Patron Saints/Session 8

From Greenthings

<Greenling> When we last left our adorable squishy mortals...
* Rei is adorably squishy in certain places, it's true.
<Greenling> Everyone was completely fucked up except Crow, and down for breakfast.
* WhiteCrow comes downstairs having spent the day and night reading and researching and planning, rather refreshed, in amood for coffee and all that
<Greenling> Crow: your coffee tastes suspiciously like apple juice.
<WhiteCrow> ....
<WhiteCrow> "The hell?"
<Greenling> In fact, it tastes exactly like apple juice. Though it looks and smells like coffee.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt was devouring his greasy breakfast foods
<Zhubin> Zhubin continues to pile down a disgustingly large plate of food. "Gotta get something in there with the alcohol. Hells, this is almost as bad as the time I listened to Ashum and tried that tribal firewhiskey they make out there in the deep desert."
* Rei sits down at the table, head resting in her arms, ears folded back.
<Greenling> The waiters that pass by Rei have trouble not stopping and making wibbly eyes.
* WhiteCrow stares at the coffee a bit and then calls a waiter over to ask them what's wrong wit hit.
* Rudeth continues to load up on sugar and carbs.
<Greenling> "I'm sorry, ma'am. There shouldn't be anything wrong with it. Can I get you another cup?"
* WhiteCrow nods and accepts, "Yes please. I'd much appreciate it."
<Greenling> The waiter takes your cup back.
<Greenling> They get you another one.
<Greenling> Mmm, smells like strong coffee.
<Zhubin> Zhubin talks, half to himself, "What kind of cargo would net the best prices from here on out? May have to go find some gemstone dealers."
* WhiteCrow feels even mro relaxed and takes a nice drink of it, not bothering with creamer or sugar this time
<Greenling> Tastes like sharp cheese.
<Greenling> Mary Fang walks in.
<Greenling> "Nng. Coffee."
<Greenling> She sits beside Rudeth.
<Rudeth> "H'lo," he says, in between large bites of breakfast.
<Greenling> She obtains coffee. Sip. "Mm."
<Zhubin> Zhubin waves a greeting. "Good morning."
* WhiteCrow sits quiet for a moment and sets her coffee down. Her eyebrows seem to be twitcihing a bit noticeably
<Greenling> "Not as good as tea, but most of the tea this far South is horrible. Good morning."
<Zhubin> Zhubin lifts an eyebrow. "Something wrong, lady Crow?"
* Rudeth looks at her. "Yeah, Crow, you look like you just ate a bug or something."
* WhiteCrow raises her hand to get the waiter again, not respondign quite yet
<Greenling> The waiter comes back over. "Yes ma'am?"
* WhiteCrow riase sthe coffee to the waiter, "Could you try one more time? Something is not...quite right."
* Rei glances up to Fang, one ear folded down. She sighs softly, head in her hands, scribbling on the tablet: "Coffee?"
<Greenling> Mary looks at the tablet, then at Rei. "Yes? What of it?"
<Greenling> "Err, what's wrong with it, ma'am?"
* Rudeth glances at Rei. "D'you want coffee?"
* Rei set it on the table, in general. She wipes it smooth, before nodding to Rudeth some, thinking it might help with the headache, since everyone seemed to be getting it.
<Rudeth> "Can I get another cup of coffee over here, please?" ^^
<Greenling> The waiter nods to Rudeth.
* WhiteCrow raises it to the man, "It tastes off. I'm meerely testing soemthing. BUt the first one tasted not how it smelled an dthsi si following suit."
<Greenling> "Uh. Okay."
<Greenling> They take the coffee away.
<Greenling> They bring you more coffee.
<Greenling> This smells less strong, but still coffee-like.
<Greenling> Rudy and Rei also get coffee.
* WhiteCrow again takes a sip of the coffee, still kind fo ignring everyone until she sees what happens.
<Greenling> Milk.
<Greenling> Sweet, fresh milk.
<Greenling> Everyone else, of course, gets coffee. From the same pitcher.
<Greenling> Er, pot. The thing.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Tastes fine t' me."
<Zhubin> Zhubin tastes his cup. "It's a good enough blend."
<Rudeth> "This coffee is really good. It's helping a lot."
* WhiteCrow 's eyebrows begin to become visually twitchy, and her face is quite annoyed, "What the hell is with this?"
<Zhubin> "May have to enquire as to their wholesaler. Coffee is always popular in smaller towns."
* Rudeth looks back at Crow.
* Rei ships her coffee, wincing a bit at the bitterness, though doing her best to down it.
<Rudeth> "Maybe it's your cup...? Here, taste mine. Is it weird?" Rudeth hands her his cup.
<Greenling> Mary looks up.
* WhiteCrow takes Rudeth's offered cup, becomign rather irritated as she keeps trying to find what she seeks.
<Greenling> More milk.
* WhiteCrow sets the coffee cup down and loks over to the kitchen direciton with a quite angry face, "Someone's messing with me."
<Greenling> "What's going on?"
<Zhubin> "I'm honestly not sure."
<Greenling> Also, Inkah is missing. Along with Namhwa, who's probably even drunker than Rudy.
<Rudeth> "Hey, Mary, weren't you rooming with Inkah?" He looks around. "Where is she?"
<Greenling> "Hmm? No, I wasn't."
<Greenling> "I don't know where she is."
<Rudeth> "Has anyone seen her?"
<Zhubin> Zhubin shakes his head.
<Zhubin> "Can't say as I've seen either of them since we arrived here yesterday, really."
