The Academae

Game Master Shane Gifford

Cezar glares at Syliph as menacingly as a thirteen year old carrying a piglet can.

Reaction from merchant to come in a bit; here's Mael and Eudomia's reactions:

Mael's very serious at the start of Silyph's speech; but as it goes on his mood seems to darken. When Silyph names the price of her extortion, Mael stands up and says gruffly, "I will not have a part in this. I will go to get those dragons out now." He looks very upset as he quickly walks out.

Eudomia looks a little uneasy with what's going on, though she stays, and stays silent.

Heh - my first post was after Cezar's initial reaction (which was subsequently changed).
Hathin will wait to see what the merchant says before giving his input...

While outside of the pub, seeing Mael's exit, Cezar will follow him hurriedly.
Mael, what are you going to do? Can I help?

Yeah, sorry about that, decided to go a different way :P

Vasile sits, mouth agape.

I'm very sorry, Mister Leroung. I'm going to accompany the others, if you don't mind. This conversation no longer has a place for me.

Vasile will follow soon after Mael and Cezar leave.

Mael looks over to Cezar, and for a moment you see murderous anger in his eyes. However, he takes a moment to calm down and breathe once he gets outside. After a few moments, he says, "I will do the job. I will get paid the amount of money agreed upon. And I will not extort a man who agreed to pay me in good faith." He spits in the direction of the tavern before stalking away toward the warehouse.

I'll wait to post for Pakak's reaction.

Cezar cringes back at the look in Mael's eyes, dropping Reem to the ground.
While the Kelid boy leaves for the warehouse, Cezar stays there, taken aback and whispering quietly.
Please don't hurt them, we can get them to leave peacefully, right? He doesn't have to pay us, I'll keep the dragons safe...
His eyes are tearing up, his legs trembling.

Vasile catches up shortly. تم ٹھیک کر رہے ہو؟وہ کہاں چلے گئے؟

I'm using Urdu for Celestial, if you don't mind.

Nice Celestial man!

I take it you don't mind, then. :P

Sputtered between hiccups and whimpers of crying:
وہوہ. ڈریگن کرنے کے لئے جا رہے ہیں ... وہ کہتے ہیں کہ وہ کام مکمل کرنے کے لئے جا رہا ہے.

Reem lies at Cezar's feet, looking just as worried as Cezar about the whole thing.
Piglet's understand common, dontcha know.
Also, I shall follow suit with the Urdu!

Silyph looks suprised by her friends reactions and asks Eudomia "Mael wouldn't be foolish or suicidal enough to try and slay the dragonkin himself? Spilling their innocent blood after having their children taken from them, he's not that rash is he?"

given any reaction from Leroung...

"Not to say I won't work for you mister Leroung, but you sought a solution to a problem with cheap purse strings. A problem which itself was merely a symptom of a deeper cancerous rot within your hirelings. You've got the blood of baby pseudodragons on your hands and the broken dreams of pesh addicts at your feet, indirectly of course. I fathom you'll have to make ammends for such ill in any case and loosening your purse is at least a start." she looks sadly at her empty mug. "Seems us Impers have a habit of not only multiplying at the drop of a hat, but we're also seem to be equally skilled at dividing. We should correct that, but for now my drink is bare." she'll turn to go fetch another ale.

Must not click on spoilers. Diggin the Aribic, though.

Pakak has listened quietly during all this. He listens to Silyph's words and tries to contain a look of disgust. Then finally states to Leroung, "You want the problem with the psuedodragons solved? The problem is your employees were killing their young in stupid blood sport. They want justice for that, but this city sees them as animals. We got the names of those men. Punish them, firing them only being a part of it, and the pseudos will be avenged and happier, if not happy and they'll move out of your hair...such as it is. I would say getting rid of a few men and teaching them a lesson about butchering the young is worth keeping whatever empire you have going. As for the money...."

He looks at Silyph, "I'll take 'just' my share what I was offered, and those employees fired and facing some sort of justice. Thanks all the same." He explains as he turns to their 'employer'" Now, that justice can be them behind bars for whatever crime you make up. That justice can be them getting flogged by other bully boys you hire, but it needs to be SOMETHING real." He looks at Mister Leroung again with a hard stare, "Think you can handle THAT price? "

The merchant is quite angered by Silyph's initial speech. It's written on his face that he does not intend to be taken for a ride by some uppity Academae student. After her second part, he laughs aloud and says, "Oh, so I should start being more noble by feeding you coin, eh? You're gonna lecture me about my wrongs as you seek to wring coins from me, eh?" He gets louder as he goes, though he stops himself short when Pakak intercedes.

