The Bright Wolves: A Planescape Campaign

[bahamut920]

The past week, all of you have been on standby. No new missions, and for some of you, your squad has left for parts unknown without you. No further word had reached you on what is going on or what you might have done; silence is all that has reached your ears. However, today, as you go about whatever daily routines you have, you receive a letter; those of you who quarter in the Bright Wolves' headquarters simply find it slipped under your door early in the morning, while those of you with property receive a courier bearing the letter. It reads:


To [your name here],

You have been transferred to a new squad, effective immediately. By the third hour before peak, you are to join your new squadmates in Briefing Room C to receive the details of your latest mission. That is all.

You recognize the signature of the letter as that of your immediate superior.

(OOC: Links to important threads:
Recruitment Thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88058)
Out-Of-Character Thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89237)
Dice Rolls (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89241))

[Lochar]

Kita Mynia
Do you really need me to list:
Spryte Faen Magister 3/Loresong 3/Spryte 1
every time? That'd get awfully hectic. Tell ya what. I'll post things like that every now and again, and then when we've got to be in a battle, I'll post those other things like HP, AC, current spell effects, etc., etc., etc.

Kita reads the note, smiling. She doubted her superior had actually written the note that small, so they must have used magic to shrink it to her size. So thoughtful to adjust things for her.

The little, almost a whole foot tall spryte balled up the note and grabbed her staff, flitting out of the room she had been assigned without looking back.

Flitting through the halls of the Bright Wolves' HQ, she smiled and waved to those who she knew, those who she didn't, and those who probably didn't even care who she was.

After a brief, but glorious flight, Kita remembered she was supposed to be going somewhere. Pulling the crumpled note back out, she smoothed it out and looked at it. "Oh, oops. Briefing room C is on the other side of the building. Silly room, why did it move over there?"

Flitting off again, she eventually made it to the briefing room. Seeing the door closed, she frowned. "Don't they know they need to leave me a way in?"

Flitting back and forth in front of the door to the briefing room, Kita looked like a little flying soldier, almost marching in the air while she waited for someone from her new squad to come so she could follow them in. "I hope I'm not the last one here. It'd be awful if they were in there and I was stuck out here."

[Gorgondantess]

Sade receives the not, tears it into shreds, then crumples it into a ball and throws the peices across the room. "Bastards. It's like they're intentionally trying to make things a hassle for me. I really should think about quitting." He dons his mail and sword, then walks down the hall to briefing room C. As he walks down the hall, he realizes that he really has nowhere else to go. Oh, well. Nearing the room, Sade notices the spryte flying around, waiting to get in. "I suppose this will be worth it after all." Sade walks over, greets the spryte, walks in the room, then slams the door shut before she can get in. Leaning against the door, then slumping to the ground, cackling, Sade finally manages, "Now I remember why I stay here."

[Lochar]

Kita

Kita waves at the person who introduces themselves as Sade, but then shouts when the door is slammed in her face. "Hey, you big lummox! What do you think you're doing!? Let me in at once, or I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll BURN this door DOWN!"

[bahamut920]

The room is furnished with only a single desk; the rest of the room lies bare even of chairs. Behind the desk stand two people. One is a middle aged human male with more grey hairs than brown, wearing a thick robe and a badge proclaiming him "Administrator Kelly." The other is a human female with gleaming amber eyes and black hair marred by only a touch of grey, with green mail armor and golden bracelets set with black gemstones. She smells heavily of perfume.

The two look over to the sound of the door opening, and the man nods a greeting to Sade as he walks in. The woman, however, cranes her neck around Sade, as if trying to look past him. When Sade closes the door behind himself, she strides over to it and opens the door. Looking at Kita, she asks, "Were you trying to get in?"

[Bandededed]

OOC: Dang it! You ruined my post ninja DM!!

Ryu, in the guise of brown haired, green eyed mook, turns the corner just in time to catch sight of the spryte and the dilemma. Approaching her, he raises his hand for her to rest on and winks at her.

With a slight application of his natural power, he modifies his vocal chords to sound like one of the harsher higher-ups.

"Just what the hell do you think you're doing, Sade!"

^ original

Ryu simply walks into the room, gazing quizzically at it's inhabitants, and sits in the nearest patch of open floor.

[Lochar]

Kita

Kita claps her hands together, the tiny sound of her clapping almost inaudible. "Hooray! Hooray for... Umm, what's your name? Anyways, thanks for letting me in!"

Kita flies into the room, turning her tiny nose up at Sade.

