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Silverwhistle smiles as her hair's stroked. "There's a reason why I wanted to buy your drink, y'know." Her hair's soft and smells faintly of blood and vanilla. She's mostly used cleaning magic to cleanse herself after the near-drowning by the blood elemental, rather than a proper shower. She'd not had opportunity for a proper shower yet.
"Also not very traditional. But... well, I always favoured the Divines over Malacath." Gartwag shrugs, happy to be boring if it means he gets to enjoy old age.
"They are all false deities, demons masquerading as gods to tempt the foolish. Only Skymother and Moonfather are true gods." Gartwag ignores Marigold's interjection, whilst Silverwhistle just rolls her eyes.

Cankerbert is related to golems, but rather than being animated purely by magic or by binding an elemental spirit, the spirit that has been bound is that of a dead thing instead. Golems don't usually need to eat, even porridge. And Cankerbert is eating very messily, but is in fact eating. "I was planning on taking it to a pawn shop to get it valued. There's a place on Rook Street I use, the shopkeeper's weird, but Knight & Bishop Pawn Shop's always been reliable in my experience, no matter what I've wanted to get identified." And once identified, it's easier to get the right value for it.
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Morty wrote: May 01, 2023 7:58 pm "There's two tiers to being in MERC. Anyone can get a license. But to join, you need to prove your worth in some way." Olvisin starts counting down on her fingers. "References from past employers, doing a job on our behalf or something like that. A member can also vouch for you. So between me and Xun there shouldn't be any problems."
Jerick stood, thinking for a moment. "So, should we go find Xun and talk to the guildmaster, recuiter, or whoever is in charge of bring in new recruits?"
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"Yeah, first we find Xun so she vouches for you. Then we talk to one of the bosses." Olvisin gets up too. "That would be our ever-grumpy leader, Dipsnig Razortooth. Or one of his senior officers, Dena Xifhara and Kirk Locke. They're elves... well, Dena also has snakes for hair but I think she's an elf underneath."
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Atya twirls Silverwhistle's hair around a finger, returning her smile. "Well, I'm certainly not complaining," she says in a low voice. Glancing over at Gartwag, she clicks her teeth in mock annoyance.

"You know, it's too bad you two are so sick of each other. I bet the three of us could have a lot of fun together," she says, smirking as she downs another shot.

At Marigold's comment she snorts, sinking lower into her seat. "Gods, demons, same difference. All I see is people who don't deserve the power they have." Her tone is surprisingly sharp on this particular topic.
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Well Golems can be eaters ina way. most are still programmed, but as we see the different knowledge makes it hard for someone to identify necromancy. The most common sign of necromany is dead flesh, living bones or a dead body.

"Well, sounds traditional." Zefir says. From what he saw and understood they are all rather fantasy based so material weapons and magic. "it sounds like a dusty store with a shopkeeper that looks at it. I rather trust a sientist with scanners in this case. It doesn't seem to be magical anyway." He looks at the monk with an annoyed look as she comments her view on the gods.
"Another fanatic. All gods are just power greedy that came to power. We just call them gods"
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"You'd have fun. He'd have fun. I'd not have as much fun. Guys don't do much for me, most of the time." Which would probably explain why they were eager enough to jump on Atya's offer. Silverwhistle also takes a shot.
"I propositioned her ages ago, it's how we met. We're not compatible that way, which is fine. Can't pick who you're attracted to, and for her it's not me. She's got good taste, though." Gartwag shrugs, not offended by not being Silverwhistle's type.

Sister Marigold snorts, gets up and strides out of the tavern. She's upset at the opinions of the others, but is aware enough to realise she can't convert them. So she's going somewhere else where she can socialise with people who think the same.

"Even if it's not magical, and made using science or whatever, the pawnbroker will know what it is. They're really good at their job. Offers to change money as well, if you get currency in a format you're not familiar with. Maybe it's made out of a metal you can't identify, or it's odd for another reason."
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"Well, I can't blame you for that," says Atya, nodding, "Leaves more for me anyway."

Looking at the row of empty glasses in front of her, she sighs. "That about does it for me I'm afraid. Any more and I'll actually start getting drunk." A somewhat doubtful sentiment. "Now's the time I'd usually book a room, or start a brawl. I'm not particularly picky as to which one, but I'm open to suggestions." She tries to wink but ends up just blinking slowly.
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Morty wrote: Apr 18, 2023 4:51 pm Michalson arrives in Trog's, looking for Sandels. Bunny isn't with him. Of the options before him, talking to Sandels seems to be the better one. The big guy is too much of an unknown. He can't predict how he'll react (and that's not a good place to be in with someone that big).
Hraithre wrote: Apr 19, 2023 7:45 am It's not Michalson's lucky day. Sandels is nowhere in sight. If he asks around, he'll find he was last seen getting on a horse with some mycoid girl, and hasn't been seen since.

