Stark ignores the shouts and yelling, and makes his way hurredly toward the sounds of laughter coming from deeper within the glassworks.
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Stark rushes in and frantically tries to look for Ameiko in the room through the left door on the north side of this room.
"Where are the glassworks!?" He says in alarm. As soon as she informs them of where the glassworks are, Stark takes off in that direction, not waiting for Skora or anyone else who doesn't immediately leave.
Stark chuckles, "I'm going to laugh my ass off if, no, when we find out this wasn't an elf at all. You're so determined to think that it was an elf, even when we have absolutely no proof of it." He sighs and shakes his head.
Stark tries to hold back, but fails, and begins to laugh histerically, holding his stomach, and his eyes watering. He relents after a few seconds and wipes his eyes of tears. "Shalelu," he says, looking to the elf, "Which group was it that we encountered?"
Stark chuckles at Skora's response, "You're really that dense, aren't you?"
Stark quietly listens to Shalelu as everyone asks her their questions.
"Hopefully, it'll be some information as to who the real perpetrator of this villainy really is." He replies to Skora.
Stark eventually finds sleep through Skora's snoring..
"No, Skora. Just.. no. We've talked about this a hundred times already." Stark lets out an exasperated sigh.
"Honestly, Aldern, I'm no hunter. I realize that you're just trying to make me feel better, but I assure you, I'm fine. My companions are much better hunters than I, and I prefer it that way. We each have our skill that we're good at, hunting isn't mine." He smiles and chuckles slightly.
Stark, feeling out of place in the hunt, let's his artificial confidence be known with a smirk and the tracing of symbols as he steps forward and speaks, "Tselevye bolezn!
Ah! Good idea! I'll keep that in mind. I wonder if there's even a way to convince him that it was his idea the whole time. LOL =)
"Never said the guy had taste." Stark shrugs.
Oh, no! Please, don't misunderstand my post as being hostile in any way! LOL. It was meant as more of a "matter of fact" than outright confrontational. I tend to come off as adversarial when I don't intend to be sometimes, so I apologize for that. With that said, I love how you're playing your character, I really do. I just wanted to inform you that his current "direction" is at odds with Stark's current "direction". Does that make sense? Stark wants to use the goblins to benefit, whereas Skora wants to just kill them all. Stark really doesn't want him to do that, as he feels using the goblins to weed out this bad character is the best course of action. Sure, he may have threatened their lives, even their souls, but he gave them an option to basically try to become "better people". Skora, to Stark, threatens their primary information source, as well as threatens the lives of "people" that could very well have a second chance to "turn a new leaf". Again, I apologize for the confrontational language. I just like to make sure things are communicated, and cut through the nonsense. =) Game on!
"Thanks, Aldern. It's much appreciated. I'll be sure to repay you as well." He reluctantly accepts. Stark looks to Skora, "Nothing wrong with it at all. No different than keeping a boars head mounted on your wall. Some people take up hunting a variety of species." He flashes a half-smile before turning to focus on the hunt.
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up. Especially the GM and Skora. With the attitude and direction Skora is going, at least one confrontation, possibly even PvP, seems inevitable. I don't know if it's intentional, but I wanted to at least mention it before it happened.
"Thank you, Durvin. That is correct. I had the worm eater go back to his dwelling to get his buddies to flush out the person responsible for this whole mess. It'll take a day or two, I assume, for him to gather his buddies and go hunting this villain we're after. I don't rightly know where this person is, but I highly doubt he'd be dumb enough to stick with the goblins in their own dwelling, where people could easily follow the grub slurping monsters." Stark pats Durvin's back in thanks. "So, let's stop talking about the goblins and this mysterious person, and go hunt some boar." He says as he looks to Skora.
Stark looks at Skora with disbelief and confusion, "Are you mad? Firstly, what elf? We don't know that the person responsible is an elf, only that he's tall, like any human, half-elf, or elf compared to a goblin. Secondly, why in the nine hells would they actually still be at the goblin lair? They're probably hiding amongst the citizens of this town. Which is why we had the little green bastard freed in the first place, so he could lead us straight to the person responsible, not their own lair." He takes a breath. "Do you realize, that if we wipe the goblins out, we just helped tie up any loose ends the person had? We'd be nothing more than accomplices to whatever he might be scheming."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Skora!" He says as he follows Skora around, "Were you not there when the plan was made apparent? I know you want to go headlong into battle. But, wouldn't you think that going after the person responsible for setting the goblins loose on this town would be a slightly higher priority than felling a few measly melon headed freaks?"
I thought that's why we were RPing... >.> Currently, I'm eating breakfast, hitting on Ameiko, and advertising to the townsfolk on behalf of Ameiko.. Later, I plan on going out to ask if there's any artifacts, trinkets, or things that people need recovered from ruins, lost sites, or abandon buildings..
"Thanks, Ameiko. Your food is absolutely delicious." Stark looks to the people thanking the "Heroes", and says "Don't thank us, thank our great host, Ameiko. She's been more than gracious. Sit and enjoy yourselves, buy a meal, the food is great." He winks at Ameiko and smiles.
