Adventurers' Guild Team Cougar IC

[Bayar]

Jeff

I thank the gods for their help, today.Jeff gets off of the boat, and lays on his back on the ground.

[Jensik]

Sharn

With a somber look, Sharn grabs his shield and jumps back onto the dock, only to lay it down again. He removes the mace from his belt and takes off his cloak as well, and kneels facing the water.

"Wee-Jas, our Dark-Eyed Lady, though he may have been our enemy, this gnome met a bloody and untimely end. Watch over that poor bastard's soul and help his spirit rest. Guide him to his proper place in the afterlife so that he may find peace. In the name of the Scarlet Order, I beseech you."

Rising again he grabs his things and returns them to proper order. "That will have to do for now, sadly. How is our other prisoner? I would have much rather been given the chance to examine her myself."

[Bayar]

Jeff

Hi Sheila ! Did you manage to talk to the tall woman yet ?

[Karaswanton]

Balthazar

*puffing somewhat*
He re-unites with the faction of the party that stayed:
I'm more in shape than most wizards, and most dwarves for that matter, but my people have always had short legs and running is problematic.

Anyway, I digress. What is going on? Is everyone in our party alright? I see blood in the water.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Shiela

"Shes... *pant* with the Officers *pant* I ran right ba- *pant* back here in case *pant* you needed *pant* help *pant*. Everything alright? *pant*"

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger

I could say alright-ish...one gnome....escaped, while the other one is in the boat. Oh, and that is not blood...that is...paint, from a boat...they accidentally dropped a barrel of red paint in the water...Jeff is in no way in a mood for arguements, so he tries to bluff his way out of it...

[Thanatos 51-50]

Shiela

"You *pant* killed one, didn't *pant* didn't you?"
Shiela straighens up and catches her breath.
"Jeff, we'll talk later. Secure the prisoner, and someone lead me to any loot we can cart back"

[Bayar]

Jeff

Hearing what Sheila said, Jeff jumps up from the ground and screams:Killed one....KILLED ONE ?!?!? It is because of me that we still have one ! You want to know what REALLY happened ?!?! One of them got wounded by a bolt while in the water, and a ****load of sharks came in and devoured his ass. The one you see on the boat is the one I wrestled in the water, so that YOU could interogate later. Thanks to Sharn, you have him ANd me alive and kicking. So unless I hear an apology, you are on my "to kick" list...as in kick ass...he almost has steam coming out of his ears.

[Jensik]

Sharn

Sharn steps between Shiela and Jeff. "Calm yourselves, both of you. Shiela, you should not be so quick flinging accusations at your own team mates. What he says is true, the Gnome died by the fang and not by the sword. Jeff, a unit cannot function with their members lying to one another, especially when it's a very bad lie. Lastly, there will be no 'looting.' We are not brigands, and the property on that boat does not belong to any of us. We'll most likely need to file a report on this."

[Bayar]

Jeff

A report towards the guild...and sell everything so that we can pay our guild dues...

[Trulhammaren]

Iva

Having settled down just a bit from the whole ordeal Iva took a few deep relaxing breaths to help calm the pounding in her chest from the adrenaline still in her system.

Brigands or not Sharn, we should be taking the stuff that we can back with us. One, so that if nothing else we can keep the real thieves and other opportunists out of it all. And second, have you ever heard of false bottoms? Quite useful to hide things in, not to mention other people. I personally would like to take a closer look at the thing once we can get back to the guild house, just in case this turns out to be a much more sinister problem than we expect.

With that being said, Iva started gathering what she could and started placing anything that was loose or otherwise valuable in any way in the chest.

[Jensik]

Sharn

"Keeping thieves at bay is the City Guards' duty, not ours. Bah, make whatever justifications will help you sleep at night. I shall have no part in this behavior."

Sharn will march off to the Guild House escorting the new prisoner after he is properly bound by someone other than himself.

[Trulhammaren]

City Guard, hmph. A lot of good they do. Wait a second, shouldn't there have been some of the guard here.....Was this planned? I'll just keep this to myself until we get back to the guild house, just in case. But this doesn't bode well in my mind."

[Thanatos 51-50]

Shiela

"Well, Jeff. The dead gnome is the least of my problems with you, first of all..." Shiela began, but was immediatly cut off by Sharn's admonishment.