The "big guy" is present, but he's talking to some robot and looks like they're just about to leave.
It's starting to get really late when the detective's luck turns. Sandels walks in through the door, though Michalson might not recognize him at a glance. He's changed his clothes yet again, being clad in a dirty grey overcoat, ill-fitting blue jeans, and worn shoes, all stained in some black substance, possibly blood of some unmentionable creature. Underneath, he's wrapped in bandages from head to toe - he has a hood pulled over his his head, but the detective might still catch a glimpse of his face or his hands.

Sandels pays no attention to Michalson - he's not looking for the detective at the moment and does not know the detective is looking for him. He just orders some cheap beer, pays with (likely) stolen money, and saunters to a corner table.
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Zefir just shrugs. He doesn't feel that she can be reasond with here. The pawnbroker seems to be the one person who can identify everything. It's easy to assume pawnbroker can tell her everything and she would belive them.

"Well it's not my stuff so do as you think is best." he says. "But what can you tell me about the dungeon you went? Treasures there have to come from someone. Was the owner some kind of maniac mage ?"
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"I already have a room booked. Did it by phone on our way in." Gartwag grins, thinking he's back with a chance.
"I don't already have a room, but it won't take much longer to rent one than it would for Gart to go grab the key, and I'm worth waiting half a minute for, surely?" Silverwhistle winks, and takes Atya's hand, kissing the back of it.

"The Blood Tombs? Nah, not a wizard, exactly. A vampire made the place to be the centre of a realm of the undead a long while back, their personal necropolis slash palace complex. They were killed centuries ago, and the paladins that did the deed buried the entrance and built a castle on top. The paladins are gone too, now. Last one died decades ago. A landslide's knocked part of the castle over, and the front entrance is still well sealed, but there's a crack into one of the mausoleums, where the vampire's minions and guards slept during the day." Although the vampire may well have been a wizard as well; they don't know much about who they were.
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Atya looks first as Gartwag, then at Silverwhistle, as if sizing them up. Then she bursts into laughter.

"My my, nothing like being fought over! What a terrible position you put me in." As Silverwhistle kisses her hand, she covers her mouth with mock surprise. "Aw, well aren't you sweet! I think you win. What can I say, I've got a weakness for a pretty face." She wiggles her fingers at Gartwag. "Maybe next time, big guy."

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Meanwhile, Lia enters behind Sandels, taking a seat at the table beside him after getting a glass of water at the bar. She looks around and smiles- it seems so long since she first showed up here, but in reality it's been only a few weeks. Not that it's the easiest thing to keep track of time here. She sips her glass, looking around with narrowed eyes at the other patrons.
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Hraithre wrote: May 04, 2023 7:35 pm It's starting to get really late when the detective's luck turns. Sandels walks in through the door, though Michalson might not recognize him at a glance. He's changed his clothes yet again, being clad in a dirty grey overcoat, ill-fitting blue jeans, and worn shoes, all stained in some black substance, possibly blood of some unmentionable creature. Underneath, he's wrapped in bandages from head to toe - he has a hood pulled over his his head, but the detective might still catch a glimpse of his face or his hands.

Sandels pays no attention to Michalson - he's not looking for the detective at the moment and does not know the detective is looking for him. He just orders some cheap beer, pays with (likely) stolen money, and saunters to a corner table.
Michalson isn't sure at first, but hearing Sandels' voice does the trick. He strides towards the man with as much authority as someone with a bad leg can muster.

"Sandels. When you leave a cutter a mysterious note sayin' to come somewhere, it's polite to actually be there."
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Sandels turns and gives Michalson a quizzical look. "Hmmm? I only meant for you to be here for my fateful date. Or do you mean I missed it when I was gone? Hard to keep track of time in these parts." He sips his beer. It hasn't been that long by his counting, but maybe he's wrong. He quickly glances around. "Hmmm... nope. Don't see the lunker anywhere. So I must still have time, and you're early." He relaxes and looks at the detective again. "So, what gives? How's my assistant?"
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Lia, who for those who don't know is a glowing purple mushroom girl, looks askance at the man in the brown coat. As usual, she has no idea what's going on, but she's learned not to let that bother her.

