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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aethmud" data-source="post: 9624113" data-attributes="member: 6746292">Despite his exhausted state, Jack is cheerful as he enters the inn.  He flutters gracefully over to the children, a mischievous twinkle in his eyes as he leans in with a conspiratorial whisper. "Did I hear someone telling ghost stories? Mind if I join?"[SPOILER=OOC]Performance skill check to entertain the children and generally distract anyone at the inn from paying attention to the party: <a href="http://www.coyotecode.net/roll/lookup.php?rollid=295975" target="_blank">23</a>Insight skill check to observe the half-elf and gain an understanding of why she is here: <a href="http://www.coyotecode.net/roll/lookup.php?rollid=295976" target="_blank">8</a>Casting <a href="https://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:minor-illusion" target="_blank">Minor Illusion</a> several times to spice up the pretend play with the children.[/SPOILER]The youngest child, wide-eyed and intrigued, nods eagerly, scooting closer. "You're a fairy, aren'tcha mister? Can y'really do magic?"Jack grins playfully, bowing dramatically. "Jack Everfrost at your service! Indeed, I can—watch this!" With snap of his finger, a spray of frost and snowflakes flies from one hand, and shimmering ghostly images appear, floating gently around the wind-up polar bear that Logrim gifted to the kids. The children gasp and giggle. "Now," Jack begins, lowering his voice theatrically, "this brave little polar bear was wandering all alone on the icy plains when suddenly—" he waves his hand dramatically, conjuring the illusion of three looming yetis surrounding the toy.One of the children squeals, clutching her friend's arm. "Oh no! They're going to eat him!""Ah, but wait," Jack continues, smiling warmly, "look closer. Sometimes, things aren't as scary as they seem." The largest yeti gently nudges forward a small yeti cub, who shyly waves at the bear. A mountain flower sprouts from the floor between the bear and the yeti child.  The bear waddles over, plucks up the sprouted flower, gives it to the yeti cub, and they nuzzle noses with each other, eliciting delighted giggles from the children.Next, Jack sends illusory ice toads hopping into view, croaking hungrily around the bear. "Uh-oh," he whispers to one of the children, "those ice toads look hungry too!"  Jack laughs, "But our brave bear always comes prepared." With another flourish, the bear reaches down into the floor, now shimmering and rippling like a small pond, and grabs out some illusionary fish, trhowing them through the air toward the ice toads, who eagerly hop and catch them in mid-air, gobbling them up and croaking contentedly. "And that's how this little bear made even more friends."Finally, Jack dramatically whispers, "But danger was not done with our little hero yet! One day, the bear found himself trapped on thin ice…" He waves his fingers, and thin cracks of ice appear beneath the bear. The children lean in anxiously."What happened next?" asks one of the kids, eyes wide.Jack smiles gently, motioning toward the children. "That's where you come in! Can you brave adventurers rescue him?"Giggling, the youngest child carefully reaches in, picking up the toy bear, and triumphantly raises it above her head. "We saved him!""You're heroes!" Jack cheers, clapping enthusiastically. "I knew you could do it!"Even as he laughs and engages warmly with the children, Jack carefully keeps one eye and ear tuned to the rest of the room, attempting to observe the half-orc's restless movements, the half-elven woman's worried scribbling, and the muffled voices from the cellar.  Jack is so enrapt in the pretend play, though, that he might have managed to distract himself.</blockquote>

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