Inside, you find the deputy on duty, milling about in the entry room. He chuckles, smiling lewdly. "Looks like your elf buddy got himself a sweet piece of ass to loosen Tsuto's lips."
Turning to Elisai, he smiles widely, "And to you as well, my dear. To think that Sandpoint has had such a influx of beauty these last few days. Something to brighten the town against the recent trials we have overcome." He sighs theatrically.
"Tobyn? He was actually one of the few in town who treated me well. Nualia had to have him, though. Said that no other would do for the sacrifice. So what's with you, lady? I haven't seen you around here...you from Ustalov or something?"
Tsuto's rage appears to dissipate as the lovely woman in the cell with him doesn't bat an eye at his admission of his terrible crimes. By the end of his speaking he is an attentive admirer.
A bit despised, but trying to hide it at his best of his ability, Delendir just answers to the deputy "Are there reports of any movement around the town? Perhaps we should track who is going out and in into the town, and place one or two patrols to make sure at least the main paths are clear of danger. Rumors go around the place fast and I guess people wants to see their men moving around."
That said Delendir moves towards the cells and closes to Tal "Hi there! Vivi and Ameiko are well, they are taking care of each other." and the ranger winks an eye to him "What we have here, have you gotten something new from him? It would be good to know where those smuggling tunnels are ending."
"I'm from Cheliax, actually." Grace confesses. When manipulating men, honesty is often the best policy. "A place that understands the importance of power and what it is like to have religious ideals the world doesn't understand."
Grace leans in just a hint closer to Tsuto and lowers her voice. Not a whisper, but an invitation to conspiracy.
"You must have a great deal of personal power, to have commanded these goblins. To devise such clever plans to attack the town and steal the body. Help me understand this vision? Help me prepare so I don't die like the poor fools in this town probably will. Help me understand, Tsuto. Please."
As soon as Tal signals Delendir, he approaches silently and covered in the darkness, only whispering his message once/if Tal approaches.
Wicked Grace has him enthralled. If she started swaying back and forth, he likely would react as a cobra to a snake charmer, swaying bodily with her. He responds to her question in a bragging tone, eager to gain favor. "It was easy. We hid some goblins in one of father's wagons in the town square, and when the consecration began, they hopped out, causing mayhem. There was also a frontal assault near the gate and other goblins stationed in town square to keep any would-be heroes occupied. Meanwhile, a half-dozen of the little cretins and I used a ladder from beneath the Glassworks to scale the wall beside the graveyard. It was easy to go in and steal Tobyn's remains with the town terrified and occupied. As far as the main assault, that hasn't been determined yet. Plans are still being made."
"Wow!" Grace exclaims. It is time to step up the game. She moves forward again and, this time, reaches out to let her fingers brush against Tsuto's. A light touch. A mere moment of skin to skin contact.
"With you here, who is making the plans, though? You must command others besides this woman and the goblins. You must have a fortress worthy of your strength." Grace is sure to spit out the word "woman" as if she doubts Nualia qualifies as such.
Men do like a good catfight.
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"There's also Orik and Lyrie, but they're just hired muscle and pretty much do what they're told." He leans in closer, "They think they keep it secret, but they're f~%~ing one another, so they're pretty much out of the loop in decision-making, also. Then there's Bruthazmus, the idiot bugbear. He listens to my opinions, then decides his opinion is the opposite. I think he's sweet on Nualia, personally. Like she would stoop to something like an overgrown goblin!" He chuckles, shaking his head.
Grace know Tal is listening, just beyond the door. Taking notes of names and other information. Grace inhales deeply, letting her breasts press up against her thin disguise of robe. She leans in until her lips are almost close enough to kiss.
"How could she be, when there's a man like you so close at hand?" Grace chewed mint on the way over. She knows her breath is fresh and clean. "Nualia has to sacrifice the priest's body? I don't understand. Why?"
A woman has her limits.
"Where, Tsuto?" Grace leans forward and whispers, her breath hot on his ear. "Where is she? I want to know soooo badly."
The message is a simple one: Yank me out of here.
No need for Tsuto to think he was being played. They might need her in his good graces at a future date.
Observing startled how the skiny little girl stole from Tsuto all that was denied from the party, he just waits startled for Tal to open the door, only whisppering "The tunnels exit"
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Tal shakes his head at Delendir's whispered words.
"Right that's enough time spent with him. If I didn't know any better I would say you have the hots for him lady! I don't trust the guy, he might try something on you." Tal says in a commanding voice and steps forward.
He looks at Delendir and nods towards Tsuto, hoping he would follow his lead.
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"Look Tsuto, you are in a prison with a lot of guards just outside this door. There are two ways that this can possibly go down. Either you let the lady leave willingly and she might come back, IF she wants to. Or the guards will rush in and knock you out and you will never see her again. Which do you prefer?" Tal asks calmly.
Out of sight, out of mind Daud muses contently to himself as he accompanies the ladies back to the Rusty Dragon.
Her first words?
"Change my hair back this instant. I feel like I've been dipped in goblin dung. Ugh. Horrid little man."
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"Thank you Tsuto. I'll ask the guards to bring something nice for lunch." Tal says. Perhaps if we reward him for good behavior...
He walks in and escorts Grace out.
