Although he is focused on Verik, Arius still hears the guard's attempt at escape.
"My pardons." He rushes after the guard, dropping his wand and pulling out his bag of spell components as he runs.
Branahm tries to trip the guard as he runs, but only manages to knock himself off balance.
Keth will break into a run after the guard.....
The Wolf chases the guard, lowers its shoulder, and bowls into the back of his knees.
The Wolf chases the guard, lowers its shoulder, and bowls into the back of his knees.
Arius checks his run. Staring at the guard, he mutters a few words in a monotonic voice.
Keth pauses to put his Battleaxe up as he picks up his thrown spear...and goes to stand over the fallen guard. "Now be a nice guard, and keep yourself alive by just laying still."
then to Verik whose surrendered he says "anyone still upstairs?"
Verik shakes his head I don't let anyone else up to my office during the work day
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Elizabeth turns to Anju. "Take him down to Keth and tell him and Branham to watch them. Your wolf can stay with them too. You go and check that room down there," she points down the hall beside the stairs. "Arius you and I are going to check out Mr Vencarik's Office."
She swivels around to catch Vencarik before he is led off. "There wouldn't be any little traps up there waiting for us now would there, because if I find any after you've said no then I won't be very happy." She runs a finger softly down his cheek, "and you don't want me to get angry now do you." She gives him a cruel smile.
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Verik grunts and shakes his head
Anju:
meat hooks affixed to the walls and ceiling on metal rods. To the north is a low blood-stained table and two barrels of salt, while to the south, a pair of double doors stands. An iron bar extends through a narrow hole at the top of the doors; the bar runs along the ceiling for five feet before ending at a vertical pole running floor to ceiling. There are a few cuts of meat here, as the butchers were refilling it for tomorrow's lot. The Majority have the general shape and look of beef or pork, which is consistent with the pig the two were cutting up as you arrived.
Arius and Liz:
After Keth cows the remaining guard, Arius walks back to Liz and Verik, retrieving his wand as he goes. He stays alert for another ambush--or a trap--and keeps the wand out as he walks up the stairs with her.
"We should be back very soon."
Liz and Cap:
Arius turns to his companion. "I've had enough guardsmen-shaped surprises for today. Perhaps we could check the door first, and then examine the rooms more closely?"
Branahm nods in response, then returns to helping restrain the captives. Once all are securely bound, he invokes the power of Torag to heal his companions' wounds.
Keth nods at the healer..."Got a scratch, check the others first."
"Right. Anju, let me take a look at you and Tikaani."
When his companions are ready, he channels the power of Torag to heal them--and the captives.
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The air in this room is stale, stinking of salted meat and blood.Straw litters the floor, scattered to catch what drips from the meat hooks affixed to the walls and ceiling on metal rods. To the north is a low blood-stained table and two barrels of salt, while to the south, a pair of double doors stands. An iron bar extends through a narrow hole at the top of the doors; the bar runs along the ceiling for five feet before ending at a vertical pole running floor to ceiling. There are a few cuts of meat here, as the butchers were refilling it for tomorrow's lot. The Majority have the general shape and look of beef or pork, which is consistent with the pig the two were cutting up as you arrived.
Anju looks at the construction of the door and (what I assume is a pulley). She pulls on the pole that extends to the ground to see if it will open the double doors.
Anju:
Arius and Liz:
several blankets and pillows. A table and three chairs sit to the west; several papers lie strewn over the table’s surface and a chamberpot sits under it. One of the papers is pinned to the tabletop by an exquisite silver dagger.
Keth:
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The Bar is just that - a bar - It appears that the double doors open to the room you just battled in and the bar is an extension of the own running thought that room (see the map) Looking at the meat around you, you notice that the hooks they are hanging from all have large eye holes, which would fit on the bar, allowing the meat to be pushed in here for storage overnight. As you are looking at this, you notice that some of this meat does not appear to be from normal livestock.
Anju looks around the room curiously. As she does this she gets a feeling that something is out of place here. She takes a closer look at the meat using her knowledge of the qualities of meat from various hunts the men in her village would return with.
Cap and Liz:
Arius makes a beeline for the papers. "Perhaps these have something of interest."
Branahm keeps his eye on the captives to make sure that they don't try anything.
