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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2105607" data-attributes="member: 9255">EBERRON03/12/05SEGMENT 053“RAIL WRECK”  PT IVCedious walks by several passengers.  They watch him and either glare at him or pull their bags closer to them.  Cedious doesn’t mind.  He is what he is.  Cute.  Two Karrnath clerics watch him as he continues through the passenger car.  They are dressed in purple and black.  They look like bad news and Cedious paces them quickly.  The center of the car has four private rooms.  He knows the doors are locked since he checked them last night (    ).The rail follows a river that separates Aundair from Thrane.  There are several small ships there and some docks.  There appears to be ships boarding each other on the river.  Bored with this, he continues on and is startled by the four passengers here.  A blue skinned Goblin and three other gray skinned goblins.  The Blue goblin looks at peace and was watching the landscape go by until Cedious walked by.  He nods and smiles warmly to the rogue.  Cedious smiles and moves on hoping they at not natives of Darguun.The other passengers ignore him and the four goblins.Black sand has been following him.  He does his best to intimidate everyone he encounters.  He scares the passengers for the most part.  The Karrnath priests glare then turn away.  When he happens onto the goblins he stares hard at them.  The blue skinned goblin merely gives a soothing “Welcome and many a good day to you ½ Giant.” And smiles pleasantly.  The other goblins push themselves into the seat in discomfort.  It is enough for Black Sand as he wants to see what the halfling is up to.He opens one door and closes it to open the next.  The magic of the cars will not allow both joining doors to be open at once.  He enters the dining car next and sees several great things.  Cedious is talking to a gnome, there are two Thrane Soldiers in one corner and about six or seven Emerald Claw soldiers at the far end.  He walks up behind Cedious but never takes his gray eyes off of the Claw.“Really “Bob”- you are from Fairhaven?” asks the gnome.  She has two large bags by her.  They suggest she is a traveler with some money due to their quality and size.  They also suggest she travels a lot.  “Yup.”“Bob is an unique name for a halfling.  It is more of a human name is it not?” She asks with a look of mischief of her own.“What was your name again?” Cedious asks hoping to change the subject a bit.  He is sure this is the gnome he saw being escorted onboard by the Thrane officials.“You may call me Sara.”“And I will.  May I ?” he asks as he sits before she can answer.Black Sand is bored with this.  So what if the midget wants a piece of action.  Not his type.  The Claw are laughing and drinking while telling tales.  It annoys him.  They are too happy and it is too early in the morning for it.  He turns and glares at them.  They ignore him as they having too good of a time talking about wrenching in Aundair.Meanwhile, in the previous car, the druid has walked up to the Blue.  Amazed by the skin and knowing what it commonly means, he stops and begins to talk.  Gnarl, the wolf sniffs at a goblin that looks like he fears being eaten by this ½ worg.  In his mind he hears-= Welcome and many a good day to you Keeper of the natural way =The druid nods and to think hard about what he wants to say.  His mind is not as clear as it could be.= Allow me =“I am known as Blu.  I travel with my friends on this rail like you and your ½ Giant friend Balkroth.  Please sit and talk with me.”Gnarl lays down and the druid sits down next to a goblin.  The goblin eyes him but is not offensive- just protective.  Balkroth continues to stand.Several cars away, a large unmarked crate thumps.  It thumps again and again.  Finally a few boards break and two green perfectly round eyes look out from the darkness.  “It is nearly time my brothers.  We must fulfill the wishes of the Lord of Blades.”</blockquote>

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