"Reedrick, was it? If it's not too much trouble...could you have someone find the mother of these two young ladies? Breena, they said it was? If you need another server here, it might suit her better then her...current choice of occupation."

The children would be better taken care of if their mother had a...better profession. He might have to purge her of disease, considering her current occupation, but that's easy enough to do.

    Breena?..  he looks at the children and Nods,..she works  on Pleasure St?

 The oldest one is eating her stew..one could tell that  neither of  the two are used to so much food. though they do not look like they were starving, its plain to see they  wanted to 'stock up'..the littlest one   looked up,..no..Mr. Reedrick..she  works in the Silver HAir..inside the house...

 the older one nodded as she bit into a warm roll.

 Ivy leans over,..Im am taking a team down there  shortly, I can send her here...

  Reedrick nods then looks over his shoulder at Ivy,see that ya do...Tell her she has a job, if she wants it...

"And who told you dwarves are the next best thing? It must have been a halfling! You really should not listen to them. I mean really to them you must seem manly but they don't call them halflings for nothing!" Laithia says with a grin as she takes a sip of her drink.

  he frowns at Liathia,Ack!..Lass..ye been hanging  around these two....too long..next thing? ye be thinkin' elves are pretty!

 After the servers finish with the  food ( they bring the  girls a bowl of crushed ice with berry syrup). One Puts her  arm around Kree and ask,Will there be  anything else?

 The elf  looks up and smiles  slightly,Not now Lyri, we will hail  you when we are finished.

 she smiles   and turns to go, her  hand  lingering on Kree's  shoulder  until she moved off.

  Refilling his  wine Glass ( and Ivy's after he bumped his arm twice) Kree looks around the table...There is a traitor, both to the state, and to the Arrows. We needs, find out who. It would be best, if you might get ....at very least..a Name.  he takes  a drink as  he notes Reedrick's  smile drop, as he mentions a traitor...i talked to a....ally....in bowshot last night.... his eyes go to Riku as he says this, and then turns to Ivy,she was to ask the ladies  at the two  Houses..and  drop word, to the right  people in the

who do we have in Bowshot?..I mean..I...

 ..Nara...came out  ahead of us, she works at the Silver Hair, she is going to contact   the Golden Girl, and drop  the information to the thieves  guilds...I send word to the Deggar's guild, when we entered the city, Reedrick should be getting a visit soon, by more little folks...

 ..I will be taking  a Group to the Temple section, we shall ask about   at the temples there, and head to the Sage Guild as well....at 1:00 AM..we are to Meet at  the MAge's  tower in the South east corner, to see if he waill aid us, then..on the way back, we shall seek out the  Great Witch...all this? we need  done  by 10:AM, before  we go to the docks and Board the Savage  Queen...now? who goes  with me...who goes with Ivy?


 he points to Laithia with the hand that holds his  glass,..You should go with Ivy, you can Detour to your  Home, to see  what is left of it...

After some time of self-pity and loathing, she flutters down to enter into the Inn and sits at the end of the table where no body was occupying just in time to be caught by Kree's eye.  Her face flushed a bit and she listened intently to what he spoke of.  She gave a nod to herself and him that she understood what he spoke.

Riku gave a nod towards Kree's way.  I'll be your silent invisible predator, she mumbles.

In reply to donsr (msg # 71):

"I'll go with Ivy." Diana said simply.
There was no need to say much mor ethen that.

"I will help you with the Temples. Remember what I mentioned earlier...I think I've got an idea where the problem might be...or at least, which temple to start at."

He wouldn't say it out loud till bidden by the Commander, however.

"But elves are pretty Reedrick! Are you saying I am not pretty?" she says in a pouty voice as she gives him big doe eyes.

When she cannot take it any long, she laughs and pulls the dwarf off to the side for a moment, nodding to Kree when he mentions going with Ivy. "Do you know anything about Carwyn Reedrick? We ran into Calise when we saw the emperor and she made a comment about him that has me worried! I should never have mouthed off to her! If she did something to him, it may be because of that," Laithia's voice is pained as she speaks quietly with the dwarf.

  Aye, Luthien, Perhaps, you will tell the others, why we best watch out for those who follow The Alpower?

..................

 Reedrick Looks at Laithia, his eyes go sad, for just a moment, then the sterness of his voice  forces them back to  a warrior look,Yer Friend?...Well..I'm a thinkin he ain't no more....He was  caught in the orchands as he ran away from teh docks, he had a bag with him, the city guard caught him..right and easy it was...They took him to the  Magistrate at the  East River  Gate  compound. Seems he stold a bunch of silver and gold things  from yer lady friend , you just mentioned.

  They  sentenced him to 5 fights in the arena, he made it through his first two..worse damn bit of fighting I ever did see.....he never fought again. Some say he died from wounds...others say he signed up fer one of them Missions the  Emperor is so fond of..ya know..out you go..you come back  with the deed done..or ya die...

Doth soundeth ast if yon Emperors Court be afoul with those of evil intent; ones who plot in the shadows watching for the slightest failing of any who possess a pure heart and purpose. Upon which time such craven souls wouldst spring forth seeking to despatch any who wouldst falter. Yon truly be a court in dire need of a purging
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Luthien nods.

