Tarlonniel
First Post
Father Alton said:
"Have you seen it?" Kiylea asks, curiosity overcoming her shyness. "Where is it? Have you found out anything about it?"
[IC] Halfling Quest - Rooting Around
- Thread starter Ferrix
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"Have you seen it?" Kiylea asks, curiosity overcoming her shyness. "Where is it? Have you found out anything about it?"
Evilhalfling
Adventurer
Hello Farther Alton, Hello Merro Eddie mumbles, far too self concious to discuss his plans with them directly. He waits patiently as they finish breakfast, trying not to look guilty as the Bacon tucked into his sleeve cools into a sticky mess.
Perhaps the bacon was a bad idea...
Perhaps the bacon was a bad idea...
Before Noon
Breakfast
"Thank you dear, smells wonderful," as Bubbles serves Father Alton some omelette, when she asks Mero he looks up and nods at her. She proceeds to serve Mero as well before returning the omelette platter to the table and returning to her seat.
"Yes, Mero and Finn brought it back last night, it's out back at the moment." He punctuates his sentence by poking a piece of omelette into his mouth. Upon finishing chewing, "Wellsly is actually looking it over at the moment, seeing if he can figure out more about it's origins." He takes a drink from his glass of water, then reaches for one of the warm Highdumple buns when Alton interjects.
Picking up one of the buns, a warm wrinkled smile splits the Father's face, "we'll know more with Wellsly's help." He takes a bite of the bun, chews and washes it down with some more water, "the rest can wait for now, finish your meal. We'll head out once we're all done eating." With that he snags the plate of bacon and slips a few pieces onto his own plate.
Alton & Eddie [sblock]Eddie tucks some bacon away skillfully under his sleeve, thinking he isn't noticed as Father Alton and Mero enter. Although Alton catches it out of the corner of his eye when he stands up.
Sleight of Hand check
Spot Rolls[/sblock]
For the rest of the meal Father Alton defers anymore questions about the boar until they've headed outside, although anyone trying to rush the Father finds it quite unsuccessful as his appetite is still quite good even in such elderly years.
Mero having remained quiet for most of the meal speaks before the Father is almost finished with his omelette, "the six of you did quite well last night, better than I expected. Although I did not anticipate that the creature you were confronting was more than your average wild boar as it turned out, I'm glad that due to your quick thinking that you saved Kiylea from what could have been a tragic accident." His voice wavers a bit near the end, as if uncertain as how to approach the subject of Kiylea's near death experience.
The short silence that follows is broken quickly by Father Alton's warm reassuring voice, "well, I'm stuffed to the ears, and it seems everyone else was just waiting for me." He rises slowly, supporting himself by the arms of the chair, his right hand taking hold of his walking stick, he begins to make his way to the door. Mero is up and opening the door before the rest of you are out of your seats, as the Father moves through the doorway he calls back, "come along, we haven't all day to be sitting around eating." He chuckles and continues.
Outside
As you follow, the two Brandworthy's lead the six of you around to the back of the Greenbottle home where a make-shift table has been setup atop which lies the seemingly well-preserved corpse of the boar from last night. Wellsly stands bespectacled across the table peering down at the boar, one hand keeping his glasses from slipping off of his nose and the other holding a book open, his finger tracing along the lines of some odd script as he simultaneously reads and examines the boar with his eyes. As the Father and Mero come to a stop across the table the six of you spread out to get another good look at the creature. Wellsly adjusts his glasses, looks up for a moment as if thinking about something and then let's out a yelp as he realizes there are people in front of him, nearly losing his glasses in the process.
"Whew... almost got me there, eh?" his breathing slowly returns from a hurried gasping to normal, he grins readjusting his glasses with a gloved hand, "ah, Ringly my boy! Seems you've brought down quite the specimen here, you remember reading Aevarius Str'en's work on cross-planar flux and contamination?" He looks expectantly at the young wizard, an endearing smile on his face.
