Council of Thieves [Bastards of Erebus] (IC-Interactive)

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Lem >>> Aldo

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"Sure," says Lem. "Don't. At least, not if you don't like mind games."

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Lem, *bon vivant*

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Aldo smirks "I'm not entirely unfamiliar with them myself. Still, it'd be rude to not make the effort. I'll keep my guard up, at least." He then excused himself and approached the final halfling he'd tasked himself with talking to.

"Hello" Aldo said, outstretching his hand. "I'm new here and thought I ought to make the rounds. I'm Aldo Coldvale"

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Meligaster >>> Aldo

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"Oh, I'm sorry," says the dark-haired halfling. "But I am psychically sensitive, and I don't like physical contact. But it is a pleasure to meet you, Aldo Coldvale. My name is Meligaster, welcome to the convention."

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Meligaster

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"Psychic, eh? I've got a bit of power like that." He then summons his mind blade, though in its fancier two handed form and pointed towards the ground to stay non-threatening. He leans against it, gesturing with his neck. "So what's your story?"

[ClockworkCorvid]

Spoiler: Folco >>> Ezren

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Folco smiles warmly at the old man and sets aside whatever he was working on. "Hah, you are correct. I suppose I would consider myself a fake Tiefling by trade. Helps me blend in." He offers a hand to the old man. "I don't believe we've met."

[Blackhawk101]

Spoiler: Gabby>>>Meijin

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“Thank you sir! Much appreciated. You will have to teach me that spell. Very useful for a girl on her own in the city.” She turns to leave with a swish of her tail and a pronounced hip rolling strut. She smiles over shoulder.
“ Not a fox awakened or otherwise.There isn’t anyone like me Honey!”

[Blackhawk101]

Spoiler: Gabby>>>Morosino

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In fully dressed human Gabriella guise.
“Nope, not an illusionist kiddo! Thanks for the assistance in the sewers. You were very brave.”
she gives him a big smooch on the cheek.

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Meligaster >>> Aldo

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He seems neither impressed by the display, nor disdainful. "Oh, me? Nothing worth a story of its own. Halfling slave. Slave no longer. But I look forward. I don't dwell on the past. So, what do you think of the 'Guardians of Cheliax?' Good, strong, neutral. Because that's what you're really doing, isn't it? Not just getting a feel for people, but polling for names?"

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Spoiler: Ezren >>> Folco

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"Pragmatic. I like it," he says, shaking Folco's hand. "My name is Ezren. I'm a sage by trade ... occult traditionalist, historian, naturalist, and cosmologist. You can blame me for putting forth a name like the 'Scions of Aroden.' It's the historian in me, but it used to be the soul of this city, and this empire."

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Spoiler: Meijen >>> Gabriella

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As she walks away, Meijen gulps hard, trying to maintain his composure.

Spoiler: Morosino >>> Gabriella

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Maybe she can talk to Morosino later, but Morosino blushes a crimson with a big, dumb smile, and goes running off.

Spoiler: Sclavo >>> Gabriella

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At some point, Gabriella will see a foreign man with brown skin that looks to be of the lower middle-class, so a commoner that is not poorly off. He will introduce himself. He is confident, but soft-spoken. "Greetings, miss. I just wanted to say hello and pay my respects. I heard of your bravery in the sewer. Name's Sclavo."

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Meligaster

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Aldo shrugs noncommittally. "Can't I do both? The problem I see with your suggestion is the possible scope it implies. Making things better here in Westcrown, up to possibly making it its own small fiefdom? Difficult, but possible, at least theoretically. Taking out entire House of Thrune and taking back Cheliax from the crooked nobles and demons? Not so much."

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Meligaster >>> Aldo

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Meligaster shrugs almost exactly as Aldo. "And what would you recommend?"

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Meligaster

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Aldo scoffed. "I've been here less than a day. Why should I have any clue as to call this group? It's not like I've had a whole lot of time to workshop a name." He shrugs again, "Though for what it's worth, I do like Guardians as the noun. Maybe just the Guardians of Westcrown?" Shrugging a final time, he concludes with "Keeps our scope local; too many people in service to Cheliax care nothing of Westcrown, which is why we're in the mess we are today."

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Meligaster >>> Aldo

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"Might be a worthy compromise," says Meligaster, seeming to honestly think about it.

Anything else with/from him for now?

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Meligaster

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"Well, with that business done, what do you do for fun? You don't talk about your past, so it can't be reminiscing, and you don't like to be touched, which takes out at least a dozen fun activities I can think of. What do you do when not 'on the job'?"

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Meligaster >>> Aldo

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Meligaster shrugs, a perfect mirror-form of the last shrug. "I am never 'on the job,' because I no longer have a job. Therefore, one could wonder if I am always on the job? As a former administrator of a house in Egorian, I was skilled in running the house staff. Honestly, that was my fun, strange as it may seem. Otherwise, I like to play cards. I'm no card sharp, but I enjoy them."

[Blackhawk101]

Spoiler: Gabrielle>>>Sclavo

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Gabriella holds out he hand.
“Gabriella. Charmed.”
She smiles and bats her eye lashes.

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Meligaster

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Aldo nods. "Well, I'll have to challenge you to a game sometime. Now, if you excuse me, I'd best get talking to Janiven and figure out what I can do to help." And with that, he turns to leave.

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Sclavo >>> Gabriella

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Sclavo takes her hand and kisses it, though the fur tickles his hands some. "I come from a continent away, but I've never seen your like. Who are your people?"

