(Adventure) Slaying the Dreamer [Judge: Uriel]

[Janos Audron]

[Jack, there are options... Have you ever considered that even Janos might miss obvious details? Too bad you don't have a wizard in your party :/

Also, the tower and house comment weren't aimed at you, but there were some people who used the word tower.

Can't reply to your question about scrolls right now. In case I forget, remind me. ]a

 

[Janos Audron]

Go go doublepost!

 

[Janos Audron]

Go go triplepost!

 

[Jack Haggerty]

[Jack, there are options... Have you ever considered that even Janos might miss obvious details?

From the Red Dragon Inn thread:

"Nothing to do with your intelligence or my doubts, Mr. Audron," the halfling reassures him, "Even the flashest wizard can overlook the quickest, easiest and simplest solutions. Best to make certain they've been tried, so's not to waste our time with them."

[OCC]That's precisely why Jack's asking so many questions about the spell and the layout... You never know what might be useful.[/OOC]

Also, the tower and house comment weren't aimed at you, but there were some people who used the word tower.

Can't reply to your question about scrolls right now. In case I forget, remind me. ]a

OOC: Understood.

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

Fant again steps between the two men.

"I don't suppose," she says coolly, "that we could avoid killing each other until we have finished the job you hired us to do," she gives Janos a look, and then turns the look on Quickwhip, "and that you agreed to do?" She folds he hands across her chest. "You are both, in my estimation, acting rather foolish. You, Quickwhip, seem to be looking for a fight... with an immensly powerful wizard. And you, Janos, are far too easily provoked."

"Now," she finishes, glaring at each in turn, "I am asking you both to calm down, and if you feel it is absolutely required of you to try and kill each other, wait until the rest of us are safely back at the Red Dragon Inn." So help me, Quickwhip, if you strand me Gods know how far from home in a corrupt magistocracy, I'll kill you myself.

 

[Mithreander]

OOC: Janos Audron[Mith, if you wanna play Quickwhip your way, don't be surprised when I play Janos my way...just remember that there are consequences for all of us...]aaa I really would not expect anything else! Thanks for not holding back, I do appreciate it, though I have to say the wizard does seem to be anyway

Quickwhip, sword unwavering and ready to finish the stroke at any indication of that the mage may speak a spell (readied action, though it will be unnecessary), though he does move it so not to cut the woman's hand as it interjects between it and the wizard, though he looks confusedly at her before turning a determined glare at the wizard.

Quickwhip says around the indignant feeling in his breast, "What you said was 'You will get your hundred gold pieces when I think you have gone through enough trouble to earn them.' Meaning that you do NOT trust me and my companions to keep our word enough to pay us in advance: Thus you did accuse me of being dishonable since I gave oath that I would do exactly that!!"

Quickwhip continues, the only thing moving his mouth and lungs "When you say 'I know he's guilty, if you return too soon witout evidence, you obviously haven't searched enough.' This implies two things: first that if we find him not guilty, then it is unexceptable, for you know that he IS guilty, though you have no evidence yourself. Secondly, in conjunction with the first sentence where you remarked that you would only pay us 'when (you) think (we) have gone through enough trouble to earn them', that says that you will not pay us until we find enough to find him guilty, otherwise you will consider us to have searched out enough evidence, thus you will not think that we;ve gone through enough trouble to earn them. Simple deduction."

Through clench teeth he adds "I may be stupid, but I think that I see more in your words then you wish for me to see, thus you must be even more stupid then I for thinking to do so. Reconsider your replies when answering my questions, for my honor IS my life so I WILL defend it to the end, understand?"

 

[Janos Audron]

[Glad you read it, not so glad you choose to ignore the warning. Janos isn't holding back.]

"Ah, now we're getting somewhere. Your interpretation, though entirely logical is not what I meant. What is want to prevent is a situation where you go in and return after two hours, telling me you didn't find anything. Though you may have searched for two hours, I think his mansion is big enough to spend a week searching and not having seen everything...I trust your oath, but Jack's ... enthousiasm can also backfire. No offense Jack."

"The second part is a little more complicated. See, I've been keeping my eye on him, and I haven't seen him remove the body from his house. This implies that the body is still inside, and thus *could* be recovered. However, if you spend a week in the mansion and you return to me, telling me that you were unable to find any evidence, then I will trust you and pay you your hundred gold pieces. Then keywords in that sentence were: "too soon"."

"Obviously, you've seen more in my words than I wished that you saw, however, your explanation was a little far fetched, so let's not give me the title 'Mr. Stupid' just yet..."

"And Quickwhip, let me give you a piece of advice, which you can turn into a lifelesson: Having ideals is good: it gives you something to live for. Truely believing in your ideals is good: it gives you something to die for. However, none of that is relevant when neither living nor dying will make any difference. In such a situation, it is best to set everything aside and just do whatever it takes to see another day, in which you can strive once more for them."

 

[Mithreander]

OOC: Go ahead and do your worse. The aragent bastard deserves to be blasted. If not now, then later. Plus, it would be neat to have the first character to die in Living ENWorld!

Quickwhips sword disappears almost as quickly as it appeared.

He then steps back and, with hand over heart, bows to the man. "Your explination is exceptable, as is your appology." Straighting back up he smiles at the man with a crooked, sardonic smile and replies "And thank you for your advice. I will concider it, of course." he says. thinking If you are not willing to die for your ideals at any time, then they trully are not living for, for without them to define you, you are nothing more then clay waiting to be molded.

He then turns to the rest of the group and asks "Shall we continue?"

If it takes trully as long as this wizard thinks to search this mantion, house, whatever, then I'll have to rethink my stratigy. Humm... he thinks, as he continues on their way. He turns to the mage and asks "What is required of slaves? How can you identify them in your country?"

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

Fant breathes a sigh a relief as Quickwhip backs down. She didn't care how good a fighter he was; his quick temper and ability to look hard at the semantics of sentences in order to find slanders on his honor made him a liability. She shudered to think what would have happened if he had attacked the wizard and been incinerated- or worse yet, had attacked the wizard and killed him. In the first case, they might lose Draven as well- and at the very least, they would lose his enthusiasm for the endeavor. In the second case, well, they were stranded rather far from anything familiar.

Fant is deep in thought and, barring any further incidents, will remain so for the rest of the journey.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

"No offense Jack."

"None taken, sir," Jack replies easily, "I knows my job, and whatever I seem, I'll do the job I'm hired for... No more, no less."

"I've no need for moonlighting, so long as I can be assured of proper payment for proper work."

"Jack, your plan to collect animals really isn't necessary. Anything as big as a cat triggers the alarm. Besides, testing would take away the element of surprise. The most logical thing would be that the three traps on the outside doors made noise: the guards have to be able to hear it to respond to it. The doors inside might be a different case, but I am not sure about that. Two guards are always prepared, the other two, depending on the hour might be prepared, and you can expect two of them within twenty seconds. Also, you have to remember that, unless you want to ambush a slave, you have to open the door once you have triggered the Alarm before you can get inside."

"As I's saying," Jack continues, once the hullabaloo is over, "If you're certain that's how the guards respond, Mr. Audron, that's all I need to know. As for the animals. We might pick up a few strays anyway... The idea being, that we chase a few of the mongrels past one alarm to draw the guards off to one side of the house. Meanwhile, we break in through another door, where they're not looking. If it goes right, they'll never notice another alarm midst all the other ringing and barking."

"Though, if there's an easier way, I'd be all for it. Won't know 'til I see the place, anyway."

Another idea occurs to Jack, "What about the sewers, Mr. Audron? Does the town use them?"