Rosa sighs as she watches the youths harass the other patrons. Shaking her head she looks at Nye, "More like out looking for trouble, which is exactly what they're gonna find if they ruin my fun."
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"They're already starting to ruin mine. Can anyone tell which is the leader? I think I might have a few words with him." Alton began tapping his fingers on the table, obviously annoyed with ruffians.
The toughs look your way, tired of their current prey. They saunter over to your table, banging on it. "Well, well, lookie here, we got scrubs in the city. Hey, scrubs, times are tough. Mind sparing us some change...say 20 gold, and we don't rough you up. We can always send you home crying to mommy. Oh, wait, you don't have any! Har har har!"
An ugly human female looks at Alton. "Hey, shortstuff, ever been with a real woman before?"
The burliest of the four saunters over to Emily and grabs her arm. "Hey, Mutton-Chops! Yeah, you! Greenskin! I'm gonna borrow your waitress for an hour. I've got a big appetite."
"Let go off me, you a$$%+*#!" Emily screams. The orc seems to move to defend the elf, until one of the toughs harassing you at the table pulls a gun.
"Uh uh, Mutton-Chops, the guy before you knew better," the burly one says. "I think I want it nice and slow tonight, elfie."
Rosa jumps up out of her chair, the rifle that was at her side now leveled at the beef head holding Emily. How about I give you five minutes to get your s%*! and get the hell outta here?"
All other stimuli was gone. What remained were 4 thugs, her friends, the server, and the owner.
With no warning, Amara suddenly drops to the floor from her stool and leaps to attack the gun bearer! Her sharp claws make a vicious swipe at the dude.
"I don't see how thats any of your business, Sir." Alton gagged at sight and smell of the woman.
Alton chuckled slightly as he watched Amara pounce the burly one.
Before Amara can attack, the burly thug lets go of Emily, eyeing Rosa's rifle. "Fine then, but you just made a big mistake, b!$$%. The Rifters ain't gonna stand for this s&%#! Come on, guys."
The four of them walk out of the restaurant, laughing and cursing.
Rosa just shakes her head and goes to Emily. Putting an arm around her she says, "Are you alright? I can go after them if you want me to, and make sure they never bother anyone.....ever again."
"No, there's more of those guys out there and their boss is pretty mean. I'm okay. Thanks for doing that, but I hope that isn't going to make life hard for you," Emily answers.
"We are going to need to watch our backs, those idiots won't let this alone." Vi says quietly. "Are you ok Emily?"
"Good job Rosa I'm glad we avoided the second fight of the day." Alton moved to other side of Emily. "I hope you are well fair Emily."
Alton moved to the owner pulling on his shirt sleeve to get his attention. "Do The Rifters abide here often?"
Emily is visibly shaken up. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine."
The orc looks at Alton and pauses for a moment before speaking. "Sie kommen oft um. Sie sind eine kleine Zeit Bande den von den Rampen."
("They come around often. They're a small time gang down by the Ramps.")
Rosa sits back down with Bessie in her lap. Looking at the others she says, "I'm not sure we can leave it alone now either. I scared em' off for now, but....I'm sure they'll come back and I don't want them hurting anyone because of what I did. We can't always be here....so, maybe we should go after them?"
"Danke." Alton returned to the group at the table. "I was thinking along the same lines, lets inform Kaplan tomorrow and see what he has to say."
She nods, finishing the rest of her water. "Well....it didn't take that long to find trouble out here. I just hope that when we're done with them....they have the money to replace any bullets I put in them. I sure do hate to waste a good bullet." She laughs a little then, but unlike earlier...it sounds a little....dark.
"We might want to make sure Emily get's home safely after this place closes later. If they hang around nearby to get revenge...." Vi looks both worried and angry.
Rosa just nods, her pretty face set in angry lines.
"If we do follow them we can find out a lot of useful information but if they spot us we could get into even more trouble." Eleanor says putting down her drink.
Emily shakes her head. "It's your first day here. I'll be okay getting home."
"I can follow them at night quite well. I shouldn't have any problems with them seeing me either." Amara says quietly.
