Gudenny said:
"Salut and well met. I do take it that your fine establishment is not so overbooked that you couldn't find rooms for myself and my friend here."
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Of course we do! Welcome back Gudenny. I will send Loktar up with a snack for you. Here's the key to the Blue room," Crilly says with a smile. Loktar is one of her serving boys, and he'll be up with fresh fruit once the two are settled. The Blue room is one of the coolest in the Rainbow Bird, painted in bright sky blue with many gauzy blue hangings to deflect the heat. After settling in and having a bit of star fruit, you can wander down to the common room and talk with the locals. A bit of silver and gold lubricates a few reluctant talkers, and after an hour or so you can get all the local news and gossip.
*The newest graduates from the wizard's college are now seeking employment or returning to their home villages, so the price for basic spell services and magical items is quite low right now. A couple of merchants are talking about how someone or group of someones has been stealing fish from the market for the last five days in a row. Very peculiar. A tribe of wild dwarves has arrived with a great deal of hunting trophies for sale. Obar the merchant has just had a large shipment of exotic trade goods from distant tribes come in. In addition, Obar is looking for adventurers for an unspecified adventure.*
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Julian said:
Julian was nervous, but assumed his appearance concealed this. With the practiced ease of an experienced assassin, he waited for his audience in Obar's study. Julian wanted nothing more to do with the officials of Chult, their military leaders in particular, but he was not yet ready to leave the area. He had much to learn yet from the shadowdancers. And besides, where would he go? He was a talanted man, and his services were worth paying for. A little excursion away from the city would be just the ticket, and help him accumulate some cash if he were to leave. Surely Obar would have something along these lines...
*Obar came in a few moments later, a large man dressed in brightly colored robes of red and orange. A flat cap of the same colors topped his head, and matching dyed sandles were wrapped around his feet. Julian waited where his back was against the wall, where he had a good view of both the large windows (covered with gauzy curtains against the heat) and the door. Obar came in and nodded to Julian before sitting at his desk.*
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Ah welcome Julian, it is good to see you again. As it happens, I do have some work in the offing... if you don't mind getting wet. This group is traveling by boat and then will be going under the waves. It's a rescue mission of a sort, long-term, and with fair booty to be captured. Are you interested?" Obar says with a smile, folding his large hands across his large belly.
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Nick said:
Nick stretched as he woke up. He had heard that many things of interest were happening in Mezro. He was also hoping to find some new inventions and perhaps find another artificer to trade secrets. He climbed to the top of the deck to watch as the ship pulled into port. He disembarked from the ship. He then walked to a local and asked where adventurers in the city tended to gather. Once he finds out, he will head for that spot.
*One of the red-clad guards can tell him that adventurers tend to gather in an inn known as the Shark's Tail, down near the docks. However, he adds, it's known that a local merchant is looking for experienced adventurers. He directs you to Obar's Emporium. As you draw near, you can see that there's a large stable on one side where huge armored lizards with club-like tails are getting scrubbed clean by a green-faced woman.*
