Madame Brie says to Alev, “You’re a strange one, you know that? If you want to fight amongst yourself, for bigger shares or just to compare weapon sizes, I suggest you take it outside. This place is already going to be hard enough to get clean.”
When Gwyn mentions the guards approaching, Brie’s face scrunches in consternation. “The two who like my money the best, well, I should say who like what I give them in place of money, are lying unconscious on the floor. But there shouldn’t be any trouble, unless… unless this ‘slestial’ whatever he was, was someone important.” Algernon says with a wry smile, “He was from a higher plane of existence. How important could he be?”
Four of the guards rush into the foyer, making it quite crowded, weapons drawn, apparently expecting a fight. All look stunned at what’s left of the archon, a bloody pile of bones, flesh, and blood, with various pieces missing, in the hands of those who wanted souvenirs. The one who had fled earlier asks, “What… what happened? You killed it?”. Brie looks at him and says “Yes, it was killed. And I do thank the city guard for their assistance, but as you can see, no more help is necessary.”
Gwyn notices the fifth guard, still outside, examining Miri and Jeleneth for a quick moment, then following the others inside. This guard’s uniform is slightly different than the others, sporting a short cape and a number of medals on his armored chest. He looks around the foyer, alert eyes taking in everything. He clears his throat and says “My name is lieutenant Modrin. Looks like we’ve had quite the bloodbath tonight.” He looks at Brie and says “You are the owner of this ‘boarding house’, correct? I’ll need to know exactly what happened.”
Madame Brie greets him, adding “You must be new. I don’t remember seeing you before.” He says “Not new. Just not typically assigned to this area. Now, what happened here?” Brie explains that this creature had been kidnapping girls from her boarding house, and was here tonight to kidnap another. But luckily she hired this adventuring party, who managed to find two of the girls, and kill the thing. Modrin nods, then says “Oddly enough, this is the fifth death tonight, although the rest were all human. This will go down in the record books. Has the feeling of someone making a power play, setting an example maybe.” He looks at the party members, “So you’ve all been here all night, laying your trap for this thing?”
Upstairs, Loni seems much more relaxed, now in Accalon’s arms. Commenting on the ‘dark bunch’ downstairs, “I’m not sure it’s just greed. Those two who were with Alicia, especially the man… if I hadn’t been feeling jittery from the bodyguard, the savageness that man was using on a poor dog, and Miri lying there, it was just…” She trails off, “I think you should be careful around them, that’s all. But I’m sure you’re always very careful.”
