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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karl Green" data-source="post: 1804856" data-attributes="member: 1467">Black Jack has no problems on the streets (in fact the Merchant District is one of the safest areas in Freeport) and finds all the minor equipment and replacements that he is looking for. When he returns he finds a hot bath waiting for him and can relax for the rest of the morning and early afternoon.The young halfling (referred to as a 'bellhop' for some reason, as he did not hope or have a bell) takes Villard to a spacious room on the second floor. When Villard ask where to put his stuff the lad says "Well it be yer room their lord, so puts them where ye want. I can fetch water if ya want a bath. Whatever ya need, just ask."The halfling lad who is assigned to carry Zoraster's bags seems totally fascinated by the little swashbuckler "Have ye ever been on a pirate ship? Or seen a sea dragon? I old da was once a porter on the merchant ship Grey Wind Runner but when the captain of that their ship went broke, he got's a job here at the Last Resort, cause we was third cousins twice removed from the Brandydale, but he always wanted to go back to the sea.  He told me all kinds of wonders about it… oh yes sir, I fetch ya some hot water right quick now… just take a second sir"After everyone has bathed, and you are resting in your room that afternoon when there is a knock on the doors, the tailors have arrived. Mostly halfling but also not a few gnomes, they quickly take the measurements of all the party. Quickly making cuts and adjustments, notes and quick drawings, they say that they will deliver the suits before this evening's meal and quickly excuse themselves. True to their word, they return around six bells and present each of you with a finely fashioned suit, shoes and jacket or cloak (your choose). Each fits perfectly and they are made of fine silks and the best cloth. You all look quick good…Dinner starts being served at the first floor area near the verandah at seven bells. As the party starts filtering down, they find the lobby has a number of patrols gathering to dine on the Inn's excellent cuisine. Women in dresses worth a small galleon are seen sipping on wine, men in fancy finery are smoking fine cigars, all well respected and 'proper' people of society. In their new suits, the party fit right in.Quickly they are seated at a large table near a window that looks out onto the Marina by one Billy Brandydale (looks just like his older brother, Bobbin). Quickly, a processions of waiters and serving maids stop by your table, handing your menus and asking if they would require anything to drink and would like to see a 'wine menu'.As you are looking over the lists, five large waiters, each baring a huge silver tray, with a domed silver cover, head through the dinning area out of the kitchens and head up the stairs. There is a bit of muttering from some of the patrons about this, such as "Always to go to eat with the rest of us aren't they? Hupm, indeed"Black Jack notices, just as your party's food is arriving some 20 minutes later, that a tall human male dressed as a mariner has arrived through the front doors to check in to a room. Black Jack seems to recognize this man, and he can't quit place it, but the man's luggage, huge chests and one large crate, is being ported by eight very large men. Then Black Jack remembers where he had seen the mariner before, Captain Thomas Horngold. The last Black Jack had heard, he was exploring far to the east, looking for treasure and plunder in the lands of the Desert Princes.Then everyone's attention is drawn to a woman dressed in the most expensive clothing any of ever seen, attended by a small group of servants with all the bearing of a queen attending her court. Her dress is embroidered gold silk, and wearing an extremely fine necklace of perfect pearls. Many patrons stands as she enters the dinning area; a few even applaud, and are acknowledge with a regal nod of the head and a vague smile. Bobbin and Billy both conduct the lady to her table, and another halfling, dressed in a white suit and apron arrives from the kitchen to speak with the lady. Zoraster notice about this time, that two large, heavyset men arrive through the lobby. They are dressed in expensive suits, and after looking over the dinning area they head for to one patron's table. Leaning over the man, they have a soft but obvious heated discussion. After a few moments the two more off and look to be ready to leave, while the man whom they were talking with orders a large glass of rum. After the pass your table, Zoraster notices that while their suits are expensive, they don't fit every well, and the men wearing them look like they would be more comfortable in a dark ally somewhere instead of some well light Inn. The dinner is extremely good, fish, sweat meats, vegetables, and fine cakes for dessert. The drinks are of a wide selections of fine beers, rum, wines and expensive malts. While the party has been dinning, patrons have come and gone, but the dinning area has remained busy throughout the night. A waiter arrives at your table asking if you would want anything more…</blockquote>

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