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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5616393" data-attributes="member: 2710">[gm]jbear and Qik, when you get a chance, let me know what your characters prepared this morning.[/gm]After a hearty breakfast, with which Kazanto is once again faced with the widespread use of pork monster meat in the diets of the ground-born, the party is ready to depart. Venza in the morning is a bustle of activity. The cobbled streets clatter from human and horse shoes as the citizenry rush to and fro. The canals practically churn with the heavy gondola traffic. Navigating the throng is a far more difficult proposition than it was in the waning day previously. A quick stop at the tanner's ensures that hide preparation is proceeding apace, and the hides should be ready for the barbarian elf in but a few days' time. The commander's directions are straightforward enough, and soon the party turns the corner to see the well-apportioned palazzo where Gabbiano now takes up residence. A pair of artists sit in the courtyard sketching the architecture, while a few other artisans and tradesmen house their headquarters on the ground floor. The Gabbiano apartments, both the directions and a helpful groundskeeper tell you, are on the third floor. The guards are happy to let you up once you've given your names, and the coldly-beautiful elven attendant asks you to wait in the receiving area until Umberto Gabbiano is ready for your appointment.Whether the Gabbianos own a proper House or not, it's clear they still have some level of success. The floors of their apartments are smooth marble, polished to an impressive gleam. Various paintings and sculptures decorate the receiving area, and a sprawling chandelier gleams in the morning light streaming through the tall, wide glass windows.[sblock=Perception 15]There are a few 'blank' spaces in the decorating of the apartment. Alcoves or small pedastals which would seem to have been for more artwork but which are currently empty.[/sblock]After a few minutes, the large double doors at the far end of the room opposite the entry open, and the elven attendant stands aside to let a middle-aged human enter. Impeccably groomed if slightly out of shape, the man smiles broadly."Welcome," he says. "I'm Umberto Gabbiano, Head of the House. My friend Commander Parsons seems to think you have rather pertinent information to share with me, though he was frustratingly vague. But, then, the military isn't generally inclined to share overmuch with civilians, now are they? If you'll come in and sit, Finia can bring us refreshments and you can explain exactly what it is I can help you with?" He gestures behind him to what presumably is his office as the elf nods briskly and exits through a side corridor. [sblock=Appraise 10 or Perception 15]While Gabbiano's clothing certainly appears to be of fine make, it's also worn about the edges, as if he's had it longer than is perhaps advisable for someone dressing to impress.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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