”Jarek, could you please check? You said you can climb easily.”
Jarek nods, and begins to climb the wall, the surface warping slightly as he goes before returning to its normal structure.
you see 2 open windows on opposite sides of the warehouse
uh, cowards. We best leave here, they will likely report us
"They're gone.. shall we try using the roofs like them?" Raok asks while half hanging over an edge to talk to those below.
Karla looks up doubtfuly.
I'm not good with heights. Let's find another warehouse.
there's another one a couple streets further down. a bit smaller, but the ladder is intact and there are some boxes that are full of dresses strewn about. anyone doing anything before night falls?
Karla will look a the dresses, to see if there is anything nice in her size, but will stay quiet till night.
”We can bed down here for the night. People need to rest. I can walk the streets freely and take one of you with me. We should sell the armor and weapons that we don’t need. Anyone else need a magical sword? Figures, we didn’t have one between us and now we have four. Heh! The irony.”
Hashik can use his hat and spells to change himself so he can go out and purchase food and supplies or hawk the goods they have.
there's a box of bawdy dresses for halflings, and a box for human children. as well as all manner of dresses for medium folk. you can find pretty much anything that isn't too fancy.
one thing about the weapons. without express permission from the Aspis Consortium it is still highly illegal to possess or deal in magical weapons. where are you selling them?
all of the food was either bought up before the riot, or stolen during it. you will have to wait for another food caravan or get some elsewhere
you can take one look outside and see that the guards are out in force this afternoon. lookin' really pissed off at everyone
”The guards are all over the place and pissed off. We have illegal weapons and the cleric was our only known contact to move this kind of stuff.”
The dancer paces about.
”Should I go inquire at one of the more shady establishments? The brothel maybe? There are a s~~# ton of clothes in here. At some point someone is going to come check on their stock. We can’t wait here forever.”
He plops down on a pile of clothes.
”Gods I want out of this town.”
"Well, we should be able to sneak out easily enough, shouldn't we?
"As I recall in the first town, the Aspis guards aren't the sharpest tools in the shed."
they were focused on evacuation and firefighting then, they're knocking down doors now.
you are hearing the bashing down of doors now, what are you doing?
"That's our cue to go, lets find a way out. Anyone who has an idea of where to go, take the lead please." Raok says emphatically while quickly gathering his gear.
”Look. I don’t know where to go. All my attempts to get local information about this damn town have failed. The only thing I can do is become someone else. I can do that for one other of you. We can try talking our way out, basically b%&#+~~!ing. If you guys can come up with a plug I’ll try it.”
”Maybe have you guys hide while I pretend to be an employee? Or I walk out and distract while you guys escape? Let’s come up with a plan quick.”
except for the crates full of clothes and the somewhat smaller size, this warehouse is exactly the same as the other one.
"I think that if you are going to pretend to be a worker here, the rest of us should wait on the roof. If they search the warehouse, they will be less likely to find us. And if things go poorly, having the high ground could prove useful."
I am nearly out of spells. I think we should just avoid them.
"Maybe hide in the boxes or up high, let's make a decision." says Raok not too louldly
or we leave now? Set some fires to distract them as we go. This town is a bust at this point, anyhow.
"Best to avoid more fights with the guards, I think we're all a bit spent from that last tussle.
"I say we should hide ourselves in boxes here; we'll have less options to escape from the roof."
”Raok might be on to something. Can you sneak up there and see if they are searching the rooftops? If they are just searching the streets and buildings some of us can just stay up there. If we leave them an open door they might just come through and do a cursory search and move on. I can make myself a vagrant or a commoner stuck on the streets when the riot happened and hide some of you in the boxes.”
”What do you think?”
Jarek looks out the window to see if there is any guard activity on the rooftops, or if it is confined to street level.
you don't see any activity up on the roofs
"Up we go then." Roak will ascend and find a place to hide
Draalûsh shrugs, and follows the others to the roof top.
He has his rapier at the ready and tries to keep alert for trouble.
fine. But I don't like this.
Nervously, Karla starts climbing.
the roofs are flat in this part of town. are you going anywhere or staying put?
Jarek will stay nearby to assist in the event of a fight.
Raok climbs up and helps others that need it
"Lets stay in the centre of the roof so we can't be seen from below.. ."
yes, center is invisible from the street, plenty of room to spread out and still be invisible from the street
only place to worry about would be face of the building the loading area is on
If we get spotted, we will be trapped Karla grumbles. She watches the face of the building.
