Six From Gate Pass - Chapter 3: Shelter From The Storm

[funkmamagoat]

Kirio nods "I like that; consider yourself a diviner. Alright, so... let's go get an egg yes?"

Kirio takes his things and waits for the others to make ready.

OOC: if the timelines moves forward, Kirio will use his eagle splendor scroll just before they get to the warehouse...

 

[digimattic]

OOC: Arnir will cast fox's cunning on himself just before entering as Kirio casts Eagle's Splendor

On the way to the warehouse Arnir mentions one more thing "I may try and put Lowduke and his thugs into a magical sleep. If this succeeds, please try not to wake them, and preferably let Bannock take a swing at them with his glaive."

 

[Gregor]

South Harbour - Lowduke's Warehouse

You set down your whiskey, bundle up against the rain and prepare your belongings. What began as a night of conversation has now turned into an opportunity for danger, excitement and the potential of receiving or delivering a violent death. The life of an adventurer!

Lars, being the only member of the party to locate Lowduke's warehouse, leads you out of the North Harbour, through the refugee camps and down towards the South Harbour. You walk past some taverns, bustling with business on this rainy evening and soon come to the briny smelling harbour. Lines of warehouses and shops sit along a wooden boardwalk, their back ends hanging out over the water and supported by barnacle coated wooden piers. Fishing boats and merchant vessels sit tied to the quay and you can make out the bobbing lanterns of the Elven warships out in the ocean.

Street traffic is minimal here, save for a few late night laborers hauling wagons filled with rope or dried fish and the heavy thud of the surf fills your ears. Lars positions the party in some shadows between two shops and points to a warehouse maybe sixty feet away. He notes it as Lowduke's.

You figure that the warehouse is perhaps 25 feet high, 120 feet wide and 160 feet deep, its back end well over the ocean. You can see an old crane on the roof and a few wide shuttered windows, spilling out faint lantern light, on the visible portion of the side of the building. The boardwalk seems to run along side of the warehouse and Lars informs you that it, in fact, wraps around the rear of the structure as well. The front entrance is a huge sliding wooden door.

One human man stands in front of the door. He is clad in a mix of leather and chain armor, with a long sword on his belt and a crossbow slung over one shoulder. He smokes an old pipe and leans against the front facade, shielding himself from the rain by the roof overhang.

GM: Let us assume it is late in the evening, perhaps 10pm. Let us also assume that you are hidden from sight, maybe peering around a shadowed corner. However, approaching the warehouse stealthily will require a Stealth check in order to remain hidden within the shadows and not seen nor heard by the man in front.

 

[Bannock]

As they walk along the quays, the sound of the crashing surf makes Bannock nervous, and he does his best to stay well away from the water. Getting too close makes him suddenly feel the weight of his armour like a noose around his neck.

Having reached their destination, and while the party is out of sight, Bannock whispers to the others, eager to get into action once again.

"I know I've asked a hunn'erd times, but how many should we expect inside again, and where are all the entrances to this place? Anyway, looks like it's your lead, Kirio."

 

[Gregor]

GM: We'll assume Lars gave you the run down. There is a front door, a sky light access on the roof and a trap door beneath the warehouse (which drops down into the ocean below). There are three windows on each side of the building, say about 5 feet off the ground. All are shuttered. The last time he was here, he encountered five men: two with crossbows, one with two blades, one with a greatsword and one magic user. Lars killed the man with the greatsword. He did not encounter Nathan Lowduke in combat.

 

[The Bashar]

As the party crouches in the shadows, Hrimr whispers to the party.

"While I'm in animal form I won't be able to speak to you until I change back. When you guys head over to the warehouse I will fly up to the roof. Lars I will meet you up there. Good Luck."

 

[funkmamagoat]

Kirio sighs... "Alright, I still think we are being a little too subtle, but fine, let's stick to the plan. I'll cast a spell to make myself a little more... convincing, and in we go. When / if, we get inside, we wait for an opportunity to divine the egg, Arnir you try and put them to sleep, although if things are not going smoothly I'll wink at you and cast away. If they will simply not let us in, I say we force our way in and kill them all..." Not expecting any objections, Kirio takes out his scroll of Eagle splendor and prepares to cast... "I'll initiate discussion with the good guard over there to distract him while you get in position Lars".

Kirio casts the spell and you notice a brief green glow. Kirio now seems... just... really friendly and good looking, you kind of just want to forget about this whole egg business and go have a drink with him and chat...

Kirio motions for Arnir and Bannock to follow and approaches the guard confidently "Good evening friend, I am Kirio, the effusive to some, you may have heard me play in town...? No matter; I have been asked to come here by a good and wealthy friend to acquire something for him your man Lowduke seems to have in his possession." He gives him his friendliest smile "so, shall we enter and discuss things with the good Lowduke so we may conduct a little business...?"

OOC: for those of you that have been tracking, apologies for all the edits... some confusion between me and Gregor...

 

[Gregor]

Kirio, up close and in the lantern light, you can see that the man by the door is a miserable sight. His face is pock marked, his teeth a brownish yellow and his tangled hair a greasy web of knots. He stays leaned against the door as you approach and speak.

Upon hearing your words he removes the pipe from his lips and proceeds to clear his throat rather deeply. After a moment of listening to thick phlegm come loose, he spits a sickly reddish black wad at your feet. Returning the pipe between his teeth he mumbles:

"I don't know ya an ye ain't be havin' an appointment. So piss off!"

GM: Arnir, you mentioned you would cast your Fox's Cunning so feel free to do so on your next post - it will have taken place before you approached the warehouse. Lars, don't forget your stealth check on your way over, as well as your climb checks to get on the roof like last time.

 

[funkmamagoat]

			Ahh well, there are two sides to every coin, haven't murdered anyone in a while....

Kirio takes a deep breath, his smile turning crooked as he looks up from the still steaming wad of reddish black phlegm on the ground "Nice. Listen boyo... my patron does not want to be associated with the likes of you, but he wants the egg. That means, and I'm trying to enunciate here because it seems you had some trouble with my introduction, he does not want to be known to you and yours. So... no appointments, just gold for egg?" Kirio lets his smile drop "I'm not a patient man, I'm actually a bit of a murderous c@nt, so open the door now and let's get down to business or I'm going to make sausage out of your small intestines and make you eat them slowly until you beg me to slit your throat, clear?"

 

[The Bashar]

As the party makes their way toward the warehouse Hrimr turns himself into an Eagle. He flaps his wings and takes flight. He initially heads in the opposite direction of the warehouse but turns around and flaps harder to gain enough altitude to reach the roof of the warehouse. Hrimr lands on the crane near the skylight on the roof. He has a look at the door to see if it has been trapped in any way.

OOC: As an eagle my size is now small. I get +2 to Dex and +1 to natural armour