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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 162746" data-attributes="member: 11">Session #28 (part II)Morning found Beorth, Jana, Jeremy and Kazrack waking achingly from the lumpy cots of their cells.  A guard was passing bowls of thin brown gruel to the tiny shelf space in the metal bars of the cell.  “Wake up!” the guard called.  “Breakfast!”“Thank you very much for the meal,” Kazrack said, rubbing his eyes.  “It is kind of you to give us such fare.”“Well, you’re in a good mood today,’ Jeremy said to the dwarf, sniffing at his bowl of gruel and grimacing.  “Yuck.  This is the same whipped dung they gave us yesterday for dinner.”“They are only doing their jobs,” Kazrack replied.  “No reason to be rude to them.”Kazrack slurped down the gruel hungrily.The guard left out the door at the bottom of the hall.“I hate this place,” Jeremy said.  “We came all the way here just to end up in jail, when we were trying to avoid that in the first place.”“We were?’ Beorth asked, he still had not decided if he was going to eat the gruel.“Yeah, I mean, then why did we leave town the way we did?” Jeremy asked.“”If you want out of here so bad why didn’t you go with Ratchis?” Kazrack asked.“I was restrained,” Jeremy said in a tone, as if to imply that the dwarf were dumb.“Were your feet restrained?” the dwarf asked, he slurped bits of gruel from his beard.“Well, ya know what?” Jeremy was flustered.  He slammed down his bowl.  “No, never mind.”  The blonde Neergaardian sat on his cot and sulked.“I think we just need to explain that Jana came to us in the inn, and we didn’t know anything about her being broken out of prison,” Kazrack said.“Which, while true…” Jana began.“I think it needs to be emphasized that there are quaggoths in the Honeycombe underneath the town,” Beorth said.“And maybe we should let the authorities know about the drow,” Kazrack added.“I think that might endanger the elves,” Jana said.“Yes, but I think at this point it is best for us to simply tell the truth,” Kazrack said.“Ah-ha!” Beorth said.Kazrack looked over at the paladin with an annoyed look, but then craned his head to look at Jana.  “Did you know Richard used magic to break you out?”“No, I did not ask what he did,” Jana replied.“Why didn’t one of you magic guys say that this was a possibility?” Kazrack asked.“Well, it is too late now,” Jana said.“Well, it isn’t even guaranteed that we will stay in jail or even that this fellow will get to take Jana away,” Jeremy said, laying back on the cot.  “I mean, they have to have evidence, right?”“Evidence?” Jana exclaimed.  “Where were you raised?  The justice system doesn’t work like that.”“Well, how did we allegedly break you out?” Jeremy asked, sitting up again.  “There were no dead guards or anything, right?”“The fact that there were no dead guards means nothing when you realize that several representative of the law witnessed Ratchis free himself, Kazrack and Jana with a single word,” Beorth said, plainly.  He took a spoonful of the gruel and then put the bowl down.  Even the tasteless paste the monks served he had had for breakfast all his life was better than this stuff.“So we tell them how desperate the situation is,” Kazrack said.  “We explain that we were trying to save the town if not the kingdom, or even all of Derome-Delem from an invasion of drow.”“Uh-huh, that will work,” Jana said, sarcastically.“As far as I see it, the people here do not have the resources or the wherewithal to go after the elves anyway,” Jeremy said. Everyone contemplated the chances.“As far as my situation goes I am screwed, totally screwed,” Jana said with a sigh.Beorth and Kazrack were taken aback by her use of language.The guard returned to collect the bowls and spoons.  He paused by Jana’s cell.  “You know that guy that was looking for you is in town,” he said to her. “Uh, Rindalith?” Beorth asked, overhearing.“He’s a really nice guy.  He bought all the guards drinks and the inn last night,” the guard continued.“Yeah, that’s the kind of thing he does,” Jana said, and sat on her cot.As the guard left, Jeremy got on his knees by his cot and folded his hands in prayer.  “Hey, Osiris!  I know you brought me back and everything, but if you could see your way clear to send me a little help right now, I’d really appreciate it.”Jana laughed, and Kazrack rolled his eyes.Meanwhile, Martin had decided to give Richard the Red’s advice a chance…</blockquote>

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