"Please! Skora, spare this lovely lady the gorey details. I'm sure she doesn't want to know the specifics of what we.. Oh, nevermind that." He looks to Ameiko, "If there's anything you need of us, please, just ask." He finishes his offer with a smile.
"We appreciate your hospitality. It's the least we could do for the fine folk of Sandpoint. Despite it's brevity, the festival was great, and the food is delicious. So, ale for everyone?" He looks around to his companions sitting with him. As he pats Skora on the back, "Might want to get him something stronger, if you have any, and you don't mind, of course." He looks to Ameiko directly, with a smile on his face, "Such a lovely name for a beautiful face. I'm Stark. I hope you don't mind our presence too much, and we'll try not to eat everything in sight." He chuckles.
"Not before it can point out who's behind this, hopefully. Seriously Skora, right now, it's our best bet at finding the culprit right now." He takes a drink of water, and finishes some more food.
"Calm down, calm down. Everything will be fine. That melon headed monster, as you so eloquently put it, will lead us straight to the person responsible. And if not, we'll take care of it. He knows this, values his life dearly, and is too terrified of me to risk doing anything but what I said." Stark takes a deep breath, "Besides, I didn't lie to him about what would happen. If he doesn't lead us to him, he dies. If he leads us to someone else, that isn't him, he dies. If he harms anyone except the person we're looking for, he dies. If he flees before leading us to him, he dies. I figured that, at least, should make you happy."
"No, I do not. That's not my.." with a pause, he ponders the correct word in this case, "area of expertise."
Stark whispers back to Durvin, "That's not a bad idea. But, please, I request that you not do anything to him unless he's harmed anyone else."
Am I the only one still here? =(
The anger in Starks face is plainly visible. He looks to the goblin, "Did the longshank tell you what to do after you attacked the town?"
"The former is not my problem. As for the latter.." He looks to the goblin, "Did you hear that? How will we know if you succeeded? You will bring me the head of this longshank that told you to attack this place. If I find out it's anyone elses head, just remember what I told you in the cell..." He glares intently at the goblin at that last statement.
LOL. Nice, Hawkeye! I wonder what the others will have to say ;)
"Let's just say he's a lot more fearful of what I could do to him." He wispers a reply.
"Not exactly. See, greenie here is going to rally his buddies and find the person responsible for this whole mess for us. Then he's going to take care of him and go back to his home. And if he listened, he'll never be a problem again." He looks to the goblin, "Isn't that right?"
"Thanks, Hawkeye." He smiles to his companion, as he allows the goblin to follow behind him. "Here's what's going to happen. Our little friend here has a very special mission. We're going to let him. Until he has finished what I have set for him, I don't want him harmed. Understood?" He looks to his allies.
"I will tell my allies about our deal. I'll convince them not to harm you. Just remember what I told you." He glares at the goblin, pointing to him with his red claw. He knocks on the door, and shouts to his companions "Open the door. We need to talk."
"Good. Listen carefully, your life depends on it.." Stark then proceeds to explain to him as carefully as possible, so that the goblin couldn't misinterpret his words, that he wishes for the goblin to rally his goblin brothers and sisters, and find this 'longshank' that told them to attack the city. When they find him, kill him. "If anyone except that specific 'longshank' comes to harm, ever, I will use all my powers to hunt you down and rip your soul from your body myself. Are we understood? Do you know what to do?"
"Tell me, would you like a chance at redemption? To earn your freedom?" He says with a glaring smile.
"Then you're going to tell me everything I want to know. Starting with why you decided to attack this city. Who ordered you to attack? What did he look like? Do you know why he told you to attack? And why did you agree to it?" He pauses a second, and points at the goblin with a single red claw, "And don't lie. I don't like being lied to. You have no idea what kind of power I hold with these words." He glances to the tatoos displayed on his arms, then looks back to the goblin.
"I'll see what I can get out of him, Durvin." He flashes a smile at the halfling before closing the door behind everyone. Once the door is shut, he looks to the goblin, with his claw on his chin as if he's thinking to himself. "Do you wish to keep your soul, my green friend?" Looking intently at him with a vile glare, and smirk on his face.
Stark waits till he has the cell to himself, patiently, while looking to the goblin with a grin.
So you know: I'm going with the flow on this one. I'm kind of excited now! GM:
I typically start with my alignment as Neutral because I'm unsure how my character will develop, and which alignment I'll gravitate toward as the game unfolds. Feel free to let me know which direction I may be traveling toward, and what'll be done if that's the end result. =) I love communication ;) lmao
"Skora!" Stark shouts, "Stop acting like I'm not here. Act like a civilized individual already. Get your act together!" He points to the door with what now appears to be a red scaly claw, "Everyone out! I want to talk to this one alone." He says with an odd look of maliciousness.
=) Game on!
Stark is startled at the goblin's sudden outburst, but takes a slight malicious curiosity in what it said. "See. We are longshanks." He smirks as he turns to the group. "Do you want more answers from this goblin?"
"Psst!" Stark says to the group. "I think he's calling us longshanks. Not telling us a name." Stark fully enters the room at this point, and looks at the goblin.
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