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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 443494" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 17, "The Third Degree and Breakfast Too!", September 17, 1018, 7:00 A.M. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the group of Duegar, Lono, Mark and Timothy head down for breakfast. They are stopped in the lobby, and told of needing to be questioned by the police over breakfast. Duegar says “Free Food, lead the way!” They start to enter a dining room, and see Serita still arguing with several policemen. They ask “Could we eat in one of the other dining rooms instead?” The police agree to this, and the four are brought to another room, each being shown to a different table. </p><p></p><p>Unlike the interview with Serita, where her defensive attitude automatically made her suspect, three of these four interviews proceed quickly. Duegar, Lono and Mark each recount that they arrived in the city the evening of the 15th , and what they have been doing for the day-and-a-half since then. When asked about the Hendry Family all three state that are unaware of them. Timothy, however, remains true to his Lawful Good teachings, saying that he has heard of them and is actually looking for them. This results in three other police being called over for a much lengthier interrogation. Meanwhile, Duegar, Lono and Mark are dismissed and get together at the same table. Duegar looks over the menu, and since somebody else is picking up the tab, orders “one platter of everything”. Duegar then begins to dig in, shoveling the food into his mouth, and getting strange looks from other patrons in the dining room. </p><p></p><p>A short while later the authorities ask the group of Aradyn, Fiona, Lannon and Mojo to have a seat in one of the dining room. They are asked if they wish to be in the room with the “Loud female half-elf member" or the room with "the dwarf with poor table manners”. Fiona quickly concludes “Serita and Duegar,” to which Aradyn says “Neither, the third dining room will do fine." When told that the police are paying for the meal Mojo turns to Aradyn and says “I was mistaken, it was MY TURN to pay for breakfast this morning.”</p><p></p><p>Their questioning also goes very quickly, with them being fully cooperative and smart enough to deny knowing anyone named Hendry. Aradyn's player comments “Aradyn has a lot of respect for law enforcement, I figure one of my character’s should." They soon get together in this room for the complimentary breakfast. </p><p></p><p>Serita eventually finishes, and makes her way into the next dining room. As she approaches the table Duegar tells her to “Eat some eggs,” to that she replies, “I don’t eat anything I talk to.” She is rather angry, especially after being told that she cannot go back to her room. She tells Duegar, Lono and Mark that her interview took forever. “His too,” says Lono, gesturing to the table where Timothy is being grilled, “Maybe they just don’t like you religious types.”</p><p></p><p>By now it is mid-morning, and another two battalions of police arrive at the inn, for a more intensive sweep of he upper floors. Narg and Toshiro are still upstairs in their individual rooms, sleeping off their hangovers from the night before, while Cassie and Hiroshi are now back in her room, with her giving the septuagenarian him his first magic lesson. When the police arrive these four cooperate in allowing the rooms to be searched, although Narg complains rather loudly about being woken up. A defiant Serita now arrives back on the third floor, refusing to let her room be searched without her being present. This actually works well for the others, as Serita's insolence makes a good distraction, allowing both Cassie and Hiroshi to head downstairs without being interrogated. </p><p></p><p>The party gets together in one dining room, all except Timothy, who is still being questioned. They try to piece together information obtained from the police during each individual questioning to figure out what is going on. Both Cassie and Hiroshi remain conspicuously silent. The others eventually notice this, and these two are usually the most observant, and ask them what they have noticed. She replies “Not here.” Timothy is finally released, so the party decides to leave, Duegar filling up his backpack with the remaining food from the table.