"Actually, it seems as though, with the crew disposed off, that we own everything we can get to on the boat. Spoils of combat." Shiela responds with a grin. "Assuming the lady we have capture owns the boat (which is a large and dangerous assumption) we effectivly own the boat, too. As things are, however, I'm looking foward to discovering any items hidden via flase bottoms or somesuch, smuggled good and the like, which may give us a better handle on whats going on. Or didn't you see our Lovely Lady signal the gnomes?"

[Bayar]

Jeff

Doubt that it is worth a lot...Jeff goes towards the gnome, to tie him.It is for everybodies good....nothing personal.

(use rope check in OOC)

[Karaswanton]

Balthazar

*shakes his head in disgust*
I still can't believe gnomes would be involved in this, they're usually good people. A tad annoying perhaps, but usually good people.

[Bayar]

Jeff

So, are we ready to head back to the guildhouse? The boat is not going anywhere...

[Thanatos 51-50]

Shiela

"Jeff, Sharn, Balthazar, go ahead and bring our prisoner to the guildhall." Shiela tells them before turning to Gylvin and Iva.
"Okay, now - whats the sitrep?" She asks rather business-like, and once the others (Especially Sharn) are out of earshot, she interrupts whatever they may be saying with "And where is any loot we can carry back?"

[Bayar]

Jeff

Wait a minute...why should only 3 of us go to the guild house? Cant we all go?

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jeff began to not trust Sheila, ever since she thinks of him as a psichotic killer.
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[Thanatos 51-50]

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Argh! Shiela's only probelm with Jeff is that he fired before it was nessecary. Anyway:
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Victory is mine!

Shiela, CG Human Fighter with a good lie.

"We're going to sanitize the area," Shiela explains quickly. "Remove evidence of the Guild's involvement. Iva is staying to act as a street performer, and we need a mage to clean quicker. I'm not wearing the guild insignia, so I can pull the ol' "Crazy Lady with a Sword" deal on witnesses and not get the Guild in trouble."

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There I made the Bluff believable, even

[Bayar]

Jeff, CN Human Ranger

Ah, good thinking there. It is not wise to let evidence in plain sight...unless you are in the wilderness, where animals and theelements can cover it up.After a moment:Look for a buyer for the boat, we could pay some of our guild dues with it...and the items aboard it.To Sharn and Balthazar:Ok, lets escort the gnome to the guildhouse.the rest will come later.

[Jensik]

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Sharn glares at everyone for a bit, then shakes his head. "The chaos shall be brought to order in Acheron."

Feeling a little violent, Sharn "nudges" the gnome with the rim of his shield. "Move." He repeats this act any time the gnome shows any sign of slowing or if he drifts toward another direction.

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[Shiela, CG Human Fighter with a good lie.

"We're going to sanitize the area," Shiela explains quickly. [COLOR="Green"]"Remove evidence of the Guild's involvement. Iva is staying to act as a street performer, and we need a mage to clean quicker.

Gylvin, Ticked-off Elven Wizard

"I wasn't aware that "mage" was a synonym for "cleaning lady" in Bridgeport." Gylvin says coldly to Shiela. "Knowledge of the Arcane Arts requires years of dedication and study. Mages are not some comon scullery maid that will jump to the tune called by a teenaged puppy with more muscles than brains."

"I'd suggest that you use the household skills you learned growing up to clean up this mess. While you are working out your glorious biceps, may I suggest that you also exercise that muscle between your ears and reflect on how you could have offended at least 2 of your companions within 5 minutes. Leadership is a lot more than screaming orders and puffing one's chest out. I'd suggest you ask some of your betters in the Guild for some pointers on "people skills" before you find yourself without a team."

"As for myself, I think I'll follow my collegues back to the Guild. If you'd like something "sanitized", then get a mop."

Gylvin is seriously ticked off at Shiela's demeanor. He joins the group escorting the gnome back to the guild and leaves with them.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Gylvin, Ticked-off Elven Wizard

"I wasn't aware that "mage" was a synonym for "cleaning lady" in Bridgeport." Gylvin says coldly to Shiela. "Knowledge of the Arcane Arts requires years of dedication and study. Mages are not some comon scullery maid that will jump to the tune called by a teenaged puppy with more muscles than brains."

"I'd suggest that you use the household skills you learned growing up to clean up this mess. While you are working out your glorious biceps, may I suggest that you also exercise that muscle between your ears and reflect on how you could have offended at least 2 of your companions within 5 minutes. Leadership is a lot more than screaming orders and puffing one's chest out. I'd suggest you ask some of your betters in the Guild for some pointers on "people skills" before you find yourself without a team."

Shiela, Oops.

