HF 047

[3/10/2017 8:10:12 PM] Malfiore: Ok, I'm going to get going, we'll start off slow anyway.

[3/10/2017 8:10:15 PM] Malfiore: ...probably.

[3/10/2017 8:10:17 PM] Malfiore: ...maybe.

[3/10/2017 8:10:26 PM] Malfiore: ...ok, probably not, but I'll try.

[3/10/2017 8:10:33 PM] Malfiore: Anyway, last time

[3/10/2017 8:10:39 PM] Josie: :)

[3/10/2017 8:11:00 PM] Malfiore: Your investigation into the murder of Zharn Dynne led to a conspiracy that has...mostly been closed.

[3/10/2017 8:11:34 PM] Malfiore: You captured two of the members (Herman and Whitestone), another died fleeing, and all parties seem ended...maybe.

[3/10/2017 8:11:57 PM] Malfiore: William has closed the case and roughly one week has passed since then.

[3/10/2017 8:12:30 PM] Malfiore: Rune, you have been assisting Taeral in his lab, and he has been working to teach you the machinations of the traps and wards he's established around the worlds hole.

[3/10/2017 8:12:53 PM] Malfiore: Hank has been doing some side investigating and bought a lot of water.

[3/10/2017 8:13:42 PM] \*\*\* Josie has learned a very interesting spell or two over the week as well. It's a total coincidence that part of the courtyard walls have singemarks now. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:13:57 PM] Malfiore: :)

[3/10/2017 8:14:09 PM] Hank: ((Technically powdered silver but same thing pretty much.))

[3/10/2017 8:14:15 PM] Malfiore: Ok.

[3/10/2017 8:14:21 PM] Malfiore: Quill, anything you want to add?

[3/10/2017 8:14:45 PM] \*\*\* Rook has done pretty much nothing. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:14:51 PM] Malfiore: Ok.

[3/10/2017 8:14:53 PM] \*\*\* Josie has also spent time with her boys and doing paperwork and visiting orphans in sewers and all kinds of other things. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:15:16 PM] Malfiore: In the meantime, news has been coming in from Kumat and the Empire.

[3/10/2017 8:15:40 PM] \*\*\* Rook has no plotlines or followup to do.  He pretty much just accompanies Rune when she wants. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:16:46 PM] Malfiore: You learn that the Dynne family has demanded reparations from Jarqin's family which were met and...otherwise no further investigations or charges have been brought forward.

[3/10/2017 8:17:06 PM] Malfiore: Also, the guild hearings have AGAIN been pushed back to find another third candidate for the WH position.

[3/10/2017 8:19:15 PM] Malfiore: So, we pick up in the morning roughly a week after last game.

[3/10/2017 8:19:19 PM] \*\*\* Rune volunteers as tribute! Mostly sarcastically; she's still mad at the last one. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:19:27 PM] Malfiore: If anyone was down HP or had exhaustion...you now aren't.

[3/10/2017 8:19:45 PM] Malfiore: No one seems to like the idea of Rune as WH captain.

[3/10/2017 8:22:03 PM] Malfiore: Anyway, Gerald makes breakfast and Max is already at the table.

[3/10/2017 8:22:13 PM] \*\*\* Rune doesn't either, so that makes everyone. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:22:46 PM] \*\*\* Rune wanders out of her bedroom and gets some tea, mumbling "Morning" at anyone she spots before the tea. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:23:08 PM] \*\*\* Rook his tuning his lute. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:24:21 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Ah, breakfast!"

[3/10/2017 8:24:41 PM] Malfiore: Taeral enthusiastically begins to fill his plate and mug.

[3/10/2017 8:24:50 PM] Rune: Good morning. Well, maybe good. We'll have to see.

[3/10/2017 8:26:25 PM] \*\*\* Hank wanders in and sits down grabbing some toast. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:26:37 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "It's been pretty good so far."

[3/10/2017 8:26:45 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Quiet week."

[3/10/2017 8:27:04 PM] Rune: I've gotten a lot done. Good morning, Hank.

[3/10/2017 8:27:48 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "You have.  You're a very quick student.  Picked up a lot of stuff quickly."

[3/10/2017 8:27:51 PM] Rune: Allegedly.

[3/10/2017 8:28:24 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods.  "She's super smart." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:28:35 PM] Rune: Oh, well. I didn't actually mean to explode the rainbarrel.

[3/10/2017 8:30:04 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "...aim may need some work, I will admit."

[3/10/2017 8:30:44 PM | Edited 8:30:51 PM] Malfiore: Gerald takes Max by the hand.  "I shall escort Mr. Max to the citadel for his service with Tim."

[3/10/2017 8:31:07 PM] Rook: What were you trying to do to the rainbarrel?

[3/10/2017 8:31:11 PM] Rune: He's not teaching you to animate objects, is he?

[3/10/2017 8:31:26 PM] Malfiore: Max: "...no?"

[3/10/2017 8:31:34 PM] Rune: Nothing, really, the fire was just much bigger than I expected, that's all. Much.

[3/10/2017 8:31:49 PM] Rook: ((17 insight on Max!))

[3/10/2017 8:32:09 PM] \*\*\* Rook eyes Max. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:32:26 PM] Rune: ((13, ditto.))

[3/10/2017 8:33:07 PM] Rune: ... you can tell us the truth you know. I don't care if you learn how to do things as long as you learn when to do them.

[3/10/2017 8:33:31 PM] Malfiore: Max: "...I made a flying sponge."

[3/10/2017 8:33:42 PM] Malfiore: Gerald's feathers ruffle.

[3/10/2017 8:33:53 PM] Rook: As long as you don't teach things how to make awful puns.

[3/10/2017 8:33:57 PM] Rook: That is the true crime.

[3/10/2017 8:34:13 PM] Malfiore: Gerald drags Max away.

[3/10/2017 8:34:42 PM] Rune: A flying sponge sounds useful?

[3/10/2017 8:34:51 PM] Rune: Good luck at work, Max! Have fun!

[3/10/2017 8:35:04 PM | Edited 8:35:12 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Oh, more good news.  ...and bad news."

[3/10/2017 8:35:16 PM] Rook: Let's start with the bad news.

[3/10/2017 8:35:33 PM] Malfiore: Taeral pulls a jar out of his robe and inside is a bee.  ...the bee is purple.

[3/10/2017 8:35:51 PM] Hank: Why do you have a purple bee?

[3/10/2017 8:35:54 PM] Rune: Er... you caught a bee.

[3/10/2017 8:36:08 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "An off-plane bee...I believe."

[3/10/2017 8:36:20 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "It was in my staff trap."

[3/10/2017 8:36:37 PM] Rune: Oh.

[3/10/2017 8:37:21 PM] Hank: Well that means it works, so why is that bad news?

[3/10/2017 8:37:44 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Because it means that the portal is starting to work both ways."

