Miltivis:
"You wouldn't say so... but she keeps me in the business."
He smiles widely at the thought of all the money she brings in.
Old man:
"Well no particular reason is needed for some curtsey right? And yes she has gotten somewhat... wrinklier. Stop waving your hand in front of me! I'm not blind!"
He seems to be thinking about the last question, at around the time you think he has fallen asleep he starts talking again.
"I don't remember actually. May have crept in over the years."
Nearly swarming with cats and children, this fine upper-class home appears to be clean and in good condition considering the number and ages of its inhabitants. Three young boys shoot marbles in the dirt near the side porch, and inside strewn toys and more cats lie about on the floors. A few children take care of chores, while coughs and sneezes softly erupt from the children’s dormitories upstairs.
You are greeted by Auntie Baltwin herself when you enter.
"Who's there? What do you want? You should know this is a childrens home."
"Ah yes! Come in and have a cup of tea."
She replies to Maqan, completely ignoring Mollok. The moment Jeffrey opens his mouth Auntie Baltwin gets a bit more daring.
"And who is this? Coming here all high and mighty! Trying to help your friend here. Bloody fool."
She lets you enter and directs you to the living room. The moment you enter she beckons you to the chairs/couches and leaves to get cups and tea.
In the living room you find several couches and chairs. A few tables are placed in between them. Some of the walls have cupboards lined across them. There is nothing out of the ordinary.
You find a nearly empty whiskey bottle in one of the cupboards, everything else you find are regular household items.
Upon returning Auntie Baltwin serves up tea. she grabs the bottle of whiskey out of the cupboard and poor some in her tea.
"Would you like some too?"
She asks after pouring for herself.
"Why don't you just sit down for a bit? You are not in a hurry right? Now where shall I begin... I grew up with nine brothers and sister where I was the oldest. I have taken care of all my brothers and sisters when I was young. After that I have taken care of my own children. And one thing led to another and I was taking care of orphans. That's about it for how I ended up here."
She pours a good portion of the bottle in Saarai's cup.
They are rascals yes and some good whiskey lightens the mood indeed.
She swirls her cup and takes a sip before she starts talking again.
It is just me here. Although some of the children like to help out. It's busy on some days but nothing I wouldn't be able to handle. But tell me where are you from? You said you had business today?
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"Say..." Saarai says to Auntie Baltwin. "Sometimes I like to take some medicine...just to ease my mood." The tiefling looks askance at her companions, and her tail swings leisurely from side to side.
"Might you have any extra available? In exchange, I could convince the temple you are in need of additional supplies...perhaps double your current allotment?"
She stirs her cup and looks up stricken at the question.
"How dare you ask such a question! I heal the children with the medicine I get! I don't just sell it off to make some quick money. What kind of person do you think I am?"
You see her eyes twitch at the mention of buying medicine off of her.
She is not telling the truth!
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"I'm not saying to sell it," the tiefling says quietly. "Look, the kids will still have enough. They're tough little guys. I'm saying we could get more, and they won't go without. There will just be a little...extra to go around."
Saarai looks around at her motley assortment of companions.
"You know we don't look like your regular pathfinders. Look how many shades of crimson skin ya have here. Look, if you're not interested in a deal, just let me know. We'll find someone who is."
She looks Saarai directly into her eyes.
"I don't sell medicine. It is meant for the children."
She follows Jeffrey with her eyes as he stands up and starts to leave.
"Young man, where do you think you are going? That is definitely not the way to the bathroom and you also don't look like you have to go. Here let me give you a tour of the building."
She stands and grabs his arm. She turns around and beckons the others to follow her.
First you come into the hallway again.
"Here we are in the hallway again, over to the right is the kitchen as you might have noticed before. To the left is the stair to the upper floor. The bathroom you wanted to go to is out back if you really need to go that bad. The door is in the living room we just left."
She glares angrily at Jeffrey when she said the last part.
She continues the tour upstairs. You come across many rooms with some children in them, playing with some wooden toys.
"Here all the children stay. Some of them have been here for quite some time now, they are such dears for helping me out. Oh, Henry come over here."
She is not telling the complete truth, again.
The small boy walks over and stands a bit shy in front of the group.
"Say hi to these friendly people Henry. They have brought some medicine for everyone."
He gives a tiny nod and runs off again.
"Such a good boy. But this is about it for my home. Was there anything else you wanted? You might have another cup of tea if you like."
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Saarai quickly follows after Henry.
