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"This is not a great problem. I thought that Goblins didn't like working together." At Shalelu's offer to gain a meal, Jonathan says "Of course. That sounds good."
"Happy to be of service Sherriff. Please lead the way."
The next morning Jonathan comes down stairs with the box in his pocket, intent on finding a time when no one is paying attention to hide it.
Jonathan spent the rest of the evening working on his giftbox.
Dart: Jonathan nodded to Dart and said "To each of our successes!" while he put the coin purse away. "Now go destroy your audition."
Dart: "Yes, I do indeed love her. Look at her. How can I not?" Shaking his head, Jonathan explains about his plan to both be a hero and make a bracelet for her in order to woo her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- After hearing Dart's story, Jonathan says "Seems like we're in the same boat." Jonathan thinks for a moment then says "I don't know the exact process of courting cause I was raised in an orphanage monsastery, but whatever help I can offer is yours." Jonathan clasped Dart on the shoulder.
"I'd love to help." Jonathan said, his fists declinching his fists but keeping his hands closed. Nodding to Dart, he followed him out of the room. Dart: "Yes, you seemed to have figured out my secret. I am indeed in love with Ameiko, but I am trying to take things slow because I don't want to scare her off." Jonathan cleaned his hands and said "So, what did you really want to talk about?"
"What a lovely feast you have provided by your own hands Lord Foxglove. I give you my thanks." Jonathan's tone of voice was the same as it had been moments before as he bowed to Lord Foxglove, but his fingers were digging so hard into his palms that they were drawing blood.
Taking Dart's hint, Jonathan turns and pointedly ignores the ranting man and says "I was trapped in a basement dealing with a local problem that I should probably warn you about, actually." he then leans close conspiratorially and whispers to Dart: Psst!:
"You should be careful around Ven Vinder and his daughter. She is opportunistic, and seems to want to try and romantically ensnare one of the males in our little band. We should warn Dolgrin too." Continuing to ignore the man, Jonathan says "So, what's for lunch? I'm starving."
Is anyone in your family having medical troubles or dealing with anxiety or depression? Dogs are really good about picking up on that. Has he been verbal (i.e. whining or barking) or just in an overprotective posture, and if it's the latter, who has he been trying to protect?
Entering the Rusty Dragon, Jonathan is relieved to see his comrades well. He is about to explain what happened when the elder man burst into the room and started ranting. Jonathan let him finish, then said calmly: Tianese: "So you are of the opinion that we should not have acted, and instead should have allowed many people to die? Clearly, you care little for this town."
"You, sir, may keep your daughter. I am leaving." says Jonathan as he moved around the father and up the stairs.
"Your daughter wanted to try and entrap me into marriage, even though I refused her advances as I am sworn to another. I attempted to explain that I am not interested in cheating on my oath. Please remove your daughter so I can leave."
"My dear, while I would love to partake of the dalliance of which you offer, I am afraid that I must decline. For you see, I am sworn to another, and I would take my own life before straying from her. I know that you understand what it means to love so deeply. I am sure that you could have your pick of nigh any man (and I dare say, quite a few of the women!) that you might wish, but I am alas not available to be taken." Before she can object, Jonathan adds "I know such a beautiful young woman as yourself would never attempt to force the issue on such a sad man as I. Should you but require it however, I believe I could be of assistance with helping you procure a mate"
Sorry about the delay in posting folks (and the crosspost if you're in other games with me), but I have had no real internet since Friday. I'll get a post up presently.
Jonathan makes his way downstairs, ignoring her attempts at seductions like they aren't even there. Fortunately, he has the ability to see in the dark, thanks to his divine blood.
Jonathan smiles and says "Of course I am willing to help. Please show me where these vermin are, and I will happily take care of them."
Jonathan rises early the next day and heads out to see about his bracelet. Entering the shop after it opens, he greets the old man and says "So, how does it look?"
After dealing with the tomb, Jonathan returned to his project: building a box from paper. His bracelet would be ready tomorrow, and he wanted to be ready when it was.
At Poppy's mention of tracks, Jonathan asks "is anyone trained as a tracker?" To Dart's question, Jonathan says "It means you're attempting to convince a woman to marry you. It is my understanding that it involves gaining the approval and permission of the woman's parents or elders as well." "I've never been through it, but I've heard about it."
"Master Dolgrin, I can understand your sentiment, but alas the world seem unfazed by the opinion of a single Dwarf, mighty though he be."
"I see three distinct possibilities: says Jonathan as he counts them off on his fingers after sheathing his sword: "One: The attack was a cover for the theft of this body; Two: the attacker was working with the Goblins and in exchange for helping with the attack, they would in turn be assisted in taking the body; or Three: Someone took advantage of the chaos and absconded with the body."
Jonathan looks at the robe intently for a moment, then says "It clearly has a magical aura, but I'm not sure what it is." Taking the opportunity, he sweeps his magically enhanced gaze around the inside of the tomb, checking for other auras.
