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

[everyredcent]

[ with a nat 20, christos gets two rounds, charging forward and slicing through the dog (atk 23, dmg 15). with a yelp it falls, and he presses forward, stabbing twice at the surprised half-orc (atk 21, 27, dmg 9+25...=34), and... ruining his day a lot, really. HE IS BARELY HOLDING ON TO LIFE, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS ]

[unhand]

[Wow, Christos, just go ahead and kill everything before the rest of us have a chance. Hook runs forward, flicking his sword up in a perfect slice across the half-orc's throat (atk nat 20, dmg 22) and making his day even worse.]

[everyredcent]

[ hook cuts his throat open, and the half-orc slumps to the ground dead. the other dogs are yapping loudly now, but... tbf they already were. /init already, jfc you murderous psychopaths. ]

[bluffcheck]

Might save some fun for the rest of us next time, boys.

[Said... another of the murderous psychopaths.]

[everyredcent]

I wonder whether these were merely meant to be guard dogs... or whether they were being trained for sport.

[righteousmight]

[ she cuts a harsh look in thoster's direction. it's not as if she doesn't appreciate the thrill of battle, but she'd hardly call it fun. ] Doesn't seem advantageous to lock up guard dogs in cages when one expects intruders, so I'd have to agree with the latter. [ and she only looks mildly discomforted by the fact. she's used to dealing with undead lords, who use people's remains for power and sport, so this isn't nearly as surprising to her as it should be. ]

[unhand]

Be faster next time. [Hook flashes Thoster a smirk.] I suppose they weren't expecting intruders, then.

[everyredcent]

Either out of unfounded arrogance or pure foolishness. [ he frowns at the other cages, before reaching down and tearing two potions off the half-orcs belt. he tosses them back at aedan so make a reflex save, bitch. ]

[ex_noble101]

[What did he look like, an alchemist?? Whatever his reflex save was 27 total so I think it's safe to say he snatched them both out of the air like a fucking baws/professional juggler. Ambidextrous bitches, y'all should see what he can do with his tongue.]

Should we leave them? [It might sound fucked up but were they trying to leave three attack dogs behind so that they could possibly regret it later when they had to make their fucking exit and came back to face a group of thugs + three dogs.]

[bluffcheck]

Seems a bit cruel to go after a creature that can't defend itself. [But he sees the point. He gives a shrug. He could go either way on this one.]

[unhand]

We could tame them. Take 'em with us. [Don't mind the fairytale princess over here, do any of them even have ranks in handle animal? Whatever, Hook will approach the closest cage anyway, crouching down in front of it and giving the animal a smile as he holds out his hand tentatively and... ready to yank it back if he looks like he'll bite it (handle animal 21).]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope will let the others decide what to do with the dogs. she doesn't really care either way either. instead, she'll take a quick look around for anything else that may be useful before urging them to continue on their way (search 12).

alright, i lied, she can't not have an opinion about everything. ] The beasts are caged for now, so let's leave them. We don't have much time before someone notices something's amiss and comes to investigate. [ so let's keep moving bitches ]

[ex_noble101]

[Aedan isn't overly invested in the idea, himself. Hopefully it won't bite them in the ass later, but for now he will just begin to move ahead so they weren't wasting any more time.]

[unhand]

[Hook sighs and stands up, nodding at Penelope and turning to follow Aedan.]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope holds her sword up, lighting the way ahead, but she waits for christos to lead because he's their rogue. ]

[everyredcent]

[ but the doggies liked hook :( he smelled like salty pirate. there doesn't seem to be anything else to find, so christos scowls a bit at penelope's bright sword, and then heads across the hall, glancing in around the corner through the door.

the huge cave smells and sounds like the sea, and the walls and ceiling are damp and dripping. a dozen slaves are being held here, bound and huddled in one corner. two pirates stand guard over them, as well as another dog. they look nervous, and one of the slaves is staring blankly around strangely, his head and eyes darting oddly about like a bird. the guards seem to be watching this uneasily, but neither seems to notice the others, particularly over the yapping of the dogs from the other room. ]

[righteousmight]

[ sorry bro. not all of us - or any of us but you, actually - have darkvision.

penelope eyes that weird slave with the neurotic neck twitch for a moment or two, unsure if it's just nerves or some kind of legitimate condition. you know, besides the ptsd they're probably all suffering from being captured and held as slaves 8| yeah, she's definitely ready to kill some slave-masters now.

she looks back to the others in the group, nodding as if to signal they should move forward. for justice! ]

[ex_noble101]

[Aedan wants to see the shady-ass shit too, so he moves up beside them to catch a glimpse of what they're up against. Considering what quick work they made of the last set of guards, he doesn't see those two posing much of a problem.

Although his gaze lingers on the slave with the erratic movements after he'd assessed their captors. That seemed odd--even from the perspective of the slavers, apparently.]

[everyredcent]

[ the way christos shifts his blade in his hand eagerly makes it clear what he's thinking. he nods to the others to move in. someone else can take these d-bags. ]

[bluffcheck]

[Well, seeing as Thoster was so keen on getting in on the fun last time, he won't wait for further invitation. Just gonna head in to bash one of them with his Morningstar. But if a move silently is needed, he rolled a 6... But his attack roll was a 19? For 11 damage if it all works in his favor.]

[ex_noble101]

[When Thoster rushes in to attack the closer of the two guards, Aedan follows close behind so as to engage the second man before he might make a move to assist his comrade. His initial sword attack ends up serving more as a method of distraction than anything, allowing Aedan to plunge the dagger held in his off-hand deep into the second guard's ribcage (attack 13 damage 3 & attack 29, crit for 18 piercing damage +3 cold damage).]

[everyredcent]

[ thoster gives the guy a mighty CRACK over the head, while aedan comes up and fucking murders this other bitch, slipping his dagger right between chinks in the guy's armor. he lets out a surprised hurk, and then slips off the blade onto the ground.

while one guard is still standing, christos assumes you guys have got this. :| and that leaves him to kill the dog. again. #dogslayer he moves in and chops at it with his rapier (atk 29, dmg ... 39). that is one dead dog. ]

[bluffcheck]

[The feel of his weapon hitting true is incredibly satisfying, but seeing as the man is still standing, Thoster just lets the good times roll and swings again (attack 19 again... weird, damage 8). Now would be the time when he would normally say something witty, but he feels like that might bring attention to them if there are more people down here. Siiiiigh. Being quiet while in battle in lame. #bardproblems]

[everyredcent]

[ well that's... three for three. .___. /init ]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope moves in, giving her allies a quick once over to make sure none of them have been injured. you guys are pretty awesome, and her grin displays just how much she likes that.

she'll just... search the room now, if that's okay (search 15). ]