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

[funkmamagoat]

Once Kirio has finished helping Lars, although he finds it hard to tear his attention from the redhead, he returns to the first shack and begins taking a closer look at the bag with the magical auras emanating from it.

He carefully inspects it for traps and opens it to see what is it contains...

(OOC: perception check to see if bag is trapped in some way, if it is obviously he does not open it. Kirio doesn't care if the redhead kills the witch, he only said "he" would not kill her; he didn't promise anything about the redhead or the others.)

 

[Gregor]

Kirio, the pack is filled with an empty waterskin, some trail rations and various travel gear. There are also a number of pouches filled with what looks like spell components. Finally, you find the items registering the auras. There are two gold rings, one of which is etched with a red script design that depicts flames. There is also a metal buckler that weighs next to nothing and a pair of gloves made from supple black leather and edged with red and gold stitching.

 

[funkmamagoat]

Kirio is practically salivating at the site of the magical items... he sits down, casts detect magic again, and attempts to figure out what they are.

OOC: Kirio attempts identify the properties of the magic items using spellcraft and detect magic, checks coming on each item

 

[Gregor]

Kirio, you learn the following properties about the buckler and the unadorned golden ring and communicate it to the group. The buckler is a +2 buckler made from mithral. The golden ring is a ring of sustenance. The ring etched in red and the gloves remain a mystery to you.

Hearing you, Katrina bounds up and heads over. "Ah!" she exclaims happily, "you found my things! Thank you so much! I thought those miserable crones sold it on one of their trips into Seaquen. Are my spell components still there as well?"

 

[Gregor]

Ignore this post.

 

[funkmamagoat]

"ahhhh, well, actually, these are our things, through right of battle if you will. We are of course willing to discuss returning them to you, but you will have to be more specific as to the nature of the ring with the red text and the gloves, who exactly "you" are and why you are here, and of what spell components do you speak exactly."

 

[Gregor]

Her face furrows into a frown and she looks down at Kirio as if she is inspecting a small bug on her robe. "Pardon me?" she asks in a voice that suggests she is not accustomed to being denied what she wants, "Are you the leader of this band of adventurers? Do you speak for everyone? This is hardly the way to treat a lady who has been in captivity and whom you have just rescued. I should remind you that adventurers are supposed to loot their dead foes, so if you want to take my things, something will have to change.”

 

[funkmamagoat]

Kirio cannot help but laugh out loud at the red haired woman's outburst "My dear girl, forgive me, but what do you take me for? This is not a fairy tale and I am not a paladin here to protect your honour, I am not your friend, or here to "rescue" you, I don't even know you. I have no cause to harm you, and do not intend to unless you give me cause." He takes a deep breath and continues, "I am by no means the leader of this group, just perhaps more prone to talking than the rest, I am called Kirio, the effusive for obvious reasons. The others can way in as they wish, but I came here for loot, not you. I have found some and now you claim it is yours. This loot is rightful compensation for an unwarranted attack by this thing" he indicates the witch on the ground "and her dead sisters. Now, you know my name and my motivations, who pray tell, are you?"

 

[digimattic]

"you misunderstand the situation friend Arnir, "she" is "our" guest, and we her hosts; these are OUR shacks, and OUR things."

Arnir raises an eyebrow with a smug smile "I can assure you, I misunderstand very little."

Disembarking the boat, Arnir casts and maintains detect magic as Lars inspects the houses.

"Left one alive did you? Well I'd put a blade through her heart and be done with it. Twisted evil thing that she is."

Arnir smiles broadly as this fire-headed wizard arrives and delivers her judgement "Finally someone with some sense! By Mystra, what a relief."

As Kirio speaks his face sours into a frown "Surely we are not a group of petty thieves. We are also not fools, from the looks of you, you have no need for bucklers....and perhaps some form of compensation for freeing you would be appropriate. I'm sure no one would object to you getting your spell components back, however..." he says before adding with a sly grin "Once these negotiations have concluded."

 

[The Bashar]

Having said that, he hands Hrmir the scroll "This looks to be of more use to you than me, medicine man."

"Ahh good to know. I will have to prepare read magic in the morning."

As the party arrived to the island Hrimr has been paying attention to the swamp around them, listening for other possible attackers. He approaches the party when he sees Lars bringing a red headed human woman along with him. He hears Kirio discussion with the woman over the items he found.

"Come now Kirio, you are going to rob this woman? We did save her from the Witches, but she doesn't owe us all her worldly possessions."