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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazarus Long" data-source="post: 94429" data-attributes="member: 1800">Out of the frying pan, into the bountyhunters (session 3)quick game tonight- we started a bit late.________________________________The game starts with Jogdush,Jander and Artemesia arriving in Tear; Hanna had been too long in the cities and wanted some quality time with the wilderness (her player couldn't make it to the game).In some strange, Aes Sedai way, Artemesia is tracked down by a full Sister and hauled back to Tar Valon, her ears ringing with the tongue-lashing she receives.  She's in trouble, it looks.And so are the boys.  Jander realizes that he's wanted now in both Tear and Illian (though he won't say why), and suggests that they hang out with his cousin, Elana (el-en-a), a local Healer.The ties of blood are strong with Jander's clan, as Elana let's Jander and a perfect stranger stay at her house.  She's pretty suspicious of her cousin's status as a law-abiding and productive member of society, and bullies Jogdush into telling her if Jander's been up to something.  In all truthfulness, Jogdush says he's never seen Jander break the law, and then tells her that he has his supicions.Jander tells them that he hass to meet "his guy" in two days, and intends on spending those two days eating and drinking as much as he can.  Jogdush takes this opportunity to gather some information- he want's to get a feeling for the climate in the city and shake out any loose rumors that are floating around.The only thing that he finds out is that Illian may be calling for the Great Hunt (old news), and that the recently-murdered Prophet of the Dragon's people have been dispersed (sp?) from the city.As he's walking back to Elana's home he sees a mother telling her brat of a kid that if she doesn't behave, the Forsaken will get her.  The mother sees Jogdush and winks, as if saying "kids!"Two days pass, and Jander invites Jogdush and Elana to come with him to meet his guy.  Naturally, they agree, and mor enaturally, Jander leads them to a brothel.  Elana pokes a lot of fun and Jander, asking why he has to pay for it, while Jogdush jumps in on the fun.  Jander ignores them stoicly.In the brothel Jander offers to rolls some dice against his cousin for the price of a round, and smiles when she has to fork out the cash.  They wait for a couple of hours before Jander's contact walks in- a Noble, who jerks his head towards one of the bedrooms.  Jander get's up and they go into the room.  At this point Elana and Jogdush exchange information and opinion about Jander.... which isn't that stellar <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.Fifteen minutes later, the Noble comes out of the room followed by a very sweaty Jander.  He walks over to the others and offers to spring for a fancy dinner for Elana.  He also passses a bag of money to Jogdush and says that's his friends' cut, divding it up is Jogdush's concern.After stopping off at Elena's house to spruce up (Elana in a courtier's outfit, Jander in his regular clothes, and Jogdush in his armour- though polished up), they head off to the best inn in the city.Of course, they're ambushed along the way.  As they're walking by a two-story house, a net is flung at Jander, entangling him and dropping him to the ground.  Following the net is a rather stinky, rather dull-lloking man with a quarterstaff, who offers to let them go as he's onl after the one-eyed man.Jogdush, reaching down inside himself for a reserve of dishonesty, actually bluffs the guy into believing that Jander is really "Steve."   the bountyhunter looks confused and atarts to argue, saying that this is the guy that the "Lord" described to him.  Jogdush still is able to blush their way out of this, and the bountyhunter let's Jander leave.They quickly head back to Elana's house.  Along the way, Jander admits that he's in trouble (duh!) both in Illian and Tear.  He won't say anymore until Elana bullies him into telling all.  It tuns out, Jander is exchanging love-gifts between the woman and the man that they saw at both brothels.  They're in love and pressured Jander into acting as their messenger.  And what were the gifts?  Just priceless family heirlooms!The enormity of the trouble that Jander is in hits them just half a second before the trouble they're in for associating with him hits them.Jander proposes the best plan- run for it.  He says that Caemlyn is beautiful this time of year.  Jogdush and Elana just get pissed; she saying she has to get home to pack her stuff.  Jander tries to talk her out of it (have yo ever seen any man successfully talk a woman out of something in the WoT?  Not going to happen!), but she "convinces" him that she needs her stuff.While Elana is packing, a loud pounding hits her front door.  Jogdush, Jander and the finished-packing Elana rush for the back door- until Jogdush says, jokingly, "wouldn't this be the perfect way to lead us into an ambush at the back door?"Everyone immediately turns to one of the side windows, the one that opens into an alley.  As they're climbing out, one of the spotters sees them and shouts.Jander immdiately starts giggling and rushes the guy.  Elana and Jogdush start shooting their crosbow and bow at the spotter and he goes down.  But, the two people at the back door, and the three people at the front appear at their respective ends of the alley.Elana stops what she's doing and looks like she's concentrating.  As one of the ambushers try to charge into combat he's stopped dead in his tracks by something- he can't get into the area around Elana.He turns pale.  He starts screaming about witches and runs off into the night.Elana, with visions of being burned at the stake, leads the men through the city (and pass a very stinky man with a net and a quarterstaff that was heading in their direction) to the docks.Elana is able to bully/bribe a captain of a ship to let them hide.  Safe in the hold of a riverboat, they decide what theyshoud do next.  Jander announces that the dinner he owes his cousin is now balanced by the steep bribe he had to pay the captian.  Elana get's very angry and says that Jander just cost her her house and her trade.  Jander stops and thinks for a second and says "Ok- dinner it is!"Tempted to go upriver to the borderlands (Jogdush want's to show Elana the "mytical" trollocs), Jogdush realizes that Hanna is going to be walking into a crapstorm ("Hi, I'm Hanna, have you seen Jander, Jogdush, and Artemesia?" "Oh, you mean: the thief, the thief's friend, the Aes Sedai and the other witch?  Come with me.")They decide to hide out in the woods, hoping they find Hanna before she's found by the Authorities in Tear.That's where we stopped.</blockquote>

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