Start of #Sharn buffer: Wed Feb 06 19:27:50 2008 [17:34:23] [After having to deal with the fact that they just saved a rude, beligerent, ungrateful, rotten little man's life, the group headed do the next link in the Divine Arrow mystery, a dreamlilly den known as Silvermist. Mari, however, got a little tired of just how shitty Sharn could be even without the help of ravers and demons, and returned to her shop to work on a new project.] [17:35:10] * Loharath stares straight ahead as he walks, his hand on his katana's hilt. [17:35:29] [The rest of the group headed down a tower in Callestan until they saw a glowing signpost, the image of a silver cloud blinking with illumination.] [17:35:37] [Session Start] [17:36:05] ... guess that's it. [17:36:11] * Loharath nods. [17:36:20] Let's go in, hit who we have to, and get out. [17:36:48] [Below the front door, a multihued glow illuminates a few inches of the floor.] [17:36:54] Well, if we need to hit someone. [17:37:01] Probably will, knowing our luck. [17:37:04] [The light seems to cycle between colors.] [17:38:29] * Kesuke (crazysapia@ip24-252-34-39.om.om.cox.net) has joined #sharn [17:38:32] * Kesuke is now known as Sev [17:39:13] * Loharath heads inside. [17:39:29] * Aurora follows Loharath [17:40:39] * Sev steps into the building after Aurora. [17:41:05] * Aurora looks at the surroundings. [17:41:10] [Loharath opens the door to what looks like a small theater. A room of seats, partially filled with spectators, entranced by the show on stage. A changeling arcanist of some sort commands the audience's attention with a display of hypnotic illusory lights and images, shifting his form and color as part of the show as well.] [17:42:02] [To Loharath's right, a podium with a raised platform for the halfling hostess.] [17:43:01] "Welcome to Silvermist. Zan is your performer this evening. One seat is 5 crowns per hour." [17:43:58] "Zan, huh? When's Zan take a break from this show?" [17:44:06] * Sev slaps five crowns onto the podium. [17:44:20] * Loharath hands over five crowns. "Here you go." He goes to find a seat. [17:44:43] * Aurora hands over five crowns. [17:46:40] * Phanos pays as well, eyeing the magician. [17:46:47] "My juju bettah." [17:49:04] * Loharath leans in to the guy next to him "Hey you. Yeah, you. Heard anything about the Divine Arrow?" [17:49:58] [A disinterested looking human male glances over at Loharath.] "What?" [17:50:58] [The Hostess answeres Sev's question.] "Zan will be performing until sixth bell." [17:51:13] The Divine Arrow. Big guy, delivers justice. Heard anything? [17:51:52] [He merely blinks at Loharath, then ignores him and gives his full attention to Zan. It almost looks like he's comatose.] [17:52:15] Hm. [17:52:25] We'll be in here for a while... [17:52:33] * Aurora looks for anyone that seems decently aware [17:52:41] (Anyone watching Zan for a minute, make a will save) [17:52:49] * Sev nods, glancing back at Zan. [17:53:39] Mmfh. Not often I see this stuff when I'm not plastered. Ey Aurora! [17:53:47] * Sev approaches Aurora, watching her back. [17:54:22] Hm.? [17:55:04] * Phanos never has an interest in stage magic, preferring the real stuff. He ignores the magician, for the most part. [17:55:07] This guy's gonna be on stage till sixth bell. I figure he knows what goes on around here as much as anyone. [17:55:24] WHat about the hostess? [17:55:25] [The theater room has a back door, and after a few minutes of trying to find anyone worth talking to, a new customer enters, but he ignores the hostess and heads right for the back door.] [17:55:33] * Sev slides into a seat, stretching his legs out. [17:55:40] Iunno, she takes names and points out seats? [17:56:43] Hey, who's that guy? [17:57:03] "Huh, wat guy?" [17:57:06] * Sev perks up a bit, watching as he disappears backstage. [17:57:11] Um. Stagehand? [17:57:57] [The man is human, but unkempt enough to be confused for a shifter if you really try to imagine it.] [17:58:29] I'm curiosu about that back door now. [17:58:33] ..Iunno. You guys wanna see what's up? Alright, alright. [17:58:38] [He knocks on the door and says something that can't be readily heard over the distance and music. After a pause the door opens and he enters.] [17:58:54] * Sev drags himself out of his seat, not particularly motioning for anyone to follow him. [17:59:03] * Sev approaches the door! [17:59:21] * Phanos gets up, he and his dogs padding after Sev [17:59:36] * Aurora follows. [18:00:07] * Sev knocks three times a bit loudly, glancing across the theater room while waiting. [18:00:44] [A muffled voice from behind the door answers the knock.] "How's the weather?" [18:01:11] * Sev scratches the back of his head, looking to Phanos and Aurora helplessly. [18:01:32] "Good?" [18:02:08] "Uh. Yeah, good." [18:02:12] * Loharath continues harassing people who'd rather watch the show [18:02:55] [The audience continues to ignore Loharath, completely