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The Rose seems to have a similar concern. She looks from Adolina to Farrina and then shrugs. She mouths 'Your problem!' and slips away to talk with Chuko and Ravzee and organise the defense of the bridge for the retaliation that she fully expects at some point soon.
The Rose looks back and mimes drinking again and then pastes a silly smile on her face and meanders a couple of steps. The message is pretty clear. Get her drunk! "Farrina will have an easier time talking her around if she's three sheets to the wind." She whispers to Adolina in explanation.
Seemingly going off on a tangent, Rose perks up. "How about a nice drink Farrina, perhaps simply to celebrate the glorious day which we're getting to experience?." Rose pulls out a hip flask and holds it out to the singer. "Its pretty strong stuff, but theres enough for everyone!"
The Rose pulls more arrows from her quiver in a swift movement and draws her bow, aiming at more of the militia.
From her position hidden in the shadows and definitely not out in the middle of the bridge, the Rose takes a deep breath and launches a volley of arrows!
The Emerald Rose smirks beneath her half mask but avoids joining in, Farrina seems quite wound up enough as it is. "I'll defer to the expert here." She says with a smile. "Besides, there's plenty of other things to do in the city while our resident actress makes her way into the castle."
Now that Tanjona is distracting the woman the Rose can land a much more telling shot or two.
With her foe revealed, the Rose circles the room and tries to shoot the woman in the back!
"This is for those horrible outfits!" The Rose declares, turning her bow on Farrina with a fiery look in her eyes... Then she notices that the sorceress has actually chosen a truly lovely emerald green scarf that contrasts well with her pale skin. Wait! Maybe she does have some sense! A little voice in her mind speaks, overriding the strange urge to destroy the fashion monstrosities around her... "What. The. Hell?!?!" The vigilante asks, straining every sense to locate the voice.
The Emerald Rose circles the melee to get out of the hags eyeline before snapping off a shot.
Rose pulls back her bow string from the shadows and fires through the doors at the Hag. She has a strong feeling inside her that she knows all too well; disgust. Its unclear why she suddenly hates this thing so well and truly in front of her but the feeling overwhelms her as she snarls, letting go of her arrows.
The Rose follows along with the conversation but allows Farrina to translate, since the performer loves the sound of her own voice so much. Since combat seems imminent she reaches out to Adolina for a blessing and then steps into the shadows, ready to strike.
The Rose, who hasn't bothered to change, nods her agreement. "Letting information out is dangerous." She says grimly. "Not just for the Ravens but for anyone who depends on them. Thrune won't be moderate in his reprisals if he learns something. Besides, we need the support. Our fearless leader is remarkably resilient but having a true cleric would be more useful." No offense. She mouths.
With the troop no longer focused on her, the Rose can take the time to line up her shots perfectly...
Attack is, as the Emerald Rose well knows, the best form of defense. She fires a single shot into the mob and then slips behind a nearby bookcase, hoping to get the drop on Izoni.
The Rose seems to take Adolina's message as a command to her, which suits her fine. Drawing her bow once more she sends a flurry of arrows whistling into combat.
Since the hellhound isn't trying to get away the Rose takes advantage and keeps shooting.
Rose circles the beast and fires an arrow into its flank where it cannot defend itself properly.
"Back off." The Rose warns. "Magical traps are... difficult at the best of times." Once everyone is a safe distance away she sets to work.
The Rose keeps guard from the opera house balcony until Adolina is free to move once more, in case of follow-up attacks. Once her friend is fully healed and ready to go Rose joins the rest. "Come to the fourth pier from the bridge in twenty minutes." She says, slipping away. "My contact will meet us all there." The vigilante is as good as her word. Twenty minutes later a small boat and a man in a large hat and scarf are waiting on the water-front along with Rose herself.
The Rose continues her work, pincushioning as many of the rabble as she can.
The Rose starts shooting at the mob of cheliax supporters, sacrificing cover for speed.
From her concealed position on the balcony the Rose fills Tombus full of arrows!
Unfortunately the sun is in her eyes and shooting downwards is much harder than people think, so she puts a nice cluster of shots at his feet as a warning!
"For Kintargo and the Silver Ravens!" The Rose agrees, "We absolutely need to stop those redactions as soon as possible. I know some boatmen who are taking people across the Yolubilis, very discrete. I'll ensure we all get passage, no questions asked. Unless you'd prefer to swim across Sharkman?"
The Rose's eyebrows raise at the vault's interior. "These Silver Ravens knew how to party." She states, as they sort through all the old gear that they had collected. "I'm presuming that some of the information should be studied by someone." The Rose suggests, not offering herself to do the studying. "I think that tonight we have done enough however, Adolina, what do you say to retiring for the evening and coming back to this with a fresh set of eyes. Honestly, I want to see and hear what all the gossip around Kintargo is saying about these events tonight. I don't think I can predict it."