[WhiteKnight777]

Caine

The young sorceror drifted in. He was dressed fashionably - a long robe, one sleeve a latticework interlacing of red and blue, the other black and silver, with the rest of it pure black. Grinning, he looked around

"So... this is my new assignment, hmm?"

[The_Snark]

*short melody in E Major* ("Eve")

The next arrival is preceded by a low, singsong humming; moments after it becomes audible, the source walks through the doorway. She has wavy black hair falling well down her back and blue eyes set in a smiling face. Incongruously, she is clad in metal armor, which clings to her body; it looks almost like it has been crafted from some quicksilvery substance. She carries a spear at her back.

She nods to everybody, her smile growing slightly and the tune she is humming rising on tone as if to say that her day is already brighter for having seen these people.

[Bandededed]

Hearing Eve slightly before she enters, Ryu smiles and stands up. As she enters, he shifts from his common mook form to one that's more recognizable, that of Giles.

After her greeting, he hums a happy greeting followed by a slightly disappointed note meaning that it's been too long.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn, NG Human Rogue 1/Telepath 6 (http://www.thetangledweb.net/forums/profiler/view_char.php?cid=16482)

Quinn has been enjoying the downtime, this morning having chosen to take a long, hot, luxiurious shower in her quarters. Which means it's getting fairly late by the time she spots the note under her door.

She scoops it up and reads it, frowning.
Well, there goes the peace and quiet.
Shrugging, she goes to get dressed, picking out a gray top, navy blue pants and her favourite pair of boots (known as "cowboy style" on a large number of planes) before heading out and into the hallways, heading in the direction of Briefing Room C, whistling "Red River Valley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be-QiqPhGak)" as she does so.

Arriving, she trails off her whistling at hearing the humming, and heads inside, nodding to those present, giving Kita and Eve small smiles as she slips into a chair and laces her fingers behind her head.
Hi everybody.

[Gorgondantess]

Sade gives everyone in the room a good glare, especially the nameless woman who opened the door. He then leans his back against the lefthand wall, pulls his hood over his face to the point where all can be seen of his face is the 2 black glints from his eyes, and crosses his arms. "So," he says, looking over at the administrator. "Who do I kill first?"

[Tacitus]

Tinduil Hirlywan, Hexblade 7

Every once in a while you have one of those days where nothing seems to go quite right but you make it through all the same. Tinduil's day had been like that already and... well, actually he hadn't even woken up yet. So far he had come up with a dream that was a touch too realistic and from there he had spent the majority of his night sleeping next to his bed with his face jammed up against a bedpost. If this were not enough the only way he happens to wake up it by a shift in movement which brings the contents of the nightstand right next to his bed tumbling down upon his face.

Tin's first few waking moments are accented by a fair smattering of Sylvan curses with a nice jab at the bed's mother in Elven. He groans to himself as he rubs at the bright red line imprinted upon his face and begins pulling himself up from the ground. His note had actually slipped under a pile of armor he should have been wearing and it wasn't until he decided to kick it out of the way and head out for some breakfast that he took notice of it. He glared at it and then crumpled it up, receiving a paper cut in the process, whereby he threw the damned thing at the wall and chucked a piece of his armor at it. This was followed by a particularly cunning comment about the paper's sexual tendencies in Gnome.

Grumbling to himself he tossed on his gear and, after a few minutes of finding his damn bowstring, was rather sure he had everything. Knowing he did not he took another few moments to check before stepping out into the hall... in his skivvies. It was fortunate that only half the people he knew happened to see him, and probably moreso that at least one third of those that saw him were aware of his terrible luck. At least today he didn't have uncontrollable hiccups. That day was just baaad. You can't sneak past heavily armed troll guards when you can't stop hiccuping.

Approximately ten minutes later he tried again, stepping into the hall with the familiar sound of the thumping of mithral on stone. He nods to himself as he checks his pack, arrows, bow, kukri, and pants. Once he is sure they are all there he heads on down to Briefing Room C, getting lost only once before arriving most unceremoniously by nearly tripping over his own feet as he stumbles into the room. No, he didn't look like an idiot at all!

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Quinn turns her head hearing the clomping approach, and thus gets a good view of the hexed hexblade's stumbling entrance. She manages to stiffle a giggle - just barely.

[Tacitus]

Tinduil

With a murderous glare from the sylvan man the giggle catches and turns to a hiccup. And then another. And a third. And then... Tin hiccups. His eye twitches and soon a rash of hiccups begins to pass around the room with it only lasting a few moments for each person. His eye continues twitching as he moved to lean against a wall, "Do you see what you*hiccup*'ve started?"