Putting a hand on Amara's head, Rosa looks down at her, "Nah Mara, we wouldn't have you go out there alone anyways. We'll figure it out, I just don't want anyone getting hurt."
"Ok." Amara leans against Rosa while looking up at her.
Bending down slightly, Rosa gives Mara a little squeeze, "Thanks for wanting to though." She smiles at her.
Nye's spirit settles as the toughs are convinced discretion is the better part of wiping brains and excrement off the gutter.
He whistles tunelessly to ease his own nerves and tension. His gauntlet falls back by his side, for now inert.
She looks over at Emily, "It was only a matter of time before we ran into their kind. In a place with so many miserable people, it was pretty much inevitable. I still don't think you should be walking home alone Em...." Looking at the others around the table she says, "I'm not gonna make a decision like this for everyone. What do the rest of you think? Should we walk her home to make sure she gets there alright, or should we call Ratsome to give her a lift?"
Looking again at Emily she asks, "Would you happen to have a phone here?"
If it were him he would like the same courtesy. Nye votes to walk the girl home.
Pulling out Ratsome's card she says, "If I call Ratsome, he can come and pick all of us up and we can all go with her. Then no one would have to walk."
The orc gestures to a beat up phone against the wall by the door.
Rosa calls the number on the card and then explains what happened, followed by asking him to come pick them all up at the copper kettle.
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A few minutes later, you hear the roar of Ratsome's truck and it screeches to a halt in front of the Copper Kettle. "Couldn't stay away from ol' Ratsome, couldja?"
She laughs, "Nope.....I guess not. Can't seem to stay away from trouble either. It just seems to have a way of finding us.......but, I'm glad we were here to stop those mooks from terrorizin everyone."
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"We didn't even make it a whole day." Eleanor replies.
"Well, hop in. Gonna start a tab for you blokes after this one," Ratsome says. "Don't mind helping damsels in distress and whatnot, but it ent my bag to do freebies too many times."
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"Thanks Ratsome, you're really very sweet for doing this for us, annd we all appreciate it very much." She gives him a qick peck on the cheek as a way of saying thanks, before helping Emily up into the back. Once she's settled next to Alton, Rosa climbs into the cab next to Ratsome. After getting directions to her house from Emily, she relays them to Ratsome and they head out.
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Emily's place isn't far, a small apartment building behind a couple of the stores on the main avenue. She hops out of the truck. "Thanks again...and sorry again. Feel free to visit. I'm in Apartment 3B."
"Sure thing Em, just be safe and keep your door and windows locked."
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Alton quickly stood on his seat and took an over dramatized actors pose. "Good by fair beauty may I see you in my dreams and in the rising sun."
Emily smiles at Alton. "Will do. Have a good night."
She heads up to her apartment.
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"Where to now, ladies and gents?" Ratsome asks.
"What would you reccommend for our first night here Ratsome?" Vi asks.
"If you've eaten already...I'd say go watch those girls in the park, Rosemary and Mint. Rosemary plays the vi-o-lin while Mint conducts with them sparkly magey lights," Ratsome says. "It's fairly pretty."
"The park sounds nice, and it could be interesting. I vote yes for the park."
Ratsome speeds off again and drops you off at a nearby park. The trees sway with a light breeze as a line of gas lamps lead toward a small pavilion. A handful of people are gathered here as a green-haired gnome with a top hat and a blonde halfling woman are setting up.
Looking around Rosa smiles, "Well....this seems nice."
"Yeah this should be fun, Live music is supposed to be so much better than a phonograph or even magical recording"
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The gnome turns to the meager crowd and smiles. "Hi, I'm Mint and this is my partner, Rosemary. I see a couple of new faces here, so welcome."
The halfling waves half-heartedly, before picking up her violin and looking to the gnome. The gnome casts a few dancing lights which circle around the halfling, then Mint casts another spell. As she touches the air in front of her, the sound of piano keys can be heard. Rosemary joins in as Mint "plays", the lights dancing in rhythm to the music.