Geinwortelparadijs: Riddles from the mountains chapter 6: Arrivel at Mimes
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Message Date: 2006-04-26 07:54:52
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: 6: Arrival at mimes
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You walk for most of the morning over the same scarcely used road you where on yesterday till you got distracted. Then the road makes a turn to the east and emerges out of the forest and onto a plain. In the distance to the north you see a big town,Mimes, and from that a steady flow of people leaving it.
After following your road a bit more you see it end on the big road out of Mimes on wich all those people leaving the city travel with carts full of household goods or even big packs of clothes and other belongings on their backs. They look sad and already worn although they are just barely on their way.
When you travel against the flow people look a bit strange at you, maybe because you are the only people travelling in this direction, and some glance with doubtfull idea's at your waterskins. After an hour you reach the city gates. The guards there are just trying to make room to let a cart with big barrels in. From inside you hear a bit rebelious sounds about the city council taking care of themselves. You see a young tolv trying to get on the cart, but he get's caught and a guard harshly moves him into the guard house, and soon the guard returns.
When finally the waggon is slowly moving furhter into the town together with some guards you get noticed.
One of the guards(an bit older tolv) walks over to you
"And what is your bunch comming to do here? Not planning on plundering a half deserted town are you"
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Message Date: 2006-04-26 08:05:33
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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Lepus looks around with something like compassion. "This is messed up." he mutters. Apperently he is not above caring for something other than his own skin on occassion.
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Message Date: 2006-04-26 21:04:41
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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Vladimir smiles at the guard and says: "Do you think I'd find anything of my interest? And my size?
The king sent us here to find out why you all have a drinking problem here..." His eyes widen: "I mean why you don't have water." He eyes the tolv: "Those wrinkles around your eyes, do you know you don't have to put up with them? With a simple procedure I can make you look at least 70 years younger!"
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Message Date: 2006-04-27 07:49:28
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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"Of course we're not going to steal anything from the town," Tyranael replies pointedly, placing herself between the guard and Vladimir as if to hide him from view
"And if the folk here were sensible they'd have taken everything that was removable anyway. As the Faerie said in his own stunted way, we are here on a mission from the king to discover why the river here has suddenly stopped flowing. I expect your full cooperation in this mission. For a start, do you know anyone who might have a clue as to what might have occurred here? Or who witnessed events that might help us solve this?"
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Message Date: 2006-04-27 08:08:57
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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The guard seems to slowly show a little bit of anger, but can hold himself in. When Tyranael explains a bit more and keeps on mentioning the king he looks at you as if he thinks you are playing a game with him. he then turns and calls out:
"Captain!!! I think you want to deal with this."
The captain is a much younger tolv with a polished armour that walks with his chest high like a pigeon that ate to much
Then on a laughing tone he get's filled in "She even tries to command me to assist then, in the name of the king that send them to fix our drinking problem!!" en he really bursts out in laughing but suddenly stops when the captain looks a bit angry at him and he takes some distance.
Then the captain turns to you
"So, you are send by then king huh? That's quick then... The messenger left only 4 days ago. Do you have any proof?"
When you show him the document he takes a good look at it, scratches his kin a moment
"Ok, follow me"
and he walks of with your document into town, down the same road as the wagon with barrels
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Message Date: 2006-04-27 15:52:48
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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Lepus rolls his eyes. Soldiers are all such ponces. He follows quietly, but the satyr-induced good mood seems to be fading.OOC: Neanie, I don't mean to niggle, but there's an important difference between chin and kin. You said the guy just scratched his family.
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Message Date: 2006-04-28 06:50:33
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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ooc: whoops!!! maybe I'm being effected by nerves for comming monday. Also forgot to give you the discription of the town that I prepared so This will be a backpost for that. And probably the last post till we get back tuesday



ic:

When you approached the town you saw all kinds of more recently build buildings and young trees before the dark city wall in the distance, obviously the town has grown since that wall has been placed.

A low but very broad though thorn-hedge is growing around the town and a gate is being build over the road your on. The guard house next to the gate is alread finished but unoccupied right now.

When you get to the citywall you see that it's a 3 meters high, 2 meters wide wall of the same dense though thorn hedge. Behind that are wooden platforms with battlements, sometimes extending over the hedgewall

The road your on is also more accurately named a lane, and when you look around in the town you notice that the town seems to only have lanes as every road is lined with rows of trees. And the more you get to the center of town, the bigger the trees are.
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Message Date: 2006-05-04 20:47:53
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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Vladimir is a little insulted about the way Tyra tried to hide him.
He follows behind Lepus mumbling about not being allowed to talk to people in his own way.
"Where is that guy going with our document?"
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Message Date: 2006-05-08 07:08:28
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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Vaguely annoyed at the way the guard addressed them to the captain, she ignores him at first as she listens to the captain, who seems a bit full of himself.
"Yes, the king was swift in his response to this apparent threat. One of the biggest cities in the kingdom suffering from water problems is a matter of the gravest importance."