[Lochar]

Kita

Kita sees Eve and waves, although from where she is sitting, it probably can't be seen. "Hi Eve!" She says loudly, before starting a light hum/whistle, greeting her in her language.

[The_Snark]

Eve

Eve smiles in surprise (Kita being small enough to miss at first and Ryu unrecognizable), and switches into a refrain of her greeting. The tune is slightly different, both to indicate a reunion with friends and so that she can weave her tune into theirs, which she does quite deftly. A vow to "speak" only in song might seem strange most of the time, but the enjoyment in even a simple greeting such as this provides a glimmer of insight as to why she does it.

[Mantid]

Valéry

Valéry takes his time arriving at the meeting room. Once, a decade ago, he would have rushed there, eager to help and anxious. Since his transformation, however, he has rarely felt the need to rush. Perhaps it was some change from the ritual, but he suspected it was just a change in perspective. He had plenty of time now, after all.

Veléry steps through the doorway to the briefing room without fanfare. He stand there for a moment, taking a good look at the others, seemingly staring through each occupant of the room as he tries to size up each of their weaknesses he would to compensate for. Finally, with a single, slow nod of greeting, he takes a seat where he resumes his study of his fellow mercenaries.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Quinn just grins at Tinduil before turning her attention to sizing up the other members of the group, deciding that if, as she suspects, she is going to be working with these people, she'd best start getting to know them as much as she can.
She gives Eve a smile.
"Hi, I'm Quinn. You have a beautiful voice..."

[Lochar]

Kita

Kita laughs at Quinn. "That's all you'll get from her too. Eve does not speak a true language, instead her music is her voice."

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

The telepath looks up in slight startlement, having lost track of the little spryte at some point.
Really? That's...pretty amazing. What's your name?

[Lochar]

Kita

"I'm Kita. Nice to meet you."

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Name's Quinn. Good to meet you too.
The telepath gives a cheerful wave.

[bahamut920]

Suddenly, the man in robes clears his throat. He says, "If I may have your attention..." He waits a moment, then continues, "As you know, you have all been reassigned to a new squad; these are the bodies which will be filling it with you." He gestures around the room, sweeping his arm to include everyone in front of the desk. "First priority is to elect the team captain; the cutter who'll make the decisions for the squad. You lot can have some time to hash it out, but I want your decision withing the hour. If you cannot decide, you will be assigned a temporary commander until such time as you can."

[Lochar]

Kita

Kita looks to the others. "Not I." she says loudly. "I'm too easily lost in the movement of people, and I'm a healer, not a commander."

[Mantid]

Valéry (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=76591)

Valéry glances at each of his squad mates. "My concern is making sure no one ends up in the dead-book. I'd be a bit too cau..." The human pauses and rubs his fingers on his tattooed forehead, as if trying to remember something. "Ah," he continues at last. "Of course. Where are my manners. Can't expect any cutter to listen to me if I keep them in the dark."

Standing, Valéry introduces himself with a slight bow. "The name is Valéry Lécuyer, Ardent of the Source. I specialize in the protection of my squad mates. The dustmen won't be laying out one of their beds for you if I have anything to say about it. "

Sitting down, Valéry resumes his previous words as if nothing had happened. "...tious for most bashers and too slow for the higher-ups. We need a cutter who's not afraid to take risks without making deaders out of the sods under them. Now who thinks that can fill that seat?"

[WhiteKnight777]

Caine

The slim, dark-haired sorceror smiled slightly I'm a fine blood fer ta be dealin' with folks, but I'm a spellslinger - battles 'n tactics 'n such aren't my particular specialty. The name's Caine - battle sorceror and spellweaver extraordinaire.

[Bandededed]

Vaguely interested, Ryu says, "I'm Ryu Talmak, and I'm a changeling," and demonstrates with a slight ripple of his skin. "I might make a decent commander, but I'm also very heavy in enemy infiltration and deception, so I'm not sure I'd be great at it. If there's no one else, I would be willing,"

[The_Snark]

Eve

Eve spreads her hands in a near-universal gesture of rejection; it's fairly clear why she thinks she would be a bad choice. She tilts her head as she looks over the others consideringly, mostly Quinn and Ryu, that serene little smile still perched on her lips.

