Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter One

Byntrou:

Destiny listens and replies, "Yeah, you'd think the guards would be able to point us in the right direction. If not ... Elrik seemed pretty personable with the guard. Maybe he'd know which one saw us."

Bahruul, Keryth:

The acolyte bows in respect at the mention of Bahamut. "We do not receive many who follow the Platinum Dragon here. Not because it is an unworthy path - but because non-dragon followers are indeed rare. I am honored to make your acquaintance. As far as the theiving being done in Theropa, we have heard only rumors. And I am sure you have also heard the same rumors. Fortunately, Great Bend is just a simple suburb of the larger city. We don't have much that the theives would want, so our citizens are not bothered by the theives. I am sorry I can be of so little service."

He looks to Bahruul, and curiously takes his size in. The acolyte is indeed dwarfed by the Bous, but he seems to not express any fear if he has any. He turns back to Keryth and continues, "As for employment, we are not typically asked by followers of other deities to serve here in our temple. But I understand that temples to Bahamut are far and few across the land. I cannot speak in guarantees, of course, for I am a lowly doorman. But I would be curious to know what kind of talents you could provide. As you can tell by our humble temple - we care for it greatly, but it is in need."

Gav:

This time, with the box being unguarded as opposed to the lady's ring, Gav easily finds a time to slip his hand into the box. Pulling out some of the box's contents, Gav finds that he has 2 gold coins and an obsidian jewel in his palm. From what Gav could feel, there are about 3 more handfulls inside the box. And as often as the merchant leaves the box alone each attempt could be managed. But each time the hand goes in there is a certain amount of unavoidable risk involved.

Pwent:

Pwent notices through the window that there is a sign that reads The Pink Pelican. The bartender looks down, picks up a glass and begins to dry it out. "Job starts at 1 gold a day. After you've been here a while, say two to three weeks, and you show whether or not you can handle the drunks - we'll give you a raise."

Pwent OOC:
[Sblock]I gave you an untrained Profession check for Profession(bouncer) It came up as a 10. PHB say you earn 1/2 tyhat per week, or 5 gold. So, I bumped it up to 7 so it could be 1 gold per day. Not too bad, since the PHB technically says an untrained person should make 1 sp per day...[/Sblock]
 

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Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“My talents are nothing out of the ordinary. I was prepared more for combat this morning rather than aid, not having asked Bahamut for any other divine assistance since the completion of my journey, but I have the usual array of healing abilites and skills if they can be of any help and my strong right arm is at your service if you require it in a good cause.”
 

Bahruul Bous Barbarian

"Hah" Bahruul snorts "If they need a strong arm, well two strong arms in my case, they will use mine little man" the Bous chortles as he listens to the conversation.
 

Byntrou

"Well, Theropa's still a hike, Destiny. If we're going to find the time to catch the guard, we should probably move out. If it saves time and doesn't offend, you're welcome to ride on my back; robbed as we are, I'm not exactly carrying a lot at the moment."
 


Bahruul, Keryth:

The acolyte looks inspired by both of your assurances of your strength. "Well, to be honest - if you have nothing else to do I have heard my superiors speaking about needing a group of people to hunt down a temple that has not been heard of for a few months. If you are interested and could give me a day or so to scrounge up some information - I could arrange to have my superior here to address the issue with you personally."

Byntrou:

Destiny readily accepts the offer to hop on the Bous' back. "Wow!" She exclaims once lifted up high. "You get this kind of view all the time? Beats the heck out of looking at people's butt's all the time! Cause that's not to far from my eye level!"

OOC: If you are wanting to get along with meeting the guard, you can assume the trip to Theropa is passed and Byntrou spots a guard once you arrive in Theropa. If you want to pursue the conversation instead of fastforwarding, that's cool too.

Pwent:

The bartender smiles. "Tommorrow is fine. Show up here by dinner hour. I'll get you to meet the staff and you'll get settled before the action begins then."

Looking outside, you realize that if you are going to get to the Rusty Anchor in time to meet your friends, you'd best head back very shortly.
 
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Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“Certainly that sounds a worthy task...so shall we return tomorrow, with our companions if they consent, and see whether you have the details or your superior has deigned to grace us with their presence?”
 

Byntrou

Byntrou only chuckles at Destiny's observation, then hastens them both back to Theropa.

When they arrive, he gives Destiny her feet again. Byn hails the first man in the uniform of the town guard. Putting on his best "civilized folk" face, he begins: "My name is Byntrou of the winding river. My companions and I were victims of Theropa's recurring thieves last night. We made a report to the guard, but I'm not sure where those records would be kept. Might you point the way for me?"
 

Keryth, Bahruul:

The acolyte smiles in agreement. "That would be most acceptable. I'll begin collecting the information and alert my superiors that you have made an inquiry and that you will return tommorrow. Shall we say morning or afternoon?"

Byntrou:

The guard is startled at first by Byntrou's boldness, but he quickly follows the urgency of the Bous. "Aye, we have a central guardhouse beside the courthouse for Theropa. You'll find that straight downtown in the center of the city. If you find the Temple district you'll know you are getting close. The temple district surrounds the courthouse and the barracks. Inside the barracks, talk to any of the clerks. Tell them where the report was made and they will help you from there."
 

Byntrou

Nonlethal Force said:
The guard is startled at first by Byntrou's boldness, but he quickly follows the urgency of the Bous. "Aye, we have a central guardhouse beside the courthouse for Theropa. You'll find that straight downtown in the center of the city. If you find the Temple district you'll know you are getting close. The temple district surrounds the courthouse and the barracks. Inside the barracks, talk to any of the clerks. Tell them where the report was made and they will help you from there."

Byn bows his head slightly to the guard. "Many thanks, sir." He sets off toward the center of the city, adding to Destiny under his breath "Looks like I'll be having to walk near the human gods, after all. By the way, my human expert, what's a 'clerk'?"

OOC:[sblock]No need to actually RP the answer, so long as we assume Destiny does know and would tell Byntrou. Either way, he'd probably figure it out on entering the building. Looks like Byn's little side trek is taking longer than everyone else's. I'd be willing to hand wave a lot of this if it helps keep the characters up to speed with each other. Byntrou's just planning to go through the motions, here, anyway, as his distrust of humans is in play. He'll ask about his report, tell the clerk where he's found the bow, and ask what the proper procedure is for reclaiming his property. I'm perfectly willing to RP all that, but I just don't want the rest of the party to have to sit around twiddling their electronic thumbs. ;)[/sblock]
 

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