Ringly: [sblock]You fail to remember really anything about Aevarius Str'en, although the name seems familiar enough. The term's cross-planar flux and contamination at least give you the basic idea that he's talking about something from outside this world or plane, as it's generally called in the arcane fields, spreading into this world. Perhaps all the books Wellsly thought you should read weren't so useless after all.[/sblock]
Others: [sblock]You have no idea what in the world he's talking about.[/sblock]
Breakfast
"Thank you dear, smells wonderful," as Bubbles serves Father Alton some omelette, when she asks Mero he looks up and nods at her. She proceeds to serve Mero as well before returning the omelette platter to the table and returning to her seat.
Kiylea said:
"Yes, Mero and Finn brought it back last night, it's out back at the moment." He punctuates his sentence by poking a piece of omelette into his mouth. Upon finishing chewing, "Wellsly is actually looking it over at the moment, seeing if he can figure out more about it's origins." He takes a drink from his glass of water, then reaches for one of the warm Highdumple buns when Alton interjects.
Alton said:
Picking up one of the buns, a warm wrinkled smile splits the Father's face, "we'll know more with Wellsly's help." He takes a bite of the bun, chews and washes it down with some more water, "the rest can wait for now, finish your meal. We'll head out once we're all done eating." With that he snags the plate of bacon and slips a few pieces onto his own plate.
Alton & Eddie [sblock]Eddie tucks some bacon away skillfully under his sleeve, thinking he isn't noticed as Father Alton and Mero enter. Although Alton catches it out of the corner of his eye when he stands up.
Sleight of Hand check
Spot Rolls[/sblock]
For the rest of the meal Father Alton defers anymore questions about the boar until they've headed outside, although anyone trying to rush the Father finds it quite unsuccessful as his appetite is still quite good even in such elderly years.
Mero having remained quiet for most of the meal speaks before the Father is almost finished with his omelette, "the six of you did quite well last night, better than I expected. Although I did not anticipate that the creature you were confronting was more than your average wild boar as it turned out, I'm glad that due to your quick thinking that you saved Kiylea from what could have been a tragic accident." His voice wavers a bit near the end, as if uncertain as how to approach the subject of Kiylea's near death experience.
The short silence that follows is broken quickly by Father Alton's warm reassuring voice, "well, I'm stuffed to the ears, and it seems everyone else was just waiting for me." He rises slowly, supporting himself by the arms of the chair, his right hand taking hold of his walking stick, he begins to make his way to the door. Mero is up and opening the door before the rest of you are out of your seats, as the Father moves through the doorway he calls back, "come along, we haven't all day to be sitting around eating." He chuckles and continues.
Outside
As you follow, the two Brandworthy's lead the six of you around to the back of the Greenbottle home where a make-shift table has been setup atop which lies the seemingly well-preserved corpse of the boar from last night. Wellsly stands bespectacled across the table peering down at the boar, one hand keeping his glasses from slipping off of his nose and the other holding a book open, his finger tracing along the lines of some odd script as he simultaneously reads and examines the boar with his eyes. As the Father and Mero come to a stop across the table the six of you spread out to get another good look at the creature. Wellsly adjusts his glasses, looks up for a moment as if thinking about something and then let's out a yelp as he realizes there are people in front of him, nearly losing his glasses in the process.
"Whew... almost got me there, eh?" his breathing slowly returns from a hurried gasping to normal, he grins readjusting his glasses with a gloved hand, "ah, Ringly my boy! Seems you've brought down quite the specimen here, you remember reading Aevarius Str'en's work on cross-planar flux and contamination?" He looks expectantly at the young wizard, an endearing smile on his face.
Ringly: [sblock]You fail to remember really anything about Aevarius Str'en, although the name seems familiar enough. The term's cross-planar flux and contamination at least give you the basic idea that he's talking about something from outside this world or plane, as it's generally called in the arcane fields, spreading into this world. Perhaps all the books Wellsly thought you should read weren't so useless after all.[/sblock]
Others: [sblock]You have no idea what in the world he's talking about.[/sblock]
Boddynock
First Post
As Alton stands to greet the Patriarch, he sees Eddie ... slipping a piece of bacon up his sleeve? He is so distracted that he almost misses the answer to his question about the boar - We'll know more with Wellsly's help.