She then hands him the document when he asks for proof and starts to follow him along, muttering under her breath:
"Hesoldé, please grant some of the warmth of the sun to set the pants of that guard aflame," and she points in the direction of the guard which first talked to them.
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Message Date: 2006-05-08 07:55:18
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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As you start to walk into the city the sun seems to grow even brighter suddenly, as much as if it came from behind a cloud, but there was no cloud so the light at the gate is now very bright, and in the brightness there is a special ray that hits the bottom of some kind of bottle and then is reflected to the loud guards heel.
Meanwhile he's laughing and taunting a bit
"See who's boss?!? She's following the captain like a lapdog!!"
The other guards also laugh
"Hey, what do I smell?"
By now his pants have caught fire at his heel and are quickly leaping up, maybe even aided by his frantic jump and moving trying to beat it out.
"Ah!! fire!! Fire!! I'm on fire!!"

Then the captain looks back, sees what's going on, an other guard comes walking out of the guardhouse with a decanter and get's yelled at by the captain as he is running back
"Put the decanter back!! that's our water ration for today!!, get a blanket!!"
Together the captain and the other guards quickly douse the fire. Then the captain looks around
"How did you get your pants on fire?"
Then a bit of sun reflects of a piece of glass into his eye and he looks at it angrily
"I had told you to clean up that bottle of yours!!"
the guards stammers a bit
"Tha tha that's not my bottle..."
"I I confis fiscated it"
The captain seems to become even madder
"CLEAN IT UP!! NOW!! and you will get extra guard duties this week, all on noon shift. Let's see if that sun can burn you more"

Then he turns around and starts walking into town again, this time actually addressing you as he passes by
"Follow.... please"
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Message Date: 2006-05-08 08:16:27
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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You walk through the town that is baking in the high sun. You see not much people out, and most shops are closed. Lot's of houses completly boarded up, but those people that are on the street stay at the sides walking in the shadow of the trees lining all streets. When the trees along the street start to look ancient you see the central market square with it's umbrella shaped trees. Here there are even a few traders that have set up their stands. one even trying to sell some small dehydrated looking vegetables.

At the north side of the square is a big building, the city hall. You are being led onto the front steps and into the building where you seem to run into a wall of cool air as if you walk into a cave, or with this environment, a mine.

You are now in a big hall that's 2 story's high, along the walls hang portrets of tolvs and even a halfling or 2, probably old mayors and maybe even city council members.

At the other end is a broad staircase that splits at the other wall to bring you to the left and right balcony that run along the sides of the hall.

The captain leads you to the left balcony and into a halway that starts halfway. At the end of the hal it becomes broader and are there a couple of benches, this is where he stops.

"please wait here, I have to see if they can recieve you"

And he goes into a door marked with 'Mayor' and he still has your document
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Message Date: 2006-05-08 08:22:50
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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Lepus statrs the coincidence, but snickers evilly. After that he trails along quietly, watching Tyranael curiously.
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Message Date: 2006-05-08 08:24:26
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"I wonder who's next up to be rude to us?" Lepus mutters acerbically.. "It's just wonderful how much respect you get working for the king."
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Message Date: 2006-05-08 08:26:10
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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Vladimir ROFL and points at the guard: "Look he is wearing a hot pants!!" He get's up and says (in a serious manner): "I have some ointment against sunburn, let me know if you need it"
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Message Date: 2006-05-08 09:04:37
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Vladimir likes cities and he enjoys being in one again. The fact that there are not many people around that could accidently (or not) step on him is a welcome change from ever busy Snoefa Stad. He regrets there's no time to ferret about the stands at the market.
He tries to absorb everything around him, which causes him to walk slower than usual.
In the City Hall the portrets seem to fascinate him "Halflings ruling tolvs... dear dear..." he mumbles. Then he realizes the rest of the group is getting way ahead and he runs after them.

