Judging from Aerodus' sudden outburst, the topic of riches is a... sensitive issue for him, according to Lia.
With a quizzical look at Aerodus, she turns her horse around. "I have to explain what happened to my boss. Besides, we'll likely draw less suspicion arriving in Sandpoint in a caravan than arriving on our own."
With that, she rides off, returning to the inn.
Venator follows to give the horse back to its owners.
Aerodus sighs before following.
Jirani follows.
At the inn, if nothing else interrupts, Jirani will see that the murdered are cleaned up and...
Jirani will prep the bodies for travel and ask that the caravan take them with the group so they can be handed off for proper rites.
Morbid as it sounds we might check the inn once more, for funds or resources that would aid the innkeeper and his daughter in getting a proper funeral or any lingering clues about our mysterious foes? I'm not sure how much time we have...
Once back at the inn, Lia looks for Tanya. She takes a breath, and begins to explain.
"Tanya, I'm sorry that my associates and I just up and took off with five of the caravan's horses without letting you know what we were doing. We were trying to catch up with a man in colorful clothes & his buddy--the flamboyant one's name is Octavian. We had reason to believe that he and his henchman murdered the serving girl and innkeeper here."
She continues. "Octavian is heading to Sandpoint. Would it be alright with you if my new associates came with us?"
"Well, important stuff aside, since we're resting I'll use my time for that. If anything abnormal happen I'll be in a room upstairs. See you tomorrow morning."
Lia breathes a sigh of relief.
"Thanks for being understanding about this, Boss. I should introduce you to them..."
With that, Lia spends the evening introducing the party to her caravan.
Aerodus's eyebrow arches. But he shrugs. "Let's see what she wants."
Lia nods and approaches the lady.
"Yes? Is something wrong?"
Venator uses the distraction to Detect Magic on the woman.
Jirani holds off a slight distance, simply looking around as the others appraoch (and Venator casts)
Andando smiles at the woman and contemplates picking her pocket.
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Woman ”The cards tell me you’re here to deal with a great injustice, though they also tell me it would be rash to head in without a little help, would you care for me to give you a better reading?” she says with a wink and a smile,
Although Venator wants to reply, he keeps quiet and focused on the woman's auras.
Turning to the group, "She's an old street magician, rob ya blind if ya let 'er. Go on get outta here ye old swindler." he says trying to shoo the woman out of their path.
Venator knows there's something wrong, and as usual he prefer the simplest way:
"What are you? And who do you serve?"
"And luck favors the bold! I'm sure we need our help we can get so, please, grant us your wisdom, free woman."
As he knows it is delaying the caravan, he turns to his new companions. "Give her a minute. It could be worth it."
Lia remains quiet throughout the exchange, save for one question.
"Might I know your name, Ma'am?"
Aerodus follows, wary of the woman. "This won't take long, will it? We have a criminal to hunt down."
Lia follows, a bit disappointed at not learning the lady's name.
Andando follows with a smirk, and begins softly whistling an innapropriate tavern song.
Jirani holds his bow warily but allows the group to follow if that is their wish...
Venator follows. He could not stop thinking that he could have been fooled by her phrase, but if she was involved there was so much to learn from her they could not ignore it, as long as it did not take long. They were already late, so it didn't mattered. Much.
After a couple minutes of walking, Venator, who has visited the town before, analyzes if they are going in direction of the piers or another one, while he tries to clarify if she is indeed helping them or not.
"So, traveler, why do you wish to help us? Cause in my point of view you're hindering us at the moment, so you better give us a proper answer or we shall part ways."
Aerodus snorts. "Powerful and influential people? Like who? Who would be bored enough to spend their time focusing on us? I mean, we're just some random people. Why would we have any enemies?"
Looking over at Aerodus, she can read his expression like a book.
He's hiding something... likely a fugitive. It's probably a good thing we have him around, then--set one to catch one, right?
"Honestly, I'd like to know that as well. As far as I know, we're just a caravan of people off to the town of Sandpoint." She says, her eyes not leaving Aerodus' face.
Seeing Lia just staring at him, Aerodus looks around before saying, "Yes? May I help you with something? You know, it's not polite to just stare at someone."
Lia looks back to the lady leading them.
"Nothing's wrong, Aerodus. I'm sorry--I shouldn't have been staring."
You're more than you let on... and not much of a liar.
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After the shortish walk you arrive to a small wooden cabin at the northen edge of Sandpoint, inside is homely with a red carpet, a large (for the room) wooden table, and a bowl of tasty look apples. After you all get in she closes the door and sits by the wall, and gives you some time to settle down
Lia mumbles an incantation under her breath as she enters the house.
A feeling of discomfort builds in her as she looks around the house some more.
There's magic everywhere here... what kind of house is this?
She maintains her detect magic, hoping to discern what sort of magic is afoot here.
Looking about the room, Andando leans against the table and helps himself to an apple. "So whats the deal then?" he asks nochalantly.