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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 442130" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 13, "Kid, you'd better sit down for this one", September 16, 1018, 6:00 A.M. </p><p></p><p>Serita gets up at dawn, and goes flying through the city in bird form. She flies directly to the hospital in the north-central district, into the building, and reverts to her half-elvan form. She then travels through the wards, healing and ministering to the patients. None of the hospital employees stop her, as several people had recognized her from the night before (How many half-elf females go drinking in dwarven construction worker taverns?) and they naturally assume she is there on assignment from Clan Ming, the hospital’s patrons. </p><p></p><p>Back at the Common House, Aradyn, Cassie, Fiona, Lono, Timothy and Toshiro have a fine breakfast in the non-Chinese dining room, being joined by none of those who got in late. When discussing their shopping the night before, Timothy is amazed that they did not buy anything other than Cassie’s book, but is less surprised when Fiona and Cassie go into a long speech about the clothing and jewelry that they looked at. They decide to spend the rest of the morning wandering the six southern districts of the city, checking the auction houses for listings of slave auctions. They also do some minor shopping at a few magic shops, buying spell components. They spend the remainder of the morning checking out stores, traveling west two miles through the next two districts, south to the next, and then back to miles east, then back up. None of the auction houses that they visit lists any recent slave auctions, although one listed a slave auction that took place three months earlier. Toshiro’s inquiry about this reveals that all of the slaves sold then were pirates and brigands that had been captured by the Shosun military for attacking Shosun merchant ships and caravans. </p><p></p><p>They returned to the Inn at noon for lunch, going upstairs to now wake up the rest of the party. All (except Narg) wake up rather hung-over, and join the others downstairs for lunch. Narg wakes up, throws them out of his room, slams the door to his room shut, and goes back to sleep. </p><p></p><p>Toshiro is surprised by the major difference in his Uncle’s appearance. Hiroshi reminds him that “You know how dwarves are far less formal that we Heians. Remember when you joined me on my travels years ago, and I always dressed like this when dealing with the dwarves.” Toshiro says that he vaguely recalls that, but had tried to block that from his memory. He says that he , prefers to think of his Uncle as always being the refined diplomat, rather than having to disguise himself as common rabble in order to conduct business. Those who were out drinking with the dwarves the night before exchange glances, realizing that Hiroshi is going to have a problem explaining his “other life” to his nephew. </p><p></p><p>During the meal, each group relays what they had found out. Hiroshi realizes that all twelve of the city’s auction houses have now been checked, with no indication of the recent sale of the animal-creatures. The party speculate that the slaves had been perhaps sold either at some other type of auction, or at a private auction. </p><p></p><p>Aradyn mentions making inquires at the inn about the Hendrys, but nobody seems to remember them. They ask some of the waiters, who vaguely remember a group of Caucasian adventurer types, but she has not seen them in several days. </p><p></p><p>During the meal Cassie has her nose buried in this book, not sharing any of the information with anyone. Aradyn finally gets annoyed and pulls it out of the hands. She then threatens him, so he gives it back, also expressing that the others want to know what it says. She says that it is a recounting the “Seven Realms” of history for the region, each named for the ruling body of the region at the time. These realms were: Warlords, Giants, Dragons, Churches, Mongols, Evil Mages, and Cities (the current realm). Near the end of the meal, Chan Ming arrives, giving Hiroshi four can-shaped potion holders, each containing four potions. He kept one for himself, giving the other three to Duegar, Lono and Toshiro. He explained that these contained potions of Heroism and Super-Heroism, to enable the four to temporarily be of higher level for the impending battles against the enemy. </p><p></p><p>At Serita’s urging, Hiroshi and Toshiro headed off for a talk. Hiroshi does his best to try to inform Toshiro about his dwarven family, Toshiro going into shock in hearing about his favorite Uncle’s double life. Following their discussion, Toshiro heads straight to the bar and starts drinking. Hiroshi tells the others “He did not take it well.” </p><p></p><p>Following the meal, the group (except for Narg and Toshiro) all go clothes shopping, having decided to purchase two sets of local clothing for each member of the party, in order to be able to better blend in. They purchased one set of common clothing, and one set of fancy clothing for each. They decided to split up into four groups for the remainder of the afternoon, for separate information gathering missions.</p><p></p><p>Back at the Inn, Narg wakes up mid-afternoon and heads downstairs. The only one around is Toshiro, who is at the bar drinking heavily. Narg approaches him, and asks, “What’s up kid?” Toshiro replies, “My Uncle is married to a dwarven princess and I’m in love with a princess.” Narg answers “Well, I’m sleeping with a Queen, so I’ll drink with you.” [Narg's elvan girlfriend, Vallessa, was once married to a King of Phlooredah.] The two spend the remainder of the day (and game night) drinking together. Toshiro is quite shaken by the fact that his Uncle is “Now part of the Lollypop Guild”.