CH. 13: Consequences

[djhyland]

"Maybe we'll get lucky if it comes to a fight, but I hope it doesn't go that far," Arulia says. "What about trading them information? They want to know about Shima, after all. I mean, I don't think that they'd pay us everything that they stole, but maybe they'd pay us a little." She pauses to think. "If it's just me going in there, maybe they won't suspect anything more than a foolish girl on her own." She nods, warming up to her budding idea. "But if Haahqae can hide in there beforehand, and follow them when they leave, maybe he can find out where they've been hiding all this time! After that, we can come back with enough people to make them give us the money...which they'll more likely have there than carrying it around to here!"

While Arulia explains her new plan, she walks over to the tree and tries to break the branch off for a club.

[TristenC]

Following them seems a good plan, but if you meet them they'll be suspicious. If we can get Myriam or the ranger to meet them with 'info' about Shima they'll be less suspicious than if they saw someone they know. Then Haahque can still follow them back and we can plan from there. Grubnick says, following her to the branch and helping if she has trouble getting it free.

[Haahque]

The building seems very deserted and very mundane. The girls probably came here, looked around a bit, and decided it was good enough for their purposes and left. The question was what was their purposes? The location seems to be of no use, except that it’s out of the way and that it can be effective to trap someone inside. A trap to be used for them, or against them?

However, just to make sure there’s nothing fishy going on Haahqae makes a simple pass. First he casts a simple spell, then he thoroughly searches the area where all the footprints are (looking specifically for traps, secret doors, or even secret trap doors), then he goes back outside to relate what he saw to the others.

(Cast Detect Magic, focus it long enough to be reasonably sure that there is nothing magical in the building, search the area, then leave and tell the others about everything he saw that was not magical in nature.)

[JadedDM]

Haahqae (Abandoned Warehouse, Interior)
Haahqae scans the entire warehouse from top to bottom with his spell, but finds no trace of any magic in the place. It seems clean. He searches for traps near the footprints, but finds none.

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Haahqae casts Detect Magic.
Haahqae searches for traps [TN 35%] (1d100): 11, pass. He finds none.

Kendra Greylock (2527 Market Street, Greylock's Gorgeous Gems)
As she feared, the mob winds up following Kendra and her escort all the way back to her house. Along the way, they pass by the market square which is now closed down and roped off. When they arrive at her home, the kapaks remain outside to keep the mob at bay while she goes inside.

As soon as she closes the door, Sadron comes downstairs. "Kendra? You're all right!" He throws his arms around her in an embrace. "I was so worried!"

Arulia and Gobax (Abandoned Warehouse, Exterior)
Grabbing hold of the branch, Arulia tugs and strains and manages to tear it off the tree. For a moment, the thought occurs to her of what her father's side of the family would think about her ripping off a tree's limb. In any case, it is done. Although swinging a club and swinging a mace are fairly similar in nature, this branch is much lighter and balanced differently. So using it may take awhile to get used to it.

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Arulia makes a STR check [TN 14] (1d20): 11, pass.

Ne-Chanz and Shima (Central Haven Sewers)
After blocking another bite from the strange looking rat, Shima counters with his new sword but misses wildly thanks to the blood--his own--making his hand slippery on the pommel. Luckily, Ne-Chanz comes in to save the day and ends the creature's life with one final, mighty blow.

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Initiative
Ne-Chanz (1d10+3): 7+3 = 10
Shima (1d10+5): 1+5 = 6
Giant Rat 07 (1d10+3): 3+3 = 6

Round 9!

Giant Rat (?) 07 bites at Shima who is using a masterwork shield (-2 hit) [TN 11] (1d20-2): 6-2 = 4, miss.
Shima swings his long sword at Giant Rat 07 [TN 11] (1d20): 2, miss.
Ne-Chanz swings his long sword with great skill (+1 hit/+2 dmg) and strength (+1 dmg) at Giant Rat 06 [TN 10] (1d20+1): 16+1 = 17, hit for (1d8+3): 7+3 = 10 damage. Giant Rat 07 dies.