* WhiteCrow turns around and raises her hand again to the waiter, "You know, tea. Just get soem tea, soemthign si wrong here."
<Greenling> "...Okay."
<Greenling> Crow gets some tea.
* WhiteCrow is becoming a bit frazzled a tthis point and she seems to be wearing thin on temper
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt grins. "Mmm...nice and black."
<Greenling> Milk~
* WhiteCrow slams down the tea and begins to sear a bit, "Okay, is some asshole cursing me on this?!?" She looks back adn froth, taking a look at the sorceress, "Huh?"
<Greenling> "...What in blazes is wrong with you?"
<WhiteCrow> "The first one tasted like apple juice! Apple jice? So I think its just od flavoring. Then the black stuff next is cheese! And now milk!"
<Greenling> She gives you a hard look.
<Zhubin> "They tasted like coffee. Coffee. And then some more coffee."
<Rudeth> "Crow, are you sure you're okay?"
<Zhubin> "Maybe its all that alchemy you do. Can't be healthy, after all."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Maybe yer jus' crazy."
<WhiteCrow> "I know what coffee takes like. This isn't coffee. Soemthing is amiss. Don't stare at me like that!"
<Zhubin> "Now now, Peyt. We'll teach you to be civilized yet. Calling people crazy directly to their face is very poor form."
<Rudeth> "Maybe there's something wrong. If Crow says it tastes funny, then maybe some sorcerer is harassing her or something."
<Zhubin> "That could be as well." Zhubin nods.
<Greenling> "Or something else that doesn't like her."
* WhiteCrow flops down into her seat and ehad on the table, "I want...my...drink..."
<Rudeth> "Well maybe it's just the taste that's different? Shouldn't it still give you the same effect as caffeine?"
* WhiteCrow glars at Rudeth in a shear amount of rage she has not expresse duntil now, "Without the taste what's the bleedin' point? Eh?!?"
<Greenling> Crow does not feel caffienated.
* Rudeth slumps a bit in his seat.
<Rudeth> "Sorry..." :<
* WhiteCrow after that just lays her head flat on the tabletop, "I can't feel it anyhow. Just juice...and cheese....and milk......twice wit the milk.....blech...."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Cheese is good, though."
<Greenling> "So. Are we doing anything here today?" says Mary.
<Rudeth> "Well, does anyone have anything they were needing to do?"
* WhiteCrow groans a bit as she sits in a weird state, giving a similar death-glare to the Loud One.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Hey, I just wandered in after y'all. I got no clue what we're doin' here. Besides me meetin' a friend....oi. Where'd Fist go?"
<Greenling> Where did you put Fist?
<Greenling> He is there.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Excellent.
* WhiteCrow groans a bit and finally sits up, pullin gout her notebook and trying to at least study a bit of her memos to keep ehrself awakish
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt finishes his breakfast and pushes away his plate. "Ahh...that feels good after a hangover."
<Greenling> Some people come inside and talk to the waiters.
<Greenling> The waiters look around nervously. A couple of them vanish. One of them closes the doors.
<Rudeth> "That was...weird."
<Greenling> There is chattering among the few other patrons. They all start to leave hurriedly, paying their tabs.
* WhiteCrow tris to read her notes and slowly gets wobbly, falling face-flat into the pags and groaning a bit.
<Rudeth> "Um, Crow? You okay?"
* WhiteCrow mumbles absent-mindedly in her pages, "Milk...juice..cheese....*grumble*"
<Greenling> Mary looks up.
<Rudeth> "...right."
<Greenling> "I'm not sure what's going on, but perhaps we should do as the locals do."
<Rudeth> "Might as well." He shrugs.
* WhiteCrow dosnt' respond, practiclaly looping her previous statements
* Rudeth pats Crow on the back. "Come on, we'll go find someplace else. Maybe some other place with have coffee that tastes like coffee?"
* WhiteCrow nods, and slowly sits up, wobbling aroun din a large spiral a bit, hanging her head fo r amoment and finally closing her book and packing up a bit.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt burps and looks about. "Huh...where'd everyone go?"
<Rudeth> "We're...going to find someplace with coffee for Crow."
* WhiteCrow has gone a bit lethargic, and looks rather annoyed as she looks about the room, "Where'd everyone go?"
<Rudeth> "We're taking you to get coffee."
* WhiteCrow nods and wobbly stands up at this point, "Yeah, sounds like a plan..."
* Rudeth is bringing the AFK catgirl along.
<Greenling> So. You go outside?
<Rudeth> Yep.
<Greenling> The streets are unusually empty.
<Greenling> You see a few people dashing for houses.
* Rudeth looks around.
<Rudeth> "Huh. What's going on?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt grins. "Heh. Somethin's gonna start yellin'."
* The_Lady has joined #fridaymortals
<The_Lady> The Lady's shadow falls upon the room
* WhiteCrow sort of limping along, not really paying attentiont o the crowds clearing and looking around for a cafe
<WhiteCrow> !roll_ww 5 7 ex
<The_Lady> WhiteCrow invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 3, 6, 10, 10
