Storyteller Shadow |
Ten minutes later Mr. Kestral comes out from the back room with the gondola drivers, including the right hand man of Santo. They each walk somewhat awkwardly towards the door and head out.
Mr. Kestral turns to you, "I trust that you can bring the rest of this rabble upstairs to the last available room. Have them change into the fresh clothing. The staff members will throw away their old garments, their stench even now offends me. When you see Talisman, tell him that this Inn has not been procured for us but for them". He gestures to the people eating. "He will need to find another place to stay. If you are unable to tell him you may have Sadir inform him. The staff belongs to the proprietor however I have made them malleable to my will. See that you do not disturb them in their tasks".
Mr. Kestral begins to walk out of the building not waiting for a reply from you. Do you stop him or remain seated? Sadir does not make a move towards him.
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Kestral - "...sure how you managed to slither your way into this but I assure you that I will be keeping my eye on you Serpent".
Sadir - "I am honored to be given the opportunity to aid my brethern in any way that I can", he replies bowing.
Kestral - "If this were not such an important event I would strip your skin from your flesh as you stand before me vermin".
Sadir - "I am quite glad then that I am here at such an auspicious time".
Kestral - "I have not forgotten our last encounter. Nor will you escape my wrath a second time should you cross me again".
Sadir - "I was under the impression it was my former colleague who had vexed you so. What had I to do with anything?"
Kestral - "Guilt by association with one such as that".
Sadir - "I must admit to some confusin, it would seem that he did the job that your circle wanted done".
Kestral - "The job is left unfinished, do you believe that your friend is still even in there? I assure you that by now there is little of his former self left. That is his crime not ensuring that the death of that ancient one was final. His greed is his undoing. Perhaps you can gain my favor if you tell me where he is..."
Sadir - "I do not know. I am currently attempting to gain the favor of others, I fear my opportunity to "slither" my way to your good side will have to wait".
Kestral - Chuckling, "Immortality is not forever for those who are not wise enough to learn when to speak and when not to".
Sadir - Bowing, "I appreciate your advice and hope to receive more of your counsel as this conclave continues".
Kestral - Stares at Sadir with his head still bowed. He then begins moving about the room saying nothing furtehr to Sadir.
As Kestral leaves Sadir simply smiles. [b] "Such a pleasant fellow".
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Michele Querini, Michael Santo, and Gunther Thesing
"Oh yes quite satisfactory..." he replies trailing off as the door to Greetings opens and in step Michael Santo and two men you do not recognize Michele "Or at least it was..."
Gunther, your Inn is quite packed but these are not the customers you would have liked, for the Lord's sake these people smell like a slave ship with dirt to match. You do not see Mr. Kestral anywhere.
Michael none of your men are here but Querini is with another foreigner.
You are all up guys!
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Michele Querini, Michael Santo, and Gunther Thesing
As you all stand around looking at each other, shocked at the appearance of the room all for different reasons, Michael's companion heads into the Inn and begins to circle the room looking at the patrons and the servers alike.
A smile twists his face and he nods satisfied with something.
The strangest thing for you Gunther is that none of the staff milling about even look your way they are so focused on their tasks. If only you could get them to work so diligently!
The foreigner standing next to Querini turns and looks at him whispering,
The smiling man circles around Michele and the man with him saying nothing further but lingering over the foreigner before returning to stand behind Michael Santo.
OK go!
Thesing |
Michele Querini, Michael Santo, & Gunther Thesing
Gunther takes a few steps further inside, looking about in sheer bewilderment. Greetings is busier than he has ever seen... and the staff are hustling about with more enthusiasm than he is accustomed to... almost as if a renewed sense of purpose has been instilled within them.
Speechless Gunther turns towards Michael expecting some kind of explanation.
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Michael Santo, Gunther Thesing, and Michele Querini
The foreigner standing next to Querini steps forward. "Gantlemen this is a private party and I am afraid I was not informed that you would be arriving, thus I will have to sadly ask you to leave. As for you Mr. Santo, please come with me to the back as there is some business we must conclude".
The man standing next to Santo clears his throat. "I think not sir, my employer will not take a secret back door meeting with the likes of you. You may conclude your business in our presence or not at all". He says this with an air of confidence and eloquence which belies his physical appearance indeed the man looks like a commoner!
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Gunther Thesing, Michael Santo, and Michele Querini
The foreigner with Querini's eyes go ice cold. "Mr. Santo is an employee of my associate and as such I have business with him. Should he wish to be fully compensated for his services he will come with me, otherwise he will be going home this night empty handed".
The man turns to Gunther, "No. You were paid handsomely by Mr. Kestral to utilize this establishment. Form now until such time as Mr. Kestral is finished with it, this establishment is his. Unless he has invited you to come and inspect the premises at your whim, which I seriously doubt he has. You will march back out of here and ask no further questions as I believe you too are expecting further payment and such payment will be granted only with your full cooperation. I assure you that I speak with Mr. Kestral's authority in such matters. Of course if you wish to take it up with him then by all means do so".
