The Two Barons (RP)

- Albert -

It is not at all hard to locate your as-to-now-unidentified guard. There are raised voice from the scullery, a man --your guard you think-- and a woman shouting at each other angrily. You get snatches of the 'conversation' as you approach, and it boils down to: "How dare you Gerard..." (she pronounces the name such that it really does sound like 'Guard', so maybe you would have had more success than you thought?) "... attack our house and then demand answers...".

It does not sound like he has had any luck reconnecting with his extended family, and that is not likely to be an avenue towards answers.

"I really want to know who they are looking for, and why." Theo says determinedly. "There is something going on, and they keep looking at me like they expect me to know something."

"It's obviously a captured princess." Phil declares exasperatedly with only his head is visible, hanging out of the ceiling hatch. He has to scrabble to catch his leather hat/helmet as it almost slips from his upside-down head. Doing so, he almost falls, striking his shoulder on the edge of the hole and whimpering in pain.

Theo accepts a lowered Phil and then helps Norbert get down.

You all can still hear Olaf's shouting over by the --now open-- front gate. It does not sound like he is happy with the way things are going.

What do you do?

- Albert -

"GAH!" You hear Olaf bellow as he throws his hands up in the air in exasperation and storms off down the road. The nearby resistance members look at each other and shrug --as if to say "well, that's Olaf for you"-- and then start to break off into groups and wander away as well now that the excitement is over.

Pretty soon you might find yourselves alone in a house whose gate you broke down and attacked.

What do you do?

"Um... I really don't think he has anything to do with this." Theo answers Roald hesitantly. "It just does not fit. Not that anything here makes sense."

You get the impression he does not want to go home right now, that he does not want the adventure to be over yet. Phil does not say anything but you get the impression he also does not want to go back to town, and he steps closer to Norbert --ready to follow whatever he says-- though still hovering between Theo and the shepherd. Theo's guards seem to have forgotten why they are here and wandered off with their resistance friends.

Daryl looks exhausted and drained, but he also looks disappointed that there was not more to this adventure.

- Norbert -

If you check you will see Olaf storming off on his own. Are there any members of the resistance that you think are worth talking to before they disperse? Maybe his brother can help explain what on earth Olaf was trying to do?

As you get to the yard you see Christian finishing up a conversation with Wes and Will ("So you're just going to steal the baron's booze and then get drunk in his backyard!?" to their reply of: "Baron's no here, is he."), giving up on them, and hurrying out the back gate to catch up with the last few farmers.

Wes and Will look talkative. Norbert knows that Christian can be a bit tight lipped unless approached right.

• Who do you talk to, and what do you ask?

- Roald -

Christian looks surprised and confused as you run up to him, it takes him a moment to remember who you are. It helps that Theo has rushed to follow you --he wants to know what Christian meant when he mentioned 'an inside man', but still does not want to give away that he does not know that he is not that man.

Christian slows to allow the other farmers to get a ways ahead before you catch up. "I do have to apologise for my brother. It was rude to just storm off like that." He says, glossing over the fact that he, himself, forgot about you guys and left without talking to you. "He does that when things don't go his way." He says as the extent of his apology.

"I guess his information was wrong this time?" He explains. "Usually his informant is reliable. But this was a bit rushed between last night and now, so things might have changed. Sorry." Again, this last word seems to be addressed to Theo, as though he had a personal stake in all this. "If we can get new information we will do our best, yeah. Anything for 'our man in the mayors house'," he says 'house' as though that word has gained a more literal meaning now. "And maybe we can gain the mayor's favour too, after this, yeah?"

- Roald -

"'Unfortunate'?"" Christian asks. "I don't know. It went a lot better than I expected. But I suppose it helped that the baron was not there. I do wish Olaf would have told us... assuming he knew and that was part of the plan?"

The resistance still seem to think you guys were involved in the planning of this and know more than they do.

"It was a pretty good plan. Distracting at the front and then coming in the back." He says in a way that sounds like he is complementing you. "I will remember that for next time."

"There are usually a few more guards. I assume Childebert took half of them with him, wherever he went." Christian turns again to Theo. "I guess he took her away, too. I am not sure what we can do about that. But you let us know if there is anything else we can do for you."