Warriors Of The Coast

[DEFCON 1]

"He is not a normal bird. He is as intelligent as an old kids, and that's just because he just awake to our world. It is not me you'll have to ask, but to him."

Jina looks at Griot, who looks back at her. He then leans forward to present his head to her, and the elf girl eagerly reaches out and runs her hand over her feathers. "Oh... they are so soft, and pretty. You are a good bird, aren't you, Griot?" The hawk bobs his head and Jango can tell he is happy with the attention.

"The night have been long. I'll present Griot to mother and then I'll take some rest. It would be useless to continue studying in that state. But before going. I know you have asked mother to take charge of my study, but with the Inn, I think you are more punishing her then trying to put some wisdom in my head through hard larbor. I think Zan was willing to take me as his apprentice. You might speak with him to make sure he would agree, that would leave mother some time to take care of the Inn."

Watchmaster Silversun thinks for a moment, then gives a short laugh. "Perhaps you are right. The last thing I want is to have your mother in a bad mood every day when I get home. Let me think on this and we'll let you know of our decision. For now, go home, see Mother, then get some sleep."

Jango nods and leaves the militia compound. He walks through the town heading back to the Green Lilac, and on occasion Griot takes wing to do some quick sightseeing before returning to his master's shoulder. Jango enters the door to the tavern part of the Lilac, and sees his mother with the other waitstaff cleaning up the breakfast rush.

 

[DEFCON 1]

A second or two after he knocks on the door, Ari Osten hears a muffled and gruff voice from inside shout "What is it now, you pains in my ass?!? Come on, come on! Get in here! Don't stand out there all day!"

As Ari opens the door and enters the office, he sees what he presumes to be Jonas d'Deneith... standing behind a very tall table that is covered in paperwork. What is most surprising about Master d'Deneith is that he wears a complete set of full plate armor, including a full-faced helmet that he keeps the visor down on. Ari sees a pair of bloodshot eyes staring out from within the helm, and also sees the man trying to use a feather quill while wearing a pair steel gauntlets. The hexer takes a few steps inside, then he hears a spitting sound and a bit of chewing tobacco come flying out of the helm and splatter across some of the papers on the high table. There is no chair here, as aparently Jonas doesn't (or can't) sit down.

"What is it now, you lubbock? Can't you see I'm busy! Come on, come on! Out with it! What do you want?!?"

 

[stonegod]

"What is it now, you lubbock? Can't you see I'm busy! Come on, come on! Out with it! What do you want?!?"

Ari arches an eyebrow, amused by the man if nothing else. "I'm Ari Osten, monster hunter for hire. I believe you have a job suitable for my forte---supposed lynchantropes. I want more details."

 

[DEFCON 1]

"I'm Ari Osten, monster hunter for hire. I believe you have a job suitable for my forte---supposed lynchantropes. I want more details."

The man begins to chuckle, which turns immediately into a full on coughing fit. And on every hack, bits of chew fly out from the mouthguard and drool down the front of the helm. He wheezes and sneezes for a good twenty seconds or so... placing his hands flat on the table to steady himself... and when he finally calms down he looks back up at Ari.

"'Ere. You want the lycan job? You got it, you pantywaist. First one to claim it since it was put up four days ago. No one wants to work for the flamin' Flamers, myself included. Guy who put the job in was a real donkey, if you get what I'm saying."

He starts rustling through the papers on the desk, and finally pulls out a stained and crumpled sheet, which he slides across to Ari.

"Werebeasts are roaming the jungle forests north of Newthrone... or so this Elder Nevillom says. Claims the creatures have been spotted by travellers coming south from Whitecliff on boats. Running through the woods and such. This is a holy crusade to rid the world again of the "foul demons"... or some such crap. Didn't really pay much attention once he called me a drunken slob." He chuckles again, which of course generates a new coughing fit. "Ugh. Anyway... two hundred up front, another eight upon completion. And don't try bargaining with me... these are his numbers, not mine. You take the job, maybe you can convince this Nevillom bleeder to loosen his purse."

 

[stonegod]

Ari raises his eyebrows to the man's comments, but says nothing. He knew people he had ways with words---this wasn't one of them.

The monster hunter takes up the paper and rubs his chin. "1000 for a romp in the forrest. Better than guard duty. I'll take it."

Assuming there wasn't anymore from the tin can, Ari picks up Onyx outside the establishment makes his way to the Cannith outfit he saw before. He had quite a bit of coin burning there way through his pocket, and it needed to be spent.

 

[drothgery]

"For just the armor, we'll go to 1100 gold. However, if you go next door to the Cannith trinket shop and purchase an item of worth there... we'll go down to 1000 for the armor. There are many magical items of some worth there that you might find interesting."

"I'm afraid the armor will be my only major purchase here; Father doesn't seem inclined to give me an allowance that would cover enchanted equipment, so anything I spend on it, I have to earn on my own. And right now, well, my personal funds have some real constraints." She said. "So 1100 it is."

 

[DEFCON 1]

"And right now, well, my personal funds have some real constraints. So 1100 it is."

The girl nods and has Khalia sign some parchments. Payment would be in full upon claiming the item the next day. The noblewoman nods and leaves the blacksmith.

She spends the next half hour wandering the city, deciding on the best place to buy or scribe some new divine scrolls. She discovers that there is only one temple to the Flame here in the city (and she knows that if she goes there, Nevillom will probably pull her right into meetings or some such and thus she wouldn't get much work done). She does find several temples dedicated to the Host however... two large ones to the pantheon as a whole, as well as individual ones to Aureon, Balinor, and Dol Arrah. Upon her inspection, she suspects that the temple to Aureon might be her best bet, as she is an archivist and scribe herself. Thus they might be the most ameniable to assisting her, even if she does worship the Flame.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Ari and Jonas both sign off on the contract, and the armored fool ushers Ari out of his office. He leaves quietly, picks up Onyx, and heads back the way he came. After several minutes of walking he comes upon the large Fabricator's Guild buildings. On the left is the forge and blacksmith, while on the right is a trinket and curio shop. As these are both House Cannith establishments, Ari knows that the quality of items (both magical and non) will be high.

As he stands outside, he hears the clanging of hammer against metal coming from within the smith, while to the right he sees several people walking in and out of the door to the curio shop. All of them look pleased with their purchases.

 

[stonegod]

Ari makes his way into the trinket shot. Looking over the items for a moment, he makes a beeline for one of the attendants. "You there. I have some purchases I'd like to make. Both here and next door. Can we arrange that?"

OOC: Looking for a vest of resistance +1 (1000 gp), amulet of natural armor +1 (2000 gp), a potion bracer (100 gp), and two vails of silversheen for the trip (500 gp). He'd also like to get some mwk armor spike for his new chain shirt, perferrably out of cold iron, for another 400 gp and a grand total of 4000 gp.

Edit: Assuming base-line prices.

 

[drothgery]

Upon her inspection, she suspects that the temple to Aureon might be her best bet, as she is an archivist and scribe herself. Thus they might be the most ameniable to assisting her, even if she does worship the Flame.

Considering this, she decides to pay the temple to Aureon a visit.