tobago ♔ the key is our vice

[everyredcent]

WHO || Thoster, Christos, Aedan, Penelope, Hook
WHAT || The Knights follow a lead on potential Slovechnian slaves
WHERE || The Devil's Fire Tavern, Tobago
WHEN || May 22nd  [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam

The tavern the Knights have been sent to is located on the impoverished lower west side of the city. It derives its name - The "Devil's Fire Tavern" - from a red glow that magically escapes the tavern's windows after the sun goes down, an ornament added by the current proprietor. The inside of the place is inhospitable, to say the least. The floor is made of irregular stone tiles that are covered by a damp sludge of ash and mud, and the rarely used fireplace reeks of some unknown substance. The furniture is old, but serviceable. Still, they serves good ale for a fair price, has an irregular supply of local and exotic wines and other delicacies, and serves up a cheap ploughman's lunch to nearby workers.

The clientele seems mostly composed of beggars lucky enough to have money to spare; dockworkers avoiding their wives after a day's work, and representatives of the city's various criminal elements. A cook and serving girl are visible, and there are a few open tables scattered about. Christos, glad to be off the sunny streets and in a locale that feels much more familiar to him, heads towards one in a corner immediately.

Comments

[unhand]

[Yeah, Hook crit failed his spot check so I guess he's looking around blankly and wondering where they've gone. But hey, some asshole's getting an atk 16 punch to the face for 3 whole dmg!]

[bluffcheck]

[Thoster got a spot of 16 which seems like enough to see Penelope. He'll work his way through the crowd to grab Hook and gesture towards the back.]

Time to go, ya bastard. [He grins. That was too much fun.]

[ex_noble101]

[Aedan got a 24 move silently to follow after Penelope, but shit is pretty chaotic in here at this point so it probably doesn't even matter. Whatever they're in. Yolo.]

[everyredcent]

[ yep, corwyn got socked in the face, and is, for the moment angrily embroiled in the brawl himself.

for those who make their way into the backroom after christos, they find themselves in a small storeroom, about fifteen feet by twenty. various empty barrels are stored here, while full ones are slid into the wall for serving on the other side. a small filled keg sits atop an empty ale barrel. there's a chest up against the wall just to the left of the door.

a ladder leans against the wall opposite the doorframe, leading up to some kind of loft. christos is looking in the chest when they come in, which appears to hold a pair of battleaxes, two short swords, a light mace, and a rifle. ]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope shows little interest in the chest's containment, as she has everything she needs on her person. instead, she makes her way to the ladder, and it looks like the only way out of this storeroom is up.

she tests the strength of the ladder for good measure, bouncing her weight on the bottom rung once or twice. she turns back to the boys, and says quietly: ] Shall we?

[bluffcheck]

Shall we what? [Thoster just arrived with Hook. Hi. What did we find? He looks way too happy with himself over the brawl they just started.]

[unhand]

[Hook looks equally pleased over the chaos left in their wake, and immediately moves to look into the chest, but since nothing in it is actual treasure, he quickly loses interest.]

[righteousmight]

[ she glances toward the loft above ] Looks like the only way to go from here is up. [ she'll pauses just a moment, in case anyone wants to interject with a reason they shouldn't climb, otherwise, up she goes (climb 13). she's not sure how long they have before someone realizes they're gone, so she doesn't want to waste another minute. ]

[everyredcent]

[ as her foot hits the second rung, it cracks out from beneath her loudly. luckily, it's still loud as shit out in the tavern due to the bar fight so although christos tenses a moment, it seems unlikely anyone heard that outside this room. ]

[ex_noble101]

[Nat 20 climb check bitches, but like who didn't bring their own weapons to the party so he's also not very interested in the contents of the chest. This was a tag idek.]

[everyredcent]

[ the lower part of the loft has only a tattered cot, a simple wooden chest, and a strange looking stick with a curved end. there's what appears to be a trap door in the floor up here. christos climbs up with ease and gives it a tug, finding it locked. ]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope's lacking the necessary skillz for this lock, so she stands back, looking at the rest of the group and whispering: ] Can any of you open this lock?

[unhand]

I may be able to assist. [But that crit fail climb check isn't gonna do him any favors so I guess he can't...]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope will go explore the contents of that simple-looking chest while she waits on the rest of the team to make their way up the ladder ]

[ex_noble101]

[Aedan just ... watches Hook try to climb the ladder?]

You realize the lock is up here, don't you? [But he reaches down to lend Hook a hand (strength 16). Hopefully Hook won't respond to the friendly ribbing by using his actual hook to take Aedan's hand tho.]

[everyredcent]

[ christos rolls his eyes at y'all as he pops the lock with ease. the chest penelope checks out holds only two pairs of clothes and a silver chain at first glance, although below them sits a ring box with an amethyst ring, and what looks like a potion of some kind.

christos opens the wooden trapdoor, looking down into it with a frown. there seems to be some kind of shaft leading down to a tunnel. a set of stairs leads down. ] There's some manner of trap at the bottom. The bricks on the wall look rigged to fall out.

[unhand]

[Hook looks moderately embarrassed, but stands up and starts to climb again, ignoring Aedan's hand because ~pride,~ okay. But apparently it's enough to get him climbing more solidly (climb 18). So that's cool.]

[bluffcheck]

[While the ladder debacle is happening, Thoster goes over to check on Penelope and that chest. He like chests and treasure so this is of interest to him.]

Find anything good? [he says with arched eyebrows, ignoring the boys for now.]

[ex_noble101]

[Aedan, meanwhile, moves over to where Christos is peering down beyond the trapdoor he'd just opened once Hook has pulled himself off of the struggle bus and up onto the loft.]

There must be some way to avoid it, if not disarm it altogether. [It made sense that Corwyn and/or his men used this entrance to move down below, right (wisdom 17)? Unless they didn't...]

[everyredcent]

I can disarm it. Just make certain that Corwyn doesn't barge in on us, will you? [ and he'll climb halfway down to set to work on that. ]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope is definitely down for guard duty, which seems a much simpler task than disabling some trap. she'll stand at the top of the ladder, a step or two back for some cover, her hand on the hilt of her sword. ] I'll take watch.

[everyredcent]

[ it doesn't take very long, and no one comes to bother them on penelope's watch. christos pops up to wave them on down into the room. one door is located immediately across from the entrance, while there are two doors located on adjacent corners to the right. a large tapestry hangs on the southern wall, and several rugs cover the floor here. ]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope readily makes her way to the ladder, handling the climb down fine (climb 10), although her armor is a little noisy. she looks between the three doors, waiting for the others and seeing if anyone jumps for a door specifically. ]

[bluffcheck]

[Thoster climbs after Penelope, making his way down with similar ease (climb 10). As he reaches the landing, he glances at the three doors, then at the tapestry. He takes a longer look at that, scanning it just in case it's one of those with a story detailed into the fabric that he might have caught wind of (bardic knowledge 20 total).]

[unhand]

[Hook's gotten over his earlier clumsiness, and climbs down easily (climb 14). He glances casually at the other doors, trying to see any traps or hints about which way to go, but he's not looking very carefully (spot 7).]