<The_Lady> rolled 5d10. Got 4 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Rudeth> !roll_ww 4 7 ex
<The_Lady> Rudeth invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 4, 4, 8
<The_Lady> rolled 4d10. Got 1 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Peyt_Yenthu> !roll_ww 4 7 ex
<The_Lady> Peyt_Yenthu invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 7, 10, 10
<The_Lady> rolled 4d10. Got 5 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Rei> !roll_ww 8 7 ex
<The_Lady> Rei invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 7, 8, 9
<The_Lady> rolled 8d10. Got 3 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Greenling> Rudy: doot n doo.
* WhiteCrow raies her eyes a bit, looks back and forth, looking a bit....pissed.
<Greenling> Rei: You think you hear someone.
* Rei tags along after the others, hopefully a bit less pained by hangover. Never again. Her ears perk as she glances around some.
<Greenling> Crow: Oh god the tromping it hurts your head. From... you over there, coming this way.
<Greenling> Peyt: your finely tuned bandit instincts tell you the fuzz is coming this-a-way, and furthermore you get the impression (from said bandit instincts) it may be about you.
* Rudeth looks back and forth.
<Rudeth> "So anyone know what's going on?"
* WhiteCrow grumbes and lets out a loud growl as she reaches for her weapon at her belt, and begins to slowly draw it out, cocking th ehammer of the igniter as seh turns towards the noise.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt looks around. "...we need to be headin' out."
* Rudeth keeps one hand on the hilt of his sword.
* WhiteCrow looks ove rto Peyt, "I have stuf fin there. We're nto leavign yet..." She sort o flooks out of it. Ravaged raksha victims look more lively then her
<Peyt_Yenthu> "The guards be headin' our way. We don't want to BE here when they arrive."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "We can come back later. Now, move yer arse!" Peyt's already got his weapons latched on and ready to go.
* Rudeth looks between Peyt, Crow, Mary and Rei.
<Rudeth> "So, um..."
<Greenling> Clomp clomp clomp clomp clomp...
<Greenling> Mary looks at Peyt. Looks at Rudy. Looks in the direction of the sound.
<Greenling> "Well, I'll catch up with you wonderful people later. <3"
<Greenling> She then leaps onto the roof of the inn and quickly disappears.
* WhiteCrow glares at Peyt, "Will that damned noice go away? My head hurts."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...yer a fuckin' idiot." Peyt hefts up Crow and plops her over his shoulder. "Move out!"
* Rei frowns, following after.
* WhiteCrow glares at Peyt, but doesn't really resist, simply rubbing her head in pain.
<Rudeth> "Guess we're running!" Rudeth grabs Rei by the hand and starts running after Peyt.
<Greenling> Where are you going?
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt's heading for, where else?
<Peyt_Yenthu> The only place he knows in Gem. THE BAR!
* Rudeth is following Peyt.
<Greenling> ...The bar last night? Okay!
<Greenling> You head for the bar.
* Rei briefly ponders. Why IS she running? All she did was get drunk...
<Greenling> Attempting to avoid the guards?
* WhiteCrow groans a bit, very rag-doll light s she's carried along and holding her hand on her forehead
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Quit yer bitchin'." Peyt heads for the bar, doing his best to avoid the sound of galloping horses.
<Peyt_Yenthu> !roll_ww 3 7 ex
<The_Lady> Peyt_Yenthu invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 2, 2, 8
<The_Lady> rolled 3d10. Got 1 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Rudeth> !roll_ww 3 7 ex
<The_Lady> Rudeth invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 8, 10
<The_Lady> rolled 3d10. Got 3 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
* Rei keeps her keen ears out, listening for the sharp sounds of hoofbeats or clanking armor, before leading the others on. What a fun game!
<Rei> !roll_ww 6 7 ex
<The_Lady> Rei invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
<The_Lady> rolled 6d10. Got 3 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Greenling> There are a couple of false starts, but you all manage to evade them. They don't seem to be rounding up anyone they see, just questioning them and harrassing some.
<Greenling> You make your way to the bar.
<Greenling> It seems to be empty.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt sneaks in, setting Crow down in one of the chairs.
<Greenling> You sit.
<Peyt_Yenthu> The bandit king takes spot at the door, keeping a look out. "Dammit, would someone get that lass a drink o' somethin'?"
* Rudeth takes a seat.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...when I says to get someone a drink, I don't mean sit on yer arse. Go check behind the bar."
* WhiteCrow still wobbles in large circles and raises a hand to try and call an order over, not paying attentiont ot he situaiton.
<Greenling> There's no one in here you can see.
<Greenling> A man pokes his head out from the kitchen.
<Greenling> "...Are you people crazy?"
<Greenling> He peers at Peyt, then shakes his head.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "I sure been called it enough." He goes back to looking out the crack of a door.
