Trouble in Shanty - RPLOG
From Rusted Promises
Participants
Date
8/7/476
Log
Calm, nothing but calmness. Almost erry. Everywhere there are people being.... pleasent. No trash fires, no bodies. Just people walking around, most looking starved, a few falling over from it, only to be picked up and taken away by their fellows. Others work on reinforcing the buildings. The streets are even being swept! The sun shines as it sets in the distance, only slightly cloudy.
Kendra wanders into the town. this being her first time here it doesnt seem like anythings out of the ordinary. she looks about for a while admiring what seems like a nice place
Arimia stalks through the streets of Shanty Town, a scowl on her features. She has her cloak tugged close about her, and something about her seems muted or dull. She casts her odd eyes about, scowl deepening at what she sees. "Somebody has been messing with my Shanty Town..." She slips down an alley, doing her best to disappear from sight, planning to investigate things from the shadows.
Ictus ponders as he looks around Shanty Town and shakes his head at the residents, "Odd..." he looks over at Kendra and shakes his head, "Be on guard, something isn't right here." he frowns a bit
Not too far behind the others, a tall looking lion dressed in a rather expensive looking coat walks into the town. "So the rumors were true," Dio observes, looking upon the scene with a curious glance and a cocked head. "Seems more or less like an ordinary town, just as they said. We should probably start askin' around and flaggin' down the guard captain if ya could find 'em." The lion looks around for someone to speak to and makes his way towards them with a smile. "Hello there, may I 'ave a moment of yer time for some small questions?"
Issi returns from a small trip into the wilderness, taking a detour through Shanty Town. Or is it Shanty town? She takes a few sniffs of the air, making her way to the small cluster of people seemingly gathering, whom seem just as confused as she is. She tries making contact by making a few inquisitory gestures to see who understands her.
The people give friendly waves to Kendra, Ictus, Dio and Issi as they walk along, doing thier business, no one tries to lift a purse, stab a back, nothing. "Howdy good beings! We have sales on some of the trinkets we managed to scrounge together, I'll grant they aren't much." says a tiger in tartered clothes as the group passes by. Arimia continues undetected for the time being, her movements unnoticed. NO one seems to return the gestures to Issi.
Kendra looks ictus over and nods a bit, "er.. on gaurd... right. always am anyways." she shrugs and just stands there waiting for somebody to take lead while she watches Issi make random hand gestures. she leans over to ictus and mummbles, "i think shes cursing at me..."
Arimia lingers in a narrow gap between buildings, too large for most beings. She watches the others as they wander the streets of Shanty town, the lack of any attempt to try and appropriate items or coin from them causing her scowl to return. She'll watch them a bit longer, then she's off to a local bar to see what she can find out.
"That's not really what I asked..." Dio rubs a hand through his mane, still trying to register the rather strange scene he's in. However, something in the tiger's words manage to catch his interest. "Trinkets ya say," Dio asks, moving closer to the tiger. "Could ya tell me a bit more about those if ya don't mind? Do they have any special qualities? Also, would ya mind tellin' me where you got 'em?"
Ictus looks to Dio and nods in agreement, he blinks at Issi and shakes his head, "Sorry, I don't know sign..." he looks to Kendra and shakes his head with a shrug, "I wouldn't know." he looks to the merchant then and nods to Dio, "Yes, I'm curious about them as well..."
The tiger smiles to Dio, "Well, some banged up pots and pans, a few lengths of rope, still good I think, oh! And how could I forget the master's new book! I'll sell that one to you lot for a permium, just... fifty crown, does that sound reasonable?" he asks, then he nods to Ictus as well. Behind Arimia, some children can be heard playing, "Tag, your it!
Issi is not cursing, however if continuous failures to communicate occur, then she very well might. For now she just shakes her head and decides to try again later, maybe with a solid writing surface. She keeps her tounge on the scents or lack there of in the air. She decides to investigate elsewhere, this is a radical departure from the town she saw before.
Kendra frowns a bit looking at the tiger and still talking under her breath to ictus, "er.. who would they be calling master do you think?" she doesnt seem to know anything about the customs here
Dio listens to the tiger, crossing his arms and tapping his foot on the ground as he watches the rest of the group move about and investigate. "Did you say 'Master'," the lion asks, twisting his head back towards the tiger. "Please, tell me more about the Master if you will. I'll take a book too, if ya don't mind." Digging through his coat pockets, he pulls out the required amount of crowns and holds it in front of the tiger.
Dio spends 50 Crown for RP reasons.
Ictus looks over at Issi and frowns before looking back to the tiger, "Err, sounds perfectly reasonable." he looks confused though as he pulls out fifty crown then hands it to the tiger, he looks to Kendra and shrugs as he whispers back
Ictus spends 50 Crown to: Book perchase!
The tiger takes the crown, and he doesn't check if it is real or not, just slides it into his pocket. He picks up a leather bound book and passes it to Dio, "A pleasure! See anything else you'd like?" He looks to Ictus and smiles a bit wider, "Thank you, here, lets see... Yep, my last one, we don't have too many of them now." He says giving the book to Ictus. "Well, how about you Sir, see anything?" he asks. The children behind Arimia seem to switch to hide and seek....
Arimia slips out of the alleyway, pushing her hood back to leave her pink fur on display. She stalks over to the tiger and looks up at him, simply staring for a couple of moments before saying, "That was your last? Where can more be found?"
Kendra looks around and sighs looking up at the sun, "alright well. bye~ cant really stay i have a appointment elsewhere." she waves and wanders off out of town
Ictus tilts his head curiously as the coin is not checked and nods, "No, but thank you for the book..." he looks the book over for a name before he starts opening it to read a little
"Thank ya, sir. Pleasure doin' business with ya." Dio hands the money over and takes the book within his hand, rubbing the leather binding in his padded palms. "While I'm readin' up on this book, mind tellin' me more about yer master if you don't mind?" Using a claw-tipped finger, Dio opens up the book and begins scanning the pages, looking for something that could help explain the curious situation, particularly anything about the supposed master and any clues about recent events or magical business.
Issi moves about quickly, wuth a grimmace. Where is that smell coming from? The town itself? She keeps trying to get closer to the source of the smell.
The tiger nods to Arimia, "Yes, my last one, but someone else might have it on sale, well, it wasn't my last one, I should say it is my last spare copy, I'll never part with my last." He says then over to Dio, "Just read my friend, it will tell you all you need, the are the words of one of the sages who came here a few days ago, they have scribes working as best they can with what we have to make more copies, everyone must hear her words and follow him." he says. The smell comes from the streets themselves, but it isn't so overwhelming as to gag someone anymore.
