[000] Lakeside Interlude - The Duck's Pond Inn

[Eris]

It is nearing mid-day and the party has agreed to meet at the The Duck's Pond for lunch and to discuss what they do next.

The group that has been at the Temple walk out of the Infirmary onto the street and see Linder approaching wearing a new cloak. Behind Linder they see Carstra and Vesper walking toward them as well. Vesper is holding a cloth sack.

As the three groups meet and turn north along the bank of the stream running through town they see de Francisco standing outside the tall tower just across the stream from The Duck's Pond. He is looking up at the tower and shaking his head as the rest of you come up.

There is a bridge here connecting the north and south parts of town and passing right next to The Duck's Pond Inn where you are all headed.

[Eris]

As the group coalesces next to the bridge crossing the stream de Francisco tell you of the quest Avandar had for them.

"Are you going to block the bridge all day?" huffs a local who has walked up behind him, "Or are you going to move along like normal folk?"

GM: Lunch at The Duck's Pond awaits and plans for your next adventures...so...?

[Darithe]

Vesper

Vesper snickers at the approach of the irritated bridge traveler, "Sorry, we can't do that, we are all abnormal so we'll just have to move in that manner." She hefts the sack over her shoulder and moves towards the inn.

[Eris]

Vesper

Vesper snickers at the approach of the irritated bridge traveler, "Sorry, we can't do that, we are all abnormal so we'll just have to move in that manner." She hefts the sack over her shoulder and moves towards the inn.

This gets Vesper the head shake and eye roll she expected. The man has come to see her sing often enough to know her grip on the normal. Ah, there is is the head shake and mutter, she can't see his eyes as they are down, but she knows the roll is there.

The party enter The Duck's Pond and are greeted warmly. Having "saved the day", so to speak, by defeating an "entire tribe of Kobolds", "exposed evil doings at the Orphanage" and "put an end to all the robbery in town"...to hear it said, the least they can do is give you free lunch and a warm welcome. Which they do!

You all take a table in a quiet corner and are served with a good, hot, meal. Only occasionally do the locals come over to congratulate on "Saving the town from monstrous attacks!" and there is a murmur among the patrons when someone comes in and starts spreading the news from table to table.

"The lost children are back!" is excitedly exchanged from person to person in the tavern with looks and smiles in your direction. Clearly, everyone thinks you are to credit and clearly, you are the heroes of the moment.

How you feel about the sudden attention and adulation varies from person to person. Some of you may revel in the attention, others may shrink from the public aspect of it, others may just be embarrassed by it.

[ateno]

de Francisco just shakes his head and waves off the attention.

He waits till attention wavers and speaks quietly.

"So I am not sure everyone heard. but I found a second job in the area of the other, five hundred god to find a scroll in a case , I even have a map to where we need to look, my impression is that its underground, so there is that. We would need light at least.

de Francisco

[terrymixon]

Linder shrugs and takes the attention. It will fade soon enough.

[bruce.desertrat]

Dunc will enjoy the meal.

When De franscisco speaks he'll ask "I thought we were going to examine some ruins for the temple, are we no longer doing this, or is your quest for after that?"

[bruce.desertrat]

Dunc will enjoy the meal.

When De franscisco speaks he'll ask "I thought we were going to examine some ruins for the temple, are we no longer doing this, or is your quest for after that?"

(Emily Latella) "Never Mind" (/Emily Latella) I missed the 'second job' part...

[Eris]

Dunc will enjoy the meal.

When De franscisco speaks he'll ask "I thought we were going to examine some ruins for the temple, are we no longer doing this, or is your quest for after that?"

(Emily Latella) "Never Mind" (/Emily Latella) I missed the 'second job' part...

OOC: The tower is in the same ruins as the temple you're going to investigate, so I thought you might want to combine the jobs to get more rewards from your patrons.

[joertexas]

How you feel about the sudden attention and adulation varies from person to person. Some of you may revel in the attention, others may shrink from the public aspect of it, others may just be embarrassed by it.

Carsta ducks her head and just smiles politely at anyone who addresses her directly.

[Darithe]

Vesper

Vesper basks in the attention, strumming her lute lightly, humming a brief tune.

[bobk2323]

Carinniel is quiet for now, enjoying her meal.

[Eris]

Over the period of you eating your lunch the crowd begins to ignore you leaving you alone at your table. It appears your 15 minutes of fame have faded away.

Do you want to make plans and organize for your expedition now or do you want me to just move you along to the evening at you leaving the city?

[ateno]

"We need to bring food, some torches, trail equipment, who can get what. Or is there someone we you locals know that can do that for coin?"

de Francisco

[terrymixon]

"We need to bring food, some torches, trail equipment, who can get what. Or is there someone we you locals know that can do that for coin?"

de Francisco

“Coin would be nice about now,” Linder said with a grin. “Not sure we’ll have anyone that will step up in addition to the ones already paying us.”

OOC: Eris? Any other local sources of coin?

Linder

[ateno]

"I have several, if that would help, or perhaps the healers would help, the magician won't."

I have 14, but would like to keep a few.

de Francisco

[joertexas]

"I have several, if that would help, or perhaps the healers would help, the magician won't."

I have 14, but would like to keep a few.

de Francisco

Carsta has 12 gold...

[Eris]

"We need to bring food, some torches, trail equipment, who can get what. Or is there someone we you locals know that can do that for coin?"

de Francisco

“Coin would be nice about now,” Linder said with a grin. “Not sure we’ll have anyone that will step up in addition to the ones already paying us.”

OOC: Eris? Any other local sources of coin?

Other than the pay you've received from the merchants for stopping the thievery, Vesper passing the hat while she performs in the Tavern, or asking the Priests at the Temple for gold probably not. However, the Priests are fronting you some supplies. So far you haven't actually told them what you need for the expedition you're undertaking for them. You could let them know what you need and see if they come through for you...

Oh, and when added up, you have about 70 gp between all of you that you could spend, if you had to.

Equipment Packs would be a good thing to pick up. Maybe the Priests would provide each of you with an Explorer's or Dungeoneer's Pack if you asked them.

[Darithe]

Vesper

Thinking now that the excitement has worn off perhaps a bit of busking is in order, so she selects apropos, *Fortune My Foe*.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB6a7HWd_k

[Eris]

Vesper

Thinking now that the excitement has worn off perhaps a bit of busking is in order, so she selects apropos, *Fortune My Foe*.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB6a7HWd_k

Vesper plays for a while nodding and smiling at each patron who drops a coin in her hat. When she finishes she gives a bow as she palms the coins and returns to the others. At the table she quickly counts the coins in her lap before dropping them into her pouch. There are 2 gold, 4 sliver and 3 copper coins as well as folded piece of parchment. She's not sure who dropped the parchment into her hat, but it might have been the slender, hooded, figure who then left the inn....she didn't catch a look at their face, they weren't familiar to her at all.