[Hairb]

Gamaliel Bierce, LG Aasimar Swashbuckler 6
Gamaliel Bierce made a mental note to write letters of farewell to his absent squad mates, thanked the courier politely and left a note for the maid to take care of the place. He packed his equipment and a spare suit of clothes in a wooden case, and had a local urchin lad carry it over to the Bright Wolves HQ, soaking up the sights, sounds and smells of his vast home town as he strode through the streets. Paying the boy a few commons for his trouble, he had a porter take the gear up to his room and made a dash for the briefing room, apologising effusively for his lateness as he burst in.

"Good greetings, comrades. Gamaliel Bierce, reporting for duty."

[Tacitus]

Tinduil

With another hiccup he shakes his head, "All my plans usually go to **** but I will admit I have certain gra*hic*sp of combat tactics. I run around, shoot people, and make their day as bad as *hic* mine. There. Tactics." He looked to Gamaliel and gave a half-hearted wave, forcing his hiccups on him for a few moments.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Well, I've always thought of myself as being more a follower than a leader type...
She trails off as Gamaliel enters, giving him a wave in greeting.

[Hairb]

Inwardly pleased that attention is being paid to him, Bierce gives a low, theatrical bow and moves to take a seat. "I fear I've come into the discussion halfway through. What have I missed?"

[Lochar]

Kita

Kita pipes up. "Oh, we're working on figuring out who's going to be the group leader. Since you don't seem to be able to be on time, at all, I don't think we're going to want to rely on you though."

[Bandededed]

Ryu watches Gamaliel enter, and smiles as he is forced to hiccup for a moment. After Kita finishes speaking, Ryu adds: "Well, unless you want to be the leader, it appears that it's going to be me. No one else seems to want to," He turns to the rest. "If no one objects, I guess I'll do it. What could possibly go wrong?"

[Hairb]

"*Hic*... I say...*Hic* What manner of curious sorcery am I... *Hic* ...under? I feel rather queer." Bierce slumped into his chair, trying to get the measure of each of the candidates.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Quinn starts to nod in agreement of Ryu being leader...then he finishes his sentence.

And she buries her face in her hands, groaning.
"He said it...crappit I can't believe he said it..."

[Gorgondantess]

"A lot of things" Sade snaps after Ryu finishes his sentence.

[WhiteKnight777]

Caine

The sorceror stared for a minute, then put his right palm over his face By the Lady... why don't you just run into a Power's realm and start proclaimin' the virtures of bein' an Athar while you're at it?

[Lochar]

Kita

Kita stares at Ryu for a moment, before turning back to the man. "Sir, requesting an item of permanent silence to be attached to Ryu."

[bahamut920]

Administrator Kelly frowns and shoots Kita a look, but the woman with him gives Ryu a smirk and says, "The changeling is a jokester, too, I see..."

Administrator Kelly straightens and clears his throat. "Now that the squad leader has been elected, the next order of business is your first mission together. For some of you bashers, this might be your first mission with us. This woman," he motions to the woman standing next to him, "is our client and your charge. You are to escort her to the Beastlands, protect her while there, then ensure her safe return."

The woman steps forward and says, "I'm Jeena Ealy. Perhaps one of you cutters has heard of me, perhaps not. I'm doing research on the Beastlands for my next book, and I need a few tough bashers to accompany me. I used to do all my research myself, but, as you can see, age is starting to get the better of me..." she indicates the small streaks of gray in her hair, "and I find I cannot fight like I used to."

[Gorgondantess]

Sade sighs when he hears of the job- he made it clear at his previous station he wouldn't do this kind of thing. "Well, this should be easy, if boring. Where in the Beastlands are you headed, and do you have any portals in mind?"

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Quinn gives the lady a broad smile. "It's a pleasure to help, Miss Ealy. We'll keep you well-protected."

[Hairb]

"The Beastlands! For many long years I have waited to see them. And for such a noble cause!"

[Mantid]

Valéry (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=76591)

Valéry stand and stares at Jeena for a while. Finally he nods and bows. "By my blood, you will return safely," he promises. "When do we leave?"

[Tacitus]

Tinduil

The man with hints of fey heritage nods as he redirects his bouts of the hiccups to Ryu, "Let us be off then. I can only imagine the wonders we are to behold in your service."

[The_Snark]

Eve

Eve smiles at their new employer, placing her hands together in front of her and bowing slightly. She hums a low song that both Kita and Ryu recognize as a tune sung at the beginning of a journey, finishing with a high note and tilted head that's easy to recognize as a question even by those not familiar with her song.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Quinn smiles as she listens to Eve's humming, finding it quite pleasing to the ear, and leans over to whisper to the tiny sprite. You can understand her, right? You've got to teach me how to. It's so beautiful.