The foreigner turns to Querini and speaks to him in Greek,
Hans chuckles at the foreigner and turns to Michael Santo waiting to gauge his reaction. If the foreigner hears Hans' chuckle he does not respond.
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Michele Querini, Michael Santo and Gunther Thesing
The foreigner looks at you with mild surprise, "What makes you say that Signore Santo?"
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Michael speaks with a look of curiosity and concern across his face... "well technically speaking my contract would be void at this point I would say. I in good faith couldnt recieve the rest of the payment."
"Well, if you are too conflicted with your conscience and feel more at peace with yourself to not accept it, then I'll take it. I ain't shy. I'll make sure it gets put to good use." Gunther commented in a slight snarky tone.
Storyteller Shadow |
Alessandro will not be able to find it in the same night, the city is simply too large. You will need to employ contacts to do so, it is not the type of place he would frequent.
Storyteller Shadow |
Options would be prowling about but the fog eventually permeates the entire city reducing visibility. Yes, dad will be by in two nights. Once the scene at the Inn is complete we will reach the next day.
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Michele Querini, Gunther Thesing, and Michael Santo
The foreigner frowns, “There is little time for this”. He turns to all of you individually and states in a commanding voice, “COME WITH ME”.
Gunther shrugs and heads forward while Michael begins to move forward at the Foreigner’s request his feet shifting awkwardly.
Hans returns the steely command with one of his own directing it towards the Foreigner. “WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND AGREE TO YOUR DEMANDS. YOU MAY BE ON YOUR WAY COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT YOUR WILL HAS BEEN DONE”.
The Foreigner becomes visibly relieved and heads out the front door saying nothing further.
Gunther pauses somewhat confused by the Foreigner's sudden turn about while Michael attempts to follow the foreigner. However, Hans’ firm grasp holds both of them in place. He turns to each and whispers to them softly enough that Querini you cannot hear him.
Both men stand still and shake their heads looking a bit bewildered at the odd behavior of both of these men.
Hans turns to Querini. “Now my friend, the matter of payment for Signore Santo?”
He then turns to Gunther, “You live close by no? I think it is time you get to bed as the hour is quite late. It seems that these people are here at the behest of your guest and as Signore Querini’s friend stated, you will not want to unnerve him”.
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Michele Querini, Gunther Thesing, and Michael Santo
Hans laughs, "Ah well. Let's go back to your place then and get whatever you have there, shall we? Unless of course you have an objection after all you can always get the funds from him tomorrow".
Michele make a Perception + Empathy check diff. 5
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Michele Querini, Gunther Thesing, and Michael Santo
Querini you need to attempt this roll. Gunther you can attempt it if you wish to but the comment was directed towards Signore Querini.
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This man wants to get you alone, he somehow convinced Sadir to leave you here and vulnerable. This is a dangerous situation.
Make a Wits + Politics roll to come up with something on the fly to get out of this!
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Michele that may have been the worst botch I have ever seen, that was FC bad!
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Muchele Querini, Gunther Thesing, and Michael Santo
Querini states that he has to retrieve items from upstairs. He quickly turns and heads up the stairs.
Hans does not respond, he simply follows him to the second floor.
Michele, you hear the sound of footsteps behind you.
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Michele Querini, Michael Santo and Gunther Thesing
You head up the stairs with Hans close behind, the banister is solid wood no options there. As you hit the landing there are several rooms each with their doors closed and another set of stairs leading up st the far end if the hall.
The people downstairs and the servers attending to them do nothing as you head up and away. Michael and Gunther likewise do nothing!
What now?
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Michele Querini, Michael Santo, and Gunther Thesing
Gunther turns to Michael "The Foreigner was quite right. This is none of my business. Things seem a bit strange but nothing seems wrong. Good luck collecting your payment".
Gunther turns and walks out the door.
Michael shrugs and follows Hans and Michele up the stairs curious to see what Hans intends.
Michele hustles down the hall hitting the next set of stairs.
Hans calls out to Michele, "Staying on the top floor eh? Do not worry I will help you pack your things". He continues to follow.
What do you do Michele?
Michael Santo |
attempting to hear the conversation between hans and michele michael walks in knowing that Gunther has left " Mr Querini I do apologies for the turn of events. I do recall as terms of our agreement that no one not even mr thesing was to gain word of our agreement. I understand that our arrangement was void once I let it slip since my mind was so preoccupied with setting the arrangement for tonight... mr thesing at that moment was very adamant about returning to his establishment. But I see he wasnt really concern with the function going on in his Inn. I do not expect payment and if this hinders our "business" I inow that it was all my doing. I do hope that I didnt land you in any hot water with your employer. I will leave you two to your activities here " michael turns to hans " I will wait outside unless you have any further use of me michael heads for the exit...
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Michele Querini & Michael Santo
Hans turns to look back down the hall Signore Santo first, "No head to your home. I shall send word for you when I have need of work again".
He turns back to Michele who is standing on the stairs leading to the third floor, "There now we are alone Mr. Querini. Come to me and I shall tell you a secret. A secret your sweet Sadir does not wish you to know".
Michele you hesitate for a second but then realize that your foreign friend never gave his name.....
What do you do?
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