Kailyn sees the doorman looking at the smoke and says:
"Ah, another fire, I believe. But fear not, my colleagues in the guild should be dealing with it now, so nothing to worry about."
He starts making his way back up to his rooms when he stops and says:
"Ah, and I believe an executioner Delphi might be visiting me later, when she arrives I would very much appreciate it if you were to send her up. Thanks!"
With that, he ascends to his rooms to start making some sweets and chocolates.
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What to say, what to say.. Cece certainly doesn't want this to seem like a shakedown, or reflect badly on the firefighters. But it can't be so professional that nobody offers food. This was a terrible idea and next time she visits the Multi-Deific Cathedral, Cece is sure to ask what deity is to blame for it.
Just as she's about to step down, she notices a curious face looking up at her. Can't leave now. You'd look crazy. So she speaks up and tries to own the situation.
"Eh, 'ello. I know you are the 'eart of thees city, I am sorry to eenterupt, but I 'ave news an' you are the fastest way to geet eet around. I am Cece Celasier an' I am an Arcane Firefighter. Eet ees bad news, but an apartment 'as been burnt. Eet ees no' as bad as last time, no one ees keeled. But they are 'ungry an' 'omeless an' need 'elp."
She stops to think about what she's saying. People who've lost everything. Hungry and homeless. Who're gonna have to find out the hard way who they can trust and who they can't. People who didn't get a buffet of fruit and a bucket of sausages. And here you are trying to con supper.. it's the kind of thing that gives us a bad name.
"We 'ave been 'ired to fight any unwanted fires. The 'igh-Mayor, she do us right for a change. What 'appen to all those people before... 'orrible. Eet ees lucky thees time. We see eet, we stop eet. But ees no so many of us, 'eh? Best way to 'elp ees to 'elp each other? Eef you see sometheeng, let us know."
She hadn't heard any whip crackings yet. Cece wonders why the old bums always griped about the slavedrivers down here. The porters are not quite as downtrodden as she'd been lead to believe. Maybe it's not really so bad... or maybe there's some kind of compelling magic in the uniforms?
"I am sorry to eenterupt, return to you work. You are so brave. We face fire an' smoke only eef we unlucky, you face eet all the time, an' why? So others will no be 'ungry. Bless you all."
She hops down off the stage, unsure of exactly whether or not she's accomplished anything. Best case, they get a heads up from the guys most likely to see trouble brewing. Worst case, these guys are rivals of Outer Bakak FM&S, they don't like the idea of their rival getting into the firefighting business and she's about to be made an example of.
Then again, that might be better than another night with the wizard students, choking down their latest attempt to conjure food. Some day, Cece thinks, I'm gonna live in the dumpster behind the clerical college.
Just as she's about to step down, she notices a curious face looking up at her. Can't leave now. You'd look crazy. So she speaks up and tries to own the situation.
"Eh, 'ello. I know you are the 'eart of thees city, I am sorry to eenterupt, but I 'ave news an' you are the fastest way to geet eet around. I am Cece Celasier an' I am an Arcane Firefighter. Eet ees bad news, but an apartment 'as been burnt. Eet ees no' as bad as last time, no one ees keeled. But they are 'ungry an' 'omeless an' need 'elp."
She stops to think about what she's saying. People who've lost everything. Hungry and homeless. Who're gonna have to find out the hard way who they can trust and who they can't. People who didn't get a buffet of fruit and a bucket of sausages. And here you are trying to con supper.. it's the kind of thing that gives us a bad name.
"We 'ave been 'ired to fight any unwanted fires. The 'igh-Mayor, she do us right for a change. What 'appen to all those people before... 'orrible. Eet ees lucky thees time. We see eet, we stop eet. But ees no so many of us, 'eh? Best way to 'elp ees to 'elp each other? Eef you see sometheeng, let us know."
She hadn't heard any whip crackings yet. Cece wonders why the old bums always griped about the slavedrivers down here. The porters are not quite as downtrodden as she'd been lead to believe. Maybe it's not really so bad... or maybe there's some kind of compelling magic in the uniforms?
"I am sorry to eenterupt, return to you work. You are so brave. We face fire an' smoke only eef we unlucky, you face eet all the time, an' why? So others will no be 'ungry. Bless you all."
She hops down off the stage, unsure of exactly whether or not she's accomplished anything. Best case, they get a heads up from the guys most likely to see trouble brewing. Worst case, these guys are rivals of Outer Bakak FM&S, they don't like the idea of their rival getting into the firefighting business and she's about to be made an example of.