enthralled.] [18:03:31] "De weathah be open de damned door." [18:03:44] * Sev grunts. [18:04:04] [The door opens a crack after a long pause. A hand crossbow is pointed right at Sev's face, but the man behind the door lowers it after getting a good look at Sev.] [18:04:14] "You don't look like no Watchman. You new?" [18:04:31] "New around here? Pretty much." [18:04:49] "Are you gonna open the friggin' door or what? Or do I have to go beat the shit outta some guy for giving me the wrong place?" [18:05:35] "This is the right place if you wanna take that edge off. Though considering the size of that edge, you may not have enough galifars. Hell, Boranel might not have enough." [He looks Sev up and down.] [18:06:13] * Sev pauses for a second. [18:06:16] "Take anything else in trade?" [18:06:49] "What? No, we take galifars. I was just messing with you. Come on in. By the way, the answer is 'Dreamy'." [18:07:01] "Mmm, got it. Glad you were just joking, cause, y'know.." [18:07:06] [He steps aside and opens the door, which leads into a hall.] [18:07:12] * Sev lightly lifts his money pouch up, letting it jingle as it falls back in place. [18:07:16] "I'm kinda stretched lately." [18:07:34] "Whatever. Long as you can pay." [18:07:41] * Sev moves into the hall, looking over his shoulder. [18:07:48] "You two coming, or you wanna watch the show?" [18:07:58] * Phanos steps in after Sev, dogs flanking. [18:08:06] Yeah. [18:08:11] * Aurora follows him in [18:08:28] [The hall is a tight fit for Phanos's dogs, who have to settle walking shoulder to shoulder behind their master.] [18:08:45] * Loharath notices that everyone else seems to be getting somewhere, and gets up out of his seat, dashing towards the door. [18:08:50] "Me hates de tiny hallways." [18:09:14] "The tiny hallways hate you too." [18:09:14] [Loharath catches up just as the man stops Aurora.] [18:09:20] "Woah woah." [18:09:52] "What's someone like you doing here?" [18:10:22] "She like-a- to watch." [18:10:29] * Phanos grins. [18:10:30] [He glances at her armor.] "She expecting trouble?" [18:10:40] after what happened to the last two? [18:10:50] [He looks at Phanos] "What do you think goes on in here, man?" [18:10:57] * Sev grabs Aurora's arm, pulling her to his side. [18:11:03] "Oh, you're with them?" [18:11:06] Do you have any idea how hard it is to be Purified and be made to wear armor all day? Sometimes we need to... smoke... mad bags of... bowl? [18:11:09] "She's here for the same reason we are, man. I'm just keepin' an eye on her, y'know." [18:11:34] "Me don't know, jus heah fo de trip." [18:11:34] [The man looks at Loharath.] [18:11:38] You did hear what happened to the last two, right? [18:12:04] [He looks at Aurora.] [18:12:10] [He looks at Sev.] [18:12:18] [He looks at Phanos.] [18:12:20] * Sev gives an odd grin. [18:12:32] [He looks back to Sev.] [18:12:35] * Phanos looks at him. [18:12:55] "Whatever. The den's the last door down this hall." [18:13:38] "Mm. Thanks. Here. Go get yourself a damn shave." [18:13:47] [He waits for everyone to enter the hall and closes the door behind them, setting up a folding stool to sit on again.] [18:13:53] * Sev flicks a galifar at him. [18:13:58] * Aurora follows. [18:14:03] [This man is not the gruff near-shifter man seen earlier.] [18:14:31] [This man opened the door for the unkempt human.] [18:15:00] [He catches the galifar and nods to Sev before pocketing it.] [18:17:50] * Sev leans against the wall by the door, crossing his arms. [18:18:01] "So how much are we talking about here? The stuff and the price." [18:22:15] * Sev goes into the appropriate room! [18:22:23] * Loharath follows. [18:22:32] * Aurora follows. [18:23:55] * Phanos follows too. [18:24:02] [Sev opens the door and is greeted with the sight of varied people sitting on the floor around a central device with slender tubes coming out of it's round bottom, and light, silvery mist wafting up from it's thin neck.] [18:24:14] "A hookah!" [18:25:00] "Uh.. Yeah. Hmh." [18:25:10] [The people are laying on pillows, passing a few of the mouthpieces among them. The air in the room is filled with the mist, and it does not smell. Whatever appearance the device has in resemblance to a hooka, the people aren't smoking.] [18:25:41] "So, any of you sorry bastards actually awake, or off in dream-land?" [18:25:43] * Aurora looks for the most aware-looking person [18:27:23] [A halfling with greased back hair, leather armor, and a kukri sheathed at his hip promenantly looks up from where he was leaning against the wall.] [18:27:34] "Who the fuck are you?" [18:28:41] [The rest of the people glance over, inhaling whatever that mist is from the not-hookah, looking about as out of it as the people out front, without the aid of magic.] [18:28:47] "I'm the guy who's three times as tall as you, that's who..!" [18:28:52] * Sev tightens a fist. [18:29:03] Sev, sev [18:29:05] Calm down. [18:29:13] "When I