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I'm sad to see this go, but I know I was part of the problem; life has been on fire for me for a while now and I haven't had the time/energy to keep up with it. I'm with Gemma in that I'm open to continuing if it ever becomes possible, although I'd also love some spoilers on where we were headed storywise.
About three days after I got back my computer died a horrible death on me. I'm here but I'm stuck with my kindle so I'm a bit more limited now than I was
Have fun on your cruise! I'm going camping this week so we'll both be gone lol
It pains her to want anything from Gale, but Fethryth eagerly takes the book from Emerson. She runs her hand over the cover and thinks about what kind of things she might discover insider. While she's staring at the book she says "We're gonna have to figure out where we hide the messenger thing, but, yeah, that's useful. How obvious are the feathers though? Like could one come zooming in during morning briefings and float in front of us?"
"That's not what I...." Fethryth pinches the bridge of her nose and sighs. "Somebody, for whatever reason, was close enough to scoop up the papers and take off with them almost immediately, which means if Nilasa didn't have someone she was meeting outside then somebody else could have known what she was up to and been waiting to take the papers themselves."
Fethryth wipes the sullen look off her face and shoves any annoyance she feels down where it can't bother her. It's time to focus of the facts of the case, although she can admit she's very curious about the book that's now in Emerson's possession. "Did she say anything to you about a contact or a person she'd been duping, outside of that Danoran she had fooled in the consulate? The person who took the papers from her was in an awfully convenient place considering how quickly they scooped them up after-" she trails off
Fethryth has been standing at the back of the group, torn between glaring at Gale and looking around to see if there are any of her lackeys hiding in the bushes or moving to surround the constables; she doesn't trust Gale at all.
Gale is a lawbreaker. Gale is a terrorist. Gale is an Eladrin. Fethryth does not trust Gale one bit. She could be lying to the constables. It would certainly help Gale on a personal level if she got members of law enforcement on her side. Nevard may trust Gale, but that doesn't mean Fethryth is going to trust his judgment without looking over Gale herself.
It grates on her that she agrees with Gale on the explosive growth of industry and what it's done to the land, on what it's done to other followers of the Old Ways, on how it's filled the air with poison and clouded the visions of other Skyseers. How could she not know, when the power of the Dreaming beats inside her her chest? But, while she might agree with Gale on what the problem is, Gale's methods are absolutely anathema to her. Fethryth's eyes narrow when she sees Gale's reaction to Gemma; she's immediately reminded that Gemma disposed of Ethelyn's handmaiden and that her fellow constable is being hunted by Vekeshi idiots over it. She moves to stand next to Gemma and glares at Gale in response. "You know, if you want us to help you, we'd have a much easier time with life if there weren't Vekeshi idiots gunning for Atherton. People that might back down if, say, an Eladrin woman asked them to."
I'm dealing with some family stuff atm, my grandma had pretty serious surgery on tuesday, so feel free to bot me to keep the game going
"If I see someone breaking the law I will arrest them" Fethryth blurts out. Outrage over the idea of working with a criminal enterprise mixes with curiosity over the idea the of using this to their advantage, which in turn makes her feel ashamed of herself. It's a potent mix so she tries to shove it down by focusing on her other question. "And did you or did you not have a man watching for me last night on my way home?" she says with a frown. "He sure looked like one of yours." She watches for his reaction to her accusation.
Fethryth shoves another pastry into her face; eating means she can't make a smart remark, something she's having a hard time doing. Sure, she doesn't like Kell, the man can die in a fire for all she cares, but Cippiano sounds like he's interviewing for the job of 'Biggest Criminal in Town'. The only way she's remotely interested in this is if Cippiano and Kell wear each other down to the point where she can arrest both of them. She's going to give Cippiano a chance to answer Emerson before she speaks. In the back of her mind she's pretty sure she'll say something stupid, but at least she can keep the impulse down for now.
Fethryth has been keeping an eye on their surroundings since the moment they left the carriage. Going into the den of your enemy means you have to keep your eyes peeled at all times, even if there’s little chance Cippiano will try anything. She’s also keeping a casual lookout for the man she saw waiting on her street last night. Still, sitting at a table piled high with pastries is a pretty good distraction. She picks a few and puts them on her plate, reasoning that the man isn’t stupid enough to try poisoning them. She’s got one in her hand and almost has it in her mouth when Cippiano asks how he can be of ‘service’. A flash of annoyance shoots through her; she hates it when people dance around issues instead of facing them head on. Her plan to sit here and let the others do the talking flies out the window, ”If you want to be of service to me, you can start with the other question so I’m not sitting here waiting and wondering what else is coming our way. We call that ‘waiting for the other shoe to drop.’ She quirks an eyebrow and pops the pastry into her mouth, focusing on Cippiano so she gauge his reaction.
