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Summoning Street.

Posted by The DealerFor group 0
The Dealer
GM, 545 posts
Tue 23 Sep 2014
at 03:20
  • msg #1

Summoning Street

Lavendar's Fine Perfumes sits in the middle of a row of shops on Summoning Street. The store fronts around it all reflect fine goods for sale. A lace shop. Two different milliner's. A cobbler specializing in riding boots. This isn't a section of town frequented by those that need to struggle to survive in Korvosa.

Yet those people seem to be the bulk of today's customers. There is a line that extends halfway down the block, all waiting to get into Lavendar's. You note the tell tale rash on a few people's hand. But most seem to be here on behalf of a loved one. Or just because they want to purchase in case of infection. From what you can gather, many of the people have brought their life's savings to make the purchase. One woman says she has sold her wedding ring to help come up with the money. There are some in line who are better off. But they appear just as worried and scared as everyone else.

Two large, well dressed men with saps stand by the front door keeping an eye on the line. The line moves at a decent pace. Apparently there are workers inside who count the money quickly and then hand a small vial to each customer. You have to linger for an hour before your turn at the door comes.

One of the burly men nods at your weapons. "Leave those out here please." There is a box set just beside pne of them. It is mostly full of knives.

A young lady who seems tired from the never ending work smiles feebly at you and says, "How many doses please?"
Vaddis Sonaden
player, 390 posts
Tue 23 Sep 2014
at 13:35
  • msg #2

Re: Summoning Street

"Two please."
Selvin Larst
player, 288 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Tue 23 Sep 2014
at 17:05
  • msg #3

Re: Summoning Street

Selvin frowned but then nodded as he sighed and relieved himself of his weapons. He opened his mouth but Vaddis beat him to it. So he prepared himself in case they were asked who or what it was for.
The Dealer
GM, 546 posts
Wed 24 Sep 2014
at 05:37
  • msg #4

Re: Summoning Street

The clerk smiles and hands over two small vials with nary a question. "Thank you for your business," she chirps.

Kasak is waiting a block away. He smiles and takes a vial from you. He uncorks it and sniffs. It smells vaguely floral. Not unpleasantly so. He lets a drop fall on his fingers and rubs it between them. "Oily....I would guess tearoot oil and maybe a bit of ambergris." He puts it to his lips and drinks a small bit. The cleric swishes it around his mouth and then spits it out. He takes a small, introcately carved wand from his bag and mutters a nonsensical phrase while he points the wand at the bottle. He studies the glass and then his hand where he rubbed the drop and sighs. "It's not magical. The herbs used are standard and completely useless in curing anything outside a bad taste in the mouth. I know an alchemist who can confirm it. But this is a sham. I'd bet my life on it." He smiles sadly at the statement and then shakes his head. "Assuming the alchemist agrees with my assessment, we need to shut her down. I want to send a message to anyone who will try something similar. Praying on people's fear and despair is not acceptable. "

You accompany him to an old shop run by a gnome. The gnome runs the sample through several tests and confirms Kasak's opinion. Kasak nods and looks at you all. "I am going to go to the Guard. Will you keep an eye on Vendra's shop? I am afraid she may try and make a break for it seeing as how she has made quite a profit today."
Vaddis Sonaden
player, 391 posts
Wed 24 Sep 2014
at 13:12
  • msg #5

Re: Summoning Street

"Yes, we'll watch the shop." Vaddis and Selvin (Where is Izzick?) make their way back to the shop to watch from a safe distance, both front and rear if there is a rear.
Selvin Larst
player, 289 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Wed 24 Sep 2014
at 16:42
  • msg #6

Re: Summoning Street

Selvin took the vials with a nod and then handed them over once they reached Kasak. He gave a nod in agreement regarding watching the shop. "No problem."

He moved away to a secluded place and summoned his ally. He didn't want to be caught with his metaphysical pants down if things got hairy.
Izzick
player, 37 posts
Thu 25 Sep 2014
at 03:06
  • msg #7

Re: Summoning Street

Izzick had not headed inside, instead remaining with Kasak, but once they returned, he took his own whiff of the concoction. His orc nose was more delicate than a human's, but he doubted he'd pick up anything more. A sham was a sham. "That we can't shut it down without her packing up for certain is even worse," he said, lips curling around his tusks. "Or at least get that money for the Vault. I'm sure that would go a good way in paying for actual healers."
Selvin Larst
player, 290 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Thu 25 Sep 2014
at 14:00
  • msg #8

Re: Summoning Street

Selvin finished summoning his ally, the fiery semi-transparent tiger-like creature who gave a quiet purring roar. The ally slid over Selvin's form, enveloping him. A grin lit up Selvin's face from within.

"Oh, we'll watch the shop alright. I say we watch it oh so carefully as we shut 'er down!"
The Dealer
GM, 548 posts
Fri 26 Sep 2014
at 03:31
  • msg #9

Re: Summoning Street

You all return to Summoning Street shortly before sunset and take up a position in an alley across the way and two doors down. The shop is in plain view.  The line of hopeful customers  is still there, though much shorter. But apparenty the people are out of luck. The strapping young men with saps are telling people the shop is closing for the night. Some...many actually...protest. But the guards are firm though polite. The crod begins to break up. You do see some people who move away but don't quit the scene. Perhaps they are planning to stay overnight so as to secure a place near the front of tomorrow's line.

The shop's assistants leave, and it appears the shop is locking up when someone shouts, "WAIT!" A middle aged woman comes barreling down the street. You see one of the vials clutched in her hand. "WAIT!!!"

She nearly plows into one of the guards, who stops her as gently as her momentum allows. You hear him say something but the woman leaps back and waves the vial in his face. "It didn'work! My Johann is still with tha sickness! He still got the Veil! It didn' work!"