"Hi Henry," Saarai says with a smile, and tries to get him to stop. "I'm a tiefling...have you ever seen what we can do with our tails?"
She begins to expertly manipulate her gear, moving a coin from belt pouches to her baldolier.
Shifting her weight to one hand, she continues the entertaining routine.
"Tell me about this place, Henry. What is your favorite thing? What is one thing you would change?"
Mollok leaves the group as they ascend the stairs. He comes out back into the "garden", a grass field. he outhouse is in the back of the garden. You can circle around the building without being seen by Auntie Baltwin. No one is currently in the back garden, you do hear children playing at the front of the house though.
At first the child is shy and backs up a bit as you enter his room. When you start your act he shies away in the corner and looks afraid.
"W-w-what are you doing?"
Auntie Baltwin stays with the group in the hallway waiting for any response to her questions.
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This old woman annoys me...
"Yes, let's go for another cup of tea," Jeffrey suggests. He starts leading Auntie Baltwin toward the stairs, and away from the others who are still in the hallway.
"Are you sure you want to continue to live in this house? You should consider moving. Stairs can be very nasty when reaching old age."
You may just fall off...
Jeffrey will move slowly so he can block Mollok, who Jeffrey expects is snooping around the house right now, from view in case it's needed.
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Mollok makes an extra effort to be nice and charming since he will never be handsome thanks to the horns and the fiendish skin.
Nothing much, just walking around. I work for people who want to help this place. Do you like it here? Does the Aunt treat you kids well? My friends could help if you need it.
Auntie Baltwin really doens't like Jeffrey and keeps challenging him through the whole conversation.
"And what?! Move to somewhere where I will lose everything I have worked for so hard? Don't be stupid boy."
She falls silent again before Maqan starts talking again. Auntie Baltwin gives you an incredulous look and laughs.
"Ha! Seems most days you need it if you want to make it through the day in this house. These children are killing me!"
She is clearly talking about her alcoholism.
He stares back at you in complete awe.
"M-m-my Fairy Godmother? Will you bring my parents back?!"
The children look at each other and turn back to you.
"Who are you?"
Replies the first child. The second child answers your question directly.
"Auntie Baltwin is mean! But she cooks real good and tells the best bedtime stories!"
The child stands up touches your knee and runs away. The second child soon follows.
"Catch me if you can!"
If you wait for them to hide you can see them clearly hiding behind a bush giggling.
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Maqan narrows her eyes at Jeffrey before turning them on Auntie Baltwin. "Very well. We shall report back to our suppliers to render a decision. Come along, friend," she says to Jeffrey, hoping to lead him outside before he is walloped by an old drunken woman.
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Later, at an unobserved distance, she says to the others, "I don't like the idea of supporting an alcoholic, but does the children's need outweigh her addiction?"
She looks angry at Jeffrey.
"I think you need a good whack on the behind if you ask me."
She turns to Maqan and ignores Jeffrey from now on.
"I thank you greatly for your nice visit! Although I think you need to choose your companions more wisely."
Auntie Baltwin heads over to the living room after directing you to the door.
Henry starts crying the moment you say you can't bring his parents back. He runs away into the hallway and disappears out of sight.
They stare at you as you catch up with them.
"No fair! you're bigger!"
Replies the first child. The other child looks about for a moment and starts running again. The other child soon follows and they disappear out of view. As you look around you are not able to find them again.
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When Maqan speaks to the party Jeffrey replies in a whispered voice: "It doesn't matter if the children's needs outweighs her alcoholism, or if it doesn't. Our assignment is to uncover what we can, and report it to the Silver Crusade. I'm going to leave the ethics to them."
Because Auntie Baltwin decides to ignore Jeffrey, the fighter walks off and searches the kitchen. After all, she only directed him to the door. He opens all drawers, closets, et cetera, and goes over all the contents.
Mollok's and Saarai's search leads to nothing.
Jeffrey takes his time and searches the kitchen. Once he starts moving stuff about he finds stashed curatives from several different charities.
After some snooping around you meet each other at the front of the house. You did everything you could to find evidence and can go back to Ollysta Zadrian.
As you enter the building the clerk recognizes you and directs you to Ollysta Zadrian again. Once in her office she hears you out on your findings about Auntie Baltwin.
"So you say that she is an alcoholic and that the home is filled with medicine? This sounds really fishy if you ask me."
She seems to be thinking about the situation and after a while she adds.
"Anyways, I thank you greatly for your efforts. Here is a reward for helping me out with this."
She hands each of you a small bag of coins containing 68gp.