Roshek - The Great Census of 1305

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

1 minute ago, Invocation said:

"I do not drink. That would...go badly."

 

Just now, Steel Inquisitive said:

"Come sit with us!" Jurgen exclaimed. "I'm more hungry then thirsty myself."

"They serve food, too!" Aldred called over his shoulder, step quickening at the thought of stew and spaetzle or maybe some of those lovely fried fish that Liezl used to cook. "And there will be music!"

[+Invocation]

1 minute ago, ZincAboutIt said:

 

"They serve food, too!" Aldred called over his shoulder, step quickening at the thought of stew and spaetzle or maybe some of those lovely fried fish that Liezl used to cook. "And there will be music!"

"Music is not something I require, save the music of natural woods. It may even be a mark against, with how badly it can go with me in tight spaces."

Edited March 22, 2019 by Invocation

[Steel Inquisitive he/him]

Just now, Invocation said:

"Music is not something I require, save the music of natural woods. It may even be a mark against, with how badly it can go with me in tight spaces."

"I mean.... the bear is fine with it. I'm sure you can manage. And besides, I believe there's a porch." Jurgen muttered. 

[+Invocation]

1 minute ago, Steel Inquisitive said:

"I mean.... the bear is fine with it. I'm sure you can manage. And besides, I believe there's a porch." Jurgen muttered. 

"Fine. I shall go." Janim sighed. This is why they didn't interact with people beyond saving them. They returned to human form, tired of having four legs.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Aldred kept walking and rolled his eyes. "Swim in the canal, for all I care," he said, leading them up a winding street towards a large, cheerful tavern overlooking one of the smaller canals. It wasn't the best part of town, but it was far from the worst either. A jaunty half-circle swung from the eaves, and it looked as though the patio was fairly empty.

Lucky, that, Aldred thought, looking back at the group. One of them had shifted shapes; Aldred thought it might have been the surly one complaining about music. 

"Alright," he said, stopping outside. "I know the barmaid here, so no one kill anyone in there or it'll be me barred for life. Bear," he pointed at the large bear, "it'd be best if you went through this entrance." Aldred rapped on a wooden picket fence surrounding the outdoor seating. "I'll go tell Liezl she's got a large party. If we're lucky, it might be late enough in the season that she's uncorked the mead."

[+Sorana she/her]

Amara followed Mutig and Jürgen overhelmed by the many new faces. The city was ... strange. She made sure to keep closer to those she knew and kept her smile. Maybe it was good. At least the other seemed to know their way around here.

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Sry that's too fast for me right now.

 

[Steel Inquisitive he/him]

Jurgen sat down, leaning back casually. "So," he said to the wolf-man, "what's your thing?"

@Vargo Seldon

[+Sorana she/her]

Amara sat down next to him and listened.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

As the party filtered in, a young boy slipped out the front entrance and ran back down to the main square near Tradesman's Gate. 

"Hot food and good ale at the Half Moon Tavern!' he called, jamming a red floppy cap adorned with a ridiculously tall feather onto his head. He ran all over the square, drumming up business. If be brought in a good dozen patrons, Mistress Liezl might even give him a toffee, and Fritz did ever-so love toffee.

He passed a woman with a flower growing out of her head walking with a large wolf. "Half Moon Tavern, open to all for the census!" he called. "Just up the Wein Canal, on your right! Food and drink for all!"

Fritz smiled, thinking of toffee, and sprinted down a side street, calling all the while.

@kenod @ShadowLord_Lith 

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My last post of the evening.

 

Edited March 22, 2019 by ZincAboutIt

[Chasmfiend#1]

Mutig sat quietly, munching on the food he got, eyeing the tall mug a maid had set next to him. She said it was a root based drink, so maybe it won't be so bad. He began listening to the music, the conversations, and began pondering how to drink from his mug.

[+Sorana she/her]

7 minutes ago, Chasmfiend#1 said:

Mutig sat quietly, munching on the food he got, eyeing the tall mug a maid had set next to him. She said it was a root based drink, so maybe it won't be so bad. He began listening to the music, the conversations, and began pondering how to drink from his mug.

"Can I help?"

Amara asked him quietly and eyed the mug. She took a sip from whatever the maid a brought her and nodded. It was good and it was good to be seated.

[Chasmfiend#1]

1 hour ago, Sorana said:

"Can I help?"

Amara asked him quietly and eyed the mug. She took a sip from whatever the maid a brought her and nodded. It was good and it was good to be seated.

"If your referring to drinking it for me, I'm good. "

Then he had an idea. He fitted his jaws over the top of the mug, stood on his hind legs and, with one swift motion, threw his head back and having the mugs contents fall into his mouth. This resulted with most of the drink splashing out and into his fury neck.

