The teens squeal and shout when doused with water, but they get out of her way, and seem quick on the uptake understanding what Sharn is doing.
The falling water douses the flames on the east edge of the burning building's roof with great hissing and steam and black soot-filled splashes.
"She's putting out the fire!" exclaims one!
"Whoa, lady, are you a wizard?"
"Don't be stupid, Only guys with beards can be wizards!"
"No, you're stupid, my Aunt is a wizard! She doesn't have a beard!"
"Can we help?" says the only one of the teens who can manage a respectful tone of voice.
Arcadia, Caldon, Evangeline, Ebald, Petrol
The frail Executioner gives Arcadia a glance, and approaches Caldon.
"My name is Seargent Pluton Gogol, of the Guild of Executioners. It appears you have already evacuated the building. Good. Who are you, and are you acting in any official capacity?"
Most of the crowd of buystanders has their attention drawn away towards the screams of the red-bearded dwelf and the green-skinned man.
"I own this building! How dare you handle me in this way! Put me down, I'll have your mask for this!" shouts the dwelf, who is being carried off the ground in a painful-looking double arm-lock by the huge goliath executioner.
"My BAAAABIES! They are BUUURNING! You MUUUURDERED them!" sob-screams the green-skinned man writing and contorting his body. The Elven and Avian executioners together are having difficulty restraining him, and they seem distressed by both the screams and the way he is repeatedly kicking them with the point of his peg-leg.
The burly dwarven executioner emerges from the building mumbling "Clear!" before moving to help the others restrain the screaming man.
The small Executioner with the scroll in his hand approaches the firefighters, taking up a position next to the frail one who is speaking to Caldon.
Cece
For just an instant the old goblin's face falls, but then she grins. "That's a good cover story! I'll bet the masks even fall for that one!"skill checks wrote:persuasion roll to see if she believes you:
d20+CHA+prof = 3+3+0 = 6 = Fail
Glancing back over her shoulder she adds "...but good thinking clearing out. Far too many of them about back there!"
"So what's next, mistress? Rest and regroup? or do you have something else that needs burning now?"
Normin
"Instructor Vulgate! One of them is here!" calls one of the students through the door.
"We saw you were busy" says the other to Normin. This one is holding a spyglass which he was apparently using to watch the progress of the fire.
Just inside the door Normin is greeted by the sight of all stately goat-taur in university robes. Her four hooves peek out from under the hem, and her tail protrudes from a special opening in the back. Her hands and arms are in the middle of a somatic gesture, and she is whispering an incantation. Her eyes meet Normin, and she smiles, but she doesn't break concentration. Several other students are in the room.
Whatever spell she is casting seems almost complete, and there are glowing runes sliding outward in a circle on the floor around her.
Kailyn
The front gate of the sandstone castle is indeed wide open. Above the door is a sign like you might see in front of a store or tavern, but it bears the Axe-Over-Crown insignia of the Guild of Executioners. There is a row of cheerful yellow-and-red tulips growing in twin planter-boxes on either side of the gate.
Inside the entry foyer is a waiting room. There are some rows of chairs and a zig-zag velvet rope leading up to a very wide desk. Nobody is standing in the queue, and only two people are sitting in the chairs. One of them is knitting and the other is napping.
At the desk sits a mole-faced old man with tiny eyes and enormous hands with six fingers on each. He has a ledgerbook in front of him, and a pile of paperwork to his side.
He is wearing the white coat of an executioner, but his wooden mask is pushed up like a visor on top of his head, making his pointy little face clearly visible. He is wearing large thick glasses that couldn't possibly fit under his mask.
he is writing studiously and doesn't notice Kailyn come in.