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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 895950" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 48, “The Prisoner", July 10th, 7:00 P.M.</strong></p><p></p><p>The group of Kindor, Lannon, Mojo, Serita, Timothy, and the Eldamar Lordholder Lawton arrive at the military area at the northernmost point of the inner city. They travel through the fortress to the dungeon level, where the prisoner sits tied, bound, and surrounded by six high-ranking officers of the Jawlt Army. Lawton immediately confirms “Yes, that is definitely the Bishop.” Mojo draws his sword, and threatens then man, telling him to “Talk, or I’ll kill you.” When there is no immediate response Mojo prepares to swing, but Timothy intervenes, pointing out to Mojo that the man can’t speak because he is currently wearing a gag. “You spoil all my fun,” Mojo replies. Lawton whispers to Serita and Lannon “Your version of Good Cop, Bad Cop?” “More like Good Cop, Homicidal Maniac,” the dwarf replies. </p><p></p><p>Kindor moves to remove the gag, but also tells Mojo “Keep the sword handy. If he even attempts to cast a spell stop him.” Serita walks up behind him, striking the man on the head with the Rod of Cancellation, and says, “That should take care of him trying spells.” Mojo says “Okay, talk.” The man replies “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you the truth.” “Try us,” Serita answers. The Bishop looks at Timothy, says “You…Cleric,” saying the word with maximum disdain in his voice. “What?” Timothy asks. Serita interjects “I think he’s asking you to cast a Detect Lie to verify what he has to say.” Timothy begins the spell.</p><p></p><p>The Bishop then tells them that the High Priestess Pamela sent him and the others to Jawlton. “Yeah, your sister sent you, we figured that out already. Why?” Serita states. He answers “To prevent the Queen from being assassinated.” “What!” Mojo exclaims. The Bishop tells them “A former member of the Halla Thief and Assassins Guild plans to assassinate Jennifer, and let the ILA take the blame. Pamela believes that only Darlene can stop the assassin, and I concur with that, which is why is was necessary for us to rescue her.” Timothy verifies that </p><p></p><p>Kindor and Mojo demand to know more about this assassin, but the Bishop says he is not at liberty to divulge that information. Serita interjects “You don’t have to. It is obviously Annette of Kaloon, formerly Annie of Halla.” The Bishop won’t confirm or deny that. Mojo says “Why would Pamela want Jennifer alive?” “She must think she can exploit her at some time in the future,” Serita says. Mojo replies “She’s mistaken. The only one the Queen owes any favors to is me.” Kindor looks at him quizzically, and says, “How do you figure that? If memory serves, Pamela was the person who resurrected Jennifer after she was killed by you Mojo.” The fighter replies “That happened a long time ago, a lot has changed since then.” </p><p></p><p>Serita states “That doesn’t make any sense. If they weren’t here to do us harm then why did they attack us so viciously?” The Bishop says, “They didn’t attack you. You attacked them. They were just trying to get away.” “They almost killed me!” Mojo exclaims. “Should we really hold that against them?” Lannon mutters. Kindor tells the Bishop “Here’s what I’m going to do. Since you didn’t come here to harm anyone I won’t charge you with any crimes in Jawlt. I still don’t want you here, so I’ll have you extradited in the morning.” The gag is placed back on him, and the guards are instructed to watch him closely.</p><p></p><p>The group leaves the room and head back to the carriages. “You’re actually going to let him go?” Lannon asks. Kindor replies “I agreed to not charge him here and would extradite him. I never said anything about where I would extradite him to. You’ll recall that seven years ago he helped to assassinate Sir Edward of the East Lordholding Land of Plantaginet. Edward was resurrected later, and still rules Plantaginet, which is where I will be sending the Bishop. Edward can then decide what to do with him.” “I like the way you think” Mojo comments.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, across town at the Full Tankard Tavern, stealth team members Blip, Cassie, Lono and Mark are waiting for the clue to the next target. Cassie looks around the rather filthy building, situated not far from the docks, and asks, “Has this place changed any since Narg’s bachelor party?” Lono replies “I’m not sure. I don’t remember much of that evening.” “Me either,” Mark states. </p><p></p><p>The tavern is rather crowded, with about fifty patrons, spread out throughout the room. Most are either alone or in small groups, and there is minimal interaction. About the only activity in the room is a pair of men playing darts. The party takes their time consuming the beverages, noticing that most other patrons are as well. </p><p></p><p>They are there for several hours, until around 10:30 P.M. when several of the patrons begin to file out. “Did me miss something?” Blip asks. “Must have,” Lono comments. Cassie notices that people leaving are all going past the east wall before departing. “Let’s see what they’re looking at,” she comments. They then notice that people are glancing at the dartboard. Stuck into the board are three lilac-colored darts, two on the number ‘3’, the other on the number ‘20’. </p><p></p><p>They return to the Magical Stone Inn, where they brainstorm about what the numbers mean, but can’t think of anything significant. A note is written out which Cassie’s owl then flies over to the auction house. Tenbar and Melito are still there with the party, and Serita read them the note. An odd look crosses Melito’s face. “Does that mean anything to you?” Lannon asks. He replies “Yes, but it would only have meaning to someone familiar with the ILA. This is the 23rd ILA convention. The 20th convention was held during the year 1003 on the Aldornian calendar. The other ‘3’ would indicate that the person who came in 3rd Place during that convention is the target.” “And that would be you?” Serita ponders. “Yes,” Melito replies. </p><p></p><p>“Wait a minute, are you saying that you used to kill people for sport?” Mojo quips. Melito replies “You need to understand, while I’ve never been an assassin, I did run the thief and assassins guild, so had a reputation to maintain.” He thinks a minute, and says “And Mojo, you’re hardly what I’d call a pacifist.” Mojo replies “I only kill people I have a very good reason. Like if they’re evil, or if they tick me off, or if they spill my drink.” </p><p></p><p>Melito then points out that “This could change things. We didn’t originally plan to try to get the ILA leaders because we were afraid of angering them, and making either me or you targets.” Lannon finishes the through “Which we now are, so what’s stopping us.” “Any idea where we’d find these leader?” Timothy asks. Melito says “I know where at least one is staying, possibly two. They never have more than two in one place, so if they are captured a majority will still be free to judge the convention. When Lady Moorehead returned to the city from the funeral I spoke to her. A group of these assassins are at her estate holding her husband and servants as hostage, and this group includes the small ILA leader. When I spoke to her she asked me to get something to her.”</p><p></p><p>“What?” Fiona inquires. He replies “A bottle, which the mage’s guild has. It has her powers stored in it.” “Powers?” Timothy interjects. He replies “Yes. She fell in love with Lord Moorehead fifteen years ago, and was required to take mortal form to marry him. She was originally a Djinni." Timothy’s player comments “And I’ll bet his name is 'Tony'. Serita’s player says “Just what we need, references to bad 1960’s television shows.”</p><p></p><p>Melito comments that “To save her husband from these assassins she is willing to return to being one again, although she would then be required to leave.” “Yeah, and probably then come live on our Island, I know how these things work,” Mojo states. Serita ponders “Maybe we can rescue them without her needing to do that.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 895950, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 48, “The Prisoner", July 10th, 7:00 P.M.[/B] The group of Kindor, Lannon, Mojo, Serita, Timothy, and the Eldamar Lordholder Lawton arrive at the military area at the northernmost point of the inner city. They travel through the fortress to the dungeon level, where the prisoner sits tied, bound, and surrounded by six high-ranking officers of the Jawlt Army. Lawton immediately confirms “Yes, that is definitely the Bishop.” Mojo draws his sword, and threatens then man, telling him to “Talk, or I’ll kill you.” When there is no immediate response Mojo prepares to swing, but Timothy intervenes, pointing out to Mojo that the man can’t speak because he is currently wearing a gag. “You spoil all my fun,” Mojo replies. Lawton whispers to Serita and Lannon “Your version of Good Cop, Bad Cop?” “More like Good Cop, Homicidal Maniac,” the dwarf replies. Kindor moves to remove the gag, but also tells Mojo “Keep the sword handy. If he even attempts to cast a spell stop him.” Serita walks up behind him, striking the man on the head with the Rod of Cancellation, and says, “That should take care of him trying spells.” Mojo says “Okay, talk.” The man replies “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you the truth.” “Try us,” Serita answers. The Bishop looks at Timothy, says “You…Cleric,” saying the word with maximum disdain in his voice. “What?” Timothy asks. Serita interjects “I think he’s asking you to cast a Detect Lie to verify what he has to say.” Timothy begins the spell. The Bishop then tells them that the High Priestess Pamela sent him and the others to Jawlton. “Yeah, your sister sent you, we figured that out already. Why?” Serita states. He answers “To prevent the Queen from being assassinated.” “What!” Mojo exclaims. The Bishop tells them “A former member of the Halla Thief and Assassins Guild plans to assassinate Jennifer, and let the ILA take the blame. Pamela believes that only Darlene can stop the assassin, and I concur with that, which is why is was necessary for us to rescue her.” Timothy verifies that Kindor and Mojo demand to know more about this assassin, but the Bishop says he is not at liberty to divulge that information. Serita interjects “You don’t have to. It is obviously Annette of Kaloon, formerly Annie of Halla.” The Bishop won’t confirm or deny that. Mojo says “Why would Pamela want Jennifer alive?” “She must think she can exploit her at some time in the future,” Serita says. Mojo replies “She’s mistaken. The only one the