"Tonight's special is beefsteak and kidney pie. The meeting's going to be at the town hall. You're welcome to attend; the whole town's invited."
Nodding to the server, Sariel sighed. He didn't mind small portions of meat used for flavoring like in a broth or noodles, but the quantity of meat in a kidney pie would get the taste of flesh in his mouth for days. Turning his teacup on its saucer he asks, "May I have the 'soup of the day' and some bread please."
Turning to the others, "I've not been to the town hall." He looks towards Lady Shae raising an eyebrow, hoping her Patron may had provided an answer.
"Well, we are about to go." Sorsul said, as she followed Sariel's lead on ordering food. She did not have much in the way of appetite following their excursion, but some soup would do well to fill her stomach.
Seeming to fall asleep again, several moments pass before the noblewoman opens her eyes with a start.
"I fear I have no news from my Patron on this matter. I am sorry for the lack of information. But I believe going to the town hall might be prudent."
Lady Shae orders her meal and sips on her ale as she waits.
The barmaid brings you some potato soup and hard bread to eat it with.
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By the time the meeting begins at sunset, the town hall is packed to standing room only. Over sixty villagers are present, and many more are gathered outside. As the crowd waits for the councilors to begin, they share reports of their own eerie experiences and demand solutions. It's very clear that the overall atmosphere is ... spooked.
Dipping the hard bread in the potato soup, Sariel has a cup of tea afterwards. Waiting in town until the meeting he moves around speaking with people, listening for anything else of interest.
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AS they enter the town hall, Sariel realizes over sixty villagers are present. Raising an eyebrow as they begin to share their eerie experiences, he leans towards his friends, "Everyone seems spooked."
Sorsul nodded, not sure how to feel about about that. On one hand it meant that the people would take things seriously…on the other it made being an outsider dangerous.
Lady Shae walked into the town meeting with her comrades, looking around to see if anyone she knew by sight was missing from the meeting. She looked over each person's face and tried to tally off the villagers.
Tobi made his way around the room, looking for any strange smell that didn't belong, hoping to ferret out any beasts that may try to attack like the stirges from before.
The members of the town council have yet to arrive, but you notice Sherif Benjan Caeller keeping watch by the door. You also notice the town apothecary is absent. Tobi doesn't notice any strange scents, but that could be due to the number of people in attendance.
More than a few people blame Alendru, the owner of The Unfurling Scroll for the town's disturbances. "That creepy old wizard killed the Avanaki boy a while back, everyone knows it!" Others think it's the ghost of the Harrowstone warden's wife. "You can hear her wailin' and sobbing in the ruins at night, forever mourning her husband and attempting to frighten anyone who intrudes on the prison. I bet Petros riled her up, and she killed him!"
You're too distracted by Luramin Taigh , who's busy trying to get someone to proofread the novel he wrote. It's some sort of human and undead romance, and considering the current mood of the town, his timing is absolutely terrible.
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