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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5634226" data-attributes="member: 11437">ON THE TRAIL OF RORY BARBAROSSAThe picture starts to become a bit clearer... or maybe not!The heroes, now gathered that the Swan King's Larger, a somewhat upscale bar and casino on Specularum's waterfront "Ruby Palisade" district, find the patrons and staff of the Swan King's Larder amicable and not too terribly suspicious.  Staff welcomes the heroes to spend coin on games of chance and serve free drinks to those who play.  While this is all well and good, there is still work to be done!Cassi has no trouble convincing some bean counters to take a break and finds said records.  It appears that all of the business at the Swan King's Larder is handled in cash and coin.  There are no records that Cassi can find to show exactly who has been here.  And yet... Cassi knows from prior conversations that Rory Barbarossa owed someone a great deal of money from gambling debts.  He must have owed it to a private individual.  An owner of the Swan King perhaps... or a very wealthy regular...[ooc]Five successes, one failure![/ooc][ooc]Unfortunately, failing the aid another actually gives Astra's check a -2 penalty.  Luckily, it doesn't make her check a failure.[/ooc]Astra and Geirgrim wander the waterfront streets outside the Swan King's Larder, hoping to eavesdrop on something useful, catch someone doing something interesting, and mostly stay out of trouble.  The pair are able to avoid some fairly obvious thugs walking in  large groups, seemingly patrolling the streets around the casino, and are not caught where they shouldn't be.Just as Astra and Geirgrim are about to head back inside the casino, Astra notices an old sailor, still dressed in his naval costume, playing with a red and green parrot.  "Oh, yes, Mr. Feathers.  We'll find a new home for you, all right!"  The bird squawks loudly in response.[ooc]Six successes, one failure.[/ooc][ooc]Since Leif was really nonspecific about what Questor was doing, I'm going to make it fit the description above for Astra and Geirgrim.[/ooc]Astra and Geirgrim give the old salt strange looks and are about to be on their way when a familiar halfling rushes forward.  Questor, recognizing the name "Mr. Feathers" from the stories of Rory Barbarossa, throws several parrot-related inquiries towards the old sailor.  It turns out that the old sailor, named Billy Bong, was once a member of Captain Roundbottom's crew and knew Rory Barbarossa once upon a time.  It seems that old Barbarossa's debts caught up with him and he had to surrender to the Veiled Society.  They took him somewhere, but Billy doesn't know exactly where.  Barbarossa asked Billy to take care of Mr. Feathers, which he's been doing.  Honestly, though, Billy doesn't much care for birds and he's been trying to find someone else to take the parrot.[ooc]Seven successes, one failure.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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