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<blockquote data-quote="tariff" data-source="post: 2871712" data-attributes="member: 18635"><p><strong>THE MINE</strong></p><p>Sparhawk dismounts replaces his lance and draws his sword ready "curiosity will get the better of us one day methinks" he says lightly</p><p>"This looks more like it!" says Rizzit.</p><p>Bibabobalobalos agrees with the kobold "A mine! Oh good, I'll be much more comfortable in there." He smiles.</p><p>The party move closer to the Mine entrance. They see noone. All is quiet. There are mine cart tracks leading into the darkness. Bob, using his dwarven vision, sees that they bend round a corner, not far into the mine.. "Should we take the animals in to get them out of the weather?" he asks.</p><p>"We can leave them under the trees for shelter.... i hope we wont be in there long enough to worry about them." Replies Limara.</p><p>Beltain dismounts and ties Salix to the side of the wagon. He goes to draw his sword, sees the peace-bonding and refrains, then he follows Limara towards the cavern entrance.</p><p>Limara unhooks her peacebonding, but draws no weapon. "Do we go in with light or do the darkvision people wanna check it first ?"</p><p>Beltain turns to Bibabobalobalos "Well Master Dwarf, with your great racial knowledge of the subterranean can you tell us about the rock structure of this place, and what kind of precious metal or gems there are to be found in it?" </p><p>Beltain colours "Um, Bibabob, forgive my ignorance of your race, but I assumed that you were a male of your kin, is that so....?"</p><p>Limara takes a sudden interest in the floor just in front of her... so much so that it would appear that its made her take a rapid intake of breath. Beltain turns and looks at her, "What is it Princess?" he asks</p><p>Limara mumbles "Its not really the done thing to ask a dwarf its gender..."</p><p>Beltain turns to her in surprise "Is it not" then how do I adress Biba? Master Dwarf or Mistress Dwarf, surely it cannot be so much of a secret?", he turns to Bibabobalobalos and says "Your pardon if I caused offence, I am unfamiliar in the ways of dwarf-kind, please say that no offence has been taken for none was surely meant"</p><p>Bibabobalobalos tugs at his beard "It's alright, Limara. I've been around humans for sometime and got used to their funny ways! In my experience it's only the Hearth Guards that grow their beards these days though many generations ago, before the Thunder Blessing, male and female dwarves both had beards. Don't mess with the Hearth Guards, big nasty brutes of women they are!" Bibabobalobalos examines the entrance to the mine.</p><p>The dwarven rogue whistles. "Dwarven work!..Look at the craftmanship there!"</p><p>"...its a hole in the rock" says Limara unimpressed.</p><p>"But look at the shoring up, quality I tell you, quality!…"Dwarven quality mining here," He whistles again.</p><p>"Let us just check whoever made these footprints are safe and well and then be on our way Princess" says Beltain. He turns to the dwarf again "Biba, do you want to lead the way into your ancestoral halls?" Beltain asks the dwarf "My lady" he nods to Limara "And I will accompany you as an honour guard if you wish"</p><p>Bibabobalobalos tugs at his beard again, looking into the mine "It's procedural to register a mine with the Mining Council, at least, it is with the dwarves in Silverymoon. I'm sure that the dwarves in this area will have followed both custom and the law" "As if they had a choice with the knights about" he adds under his breath</p><p>"You would have thought that the law would require this to be registered for tax reasons at least..." nods Limara.</p><p>"Yes, most dwarves are law abiding." Says Bibabobalobalos. Though some of the ones that live very deep can be . ." pauses, "a bit funny," he finishes lamley.</p><p></p><p><strong>ENTERING THE MINE</strong></p><p>Bibabobalobalos hears the drip drip of water, apart from that. it is quiet... He proceeds forward cautiously.</p><p>The rest of the party stand ready at the entrance, waiting for a signal from Bob.</p><p>Rizzit ties Beaker to the wagon then goes to the entrance of the mine. He waits for a second then enters, Limara tries to stop him, but the nimble kobold scuttles inside. "pfttt, dwarves are beginners at mining compared to kobolds" he says as he enters. The kobold gets out a potion and consumes it. An invisible but tangible field of force surrounds him.</p><p></p><p>Outside Limara turns to Beltain "That stupid kobold is going to get someone killed with his selfish ill-considered actions...we should have him on a lead" she says to Beltain. "..I can hear him talking from here..."