I'm sorry it's been a while since I've responded, my Grandma has been having some serious health issues that have been keeping me occupied. She's doing well now so I'll be around more.
Seeing the man slip off into the crowd confirms that he was watching for her in Fethryth's mind. She makes a mental note to keep an eye out for more watchers like him in the future. Now that he's gone she turns her full attention to the pair in front of her. She's only had this brief introduction but so far she approves of a woman with a strong grip, who clearly isn't afraid to be seen in public with Willem. She offers the woman a smile. "Eh, anybody who'd turn their back on him isn't a real friend. Especially with all he's done for Risur." She grins at Willem. "You one of my neighbors now, eh Muhnee? We oughta grab a drink sometime. Uh, you'd be welcome to come, uh, Ma'am, if that's your sort of thing"
During the long walk home Fethryth’s been lost in her thoughts; she hasn’t been paying as much attention to her surroundings as she really should be. Seeing Willem snaps her out of her ruminations; she’s happy to see the former constable, and is very interested in seeing how he’s doing. Besides, this gives her a chance to meet the woman he quit the force to be with. With her brain fully engaged she catches sight of the man up the street and narrows her eyes. Between the Family style grab and the deferential greeting given to him he might as well have a sign on him saying ‘Hey, I’m suspicious!’ She’s pretty sure he’s waiting for her, and she decides to give him an opportunity to catch sight of her without her walking by him. ”OY, MUHNEE!” Fethryth shouts, waving her arms. Why not see her friend, get some guards and info on a suspicious man, all at the same time? Downright economical. ”MUHNEE, COME SAY HELLO!”. At the same time she’s yelling she’s watching the suspicious man to see what he does.
Going to finish up a post in the morning, too tired to get it done tonight :(
Sweet, we're back on. Welcome back, Vord! Can't blame you on the Tomb Raider front. I've LOVED the last two games.
Anyone hear from DM Vord recently?
That sounds perfect to me, although I wonder if the bird can pass on our desire to reschedule the meeting lol
So...votes on if we tell the brass about the meeting with Gale or not? Personally I think it's a bad idea to go after Gale already, and I'm perfectly happy to roll the dice on that one and just hope they don't fire us, but it's something we'd have to agree to as a group.
Agreed, noon on the 7th is good. We can go have breakfast with Cippiano in the morning, and hopefully Kell's people will show up soon. I'd be fine looking for the professor instead of resting, but I've also go spells back and I don't think anyone else does(?)
Fethryth looks from the coming guards, to the break room door, over to the pistol in Gemma's hand and gives a mental shrug; it seems obvious now that Gale's spell would have triggered something. It makes her feel foolish. She crosses her arms and leans against the wall. "Honestly, I thought the trouble was out here. There's a bird in the break room. I don't think we need armed guards for it, although if it causes us trouble I will have to find an especially tiny set of handcuffs for it."
"What a remarkably subtle display" Fethryth drawls, staring at the bird circling overhead. "Think she can hear us now? Or is this some special 'numbers only' thing? What the hell are we going to do with a canary?" 'Bloody Eladrin.' she snarls in her mind; she's biased against them, for a damn good reason, but she knows that a bias means you don't see things as clearly, and that just makes her even madder. She violently pushes herself back from the table, stands up, and heads for the door, calling over her shoulder as she goes. "Look, all I know is this. First, I want to go see what the shouting's about. Second...I still agree with Gemma. So that's something all of us need to figure out"
Shoot, I was hoping for some kind of obvious connection to Eccleston lol. Spells changed to: Rank 0: Detect Magic, Enhanced Diplomacy, Read Magic, Stabilize
Instead of sitting upwards Fethryth is slumped across the table, her head resting on her arms. She's got on a fresh but rumpled shirt that's been in her shared office for who knows how long, so at least she's got that going for her, but she's still disheveled and exhausted. She lets out a groan when she realizes there's no shot of her going home to sleep yet. "Ughh. Cippiano wants breakfast so that's for the morning, Kell's going to send somebody whenever he feels like it and not a moment sooner, so I think that leaves the Professor as today's lucky winner. Though I wouldn't mind looking for Eccleston either, bet he's going to go to ground really quickly now."
