"I'll take that deal! 13 years old, sir. Where do ya want te go?"
"Well, I suppose we should start with somewhere to upgrade weapons and armour. And if you know of anyone who might need help with a job, that would be great," Narun says, smiling at Gurgle.
"And if you don't mind me asking, where are your parents?"
"Me ma an pa are over at home." He says, gesturing wildly in a direction. You notice this place has canals and bridges, and in the water you can see merfolk and genasi swimming.
He leads you over to a place called 'Aquatic fire.' It seems to be a genera store. Inside, an old lady with a longsword strapped to her side greets you, and asks what you want to buy.
Everything from the players handbook is available here, and anything you own can be sold for half price. There are no magic items.
Narun turns to the party.
"Well, see anything you guys like?"
"A Greataxe would be nice to have. And I wouldn't mind selling my Battleaxe," Valcone says, remembering his air gensai semen weapon and cringing.
"Also maybe some food and torches," He adds, looking at some of the weapons and armour.
I wonder if Narun would spare some of our party money for spears or javelins... Can't hurt to ask I guess.
"Hey, we got any spare money for some of these?" Valcone turns to Narun and gestures towards some javelins.
"Sure." Says the old lady. "Let me have a looksy." She feels the battleaxe. "Oh, my! Air infused! Good sir, this will pay for 5 javelins, the axe, and enough food to last you 2 weeks!" She takes it and bustles off bringing what she said.
"I like gurgle he reminds me of me." Jared says cheerfully
Narun laughs at Jared's comment, while he looks through the store.
"Well, I suppose I'll buy twenty more arrows. Anything you kids think you need?" Narun asks Skylar and seems to be avoiding Alasie.
He then turns to address the owner of the shop.
"I'd also like to sell these gems." He pulls out the gems from his pack to show the woman.
"Well, these'll be worth a pretty penny!" The old woman totters off with them, bringing back a sack of gold and 20 arrows.
"Can we have some weapons?" Asks Skylar.
"Can I have a sword!?" Harllo asks excitedly.
Narun smiles at the children.
"Well, I suppose we can't have you being defenseless in case anything terrible were to happen. But I want you all to understand something. These weapons are not toys. You'll treat it well, and you'll learn to use it properly. It will take a certain amount of work, between cleaning and training. We'll talk about safety once you've chosen a weapon. Understand?" He looks sternly at the four kids.
"I say give Harllo a sword! let kids do what they want!" Jared yells. "Wow I would be a terrible father" He thought.
Narun shrugs.
"Weapons it is then. Harllo, shortsword. Sara, light crossbow and a dagger. Skylar, pair of daggers and a shortbow. And for Alasie, a glaive. Any objections?" Narun looks at the children.
Dear Kyro, I hope we're up to training a whole bunch of children how to use dangerous weapons...
The children all agree. Harllo and Skylar seem happy, Sara seems a little uncomfortable that her sister is using weapons, and Alasie clutches onto the glaive like a lifeline.
"Dya need a place ta stay for the night?" Gurgle asks quizzically, once the group is done shopping.
Narun looks at the group and nods slowly.
"That's probably a good idea. It'll be nice to sleep inside for a change."
"Great!" He smiles "You want to go now?"
"If you could show us around first, that would be helpful. And, if you happen to know of anyone who needs a group of adventurers you could show us to them." Narun smiles back at Gurgle, kindly.
"Well, I dunno about adventurers. This is probably the most boring down in the world."
As you walk around, you notice the truth of Gurgle's words. There seems to be no problems at all in this town! Everyone is smiling and happy, there are no sad faced people, and all the children seem to be quite content.
You know where everything is now. There are about 100 houses in the town, the general store, a blacksmith, and a priest.
"It is pretty quiet," Narun says, nodding.
"I suppose you can take us somewhere to stay the night now."
Gurgle leads you to his home, a nice little cottage with a river leading into it. As you walk inside, you are hit with the overwhelming smell of the ocean, and see a kind looking lady talking with a merman, half out of the water. She looks up when she sees you enter.