She says it loud enough thst everyone on the street can hear her. The guard is asking her to quiet down but she is amost screaming the same thing over and over. The guards look confused and those who were going to spend the night are muttering angrily. Things look like they may go bad quickly.

Before you can move to intervene though, a woman comes out of the shop and uickly approaches the screaming woman. "Hey now. Hey. I am Vendra. This is my shop. What's wrong here?" Vendra is a beauty. Her small moon like face is crwned by a full head of rich brown hair. Even from here you can see her deep green eyes. She smiles and it is quite a radiant smile. The distraught customer begins to calm down.

Vendra speaks to her in a low soft voice and soon calms the woman down. Yu can't hear what either says but in a few moments, Vendra is leading the woman into the shop. She says something to the guards. Most of the men leave though one takes up a station just outside the door. Vendra opens the door for the lady and enters behind her. The door shuts firmly.

The sun sets.

Some of the crowd wander away. Others find places to sit or lay down for the night. The guard on duty yawns and looks up at the sky. After an hour, neither Vendra or the distraught woman have emerged from the shop.
Selvin Larst
player, 291 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Fri 26 Sep 2014
at 04:05
  • msg #10

Re: Summoning Street

Selvin watched the scene unfold and then slowly turned to look at Vaddis. "I...don't think that's good. Do you? Should we go make sure that the old lady is alright?"
Vaddis Sonaden
player, 392 posts
Fri 26 Sep 2014
at 12:09
  • msg #11

Re: Summoning Street

"My guess is Vendra is gone and the old woman has a knife in her back inside, Let's go in now!" Vaddis moves to the guard, "Open up man, now. We intend to see the old woman that entered with Vendra is okay, and to arrest Vendra for the Guard for fraud!"
Selvin Larst
player, 292 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Fri 26 Sep 2014
at 15:49
  • msg #12

Re: Summoning Street

Selvin wasted no time and bounded towards the half-awake guard, blue fiery tiger and all, hoping he might be scared off being charged by that, but if the guard attempted to stop them, Selvin was going to pounce him.
Izzick
player, 38 posts
Sat 27 Sep 2014
at 04:15
  • msg #13

Re: Summoning Street

"I wouldn't jump to conclusions, but I do expect she's in trouble," Izzick nodded in agreement. "Do we have a stealthy way in, or are we just-" he cut off, watching as the summoner pounced, preparing for anything.
The Dealer
GM, 550 posts
Sat 27 Sep 2014
at 07:23
  • msg #14

Re: Summoning Street

The guard blinks sleepily than not so sleepily. He scrambles backwards and falls as Selvin et al smashes through the thin wooden door into the shop.

Izzick and Vaddis, you see the people down the block who were camping out begin to rise, awakened by the commotion. The guard crabwalks backwards and runs. Apparently he isn't getting paid too much.

The front room of the shop is as you recall it. There is a open doorway in the back of the room with a curtain drawn across it. It leads to a short hallway. Three doors open off the hallway. One seems to be a store room of sorts. Another a small office. As expected, the old woman is laying crumpled on the floor. The last doorway seems to lead back on to the alley.
Vaddis Sonaden
player, 393 posts
Sat 27 Sep 2014
at 12:28
  • msg #15

Re: Summoning Street

Vaddis immediately goes to the old woman checking for signs of life, but finds none.


08:26, Today: Vaddis Sonaden rolled 7 using 1d20+6. Heal Check.


"Murder!! Vendra the charlatan has murdered!! Call the guard!!" he shouts at the top of his voice. He then looks for a wound.
Selvin Larst
player, 293 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Sun 28 Sep 2014
at 18:21
  • msg #16

Re: Summoning Street

Selvin lets out a sigh at the old woman, dead as they were thinking but hoping otherwise. He goes out the back way to see if he can catch a sight or track from the charlatan...but honestly he expects she left a long time ago.
The Dealer
GM, 553 posts
Mon 29 Sep 2014
at 04:31
  • msg #17

Re: Summoning Street

The woman was dead at least a half hour ago Vaddis . The stab wound is through the back of her neck.

The back door lets out on to a small courtyard of sorts. It looks like the backs of all the neighboring shops back up to it and create a closed cul de sac. One of the shops across the way appears to have turned it's backspace into a small row of rooms for rent. Probably living spaces for shop workers or merchants who don't have room above the shop to live. There is a small sewer grate in the middle of the courtyard, but unless Vendra went on a radical diet, you doubt she slipped through that way. The spaces between the shops is similarly small. Not even a greased gnome could slide between them. Vendra's only means of exit were through her shop, over the roof, or through one of the other shop's doors.

There are five total doors in the area, not counting the one into Lavendar. One of them is boarded up. Two are to other shops and appear to be locked. The other two look to go into small rooms as described before. Both of the doors are closed.
Vaddis Sonaden
player, 394 posts
Mon 29 Sep 2014
at 12:54
  • msg #18

Re: Summoning Street

Vaddis detects evil in the general area and continues to focus.
Selvin Larst
player, 294 posts
My friend surrounds me
A strange companion
Mon 29 Sep 2014
at 14:29
  • msg #19

Re: Summoning Street

Selvin looked back over his shoulder and quietly called out what he saw. "Not sure where she went. She could be hidin' in a tent but that'd be a dumb move. Likely she went through another shop or hit the rooftop. How long ago you think she left?" He sighed softly, thinking that the woman was likely long gone at that point.
Vaddis Sonaden
player, 395 posts
Mon 29 Sep 2014
at 14:36
  • msg #20

Re: Summoning Street

"The old lady has been dead a half hour, so that long and no more. She died instantly."
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