Quasi Dungeons and Dragons

(she's supposed to be at the Burgomasters. I'll be going there tomorrow to try and get some work performing at the festival. Ingratiate myself with the Burgomaster. 

But it's a bit late for tailing her. I'll inquire about her tomorrow if you guys want?)

(lol pretty much said the same thing. Jinx breh, I'll take amber ale.)

(Meh, can't hurt to have someone check up on her in secret.)

Lets long rest at the Inn after Eikka and I are done.

(great minds.......We'll have to buy these 2 guys drinks anyway, their glasses are empty)

My plan is to long rest here but other than that sounds good.

(Tune in next episode to see Snerp caught by the Burgomasters guard and thrown in jail for trespassing and snooping about.)

Snerp pays the woman the fee for the room(20 silver?). 

After recieving his answer, Snerp bows, thanks the woman, and turns around, walking up to the two gentleman sitting at the table(presumably with Roberts).

Lady: Go back outside, take stairs up. Room is at far end of hall. You haf floor to yourself as all other rooms are empty. Very good. Need anything ask for me, Danika, or my hoosband, Urwin.

The man with hair at the table looks across at Snerp and gives a crooked, scar-marred grin. Always care for drink, friend. Company? Eh.

The bald man echos the sentiment: Drink. Yes. Is good.

The room is a small office with a desk, a bookshelf with some religious books, and some chairs. Lucien groans and his bones creak as he takes his seat.

Lucien: All that is going on is this damned festival. That's all that is ever going on. Vargas thinks it helps... Lucien sighs. But I suppose it's better that way.

He leans forward and peers at them with sudden intensity.

Lucien: Vargas believes this town is protected from Strahd and that the source of the protection are these festivals he keeps throwing. Or rather the "happiness" he thinks they bring to the town. So firm is his belief that he will jail anyone that threatens the "joy" of the town or casts a pale on his little parties. About half the town believe it. The other could care less.

He holds his hands up and waves them.

Lucien shudders.

Father, what makes you think the two of us (indicating grahf and myself) can secure these remains by ourselves.

Snerp goes to the bar and places 2 gold pieces on the counter. 

When that is settled, with drinks in tow he returns to the table, placing them down and seating himself. 

(we gotta find them bones 😏)

(Yeah but he might have to hire mercs for me. I know a gnome a human and a drow.)

The man with hair says: Szoldar and the other: Yevgeni

Szoldar kicks out a couple of chairs for Roberts and Snerp as Danika brings out 5 large glasses of a deep, red wine. No ale, i'm afryaid. Only wine. But I bring best vintage for high paying cyustomer. Da.

Szoldar: Da, we are from Vallaki.

Lucien: Well, I don't know what you're capable of. Forgive me for saying, but you both certainly appear fearsome. Should be easy enough for you to get information out of anyone. Or, someone in particular, that is.

Lucien sighs. Yeska, the poor boy. He is a good lad but easily frightened. He was in a panic last month. A wave of these... things... walking corpses... tried to invade the town. The guards managed to hold them off at the walls, but Yeska was in a terrible fright. To calm him down I told him about the bones, about how this Church has divine protection. It worked, but now they're gone.

Lucien nods. Feel free to stay as long as you like. All are welcome here. I do not have much in the way of lodgings, just a bed for myself and Yeska, but the pews do in a pinch.

(Should we talk to the gravekeeper now or nah?)

(holy forks in the road Batman!  we have to recover the bones, figure out what this festival thing is, hope it's not like the wicker man (shudder)  )

So, gentleman what line of business are you in?  And has business been good?  How well do you know the area outside of town, we have heard of a few spots that might be of interest to us, we are......explorers, cartographers of sorts, we make maps. (man I need some kind of lying skill it just comes so easy....maybe too easy)

Szoldar: We kill wolfs. Da. He holds out his bow which has several dozen notches in it. Yevgeni puffs out his chest, displaying his wolf-skin cloak made of an equal number of pelts. We sell meat and give heads for decoration. He points to the many mounted wolfheads decorating the inn.

We know area well. We give directions for free drinks. With that he reaches across the table and grabs one of the flagons of wine, downing it in almost one gulp. We escort for coin. 5 gold per day.

Yevgeni: Well kill wolfs. Da.

(ok guys we got lots of irons in the fire, let's regroup and focus, these guys probably don't stick around long before they set out hunting or whatever, let's come up with a time table of how much time we have before the festival and when we can hire these guys and explore the mansion and whatever else is around)

I thank Lucien for his time and head back to the Inn.

@Buddamoose @thedredpriatroberts @kindertina @earth @Drafterman 

So I think we should long rest and then all regroupbat the end. First order of business has to be returning the horses but we can discuss our next move after that.

(sounds good, lets start a list in no particular order :)   )

find the bones

festival

mansion

mage

Ireena

lake?

what else?

@Drafterman 

I sleep in the pews. But first I talk to the grave digger. 

Hello sir I understand you have an important function here.

Milivoj glances up at Eikka with a disinterested look.

Milivoh: Oh?

(Are we talking to the guy now?)

Assuming Grahf didn't leave yet, stay with Eikka to question Miliyov.

The teenager shrugs.

Milivoj: I dig graves for my job. I kill the gophers cause it's fun. Why? You looking for work, or just hungry?