He listens to Pakak, calming himself down as he carefully gauges what the half-orc is saying. When Pakak finishes, he tells him, "Well, I can assure you I had no idea my men had an underground fighting pit; I didn't even know about that trapdoor in this warehouse. Such things get lost to time, eh? If that's what the little winged rats want, then I'll fire the men. And if a certain Imper can keep herself away from the city guards," giving Silyph a cold glance, "then I can convince them the pesh smuggling was their doing, and get them locked up for a few years. Would this satisfy those lizards?"

He listens to Pakak, calming himself down as he carefully gauges what the half-orc is saying. When Pakak finishes, he tells him, "Well, I can assure you I had no idea my men had an underground fighting pit; I didn't even know about that trapdoor in this warehouse. Such things get lost to time, eh? If that's what the little winged rats want, then I'll fire the men. And if a certain Imper can keep herself away from the city guards," giving Silyph a cold glance, "then I can convince them the pesh smuggling was their doing, and get them locked up for a few years. Would this satisfy those lizards?"

"They've agreed to abide by what justice we can get. I think they want to move on from your warehouse anyway... once things are settled, and I'll encourage them to do that as well. I think they'll still have their grief, but they'll be satisfied. " Pakak looks to Silyph "And we're good on that. Right?"

Silyph looks rather particularly bemused as the balding man gets riled up "You can't blame a girl for trying, now can you? as her fingers circle the edge of her mug.

She'll interject after Pakak speaks, "So you'll take care of the rest?" she sighs a little disappointed "I was hoping to get my hands a little dirty teaching your employees a more personal level the price that their betrayal of your trust brings, but I suppose if you'd rather go for the less creative approach....."

She frowns and mulls it over for a second or two "Then I suppose we're done here, since I expected we would be doing much more tedious further work on this job so my original estimate is a bit off now. I can guarantee picking up a 4 copper pinches tab on my next drink would stem any normal impulse of burdensome guilt or obligation I feel to the proper authorities."

She jokes "I hear ale does that, supposedly lowers a young girls inhibitions"

Diplomacy (if needed)
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Silyph leans back in her chair and notices Hathin still standing as imposing and silent as ever and tosses him a passing glance the expression on her face easy enough to read.....

'well it was worth a shot..'

Though he is not as smiling and amused as Silyph, the merchant agrees to pay you guys the original amount, just as long as the pseudodragons are out by tomorrow. Irked by Silyph's continued forwardness, he nonetheless pays her tab, hoping to get her off his tail easily. He then concludes the meeting hastily, and leaves. By his muttering, you get the feeling that he won't be hiring you guys anytime soon. Nevertheless, his crony hands over the 240 gold pieces to Eudomia as you guys make to leave.

Outside the bar, Eudomia says, "Well, I guess we should return to the warehouse to finish this up."

Cezar and Vasile, after several minutes, you see the fat merchant exit hastily, followed after a bit by your fellow students.

"Let's hurry and try to catch up to the others." Pakak makes haste. He plans to get to the pseudodragons

If the merchant looks to Hathin, he gets a feel that Silyph's words are her own - and there is a growing degree of animosity under the surface.

As the business with the merchant concludes, but before Silyph has a chance to stand, Hathin moves forward and lays a heavy hand on her shoulder - keeping her in her chair by downward force. He waits for the merchant to leave before growling at Silyph over her shoulder without making eye contact "You do not speak for me girl. Remember that before you pull kak like that again... or it may not be my tongue that reminds you. My life is not your plaything to gamble with." his forceful hand lingers for a few moments before he turns and leaves.

kak - Orcish swearword

He does not speak with Silyph afterwards, even if she seeks to engage him. Outside to Eudomia before moving after the others to the warehouse Hathin tells her "Keep your money, I'll see to no-one getting killed - but I'll have no part of the bloed geld."

bloed geld - Orcish for blood money

I don't actually mind who reads my RP, since I trust you all to keep IC and OOC knowledge separate; just following the convention. Besides, I read all of yours, when I was just an audience member. ;)

Le gasp! You fiend! Next you'll say that you speak Celestial!
/reads your char sheet
FIIIEEEND!

