Author Topic: The Horse and the Crowd. A Quickie Story. (Read 1686 times)

miltonyorkcastle · « **on:** August 25, 2009, 12:36:09 AM »

/// This is the thread for those involved in the little equine affair in Haven to chat up the halfling, run around in circles, or cast spells, or whatever. As long as it's IC and you were there. The rest of you reading this thread, chalk it up to rumors you heard sometime later when passing through Haven. Hence the thread's location.///

Gulnyr · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2009, 12:48:42 AM »

*Jennara speaks quietly with the halfling.*

Ud um bymmupci dnum ser pi himycfit. La reli um Jennara ert ud zucc nicb uw ayo dhomd li. Myli yw dni etfirdohihm bhimird ehi zuccurk dy legi dniuh yzr cez ed ayoh iqbirmi. Bciemi hileur secl.

Dnihi um sciehca myli dhodn dy dni mdyha ayo nefi dyct om. Zucc ayo syybihedi zudn om ur eddilbdm dy whii dnum zyler, bciemi?

Link092 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2009, 01:37:33 AM »

*Mearden just brainstorms another way to unravel the spell while causing as much harm/pain as possible...

//discreetly, of course...

miltonyorkcastle · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2009, 04:07:58 PM »

**The hafling fellow wipes the shock off his face and blinks a few times at Jennara**

"Well, what am I supposed to do?"

Gulnyr · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2009, 04:49:21 PM »

They will have questions, possibly irrelevant. That's the way of the decc. If there are any details you remember about the story you were told, that may help.

Aerimor · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2009, 05:04:20 PM »

"Well now that its not just a smart animal but a person, we have to get them help. I have no love of them but Spellgard and the Lucies are just a ways down the road. If its money that worries anyone, I'll make the arrangments. Whatever it takes to help a person. Just hope she's cute."

*Raz makes eye contact with anyone broaching ideas and the halfling. He attempts to discern the halfling's stance on his possible loss/ chance to do a good deed.*

miltonyorkcastle · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2009, 10:19:40 PM »

**The halfling appears befuddled. The horse, on the other hand, has struck up her previous nose-in-the-air pose and prances about in a circle around the halfling.**

willhoff · « **Reply #7 on:** August 26, 2009, 06:53:26 AM »

*Vrebel walks up to the horse and gently brushes her side while whispering into her ear*

Do you think you can lead us to your previous owner, maybe the one who turned you into the beautiful specimen of a horse you are now? Stomp once if you can lead us to him/her and stomp twice if you can not.

miltonyorkcastle · « **Reply #8 on:** August 26, 2009, 11:17:57 AM »

**The horse, Sadie, looks at Vrebel, then steps onto the road and looks north. She trots, following the road north. At about a hundred paces she stops and looks back. The halfling takes a few steps toward the horse.**

Cinnabar · « **Reply #9 on:** August 26, 2009, 11:25:02 AM »

*Seeing Sadie's interaction with Vrebel, Caerwyn follows her on the road north, carefully noting her tracks and their spacing. Stopping even with her, he makes an appraisal of her feet, comparing their size and condition to her tracks. Satisfied that he has a good image in mind, Caerwyn continues on the road north, looking for those same tracks heading south. *

Aerimor · « **Reply #10 on:** August 26, 2009, 11:57:24 AM »

"Heck I'm game." To noone in specific.

*Raz's mounts his horse and passes by the Halfling*

"Interested in following her?"

*Raz offers a hand down to the Halfling.*

willhoff · « **Reply #11 on:** August 26, 2009, 02:25:24 PM »

*shocked that Sadie might be actually leading them somewhere he takes a quick glance back at the halfling before darting off toward Sadie's direction* Wait fer me Sadie!

*As he follows Sadie he turns back to the rest of the group that are still there* Hey folks looks like Sadie's gonna show us somethin'

*he then murmers something under his breath about whether Sadie made one stomp or two and independent women*

Eorendil · « **Reply #12 on:** August 26, 2009, 03:33:32 PM »

*half to herself, Mai speaks under her breath as she moves to follow* Oh, this should be entertaining.. I wonder if it's a jealous ex lover.. or a spurned admirer.. perhaps her ex lover's wife.. *she continues musing to herself along the road, an impish grin occasionally adorning her lips*

SteveMaurer · « **Reply #13 on:** August 26, 2009, 05:22:56 PM »

I assume the display of magic brings out the whole town to see, especially since the halfling had posted the public challenge, and this would be high entertainment to see a bunch of adventurers (and a paladin) bucked off a horse. Good fun all.

But just in case it somehow doesn't happen, Rottie just makes sure to point out the shape of the woman to Warrant Officer Kit. She is technically the law in this town. (And Rottie has a lot of innate understanding that being on the good side of the law is better than not being on it.)

And Rottie is cagier than he lets on. Keeping a horse is perfectly OK. Keeping a human shapechanged into a horse is slavery, and the Queen says slavery is illegal. So if the law knows the horse is a woman, the law won't object when the paladin and other take the horse from the halfling - to try to rescue her. (Which Rottie figures is likely to happen.)

SteveMaurer · « **Reply #14 on:** August 26, 2009, 05:52:51 PM »

After the horse appears to leave town, with no interference from the local constabulary, Rottie will follow at a distance. He knows perfectly well that he has little to add at this point.

miltonyorkcastle · « **Reply #15 on:** August 27, 2009, 12:48:22 PM »

/// Just a note, the horse has not yet left town. She has only trotted up the roadway, but yet to exit what constitutes the Haven City. I apologize if this was not clear from my previous posts. I'll give a little longer to see if anyone else has anything they wish to do or say, and then respond with a bit more action from the world/NPCs. ///

ystrday · « **Reply #16 on:** August 27, 2009, 01:20:07 PM »

*Ell sends a note to Bydell Castle explaining the situation at Haven City, and of the woman/horse known as Sadie. Asking for them to send word on any information possible in helping this poor woman*

Hellblazer · « **Reply #17 on:** August 27, 2009, 03:28:58 PM »

*Ty follows the group silently, closing in by the side of Mai, watching the horse, but when she hears Mai speaks she looks up at her, she whispering to her with a quizzical look.*

"Lover's.. w.. what d..does that mean?"

*She continues walking with them, looking down at the ground a bit ashamed.

miltonyorkcastle · « **Reply #18 on:** August 28, 2009, 10:53:39 AM »

Kit has certainly been observing the scenario even as she makes her rounds. A number of the Haven citizens have also been watching, though plenty also seem uninterested and go about their day. When confronted about the horse possibly being a woman, Kit frowns, and looks the well-spoken ogre up and down.

"Yeah, I seen your flashy magics. Maybe it's a woman, maybe it's not. Not my job to figure that out. My job is, however, to make sure you lot of so-called adventurers don't start drawing swords in the middle of the city for no good reason. I notice you're all getting a little ancy over there. You may wish to take your little show outside the city."

Gulnyr · « **Reply #19 on:** August 28, 2009, 12:25:02 PM »

*Jennara glances at Vrebel briefly after Kit speaks. She stands with the halfling, waiting patiently for Sadie to take a walk, or for a magic show, or both, or neither.*