"While we were in the palace, I searched about for dark intent, just in case. I found it in the colonel who insulted our commander, but that's not nearly so troubling as finding it in the priest of Alpower. I find it unlikely that Alpower himself has dark intents for the world. I find it much more likely that a priest of someone else was masquerading as an Alpower priest. That is why we must first start at that temple."

Because they might not be the only bad ones of the bunch. There might also be some REAL priests of Alpower that need saving.

Rolf continues his habit of using his eyes and ears instead of his mouth.  He follows along, keeping an eye out for anything of interest.  Eventually, his eyes fall on something that seems a bit out of place.

He moves over to Kree and whispers a warning.  "There's a Dwarf that's been paying us a bit too much attention.  At least he's made up to look like a Dwarf.  He's been on our tail for a while now."

To Rolf's thinking, they weren't doing anything particularly bothersome that they should be worried about being followed, but it just didn't sit well with the Ranger, being stalked instead doing the stalking.  Still, he wasn't used to the ways of life inside the city walls, he'd let Kree decide how they should respond, if at all.

..when you pick which group you want to go with, keep an eye  out for him , and point him out to either Ivy, or myself.....

  He motions   a server over and  whispers about  watching for any strange dwarves that might come into the Inn...though Kree sits with Ivy and  Redrick facing the doors, he wanted to be sure...

After the discussion, Riku finds a quiet spot and contends to herself.  She hadn't expected what happened to have happened, but it did.  Her paladin side didn't like it at all.  She kept an eye out on the room as she sat with her thoughts and a bit of drink.

Laithia listens to what Reedrick has to say. Her face darkens as his words hit home. She had not know Carwyn long but it seemed weird for him to do something like that. Shaking her head, she tries to dispel the unease as she asks the real question. "Do you know, is my place ok? I did not have much but clothes and a few personal items but it was still a place I could sort of call home. If something has happened then I am not sure I can deal with stopping there right now. I might just want to deal with it later," she trails off as she looks expectantly at Reedrick.

  the dwarf shakes his head, dunno lass..ain't been there for..3 months now?...the City watch goes  by there..but that won't stop no one fromw goin' in if they want...sorry..never thought much  of the place..figured you went back to the Village, found some Young Elf buck to shack up with? he winked  and grinned.

Rolf gives Kree a nod, "Aye." he says simply.  While not the most able at subterfuge, a lifetime of stalking pray had taught Rolf a certain wily wariness and he was sure he could manage.

  Kree stands  as he  finishes his last cup of  wine. he shoulders his pack and grabs his Bow...Ivy does likewise, but he grabs a few Sweetmeats to take with him.

 Let us be of..the night is on the wane, and we have much ground to cover...Those  Coming with me follow me out the Door, Ivy's group leaves a few minutes after  us...should anyone be watching, we will make it a full night's  work for them.

Foril didn't seem to register much as they sat, "Before you go... does anyone know about that group of people with... it looked like silver rings?  They were on neck chains.  I'm assuming it was a group thing rather than some other kind of messy affair."

It was easy to forget he was around when he got lost in thoughts, but he was trying to be here for the group.

  Kree looked at Foril, then to  Luthien,many groups..even  nobles  use a silver or gold ring as part of their ensignas...The most notable...is the Alpower..they have rones of Grey..with white trim..and  troops they have will wear that color..they take the silver Ring, much like  our people take the crimson arrow....why do you ask?

Foril shrugged like it wasn't of any particular consequence, "I noticed some watching us.  Lady has yellow trim, the other two made points of showing the rings near her but they could've been anybody if not for those rings.  Well, any Mercs.  I'd prefer to keep Alpower at a distance... neutrality wears many faces, and that's for those who aren't faking it to hide their evil.  Maybe I'll get her a drink and see just what is roiling in her head.  Something exotic but not prissy or prudish."

He moved to the bar after a few moments looking around he looked to the barkeep like he would be a co-conspirator,"Tell me barkeep, are you familliar with a far northern drink known as Dwarfmaids' Lips?  If not, I'll make two and you can have one as the price for the other.  I do believe you have all the ingredients."

  the  man behind the bar shrugged, and waved his hands at the bottles. For a place that was in the heart of the docks, it was very well stocked, and many of the bottles were know, not to be cheap.

Foril moved over to the other side of the bar and he didn't grab anything that was 'wealthy' but there was a mix of drinks and only one of them was not generally thought to be a pleasant thing... even by murkier mouths... he finished by placing the tall narrow glasses on the bar and each held what appeared to be an earthtone rainbow with ice that looked like gemstones because it didn't quite come all the way to the surface.

"It's potent, some say bitter at first, then it runs kind of earthy before sweet.  If you chug the first two colors you can skip the bitter more or less.  Said to be like the greatest dwarf ladies' kisses.  If you try to chug all the way to the sweet bottom, it'll put you out on your rump," he said with a smile.  "It was a favored drink of many back home.  I was a bit more partial to Salamander's Tongue myself, but that needs magic to make properly.  Not a huge investment it's more flash than substance.  Not going to get anyone drunk, but great for entertaining."

In reply to Kree Quickshadow (msg # 87):

Justin adjusted his equipment then rose, following Kree from the tavern. The reports of people watching the arrows didn't sit well with him nor he assumed with the other Crimsons. Once outside Justin scanned the immediate area for figures that may be keeping those mentioned.