* Rudeth goes over toward the bar and pokes around.
<Greenling> "The guards are angry. Talking about Anathema and Yozi cultists. After what happened last night, I believe them."
<Greenling> "This isn't a good place to be."
<Rudeth> "What?" Rudeth's eyes go wide. "What happened last night?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Nah. I just know a guy who talks too much." Peyt points Fist to check any windows.
<Greenling> "Someone came in here preaching about the Sun and took everyone in the bar with him."
<Greenling> Fist does so.
* WhiteCrow looks aorund and then riases her hand to the person behidn the bar, "Can I have soem coffee pelase? TH estuff at our prior place tasted odd."
* Rei pauses, one ear folding down. Oh, -great-. She ponders...
* Rudeth glances at Peyt, then the guy at the door. "Peyt, pleas tell me it wasn't..."
<Greenling> "..." Sigh. "Fine, ma'am, if you pay for it."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Who do ya think it was?"
<Greenling> "The gang they were with seems to be blaming one of the other gangs in the city... that weird one with the little eye symbols."
<Greenling> He gets Crow some coffee.
* Rudeth facepalms.
<Rudeth> "What did you two do?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "I didn't do shite. I just got drunk."
<Greenling> It tastes... vaguely coffee-like? Like someone made coffee out of caffeinated fruit.
* WhiteCrow nods, and puts a few silver coins on teh table as she takes a drink of the coffee, sitll kind of lethargic and running on autopilot....and stops againa s she tastes the fruit....
* Rei ponders going out and pointing them elsewhere, like back to the bar they were at earlier.
<Greenling> "Heh. Group of 'em arguing with one a' them scaleheads in the back," says Fist.
* WhiteCrow tries drinking the coffee again. She mgiht just have after-effects of the last cup
<Greenling> "Pansy-lookin' little fucker."
<Greenling> Crow: it's... decent.
<Greenling> It's like drinking *bad* coffee.
<Greenling> But it's not apple juice.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt got quiet. "...whazzat scalehead look like?"
<Greenling> "Uh. Like e's got a rat's nest instead of hair, green armor..."
<Greenling> "Dunno, come look."
* WhiteCrow seems to light-up a bit. She starts to drink at the coffeee. Its terrible but....at least its what she wants damn it, "Sir, your coffee needs a bit of improvement. Thanks."
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt hurried over to the window, peering out.
<Greenling> What a familiar face.
<Greenling> "...You're welcome."
<Greenling> "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be hiding upstairs."
<Greenling> The door shuts.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Oi, Fist?"
* WhiteCrow closes her eyes contentlya nd ignores everyone else for a moent as she enjosy the first coffee fo the day. FInally.
<Greenling> "What?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Take a good luck at that scalehead. As a member of mah bandits, you take share in all our praises. And all our failures." He pointed at the dragonblooded. "That fucker, screwed you over. Remember that."
<Greenling> "...Okay. How'd he screw me over?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "He hired ya for a job. Simple one. Go mess up some government building in a village. Not that hard. Turns out, all he needed was fer some papers to disappear. You show up ta get paid, 'n he not only refuses, but also sets up a trap fer guards to pick ya up. Ya lost a lot of bandit brothers that night."
<Greenling> So what's everyone else doing. :V
<Greenling> "..." Fist makes a sound like unto boulders crashing against each other.
* Rudeth is sitting at the table near Rei and Crow, wondering why the hell his companions seem to keep getting themselves into trouble. X3;
<Peyt_Yenthu> "So yeah. He fucked ya over real nice."
* WhiteCrow has not listened to any of this so far and seems to be in a state of bliss right now, eyes clos eand smiling as she sips at her drink
<Greenling> "So we're gonna return the favor at some point, I'm guessing is where you're going."
* Rei ponders softly, sighing before setting out her zither, playing to calm herself... and maybe give the tavern some semblance of normalcy to avoid guard interest.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Gonna return the favor by killin' him."
<Peyt_Yenthu> He squints his one eye. "The fuck's he doin' out there? Anyone tell?"
<Greenling> "Sounds good to me."
<Greenling> "I think the guards're giving him a hard time about somethin'."
<Greenling> Eventually, they leave him be.
<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt mutters to himself, then looks around. "...oi! Smaller people!"
* Rei glances over to Peyt.
<Peyt_Yenthu> "...go find out what he's doin' here! Be...small and cute and talk it up. Or eavesdrop. Somethin' you small people do!"
* Rudeth glances back. "Alright, Rei and I will go check it out."
* WhiteCrow hmms, raising her eyes to Peyt, and then lookinga bout for the barkeep for more coffee
<Greenling> Barkeep's still gone.
<Greenling> What do Rei and Rudy do?