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 442130, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 13, "Kid, you'd better sit down for this one", September 16, 1018, 6:00 A.M. Serita gets up at dawn, and goes flying through the city in bird form. She flies directly to the hospital in the north-central district, into the building, and reverts to her half-elvan form. She then travels through the wards, healing and ministering to the patients. None of the hospital employees stop her, as several people had recognized her from the night before (How many half-elf females go drinking in dwarven construction worker taverns?) and they naturally assume she is there on assignment from Clan Ming, the hospital’s patrons. Back at the Common House, Aradyn, Cassie, Fiona, Lono, Timothy and Toshiro have a fine breakfast in the non-Chinese dining room, being joined by none of those who got in late. When discussing their shopping the night before, Timothy is amazed that they did not buy anything other than Cassie’s book, but is less surprised when Fiona and Cassie go into a long speech about the clothing and jewelry that they looked at. They decide to spend the rest of the morning wandering the six southern districts of the city, checking the auction houses for listings of slave auctions. They also do some minor shopping at a few magic shops, buying spell components. They spend the remainder of the morning checking out stores, traveling west two miles through the next two districts, south to the next, and then back to miles east, then back up. None of the auction houses that they visit lists any recent slave auctions, although one listed a slave auction that took place three months earlier. Toshiro’s inquiry about this reveals that all of the slaves sold then were pirates and brigands that had been captured by the Shosun military for attacking Shosun merchant ships and caravans. They returned to the Inn at noon for lunch, going upstairs to now wake up the rest of the party. All (except Narg) wake up rather hung-over, and join the others downstairs for lunch. Narg wakes up, throws them out of his room, slams the door to his room shut, and goes back to sleep. Toshiro is surprised by the major difference in his Uncle’s appearance. Hiroshi reminds him that “You know how dwarves are far less formal that we Heians. Remember when you joined me on my travels years ago, and I always dressed like this when dealing with the dwarves.” Toshiro says that he vaguely recalls that, but had tried to block that from his memory. He says that he , prefers to think of his Uncle as always being the refined diplomat, rather than having to disguise himself as common rabble in order to conduct business. Those who were out drinking with the dwarves the night before exchange glances, realizing that Hiroshi is going to have a problem explaining his “other life” to his nephew. During the meal, each group relays what they had found out. Hiroshi realizes that all twelve of the city’s auction houses have now been checked, with no indication of the recent sale of the animal-creatures. The party speculate that the slaves had been perhaps sold either at some other type of auction, or at a private auction. Aradyn mentions making inquires at the inn about the Hendrys, but nobody seems to remember them. They ask some of the waiters, who vaguely remember a group of Caucasian adventurer types, but she has not seen them in several days. During the meal Cassie has her nose buried in this book, not sharing any of the information with anyone. Aradyn finally gets annoyed and pulls it out of the hands. She then threatens him, so he gives it back, also expressing that the others want to know what it says. She says that it is a recounting the “Seven Realms” of history for the region, each named for the ruling body of the region at the time. These realms were: Warlords, Giants, Dragons, Churches, Mongols, Evil Mages, and Cities (the current realm). Near the end of the meal, Chan Ming arrives, giving Hiroshi four can-shaped potion holders, each containing four potions. He kept one for himself, giving the other three to Duegar, Lono and Toshiro. He explained that these contained potions of Heroism and Super-Heroism, to enable the four to temporarily be of higher level for the impending battles against the enemy. At Serita’s urging, Hiroshi and Toshiro headed off for a talk. Hiroshi does his best to try to inform Toshiro about his dwarven family, Toshiro going into shock in hearing about his favorite Uncle’s double life. Following their discussion, Toshiro heads straight to the bar and starts drinking. Hiroshi tells the others “He did not take it well.” Following the meal, the group (except for Narg and Toshiro) all go clothes shopping, having decided to purchase two sets of local clothing for each member of the party, in order to be able to better blend in. They purchased one set of common clothing, and one set of fancy clothing for each. They decided to split up into four groups for the remainder of the afternoon, for separate information gathering missions. Back at the Inn, Narg wakes up mid-afternoon and heads downstairs. The only one around is Toshiro, who is at the bar drinking heavily. Narg approaches him, and asks, “What’s up kid?” Toshiro replies, “My Uncle is married to a dwarven princess and I’m in love with a princess.” Narg answers “Well, I’m sleeping with a Queen, so I’ll drink with you.” [Narg's elvan girlfriend, Vallessa, was once married to a King of Phlooredah.] The two spend the remainder of the day (and game night) drinking together. Toshiro is quite shaken by the fact that his Uncle is “Now part of the Lollypop Guild”. [/QUOTE]
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