states and collects his belongings and heads for the door.</p><p></p><p>Doopa, Haimish and Xanthos follow the highlander out the door, leaving Turgar and Menthos at the table. Turgar stares a hole through Menthos' chest.</p><p></p><p>"What? I'm not a troll. You're not going to fight me now are you? And here I though you were the smart one." Menthos says, Turgar states a few seconds longer and then gets up to follow the rest of the group out the door.</p><p></p><p>Kessen and Co. arrive at Shady Street, immediately they see the immenseness of their task, the street is full of private residences and abandoned houses. Only one structure is out of place on the street, the Temple of Shalimyr. It's coral built facade stands out amidst the broken and run down nature of the street. </p><p></p><p>"Seems odd they would put a temple hundreds of feet from any measurable source of water." Kessen observes</p><p></p><p>"Maybe the point is that you can be knee deep in a river, yet still be dying of thirst?" Menthos answers, having followed soon after Turgar left.</p><p></p><p>The group turns to face the tiefling, mostly with confused looks upon their faces, save for Haimish, "Yeah, I get what you're saying. They chose this spot to be close to the effervescent well of hope that springs eternal."</p><p></p><p>Kessen turns to Haimish, "Oh no, it's contagious." </p><p></p><p>"I wonder why, if their is a sanctuary visibly present on this street, would so many people go missing? I would tend to think they would reach the Temple at some point." Xanthos postulates</p><p></p><p>"Unless the temple is the one doing the kidnapping." Turgar replies</p><p></p><p>"But that's so obvious as to make no sense. Why do that if you're going to be the first and most prominent suspect?" Haimish answers</p><p></p><p>With no clear solution to that question the groups splits up, Xanthos transforms into a house cat and goes searching for a good place to hide that gives full view of the temple's entrance. Kessen walked the street mentally marking which houses were abandoned and of those which seemed structurally unsound. Turgar and Doopa were told to be on the lookout for anyone suspicious that seemed to be taking too much interest in what the rest of the party was doing. However both ogres were more interested in glaring at each other than watching anyone else. Menthos was told to stay out of the way, so the tiefling walked to the south end of the street and around the corner to the East, disappearing for hours.</p><p></p><p>When the sun had sunk low enough that the shadows from the buildings on the West side of the street completely shrouded the street, the party called off the scouting and met up for dinner to discus strategic options for the evening.</p><p></p><p>"I think I'll gain access to the roof of the abandoned build right across the street from the temple and wait there." Kessen said</p><p></p><p>"Doopa, Turgar, and I are going to parade up and down the street individually in hopes they try and grab one of us." Haimish relates</p><p></p><p>"I will be concealed in a small niche I found across from the temple on the side street the runs by the front of it." Xanthos stated</p><p></p><p>"What time we doing this?" Menthos asked</p><p></p><p>"Midnight." Kessen answered</p><p></p><p>"Nah, not good for me, I got a date with the tavern wench at the Horned Devil, can we make it for two in the morning?" Menthos asks</p><p></p><p>"No, all the disappearances happen shortly after midnight, according to the paper." Kessen relates, "I say go do want you want, then you won't be able to screw it up for the rest of us."</p><p></p><p>"I just might do that, thanks for giving me a clear conscience on this, I was worried you guys would die without me there, but it looks like the boy scout has given me the night off." Menthos states with smiles.</p><p></p><p>"On second thought, you're coming. I don't want you lose in the city without supervision." Kessen replies</p><p></p><p>"Super" Menthos sarcastically says under his breath</p><p></p><p>The party finishes dinner and plans to meet at Shady Street by eleven that evening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 3167826, member: 11574"] [b]With this plot seed, I set my mind in motion.[/b] The group packs up and heads to the next open inn, not caring what it was called or how bad it smelled in there. Xanthos heads back to the stables and the rest of the party splits two rooms with the ogres separated. Morning comes, followed by breakfast, soon lunchtime approaches and finally the group awakes to begin their day. They head into the common room and order the roasted duck and tubers meal. Haimish excitedly tells of his meeting with Lord De' Lite last night. Menthos pays for a current newspaper and again the lead story is another disappearance on Shady street. Menthos hands over the paper to Haimish once he's through. "You know I thought that if we could impress the School of Ancient Knowledge of our abilities then maybe we or I could gain an audience with one of the teachers. I was thinking of finding out about these disappearances along Shady Street." Haimish relates "I thought Lord De' Lite told you unless is magical in nature, then they wouldn't care?" Kessen asks "Yes, yes he did. However I figure with a great liar and schemer like Menthos here. Even if the disappearances are nothing more than drunks who fall through an open sewer grate, the great Menthos could tell the constables that there was a