”For some spare change I ken tell yah what tha fates have in store for yah.”
"If when you say fates you mean the Fire God, then by all means Gurukk would love to hear"
Gurukk tries a gold piece since the silver piece was about dogs.
”Tha goblin tribe sells magical fruits twice a year to tha town, one is the most perfect fruit bright an red as blood, an heals any disease, tha other one es corpse-white an poisonous even to tha touch. The town has bought tha fruits each year fo tha last twelve. Paying filthy goblins 50 gold for it. They have planted tha seeds, an tha trees grow small an ugly, though tha goblins come and take tha trees at night so tha town can not grow fruit o it’s own.”
"Gurukk always say never trust a goblin. "
Sir Respen will try and play his mandolin to Berry's singing to help the group cope with it.
He stops when the group talks with the women.
"My dear fortune teller, I would love to here more about dogs with wings and goblin trees. But I'm more interested in what you know of this sunless citadel." As he speaks to her he flips around a coin in his off hand, then leans in close grabs her hand and looks deep into her eyes and says"My lovely lady, if you would share your secrets we will reward you very kindly." With that he kisses her hand and places gold in it.
Xane stands again,
"Why just use rope to close a door? There's got to be better ways....like lots of rocks....or something..." She muses. "I still don't see any dogs...."
"My dear Dem, I thank you for talking straight to us about this, were those other adventurers sent on the same mission we see our selves on?" He then looks over to Xane gives her a wink,and responds to her comment."My dear Giant Girl, with your help we can put a mountain in front that portal. Of course I'm no slouch either hehe." He says with a grin and does a little flex.
Berry continues to stare deep into the womans soul dredging up her darkest nightmares.
Intimidate:
Looking out at the sun lit vista, Xane sums up her feelings...
"Woah..." Then she glances at the lad,
"Um, I'll take fifty..." She fishes through her gear for the right change.
Berry quickly looks away hiding her face with her teddybear.
The young lad says "SOLD.......pleasure doing business wit yah."
Xane smiles happily at/with her purchase Draping the coil across her self, in the style of a bandoleer.
"So...which way do we go over that?" She asks no one in particular.
She addresses the old gnomish lady. "What can ye tell me about my fate, eh?"
Gurukk hearing about all the things about rope decides to buy 100' of rope. "Hey boy, here is 2 gold for one of the long strands of rope. Gurukk feels that he may have use for it later."
Berry's teddy bare continues to shield the little girl from the terrors in front of her.
"Here yah err sir."
"Gurukk cannot fail now!
Xane swaggers along with the rest of her companions. Always keeping an eye out for when she might be able help of assist. The day's heat doesn't seem to worry, nor affect the tall woman and she is quite happy to travel at whatever pace the rest of the group wants to set.
"So....um...Triesta is it? How are you and where do you think we're going?" She asks, tying to start up a conversation. "Do you have a favorite type of weapon?" Xane smiles, possibly thinking such a topic is a great 'Ice breaker'. =)
Sir Bayleef looks to the old women and the kid, he says"Thank ye both for the help and thee rope, may Imoedae's trustful smile watch over ya'll, while the bastion of justice is off fighting the whatever it is tha....." He trails off as he walks away from them.
Respen grabs his mandolin yet again, starts to play a lively tune. He looks to the rest of group and especially to Berry,"Come on folks, do any of yah have a little talent to join in with my mandolin? Trust me I don't judge." He will give a smile to the group and kinda dance around them trying to get them to mingle a little bit.
At Respin's request Xane laughs and joins in. Humming along loudly, since she doesn't know any words.
Berry frowns at xane's horrific singing. "Mr Teddy thinks you suck Mrs. Xane."
Looking over the ashen plain ahead she looks on in wonderment. "ooooooo. You could kill hundreds of thousands of innocent sould here and no one would ever know."
"I think Mr. Teddy means she has a unique sound to her, and well if he judges so much lets hear his voice haha." As he says that he gives Xane a wink. Respen doesn't care that her humming is off key, he's just happy some one else is enjoying themselves besides him.
Then looks puzzled as Berry talks about the Ashen plain. He then shrugs and continues playing. Respen looks to Thedrin and says,"You got a request for my next song lad?"
At Respin's request Xane laughs and joins in. Humming along loudly, since she doesn't know any words.
"Gurukk likes your singing. Reminds Gurukk of home. Back there you would be famous!"
Xane takes her sound and the others comments in her stride, nodding and laughing along with every one's comments.
"Hey I'm a fighter, not a singer." She happily flexes an arm to show where her skills lie. She glances to Berry,
"If you, or your pets, get tired don't hesitate to ask for some carrying time." She smiles at the girl...then frowns a little..."Um...your folks know you're out here, right?"
