"Guild? I'm not sure I understand what you are talking about....". The men look taken aback by Jalaron's words. Confronted by Krusten, they change their tone. "Hey, hey. Relax, lass. We didn't come here to die. Ok, we are from the Cess and we are not farmers. We were hired to help with some heavy work around here. An honest job, and well payed I should add. But we are not supposed to make any publicity and not even allowed to wander far away from this area. We work for the army. Ask the boss if you don't believe me!".
Looking around, Jeaal notices a thin column of smoke to the east.
"Smoke." Jeaal points to the smoke rising in the East. "Maybe a fire? I'm going to check it out." Jeaal begins jogging towards the smoke column, bow equipped.
(Out of Character: D20 rolls: 14, 7)
Mina ponders out loud, "You are being paid well, but are not to speak of it or even wander? Who is this military boss of yours?"
Thinking a bit more shrewdly, she adds, "Is he still hiring?"
Out of Game:
Rolls 7 and 13
In Game:
Anntreen had stayed quite and back behind the group as they questioned the men. She was trying her best to smile but even with a staff in hand the small healer did not look threatening. And for the most part her youth and child like feathers highlighted the sadly timid look on her face.
When the group spots the smoke she looks up over the tree line brushing the loss tendrils of fair from her face.
As Mina asks about work in an attempt to gather information covertly she smiles faintly knowing her friends have not lost sight of there true task.
Carnosus looked at the men with a stern frown, he had a bad feeling as usual, he hoped to any god that would still respect him that he was wrong this time. He looked at Anntreen. "Anntreen. You said before that the gods still watch over the ones who have lost faith? You are sure about that aren't you? If so I hope to any god still listening that I am just paranoid, these bad gut feelings are driving me nuts, I have never hated being right so often like I hate it right now" he whispered to her
Believing that the situation is turning in their favor, the men start to visibly relax. "Yeah, maybe. There used to be more of us but, you know, those darn boars! We are not allowed in the soldier's camp and those beasts are everywhere. As for the job, is an easy one. We have to move heavy things and destroy other things that are not useful anymore. No questions, no answers and 5 silver a day in our pockets. Fair enough", he concludes rising his shoulders. Then, after thinking for a moment he adds: "No offense, but I don't grant for the elves and the half-man. Only humans can work with the army". All of you know this last statement to be true. After speaking, the ragged man motions to the east, inviting the group to follow him that way.
Anntreen knows from they way this is starting to sound that it would be a good bet the sketchy orders and odd restrictions means that some one is hiring the men to do something off the books and likely illegal. Knowing this she thinks the groups plain of infiltration is the best coarse of action. Only problem how to communicate this to the group that's she is fine with them taking the action and her hanging back.
"Tomas, thank you for coming buy to see Jeaal and me it was lovely meeting so many form your new group of friends."
She turns to address Jeaal face to face. "Jeaal honey we should head back home to the ranch, I would bet the kids are done with there chores for the morning and we can talk to the old man watching over them while we had this lovely walk with are friends." With her back to the men and her face to Jeaal she gives a wink and a quick flash of a smile, hoping he gets the jest to play a long.
She did not know yet if them racing back to the ranch to make a report in of there findings or to swing back out of sight as if heading to town then disusing it with Jeaal weather to follow the group in a stealth like way, was the best plain but ether way she knew the others would have a better chance of pulling the wool over the hired mussel eyes with them out of sight.
Edited: KittenPunk on 1st Apr, 2013 - 7:47am