He catches up in time to hear Lepus mutter about respect. it makes him laugh: "Oh come on, they're not rude, they're Tolvs!! Besides, do you respect everyone that works for the king? He has someone to clip his toenails!"
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Message Date: 2006-05-09 07:50:47
From: Meinozsé Stensalil
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Meinozsé looks surprised but also a bit mistrusting at Vladimir
"What do you mean with that? That Tolvs are inherently rude? Also telling that you are not by chance?  We treath everybody with the all respect" ,and after a very slight pause, "that they deserve"
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Message Date: 2006-05-09 21:14:55
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"I didn't say Tolvs are inherently rude! I said these Tolvs weren't rude! It's a cultural thing I guess... Lepus considers them rude... this is just the way average autocratic Tolv male respons to strangers. They are guards, working for the mayor and that gives them power and they want to show us that. And since the king is in another town and the mayor is here, they consider the mayor to be more important, so they deserve more respect then we do." He tilts his head and seems to be in deep thought. "Maybe it's not a Tolv thing, but a guard thing.... though most Tolv man in high positions I've met weren't really polite, the girls on the other hand are very ladylike and courteous, like yourself." Vladimir smiles friendly at Meinoszé and Tyranael.
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 05:14:49
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"I always thought it was an idiot thing." Lepus interjects snidely.
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 07:01:21
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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Not managing to hide a smile, in fact smiling rather broadly, as she sees the result of her actions, Tyranael gazes towards the sun for a moment until the sight hurts her eyes.
"Thank you for this grace," she says, just soft enough not to be heard by the captain, but loud enough to be possibly heard by the others in her party. Then she moves to follow the captain.
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 07:26:10
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Tyranael isn't exactly sure if she should smile at the compliment made to her by Vladimir or be insulted by his other words. She was certainly insulted by Lepus' words.
"Thank you for the compliment, but I feel like I have to correct you. In my experience Tolv males are rather courteous and given I've spent a lot of my time among guards I have to say that they are too rather polite. And they are certainly not idiotic," she adds, throwing an angry glance at Lepus, "the guard that met us was just ignorant to our status and was probably affected by the situation here. And maybe it was the way you addressed him that provoked his reaction. Perhaps you should refrain from saying people have drinking problems, although that broken bottle might have suggested otherwise. But, as I was saying, miss Stensalil is right. Tolv treat people with respect they think they deserve. Also, the king should come in the first place regardless of location. The mayor of this place probably only holds his station by the king's grace."
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 07:28:59
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes
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The guard glares at Vladimir
"I don't need your quackery. And if I ever catch you on starting fires then I'll get my revenge"
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 07:36:52
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Lepus shrugs. Considering his personality, he's probably used to peole being annoyed at him. "All the guards I've ever met were meatheads who think that the fact that I can read means there's something wrong with my sexuality, not that they knew what that word means. I give people the respect I think they deserve too."
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 07:51:23
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Vladimir sighs: "You're a Tolv yourself, so you probable used to that way of behaving, people that aren't Tolvs and didn't grow up between Tolv guards consider it quite rude!" He hopes the guard will return and lead them to the mayor before Tyranaels lecture about calling guard meatheads will start. He's surprised about the cunnicul provocing the bladsinger, but hopes it won't lead to trouble.
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 08:20:09
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Turning a nasty colour of red, Tyra turns to face Lepus completely.
"Be carefull what you say, rabbit. The watch and the military bear close ties to each other and saying they are meatheads is a personal affront to me. Many of my friends, and people I've trained with, have joined the watch. I myself serve in a guard position when I'm not doing military things. And I can assure you that most of the guard I know have enjoyed basic education. I'm not saying all guards are upstanding, noble people, but they sure aren't meatheads."
She suddenly turned around and started pacing the room, her hands clenched together.
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 09:04:03
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Lepus is nasty enough to take Tyranael talking down to him, but not anywhere near brave enough to face her anger. "Relax! Relax! I didn't say all guards were meatheads! Only the ones that come into my shop so I can read and write letters for them! I guess they must be the only stupid ones. I mean, amongs all those fine, upstanding an honorable watchmen, it's hardly susprising and totally excuseable that there a few bad apples, right?" Lepus has the incredibly ability to go from sarcastic cynic to snivelling coward in the blink of an eye.
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Message Date: 2006-05-10 09:27:31
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Vladimir is glad to be out of the discussion and keeps his mouth shut for once
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Message Date: 2006-05-13 07:56:49
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Then the doors open and an elderly halfling women stands in the doorway, but her voice seems to have lost nothing with time and still sounds strong and absolute
"They are now ready to recieve you"
And she steps back inside holding the door open for you revealing a small orderly office with large windows, and at the left an other open door that she is indicating you to go into.
When you enter the indicated room you come into a big office adorned with all kinds of symbols of power such as flags (empire, city and one with a personal weapon that has a resemblance with that of the king) a variety of weapons, most prominently is the blade of an axe not mistanding an executioner gleaming in the sunlight falling through a roof window.
In this room are on the left the captain that brought you here and next to the big desk infront of the axe stands a halfling in a taki tropical suit with some gold stitched insignia and behind the desk sits a tolv. Well sit's isn't the right word, he hangs back leisurely in his giant leather office chair. The man wears a very tight fitting taki jacket with a lot of gold stichted insignia at the brims of his sleeves and on his shoulders and on his breast pocket is stitched the same weapon as on one of the flags.
Then the tolv addresses you
"Welcome to Mimes, I'm Boris Ksanad, mayor of Mimes, and that's alderman Mash’al bin Faris bin Amid"
The halfling knods at you
"And you already met the captain"
and then the mayor goes on with a quickly increasing cynicallity in his tone
"But you are all the help my nephew send us fast? Impressive, he seems to like more and more."
And after loosing much of the cynical tone
"But tell us, what are your skills that made him send you to come asses the situation? And according to the paper, you where 5, but right now you are 4, how comes? Did his zap-paling scatter a group again?"
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Message Date: 2006-05-20 22:47:17
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Vladimir remembers the way Tyranael took over his conversation with the guard vividly, now he says and does nothing but staring at Tyranael to see what she does and follow her.
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Message Date: 2006-05-21 03:54:28
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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After the argument that just passed, lepus too does not seem to be about to say anything.
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Message Date: 2006-05-22 06:28:47
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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After being introduced to all the people, Tyranael makes a bow to all of them.
"A pleasure to meet you, I'm sure. My name is Tyranael Kyliries, daughter of Tyranor Kyliries, advisor at the king's court. I am part of the Ralri knights, a bladesinger, so it should be obvious what I should be able to add to this group."