• Rei stands and makes her way out to go listen in.
  
• Rudeth is just trying to get closer to him to see what's going on, realizing quite well that this is a stupid idea and something bad is going to happen.
  

- Zhubin has quit IRC: Ping timeout

• WhiteCrow grumbles and hops behind. No one's here. She wants coffee. No one's stopping ehr damn it
  

<Greenling> You attempt to follow the Dragon-Blooded?
<Rudeth> I guess so. XD
<Greenling> ...Are you trying to be sneaky?
<Rudeth> More nonchalant than sneaky. Not trying to hide, just to look...not important.
<Greenling> That you can do easily, farmboy.
<Greenling> He heads back to one of the really rich inns.

• Rei ponders a moment, doing her best to doll up her travelling clothes and hair to look presentable, before following after him - possibly to act as entertainment, wrapped up zither carried under her arm..
  

<Greenling> Do you follow him inside?

• Rei will look inside to make sure she doesn't walk right into him, but yes.
  
• Rudeth will follow Rei inside and stay near her.
  

<Greenling> He heads over to a table with a few other people.
<Greenling> What's Peyt doing while they're gone?
<Greenling> It's a small, nice-looking inn. People stare at you as you come in. Especially Rei.

• Rei makes her way over to the innkeep, etching on her tablet and setting it in front of him: "May I perform for your patrons?" She smiles brightly.
  
• Rudeth follows her and grins at him. "We're a duet," he explains. "She plays the zither. I sing."
  

<Greenling> "Eh? I'm not interested in hiring people off the street."
<Greenling> "We're a decent establishment." Sniff.
<Rudeth> "Oh, we don't want you to pay us." Rudeth beams. "We'd just like to grace your fine establishment with a bit of music."

• Rei wipes the tablet and etches: "One-time only. Travelling musicians. Tips only, split half with house."
  

<Greenling> "..."
<Greenling> "All right. But if they kick you out, it's not my business."

• Rudeth bows to him. "We thank you, kind sir."
  

<Greenling> He nods his head.

• Rudeth quickly writes the name of a common folk song on Rei's board. "Do you know this one?"
  
• Rei nods and bows her head respectfully, wiping the tablet and making her way to somewhere to perform - hopefully somewhat close to the man they were tailing - and sits down, setting out her zither and checking the strings' tuning. She glances to the name, giving a little shrug - she'd improvise if not (and she probably didn't, at least by name)...
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt's getting drunk.
<Peyt_Yenthu> ...they left him alone in a bar. What did you expect?
<Greenling> Peyt does that a lot.
<Peyt_Yenthu> They put him in the situation a lot.
<Greenling> And Crow?

• Rei lets him begin the song, ears perked as she listens, following with her soft playing of the zither almost instantly, following after his song with effortless ease, as though she knew the music naturally. Of course, there was something to be said for the thought of playing a song alongside him, leaving her smiling softly and pouring her heart into the instrument, the soft notes rippling through the air of the tavern, playing upon the ear
  

<Rei> without being obtrusive. She seemed to stare down at the zither, but her eyes occasionally glanced up to check on the man they were following..

• Rudeth steps in front of them, looking around and smiling brightly. He had never performed in front of complete strangers, but he had sang plenty of times, and the song was a familiar one, an old folk song he had heard since he was a child. He takes a deep breath, glancing at Rei.
  
• Rudeth looks up, beginning the song softly, hearing the melody clearly in his head, feeling the notes lock into place. He kept one hand gently on Rei's arm, feeling the tempo of the zither and playing off of the sound, his eyes sweeping toward the man they were supposed to follow.
  

