Rowaini Musketeers: One For All and All For One

[Fenris]

"I...I have work to do. Maybe some other time. If that is all, my lord?" Chloe waits to be dismissed or until Tristan heads away into the steam room, curtsies, and heads to her next task.

*Tristan sits in the steam room and watches as Gabriel receives a full body massage from a small and slender young woman, the aroma of herbs drifting through the vapour towards him. Whatever it is, the combination of the herbs, the massage, the steam, and the young woman whispering eventually lulls Gabriel to sleep. She calls in some other staff to help her carry Gabriel back upstairs, and then Tristan has the vapour room to himself for a while.*

*After a relaxing time spent therein, Tristan is eventually ready to leave, stifling a yawn himself as he stretches out and heads out.*

*As Tristan is heading upstairs, he comes across Hyacinthe on his way back in, probably to see Gabriel.*

Refreshed and relaxed Tristan looks forward to a busy evening ahead when he espies Hyacinthe. "An excellent inn indeed Hyacinthe" says Tristan as he passes Hyacinthe and heads onto his room. He still needed to have his riding clothes cleaned and prepare for the evening.

[sblock=OOC: ] Chloe mentioned tipping. Etiquette for such things? Amounts? Taken care of at the end, at each service? Hard to tip at a bath

But if proper, as Tristan comes up from the grotto, he will stop by the desk and compliment the receptionist on what an outstanding employee Chloe is and leave an appropriate tip (to be determined once you reply ) [/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Tristan's Knowledge Nobility & Royalty]Tipping is often done directly to the staff member, particularly true for most other inns. In very upscale places, it might not be unknown to leave the tip at the desk in the staff member's name. Customary tips vary based on both the general expensiveness of the inn and the quality of service, though of course since they are optional, it is certainly possible to leave an unusually large or small tip, or just not to tip. For instance, at a very basic inn, a tip would be paid in coppers if at all and the staff is probably just the innkeeper's kids. For Lanvariel's Bounty, on the other hand, a tip might be between 5 silvers and 1 gold for satisfactory service, more for good or exceptional service, depending on how substantial the service was (someone who brings something small up and then leaves immediately without any substantial interaction might warrant a single silver, or just nothing, for instance).

Still, deciding a tip is more an art than a science

(OOC: It isn't like in our world where we have set standards like a 15% tip for a meal, etc) [/SBLOCK]

 

[Fenris]

[sblock=OOC] Thanks. I was worried more about undershooting. But also didn't want to leave an outrageously large tip that might appear to have strings attached. Still without clothes, it is hard to tip, so lets figure that once Tristan got dressed if he doesn't see Chloe on the way out (but he try to fnd her, but not hunt her down) he'll tip her a gold. Otherwise he'll leave the tip ( 1gp) at the desk. [/sblock]

After he reaches his room and changes, Tristan pulls the cord to have someone fetch his clothes to be cleaned.

 

[Rystil Arden]

[sblock=OOC] Thanks. I was worried more about undershooting. But also didn't want to leave an outrageously large tip that might appear to have strings attached. Still without clothes, it is hard to tip, so lets figure that once Tristan got dressed if he doesn't see Chloe on the way out (but he try to fnd her, but not hunt her down) he'll tip her a gold. Otherwise he'll leave the tip ( 1gp) at the desk. [/sblock]

After he reaches his room and changes, Tristan pulls the cord to have someone fetch his clothes to be cleaned.

(OOC: Okey dokey--he'll find Chloe helping a few more patrons into the spa)

*Before long, a servant appears to take his clothes for cleaning.*

 

[Velmont]

[SBLOCK=Hyacinthe]"I'll transmit your inviatation immediatly, good Lord. After an uneventful mission, I am quite sure my masters will love to come and have something interesting to do. I'll look to have them arrive sooner than later." tells Hyacinthe before bowing at Richard. He will then head promptly to teh Inn to meet his masters. If they aren't together, he will start by finding Gabriel if he can be disturb.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Hyacinthe]"I'll transmit your inviatation immediatly, good Lord. After an uneventful mission, I am quite sure my masters will love to come and have something interesting to do. I'll look to have them arrive sooner than later." tells Hyacinthe before bowing at Richard. He will then head promptly to teh Inn to meet his masters. If they aren't together, he will start by finding Gabriel if he can be disturb.[/SBLOCK]

(OOC: Already done--see post 130 )

 

[Velmont]

"I should feel offended you doubt my skills, master. If you didn't doubt them, you would have asked me which event I have found you." tells Hyacinthe with a tone of voice that mix a feeling of taunting, politness and proudness. "Not only I have found you an event, but I have three invitation, each one bearing your names and signed by the host itself. He would be please to see you and hope you will accept it."

Hyacinthe hands the invitation. As Gabriel read it, he adds "An invitation from Richard Dulirand, the first son of Tomas Dulirand. You are surely knowing that the Baron Dulirand is the most influencing Baron in this city as his Baronny is the nearest and gives a lot of supply to it. Richard is his first son and love to organize party where all the elite of teh province gather. The Baron is supporting his son in that as he hope he will find a his futur wife. That mean there must be many women who have no engagement and surely more than what Richard Dulirand can take care of.

Most probably the Baron daugthers will be there, as Guillaume Dulirand, the second son and a young men very interested in swordmanship. There might be also Tomas Dulirand, the third son. He wears the same name of his father, but he will probably not replace him as a Baron as he has some interest into the church, thinking of joining the clergy. For teh other guess, I'll just repeat the words Richard Dulirand told me: Everyone who's anyone will be there. The event should start two hours after dusk. I would suggets to leave at dusk, as it is around two hours of ride to go there."

 

[unleashed]

“My question had little to do with your skills, Hyacinthe, and much to do with the whims of the aristocracy,” Gabriel replies with a chuckle. “After all, they might have decided this month that hunts were in fashion, though fortune seems to have favoured us this time with Richard Dulirand’s penchant towards grand parties, coupled with his father’s hope that he find a wife. From your description and the words of the host, it sounds as if it will be a fine event indeed, well done Hyacinthe, you have exceeded my expectations once again.”

“Now, go give Tristan and Jacen their invites, so they can heap you with praise as well, though I don’t know how Jacen is going to feel about more riding,” Gabriel adds with a laugh. “You can also inform my fellow musketeers that we’ll leave around dusk, though not too early, as we’ll want to make a suitable entrance by arriving a little late.”

 

[Velmont]

"Perfect. Do you need anything to be prepared for the night?" asks Hyancinthe.

 

[unleashed]

“Only dinner, but that’s not an immediate concern. So go pass on the good news to the others, before I invent something for you to do,” Gabriel replies with a chuckle, shooing Hyacinthe out of the room good-naturedly.

*Once Hyacinthe has gone and Gabriel has discovered the fate of his bottle of wine, he then seeks out paper, pen, ink, and sealing wax, if they are available in his suite, so he might write a reply to Nadine’s missive. If there are no writing supplies conveniently at hand, he heads down to the front desk to see if he can acquire some there.*