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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 2820659" data-attributes="member: 35788">[Sblock=Completed recap]As of the writing of this Sblock, there are a few intentionally blank posts above.  Those will hopefully get filled in.With the completion of this post, we'll be up-to-date and I think we can go from here pretty well on what information we have posted.  So, feel free to pick up the story and RP![/Sblock]Post by magic_gathering2001"It'd be really funny if we met some other Boes doing the same thing."Post by JkasonByntrou looks to the others, raising an eyebrow and nodding toward the door. "Shall we do some shopping, then?"Post by D20Dazza"Sure" Bahruul says in answer to Byn "But what are we shopping for? Are we going is as new miners looking to equip ourselves? If so, shouldn't we have some idea of who we're working for?"Post by Unleashed“I don’t know about posing as miners Bahruul, as I don’t think they’ll believe I’m a miner armed like this,” Keryth chuckles, tapping his right fist on his breastplate.Post by D20Dazza"That's what I'm getting at Keryth" Bahruul says to the cleric "You said earlier that we shouldn't be giving people warning about our intentions. Marching into this miners shop armed as we are and making enquiries and buying equipment to do with the mines may just give us away?"Post by Unleashed“True, I am concerned with the fact that we don’t know what we’re looking for exactly, so I’m loathe to make us targets...” Keryth replies, continuing quietly with a wry grin, “...it’s so much easier when the forces opposing you are being obvious.”Post by Jkason"We needn't be miners to shop in the store," Byntrou offers with a shrug. "If we decide we want to play up this 'bous mining tourists' angle, wouldn't we want to see what odd implements humans use for their mining?" he finishes with a wry smile of his own.Post by Unleashed“Well let’s go in then, we’re probably drawing just as much attention to ourselves by standing outside and talking anyway,” Keryth chuckles, as he leads the way inside.Post by D20DazzaBahruul follows Keryth inside, wide eyed and open mouthed "Are you sure we'll see some real mining equipment in here?" he asks the priest as he follows excidedly in his footsteps "The stuff humans use? It still astounds me that they go digging these huge tunnels"Post by UnleashedKeryth struggles to control himself as Bahruul follows him in, exuberantly playing the role of a naive bous curious about human mining. Though he manages after a few moments, using the discipline he learned in his years of training, to bring his expression under control as an amused smile. “Yes, I’m sure there will be some mining equipment here...the stuff the humans use,” Keryth remarks, in a somewhat indulgent tone.Post by JkasonByntrou looks about as well, though he takes a different tack, playing up his mystery by speaking in his native tongue to Bahruul.As he speaks, the smaller bous begins surveying the room and its contents.Post by Nonlethal ForceInside the store, it looks to be a typical store for the land. The family living quarters is upstairs while the bottom floor doubles as a store in the front and kitchen area in the back. There is a double-hinged door that leads from the store area to the kitchen area in the back which has a fuzzy window inserted into the door to allow a vague impression of what is through the door.Inside the store, there is a single male clerk - roughly appearing to be in his late fifties. His face has not been shaved for a few days, or else the man just can't grow a beard. Most of his hair is gray in color, and so far it appears that he has been able to avoid male-pattern baldness. He wears a flanel shirt and from what the party can see of the rest of him - considering he is seated behind a counter - he has on a simple pair of overalls. He seems to have been studying an oversized piece of parchment when the party entered.As the party enters and begins their demonstration, the man eyes them a bit nervously and raises an eyebrow. He glances out one of the windows and then returns his focus back to the party. "Need something, strangers?"His voice is not quite what the party might expect. It is not bold and robust at all - rather the voice sounds a bit whispy and deflated. It sounds almost as if the man were out of breath or trying to whisper. Yet his body language does not indicate fatigue or a desire to intentionally speak quietly.The store doesn't seem to have much in the way of heavy mining equipment, but it does contain several shelves filled with buckets, various types of sives and trowels, a bin of small shovels with collapsable handles, landerns, candles, rope, and a few simple articles of clothing like shirts.Post by UnleashedIntending to leave the talking to the curious boes, Keryth shrugs towards the man as they talk among themselves, “Well yes and no. As you no doubt heard, my friends are intrigued by mining...I wonder if you wouldn’t mind indulging their curiosity.”Post by JkasonByntrou looks to the proprietor and switches back to Common as he says, "This digging deep in the ground is something bous don't do. It's so ... exotic, yes? How many in town would you say are miners?"Post by D20DazzaBahruul replies to Byn in Bous.He then wanders around the shop "So, what does this do?" he asks pointy at a strange instrument hanging on the wall.Post by magic_gathering2001Pwent walks into the shop and attempts to look like a real miner, without actually doing anything. He looks closely at the equiptment and mutters under his breath.Post by Nonlethal ForceThe shop owner looks to Byntrou and adds, "I'd guess that anyone who wants to work and who isn't in religion, sales, or food. In other words, the majority of the men and even some of the women who aren't married."Looking to Bahruul he replies, "That there is what is called a shuttered lantern. Each of the sides can be shuttered open to allow light in a circle. But care must be taken to not get the insides of the shutters dirty because when closed they act as mirrors to send out a more intense light if only one shutter is left open."Post by D20Dazza"Amazing" Bahruul says letting awe drip through into his voice "And this one?" he asks, his thick finger jabbing at some sort of mask hanging from the wall.</blockquote>

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