اچھا، صرف امید ہے کہ وہ تھوڑا ہو جاؤ، پھر.مجھے نہیں لگتا کہ وہاں زیادہ یا تو ہے کی ہمیں اس کو روکنے کے لئے کر سکتا تھا، لیکن مجھے لگتا ہے کہ وہ ایک اچھا دل ہے.مجھے یقین ہے کہ ہم اس کے ڈریگن کو نقصان پہنچانے کے بغیر باہر نکل جاؤ، اور کیا جا رہا ہے خود کو نقصان کے بغیر کر سکتے ہیں کرنا چاہتے ہیں، لیکن اس کے وہاں بہت کم ایکٹ کے بعد، مجھے یقین ہے کہ یا تو راستہ نہیں ہے.

جی ہاں، لیکن میں بس ... ہم طلباء، دہشت گردوں نہیں ہیں.میں صرف اس کے ساتھ ساتھ گیا تھا کیونکہ آپ کو دلچسپی لگ رہا تھا، اور آپ ہمیشہ کہتے ہیں کہ میں نے نئے دوست بنانے کی ضرورت ہے.
میں ادویات اور جانوروں کے بیدردی سے یہ امید نہیں تھی. سور بھی چیزیں ہم نے سنا ہے کے میں ڈر گئی تھی.

Vasile somberly says, سچ کہوں تو، مجھے نہیں لگتا تھا کہ وہاں منشیات یا جانور بیدردی سے یا تو ہو گا.یہ کچھ ہے کہ ہم زیادہ کام کے بغیر کیا کر سکتے ہیں جیسے لگ رہا تھا، اور یہ کہ ہم اپنی ٹیوشن فیس ادا کرنے کے لئے کچھ پیسے مل سکتا ہے.میں نے کبھی نہیں سوچا تھا کہ یہ بالکل اس طرح باہر کی طرف اگرچہ گا.میں معافی چاہتا ہوں، بھائی آپ کو اس میں گھسیٹنے کے لئے،.مجھے پتہ ہے کہ آپ اس طرح کی چیزیں پسند نہیں کرتے، اور ابھی تک میں نے تم سے ویسے بھی اس میں دھکا دے دیا.

میں نے اس کے لئے آپ سے نفرت نہیں کرتا، میں صرف یقین ہے کہ ہم اس طرح کی بات میں نہیں دوبارہ حاصل کرتے بنانا چاہتے ہیں.
اگرچہ میں سے لطف اندوز دوسروں کے ارد گرد ہونے کی وجہ سے کرتے ہیں، یہ اچھا ہے کہ دوست کے لئے ...
آپ کو کیا لگتا ہے کہ ہم ان کے ساتھ جگہوں پر جانا زیادہ کثرت سے کر سکتے ہیں؟ اسے خاص طور پر، وہ اس طرح ایک قسم کا شخص کی طرح لگتا ہے، اور وہ اس کے جادو کا استعمال کرتا ہے جیسا کہ میں نے ایسا کرتے ہیں.

ٹھیک ہے، ہم اس صورت حال میں امید نہیں ہے پھر جائے گا.آپ جانتے ہیں کہ میں بتا نہیں کس طرح سب کچھ تبدیل کرنے کے لئے کی جا رہی ہے کر سکتے ہیں، لیکن میں یقین ہے کہ یہ نہیں ہوتا ہے بنانے کے لئے اپنی سب سے زیادہ کوشش کریں گے.

جی ہاں، میں زیادہ تر دوسروں کے ساتھ ساتھ پسند ہے. جنگلی اچھا ہے، اور دیگر بھی ایک ہے. تیر کا، تاہم میں کے ایک فین نہیں ہوں. اس چھوٹی سی سٹنٹ وہ صرف نکالا بہت زیادہ تھا. دیگر تیر کا کافی اچھا لگتا ہے، اور چھوٹا، مجھے لگتا ہے، ایک اچھا دل ہے.

امید ہے، ہم دوسروں کے ساتھ باہر لٹکا کر سکتے ہیں. مجھے یقین ہے کہ اس کا لطف، اور مجھے نہیں لگتا کہ وہ چھوڑ کے لئے ہماری طرف کسی بھی شکایت کو منعقد ہو گا. حالات کے دباؤ کہ اجلاس کے دوران تھے، کم سے کم کہنا،.