(OOC: End combat.)

[HorizonsDream]

"I'm fine, Sadron," Kendra says softly as she returns the embrace. "Wait. How did you know something happened to me?"

[Chris1234]

"Nice job. Wouldn't like to upset you in a dark alley," Shima says to Ne-Chanz and then trots off to the south to look down the westwards tunnel. If nothing significant in sight, he continues until there is.

[djhyland]

Feeling better with a weapon in her hands, even one as crude as a tree-branch club, Arulia shakes her head. "I know that they'll be suspicious of me, but I don't think that we should send someone else. Even if they haven't been given my name, they're probably expecting a woman who looks like me: young, short, skinny, and blonde. Maybe Miriam could get by even though she's none of those other than a woman, but Jaymes won't." She sighs. "Besides, I'll tell them the truth: I'm desperate and looking for whatever coin I can find, and if it means taking whatever little bit they give me for my help instead of all that they stole, it'll have to do."

[Haahque]

Considering the warehouse is clean from any suspicious activity (at least for now) Haahqae leaves and finds his companions, relaying everything that he found inside the warehouse.

After explaining the complete lack of anything useful inside the building beyond a simple room at the back Haahqae finishes off with “So it appears that anyone inside the building would be fairly easy to trap in there unless they’re small like me. As for weapons, I’m an entertainer, so don’t you need to worry about that.”
Haahqae pulls out his own sling and twirls it around a bit before putting it back and pulling out torches.

“These might not be the most useful clubs, and I really don’t wish too much damage to come of them, but in a pinch they can be used fairly effectively. If we were able to pry off some of those boards on the windows or take apart one of the falling apart doors it would make a more effective stick to hit stuff with.”

Haahqae will then search around for small rocks that he can use as sling stones as he waits for the others to respond.

[spyguy1503]

"You maybe, just maybe think I should go first?"

[Chris1234]

"If you want, sure, no problem," replied Shima. "After you, rat-slayer extraordinaire!!" Shima stepped back sporting a cheeky smile, quite happy with the rearrangement.

[spyguy1503]

Ne-Chanz gives a small snort of amusement, then moves up.

[JadedDM]

Haahqae, Arulia and Gobax (Abandoned Warehouse, Exterior)
Searching around, Haahqae finds two suitable stones for his sling and adds them to the bullets he already has in his pack.

Kendra Greylock (2527 Market Street, Greylock's Gorgeous Gems)
"I saw the whole thing from the rooftop," Sadron admits. "I was worried, so I used my cloak to hide my features, then climbed up on the roof. I jumped from rooftop to rooftop, avoiding the patrols and checkpoints. The real problem was the dragons, but there weren't any around at the time...something the attacker probably was waiting for." He shakes his head. "I had wanted to stay and make sure you were safe, but after killing a couple of snakes, I had to run off before I was discovered and followed."

Ne-Chanz and Shima (Central Haven Sewers)
Moving south, Ne-Chanz finds that to the left is a door. It doesn't look locked. To the right is a ladder leading up to the surface. Beyond that is a hall that eventually turns northward.

[TristenC]

[Ooc: slight retcon, sorry for my tardiness]

Before Haahque emerges, I don't like it much, but I don't see many other options. At least take the trapped pouch too, just in case. he says, handing it to her.

Once Haahque comes out, Grubnick agrees. I can improvise something similar in a pinch as well.

[HorizonsDream]

Kendra's eyes widened in realization as she thinks back on her fight with the snakes. "That was you?" She asks. "Not that I'm not grateful for the help, but that was really dangerous. What if you were caught?" She pushes him back a little from the embrace, and looks at him with concern. "I...don't know if I could help you if you were captured, and I couldn't just let them have you."

[spyguy1503]

Ne-Chanz gestures to the ladder. "Where do you think that ends up?" He listens at the door on the left, then opens it with swords ready.