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Domestic Troubles (run of 03-23-04)
Our intrepid band of adventurers takes a mere two days to arrive back in Vesh resisting the temptation to stop in again to see Kira’s aunt and her fine artwork.
Marja is thrilled to be back in the city, bustling with morning activity. Kalina always finds the tall buildings and unnatural smells disturbing. She and Fang plan to head for the park down by the river as soon as they’ve reported in.
The band strolls leisurely through the market until they hear screaming. They turn a corner into a small alley beside the delivery door to a dry goods shop. A smallish man, wearing a leather apron with his sleeves rolled up to reveal thin, but muscular arms, has his wife backed against the wall. She is trembling as he shouts every obscenity at her. Her lip is bleeding.
He raises his hand to strike her, but Borin steps in and grabs it. Lucre wraps his arms around the man’s legs, holding him fast. “Let me go, you morons. I can discipline my woman. She’s driving me crazy.” Borin hits him across the mouth and knocks him out. Borin and Lucre stare at Borin’s clenched fist. “How do you do that?” Lucre asks. The two drag the man off to the stocks. Terri pops the lock, and they take it upon themselves to insert the man there. Marja has a quiet conversation with the wife who follows after her husband crying for his release. After a few minutes, Marja reports that in her opinion this woman has never been abused before. She seems shocked by her husband’s behavior. He suddenly went crazy.
Lucre concentrates and reports that the man has a faint glow, perhaps the glow of psionic enchantment. Kalina dispels the magic and Caerwyn places healing hands upon him. He wakes up and looks at his wife with her swollen lip. “What have I done?” he cries. “Oh, I’m a terrible person,” and he begins to babble on about how dreadful his behavior has been. “Wait,” Lucre pleads. “I need to know what happened to you this morning.”
“Oh, I’m lower than low. I deserve to spend the rest of my wretched life in these stocks. Oh, what have I done?” He babbles on again. Lucre and Borin step in to try to calm him down. “Who are you?” he asks. “I’m the guy who hit you,” Borin responds honestly. “And I’m the guy who helped,” Lucre adds. “Now tell us what happened this morning.”
“A wife-beater!” the man opines. “That’s the lowest of the low. I don’t deserve to live!”
“I’ll hit you again,” offers Borin. To this the man startles and stops. “We were unloading our new shipment. The regular guy delivered. I’ve know him for years. There was a crowd of people, but there always is in the morning. I didn’t see anything weird.”
Marja scans the crowd. “I see something!” she shouts and takes off. Kalina sees what she spotted, a young man with a psionic glow. She casts fairy fire and summons an air elemental to give chase. Kira starts to sing at the top of her lungs. Caerwyn mounts his horse and takes off after the glowing pink man as Marja casts fly on herself, Borin and Lucre. All this activity and the presence of an air elemental cause a panic in the crowd.
Kel shrugs his shoulders as his friends take off. His armor won’t let him join in the chase. He strolls over to a farm stand and buys a mellon which he slices open and begins to eat.
Kira runs into a china shop and meets two wide-eyed teenagers. “Are you here about the pink guy because he went that way?” They point out the back. Kira touches her cohort tattoo and concentrates. The party all feel a twinge and get a sense of direction. They perform a house to house search, but he’s gone.
Our intrepid band of adventurers takes a mere two days to arrive back in Vesh resisting the temptation to stop in again to see Kira’s aunt and her fine artwork.
Marja is thrilled to be back in the city, bustling with morning activity. Kalina always finds the tall buildings and unnatural smells disturbing. She and Fang plan to head for the park down by the river as soon as they’ve reported in.
The band strolls leisurely through the market until they hear screaming. They turn a corner into a small alley beside the delivery door to a dry goods shop. A smallish man, wearing a leather apron with his sleeves rolled up to reveal thin, but muscular arms, has his wife backed against the wall. She is trembling as he shouts every obscenity at her. Her lip is bleeding.
He raises his hand to strike her, but Borin steps in and grabs it. Lucre wraps his arms around the man’s legs, holding him fast. “Let me go, you morons. I can discipline my woman. She’s driving me crazy.” Borin hits him across the mouth and knocks him out. Borin and Lucre stare at Borin’s clenched fist. “How do you do that?” Lucre asks. The two drag the man off to the stocks. Terri pops the lock, and they take it upon themselves to insert the man there. Marja has a quiet conversation with the wife who follows after her husband crying for his release. After a few minutes, Marja reports that in her opinion this woman has never been abused before. She seems shocked by her husband’s behavior. He suddenly went crazy.
Lucre concentrates and reports that the man has a faint glow, perhaps the glow of psionic enchantment. Kalina dispels the magic and Caerwyn places healing hands upon him. He wakes up and looks at his wife with her swollen lip. “What have I done?” he cries. “Oh, I’m a terrible person,” and he begins to babble on about how dreadful his behavior has been. “Wait,” Lucre pleads. “I need to know what happened to you this morning.”
“Oh, I’m lower than low. I deserve to spend the rest of my wretched life in these stocks. Oh, what have I done?” He babbles on again. Lucre and Borin step in to try to calm him down. “Who are you?” he asks. “I’m the guy who hit you,” Borin responds honestly. “And I’m the guy who helped,” Lucre adds. “Now tell us what happened this morning.”
“A wife-beater!” the man opines. “That’s the lowest of the low. I don’t deserve to live!”
“I’ll hit you again,” offers Borin. To this the man startles and stops. “We were unloading our new shipment. The regular guy delivered. I’ve know him for years. There was a crowd of people, but there always is in the morning. I didn’t see anything weird.”
Marja scans the crowd. “I see something!” she shouts and takes off. Kalina sees what she spotted, a young man with a psionic glow. She casts fairy fire and summons an air elemental to give chase. Kira starts to sing at the top of her lungs. Caerwyn mounts his horse and takes off after the glowing pink man as Marja casts fly on herself, Borin and Lucre. All this activity and the presence of an air elemental cause a panic in the crowd.
Kel shrugs his shoulders as his friends take off. His armor won’t let him join in the chase. He strolls over to a farm stand and buys a mellon which he slices open and begins to eat.
Kira runs into a china shop and meets two wide-eyed teenagers. “Are you here about the pink guy because he went that way?” They point out the back. Kira touches her cohort tattoo and concentrates. The party all feel a twinge and get a sense of direction. They perform a house to house search, but he’s gone.