Aurorae only tracks you really find is that of wild life, and his home is more a natural lean-too
Lairë gets a bit and it feels big
Kusar again gets a nibble and doesn't get a fish.
"Hey! I got something!" yells Lairë as the rod bends down and starts tugging towards the water.
"Here, lemme help you there!"
The fish put up a fight as best it can and is failing...
"Well, this druid was really hard-core., says Aurora, unimpressed by the lean to she found. "Not even a proper home just a stone throw away from town."
"I think there's nothing else to be found here. So Rune, if you find that a good place to sleep, we can cross back and try to talk to the town smith, the herbalist or the apothecary. They may have some work for us. what do you think."
The fish starts putting up a fight and starts pulling hard.
Rune replies after seeing the place
"Seems like he is one of those bare basics druids.
And I don't even know what we'd be looking for if we were looking for foul play.
As for sleeping, I'll likely find a sandy spot somewhere near the river.
And I'm for checking the town out, since we may need to mingle with them while we look for work."
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"Kusar, grab a net or something as I bring it in closer..."
And prepare yourself for the unexpected...
Kusar looks around for a net but doesn't find anything. "I'll just grab it with my hands when it gets close! Be careful there Laire."
The fish is pulled in a bit more, its nearly close enough to get it out.
Rune replies after seeing the place
"Seems like he is one of those bare basics druids.
And I don't even know what we'd be looking for if we were looking for foul play.
As for sleeping, I'll likely find a sandy spot somewhere near the river.
And I'm for checking the town out, since we may need to mingle with them while we look for work."
"Good, let's go. I propose we check the smithy first."
Aurorae runs back to the backs and dives into the river. She emerges a few yards further and backstrokes lazily back to the town.
Once there, she removes her "horrible swimsuit", dons back her gown and walks to the smithy alongside Rune.
And as Lairë pulls in his catch, and a big snapping turtle takes the fish, leaving only gets the head.
Lairë is glad he didn't step a few feet closer in, or he might of lost a foot to the turtle.
"We'd need to ask around first and find out where anything is."
Rune uses the boat to get back to town.
Frowning as he pulls up the remnants of the fish, "That's disappointing. I guess we'll just have to come back for the turtle with better equipment. Turtle stew sounds tasty, right?"
...
"Maybe we should head back to see if the women had better luck."
"Disappointing? It was fun either way. Nice to relax on the river and just watch the day go by.". Kusar shrugs as he and Laire attempt to find the women.
The me have a easy time regrouping since Rune stands out like a sore thumb
Kusar waves at the women. "How was your luck? Any leads? We unfortunately couldn't hook a fish to save our lives. My buddy here () was so close though!"
"No, we found nothing on the island."
Kusar waves at the women. "How was your luck? Any leads? We unfortunately couldn't hook a fish to save our lives. My buddy here () was so close though!"
"Oh, it's not over yet. We're coming back for that turtle," says Lairë, pumping his fist as he looks towards the eddy where the turtle ambushed his catch.
"Maybe you'll have more luck trying to fish with a net, next time. Or better, jump and swim after them fish.", says Aurorae with a smile.
"We did not find anything on the island, except a very crude shelter.", she explains. "We were going to the smithy. Do you want to join?"
"Sure, let's go to the smithy. Where's it at?"
"I don't know, but we should be able to find it easily. Smoke, lots of hammer on anvil noises and a big sign with horseshoes, a weapon or something like that. Plus we can always ask people"
She looks around from their spot at the river's edge and goes to the first person she sees.
"Hello, we are quite new in town as you can see.", she says, hair still dripping wet from her foray into the river. "We've been told there is a smith in town. Could you direct us to its workshop, please?"
??:
The gentleman replies
"Yes this town does have a smithy, but we actually have two of them;
The Baccus Smithy and The Chance Smithy."
Aurorae smiles warmly and continues: "Thanks a lot, can you point us at Baccus Smithy first then? And indicate us where to go for The Chance one as well."
"Oh, and by the way. Which one would you recommend? They much each have a specialty or something like that", she says, lightly brushing the man's shoulder with a hand, as if she was dusting his cloak.
"Maybe we should visit both of them?"
Rune them looks at the group
"Maybe we should ask about other places in town of interest?"
??:
The gentleman replies
"In my books they are about equal overall."
"Maybe the better question is which one has a higher ceiling?"
Rune looks at Lairë for hinting at her height issue.
Then turns to the gentleman and asks
"I'm guessing one place might be more friendly to one such as myself"
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The gentleman replies
"The layouts are different, but they both have the same height of floor to rafters height of between 6 to 7 feet."
"So either of them seem equivalent. Let's go to Baccus Smith first then. We can try the second one just after."
Kusar stands tall. "I'll follow you there."
"Ok, let's go."
The group heads to the first Baccus Smithy
Getting there they see it is run by half-orcs.
"Big-Bull" Baccus:
A big half-orc approaches the group and asks
"Your not from around here, is there anything I can help you with?"
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The group heads to the first Baccus Smithy
Getting there they see it is run by half-orcs.
Aurorae takes a step forwards and smiles a sad and wet smile.
"Hello, Sir, as you can see, we are newcomers in town. We came here as a merchant's guards, but our change is now the new occupant of your town jail. We were cleared by the guards, but found we are stranded here until we get our pay or earn enough funds to go and looks for work elsewhere."
She waves a arm indicating her companions, "One of us was a smith apprentice and we were wondering if you had some work for her. She is strong and skillful..."
She takes a step back and to the side and pushes Rune forwards with a whisper: "Go ahead, Rune, make your case."
Kusar stands in the back, flexing his muscles but not trying to be too obvious about it. He's hoping that his display will help convince the smithy to hired them on.
Rune whispers back to Aurorae
"We don't know about the other place yet."
"Big-Bull" Baccus:
He looks over the group, and then as introduced to Rune and seeing Rune, gets nervous, very nervous, and isn't sure what to say with his mouth wide open.
"..........."
Rune seeing the Half-Orc being in shock adds
"I think seeing me broke him somewhere...."
"Well, that settles it then. Rune can start first thing tomorrow. We'll see you tomorrow," says Lairë without missing a beat.
"I'm not so sure about that."
Kusar stands behind everyone, still flexing his muscles almost nonchalantly. "Rune will be the best addition to your team, don't you think?"
Moving forwards, Aurorae stands by the frozen smith: "Hello Sir? Are you okay? Please speak to me."
She pats him on the cheek to elicit a reaction and checks his general state.
"Big-Bull" Baccus is frozen stiff in a state of shock or fear...
"Maybe we should check the other place?"