(Casual D&D) A Game of Trust

[dpdx]

Bowing, Niccolo looks about, sheepishly for a moment, then hoping that he hadn't been too grandiose for these folk, but knowing that at least some would appreciate the Piece, as some always did in any crowd.

And Fendric was one of them. Applauding his gnome friend mightily when he had finished, a leg on the chair he was sitting on, maybe a little too into his cups by then, Fendric got the courage to speak up on a subject that wasn't so serious.

"Where's Biddle? Biddle and Niccolo together! Yes!"

 

[Mithreander]

Furgus stays where he lays and enjos the song that a bard is playing in his head. He smiles at the halfilings exploits in the song and pictures himself in the same position... at least until another halfling gets to enrapted in the song and steps on him to get a better vantage.

"Get off of me!" he says to the startled halfling.

Pushing the halfling off of him, he stands and brushes himself off. Seems no one had noticed his fall... or at least no one other then the people looking at him.

The song ends and he turns back in the direction of the bard, noting that he's one of the tavelers, though not a Big Person. He applaudes politley, more distracted by his own issues then with the music.

 

[Festy_Dog]

Originally Posted by doghead
"I would not completely trust me either if I was you also."

Nurthk gives a slight smile and nod.

"We have an understanding then," he says.

His attention is soon attracted to the halfing trying to operform some kind of stunt, but he sits until the end of the song before investigating.

Nurthk applauds as he makes his way over to the halfling, and finding the halfing on his feet again Nurthk casts a questioning look at him.

"Things not go as planned?" he asks, with a raised eyebrow.

 

[Guilt Puppy]

There is a polite applause around the room to greet Xiao Yu, and an offer of free drinks, but for the most part the crowd seems a little intimidated by the outsider.

Of course, they're quick to get past that and enjoy Niccolo's show. At Fendric's request, and after some humble hesitance, Biddle rises to the challenge and joins in, pulling a small flute from his front coat pocket. Once he begins playing, there is no doubt about the value of the music you've returned to town -- he doesn't outshine Niccolo by any means, but he puts on a truly fine performance, each and every note full of accent and flavor...

(OOC: Mostly just posting to show that I haven't disappeared -- I don't want to interrupt the introductions much, so please, continue. Once the party appears set, I'll try to move things along...)

 

[dpdx]

Fendric ambles over to Shavah to ask for a dance. Once dancing, he makes a valiant effort to twirl her around a little bit, and in so doing, notices Nurthk talking to a halfling. The halfling looks vaguely familiar, like he'd seen him at some time earlier...

 

[doghead]

At the end of the performance, after the appause has died down, Xaio moves over to where Biddle and Niccolo stand. With a bow and a small cough, and in a slightly embarrassed voice he says, "I play a little too. The recorder. Its was a gift from .. a friend."

The hesitation was just a flicker. perhaps it wasn't even there.

"But I mostly taught myself, on the road. My tea .. friend told me I had to play every day and join in when others played, if they permitted. Music is to be shared, he said, many times to me."

 

[Uriel]

At the end of the performance, after the appause has died down, Xaio moves over to where Biddle and Niccolo stand. With a bow and a small cough, and in a slightly embarrassed voice he says, "I play a little too. The recorder. Its was a gift from .. a friend."

The hesitation was just a flicker. perhaps it wasn't even there.

"But I mostly taught myself, on the road. My tea .. friend told me I had to play every day and join in when others played, if they permitted. Music is to be shared, he said, many times to me."

Niccolo smiles at the newcomer 'Please fried, join us then. A trio makes the fun all the more merry, eh Biddle?'
Niccolo then suggests some very common ditties that pretty much anyone might know, despite their geographic differences.

 

[doghead]

Xiao listens to Niccolo's suggestions, nodding at a couple. But in the end he suggests another. A simple but lively tune. One of the first that he learnt, and one he has played often for others. One he feels confident with. Good for dancing to, and people listen less critially if they are dancing. If the others agree, he pauses for a momnet, settling himself, then begins.

He plays well enough. It does not hurt that the recorder, although simple and unadorned, has a beautiful sound. With Niccolo and Biddle, the three of them put on an entertaining performance. But Niccolo and Biddle, and any others knowledgable in music, will realise than while he knows the tune and manages the trickier parts with only few slips, (more than likely capably compensated for by the other two) he is cautious and reluctant to improvise. Perhaps for the best as he is not naturally talented.

OOC: Xiao took 10, giving him a mid teens result.

 

[Guilt Puppy]

Fendric: Shavah accepts your offer, although hesitantly... You discover soon enough that she's quite an awkward dancer, but she keeps her feet through your twirls, and by the end is laughing full-mouthed, inept but hardly embarrassed.

Xiao/Niccolo: The morning wears on to the rhythm of your songs... Biddle, you find, is a fast learner of new songs -- quite quickly he can pick up and join in on a tune which, minutes before, appeared to confound his ear.

Far past noon, the party begins to die down... Shavah heads back to check in with the rest of Heironeus' numbers, and Hiritus, who slinked off early -- "that I may not be tempted from my Oath of Temperance," he said. She returns with no news of threatening boatmen, only halflings, and none who've been heading farther North than here.

(OOC - Just trying to move things along... Mith, you can backtrack if you want to introduce Furgus, of course.)

 

[Uriel]

OoC:Ready to move on when everyone else is...off to sleep now.