Then again, that might be better than another night with the wizard students, choking down their latest attempt to conjure food. Some day, Cece thinks, I'm gonna live in the dumpster behind the clerical college.
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"Prospector's Party, huh?" Evangeline thinks to herself. "Sounds like a good time. I could sure use one, after the day I've been through."
She starts amassing some of the scattered clothing and throwing it back in to the closet. Then, she picks out a nice dress and overcoat, and starts to change and clean herself up.
Pinning her hair in to a bun, she looks in the mirror.
"Stellar." She says, with a wink.
With that, she departs for the party, in no rush.
She starts amassing some of the scattered clothing and throwing it back in to the closet. Then, she picks out a nice dress and overcoat, and starts to change and clean herself up.
Pinning her hair in to a bun, she looks in the mirror.
"Stellar." She says, with a wink.
With that, she departs for the party, in no rush.
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Normin & Sharn
Normin arrives downstairs just in time to see Sharn's Eldritch Blast.
Several students move to help him up. One student moves as if to restrain Sharn, but immediately thinks better of it and backs off again.
"Everyone calm down!" commands Instructor Vulgate, to little effect.
"40... 39... 38... 37... 36..." says the magical voice.
Kailyn
"Certainly, Sir!" says the doorman.
In his apartment, Kailyn goes to work in his kitchen
Cece
People glance at Cece as she delivers her speech, but they keep working.
As she gets down off the stage, she notices someone approaching her.
He is a huge tall man, muscular and broad shouldered, he towers almost 7 feet, 8 if you count his imperious chef's hat. He is carrying a soup ladle with all the authority of a king's scepter.
The man's face is alarmingly lop-sided. Although his mouth looks handsome, and his moustache is impeccably groomed, His right eye is enormous, and takes up most of the space above his tiny nose. His left eye is tiny and looks off blankly into the distance.
The man fixes Cece with the glare of his large eye, and says;
"I am Adonis Balder, Master Chef. Where are these homeless fire victims of which you speak, and why should I, Adonis Balder, Master Chef, be the one to render them charity?"
Evangeline
Dressed up and looking nice (but still smelling a teensy bit of smoke) Evangeline heads out to the party. She knows that the Prospector's guild is not far away. it is a large stately marble building in the nearest part of the Old Bakak district.
After only a minute of walking, a voice calls out;
"How is it possible that such a lovely woman is out without an escort?"
A handsome nobleman fixes her with a smile. He is wearing very fine black clothes of a style that is fashionable, but not at all ostentatious. Some subtle gold chains are visible on his neck, and he has tasteful gold rings on his fingers with various crests on them. He is holding a walking cane, but it is obviously a fashion accessory, he looks strong and healthy, and perfectly capable of walking--or even dancing without it.
Arcadia -- Cassia is pouring her heart out, confessing her fears about Cassius.
Caldon -- Filling his bathtub, enjoying the smell of his meal.
Ebald -- still near the site of the fire.
Petrol -- still near the site of the fire
Normin arrives downstairs just in time to see Sharn's Eldritch Blast.
The student is only grazed by the blast. He falls over, yelping incoherently.attack wrote:Just barely hit his AC, rolled minimum damage
Several students move to help him up. One student moves as if to restrain Sharn, but immediately thinks better of it and backs off again.
"Everyone calm down!" commands Instructor Vulgate, to little effect.
"40... 39... 38... 37... 36..." says the magical voice.
Kailyn
"Certainly, Sir!" says the doorman.
In his apartment, Kailyn goes to work in his kitchen
Kailyn perceives that he is nearly out of cocoa powder.perception check wrote:hidden
Cece
People glance at Cece as she delivers her speech, but they keep working.
As she gets down off the stage, she notices someone approaching her.
He is a huge tall man, muscular and broad shouldered, he towers almost 7 feet, 8 if you count his imperious chef's hat. He is carrying a soup ladle with all the authority of a king's scepter.
The man's face is alarmingly lop-sided. Although his mouth looks handsome, and his moustache is impeccably groomed, His right eye is enormous, and takes up most of the space above his tiny nose. His left eye is tiny and looks off blankly into the distance.
The man fixes Cece with the glare of his large eye, and says;
"I am Adonis Balder, Master Chef. Where are these homeless fire victims of which you speak, and why should I, Adonis Balder, Master Chef, be the one to render them charity?"
Evangeline
Dressed up and looking nice (but still smelling a teensy bit of smoke) Evangeline heads out to the party. She knows that the Prospector's guild is not far away. it is a large stately marble building in the nearest part of the Old Bakak district.
