(Tavern) City of Orussus, The Red Dragon Inn VII

[fuzzy]

No, thats NOT an ape. That's Planus Aniad, a freind of mine and a cleric of Mongrel. He's using some very basic illusion magic to appear as an ape. Reach out and touch him and you'll see what i mean. Actually, Planus, do us a favor, drop the spell, and tell us whats going on.

 

[Jdvn1]

"Wha-- uh. Ah, peculiar. I dn't know much about these arcane tricks, but that sure is a good one!" Farid says, laughing.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Jack looks over his shoulder at the odd exchange.

Squinting at the simian apparition, he remarks, "It's just an elf magicked up to look like an ape. Really, with such long lives, you'd think they could come up with better jokes than that."

Katherine gets oddly contemplative and says, "You'd be surprised... in spite of their reputation, some elves can be quite frivilous...." She twitches her long hair over her pointed ears in an involuntarily self consious gesture.

 

[SlagMortar]

Giggling, Planus drops the illusion. "Hehehe! Ya caught me, Rika. That look on your face when I entered was priceless. And for a proper introduction, my name is Planus, follower of Mongrel, at your service."

 

[Jdvn1]

Farid scrunches his face in thought, "So this is the gentleman that had you about looking for hippogriff eggs?"

 

[Pbartender]

Katherine gets oddly contemplative and says, "You'd be surprised... in spite of their reputation, some elves can be quite frivilous...."

"It's not so much the frivolity that makes me wonder," Jack explains, "so much as the lack of... innovation. You'd think that after a hundred years to mull it over, an elf would have better pranks up his sleeve than the magical equivalent of a monkey suit."

 

[fuzzy]

Rika chuckles a little.
That was such a bad joke. If you hadn't mentioned me and the egg-hunting trip, though, i'd have fallen for it. The only funny part was referencing my little trip.
Rika turns to Farid.
No, Planus was with me on that job. The ape he was posing as was the one with the guy who hired us. Say, anyone heard anything about bandits on the road to apple glade by any chance?

 

[Jdvn1]

"Oh, okay. No, haven't heard about anything like that lately. You could check the hiring board about possible recent bandit troubles, but I don't think anything's new."

 

[fuzzy]

Not so much thinking about a job, as about this half-elf that was following us, and freaked out when Devlin snuck back to follow him. Guy nearly ran devlin over with his horse when I showed up. Could have been coincidence, but he was there before we had lunch at this inn out there, then he was in the same place afterward. Doesn't that sound like an ambush. Of course, us sneaking up on him also could have added to the stories of bandits out there.

 

[Jdvn1]

"Well, ah'mean, if there were bandits around, someone might post a message on the board asking for help. That's all." Farid takes a big bite of meat and bread. "Mrfmwahm-- *ahem*. Since there's not much there, might not be a problem yet."