The Antigrol Tide (IC)
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unleashed
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Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard
[SBLOCK=OOC]The head tilt towards Naomi was more to add to the request for privacy, than to exclude her this time around.
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Figuring it’s about time Naomi found out what everyone else knows, and that this is probably the best place to do it, Colmarr heads upstairs with her in tow... wondering if she’s already put some of it together herself, with what they’ve seen.Mallak said:
“Hmm, well you know already that Captain Ben went to that meeting of his. From what we’ve been able to piece together ma'am, the meeting was held in the back room of the Arrow in the Bull, between the captain and a foreigner with a few local bodyguards. A scuffle broke out between the two parties, which also started the fire that gutted the tavern.” Colmarr sighs and pauses, before continuing. “From there we’re back to guessing, I’m afraid, as our eyewitness ran at that point. We have seen the... body... they pulled from the wreckage of the tavern though. It was a man of about the captain’s size, which looks to have been wearing a blue wool jacket and brown canvas pants. I’m sorry ma’am, I really hope you can tell us he wasn’t wearing that kind of clothing when he left here, but if you can’t it seems Captain Ben is dead...”Mallak said:
[SBLOCK=OOC]The head tilt towards Naomi was more to add to the request for privacy, than to exclude her this time around.
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"Eh, wot?" The musician looks startled for a moment when Denther walks up to him, but he quickly relaxes. "Oh, that. You didn't hear about the Arrow in the Bull burning down? Huh. Well, I wasn't actually there, I just wrote the song. Don't rightly know what Captain Ben is. I figure it's a type of liquor, rum or somethin'. Heh, I know if my throat were parched by a fire, I'd be calling out for a little Captain Ben. Heh. Barry might know, he was there. He knows his liquors, too." The musician nods to a grizzled old sailor drinking and throwing dice with three other men at a nearby table.Denther said:
Drowned Hero
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[sblock]sorry guys, but im not been able to stand the phase lately. please npc Troth for some weeks for me...
back before you know
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back before you know
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Strahd_Von_Zarovich
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Grondar
Grondar stays in the common room of the penny ... listening to the music
Grondar stays in the common room of the penny ... listening to the music
The bard begins to sing in a high, sweet voice. To those with an ear for music, there is a sadness hidden in the tune, and there is something subtly chilling about the lyrics.Grondar said:
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Grow gently green grasses,
My Love is at rest.
Blow softly fresh breezes
Across my Love's breast.
Sing sweetly, O Robin,
Atop of your nest.
All nature whisper,
My Love is at rest.
Come quickly twilight
To bid us to home.
Come swiftly Moon from
Where e'er she did roam.
Come now the Earth, wake
My Love from the loam.
Come forth a chill night
To bid us to home.
Pray tell, ye Fir Trees,
Where's hidden Mae'ruth?
I beg and beseech you,
And bid tell the truth.
I seek and I search, for
Her scent is the proof.
So come out and tell me
Where's hidden Mae'ruth?
Welcome, My Love, Home.
Here let us stay.
Welcome, My Love, to
The end of the day.
The Night beckons outside;
Afar do not stray.
We've a warm bed and fire,
So, here let us stay.[sblock=OOC]A Song For My Love, written by me.[/sblock]
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Jdvn1
Hanging in there. Better than the alternative.
Not wanting Naomi to hear some of the more gruesome details, Malachi is hesitant to talk, but Ms. Wendette should know what they know. <Adonai, keep us all strong in these troubled times.>unleashed said:
"The body recovered was... hard to distinguish, but it seems fairly certain to be that of our beloved Captain. We have reason to believe the foreigner was one of the slavers working in the town, and I imagine the scuffle was because the Captain was asked to engage in illegal activity. At least, I think that's what makes sense to me so far. We're still looking into the matter, of course, and I hope to serve justice to the vile bas--" Malachi catches himself so that he doesn't get too animated. He's angry at what's happened, but he's trying to keep his head. "...the men that did this. Adonai calls for her land to be healed."
Malachi pauses again. "Ben's body is in the morgue, to be set to sea tomorrow. I've been going over the papers for the cargo in the hold, and such. We haven't discussed what to do with his personal effects."
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Colmarr said:
"He...Ben is dead?" The innkeeper seems at a loss for words. "He said he had just a few things to take care of and he'd be back later. I...I..." She begins to weep quietly. "I would like to see his body before they bury it," she says, wiping at her tears. "And I'll take his effects, if you don't mind. I can't seem to remember what he was wearing last night. I can remember the spot of red at his temple where he cut himself shaving, but I can't remember what he was wearing. Isn't that silly? I'd just given him new woolen socks, too. Bennie always did have trouble finding socks..." She trails off, looking lost. From behind Colmarr, Naomi lets out a muffled sob. It seems she was trying to hold back her tears. Mrs. Wendette holds her arms out to the child. "Oh, c'mere, Bobbin, let's cry together." Naomi moves over to the innkeeper and wraps her tiny arms around the woman's bulk. Together they weep for a time.Malachi said:
"What sort of illegal activity would Bennie get himself killed over, anyway? I always told him to be more careful, but..." She sniffs, wiping at her face again. The innkeeper seems to be recovering her composure, moving from grief to a more industrious attitude. "Well. Do you know who did this? No, of course not, or you'd have killed them already. You mentioned someone named Adonai?"
Down in the common room, Troth surveys the patrons, watching for trouble.
"Hey, Grondar, does he look like we see him some before?" The barbarian keeps his voice low, nodding at the bard. Now that Troth has said something, the musician does seem familar to Grondar. In fact, it is the same musician from the Sleeping Sailor last night, the one playing the stringed instrument.
unleashed
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Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard
Having a feeling the news would have the innkeeper and the girl weeping in each others arms, Colmarr is glad he decided to include Naomi.
Once the innkeeper composes herself, Colmarr adds, “I don’t know if you really want to see him ma’am... it’s not a pleasant sight. As to the scuffle... I’m not so sure of that myself. Remember the two thieves we chased from the ship that night... perhaps their master demanded what the captain was trying to sell for a lesser price or in fact that he should just give it to them.”
Having a feeling the news would have the innkeeper and the girl weeping in each others arms, Colmarr is glad he decided to include Naomi.
Once the innkeeper composes herself, Colmarr adds, “I don’t know if you really want to see him ma’am... it’s not a pleasant sight. As to the scuffle... I’m not so sure of that myself. Remember the two thieves we chased from the ship that night... perhaps their master demanded what the captain was trying to sell for a lesser price or in fact that he should just give it to them.”