</p><p></p><p>They head down the street, which is filled with police, deciding to find somewhere else to talk. They eventually settle upon a Lawful Good Church of Kwan Yin, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy. Timothy is able to request a private room for the party to meditate in. All of the party go into the large room except for Toshiro, who goes into a private room to mediate by himself.</p><p></p><p>Once in the room, Narg looks to Cassie and says “OK, spill it.” She hesitates, with Fiona interjecting “What did you do?” “Not much,” she answers. “Did you steal a book?” Mojo asks. She says “Let me explain...” with Lannon blurting out “She did! She did steal a book!” “I did not,” she snaps back. “Then what was that questioning all about?” Lono asks. Timothy chimes in “The Hendrys did it.” “The Hendrys sole a book?” Lono exclaims. Narg turns to Mojo and says “I’m about to kick your cousin’s teeth in.” Mojo turns around, stating “I didn’t see a thing.”</p><p></p><p>"Well?" Fiona questions. Cassie answers “I found out that the human animals were indeed created by this Li-Tak, who appears to have also been Lee Takayama. He lived in a castle originally built for giants. The castle was later called Darkhold by the Zhentarum, the evil mages who ruled this land five hundred to seven hundred years ago. It is located far east of here, and is definitely where Morgarth has set up shop. The twenty miles around the castle are where the human animals live. Their race is called Hengeyokai.” </p><p></p><p>“Where did you get all of this information?” Fiona asks. Cassie answers “Some of it I found last night in the Mage’s Guild Library, and the rest I was told by Rainville of the Hendry Family.” “WHAT!” screams Narg, with the others telling him to quiet down, as they are in a church, and supposed to be meditating. “When did you talk to him?” Lannon asks. “A few hours ago,” she replies, “When Hiroshi and I helped him escape from the hotel.” </p><p></p><p>This revelation causes several of the party to get rather upset, especially Timothy, who relates that in the course of his very lengthy interrogation he found out that “The Hendrys have now killed eleven people, ten of whom were city policemen. Seven were killed last night and four three nights earlier.” This information upsets Hiroshi, who turns to Cassie and says “Did you know this?” “Not the details, just that his party was ambushed and that he was in trouble,” she answers. Narg snaps at her “For Pete's sake Cassie, you’re supposed to be one of the smart ones in the group, not a kid who can be sweet-talked into doing something incredibly stupid!” Duegar attempts to break the tension by offering everyone a pastry from his backpack. </p><p></p><p>“How did he find you?” Fiona asks. “On the Astral Plane,” she answers. “That’s where she pulled me in, as I’ve been there before,” Hiroshi offers. Aradyn glares at Cassie, then the archer turns to Hiroshi and says “Is that why you broke into our room this morning?” He answers “Yes, Cassie asked me to.” “Why didn’t you stop her?” Lono asks Aradyn. He replies angrily “Apparently this was only on a ‘need to know’ basis.” Duegar offers the party some scrambled eggs.</p><p></p><p>After everyone has calmed down again, Fiona asks “OK, why exactly are they running around killing the police?” Cassie replies that they did not intend to kill anyone, that they were only trying to rescue and free the Hengeyokai who had been sold at the auction.” “Morgarth sent them to do that?” Mojo asks. “No,” she answers, “the Hendry family no longer works for Morgarth. They are doing this on their own, having adopted this as their new mission in life.” “Great,” says Narg, “Of all the people you run into it has to be a bunch of P.E.T.A. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists out to save the world!” </p><p></p><p>Lono turns to Aradyn and says “This is your fault. If you were doing your job she wouldn’t be getting out of line, can’t you control your woman?” Cassie snaps “Who said that I am HIS woman.” “Well, you’re dating him,” Lono answers. She replies “The only reason that I can remember our last actual ‘date’ is because of my half-elvan lifespan.” The conversation then degenerates into a discussion of the merits of dating elves. Mojo comments about the physical characteristics of elves. Fiona comments “Well, she’d be able to compare, since everyone on the Astral Plane is naked.” “WHAT!” yells Aradyn. </p><p></p><p>Narg pulls Cassie aside and says “Look, I don’t care what’s going on between you and Arrow-boy and Pretty-boy, but you’re supposed to be one of the smart ones. Use your head!” Cassie answers “I’m not leaving Aradyn, I’m just enjoying the fact that he’s not taking the relationship for granted.” Narg