"Once my companions have finished looking over your shop, we will continue our discussion from earlier."
standing guard, Keth's eyes glance at Verik's spear propped against the stairs and he looks at Verik walking over and transferring his spear to his shield hand, he hefts the spear and looks back at Verik. Moving back towards the room where the butchering was going on, he puts Veriks spear out of reach and in a corner away from temptation
[occ] realizing this might be 'treasure' Keth wouldnt just take it unless it wasn't Verik's any longer. *shrugs* if he was dead itd be a whole 'nuther story ;) [/ooc]
Keth:
Arius:
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you can't figure out what type of animal the meat is from
Anju takes a small (camping)knife out of her pack and cuts off a piece of the meat. She beckons Tikaani over and has him sniff at it. "If even you can't tell what this is I wonder what the others will think" she says to the wolf. She thinks about stories she heard when she was little about monsters that would kill their victims and assume their bodies.
Keth makes a slight growl deep in his thoat as he thought. "Verik, I hope the Queen goes light on you and you are allowed to return to the guard. You are an asset, even though misguided into thinking fighting against her authority would benefit the common folk."
After Arius and Liz finish the search, Arius collects the scattered notes. "These may be useful to us--or the Guard--later. The dagger might be valuable too." Arius picks it up (if Liz does not).
"Ready to go down?" Arius begins to walk toward the stairs.
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After Arius and Liz finish the search, Arius collects the scattered notes. "These may be useful to us--or the Guard--later. The dagger might be valuable too." Arius picks it up (if Liz does not).
"Ready to go down?" Arius begins to walk toward the stairs.
Elizabeth enters the room ahead of Arius and immediately spots the glint of the Dagger on the desk. She picks it up and attempts to twirl it around her hand, but her eagerness at examining it makes her attempt clumsy at best, so she sighs and contents herself with examining it, leaving Arius to look through the papers.
Acrobatics Check. (1d20+4=8)
Appraise Check. (1d20+6=13)
Once she looks it over, she searches the rest of the room with Arius' help and then follows him back out of the room and back down the stairs, still holding the Dagger.
Perception Check. (1d20+6=24)
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Once back with the others downstairs, Elizabeth casts Detect Magic on the Dagger. And then offers it to one of the Fighters (or Arius if none of them claim it), explaining that Caress is all she needs for her protection.
She then walks over to Branham and asks if he has any healing magic available as the bastard Verik hit her a number of times with his arrows.
Once back with the others downstairs, Elizabeth casts Detect Magic on the Dagger. And then offers it to one of the Fighters (or Arius if none of them claim it), explaining that Caress is all she needs for her protection.
Liz's detect magic defiantly shows the Dagger as magic, but she cannot identify any specific auras on it.
Branahm looks at his brother with a combination of amusement and annoyance.
"I appreciate fine craftsmanship in a weapon as much as anyone, but don't we have more important things to do right now?"
"Ah... Verik. Right."
He walks over to their captive.
1d20+7=15
anju:
"So, Verik, to continue our interrupted conversation, I reviewed your ledger. Feeding the hungry is a worthy goal, but I'm wondering where you are getting the money to subsidize your charity."
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"So, Verik, to continue our interrupted conversation, I reviewed your ledger. Feeding the hungry is a worthy goal, but I'm wondering where you are getting the money to subsidize your charity."
Verik looks directly back at you and replies I found some backers who share my interest in keeping the people of our city alive during this crisis. Not all of us are care-less Otyugh whelps like the queen
Arius notices that spittle is flying from Verik's mouth. He takes a step away.
"Well, that's most generous of them. Why should they choose to go through an intermediary and not take the credit for their good deeds?"
"You still have a few scratches, but I'll take care of them when we're done."
"Well, that's most generous of them. Why should they choose to go through an intermediary and not take the credit for their good deeds?"
"Some people don't need recognition to fight the good fight, ever think of that? Or how the enemies of these powerful people might take it out on the people that they are helping? hmmm?"
Keth had been standing guard while the others searched. When Verik barked the first time, he bit his toungue...but he had a low tolerance for sarcasm. "Look you. Shut your Tongue Trap. Be polite or Ill gut you where you stand and take the dead body back instead of the live one. Answer His question. Who is your backer!."
Keth takes a step in...Hes not trying to intimidate him. Hes honestly getting heated.