<Rei> !roll 13 7 ex
<The_Lady> Rei invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> Please use standard dice syntax when invoking this command (ex. '!roll 4d6')
<Rei> !roll_ww 13 7 ex
<The_Lady> Rei invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 9
<The_Lady> rolled 13d10. Got 6 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Rudeth> !roll_ww 11 7 ex (Cha 4 + Per 2 + 2 stunt + Com 3)
<The_Lady> Rudeth invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7
<The_Lady> rolled 11d10. Got 1 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Greenling> Rudy's playing is... acceptable.
<Greenling> Rei's singing enchants the tavern.
<Rei> [Backwards.]
<Greenling> The patrons love you.
<Greenling> You get several tips. Your mark calls Rei over to the table.

• Rei bows graciously over her zither, purring happily. She blushes, setting her zither down and shifting to her feet, gracefully making her way over to sit by the man, smiling in greeting.
  

<Greenling> "So what's your name, sweetie?
<Greenling> " <3

• Rudeth stays close, keeping his eyes on the man, but not approaching the table unless spoken to.
  
• Rei blushes softly, brushing her throat with an apologetic smile, taking her tablet from her satchel and etching her name onto it in Flametongue.
  

<Greenling> "Oh my. That's adorable."
<Greenling> "Are you from around here? You're... different."
<Greenling> "I'd almost wonder if you were one of the Fair Ones..." Exaggerated wink.

• Rei blushes softly, continuing to etch - blinking and shaking her head softly in embarassment. "Lost memory. Rudeth found me on the road."
  

<Greenling> "Oh? Who?"
<Greenling> He glances at Rudeth.
<Greenling> "Oh, well. Sit down and rest your voice, dear, I'll buy you a drink."

• Rei nods to Rudeth, smiling softly.
  
• Rudeth smiles back at her. As long as Rei doesn't seem to be threatened, Rudeth will just stand nearby.
  

<Greenling> His two companions glance at Rei and continue talking to him in hushed tones.
<Greenling> Yada yada money yada yada courier yada yada Realm, Guild, Anathema yada yada...

• Rei flicks her ears, hoping to hear without being recognized as eavesdropping.
  

<Greenling> Rei notes that they seem to be talking about business. Specifically, attempting to get into business with a local Outcaste (how fortuitous) for the sake of getting money -> expanding his ability to fortify Gem and the pass to An-Teng from further Anathema problems.
<Greenling> They seem to be presuming that "mute" means "selectively deaf".
<Greenling> Ragara whatsisname is helping her with her gang, getting her in with the guards, in exchange for funneling money and being partly under his control. She, of course, is playing him- they're aware of this, but presume she's not good enough to get away with it.
<Greenling> And they're discussing current problems.

• Rei idly tousles her hair some, glancing aside, tail lazily swishing.
  

<Greenling> Rei also gets (1) the name of the Outcaste (which I would have to look up) and (2) groped.
<Greenling> Subtly. But still.
<Rudeth> !roll_ww 5 7 ex (Wits 3 + Awareness 2)
<The_Lady> Rudeth invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 2, 7, 7, 10
<The_Lady> rolled 5d10. Got 4 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<WhiteCrow> !roll_ww 5 7 ex
<The_Lady> WhiteCrow invokes the Lady...
<The_Lady> 1, 2, 2, 5, 10
<The_Lady> rolled 5d10. Got 2 Successes against a TN of 7, 10's are counted double
<Greenling> Rudy sees this.
<Greenling> What *are* Peyt and Crow doing, hmm?

• WhiteCrow has pretty much ignored things. The missing patrons and barkeep, as well as her now access to coffee that tastes like coffee, has led her to try and mix with what's avilalbe to see what she can prdocue with the half-assed stuff there, he rinner alchemist kicking in
  
• Rei blushes at the little grope, embarassed - though the attention was kind of nice. Her tail curled about Rudeth's leg some as she sat and endured it to overhear what she was sent for.
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt's drinking and waiting for them to get back.
<Greenling> Crow can make alcoholic coffee?
<WhiteCrow> Maybe
<WhiteCrow> There's coffee there
<WhiteCrow> THey ahve water

• Rudeth glares at the guy, picking up a tumbler and considering "accidentally" hitting him in the head with it. Thinking better of it, Rudeth just makes a face behind his back and grumbles to himself.
  

<WhiteCrow> It was bad coffee
<WhiteCrow> THere may be ways ot use the various mixer stuff to make the coffee not-bad

• Rei gently pats Rudeth's leg with her tail, having the feeling he was considering it and trying to calm him down, appreciating the gesture of defending her honor..
  

<Greenling> What you got is the best you can find. Mixing things produces coffee that tastes like whiskey, more milk, some odd lemony-tasting fizzy nonsense, or in one memorable instance, horse vomit.

• Rei glances out, as if noticing the time, and blushes, standing and bowing apologetically - it seems the time was too late and they needed to move on. She takes her tablet, smiling to the man before leading Rudeth back to their impromptu stage, to collect her zither and their tips to share with the barkeep.
  

