Just a heads up, I'm leaving town late tonight and won't be back until late Tuesday. My posting'll be limited until then.
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Davi follows the group out of the tavern. "Well, I don't think we should bring up Harrowstone in public anymore. We're going to attract the wrong kind of attention. I think we go back to Kendra's, sleep on it and head to the cache in the morning."
I just wanted to give you all a heads up. I've been slammed with stuff this week and I probably won't be able to post for another couple of days. Bot me if you need to.
No worries, I've been just as bad when it comes to not having time for PbP. The next week is crazy for me anyways.
Davi's mouth is full of chowder when Gosk rises, so she doesn't get a chance to speak to him before he's made it to the Sheriff's table. There's a sad pout on her face. "Darn it Gosk, my chowder's going to get cold." she mumbles even though he's out of hearing range. Softening up the Sheriff is important but darn it, it could have waited until after dinner. Although, there is a way to help Gosk without going over uitil she's done stuffing her face. "Barkeep?" she calls him over between mouthfuls of food. "Can you send the Sheriff's group some refiles on us?"
Davi smiles at the bartender. ”I’m Davi and I’ll take whatever you recommend. I worked as a barmaid in Absalom for a couple of seasons, so now I trust the staff to know what the kitchen's best." After the group orders she gestures to Gibs, who is passed out at the end of the bar. "Is that poor man alright? We saw him earlier and he looked pretty awful."
Davi grins when Gharen kisses her hand and dips into another curtsy. "Thank you so much! I'll see you when you return." Once the group is outside on their own she shakes her head at Vara. "My dear friend, I love your enthusiasm, but I believe a bit more subtlety is in order. If we keep flat out asking people about the Whispering Way we're going to attract the wrong kind of attention." "As for what we do now, I vote for the Grinning Demon."
Davi doesn’t seem to notice Gharen’s discomfort when they bring up the Whispering Way. She normally wouldn’t press a mark this early, but she sees an opening and makes a play for more information.
”Wait, what do you mean, ‘especially me’? Are these people dangerous?” Davi makes puppy dog eyes at Gharen ”I can’t ask you to show us valuable things, you just met us after all, but if something bad could happen to us...to me… you’d tell me right?” Davi helps with the research after Gharen leaves
Davi steps into the house, then drops into a flawless curtsey. ”Davilessa Accerlas. But please, call me Davi.” She flashes her brightest smile. ”I’ve heard that you have the biggest library in town; the nice priest at Pharasma’s temple says you have all the records and know all about the town’s history. Would it be alright if me and my friends had a look? I’m going to be in town for the next, oh, month or so, and it’s fun to learn about the place you’re in.”
I'm fine with us warping over to the Muricars. A scene change might help get everyone oriented again
'Look at that response...he must know what that sacrifice means.' The thought of follow the Sheriff is tempting, but getting on the man's good side is more important. Davi steps over to Vara and put her hand on the woman's shoulder. "It's a kind offer, but I think the nice Sheriff would be happier without civilians poking around his crime scene. We'll keep sightseeing and then have a nice long talk with him tomorrow."
Hi all, I just wanted to poke my head in and say hi. I haven't been around for a while because I had a family member in the hospital; I told Aest but I should have said something here too. Said family remember is out of the hospital and doing good. I'll be around starting this weekend, only I think that's not going to matter much since we're on break. But I am still alive and posting! :D
"Sorry, I know it's um...early..but we just needed to check on you" Davi smiles at Gibs "See, Kendra was giving us the grand tour of the city, so of course we went to the Harrowstone Memorial. Well, somebody killed a poor cat right in front of it. There's blood everywhere; they even wrote on the statue with blood, so these are obviously sick individuals. Who would do something so heinous? But anyways, we're looking at this and I say to myself 'Self, Mr. Gibs lives right there. Maybe he heard something strange last night. He could be the key to finding out what kind of scumbag would commit such a senseless act of violence'. So, did you see anything last night?"