knock your ass to the ground you'll be looking up at my boot." [18:29:22] * Sev takes a deep breath, grumbling. [18:29:26] [He comes off the wall and unsheaths his kukri." [18:29:30] * Phanos lights a spliff. [18:29:45] "Yeah, uh. So how's this supposed to work? Just sit here, and uh.." [18:29:56] * Loharath nods. "Halflings are tricky, since they have a low center of gravity." [18:30:38] [He eyes you for a second. Then sniffs derisively and spits, on his finger, then flicks it at Sev. He sheaths his kukri.] [18:31:03] * Aurora pre-emptively restains Sev. [18:31:09] [The spittle doesn't reach Sev, it hits the floor in front of him.] [18:32:17] * Sev frowns, looking the halfling over. [18:32:22] "I take it you're a bigshot around here, huh." [18:32:38] "I keep junkies like you from making a scene." [18:32:54] "One galifar buys you as much time as I think you deserve." [18:33:25] "One galifar, huh? Well we aren't exactly here for smoking ourselves senseless." [18:33:45] [A female shifter, sitting at the not-hooka, smiles and raises her voice slightly.] "Hey guys.... why all the badness? Just have a seat... feel gooood...." [18:34:23] "You're feeling good enough for the both of us, wild thing." [18:34:23] [She laughs and leans back slowly stretching out on the pillows like a cat.] [18:35:12] "Shut the door, you're letting the mist out." [18:35:21] * Phanos shuts the door. [18:35:40] * Sev looks to Aurora and Loharath. [18:35:53] "Do you two wanna do the questioning? Or should I chat him up a bit first?" [18:36:02] (Pause) [18:38:10] (Unpause) [18:38:28] * Aurora looks to the halfling. [18:38:38] By the way, you sure this place is safe? The way I udnerstand it, tehre was a vigilante that took down a couple people who were in this area [18:39:22] "That why you came all armored up?" [18:40:20] Pretty much. [18:43:18] "You gonna pay up and get high, or you gonna keep asking the wrong halfling the wrong questions?" [18:46:27] Got no problems with paying, but I think it's something everyone should be concerned about. [18:48:04] That vigilante could jump anyone at any time, and nobody knows anything about him. [18:48:50] All we know is the name he goes under, and it's not like he's going to announce himself before he hits you with an arrow. [18:49:28] He could be trying to target this business, and we're here to see to it that he isn't. [18:50:13] [He rolls his eyes.] "Alright alright. I get the picture. Fine, so what do you want to know?" [18:51:17] We wanna know if anyone around here saw him or knows anything about him. [18:54:27] [He leans back against the wall and holds his chin in a hand.] "Besides that he killed Jo'an and Clive... hm." [18:55:05] "Do you know what he looked like?" [18:59:17] * Sev (crazysapia@ip24-252-34-39.om.om.cox.net) Quit (Quit: |..|/ >_< \|..|) [18:59:54] I hear he's a middle aged bearded guy. [19:00:12] "Human?" [19:00:20] Think so. [19:00:29] "Well.. that doesn't narrow it down much." [19:00:53] "You humes are crawling all over the place." [19:02:23] "Actually, now that I think about it, some guy was asking a few questions the day before Jo'an and Clive were killed." [19:02:54] Oh? [19:03:30] "He didn't outright ask if anyone'd seen the priests, but now that I'm thinkin it over, he was describing them two when he was askin about who he was trying to find." [19:04:58] "Did you tell em?" [19:05:57] "Me? No. He was askin those dazers out there between shows." [19:06:31] "you know where he was headed?" [19:06:33] Anyone you think got a better look at him? [19:07:31] "I couldn't say. Those people are pretty spaced out, though I suppose it wears off faster than dreamlilly." [19:07:45] "They might've recognized him." [19:08:01] Any repeat customers out there that you noticed? [19:08:02] "As for where he was headed? My guess is the Broken Anvil, where he killed them." [19:08:18] "Sure, a couple. We get the same crowd usually." [19:08:26] * Aurora nods. "Thanks." [19:08:55] "No problem. Now you gonna get high or what?" [19:09:07] "Already am mon." [19:09:29] "Yeah.. don't let me catch you selling that anywhere *near* here. Understand?" [19:10:00] [He nods at Phanos's handrolled amusement.] [19:10:02] * Phanos smirks. "You tink dis affordable to dese heah people?" [19:10:22] "Don't matter. This is our territory." [19:10:57] * Phanos nods. [19:13:44] Well, thanks for the info. The trip down here was a bit longer than I expected, and the trail might get cold. Still, I'll pay, as agreed. [19:13:50] * Aurora hands over a galifar. [19:14:33] * Phanos scribbles something on a note and hands it over with a galifar. [19:16:01] "Les' go." [19:17:28] Right [19:17:33] * Aurora heads out towards the earlier area [19:17:43] [The halfling takes the card and reads it, tucking it into his shirt.] [19:26:46] [The group heads back down the hallway toward the illusion show.] [19:26:49] [End Session.] End of #Sharn buffer Wed Feb 06 19:27:50 2008