Huh..Well hate to say it that setting snares is kinda beyond me. I know how to knock em down but not put them back up. So we might be in for a sleepover.
"I.. I don't think so, Sunny. But I appreciate the offer. And if you're heading off, I just remembered something that can be of use to you."
He walks into the next room for a minute and returns with a stoppered bottle.
"They're smelling salts. You can use them to wake someone up, even in dire circumstances... I suppose you could use them on your friend, too, but it can cause a strain if the injured party is in too bad of a way and tries to move.
Someone gave the Prior this some time ago, and he only mentioned it in passing, but I think you could use it more than we."
Sunny bounces up and gives Marduzi an enthusiastic hug of thanks to show she rilly appreciates his gift, before skipping back and trying to find somewhere to put it about her person.....
After a few moments of checking the shirt that is all which she's wearing, she gives a bright 'Ah!' before slipping the bottle into a small pouch on the inside of the shirt (Which Marduzi and Worren might now realize the blond Elf has some how managed to put on inside out).
"POCKET!" (^_^) Sunny exclaims the word brightly, pointing to the slight lump now under the material by way of explanation as to where the bottle has been put, before spinning about and skipping off seeking her friends with a jaunty wave to both fellows.
Sunny skips about the town asking about which way to her friends (Describing Ruul by placing her hands to her forehead with fingers raised)
Eventually skipping up to the store where Rull and Manny are at.
"Hey-YA there!" (^_^)
Hey there Sunny, we are planning on trying to catch a vandal. Seems a wizard might be sending their familiar in do do some damage. So Ruul will try making a snare for the hole in this wall.
Suny slows down some as she enters the building, giving people a friendly wave.
"Oooh..." She exclaims, padding over and squinting through the hole.
"So, these 'Vandal' thingys? They's in't very big, is they?" She points to the tiny hoke in the wall. "We could maybe catch on in one of them glass thingys... um... ah! Bottle!" She remembers, pulling one said item out from some where within the shirt she's draped in.
"See? Marduzi give me this as a gift." (^_^) She peers at the stuff inside, "Though he said it's got some sort of salts... fer smellin'...." She frowns, "No, that int't the right way of sayin' it..." And she ponders some more, though still offering the bottle up for Ruul and Manny to look at as well.
Heading back to her room to change.
Something you sniff? I doubt that will be any good for the vermin problem. Manny peers at the bottle.
The scent is very potent and would knock any normal person onto their keister. It was spicy and left a burning residue.
Sunny eyes grow wider at the result of Ruul's inhalation of the bottle's contents.
"That din't look pleasant!" Are her simple thoughts on the matter. "Yer eyes almost crossed them selves in't other side of yer head!" Sunny very tentatively wafts some of the lingering odor towards her own pert nose.
(>_<)"Eck! GAH!" *Cough, cough*
"Geez! Right enough ta' wake tha' dead!" Sunny exclaims blinking before,
"Oh! That were whut Marduzi did say! That tha' salts were fer wakin' peoples up!" (^_^) She peers at the bottle and its possibly dwindling contents.
"Here, lets put tha' stopper back in. Keep our noses safe..." She takes back the bottle and re-affixes the stopper, before again slipping it back into her shirt.
"Pock-ette!" She happily explains/points to the slight lump under the fabric. "So... when is we gon'a start watchin' fer this thingy?" Sunny asks, seeing when people are going to settle down and if there's still some time to do stuff about town in the mean time.
Tonight I guess? I can see good at night so we can go without light sources. Maybe keep one hidden in case it does come.
Sunny nods, arraigning a time when Manny and Ruul are going to 'start' with the watching before offering another jaunty wave and skipping off.
Sunny would also arrange for a descent meal to be delivered to the pace where she, Manny and Ruul will be keeping watch. (Maybe organize for a breakfast in the morning?)
Other than that, what else is there to see/do about town for a chirpy, young Elf? (^_^)
Manny will help Ruul with setting the snare with his Disable device skills. SInce he knows how to take them apart, he knows a bit about how they work.
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"Hmmm, maybe he needs to be looked at - I will be visiting you and your son as soon as I have the opportunity, would that be acceptable" - the tiefling questions.
"Also, you are most welcome - I am happy I was able to assist in reuniting your family" - he smiles warmly.
Later on, Zeltor will set off in search of the others.
*Happily waves to Zeltor as she sips past.* (^_^)
Sorval greets Zeltor courteously as he heads past her- Good Afternoon; my planetouched friend... How goes things?
"Now, now... it would be excessive to ask for more from you, sir. While I'm sure that my boys will be happy to see you in the weeks to come, and my youngest needs you as a role model, you've done more than enough. However, you're always welcome in our household. Now, if you'll excuse me..."
