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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5980790" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Pringle gets arrested ...</strong></p><p></p><p>They make it back to the Sloppy Rune Inn with the small amount of locals and passer by’s giving them a very wide berth; upon entering the bar several of the residents get up and leave as the smell of the party precedes them. They ask for baths and the manager through a dirty cloth covering his nose and mouth suggests some soap may not go amiss; for a price he sends one of the waitresses to a local shop to obtain some sweet smelling products to set around the Inn and some soap infused with sand to help scrub away the stench. Nashkar approaches a likely looking lass working the tables and asks if they would assist in removing his battered plate armor for some monetary recompense as he is unable to get out of it on his own on a good day let alone when it has been bent and twisted like this. To everyone’s surprise she agrees and escorts him upstairs to his room; she is paid handsomely even though she vomits on Nashkar on several occasions due to a stink of the creatures slime. </p><p></p><p>Sayuri and Zordlan retire to their rooms to get him out of his exceedingly smelly armor and they all head to the bath house to scrub the armor and clothes before scrubbing themselves clean. Nashkar even manages to persuade his waitress to help with this; again for a substantial monetary contribution; upon investigation he discovers his waitress is called Charles and likes dressing as a woman; Nashkar is not one to judge as Dwarven women tend to the masculine themselves and some even have beards.</p><p></p><p>They all meet up afterwards to discuss their plans and to decide what to do next. They don’t have any idea where to go or what to do until one of them remembers that they still have some documents they found with Auren Vrood which they have not as yet deciphered. Their main linguist was otherwise occupied at the time and they forgot to mention it to him then; by otherwise occupied he was quite dead (but he got better). They dig through their stuff until they find the satchel containing the various coded documents; it takes them several hours and quite a number of drinks later to work out the difficult code used in the documents and find out that the seasage effigy was dispatched to the little town of Thrushmoor to be exchanged for something of value to the Whispering Way’s plans. They decide to head out the next day to track down this lead as Thrushmoor is only a few days ride to the south.</p><p></p><p>Most of the rest of the evening is spent drinking and relaxing while Pringle lets his hair down and is quite insulting to the innkeeper before vomiting on the barroom floor grabbing some food and wine and retreating to his room where he spends the rest of the night. The rest of the party stays in the barroom and celebrates the defeat of the creature with tentacle wrapped mugs held high and buying drinks all round and putting it on Pringles bill.</p><p></p><p>The next morning Pringle refuses to come out of his room till the late morning; Sayuri and Zordlan head out looking for supplies for the trip to Thrushmoor while Nashkar heads down the street after asking directions from the innkeeper. He acquires a nice looking battle trained pony for a relatively reasonable price. Grembor finds his way to a local bowyer to purchase some replacement arrows while Pringle finally decides to rouse himself at about mid morning and heads down to settle his bill. The others have already paid theirs but Pringle seems a little put out by the size of his bill as it is handed to him by a smirking innkeeper and currently sits at 100Gp. He tells him that he needs to get some more money from his room and heads back upstairs.</p><p></p><p>Packing all his stuff he manages to escape out of the window but had forgotten that they are on the 3rd floor of the inn; scouting around he spies a tree growing close to the inn and leaps for one of the closer braches. Not being an experienced tree climber by any measure he misses and plummets to the ground 40ft below where he arrives with a bone jarring impact. It appears luck is not with Pringle this day as he regains his feet with an audible groan he notices two Crows observing him from across the street; they contain their laughter and stride over towards him. Pringle in an amateur attempt to bribe the approaching officers places some gold on the ground and says loud enough for them to hear “whoops I seem to have dropped some gold” before smiling at the guards. They look at him and then at the glittering pile of gold before grinning and asking him if he will come along quietly; one (they assume) for attempting to run away from the inn without paying for his tab and the other for his pitiful attempt to bribe the city watch. Pringle had not fully thought his plan through as his horse was also stabled at the inn along with his saddle and other items.</p><p></p><p>The Crows take Pringle to the city jail where he is charged with theft and the much more serious crime of attempting to bribe a city official. He is stripped of all his worldly goods and locked in a small cell manacled hand and foot and left to his own devices. The cell is solid stone without windows with an barred gate leading to a corridor. The corridor only has the one very solid wooden door with iron straps and a single small barred window allows the only light into the cells. He tries testing the bonds and they hold firm against his meager strength; looking around the cell he find nothing to assist in getting him out of his current predicament.