Start of #Sharn buffer: Thu Apr 19 21:05:48 2007 [17:15:57] [Mari has started the day late in the morning, and headed out to find Aun. However, there was no answer at Aun's appartment.] [17:16:01] [Session Start] [17:17:40] * Sev (~crazysapi@ip24-252-34-39.om.om.cox.net) has joined #Sharn [17:18:45] [There is still no answer at Aun's appartment, no matter how long she stares at the door.] [17:22:42] * Marianysa sighs, and goes to find a skycab. Maybe Aun's at work. [17:24:37] [A short cabride later, Mari is dropped off at the closest skycab dock to the offices of the Sharn Inquistive. As she walks into the entryway and up to the service counter, she can hear muffled ranting of a old human man behind one of the doors.] [17:27:26] * Marianysa pays no mind to the ranting and asks the secretary or whoever "Hi, I'm looking for a reporter named Aun who works here...is she in?" [17:28:40] [A half-elf at the counter nods.] "Sure is. She's currently getting an earfull." [17:30:28] [He nods his head toward one of the chairs by the door.] "You're welcome to wait for her until ol' Grannison is done." [17:31:35] * Marianysa blinks, glancing towards the door, then back. "Oh, thank you. I'll wait." [17:33:42] [Inside the office, Aun stands in front of a large desk, her editor sitting beside it and flipping through her latest story.] [17:33:44] * NovaSeaker is now known as Mort_Grannison [17:34:28] "Crap, I give you some chump change for hazard pay and you take it as a liscence to get mixed up with Daask! It wasn't an invitation, kid!" [17:36:37] * Aun nods. "I understand that, sir, but isn't it our mission to give the public the best news we can find?" [17:40:29] "Well it's not a bad story, kid. But for the amount of danger involve it's not great." [17:41:13] "You got the facts straight but your style is sloppy. It's got no punch!" [17:41:36] "I'll see if I can manage to get it into print." [17:41:53] "Now get out of here I got real journalists to yell at." [17:42:50] * Aun nods. "I appreciate it, sir. I'll work on the punch for the next story." She backs out of the office quickly, and gets to heading back to her desk when she sees Mari. "Oh! Hello, Mari." [17:43:19] Hi! [17:43:29] * Marianysa lowers her voice. "Is he always like that?" [17:43:49] * Mort_Grannison is now known as NovaSeaker [17:44:18] * RustAngel (~tyler.him@ip-116-200.atvci.net) has joined #sharn [17:45:58] Like what? [17:46:20] * Aun grabs Mari's arm and pulls her away from the door. "Yes. Yes he is." [17:46:50] Oops. Sorry. [17:46:55] * Marianysa grins sheepishly. [17:47:11] * RustAngel is now known as Phanos [17:53:33] * Aun (~CharlesHB@c-75-69-186-47.hsd1.nh.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [18:02:20] * Charles (~CharlesHB@12.6.239.20) has joined #Sharn [18:02:26] * Charles is now known as Aun [18:08:03] D'you have an office where we can talk, or should we go outside? [18:10:44] Nope, just a desk. Let's go outside. [18:11:33] * Marianysa nods. "Okay." [18:11:44] You know, that was actually pretty nice for Mort. He said it wasn't bad, and that I got the facts straight, and I don't think I've heard that since I wrote the piece on how fantastic he is. [18:11:54] [The offices of the Sharn Inquisitive open up to a large broadway-balcony lining the outside of the upper menthis tower.] [18:12:13] * Marianysa snickers. [18:14:52] So...what do we do now? [18:16:36] Well, there's a couple options. We could check in on the others, or we could check into that weapon's mark we found. I'm leaning towards the former, but I'm itching to find the deal with the weapon, too. The longer we wait, the cooler the trail gets [18:20:03] Well, I think we should see how the other guys are doing, but I'm not sure what we can do to help. [18:22:23] * Aun nods. [18:22:44] Oh! We could sell off the goods from