His eyes widened "SHE NEVER MENTIONED IT HAS HONEY!" he looked around searching for a maid. Seeing one, he bellowed "another! With a bigger rim!" 

 The maid looked from Mutig to Amara, as if looking for for confirmation of what she had heard.

@Sorana

[+Sorana she/her]

27 minutes ago, Chasmfiend#1 said:

"If your referring to drinking it for me, I'm good. "

Then he had an idea. He fitted his jaws over the top of the mug, stood on his hind legs and, with one swift motion, threw his head back and having the mugs contents fall into his mouth. This resulted with most of the drink splashing out and into his fury neck.

His eyes widened "SHE NEVER MENTIONED IT HAS HONEY!" he looked around searching for a maid. Seeing one, he bellowed "another! With a bigger rim!" 

 The maid looked from Mutig to Amara, as if looking for for confirmation of what she had heard.

@Sorana

Amara laughed and nodded.

"If the bear wants another one, give him another one."

She took a larger sip herself and smiled. What a strange day.

[Chasmfiend#1]

7 hours ago, Sorana said:

Amara laughed and nodded.

"If the bear wants another one, give him another one."

She took a larger sip herself and smiled. What a strange day.

The maid brought out a large bowl, making Mutig even happier. She set it down and Mutig began to inhale it.

The maid whispered into Amara's ear, " I am not sure if having a drunk bear, particularly one of his size. "

@Sorana

[Steel Inquisitive he/him]

Jürgen watched the bear with amusement. I wonder how much that will cost and who's going to pay. He thought, smiling to himself.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

"A bear, Aldred?" Liezl was much as Aldred remembered her, a Kurian down to her bones with a bright sheaf of honey-blonde hair and golden tan skin. The scowl she fixed him with was also familiar.

Aldred grinned at her. "I told you the next time I was in town I'd bring you something special."

Liezl rolled her blue eyes, but couldn't quite keep a smile off her lips. "Five years it's been, and now you come tromping in leading a blighted circus through my pub? If that beast so much as scratches the paint on my walls..."

"Yes, yes, I know, barred for life," Aldred waved a hand through the air.

Liezl raised a brow at him. "Barred for life? More like behind bars for life. I own this place now, you wild rover, and I won't hesitate to call in the city guard if I need to." 

"My Liezl, a tavern owner," Aldred mused, catching a strand of her hair between his fingers. "You've come quite a ways from pulling pints and sleeping behind the woodstove, eh?"

Liezl batted his hand away. "I never slept behind the woodstove you cheeky rogue, as you well know."

Aldred winked at her. "Indeed I do. Speaking of, might you know where a tired Sayer could lay his head this evening?"

"If you want a room, you'll pay good carats for it," Liezl said, waving the barmaid over. The young woman looked harried, having just filled a punch bowl full of root draught for the bear outside.

"Greta, this is Aldred," Liezl said, pointing at him. "If any one of that party starts a fight, he is the one responsible."

Aldred put on his most charming smile for Greta, who had quite excellent taste in hair ribbons and blushed rather prettily. "Oh my dear Greta," he said, "I'm very responsible."

Liezl snorted and headed towards the tavern's back room. "I mean it Aldred, don't ruin my pub!"

"A pint of mead, if you've uncorked it Greta love," Aldred said to the serving girl. "Just bring it outside."

With that, he strode back out into the spring sunshine and wedged himself beside the hunter at the edge of the table.

[+Sorana she/her]

4 hours ago, Chasmfiend#1 said:

The maid brought out a large bowl, making Mutig even happier. She set it down and Mutig began to inhale it.

The maid whispered into Amara's ear, " I am not sure if having a drunk bear, particularly one of his size. "

@Sorana

Amara nodded.

"Alright, that's the last one."

She agreed. A drunken bear would probably fall asleep, but that was another story. Jürgen was already watching Mutig, so maybe the maid was right and they expected him to qreck the bar.

"Do you know Jürgen?"

She asked, remembering when Jürgen had talked to the bear about someone.

@Chasmfiend#1

[Chasmfiend#1]

39 minutes ago, Sorana said:

Amara nodded.

"Alright, that's the last one."

She agreed. A drunken bear would probably fall asleep, but that was another story. Jürgen was already watching Mutig, so maybe the maid was right and they expected him to qreck the bar.

"Do you know Jürgen?"

She asked, remembering when Jürgen had talked to the bear about someone.

@Chasmfiend#1

 "In a indirect way." Mutig replied, looking over his bowl at Jügen. "We've never met, but his met my former friend, who probably told him about me, as she told me about him."

