Chapter 1: The Enemy in Shadows

Spotting the inn, Bee slipped from the mule, giving the creature a pat on the nose. As much as she enjoyed catching up with her cousin, Bo was going the wrong way, and she knew that he'd travel all the way to Altdorf even if it was the wrong way. Besides a hot meal and more comfortable seats was worth spending a few coins.

After a few more minutes of hugs and promises to write, Bee made her way inside the place, taking down her hood and enjoying the warmth of the place. As she did her Watch eyes scanned the room looking for any potential problems, not that she was currently on duty, not after what she did to her previous Captain's fancy boots. That done, she made her way to the bar and climbed up onto one of the bar stools.

"A beer and something warming, please!" food first, then she'd find out about coaches to the big city.

Last edited June 17, 2025 8:41 pm

Jun 17, 2025 3:44 pm

"Had a difficult time coming here?" asks Artur to yet another newcomer, astonished to see so many people coming on foot in this particular coaching inn. "Fate seems to be in motion today..." he thinks to himself.

OOC:

Deducted 15 pennies for one bowl of rabbit stew and a pint of ale.

Jun 17, 2025 4:02 pm

TiffanyKorta says:

Spotting the inn, Bee slipped from the mule, giving the creature a pat on the nose. As much as she enjoyed catching up with her cousin, Bo was going the wrong way, and she knew that he'd travel all the way to Altdorf even if it was the wrong way. Besides a hot meal and more comfortable seats was worth spending a few coins.

After a few more minutes of hugs and promises to write, Bee made her way inside the place, taking down her hood and enjoying the warmth of the place. As she did her Watch eyes scanned the room looking for any potential problems, not that she was currently on duty, not after what she did to her previous Captain's fancy boots. That done, she made her way to the bar and climbed up onto one of the bar stools.

"A beer and something warming, please!" food first, then she'd find out about coaches to the big city.

OOC:

Can't post with that character until approved, I'll change to Bee once that's done.

OOC:

Whoops! Thanks for reminding me! Done!

Beatrice "Bee" Rumster

TiffanyKorta

Jun 18, 2025 6:56 am

Bee smiled at the human, no need to be rude after all

"'cept for the bleedin' nasty weather not ta bad..." she poured on a Moot accent, even though she'd not been back since her granmama hundred and eleventh

"Cousin gave me a lift by mule, not the most comfortable. 'cept he's going west and I need to be goin' ta Altdorg."

Jun 18, 2025 12:26 pm

"You are going to Altforf? I seems to be the case of all of us, then. I guess your best bet is to talk to these coachmen." he points at the drunk drivers. "At this stage, they should pretty much accept anyone at any price..." He grins, then takes a small sip from his mug.

Jun 18, 2025 2:20 pm

The coachmen are both more or less at the vomiting drunk stage at this point…. Their songs are now little more than silly humming as they struggle to find any more coin to pay for any more drinking money.

Ralf Reuter

Stalker05

Jun 18, 2025 3:35 pm

Ralf eyed the halfling woman and said, "Looks like we all need to go to Altdorf but I hope the previous carriage has been fixed by now. It got broken down in the middle of the road and I had to come back here on foot. Hopefully they have fixed their axle and started moving or else we will potentially get a road block."

Jun 19, 2025 11:56 am

"We will have to check on that in the morning, I guess!" answers Artur, even though the remark wasn't necessarily addressed to him.

Artur then starts helping organize the room for the night, seeing the that night has come and everybody obviously needed to rest before the expected endeavors of the next day.

Jun 19, 2025 12:17 pm

OOC:

Anyone wishing to pay the coachmen to get to Altdorf, or to pay for a private room, now is the time. The innkeeper had graciously said that you can sleep in the common area for free, and grunge that he never shuts up, he has likely lost track of how many people are actually here. If everyone is prepared, those who are sleeping in the common area can roll me an Average (+20) Endurance test as you have to sleep in awkward positions in chairs, or on the comfiest bit of floor you can find.