dimensional vortex of magic that sucked them through. Surely that'll get their interest?" Haimish explains. "I do not know about this lying business to the city watch. One too many times and you will surely get burned." Xanthos comments "Maybe, but if he can take a ginormous tape worm and make the watch think it's some kind of body part removed by a mutated troll, then he could get away with telling the watch about imaginary vortexes of vacuum magic." Haimish explains "That plan sucks." Menthos adds, "Or does it blow? I never get a vacuum right. Why not go to the watch now and tell this tale?" "Because we need to end it, otherwise it keeps happening and then someone else solves it and it turns out to be drunken beggars falling through open sewer grates." Kessen replies "Doopa not care, as long as Doopa hit something. Doopa is in." The ogre states "I think we should scope out the street, look for obvious places where things might happen." Kessen offers "Won't that be hard with all the Shade? I mean you're only a human and clearly not equipped to spot things in dimly lit places." Menthos inquires "Keep it up jack-ass and I'll riddle your back with shaft protrusions." Kessen replies "I don't do riddles or enigmas, which explains why I'm not married. But did it ever occur to you that they named it Shady Street for a reason?" Menthos asks "Maybe it's a reverse nickname? You how they call orcs pretty or teiflings committed." Haimish interjects "Or bards talented." Menthos finishes "Suuuure, I've not heard of that one though." Haimish replies "Well, I'm going to go scout the street." Kessen states and collects his belongings and heads for the door. Doopa, Haimish and Xanthos follow the highlander out the door, leaving Turgar and Menthos at the table. Turgar stares a hole through Menthos' chest. "What? I'm not a troll. You're not going to fight me now are you? And here I though you were the smart one." Menthos says, Turgar states a few seconds longer and then gets up to follow the rest of the group out the door. Kessen and Co. arrive at Shady Street, immediately they see the immenseness of their task, the street is full of private residences and abandoned houses. Only one structure is out of place on the street, the Temple of Shalimyr. It's coral built facade stands out amidst the broken and run down nature of the street. "Seems odd they would put a temple hundreds of feet from any measurable source of water." Kessen observes "Maybe the point is that you can be knee deep in a river, yet still be dying of thirst?" Menthos answers, having followed soon after Turgar left. The group turns to face the tiefling, mostly with confused looks upon their faces, save for Haimish, "Yeah, I get what you're saying. They chose this spot to be close to the effervescent well of hope that springs eternal." Kessen turns to Haimish, "Oh no, it's contagious." "I wonder why, if their is a sanctuary visibly present on this street, would so many people go missing? I would tend to think they would reach the Temple at some point." Xanthos postulates "Unless the temple is the one doing the kidnapping." Turgar replies "But that's so obvious as to make no sense. Why do that if you're going to be the first and most prominent suspect?" Haimish answers With no clear solution to that question the groups splits up, Xanthos transforms into a house cat and goes searching for a good place to hide that gives full view of the temple's entrance. Kessen walked the street mentally marking which houses were abandoned and of those which seemed structurally unsound. Turgar and Doopa were told to be on the lookout for anyone suspicious that seemed to be taking too much interest in what the rest of the party was doing. However both ogres were more interested in glaring at each other than watching anyone else. Menthos was told to stay out of the way, so the tiefling walked to the south end of the street and around the corner to the East, disappearing for hours. When the sun had sunk low enough that the shadows from the buildings on the West side of the street completely shrouded the street, the party called off the scouting and met up for dinner to discus strategic options for the evening. "I think I'll gain access to the roof of the abandoned build right across the street from the temple and wait there." Kessen said "Doopa, Turgar, and I are going to parade up and down the street individually in hopes they try and grab one of us." Haimish relates "I will be concealed in a small niche I found across from the temple on the side street the runs by the front of it." Xanthos stated "What time we doing this?" Menthos asked "Midnight." Kessen answered "Nah, not good for me, I got a date with the tavern wench at the Horned Devil, can we make it for two in the morning?" Menthos asks "No, all the disappearances happen shortly after midnight, according to the paper." Kessen relates, "I say go do want you want, then you won't be able to screw it up for the rest of us." "I just might do that, thanks for giving me a clear conscience on this, I was worried you guys would die without me there, but it looks like the boy scout has given me the night off." Menthos states with smiles. "On second thought, you're coming. I don't want you lose in the city without supervision." Kessen replies "Super" Menthos sarcastically says under his breath The party finishes dinner and plans to meet at Shady Street by eleven that evening. [/QUOTE]
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