Alton sits and applies himself to his breakfast again, a puzzled look on his face. After a moment he looks around - but none of the others seem to have noticed either Eddie's actions or his own distraction.
As they all file out to view the boar, Alton comes up next to Eddie and says sotto voce, "Hey, Eddie - it might be better to keep it in this." He hands him a napkin he has borrowed from the table. "I put an extra roll in there as well. Bring the napkin back when you've finished with it. I know that Mya wouldn't begrudge you some extra bacon but it's not fair to spoil her table setting."
He then moves off to look at last night's adversary, giving Eddie the time and space to "adjust" his clothing.
He stands with the others, looking at the body on the table. Somehow, it doesn't seem as fearsome as it did last night - although that same sense of being "not right" is apparent in the cadaver.
Alton sits and applies himself to his breakfast again, a puzzled look on his face. After a moment he looks around - but none of the others seem to have noticed either Eddie's actions or his own distraction.
As they all file out to view the boar, Alton comes up next to Eddie and says sotto voce, "Hey, Eddie - it might be better to keep it in this." He hands him a napkin he has borrowed from the table. "I put an extra roll in there as well. Bring the napkin back when you've finished with it. I know that Mya wouldn't begrudge you some extra bacon but it's not fair to spoil her table setting."
He then moves off to look at last night's adversary, giving Eddie the time and space to "adjust" his clothing.
He stands with the others, looking at the body on the table. Somehow, it doesn't seem as fearsome as it did last night - although that same sense of being "not right" is apparent in the cadaver.
Alton turns to Jerran with a wide-eyed look, as if to say, "Do you know what he's talking about?"Ferrix said:
Evilhalfling
Adventurer
Boddynock said:
Eddie turns beet red, Umm no, Alton youv'e got the wrong idea. I would'nt .... The bacon is um for a joke, I just didn't want to spoil it by making it obvious that I was carrying it. Ill just take the napkin back now. He turns away quickly and takes a few steps back into the house leaving the napkin at the table. If any of the greenbottles are standing around Eddie will tell them "this is Alton's, he asked me to return it." Your pretty sure the roll went into a pocket though. Once back outside Eddie avoids looking at Alton. Examining the boar closely looking for some sign of what the others were talking about. He will also pick up a short stick, for poking the dead boar with, should it become necessary.
Tarlonniel
First Post
Kiylea slips briefly to Father Alton's side as they head out. "Thank you for helping me, father. But please don't tell my Ma and Pa what happened. At least, not what really happened. Especially Ma." Then she darts off for the back of the house.
Upon arrival she bends over their corpus delicti, brushing her dark hair out of her eyes. Wellsly's strange words earn him, then Ringly, a blank look.
Upon arrival she bends over their corpus delicti, brushing her dark hair out of her eyes. Wellsly's strange words earn him, then Ringly, a blank look.
hafrogman
Adventurer
Jerran gives Alton a slightly withering glance and replies with some asperity in an aside to the paladin.
"Oh, yes! I spend all my time reading about cross plainer flocks. Angry, dull groups of birds."
Then he turns his attention to Wellsly and turns on his charm.
"Please, my good sir. Perhaps you could explain your thoughts in simpler words, for us uneducated folk."
"Oh, yes! I spend all my time reading about cross plainer flocks. Angry, dull groups of birds."
Then he turns his attention to Wellsly and turns on his charm.
"Please, my good sir. Perhaps you could explain your thoughts in simpler words, for us uneducated folk."
Slippshade
First Post
Bubbles has to stiffle a giggle at Jerran's overheard joke. She feels a bit bad for Alton, but it was funny.
Having no idea what Wellsly is talking about, Bubbles hopes that someone will translate.
Having no idea what Wellsly is talking about, Bubbles hopes that someone will translate.
