The Shackled City - Golarion Prelude

Y..y..y..yes....I've just made a mess of the pl *ack* ce....Come back tomorrow!

Keygan's shriller then usual voice sounds strained....
 

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Once inside the door, Val draws his rapier and moves to the side of the door into the back room. He murmurs a quick incantation, calling on the strength of Cayden Cailean to help protect him.

[sblock=OOC]Casting Shield of Faith.[/sblock]
 


Marcus and Val exchange knowing glances. With but a nod and a hand signal, Marcus draws his blade silently and draws back the curtain that seperates the storefront from the rest of the workshop.

The back room of Keygan’s locks appears to have once been a large kitchen. Some of the room appears to still be used for food preperation, but the vast majority of the floor space is filled with crates of ignots and other raw materials that Keygan uses for Locksmithing. A barred door at the back of the room leads to what you suspect is the alley behind the building. A hallway to your left leads to a stone spiral stair case that likely leads to the building’s living quarters.

Keygan is standing in the middle of the storeroom. He is standing very stiffly, almost on his toes and his face occasionally contorts into a grimace as you watch him. The gnome’s eyes stare directly at Marcus.

Please leave. *ack* There is nothing more I can tell you. I beg you, take your friends and go.

OOC: Currently, Marcus is the only person able to observe Keygan and the storeroom.
 

"Oh, I'm not here to ask questions about that. Like I said, business transaction. My uncle has been having trouble with thieves sneaking into his shop. Some even use magic to hide themselves from sight. Do you maybe have any devices capable of revealing them? Oh, and, while I'm here, could I borrow a bag of flour?" Marcus keeps a fairly genial tone as he speaks, despite the fairly brutal weapon resting in his hands.

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Flail, not blade, in my hands. ;)

And sorry for not posting sooner... Managed to get myself sick and had to wrap up a small show. Better now, though. :)

Trying to "Secret Message" with Bluff, regarding an invisible assailant. EDIT: And looks like I screwed it up. :p[/sblock]
 
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Nia quietly enters the shop in the wake of the warriors but does not get in view of the backroom immediately. Instead she listens to the proceedings and frowns. The charade continues even now?

You poor gnome...de odds of dis workin' out for you be slim, little hill-man.

She comes up next to Val and whispers, "Unless dis go bad right now, let me try to speak to de man before we rush all in."
 


F..f..f..flour? His lips curl up slightly in a grin. From your armor and vast array of weaponry I didn’t really take you as the homemaking type *ack*

Keygan’s sudden moment of humor is cut short as a grimace returns to his face.

Yes yes...left cabinet on the top shelf. Now please leave!

Keygan’s eyes go wide as Nia steps through the doorway.

No...no...no...no...WATCH OUT

But Keygan’s warning arrives too late.
 
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Suddenly, Val and Wilbur’s view of Nia is cut off by a gaunt humanoid silhouette. The figure steps behind her as she crosses the threshold into the kitchen. A long, flash of silver splits the doorway as the figure draws a wicked looking rapier from an unseen sheath.

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Keygan suddenly hurtles bodily across the storage room into some barrels at the back wall. Crates of ingots tumble over him, burying him amongst bars of raw metal.

Two pale eyes reveal themselves like the harvest moon, first appearing as white crescents and then revealing full milky white eyes. They seem to hover behind where Keygan once stood. A large Cheshire grin, full of white teeth reveals itself next. Only then, when the creature moves, do you see it against the background of the storage room. The creature draws a dirty rapier and assumes a combat stance.

Meddlers... Dark spittle flies from his mouth and stains the floor. Saves us from having to kill you in your sleep later I suppose.

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Marcus’s and Nia’s voice can be heard softly behind the heavy wooden door. Suddenly, a loud crash shudders the door in its frame, and echoes down the alley that Svexyn and Caytis currently stand guard in. Something is wrong....
 
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*Surprise Round*

Sneak Attack against nia



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