"Oh yes Tanjona, thats exactly what we all carry around with us on a daily basis." The Rose replies sarcastically. Instead, she oulls out some rope and starts binding the coffin as much as possible.
The Rose makes sure she gets out of sight before the wall comes down and waits for her moment to shoot most effectively.
"Of course they wouldn't have abandoned Kintargo, Kintargo is worth fighting for!Let's not delay as who knows how long they have been trapped down here."
"Oh, we don't need to get everyone out - they will manage that by themselves." The Rose comments, noticing the guests fleeing. "How long has this thing been acting as Thrune do you suppose? How did I not notice - I was so close to him earlier and didn't even realise?!" She sounds frustrated, not at the situation, but more at herself.
"You do not get to do that!" The Rose yells, before calming herself and taking a shot.
"What the hell happened to her?" Rose asks, to noone in particular before firing upon the twisted vision of a woman.
More arrows whistle from The Rose's bow at such a speed its difficult to see them.
"You're fooling nobody!" The Rose yells, firing more arrows across the ballroom.
Rose snarls as her friend is badly hurt and fires off yet another round of arrows.
The Rose pushes her way past some fleeing guests to shoot a devil from behind.
Rose turns her bow on another azata that is attacking Adolina and fires off a rapid succession of arrows.
Rose removes her bow from behind her, lodges an arrow and quickly tries to turn an azata into a pin cushion.
"It looks like a bell Farrina, it tends to be straight forward and you just....ring it." Rose points out, a little confused about Farrina's lack of understanding.
She takes a few steps forwards and tries to sound it.
Rose locates her picks and sets to work, doing her best to disable the trap before trusting in Adolina's understanding of dwarven gods!
"You mean you can't see considering you're.....oh never mind." Rose says as she pulls a torch out and chucks it over to Tanjona. "Light that if you will."
Rose follows Farrina closely, her hand on her quiver just in case the statue does something totally expected, such as animate and start attacking them any second. Because for Rose, that would certainly be normal.
Rose looks curiously at the scissors, "Who even comes up with this stuff?" She asks out of admiration. "You're right Tanjona." She says, shaking her head, her gaze leaving the lewd gnome and returning to the papers on the desk. "I don't think they will be treated as deserters at all, that would be highly embarrassing to the regime."
"Reinforcements coming imminently!" Rose yells out in futility as she steps back and draws another arrow.
"One vs four is never going to end well." Rose starts, before getting a better position around the room and letting loose another arrow.
"Really?!" Rose says, a curse following shortly behind. "I thought you had this?" She shouts towards Farrina, still annoyed at her on Adolina's behalf, even though Farina is still not aware of this. She quickly pulls her longbow and draws the string before letting an arrow loose at the commander.
Cracking open the unusual container with ease, Rose delights as she gets a taste of these delicacies and offers one to Adolina, knowing her friend struggles with these types of puzzles.
"Oh yes, our friend here has exquisite taste and knew precisely what you may enjoy. Please, give into your temptation and take a close look. I know for a fact that you will be most pleased."
Rose looks suspiciously at the pie, not really getting the point of such ridiculous theatrics at dinner and is so involved in trying to spot the meat, she misses the conversation topic entirely. "Oh, I got one!" She says outloud, not realising others may be paying her any attention and losing the little credibility she previously had.
"Oh, you're not quite asking for examples of a sin are you? What you're really asking is what makes different societies view sins so differently? There is no true catalogue listing sins and virtues but a simple definition. A sin is an immoral act considered to be a transgression by the society in which it is performed."
Rose lunges for her bread as well as her mouth is on fire. "Mmm.....good indeed" After a couple of mouthfuls of bread she braves the squash again to save face and regrets it immediately as her eyes begin to water. Not being able to contribute much as she is so distracted, Rose simply nods. "This lady has said it perfectly." as she gestures to Adolina and hopes that the attention remains on the Paladin who is much more used to this foreign food than she is.
"House Thrune has an excellent propaganda machine." Rose says with a chuckle. "What need is there for armies and heavy control if you can simply make people think that you are in control. Far less intensive on resources that way." She gives a slight shrug. "Of course it rather comes crumbling down when people start to think for themselves! Not that we aren't all true patriots of course!" She adds with a sly wink.
Rose keeps eyeing the skeleton suspiciously throughout the food which distracts her somewhat as she manages to fillet a fish haphazardly. She can usually do much better having been taught many fine dining techniques in her childhood and at her school, but clearly she didn't put much thought into it today.
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