”You’ll be no worse off than being caught out on the street. Most of our party isn’t stealth oriented. Choose your path. I already stated what my thoughts and abilities are and I am willing to remain down here if needed.”
”We need to lay low and either get out of town or get to our cart. But I don’t think we can pull that off with them working the search so hard right now. Better to wait until night then take our chances. We can lead those who can’t see without a light source making it harder for the human guards to see us.”
”I’m even willing to go out there and lead them off if needed, but we have to make a decision and quick.”
”Most of the party is already on the roof. What do you suggest Karla?”
in the absence of any further words I'll assume you've gone to the roof
you hear a crash from down below and then "looks like someone was looking for food in here." (the crates you searched)
another voice saying "hmmm, my daughter would like this one I'm sure, you think I'll ever get out of this s&$~ hole to bring it to her?"
"Goddess knows, lets get out of here and search the next one."
from your vantage point you can see the guards are making a mostly methodical search through the district, and are dragging people out in the rough direction of the main guardhouse.
the search zone passes you over and the sun is setting, what are you doing?
"We should goto a gatehouse that is not the main one.. maybe one by the port?" Raok shrugs and takes in the sites from the roof
"With the guards on high alert like this, I am doubtful we will be able to escape. If need be, I can scout ahead from under the ground."
”That! Would be amazing! I am thinking with your special abilities and Raok’a ability to swim we might be able to scout, get a boat and escape out the harbor? At least in the wilds we can find some food right?”
"Swim? I'm what you would call a type of tree frog, I climb very well, not so much the swimming, well no better than any other humanoid that is."
”Oooooooooh . . . . Well crap.”
there are four districts with sandstone walls, with two fort like things that have auxiliary gates, only bounty hunters and other Aspis personnel can go through them. at the main gate they will search you for magical weapons.
docks district with the lowest elevation, and never needed a gate.
warehouse and lower class district. directly east of the docks, slightly higher and has an auxiliary gate.
main district is the largest by far and has the main gate. is east of the warehouse district and east of the workers district.
the workers district is the most posh and military minded, it is at the highest city elevation up on a rocky protrusion west of the main district and south of the docks and warehouse districts. it has a decent fortress with cannons aimed toward the harbor and beyond the south wall and has the other auxiliary gate.
the guards are undermanned, and probably aren't patrolling the walls that heavily, but you won't be able to rob anyone if you leave the city.
cannons? Let's not escape by boat. We could just slip over the walls. Or lay low until they stop searching
"If they're short of guards, we shouldn't have too much trouble finding a gap to get out through.
"Or maybe we could try sneaking on an outgoing ship to get clear of the cannons first."
"I like the idea of going through a less guarded area, with the option of bribing someone to let us out, so that just leaves us with needing resources, anyone know of a rich criminal we can hoodwink out of his cash?" Raok says with a wicked smile
Karla sighs
No. We have only just arrived. And now we have to leave.
She shrugs
Well, needs must, as my mother used to say. But where do we go from here?
”Anywhere but here right? You want to stay in Sargava? I mean anywhere under Consortium control is a problem.”
Leaving is an even worse problem. Maybe we can find sanctuary in the bush?
She thinks.
Does anyone know of other towns we could go to?
”I was pretty much kept as a slave most my life. I don’t know much about this land. I do know civilization outside this wild continent and I know if I can reach it again I will do quite well for myself. If we are captured I am not sure which of us will simply be put to death.”
Hashik drops into a pile of dresses.
”Anyways, maybe we can try to get some local knowledge about this place. It seems like there must be some place we can get to that is outside Consortium control.”
”Anyway, we are going to need to find a source of food. Do fishermen leave the harbor? The elites need to find a way to get food. We do have treasure. Maybe we could bribe one or stow away. I’m not against hijacking someone for that matter.”
”I could take one of you and we could go on an information gathering trip?”
Hashik jumps up.
”Or maybe we say we are bounty hunters and simply walk out the gate looking for the Dragon. We have Consortuim magical weapons. They know they need magical weapons to deal with the dragon. We get in the wagon. Dress everyone up and head out. It’s so crazy it just might work!”
Raok is actually nodding at Hashiks final set of words
"I like it, simple and likely to earn us some respect when we return successful."
"Interesting plan. But we should probably pick a time and place where guards won't be plentiful.
"Just in case something goes amiss, of course.
"And we do need to make sure we don't look like our now famous likenesses circulating about."