Journey to Lands Far Far Away (OOC)

No problem with that.
That seems unlikely, he does not seem to feel any guilt. This is his livelihood, and horses are worth hundreds of silver, and a simple wagon is similarly priced, a smart carriage would be very expensive.
Actually it would cost you less, any asking around would show you that Humphrey was ripping you off, inflating his prices and to 9 and then 10 silver for foder, and skimming off in inn bills he was handling. :)
Very possible. Though that might be a thing you need to get later. The addition of Ezme should help with the carrying too.
Agreed. We can maybe have you roll to see how well your 'sneaking in' went and that could dictate if you are leaving in an hurry right now, or if we will just jump to after you have made a decision.
That is precisely what he was suggesting. :)

Thanks for trying to hustle, everyone :) I am watching the threads like Lille watching for Ezmaray. Does Ezme have to go collect her tent from the woods or just drop off the bottle? Either way, that’s a place where it would be natural for Lille to catch sight of her and start following at a distance.

I hope everybody is OK with leaving Humphrey and his carriage and try to find a wheelbarrow along the way.
I would have tried to get something more out of it for us... but the man is a bastard.

so... an 8. since the intention was to hold back, I guess the holding back part is a partial succes? Roll for damage? Just want the guy to go down.

Figured it might be good for Albert to join the others. That'll make it easier to decide we're skipping town :P

Ezme is carrying her tent on her back, and she plans on giving Wankle their treat at sundown. That said, I have something else in mind that Ezme might briefly trek into the woods to fetch.

Sounds like the plan to me.
You are all together now, we can decide here what you ended up doing and skip to it.
If we are leaving him here we don't really care how much damage you did. We can assume a that single punch would not kill him, and the other details don't matter.

You managed the sneak roll masterfully, so the wife gives you a sympathetic smile and let's you pass without incident. You have a little time to get your stuff ready and leave.
As it turns out, your route out of here (though the group only has a rough idea of the direction they need to go) takes you near where the events happened last night, at about sundown, so you can detour slightly on your way out and leave your offering.

Lille can then catch sight of you (again?), with the adventuring party she was told to join, and start to follow.

Does that suit everyone? If so, you can jump to there.

Flashbacks aside, Lille had already assumed (or Jordash did?) that Ezme was an adventurer when she saw the foreign woman camping in the woods. Those glimpses were enough to establish Ezme as a "forest" person, which is all the recommendation Lille thinks she needs. Having a larger party along will both lend Ezme some legitimacy and give Lille the excuse to watch from a distance for the time being. Going to be an interesting time when she spots Ezme stashing blood in the woods and even more so if Lille finds Wankle following the group...

Ditto on what Gen said. Possibly with less Riker manspreading :P

Perfect!

Awesome. Does vagueGM normally set the scene during changes like this?

We don't need to RP it, but maybe you can tell me here, @Airshark -- How did Roald justify his actions? I ask because that could significantly influence Ezme's takeaway. ("That bastard Humphrey suggested that Ezme and I slept together!" vs. "Humphrey is a womanizer with ill intentions!" would lead her to two very different conclusions, for example.)

Lastly, I have a wedding to attend and will be vacationing in sunny California from Friday until early morning Tuesday. That will keep me pretty busy, but for QuietPanther's sake, I'll do my best to try to keep things moving so she can enter the story....

Roald was not planning on sharing Humphreys words. It would only cause for an awkward situation. 😉
Something like:
' I can not repeat what he said, it was insulting and repeating it would not make it better'

OK, so mental space: confused and curious. Gotcha. lol.

Usually, if you ask you get the choice to do it yourself.

Ok. I'm cool with our GM (or someone else) leading the charge. :)

I'm happy to wait for vague to send us to the next scene.
Have fun at the wedding! :)

Ezme may have to keep up the offerings so Wankle can keep following. We can see how that plays out.
It very much depends on the scene, in this case I did indicate that you could jump us there, but I am always happy to do the scene framing if you want to wait for me to be available.
Maybe say just that, so we can have it on the record. We can see you on the road as I set the next scene with Ezme and Roald getting their moment to talk after hasty preparations?
Have fun, thanks for letting us know. We will try to keep (get) things moving for our newbie. :)

Oops I forgot to post as Lille. I know you try not to go back and change things. Should I repost correctly and delete that one?

You can just change the name with the edit button

Whatever you do, DO NOT SCRATCH!

😁