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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 9133048" data-attributes="member: 2012">When the Exemplars reach Stormgrove, several of them choose to find a room and sleep. Tim is the first to go back to the room provided for him. Vincenzo is next to find a room; he falls asleep half on the bed before he can get his clothes off. The manor's maids do the rest of the work and fuss over his healing wounds.Sobla decides to sleep as well. Both she and Mutt feel like they haven't slept in days. They curl up together by the fire in the manor's main hall. The girl snores loudly. Mutt sleeps soundly next to her. He seems to be used to her snoring.The manor's staff finds a room for Rockhorn and place in the stables for Spritewing. While neither of them were wounded during the fight with The Beast, the long journey from Westcairn will catch up with them, eventually. Until then, the wild dwarf is free to explore the manor house under the watchful gaze of the Dark Lanterns.Both Tuck and Vitus both agree to go with Akos to see the apothecary, Spindle.It is short walk through the Lilal Ward to the Green Gateway and then right to Spindle's shop just west of the inner gate. The Elites are getting used to the Exemplar's presence in Old City and many of them seem eager to impress both Akos and Tuck. They seem to wonder who Vitus is alongside such important heroes.Vitus is a bit surprised to see the shop. It doesn't look like much. In fact, the young priest has passed by it a dozen times delivering letters. The outside seems a bit disjointed and the inside is wildly chaotic. Spindle greets both Tuck and Akos warmly. He hugs Tuck and shakes Akos hand."I hear you've been quite busy," the gangly old fellow says. "News of your latest deeds are spreading like wildfire. I wouldn't be surprised if its reached ears out on Sordadon." He chuckles.Tuck nods while trying not to yawn."You look tired, my friend," Spindle says."I'll be alright," Tuck says. The kobold manages to stay on his feet for another five minutes, but he is soon napping in one of Spindle's more comfortable chairs. The apothecary covers Tuck with a blanket and moves the conversation into the back room after he locks up the front of the store."So, what can I do for you?"Spindle listens intently to what Akos needs and isn't too surprised when the Loremaster and Vitus unpack the heart form its makeshift container. He could smell the heart even with Vitus' preserving magic."So it was still beating when the ranger pulled it from the creature," he asks rhetorically. "If it was some sort of hydra, then that wouldn't be too surprising. However, I doubt it can regenerate from just this leftover flesh." He looks at Akos. "Did the guards say what they were going to do with the rest of the carcass?""Acidify it, probably," Tuck says as he enters the back. His nap was a short one. He yawns and stretches and comes up to get a closer look at the heart. "Fire didn't hurt it.""That will probably do it," Spindle replies. He takes Akos contract and signs it. "If there is anything left after they dispose of the rest of it, have them bring it to me."Spindle suggests a local girl who used to be a runner in New City under the tutelage of Scribner Thriftmore. "Lil' Red's fast and light on her feet. She's be there in no time."The apothecary unlocks the back door of his shop and rings a bell several times. A few minutes later, a young wisp of girl who loosk to be no more than twelve years old appears in the alleyway. "Sorry it took so long, Mr. Spindle," she says excitedly and out of breath. "I was talking to Mr. Cheeves in Square Lane. What do you need?""The Loremaster needs to deliver a message for him to the Teacher's Library in the Temple District. Do you think you can handle that?""Absolutely!" She says excitedly. "I'll be there faster than a winged mouse!""I would hope so," Spindle laughs."Winged mice are fast, you know that Mr. Spindle," Lil' Red says with her arms crossed."Yes, yes... how's your sister?" He asks in a more serious voice. "How are her legs feeling?""She okay... no, honest," the girl says. "She's trying to find work in the Undercity. The Regulars in New City made Mr. Thriftmore close up his business permanently. Too much debt they said. Everyone there has to find something new. Cadi should be able to find something. She's the best cook in the city."Tuck and Vitus follows Akos back to Stormgrove. The kobold urban ranger finds a comfortable chair in the hall near Sobla and Mutt and is soon asleep again.Vitus spends a bit of time exploring the manor with Rockhorn until the wild dwarf goes to sleep in the stables with Spritewing instead of in the room prepared for him. Then, the cleric of Tyche heads back to his embassy.OOC: Note that the captured 'loot' is being stored at the Palace. The PCs have to go there to help identify the captured items. It is the safest place for them, plus the items must be properly processed by the city.OOC: A quick search online found that there are specific rules in the Stronghold Builders Guide regarding research and libraries, but I don't have that book. However, the rules are also in the Eberron Campaign Setting book, so I'll have to dig out my copy and see what it says. I'll post my answer in the OOC thread later. Time for a break.</blockquote>[/QUOTE]

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