Mason will look over the dwarf, pull out his rapier and try to figure out a plan of attack.
Well, this got out of hand too quickly. We're going to have to work together better next time.
To the dwarf. "Look, is this what your team of adventurer's stands for? Drunken brawling with the city guard? Don't you want to make it big time and take a dragon's hoard? Ialtag was a bit excited. He hit you, you hit him back. Even Stevens and all that, but this fight needs to end now."
Roscoe is going to delay to see the reaction with what Mason said.
Rocky will let go of the person grappled and wait for the response of the adventurers
Ken makes another appeal for civility.
Roscoe and Rocky delay, with the monk releasing her captive.
Ialtag sleeps.
Ken's appeal seems to go in one ear and out the other of the dwarf as his eyes bulge out of his head and veins begin to pop out on his neck... but then Rocky releases the elf and the dwarf regains some of his composure.
"Alright..." says the dwarf a bit hesitantly. "We walk out, you don't follow us, and we go our separate ways... deal?"
The adventurers delay, waiting an answer.
***Round 3***
BOLD MAY ACT!!Roscoe (Delay)
Rocky (Delay)
Ken
Ialtag (Unconscious)
Orange (-15 hp?, delay)
Red (-12 hp?, delay)
Green (-5 hp?, delay)
Yellow (-11 hp?, delay)
"Very close. One minor detail. You folks did smash up the place a little bit and broke a few things. You should settle up with the owner and any fines, but after that, yeah, you can go. Free and clear."
"Well I hate to break it to you super sleuth but you missed a MAJOR detail. The only thing that was smashed was your tiny friend who accosted Bolar without cause. All the spilled drinks have been paid for. So unless you want to keep fabricating charges out of whole cloth, step aside and we will depart." The elf counters, as she tries to resume her composure, smoothing the wrinkles in her robes and straightening her hair.
"Aye!" Bolar agrees, "What great crimes are we accused of, your Guardfulness?? What did we do? Not immediately follow your orders from on high? We got rights you know! If we're talking about holding people accountable I want to see your blood thirsty friend here brought up on charges for assaulting me! Or we walk. Your choice."
The halfling chimes in, " Yeah! My uncles a barrister and he knows the magistrate! You got nothing on us!"
listen we were called here for a disturbance and as we are getting the initial statements the gentleman got hit in the face with a cup. We heard a burst of laugher from your table. Things then got headed and next thing is it's a brawl. Now I understand you all are grieving and I'm sorry to hear about your loss but this is no way for adventurers to be acting.
That being said there were crimes committed and we are overlooking those do to the events that occurred. Your uncle may be a barrister and know people and if you want to file a complaint with our superior you go right ahead. Now as long as your debt is paid just walk out and don't cause any more trouble.
As for your complaint with our aggressive response it will be addressed with our supervisor.
Now if you would please pay your bill if applicable and carry on.
I think the best person to ask is the owner of this establishment. To see if everything is paid and taken care of.. Roscoe will walk over to the bar to try to look for the owner. Hello is anyone here?
"This one must have rocks in her ears!" say Bolar with a point towards Rocky. he looks towards the owner who gives a confirming nod.
"You still haven't told us of our alleged crimes. Face it. You made rash decisions and jumped to conclusions. Don't compound them by trying to imagine wrongs to justify your mistakes. Your badges don't raise you above the law." the elf adds.
"As much fun as it would be to watch you try and fail to make a love connection with the owner, pal, I think we're done here." the human says with a chuckle at Roscoe.
The owner, still standing in plain view behind the bar where she has been since your arrival, says, "I'm here. You know if you had come to talk to me before picking a fight, I could have probably saved you some trouble. I am the one that asked you here after all. All I want is for them to leave."
Roscoe will just nod at the group and then look at the bar owner, Sorry ma'am for the disturbance.
The group of adventurers shambles out of the bar and out into the night.
As they leave the owner adds, "They aren't bad people. They're just having a bad day. Miriel, the wizard, lost her familiar in battle today. She's really broken up about it. Bolar, he didn't do so well in the dungeon either. I think he feels responsible to Runkles the Raven getting killed. Skebs, missed a trap. And Antaro, he's a priest of Cayden so getting hammered is just part of his religion. They're regulars, you see. And they'll be welcome back next time. On a good day, having them retell their tales of dering-do is a real crowd pleaser. Don't worry about the Hendrid Pratchett getting hit with a mug. He was in here looking down his nose at my establishment before you got here. He got what was coming to him." and she winks, hefting a mug in her arm as if she were preparing to throw it. "Now off ya go! I've got a mess to clean up." and she shoos you out.
