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"So is that door warded?" Amunrel asks curiously as he steps forwards and knocks solidly on the door.
"So does he leave a key under to doormat?" Amunrel asks as he looks around the door before taking a step back to look up and see if there's any windows or parapets on this wizard's dwelling and whether he could climb up it before wondering about whether thats actually a good idea.
"Sounds like a fine idea," Amunrel nods to Ewald.
"She could always be having after performance jitters you know!" Amunrel defends his absent niece.
"Sure lets fetch the sheriff, if anything it might help to make things legitimate, but didn't you do that yesterday?" Amunrel asks.
"So we're off to see the evil wizard... we're off to see the wizard's evil apprentice... no that just doesn't have the same ring to it now does it?" Amunrel asks the others. Some of them don't answer but look a little stone faced. "Okay so maybe I don't have my niece's voice but it is quite apt don't you think?" Amunrel sighs as they then decide whether to bother go anywhere at least anywhere with a certain elf...
"Interesting..." Amunrel sits upright as he listens to Adjunta much more closely than before. "From the description I thought Estorian was some kind of evoker, you know the flash and loud explosive type of spellcaster. Could he or his apprentice be more of the illusion type wizard?" he asks. "A sibling or was that... never mind but do we actually know if Estorian is actually in town or is this some clever con by someone posing as him?" Amunrel asks. "Question is, is there anyone else in town who knows him well enough to know more details about him, didn't you say something about visiting another mage any chance did he say anything about Estorian?" Amunrel asks Adjunta.
"So no sign of your uncle then?" Amunrel asks settling down beside her with a flagon of ale. "Still it should be interesting to see your fella's reaction to Vi's performance though!" he sighs."Hope that pair don't get into too much trouble without us, after all they can't have all the fun for themselves!" he mutters to the now glaring Halsanna. "Yes? Oh are they here then?" he asks turning to look towards the entrance and then look back before realising who Halsanna is glaring at. "What? Oh right he's Vi's boyfriend, sorry keep forgetting that niggling detail," he smiles back unperturbed. "Hope your dad's okay, I really don't trust that family of his in some ways they make even my side of the family look almost benevolent in comparison!" he sighs again before taking asip from his flagon.
"Well let's get moving then...someone will have to tell sanna where we have gone though" "Okay I'll get her and escort the pair so Vi has some family encouragement for her performance tonight, you two take care," Amunrel nods back.
"Oh right before I forget how much to cover the loss of the kitten sorry cat again?" Amunrel asks the lad.
"Who knew Estorian had ordered these many potential familiars? Who on your side of this deal that is," Amunrel asks counting a finger on his hand. "Who knew the route you would take?" he raises another finger and counts it. "Are you sure they're inconveniencing Estorian and not yourself since you did say the person who normally accompanies you wasn't able to this time, convenient that the one time you'd need backup you wouldn't have it after all could Jemiche or this druid handle the pair of you and remain anonymous?" Amunrel raises a third finger. "There still remains the fact that they left the mule behind, if they really wanted to "free" all of the animals why leave that behind?" Amunrel adds but doesn't raise a finger. "I think our friend in there was charmed, I suspect there aren't that many spellcasters' in this town so I'm wondering who are known to have familiars?" Amunrel asks. "Either Estorian set this up or either he or someone you know told this "druid" about this and they chose to take advantage, now we could introduce this friend of yours who couldn't make this trip to Jemiche or if we know how many people have a fascination for snakes..." Amunrel finally sums up looking at the lad.
"How much would cover the loss of the cat?" Amunrel asked.
"Estorian? Does he look anything like this druid friend of yours?" Amunrel piped up cheerfully.
"I guess we really ought to see if we can find this friend of yours and see if he can tell us more about what he's preaching," Amunrel sighs as he keeps his tone light and polite without hidden meaning.
"I don't suppose Jemiche could give a description of him especially where he first saw him in case we need his friend's help finding that lost cat, Hmm?" Amunrel whispers to Vi.
"I wonder where Jemiche first met his friend?" Amunrel whispers as he mentally kicks himself for forgetting the name Jemiche first mentioned wondering what was getting into him today...
