Thank you for letting us know. We'll miss you! :(
(Like Motteditor, I'm not really up for taking the game over, but if we do find a new GM for it, Berenice will be there with bow in hand!)
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Berenice strokes her chin for a moment, then goes "of course!" As they return to the back room, she rummages around for an apron and some other items to assemble a barista disguise. ;
"If it wanted to talk it would have just walked up and said something, Cary! You know "Hi, I'm a giant raven man and I just heard fighting and screaming out here, what's goin' on?" that kind of thing?!" Berenice grouses.
Take your time, Chubbleston! You're gonna need rest to recover from that! Get well soon!
"Godsdammit!" Berenice curses as battle is joined once more. "Aldy, stay back! You're not dying today if I can help it! And you too, Cary!" She snaps off a shot with her bow at the big crow-man. ;
Berenice gives Aldren a strong hug. "Don't you EVER scare me like that again!" she cries. After letting him go, she gives Rex the same kind of hug. "Aldy doesn't give genuine compliments lightly. You've impressed him." Calming down a bit, she glowers and begins storming towards the stairs. "I'm going to have a word with Laria."
Seeing the crocodile let go, Berenice runs over to the pier and tries to grab Aldren and pull him out of the water.
Berenice shouts in surprise as the beast snaps Aldren up, taking a shot at the creature hoping to get it to let him go. ;
"Welcome to my life," Berenice comments. She nods at the statue. "At least your goddess favors us here, Aldy." "Helloooooo! We're looking for Nam." she calls out into the darkness.
I wasn't too mean to Laurent, was I? Berenice has strong feelings about nobles and privilege.
Berenice frowns. "Easy for you to say, Laurie. There are lots of kings who don't worship devils that don't bat an eyelash at using halfling slaves. I'd love to live in Andoran. There halflings can live free and make their own lives, be their own people. You don't get that anywhere else outside of wild frontiers like Varisia." She walks towards the stairs to the basement and then turns back to him. "It may seem like a fantasy to you, cloistered in your fancy manor polished and scrubbed by halflings you barely know, but down here? To people like us? It's real. It's so real I'd die for it.
She turns and heads down the stairs.
Berenice rubs the back of her neck. "Well, let's get down there. Better to have these conversations where the tallfolk outside can't here." She looks at Laurent. "Also, while we're puttin' cards on the table, Laurie? Your man Beppe and me aren't actually related. We're both in with the Bellflower Network, and he didn't wanna blow his cover at the protest." She gives an awkward, embarrassed grin.
Berenice gapes a little at Laria's directness. "Little early to be name-dropping the s-e-c-r-e-t h-a-l-f-l-i-n-g l-i-b-e-r-a-t-i-o-n f-r-o-n-t, ennit Laria?" she says uneasily. She figures the cat's out of the bag now, but she felt there should have been SOME attempt at secrecy.
What, the grumpy halfling can't be your straight man, Aldren? :P
"Cari, I would NOT call that treacherous pipsqueak a friend!" Berenice adds, scowling at the memory of Stellx.
I'm not being too mean with my assessments, am I? Berenice is trying to compliment you, but her compliments get filtered through her bitterness a bit...
"THERE'S the Laria I know!" Berenice replies. She takes a sip of her drink and sits down. She comments on each person as they're introduced: "Cary's a bit of a weirdo, but she's a team player and handy with magic," she says when Carawyn is introduced. "Laury may be a noble pup, but his skills are similar to mine, and I respect that. Plus, we already know his buddy, Beppe," she says as Laurent enters with Beppe in tow. "Aldy's a handsome, ornery fella, and in times like these, he's just what we need. We went to the protest this morning together," she says as Aldren saunters in. "Liri's softer than Aldy, but still plenty pretty and a damn good healer. We'd probably have died several times tonight if not for her!" she says when Lirana enters. "Septy's a copper, but he's as p!ssed off at the new Lord-Mayor and his CCG hellhounds as we are, and I think he'd rather eat his armor than break a promise, even to smallfolk like us," she concludes as Septimus brings up the rear.
Berenice gives a nod. Wanting to look like she belongs there more readily, she orders a drink and then turns to the others. "You know, she keeps the best stuff in the back room. Hard to fit back there, though. It's best to go as an individual."