Once outside and Grace makes her request Tal can't help but let out a small laugh. "Of course my dear. Allow me. If you like, the same cantrip could also remove your make-up." Tal says and lets his fingers run through Graces hair again.
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"I'll do that the old fashioned way, I think. I can do it at the table while you explain what it is we discovered. I hope that was enough information. If I had gone any further he would have been diving down my neckline and then I would have had to break the nasty little creature."
Delendir stares at the prisoner as intimidating as he can while Tal makes his exposition.
Afterwards he follows Tal and Grace towards the Rusty Dragon "You seemed to fit the job perfectly woman. Perhaps you might be useful after all." I have to track this woman here, she is too good on the spying topic, we don't want her to be hired by Tsuto's allies. Although... goblins with Chelaxians... it do not makes much sense...
Delendir looks up once on the street and calls Gina to follow them to the Rusty Dragon.
Once at the inn he enters with a great shout "Greetings everybody! It seems we have an explore mission preparatives to partake!"
The other people at the tavern reply to Delendir's outburst with expressions ranging from quite amused to very confused. The server on duty makes it a point to get an ale in his hand quickly.
Delendir quickly starts drinking vastly while talking with everyone about how to best approach a tunnel "I am used to the wilderness, no undergrounds. What do we need there? What do we have? Lunch time?" If not by the grief of the situation you would tell the ranger feels excited to start the exploration.
The barmaid laughs at Delendir's rant, bringing out what could only be lunch. Apparently Ameiko didn't keep the secret of how to prepare Minkai dishes to herself.
Can I assume that Elisai, Jessica and Sunday all arrived at the bar?
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Tal sits down and greets the others. He orders some lunch and between bites he updates his friends. "Well we didn't find out too much from Tsuto but we know a bit about his motivations. I doubt he would know too much about the tunnels himself except for the quick route to the city using those tunnels. We are looking for a certain quasit who probably has some minions it can control that would be used to attack the city.
As for gear. I suggest some torches for those who cannot see in the dark. My familiar could scout a little, a scorpion isn't a weird sight in tunnels after all. Then some rope is always handy with a hammer and pitons in case we need to do some spelunking.
For the quasit we need something to either dispel or work around his invisibility. I know of a spell called glitterdust, but currently it is out of my powers to use. A cold iron weapon would also help us here, for quasits have some resistance against regular metal as well as fire."
Nodding at Tal "Not the most impressive weapon ever, but I have this dagger here." Delendir shows his cold iron dagger. "I have also 50 feet of rope and a grappling hook, a shovel, torches, a bedroll and rations to survive almost a week." sipping again his beer "We also need to make sure to be prepared for other dangers, like vermin swarms. I have an alchemist fire flask myself, but that may be short to face a menace like that... perhaps we shall get more of that, unless your spells can cover us on that matter Tal."
Thinking a bit on the invisibility "Perhaps we can get a bag of flour or something like that. If we are able to locate the invisible creature, that can make it appear eventually. I have also seen in my childhood a druid using a faeric flame to uncover the invisible feys that were steeling our food stock. Perhaps some of you is able to use an scroll with that kind of magic? Or we can even buy that glitterdust scroll."
Daud actually nods at Delendir's suggestion. "Yes, flour could be effective, especially if ve could put it into a bomb format rather zhan just lugging around sacks. Also I might go and purchase a veapon of Cold Iron if zhere is a smith in town, vould anybody else vant something?"
"I can prepare a simple orison to create light on an object." Thinking over the information they were given on quasit weaknesses, "I may be able to get a blessing from Shelyn that can overcome the creatures resistance to damage, but it won't last for very long. It might not be worth it if the thing keeps going invisible all the time. I like the idea with the flower, maybe if we could put it into some kind of clay pot we could throw it and make the pot shatter to spread the flower around."
"Great idea Jessica!" Delendir shakes his beer tank in direction to the cleric "Do anyone has the skill to prepare that one? I am not and alchemist, but perhaps my trapping skills will help on such a clay flour bomb." he makes a pause then adds "Mmm... I guess if it is some kind of spell we don't know if we will use, perhaps we can buy an scroll and have it in that way as a backup."
Looking at Daud, "Sure, perhaps you can also find some cold iron arrows for me?"
Then looking at Grace and Elisai, raising the beer tank "You still have time to think on it, are you sure you want to follow us?"
Wicked Grace seems to be paying more attention to her makeup than she does to the conversation. She stops at the bar long enough to retrieve a bowl of water and a cloth napkin. Then she carefully begins removing the disguise she put on.
When Delendir asks the question she answers.
"A little more information would be helpful. Thus far you've gone on about tunnels and quasits and invisibility but I don't have a very clear picture of what we are doing, where we are going or what our goal is. You are speaking as if I already know the specifics, which I do not. Nothing we are talking about here seems to have anything to do with the information I... extracted from that weakling in the jail cell."
Daud tries and fails to suppress a snigger at Grace's comment.
Giving Grace an apologetic look, "Sorry grace, we have been staying here in town while the sheriff goes for reinforcements. During this time, Ameiko was kidnapped by her brother who also murdered her father. We found that Tsuto was involved in the goblin attack and that he is in league with Nualia, and aasimar woman and the daughter of the former high priest of the city. We found out that she had a mentor below the town, a quasit, and we decided that, since we are still needed here, we should go down and deal with the threat below."