last night, too. [18:26:03] * Marianysa looks down. "I'm not sure I'd feel right about going out and making money while they're in jail." [18:26:39] It's a little sketchy, but we need to move the goods out as soon as we can. [18:28:16] * Aun puts an arm around Mari and leans in, lowering her voice. "We have a room full of stolen goods less than a hundred feet from where we killed the guys we stripped them off of. We've either got to sell them to the Boromor now, or find someplace else to stash them." [18:29:36] * Marianysa nods weakly. "You're the boss." [18:31:20] * Aun frowns. "How about this? You go and check in on the others, and I'll come as soon as I can. There might be something going down you don't want to see." [18:33:43] I...all right. [18:34:29] I'll see you later then? [18:35:50] * Aun nods. "Yeah. I'm sorry, Mari. It's just... Look out for yourself, alright?" [18:37:00] * Marianysa smiles. "I'll try not to do anything too stupid." [18:38:04] * Aun half-smiles. "Yeah, one of us has to. I'll be done as soon as I can." [18:40:57] [Scene Change] [18:42:16] [In the holding cell, the group sleeps uncomfortably. Tired from the late night of freedom fighting, they're woken up bright and early by a guard clacking a sword against the bars.] [18:44:01] * Sev kicks a foot out reflexively, cursing. [18:44:02] * Aurora drags herself up. "Ungh?" [18:44:11] Shut it! Gragh.. [18:44:22] * Sev rolls over, moving an arm over his eyes. [18:44:30] [Guard] "Rise and shine! Your case is to be brought forward to the magistrate." [18:44:46] [He rings the sword against the bars until everyone is up.] [18:45:13] [Alexander] "gruh.. Already? We haven't even been here for 24 hours." [18:46:17] [Guard shrugs.] "I wouldn't know, freak. We just process claims." [18:46:38] [Alexander sets his jaw at being called "freak"] [18:47:33] * Aurora gets up and stretches a bit [18:49:59] [After a bit of maneuvering, the group is instructed, one by one, to present their hands behind their backs, close enough to the bars for the guards to shackle their hands. They're then chained together as they're told to leave the cell.] [18:52:21] * Sev grunts, starting out of the cell. He shoots the guards glares, spitting at one or two. [18:53:02] [One of the guards cracks a billyclub over Sev's head from behind when he spits on another guard.] [18:53:13] * Aurora leaves quietly and clearly unhappily [18:53:29] [Guard] "Keep moving!" [18:55:05] [The Truestrike inquisitives go without complaint. The prisoners are lead through the hallways of the garrison until they're brought to a wide, large room, with a raised podium on the far end. A human male, in the traditional dress of a magistrate, stands behind it.] [18:56:25] * Sev urks, grunting at the bump on his head. He looks around. [18:56:33] So where'm I sittin', pal? [18:56:54] * NovaSeaker is now known as Magistrate [18:57:09] * Magistrate bangs a gavel against his podium. "Silence!" [18:58:20] "In the matter of the Crown vs. the Truestrike Inquisitive Agency and clients, I will now evaluate your charges." [18:58:53] [Alexander frowns and mouths "evaluate?"] [18:59:51] Psh.. [18:59:58] * Sev shifts his weight, stretching his legs. [19:00:10] "Considering extenuating circumstances, the defense of Brelish citizens against monstrous forgein forces, we hereby drop the charges." [19:00:27] [Alexander clearly blinks, suprised.] [19:00:31] Yeah, see? We kicked their asses. [19:00:35] * Sev cranes his neck. [19:00:54] "You are hereby free to go, with the thanks of the Crown. That is all." [19:01:43] [The guards go around and unlock their manacles. They pause in front of Sev for a second, and whisper to him before unlocking his." [19:01:45] ] [19:02:12] * Sev chuckles. [19:02:14] That went well. [19:02:22] I wouldn't go so far to call you an officer. But