"Cough, cough... does this friend have a name?" Amunrel whispers raising a hand to his face.
~Hmm, if this person is a druid why just take the viper, I can't imagine that bedecked fool of a mage would dress down for the occasion but what if he charmed the lad and gave him a simple excuse to explain things... still that would also mean the people where Jemiche works should have seen him~, Amunrel mentally thinks to himself.
[oo]Using "~" to differentiate between spoken and uunspoken comments[/ooc]
"Sorry miss , Mister Whapeta took it , he is a druid you know so he does know about animals! I don't know exactly where he is , he does not like towns , you know ! Cats are special animals , their natural envi... place is in town , we should look around the town , I guess..." "I'd like to meet this druid, being an elf and all, far from home it would be nice to meet someone practicing the old faith, say I wonder what he looks like?" Amunrel whispers casually glancing only once at Vi.
"Hmm?" Amunrel ponders as he notices Halsanna with Ewald and begins to wonder if perhaps the wrong sister was being paired up...
Halsanna , Arundel , does this mean you advanced enough to see the scene rather than just hearing it ?
Amunrel wonders what possible reason could have changed Jemiche's viewpoint so suddenly hoping the reason is more benign than his suspicions that he aired to the others earlier.
Amunrel quietly glancing at Halsanna before returning his attention to Ewald, Adjunta, Jemiche and his mother.
Smiling he quickly hides his expression before Halsanna notices and notices Vi frowning as she catches his quick change in expression.
Ewald nods in agreement.."Those were our thought's exactly Sherrif. there's no point in taking a hammer to squash a gnat and if it's more serious than that we doubt the lad is the prime mover..most likely he's been led astray" "It certainly looks that way, Adjunta, Vi do you know of any way to discern if Jemiche has been bewitched?" Amunrel asks. "Whilst this mage would have to be seven kinds of a fool to do such a thing I agree with the sheriff that from the sounds of it there's more to this than simple misplaced faith so I was wondering what else could have coerced him into such a violent action if indeed he was involved?" he adds thoughtfully.
"I wonder how your father is going to react when he finds out!" Amunrel whispers to them unaware of Halsanna's comment.
Adjunta would like to talk to the sheriff "I agree, let's keep it simple if it was Jemiche at least we can prevent this from escalating and if someone manipulated him it would be better to have someone official with us in case we need him as a witness," Amunrel nods in agreement. "If nothing else you can get an apology from him and we can resolve this as amicably as possible," he adds as Amunrel wonders what was really behind all of this.
"I really don't have the charisma nor wisdom that would go with that role," Amunrel sighs sadly.
"I'd advise against this idea," Adjunta says, "as much fun as committing sacrilege and giving false spiritual advice sounds, but druids, I'm told, are very real things, and might actually exist out here in the wilds somewhere. Also there is the matter of their strange gods, it seems unlikely that a god would take notice of such a trivial matter, but then, as a priest have had seen stranger things. I'd suggest we try to find the local druid and have him talk some sense into the boy. Either that or try to have him convert to a more law abiding deity." Amunrel pauses for a moment to look at the cleric before shaking his head. "The druid idea sounds fine but unless you know of one we're running short on time," Amunrel notes.
Ewald waits patiently for the family to begin what ever new squabble they can find. "Onwards!" Amunrel says after a pause. "To Jemiche's place!" he adds after another pause.
Maybe we need to be a little more persuasive..." Ewald grins broadly and turns to Vae "Fancy using that silver tounge of your's again?" Amunrel unseen by any of those behind him very noticeably winces at Ewald's comment and makes the effort to move a little ahead to avoid the inevitable comeback...
"Then perhaps we should find out where he lives and start from there..did anyone give you that information?" "They were somewhat reluctant at the time," Amunrel shrugs as he recalls what he learned.
"He didn't turn up for work today apparently," Amunrel quips back.
"That still remains my primary interest in this matter," Adjunta says, "this is a matter I must see sorted. Find the remaining two would be nice but discovering who did this and preventing it from happening again is my main objective." "So we go talk to the pseudo-druid then," Amunrel shrugs wondering whats gotten into Halsanna.