After only a minute of walking, a voice calls out;
"How is it possible that such a lovely woman is out without an escort?"
A handsome nobleman fixes her with a smile. He is wearing very fine black clothes of a style that is fashionable, but not at all ostentatious. Some subtle gold chains are visible on his neck, and he has tasteful gold rings on his fingers with various crests on them. He is holding a walking cane, but it is obviously a fashion accessory, he looks strong and healthy, and perfectly capable of walking--or even dancing without it.
Arcadia -- Cassia is pouring her heart out, confessing her fears about Cassius.
Caldon -- Filling his bathtub, enjoying the smell of his meal.
Ebald -- still near the site of the fire.
Petrol -- still near the site of the fire
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As Normin slowly hobbles down the stairs, he hums tunefully in light of the sudden conflict in the main hall. Sarcasm rings in his voice, "Oh, Lady Sharn! I've already collected my fair share of excitement from seeing a crippled alcoholic brawl a man. Now then.. We've already arranged your friends to stay, have you seen anybody other than the students and myself in the building, hmm, hurm?"
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"Ho de hum, hum de ho... Oh my, I should see about getting some more ingredients soon."
Kailyn ponders as to whether or not to bother heading out again...
"No, I'm sure it will keep."
When he's done preparing in the kitchen, he'll head on to his room, unlock it, and change out of his clothes into a nice and breezy red silk robe. Fancy, and just this side of garish to remain tasteful.
Kailyn ponders as to whether or not to bother heading out again...
"No, I'm sure it will keep."
When he's done preparing in the kitchen, he'll head on to his room, unlock it, and change out of his clothes into a nice and breezy red silk robe. Fancy, and just this side of garish to remain tasteful.
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Sharn backed away from the students. She was sorry to have lashed out, but thought it best not to reveal that fact just yet considering the situation. "What are you talking about?" Sharn yelled at Normin. "Who are all these people and why are they targeting me?" Sharn quickly turns to the two teens that had been following her and gave them a suspicious look. She still wasn't convinced they didn't have something to do with all this.
Sharn readied her mace.
Sharn readied her mace.
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"Now, let's not entertain the notion of 'targeting', I've arranged them to install security to protect our valuables," he starts to explain, "if we find the unknown person that is not on the exemption list, perhaps we can put an end to this needless escalation."
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Cece straightens up to her full 5 feet and 2 inches. Now THIS is what she'd always heard about! This tyrant probably thinks he's being intimidating! Not even if there were seven more of him! And look, she can hardly believe that his left side is selfishly hoarding resources from itself! She begins lecturing his middle, unwilling to bend her neck and lose her authoritative posture.
"Where? A beet north o' Bad Noodle Lane. An apartment buildeeng owned by Shakespeare Seneca. An' why? Because eef you geeve a leetle an' 'e geeve a leetle, everyone geeve a leetle then no one lose anytheeng an' the people geet saved. Eef they starve, they die, an' then they no buy anytheeng again, 'eh?"
She stares firmly at his middle, waiting for a response. Maybe that got him. Sure, Cece thinks, I'll have to run around town harassing the other meatmongers, but it'd be for the greater good. Or maybe the porters could do it, save the legwork.
Of course it might not work. Tyranny doesn't quit easily. If that's the case, the half-elf is more than willing to play hardball.
"Where? A beet north o' Bad Noodle Lane. An apartment buildeeng owned by Shakespeare Seneca. An' why? Because eef you geeve a leetle an' 'e geeve a leetle, everyone geeve a leetle then no one lose anytheeng an' the people geet saved. Eef they starve, they die, an' then they no buy anytheeng again, 'eh?"
She stares firmly at his middle, waiting for a response. Maybe that got him. Sure, Cece thinks, I'll have to run around town harassing the other meatmongers, but it'd be for the greater good. Or maybe the porters could do it, save the legwork.
Of course it might not work. Tyranny doesn't quit easily. If that's the case, the half-elf is more than willing to play hardball.
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If he's installing magic security, how long will it take for that security to keep you out. This is your new home, you actually earned this. Look at all these intruders. What are they even doing here claiming they have a right to be here and you don't. They must be that hat guy's gang. They've come to take over this turf. You have the upper hand still though. Those two kids following you aren't like these others. They make you seem unalone. In truth you are never alone. I am here. I will alway fight at your side.
"Enough!!" Sharn yelled mostly to the voice in her head but also to all those around her. "Undo whatever it is you've done here and leave!" Sharn was addressing the students, but a quick glance fired at Normin as well.