thanks and all. [19:02:26] [Alexander] "Yes, yes it did." [19:02:27] * Sev rubs his wrists as he's freed. [19:03:07] "Well, our office is just a ways up and over from here, so I guess we'll see you around." [19:03:18] * Magistrate is now known as NovaSeaker [19:03:29] [Alexander] "Well, our office is just a ways up and over from here, so I guess we'll see you around." [19:04:33] * Aurora stretches. "Alright, let's find the other two. Maybe at the room at the inn we used?" [19:04:53] [Alexander] "That was a tavern, there were no rooms." [19:06:26] [Alexander] "And the man I bribed only said we could use it until opening, so unless they made their own arrangements, they would have had to clear out by now." [19:07:29] [Alexander glances back at the court house once everyone is outside and ready to split up.] "Not to seem dissappointed by the loss of all those legal fees I was about to charge you guys, but that was incredibly unorthodox." [19:07:44] Any idea why? [19:08:22] "We're murderers. You don't just drop charges on murder. There's always a trial just to make sure that it was justified." [19:08:35] I meant why it was unorthodox. [19:08:36] Maybe they're payed off somewhere else. [19:08:58] We need to find the prisoners and make sure they weren't just paid off and resold. [19:09:12] I guess we could. I just wonder who WOULDN'T want us in jail. [19:09:45] [Sigma] "Looks like you've got yourselves a mysterious benefactor." [19:10:10] [Ban] "Why can't it be our mysterious benefactor?" [19:10:37] Why would anyone want us free? Not to raid on the parade, but we've been nothing but a thorn in the side of anyone remotely powerful. [19:10:40] [Alexander shrugs.] [19:11:16] THe only organization I can think of is the Church, but if they liked me, I wouldn't have been sent to Fallen. [19:11:23] [Sigma frowns.] "That's not true. I doubt you'd even register on the city council's augury spells." [19:13:25] What's not true? [19:13:25] [Ban yawns loudly.] "AAaahhg. Alright, you guys can question your good fortune all you want. I'm heading home to sleep in my own bed." [A frog jumps on his shoulder.] "Oh hey Bon." [19:13:40] * Sev rubs his chin. [19:13:48] Maybe someone's just doing this in the hope we'll do what they want without them asking. [19:13:51] ... [19:14:01] * Sev smacks his temple, grunting. [19:14:02] I want a drink. [19:15:26] ( Okay, I suck at phrasing. Let me re-explain. Aurora is saying taht she can't think of any powerful organizations that they've pleased. It's either neutral or nuisance ) [19:16:05] [Sigma sighs at Aurora.] "From what I can tell, you've got Daask and the Church with a grudge against you. There's a lot more than just those two organizations in town." [19:16:52] (That's a heck of a lot of re-phrasing from a three word question) [19:17:14] [Sigma] "Hell, it could just be the Boromors for doing them a favor." [19:17:37] [Alexander grimaces] "Uhg.. fucking halfling slime balls." [19:17:43] ( I meant from her first line ) [19:17:59] ( from 19:10:37 PST ) [19:18:36] [Ban starts wandering off, with his familiar on his shoulder.] "See you back at the storefront guys" [19:19:54] [Alexander nods.] "Wait yeah, I'm coming too. It was nice working with you guys on this. We'll get started on tracking down whoever's sending hitmen against you." [19:20:09] Thanks! [19:20:34] [Sigma tips his hat, then follows Ban and Alexander back to their store.] [19:21:10] [Around this time, Mari approaches from the distance, and sees the group standing outside the garrison court house.] [19:22:39] * Marianysa comes to a stop, gasps, then runs over waving with a huge grin on her face. "How are you guys out already?!" [19:22:45] * Sev takes a seat right on the ground, running a hand through his hair. He curses at random again, kicking the ground. [19:23:08] Shit! I