Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter Two

[Rino]

Eion sees Varius staring into the crowd "see anyone familiar? or are you looking for our next job?" Eion finished his meal and also takes a look around the bar while slowly drnking his ale.

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

The dwarf replies to Byntrou with wide-eyed wonder. "There's a force barrier in my mines? By the gods, man, what have you turned my mines into?" He turns to the robed man as he speaks and his face grows ever more red. Once he stared down the robed man for a second he turns back to Byntrou. "But ... why ... certainly! If I would have known of the presence of a force barrier in my mines I would have taken more interest in the subteranean workings! Not that I would expect an honest answer out of him," he points to the robed man, "But would you all care to inform me of the truth taking place underground?"

Byntrou pauses just a moment, wondering how much of the man's indignation is an act, but decides that perhaps his close call might be enough to keep him honest, at least long enough for the group to get out of town.

"The people below live in a rich vein of gems, though they place no great value on them beyond using them in their architecture. This one was working to kill the natives so that he could mine their riches. The force barrier and his murder of the priests were all to keep others from discovering the truth."

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Byntrou, Keryth:

The dwarf hesitates a moment and looks back to the robed man. "Well, I can see that not only will I need to be appointing someoneto take your place, but I'm going to have to shut the mine down for a few days until we make sure that we have a new set of operating procedures, as well." He sneers at the man and turns back to Byntrou. "As far as I'm concerned, you can simply get him out of my sight. I see now reason to keep him here."

Eion, Varius

[Sblock=OOC]I didn't want you to think I was ignoring you, but I'll let Varius respond before introducing anything new.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“You might also want to send a delegation to speak with those below, if you don’t wish to run into their halls again in future. Perhaps they’d even be interested in trade of some kind,” Keryth comments, hoping he might be able to get both sides talking and avert further trouble. “Well, since things seem to be settled here, I guess we’ll take him and be on our way. Your gate guards will let us leave, won’t they?”

 

[Fenris]

Eion sees Varius staring into the crowd "see anyone familiar? or are you looking for our next job?" Eion finished his meal and also takes a look around the bar while slowly drnking his ale.

"Eh, both. Adventure may seek men out, but that doesn't mean we can't try to find her first" replies Varius with a grin.

"It is quite unlikely that some wizened little man will come in with a dusty map asking for help uncovering an ancient treasure. Equall unlikely tha a princess will come seeking help against a dragon or placing her on the throne. No my friend we must go out and find Adventure ourselves. I was looking to see if there were any here who could speed us on our journey. Time to find out"

With that the young man stands and announces to the tavern in general "Who else seeks fame, fortune and adventure. Or needs those that do?" and leaves that pregant pause in the air.

OOC:[sblock] Poor Varius, he's terribly shy you know [/sblock]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Keryth, Byntrou:

The dwarf looks to Keryth and smiles politely. "Then I'll escort you personally out to the gate and make sure that the guards remember who is in charge here. It seems I've had a hands-off policy for far too long, anyway."

Varius, Eion:

A scruffy looking man with two friends at his table loks up to Varius and yells out, "Sit down, you hear?" Another man from across the room yells out in a tone clearly meant to heckle Varius, "Shut your trap, for the sake of the gods!"

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

Keryth, Byntrou:

The dwarf looks to Keryth and smiles politely. "Then I'll escort you personally out to the gate and make sure that the guards remember who is in charge here. It seems I've had a hands-off policy for far too long, anyway."

Byntrou smiles slightly and nods his acceptance of the offer, though he keeps his weapon ready, and calls to mind the pattern that makes his magical arrows.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Keryth, Byntrou:

[Sblock=OOC]Do we want to leap into the future at any point? Given the choices that the party has made up until this point, it can be safely assumed that Keryth and Byntrou are able to deliver the robed man safely to the jail in Dullstown. I don't mind jumping that far ahead. But, if that feels too much forward, we don't have to at this point, either.[/Sblock]

 

[jkason]

Ooc

Keryth, Byntrou:

[Sblock=OOC]Do we want to leap into the future at any point? Given the choices that the party has made up until this point, it can be safely assumed that Keryth and Byntrou are able to deliver the robed man safely to the jail in Dullstown. I don't mind jumping that far ahead. But, if that feels too much forward, we don't have to at this point, either.[/Sblock]

[sblock=OOC]Works perfectly well for me. I guess I'm just cynical (or I'm channeling Byn's cynicism). I was still trying to figure out if the dwarf was playing us to "lower our guard" and let his people ambush us.

I think at some point we'll want to check back in on crazy Markie and the shapechanger in the shape of his wife, but not with a prisoner in tow. Onward to the jail! [/sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Byntrou:

[Sblock=OOC]Do we want to leap into the future at any point? Given the choices that the party has made up until this point, it can be safely assumed that Keryth and Byntrou are able to deliver the robed man safely to the jail in Dullstown. I don't mind jumping that far ahead. But, if that feels too much forward, we don't have to at this point, either.[/Sblock]

[SBLOCK=OOC]Feel free to jump forward to the prison, then we'll probably want to go and report what happened to the priests to the priests we first met here.[/SBLOCK]