 He stopped drinking, a look of disappointment on his face.

 "I'd like to apologize for the outburst earlier. It's just that me and impures have a distinct history, one have me the injured leg. I had to travel all the way here to fully recover."

 He looked down, "I am terrible at this debt theme, as I have only made things worse for you."

@Sorana

[+Sorana she/her]

10 minutes ago, Chasmfiend#1 said:

 "In a indirect way." Mutig replied, looking over his bowl at Jügen. "We've never met, but his met my former friend, who probably told him about me, as she told me about him."

 He stopped drinking, a look of disappointment on his face.

 "I'd like to apologize for the outburst earlier. It's just that me and impures have a distinct history, one have me the injured leg. I had to travel all the way here to fully recover."

 He looked down, "I am terrible at this debt theme, as I have only made things worse for you."

@Sorana

Surprised Amara put her mug back on the table.

"What do you mean by worse? Is the bandage to tight? Should I loosen it up a bit?"

[Chasmfiend#1]

7 minutes ago, Sorana said:

Surprised Amara put her mug back on the table.

"What do you mean by worse? Is the bandage to tight? Should I loosen it up a bit?"

 "No." He said downcast, "see, in the animal world there is a distinct law, summed up by six words: I owe you, and you owe me. I owe you for helping with my leg, I tried repaying that debt by giving a ride to the sen-" he stopped, then tried again, "census place, but that ended here... All because I lost my cool at the sight of a impure.. For which I am sorry."

@Sorana

Edited March 22, 2019 by Chasmfiend#1

[+Sorana she/her]

35 minutes ago, Chasmfiend#1 said:

 "No." He said downcast, "see, in the animal world there is a distinct law, summed up by six words: I owe you, and you owe me. I owe you for helping with my leg, I tried repaying that debt by giving a ride to the sen-" he stopped, then tried again, "census place, but that ended here... All because I lost my cool at the sight of a impure.. For which I am sorry."

@Sorana

Amara laughed.

"You owe me nothing. Don't worry about it."

She smiled again.

"It's what I do, why I am here. I am trying to get enough money to build a hospital one day. To offer help for those to poor to afford it."

[Chasmfiend#1]

22 minutes ago, Sorana said:

Amara laughed.

"You owe me nothing. Don't worry about it."

She smiled again.

"It's what I do, why I am here. I am trying to get enough money to build a hospital one day. To offer help for those to poor to afford it."

 "You may take half of my portion, I have little need for it." Mutig said, then returned to his drink.

@Sorana

[+Sorana she/her]

2 minutes ago, Chasmfiend#1 said:

 "You may take half of my portion, I have little need for it." Mutig said, then returned to his drink.

@Sorana

"I would be grateful for that. But it's a dream, I don't have nearly enough for a spot, lest alone the equipment I'd need."

Amara ordered some food and looked back at him.

"What do you want to do, after the census?"

[Chasmfiend#1]

41 minutes ago, Sorana said:

"I would be grateful for that. But it's a dream, I don't have nearly enough for a spot, lest alone the equipment I'd need."

Amara ordered some food and looked back at him.

"What do you want to do, after the census?"

 "To be honest, I am not sure." He said, thinking about his last time in Brat, the town he'd spent his whole life guarding.

 "I may try heading into another kingdom, maybe I'll see what I can do to evolve further from magic."

He looked at Amara, "where will you go?"

@Sorana

[kenod]

Lilia walked through the streets, returning from the census building. She giggled as she thought back to what had happened:

Lilia walked up to the desk, the scribe looking up at her. "Spirit?" He asked. "Name, abilities and region of residence please."
Lilia tilted her head. "I'm not a spirit," she answered, "though I guess dad might have been one? As for my abilities, I can see spirits, and talk to them, even when others can't."
The man gazed at her for a bit. "I see," he said at last. "In that case, I'd like your name and living area, as well as any special abilities you might have."
"My name is Lilia Blumenkind," she said. "I don't really live anywhere, I just wander around a bit. As for other abilities..." She paused for a bit. "Well, I'm not sure how special it is, but I'm somewhat decent at fleshcrafting, though I guess you already saw that."
The man groaned, wondering why he was getting all the weird ones. "Alright," he said, "Lilia Blumenkind, wanderer, Spirit Descendant, Capable of perceiving spirits and a Fleshcrafter." He handed her the money, hoping that the next person was a bit more normal.

Of course, after that came Chadwick's turn...

Suddenly, a voice pulled her out of her thoughts, yelling about an inn. She looked at Chadwick. "Want to go there?" she asked. "I mean, we've got to use this money somehow."

@Turtle373