The Forgotten Forge

[DarkMaster]

OOC Delemental, I am sorry I don't know what you are looking for?

Gretchen approaches slowly one of the three gobelin merchant. He seems to be in a very hot negociation with a potential customer a tall dirty human, dressed with rags. About 6 sp are lying near his right hand unattended on the small wooden plank used as a counter.

 

[Delemental]

OOC Delemental, I am sorry I don't know what you are looking for?

Pohl has asked if anyone had seen any markings indicating where we were. I was looking for a painted sign, plaque, metal plate, or anything that might be marking this section of tunnel as CLuster E-213, or Cluster E-211, of Cluster W-947, or whatever, to see if Pohl's suspicion that the shifter was heading for E-213 was correct.

 

[DarkMaster]

Tai, starts searching around the area, carefully looking at the pipes. (roll search I give Tai 3 rolls for searching 3 rounds; 8+1;16+1;19+1) But she can't find any signs or indication. She only notices an half erased handwritting on the largest pipe AS-&&&65 (&&& are unreadable character). She also read on a smaller pipe the word "sorry". Who ever wrote that had an horrible hand writing. She notices that the presence of the "sorry" pipe is placed such that a smaller pipe behind had to be angled in order to go through the floor.

OOC I will wait for Karl and Tailspinner actions before I go on with Pohl.

 

[Delemental]

Tai will mention the markings. "This would suggest that we're nowhere near E-213, although there may not be any rhyme or reason to the numbering system down here."

(OOC - is the section of tunnel we're in now free of people besides the party? If so, then Tai will sit down and pull out Bonal's satchel and start looking through it. If not, she will again refer to having "something important to discuss in privacy", in case there are eavesdroppers.)

 

[DarkMaster]

OOC don't forget that unless you have the ring of House Canith in your hand you can't see anything inside the book.

 

[Karl Green]

Zanick 'Zane' Marcela, human wizard

Zane will look for a place to find some privacy and lead those that are around there. He set his Raven to act as lookout and then we look at the book with the ring out

 

[Guest 11456]

Grechen : Female Shifter Rogue 1

Grechen moves closer then she tries to distract the merchant and patron. She points at an object. While attempting to scoop up the silver pieces with her other hand.

"How much for this?"

 

[Delemental]

I think we may be having a communication problem here.

Zanick, Pohl and Tai: You all approach the scene where you saw the electric spark, As you approach you all notice a body lies on the floor of the bridge, and you can see a mixture of rain and blood pooling around it. A leather satchel, still clutched tightly in the body's hand, lies in the expanding puddle of water and gore. Zanick recognises Bonal.

Tai searching the body (search roll secret) finds quickly the men's Id in one of his right shirt pocket. She also finds a small pouch hang on his belt and the leather satchel still held under his left arm. The satchel is very well made and stylish.

Tai, noticing the crowd gathering, begins to get nervous - it usually means bad news for her. She will stuff the ID papers and pouch into the satchel quickly, hoping that later the man can be identified and his property given to whoever should have it. She suspects that if she leaves the items on the body, thieves will have stripped him bare well before anyone official shows up.

Seeing the satchel on the ground and in the open, Sareth walked casually towards it until his cloak covered it as well as his boots.

Tai quietly approaches Sareth, standing over Bonal's satchel.

"Master Sareth, I know you said earlier that you have business to attend to with your House. If you wish for me to take that satchel and deliver it to Master Marcela, I will do so if you want to be on your way. Of course, I would also be glad to vouch for you should you need to explain why you were delayed."

Sareth nodded as the female spoke of delivering the satchel to Marcela and spoke softly to her.

"I appreciate your concern and thank you for your disgression. If the boy knew the deceased, make sure he has time to cool off before giving it to him. No need for him to rush blindly into something he may not be prepared for..."

Reaching down and picking the satchel from the ground, Sareth handed it to the female with a simple nod.

However, it seems that you were under the impression that Sareth took the satchel and it ended up in Lady Elaydren's hands. As it stands, I'm willing to go with that assumption. Even if Tai had the book she couldn't read it, and if Lady Elaydren's info comes from Bonal's satchel, then there wouldn't be any new info there anyway. Besides, Lady Elaydren didn't give us the book, just a map.

So perhaps we can pretend that Tai never had the satchel in the first place, and so wouldn't have brought it up. In which case, Tai's response to the current situation will be:

"Master D'Velderan, while I agree that this shifter watching us is too much a coincidence to dismiss, I'm afraid the idea of pursuing them into unknown territory isn't sitting well with me. Perhaps we could try talking to other people back at the market? Perhaps someone else might know about E-213 whose monetary demands are more reasonable. We could always return here if nothing pans out."

 

[DEFCON 1]

He turns to face the changeling, really not thrilled with the idea of giving up the chase. Even if the shifter has nothing to do with their current assignment, now that he's gotten on the trail he is loathe to give it up. This is what he does for a living after all.

But looking into Tai's eyes and seeing her concern for each and every one of them and the risks they are taking, convinces him to allow her to take the active lead in this situation. He knows where this tunnel is now... he suspects they'll find something good at the bottom of this shaft... but he also wants to keep the group together. Thus he stands up and brushes the dirt and grime from his trousers.

'Very well, my dear. I will concede the point. We know where this lead will take us and can always come back to it if we come up empty on our other investigations. So please... I am in your hands. Do what you think is right, and if we need to spend a little to gain a lot, then my purse is your purse for that purpose. We can reimburse the House at the end when the time comes. Shall we go back to the market?'

 

[DarkMaster]

OOC Sorry I missed that part where Sareth gave the satchel. For some reason I really beleived that he kept it. In any case it would be impossible to read without the lady's ring.

The goblin barely looks at the ordinary looking shifter and then at the used candle she is pointing in the lot. He answers almost mechanically 5cp. Gretchen takes the opportunity to quickly grab the pieces. (Sleight of hand roll 14+9 ) she quickly grabs the 6 pieces. The goblin who seems to have an incredible eyes to spot those kind of thing (Otherwise he wouldn't be able to earn a decent living in such a place) pauses for a second looks at the table and says "*%*$&#&^#^&&#**%**^&$" by the time he looks around to see who stole the pieces Gretchen is long gone.