I have a feeling we have one hell of a ass chewing coming
Rocky will give a nod and walk out of the establishment
Yeah I am not looking forward to go talk to the Lieutenant.
Mason shrugs. "It is what it is. He asked for us to get them to leave, they left."
After completing your shift you all head to your homes for a night's rest and return fresh for your shift the following morning. Sgt. Ollo intercepts you at the entryway. He glances over his shoulder at the door to the Lieutenant's Office which is closed. You can clearly hear stomping of heavy set boots and unintelligible yelling from behind the heavy wooden door.
"So... heard things didn't go so great last night. Still noone died and ya got da job done. Da LT had some notes he wanted me to share with ya on yer performance.
We could hire any tuffs off da street if all we wanted was someone to crack skulls. We send you lot out to answer calls for service. So, unless dere's immediate danger you should probably find da complaining witness and any other witnesses and find out exactly why you were called before you jump into action. Best to have as much information before wading into it.
See, folks don't like being bossed around so its best to have some reason dey could be arrested before ya actually start ordering dem around. We call dat leverage. And being rude to us ain't a crime, so you gotta just let dat slide off ya like water off a duck's back.
Also with hindsight being perfect, folks like to second guess our decisions after da fact and imagine how dey could of done better in our place. Puts us in a sticky jam. So let dem be rude while you be real polite like. Dat way when ya do have to crack a skull dey look like da jerk, not you.
But, and dis ones just from me, I been doing dis a long time and if you want to live long in dis job, here's some advice. Da less fights you have to get into da longer you'll live a healthy life." then he breaks into a large grin. "Enough of dat for now. Time for today's briefing."
Ollo gives you a roaming route that takes you all across the district, the better to familiarize tourselves with the various neighborhoods and beats. Despite the early hour, there are already two known issues positioned at opposite ends of the circuit: a heated confrontation between two rival shop owners and “some sort of domestic dispute” in a wizard’s workshop . The Seargent directs you to pick one and then work your way around the district on a patrol for any other issues on your way to the second call.
to Lt. I am sure that things will improve as we work together longer. well...where do we want to start? the domestic situation in a wizard's workshop sounds like it could be an explosive situation.
Yeah I agree the wizard shop could be bad depending on the situation. Mason you seem a bit better at talking to people than me, I kind of jumped to conclusions and got way ahead of myself. I will back you up but maybe you should take lead on the situations.
Roscoe looks at Athene on his shoulder, Might be good time for you to fly above us and keep an eye out for anything while we are on patrol.
”Alright. Sarge said to talk things out first, as long as we keep that in mind, it should be fine. Besides, it’s just a normal patrol, right?”
let's hit the beat boys! off to the wizard shop
High-pitched shouts and the sound of breaking glass emerge from a narrow wooden building painted with mystic runes. A woman in a floppy, wide-brimmed hat stands outside the door, arms crossed and tapping her foot impatiently. She looks up to the sky in exasperation and snaps, “Finally! It took you long enough.”
”Hello there. Were you the one that was needing assistance? How can we help?”
"Yes... sorry. This is all a bit stressful. There's some child in my shop. He's barricaded himself in there. He thinks I had something to do with his mentor disappearing. Kermenel..no wait, Kemeneles is what he said. I haven't the foggiest idea how he thinks I had something to do with it... He might be experimenting with alchemicals if you catch my meaning."
”Kermenales. Alright. Know anything about this kid? Ever seen em before?”
"I have no idea who he is or where he came from. Now that you say the name I do remember I knew a Kemeneles once decades ago when we were students at the Arcanamirium, but its been years since I knew anything about the man."
Shall we go in and talk to the child.
You don't recall anything about the name Kemeneles. Absolom is a big city, the Arcanamirium is a big school, and without any other context you find yourself at a loss.
Ialtag spaces out while he tries to remember anything useful.
"Yep, seems we should see what the kid's deal is and maybe we can help."
Mason pauses for a moment as if thinking, then shakes his head and knocks on the door of the magic shop
Nah, I think we all learned something in the Tipsy Tengu, no sense bringing it up.
