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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 1090472" data-attributes="member: 11574">the end of session 3Alriand walks up to the rear entrance to the house, she checks the door and finds it unlocked. She enters through the kitchen, and stops to listen for any noise. Hearing none she makes her way to the stairs, noting how bare the inside of the house actually is. There's no pictures on any of the walls, there's not even a plant in the kitchen or the main hallway. She reaches the stairs that lead to the second floor, and notes that the bottom step is completely gone. She pauses and wonders with the state of disrepair that the part of the house she's seen is in, just how much of anything of worth will be found in the house. That thought quickly dissipates with the memory of her moment of weakness at Owecyrr's house. She makes her way up the stairs and counts three steps in desperate need of repair, and two others that are on their way. Reaching the landing at the top of the stairs she heads to her right and comes to a closed door. Listening at the door she hears no sound and checks the doorknob, this door is also unlocked. Opening the door and entering the room Alriand finds the entire room to be empty, not even a cobweb. Closing the door she heads back towards the stairs and tries a door opposite the staircase. Listening at the door she hears dripping water. Not bothering to check the door she opens it and finds the bathroom. The dripping water sound was from a very soaked towel that is draped across the side of the bathtub. There is also another towel hanging from a nail against the wall to her right. The mirror is cracked and there is a very strong odor of mildew, but nothing of any value, no porcelain, no bath oils, not even lye let alone soap. she exits the room not bothering to close the door. Turning to her right she is faced with the last remaining door upstairs. As she walks down the hallway she passes a portrait of a male and female halfling smiling and standing in front of what looks to be this very house. Alriand takes a closer look and decides that it is this house looking much more splendid in the picture than in it's current state. She leaves the portrait and puts an ear to the door. She hears very soft crying or sobbing coming from the other side, unable to make out any words she checks the door and finds it unlocked. Opening it slowly and as quietly as possible, she sees a lone halfling man siting on the edge of a mattress that's laying on the floor. A quick glance around the room, and she spots a small chest with a bouquet of flowers in a vase resting on top of the chest. There are two windows, one facing north and the other east. The East window has some flimsy curtain hanging in on it. Her attention is then snapped back to the halfling crying on the bed. As he's crying he keeps looking down at the floor in front of him. He cries out loud for help from Penella to end his suffering, as he can no longer bear to look into his wife's eyes and tell her one more thing has to be sold, or one more fix it job around the house has to wait. He's sick and tired of all the looks people give him when he walks down the street, and now they're starting to give those same looks to his wife, and he blames himself. Creeping up behind him Alriand gets a look at what is on the floor in front of the halfling, it's a beautiful dagger, a real piece of work. Quietly drawing her sap off her belt, she whacks the back of the head of the halfling, unfortunately for Alriand that didn't knock him out. The halfling grabs the back of his head and turns to face his attacker. Alriand takes another swing but this one hits him on the left arm by the elbow. Thoroughly pissed now the halfling snarls and screams "I'll kill you! you come hear to steal from me when I have nothing left!" he bends down and picks up the dagger. Alriand drops her sap, and draws her rapier. The halfling lunges at Alriand, who easily dodges the strike, she then follows up with a quick jab to the halfling's side. Finding it's mark the rapier's blade sinks into flesh and between two ribs. The halfling drops to one knee and grabs his side. He turns to face Alriand before the dagger slips from his grip and clangs to the floor, which is quickly followed by the halfling's body falling face first onto the floor. Walking over to the halfling whose breathing has become shallow, Alriand pulls out her dagger and finishes the deal. She pockets the dagger on the floor and drops one of the gold pieces she found under the shed, onto the back of the halfling. She then moves to the downstairs and exits the building the same way she came in, with no one the wiser. She then decides to make her way to the center of town to see what all the hub bub is about.</blockquote>

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