[Vile] Puppy Kicking PCs at Work

[Cepter]

Sunedilar al Hazir Human/Male Fighter

"There is more to this than youy are telling us. Even as inept as your servants are, surely they could deal with this without alerting the authorities. You are theives, after all., and you have not specified that he should remain alive."

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Gwyn will back up Alicia's attack on Jeleneth with his own truncheon attack, unless the whore falls before he reaches her. He then snarls to the uncharmed whore (Loni, but he doesn't know her name) "Keep these ones from getting themselves into trouble. We have a wizard to kill."

 

[Telsar]

Alicia runs up to Jeleneth, and punches her in the stomach, knocking the wind, and consciousness, out of her. As Gwyn spits out his command at Loni, she is trying to wake Miri up, lightly shaking her. She looks at Gwyn, upset, and says “You didn’t have to do it this way, did you? Were their minds controlled? Did they attack you? They aren’t even carrying weapons! Next time you want to beat up some of us girls, pay Brie instead of taking her money.” Then she adds, “And I.. .I’m not sure he’s a wizard. He’s something else. Looks like a warrior, but… well, hurry, Ac… I mean, Madame Brie needs you.”

[Alicia rolled 12+7=AC 19, hit. Damage rolled 3+6=9 non-lethal.]


In the alley near the Hearthgate, Hectaras says to Sunedilar, “More to it? Well, there might be. Look, like I said, I don’t buy this halfling’s act, so he’s either running a scam or working for someone. If he’s working for someone, well, I wouldn’t mind knowing who. Not that I think you guys could find out, your not sneaky enough, but you might manage to get my pendant back. And I didn’t specify one way or the other on keeping him alive. I’m not hiring you to assassinate him, but if that’s what you want to do, be my guest.” Sunedilar gets the feeling that Hex is at least partially lying, hard to tell about what. Alev on the other hand can tell by the blond man’s inflections, that he’s not really all that concerned about getting this pendant back. Hex says, “Well, if you want to negotiate, let’s get on with it. But 50 gold each, to beat up an old demented halfling, and that’s probably all he is, sounds like a good day’s wages to me.”

[Sunedilar rolled Sense Motive 17. Alev rolled Sense Motive 18+2=20. Aligor rolled low]

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Aligor Thunderaxe Male Dwarf Fighter/Barbarian

Once Sunedilar releases Leeza’s neck, she rubs it, then looks upset at the blood on her hands. “You could have killed me, you great big lummox!” Hex says to her “Calm down, Leeza. Everything will be alright now.” He motions to his men, some little hand gesture that they apparently understand, and all the men, all the ones visible that is, lower their weapons and point them to the ground.

Hex says, “They don’t need to drop them… and you don’t need to drop yours. We’re all civilized here, no? Now, what I can use you for. I said ‘enemies’, earlier, but really there’s just one individual I’d like you to rough up for me right now. If you do a good job, maybe you can cross paths with everyone who’s crossed me. Anyway, this one person, an old halfling, I think he stole a pendant from one of my men. He acts like he’s demented, and homeless, and wanders the street playing a flute for spare coins. Not sure I believe that act, but if I send one of my men, and it winds up he’s a spy for the crown, it’ll get traced back to me. But you? I’m sure you could pull off that you just don’t like him, you know, with all that natural aggressiveness you have, beat him up, search him for my pendant, and bring it back to me.”

“Doesn’t sound too difficult, does it? Chances are he's just what he seems, and if not, I'm sure you can silence him so it doesn't matter. And I’ll give you at least 50 gold a piece just to go, another 200 each if you recover the pendant.” Aligor hears something familiar in what Hex just said, ‘give you at least 50 gold’, similar to, but not necessarily connected with, the words he found written on a map. [Note the map was first mentioned in post 209 , with significant info about one place on the map in post 249 and beyond]

Hectaras finishes with “So, think you can handle it?”

"Ya mean ta tell me that a Halfling stole a pendant off yer men? Yer thieve's fer cryin out loud! I don't see this as the truth! What is this halfling and what is this pendant? 'At least 50 Gold?' Is that how much you pay yer guys for jobs? No wonder yer staff is so poorly trained." He thinks to himself...I am sure you could hire someone else fer this job...possibly an .... assassin.

Aligor thinks a little on this. "50 gold and 200 upon completion...that's a little low, even fer us. Make it 100 up front, and when I see the pendant, we can talk about the rest. We would need to be compensated at a fair price, if it's that much value to you. But mark my words, if this is some kinda trap, then I would hate to be you when we deal with it!"

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Gwyn returns to Madame Brie's by the swiftest route possible. When he reaches the brothel, he will listen outside the doors and windows, in an attempt to locate the interloper, whatever he is.

