Foxy Quickpaw's - Shattered Star AP

Game Master Foxy Quickpaw

"Gaaaaah!" Gav shrieks and buckles Tauriell off. He grabs his shirt and flees the room.

Tauriell laughs. Not the kind of fun she imagined as she took him with her but still fun. She buttons up her blouse and goes to the bistro to have a meal together with the others.

Niamh makes Brutus invisible and takes him with her into the bistro. "Take whatever you wish and then come to my table." she tells him walking to one of the tables.

Mysteriously a roasted joint of boar disappears from the buffet and under the table of Niamh. Then munching and gnawing sounds come from there.

"How was dessert?" Abomentolor asks in a mildly annoyed tone.

"It was kind of stale and without substance." Tauriell replies. "It even evaded before I could get a bite." she jokes.

"And suddenly I feel the desire to eat a roasted boar. I don't know where that comes from."

The waiter comes along. "Good day. Have you decided what you would like to have? Or should I give you some recommendations?" he asks.

"I'll take roasted boar with a matching wine." Tauriell replies.

"I'll take smoked pork chops with a beer." Abomentolor tells.

"I think I don't like this town." Gwenhwyfar states as the waiter is out of earshot.

"Me neither. It has too much people in it." Tauriell comments from the other table.

"And all of the wrong kind. I guess you would have to be a lawful do gooder to stick out in this town. I hope we're done soon so I can go back to my bar." Abomentolor adds. "How do you like it?" he asks Jimmy.

The waiter returns with the ordered food and drink and serves it.

"As long as we are here we can go and see what this town has to offer. You sure can do things here that would get you jailed in Magnimar in no time." Tauriell suggests.

"Where is the thrill in that?" Abomentolor asks.

"If it isn't worth to do it in the first place the thrill doesn't make it any better. It's just the icing on the cake." She eats her delicious meal with a childish anticipation and a mischievous smile.

"So where do you want to start?" Abomentolor inquires while gnawing on his pork chops.

"Gwenhwyfar paid Gav for the whole day. I guess he has to work today for a change." Tauriell replies. "He has to know what's worth visiting."

"Gwenhwyfar can we have Gav for the rest of the day? We want to take a tour of the town." she asks the black haired girl at the neighbouring table.

"Sure. Have fun." Gwenhwyfar replies trying not to imagine what Tauriell is up to.

Tauriell finishes her meal and once Abomentolor is done too they leave the bistro. At the reception she asks "Hello, have you seen our guide Gav?"

"Hello. I guess he is waiting somewhere outside the building. I didn't want him to loiter around here." the woman behind the counter replies.

"Thank you." Tauriell replies with some irony. 'Now I need to search him because you threw him out.' Walking outside she scans the area and sees him standing at a corner talking with someone.

She puts on the hood of her cloak and sneaks up on him.
Stealth: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (4) + 19 = 23

"How about you work for your money and show me around town?" Tauriell prompts Gav from behind.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Gav flinches. But not from being startled this time. "What do you want me to show you?" he asks making sure he is at least n arm length away from Tauriell.

"Well, this day has been unsatisfying so far. So show me something that is unique to Kaer Maga. Something I have not seen elsewhere." Tauriell demands.

"And I'll tag along just for fun." Abomentolor adds as he reaches the group.

"Okaaay." Gav replies. "I'll talk to you later then. Duty calls." he tells the other guy and takes his leave.

"I think I know just the right spot for you." he tells Tauriell and leads from Hospice straight to Ankar-Te and there to the White Lady.

As they enter they are greeted by a lady in elegant robes with a trifle too much perfume on her. "Good afternoon. What a pleasure to meet you. I'm Madame Krou. Please take a seat with me at that table." She leads to a free table and once everyone is seated she sits down too.

A waitress in revealing clothes brings a round of drinks in long glasses. The color of the drinks ranging from red at the bottom to yellow at the top. They taste fruity but with a strong note of tequila.

"What desire leads you here." Madame Krou asks after taking a sip of the drink.

"I guess you ask our guide why he thought this would be the place to visit out of all in Kaer Maga." Tauriell replies looking at Gav.

"Duh... well let me state it that way. My Gov here is unsatisfied with what I could offer and I thought only one of your special 'employees' is able to take that kind of treatment." Gav tells nervously kneading his fingers.

Tauriell chuckles. "I'm really curious what that means." she comments looking at Madame Krou.

"Please follow me." Madame Krou replies, gets up and leads to a chamber on the 2nd floor. She picks up one of the necklaces from the sideboard and hands it to Tauriell. "Please put that on. It makes you the master of the servants I'm going to show you."

"If you don't mind I'll check what exactly it is first." Tauriell replies and casts detect magic on the necklace.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39

Tauriell puts on the necklace but suspiciously eyes Madame Krou. "What the heck..."

"Please follow." Madame Krou requests with a knowing smile and opens the door across the corridor. The room behind is a large bedroom with the furniture made from ebony, the walls are white marble with heavy black drapes at the windows and the ebony floor partly covered with black bearskin.

Along the wall stand five 'servants'. Three women and two men - all quite beautiful respectively handsome in their revealing clothes - but very pale. And on second look their dead eyes gazing into space become obvious.

"These are the servants. They obey every command and you can do with them what you want. But if you damage or destroy them you have to pay for that. Which is 150 gold for every destroyed servant. Besides this it costs 50 gold an hour to have those five servants."

Tauriell goes closer and strokes over the cheek of a female servant. "I half expected some rotten cadavers." she states astounded.

The servant is cold to the touch but besides that feels like touching a human face.

"We could arrange that too. But usually we keep them fresh like at the day of their second birth with gentle repose."

"No thank you." Tauriell replies with a disgusted expression on her face. "And even these not rotten exemplars are too creepy to have fun with for me." She takes off the necklace and hands it back to Madame Krou.

"But I'm curious. Are they fully functional?" she asks pointing at the male servants "And what are they able to do?"

"I'm sorry but some bodily functions are gone with death. They are good at suffering everything you wish to do to them. But the commands they can follow are only of the simple kind. If you want them to clean the room you have to command every single step of that. And they don't learn." Madame Krou answers. "But we also have some slaves if you're interested in warm bodies instead."

"I think I'm out of the mood now. But out of curiosity: Where do you get these servants?" Tauriell asks.

"That's a shame. But I guess that can't be helped."

"What about you Sir? she asks the gnome.

"No thank you. I'm content doing her." he replies nodding towards Tauriell.

"As you wish." Madame Krou replies. "We get them from the Last Rites. I'm sure your guide knows it."

"Yes I do." Gav confirms.

"I guess we are leaving now. What do we owe you for the tour and the drinks?" Tauriell asks.

"That's on the house. If you change your mind later or have some friends whose tastes are more along the line of this it would be nice if you'd recommend us." Madame Krou replies.

"Well, I asked to be shown something unique to Kaer Maga that I have not seen yet. And indeed I have seen now. That is definitely worth something." Tauriell replies offering Madame Krou her hand (with a platinum hidden in it to pass on unnoticed).

Madame Krou takes the offered hand (and the coin within). "The pleasure was all mine." She then leads the guests back to the main room on first floor and says goodbye to greet the next customers.

"Where now?" Gav asks.

"To the workshop where they create these 'servants'?" Tauriell suggests.