The Test of Time

[Scotley]

Rurrahr Litorian Unfettered

Rurrahr, always interested in new foods eagerly accepts Torob's offer. "I would be honored to dine with you and have a chance to get to know my new coworkers in service of the Diamond Throne." He turns back to Rianneth and Ou Rathlin. "You post no signs and bare no ensignia, are we to assume our new positions are secret?"

 

[Elocin]

Soen Morrowsong

Torob smiles, bows his head, and makes toward the exit, asking of those around him, "Would anyone care for a meal and conversation? I'll treat." Alone or with others from the group, Torob will make his way back to the market, enjoy a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables (or share them with a new companion), return to the high temple, sleep, and be ready to depart in the morning.

Turning and responding with a mischievous look in my eye, "Why thank you Torob I think that is a grand idea as we are about to set off on what is probably a quest that will kill us all in unimaginable ways, I would like to know more about the ones I am going to die next to."

 

[Lobo Lurker]

"Yes. Sure. So long as you pay." K'trinaxes grins and follows the others to the market.

 

[ender_wiggin]

Milton Redhelm, Human Warmain 1

"Kill us?" says Milton, flexing his biceps. "I think not. Although I'm not opposed with talking tonight."

 

[Erekose13]

Rurrahr... turns back to Rianneth and Ou Rathlin. "You post no signs and bare no ensignia, are we to assume our new positions are secret?"

"Indeed while the Family of the Diamond Throne has a public face, our work in counter espionage is not something publicly acknowledged. Your work will not be generally known and we would like to keep your involvement secret." replies Ou Rathlin.

Outside things in Navael seem to have returned to normal, or atleast as normal as the middle of a Remembrance festival can be. Many have returned to the market, though people are giving the blood stain a wide berth. Most people seem to ignore you as you make your way around food stalls looking for a tavern or something. It is still early in the day so there is time to get to know one another before you have to meet the next day.

[occ: enjoy the festival, I will move things along tomorrow]

 

[Eonthar]

Elrion Kyrik - Human Mage Blade

Seeing as he is not allowed to tell anybody of his new mission, will go with the rest of the group - to find out who he will be risking his life with.

He will simply tell his mentor that he must leave for an adventure and that he will be back - if he can.

 

[Scotley]

Rurrahr Litorian Unfettered

Despite his size and strange feline appearance, Rurrahr proves and affable and amusing companion. He tells a few stories of his life on the plains and more recent work as a guard or courier. He usually adds a humorous angle to the tales. He seems to enjoy the market and samples food at several stalls delighting in each new taste. If anything he seems to find the ones he doesn't like more amusing than the ones he does. He asks the others about their own lives in a casual way using open ended questions that don't require too personal an answer if anyone is reluctant. Even though he seems a distracted tourist the more observant among you notice that his eyes miss little and his ears twitch a bit at any strange sound in his environment. Rurrahr is a hunter and warrior, both quick and strong armed with an array of weapons you suspect he can use with skill.

 

[Eonthar]

Elrion Kyrik - Human Mage Blade

Elrion is a likeable young human man. He likes to tell jokes and stories, although his repertoire is very limited - most of them having to do with his life in the Academy, or stories that fellow students told him. Having never left Navael in his life, he listens intently to any stories about other places - imagining what the journey will be starting in the morning will be like.

Elrion makes sure to enjoy himself and learn as much about the others as possible.

 

[ender_wiggin]

"I'm not from here," Milton tells the others. In truth, however, he had no idea where he was from. In all regards he very well could have been born where he was standing. But he had to have some plausible explanation for why he had no working knowledge of the politics of the land.

Having no connections and no obligations, Milton finds it easy to allow himself the freedom of joining this crew. Secret or not, it had the promise of pay, and he couldn't very well ask for more.

 

[Zoatebix]

Shi-Torob is initially shocked at the response, and then visibly excited. "I was only expecting one or maybe two to take me up on my offer - this is great!"

Despite the presence of another local in the group, Shi takes charge picking out his favorite local produce to share with the others. He picks up a rack of goat and some poultry after a few surreptitious glances at Rurrahr. He insists on eating in a public park before heading to a tavern to talk. There, he takes a winter blanket from his pack and lays it on the ground as a place to sit and serve food. The divides the fare into five portions and takes one of the portions to the side of the blanket. He further divides that portion in two equal parts. Near the edge of the blanket where the two half servings are, he builds a small fire of twigs and places five gold coins under the tent of wood.

"Would anyone care to partake in the Ritual of Shared Repast, to celebrate our new partnership and our shared quest?"

Ooh ooh! I figure with festival-time markups, it'll be about 4sp a person for just one meal (5sp is usually worth 1 day of good meals). I pick up enough food for 5 meals.
I'm doing this ritual:
"You share a meal with an ally or friend and in doins so turn a small amount of food into enough to feed you both.
Components: Food and drink for one meal, sacrificial coins or goods worth 5gp
Actions (1 minute): Split the food and drink into two equal sahres. Take the sacrificial offerings and burn them in the fire used to cook the meal or to provide light and warmth during the meal.
Effects: If you have a one-day supply of nonmagical food and drink, this ritual produces enough to last two people for one day. You can use this ritual only once per day, and you cannot use it multiple time to transform one day's worth of food into an eight-day supply. You cannot store the food for later use. You and the person who took part in the ritual must eat it during the course of the day."

The components and the effects line don't seem to match up. One says "one meal" and the other says "a one-day supply". I think the intent is to make one meal's worth of food be enoughto nourish two people for a day. Sound good?

All told, I'm down to 10Ggp, 7sp more or less, depending on GM ruling.