The Dreams of the Ancient Ones - RPLOG
Participants
Date
22/6/478
Log
The beings who accepted the job are assembled and allowed to enter the airship. The trip to Cliffside is rather uneventful, and after reaching the outskirts of the city, the airship lands in the outer city, unloading the beings and the cargo. While trade is being done between the merchants around, the group of mercenaries is waved over by a young sparrow being, perhaps a familiar being to those who worked under Ridgewell before. It is the early afternoon with a cool breeze arriving from the west and traveling to the east where the inner city is located with its towering spires and high walls, all in all a rather nice weather for some adventuring.
Zuri spends the entire trip looking tremendously excited. The small salamander has only visited Cliffside a few times before, but every time it has been part of a thrilling adventure. He's out of the airship as soon as he can, and is momentarily distracted by the sights and sounds of the city before his mind returns to the here and now. He notices the sparrow being and plods over to greet him with a cheerful wave.
Cara steps off the ship in her usual attire, staff in hand. As she goes down from the runway, she yawns and stretches her legs. "I'm glad that we made it here though." At that point, she turns her head directly over to the ship, "Come on out, Kazel. I'll be waiting for you at the sparrow." Then, the feline proceeds to nonchalantly walk over to the aforementioned avian.
Cassidy adjusts her tie as she steps off the airship, making her way towards the sparrow, as well. "I'm hoping we get to make a trip back into those ruins. I've been wanting to show you this, Natska," she says to her companion, smiling.
Natska makes her way down from the airship, making sure her gauntlets are on securely and that her sword is ready at her side. She keeps pace with Cassidy, the jaguar on alert and scanning the crowd as they move towards their contact.
Fenris disembarks with the others, taking a deep breath of the cool, Cliffside air. He has donned a loose, sleeveless, open robe for the trip, mainly for the pockets. He smiles out over the city. "It does not look quite so cutthroat from here," he observes with fondness in his voice.
Kazel makes her way off the airship and follows close behind Cara, eventually catching up and walking next to her. The bat has had a slight smile on her face the whole way and took a deep breath of the air once they landed. "It is good to be visiting home."
Looks around as the group starts assembling around him, "Well, well, looks like that Sweetwater only has six different Freeswords, eh?" he idly quips, "Or is it that the Ladies Solacious and the salamander just find the weather here better?" He mentions again with a snicker to himself, "Anyway, for those who don't know me here, Mervyn Pinfield, at your service." he says with an exaggerated bow.
"I am afraid that you won't be visiting ruins today, Lady Solacious. Unless you are willing to trek by yourself to Braevales and then searching around in the mountains." the sparrow begins on a slow gait towards the main street as he continues talking, "And Thera'Dorans look smart when they keep their mouths closed, appearances deceive. But Cliffside is definitely not as bad as you Sweetwater make it sound like." Mervyn then stops and points at the open gate leading to the inner city, "Anyway, Mister Ridgewell is waiting for us inside the inner city, stay close to me, I am definitely not going after you if you are lost in the traffic. During the afternoon some of the streets can get really crowded." And true to his word, beings trod along the roads and pathways littering the outer city, one can only wonder how much busier will it be inside the city proper. "Any questions before we go in? I prefer talking here, less ears spying than inside."
Zuri grins at the sparrow. "I'd never pass up an opportunity to visit Cliffside." He peers around at the rest of the group , then nods at the avian being again. "No questions here, ready to go in sir!"
Cara rolls her eyes for a moment, "I'm from Shralesta and the personal strife between Sweetwater and Cliffside aren't really much of a problem to me." At that point, she shifts a glance over to Kazel and speaks to both her and Pinfield, "Although, I do enjoy the buildings here, we better get going. I have no questions."
"Pity," Cassidy says, following along. "No questions, though. Seeing as I expected there to be ruins, my original ideas are dismissed. So I'll be seeing the nature of the assignment within, I suppose. No problems with that, though."
Natska raises her eyebrows. "Huh. They have heard of me. This must not be so backwater after all..." she murmurs. She gives Cass a small wink, then looks back to their path, careful to not lose their guide.
Fenris keeps his thoughts to himself, though he smiles and gives a little bow to Mervyn. The big cat follows along easily, as though familiar with the streets and people.
Kazel shakes her head at the avian. "I am good to go as well." The graceful bat makes her way through the crowded streets of her home while staying near Cara. Ever so often she has to smile at random things and memories as she passes through the streets.
Nods his head, "Well then, good no questions." he says before looking at Cara and shrugging, giving Natska a smirk, "What can I say? I do enjoy learning more about barbaric peoples and their cultures, as simple as it maybe." the sparrow quips back as he continues walking through the street.The group finally enter the city proper from the open gate, with a curt nod from the guards standing there. The inner city sure takes on another appearance with spies rising up high if any being bothers looking upward and extremely busy streets that would make this a pickpocket's dream location.
It takes the group a good portion of an hour as they zigzag across the different streets, moving from squares to side alleyways and back again to main roads before they finally reach their destination, a relatively small square populated with a number of buildings and an exquisite marble water fountain in the middle. It is obvious from the impressive buildings here that this is one of the richer parts of the city, and from the shop signs and relatively low number of beings around, a square mainly dealing with esoteric and scholarly pursuits. "Here we are." he says as he moves closer to one of the buildings, opening the door and motioning from the group inside with a curt bow, "Mister Ridgewell will be waiting for you inside.
Any who enter the building will be met by a rather humbly decorated foyer, a number of book shelves strewn around the wall with benches and chairs for any guests. With a couple of windows at the entrance's door shining in the daylight into the room.
Zuri rather openly gawps as the group navigates through the city, having all the look of a wide-eyed tourist to him. He smiles up at the sparrow being and nods. "Thank you sir!" He quickly darts inside, looking for the friendly jasmine being and walking over to him, tail snaking excitedly behind him. "Mister Ridgewell, we're here!"
Cara walks through the elaborately decorated room, "Wow, Mister Ridgewell really did his best on making this place look nice." As she heads over to the one of the chairs, she stops for a moment and smiles to Kazel, "Have you been here before?"