Noting how the others are remaining silent, she decides she might as well introduce them too.
"This is miss Stensalil," she started, indicating Meinozsé, "and as I understand it she is an expert on mining operations. Then we have Vladimir, who has knowledge of healing and herbs. Finally there's Lepus, who is a scribe. We did indeed have another member of our group, but unfortunately she seems to have abandoned our mission although we have attempted to persuade her to stay."
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Message Date: 2006-05-22 08:34:32
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"A kings advisor"
"Wanted a field trip and advised him to send you here quickly that your here already? What did you want to do here to help us? Or can we actually just use your service? Then you can go after the patrol that is travelling upstream to investigate, they have taken some scouts and engineers but you and your poor little friends can probably make yourself usefull there."
On an almost sadistical tone
"Maybe dig a waterwell upstream and pump new water into the river"
he leaves a moment of silence and then turns a bit to direct his word to his captain
"Captain Satlin, in for a field trip of your own? then please gather some mules for yourself and our friends here to travel into the mountians with"
Turning his focus back to you
"You don't need anything else from us, or do you?"
The captain watches you a moment to see if you request more, if no quick answhere comes he clicks his heals against each other, bowes to the mayor and marches out of the room
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Message Date: 2006-05-24 07:28:58
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"We were not sent here to do mere gruntwork, Mayor Ksanad, I'd think you'd have your own guard to do that. The king sent us here to investigate the cause of the disappearing water. I don't think the king would be pleased to hear of the poor treatment his nephew, the mayor of Mimes, gives his private investigators. Now, given the fact that the information we were given was rather sparse, I'd like to know if any of you can tell us everything that is known about this."
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Message Date: 2006-05-24 07:59:44
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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the mayor smirks a bit
"Go ahead, it's not like he will believe your word over that of one of my class"
"But actually, we also have only very sparse information as we have had only one report till now, and that's that a day and half walk upstream there is a huge pile or rock filling the complete valley and blocking all acces. So we still don't know if the river is just blocked or went underground, and if it's just blocked how stable this damm is, and if it's caused by an accident or maybe even foul play, that's why you have to do some 'mere gruntwork'"
"Now, if that's it, then I'd suggest you go outside, Captain Satlin will be there soon. Ow, and I don't work with all this paperwork like my nephew, if you need something from the troops there, the captain has the authority to arange that for you, if he thinks it's worth the manpower"
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Message Date: 2006-05-24 17:15:54
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: updates
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2 things:

First, bootie and I will be to Denmark from thursday morning to monday evening, so unless something happens that gives me a chance to post tonight I hope to post monday evening again (I gues this depends again mostly on Vereleus)

Second point, The geinwortelparadijs website has been updated. The descriptions of the physical forms of the races, their clothings styles and their naming styles has been added.

I have already been using that a bit scince the satyr encounter in the names and stuff, but as it has been decided after the start not everything is consisten with this. I think I might try to correct this on things that I controll, so I might change Meinozsé's last name a bit, to make it sound more russian as i think that can be done, the first name will stay as i have no idea how to improve that. No idea if there will be other things, I might tell if I do something, most npc's you encounter right now have been made with this addition, or still have to be made so.


so far the updates, let me know if you mis something, find inconsistencies, errors or maybe requests. I want to know so I can improve
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Message Date: 2006-05-27 03:15:25
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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When the discussion turns to matters of the mission, Lepus gets out a piece of parchment and his quill and starts taking notes. He doesn't advertise the fact, but he's also noting down the way the mayor is treating them.
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Message Date: 2006-06-03 19:52:58
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Vladimir isn't very interested in this discussion between the tolvs, usually he might have been, but since he knew Tyranael would muzzle him as soon as he tried to take part in the conversation he's just checking out the room.
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Message Date: 2006-06-05 16:04:07
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"Well, at least the information of the rocks is more than we had. Thank you," Tyranael said, deciding to drop the matter of the treatment. She'd just have to see what the king had to say about it.