[3/10/2017 8:38:00 PM] Rune: We don't know that it ever didn't, to be fair.

[3/10/2017 8:38:07 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "True."

[3/10/2017 8:38:25 PM] \*\*\* Rook looks at the bee.  "Are you an ambassador?" \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:38:53 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "I tried decipher languages.  I don't think it talks."

[3/10/2017 8:39:13 PM] Rook: Well, one never knows.

[3/10/2017 8:40:01 PM] \*\*\* Hank will use divine sense on the bee. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:40:03 PM] Rook: Oh, I know!

[3/10/2017 8:40:08 PM] Rune: I really ought to learn Tongues.

[3/10/2017 8:40:09 PM] \*\*\* Rook activates Oracle. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 8:40:34 PM] Malfiore: Oracle appears.  "How may I assist?"

[3/10/2017 8:41:22 PM] Rook: Can you identify this bee?

[3/10/2017 8:42:04 PM] Malfiore: Oracle picks up the jar.  It's...weird.  She isn't grabbing it right, but it moves up, anyway (like her hand animations are limited).

[3/10/2017 8:42:11 PM] Malfiore: Oracle examines it from all angles.

[3/10/2017 8:42:47 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "Dark Bee.  Native to the far realm.  Known for making Dark Honey, a bitter honey substitute."

[3/10/2017 8:43:37 PM] Rook: ....

[3/10/2017 8:43:44 PM | Edited 8:43:52 PM] Rook: The Far Realm.

[3/10/2017 8:43:57 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "Yes, home to many various races."

[3/10/2017 8:44:10 PM] Rook: .... mostly with tentacles and a hunger for our brains.

[3/10/2017 8:44:27 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "Affirmitive."

[3/10/2017 8:45:01 PM] Rune: That's disturbing. I'm glad it's only a bee.

[3/10/2017 8:45:43 PM] Hank: It's only a bee right now. Who knows what might come through next.

[3/10/2017 8:46:00 PM] Rook: Yeah.

[3/10/2017 8:46:10 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Hence the many precautions I have placed around it."

[3/10/2017 8:46:22 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Me and Rune.  And sometimes Creed."

[3/10/2017 8:46:43 PM] Rook: Well, if you need someone to sing at it, let me know.

[3/10/2017 8:47:13 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "Certain residents of the Far Realm communicate through a form of throat singing."

[3/10/2017 8:47:17 PM] Hank: You said you had good news Taeral?

[3/10/2017 8:47:31 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "The good news is the trap worked."

[3/10/2017 8:47:49 PM] Rook: Will it work on an Aboleth?

[3/10/2017 8:48:00 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Yes...I think."

[3/10/2017 8:49:00 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "...you know, Aboleths are typically nautical creatures, so, if it doesn't work, that problem might sort itself out."

[3/10/2017 8:49:24 PM] Rook: Before or after it consumes our minds.

[3/10/2017 8:50:04 PM] Rune: Good thing I exploded the rain barrel.

[3/10/2017 8:50:23 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "...I am eighty-three percent certain the trap or other barriers would keep it or anything else from coming through.  ...at least, coming through before we can react."

[3/10/2017 8:50:42 PM] Rook: Okay.

[3/10/2017 8:51:14 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Now if I could just figure out that infernal rod."

[3/10/2017 8:51:25 PM] Rune: Rod?

[3/10/2017 8:51:52 PM] Rune: Oh, the dragonkind one. Well, I certainly don't think we should use it.

[3/10/2017 8:52:11 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "I am aware.  I've been trying to dismantle it."

[3/10/2017 8:52:18 PM] Rook: Well, ideally we can separate it's parts again so it can't be used.

[3/10/2017 8:52:33 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Exactly...but I can't figure out how."

[3/10/2017 8:53:28 PM] Rune: It can't be destroyed, so.... maybe that counts as destruction now.

[3/10/2017 8:54:31 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "...I don't follow."

[3/10/2017 8:54:44 PM] Rune: It can't be destroyed, we know that much from before.

[3/10/2017 8:55:05 PM] Rune: Now it's been made into a new object, so maybe taking it apart would count as destroying it, which, as I said before, is not possible.

[3/10/2017 8:55:56 PM] Hank: So attaching something destroyable to something not destroyable makes both items not destroyable?

[3/10/2017 8:56:35 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "...databanks do not have sufficient evidence to support this theory."

[3/10/2017 8:57:14 PM] Rune: It makes it one item. Which includes a component that is not destroyable, therefore none of it is destroyable.

[3/10/2017 8:57:27 PM] Rune: The not-destroyable property transfers from the part to the whole.

[3/10/2017 8:58:33 PM] Hank: That sounds ridiculous by that theory you could just keep sticking stuff to it making some ultimate nondestructible weapon

[3/10/2017 9:00:18 PM] Rune: The more you add, the less stable it becomes because of resonance.

[3/10/2017 9:00:42 PM] Rune: So there's always kind of a limit. And you have to be rather good to just... stick things together.

[3/10/2017 9:01:15 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Yes.  And you'd need more merge stones, if that is how this rod was made."

[3/10/2017 9:01:41 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Or be an absolutely legendary arcanist."

[3/10/2017 9:01:53 PM] Rune: ... it's a lot harder than it sounds, basically. There's a reason I don't do magic items.

[3/10/2017 9:02:24 PM] Rune: I don't think I have the right sort of brain.

[3/10/2017 9:03:13 PM] Malfiore: There's a knock at the door.

[3/10/2017 9:03:16 PM] Malfiore: Then another.

[3/10/2017 9:03:22 PM] Rune: Come in!

[3/10/2017 9:03:23 PM] \*\*\* Rook will answer. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:03:26 PM] Malfiore: A strange, rhythmic knocking.

[3/10/2017 9:03:32 PM] Malfiore: Quill, roll a DEX save.

[3/10/2017 9:03:58 PM] \*\*\* Rook is ninja. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:04:38 PM] Malfiore: You duck out of the way as an apple sails over your head.  Looking down you see a number of them littering your doorway, all smashed.

[3/10/2017 9:05:02 PM] Rook: ((Glad I wasted than on an apple and not a fireball!))

[3/10/2017 9:05:07 PM] \*\*\* Rook looks to the source. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:05:30 PM] Rune: ... who's throwing fruit at us?

[3/10/2017 9:05:44 PM] Malfiore: Across the street you see a man.  Dark elf, short hair, a scar running from his eye to his chin.  He is a pale drow.

[3/10/2017 9:05:56 PM] Rook: ... really?

[3/10/2017 9:05:59 PM | Edited 9:06:12 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "Hello, new friend."

[3/10/2017 9:06:08 PM] Hank: Oh it's you

[3/10/2017 9:06:09 PM] Rune: ... why is a vampire throwing fruit at us?

