Sep 11, 2017 9:13 am
Poe turns to Hunter, "Perhaps if any of the duergar survived..."
Chapter 6: Mantol-Derith
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Sep 11, 2017 12:57 pm
Sarith nods and moves forward, expertly tying rope around their wrists and ankles. With a satisfied nod, he draws his rapier and pokes one of the duergar in the face until a tiny bit of blood is drawn. The duergar startles awake and tries to move away, but isn't able to.
Sarith turns to those inside the enclave, "Hey! Got one of them awake if you want to ask him something."
Sarith turns to those inside the enclave, "Hey! Got one of them awake if you want to ask him something."
Sep 11, 2017 4:41 pm
Hunter nods to Melpomene, pausing as she hears Sarith's call. "Perhaps it is time to visit this Krimgol and listen to his side of the story. At the very least, we can return his compatriot as a gesture of good faith."
The sorcerer turns to Gabble. "Well, for now your door is safe," she says. "Of course, if you come across anything that might be of interest to us, do let us know. For now, good... um... er..."
Hunter looks to Melpomene and hisses, "What do you say when you leave? Does 'Good day' have any meaning down here? Do I say 'Good night?'"
The sorcerer turns to Gabble. "Well, for now your door is safe," she says. "Of course, if you come across anything that might be of interest to us, do let us know. For now, good... um... er..."
Hunter looks to Melpomene and hisses, "What do you say when you leave? Does 'Good day' have any meaning down here? Do I say 'Good night?'"
Sep 11, 2017 11:40 pm
Poe whispers back, "Stick with 'goodbye'. Universal, unoffensive. Unless they're antitheists, with a really good knowledge of etymology."
Sep 11, 2017 11:50 pm
"For now, goodbye," Hunter recovers from her aside, oblivious to whether or not it was noticed. She nods to Melpomene and takes her leave of Gabble to rejoin the others outside.
Sep 12, 2017 7:31 am
"Well?" Mai'ngor remarks as Hunter and Poe emerge. "It sounds like we've taken on a brand new diplomatic mission."
Sep 12, 2017 3:34 pm
"For now," quantifies Hunter. "I doubt we'll get what we want if the whole place becomes a war zone. Which one is the live one?"
She steps past one of the duergar bodies and calls out to their Zhentarim escort. "And where's Du Loc?"
She steps past one of the duergar bodies and calls out to their Zhentarim escort. "And where's Du Loc?"
Sep 12, 2017 5:04 pm
Savy turns and points across the bridges, toward the Southwestern corner of the cavern, "Over there is our enclave, I can take you. Do you want to leave anyone here as guards? Our guys won't let a non-Zhent in, anyway. Aside from your little group, that is."
Sep 12, 2017 5:12 pm
Hunter continues talking to Savy, while jerking a thumb back at the gnome building. "I've half a mind to let these two fight it out, but in your opinion will their little business dispute interfere with our plans?"
Sep 12, 2017 5:14 pm
"I can't imagine it will hurt our goal here, no. It will be bad for Mantol-Derith as a whole though, and if we DO get the chance to fix it up, it would probably be a good idea to do so."
Sep 12, 2017 5:19 pm
"All right," Hunter nods, half with resignation and the realization that they may have to fix things. She turns to the duergar bodies and asks, "Is he awake?"
Sep 12, 2017 5:22 pm
Sarith nods in the affirmative, "Sure is," he says, still holding his rapier to the duergar's throat.
Sep 12, 2017 5:50 pm
"Wonderful," Hunter mutters, waving Poe over and moving to crouch before the dwarf.
Leaning upon her staff with two hands for support, she purrs with a half-smile, "Darling. I think it's terrible we had to meet like this. I was looking forward to a pleasant evening of honorable trade in this faraway outpost, and certainly did not expect to find mindless slaughter and bloodshed. Why don't we start over, have a calm, reasonable conversation, and we can go about our business without staining our hands? Hm?"
Leaning upon her staff with two hands for support, she purrs with a half-smile, "Darling. I think it's terrible we had to meet like this. I was looking forward to a pleasant evening of honorable trade in this faraway outpost, and certainly did not expect to find mindless slaughter and bloodshed. Why don't we start over, have a calm, reasonable conversation, and we can go about our business without staining our hands? Hm?"
Sep 12, 2017 7:12 pm
Mai'ngor stands over Hunter and glares silently at the duergar with Sinag at full blaze.
Sep 12, 2017 7:29 pm
The duergar clears his throat and tries to sit up, but Sarith presses his sword closer and he settles back, "Uh, I suppose it couldn't hurt nothin'" he says, trying to feign nonchalance.
Sep 12, 2017 7:51 pm
"Good!" Hunter claps, smiling wider. "Now, we have a few questions, and we'd love it if you could be as truthful as you can. So let's start with Krimgol. Where is he?"
Sep 13, 2017 12:32 pm
"Krimgol is back at our base," the duergar replies, pointing toward the Southeast, past the market stalls you went by on your way here.
Sep 13, 2017 3:51 pm
OOC:
In the interest of brevity, I will list the questions Hunter would ask. If anyone has other questions, please add them!Follow-up questions to the duergar's responses pending.
"Where is Yantha?"
"What do you know of their transaction? Who else was witness to it?"
"What does Krimgol do? His occupation, or position?"
"What does this gem look like?"
Sep 14, 2017 8:40 am
Poe remains silent, but watches carefully for signs that the man is lying or hiding something.
Rolls
Insight - (1d20+4)
(10) + 4 = 14
Sep 14, 2017 5:08 pm
OOC:
In order:"Yantha? She's at our base."
"Yantha was supposed to tell Krimgol more about it, but ended up stealin' it!"
Krimgol's one o' our best merchants. Sells alcohol, mostly."
"Gem is black and big as me fist! Gotta be worth ten thousand gold!"
Melpo doesn't think that the duergar seems to be lying, concerned about his life as he is right now.
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