"I think it's time for us to leave then. I don't think we'll be needing anything until we've assessed the situation. Unless one of you requires something." she looked at Vladimir and Lepus.
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Message Date: 2006-06-05 16:29:17
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Lepus shakes his head and jots down the last few notes. He suddenly looks up and does think of something. "Some maps would be good. Something with the area here on it."
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Message Date: 2006-06-06 06:36:58
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"You can ask Captain Satlin for that, he will have a map with him, maybe you can use that one or he get's you a copy"

"Now, if that's it, then please hurry up and solve this, who knows what might befal us when you are to slow"

he rings a bell and the secretary holds open the door and looks for you to leave the room
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Message Date: 2006-06-06 06:54:57
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Lepus is quite eager to get out of the room and immediately walks out.
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Message Date: 2006-06-06 19:02:08
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Vladimi clears his throat and says: "Well actually a meal would be nice!"
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Message Date: 2006-06-07 03:56:39
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"Cala, can you arange that they get something to eat with Captain Satlin? He knows if the barracks can provide that, arrange something else otherwise"
the secretary makes a nod towards the mayor
"Yes, mister Ksanad"

as soon as the last one of you left the room she closes the door and you all walk outside.(right?) Once there it seems that Satlin hasn't returned yet and you are standing outside the city hall on the quite green shadowy market square
The vegetable salesman looks up and addresses you, his tone doesn't sound really confidend or hopefull
"Can I interrest you in some lettuce? It's still quite well to eat if you do so right away!"
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Message Date: 2006-06-07 04:07:25
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Lepus eyes the salesman suspiciously. "Doesn't lettuce require a lot of water? How can you grow decent lettuce if your entire region is having a water shortage?"
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Message Date: 2006-06-07 04:13:01
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"Yes it does, that's why I try to sell it before there's nothing at all left of it. This morning some people where happy with it, because it still held some water"
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Message Date: 2006-06-07 07:08:21
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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Lepus shakes his head. "I don't want any." he says and walks on.
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Message Date: 2006-06-07 19:00:00
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: City hall
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"I don't want to buy your lettuce, we should get a meal in a minute. Let's see if I have something to help your lettuces". He rumbles through his big leather bag and takes out a small bottle with a bright blue fluid in it. "Here, try putting this on them."
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Message Date: 2006-06-08 06:36:50
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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The salesman looks a bit strange at Vladimir who came walking to him under his stand to hand him over the bottle.
"Are you sure?"
He looks very doubtfull
"Well, I can try, it's not like it's likely I will manage to sell all 10 anyways"
He then opens the bottle and quickly holds it out as far as he can while making a strange face
"Well, that atleast smells invigorating already"
but in his rash movement to get the bottle as far from his nose as he could he accidentally also let alot of the liquid out of the bottle, luckily it hit the intended target, the lettuce. most of it on one an some small drops 2 others.
Those 2 almost directly spring back to look freshly harvested, but the 3th not only does that but seems to br growing, and is that a flower that's comming out of it?

In the meantime the salesmen looks wondering from the lettuce to the bottle and back, and then notices throught he bottle that at the other side is a label. He turns the bottle and reads it out
"Resurrecting potion, carefull, large doses can give unpredictable results"

By now the lettuce has become almost as big as Lepus and is also growing roots again, and 3 of his most outer leafs grow longer and seem to be moving on it's own. What at first looked like a flowerstem comming out of the middle now looks like a normal letuce on a stem, but with a face in it!!!
It's growth seems to be slowing down a bit, but still it's becoming bigger, stronger and maybe even sentient?

By now Meinozsé has her jaw hanging and looks perplexed at the being

Then the being even starts to move it's roots and stands, walks to the edge of the stand and goes down to the ground in something between a jump and a fall, with a nice landing as the front roots break the fall by bending and straighting again. Then it stands there infront of the stand looking around in as much wonder as everybody who saw it happen
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Message Date: 2006-06-08 07:47:22
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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"Holy crap?!" Lepus exclaims and makes an impressive leap away from the animate lettuce and towards the nearest hiding place.
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Message Date: 2006-06-08 12:16:53
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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"How about that.... I never tried using thát much on one lettuce before!! Who would have thought this could happen". Vladimir looks at the lettuce, totally amazed, then he realises something and says timidly: "Oops, I guess I should have warned you about that.. I'm very sorry, it was not my intention to make your merchandise catch a live..". He looks at the tolvs (including Tyranael and Meinozsé) in the anxious way of a child caught taking a cooky.
He hopes they'll get it over with quickly so he can go study and get acquainted with the Living Lettuce.
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Message Date: 2006-06-08 16:38:06
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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The salesman stands behind his stand staring and stammers
"what is that?"
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Message Date: 2006-06-08 18:01:34
From: Balthazar
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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The lettuce stands there looking around the market in wonder. Its eyes settle on the cunicul. They stay there for a good long moment. The click of realization is almost visible. The giant lettuce lets out a shriek and awkwardly lumbers away from the rabit. He only moves just enough to cower behind a barrel which obviously doesnt hide him. Every so often he peeks his head around.
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Message Date: 2006-06-08 18:19:07
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Lepus loos out over the stall he had leapt behind and seems more than a little surprised that the lettuce is hiding from him too. "This is ridiculous." he mutters and slowly comes out from behind the stall. He still eyes the monster carefully, wary of any tricks it might pull.
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Message Date: 2006-06-08 18:23:39
From: Balthazar
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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The lettuce procedes to watch the rabit, Closely imitating its every move from behind the barrel.