answers “Look, any guy acts different when you get them jealous, but we’re in the middle of an important and dangerous mission, so cut this crap out.” A player tells Narg's player “Congratulations, you move from Guy Gardner to Superman in one night.” (A reference to the most obnoxious chauvinist and the diplomatic leader of D.C. Comic’s Justice League.) Narg and Cassie return to the group. </p><p></p><p>Mark asks “What are we going to do about this now?” Everyone looks to Cassie, who stays silent. Fiona interjects “Look, other than the fact that she just did something stupid, how are we involved?” “Ask Timothy, he’s spent all morning talking to the police,” Lono comments. Fiona turns to Timothy and says “What was that all about? They only spent a few minutes with the rest of us.” Timothy replies “Well, I mentioned that I knew of the Hendrys and was looking for them.” To say that this revelation further upsets the party would be an understatement. Narg yells “You’re saying that you spilled your guts before they even put the screws to you?” Lannon, who has one of the lowest intelligence in the party, says “What is it with you spell casters today! I’m a lot smarter than that!”</p><p></p><p>Timothy continues, stating that all he said was that the party was after an evil mage, who the Hendrys had been working with. He told the authorities that he had not seen them since the mage had attacked his party at their home months before. “How did they react to all of that?” asks Fiona. Timothy answers “The Police Captain said they may need to question me further, and I am not to leave the City until further notice.” “Timothy, I think you are about to be voted off the Island,” is Mojo’s comment.</p><p></p><p>Lannon suggest that they sneak Timothy out of the city, and all leave. “That would be stupid,” comments Cassie. “Fine,” answers Fiona, “ What would you suggest? Finding another wanted criminal and give him a ‘Get out of Jail Free Card’?" Lono interjects “No, that wouldn’t be stupid enough. First we’ll go help another wanted criminal escape, then we should go spill our guts to the authorities about it.” As the anger level increases a few threats follow, which Duegar attempts to minimize by offering the group pancakes and bacon. One player gestures to the quietest player at the table and suggests “We might as well let him DM this segment, it’s not like we’re letting the DM get a word in edgewise.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 443494, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 17, "The Third Degree and Breakfast Too!", September 17, 1018, 7:00 A.M. Meanwhile, the group of Duegar, Lono, Mark and Timothy head down for breakfast. They are stopped in the lobby, and told of needing to be questioned by the police over breakfast. Duegar says “Free Food, lead the way!” They start to enter a dining room, and see Serita still arguing with several policemen. They ask “Could we eat in one of the other dining rooms instead?” The police agree to this, and the four are brought to another room, each being shown to a different table. Unlike the interview with Serita, where her defensive attitude automatically made her suspect, three of these four interviews proceed quickly. Duegar, Lono and Mark each recount that they arrived in the city the evening of the 15th , and what they have been doing for the day-and-a-half since then. When asked about the Hendry Family all three state that are unaware of them. Timothy, however, remains true to his Lawful Good teachings, saying that he has heard of them and is actually looking for them. This results in three other police being called over for a much lengthier interrogation. Meanwhile, Duegar, Lono and Mark are dismissed and get together at the same table. Duegar looks over the menu, and since somebody else is picking up the tab, orders “one platter of everything”. Duegar then begins to dig in, shoveling the food into his mouth, and getting strange looks from other patrons in the dining room. A short while later the authorities ask the group of Aradyn, Fiona, Lannon and Mojo to have a seat in one of the dining room. They are asked if they wish to be in the room with the “Loud female half-elf member" or the room with "the dwarf with poor table manners”. Fiona quickly concludes “Serita and Duegar,” to which Aradyn says “Neither, the third dining room will do fine." When told that the police are paying for the meal Mojo turns to Aradyn and says “I was mistaken, it was MY TURN to pay for breakfast this morning.” Their questioning also goes very quickly, with them