Before the party leaves, Madame Brie says to Lydia, “Wait just one moment, I want to have a word with Alicia.” She takes the half-ogre aside, and says “Now, Alicia. It just occurred to me… while that man over there”, pointing to Gwyn, “was out killing people he shouldn’t, you were with him. Which means the authorities might want to talk to you about it, and might come here to look for you, and we don’t need that. So whatever this party decides to do, I think it’s best if you go with them, just for a little while. Until the nasty guards don’t care any more. You need to do this for me, Alicia.” Brie pats the half-ogre’s knee, since that’s about all she can reach with the four to one size difference.
[OOC I’m assuming Alicia agrees to go. If not, I’ll edit]
As Brie talks with Alicia, a number of the girls come down, including Loni and Valasia, carrying buckets, mops, sacks, and other cleaning supplies. No one really looks anxious to get started. Loni looks around, first to Accalon and then to the group, and says “I guess you’d want to know; that girl that was tied up, Felari was her name, right? She wasn’t very happy when I let her go, although she was calm. She left by the back door, I think.” Valasia, looking ashamed towards Brie, is the first to start picking up bits of leftover archon and putting them in a sack.
Brie says to the party, “You need to take Alicia with you. Better to not have any witnesses to whatever crap you pulled tonight staying here. You can bring her back a bit later. I’ll check with the one who owes me, and if he’s got a good job for you, you can bring her back after that. I’ll know by tomorrow, so I’ll tell you then.“ Turning back to Alicia a final time, she says, “Don’t let them get you in too much trouble. If you get really hurt, don’t be afraid to run away and come back here.”
The party, for the most part at least, leaves Brie’s to a bright sunny morning, although Loni looks to Accalon to see what his plans are.
[Everyone at this point is free to do their own thing, or make plans, or whatever each PC wants to do. BTW, I wasn’t 100% sure if ‘ruins sound like a far prospect for a good night's sleep than the best inn’ meant you were wanting to head for the ruins or the inn. But the ruins location Aligor has a map to is 5 days travel away.]