</p><p></p><p>Sayuri and Zordlan head back to the Inn to meet up with the rest of the party and are informed by the Innkeeper that Pringle had been arrested following his attempted run from paying his bill. Shaking her head she directs Zordlan to pay off the amount he owed to the innkeeper and requests directions to the jail so they can enquire to the condition of Pringle. They head out chuckling softly to themselves as yet again they have to save the wizard and arrive at the jailhouse shortly afterwards. The jailhouse is a solid stone structure with an imposing iron door which is currently open; there are small barred windows on all four walls. They walk inside and are greeted by a smiling fat Crow who is seated behind a solid desk; asking as to their business Sayuri asks after Pringle and they are advised that they have a judge’s appointment in the morning to discuss his case and pass judgment upon the issue. Sayuri asks what they can do as they need to leave quickly so checking through his books he advises that for a suitable fee the charges could be dropped. For the princely sum of 300 gold plus the innkeepers bill then they will release Pringle to her care as long as they leave the city. He explains that this is the most likely sum the judge will levy on them less the court costs so justice will be served and hopefully Pringle will have learnt a valuable lesson. Sayrui with a nod towards Zordlan to pay the man grins while asking in her most innocent sounding voice who his personal items will be turned over too; grinning the Crow advises, after the payment is made that Pringles items are turned over to Sayuri. She receives his items and removes 400 gold from his pouch and nods towards the Crow sergeant. He picks up some keys and unlocks a solid looking door and descends down some steep stairs (handy for prisoners to fall down) to the basement where he unlocks another very solid looking door leading to the cells. They lead Pringle up the stairs and once in the main room remove his restraints with a rune marked key; his restraints flash with a small magical discharge when they are unlocked which make Pringle start as he had no idea they would be enchanted. </p><p></p><p>They are escorted back to the Inn by a few crows where Pringle has to go into the inn and apologize to the innkeeper for trying to run without paying. After a stern lecture from the innkeeper on moral values and his responsibility to lead by example he is allowed to leave. When leaving he tells the innkeeper that he would be back to kill him thankfully for Pringle in a tongue the innkeeper does not understand. Seems Pringle did not in fact learn anything from this. They meet up with Grembor and Nashkar outside and head to the gates. Upon arriving at the gates Pringle asks the pair of Crows who arrested him their names and thanks them for putting him on the right path; He again tells them that he will rip out their still beating hearts in an obscure language before riding away with the rest of the party.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day is spent traveling; the speed of travel is limited by the speed of the pony Nashkar is riding and as such they make it most of the way through the Stonegroves approaching the Watching Wood. They camp for the night in a dell and have a quiet night of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5980790, member: 52403"] [b]Pringle gets arrested ...[/b] They make it back to the Sloppy Rune Inn with the small amount of locals and passer by’s giving them a very wide berth; upon entering the bar several of the residents get up and leave as the smell of the party precedes them. They ask for baths and the manager through a dirty cloth covering his nose and mouth suggests some soap may not go amiss; for a price he sends one of the waitresses to a local shop to obtain some sweet smelling products to set around the Inn and some soap infused with sand to help scrub away the stench. Nashkar approaches a likely looking lass working the tables and asks if they would assist in removing his battered plate armor for some monetary recompense as he is unable to get out of it on his own on a good day let alone when it has been bent and twisted like this. To everyone’s surprise she agrees and escorts him upstairs to his room; she is paid handsomely even though she vomits on Nashkar on several occasions due to a stink of the creatures slime. Sayuri and Zordlan retire to their rooms to get him out of his exceedingly smelly armor and they all head to the bath house to scrub the armor and clothes before scrubbing themselves clean. Nashkar even manages to persuade his waitress to help with this; again for a substantial monetary contribution; upon investigation he discovers his waitress is called Charles and likes dressing as a woman; Nashkar is not one to judge as Dwarven women tend to the masculine themselves and some even have beards. They all meet up afterwards to discuss their plans and to decide what to do next. They don’t have any idea where to go or what to do until one of them remembers that they still have some documents they found with Auren Vrood which they have not as yet deciphered. Their main linguist was otherwise occupied at the time and they forgot to mention it to him then; by otherwise occupied he was quite dead (but he got better). They dig through their stuff until they find the satchel containing the various coded documents; it takes them several hours and quite a number of drinks later to work out the difficult code used in the documents and find out that the seasage effigy was dispatched to the little town of Thrushmoor to be exchanged for something of value to the Whispering Way’s plans. They decide to head out the next day to track down this lead as Thrushmoor is only a few days ride to the south. Most of the rest of the evening is spent drinking and relaxing while Pringle lets his hair down and is quite insulting to the innkeeper before vomiting on the barroom floor grabbing some food and wine and retreating to his room where he spends the rest of the night. The rest of the party stays in the barroom and celebrates the defeat of the creature with tentacle wrapped mugs held high and