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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8107338" data-attributes="member: 7015827">After Jandrico departed for the inn’s common room, the three adventurers fell to discussing ways to mitigate a potential ambush. The general feeling was that the Scarlet Company was being misinformed by the Cormaerils about the past acts of Helm’s Shadows. Darrow recalled that during their previous meeting, the Scarlet Company’s rogue Slipster had mentioned a “nasty trick” performed by Helm’s Shadows, namely luring the previous House Cormaeril wizard out and killing him in an ambush. Then, just as Shanni was about to add something about the halfling, in walked Slipster himself.He breezily greeted them, saying he had heard they liked to hang out at the Gatereach, so he thought he would come by and check it out for himself. In reaction, Darrow glanced over his shoulder at the halfling and put a hand on his coin pouch, before carefully stating it was not a bad place for an ale. After a bit more banter with Darrow and Shanni – Aerikoth remained silent – Slipster claimed he just wanted to make sure things were all set for that night. Shanni grinned merrily and quipped that they were just deciding what to wear.The hin, on a more serious note, told them he thought the Scarlet Company might have found a way to resolve the tensions between them – as Juril had put it, he said. Darrow approved of the idea. Slipster said he thought they were all right as a group – so no reasons for tensions and such – and his company would still plan to show up a little after sundown at the Empty Fish. Shanni stated they were looking forward to it, mentioning she might even wear her new dress. She also managed to confirm that Juril would be there. The hin then turned to depart, saying he had to get some things done before they could all drink together.Just as Slipster was heading out the door, Aerikoth finally spoke, asking for a moment of time. The hin, a little nonplussed by the wizard’s late intervention, turned back and picked his teeth with a fingernail while Aerikoth questioned what he had meant by “tensions”, claiming that there was only a desire on their part to exchange information and clear up any misinformation received. In response Slipster commented he was sure, in that case, things would go swimmingly at the meeting. (For one used to the language and ways of rogues, Slipster's actions carry a double meaning, not necessarily concerned with calming tensions between the two companies. First, the fact that he just happened to come by Helm's Shadows' base of operations, demonstrating that he knew where it was - is that really a coincidence? Second, the halfling's reference to Juril's concerns about "tensions" - the exact same language used by the fighter in the private meeting with Shanni - would also have raised my guard. It might signify that the Scarlet Company member's bid to secretly warn Shanni off had been discovered, or perhaps was even planned deliberately from the start as a stratagem, in order to deprive Helm's Shadows of her presence in any confrontation. --R)After the halfling’s departure, Shanni bickered a while with Aerikoth – admittedly not an unusual occurrence. The petite rogue felt that the wizard’s words had only served to put the Scarlet Company more on notice that the meeting arrangements were suspect; she thought this raised the chances of them bringing additional allies. The wizard denied that this was the case, asserting that the supposed conflict was just wasted energy and thought on the part of everyone. Darrow for his part was copacetic about the upcoming meeting, believing that if the Scarlet Company wanted to bring friends, they would bring them regardless. He also pointed out that a tavern setting would mean a constricted fight, if it came to it, so it would be easy to find a choke point and hold it.</blockquote>

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