Island Empire Part 2, Mermaid's Rest

[mleibrock]

Radoon

While Radoon searches in vain for a dagger, Rook manages to talk a pair of intoxicated sailors out of their belaying pins. There remains a press of people waiting for someone to put the gondolas back in service. From here the only ways to go are back up on the gondola or press through the waiting people to the casino, ampetheater, private rooms and back areas as yet unexplored.

OOC: What now?

OCC, Scott, I was not really looking in detail, I only wanted to keep an eye out as we proceed.

Radoon will ask Elizabeth to leave one of her servants here to operate the gondola. It might be better if there are less folks down here.

"I guess were off to see the wizard." Radoon will take the lead to seek out new frontiers and boldly go where no man has gone before.

 

[Scotley]

The Search upstairs

Morwyn begins his search while Captain DeGrasse reloads and tries to watch both doors at once. Morwyn quickly recovers two of the now familiar northman hunting knives as well as the wand of Contagion (36 charges). As he begins to search the fallen women the remaining on protests, but Morwyn recovers a handful of coins and gems from pouches. (25 gp in assorted coins, three 10 gp moonstones, 4 100 gp pearls, three walrus tusk ivory tiles carved with complex scenes that might be magical or holy in some way.) The meat grilling appears to be whale or sea lion along with boiling root vegetables in a small pot. A fur hangs in the other door. Morwyn finds nothing other than a few mundane items for cooking, a salt cellar, some earthenware plates and cups and a really foul smelling skin of fermented raindeer milk.

 

[Scotley]

The new fronteer.

Once the gondolas start working again the press in the hallway begins to ease. At first more people are coming in, but soon all the gondolas coming down are empty, while those going back up are full. The dwarven brothers clap Radoon on the back for breaking the stalemate and giving them a chance to ride up. As the press eases, Elizabeth and Rodney join Rook, Marienna and Radoon in working their way through the press back toward the main rooms. After a stuggle, the group finds itself in the mostly empty ampetheater near the stage. The staff have put out some small fires and are righting tables and chairs. The room is still smokey. No one is performing and only a handful of people continue to sit drinking at tables. A few seem to be lightly wounded, perhaps they reatreated from the press in the hall. From here you can either go to the casino, back to the concealed door with the Ogre you met earlier, or into the back areas through one of the private rooms. You could also cross the stage and enter the performers area.

 

[mleibrock]

Radoon - Mariner/Fighter/Master Thrower

Hmmm, performer's area, dressing room sounds interesting. If Radoon is leading this bunch, he will head thata way.

 

[Scotley]

OOC: I don't think Rook will object to your choosen course, but we'll give him a chance to chime in.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

"Whither thou goest, I'll tag along . . ."

 

[SirCaith]

Finn Hunter

Morwyn begins his search while Captain DeGrasse reloads and tries to watch both doors at once. Morwyn quickly recovers two of the now familiar northman hunting knives as well as the wand of Contagion (36 charges). As he begins to search the fallen women the remaining on protests, but Morwyn recovers a handful of coins and gems from pouches. (25 gp in assorted coins, three 10 gp moonstones, 4 100 gp pearls, three walrus tusk ivory tiles carved with complex scenes that might be magical or holy in some way.) The meat grilling appears to be whale or sea lion along with boiling root vegetables in a small pot. A fur hangs in the other door. Morwyn finds nothing other than a few mundane items for cooking, a salt cellar, some earthenware plates and cups and a really foul smelling skin of fermented raindeer milk.

While Morwyn searched, Finn used one of the extra furs to extinguish the smoldering fire from the overturned brazier. Finding the fermented milk, Finn gets a cup, and prepares a drink of it for the prisoner. "Here, lass, this won't take away your pain, but it may dull it some."

For the DM [sblock]Scott, Finn will sleight of hand his drink flask while preparing the drink, and doctor the cup with some of the elixir Captain Marin gifted him with. [/sblock]

 

[Scotley]

For Finn Hunter only [sblock]I sent you the contents of the bundle via email. My copy of that email is in a retired computer in the attic. What does the elixer do?[/sblock]

 

[Scotley]

The Green Room

As you pass through the ampetheater Radoon notices a dagger on one of the tables. It looks as if it has much more experience attacking meals than foes and it is a little rustly with a loose tang, but servicable. It lays next to a half eaten platter of roast duck. There is only a small backstage area, it consists of a 'Green Room' where a small troop of acrobats and a couple of singers are chatting, A room of animal pens where a woman in shiney costume is loading some small dogs into cages, a props room where the performers store their gear, and two rooms labled Men's Dressing Room and Ladies' dressing room. A group of young halflings emerge from the Men's dressing room wearing 'street' clothes and bragging about their casino winnings.

More later...

 

[Scotley]

The Green Room

As Rook, Radoon and Marienna are looking over the green room with their new found companions, a beautiful chesnut haired woman emerges from the dressing room. She carries a small valise in one hand and daubs at tears on her cheeks with a cloth in the other. She wears a fine gown of deep green covered by a plain dark cloak of much less expense.