Xane takes her sound and the others comments in her stride, nodding and laughing along with every one's comments.
"Hey I'm a fighter, not a singer." She happily flexes an arm to show where her skills lie. She glances to Berry,
"If you, or your pets, get tired don't hesitate to ask for some carrying time." She smiles at the girl...then frowns a little..."Um...your folks know you're out here, right?"
Berry stares at Xane for the longest time beore giggling. "Nope!"
Berry stares at Xane for the longest time beore giggling. "Nope!"Xane takes her sound and the others comments in her stride, nodding and laughing along with every one's comments.
"Hey I'm a fighter, not a singer." She happily flexes an arm to show where her skills lie. She glances to Berry,
"If you, or your pets, get tired don't hesitate to ask for some carrying time." She smiles at the girl...then frowns a little..."Um...your folks know you're out here, right?"
"Neither do Gurukk's parents, they believed Gurukk burned to death. Better Gurukk's parents think that."
Gurukk's comment gets more of a look from Xane than Berry's. She nods,
"Well, you and your little ones feel tired, just let me know." She smiles and continues to saunter along. .
"Greataxe," she said to Xane, hefting her axe, "It's brutal and efficient."
And to Sir Respin, a pleasant, You don't want to hear me sing. It's a thing of misery and horror. Now, if you want me to break someone's fingers in order to extract information, I'm sure my performance would impress you."
Odd words for a self-proclaimed healer.
She turned to Gurruk, and added, "I as well. My parents would not like the woman I've become, so I choose to keep my affairs from their view."
Xane nods, pulling her own sword from its sheath at the small of her back,
"Aye, and with the right haft it'd have a nice reach on it as well." Xane agrees looking with both interest and admiration at Triesta's axe.
"But this beauty." She raises the brutal slab of curved, cutting sword that is the Flacata, "You hit 'em right with this and they don't feel like getting up again." For a moment she is distracted as her gaze does nothing more than look at the word in her hand and her mind wanders. "I wonder if there's a way of using two..." She mutters softly to herself.
"With this thing I could mow down ten peasants a minute," she said wistfully, as if remembering a fleeting beauty that could not be regained, like the green flash in an ocean sunset, or a double rainbow all the way across the sky.
"Beautiful weapons my dear warrior women, I feel sorry for any unlucky soul that meets you in battle." Respen says with a wink and a smile. Then looks at Gurukk and says, "My boy lets hear a song about your dear fire god since Thedrin can't think of a song."
"With this thing I could mow down ten peasants a minute," she said wistfully, as if remembering a fleeting beauty that could not be regained, like the green flash in an ocean sunset, or a double rainbow all the way across the sky.
"Only ten?" Berry says incredulously.
Xane puts one hand on the pole with the dangling rope and leans over to look down into the ravine.
"Well, well, well...Would you take a gander at that..." She muses as her eyes take in the relatively sheltered depths of the cleft in the ground.
"I'm guessing this is what the rope was meant for..."
"Awwww Climbing!?!" Berry pouts and kicks some dirt. "That will jsut make my dress messy!"
"Greataxe," she said to Xane, hefting her axe, "It's brutal and efficient."
She turned to Gurruk, and added, "I as well. My parents would not like the woman I've become, so I choose to keep my affairs from their view."
"Gurukk sees you and Gurukk have same choice in weapon" Gurukk shows her his great axe. "This is a reminder of Gurukk's old life however and as a herald of the Fire God Gurukk's use of this will diminish."
Gurukk doesn't seem to notice the rope until getting closer to it, but then his remaining damaged eye seems to pick out incredible detail. "Gurukk agree with the little bald one. We should use another as this one is damaged. Gurukk's rope is quite long, but Gurukk cannot see the bottom so Gurukk not sure if this length is needed. We can surely use it and Gurukk can shorten and take the rest with Gurukk when we all reach the bottom."
"If your using that rope from the kid, you might want to double check it my dear Fire servant. I wouldn't trust that kid to much, I..I mean I've met a few street urchins that would dump faulty gear on you at the right moment then when you use it bam! There no where to be seen." He says to Gurukk.
"If your using that rope from the kid, you might want to double check it my dear Fire servant. I wouldn't trust that kid to much, I..I mean I've met a few street urchins that would dump faulty gear on you at the right moment then when you use it bam! There no where to be seen."
"Gurukk knows the rope will suffice. The Fire God provides."
Xane looks down the ravine,
Well, I can lower the lighter members down. That way they don't have to worry about climbing, just hanging onto the rope." She suggests as one idea.
Xane looks down the ravine,
Well, I can lower the lighter members down. That way they don't have to worry about climbing, just hanging onto the rope." She suggests as one idea.
"Yay! A ride! A ride! Hopefully you're better at it than singing..."