</p><p>Beltain sighs "I think we may be needed soon, the dwarves may not appreciate a kobold visitor, particularly one who tells them that kobolds are better at mining" </p><p></p><p>Coleridge turns to their wards "Well its a good job your not in a rush to get to Suzail Walter, by the time we've investigated every trail and hole we come across you could be an old man" quips the bard. Walter lays back in the wagon and lets out a large sigh.</p><p>Coleridge looks into the mine. Bob and Rizzit are out of view. The bard turns to the others "I'm going to find out if they've found anything of significance, you guys stay with the wagon and the horses” He enters the mine.</p><p>The Wizard Nosnibor peers in to the cave entrance with Pussy in his arms. "I say." He says quietly. "You chaps are awfully adventuresome. You simply can't leave a hole in the ground unexplored. I'm dreadfully impressed. My Uncle Nobby would've loved this sort of thing. He was always singing the praises of messing around in dark back passages." The Wizard Nosnibor delves into his own pack and brings out a large Icicle.</p><p>Feng snorts "This had better be a goldmine. If I see lumps of Coal, I'm liable to become irritable". Feng crouches by the entrance, shield fronted, ready to charge in should he hear a cry of alarm.</p><p></p><p>Inside, Coleridge retrieves a sunrod from his pack and bangs it on the wall to bring it to life. He sees Bob ahead of him, looking down a branch in the tunnel. "Hey Rizzit, Bob... you guys okay in here?" Coleridge calls out in what he believes to be sotto voce, but which in actual terms is more akin someone speaking quite loudly in a bad stage whisper</p><p></p><p>Limara watches Coleridge enter, she hears him talking in the darkness, she smiles...then bursts out laughing,”. I guess we might as well go in then..."</p><p></p><p>Beltain looks at Limara and nods and then takes a step into the mouth of the cavern, waiting inside in the darkness for his eyes to become accustomed to the gloom</p><p></p><p>Sparhawk commands Faran to wait for him, then turns to Walter and Dierdre in the back of the cart. "Neighbours, it may be best if you come with us, for safety sake you understand, I am sure we wont be long but feel it in best interest if we stay together" he says to the escortees in the cart. “Im not going in there!” exclaims Deirdre. Walter sits up “We will wait here…we are not far from the road”</p><p></p><p>The Wizard Nosnibor whispers to Pussy "Mister Sparhawk is so lovely to his horse Pussy. He must be a really lovely chap. Anyone who likes Ponies must be nice. I like their wuffly noses, i like their cloppy feet. I like the way they look at you when you have something nice that they can eat."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tariff, post: 2871712, member: 18635"] [B]THE MINE[/B] Sparhawk dismounts replaces his lance and draws his sword ready "curiosity will get the better of us one day methinks" he says lightly "This looks more like it!" says Rizzit. Bibabobalobalos agrees with the kobold "A mine! Oh good, I'll be much more comfortable in there." He smiles. The party move closer to the Mine entrance. They see noone. All is quiet. There are mine cart tracks leading into the darkness. Bob, using his dwarven vision, sees that they bend round a corner, not far into the mine.. "Should we take the animals in to get them out of the weather?" he asks. "We can leave them under the trees for shelter.... i hope we wont be in there long enough to worry about them." Replies Limara. Beltain dismounts and ties Salix to the side of the wagon. He goes to draw his sword, sees the peace-bonding and refrains, then he follows Limara towards the cavern entrance. Limara unhooks her peacebonding, but draws no weapon. "Do we go in with light or do the darkvision people wanna check it first ?" Beltain turns to Bibabobalobalos "Well Master Dwarf, with your great racial knowledge of the subterranean can you tell us about the rock structure of this place, and what kind of precious metal or gems there are to be found in it?" Beltain colours "Um, Bibabob, forgive my ignorance of your race, but I assumed that you were a male of your kin, is that so....?" Limara takes a sudden interest in the floor just in front of her... so much so that it would appear that its made her take a rapid intake of breath. Beltain turns and looks at her, "What is it Princess?" he asks Limara mumbles "Its not really the done thing to ask a dwarf its gender..." Beltain turns to her in surprise "Is it not" then how do I adress Biba? Master Dwarf or Mistress Dwarf, surely it cannot be so much of a secret?", he turns to Bibabobalobalos and says "Your pardon if I caused offence, I am unfamiliar in the ways of dwarf-kind, please say that no offence has been taken for none was surely meant" Bibabobalobalos tugs at his beard "It's alright, Limara. I've been around humans for sometime and got used to their funny ways! In my experience it's only the Hearth Guards that grow their beards these days though many generations ago, before the Thunder Blessing, male and female dwarves both had beards. Don't mess with the Hearth Guards, big nasty brutes of women they are!" Bibabobalobalos examines the entrance to the mine. The dwarven rogue whistles. "Dwarven work!..Look at the craftmanship there!" "...its a hole in the rock" says Limara unimpressed. "But look at the shoring up, quality I tell you, quality!