"Good morning." Gav leads the way to the bistro and offers Gwenhwyfar a chair. He takes the seat next to her. "You're planning to go to Bis today?"
"Hello?" Niamh stands on her toes waving her hand in front of Tauriell's face as she feels slightly ignored.
"No pie for me today. We're in a noble inn. I'm sure they have breakfast. And a bigger selection than pie of this or that taste. But I'll come back to your offer once we're out of here again." Tauriell replies and walks to the buffet.
"Probably. This Bis is where that Troll brother is we have to save right?" Gwenhwyfar asks.
"Oh. We're not eating pie?" Niamh mumbles to herself before following Tauriell and looks over the buffet.
"Yes. It is the district where the whole Ardoc family resides." Gav explains.
"The district called Bis is one of the most storied vistas in Kaer Maga. Here the usual honeycomb maze of chambers inside the city’s great ring wall gives way to a single enclosed, cavernous space. While the floors are cluttered with shops and boarding houses, many of which stand several stories tall, the true elite of the city have gradually crawled up the great walls of the chamber to distance themselves from the rabble. These are the Balconies of Bis, enormous buttressed ledges that stick out from the walls like shelves and support the manors and workshops of the wealthy, with the higher balconies being harder to reach and thus more prestigious."
"And this Berkanin Ardoc has a very prestigious house. Have you thought about how to get into it?"
"Flying? I don't know. How are the occupants of the house getting in? Maybe we knock at the door." Gwenhwyfar replies.
"You think they let you in?" Gav asks.
Tauriell decides to pig out on the bacon and sausages. "This looks delicious." she tells no one specific as she puts a few tomatoes on top of the mountain on her plate.
Abomentolor decides to go for a small sample of everything. But that leads to a similarly full plate. "I hope it tastes as good as it looks."
Niamh takes herself a plate and starts to heap vegetable, fruits, yoghurt and pie onto it. She then leads to the table Brutus were lying under yesterday. "Would you please bring something for Brutus?"
"Hello, I'm Gwenhwyfar. I'm a Pathfinder girl and I'm on a cookie sale. Would you like to buy a box? They are delicious." she tells Gav smiling at him blinking with her eyes.
Niamh walks over to the buffet again feeling QUITE ignored by now and grabs some sausages which she gives Brutus. Afterwards she cleans her hands before she eats her food.
"Hahaha." he laughs smiling back. "I'm sold already. I guess that will be no problem at all."
"Hihi." Gwenhwyfar giggles and blushes a bit. "It's at least worth a try. Do you know where I could get a box of cookies for that." she tries to steer clear of him noticing her blush.
Brutus indulges the sausages and then lays his head on Niamh's lap looking at her with puppy dog eyes whining faintly.
"There is a bakery in Bis. Their goods are just as sweet as you are. I'll show you." Gav compliments Gwenhwyfar.
Niamh starts eating but more than half the food wanders into Brutus' mouth.
So much for him not noticing me blushing Gwenhwyfar thinks as she turns beet red. "Maybe we should concentrate more on breakfast now." she replies, hiding her face in her hair "Otherwise we'll get nothing done at all today."
"Sure. Shall I get you something from the buffet? I'll get you the best they offer. I know where they get it from and what's fresh and what's not." Gav offers.
"Yes please." Gwenhwyfar replies shyly.
Gav checks out the buffet and picks the best pieces both sweet and heartily on two plates and serves them to Gwenhwyfar. "Here you are."
"Thank you." Gwenhwyfar replies and tends to the breakfast.
As all are finished Gav leads them to Bis. First to the bakery where he talks the baker into giving a free sample of something delicious called out of someting delicious called gâteau opéra and gives it to Gwenwyfar.
And then on to the Balconies of Bis. Berkanin’s mansion-turned-laboratory is situated on the southwestern wall of Bis, a prominent balcony 40 feet above the f loor of the district, with no other structures beneath it. From below, all that’s visible is the extensive stone buttressing that supports the massive weight of the complex above. The two most obvious ways up are an arched entrance in the wall leading to an enclosed stone staircase and a complex affair of ropes and pulleys
attached to a wooden platform that currently rests on the ground .
"There it is. I'll happily wait for you to lead you back, or where ever you want to go once you're done here."
"Don't you come with us?" Gwenhwyfar asks.
"I have little desire to be squashed by something that shouldn’t be moving in the first place." Gav replies with a refusing gesture. "But I'm sure you can handle that. You and this box of cookies." he adds trying to sound encouraging.
"Ok..." Gwenhwyfar replies thinking 'Charming but not very heroic that guy.'
"Does that men we can simply walk in? Don't they have some porter?" Tauriell asks.
"Probably. But not human. Maybe some construct jumping out or whatever." Gav replies.
"How about you walk through this archway and find out for us." Tauriell teases Gav.
"No thank you. My guiding doesn't extend into the house of one of the most powerful families in town." Gav declines again.
"Coward." Abomentolor comments ans walks towards the archway.
"Hey wait." Tauriell says and grabs him at the shoulder. "How about not ruining the surprise we have on our side now?"
"I want to try the trick with the cookies." Gwenhwyfar tells and moves towards the archway.
Gwenhwyfar moves away from the archway. "At least now we know that we are not welcome." Gwenhwyfar states frustrated. "Cookies anyone?" she asks holding out the opened box.
"We had breakfast not even half an hour ago." Tauriell declines.
Gwenhwyfar takes one herself. "But it helps with the frustration. Because now we'll take Abomentolor's route again. Which means burning down this thing and hoping that our troll will survive long enough to be saved by us."
"That's not going to work. Trolls and fire don't mix very well if you want the troll to survive. And everything else in this manse if probably not burning too well." Tauriell comments. "But how about we're doing it my way? By casting invisibility and sneaking in?" she suggests looking at Niamh for confirmation.
"Why did you bring the dog?" Abomentolor asks. "I don't think he will be helpful when we try a sneaky approach."
Brutus moves behind Niamh and growls at the gnome.
"Whatever you do. Do it quick. Standing around here will draw unwanted attention sooner or later." Gav says. "I'll wait over there in that shop. There works a friend of mine. If you need me you know where to find me."
"I have an idea. Gwen, can you teleport me alone, without you coming with?" Jimmy says, having been silent all morning.
He didn't sleep well, the soft bed did him no good. He awoke grumpy and simply followed Gwen to breakfast after her prayer. Her interaction with Gav did nothing to cheer his mood. As a result he spent the entire journey drilling holes into the back of his head with his glare
"Sorry. I can't do that. I can take someone with me but I can't send someone alone." Gwenhyfar replies.
"And how many times can you do that today?"
"Four times me and three people." Gwenhwyfar replies. "Why? What do you plan?"
"I can simply climb up." Tauriell comments.
And with a glance towards Abomentolor Niamh lets Tauriell disappear. "I'm sorry I didn't recognize you did notice Brutus and me in the Bistro yesterday while sitting and eating together with Tauriell." she observes cynically smirking to Abomentolor's comment about the dog.