[Lochar]

Kita

Kita smiles at Quinn. "How is you singing voice then?"

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

The brown-haired girl blushes just a little. Well, I wouldn't say I'm all that great really, it's not like I cause small animals to flee in panic or anything like that, but...

[Lochar]

Kita

"That's the first step though. Eve's language is based purely on singing and sound. You have to have very good pitch and rhythm or else you're going to probably embarrass yourself and others. Not that it isn't funny the first time you try to say hello, and instead ask them if they're interesting in a bed tussle."

[WhiteKnight777]

Caine

Caine listens to Eve's song carefully, and also to the conversation between Kita and Quinn. Heh.. that's not half as bad as the time I saw some clueless trying to speak to a celestial... Dunno what he was trying to ask, but he ended up saying something about the celestial's mother being a fiendish prostitute. After that it was all pretty much white fire and ash.

[Lochar]

Kita

"Yes, that would be slightly bad."

Kita then turns to look at Jeena, flying closer towards her. "We're a fairly open bunch, so sorry about turning the briefing into a common area, but when you like to leave?"

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Caine's story gets another giggle out of the young telepath, who nods in agreement with Kita, an unspoken agreement to talk more later in her eyes as she then turns and smiles at their employer.
Yeah, sorry about that, but, um, I'm ready to go whenever y'all are.

[bahamut920]

Administrator Kelly seems just about to interrupt the conversation when Kita's question about their mission causes Jeena to speak up. She laughs, then responds, "Reminds me of a couple of times I ran into the language barrier headfirst... But that's not a story for now." Her countenance becomes serious as she says, "To answer your question, the portal I plan to use is in the Hive Ward, in Allesha's Pantry, a soup-kitchen for the less-fortunate residents of the Hive; I know, not the place we really want to go, but it's the only portal which leads anywhere withing a hundred miles of where I do want to go. I'll provide the key; it's a rare herb called aum which only grows on one Prime world."

[Hairb]

"How curious. However did you manage to find such a specific key? I'm sure there is a good story behind it. How soon will we be needing to depart? Would you begrudge us a short while to prepare?"

[The Bushranger]

Quinn frowns a little at hearing where they have to go to find the portal, then nods in agreement with Bierce's questions.

[Bandededed]

After hearing Bierce's questions, Ryu kicked himself mentally. He was team leader now - he should have thought of that.

He does think to expand on the question, though, and asks, "On that note, how long will it take everyone to be ready? I understand that some of us live outside the compound, and I have no idea what all we need to collect or what you, my lady Jeena," looks at her with a smile, "Need to retrieve from your own humble abode,"

He pauses for a moment, then looks to his squad mates and adds, "And I would like to know what all of you consider your strengths and weaknesses. I don't want to send the wrong man/women/pixie/etc. in for someone else's job,"

[bahamut920]

"I have no need of haste, so prepare as much as you see fit," Jeena replies. "We will likely be gone a full month; the creatures I seek are far from the portal I plan to use, which is unfortunately the closest portal I know of to my intended destination." Her lips curl up in a small smile as she continues, "The tale of how I came upon the herbs is a short one, however. That Prime world is among the tamer ones, especially in the region I went to to gather the herbs, though recently it seems some would-be dictator has decided to claim what's 'rightfully his,' and another ruler seems to have taken exception to that. My trip to the portal was much more eventful, as I had to traverse the Slags to find it. I very nearly had a run-in with Kadyx."

[Hairb]

Gamaliel
"If time is no object, I will head down to the Civic Festhall and see if I can find anyone who has traversed the Beastlands before. I'll check the Sensoria into the bargain. Short of heading to the Gate Towns, I think it's the best source of information at our disposal. Maybe you could come with me", he said to Eve. "They'll love you down at the Festhall. There's some terribly clever linguist fellow visiting at the moment, he'd just die to speak with you, I'm sure."

Turning to Ryu, he says, "Oh Captain, I'm but a mere swordsman, a traveller, a would-be diarist. Light on my feet, and fair to middling with a blade, but a tourist, when all is said and done." Leaping from his seat onto the table, and making a low, theatrical bow, he quipped, "My modesty has been remarked upon."

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Quinn rolls her eyes with a smile at the swordsman's antics, then clears her throat softly.
As for myself, my skills primarily lay in the psychic arts, specifically those relating to telepathy. However I also have some talents for being sneaky, and I can - in all modesty - and here she sticks her tongue out at their table-top companion - tell tall tales with the best of them.