Two questions 1. What was the name of the Firedust factory? I went looking but couldn't find it 2. I think we all have spells/abilities back, but I wanted to double check; there's some spells I'd like to swap out
What kind of check would I need to learn more about Mishados? Is it something where I could ask Jesselle, maybe use Aid Another? Same with looking up the creepy naked guy from the second vision, maybe like myths or something.
I think we should rest until tomorrow, get our spells and HP back. For amnesty I vote for Nilasa's pair. Kell guild people can suck it, Deorn Feldman fought us to the end, and the Wareye pair did a good job of trying to kill us. I'd be willing to grant amnesty to the husband, but I don't think he'd take it without his wife.
Since Fethryth was thinking along the same lines as Gemma, and since Delft's head is already going explode, she decides to jump in with her support, although she's pretty sure she and Gemma are going to end up scrubbing the floor together. "To be fair sir, Gale is a known quantity while Telbor is not. He's turned into some kind of strange necromatic shadow magic thing that killed Nilasa with talons, he got past all the wards protecting Cauldron Hill to attack us, and, like you said, he was once a Risuri Special Service agent. Gale seems willing to work with us and give us her resources, there's only the tiniest chance she's actually part of the Ragman fires, we can't move on her until after Sechism's decoded his vision....begging your pardon Sir but it's like triage, you go after the worst wound first." She ends her speech with a shrug.
Fethryth's gear has been updated. I got rid of some scroll, potions and misc gear and picked up a Cloak of the Hedge Wizard (Conjuration) I have 132 gold 2 silver left over, I can contribute that to a group item if we want.
Sorry for the lack of posting on my part, I've been dealing with a nasty sinus infection that's compounded by the stupid bronchitis I've had a few weeks ago. My brain is in a blender. I'm looking over Fethryth now for gear changes. Can we set the Mage Armor wand to 15 uses? It hasn't been used that often but I don't want to have to go digging through old posts at the moment.
Working the bucket brigade saps away the last of Fethryth’s energy, so she’s in a foul mood when the Lake Parity police show up. Being cranky, and knowing the law is on the constable’s side, she gives them a colorful description of where they can stick their ‘jurisdiction’, followed by a further explanation of what Mayor Gohins can do with their complaints. Fethryth & Heward::
Fethryth tucks the letter in her belt, snorts, and says ”I don’t know about it being an honor, but after all this s+&*? You can definitely call me Fethryth. Not in official settings though, I’ve still got to be Constable Teldanona, but out of it, sure.”
She stops and considers Heward, her expression turning slightly shy. ”I, well, right now you’re part of an open investigation...s+!~, two of them now when you tack on the arson attempt, so, I mean I can’t now, but..after? I think I’d like that”
Once they’re back at the Flint branch all Fehtryth wants to do is take a nap, but she stays by Nevard’s side. ”You’ll be alright when the bond wears off? And, I know I didn’t see as you did, but if I can help somehow..” her voice trails off as she yawns. ”S&*&, I’m never going to complain about things being boring for the rest of my life, I’d like to sleep for a week”
1. Just to confirm, are the areas around both dragonborn officially dim light? 2. With regards to Xynen, he's officially been gone for a month without saying anything, I hope he's alright. If he isn't back by the time this combat ends then maybe Tobias goes on a temporary mission? Something where he can easily join the party again if he comes back.
Fethryth moves around the corner of the building and takes a better look at the scene before her. The dragonborn in the alleyway looks half dead, so it's the one on the roof that worries her the most. She looks over the alleyway as she runs towards the fight, hoping she sees some way to climb up onto the roof herself.
"Move it or lose it" she snaps as she pushes past one of the soldiers. She plants herself next to Emerson, making it so that the dragonborn below can't get out of the alley without going through one of the constables, and takes a closer look at their foe's wounds. "Bleaking f#!@ing gate, don't kill him, easier to question him if he's alive"
The words on the scroll burn themselves into Fethryth's mind; it's like a little bit of the Dreaming's improbability sparks itself into her body. She drops the now useless paper and begins running towards the alley.
Since we're talking about out of the box ideas, we could try and get the horses to pull the wagon out of the alley, although that begs the question of if there's even a safe place to get this wagon to. I don't have anything on me that can put out a fire, so that's pretty useless, but we can try to keep summoning water on it I suppose.