Queen owes any favors to is me.” Kindor looks at him quizzically, and says, “How do you figure that? If memory serves, Pamela was the person who resurrected Jennifer after she was killed by you Mojo.” The fighter replies “That happened a long time ago, a lot has changed since then.” Serita states “That doesn’t make any sense. If they weren’t here to do us harm then why did they attack us so viciously?” The Bishop says, “They didn’t attack you. You attacked them. They were just trying to get away.” “They almost killed me!” Mojo exclaims. “Should we really hold that against them?” Lannon mutters. Kindor tells the Bishop “Here’s what I’m going to do. Since you didn’t come here to harm anyone I won’t charge you with any crimes in Jawlt. I still don’t want you here, so I’ll have you extradited in the morning.” The gag is placed back on him, and the guards are instructed to watch him closely. The group leaves the room and head back to the carriages. “You’re actually going to let him go?” Lannon asks. Kindor replies “I agreed to not charge him here and would extradite him. I never said anything about where I would extradite him to. You’ll recall that seven years ago he helped to assassinate Sir Edward of the East Lordholding Land of Plantaginet. Edward was resurrected later, and still rules Plantaginet, which is where I will be sending the Bishop. Edward can then decide what to do with him.” “I like the way you think” Mojo comments. Meanwhile, across town at the Full Tankard Tavern, stealth team members Blip, Cassie, Lono and Mark are waiting for the clue to the next target. Cassie looks around the rather filthy building, situated not far from the docks, and asks, “Has this place changed any since Narg’s bachelor party?” Lono replies “I’m not sure. I don’t remember much of that evening.” “Me either,” Mark states. The tavern is rather crowded, with about fifty patrons, spread out throughout the room. Most are either alone or in small groups, and there is minimal interaction. About the only activity in the room is a pair of men playing darts. The party takes their time consuming the beverages, noticing that most other patrons are as well. They are there for several hours, until around 10:30 P.M. when several of the patrons begin to file out. “Did me miss something?” Blip asks. “Must have,” Lono comments. Cassie notices that people leaving are all going past the east wall before departing. “Let’s see what they’re looking at,” she comments. They then notice that people are glancing at the dartboard. Stuck into the board are three lilac-colored darts, two on the number ‘3’, the other on the number ‘20’. They return to the Magical Stone Inn, where they brainstorm about what the numbers mean, but can’t think of anything significant. A note is written out which Cassie’s owl then flies over to the auction house. Tenbar and Melito are still there with the party, and Serita read them the note. An odd look crosses Melito’s face. “Does that mean anything to you?” Lannon asks. He replies “Yes, but it would only have meaning to someone familiar with the ILA. This is the 23rd ILA convention. The 20th convention was held during the year 1003 on the Aldornian calendar. The other ‘3’ would indicate that the person who came in 3rd Place during that convention is the target.” “And that would be you?” Serita ponders. “Yes,” Melito replies. “Wait a minute, are you saying that you used to kill people for sport?” Mojo quips. Melito replies “You need to understand, while I’ve never been an assassin, I did run the thief and assassins guild, so had a reputation to maintain.” He thinks a minute, and says “And Mojo, you’re hardly what I’d call a pacifist.” Mojo replies “I only kill people I have a very good reason. Like if they’re evil, or if they tick me off, or if they spill my drink.” Melito then points out that “This could change things. We didn’t originally plan to try to get the ILA leaders because we were afraid of angering them, and making either me or you targets.” Lannon finishes the through “Which we now are, so what’s stopping us.” “Any idea where we’d find these leader?” Timothy asks. Melito says “I know where at least one is staying, possibly two. They never have more than two in one place, so if they are captured a majority will still be free to judge the convention. When Lady Moorehead returned to the city from the funeral I spoke to her. A group of these assassins are at her estate holding her husband and servants as hostage, and this group includes the small ILA leader. When I spoke to her she asked me to get something to her.” “What?” Fiona inquires. He replies “A bottle, which the mage’s guild has. It has her powers stored in it.” “Powers?” Timothy interjects. He replies “Yes. She fell in love with Lord Moorehead fifteen years ago, and was required to take mortal form to marry him. She was originally a Djinni." Timothy’s player comments “And I’ll bet his name is 'Tony'. Serita’s player says “Just what we need, references to bad 1960’s television shows.” Melito comments that “To save her husband from these assassins she is willing to return to being one again, although she would then be required to leave.” “Yeah, and probably then come live on our Island, I know how these things work,” Mojo states. Serita ponders “Maybe we can rescue them without her needing to do that.” [/QUOTE]
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