Lepus peaks his head up and is matched by the same move from the lettuce, Should he wiggle a foot, the lettuce will wiggle a tendril instead. The whole thing is quite comical realy. But, to the two involved with the mirror game of vegetable and rabit, It is no laughing matter as Hunter and Prey lock into a standstill.
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Message Date: 2006-06-09 09:13:00
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Since the tolvs seem to be speechless Vladimir relaxes, he finds it all very interesting and very funny. His tummy hurts from laughing at the lettuce mimicing the timid cunnicul.
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Message Date: 2006-06-12 09:33:54
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Watching in wide eyed surprise as the lettuce comes to apparent live, Tyranael is rather speechless at first. By the time it has hidden behind a barrel she manages to take her eyes off it to look at Vladimir.
"You... you had a resurrection potion? And you waste it on a head of lettuce? Which now is apparently alive and hiding from our cunicul behind a barrel? This is... this is... argh!"

She throws her hands in the air in exasperation and paces angrily towards the living lettuce drawing one of her swords and preparing to unmake this abomination of nature. As she draws close to the cowering creature and prepares to strike, she suddenly stops and after a moment merely sighs and puts her sword away.

"Ugh, I can't kill anything defenseless that appears to have some amount of sentience in it. Besides, maybe your potion instilled it with the soul of a deceased person. Meh, Vladimir, you deal with this. You caused it as well."

Then she steps back and lets Vladimir do whatever he wanted, although she watches from a distance, kind of curious.
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Message Date: 2006-06-14 05:22:28
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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The salesmen puts automatically the stopper back on the bottle while he slowly gets his senses back. Then he looks at the bottle, notices that there is still something in there and looks around a moment, then seems to have an idea and looks under the table to see if Vladimir is there.
As soon as he has found him he subtly throws the bottle to Vladimir
"Here, please keep your strange concoctions to yourself, these kind of things shouldn't happen in a respectfull town such as this!! What should I tell the guards when they come ask me about my lettuce?"

About that moment the captain returns riding a donkey and guiding 3 others
The salesmen turns very bleak
"There you already have it," a bit agressively raising his voice "you will explain it to him!!"

The captain seems not aware at first and just easily rides to you
"Please mount the donkey, then we can go"
Then he notices some green movement behind the barrel
"What's that??"
and he get's off and walks in a wide arc around the barrel to look what's there
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Message Date: 2006-06-14 05:33:21
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Lepus moves in such a way as to have the captain between him and the lettuce before he dares to come out of his cover further. "It's ome sort of lettuce creature that Vladimir here managed to create with some concoction of his." he mutters in answer to the captain's question. Since the creature doesn't seem to be about to eat him, he calms down somewhat.
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Message Date: 2006-06-14 09:56:55
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Vladimir was waiting for Tyra and the salesman to calm down, but with the captain here and Lepus imputing him he's fed up with it. He looks very displeased and calls out, indignantly: "What are you all blaming me for? He put it on there without reading the label!"  He points at the salesman. "I was just trying to help!!" he takes a deep breath and notices the three donkeys "Are you really expecting me to ride a donkey all by myself? Are you insane? His lettuces were wilted and I wanted to help him make a sale! And I still have some of the potion!!" He holds the bottle up, showing Tyranael there is still some potion left. He stamps his feet and yells: "It's not my fault, I did nothing wrong, you're just picking on me because you are bigger!!"

Then he considers that issue settled and he becomes his cool self again. "Maybe this lettuce is our friend, and maybe it can even help us on our mission, it's a plant! Plants are good at getting water, I've seen plants stretch there roots over great distants to get a drink, imagine a walking plant! It can localize the missing water for us!! And it might even be able to help me ride that huge donkey!"
He walks up to the lettuce: "Hello Sir!.. or Miss..." he reaches out his hand while with the other hand adjusting his eyepatch (adjusting as in: moving it from his right eye to his left). "No one really wants to hurt you, the threatening sword it's just the bladesingers way of dealing with new things.. It's very nice to meet you! Do you have any way of communicating? Lettuces don't usually talk do they? I've never seen a real life living vegetable before! I saw carrots jumping hoops once when I was very little, they were supposed to be geinwortels but I'm quite sure they were ordinary carrots attached to strings!!"
His hand is still stretched out. "Will you join us for dinner? The captain is taking us, you could ride that donkey with me. Do lettuces eat? I bet you are a carnetarian then, aren't you? If not we can share  a salad, they are way to big for me and you should start slow it being your first solid meal and all...."
Slowly Vladimir realises he is babbling to a lifeform that probable doesn't understand him at all. He takes down his hand and starts looking through his bag for a piece of rope to leash the creature.
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Message Date: 2006-06-14 10:55:41
From: Balthazar
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!

