To the noble BORN 6/9/08 (finished)

[Evilhalfling]

The unconscious man is young and thin, with skin already weathered. His armor and clothes are ragged, with a belt made of long strands, apparently from a hemp rope. After a while he groans and opens his eyes.
"I’m in the soup for sure, this was such a bad idea. I can’t believe we all followed dead-eye Tom out here.”
He sits up and begins to talk faster:
"Look, we aren’t really bandits, or at least I’m not. Just a man down on his luck. I made a bad farmer, cause I wanted to try new things. My brother got the farm instead. No crafter would take me, and the lords were not at war. So what else was I to do? I thought I could get a little practice from this job, and maybe some better equipment then I could...”
He falls silent, reflecting for a moment then grins.

"What can I do for you?”

 

[Dekana]

Lily pities the man, but decides to keep silent. After all, she thinks, interrogating a prisoner is likely a job for someone who can instill fear and command respect... that is, one of the tall folk wearing shiny armor and wielding huge swords...

In the meantime, the halfling girl puts away her bow and lays claim to two of the bandits' arrows, to replace hers lost in the fight.

 

[Fenris]

Kerin dismounts from Swift, cleans his sword and sheaths it. He steps over to the prisoner. "You may first start by telling us your name. You may continue with how dead-eye Tom found you and how he knew of our travel."

 

[knight_isa]

Rayburn (v2)

Rayburn finds a comfortable spot and sits back and relax. He watches the interrogation, but says nothing.

 

[Evilhalfling]

"I’m Jonathan Keef, at your service. Dead-eye Tom gets tells us that there is a group of easy targets coming this way, loaded down with treasure. Also he said there would be more profit if you were taken alive. So you see we weren’t even trying to kill you. Except dead-eye can carry a grudge, he didn’t get away did he? He is a pretty good tracker. He is really the one you need to talk to, cause I don’t that much about the guy that gave him the tip. "

 

[WarShrike]

"Arrows and spears. Yes, i see now how concerned you were for our safe capture." says Xaros, doing his best to dress his wounds and staunch the blood flow. "Perhaps we should tie a rope around your neck and drag you back to the last village we came across. That would show comparable consideration, don't you think? If you survive, then you can look forward to a lifetime in a filthy jail cell. Well, let's see what we can get out of dead-eye, if he still lives."

 

[knight_isa]

Rayburn (v2)

"I'm no expert," says Rayburn, "but dead-eye Tom looked rather dead to me when I collected the spoils."

OOC: Tracking treasure in OOC thread

 

[Fenris]

"I'm no expert," says Rayburn, "but dead-eye Tom looked rather dead to me when I collected the spoils."

OOC: Tracking treasure in OOC thread

"Indeed Swift caved his skull in. Old Dead eye insisted on firing arrows at Xaros and that had to stop. So farmer Keef, tell us what you can of the man who gave Tom the tip and them you may weigh in on your judgement." says Kerin.

 

[Evilhalfling]

Keefer’s grin fades at Xaros’ threats, but he starts to look more relieved by the words of his companions.
“That’s the way I figure it Sir, I do what I can to help you out of the jam your in and you do the same for me. Well dead-eye Tom probably would have lied to you anyway, he knew he had nothing but a noose waiting for him. Dead-eye got the tip from a big guy, with jet black hair and a eye-patch on his left eye. He wore new black clothes with gloves, and carried a thin sword. Dead-eye and one-eye we called them. They was thick as well, thieves, for a few days, and Deadeye was spending money pretty freely after the guy left. The two of them recruited a bunch us guys who was at loose ends as spear carriers."

"Oh hey, there may be other people out looking for you, thinking your easy marks. If you leave me alive I can pass the word that you are not to be trifled with. A little mercy to a guy who is down on his luck and made some bad choices would only help your reputation. With no witnesses, there would be no credit. I could also keep an eye out for One-eye and let you know if he is about, should you come this way again."

 

[Dekana]

Lily

"Where's the last place you saw this One-eye?" says Lily, pacing around the scene of the battle. "And you won't be the only witness; some of your friends here are unconscious, but they'll leave this place alive."