"Well, I'm not saying to go out of screaming range; just far enough that it doesn't look like an avenging mob at his door. Once freaked out woman is a lot less intimidating." Davi pats Vara on the shoulder. "The Sheriff is a big boy, he'll survive us asking Gibs a question. What are we supposed to do, go 'Hey, somebody ritually sacrificed a cat right outside your house, only we didn't want to bother you with such a trivial matter.' Pffft. If the Sheriff has a problem then he's a dunderhead"
Davi ends her search and walks over Vara. "Whoever they were they didn't leave anything behind; at least, nothing that I can see. Bastards. Let's go find the sheriff." She looks back down the trail towards the road, ready to charge down the path and raise hell, when her eyes land on the ramshackle house. "Say...whoever did this must have gone by Gib's place, right? Maybe he saw something. I could, ah, let's say, make an inquiry while the rest of you find the Sheriff."
Davi walks over to the cat, a look of disgust on her face. ”If we find out who did this they’re getting punched in the face. That poor cat.”
'Are sacrifices common in the area? Bah, I swear I know something about this...maybe it'll come to me if I give it a minute' While she thinks she walks in a slow circle around the statue. Maybe the person/s that did this left a clue behind.
"As fascinated as I am by cat burial practices,-" her tone making it clear that she's NOT "-help me look around while you talk, mmm? Whoever did this might have left something behind."
Davi's hardly down the path before she trips and falls on her face
Davi smiles at the young priest "Ah, I see. Only people with certain...scholarly qualifications...get in. Thank you Brother Finyard, that's good to know. Please give Father Grimburrow our best regards."
”My bet’s on the ‘money and power’ angle.” Davi shrugs ”We won’t know until we do some digging. If you’re all willing I say we go introduce ourselves and see what happens. I’ll turn on the charm and hopefully get us all in.”
"Oh, they have the records? Are they scholars or librarians? They must have a very big house if they're storing all the paperwork" Davi keeps beaming at the priest, trying to look and sound like someone who isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
As they wait for the priest to finish his conversation Davi walks around the temple. It's not the first time she's been in a temple of Pharasma and it wont be her last. Hopefully that final, permanent last visit is far in the distance. Davi pushes that grim thought to the back of her mind. She walks over to the priest and smiles. ”I know you must be busy, but we’d really appreciate the help. Once we get pointed in the right direction we'll get out of everyone's hair; we don't want to disrupt or inconvenience any of you. Your work is important."
Welcome back! :D
Yeah, go out and have some fun! :)
I'm not sure if I want to go into the Silken Purse. It depends on what Kendra says about the place. If I want to go in and bluff the owners for information I'm not going to take the whole crew with me.
Davi skews toward CG so I'm sure she and Gosk are going to have some interesting discussions lol She's also going to stay faaaaar away from the ongoing magic conversation ;)
Kendra's description of the Silken Purse catches Davi's attention. "Loan sharks in a town this size? Ones that give money now in exchange for crops later? You might as well hang a sign on the wall - ‘Illegal stuff happening’ She shakes her head. ”Sloppy. What do they actually do?” ============ Davi leans on the wall next to the Grinning Demon’s entrance. ”We should come back when they’re open. Any place that likes weird people is a place I’ll fit in.”
Davi grabs a handful of berries and starts stuffing her face "I love that you can just poke a bush and make these grow. You should work on a spell to make pancakes appear out of the sky, you'd make a fortune" She grins at Vara. Before Kendra can respond to Vara's question she quips "When someone's head is stuck so far up their rear they haven't seen sunshine in months, well, they can get rather testy."