"Enough!!" Sharn yelled mostly to the voice in her head but also to all those around her. "Undo whatever it is you've done here and leave!" Sharn was addressing the students, but a quick glance fired at Normin as well.
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Normin openly and vocally disregards the demand, "I see no reason. You should be exempt, therefore not inconvenienced. Well then, we may as well allow the time to count down and see who lurks under our knowledge, hmm? It may even be a good test for the system," he suggests, looking up to the headmaster or highest educated student nearest to him.
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Normin & Sharn
"I don't recommend we test the payload!" says Instructor Vulgate quickly. "Students, file out into the street, Now!"
The students all head for the door. Two of them carry the dazed student who Sharn blasted. "Nice spell! Was that a cantrip?" he mumbles.
As she too goes out the door, Vulgate explains "The long warning period is to give intruders a chance to think twice. Deterrent first."
The polite teen follows Vulgate out the door. "Benny!" she hisses, "Come on!"
The tall teen, Benny, keeps standing next to Sharn. He looks back and forth between Sharn and Normin. "Are you two gonna have a wizard's duel? This is SO cool!"
"29... 28... 26... 25..." continues the magical voice.
Kailyn
After using the very last bit of cocoa powder, Kailyn changes into a breezy red silk robe.
Cece
The big man continues to scowl at Cece with his giant eye. His tiny eye swivels up thoughtfully.
"So you say everyone gives a little bit? Eh?" He brandishes the ladle somewhat threateningly. "Well, nobody will be saying that Adonis Balder gave the least!"
He turns and points to a porter. "You there! Enos! Gather four big baskets of the leavings and the crusts, and have them taken to these homeless fire victim wretches. Make sure you tell them Cuisine of the Sky is not less generous than the other kitchens!"
Enos salutes, and moves purposefully in a different direction.
Chef Balder turns back to continue staring at Cece.
Evangeline -- being chatted up by a handsome nobleman
Arcadia -- Cassia is pouring her heart out, confessing her fears about Cassius.
Caldon -- Filling his bathtub, enjoying the smell of his meal.
Petrol -- still near the site of the fire
Ebald -- became an NPC and started walking back towards the headquarters
"I don't recommend we test the payload!" says Instructor Vulgate quickly. "Students, file out into the street, Now!"
The students all head for the door. Two of them carry the dazed student who Sharn blasted. "Nice spell! Was that a cantrip?" he mumbles.
As she too goes out the door, Vulgate explains "The long warning period is to give intruders a chance to think twice. Deterrent first."
The polite teen follows Vulgate out the door. "Benny!" she hisses, "Come on!"
The tall teen, Benny, keeps standing next to Sharn. He looks back and forth between Sharn and Normin. "Are you two gonna have a wizard's duel? This is SO cool!"
"29... 28... 26... 25..." continues the magical voice.
Kailyn
After using the very last bit of cocoa powder, Kailyn changes into a breezy red silk robe.
Kailyn is confident that he hit the tastefulness bulls-eye perfectly.charisma save against garishness wrote:d20+CHA+profficiency = HIDDEN+3+2 = HIDDEN
All that smoke and steam in the sky is going to make tonight's sunset really beautiful. The sun should be going down over the mountains right about nowPerception check wrote:HIDDEN
Cece
The big man continues to scowl at Cece with his giant eye. His tiny eye swivels up thoughtfully.
"So you say everyone gives a little bit? Eh?" He brandishes the ladle somewhat threateningly. "Well, nobody will be saying that Adonis Balder gave the least!"
He turns and points to a porter. "You there! Enos! Gather four big baskets of the leavings and the crusts, and have them taken to these homeless fire victim wretches. Make sure you tell them Cuisine of the Sky is not less generous than the other kitchens!"
Enos salutes, and moves purposefully in a different direction.
Chef Balder turns back to continue staring at Cece.
Evangeline -- being chatted up by a handsome nobleman
Arcadia -- Cassia is pouring her heart out, confessing her fears about Cassius.
Caldon -- Filling his bathtub, enjoying the smell of his meal.
Petrol -- still near the site of the fire
Ebald -- became an NPC and started walking back towards the headquarters
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Sharn missed a lot of that the students had said, but nodded as they seemed to listen to her orders. Only Normin seemed to be left. He was a firefighter too so Sharn really didn't have any reason to make him leave. Sharn felt pretty good about winning the situation. However, she couldn't allow this teen that had followed her here remain or she would quickly lose face by not following her own demand. "Go home Benny." Sharn said firmly. Then Sharn walked dismissively past Normin on her way to her bed. "And shut that magic voice off," Sharn added.