[3/10/2017 9:06:15 PM] Rook: Oh, right, right, we put up wards, remember?

[3/10/2017 9:06:31 PM] \*\*\* Hank will pull a flask out \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:06:48 PM] Malfiore: He pulls out a stake and holds it up.  "I have something of yours.  Your slave misplaced it in my face."

[3/10/2017 9:07:06 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "How about you come out and get it?"

[3/10/2017 9:07:09 PM] Rook: It's hardly noticeable.

[3/10/2017 9:07:57 PM] \*\*\* Hank will walk outside \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:08:14 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "Not you."

[3/10/2017 9:08:28 PM] Malfiore: He holds the stake behind his back, now.

[3/10/2017 9:08:35 PM] Rune: Oh, dear.

[3/10/2017 9:08:38 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "I don't speak to lap dogs."

[3/10/2017 9:08:56 PM] Hank: I have plenty more things to throw at you.

[3/10/2017 9:09:01 PM] Rune: He's not a dog, he's a sort of... overzealous bodyguard.

[3/10/2017 9:09:10 PM] Hank: Oh like you aren't a lap dog yourself.

[3/10/2017 9:09:22 PM] Rook: Don't let him goad you, Hank.

[3/10/2017 9:10:11 PM] Malfiore: He sighs.  "Fine."

[3/10/2017 9:10:16 PM] Rune: Oh, come on, let's just talk like civilized people, this is ridiculous. We're adults.

[3/10/2017 9:10:18 PM] Malfiore: He throws Hank the stake.

[3/10/2017 9:10:47 PM] \*\*\* Hank will let it fall. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:11:14 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "I had a message for your master.  Can you bring him this too?"

[3/10/2017 9:11:19 PM] Malfiore: He holds out a piece of paper.

[3/10/2017 9:11:45 PM] \*\*\* Hank will approach the vampire still holding the flask. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:12:03 PM] Rune: If that's holy water...

[3/10/2017 9:12:33 PM] Malfiore: The vampire hears the words "holy water", and his smile fades.  He steps back.

[3/10/2017 9:12:51 PM] Malfiore: He keeps holding out the paper, though.

[3/10/2017 9:13:00 PM] Rune: ... please don't be uncivilized...

[3/10/2017 9:13:19 PM] \*\*\* Rook sighs, and calls an unseen servant to take the note. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:13:29 PM] \*\*\* Rune remembers she's not supposed to be in charge and looks to Quill. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:13:46 PM] Rook: Hank, it's fine, he's just passing on a message.

[3/10/2017 9:14:00 PM] Malfiore: The servant grabs the note and it floats over to Quill.

[3/10/2017 9:14:04 PM] Rook: There's a whole thing about messengers and what you're not supposed to do with them.

[3/10/2017 9:14:26 PM] Malfiore: The vampire straightens up.  "Glad to see you taught one of your pets to behave."

[3/10/2017 9:15:12 PM] Rune: Aren't Drow normally matriarchal?

[3/10/2017 9:15:38 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "Yes, but we are all above slaves."

[3/10/2017 9:16:01 PM] Hank: I have had just about enough of your attitude.

[3/10/2017 9:16:13 PM | Edited 9:16:29 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "The fact he was able to keep such good hold of you all speaks well to your loyalty."

[3/10/2017 9:16:18 PM] Rook: Hank.

[3/10/2017 9:16:19 PM] Hank: You delivered your message now go.

[3/10/2017 9:16:31 PM] Rook: Stop antagonizing him.

[3/10/2017 9:16:40 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods to the vampire.  "Thank you." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:16:46 PM] Rune: Thank you for the message.

[3/10/2017 9:17:11 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "...his rudeness aside, he is right.  I shall be going.  Tenzinine, by the way.  In case you need anything else."

[3/10/2017 9:17:21 PM] Malfiore: Vampire: "I am called Tenzinine."

[3/10/2017 9:17:29 PM] Rune: Thank you, Tenzinine.

[3/10/2017 9:17:32 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:17:44 PM] Hank: Whatever you say Tennis.

[3/10/2017 9:18:05 PM] Malfiore: Tenzinine turns and walks away.

[3/10/2017 9:18:18 PM] \*\*\* Rook reads the note. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:18:34 PM] \*\*\* Hank will pocket the vial and pick up the stake. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:20:17 PM] Rune: I hope you don't ever get turned into a vampire, Quill.

[3/10/2017 9:20:35 PM] Rook: I'd like to avoid that, myself.

[3/10/2017 9:21:17 PM] Rune: Smugness is unattractive.

[3/10/2017 9:22:41 PM] Rook: Also the whole undeath and unholy hunger for blood thing, which is inconvenient to say the least.

[3/10/2017 9:23:31 PM] Rune: Well, yes.

[3/10/2017 9:23:51 PM] Rune: ... and they're so smug.

[3/10/2017 9:23:58 PM] Hank: And who throws fruit at a door, there are perfectly good rocks lying around.

[3/10/2017 9:24:33 PM | Edited 9:24:46 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "Vampire.  One who feeds on blood.  Not known to show much respect to living foods."

[3/10/2017 9:25:01 PM] Rook: Hrm.  She wants to arrange a meeting for me to explain what she sees as recent ... attacks against her.

[3/10/2017 9:25:09 PM] Rune: What attacks?

[3/10/2017 9:25:45 PM] Rook: Associating with Darksbane, 'capturing her slaves and killing her subjects'.  I assume she means the children.

[3/10/2017 9:25:54 PM] Hank: Ah, probably good I didn't hit Tennis with holy water then.

[3/10/2017 9:26:24 PM] Rune: ... we can't let them have children.

[3/10/2017 9:27:03 PM] Hank: Did she propose some kind of neutral ground for the meeting?

[3/10/2017 9:27:16 PM] Rook: No.  I mean, apparently she's only been nice so far because we're both living here on the surface.  There's a definite ceiling for this sort of thing, though.

[3/10/2017 9:27:24 PM] \*\*\* Rook gives the address.  "I didn't recognize it." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:28:02 PM] Malfiore: Do you show others the address?

[3/10/2017 9:28:38 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:29:47 PM] Rook: It's not far.

[3/10/2017 9:30:14 PM] \*\*\* Rune peers at it. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:30:18 PM] Hank: I know the place, it's a boarding house.

[3/10/2017 9:30:27 PM] Rook: Or, well... I guess I'm supposed to leave a response there, and we'll arrange the meeting from there.

[3/10/2017 9:30:30 PM] Rune: If it's that mansion, I'm going to burn it to the g... oh, good.

[3/10/2017 9:31:11 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "Boarding house.  A place rented out to others as a temporary residence."

[3/10/2017 9:31:11 PM] Hank: To be fair the mansion seems less dangerous than our basement.

[3/10/2017 9:31:53 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "...so...what do we do now?"

[3/10/2017 9:32:04 PM] Rune: Everything is less dangerous than our basement.