<Greenling> "Aww."
<Greenling> "Call me. I'll be here." <3
<Greenling> The barkeep smles broadly at Rei. "If you're ever back in town, ma'am, you're welcome to play here again."

• Rei blows him a kiss, taking Rudeth's hand and squeezing it lightly as she leads him out. The big angry oaf should be pleased with the information. She smiles to the barkeep, bowing to him as well, enjoying the praise.
  
• Rudeth grumbles once they're out of earshot. "Jackass. No wonder Peyt hates him." >:(
  

<Rudeth> "So you found out what Peyt needs to know?"

• Rei nods some, etching the information on her tablet and passing it back to him to look over as well, just in case.
  

<Rudeth> "Alright. Let's go find Peyt and Crow before they kill each other." >_>;
<Greenling> You may return.

• Rudeth busts back into the tavern they were in. "Peyt! Crow! You two still here?"
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt's drinking and playing cards with Fist. "I better be."
<Rudeth> "We found out what your jackass is doing."

• Rei arrives, leaning against the table with a satisfied smile. Insert comment about canary.
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> "Oh? And what's he doin'?"

• Rei passes the tablet to Peyt to let him read what she'd written down
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt reads it all over, his grin spreading wider and wider the more he read.

• Rei also added at the bottom: "He's a lech."
  
• WhiteCrow is still mixing various coffees with flavorings for alchoholic mixed drinks and noting downt hings on her notebook at thi spoint. ALso seeing if anything is useful for other chemicals, this bar seems to be teh sort to cut their booze
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> "Well I didn't say he was a sister-humpin' mouth-breather fer nuthin'."

• WhiteCrow takes a drink of one of her test mixes, "I think you just did."
  

<Greenling> What now, intrepid mortals?
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Ya know what this lass looked like?"
<Rudeth> "Hm?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Do ya know what this gang leader lass looks like!?"
<Rudeth> "She wasn't there."

• WhiteCrow finds a good mix of cream used for some vodka mixes and a bit stronger blend fo coffee and some other sewateners and sips at that, "So, what's everyone up to? WHere'd Rude and Rei go?"
  
• Rudeth lifts an eyebrow. "Nice to see you've returned to the world of the living. We tracked the jackass he's been following and found out what he was up to."
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> "Dang...well, even if we don't know what she looks like, we know who she runs with. Will feel good to be doin' the old job again."

• Rei yawns softly and stretches some.
  
• WhiteCrow hmmms, leaning on the bartop from behind and sipping her drink, listening, "So what's the plan? Whyw as everyone so panicky earlier anyhow?"
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> "If their whole agreement is based on funneling of money, then it should really stick in his craw if his money stops getting funneled."
<Rudeth> "That sounds reasonable."
<Greenling> The heat seems to have died down.

• WhiteCrow has pulled out her notebook with some more clearness fo thought and begins going over things, "So I have to ask, what're your plans after you kill this guy? As I think that is an act which surmounts to having a fast horse."
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> "Calling all the boys 'n ladies back to be the army."

• Rei smiles to Peyt, taking her tablet back and watching him with just a touch of expectation.
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt takes the shiniest bottlecap and sets it in front of Rei.

• WhiteCrow just realizes something and looks voer her notes, "Hey Loud Guy, gotta question."
  

<WhiteCrow> "DId the Dragonling you hate so much ahve any shiny rocks in his armor or weapons?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Which would be?"
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Fuck if I know. Maybe. Kinda hard to pay attention to shiny things when yer bein' bent over."
<WhiteCrow> "remember that manse with the demon? Those rocks come from those."
<WhiteCrow> "And with the right resource,s youc an find it if its not on the Blessed Isle."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "I guess. Maybe. He had a thing fer rocks."

• WhiteCrow nods and takes soem notes onthat.
  
• Rei blinks, taking the bottlecap and giving a little shrug, pocketing it.
  

<Greenling> Fist looks up. "...Are you asking if he was wearing Jade?"
<Greenling> "Because, yeah. He had Green Jade armor."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Think he was askin' fer those weird magic stones."
<WhiteCrow> "Not jade. The gems."
<Greenling> "...Ah."
<Greenling> "Couldn't tell."

• WhiteCrow nods, still jotting stuff down in her notebook, "Still, mgith be something to investigate. And well, gets to let me look at some geomantic stuff..."
  
• Rei stands and makes her way over to the tavern keeper, peeking behind the counter for anything that looks tasty.
  

<Greenling> There are lots of tasty things. Still no tavern-keeper.
<Greenling> There's a knock on the door, though.

• Rudeth answers the door.
  