being fully cooperative and smart enough to deny knowing anyone named Hendry. Aradyn's player comments “Aradyn has a lot of respect for law enforcement, I figure one of my character’s should." They soon get together in this room for the complimentary breakfast. Serita eventually finishes, and makes her way into the next dining room. As she approaches the table Duegar tells her to “Eat some eggs,” to that she replies, “I don’t eat anything I talk to.” She is rather angry, especially after being told that she cannot go back to her room. She tells Duegar, Lono and Mark that her interview took forever. “His too,” says Lono, gesturing to the table where Timothy is being grilled, “Maybe they just don’t like you religious types.” By now it is mid-morning, and another two battalions of police arrive at the inn, for a more intensive sweep of he upper floors. Narg and Toshiro are still upstairs in their individual rooms, sleeping off their hangovers from the night before, while Cassie and Hiroshi are now back in her room, with her giving the septuagenarian him his first magic lesson. When the police arrive these four cooperate in allowing the rooms to be searched, although Narg complains rather loudly about being woken up. A defiant Serita now arrives back on the third floor, refusing to let her room be searched without her being present. This actually works well for the others, as Serita's insolence makes a good distraction, allowing both Cassie and Hiroshi to head downstairs without being interrogated. The party gets together in one dining room, all except Timothy, who is still being questioned. They try to piece together information obtained from the police during each individual questioning to figure out what is going on. Both Cassie and Hiroshi remain conspicuously silent. The others eventually notice this, and these two are usually the most observant, and ask them what they have noticed. She replies “Not here.” Timothy is finally released, so the party decides to leave, Duegar filling up his backpack with the remaining food from the table. They head down the street, which is filled with police, deciding to find somewhere else to talk. They eventually settle upon a Lawful Good Church of Kwan Yin, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy. Timothy is able to request a private room for the party to meditate in. All of the party go into the large room except for Toshiro, who goes into a private room to mediate by himself. Once in the room, Narg looks to Cassie and says “OK, spill it.” She hesitates, with Fiona interjecting “What did you do?” “Not much,” she answers. “Did you steal a book?” Mojo asks. She says “Let me explain...” with Lannon blurting out “She did! She did steal a book!” “I did not,” she snaps back. “Then what was that questioning all about?” Lono asks. Timothy chimes in “The Hendrys did it.” “The Hendrys sole a book?” Lono exclaims. Narg turns to Mojo and says “I’m about to kick your cousin’s teeth in.” Mojo turns around, stating “I didn’t see a thing.” "Well?" Fiona questions. Cassie answers “I found out that the human animals were indeed created by this Li-Tak, who appears to have also been Lee Takayama. He lived in a castle originally built for giants. The castle was later called Darkhold by the Zhentarum, the evil mages who ruled this land five hundred to seven hundred years ago. It is located far east of here, and is definitely where Morgarth has set up shop. The twenty miles around the castle are where the human animals live. Their race is called Hengeyokai.” “Where did you get all of this information?” Fiona asks. Cassie answers “Some of it I found last night in the Mage’s Guild Library, and the rest I was told by Rainville of the Hendry Family.” “WHAT!” screams Narg, with the others telling him to quiet down, as they are in a church, and supposed to be meditating. “When did you talk to him?” Lannon asks. “A few hours ago,” she replies, “When Hiroshi and I helped him escape from the hotel.” This revelation causes several of the party to get rather upset, especially Timothy, who relates that in the course of his very lengthy interrogation he found out that “The Hendrys have now killed eleven people, ten of whom were city policemen. Seven were killed last night and four three nights earlier.” This information upsets Hiroshi, who turns to Cassie and says “Did you know this?” “Not the details, just that his party was ambushed and that he was in trouble,” she answers. Narg snaps at her “For Pete's sake Cassie, you’re supposed to be one of the smart ones in the group, not a kid who