"Ah yes the cat..I think we decided to pass on the cat...and the snake I judge to be irretrievable..no I'm afraid this wizard will have to make do with what we have" "What kind of snake was it after all?" Amunrel asks.
"Nice fellow, especially for a Taldane come to think about it,"Amunrel notes as they leave the church.
"Thank you for the invitation and I would like to attend a service, but our young friend here needs to get his pets back before too long and there's at least one more out there we need to help find before it gets too dark,"Amunrel apologises bowing to the priest. "Admittedly Aroden seems to have worked wonders on at least one couple I won't mention at this point,"Amunrel openly notes avoiding the glare from Vi.
Halsanna, lingering a slight ways back from the goings-on in the temple, only raised an eyebrow in a slight display of skepticism at Ewald. She had folded her arms across her stomach, making no move at all to assist, though she did shift her eyes to her sister. Those of keener sight might be able to make out a slight blush on her cheeks, though she would volunteer no explanation why, even though her firm denial of the offer was plain to see. If anyone was going to take up the offer, it was all up to her sister. She seemed content to lean her hip on the nearest pew, watching. Amunrel raises an eyebrow at Ewald's request. "So are you taking him seriously yet?" he asks turning to Halsanna."So either Vi goes up there to perform a acrobatic feat or me, Adjunta and Halsanna lift the ladder the desired height for him to grab the bat... maybe if we do that we ought to warn him first so he can secure himself to the ladder first and not take an unnecessary plunge?" he now turns to glance at Vi. "You've got more peach juice running down your chin," he points out to her.
Amunrel descends the ladder finally managing to let go after a moment's hesitation.
"You managed to get the fruit did you?" Adjunta says to the returning couple, "fantastic work, and it seems the two of you are, at the very least, on speaking terms. That's a good start for a marriage I think. I must admit your uncle is a crafty one, sending the two of you away as he did on this errand, but I'm afraid you can put those peaches away, for our friend is not a fruit bat." "I heard that!" Amunrel grudgingly whispers at the top of the ladder, he reconsiders for a moment before descending the ladder.
"I think we ought to let those of us conversant in animal handling handle this part," Amunrel explains as he tries to cover the urge to shiver from his bout of vertigo.
Amunrel stretches one arm pointing towards the bat to those gathered below and then firmly grasps the ladder as he remembers why he doesn't like heights...
For a brief moment Amunrel considers bluffing the cleric into scaling the ladder but given there's no sign of Ewald he decides to do the decent thing and ascend it himself. "I'm just going to take a look, okay?" Amunrel nods to Adjunta.
"Let's get this ladder set up," Adjunta says, "if we're lucky our flying friend is in here, if we're not perhaps we can make that unhappy discovery before the others get back with the rotten fruit." "Agreed," Amunrel nods back.
Amunrel sneezes suddenly not enough to spoil his balance but it does make him shiver. "Why do i get the feeling something ominous has just happened?" he mutters under his breath as he and Adjunta continue to maneuver the ladder towards the bell tower.
"So where do we put this whilst we wait for the happy couple?" Amunrel gasps he and Adjunta maneuver the ladder safely towards the bell tower.
"so it's not a fruit bad," Adjunta says, easily hiding his smile behind his veil, "I'm sure the others will be happy to hear that." "Yes I'm sure they will be," Amunrel replies drily. "So what else can we do?" the elf asks as they approach the church.
With Adjunta being the one who ask , you get the ladder without any trouble .
"By the way what did you feed the bat by the way," Amunrel asks the lad out of curiosity.
"Okay I'll need Adjunta's help after all this fellow will appreciate being asked by someone at least human after all," Amunrel nods to Adjunta.
"Here buy a selection after all this bat is supposed to have been reared better," Amunrel says passing Vi a couple of gold coins. "And yes you can pick, better get Ewald to help you after all he can carry them back with you," Amunrel nods to the ranger. "And you," Amunrel locks his gaze with Ewald. "Know what those bats would like better don't you?" he asks directly.
"I think he's volunteering, now do we have anything to help him if he can get up there?" Amunrel asks Adjunta after nodding at Ewald.
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