• WhiteCrow looks over to the door, still drinking her coffee and jotting things down, someone else will get it
  

<Greenling> It's a guard.
<Rudeth> "Hello there, sir. What can we do for you?"
<Greenling> A young guy. Looks naive and well-meaning. Rudy feels instant kinship.

• Rudeth smiles at him.
  

<Greenling> "Hello! I'm supposed to talk to the tavern owner. We spoke to him earlier, but my superiors had to check on some things." ^^
<Rudeth> "Alright, just a second and I'll find him."

• Rudeth wanders off looking for someone who works here.
  

<Greenling> He seems to be gone.

• WhiteCrow glances over to the guy and looks around, still standing behind the bar as no one has told her not to.
  

<Rudeth> "Um, don't see him. He doesn't seem to be around." ^^;
<Greenling> The guard walks inside and looks at Crow. "Hello miss, do you work here?"
<Greenling> "...Isn't around? I wonder why not?"
<Rudeth> "Dunno. We came here earlier and there was no one here. You can probably wait here for him. He's gotta be back at some point."
<Greenling> "...That's very strange. I was just going to tell him his registration checked out."
<Rudeth> "Huh. Well, I guess if I ever see him I'll let him know."
<Greenling> "If no one was here, why are you all here?"
<Greenling> "You're not looters, are you?" >:/
<Rudeth> "We were looking for coffee."
<Greenling> He looks at Rudeth.

• Rudeth gestures at Crow. "She gets...weird if she doesn't have caffeine."
  

<Greenling> "You were looking for coffee, so you went into an empty bar? Why didn't you go into a coffeehouse or something?" <Rudeth> "This was the first place we found."

• WhiteCrow hmms, looking at the guard, "I don't. But the barkeep gave me coffee, and then sort of left. I put money on the counter thoughf or me going through, honest."
  
• WhiteCrow points to an ash tray where she had constantly was putting script into as she raided the bar for goods.
  

<Greenling> He scratches the back of his head. "Today's been weird."
<Rudeth> "What else has happened?"

• WhiteCrow shrugs, drinking some more coffee.
  

<Greenling> "Uh, just work. And flying fish. And people disappearing."

• WhiteCrow drops her coffee mug at that, "Flying fish?"
  

<Greenling> "Yeah."
<Rudeth> "...why were there flying fish?"
<Greenling> "Someone brought a whole crate of flying fish into the market to sell. Supposedly they're a delicacy in... Sijan, I think."
<Greenling> "They broke out and went all over the place. Somehow they were still alive."
<Rudeth> "That's...wow."

• WhiteCrow stops at that, "Flying as in full-out flying?"
  

<Greenling> "Yeah."

• Rei blinks some, ears perking as she returns to the table, nibbling on some bread.
  

<Greenling> "As in they had little wings and could breathe air for short periods."
<Rudeth> "...you said people were disappearing." Rudeth briefly thinks of Inkah. "Who was disappearing?"
<Greenling> "I don't know of any pattern. It's probably nothing."
<Rudeth> "Like...how disappearing?" :/
<Greenling> "Not being found?"\\
<Greenling> "I'm not really on that case, sorry."

• WhiteCrow hmmsm, thinking on that.
  

<WhiteCrow> "Just curious, has anything you've been eating tasted weird today?"
<Greenling> "Er. No?"
<Greenling> "Well, not weirder than usual. I'm not a very good cook." ^^;

• WhiteCrow sighs and takes another taste of coffee, noting something in antoher part of her book, "Okay. Just checking."
  

<Peyt_Yenthu> Peyt gave a burp, then eyed the young guard. "...is that all." In a 'get the fuck out' way.
<Greenling> The guard glares at Peyt briefly. "Well, I'll have to go back and tell my bosses about this. I hope you folks are doing all right today. If there's nothing else?"
<Rudeth> "Not that I can think of. It was nice to meet you, um...?" Rudeth holds out his hand. "I'm Rudeth, by the way."
<Greenling> He holds out his hand and shakes. "Tanith. Nice to meet you."

• WhiteCrow shrugs, "Not that I can think of." As she starts getting her stuff together, she drops a silver piece into the ashtray earlier and starts messing witht he coffee stuff again
  

<Greenling> He gets up, nods happily to you all, and leaves.
<Rudeth> "Flying fish and disappearing people. Huh."
<Peyt_Yenthu> "Fucker doesn't even have to shave regularly. That's what passes fer guards nowadays." Peyt bit into the sandwich he had made. You don't drink on an empty stomach!
<Greenling> Of course not, everyone knows that. :V
<Peyt_Yenthu> It was a big sandwich. Lots of meats and veggies and meats and cheeses and bread and meat. And he's under the assumption that Crow is paying, so he piled it heavy.

• WhiteCrow looks over to Peyt, "Ummm...I am paying."
  
• Rei frowns softly, nibbling on her bread absently.