"shouldn't we talk to the owner of the house first, tell them how it went?" either way cliff takes a towel out of his bag and wraps the small, deceased archer up in it.
Roy carries him.
"Let's go. . . . Cliff would you mind talking to the owners. Lei can take us ta tha site and ya can meet us ther. Since you two know the way around."
"Sounds like a plan. We're off to the cemetery, and cliff can talk to the owners. If that's ok, cliff."
"sure fine with me, I'll explain to them that we took down one of there men, and thank them for letting us use their home, I'll meet you there in about 20 minutes thereabouts" he then nods to each of them and heads out the door to do exactly that.
she tosses you a gold coin.
"Give that to them to remove the blood and fix the crossbow holes."
he catches it "will do"
Roy follows behind her.
As they walk through town he hums a sad song full of bass.
As they walk behind Leyli, Soroden checks his bomb and extract bases are all still ready for the last little steps that make them active for his use.
after what may seem like a long time, you get to the graveyard.
"Alright..."
she walks up to the management 's door, and knocks a few times.
a hairy, burly man opens the door.
"Yeah, whatddya... Oh."
he says as he noticed the body.
"Well.... You need a reception? Or do we just get to the burial?"
"He was a wanderer. Just the burial."
Leyli says somberly.
"Alright. Leave him here, we'll get to preparing the grave tomorrow. We'll get you when it's time for the burial."
Roy hands him to the man and says something in Gaelic.
As the man buries Mordecae, Soroden takes out his holy symbol and calls upon the divine spark within himself, channeling it through the concept of protecting the body of Mordecae and consecrating the land around him to give his spirit the chance to make a peaceful journey towards reinvention in its next life.
when he is done with telling the owners of the house what has transpired he goes and meets them where they said they would be.
the man raises an eyebrow at the spell, but doesn't ask.
Leyli smiles at soroden, not saying anything.
Cliff just stands there, after a moment he whispers to her in sylvan [spoiler=sylvan and whispering]how do we know that this guy won't take the stuff, he'd be set for almost a year if he managed it well[/sylvan]
"Well now that's done I suppose. Shall we be getting back home? My house is fairly near to here. We could rest there for tonight. It's not big but it's better then goin all the way back in town."
He stands with his feet based apart and his hands together hanging down.
The mace is being unusually quiet.
Because this guy can't detect magic, see magic, or identify magic.
her tone is a little off-putting, hiding a slight amount of disdain in her words.
"Anyway, everyone, let's go to bed, shall we?"
"there's no way you can know everything about everybody, but fine" he holds his hands up "I concede the point, yeah we should go to bed"
Leyli starts walking away with cliff, gesturing for the others to come.
"All the important people. around here, this guy is pretty important- and all i told you about him is that he doesn't use magic."
as they walk away cliff raises one eyebrow "that guy is important? I wouldn't have figured, well then I defer to your expertise, but you know detect magic is such a low tier spell that just about anyone can cast it in some way or another, heck I heard that they are passing wands of the things to the city guard"
"So my place?"
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"Thank you for the offer Roy, if your place is closer then maybe that is where we should stay."
"you got enough room for all of us?"
He counts the people up.
He looks up, trying to remember the inside of his house.
"I got a couple chairs around a table, a bigger chair and a bed two could fit in. A bit tight but better than fighting off every mugger and low life all the way back to the bar."
"I can sleep on the floor if need be, though I also believe I could take on any mugger we could encounter."
"a chair is more than fine for me to sleep in Roy, and maybe it's better no one knows where we are sleeping tonight."
"Ah, yes, sounds good."
leyli takes a seat, closes her eyes, and begins to nod off.
"I suppose you are right Soroden, I hadn't thought of people coming while we were asleep, which is weird cause they already did that once, I must be rather tired,"
.....
when they get to roy's house Cliff takes a blanket and a medium sized rock and lays down on the floor marginally near leyli.
Roy leads a path out and around the larger city to a small ish house. A few plants grow out front and are dyed a very dark blue. He plucks a weed out of one row before unlocking the door. He has to duck to get inside the door. Inside he mostly straightens out but keeps his head at an angle to not hit the roof.
Inside are a few wooden chairs around a table each with a mismatched cushion. The kitchen occupies the same space as the table. A few cupboards over a counter worn with knife marks. A larger arm chair is in the opposite corner next to a fire place and on the other side of that is a large bed. Big for most people but just about right for him.
"It's not much but it's home I suppose."
He sits on the bed and undoes his boots after setting Ionstraim up against the wall next to it.
"If two are in the bed then everyone gets something or other to sleep on."
Leyli opens an eye.
"I don't mind."
"Your call. Here if ya want it."
He lays down on the bed towards the wall, leaving enough room for her should she choose to take it.
Leyli takes the bed with him, and falls asleep rather quickly.
Cliff casts alarm and mage armor,
Cliff gets up and meditates and then practices a few katas.
As Roy wakes up he takes one of the plants growing outside and puts it in a bowl. He uses a pestle to grind a blue liquid out of it and he traces his tattoos over with a small brush.
Soroden awakes and does his morning meditative prayer, to place himself in touch with his inner divine spark, tracing the enrgy of that spark into specific weaves within his body, to be released later.
after everyone finishes morning routines, Leyli gets up and stretches.
"Alright boys, let's go. Let's all look for some leads."
"anywhere you suggest? otherwise I could go check with a few contacts I have in the church and the monastery, and/or the city guards"
"Sounds good. Careful with the city guards though, give them no reason to punish you, or they will, within seconds."