In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 106):

with the prisoners secured,  ehat isyour next move?

"While we rest, might want reassess t'e situation vis-à-vis t'em two what now ken too much of our affairs.  T'e first thing t'ey gonna do is report T'e Plumber about our interest in this area an that we wack 'em."

Wonder if they might be wanted for other things?

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 108):

"As I said before, they know too much. We should keep them, or bury them. Or let the flame lord roast em."

Mario frowns.

"The brothers used to say 'Two may keep a secret, if one of them is dead.'  Can't say I disagree, though I don't like the idea of murdering them in cold blood, either."

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 111):

"Even if you kill us, da Plummer will know what you did. He has his ways."

OOC:  Jareth is holding off and waiting for Brodak, Mel, and Nodwin to weigh in before he proceeds (also for his FP to recover).  I know their answers aren't likely to have changed from previous, but well...

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 113):

npc'd
"Exactly how would he know how this went down even if you were dead?"

In reply to Nodwin Zideqick (msg # 114):

"O dunno. he goes to a place and asks it what happened,  says some words... then he just knows."

"Yeah, magic.  Don' sound like necromancy, which was fy first thought, but kennin' magic.  Probably read t'e history t'e place.  Hard to block that, probably only handful of mages in t'e city that could.  Maybe, one or two priests.  T'e Plumber probably can o' course.  Almost easier just to block magic use t'e area... an dependin on exactly what t'e Plumber usin, might only be givin 'im t'e show an not t'e tell.  Or t'e ot'er way round.  Or somethin else.  Hard to ken without more specifics."

Mario listens as Jareth thinks out loud.

"So, the Plumber is a wizard, or some sort of magician at any rate.  Magicians die as well as anyone else with an arrow in their eye.  Trick is to get the chance to shoot."

It would seem we should talk with this plummer, we seem to have similar interests and don't need t be working at cross purposes.


Brodak & Mellarill remain silent.

In reply to Jocelyn Lemru (msg # 118):

"Maybe we should all go together, so he can see we were attacked by his goons then. The idea has credit..."

"'Fore we speak t'e Plumber, need more intelligence.  Ain't somethin rush into on t'e say a couple of thugs."

Jareth pauses, then continues, "Before we move on, need decide if enough change warrant t'ese two's deaths.  T'ree votes for termination, myself, Clarence, an Mario.  Ya five ain't voted in yet, Nodwin, Jocelyn, Brodak, Mel, Charlene?"

At Charlene's surprised look he responds, "Ya gonna have to live t'e decision same as us.  I'd even give Lefty vote if any but me could figure out what's she's sayin..." "interrupting squeak!"

"No, summoned physical manifestations o' fy psyche interactin with t'e metaplanes do not get votes."  Akimbo pokes his head out of the coat pocket, "Dok-dok chitter agitated squeak!"  "Because it'd be double votin that's why!  An besides no one else can even understand ya on account ya refusin to learn t'e lingua franca, so anythin I'd say'd be suspicious, now pipe down."

His head disappears and things start getting tossed out of the pocket, thieves picks, a small stone, errant coins, dead mouse, etc, Jareth sighs and starts collecting them and putting them in different pockets, "Just ignore him, he doesn't like bein reminded how this all works."

Mario goggles a little at Jareth's interaction with Akimbo, then waits for the rest of the group to give their input.

Jocelyn shakes her head No, I can't kill in cold blood and I am strongly against it.

Brodak shakes his head too, Dun nuttin' , no kill fer nuttin'

Ah fuck, they is jus' doin' a job, can' kill 'em fer that.

In reply to Mellarill (msg # 124):

"Mel, if their job involved killing us, why not? If that was NOT part of their job, then killing them for trying to kill us is legit.

Perhaps holding them hostage while we talk to their boss might be a much better way to go."
This message was last edited by the player at 23:31, Mon 03 Jan 2022.

"We ain't positioned for t'e takin captives.  An it's strategically worse than just lettin 'em go.  Plumber ain't gonna care we got two his men tied up somewhere, an if he do, we ain't strong enough keep 'em when t'ey come knockin after 'em.  So if we ain't killin 'em, we'll just have to unti 'em when we're done restin."

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 126):

"Ah, but he can use truth sayer to confirm that they are the ones who attacked us, if he is at all concerned about morality at any level."

"Pretty big 'if', Clarence.  Morality takes a back seat to money and power with most folks who make a living by crime.  Guy gives you trouble?  Kill 'im.  Need him, but he gives you trouble?  Kill someone he cares about, or depending who he is and how he thinks, just threaten them."

Mario shakes his head.

"And we're on the way to becoming like them.

"Jareth, it's probably too late now, but I think we probably shouldn't have started after that silver in the first place.  Our first thought was right -- it was somebody's stash."

"Probably in with t'e zombies, but yup, out of our hands for good now."

In reply to Jareth Mooncalled (msg # 129):

"Yeah, we should do the right thing. But lets not forget, these guys attacked us for no good reason. Perhaps we should just hand them over to the guard? But they will still name us to that amoral criminal boss..."

"For that matter, the guards might decide that us opening their door without knocking was a good reason.  Turning them over to the guards doesn't seem advantageous to me."