"Food probably isn't the best thing for him just now, anyway.  He needs rest.  Probably best he doesn't sleep, though, or he might wake up thinking this is all a dream."

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 533):

"Well then. He can rest, and we can rest here with him till he is ready."

She sits in a quiet corner to continue recovering her strength.

"That sounds just right."

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 535):

It is more than half an hour before he comes to, groggy and week.

"Fergush, do you remember us?"

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 537):

Aoife smiles and waves, looking as innocent as she can, and perhaps a little playful...

"Hello, Fergush.  My name is Mancini, and I was the one who convinced Aoife", he said as he pointed to the mischievous leprechaun, "to turn you back to your present form.  In exchange, I want you to swear fealty to me, the Guild, and Mr. DuClair."

Mancini held up his sliced hand. "You have two options.  You could do as I ask, and be united with your friends, have a challenging new job, and all the intruders you can eat.  Or, I could ask your former friends to get rid of you at the fish market."

Mancini looked over at the other three ogres.  "Please show your sliced hands to Fergush."  He looked back at Fergush.  "Of course, the choice is yours...."

(OOC: 20:29, Today: Mancini rolled 10 using 3d6.  Diplomacy (17).)

In reply to Mancini (msg # 539):

"Release the inner Fish! You know you want to be a fish again!

Meow...."

Aoife prepares herself to cast a spell with the demeanour of a child at the foot of a Christmas tree, on Christmas morning. Just waiting for the word...

In reply to Mancini (msg # 539):

Margala grabs his wrist and shows her cut palm to him.
"Do this thing or small ginger make you fish again. We no bother kobolds and ones with button like this."
She points at everyone's guild badge.

In reply to Ogre wife (msg # 541):

Fergush looks blearily about, and points feebly at his maul.
"Can have krusher back? He extends his palm towRd Mancini.

Mancini takes the knife from Oly and slices his palm again and then has the ogre wife slice FFergush's palm. Asheholds out his palm, Mancini looks over at his group, "So who has the maul?"

Da Floor duz

In reply to Oly (msg # 544):

Aoife looked at the massive weapon, bigger and heavier than her.

"Sorry, I cant hand you that one." she says with a giggle.

Ardenas walks over to the maul and drags it back.  "You may want to get this handle replaced."

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 546):

Fergush frowns as he examines the maul.
"Needs reinforcing accross center... or arms wizard."
He sighs heavily. "You know...good weaponsmith?"

[Private to Ardenas Barehand: make an IQ roll+magery after touching the maul]
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"I'm sure there's someone who can repair it.  If the Guild doesn't have anyone, they'll surely know who does."

[Private to GM: 18:47, Today: Ardenas Barehand rolled 12 using 3d6.  IQ+Magery (11+2) after handling Fergush's maul.  Magery is One College, Movement only, if that matters).]

"How much would it cost to fix Fergush maul? I would like to pay for it as a token of goodwill towards our new friends."

Then he took his cut palm and pressed it firmly against Fergush's cut palm.

In reply to Mancini (msg # 549):

Aoife watched to hear Fergush swear the oath...

In reply to Aoife (msg # 550):

Reluctantly, the ogre swears. A repair to the weapon could be managed for the daily rate to hire an artificer ($30-60) plus $50 in materials and could be done in one of the Smithies.

[Private to Ardenas Barehand: the maul is magical to some degree]

In reply to Ogre boss (msg # 551):

"Right. Now we are all one big happy family, lets head off so we can get paid, and Mancini can oversee the rest of business here."

"Yes, let's inform Mr. Du Clair about his new contract employees, and I need to see an artificer about getting Fergush's maul repaired."

Mancini looks over to the group of ogres.  "Do any of you have any cuts or bruises that need to be healed?  Now that you are the sentries for this part of the underground, I want you all to be as fit as I can make you."

In reply to Mancini (msg # 553):

"Or any enemies that need to be turned into fish patties..."

"Say, Fergush.  I'm just curious -- where did you obtain this maul?  There's something special about it."

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 555):

"Fergush got krusher from belly of slorn."

"Really?  If I'd known that was a possibility, I'd have insisted we open up the one we killed a couple weeks ago.  Then again, we were a little busy, what with the gelatinous cube."