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A young dwarf is hocking pastries at a street corner, and is more that willing to bring his fare to the Gilded Haft later for a silver.
"I was afraid na' one was goin' ta buy a darned one, see?"
There's still plenty of activity (people moving trade goods in carts), but there's not much that Sunny can do without interrupting, as far as interaction goes. Unless she wants to enter random buildings or shops, of course.
Ruul and Manny set up some snares with expert efficiency, though it takes a while. During the time they do this, they are visited by a dwarven lad who carefully hands some pastries into the room.
"Courtesy of that Sunny girl."
Manny munches on some expertly crafted and very fatty foods.
Mm..This is pretty good. Manny wipes his mouth on his sleeve. Looks like we have this place locked down against wee beasties. So we can start camping out at night.
"Mmmph! Iph goof!" (^_^) She will declare/agree happily, wolfing said delicacy down before sorting out the paying and delivering details. Once so sorted Sunny continues on her way, skipping merrily about the place. Traveling where ever her whim and fancy takes her.
(^_^)
Sunny did remember Donaon's description of this town from one of his earlier ventures, which made wandering about much easier. That is to say, she only entered a house once, and it was mercifully both unlocked and vacant.
Asking confused passers-by took her to the Errant Wolf, the more upstanding inn in town, where she ran into a well-dressed-but-far-more-eloquent elf who offered to buy her meal when he heard tell of Manny, Ruul, and Sorval.
"Tell them Horfil sends his regards."
Zeltor is eventually pointed in the right direction by passerby. His party awaits him at the Gilded Haft.
Sorval manages to purchase a wand and joins them at dusk.
MOOOO!
(^_^)
After organizing the meal (Sunny happy to pay up to 50 Gp for things to be prepared and delivered, as well as the plates etc to be picked up the next day) she gives Master Horfil a thankful hug before skipping off once more to join up with Manny and Ruul.
Skipping back to the 'Gilded Haft' Sunny again greats her companions with her usual jaunty wave and call of "Hey-YA there!" (^_^)
When the large banquet follows her to the establishment, Sunny is full of excitement and explanation of that which is arriving under the platters as the dishes, plates and cutlery is laid out and arraigned.
"They's chee-caan an' steak an' 'shrooms an' 'taters an'...um... greens stuff... an' shrooms an' pork an' veal an'..." She points to the various delicacies. (^_^)
The busy innkeep seemed too busy to make too much smalltalk, but he did arrange for food to be delivered to the Haft as Sunny described.
Once the party had reunited and evening had come, the proprietor left the Gilded Haft to the party, trusting them completely.
The food got delivered in full, and a meal for everyone was in progress in the relative darkness (only a couple of candles were left behind for illumination).
Manny's face is in the steak and potatoes so he sees little.
Suny too enjoys the, for her, exotic fare of this far away land of excitement and adventure. (^_^)
As the evening wears on she contents herself by using the freedom granted by the shop owner to slowly wander the store and look at simply everything.
Zeltor partakes from the meal, turning to his companions with a nod - "What now friends?"
*Looks away from what ever it is that she's currently poking*
"Oh? I thunk we wus waitin' fer somat ta' turn up?" Sunny looks to Ruul and Manny for more informations. (^_^)
There are a lot of arrows and bows here, as well as gilded quivers. Some of them might be mildly magical. There's really no way of knowing.
Ruul hears a small scratching from the area of the room in which the small hole is, like something is squeezing in from outside.
Suny is careful around the pointy things which she's pokin' at....
Some thief and vandal. Manny tells Sunny.
Sunny nods, smiling at Manny's reply/edification. "Aye! A thief an'a vandal..." (^_^)
Sunny as well begins to look behind, beneath and around the items in the shop.
"Them vandals can be rilly sneaky lil' critters... They's can give a nasty bite, too.... " Sunny is careful to keep well away from the things that Manny and Ruul have set up to catch the fleet-footed vandal, should it again appear.
I can't wait for oppurtunity to try this out-
Ruul and Manny feast their eyes on a couple of tiny, dog-like creatures carrying an equally tiny box shimmying through the small opening.
Their eyes snap up at the sound of humanoids recognizing their presence.
These are Pugwampis (malicious fey). They bring bad luck with them and are notorious vandals.
Manny moves to block the entrance. Drop that box!
The little hellions simultaneously open and drop the box, yipping.
It falls sideways, and there is a gust of wind that ripples through the room, blowing the candles out.
There's a burst of maniacal laughter to accompany it, too.
"Now. now, I just needed them to get me in, you know!"
Manny turns on his Special night vision goggles Well you are in the wrong place, time for you to leave.
Ruul can hear that the voice is coming from right next to him, but no one in the room can see the source.
"Would you mind terribly breaking something? The old codger has it coming, you know."