[LPF] In Love and Death

[GlassEye]

OOC: I'm assuming we all arrive independently and we all have our own interaction with the man?

You all probably arrive independently though near the same time. I'm pretty busy at work today so it'll probably be another four hours before I get a chance to make an IC post. So, in all likelihood he'll respond to you as a group.

 

[CootaR]

Heeerrrree''ss Krag

Krag strolls up early in the morning and nods to the man in the yard. He follows his direction to the rest of the group and awaits for arrival.

 

[InVinoVeritas]

Kanli embraces Krag fondly.

"Yes, brother! Good to see you! And, actually, it isn't the necromancy, it's a side effect of the Teleological Dissembler, a vastly powerful being who likes to meddle with the natural size of things. Gnomes are actually giants, you know. I'll show you, sometime."

He takes the coin, deposits it in a pouch, considers something, and responds, "Well, it will prove useful another time."

 

[GlassEye]

"Yep."

The man continues his work reaching over and checking the connections to the wagon's tongue while he tersely answers Yoshiki. He pats one of the horses on the rear when it seems to get a bit restless and glances over at Zelena's dog. The sidelong glance seems to be the man's primary mode of social contact.

"They's not fond a' dogs, Miss."

"Ah! I see you've met Master Fusto."

Striding down the street is Lady Moretti carrying a heavy bag over one shoulder. Joining the group she slings the bag into the wagon and climbs up into the seat with practiced ease. Fusto finally seems satisfied with the state of the harness and climbs up onto the wagon and grabs the reins.

"We've a ways to travel and I'm afraid I don't have mounts for you. You can ride in the wagon if you don't have your own mount. We'll be going slow enough that you can walk if you want. Are you all ready?"

 

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 2)

A slight smile forms on Yoshiki's face as the Lady approaches. "I'm good to walk, thanks." He looks down the dusty road leading towards the edge of town, thinking of the last couple of times he's left like this. "Just how far is our journey?"

 

[Songdragon]

The gnome nods to the man, "We will stay away from the horse as we are able."

She makes a small bow to the noble as she arrives, "Merry meet Lady Moretti. I hope the morning finds you well?"

She pats her dog and mounts up and nods to the Lady, "Ready to go."

(( Knowledge (local) the info on the Moretti family 1d20+8=18 ))

 

[InVinoVeritas]

"Good," Kanli responds, "I think walking would be just perfect for us!"

He looks down at his feet. He speaks aside toward Krag, "Am I being lazy, just letting my feet stay there, at the bottom of my legs?"

 

[GlassEye]

"Well met, Mistress Adu! In spite of this business the morning finds me quite well indeed." Despite addressing his comments to Krag Lady Moretti responds to Kanli. "Lazy? I think you are wise to leave your feet where they are. Do not your feet do the heavy work of carrying you around?"

Unseen, or perhaps ignored by Lady Moretti, Fusto's thin lips tighten and he gives her a incredulous look. You are not sure if the stolid Fusto doesn't share Lady Moretti's love of mornings or if it is the city or his mistress's new hirelings that have him in such a surly mood or if this is the man's natural outlook.

Returning to Yoshiki's question about travel times, Lady Moretti says, "I daresay one could walk the distance in a day and a half but the wagon is considerably slower. Barring mishaps it should take us three days to reach the family estate.

So, Fusto, it looks as if we are ready to travel. Shall we be off?"

The Lady's statements coincide with the information Zelena has picked up casually since she left Lady Moretti. Furthermore, the gnome knows that once past Baron's Cross they'll skirt along the Tenebrous Wood until they reach the Moretti estate.

With a call of "H'yah!" the wagon is off.

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The wagon does move slowly so that Yoshiki and Kanli and anyone else who is walking and Zelena riding on Silver have no difficulty keeping up with it and have to slow their normal pace considerably to not leave it behind. Late morning they arrive at Baron's Cross and a broken down wayhouse called the Broken Log. Lady Moretti has Fusto pull the wagon up under the branches of an old oak so that the horses have a bit of shade.

"We'll have a brief bit of a lunch here and then move on," explains Lady Moretti.

The interior of the Broken Log is dim and there are a few locals sitting about that turn to gawk as the door is opened. A light breeze stirs up a haze of dust that hangs golden in the shaft of light from the door and blows a dirty sheet of cheap paper up against a table leg.

Fusto slips past the group to join a pair of old men at one table and they all lean heads together and begin talking in low voices. The maid drops off three mugs at their table before turning to you all.

"What c'n I do fer ya?"

 

[Songdragon]

As the wagon stops for lunch Zelena holds her tongue and thinks to herself, ~ This is going to be a long ride if we continue to stop along the way. ~

The gnome dismounts and gives the hound a scratch behind the ears and motions to the Lady's wagon, "Guard." As the beast seems more vigilant to the wagon she enters the establishment.

"I will have an ale and some bread and cheese if you will," she says to the barmaid.

[sblock=Zelena's Status]Gnome Cleric 1/Bard 2
Initiative: +2 Perception: +10
Conditions: none
AC: 21 (13 touch; 19 flat-footed)
HP: 26 of 26
CMB: +0 CMD: 12 Fort: +4 Ref: +5 Will: +7
In Hand: none
Spells: Divine (0-level) Create Water, Detect Magic, Stablize; (1st level) Bless, Magic Stone, Remove Fear(d) (color notes a cast spell)
Arcane Spell Slots 0-level (at will) 1st level: 4 of 4 slots remaining (Grease, Silent Image, Vanish)
Channeling: 5 of 5 attempts remaining; Liberation: 1 of 1 attempts remaining; Agile Feet 5 of 5 attempts remaining[/sblock]

 

[GlassEye]

OOC: I can push things along if you'd like to get right to the actual adventure.