forgot all about Lei. She's probably still mad at me. Real smooth, Sev.. [19:23:14] * Sev looks up at Marian, shrugging. [19:23:16] Judge pardoned us. [19:23:50] ... ah! Hi there. [19:23:59] Yeah, we don't know why. It was some pretty serious stuff [19:24:13] JUst brought us out in front and said we could go [19:24:17] [Aurelis mumbles to himself and Phanos response in such a manner that no one can understand him.] [19:24:30] responds* [19:25:22] What've you been up to? [19:25:38] * Marianysa looks puzzled for a moment. "Huh." She brightens again. "Well, whatever, it's great that you're all okay! We should go find Aun, I think she's at the tavern." [19:25:50] Aun? Tavern? Good. Let's go. [19:25:59] * Sev hoists himself up, spitting at the ground and nodding. [19:27:33] * Aurora nods. "Alright." [19:28:54] [Seeing as how skycabs don't operate in Cliffside and the group is already in Precarious, a Lower Dura district overlooking the docks, they just walk to the nearest industrial lift and board it, descending the mile down to sea level.] [19:31:03] * Sev avoids looking over the edges, mumbling something about getting wasted. [19:31:37] I can't wait until we can get some real rest... I think I hit my head or something in there [19:33:46] * Marianysa bites her lip. "Are you guys okay? They didn't rough you up in there, did they?" [19:33:49] [Oddly enough, Cliffside is no less seedy during daylight hours. Just as many drunken and possibly dead sailors and homeless people are strewn about, with more spilling out of taverns sporatically.] [19:35:04] Sev got hit, but that's because he spit on someone [19:35:49] [The group makes its way down to the docks, where things are decidedly more orderly. Respectable-looking sailors and House Lyranadyr heirs are doing business with dock officials and such, and the Sharn Watch has posted guards at regular intervals.] [19:37:17] * Aurora looks a lot happier here. [19:41:30] [They make their way to the far eastern end of the docks, just before the mud caves begin, and enter the very last building on the boardwalk, the tavern Alexander bought them an after-hours stay in.] [19:42:04] * Phanos (~tyler.him@ip-116-200.atvci.net) Quit (Quit: ) [19:42:21] * Phanos (~rustangel@ip-116-200.atvci.net) has joined #sharn [19:42:28] * Aurora looks around for AUn [19:42:32] [The bartender grins from behind the counter.] "Welcome to Land's End! What can I getcha?" [19:44:53] [Oddly enough, there's almost no sign of the crime outside. The ship that was there, supposedly devoid of crew now, is gone.] [19:47:14] * Marianysa scratches her head. "She's not here..." [19:47:20] Weird... [19:47:45] * Phanos steps inside, looking around. [19:47:53] "No juju here, jes lies mon." [19:49:23] [The bartender keeps his smile.] "Ah, you're the party of five I was told to reserve a table for." [19:50:00] [He points to a table on the raised level toward the back.] "Have a seat while you wait for the sixth." [19:50:33] * Sev moves to the counter, slapping his hands down. [19:50:37] ... ah? Thanks [19:50:44] Told to reserve a table? Whatever! I BUY MY OWN DRINKS. [19:50:45] * Aurora moves towards there and smiles. "She's alright, then." [19:50:53] Sev, calm down [19:51:03] * Marianysa pales slightly. "I don't know about this..." [19:51:04] "You got the coin, I got the drink, son." [19:51:33] "Ever had drow firepoison?" [19:52:45] * Sev scratches the back of his head. [19:52:46] I'm about to! [19:53:23] * Marianysa takes a seat, keeping a nervous eye on the door. [19:53:40] "5 galifars per shot, son." [19:54:04] * Sev eyes him suspiciously, digging into his pocket. [19:54:10] This better be the best booze in the whole damned world. [19:55:20] "Well I'm told it comes from some freaky night-skinned elven race from Xen'drik. If you've got a problem with it, take it