Mancini flips to some pages that are unused. 'Feel free to use as many as neccessary. If you need more, I can easily buy another one."

"This may take a few hours, is there somewhere that loud, obnoxious prayers won't unduly disturb others as well as give us some privacy?"

In reply to Benny Morales (msg # 272):

"We may have to rent a room for that...what will we do in the meantime?"

"I have a base at the Guild. Benny can pray there, and in the meantime, I can get guild support for the rally.'

In reply to Mancini (msg # 274):

"I am not at all a fan of speicism, but is a big march through the streets really the best way to deal with it? Is in not more likely to inflame the situation?"

In reply to Aoife (msg # 275):

"Excellent...a fight at last..."

"Rally?  Against the city guard?  Some of us just came from preventing a civil war, not two weeks ago."  Ardenas looks at Oly.  "Guild against the guard might be much worse than goblins against the Urhaqui.  Random violence and juggers attacking each other is nothing compared to heavily armed professionals mixing it up."

He frowns.  "I can't say I disagree about the guard playing favorites and just not doing their job -- but a rally by the oppressed groups, with Guild backing, seems like waving a string of sausage in front of a starving dog.  There has to be a way to approach that without it turning into a pitched battle."

Oly nods   Bad plan I dink

"I wonder who might be paying the guard to play favorites?"

In reply to Benny Morales (msg # 279):

"Follow the cash trail, Benny, and you will find out. That is a much more productive use of our time I think..."

"I wouldn't have the slightest idea how to begin.  I just know that it's rare that organizations like guards would play favorites without money being involved.  Unless one of their leaders has a personal grudge with the Guild or it's gambling dens."

In reply to Benny Morales (msg # 281):

"Can you track who is paying the Watch members large sums?"

"Hermes isn't the god of coins!  He is the god of merchants, and travelers, and traveling between the worlds.  Sometimes magic, I think."  He sighs and rubs at his stubbled chin.  "I don't know, maybe in the role of mediator, if there is a go between, Hermes would have caught wind if these dealings.  Of course, as a god, Hermes can do whatever he pleases, I just don't know that I have the sway to move him to act outside his arena.  I'll deal with this ledger first, then I'll reach out and see if the church knows anything.  If that's a bust, I'll try to talk Hermes into inspiring me with that knowledge... but I suspect it'll be another press-gang affair.  Hermes likes his pranks when I ask for odd things.  Completely normal things too sometimes."
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In reply to Benny Morales (msg # 283):

"Right. Better leave you to it then. So, what would a god consider a prank on a human..."

In reply to Sederic (msg # 284):

Sederic recalls a particular public servant who was respons for Vilgars being raided, who was involved with the guard.
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In reply to Narrator (msg # 285):

Once back at the guild. Mancini spots Madeline ,one of Vilgar's operatives. She is likely to knoew where the rest of his crew is.

[Private to Narrator: Laurence Castile. Evain Kaliope, Francous Le Mert, Gaston Norral,Lepkur]

In reply to Madeline (msg # 286):

"Sederic, do you think these guys are involved in something demonic, or are they a distraction?"

Ardenas raises an eyebrow at Aoife's question.

Benny followed Mancini back to the Guild house, muttering a few prayers at people aling the way, a beggar or two, he stopped to say a few words for few some traveling merchants, nothing to inspiring, mostly brief prayers wishing them luck.

At the Guild, "I may have to look into joining this establishment.  The guard have been giving me the long stare lately what with my 'not quite vagrancy'.  I always have a place to sleep, it's just rarely the same place twice, and I think they're beginning to suspect that I'm itinerant."

[Private to GM: By the time they've reached the Guild, Benny has Herme's Gift active, +3 to a few social and thievery skills.

Also, the Guard haven't been giving Benny any looks.  He's a Charismatic Priest with an Honest Face, and while not posh, he doesn't look completely destitute and isn't out begging for alms.  He's just ginning up an excuse to join the Guild and can't help the lie.]

In reply to Aoife (msg # 287):

"Vilgar is not involved in anything demonic, I am pretty sure, but he may know something about who is behind the guard. But I doubt that would be demonic...more likely just criminal."

We back at the guild house now? I missed that bit...

In reply to Sederic (msg # 290):

See mssg 286

In reply to Narrator (msg # 291):

Who is actually leading this group? Mancini? Just a bit short on understanding where we are going and what we are actually doing...are we looking into the racism all of a sudden, or are we still looking for demonic activity?

OOC:  Pretty sure Mancini considers himself our leader.

Tracing the goods from Faust's movable shop is what Hadereum is paying us for.  Dealing with racism and the guards isn't likely to pay well, but if we're very lucky, and persistent, it might make Northport a better place to live (or it might turn into a civil war, city guards against those they consider inferior -- started to say "non-humans" but I seem to recall the guards have a sizable fraction of Urhaqui.

Ooc: Mancini is the leader only because he is the highest Guild representative. He technically probably be in the office doing paperwork, but someone has to check out the grunts, I mean things, on the ground. However, I have never envisioned Mancini as the kind of leader who pulls strict command, hence why Mancini often listens to ideas put forth by the group or let others take the lead. The idea about participating in the protests was intended to be open for you guys to assist or not as your character's precepts desired, and Mancini had several reasons to think it was a good idea. First, making Northport more inclusive. Second, helping cement Mancini with the Vejovians (allowing us to see if they are the ones peddling nefarious goods). Plus, if the Watch are the ones on the take, it deals a black eye to the Haedereum (without getting our hands directly dirty) and make the Guild look good at the same time. I thought we could have done both at the same time.)

OOC:  I figure gwythaint is just giving us a plethora of options to pursue.  Both Ardenas and Ollie have worked to improve the city for free in the past (Juggling the Juggas), and Mancini might just have disads relating to the Guild and his place in it (just a suspicion), in which case tossing out "Guards and Gamblers" makes for a nice foil for him (something to distract him from a paying gig) and might be something Ardenas and Ollie would be interested in (and any one else interested in either progressivism or improving the Guild's standing, or just easing the pressure on the Gamblers and maybe earning a reward).  Also, it presents a 'living world', more is going on than just our mission...