[3/10/2017 9:32:16 PM] Rune: Let's leave a response at the boarding house now. Maybe they're not set up yet.

[3/10/2017 9:32:23 PM] Rook: I'm not sure.  We're going to come into conflict again.

[3/10/2017 9:32:59 PM] Rook: Eventually she'll realize that I'm not on board.

[3/10/2017 9:34:21 PM] Hank: We might learn something and it would give a chance to   Drop that stone that Jamaros gave us.

[3/10/2017 9:34:31 PM] Rune: Stone?

[3/10/2017 9:36:46 PM] Hank: Some kind of monitoring device, Quill has it. Jamaros wants us to get it in the possession of a vampire.

[3/10/2017 9:36:57 PM] Rune: Oh.

[3/10/2017 9:37:05 PM] Rook: Oh, right.  I had forgotten.

[3/10/2017 9:37:07 PM] Rune: Well, if we're choosing, I choose Jam.

[3/10/2017 9:37:14 PM] Rook: Clearly.

[3/10/2017 9:37:19 PM] Rune: He's not a vampire except possibly metaphorically.

[3/10/2017 9:39:00 PM] Hank: Better the enemy you know and all that I guess. And he doesn't hypnotize children as far as we know.

[3/10/2017 9:39:49 PM] Rune: He'd better not be.

[3/10/2017 9:40:54 PM] Rook: So we can arrange something, maybe get his people in on it, and ambush her?  I mean... she seems to think that our shared heritage implies a bond of honor.

[3/10/2017 9:41:02 PM] Rook: ... I do not agree, of course.

[3/10/2017 9:41:55 PM] Hank: I don't know how much good will we have with Jamaros right now.

[3/10/2017 9:42:10 PM] Rune: Why? You didn't beat him up, did you? ... or go on a date?

[3/10/2017 9:42:14 PM] Rune: ... or both?

[3/10/2017 9:42:32 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "...interesting first date."

[3/10/2017 9:43:06 PM] Rune: I liked mine better.

[3/10/2017 9:43:35 PM] Hank: I might have confronted him about his past and the dragon festival in his office. and gotten a death threat or two.

[3/10/2017 9:43:59 PM] Rook: Eh, I think it'll be fine.

[3/10/2017 9:44:14 PM] Rook: HE doesn't want vampires here anyway, and I'm pretty sure he knows at this point that you don't speak for us.

[3/10/2017 9:44:57 PM] Rune: What about his past?

[3/10/2017 9:46:09 PM] Hank: Nothing important right now.

[3/10/2017 9:47:15 PM] Rune: I don't like secrets.

[3/10/2017 9:48:15 PM] Hank: Some things aren't important like the history of the newish guild hall There is no reason to discuss that right , Taeral?

[3/10/2017 9:48:43 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "Don't look at me, I wasn't there at the time."

[3/10/2017 9:49:14 PM] \*\*\* Rook waves the note.  "VAMPIRES." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:49:21 PM] Rook: What are we going to do?

[3/10/2017 9:49:41 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "Vampires.  Creature know to drink blood of the living.  Do not hold respect for other types of food."

[3/10/2017 9:50:00 PM] Rune: You know, I don't keep secrets.

[3/10/2017 9:50:12 PM] Hank: Arrange a meeting try to get the stone on them and get as much information as possible.

[3/10/2017 9:50:26 PM] Rune: I suppose that sounds like a good idea.

[3/10/2017 9:50:39 PM] Hank: I don't keep secrets.

[3/10/2017 9:50:40 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "I liked the concept of alerting Darksbane.  He has a vested interest and might supply manpower."

[3/10/2017 9:50:47 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:51:11 PM] Hank: And it  would add to the debt we owe him.

[3/10/2017 9:51:20 PM] Rook: Where should we set up the meeting?  I have to admit the idea of blowing up Sacred Stone.

[3/10/2017 9:51:28 PM] Rook: No, we'd be helping HIM.  He'd owe us.

[3/10/2017 9:51:38 PM | Edited 9:51:46 PM] Rook: I'm the only way he gets close to Lysaga.

[3/10/2017 9:52:27 PM] Rune: That's true.

[3/10/2017 9:52:29 PM] Hank: Sacred stone and we should have a backup if she doesn't like that location.

[3/10/2017 9:52:49 PM] Rune: We could get William for the firepower if we don't want Jam.

[3/10/2017 9:53:56 PM] Hank: No Informing William means informing the guard for manpower. She would know about the ambush within hours.

[3/10/2017 9:54:05 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:54:19 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "I concur."

[3/10/2017 9:54:20 PM] Rook: Okay, hold on.

[3/10/2017 9:54:31 PM] \*\*\* Rook concentrates. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:54:38 PM] Malfiore: Oracle grabs onto Quill.

[3/10/2017 9:55:38 PM] \*\*\* Rook opens his eyes.  "Thanks, Oracle.  That's enough.  Any progress on finding the Queen and Lyv?" \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:56:03 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "I have limited potential hiding locations to 153 different planes."

[3/10/2017 9:56:15 PM] Rook: ..that's something, at least.

[3/10/2017 9:56:28 PM] Malfiore: Oracle: "It is much smaller than the original 687."

[3/10/2017 9:56:50 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods.  "Keep working on it, please." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:57:30 PM] Malfiore: Oracle nods.  "May I power down?  I would be more effective if I did not have to run power being here."

[3/10/2017 9:57:41 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods.  "Yes, sorry.  Go right ahead." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 9:58:11 PM] Malfiore: Oracle vanishes.

[3/10/2017 9:58:36 PM] Rook: Darksbane is on his way.  Try to behave.

[3/10/2017 9:58:48 PM] Rune: Or... don't behave...

[3/10/2017 9:59:09 PM] Hank: I could go for a walk if you would prefer?

[3/10/2017 9:59:22 PM] Rook: No, you should be here if we're talking strategy.

[3/10/2017 9:59:47 PM] Rook: Just don't let him goad you.

[3/10/2017 10:00:07 PM] Hank: Then no promises as I said we didn't exactly leave on the best terms.

[3/10/2017 10:01:07 PM] Rune: I just think there's a lot of unresolved sexual tension.

[3/10/2017 10:01:18 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "I shall be going out.  My shawl should keep me hidden and I'd like to be able to wear my own undergarments again."

[3/10/2017 10:01:24 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "...and robes."

[3/10/2017 10:01:44 PM] \*\*\* Rune nods. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:03:02 PM] Hank: I can go with Taeral and that way we don't have a lot of conflict here, when Darksbane arrives.

[3/10/2017 10:03:18 PM] Rook: ..again, you should be here.

[3/10/2017 10:03:30 PM] Rook: I'm a bard, not a paladin or a guard.

[3/10/2017 10:03:42 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "...I must confess, the offer to go clothes shopping with a hot guy, is tempting."

