Khamul should be back tomorrow. After waiting that long, I think we can wait another day.
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How about overpaying her? Either way she could just play over it and you'd be none the wiser if you fail the sense motive.
"Well, 10 grand. That's a proper payment. Either Mrs. X has really good insight into human nature, or she plays with his brain too."
"You're quick with your decision. I like that." Jolanda comments while bagging the parchment. "We'll keep you informed." Then she ushers her companions out of the office. "Off to the bank then."
As Boreana takes her sweet time to search for words Jolanda blurts out. "Well, it isn't. It's this mysterious Mrs. X, that we met and that made us an offer we can't refuse - literally." "She told us to work for her and we'd get 90% of the earnings. The first one, the large sum you pay us for supposedly having removed this threat and keep the silence about it." "Now there are two options: You play along and we see where that leads and what we can learn about her and her superiors until we have something we can actually work with. Or you pay us for our work so far and solve the problem yourself." "Because this Mrs. X has demonstrated that she is a master in mind control and it looks like that might have been the way she turned someone as respected as Judge Ironbriar into supporting her horrible cause." "The next job she has in mind for us would be to get rid of some abomination that lives under the city, that has like you approached Khamul about the removal of Mrs. X. I'd guess the city would benefit from getting rid of both, but who am I to judge." Jolanda takes a deep breath and sighs. "S@*$ty position you are in. Take your time to ponder which way you want to go with that and let us know I guess?"
Jolanda takes a deep breath, but then bites her tongue and looks at Boreana.
"Agreed.
"Morals lead to nothing here. Has anyone objections about lying to the mayor?" Jolanda voices her thoughts. "Otherwise, we'd have to convince him to give us a lot of money to pretend working for Mrs. X. Which shouldn't be too hard either. If he doesn't want to, I'll suggest I change careers singing songs about heroic deeds fighting a Thassilonian Sihedron Cult in Magnimar and he is on his own with the Mrs. X problem." "Running for the hills is a very long run until you get somewhere where you can make a decent living."
Protection from evil, chaos, law and a globe of invulnerability together with some serious will save improvements should do.
"She is playing people. We don't even know for sure who or what she is. All of what we saw might have been a sophisticated lie. And what you told are all assumptions. And assumption is the mother of all f&~@ ups." "All she did was present herself as the powerful beeing that can use us as puppets by using ONE magic and sweettalk us. Even if that was her most powerful magic, that she can use only once a day I'm not eager to find out what other stuff she can pull." "Have you ever been in a fight where suddenly your best friend stabs you in the back because of such magic? The minimum requirement before going back in there with anything but a smile and the money from the mayor is proper protection against that."
"I don't know what brought you on this case, but I can tell you what it was for me: money. And the other important thing when you work for money is, that you work for the winning team. So you get a chance to spend that money at the end of the day. It is a plus if you can still look in the mirror after the job, but let me tell you, you can justify a lot of s##! to yourself, as you rarely get to burn infants for some evil god on such jobs. Heck, someone could make a valid case that you, me and the rest of our group has to die for moral and/or legal reason." "But feel free to educate me about the team you're working on so far and what their counter offer is here and what powerful allies they have to offer to be considered the winning team." Jolanda replies. "But to come back to my question, what has supposedly tendrils on your mind?"
Once at the beach Jolanda opens the bottle she bought at the Old Fang, pours herself into her hin cup and offers anyone who wants to join in. "Cheers, to being the MVP in this game." she toasts.
"I need a drink first." Jolanda states once they reach solid ground and orientates herself in direction of the next store distributing liquor. Once in safe distance she turns to Khamul "But while we get to that, you could tell whose tendrils our new employer smells on your mind. And what she actually is, that she smells your mind would also be nice to know."
@Foxy, is Jolanda seriously considering working for Xanesha or do you just want a less stacked fight (ie. Xanesha + 4 guards is too much)? How about you find out in game?
"Wonderful. See you soon." Jolanda turns on her heel and is on the way out and down.
"I guess you can't help it to add those menacing afterthoughts." Jolanda replies "But you had me already at 90%." She nudges Jominda. "See sis, I told you that you'll find the real money in this business and not in your backwater apothecary."
"If you understand that coin rules the world, then you have to admit that your sales pitch is seriously lacking. 'Doom and gloom, then end is near!' doesn't gloss over the fact that you invite us here to a pyramid scheme. With us at the ass end of it. And you don't even care to tell us how big our share will be." Jolanda objects. "I'm not saying your plan is bad, not at all. I just don't like the position you have in mind for us. How about you touch up your offer."
"I see you speak my language." Jolanda replies. "I'm listening."
Seeing some progress below and with Khamul moving again Jolanda turns towards the light. "Great. Now we get the offer to be pawns in an evil scheme too."
Jolanda shoots her last round and reloads.
Jolanda carefully steps to the edge and shoots two bullets at whoever is still standing.
Blowing up the whole floor gets Jominda a raised brow, a mischievous smile, and a nod of approval from Jolanda. Simultaneously she fires two shots at the guy whose turn it is to go down.
Jolanda moves that bit further it takes for her to see them and takes a shot at the guy her sister set on fire.
Jolanda looks up to see where the next bell is coming from and gets out of the way.
"Looks like we have a firebug here." Jolanda comments. "Only the tower, or the whole district? Because none of that area has seen rain in centuries."
"Stealth isn't our strong traint anyway." Jolanda takes a closer look at the scythe.
"I think we made the right person unhappy." Jolanda comments with a smirk.
"F&*#, f#@*, f$&~!" Jolanda curses while her practiced hands empty the cylinder of her revolver and fill it with six rounds again. "That thing should be long dead!"
"If that doesn't stop you, maybe this will?" Jolanda suggests firing two more bullets at the coming aparat abomination.
"Well, I wouldn't want to stand up front, but so far..." Jolanda evaluates stepping up and making two more shots.
"Are you singing encouraging songs?" Jolanda inquires from Boreana. If so, she waits for her to start, before shooting.
"That will be hard to miss." Jolanda determines.
Jolanda joins the scanning of the area to find what's going on.
Jolanda pulls her gun. "I can 'unlock' that."
"For sure we'll have the full attention of everyone after the first shot fired."
"Well, you point me in direction of what needs to be dead - as long as it's legal - then I'd get up close and put a bullet between its eyes. Or a few more if necessary." Jolanda pulls out her gun and rotates it a few times around her finger before putting it back in its holster. "And I never miss."
"I'm not sitting here when the kids are gone and the first guy notices he can't pay his drinks." Jolanda explains and leans back to enjoy what unfolds now.
Getting half an answer Jolanda looks at Khamul with a raised brow as she notices that something else caught his attention. Following his gaze she notices the shady business.
"I'm not doing that. I'm just happy that you finally gave up on that dead end job as an apothecary in this backwater village." Jolanda tells. She waves at the barkeep to get them some drinks.
"You're hiring? Search no more, if the pay is good I'm your gal!" Jolanda cuts in. "What's the job and what's the pay?" she inquires.
A loud and cheerful blonde entertains a few sailors with stories of heroic deeds, that most would consider sailor's yarn, if they weren't told by a land lubber. But as soon as the blonde notices the new arrivals, she halts her story to give Jominda her full attention. "Why hello sis, my sweethart." she calls over from the bar and approaches. "What brings you here? You look good." she gives Jominda a hug. Then she turns to Khamul offering a hand. "Hi, I'm Jolanda - and you are?" |