can be sweet-talked into doing something incredibly stupid!” Duegar attempts to break the tension by offering everyone a pastry from his backpack. “How did he find you?” Fiona asks. “On the Astral Plane,” she answers. “That’s where she pulled me in, as I’ve been there before,” Hiroshi offers. Aradyn glares at Cassie, then the archer turns to Hiroshi and says “Is that why you broke into our room this morning?” He answers “Yes, Cassie asked me to.” “Why didn’t you stop her?” Lono asks Aradyn. He replies angrily “Apparently this was only on a ‘need to know’ basis.” Duegar offers the party some scrambled eggs. After everyone has calmed down again, Fiona asks “OK, why exactly are they running around killing the police?” Cassie replies that they did not intend to kill anyone, that they were only trying to rescue and free the Hengeyokai who had been sold at the auction.” “Morgarth sent them to do that?” Mojo asks. “No,” she answers, “the Hendry family no longer works for Morgarth. They are doing this on their own, having adopted this as their new mission in life.” “Great,” says Narg, “Of all the people you run into it has to be a bunch of P.E.T.A. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists out to save the world!” Lono turns to Aradyn and says “This is your fault. If you were doing your job she wouldn’t be getting out of line, can’t you control your woman?” Cassie snaps “Who said that I am HIS woman.” “Well, you’re dating him,” Lono answers. She replies “The only reason that I can remember our last actual ‘date’ is because of my half-elvan lifespan.” The conversation then degenerates into a discussion of the merits of dating elves. Mojo comments about the physical characteristics of elves. Fiona comments “Well, she’d be able to compare, since everyone on the Astral Plane is naked.” “WHAT!” yells Aradyn. Narg pulls Cassie aside and says “Look, I don’t care what’s going on between you and Arrow-boy and Pretty-boy, but you’re supposed to be one of the smart ones. Use your head!” Cassie answers “I’m not leaving Aradyn, I’m just enjoying the fact that he’s not taking the relationship for granted.” Narg answers “Look, any guy acts different when you get them jealous, but we’re in the middle of an important and dangerous mission, so cut this crap out.” A player tells Narg's player “Congratulations, you move from Guy Gardner to Superman in one night.” (A reference to the most obnoxious chauvinist and the diplomatic leader of D.C. Comic’s Justice League.) Narg and Cassie return to the group. Mark asks “What are we going to do about this now?” Everyone looks to Cassie, who stays silent. Fiona interjects “Look, other than the fact that she just did something stupid, how are we involved?” “Ask Timothy, he’s spent all morning talking to the police,” Lono comments. Fiona turns to Timothy and says “What was that all about? They only spent a few minutes with the rest of us.” Timothy replies “Well, I mentioned that I knew of the Hendrys and was looking for them.” To say that this revelation further upsets the party would be an understatement. Narg yells “You’re saying that you spilled your guts before they even put the screws to you?” Lannon, who has one of the lowest intelligence in the party, says “What is it with you spell casters today! I’m a lot smarter than that!” Timothy continues, stating that all he said was that the party was after an evil mage, who the Hendrys had been working with. He told the authorities that he had not seen them since the mage had attacked his party at their home months before. “How did they react to all of that?” asks Fiona. Timothy answers “The Police Captain said they may need to question me further, and I am not to leave the City until further notice.” “Timothy, I think you are about to be voted off the Island,” is Mojo’s comment. Lannon suggest that they sneak Timothy out of the city, and all leave. “That would be stupid,” comments Cassie. “Fine,” answers Fiona, “ What would you suggest? Finding another wanted criminal and give him a ‘Get out of Jail Free Card’?" Lono interjects “No, that wouldn’t be stupid enough. First we’ll go help another wanted criminal escape, then we should go spill our guts to the authorities about it.” As the anger level increases a few threats follow, which Duegar attempts to minimize by offering the group pancakes and bacon. One player gestures to the quietest player at the table and suggests “We might as well let him DM this segment, it’s not like we’re letting the DM get a word in edgewise.” [/QUOTE]
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