Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness

[Shayuri]

Sulannus seems dazed by all that they've uncovered. "All these magical devices...it would have taken time and great expense to put it all together. I think we must be careful in revealing what we know. Who knows what power they hold in local politics?"

She looks around nervously. "They could have someone following us invisibly right now...waiting for an unguarded moment..."

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Nhalia seems unnerved by Sulannus's line of thought.*

"Surely an invisible assailant would have attacked us when we separated, though, right? When Kel was all alone up there, or when he and Blunt left the two of us with the fallen, they would have struck, if they were going to strike..." she doesn't sound as convinced as her words imply, "...Right?"

 

[Legildur]

Blunt gains the little one's attention. "Kel, do your best to buy us an unobserved entry and some privacy. Carrying wounded will draw attention we don't need. Is there a back door?"

 

[Boddynock]

(OOC: You and your metagame terms like 'fail'. I put his failure in terms of other sorts of successes and made him come across as cool )

OOC: You're quite right - consider me to be duly repentant!

 

[Boddynock]

Blunt gains the little one's attention. "Kel, do your best to buy us an unobserved entry and some privacy. Carrying wounded will draw attention we don't need. Is there a back door?"

Kel rolls his eyes, as if to say, "Why me?", then grins and goes inside. He checks out the place, asking the prices and suggesting that discrete entry and privacy would be ... gratefully received.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Kel is greeted by the rotund innkeeper, a man named Jarvis Greetle. It seems that the price for a standard room is 10 gold a night, though that covers dinner and breakfast as well, and a room fits up to two people. When asked about discreet entry in that fashion, he says that he doesn't want any illicit folk and dealings in his inn, and he suggests that such a person go elsewhere.*

 

[Boddynock]

Kel draws himself up to his full height and answers the innkeeper's insinuations with cold clarity.

"Illicit folk are just the sort my companions and I are trying to avoid. We have been engaged in a rescue mission - the details of which I am not at liberty to disclose. Suffice it to say that the noble lady has been recovered, despite the rough handling she received from her captors - and that the elven nation will be extremely unhappy with anyone who obstructs our efforts to return her safely to her family - of whom she is, shall we say, the crowning glory!"

"Now, I had been told that this was an inn where I could rely on both the compassion and the discretion of the owner. If I am wrong, then I will leave now."

OOC: Bluff +1

 

[Rystil Arden]

*The innkeeper doesn't seem too impressed.*

"Yeah, sure...so what really happened son? Is that blood on your clothes? Are you in some sort of street gang and want to use this inn for a 'deal' now?"

(OOC: Ouch! Too bad Profession is Wis so many commoners will take Wis as their high stat to beat you with a mighty +2 untrained Sense Motive )

 

[Boddynock]

"I see," Kel sighs wearily. "You don't believe me because of my youth. Look, would you be convinced if I brought the princess inside? We need rest and we need privacy. Our paladin, Sir Shan, is at death's door. We beat off the foe and escaped but unless we can disappear in short order, they will bring reinforcements. Now, we were not followed - but we will be found soon, unless you are prepared to help us. This is a matter of great delicacy."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"No, not your age, lad. It's simpler than that. The elves don't have a king nor a princess," the innkeeper chuckles after Kel tries to recover.