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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8499331" data-attributes="member: 2012">The tavern owner relaxes with Breva and Akos' reassurances. "Well, that's a relief. You did seem to be looking for danger when you came in... a risk of your trade. I would be glad to serve Bluffside's newest heroes. Feel free to come back in the evening... just not too late. With the damn Loyalists on the loose, no one is staying open late. Those rogues are bad for business." He sighs. "The Raven is meant to be open at all hours, but I was forced to close before dusk last night."The man put his spirits back in place and waves over Breva. "The Regulars seem to be outnumbered by them almost every night. When the sun goes down, Old City has become an even more dangerous place to be at night than when the Old City Killer was on the loose. Last night I watched a fight on the streets between the Regulars and Loyalists. There were strange men cloaked in black helping the Loyalists, but the Regulars had unexpected help as well. Strange shapes rose out of the darkness to take the fight to the Loyalists. It was a bloody mess." He pauses. "I can't tell you any more than that, unfortunately, I was in my apartment upstairs and didn't want to attract any attention.""Hmm, I think I heard it from one of the local food hawkers selling fruit near Moons' Arch. I don't know his name. I heard it yesterday, yes, it was in the late afternoon, I think. I was hurrying to get home before the sun went down. There were dozens gathered around the man listening to him speak. He said you were all in great peril in a strange land across many seas... that the Renegade magicked you all away to a distant city where he imprisoned you in a massive dungeon called Bergunter Masse under the Sigil city." She pauses to sit down at a small table with a group of young nobles. "That's all I heard. I didn't want to be out after dark. It sounded very dangerous.""I know who that is," the tavern owner says. "Marko Behrend. He likes to spin yarns to help sell his goods."OOC: Akos doesn't sense any dishonestly from the young waif.Tim finds his way through the narrow hall leading from the tavern's back door to the common room. The woman stumbles through to the bar and asks to be served. "Nathanyell, my good man," she blurts out. "Another bottle of your finest."The tavern owner sighs. "Lady Gale, you need to go home and get some rest. I will not have your husband looking for my head."The woman scowls at him. She sniffs the air disdainfully and waggles a finger at him. She looks like she's about to say something when she 'senses' Tim's presence. She turns at beams a sharp smile at the knight. "Ooh, do you fancy some company, large one? Maybe you can convince this oaf to sell me a bottle of Flusis Edes."Nathanyell looks at Tim and shakes his head 'no'. The look is more of a warning to Tim about the woman's advances than her desire for more wine.Captain Breedon points towards the Silver Raven. "Your friends are in there, Mister Tuck," he says. "They saw another one of your people watching them. The watcher ducked into the tavern after the young knight spotted him. I didn't see the kobold, but Sir Breva was sure the watcher had his eyes on Sir Tim and it was a look of malice."Tuck can see that the crowd outside the old tavern is growing. There are a dozen onlookers watching Tuck and the others near the gate, as well as several others poking there heads inside the tavern's front door and open windows. Tuck knows the place. It's not the nicest tavern in Old City, but Nathanyell Lyrypine does a brisk business. Nobles from lesser houses often drink at the Silver Raven, but it is just as popular with shopkeepers, traders, and even foreigners. All are welcome, as long as they can pay.Tuck knows that the Raven rarely closes, although he hasn't spent much time in the place. The spirits are cheap, and the patrons usually drink until they can't stand any more.Custodio heads to the Raven and orders the gawkers to go back to their business. "There is nothing to see here."The crowd thins out a bit but some of the onlookers ignore the Elite. The people are fascinated by the Exemplars sudden reappearance in Old City. Soon Custodio is fending off questions about the Gate of Scales, Phelix & his Loyalists, and where the 'heroes' have been."There will be a notice posted at the barracks soon," he says. "Give us the day.""Half the district could be dead in a day!" An old nobleman cries out. "What kind of heroes abandon the people when their is a madman on the loose!""It's not that simple!" Custodio counters. "We were lead into a trap by the Renegade." Custodio looks through the tavern's door at Akos. His look is pleading.The thinning crowd resurges towards him."It was good to finally meet you," Nathanyell replies. "Come back later in the evening and I'll break out the really good stuff."Un uproar begins to rise on the street outside the tavern. A crowd has gathered around the entrance to the Silver Raven. Custodio is there trying to field questions from the people. Many of them are unhappy that the Exemplars were absent during the attacks by the Loyalists. Others try to shout them down."You don't know what they've been dealing with!""They should tell us!""Yes, tell us now!"Several of the Raven's patrons head out the back. Their drinking is done for the morning... at least at the Raven. Nathanyell starts to look concerned again. He glances at Akos."You better get out there and tell them something."Falen stays in the shadows while Vinny keeps his eyes on the prisoners. Both Lady Arnona and young Silagord look nervously at the growing crowd.Tuck is forced to choose between producing the note for Vinny to read or heading into the throng to back up Custodio. The young Vanquisher cleric seems to be out of his depth. The crowd soon has the Elite's back up against the wall.Several of the gate guards move into help, but the captain stays with Vinny and the prisoners. He turns to the Sectarian. "You all really do draw a lot of attention, don't you?"Soon the street is boiling.[HR][/HR][OOC]<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60f.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":sneaky:" title="Sneaky    :sneaky:"  data-smilie="21"data-shortname=":sneaky:" />The PCs are now in a situation that needs diffusing. The people are angry, frustrated, tired, and worried. Consider the crowd outside to be Unfriendly (Hostile to Custodio) while the crowd inside the Silver Raven is Indifferent (Unfriendly to Custodio).For Diplomacy checks, don't forget to add your reputation modifiers to the rolls. If you can't remember your modifier, I'll go back and try to find the numbers in the OOC thread.[/OOC]</blockquote>

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