"Oh, visitors! Would you like something to eat?" She takes Valcone by the arm and sets him down on a chair. "Gurgle honey, take the other children to the child section." Once the others have filed out of the room, she looks at you with happy eyes and says, "Now what can I do for you?"
"food please I am very hungry." Jared says politely.
"Of course!" She says, bustling around the kitchen. The fishlike man in the water stares at you with bugging eyes as she cooks.
Narun smiles and introduces himself to the man in the water.
"Are you Gurgle's father?"
"Yes." He says, in a voice like someone drowning. "I am Jug. Gurgle is my spawn. Who are you?"
"Nice to meet you Jug. I'm Narun Wen. These are my companions, Valcone, Simu and Jared.' Narun motions to each of them in turn.
Spawn? That's an... odd way to refer to a kid.
Narun seems almost overly friendly, but he's avoiding the water like the plague.
Jug sees Simu. "Oh. Oh!" He blushes dark blue, and disappears beneath the water. Meanwhile, the mother finishes up with a good-looking stew, and lays it out in front of you.
Narun smiles and thanks her.
"This looks delicious! Thank you for having us here."
I hope everyone eats politely... Narun glances at his companions.
Valcone looks at the food then drinks as if it were in a cup. "that was pretty good thank you." Valcone puts down the bowl and gets up to go walk out side.
"How long are you going to be in town?" The wife asks, "We could use a few strong hands like yourselves around here in the next little bit."
"Narun is kind of in charge so it's up to him" jared says
Narun smiles at the woman.
"We don't really have a set plan, so I suppose we'll stay as long as there's work. Anything in particular you need?"
"Well, we could use some help unloading a shipment that just came in at the docks."
Narun smiles.
"Of course, we'd love to help you! Just show us the way to the.... Docks."
His smile seems to waver slightly at the mention of the docks.
"Oh, you'll find it!" She waves her hand in your general direction, and ushers you out the door.
You cannot find it. After a little while, you become hopelessly lost, and it is only Narun's sharp eyes that guide everyone back to the docks.
At the docks, you find another problem; there are a dozen ships there, and every one of them is unloading cargo.
Narun sighs and puts a hand to his head for a moment.
It's just one problem after another.....
He glances around, looking for someone to talk to.
There are many dock-hands working, most of them Genasi. You can go up to any of them.
Narun approaches the closest dock handler and clears his throat. He seems almost.... nervous.
"Hello? We're here to unload a ship for Jug Sharptooth and his family. Would you happen to know which ship that is?"
A sailor looks at you, and grins a snaggle toothed grin, looking the Aasimar up and down. "Well, aint ye jus a pre'ey boy down here en tha worl o' tha sea! Sure, ah knows where tha shoip es. R tha kiddies gonna help ye?"
Narun looks from the sailor, to the kids, and back to the sailor.
"The kiddies...? Oh! I, uh, I suppose they can help with lifting so long as they're, uhm, careful."
He drags his eyes away from the sailor and nods slightly at the children.
"Or would you four rather play around here?"
"Play." Skylar says firmly.
"Definitely play."
Narun smiles slightly and shrugs back at the sailor.
"You heard the ladies, I guess it's just the adults. I'm Narun, and these are my companions Valcone and Jared."
Narun waves the children off to play.
"So, where's this ship we're to unload?"
He flashes a small smile to the sailor and looks around the docks curiously. His speech seems more casual than usual.
"Righty ar then! Tha Shorptooth boot es roit ovva thar." He points to an enormous galleon stationed a little ways away. "Ge on er, an ask fer cap'n Lickspittle. E'll know wha ta do."
Narun nods in thanks and heads towards the huge ship.
"Alright boys, it's time to do some work."
He glances around for the captain.
"Hello? Captain... Lickspittle?"
A very skinny red-haired dwarf, alongside an extremely muscular black-haired and tanned elf, glance up at your call. They walk towards the two of you, and the dwarf looks up at you, licking his lips, "Tha'll be ma name. Wot de yoo lot want wit da finnest cap'n en aall ta oceans?" He rumbles.
Narun stops and stares at the elf for half a second before saying anything.
"Uh, yes. Yes, we're here to unload for the uh.... the Sharptooths."