"Hey," she says by way of greeting, giving a lazy wave, "You must not know Sandels that well if you're looking for politeness." She smiles faintly, taking another sip of water.
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Morty wrote: May 03, 2023 11:34 pm "Yeah, first we find Xun so she vouches for you. Then we talk to one of the bosses." Olvisin gets up too. "That would be our ever-grumpy leader, Dipsnig Razortooth. Or one of his senior officers, Dena Xifhara and Kirk Locke. They're elves... well, Dena also has snakes for hair but I think she's an elf underneath."
Jerick stands up and starts putting things inside his holsters, bags, and pouches. "So, I suppose we go find Xun now, then head over to MERC?"
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Hraithre wrote: May 05, 2023 7:50 pm Sandels turns and gives Michalson a quizzical look. "Hmmm? I only meant for you to be here for my fateful date. Or do you mean I missed it when I was gone? Hard to keep track of time in these parts." He sips his beer. It hasn't been that long by his counting, but maybe he's wrong. He quickly glances around. "Hmmm... nope. Don't see the lunker anywhere. So I must still have time, and you're early." He relaxes and looks at the detective again. "So, what gives? How's my assistant?"
quillpleasant wrote: May 05, 2023 9:12 pm Lia, who for those who don't know is a glowing purple mushroom girl, looks askance at the man in the brown coat. As usual, she has no idea what's going on, but she's learned not to let that bother her.

"Hey," she says by way of greeting, giving a lazy wave, "You must not know Sandels that well if you're looking for politeness." She smiles faintly, taking another sip of water.
"Aye, but I'm an eternal, hopeless optimist," Michalson tells Lia. Which is, of course, an utter lie. Turning back to Sandels, he shrugs. "She's doin' as well as she could. She's out on parole and occupyin' a temporary body. I hope to find a new one for her, the kind she wants. But she also seems to know what you plan on doin' and thinks you shouldn't. Why do you want to meet that big basher?"
ForTheGnomes wrote: May 06, 2023 5:34 pm Jerick stands up and starts putting things inside his holsters, bags, and pouches. "So, I suppose we go find Xun now, then head over to MERC?"
"Nah, let's head straight to MERC. We can probably find Xun there. If we can't, someone can probably tell us where she is."

Olvisin will lead Jerick out when he's ready.
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Morty wrote: May 06, 2023 5:54 pm "Aye, but I'm an eternal, hopeless optimist," Michalson tells Lia. Which is, of course, an utter lie. Turning back to Sandels, he shrugs. "She's doin' as well as she could. She's out on parole and occupyin' a temporary body. I hope to find a new one for her, the kind she wants. But she also seems to know what you plan on doin' and thinks you shouldn't. Why do you want to meet that big basher?"



"Nah, let's head straight to MERC. We can probably find Xun there. If we can't, someone can probably tell us where she is."

Olvisin will lead Jerick out when he's ready.
Jerick packs up the last of his things, then follows Olvison out the door.
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Sandels throws his hands up. "What? You still haven't got her the body she wanted? How hard can it be to find a blonde soulless supermodel or something?" His exasperation is obvious exaggerated. He puts his hands down and takes another sip. "Oho, she thinks she knows the plan? Not a high bar to pass. We're going to fight and I need her so I can fight at my full strength, rather than in this burnt-out shell held together by band-aid and prayers. Why shouldn't I do that?"
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Lia takes an obnoxiously loud sip in order to get the attention of the detective and the reaper before putting her glass on the table with a thunk.

"Hi. Any chance you could tell me who we're talking about? Also, on the topic of finding a body- does it have to be human? Or like, from the animal kingdom in a broad sense?" She has plenty more questions, so it's commendable that she's not blurting them all out at once.
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"She wants to have a human body. Which is a little bit complicated." Michalson sighs and shakes his head. "We're talkin' about some big blood this 'ere berk knows. And wants to fight. Why do you want to do it? Bunny made it sound like it's some ideological thing from your homeworld. Barmy thing to be scraggin' each other over."
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"Oh, you've seen him. Dropped my armor at his place", Sandels notes to Lia, "such a charming guy, wasn't he?" He leans on the table and looks at the detective. "It's a personal thing. Doesn't concern you. Just show up when I need you to and it'll all be over in a flash." He's about to continue drinking, but stops halfway and puts his drink on the table, pushing it to a far corner. "Hrmm. Doesn't concern you. It bugs me. My assistant ought to know what it's all about. What did she say, to get you to come here?" It's clear he expected Bunny to accept the request without protest.
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Lia sighs in disappointment. "Human bodies are definitely more complicated. Hm."

She nods at Sandels' reminder. "Oh yeah, that guy mentioned a duel. Well, I think that's a rather forgone conclusion. You shouldn't have any problems beating him." Whether her confidence is misplaced or not remains to be seen.
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"She thinks he'll write you into the dead-book and then take her away." Michalson opts for being blunt. "And bein' that she's in my custody, it's something I'm not keen on happenin'."
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Sandels gives Lia a look. "...thank you for the vote of confidence", he says in a tone signifying genuine surprise or deep enough sarcasm to be mistaken for such.

Then he turns to Michalson, leaning back in his seat and crossing his hands on the table. "You know what we are. Thought I told you. Sooner or later, our lot come to take everyone away, each other included. She ought to know that as well as me. She won't be in your custody forever. Don't mistake that for a threat. It's just how things go. Passing from possession of one of my kind to another shouldn't be that much of a deal to her."