Davi leans over and flicks Vara on her forehead. ”This plan where the three of us escort Kendra to the university while you take on an evil cabal sounds like the start of an epic ballad, only it ends with something eating your face off because you tried doing it solo. Whatever’s going on here is dangerous enough that we’ll have to face it as a group. Personally, yes, I would like to get Kendra out of here but I’m not going to tie her up and throw her in a carriage to make that happen. We’ll ask her what she wants to do in the morning, if she’d like to stay or leave town, and then we respect her wishes.” ”We need more info to come up with a proper plan, but we’ve already got a perfect cover in place. The Professor left it for us.” She grins at the rest of the group, a sparkle in her eye. ”We’re here for the next month getting Kendra’s affairs in order. Fancy Council Mustache Man knows that was in the will, and he knows we get a small fortune if we follow the Professor’s wishes. Who’s going to be surprised when we stick around? Personally, I think playing ‘Bored Idiot with Money’ is a great way to poke around and ask questions; people really open up to you when they think your head’s full of air”
”What? No, no, I said that wrong, it is a binding contract but it’s an...uh….oh, it’s a one way contract. Or is it a one sided contract...see, this is why I’m not inheriting the family business, I always bung this stuff up.” Davi clears her throat. ”The house and all of the professor’s possesions belong to Kendra, that part is legal and binding. When I said it’s not a contract, I meant the part involving us. We aren’t legally bound to return the books or to help Kendra or even wait a month to return said books, although I will throat punch anyone who tries that stunt” She smiles at the party with just a smidge of malice in her grin. ”Moving on, the will asks us to help Kendra settle in but it doesn’t grant us the legal authority to act on her behalf. Kendra, if you want us to help with your father’s estate we should come up with a basic contract authorizing us to take actions on your behalf. We can give it to Fancy
"Now, for the books themselves. Kendra, do you have any clue what they could be about? I have this vision of opening that chest and having a book leap out and try to eat my face off."
Davi picks up her brandy glass, swirls the liquid once and then downs it. ”I know a handful of Ustalavian law and it’s all contract rigmarole. I can tell you that a Will isn’t a legally binding contract, something I think we all knew already, but I’ll still take credit for having said something helpful.” ”Kendra, we’re here at your disposal for the next month. Take some time to think about what you need help with the most. This isn’t something we’re going to get settled tomorrow afternoon.”
"Easy choice my dear. We're staying with you, and that fine brandy you mentioned." Davi smiles and offers her arm to Kendra. Getting the woman home safe trumps her personal desire to stalk around Ravengro, find the louts that attacked the funeral procession and bang their heads together.
Davi is the last of the pallbearers to speak; she wishes she’d thought of something to say earlier, she’s having a hard time bending her thoughts into a proper speech. ”I, ah, I never had the privilege of meeting the Professor in person. But we were....that is…” her voice trails off. ’How do I say “He didn’t see a monster in me” to the same people who would run me out of town with pitchforks if they knew my heritage?’ A minute passes in silence as Davi thinks. ”I wrote to the Professor to ask his advice on a research project. I never imagined that we would become friends, but he was caring and compassionate and he bent over backwards to help someone he didn’t know. I was able to help his own research because of some unfortunate encounters on my part, but that man would have helped me if I had nothing to offer him in return. Petros was a good man.”
Davi sheathes her rapier with more force than necessary; it makes a loud *CLACK* as it slams into place. "Agreed. We do this properly, to honor the Professor, and leave the villagers for later." She moves to her place at the coffin, ready to pick it back up when the other pallbearers are in place.
Off topic-ish, but I've wanted to play the 3PP White Necromancer for a while now. I think the cross of the traditionally evil necromancy with someone who is a healer would make for an interesting dichotomy.
I know that a Spellcraft check lets you identify a spell. Maybe you could use it to see how well the person is crafting said spell? Like, does she look like an amateur or a professional?
Davi look around the melee. They’re supposed to be honoring the memory of one of the greatest men she’s ever met; how did it come to this? Anger swells in her gut, rising within her until she bellows out ”. If looks could kill these townsfolk would be joining the Professor in the afterlife. She didn’t have a real plan when she let out that shriek, but she picks up an idea and runs with it.