[3/10/2017 10:04:07 PM] Malfiore: Taeral: "But Quill's right.  You're better served here."

[3/10/2017 10:04:30 PM] Rune: Besides, that way you can stop us if we do do something unethical.

[3/10/2017 10:05:35 PM] Hank: Fine I will stay and meet with Jamaros.

[3/10/2017 10:05:49 PM] Malfiore: Taeral leaves.

[3/10/2017 10:06:51 PM] \*\*\* Rune hugs him first! \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:07:12 PM] \*\*\* Hank will inspect the stake the vampire gave back. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:07:21 PM] Malfiore: Roll investigation.

[3/10/2017 10:08:18 PM] Malfiore: After a few moments, Jamaros arrives, in his Jess form, dressed casually.

[3/10/2017 10:08:32 PM | Edited 10:09:00 PM] Malfiore: Although, her skirt seems...billowier than usual.

[3/10/2017 10:08:53 PM] Rook: ... is Torment under there?

[3/10/2017 10:09:04 PM] Rook: I don't know if I'm ready for that.

[3/10/2017 10:09:30 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Would you really be surprised if he was?"

[3/10/2017 10:10:05 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "...I'm still testing tails.  But I was sick of the tiefling form."

[3/10/2017 10:10:13 PM] Rune: Monkey?

[3/10/2017 10:10:22 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "At this point, more like pug."

[3/10/2017 10:10:29 PM] Rune: Oh dear.

[3/10/2017 10:10:38 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "It's a work in progress."

[3/10/2017 10:10:49 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Hi, Hank."

[3/10/2017 10:11:19 PM] Hank: Hello Jamaros.

[3/10/2017 10:11:23 PM] Rook: You read Undercommon?  It's like Elvish spoken underwater by a monster with three mouths.

[3/10/2017 10:11:27 PM] \*\*\* Rook hands over the note. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:11:47 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "I don't.  I know five languages, none of them Undercommon."

[3/10/2017 10:11:52 PM] Malfiore: He hands the letter back.

[3/10/2017 10:12:05 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Maybe give me the basics."

[3/10/2017 10:12:44 PM] \*\*\* Rook reads it aloud in Common. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:12:48 PM] Rook: [Friday, March 10, 2017 9:23 PM] Malfiore:

<<< Dear Quillyn Rae,

It is rare that I find another drow in the world above.  I do not know your history, but I can only assume, as an unaccompanied man that your reasons for leaving were based in displeasure for our native home.  I can assure you, I share a similar displeasure.  I think if we were to meet, we would find our goals not too distant from each other.

However, I find some of your recent actions troubling.  First, you associate with the human Darksbane, a blight upon my growing reign.  Second, you capture my slaves and kill my subjects.

In the name of our mutual histories, though, I seek us to be able to put these actions behind.  You may leave a response at (she lists an address a few blocks from the prison here), and we may arrange a meeting.  Take up my offer, and I may find a way for you to vindicate yourself to me.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

The Lady Lysaga

[3/10/2017 10:13:03 PM] Rune: I heard you and Hank had a fight.

[3/10/2017 10:13:15 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "...we did?"

[3/10/2017 10:14:11 PM] Hank: I never said fight I just was light on details of our interaction. Which is apparently keeping secrets.

[3/10/2017 10:14:21 PM] Hank: Can we focus on the vampires

[3/10/2017 10:14:58 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Yeah, lets."

[3/10/2017 10:15:28 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "She clearly doesn't want to give up one of her hideouts, but she gave you a major advantage by letting you choose the location."

[3/10/2017 10:15:53 PM] Rune: I don't have any secrets.

[3/10/2017 10:17:06 PM] \*\*\* Rune eyes them pointedly. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:17:42 PM] Malfiore: At about this point, Belza comes out of her and Tiprus's room and sits down beside the rest of you.  She is wearing one of her dresses, and no armor and is quite noticeable in her pregnancy at this point.

[3/10/2017 10:17:51 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Hyell-o."

[3/10/2017 10:18:03 PM] Rook: Hi Belza.

[3/10/2017 10:18:30 PM] Rune: Hello, Belza! You've been working on your Common, haven't you? Very good!

[3/10/2017 10:18:37 PM] \*\*\* Hank will make sure none of the holy water is visible. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:18:43 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Thank you."

[3/10/2017 10:18:55 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "I hyelp plan."

[3/10/2017 10:19:25 PM] Rune: Plan?

[3/10/2017 10:19:26 PM] Rook: That would actually be useful, thank you.

[3/10/2017 10:20:03 PM] Malfiore: Jams stares awkwardly at the giant devil woman who just sat down next to her.

[3/10/2017 10:20:03 PM] Hank: So we need a good location to meet her.

[3/10/2017 10:20:05 PM] Rune: Oh, that does make sense!

[3/10/2017 10:20:48 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Yes, location is our biggest advantage.  We need to find somewhere to take great advantage of."

[3/10/2017 10:20:54 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "...any suggestions?"

[3/10/2017 10:21:04 PM] Rook: Sacred Stone manor is empty and could do with being destroyed.

[3/10/2017 10:21:15 PM] Rune: I learned some new spells lately.

[3/10/2017 10:21:33 PM] Hank: But can easily be scouted out being in a more isolated area.

[3/10/2017 10:21:43 PM] Rook: That's true.

[3/10/2017 10:21:58 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Also, not a lot of good locations to hide other troops."

[3/10/2017 10:22:07 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "It's kind of on it's own there."

[3/10/2017 10:22:23 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Granted, that also means it'll be easier to surround if everyone's inside."

[3/10/2017 10:22:53 PM] Hank: The chances of her not having sentries is zero.

[3/10/2017 10:23:06 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "...why do you say that?"

[3/10/2017 10:23:23 PM] Rook: She's a vampire and she's magic.

[3/10/2017 10:23:41 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "...sorry...too many negatives.  Misunderstood."

[3/10/2017 10:24:24 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "That's a good point, but if we can't supply a healthy amount of our own troops, and I'm not sure we can, we should limit the number she can."

[3/10/2017 10:25:25 PM] Hank: Which means we need a smaller area.

[3/10/2017 10:25:48 PM] Hank: The undercity might be our best bet.

[3/10/2017 10:26:02 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Yes.  Has dragons down there."

[3/10/2017 10:26:16 PM] Rune: Well we don't want the dragons to get hurt.

[3/10/2017 10:26:21 PM] Rook: That.... is true.  We're friends with dragons.

[3/10/2017 10:26:37 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Hyurt?  Is dragons."

[3/10/2017 10:26:37 PM] Rook: I also don't want to get hurt.

[3/10/2017 10:26:57 PM | Edited 10:27:09 PM] Rune: Well, one of them is a baby, to be fair.

[3/10/2017 10:26:57 PM] Hank: The more potential backup we have the better.