جی ہاں، میں ان کے ساتھ زیادہ وقت خرچ کر کے خوشی ہو گی.آپ کو کیا لگتا ہے کہ وہ ایک مطالعہ گروپ ... یا کچھ اور کے خلاف ہو گا؟
یہ بچپنا نہیں ہے، کیا ہے؟

نہیں، مجھے نہیں لگتا کہ وہ بالکل مخالفت کی جائے گا.کم سے کم، مجھے نہیں امید ہے.وہ اچھا ہو گا، آپ جانتے ہیں؟ہم نے ان کو معلوم ہے کہ اصل میں ملے، ان سے لڑنے کے بجائے سکتا ہے.میں نے ایک چھوٹا سا مسئلہ ہے، ویسے بھی، ایسا نہیں ہے متاثر ہو سکتی ہے، ہے نا؟اور نہیں، یہ بچوں جیسا نہیں ہے.

Vasile leans against a wall, looking up into the sky, smiling.

at the bar before they leave...

Silyph is pleased at getting the merchant to pay for her next drink takes a half hearted sip of it sharing any info on the names of those involved as is appropriate.

She's caught off guard by Hathin, "Oh? I'm sorry just trying to get us a better deal. I'd never think to gamble with your life if I've offended I apologize."

As Eudomia and Pakak leave the bar with her in tow leaving a majority of her drink unfinished she mentions "With a little more bit of luck and a stronger measure of solidarity that might have worked. The extra coin could have always been donated to a church to help those afflicted with Pesh addiction or paid for some sort of token for further reparation to the wronged dragonkin, if we where so inclined." she'll speak more directly towards Eudomia as they leave "I apologize if I was too forward I'm not one for hesitation when opportunity presents itself."

outside the bar...

Silyph cracks her knuckles lets out a light giggle that turns into a hic'up head still swimming with intoxicants and the rush of the heated situation 'that was considerably more fun then I thought it'd be' she thinks to herself. She adds to Eudomia's evaluation "Yes, I do believe we still have a few loose ends to tie, but before that....."

she walks over to Cezar with a measured aggressive stride that looks to be trouble before she surprisingly bows deeply staring at the ground and speaks "I apologize if I frightened you, I only sought to punish such a shortsighted man who made it a habit of cutting corners and was inept enough to hire sadists surely ever blinded by his own bottom line. I felt it only appropriate to attempt to bleed him of his precious coin as a measure of justice" she takes pause "........I have an unfortunate habit of......overreaching from my lowly station....and for that I apologize as well"

she lifts her head breaking from staring at the ground and looking him in the eye "I hope you accept my gracious apology."

While they walk she'll pull out the pesh she'd taken earlier and toss it in a nearby gutter it's usefulness as a prop having outlived it's purpose.

So.....much....squiggly [language I know nothing about]....must...not...click spoiler x.X

Edit: Ah I missed that thanks, figured he was outside with Cezar/Vasile. Need more coffee in the morning.

Edit 2: ARRgggg >_<, Urdu. Note to (SELF): put more ranks into linguistics. I like not clicking on spoilers.

Waltz, Mael is at the warehouse, not outside with Vasile and Cezar. Or at least, he left for the warehouse...DUN DUN DUN

Also - not Arabic, but Urdu a language widely spoken in Pakistan and India.

Hathin gives no sign that he listens to Silyph's apology, and does not linger outside the tavern - instead making for the warehouse at a brisk pace.

You can look at the spoilers, as long as you don't act on the knowledge. And Cezar's right, Mael already left, and he's not there when you exit. Though Cezar and Vasile are.

As Eudomia and Pakak leave the bar with her in tow leaving a majority of her drink unfinished she mentions "With a little more bit of luck and a stronger measure of solidarity that might have worked. The extra coin could have always been donated to a church to help those afflicted with Pesh addiction or paid for some sort of token for further reparation to the wronged dragonkin, if we where so inclined."

Pakak does not slow down, taking long strides to get to the warehouse, whether others can keep up or not is their problem, but he does give brief voice as he walks, "Firstly, I probably saved your damn life, possibly all of our lives. Secondly, my not taking the 'extra' money you tried to get has nuthin' to do with finagling some stupid contract and everything to do with my personal sense of worth. That's not for sale, not for bargaining, and whatever else happens... 'I' set the price on that, nobody else. Coin just isn't enough for that sort of trade. I may have an ugly face, but at least I can look at the reflection of it in the morning without flinching. I don't intend to change that."