Ialtag isn't able to recall anything of significance beyond the Arcanamirium being a school for magic craft located in Absolom.
From behind the door you hear a voice, still cracking from puberty, "I told you I'm not opening this door until you admit what you did to my Master! I'll find the evidence in here! I know it!"
Hello there, we would love to hear what exactly you think that she did to your master. Maybe we can help you find out.
”Indeed. We could certain try to help you out. Let’s talk and see what we can figure out.”
"Who the heck are you and why should I care!?" again from the same pubescent voice behind the closed, locked, barricaded door, that provides a really big penalty to his visual perception checks.
We are Absalom Town Guard, The Edgewatch. If you would please come out to talk so we can work through this.
"Good!" you hear from inside the building as what sounds like a makeshift barricade is moved. "Arrest Marin Porphyry for kidnapping! And murder... probably." more moving of what sounds like furniture. "My Master, Kemeneles, went missing when we came to the city two weeks ago. I've been searching for him. I remember all the tales he would tell of his great nemesis, Marin Porphyry, and all the troubles she caused him at the Arcanamirium." sounds of locks coming undone. "She must have sensed our arrival and set a dastardly plan into action. I know I don't have any proof but I know it in my heart it must be her!" the door finally opens and you see a teenage human male before you, in robes. "I came her to find proof but she surprised me... so I locked myself in to give myself time to look for the proof I need. You've just got to help!"
”So your master is missing. He mentioned a name, and you believe that the shop owner here is somehow connected to it? Just making sure I’ve got it all straight. What’s your name by the way? What exactly were you hoping to find in here and why not report this to the Edgewatch right away?”
"My name is Eunice... and he didn't just mention a name. This lady" and he points to the owner of the shop " is his sworn enemy. She's evil. He told me many, many times of her terrible exploits and everything he had done to thwart her schemes. Revenge was her motivation. I didn't contact the Edgewatch because, just like right now, I knew you wouldn't believe me. So after he'd been missing long enough for me to get worried I tracked her down to find proof to bring it to you."
The shop owner chimes in, "I don't know what delusions of grandure Kemeneles told this kid, but I have no idea what he's talking about. I haven't even thought of the man for years. I had no idea he was in Absolom and had nothing to do with his disappearance."
”No one said we didn’t believe you. We’re just trying to gather up information so we can assist. If he’s missing, we can have folks keep an eye out. You said yourself you were looking for proof. Well, that’s how the Edgewatch works too. No reason we can’t work together, right?”
Mason pauses momentarily as he pulls out a quill and some paper.
”Now, you said you were coming into town. Where are you coming from? What were you heading to Absalom for?”
The kids is obviously worked up but his motives seem sincere.
"I'm from Taldor. Thats where I met Kemeneles and became his apprentice. We traveled to Absolom for the Radiant Festival." the boy answers. "He went to secure lodging for us when we arrived and never returned. That was two weeks ago."
"Yeah ok help the kid find his mentor. But can you do this missing persons report from somewhere other than my busted up shop? Like the precinct. I don't want to press charges against the boy here. He's obviously got a head full of fanciful ideas. I don't have a lot of time before the Radiant Festival and I need to get this place in order. Time is money and I want to be ready for the tourists." the shop owner says expectantly.
"Fair enough, let's continue this talk outside if you don't mind, I do have a few more questions."
"Alright, just a couple more. Do you know where Kemeneles was headed to the last time you saw him? You said he was heading to secure lodging, do you know where at? And last question from me, where have you been staying at, so we can contact you once we have some information?"
Eunice follows you to a nearby location, albeit a bit reluctantly. "I don't know where he went. We split up. I stayed near the market to purchase supplies. He was going to look for lodging here in the Precipice Quarter. He never returned to our agreed upon meeting spot. I've been staying at The Golden Badger Inn. I promise to leave this work to the professionals from now on as long as you promise to look into it." Eunice tells you.
The shop owner enters, looks around, and with a heavy sigh begins casting spells. Objects begin mending themselves back into one piece and tidying themselves up as the door slowly shuts behind her.
"We will certainly do what we can to locate him."
To the others, "Looks like we're done here?"
Screams erupt from an excavation project on a nearby street. Workers flee, scattering their shovels and pickaxes as four skeletons in rusted armor clamber up from a hole in the pavement.
Religion to ID
Bold may act!Roscoe
Ken
Yellow
Orange
Green
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
First Action would be to identify.