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Balthazar blinks a few times trying to understand the fairy. You would swear to see it struggle to smile as it begins to nod. It looks at lepus and trys to make an angry face as it reaches one of its roots for the fairy. It looks at the donkey and a face that can be only extatic glee appears on its face. The lettuce ignores the captian completely and looks at the Tolv as it trys to say something. "Not a salad." Is what you swear it just said as it pics up Vladimir and puts the fairy safely on its green leafy shoulder.

Balthazar glomps over to the donkey, which breys and tried to take a bite out of the salad. A single whip of a root cracks the donkey on the nose as the Lettuce looks at the animal with an acusatory glare. The donkey blinks a few times trying, itself to take in the scene.

This is the first time Balthazar sees the other lettuces. One moment the lettuce was trying to get on the donkey, the next it was glomping towards the other lettuce licking its leafy lips. It picks one up and looks at it longingly as it inspects it from between his roots. With a  second the lettuce looks very angry as if seeing a childhood enemy for the first time in a long time..  CHOMP! The lettuce devours the other other, peeling some off and handing a piece to the fairy on its shoulder.
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Message Date: 2006-06-16 20:15:10
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Vladimir is very pleased with the result of his diplomatic attempt. The actions of the lettuce surprise him (a lot), but he likes sitting on shoulders and he likes eating vegetables so he's ok with it. He encourages the creature to climb on the donkey and wonders what the other lettuces did to it to invoke a reaction like this, but doesn't ask questions at this moment.
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Message Date: 2006-06-19 05:25:32
From: Captain Jutzef Satlin
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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The happenings seem to keep surprising the captain. Discovering the existence of the being, the reactions about it, especially Vladimirs about the biger people picking on him, he's about to say something about that (probably because he feels himself to be te biggest around and thus most addressed)
But then the show goes on with Vladimirs monologue.. and his mouth almost falls open as first the creature seems to talk a bit and then even goes to an act of canibalism!!
When Vladimir starts to try to direct the lettuce monster towards the donkeys he refinds himself
"Hey, keep that thing away from the donkey's! he might try to eat them also! and I don't know who you wanted to walk if you thought one donkey was reserved for you, while you should be able to fly along."
"Now what's that dinner your talking about that I'm supposed to be taking you to?"
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Message Date: 2006-06-20 08:25:52
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Sighing in resignation, Tyra walks over to the donkeys and looks at what the lettuce is doing. She quirks an eyebrow when the lettuce eats the other lettuces.
"I suppose that's the end of your chance of profit," she remarked to the merchant, "I think we'd better take that along, in case it stirs up some trouble. Which it might well do, being a living lettuce. If you don't mind of course, sir Satlin. And I think it would be nice to get something to eat. A nice salad would be excellent."
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Message Date: 2006-06-21 06:17:56
From: Meinozsé Stensalil
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!

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Meinozsé had been watching at the events with the lettuce in silent amasement, once rubbing her forehead after raising her eyebrows a bit high from amazement

She turns towards the captain
"We had some requests after you left, and the the mayor told us to ask you, so that's why they are talking about eating, he suggested you could arrange that for us at the barracks"

She looks at the rest, with a sigh
"Why couldn't you just tell him that?"
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Message Date: 2006-06-21 06:45:50
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Lepus snickers at Meinozse's comment, he'd been asking himself the same thing. Since the lettuce is apparently not being hostile, and appears to be a vegetarian (even if that was a bit disturbing), he walks out and starts studying it curiously (though from several meters away). "That's a pretty impressive potion." he says to Vladimir, probbly the nicest thing he's said to any of the travelling companions so far.
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Message Date: 2006-06-24 16:44:42
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Tyranael granted Meinozsé the discomfort of an icy stare, before turning to Captain Satlin.
"The mayor told his secretary to arrange something with you about food, so I had assumed that the matter had been settled already. Apparently this is not the case. My appologies for confusing you, Captain."
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Message Date: 2006-06-24 17:10:26
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Right about then the secretary comes out of the city hall and just hears Tyranael inform Satlin
"Have they also let you know they like to have a map of the region? And can you get them a meal at the barracks?"
Satlin turns his attention to her
"No they have not, but I'm sure we can arrange something when we see if the cook can get us something quick"

