The Wrong Guys IC

[Ajadea]

Antal

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"My magic is my own, I assure you. Right of blood is what grants me the power I wield, no more." Irena says sharply.

Sense Motive.

Rana

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"My name is Snowball. Tell me what you need assistance with, and I will answer your questions."

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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Sense motive: (1d20+9)[22]
used another inspiration point.

[Ajadea]

Antal

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She's lying, big time. That's not her power, she's not a born sorcerer. Which brings up a whole slew of new questions, really. Like how the heck does she have a familiar without being a sorcerer?

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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Wait, how are we fluffing my spells then? Because I was intending for it to be that he sort of learned tricks from his friend.

[Ajadea]

Jallorn

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Well, yeah, a few tricks, that's fine. It's more like "wait, how does she have a FAMILIAR, a fairly exclusive class feature, without being a full-blown sorcerer?"

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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You can't lie to me. I know plenty about magic, though I admit this is a trick I don't know... and I'm very intrigued.

[Ajadea]

Antal

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"Some tricks are best kept secret." Irena says. "Now, you mentioned being willing to assist us?"

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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Not for free though of course.

[Ajadea]

Antal

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Tracy scoffs. "You lot never work for free. Irena glares, and the red-haired woman falls silent one more. Unfortunately, our funding is quite literally nonexistent. What we do have is potions, poisons, alchemical items, and weapons and armor made from various exotic materials, such as darkwood. Speaking of which, I need to contact Squad 11. That batch of alchemical silver should be ready for transport."

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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How about information in the short term?

[Ajadea]

Antal

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"What do you want to know, halfling?"

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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How about you explain, at least in part, how you have a familiar?

[Savannah]

Rana turns back to the rest of the group. "Snowball is willing to help. What do you want me to ask him?"

OOC: If the cat is female, I totally said "her", not "him".

[Ajadea]

Don't worry, Snowball's a male.

Antal

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"Suffice it to say that he was very difficult to obtain. I have worked very long to gain the power to even summon him."

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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What can you tell me of this? Antal asks, withdrawing the blue tile.

[Ajadea]

Antal

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"What?! Where did you obtain this tile, halfling?

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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That's my business. Just tell me about it. Even as he said these things in such a nonchalant way, Antal was panicking inside, 'I hope I haven't gotten Paral into trouble.'

[Ajadea]

Antal

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"The tile is a transporter, created by a group of sorcerers. Break the tile, and you are teleported to a set location. In this case, my laboratory. Hard to make, but very useful."

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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I see, well, that should be enough information for now. I'll hold onto this, just in case, Antal tucks the tile away again, Now I'll go see what I can do about misleading that paladin if you'll let me out.

[Ajadea]

Antal

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"One more thing, halfling. Take this, as well." She pushes a small cloth band across the table. It is purple, with a white line across the center. On one side of the line, there is a white half-circle. On the other side, there is a stylized eye, embroidered in yellow thread. "Keep it hidden, and do not lose it. It will show our other allies in the city that you are not our enemy."

[Jallorn]

Ajadea

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Antal takes the cloth, Don't worry, I'll make sure not to lose this. Assuming the door is unlocked, he then leaves and returns to the others.

[Strawberries]

Audric blinks, thrown off-guard. What do you ask a cat?
"Ask him what is his master's purpose here" he replies after a moment. "If you think he'll tell you."

[Savannah]

"I'm not sure he'll say; it's a bit of a delicate question. Perhaps he knows something about mages here in general..." Rana turns back to the cat.

Ajadea

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"My friends and I are investigating some unusual magic, and we were wondering if you or your master knew anything, as you obviously have some connection to magic and have been here longer than I have."

[Ajadea]

So, so sorry, went on a trip. I'm back now, so...

Rana

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"My master is a mage. I know what she knows. Is there anything that you wish to ask me?"

Also, Antal comes back from wherever he went.

[Savannah]

Ajadea

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"I realize this is an impertinent question, but what are the two of you doing here? I'm asking because, as you can probably tell, I'm a bit of a mage myself and this city is so dangerous for our type. If we aren't careful, we could end up on the wrong side of a mob. Unfortunately, I seem to be stuck here for a while, so I was wondering how you and your mistress were hiding."

OOC: Do you want me to roll a bluff check? It's fairly true, but she's obviously not telling the cat the real reason she's asking.

[Ajadea]

Rana

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No, I don't think you need a Bluff check.
"My mistress rarely uses magic. It keeps her from being found. I get thrown out of the house when the holy warriors come, because I always am magic."

[Jallorn]

Antal glances at the cat, Hey paladin, can I talk to you over here? he asks gesturing.

[Strawberries]

Audric looks at Rana and the cat, then, realizing she doesn't need help handling the conversation
"Of course" he answers Antal, getting closer to where he is.

[Savannah]

Ajadea

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"Hmm...so no groups of magic users here that you know of?"

[Jallorn]

Strawberries

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We have a problem, I sortta tipped off the sorcerer. I also got her to trust me, however, and learned a few things. I'll telll you later, but right now, I need you to hit me, and make it look convincing, then go after the sorcerer, Antal whispers to Audric. If Audric agrees, and hits Antal, then he collapses to the ground as if really smacked.