Fethryth exits the building to the sound of Anneca yelling about accelerants "Get down there!" she barks to the soldiers. "Anybody who's not a constable, you see them mess with that wagon you shoot them in the face, or it's going to get a lot hotter here for all of us!" Instead of charging down the alley, which to be honest was her first instinct, she pulls a small scroll from her belt pouch and casts the magic that allows her to read it. She has a feeling she'll need the extra luck...hell, they could all use it tonight.
This might be an odd question, but are there horses connected to the wagon full of explosives?
Normally Fethryth wouldn’t bother explaining herself, leaving discussions until after she’s made sure people have followed her orders, but this is a very unusual situation and she does think Heward deserves to know what’s going on. Besides, he’s a good man, and she has no doubt that he’ll help her get the last workers out once he understands what’s going on. She pitches her voice low to try and keep any of the workers from overhearing her. ”We spent the last few hours with your Uncle on Cauldron Hill. We had a vision of Nilasa, and she showed your factory, burned to the ground before dawn. I saw it, heard the people inside..” She pauses, takes a deep breath and carries on ”We have to get everyone out, and get them down the street, away from the firedust factory. We’ll try to stop this, but if we can’t…” her voice trails off
"There's a serious threat against the factory, wake up Heward, haven't seen Shamus at all, and that's end of our question and answer period." she gasps, fumbling at her belt pouch and pulling out her whistle. She lets out a few short blasts before she starts bellowing at the top of her lungs "EVERYBODY OUT NOW, BY ORDER OF THE R.H.C, FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY. YOU WILL NOT LIKE ME IF I HAVE TO DRAG YOU OUT." While she'd normally continue shouting at everyone that seems like a bad idea considering how toxic the air is. She pulls the edge of her cloak up over her mouth and tries to catch her breath.
One of my favorite movies, and oh man, this is gonna be fuuuunnnnn
Always love it when the DM says things are going to be interesting...
Happy New Year! I need to go back and check how many charges have been used on my wand, I'll try to get that done tomorrow, sorry for constantly forgetting to keep up on that
When they reach their destination Fethryth asks Jesselle to use her Mage Armor wand on her. Once she’s under that protection she makes a slow surveillance of the scene, trying to find anything that’s out of place.
The sight of the crane stops her cold. ”F&~!, that’s how they’re going to do it” she gasps, and then takes off after the other three constables. ”Firedust factory! And that crane’s right next to Sechim’s roof. Stop them! The people inside, I need to..” She switches course and takes off for the door to Sechim’s factory. If it’s unlocked she’s going to burst inside and start yelling for people to get out. If it’s locked she’s going to start banging on the door and yelling for someone to open it
Do we have long enough that I can take 10 on the perception check?
Fethryth gives Tobias a grateful look before turning back to the Lieutenant . "Thank you" she says, nodding at the man, before turning around and addressing the other constables. "Let's get this over with. We have a limited timetable so move it along! We can talk on the ride back." she barks out before linking her arm through Nevard's and starting to escort the man inside.
”I agree with Utegg. The faster we get people on this the better”. Fethryth has spent most of the trip in silence; she’s been trying to think of how the constables can use their powers to get help to the factory. What help can they commandeer, how quickly can they get the area evacuated and so on.
But being here in front of the mayor is leading to a new train of thought. Grannan Telbor shouldn’t have been able to skip his way up and down the mountain past the mayor’s wards, right? Is it possible the mayor knew that bastard was there? She no longer trusts him, or his malevolent jackass of a butler. She may not know much about Arcane magic, but she knows some of how her own Divine magic works; maybe she knows something about how the wards work, and what could get past them unnoticed?
I will be leaving town in the morning and will be gone for a few days. My friend's parents lost everything in the wildfires we're having in southern california, so I'm going up to help as I can. Please bot me as needed.
Fethryth takes a second to feel relief at Emerson blasting the Vestige to pieces; she doesn't like to admit it but that thing really scared her.
The big wound in the Crawler's head gives Fethryth an easy target. Her fist strikes the creature and it falls to the ground with a satisfying crunch. With it down for the count she moves to the greatest threat left; the big shadow lion.
DM: Oh my gosh you're right, I totally forgot. She has Low-Light Vision so that should negate the concealment check right? Plus she still has the dumb light spell on her. I'll roll the check just in case.
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