(039) Dusk 'Til Dawn

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ehiker133 wrote:
Desmond follows the Gustave.

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sulldawga wrote:
Dorgan, frowning at the receding figure of the collector Jurgen, follows in lockstep with Gustave and Desmond.

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tonneau wrote:
"What a filthy fellow, and what a stinking pit of a dungeon he has in there" observes Gustave when they have departed Jurgens and are once again in the sunlight, "It reminds me of the last days of Count Muab the third - the smell in his bedchamber in his last hours was worse than last nights soup."

"What say you chaps? I thought to try the same coin at the moneychanger and see what they offer. We can be vague about the numbers and from whence they came."

"That done, it will be high time for a pipe...", he says, raising a brow at the dwarf, "...but perhaps we should do the armourer en route.", he adds with a sigh.

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ehiker133 wrote:
"Two shields and a sling - that's what I need to return with," says Desmond.

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waysoftheearth wrote:
The Anvil and Hans
(Gustave, Desmond, Dorgan)

Gustave leads the way along busy Bow street, where all manner of artisans and craftsmen ply their trade. The streets a busy with such a throng of comings and goings that it is a wonder anything is every done!

However, it is not over long before they reach the Anvil and Hans, where the hot blast of the furnace is upon the air with the scent of charcoal, and the dinging of hammer on anvil assails the ears.

Hans pauses in his work and tisks when he spies the bleak dent in the breast plate he recently constructed.

"Saved yer life, right there ah'll warrent," he observes.


(You can buy anything of the armory lists here, at the standard prices. Please list your expenditures...)

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waysoftheearth wrote:

Gustave hands over 6 of the electrum coins.

I take it you have sold off the Radjemian coins for one gold crown, and left six of the 44 electrum coins with Jurgen. In which case you have 38 of them about your person.

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danhem wrote:

Upstairs at the Manse
(Ulric)All this aside, the script is clear and concise, and it is apparent to Ulric right away that there are three sorceries on the scrolls, and that these incantations are named The Effable Apperception (a spell which Ulric has already learned from The Abridged Tongues of the Underworld -- a tome which, incidentally, still contains mysteries of its own), The Trammel, and The Benumbed Cincture.

These spells seems to be of a complexity which might be solved in a day (or perhaps two) of meditation...

Ulric sees the familiar runes of the Effable Apperception and The Trammel and sets aside those scrolls. He puts his full attention on studying the unfamiliar Benumbed Cincture which seemed quite different from his other spells.

If this secrets of this incantation are revealed quickly, Ulric will turn his attention to studying the Abridged Tongues of the Underworld.


OOC: Ulric already learned The Trammel from the scrolls as well. See thread 33: Life in the Fast Lane post #29.

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eris wrote:
Olaf sighs again and then levers himself up from the chair, "If the Sisters won't come to me then I guess I'll have to go to the Sisters. "

"I need another shield, too." Olaf adds and pulls out his coin purse and counts his money, "Not as much here as I'd like. "

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eris wrote:

"I am... sorry I have brought this upon you," she adds hesitantly and in a slightly husky voice; "This was my quest. I dragged you all into this darkness. And yet it is you and poor Wibert and Sir Pelenwin who have borne the consequences. I cannot express my regret enough."

She is blinking back the tears again.

"You didn't force any of us into that tomb, so don't beat your self up over it." Olaf says, "We made many tactical errors: split the party, stayed too long, got distracted by shiny before we cleared the area, fell for traps, and I kept using that scepter when I should have seen it just infuriated those undead creatures. For all we did wrong I'm a little surprised we got off as lightly as we did."

"We better do better next time!"

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doctorx wrote:
Josiane's tears retreat and she gifts Olaf a warm smile of gratitude.

"And so we shall," she says quietly but firmly.

But, on seeing Olaf rising to go in search of help she levers him gently but firmly back into his chair; "Stay here. I am of the Faith and know the Sisters. I will bring them to you. Rest here until I return."

And, leaving instructions with Bennug to see to all Master Olaf's needs while she is gone (though she is careful to say "please,") she sets out towards the temple, in search of the Sisters of Mercy.