[3/10/2017 10:27:46 PM] Rook: We can get him out of there, but maybe we should ask the other adults for help.  Vampires hate fire, right?

[3/10/2017 10:27:48 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Problem with going underground is it limits our escape options, and we definitely can't let it cave in."

[3/10/2017 10:28:34 PM] Hank: But it also limits their escape options.

[3/10/2017 10:28:37 PM | Edited 10:28:55 PM] Malfiore: ((For the record, Grimroth went back home.  He is no longer near the city.  Same for Baroth.))

[3/10/2017 10:28:54 PM] Rook: ((oh, darn it.))

[3/10/2017 10:29:11 PM] Malfiore: ((You have Vaighul and maybe Irgenth.))

[3/10/2017 10:29:57 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "True."

[3/10/2017 10:30:32 PM] Hank: And is our best limiter of civilians being caught in the middle.

[3/10/2017 10:31:31 PM] Rook: Keep in mind that Drow can see in the dark.  Really well.

[3/10/2017 10:31:39 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Not necessarily.  If we're at Sacred Stone, we put ourselves a decent distant between the rest of the city.  Under the city is...well...under the city, and if we lose control of the battle, that could easily go far up and hit them."

[3/10/2017 10:31:50 PM] Rook: Do you have any clerics on the payroll?

[3/10/2017 10:32:06 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "A couple.  Most to the Raven Queen."

[3/10/2017 10:32:27 PM] Rook: Any that can make daylight?

[3/10/2017 10:32:44 PM] Rook: ... I can tell you from experience, that will mess a drow up.  A drow vampire, very much.

[3/10/2017 10:33:06 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "I can check."

[3/10/2017 10:33:11 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Probably."

[3/10/2017 10:33:26 PM] Rune: ... who cast Daylight on you?

[3/10/2017 10:33:51 PM] Rook: It was awhile ago, some high elf who didn't like me.

[3/10/2017 10:34:43 PM] Rune: Well I should punch him in the face.

[3/10/2017 10:35:35 PM] Rook: I agree!

[3/10/2017 10:36:12 PM] Rune: Or you could toad him.

[3/10/2017 10:36:58 PM] Rook: I like Sacred Stone, myself.  What if we arranged it for a time when there's a guard patrol going by?  So we can get guard support without tipping them off.

[3/10/2017 10:38:49 PM] Hank: Could be doable I can probably get a copy of patrol times. Unfortunately that is only going to be a couple guards at best.

[3/10/2017 10:39:38 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "A couple of guards noticing a commotion like we're gonna make can call for more."

[3/10/2017 10:40:02 PM] Rune: Can we burn it down? Are there other buildings to catch fire?

[3/10/2017 10:40:09 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Still get dragons.  Bhest both worlds."

[3/10/2017 10:40:13 PM] Hank: Yes but response time won't be the fastest.

[3/10/2017 10:40:33 PM] Malfiore: ((In your journeys there, you noticed Sacred Stone Manor was pretty isolated))

[3/10/2017 10:41:34 PM] Rook: What do we know about vampires.  They have really good abilities to run away.

[3/10/2017 10:41:43 PM] Rune: Sheds or garages or anything?

[3/10/2017 10:41:55 PM] Rune: Don't they turn into mist?

[3/10/2017 10:42:45 PM | Edited 10:42:59 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Or bats.  Or sometimes whole bunch rats."

[3/10/2017 10:42:46 PM] Rune: I don't know how we could stop mist.

[3/10/2017 10:43:03 PM] Rook: Fire.

[3/10/2017 10:43:13 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Or daylight."

[3/10/2017 10:43:20 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "If we can cast it."

[3/10/2017 10:44:51 PM] Rune: Fire I can manage.

[3/10/2017 10:45:03 PM] Rune: ... if we don't mind the house burning down.

[3/10/2017 10:45:16 PM] Rook: I would think that would be a good way to keep mist from escaping.

[3/10/2017 10:46:54 PM] Hank: So sacred stone as the location. Dragons, guard patrol and then clerics and whoever else Jamaros can bring.

[3/10/2017 10:47:17 PM] Malfiore: Jamaros: "I have some men I can set up."

[3/10/2017 10:48:24 PM] Rook: I don't know if we can count on the dragons.  Vaighul might be willing to help out, but she might be reluctant to leave her brother.

[3/10/2017 10:48:46 PM] Rune: This would give you a major advantage in illegal doings in this city, you realize. And I don't think we should take Vaighul away from Vorel.

[3/10/2017 10:48:49 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Need weapon.  I hyelp."

[3/10/2017 10:49:12 PM] \*\*\* Rune nods. "All right. And Tiprus if she wants to." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:49:23 PM] Malfiore: Belza nods.

[3/10/2017 10:49:37 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "I can provide weapons, as well.  Nothing too major, of course."

[3/10/2017 10:50:08 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "I get a huge boon if this works, but there's also a lot of risk, and I can't dump all my savings into this project."

[3/10/2017 10:50:08 PM] Hank: Of course.

[3/10/2017 10:51:18 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "In the letter you read, no date was specified.  See if you can buy us some time."

[3/10/2017 10:51:37 PM] Rook: I'm pretty sure most of the risk is mine, here.

[3/10/2017 10:52:11 PM] Rune: Yes. I think you need to divest your krrf trade holdings. If you still have any.

[3/10/2017 10:52:33 PM] Malfiore: Jams gives Rune a look.

[3/10/2017 10:52:46 PM] Hank: Ok no need to get into old arguments again.

[3/10/2017 10:52:53 PM] Rune: We're removing your main competitor.

[3/10/2017 10:53:07 PM] Rune: I think you owe us.

[3/10/2017 10:53:39 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "And for that, I am supplying weapons, clerics, men and my input to the planning."

[3/10/2017 10:53:54 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "And helping you eliminate one of the greatest threats to the city."

[3/10/2017 10:54:04 PM] Rune: All of which you'd need to do anyway if you wanted to break them on your own.

[3/10/2017 10:54:16 PM] Rune: And I don't actually think they're that great of a threat to the city.

[3/10/2017 10:54:37 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "You don't see the vampire child stealers as a great threat?"

[3/10/2017 10:55:06 PM] Rook: You're the one who benefits from her removal.  All getting rid of her means for me is that I'm no longer threatened by that one particular vector of mortality.

[3/10/2017 10:55:24 PM] Rook: There's like six more I steal have to deal with.

[3/10/2017 10:55:29 PM] Rune: I see them as a threat to children, not to the city as a whole, to be perfectly frank.

[3/10/2017 10:55:52 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "I still say 'owe' is a strong word here."

[3/10/2017 10:57:31 PM] Hank: Equal then.

[3/10/2017 10:58:06 PM] Malfiore: Jams sighs.  "...how about we discuss what I do or don't do with any illegal drug trades I may or may no be a part of...afterwards?"

