B6: The Veiled Society - IC

[jkason]

Barek Fhald, half-orc bard

Barek sighs, "So much for subtlety, I suppose," he says, letting the song die. Then sends outside, "He's running," as he moves to follow Rezak and their mark.

[sblock=resources used]Bardic performance rounds / available: 1/10[/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

Then sends outside, "He's running," as he moves to follow Rezak and their mark.

Hearing Barek's words, Celythia summons a patch of magical grease directly in front of the door.

Cast grease

[sblock=Spells Prepared]
- Level 0, DC14 [4 + (s)]: Read Magic, Detect Magic, Light, Prestidigitation + (s) Acid Splash
- Level 1, DC15 [3 + (s)]: Summon Monster I, Grease, Charm Person + (s) Mage Armor
- Level 2, DC16 [2 + (s)]: Summon Monster II, Knock + (s) Web[/sblock]

 

[kinem]

Mario and his men get up and follow Barek. "Where are you others? Come inside, your friend went the back way!" he whispers through the magical link - although it's too late to prevent Celythia from having acted on Barek's ambiguous words.

[sblock=Rezak & Barek]Beyond the curtain, two men sit on the floor nearby, playing dice. Both look up curiously. One of them has red hair - but he is not the man who just ran through the doorway.

Ahead is a short hallway that ends in a Dutch door. The top half is open, showing the street beyond.[/sblock]

 

[HolyMan]

"Great just'n great," Rezak says in disgust. "We lost 'em."

 

[ghostcat]

Caridoc is just joining Celythia, when "Red" starts to escape. On hearing that he was heading for the back exit, he starts suggest that they try to find the back door and head him off, when it occurs to him that Red may have been the lookout and that he has alerted the meeting. If this is the case, the others will need all the help that they can get. Caridoc knows that an immediate decision is needs and that there is no time for dithering. His initial assessment is that if they go in and help the others, the worst that could happen is that they loose Red. On the other hand, if they try to cut Red off, it could result in the death of one of his friends. Saying to Celythia "There may be an ambush, we had better go suppport the others." he carefully makes his way through the grease and into the inn.

[sblock=OOC]Use 1 round of Liberation to ignore the grease.[/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

Celythia sighs, and makes a note to herself to have a talk with Barek about providing more details in the future. Then, ignoring Caridoc in an uncharacteristic display of recklessness, she bolts around the side of the inn in an attempt to catch their quarry before he can escape. She keeps her eyes and ears open for danger as she sprints toward the back exit.

 

[jkason]

Barek Fhald, half-orc bard

"All you humans look alike to me. Are you Akiros Sonnos?" Barek asks as he runs for the back door. Unless the other red head says he is, Barek keeps running, trying to catch the one whom is their suspect.

 

[kinem]

"No" "No" the two men reply to Barek's question.

Barek runs to the door, opens it, and heads out into the street. There is no sign of the redheaded man who fled. Soon, he sees Celythia rounding the corner.

 

[HolyMan]

Rezak doesn't follow Barek out into the street. Something is not right.

[sblock=OOC] Will have Rezak look around for secret or concealed doors. I - HM have a funny feeling and am transferring it to the character. [/sblock]

 

[kinem]

When Rezak starts inspecting the hallway, the two gamblers rise to their feet.

"Move along, you bum, out to the street where you belong. You can't loiter here - this is private property. We're friends of the owner" the dark-haired one of the men says.

The men wear bulky robes, so it's hard to know if they are armed.