up with them." [19:56:22] [The bartender takes the coins and pulls out a shot glass, then takes a bottle that looks like a ceramic scorpion and poors an organge cloudy liquor from it's stinger into the glass.] [19:56:28] "Bottoms up, son." [19:56:44] "Don't say I didn't warn you." [19:56:44] Good luck... [19:57:12] "who we be meetin? who de seex?" [19:59:15] * Sev grabs the bottle, slamming it down. [20:01:15] * Sev grits his teeth, grinding them audibly. One of his eyes rapidly blinks and his arm flinches repeatedly. [20:01:23] Y-you got lucky. I.. I'm.. I.. I'm gonna go sit down now. [20:01:33] * Aun walks into the bar, as Bloody William, and sees the others in the corner, walking over to them quietly. [20:02:12] (Also, I assume you meant you grabbed the glass, Sev, otherwise there's a lot more Fort saves than just that.) [20:02:28] [20:02:29] [20:02:37] * Marianysa relaxes slightly at the sight of 'Bloody William', letting out a relieved sigh. [20:02:55] * Aurora waves to Aun. [20:03:01] Sev? You alright? [20:03:22] [The bartender chuckles.] [20:03:53] * Aun sits down. "What did Sev do this time?" [20:04:09] "you got de pinappel joos?" [20:04:10] He drank from that thing [20:04:12] * Aurora points [20:05:00] [The bartender looks at Phanos] "Pinapple juice? I'll see what I can do." [20:05:00] * Aun whistles. "Traveller protects." [20:05:31] How are you all free now, anyways? I was expecting some serious charges. [20:05:44] All the charges just got dropped. Really conveniently. [20:05:52] But now the ship's gone and I don't know where all the prisoners are. [20:06:06] [THe bartender makes a concoction of different liquors.] "There, that should taste like pinapple." [20:06:38] * Marianysa asks quietly "He said someone booked this table for us. Was that you?" [20:06:41] * Phanos looks to the liquor, then knocks it back. [20:07:55] * Sev sits at his table, groaning and holding his head. [20:08:22] Mmgh.. My brain feels like it's melting.. Can we talk about all this later? ._. [20:08:28] [The liquor tastes remarkably like pinapple.] [20:08:42] * Aun shakes her head. "Nah. I told him to look out for you, though." [20:08:46] "You musta have de prestidigits." [20:08:53] I bet he was just playing it cool. [20:09:54] Well, that makes me feel better. I guess. [20:11:30] * Sev gets to his feet. [20:11:32] WAIT a second..! [20:11:42] * Sev points at the bartender. Or maybe a few inches directionally away from him. [20:11:46] Did YOU see what happened?! [20:12:05] "What happened when?" [20:12:11] Uh.... ? [20:12:13] "I ain't seen nothin, son" [20:12:21] ..Oh. Kay! [20:12:26] * Sev rests his head against the table, sighing. [20:12:32] Lei's so mad at me.. ~_~ [20:12:36] * Marianysa blinks at Sev, then "oh's" quietly. [20:15:06] "Daaay-o!" [20:15:07] How long does it usually take for people to recover from that? [20:15:14] "Me say DAAAAAY-O." [20:15:21] He should probably drink some water. [20:16:29] * Sev looks up. [20:16:41] Water? That's not gonna do anything. My mouth is a desert and my stomach's a lava pit! [20:17:21] Well, you've already been knocked on your ass. But it'll keep you from being hung over later. [20:17:24] * Phanos (~rustangel@ip-116-200.atvci.net) Quit (Quit: Music is worthless unless it can make a complete stranger break down and cry.) [20:19:51] * Aurora nods. [20:19:57] What happened while we were gone? [20:20:01] * Aun shakes her head. "Anyways, I found a safe place to keep the gear while I get in touch with interested parties. What's the deal with our mysterious benefactor?" [20:20:33] No idea. [20:20:37] Not much. Mari and I stashed the stuff here, I took her to the healer's, then I got in touch with some businessmen who'll move it for us. [20:20:50] * Aurora nods. "That's good." [20:21:01] Now we just need to find out what happened to the ship