The Antigrol Tide (IC)

[Mallak]

Somewhere else...

The man in black stares at the two men in front of him. The one on the left is hard and tall, with a scarred face and battered knuckles. He wears a sleeveless leather jerkin, and an emblem of a blood red hand is tatooed on his muscled shoulder. Though he may look like a brute, it is the other, much smaller man who does his bidding. The little man wears a cloak with the same red hand emblem on the chest, and he speaks in a high, piping voice.

"So you are reneging on your end of the bargain? My master is very displeased." Behind the man in black, his Second tenses, but the man in black merely waves him off.

"Not reneging so much as delaying. The price has been set. The bargain will be kept."

"It had better be, or we will look elsewhere."

"You and I both know I am the only one who can deliver what you want."

"We shall see."

The small man and his silent companion turn and walk from the room. When they are gone, the man in black spits, and his lip curls down in a snarl. "Yes, we shall see."

[sblock=OOC]Handy Man in Black reference post![/sblock]

 

[Drowned Hero]

Troth Half-elf Barbarian

Outside, the day seems normal, like any other. Naomi fumbles with the three rocks. She's learning rather quickly, it seems. Up the street, Troth hears the faint sound of a soldier's voice calling out, "Way! Make way for the Tortila Guard! Way! Give way!"

Torth raises his head towards the noise and wrinkles his nose What does this guys do here 'Lissa go inside and warn Colmarr about the city guard coming being in the street' 'run hunny run' 'be sure the shopkeeper doesn't know' 'you can whisper it to him'
Troth goes inside to th first room keeping an eye from the doorway on the street

 

[Mallak]

Naomi quickly skips inside and scampers to the back room. She whispers in Colmarr's ear, "Oni, there are city guards coming down the street."

 

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

Nodding as Naomi whispers in his ear, Colmarr looks up and remarks, “Right, well if that’s it then, we’ll be on our way. Hmm, you won’t mind us taking that bucket of keys either, will you Dietrich... seeing as there’s some of Captain Turion’s property in it,” he adds firmly, not really giving Dietrich a choice in the matter. Tapping Malachi on the arm, he says “Go collect the bucket of keys you got that one from please, and bring everyone still out front through to the back, as we’ll be leaving via the rear door.”

Once everyone is ready to leave, he removes his hat as he makes a florid bow to Dietrich, and says with a grin, “A good day to you sir, and I hope we don’t meet this way again... or hear any reports of trouble at your shop this day.” Before straightening up as he returns his dashing black hat to his head, and hustling everyone out of the shop.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Grondar

Passing by the secret door from the front of the store to the rear, Grondar stops on the way
I'll be watching you dirtbag …
He says to Dietrich and proceeds outside from the rear, holding the sack with the croosbow

 

[jkason]

Magyar Rhineholdt, human rogue

Tapping Malachi on the arm, he says “Go collect the bucket of keys you got that one from please, and bring everyone still out front through to the back, as we’ll be leaving via the rear door.”

Once everyone is ready to leave, he removes his hat as he makes a florid bow to Dietrich, and says with a grin, “A good day to you sir, and I hope we don’t meet this way again... or hear any reports of trouble at your shop this day.” Before straightening up as he returns his dashing black hat to his head, and hustling everyone out of the shop.

Mag frowns a moment as Colmarrr seems to end the interrogation, but decides the older gnome knows more than he. He keeps his bow trained on Dietrich until they're ready to leave, then slings it across his back for ease of travel.

 

[Mallak]

In short order, Malachi, Denther, Magyar, Colmarr, Grondar, Troth, and Naomi are assembled behind Dietrich's shop. Wakil & Braer had signaled to Troth that they would remain in their inconspicous positions out front, to observe the guards and delay them if necessary. They'll all meet up back at the Pander Ban in the evening, if not sooner.

[sblock=OOC]I believe we now have the people who are posting together and the people who are not posting together. If anyone has any IC or OOC problems with this arrangement, let me know. I am going to try and work Braer and Wakil out of the story gracefully.[/sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

Once out the back of the shop, having noticed Magyar’s frown when he gave the order to leave, Colmarr explains, “Sorry we had to cut that short, but the city guard was coming, and we can’t do anything to avenge the captain if we’re sitting in jail now, can we.”

 

[Drowned Hero]

At the Pander Ban Troth makes a late dinner to everyone. Boiled sausages with boiled vegetables and boiled potatoes. He think to himself what a luxury of a food he is heating and accompany it with a mug of ale.

After the dinner he will stay on deck coiling ropes and setting the ship into shape if needed, realizing that the ship is a mess he talk to Grondar about moving the necessary amount of rope from the hatches to deck.

 

[mps42]

Denther

"So what have we learned, if anything? Only that the captain was meeting with some unknown men in an alehouse that burned. While I liked captain Ben and consider him a friend, I feel no special urge to 'avenge' him. We do not even know that he was wronged.
"I grow tired of chasing shadows."