Shouldn't be, yet it clearly is. The detective can tell that's what baking the bandaged man's noodle.
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Lia raises an eyebrow at the idea that everyone is taken away- clearly she disagrees, but she's not going to argue the point.

"Is this duel thing to the death? Or the destruction, or whatever happens to people like you?" she asks, "What's so important that you'd risk that?"
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Earl of Purple wrote: May 05, 2023 11:23 am "I already have a room booked. Did it by phone on our way in." Gartwag grins, thinking he's back with a chance.
"I don't already have a room, but it won't take much longer to rent one than it would for Gart to go grab the key, and I'm worth waiting half a minute for, surely?" Silverwhistle winks, and takes Atya's hand, kissing the back of it.

"The Blood Tombs? Nah, not a wizard, exactly. A vampire made the place to be the centre of a realm of the undead a long while back, their personal necropolis slash palace complex. They were killed centuries ago, and the paladins that did the deed buried the entrance and built a castle on top. The paladins are gone too, now. Last one died decades ago. A landslide's knocked part of the castle over, and the front entrance is still well sealed, but there's a crack into one of the mausoleums, where the vampire's minions and guards slept during the day." Although the vampire may well have been a wizard as well; they don't know much about who they were.
Zefir just takes a peek at the others. He heared most of what they said and he is unpleased. Not that he can change something or wants to change it. He just thinks of himself more as the romantic type. Thought in his 'relationships' he wasn't the nice one.

"Vampire?" he repeats. "Those guys are nasty and those paladins sound Lawful stupid if they just build their home on top of the evil one. Especially if that thing still host monsters. I guess there have been some 'remains' of the first owner or some wild monsters using that crack entrance as a way to a new base."
The paladind would have cleared all the bigger trouble or at least any big problems so the Tomb's monster eiter don't die natural or came in later.
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Silverwhistle goes to book the room and take the key, quite eager to take Atya upstairs and behind the curtain.

"Undead can be hard to kill. And they weren't sealing it off with many monsters inside; the ones they found they killed. They wanted to stop any surviving minions or underlings getting inside, or necromancers or adventurers accidentally triggering any contingency plans the vampire left behind. Building a castle on top at least guarantees if anyone tries to get in they'd be in a position to find out about it and stop them, and collapsing tunnels built into solid rock's far harder than you'd think. Mostly it's stuff the paladins either weren't able to kill, or which they didn't fid, and in a couple really annoying instances stuff they could and did kill but which don't stay dead. They weren't interested in treasure like we were, so they didn't know the blood waterfall was an elemental because they didn't try fishing coins out of the pool. The paladins thought they'd be there forever; they weren't expecting their god to die. Priests never do, really."
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Hraithre wrote: May 08, 2023 7:06 pm Sandels gives Lia a look. "...thank you for the vote of confidence", he says in a tone signifying genuine surprise or deep enough sarcasm to be mistaken for such.

Then he turns to Michalson, leaning back in his seat and crossing his hands on the table. "You know what we are. Thought I told you. Sooner or later, our lot come to take everyone away, each other included. She ought to know that as well as me. She won't be in your custody forever. Don't mistake that for a threat. It's just how things go. Passing from possession of one of my kind to another shouldn't be that much of a deal to her."

Shouldn't be, yet it clearly is. The detective can tell that's what baking the bandaged man's noodle.
quillpleasant wrote: May 09, 2023 3:30 am Lia raises an eyebrow at the idea that everyone is taken away- clearly she disagrees, but she's not going to argue the point.

"Is this duel thing to the death? Or the destruction, or whatever happens to people like you?" she asks, "What's so important that you'd risk that?"
"Why shouldn't she care what happens to her?" There seems to be a disconnect in how Michalson and Sandels approach this situation. "Of course she'll leave my custody eventually. Once her lawful sentence is over. By then she'll hopefully have a real body and be on her merry way. Gettin' involved in your scrap would get in the way of that."
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In response to Lia, Sandels shrugs. "Is it to the death? Feh, that's a bit up in the air. But it will make no difference if it is. You said it yourself, I won't have any problems defeating him." There's an odd glint to his eyes when he says that.

In response to Michalson, he throws his hands up. "Why should she care? Why would she?", he asks back, incredulous. "What, you think the lunker's gonna fight you over it? I don't think so. You'll have all the time you need to carry out your promise to her. By the time he comes for her, it won't be any of your business."
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Atya hoists up her chemical tank and follows Silverwhistle up to the room, quite pleased with how the night's events have played out.

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At the table, Lia nods thoughtfully. "True enough. If it's to the death it'll be his death. But I'm still curious as to why you're fighting in the first place."

She drums her fingers as she listens to the argument. "This is over who claims her soul? Surely it's the destination that matters, not who ushers her there, yes?"
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