…"Dwarven quality mining here," He whistles again. "Let us just check whoever made these footprints are safe and well and then be on our way Princess" says Beltain. He turns to the dwarf again "Biba, do you want to lead the way into your ancestoral halls?" Beltain asks the dwarf "My lady" he nods to Limara "And I will accompany you as an honour guard if you wish" Bibabobalobalos tugs at his beard again, looking into the mine "It's procedural to register a mine with the Mining Council, at least, it is with the dwarves in Silverymoon. I'm sure that the dwarves in this area will have followed both custom and the law" "As if they had a choice with the knights about" he adds under his breath "You would have thought that the law would require this to be registered for tax reasons at least..." nods Limara. "Yes, most dwarves are law abiding." Says Bibabobalobalos. Though some of the ones that live very deep can be . ." pauses, "a bit funny," he finishes lamley. [B]ENTERING THE MINE[/B] Bibabobalobalos hears the drip drip of water, apart from that. it is quiet... He proceeds forward cautiously. The rest of the party stand ready at the entrance, waiting for a signal from Bob. Rizzit ties Beaker to the wagon then goes to the entrance of the mine. He waits for a second then enters, Limara tries to stop him, but the nimble kobold scuttles inside. "pfttt, dwarves are beginners at mining compared to kobolds" he says as he enters. The kobold gets out a potion and consumes it. An invisible but tangible field of force surrounds him. Outside Limara turns to Beltain "That stupid kobold is going to get someone killed with his selfish ill-considered actions...we should have him on a lead" she says to Beltain. "..I can hear him talking from here..." Beltain sighs "I think we may be needed soon, the dwarves may not appreciate a kobold visitor, particularly one who tells them that kobolds are better at mining" Coleridge turns to their wards "Well its a good job your not in a rush to get to Suzail Walter, by the time we've investigated every trail and hole we come across you could be an old man" quips the bard. Walter lays back in the wagon and lets out a large sigh. Coleridge looks into the mine. Bob and Rizzit are out of view. The bard turns to the others "I'm going to find out if they've found anything of significance, you guys stay with the wagon and the horses” He enters the mine. The Wizard Nosnibor peers in to the cave entrance with Pussy in his arms. "I say." He says quietly. "You chaps are awfully adventuresome. You simply can't leave a hole in the ground unexplored. I'm dreadfully impressed. My Uncle Nobby would've loved this sort of thing. He was always singing the praises of messing around in dark back passages." The Wizard Nosnibor delves into his own pack and brings out a large Icicle. Feng snorts "This had better be a goldmine. If I see lumps of Coal, I'm liable to become irritable". Feng crouches by the entrance, shield fronted, ready to charge in should he hear a cry of alarm. Inside, Coleridge retrieves a sunrod from his pack and bangs it on the wall to bring it to life. He sees Bob ahead of him, looking down a branch in the tunnel. "Hey Rizzit, Bob... you guys okay in here?" Coleridge calls out in what he believes to be sotto voce, but which in actual terms is more akin someone speaking quite loudly in a bad stage whisper Limara watches Coleridge enter, she hears him talking in the darkness, she smiles...then bursts out laughing,”. I guess we might as well go in then..." Beltain looks at Limara and nods and then takes a step into the mouth of the cavern, waiting inside in the darkness for his eyes to become accustomed to the gloom Sparhawk commands Faran to wait for him, then turns to Walter and Dierdre in the back of the cart. "Neighbours, it may be best if you come with us, for safety sake you understand, I am sure we wont be long but feel it in best interest if we stay together" he says to the escortees in the cart. “Im not going in there!” exclaims Deirdre. Walter sits up “We will wait here…we are not far from the road” The Wizard Nosnibor whispers to Pussy "Mister Sparhawk is so lovely to his horse Pussy. He must be a really lovely chap. Anyone who likes Ponies must be nice. I like their wuffly noses, i like their cloppy feet. I like the way they look at you when you have something nice that they can eat." [/QUOTE]
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