”The Professor’s body was prepared by the priest at the TEMPLE OF PHARASMA. How about we all troop up there and tell them how YOU LOT think THEY could have blessed a body but it’s SOMEHOW still all dangerous necromancy whooo whooo scaryyy” She gasps in exaggerated fake terror. ”Or, hey, how about we go straight to the priest and accuse Pharasma’s blessing of not being enough to cleanse and sanctify a body. Why, I bet Pharasma just loovessss it when people go ‘Hey, your clergy is good and all, but it’s really not strong enough to get the job done. Wow, you must suck!’ Yup, there no way you can go wrong saying that. And of course we have to put in council to vote on who can be buried in what area, because damned if I’m going to let Bob be buried next to my decomposing ass, even though we’re both dead and gone into the next life. You people are out of your MINDS.”
I'm back! Thanks for botting me :D
I think Davi is having internet problems. She's always prompt all the time I've known her. Ding ding ding, we have a winner! My computer is very angry. For now I'm stuck posting from my phone. Bot me as necessary. I meant to get in a short post yesterday but it went to hell in a hand basket.
Ah, the dice rolls in this game. So close and yet so far.
"Never in my life have I heard such coldheartedness!" Davi cries. "To go up to a grieving daughter and demand she bury her father somewhere else? Can you imagine what that would feel like if someone did that to you? To your family? You all ought to be ashamed! Professor Lorrimor has gone to Pharasma, any enmity you held for the man doesn't matter for he is not here! Let this girl bury her father in peace!"
Davi goes to the front right of the casket. She's carried heavier objects before but this, this weighs the most. 'Another friend lost. Pharasma treat him kindly; he was a good man'
Happy Birthday!! :D
”I would be honored” Davi murmurs. ’He deserved so much more than this. He knew what I was and he didn’t think I was a freak or a monster, he just saw someone who needed help. As comforting as his letters are...were...I wish we could have met in person.’ The changeling instinctively clenches her hands. She paints her nails different colors, using it as a camouflage against people noticing that her nails are pointier than they should be. Meeting Vara has been a blessing. In a land full of suspicion and hatred of the unusual it’s wonderful to have someone what you were born as or who your mother is. Professor Loromir was like that too. Davi squeezes her eyes shut to keep the tears from falling. Once she’s gotten herself under control she clears her throat. ”Miss Kendra? If there’s anything, anything at all I can do for you let me know. I, well we really, all of us here, our lives are better for having known your Father. I would be ashamed of myself if I didn’t help you with whatever you need.”
Davi jumps when Vara squeezes her hand. ”Mmph, what?! I wasn’t sleeping.” she claims, completely denying that she’s been softly snoring for the past hour. It’s been a long time since she got a proper night of rest; something’s always waking her up, be it dreams or her general anxiety. The driver’s more than a little odd but as far as Davi’s concerned he’s a wonderful person; riding in the wagon means she gets naptime. The changeling slings her bags over her shoulder and climbs out of the wagon as Kendra runs back into the house. She can’t imagine what the poor girl must be going through; the thought of losing her own father makes her sick to her stomach. ”Poor thing” she murmurs. At first the wagon driver’s poem about ‘traveling the dark and lonely road’ seems like a moment of human compassion but as he gets louder Davi realizes he wants her to grab her last possession Tied behind the wagon is a pudgy donkey with long ears. The creature looks as sleepy as its mistress, watching Davi out of half lidded eyes. The changeling scratches her under the chin. ”Alright Flower, let’s get you situated.” Situated where though? Maybe Kendra wouldn’t mind Flower being tied up in the backyard?
I'll get a post in late tonight or early tomorrow. I haven't vanished!
Sounds good to me! In Davi's last game I failed a bunch of survival checks so she was always getting stuck in brambles or tripping over tree roots.
I finally got Davi updated, go me :D
Davi's done a fair bit of traveling so it's possible that one of you ran into her I'm 50/50 on taking either undead or evil outsider for the Subject of Study campaign trait. Thoughts?
My plans for level one are: Regular Skills
Background Skills
The Barmaid rank is a one time thing that has more to do with her background than with my expectations for the game. Still, my goal is to find some situation where I can roll for it :D
Are we going to use background skills? |