Hathin, what language were you using for orcish? There are other half-orcs, so you might be carrying conversations with them...

Put it in the OOC as well, but it's Afrikaans - a derivation of dutch that is spoken by white South Africans. A nice hard sounding language.

Cool. I'll keep it in mind.

When approached by the elf, Cezar's expression goes a bit blank, and his eyes stare off, which is very odd for anybody who knows the child.
Bring no harm to the innocent, even if the corrupt are trying. Blood for blood only leads to fear. Fear leads to retaliation. Retaliation leads to loss. Loss leads to regret. Regret leads to Blood. Do not perpetuate things that will only end in you being caught in it.
Without waiting for a response, Cezar follows after Pakak hurriedly.

Feel free to read through them, they're not that interesting :P

Vasile looks towards Silyph for a short while, but soon follows Cezar and Pakak to the warehouse.

Silyph mulls over Cezars having trouble obviously having trouble grasping the sage like wisdom imparted in the smalls childs words "Forgive me; but I hardly see a man that holds the slackened leash of a rabid dog as innocent, but I suppose that's a matter of opinion."

Nah, that's cool I prefer to keep things OOC knoweledge to a minimum it's simply easier.

As they walk Silyph mentions to Pakak "Fair enough and if it's any consolation I don't find your face ugly and those that would say so are but small minded fools." ever cheerful given events and the ominous specter of whatever rash decisions Mael may be making.

Pakak picks up the pace, muttering in Orcish to himself Though others might hear with a decent perception check "Mooi, maar nou, ek is nie oorweeg jy die siel van &'n goeie oordeel."

You all arrive at the warehouse after a while and find Mael standing outside waiting. There is a tension in the air as everyone wants to know what he did. Finally, Mael breaks it by saying, "I told the dragons they can leave, as we have ensured justice. I have convinced them that we will make sure the merchant follows through with his punishments. Our job is complete."

You all arrive at the warehouse after a while and find Mael standing outside waiting. There is a tension in the air as everyone wants to know what he did. Finally, Mael breaks it by saying, "I told the dragons they can leave, as we have ensured justice. I have convinced them that we will make sure the merchant follows through with his punishments. Our job is complete."

"Thank you" Pakak says, "I talked to our...employer." he says distastefully, not liking their 'boss' of the moment at all, "No ...questionable coin here. Just what we agreed on before hand. I do want to talk to the Psuedos myself though before I go. Let them know where to find me in case someone goes vengeful on them."

He'll move into the warehouse

Mael informs Pakak, "They've already headed out. Not like they have things to pack or anything."

"Then I better hurry." and in he goes.

Pakak finds the warehouse much as he left it earlier. Looking up to the ceiling, he doesn't see any sign the pseudodragons are still there. However, after a moment, he does hear a soft sound coming from the rafters, which slowly grows louder. He recognizes it as the sound of a pseudodragon, though he doesn't know which rafter it comes from or what the noise is precisely (scream, wail, talking, laughter, etc).

Silyph is surprised at their brevity "Shouldn't we not give their deceased kin a proper burial?"

She'll follow Pakak as quick as her feet will carry her.

Mael ponders Silyph's question, and says, "It is not their custom to bury their dead, though I agree that it would be good to do." With that Mael will follow into the warehouse after Pakak.

Pakak will look for a ladder, or barring that, a way to pile boxes to head up to the rafters and see what's up. Then head straight to the sound, pretty heedless of any danger.

دیکھو؟ میں نے تم سے کہا تھا کہ وہ ایک اچھا دل تھا.میں نے سوچا وہ اپنے ہوش میں آیا تھا، اور ان کو نقصان نہیں پہنچا.وہ شاید یہ ایک طویل، مشکل خیال، دیا، اور یہ احساس ہوا کہ یہ ان کی غلطی نہیں تھی.وہ ایک اچھا بچہ ہے، میں اس کا یقین ہے.جیسا کہ آپ کے طور پر نہیں اچھا ہے، ظاہر کی، لیکن اچھی باوجود.

اگر آپ کو دفن کے لئے میں نہیں جانا چاہتا، میں سمجھ سکتا ہوں.