Lost Homeland

[Dog Moon]

Kiarra shakes her head. "I was too far away to hear what he said, so I am unable to translate it," she says in Draconic.

The man in brown turns his head up and looks at Freylin, but he obviously does not understand your words. He returns his hard eyes upon the thief and waits as several robed figures slowly approach, avoiding the crowd by flying above it. The robed figures inspect the man in brown carefully.

"We have the reward money," one of the robed figures says to the man in brown as he hands the gold to the man in brown, "And we have a job proposition, if you are willing." The figure turns to take in your group who consists of Skitter, Alth, Freylin, Kiarra, and an approaching Vita who passes through the edge of the crowd without a worry in the world, despite several people nearly bumping into her. "Actually, since this man was not the only one who pursued the enemy, perhaps we can offer your group a job as well," he says, turning to look specifically at Freylin.

OOC: Note that only Freylin, through use of her Comprehend Languages, can understand this. Well, and Kiarra, the man in brown, the Thief, and Vita. So only Skitter and Alth cannot.

 

[Charberus]

Alth shrugs at Freylin and says in Draconic. "I cannot understand a word they are saying. You will have to repeat what they said."

 

[Dog Moon]

Kiarra quickly translates the gist of what the man is saying: "He's offering us a job," she tells you, "For our attempt at catching the Thief, even if only this one man was successful."

 

[Charberus]

"tell him, that Skitter and I would like more information about the job. Also, could we talk inside and not in the streets?"

 

[Aereas]

Smiling at the man politly I extend my hand towards him, keeping an eye on the thief in case he tries to flee again, and say in gnome "My name is Freylin. Your offer is quite intriging and I would like to here more of it. I am certain that we can come to some sort of an understanding."

OOC:
It didn't help before but I will introduce my name in gnome continueing only if he understands it. If he doesn't understand I will introduce myself in draconic and then Farel if need be before continueing. If he still fails to understand me I will sigh, being obviously frustrated at my lack of ability to communicate, before asking Kiarra if she would please translate it to the man for me since she obviously can understand him without magic.

 

[Dog Moon]

As soldiers arrive and begin to separate the already falling apart crowd, the robed figure turns to the Gnomes. "We could go somewhere and discuss this," he tells you in Draconic, "But I don't particularly see the need. I can explain the situation before we can arrive at any destination. I want you to go into the Grand Portal." Kiarra freezes as she stares at the robed figure in shock.

"The Grand Portal?" she asks. "I don't think-"

"It is possible to return," the robed figure tells her. "I have an item that will allow you to return once you call upon its magic." Dubious, Kiarra waits silently for him to finish. "Inside are multiple islands. On one of these is a library. If you agree, I will give you directions on how to find this library and this island. The pay is two thousand gold split among you."

"What do you require?" the man in brown asks, words Kiarra quickly translates for you.

"A book," the robed figure tells him, pausing for Kiarra to translate to you the answer, "A book said to control the powers of life and death."

 

[Charberus]

Hrm, This definitly sounds intrigueing. What kind of troubles will we run into and how long will it take?

 

[Dog Moon]

"The length of time should not be long," the robed figure continues in Draconic. "As for the difficulties, I believe the main problem will be bypassing the guards at the Grand Portal. What is beyond that, I cannot say. No one has previously returned from beyond the Grand Portal, though none have previously been prepared ahead of time to do so."

The man in brown begins to speak and Kiarra translates: "He is asking if killing the guards is required and," she continues as the robed figure answers, "is answered that it would be much preferable if there was no killing whatsoever."

OOC: Freylin, of course, understands both the question and the answer through her spell.

 

[Charberus]

Alth sighs. Then, he gets his thoughts together and says, "I am sorry, but Skitter and I will decline."

Alth pauses and says, "If the rest of you do agree and go on the mission, I will be waiting at the last building we saw on the tour before the riot. Lets regroup there." Alth then heads back to that place and waits.

 

[Aereas]

Listening as the conversation goes along, and as Alth declines, I continue to ponder the possibilities. Exploring the unknown is nothing new, and the possible contacts that could be made by this one task was too good a possibility to ignore. Looking to the man making the offers I speak in draconic "Your offer is very intriguing, but I would like to know just how you know this book is there and just how we would be able to find it. It seems alittle peculiar that youd know its there but know nearly nothing of what lies beyond the gate. Also, just what guards are there before the gate? Regular city officials or something more? Lastly, you mention it controls the powers of life and death. Would undeath, and thus undead guardians, be included in this array of powers?"

Turning to Alth I ask in the same language "What about this offer disturbs you so? In two days we will know more about why we came here and from there we can conclude our business and have ample time to pursue these additional optons for adventure."