Me and my Wisdom penalty. *facepalm*
"Just mucking out a barn, you know?" Berenice replies.
She's so glad to be among friends that she fails to notice the CCG goons hanging out at the shop. "I can't believe you never introduced me to Rex here! We have so much in common!"
Berenice waves as they step in. "Laria, good evening!" she calls.
Rex says "She and my parents were involved in several enterprises. What is your relationship with her?" Berenice scratches the back of her head. "Well, I'm a regular at Long Roads. Laria was one of the first halflings I met when I moved to the city, so naturally I started frequenting her establishment. We halflings have to stick together. Kintargo may be nicer than the rest of Cheliax, but only if we make an effort to keep it that way." She gives a weak smile, hoping that was sufficiently vague.
Berenice joins Laurent in destroying the runes with the silvery dagger she has. "Anyone else want this? Otherwise, I might keep it. It's a dagger for you tallfolk, but it's a good-sized shortsword for me," she asks idly.
Yeah, probably best to move on. Berenice is probably going to hold onto this grudge for a while.
Berenice stows her arrow and stomps up to the hole. "Devils take you, Stellx!" she snaps, sticking her arm in the hole with her middle finger extended. She rejoins the others with a grouchy expression on her face. "The traitorous little wretch is staying in his hidey-hole," she informs them. She listens for a moment, then her face lightens up at Rexus' mention of the Long Roads Coffeehouse. "You're a friend of Laria's, Rex? Me too!"
Berenice glares at Aldren until she realizes what he's indicating and gives a curt, but understanding nod as she gets into position and readies to nock an arrow.
"You're just f$#@ing with me, aren't you?" Berenice says indignantly. She turns back to the others. "Anyone else wanna help me give this @$$hat what he deserves?" she bellows to the others.
You don't think I'm a bad person for turning Stellx into a pincushion? I kind of feel bad for the little wretch.
"This is what you get for breaking a g!*$#%n promise." Berenice takes another shot into the hole. ;
I love him! Platonically, anyway! :P From our first conversation I imagined him and Berenice to have a Vitriolic Best Buds thing going.
Happy Independence Day, Bastille Day and Canada Day, everyone! :D
@Berenice- Stellx quickly goes back into one of the hiding holes. and taunts you from inside " You might be a small ugly one to bad your not small enough, hahahhahaha..." "Don't need to be," Berenice says sternly as she nocks an arrow and attempts to shoot into the hole. ;
Berenice looks for Stellx.
EDIT: Noice! Favored Class Bonus: +1 Skill Point
Berenice gains Tactician 1/day, as well as Coordinated Shot as a bonus feat. I think that's everything. Lemme know if my math's off, please.
Berenice tears after Stellx in a fury. "GET BACK HERE YA PRETTY FEY!"
"WE SHOOK HANDS ON IT!" Berenice yowls as she fights. "When we're done here I'm gonna wring your scrawny little neck!" She attempts to stab the lemure, frustrated that it seems to lack obvious spots that will hurt when appropriately stabbed. [dice="Gladius" Attack]1d20+5[/dice]; [dice="Gladius" Damage]1d4+3[/dice] She curses even more loudly as the creature seems to ooze out of the way just as she tries to strike.
I'm not being too bossy with Berenice's "sergeant/tactician" bit, am I? And I'm sorry I took so long. Everyone at work decided to use their PTO at the same time so I was left to pick up the slack!
Berenice's eyes widen when she hears Stellx's taunt. "Aldy! Toss me that silver knife you found in the cache! I can use it as a sword against these things!" Then she notices Laurent get swarmed by the rats. "$#@%! LIRI! You got some kind of healing spell that can help Laurie? The rats are gonna nom him to death!"
Same here, sorry!
"My arrows aren't making much of an impact either! We'll really have to hammer these things if we want to take 'em down!" Berenice barks. She sees one of them cornering Aldren and scuttles to the side away from the rats. "Hang on, Aldy! I'm coming!" She scrutinizes the beast to try and find the best place to shoot.
After seeing her arrow has very little effect on the monsters, Berenice squints as she tries to figure out where to shoot on this thing so it would hurt.
Smart talk? ;-) Peppering big ugly bad guys with arrows! :P
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