"This mess which I put the plan together to not cause in the first place? If someone hadn't fired early, we'd be done by now." Shiela points out calmly.
"Also note that I never raised my hand and said 'Let me lead.', and all of you were asked if you had a better plan. That being what it is, feel free to head back to the guildhouse."

Shiela heads for the ships gangplank. "Ya'all can head back home if you wish, I'll find some way to do this myself if thats the case. Noone is stopping you."
And with that, Shiela heads to the boat and inspects the deck.

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Taking twenty on a search check to look for the following: Blood on the Deck, a Swab, and any loot worth cartin'. Result = 21

[Bonecrusher Doc]

The large chest that doubles as a seat contains a 50' coil of hemp rope, a lantern and a pint-sized flask of the type usually containing oil for burning, a spare anchor, a few small crossbow bolts, and a 10'x10' sheet of canvas. On deck there is a small light crossbow and a small short sword. The boat is tethered to the dock with another coil of hemp rope that looks to have once been 50' feet long, but had 15' cut from it when the anchor was cut loose. The wood that makes the deck of the boat has been treated somehow to make it resistant rot, and Iva's blood and "fire-water" wash away easily with a little seawater. There does not appear to be any hidden compartments or anything else unusual on the small boat.
Looking around, the adventurers see that people seem to have returned to business as usual. If anyone raised an alarm, there are still no authorities around. The sun has set, and dockworkers on the other docks light oil lamps for light to work by. If the adventurers choose to sell the boat, they could try the shipping company building - light shines from its windows, and every so often a person goes in or out - or they might accost any individual on the docks, though the only likely prospect is one man who seems to be supervising the roustabouts unloading a boat on Dock 8.

[Karaswanton]

Balthazar

Ok, I'll help escort the prisoner. Perhaps before going we should try selling this boat. It looks like there is a potential customer near Dock 8.

On the other hand, that might be illegal. I'm not well versed in Bridgeport's legal system quite yet, although I will correct that soon.

[Bayar]

Jeff

Doubt that it is illegal...I mean, it is OUR boat after all , we "salvaged" it.

[Trulhammaren]

Iva

"Now don't you worry your head about a thing, us ladies will take care of things on this end. You gentlemen's skills will be better utilized making sure that our gnomish friend is comfortable back at the guildhouse. And don't you worry, I'll make plenty sure that the boat gets taken care of properly, in the most appropriate fashion." Iva smiles at the dwarf and Jeff, before turning around to help Sheila.

The elf is no better than the rest of the men.... Like I thought the dwarf is the only one of the bunch worth mentioning, in any capacity. Oh well, now that they are gone the girls can get things fixed up the way they should.

Looking around to make sure that the other two have left the premises, Iva turned her head to Sheila. "Ok, now that we have things under control, I assume you want to know what the heck happened. The long and the short of it is, after I had jumped aboard the other gnome, who is now residing in the belly of a shark, got in a lucky shot and got me pretty good. I managed to keep them occupied long enough for Jeff and Sharn to catch up. Instead of surrendering like I told them to, the gnomes dropped weapon and jumped ship and Jeff followed in pursuit. By this time the bolt in my chest was hurting mighty bad, so I don't remember much, but from what I remember the elf got a good shot in at one of the gnomes, hoping to disable him so Jeff could catch one of them I suppose, I can't recall to well. In any case, Sharn fixed me up and here we are now, down one gnome to shark attack and up one boat and everything on it."

Having finished her shpeal Iva takes a look around at the man Balthazar had mentioned. The dwarf was right, that man over there may be able to help us out, I would rather keep clear of the shipping company unless we absolutely had to do business with them. I'll leave the choice up to you, but I honestly think we might have a better chance at getting a single sailor to cooperate than dealing with a company, easier to convince if you know how to talk to them. Iva said with a small wink.

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Note that Iva will not under any circumstances continue speaking (ie the last two paragraphs) until Jeff and Balthazar leave. So if you guys decide to not go along with Iva's suggestion (although, who would want to upset her in the first place ) then ignore all of that which she said.

[Karaswanton]

Balthazar, Dwarven Wizard

The dwarf shrugs and continues escorting the gnome back to base. If the gnome tries to strike up a conversation, he politely declines, and notes he'll have to wait for his superiors.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Shiela

Shiela nods as she carts a bucket of seawater up to the deck and washes the blood off.
"We both know you're easier on the eyes than I am," Shiela joked "I'll clean this boat up, try to fix it up good, and how about you see about that sailor?"