Ralf Reuter

Stalker05

Jun 19, 2025 5:07 pm

Ralf had slept in worse condition when travelling through the river ways. A place like the common room of the inn would fare much better. He placed his head on his arms on the table and tried to get some sleep before morning.

OOC:

Endurance - 45 + 20 = 65. So barely made it.

Last edited June 19, 2025 5:08 pm

Rolls

Endurance (+20) - (d100)

(64) = 64

Agnes Cooperstreet

Ysolde

Jun 20, 2025 1:24 pm

Could she endure sleeping on the floor? Apparently living in the comforts of the wizard's college had made her soft because this place was just the worst. Then again maybe if people sleeping down here wouldn't mumble about burning witches and the like she wouldn't need to keep one eye open?

Whatever the true case was Agnes was much the worse for wear in the morning.

Last edited June 20, 2025 1:28 pm

Rolls

Endurance - (d100+20)

(100) + 20 = 120

Jun 20, 2025 1:28 pm

Ysolde says:

Could she endure sleeping on the floor?

OOC:

Yikes! In the morning, you will suffer a Fatigued condition until you rest for at least an hour

Beatrice "Bee" Rumster

TiffanyKorta

Jun 21, 2025 12:44 am

Bee would have liked to have more funds aside, but as she'd quit her last job in a rush, she had to watch the coins until she got to the next big score.

But human furniture was all wrong, and she couldn't get comfortable; it was going to be a long, miserable night until she got on the road again.

Last edited June 21, 2025 12:50 am

Rolls

Endurance (32) - (1d100+20)

(79) + 20 = 99

Grotnar Blackbound

EvCroft

Jun 21, 2025 1:28 pm

Grotnar coughs up the funds to pay for his ride, noting that his pouch is starting to feel light with a sigh. He and money never stay close long. He'll find an available chair with the others and try to sleep off the ale fog he feels.

Rolls

Endurance (40)+20 - (d100+20)

(79) + 20 = 99

Jun 21, 2025 4:31 pm

Having chosen a chair and table near a wall, Artur uses his bag as a pillow to try and catch some sleep, hoping for the best but expecting nonetheless the night to be rough...

OOC:

Aren't we supposed to add 20 to our Endurance skill rather than the dice roll?

Rolls

Endurance roll (vs 38+20=58) - (1d100)

(84) = 84

Jun 21, 2025 4:33 pm

kwll says:

Having chosen a chair and table near a wall, Artur uses his bag as a pillow to try and catch some sleep, hoping for the best but expecting nonetheless the night to be rough...

OOC:

Aren't we supposed to add 20 to our Endurance skill rather than the dice roll?

OOC:

Yes you are

Jun 23, 2025 1:32 pm

The morning dawned, though the rain outside was still coming down in soft droplets, the sky dark enough to make one think it was still night. The noblewoman from the night before was giving curt, short commands to her servant to load the coach up with bags x after box of hats, as her bodyguard looked on, amused to be seeing the young lady bullied. The Bretonnian card player greeted you all with a smile as he drank beer and ate a breakfast of buttered bread crusts, shuffling his cards in an obvious display of showmanship. The young student was yawning softly, his pudding bowl haircut disheveled as he tried reading his book on leeches.

Only the two coachmen were conspicuously absent, though the sound of vomiting soon alerted you to their presence.

The innkeeper, affable as always clapped you one after the other on the shoulder, with a bellowed good morning.

"Mornin’, friends! Can I get anyone a beer? Maybe some gruel? Not much, but you’ll not have a shot at a proper meal for a few more hours, I’m afraid!"

Ralf Reuter

Stalker05

Jun 23, 2025 2:12 pm

Ralf greeted the innkeeper and said, "Morning! Lets have some gruel and eggs before I set out. How much will that be?" He eyed the noble lady's entourage and kept a note of their activity, trying to locate the coachmen who were absent. However the sound of vomiting signaled their presence though he doubted about their ability to drive the carriage in this condition.

Jun 23, 2025 2:56 pm