He turns towards the party
"Now could we get on our way? Misses, scribe, please chose one of those 3 donkeys, they are reserverd for you,"
Looking at Vladimir and Balthazar and maybe even sighing the rest of the sentence out
"I didn't expect to need any more"
"Well see at the barracks if we need to arrange something for you two"

ooc: I might have to go think about a way to make notes so i don't forget myself what I said in things like this as I had forgotten that the secretary had gotten that order...
ooc: Just say what the donkey looks like that you want to have, not to freaky but then that's how your donkey looks like
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Message Date: 2006-06-25 15:59:09
From: Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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When the captain says there's no donkey for him Vladimir gets really offended, he stands on the creatures shoulder, his face turns red his eyes narrow and he even seems larger somehow: "FLY? You expect me te FLY? Because I have wings you want me to fly? The large ones can travel on their lazy asses and little tiny me has to FLY? Why don't they fly? This is discrimonation you know!!! I have wings so I have to carry myself and they don't so they get a donkey. I don't even like flying!! You fly!!.. Big brute..." he sits down and sits there sulking for a while on his new friends shoulder. "And you want Tyranael Kyliries a tolv of noble birth to ride on a donkey? I expected you would get a proper horse for her, so one of the donkeys had to be for me!"
When Tyra mentions the salesmans chance of profit he opens his bag and looks for money: "How much is a lettuce? I mean what would my friend cost before you threw my potion over him? I want to pay for him. Not for the others though, it's your responsibility is your merchandise eats eachother".
He thanks Lepus for the compliment but after that he keeps quiet and sulks a little more.
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Message Date: 2006-06-26 05:04:46
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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The salesmen looks hapily surprised somebody actually wants to pay him
"Well, normally they are one gold piece, but with how he looked 3 copper will do"

as soon as he get's the money
"Thank you very much, till the next time"
the line seems to be an almost automated respons, and when he says the last bit a little doubt seems to appear in his face
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Message Date: 2006-06-27 11:29:10
From: Lepus
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Lepus pîcks a donkey at random and mounts up. "I'm small, I bet this thing can handle us both." He offers Vladimir.
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Message Date: 2006-06-27 12:07:34
From: Neanie (Ref)
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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Meinozsé walks over to the donkeys and looks all 3 of them over and then she strokes one over the ears, and the donkey seems to like it as it pushes it's head against her hand

"I'll take this one, it has bit's of fluf on the tips of it's ears, and it seems to like me"



Satlin seems to be clenching his mounth shut a moment, the muscles on his jaw stiffning, then almost biting he answhere's Vladimir

"I'm sorry, the feary's I'm used to work with find the trouble of controlling a much larger animal not worth the trouble and slowing them down compared to their natural flying skill"

"If you wish to travel by donkey, then maybe share one, or travel on the pack donkey that I can get loaded while we eat, I suggest we discuss then also how that" pointing to Balthasar "could best come along"

"Now please, let us move, or there won't be enough of that potion to safe everybody who has succumbed to dehydration"

And he moves to his own donkey, mounts it and let's his donkey start it's slow pace and looks if everybody is ready to move, especially how it's going with the lettuce



--Asuming everything just manages to move along--



Captain Satlin leads the group through the avenue's of Mimes to a heavily build stone building standing against an other one of the dense thorn hedge walls, this one almost ancient looking. A big heavy gate within the stone wall let's you to the barracks inner court. Satlin leads you through a 2nd smaller gate to a smaller court that holds the stables

Satlin puts the donkey on ring on the wall, some other rings are at equal distance from each other

He then walks over to a stableboy

"Seems our 'guest' have more wishes, please prepare a pack mule"

and then he walks towards a door, looking over his shoulder a moment if he's followed just when he is inside.

Everybody who follows him see to the right a very practically looking hall filled with long tables and benches, and nobody there besides you.

"Please have a seat, I'll see what I can arrange"

and Satlin leaves you alone
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Message Date: 2006-06-29 07:26:47
From: Tyranael Kyliries
To: Neanie (Ref), Balthazar, Lepus, Meinozsé Stensalil, Tyranael Kyliries, Vladimir (aka The Butcher, aka
Subject: Re: 6: Arrival at mimes: Lettuce alive?!?!
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"A donkey is just as good as anything, don't worry. And I assume it's the best they've got to offer here anyway right now," Tyra remarks to Vladimir, smiling.
Tyranael looks over the donkeys for a moment and then picks one that has a light grey skin and a black muzzle. She mounts it and follows captain Satlin, looking back to see if the lettuce creature follows them.

Arriving at the barracks, she follows Satlin's lead and ties her donkey to one of the rings. Then she follows him to what should probably be the dining hall of the barracks and takes a seat near to the door which they entered through, waiting patiently for the captain to return.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Satlin went away a moment to come back with a servant and a cart with food and water, annoucing that water should be used sparcely. There seemed to be a general opinion to give the lettuce a bit more then the rest because it started to look wilted.


**** Here we lost a few messages due to a crash of the game server. They told about the meal the group had in the empty dining room of the barracks.