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Folco

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Aldo approaches Folco, haven woken a bit earlier and already being done with his morning preparations. "Need a sparring partner?"

[Blackhawk101]

Spoiler: Gabriella>>>Sclavo

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“My people are private and secretive by nature and necessity. We are few and scattered to the winds ..(she makes a graceful movement with her hands and arms emulating a strong breeze).
“We are the pranksters and tragic lost lovers that tear at the heart...”
(she tears at her breast with a look of anguish at love lost. Her voice is raised and the temp and volume of her speech reaches a crescendo)
“We are the heaving bosom and the sigh of pleasure; we are the gentle caress and the ragged passionate kiss...we are Kitsune!”
*bows for effect *

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Sclavo >>> Gabriella

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Sclavo blinks, but he is interested to learn more. Gabriella will find in small talk that he has long worked as a scribe for one of Westcrown's courts. He longs for a day when the laws of Cheliax can be reformed, and sees this group as a tool that, eventually, can be used to do just that.

After a bit of chat, he asks, "So, what do you think should be the name of our group? I was thinking 'The Scions of Aroden' myself. Something that connects us to the Westcrown of old in its glory."

[ClockworkCorvid]

Spoiler: Folco >>> Aldo

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"By all means." He lets out out a huff. He'd been watching the wall, sword drawn, a look of concentration on his face. "Ive been dueling the dead long enough... I dont think I got to see what you can do." He settles back into a relaxed posture, and turns to Aldo. "Shall I see if they've got foils?"

Spoiler: Folco >>> Ezren

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"And it's important to remember what once was, doing what we're doing." He looks wistful a moment, lost in thought. "... Ah, well. anyway. I'm a bit of a scholar myself... Alchemy, history, philosophy... though I've been held up in my studies as of late."

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo >>> Folco

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Aldo smiles "Sounds like a plan. I prefer dagger work, myself, but I can handle a rapier foil well enough."

[ClockworkCorvid]

Spoiler: Folco >>> Aldo

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After a bit of rummaging, Folco comes up with a pair of battered fencing foils, tossing one to Aldo. "Perhaps we can swap after a bit. Live blade training is a dangerous prospect in strange company... no offense, of course." He settles into a loose, relaxed stance, his eyes shining with an inner fire as he stares through Aldo.

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Ezren >>> Folco

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Folco will run rings around Ezren, of course, except where Folco might not share the same knowledge. But, he will find that the old man's mind is still quite sharp and being one of the most intellectually receptive people he has met in a very long time, it is a nice change of pace. He might find a bit of a kindred spirit in this Ezren, whose age has not dimmed the fires of his curiosity. He is fascinated by alchemy, just another science to him, of course. But he has always wanted to put his intellect to task by studying wizardry itself. He just never had the chance all these decades.

Ezren will share with Folco that he is not from Westcrown, or even Cheliax. Rather, he is a native of Absalom, the City at the Center of the World, so he has a breathtakingly cosmopolitan view of how people of all walks of society can work together, though it does seem there is a tragedy behind him of which he doesn't speak. Old men are like that, they tend to hold onto their pain. It either gives them focus or drives them under, and it is hard to see which way it is with Ezren. He is the only man here of advanced years (relative to his race, of course), so it is strange to see such a man dare to test his body's vitality with what might be a younger man's game.

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Spoiler: Dark-skinned stranger <<< Aldo

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There is a brown-skinned foreigner, one Aldo recognizes as a man of Garundi ethnicity (so, from a different continent). He doesn't come up to you (or the others), but rather tends to keep to himself. Do you approach him?

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Stranger

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Aldo saunters over. "Hello. Forgive me for intruding, but I'm new here and I figured I'd better try to introduce myself to everyone. I'm Aldo. Aldo Coldvale" He the stretches out his hand for a hand shake.

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Larko >>> Aldo

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"Larko," he says, looking at Aldo's little hand before he takes it in his own large, rough, calloused hands. From his bearing and dress, Aldo easily pegs him as a dock worker. Releasing, the grip, he just looks at Aldo, waiting for .... whatever brought Aldo over to him.

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Larko

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Aldo paused for a few seconds. He was really expecting more to work with. Undaunted, he continues. "Well, as I said, I'm new here and I figured I should try and get to know everyone. So what's your story? Why have you joined this ragtag bunch?"

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Larko >>> Aldo

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Larko looks at Aldo with distrust and looks him up and down. "We all got reasons," he says as a challenge, "I'm a dock worker. If you haven't been to the docks, then I can't explain it."

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Aldo > > > Larko

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Since Aldo hadn't been to the docks it is apparent that it can't be explained to him. Regardless, it's clear that he's gotten all he can form this guy at the current time. He nods sagely "I see. If you'll excuse me, I should probably get back to making the rounds."

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Amaya >>> Aldo

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An incredibly beautiful woman who is dressed surprisingly plainly will come to introduce herself to Aldo at some point. Aldo has never seen her kind before. Aldo thinks she is human, but she possesses features he is not familiar with. A sort of moon-shaped face and eyes shaped something like almonds. "Hello, Mr. Coldvale," she says with excellent manners and a sort of formalized bow. "My name is Amaya. I am a glassblower here in Westcrown. I wanted to welcome you to our number. I know we are small in number .... now, at least .... but I hope that your background in the arts will help elevate our culture. In our group, and in Westcrown. By the way, what are your thoughts on what we should call ourselves?"