[Tacitus]

Tinduil

His bout of the hiccups finally seems to fade, but he does not relent in sending slight misfortunes in Ryu's direction. At first he just feel itchy, but it spreads throughout his whole body as the mischievous man gives an impish grin, "If it is not clear what I can do by now, you haven't been paying attention. I have some training with the bow and a limited arcane power burns within my veins. The raw arcane might manifests more often in the ability to shrug off supernatural effects than anything else, however, leaving any slinging of spells to others. As for leaving, I'm ready to go right now."

[Mantid]

Valéry (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=76591)

Valéry studies each of his companions as they speak, nodding as each declares their abilities. "I'm just here to keep every cutter in one piece," he finally states about himself. "If you must know the dark of it, I, like that human, practice the psionic arts. I am no clueless in crossing blades.

"And I can depart anytime."

[Gorgondantess]

"I'm a ranger." Sade states bluntly. "I range. As for when I can leave, I have everything I need right here." He says, while hefting his blade.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

All I have to do is grab my stuff from my room, and I'll be ready to roll.
She gives Valery a nod and smile of acknowledgement of their shared talents as she leans back gently in her chair.

[Bandededed]

His skin shivering slightly from the itching, Ryu says, Well, if no one has any objections, I say we give Galiel the rest of today to find out what he can from his contacts," He then looks a Galiel. "Of course, if you should need more, let us know," he turns to everyone else.

"We should also bring rations, etc, for the time we will spend there. I'm not much of a hunter myself, and I doubt we'd do too well on empty stomachs. Other than that, I'm happy with getting another night of rest,"

[bahamut920]

Jeena replies, "Fine by me. I'm ready to go whenever you are. If you're going to try to get better chant on the Beastlands than I have, go ahead. I'll meet you here tomorrow, then, unless somebody has an objection?" she asks as she turns to leave.

[The Bushranger]

Quinn

Tomorrow then. We'll be there.
Quinn starts making a mental list of what she'll be needing...

[The_Snark]

Eve

Eve smiles at Gamaliel and nods, happy to accompany him to the Festhall. To Ryu, she hums a soft melody he's barely familiar with as meaning health, although the tone varies from idyllic to mournful. She gestures to Valery immediately after he mentions his talents, and spreads her hands as if to say she has a hard time saying more than that.

[Hairb]

Gamaliel
"Well, if nobody needs my presence here, I'll hopefully return with a little useful intelligence tomorrow."

[Bandededed]

After waving goodbye to Eve, Ryu turns to Gamaliel. "Okay, good luck with the info hunt. I'm going to do a little shopping myself,"

Heading down to a few of his contacts around the city, Ryu asks the same questions as he does every time. "Any information? Anything?" He waits patiently for an answer.

Gather Information - [roll0]

One by one, they all shake their heads at him, or say no, and one even tells him he's crazy to still be looking for one - it's not like he could afford it.

Sighing, Ryu returns to his room. I'll never find one of those legendary revolvers at this rate. Damn you Ashenard, you lying thief.

He lays down, and puts his hands behind his head, shifting back to his natural form. At least I'm leaving tomorrow. With some extra cash and some time away, they might find it, and maybe I could afford it.

With that happy thought, Ryu drifts to sleep.

[Mantid]

Valéry (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=76591)

Valéry nods. "When my services are needed, you can find me in my quarters," he says as he heads out the door. Upon returning to his quarters, he takes a seat, closes his eyes, and focuses his mind on his mantles for the upcoming mission.

[Hairb]

Moving through the bustling crowd in front of the Festhall, Gamaliel inhales sharply and breathes a happy sigh. "Ahh yes, it's a fine day to be out and about in this fine city."
Striding up to the entrance of the Civic Festhall, he greets the doorman and introduces Eve as a guest, then begins greeting regulars and unfamiliar faces alike, swapping gossip and making subtle, oblique inquiries about recent developments in the Beastlands.

[bahamut920]

Unfortunately, from what you gather while talking to the Sensates, the Beastlands is, while not particularly peaceful, generally very stable. Not much happens there, because most of the natives and petitioners are the omnipresent beasts which inhabit the plane. Not even much food comes from the place, as many of the animals are petitioners, who dissolve when killed, or even removed from the plane, and it's impossible to tell what's a petitioner and what's just a normal animal at a glance. The only business which thrives on the Beastlands is a trade in herbs and spices running from that plane to most others.