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

T'aria watches Jeleneth drop, then sheathes her rapier and dagger. She glances over to where Loni is attempting to wake up one of the fallen girls and sneers. Smart, girl, wake her up and she'll run off again.

"Loni, dear girl.... watch these two. Do not let them get away again." She eyes the girl for a moment longer, trying to determine how likely she is to follow orders. "And I think it is best if you do not awaken them. They aren't the people you once knew, and they will try to trick you."

With that, she will travel to Brie's with all possible speed.

[OOC: Sense Motive and Bluff, then full movement back to Brie's.]

 

[Telsar]

Loni looks at T'aria for a second, then says "I'll... try to not let them get away. For Brie, and for them... not for you." Loni looks around, then heads towards an empty clothesline in someone's yard, and starts trying to untie it.
It's hard for T'aria to be sure, but the whore seems sincere.

[T'aria rolled low on Sense Motive]


In the alley, Hex gets a bit frustrated, "The halfling's just some frail old halfling, and the pendant is just some old pendant, dwarf." Then he says "Alright, 100 each sounds fair. And I'm not setting any trap. Don't need to. It's not like you guys are the kings of stealth... I can find you if I need you." He pulls out a pouch, counts the coins in it, saying "There's 30 platinum here. The old geezer always starts playing his flute in the old market square, at high sun. Not sure where he is before that. Like I said, he acts homeless." He throws the pouch at Aligor's feet. "Now, we're just going to go on our way, and you can do the same. Just be sure to take care of this little job I'm paying you for." [Note- it's still very early morning. Probably 4-5 hours 'til highsun (noon)]

 

[Guilt Puppy]

Alev stands abruptly, apparently tired of listening to this deal.

"Alright, now. You've both suitably demonstrated the voluminous nature of your genitals, I believe, and I think it's clear that you won't interfere in our business, and that we won't interfere in yours. So, if we're not going to have that bloodbath -- I'm still quite open to that, you know -- but if we're not, I'd rather just be back on my way. Honestly, it's not even worth fifty gold to listen to the words, 'I'll pay you fifty gold.' So while I'll be sure to pass along that pendant should it ever fall into my hands, I'm not about to make it my life's work searching for it."

With that he begins to walk away, limping slightly, yet still strangely graceful.

"Oh," he adds, turning. "And you really should do something about her throat. The chain marks help, but they're really just not enough."

(erp, looks like you beat me to the post, Telsar -- think one of us should edit, and if so, which?)

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

"Well our contract just changed. I talked to Brie. She wants him dead. It's very simple, and we're getting a bonus. Now get ready because this will not be a walk in the park," Lydia says, putting her hands on Aeweth's shoulders and looking her in the eyes. "You have to be strong, Aeweth."

Rhesa wishes she hadn't choosen such a wimbly persona for her cover. She itches to be biting and sarcastic in her response, but settles for rolling her eyes in a vaguely superior manner. "It's not about being strong, Lydia, it's about mathematics. There're only three of us against an angry bringer of divine vengance from the heavens." Aeweth frowns, and Rhesa thinks hard about what she knows about hound archons. Exactly... nothing. Right, time to make some educated guesses. "And he's probably more than that, too," continues Aeweth. Aeweth really, really doesn't want to go toe-to-toe with this thing, and neither does Rhesa. She's still trying to process this whole Ezuvial-is-an-angel thing, but her desire to kill an avatar of pure goodness is limited, even if he is a pompous ass. Aeweth hesitates for a moment, and then cautiously reveals her ignorance. "Hound Archons... don't cast spells, right? The way, uh, mortals do? 'Cause I was there when he tried to charm one of them, and he, you know..." she waves her arms about as if casting a spell. "Can Archons do that?"

Rhesa's guessing they can't. She doesn't know a whole lot about the little details of magic, but she does know that she can't cast any spells to persuade people, and wizards can. She also knows that messing with people's minds directly isn't an inherently good thing to do, although come to think of it it fits the "I know what's good for you" modus operandi of those righteous pricks... in any case, she's guessing that Ezuvial is still more than he appears, even after he turned out to be more than he appeared.

 

[Telsar]

While Accalon, Lydia, Aeweth, and Algernon [BTW, did anyone actually free him?] confer on what to do next, and Lydia finishes donning her armor, they hear another commotion downstairs. Perhaps Ezuvial has finally located Madame Brie? The commotion this time isn't quite as loud, apparently no furniture being broken or thrown, although Lydia thinks she hears the metallic clang of swords met in battle.

[Lydia rolled default Listen 18+2=20]