2. The First Delve

"Maybe we can sell these to one of the vendors..."

Hyde looks around the bazaar for anyone selling meat...

Your enquiries about who might be interested in buying two animal carcasses quickly establish that the "Rat Kebab Kafe" is your best bet. Despite its name, it seems the owners are not too fussy about the meat that goes into their products.

You are directed through the market’s eastern exit, past the Kopper Kettle, to a door that is just beyond the corner where the passage turns north. You can hear a clattering of crockery and squeaks coming from within.

Opening the door, you find a room in which rather too many crude tables and chairs are crammed into the available space. Eight kobold cooks and servers are looking after the clientele, which includes groups of orcs and hobgoblins. In one corner you can see five giant rats in cages waiting to be cooked.

The chef wanders over when he sees what you’re carrying and offers you ten copper pieces for the pair of ferrets.

Mapping information: the door to the Rat Kebab Kafe is in the eastern wall of the corridor that runs past the Kopper Kettle, immediately after the corner section where it turns north. The Kafe itself is 30’ x 20’. The only door you can see, the one that you enter through, is in the northern section of the western wall.

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Day 2, 3:40 pm
Fenwick, Elf 1: 5/5
Gabbro, Elf 1: 4/7
Jessica, Cleric 1: 5/5
Luther, Cleric 1: 5/5
Pickles, Halfling 1: 4/4
Ricard, Fighter 1: 5/7

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"There's sixty pounds of good, fresh meat between the two of 'em! We want a gold piece fer each one! You'll make ten times that fer as small as you make yer skewers!"

Ricard knows his ask is high but hopes that high out of the gate will negotiate to fair in the middle. His stance is assertive, but with room to budge...

Kobold chef’s reaction roll for Ricard’s haggling over the price for the ferret carcasses …

Gabbro nods approvingly: it's a good bet that the Rat Kebab Kafe is a high-end restaurant doing great business, given that they are keeping live rats for people to pick for their supper like lobsters in tanks.

Rat Kebab Kafe
The chef snorts at Ricard’s mention of gold. "I ain’t never seen a gold coin, let alone got a couple spare for these mangy specimens. I pay two copper apiece for the rats, so you’re already gettin' a good price. Though lookin’ at 'em, I think I might 'ave been a bit generous … there ain’t much meat on 'em, they’re all skin and bones. Let’s call it eight coppers."

He spits on his small scaly hand and proffers it to seal the deal.

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Day 2, 3:40 pm
Fenwick, Elf 1: 5/5
Gabbro, Elf 1: 4/7
Jessica, Cleric 1: 5/5
Luther, Cleric 1: 5/5
Pickles, Halfling 1: 4/4
Ricard, Fighter 1: 5/7

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"You're a very funny creature, it's not just the meat but the pelts as well, you know damn well you can get your money back on those alone! Two silver each, that's more than generous."

Rat Kebab Kafe
"Deal!" he barks happily, clasping Ricard’s hand with his own.

However, the four silver turns out to be 40 copper. "Ain’t got anything bigger," he apologises. A quick glance in his cashbox confirms this is the case.

Ricard - remember to add the 40 copper to your character sheet. A single inventory slot can hold 100 coins, regardless of denomination.

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Day 2, 3:40 pm
Fenwick, Elf 1: 5/5
Gabbro, Elf 1: 4/7
Jessica, Cleric 1: 5/5
Luther, Cleric 1: 5/5
Pickles, Halfling 1: 4/4
Ricard, Fighter 1: 5/7

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As the deal is done Pickles booms a smile at Ricard, "Nicely negotiated Ricard! I thought he had you on the ropes when mentioning skin and bones, but like a Halfling wrestler you showed nothing but heart to win the day." He slaps the Dwarf on the back before adding, "I have some space in my bag if you require."

"Thanks for handling that Ricard!" Fenwick says.

You can only see one door in and out of the Kafe, i.e. the one you came through. There are no other visible exits.

"Shall we go?" Jessica asks, clearly wanting to be out of the Kafe.

With the sale completed Pickles turns to leave, happy with their treasure collection. "Do you think there would be somewhere to exchange coins?" He asks of no one, before tapping the nearest interactive none member of the adventuring group on the shoulder and asking the same question with a charming smile.

Ricard splits up the meager haul between the six members of the party totalling 6cp each with the extra four suggested to go to the gnome.

"Aw, shoulda come back higher, he likely would have paid twice that. Shook me up with that eight-copper business har har!"

Good show Ricard, can't expect much down here I gues.

So, what next?

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Day 2, 3:40 pm
Fenwick, Elf 1: 5/5
Gabbro, Elf 1: 4/7
Jessica, Cleric 1: 5/5
Luther, Cleric 1: 5/5
Pickles, Halfling 1: 4/4
Ricard, Fighter 1: 5/7

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Pickles places his copper into his bag and shoulders the backpack. "More exploring it is." he says with some cheer.

"Yup. Do we still start with the gaps in our map..." Fenwick pauses, frowning at the unintentional rhyme. "Nearest the main stair?"