[3/10/2017 10:58:18 PM] Hank: Fine with me.

[3/10/2017 10:58:36 PM] Rune: ... all right, but I'm not going to forget about it.

[3/10/2017 10:58:50 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "I imagine you've never forgotten anything."

[3/10/2017 10:59:36 PM] Hank: I think we are done planning for now. Can I have a quick word before you leave Jamaros?

[3/10/2017 10:59:49 PM] Rune: There's a closet over there.

[3/10/2017 10:59:51 PM] \*\*\* Rune points. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 10:59:54 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "You know, this is why she thinks we're having an affair."

[3/10/2017 11:00:09 PM] Rune: Or the pantry. There's a convenient shelf in there that's empty most of the time.

[3/10/2017 11:01:09 PM] Hank: And I am sorry about that but I just want to have a quick chat.

[3/10/2017 11:01:25 PM] Malfiore: Jams stands up and invites you to lead her away.

[3/10/2017 11:01:37 PM] Rune: Use protection, or you'll get stuck as a woman for nine months.

[3/10/2017 11:01:37 PM] Rook: I'l set it for a week from today, how's that sound.

[3/10/2017 11:02:01 PM] \*\*\* Hank leaves the aegis badge on the table and walks out. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:02:05 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "One week.  That should be enough time for me.  Good for you to get prepared?"

[3/10/2017 11:02:13 PM] Rook: Should be.

[3/10/2017 11:02:35 PM] Rook: I have no idea how to prepare for something like this.

[3/10/2017 11:03:01 PM] Rune: Well, probably it doesn't matter. Most likely the vampires will ambush us sometime before then and try to turn you and kill us.

[3/10/2017 11:03:03 PM] Malfiore: Jams says "You get used to it" and turns a corner with Hank.

[3/10/2017 11:05:01 PM] \*\*\* Rook writes up a polite response to the note in Undercommon, specifying that they will meet in one week's time, at Sacred Stone manor. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:05:24 PM | Edited 11:06:57 PM] Rook: ((At like three in the afternoon.))

[3/10/2017 11:06:29 PM] Malfiore: As you write, Belza continues to sit there.  She fusses a bit with her skirt.  "Now know why we no use.  ...keeps going up."

[3/10/2017 11:07:17 PM] Rune: What does? The skirt?

[3/10/2017 11:07:28 PM] Malfiore: Belza nods.

[3/10/2017 11:07:37 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "When sit."

[3/10/2017 11:07:59 PM] Rune: Ohhhh. I usually wear longer ones.

[3/10/2017 11:08:39 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Then harder move."

[3/10/2017 11:08:54 PM] Rune: Well, mine are wide, so I can run in them and things.

[3/10/2017 11:09:15 PM] Rune: If they are having a torrid affair they're awfully quiet about it. Maybe Jam brought a sound-dampening spell.

[3/10/2017 11:10:16 PM] Rook: Oh!  Oh.  Man.  I wonder if Anna can bring her friend.

[3/10/2017 11:10:39 PM | Edited 11:10:50 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "...would be hyelpful."

[3/10/2017 11:10:45 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:11:02 PM | Edited 11:11:09 PM] Rook: Those guys have real problems with undead, don't they?

[3/10/2017 11:11:04 PM] Rune: ... Oh, he should want to smoosh vampires, aren't they technically evil?

[3/10/2017 11:11:14 PM] Rook: These ones definitely are.

[3/10/2017 11:11:31 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "If he think threat, he would."

[3/10/2017 11:11:47 PM] Rune: Enslaving children is pretty evil.

[3/10/2017 11:11:54 PM] Rook: All we would have to tell him about is the kids and the drugs, yeah.

[3/10/2017 11:12:13 PM] Rune: ... I hope Max doesn't feel like a slave.

[3/10/2017 11:12:25 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Evil not threat.  He might see as...comparatively small."

[3/10/2017 11:13:43 PM] Rook: Well, still.  Maybe we can ask for his help with vampires.  Maybe he's bored with his limited smiting opportunities on this plane.

[3/10/2017 11:14:40 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "...send Celestial.  He may for her."

[3/10/2017 11:14:42 PM] Rune: Plus Anna cares about enslaved children, so that's got to help.

[3/10/2017 11:14:47 PM] Rune: ... exactly.

[3/10/2017 11:15:45 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "...I not fight.  Be bad.  ...but want to."

[3/10/2017 11:16:16 PM] Rune: I know. It's got to be difficult.

[3/10/2017 11:17:41 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "...Armor still no good."

[3/10/2017 11:17:49 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "And I always growing."

[3/10/2017 11:18:12 PM] Rune: That will top out after a while, won't it.

[3/10/2017 11:18:45 PM] Malfiore: Something you hadn't noticed until now.  Belza's always kept her hair cut very short.  Like...Furiosa short.  But it's starting to grow out now.

[3/10/2017 11:19:04 PM] Malfiore: Hank and Jams rejoin the group.

[3/10/2017 11:19:10 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Well, it's been fun."

[3/10/2017 11:19:12 PM] Rune: Your hair is different.

[3/10/2017 11:19:20 PM] Rune: Has it?

[3/10/2017 11:19:30 PM] Rook: Thanks for coming.  We'll be in touch.

[3/10/2017 11:19:56 PM] Malfiore: Jams hugs Quill.  "I always do.  And, hey, maybe we can hang out when we're not plotting against a common foe."

[3/10/2017 11:20:19 PM] Malfiore: Jams hugs Rune and gives her a peck on the cheek.

[3/10/2017 11:20:42 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Always nice to stop by.  And goodbye...did not get your name."

[3/10/2017 11:20:48 PM] Malfiore: Belza: "Belza."

[3/10/2017 11:20:55 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Ok, have a good day, all."

[3/10/2017 11:21:24 PM] Hank: Goodbye Jamaros.

[3/10/2017 11:21:25 PM] \*\*\* Rune checks her pockets. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:21:46 PM] Rune: Goodbye! Enjoy the tail. A monkey's might be more useful, you know. Or a tiger's, for balance.

[3/10/2017 11:22:15 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Well, it's supposed to be a monkey's tail.  We're still toying with the spell."

[3/10/2017 11:22:33 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Never had to create a whole new limb before."

[3/10/2017 11:22:38 PM] \*\*\* Rook does the same, checking pockets. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:23:06 PM] Malfiore: Both of you roll investigation.

[3/10/2017 11:23:15 PM] Malfiore: Jams: "Anyway, have a good day."

[3/10/2017 11:25:58 PM] Malfiore: Jams leaves

[3/10/2017 11:26:16 PM] \*\*\* Rune waves. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:26:53 PM] \*\*\* Rook finishes writing his note and sealing it. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:27:10 PM] \*\*\* Rune holds up a bracelet. "Hmm. That's pretty, I wonder if it's a listening-in device or if it does something else." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:27:33 PM] Rook: Where'd you get that?