and the prisoners... [20:21:22] It'll take about a week to sell it off. In the meanwhile, we can- yeah. [20:21:36] Couldn't just up and vanish. Didn't the guards have it last we saw? [20:21:45] The prisoners were likely taken into custody. The ship... [20:22:09] I imagine the ship was moved by the guard. Taken into custody, too. Or maybe our benefactor stole the scene of the crime for us. [20:22:40] * Aurora nods... [20:22:57] Those guards did show up aaawful early.. [20:23:57] [The bartender clears his throat.] [20:24:25] * Marianysa folds her arms. "I don't like this benefactor thing. We've got enough mysterious parties already, another one just gives me the creeps, even if they seem bewnevolent." she mutters. [20:24:31] "Actually I got to work in the morning and the boat was still here. The Watch was getting people out of it, they looked pretty beat up." [20:24:51] Mari's right. [20:25:14] We're dealing with some really shady stuff. If we're getting helped, I want to know who's helping us, and what they're getting out of it. [20:25:28] Yeah... [20:25:50] * Aurora nods to the tavern guy. "Thanks." [20:26:14] I dunno, I'm just not sure if "The Watch have the prisoners in their custody" is good enough for me, considering their role in all this [20:26:22] I just want to be totally sure. [20:26:38] (Spot checks) [20:26:39] Sure. I've got a great reputation with the watch! [20:26:41] Let's DO THAT. [20:29:47] * Sev blinks, staring out the window. [20:29:49] ..Huh. [20:30:09] What is it, Sev? [20:30:50] Oh no, what now? [20:31:12] * Sev rubs one of his eyes. [20:31:21] Damn birds. Hey man, this ain't a zoo! [20:31:33] * Sev gestures to the bartender, then looks back at those at the table. [20:31:48] Some sort of.. hawk, eagle? Whatever. Some bird hanging around the window. [20:32:54] * Aurora looks there. [20:33:06] * Aun looks over. [20:33:06] [The bartender stares at Sev.] [20:34:29] * Sev glances back at him. [20:34:31] What? Stop staring! [20:34:32] [The window looks out to the east, the Hilt river stretching off far past the city limits of Sharn.] [20:35:18] [He folds his arms over his chest.] "Just worried that that firepoison affected you in the head. What's this zoo nonsense you're goin' on about?" [20:35:21] What was this bird doing, exactly? Why did it grab your attention? [20:37:05] * Sev grumbles. [20:37:17] Didn't any other of you jackasses see it? It was staring RIGHT AT US. [20:38:13] I, uh, didn't see anything... [20:38:30] * Sev groans, scoffing and laying his head down. [20:38:33] Whatever, whatever.. [20:38:43] Flew off too quick I guess. [20:39:09] I didn't, but I have to admit that getting angry at birds for staring at you is a bit of a stretch even when you're drunk. [20:39:49] Yeah, until we've got more proof of it, we've got more to worry about than menacing birds. [20:40:38] I ain't drunk! [20:41:25] [The bartender laughs.] [20:42:24] I don't really hang around a lot of people who drink, so I don't have much basis for comparison, but if you're getting angry at birds for staring at you, I think you might be drunk [20:42:55] HEY. [20:43:02] Y-you.. That's it, screw you guys!@ [20:43:28] * Sev gets to his feet, scowling and moving off to an empty table. He slumps into a seat, muttering to himself. [20:44:28] * Marianysa snickers. [20:44:46] * Aurora frowns. "Alright, sorry for saying that. Would it help you feel better if we went to look for the bird?" [20:45:53] Psh.. Like you said, you've got more to worry about than birds. [20:48:07] Nah, I'm serious. If you really think it's a problem, we can try to check it out. [20:49:04] I said no! [20:49:18] Alright... [20:55:39] * Sev crosses his arms, mumbling. [20:56:02] Seriously, anything you need? [20:56:16] I'm fine. [21:00:29] [Session End.] End of #Sharn buffer Thu Apr 19 21:05:48 2007