Dinner at the Leaky Mug
Subject Dinner at the Leaky Mug
Even though he is still feeling a bit out of sorts Salix, now being called Sam, insists on joining the other down in the common room for dinner. The four take off their armor and put the larger weapons in the trunks with the armor. They each keep a knife, except for Salix who takes his sling and the pouch of bullets with him. Ally puts his Ioun stone in a pouch inside his robes and tells Sysyphys to stay in the room but to keep hidden. He would bring the snake back something to eat if it did not catch anything in the room while they were gone.
When they get to the common room they are able to find a table for 6 that is empty. Taking up seats around the table Mund signals to a serving girl and she heads over to take their order. She cowers a bit as she tells them what is on the menu "We have roast venison, vegetable stew, fresh bread, cheese and several types of beer and ales. Harder drink can be gotten at the bar." The four place orders and several minutes later the girl is back with their food. The food is plentiful, if not tasty. They have all had worse but the kitchens of Gorn lay a good table and this is not even close.
As they eat in silence they listen to the conversation of the crowd around them. At this time of night the crowd is fairly restrained, especially by Mund's standards. There is only the occasional drunken outburst or squeal of a serving girl getting her ass pinched. Ran makes note of the layout of this main room and building, noting where the doors are and the windows as well as the stairs. It seems that the gambling, drugging and whoring are done upstairs and the drinking and eating are done downstairs. Several times the party is approached to see if they are interested in buying some sort of drug or a girl or a boy for the night. Polite no's are given, even when free samples are offered.
Salix and Ran have the hardest time of the four. Salix has never spent much time with crowds and Ranthir has spent many years with the elves. While the elves can be festive, they are nothing like this. Their parties are musical and full of life. This crowd seems rude, loud and obnoxious. After a couple of hours Ally sees Salix's discomfort. "Sam, lets get you back to the room and get you some rest. I need my sleep as well. Ranthir, do you want to stay here with Mund and keep an eye out for the others or are you going to call it a night?"
OODM: These four can roll play this if they want.
From: Derek
Subject Dinner at the Leaky Mug
Allistair continues. "You might even check out some of the other taverns in this area if you have time. They won't necessarily come to this tavern, and a half-orc , an elf, a halfling and a dwarf together should be pretty easy to spot. Also I need some time to examine these day-passes."
OOC: Do we have any pearls left that we used to ID all the stuff we got from the caravan? Also, is recreational drug use pretty common in this world, or is it something unique to Bodentown?
From: Mark
Subject Dinner at the Leaky Mug
It's not unique to Bodentown, but it is not common in many of the good countries, especially the LG ones. Even to Mund and Ally, who came from the Wildlands, it seems a bit more out in the open then at home.
From: Jason
Subject Dinner at the Leaky Mug
Ragnar doesn't really have anything to add here, so I'm just checking in. He's looking forward to resting for the night; its been an exhausting day, first with him using nearly every blessing he had prepared, followed by a forced march. In fact if no one else wants anything from him, he'll probably start getting ready for bed immediately.
From: Randy
Subject Dinner at the Leaky Mug
Ranthir regrets removing his armor more and more as the evening progresses. This looked like a quite rowdy group and the possibility of things turning ugly seemed quite real.
"I think that we can worry about finding the others tomorrow. What do you think Mund? Anything you want to do before we head back to the room?"
From: Porter
Subject Dinner at the Leaky Mug
"Yeah, I want to find out what I can."
Mund looks around the room and picks out a group laughing and drinking. He comes over to them and with a good-natured grin, tries to join in on the fun.
When appropriate, Mund will try to ingratiate himself with the group buy buying them all a round of drinks. He might even get into a drinking contest with somebody. Over time, he will try to gather information, trying to find out about economic situation in the town, if things have changed recently, and who runs Bartertown/Bodentown.
From: Jason
Subject What passes for passes
Kal casts detect magic on the pass and then goes quiet for a moment.
"It's definitely enchanted, I can't be sure, but I think it has multiple enchantments. The most powerful is of the school of divination. That's generally used for spells that locate objects, read minds, and the like. That's all I can tell."
"I don't know if we're better off keeping these passes or making fake ones. If the enchantment is used to verify the passes are legit, we have to keep them. However, if the passes are used in someway to find out information about us, it would be very dangerous to keep them."
From: Derek
Subject Dinner at the Leaky Mug
As Mund get up, Allistair asks the others, "Ran, do you want to go up with Sam and get some rest? I'd like to stay with Mund for a little while and talk to some of the others here. If Mund drinks as much as I think he is, he may not remember anything. I can actually hold my liquor better than he can, though it seems unlikely."