Ambriel recognized the subject of the statue, but decides that very moment probably isn't the best time for a discussion of historical trivia.
. Caroliss wonders who the statue might be--it certainly looked old. She looks to Krystal to see if the sneaky rogue wanted to creep up to the unsuspecting woman or if they wanted to continue imitating tower girls.
Ragnar is ready for violence, but also patient enough to see if the sneaky bluffy duo of C&K, or maybe K&C? Could pull another fast one.
Krystal nods, thinking what the cleric was probably thinking and decides to see if she could sneak up to the woman.
Krystal slinks softly into the room as the woman stirs her pot. Her hand brushes a goblet on one of the tables and it wobbles slightly. Krystal freezes and watches, but the woman does not seem to have noticed.
In a flash, the woman spins about and launches an attack at Krystal with the metal ladle in her hands, but she accidentally blinds herself with hot soup that's thrown away from the pot by her fast movement. She shrieks in pain and puts her hand on the hilt of the short sword at her belt.
Ragnar double moves, providing a flank for Crystal hopefully.
That wobble felt suspicious. It didn't help that it wasn't her best attempt of sneaking up on someone. And her suspicions were confirmed with the surprise attack... the attack that wasn't. She couldn't help but smirk as she prepared her own attack.
That smirk disappeared when she struggled with unshealthing her own weapon, sending the hilt far from her face. It appears that no one will be hurt that far.
"Okay, this looks bad, but we're not after you." She replied with an awkward shrug.
What?
Anansi the Spider follows behind Ragnar. The halfling tempted to tie his shoe laces together, but he decides to wait for a better moment...
Watching the trio (Ragnar, Krystal and Caroliss) about to re-enact their previous gambit, the shaman smiles at the toppling of the golden cup!
Anansi the Spider offers the Ancestor's Council to Ragnar.
Ragnar wears Shoelace less Sabatons. The footwear of choice for any Bloodrager with any muscial ambitions whatsorever.
He does have a rank in perform sing, but it is really hard to get a class skill in it.
Caroliss moves up and blocks the exit alongside Anansi. She whispers some words enhanced by magic. "It's hopeless, girl. Yield before your time comes!"
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Anansi the Spider determines to purchase shoes with shoe strings for Ragnar!
Ambriel holds to see what the woman will do.
The woman wipes the soup from her face to see she is outnumbered, cornered, and alone. And that is before Caroliss' creepy-voiced threat. "You're not with the guards. Not Sczarni." She puts her hands up into the air. "And you're this deep into our hideout. I clearly don't have a chance, here."
Effing Liza would laugh herself shitless if she knew I am raiding a hideout and mostly tie up women
Ragnar gets to work disarming, binding and blindfolding her. He has gotten quite professional at it.
Good thing you towergirls have your own ropes.
"smart choice cookie. Nice bit of deception there, though. Had me fooled there for a sec." She padded the woman on the cheek with a smile before she let Ragnar handle the binding.
"Sounds like we're pretty close now." She continued to stay alert on the way through the building.
Mother f&~$ sticks! Again!
The shaman grins as if it hurt at the woman.
Caroliss lets Ragnar tie up the poor Tower Girl before walking up and speaking.
"Sorry to interrupt your dinner," says Caroliss in a voice suggesting she wasn't that sorry about it. "It's nothing personal. What's the deal with you Tower Girls? Do all of the wererats live separately from the regular girls that are here?" Caroliss wonders if they should continue south or go back and head north.
b"You seem to know a lot about who we are," The woman says in response to Caroliss' question. "I guess the rumors about Natalya are true, huh? She sold us out to the Pathfinders. That explains the mix of riffraff making up your band. Look, if you haven't hurt anyone yet, it might be possible to negotiate with Ayala. You are after what's beyond that door we couldn't get open, right?"
Krystal glanced back towards s the group in general to see if they were interested in entertaining the thought before facing the girl again.
"What would Ayala know about that. As for negotiating, I haven't exactly heard great things about how she's been running the place."
A lot more people will get hurt if you girls keep dicking around here. In case you didnt notice, the place is a demon containment facility. The big door you mentioned isnt there to keep you out, it is there to keep something very dangerous and angry in. He pauses
The Angry Lady there is Alaznist, runelord of wrath. Anyone want to bet on what type of Abyssal a#$##*@# is being held here? Given the facilities size, I dont think anyone would go through that much effort for a Schir, Probably, knowing my luck, a Gallu Warmonger? Did Ayala or Terisha recently started using terms like "conquer", "dominate", "take by force" or "armies" a lot? Terms they probably didnt use much before coming here? Sudden changes in personality resulting in greatly increase hostility? Are you aware of any particular things, like, jewelry, precious gems are often catalysts for long term holding magic, that were removed?
Anansi the Spider laughs.
Riffraff? And that coming from thieving street trash?"
Ambriel walks over to take a look in the pot and see what street gang members get for dinner.
Caroliss laughs too, and listens for an answer to Ragnar's question.
"You could think of it this way. You can have us deal with your problems instead of havin' to deal with it yourselves," Krystal added.
The woman snorts in derision. "Only one who went crazy was Natalya, and now we know why, huh? 'Cause she was hiding her involvement with a bunch of crooks who happen to be publicly lauded, that's why. No, you'll need to make sure Ayala is paid her due." The woman glances around. "Well?"
"It's much better to be publicly lauded then publicly despised," says Caroliss coolly as the Tower Girl remains defiant. She turns and begins concerning herself with observing the room, signaling that she was done chatting.
Ambriel, who wishes to be done with the criminal element so they can move on to things that matter, cuts to the chase.
"So what are we doing this time? Killing her? Tying her up? Letting her go? Can we please get on with whatever it is?"
Envy does not suit you dearie Ragnar gags and hoods her.
Lets take out as many tower girls as feasible before they know whats fully up. Ragnar says indicating his preference for "threats first, loot later".
Huh, the bookworm seems mildly disturbingly bloodthirsty He thinks, casting a glance an Ambriel.
While the Tower Girl continued her tirade, Krystal's face quickly soured. She let the woman finish before she gave her piece. "She went crazy because whatever she had possessed her and it nearly got her killed. Now I won't argue whether I think the Pathfinders are that much holier than your lot, and honestly I would agree with you. But when we say you're dealing with forces you can't comprehend, that's the honest to gods truth." As Ragnar put on the hood, she ended her speech. "My advice? Don't get to hung up on jealousy. It's an ugly look on ya."
She shook off the negative thoughts before speaking to Ragnar. "Yeah, let's get this over with. The sooner the better."
Stopping the loot inspection, Caroliss points northward to suggest a direction without letting the tower girl know. "Shall we?"
Caroliss finds absolutely nothing of value or interest, only poorly cleaned cookware and dishes.
Ragnar nods at Karoliss and points north as says,
so that the tower girl hears
Lets head south Waving one of his hands in front of his face as he does so.
Anasi the Spider only frowns at the silliness of these Tower Girls.
It is certainly a wonder how they have not drowned themselves by now.
Ambriel harrumphs in agreement.
"Would have been nice if it had happened yesterday or before though. They're making things so slow for us."
"We can ask their leader when we meet her," she replied sarcastically. She follows Ragnar's directions without noting such with her voice.