[3/10/2017 11:27:54 PM] Rune: Jam put it in my pocket.

[3/10/2017 11:28:05 PM] \*\*\* Rook checks his own pockets. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:28:28 PM] Hank: Probably nothing, the one I got was just plain.

[3/10/2017 11:28:58 PM] Rook: Ah, here's one.  We'll have Creed or Tarael look at them.

[3/10/2017 11:30:50 PM] Hank: So do we drop the note off now?

[3/10/2017 11:30:53 PM] \*\*\* Rune puts it on. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:31:31 PM] \*\*\* Rook nods.  "Yeah, let's go." \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:32:40 PM] Malfiore: Ok, so you all go?

[3/10/2017 11:32:48 PM] \*\*\* Rune does. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:32:58 PM] \*\*\* Hank does. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:33:09 PM] Malfiore: Ok.

[3/10/2017 11:33:14 PM] Malfiore: It's an easy walk there.

[3/10/2017 11:33:33 PM] Malfiore: You find the building.

[3/10/2017 11:33:46 PM] \*\*\* Rook goes in! \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:34:10 PM] Malfiore: As you walk in, you find a foyer with a staircase.

[3/10/2017 11:34:11 PM] \*\*\* Rune sticks with her boyfriend. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:34:34 PM] Malfiore: There's a man sitting on a chair to the side.  He's reading a newspaper.

[3/10/2017 11:35:09 PM] Rook: Hey.  Can I leave a message with you?

[3/10/2017 11:35:49 PM] Malfiore: The man lowers the paper.  You now notice his expression is one of great fear, his eyes open wide and he's sweating profusely.  He nods.

[3/10/2017 11:36:29 PM] Malfiore: He holds his hand out.

[3/10/2017 11:36:45 PM] \*\*\* Rook smiles and hands him the sealed note. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:37:00 PM] Rook: Appreciate it.  I'm sure you'll see it gets where it needs to go.

[3/10/2017 11:37:23 PM] Malfiore: As he takes it, the tension breaks and he smiles back.  "Thank you."

[3/10/2017 11:37:52 PM] Malfiore: He gets up and goes up the stairs.  His pants and the seat are stained and smell foul and you realize...he has been sitting there for a LONG time.

[3/10/2017 11:38:22 PM] Rook: Ew.  Let's go.

[3/10/2017 11:38:43 PM] \*\*\* Rune prestis it clean. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:39:00 PM] Hank: That could be my fault.

[3/10/2017 11:39:40 PM] Malfiore: You leave.

[3/10/2017 11:39:50 PM] Rook: How was it your fault?

[3/10/2017 11:40:33 PM] Hank: Tennis tried to deliver the message before.

[3/10/2017 11:40:59 PM] Rune: ... oh, that poor man. He was obviously compelled... you don't suppose he went back to them, do you?

[3/10/2017 11:42:03 PM] Hank: So where to now?

[3/10/2017 11:42:37 PM] Rune: I don't know. Do we need any supplies?

[3/10/2017 11:43:04 PM] Rook: I guess now we're waiting.

[3/10/2017 11:43:46 PM] Hank: Well I can't really afford anything right now.  I can go check on the guard patrol schedule.

[3/10/2017 11:44:44 PM] Rune: What is your deal with Jam?

[3/10/2017 11:44:46 PM] Rook: Also we should make sure no one has decided to move into Sacred Stone, that would be really inconvenient.

[3/10/2017 11:45:26 PM] Hank: I have no deal with Jam. And that sounds like a good idea Quill.

[3/10/2017 11:46:23 PM] Rune: Then why do you keep sneaking off to talk to him or her alone?

[3/10/2017 11:46:44 PM] Rune: Or are you really having a fling?

[3/10/2017 11:47:58 PM] Hank: It is nothing harmful to the group. I can promise that.

[3/10/2017 11:48:25 PM] Rune: I want to know.

[3/10/2017 11:49:12 PM] Hank: And there is nothing to tell. Let's head to sacred stone.

[3/10/2017 11:49:22 PM] \*\*\* Hank will begin walking \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:50:06 PM] Rune: If there wasn't anything you wouldn't have to hide it. ... wait, you got jewelry too?

[3/10/2017 11:50:44 PM] Hank: Yes

[3/10/2017 11:51:38 PM] Rook: We all did.

[3/10/2017 11:51:43 PM] \*\*\* Rook holds up his. \*\*\*

[3/10/2017 11:53:50 PM] Hank: Look me and Jamaros are getting along for now is that not enough to stop the questions.

[3/10/2017 11:53:58 PM] Rune: No, obviously.

[3/10/2017 11:56:11 PM] Hank: I promised it won't hurt anyone in the group can you just have some level of trust.

[3/10/2017 11:56:20 PM] Malfiore: Ok, so, eventually, you guys reach Sacred Stone (if that's where you're going, and I assume you stop to pick up the carriage).

[3/10/2017 11:57:24 PM] Hank: ((I believe that's where we were headed))

[3/10/2017 11:57:36 PM] Rook: ((Yep, otherwise I think it's too far a walk.))

[3/10/2017 11:57:48 PM] Rune: ... I'm still worried about you, Hank.

[3/10/2017 11:57:51 PM] Rune: ((Yeah!))

[3/10/2017 11:58:31 PM] Hank: There is nothing to worry about.

[3/10/2017 11:58:52 PM] Malfiore: You arrive at Sacred Stone.

[3/10/2017 11:59:43 PM] Malfiore: It is roped off.

[3/11/2017 12:00:21 AM] Rook: ((Any guards?))

[3/11/2017 12:00:24 AM] \*\*\* Hank will look for any guards patrolling the area \*\*\*

[3/11/2017 12:00:25 AM] Rune: I'm worried because you won't tell me what to not worry about!

[3/11/2017 12:00:57 AM] Malfiore: Roll perception.  I'll give Rune adv.

[3/11/2017 12:01:44 AM] Malfiore: ((Wow))

[3/11/2017 12:02:35 AM] Malfiore: You guys see no guards.  Hank, however, finds a sign.  It reads "RESTRICTED BY ORDER OF THE GUARD, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ONLY".

[3/11/2017 12:03:26 AM] Rook: Well, that's us.  We'll have to get it cleared by next week.

[3/11/2017 12:03:53 AM] Rune: I suppose so. I wonder if there's anything here we could bring to the children.

[3/11/2017 12:04:33 AM] Hank: We can talk to William about clearing it.  We could head to his office next.

[3/11/2017 12:04:53 AM] Hank: I don't know if I would want to give children anything from this house.

[3/11/2017 12:05:00 AM] Rune: ... good point.

[3/11/2017 12:05:12 AM] \*\*\* Rook nods. \*\*\*