Don't worry Izumi. I'm heading in now to do exactly that =P
Jonathan double moves into the tomb, provoking from Red.
Jonathan chuckles at Dart's story and says "you seem to have forgotten that I was there as well."
Given that they were entering a tomb, Jonathan drew his new blade and said "Sooner we get started, sooner we're back at the bar drinking."
Jonathan seems distracted, but answers the question "I was guarding caravans and ended up in the city and decided to take a break."
Jonathan sighed and then you can hear some stuff moving around and then he opens the door, wearing armor, shield, and weapon.
GM: Let's try this again:
GM: Jonathan will spend some time correcting people and explaining the group's actual name should be the Heroes of Sandpoint. [dice=Diplomacy]1d20+9
Jonathan demurred on the invitation to join in the ritual, saying "I thank you for the kind offer, and I would surely be the best looking date you ever had, but I do not feel comfortable being among those of faith. I would never say such a thing is wrong or others should not practice, but I....it is not for me to partake in such things." "Besides, I need to spend some time coming up with a better name than that which you have given us." Jonathan smiles and then says "besides, I have an errand to run." He looks around at the group and says "I will get us a meeting room at the Rusty Dragon this evening so that we can talk over recent events and plan our next steps. I hope to see you all there." With that, he takes his leave and heads into the city. GM: Jonathan returns to the Rusty Dragon and spends some time creating a small box out of paper, one that is big enough to hold the bracelet he would have tomorrow. It takes him several tries, but eventually he pulls it off. on the lid, he writes Kaijitsu Ameiko in Tianese characters and then hides the box in his room where it won't be found. By the time dinner rolls around, Jonathan makes his way downstairs sans his armor and weaponry and arranges a room for the group. Wanting to avoid attention, he opts to spend some time drinking alone while waiting for the others.
"We can talk after your meeting with the good father. I'll see if we can get a meeting room at the Rusty Dragon to discuss what we're going to do here."
"I've been turning down marriage proposals since I was 15, but it's the NUMBER of them that I a shocked by." Becoming serious for a moment, Jonathan says "I think that we need to have a conversation, and including the sherriff and perhaps the mayor would be a good idea." he nods at Dolgrin as he says the last part.
"Thank you Poppy. This is very nice."
"Not really. Like most young people, I rebelled against their 'boring life'. It was only in hindsight that I realized that maybe a bit of boring isn't so bad." he says with a smile and wink. "Thank you again for this. I realized yesterday that I was missing a weapon to protect myself with, and so here we are."
Jonathan looks to the man's wife when he starts making comments, then smiles sweetly when she jumps into the conversation, then nods to her when the man returns to his work. "Thank you sir. I'll be back tomorrow."
Seeing her reaction, Jonathan says "I was raised by merchants who run a small shop, and I know that every coin counts. Please let me pay you a fair amount, and accept my sincere appreciation." Jonathan then buckles on his blade, bowed formally to the woman, and then headed back out into the city. After walking for a bit, and extricating himself from any entanglements as gracefully as he can, he eventually saw Dolgrin, Izumi, and Dart talking and approached. "So, has anyone else had people start acting wierd to them as well?"
"It's a gift for a friend. I tried to get things that I thought she would like." Jonathan looked a little uncomfortable with the line of questioning, to be honest, mainly because he didn't want the jeweler to spill the beans to Ameiko before he had everything set up. "Also, I'm hardly a hero. I just acted to help people who needed it. Ayone would have done the same, and in fact several people DID do the same."
Jonathan shook his head and said "Please, madam, I know you worked very hard to make these and prepare these weapons. I could not in good conscience accept less than full price." Jonathan counted out the coins and set them on the table. He was less than thrilled about how light his coin purse felt, but it was heavy enough to see him through the near future, especially since he could count on at least free food for the next week or so. Speaking of the situation, he wondered how the others were doing and decided to see if he could gather them all together to see about striking back at the Goblin attackers and maybe finding out why they had attacked Sandpoint in the first place.
After breakfast, Jonathan made two stops: first, he went to check on the jeweler making his charm bracelet; he knew it wouldn't be ready yet, but he wanted to make sure that the craftsman was alright. His next stop was to a weaponsmith, where he purchased a blade; specifically one that he had trained with when he was a boy, before he was sent to study at the church of Desna; a hand-and-a-half sword, or in more uncivilized tongues, a bastard sword.
The next morning, Jonathan came downstairs and found a place at one of the tables and ordered breakfast. "Man, that was crazy yesterday." he said to anyone who was eating as well.
Jonathan nods at Dart's compliment, but he beams when Ameiko compliments the group. He returned to the rusty dragon and made his way to his room. A hero it is then. Jonathan thought, even as he couldn't stop smiling.
"You may just call me Jonathan. that is my name, after all."
"Ya, we're not going to be called that."
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