buying drinks all round and putting it on Pringles bill. The next morning Pringle refuses to come out of his room till the late morning; Sayuri and Zordlan head out looking for supplies for the trip to Thrushmoor while Nashkar heads down the street after asking directions from the innkeeper. He acquires a nice looking battle trained pony for a relatively reasonable price. Grembor finds his way to a local bowyer to purchase some replacement arrows while Pringle finally decides to rouse himself at about mid morning and heads down to settle his bill. The others have already paid theirs but Pringle seems a little put out by the size of his bill as it is handed to him by a smirking innkeeper and currently sits at 100Gp. He tells him that he needs to get some more money from his room and heads back upstairs. Packing all his stuff he manages to escape out of the window but had forgotten that they are on the 3rd floor of the inn; scouting around he spies a tree growing close to the inn and leaps for one of the closer braches. Not being an experienced tree climber by any measure he misses and plummets to the ground 40ft below where he arrives with a bone jarring impact. It appears luck is not with Pringle this day as he regains his feet with an audible groan he notices two Crows observing him from across the street; they contain their laughter and stride over towards him. Pringle in an amateur attempt to bribe the approaching officers places some gold on the ground and says loud enough for them to hear “whoops I seem to have dropped some gold” before smiling at the guards. They look at him and then at the glittering pile of gold before grinning and asking him if he will come along quietly; one (they assume) for attempting to run away from the inn without paying for his tab and the other for his pitiful attempt to bribe the city watch. Pringle had not fully thought his plan through as his horse was also stabled at the inn along with his saddle and other items. The Crows take Pringle to the city jail where he is charged with theft and the much more serious crime of attempting to bribe a city official. He is stripped of all his worldly goods and locked in a small cell manacled hand and foot and left to his own devices. The cell is solid stone without windows with an barred gate leading to a corridor. The corridor only has the one very solid wooden door with iron straps and a single small barred window allows the only light into the cells. He tries testing the bonds and they hold firm against his meager strength; looking around the cell he find nothing to assist in getting him out of his current predicament. Sayuri and Zordlan head back to the Inn to meet up with the rest of the party and are informed by the Innkeeper that Pringle had been arrested following his attempted run from paying his bill. Shaking her head she directs Zordlan to pay off the amount he owed to the innkeeper and requests directions to the jail so they can enquire to the condition of Pringle. They head out chuckling softly to themselves as yet again they have to save the wizard and arrive at the jailhouse shortly afterwards. The jailhouse is a solid stone structure with an imposing iron door which is currently open; there are small barred windows on all four walls. They walk inside and are greeted by a smiling fat Crow who is seated behind a solid desk; asking as to their business Sayuri asks after Pringle and they are advised that they have a judge’s appointment in the morning to discuss his case and pass judgment upon the issue. Sayuri asks what they can do as they need to leave quickly so checking through his books he advises that for a suitable fee the charges could be dropped. For the princely sum of 300 gold plus the innkeepers bill then they will release Pringle to her care as long as they leave the city. He explains that this is the most likely sum the judge will levy on them less the court costs so justice will be served and hopefully Pringle will have learnt a valuable lesson. Sayrui with a nod towards Zordlan to pay the man grins while asking in her most innocent sounding voice who his personal items will be turned over too; grinning the Crow advises, after the payment is made that Pringles items are turned over to Sayuri. She receives his items and removes 400 gold from his pouch and nods towards the Crow sergeant. He picks up some keys and unlocks a solid looking door and descends down some steep stairs (handy for prisoners to fall down) to the basement where he unlocks another very solid looking door leading to the cells. They lead Pringle up the stairs and once in the main room remove his restraints with a rune marked key; his restraints flash with a small magical discharge when they are unlocked which make Pringle start as he had no idea they would be enchanted. They are escorted back to the Inn by a few crows where Pringle has to go into the inn and apologize to the innkeeper for trying to run without paying. After a stern lecture from the innkeeper on moral values and his responsibility to lead by example he is allowed to leave. When leaving he tells the innkeeper that he would be back to kill him thankfully for Pringle in a tongue the innkeeper does not understand. Seems Pringle did not in fact learn anything from this. They meet up with Grembor and Nashkar outside and head to the gates. Upon arriving at the gates Pringle asks the pair of Crows who arrested him their names and thanks them for putting him on the right path; He again tells them that he will rip out their still beating hearts in an obscure language before riding away with the rest of the party. The rest of the day is spent traveling; the speed of travel is limited by the speed of the pony Nashkar is riding and as such they make it most of the way through the Stonegroves approaching the Watching Wood. They camp for the night in a dell and have a quiet night of it. [/QUOTE]
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