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Posted 25 May 2003 - 02:57 AM

After picking off little evil Aerie pieces off their clothes, the party next headed for the government district to see if they could spot any leads...after being told a magic license costs 5000 gold pieces, Hellocthul determined this was an essential item, not a luxury...while all the items they sold off from the dungeon of Irenicus totaled around 8 thousand gold, Hellocthul and Jaheira agreed it was better to take a high paying assignment first before paying off this extortion...

Hellocthul: I can't believe just how obvious those buggers are...I mean here you have this guy selling magic licenses, and another cowled scumbag offering us a bounty to track down this "Vaygar"...just how gullible do we look? Do I have a sign on my back that says "mighty heroine, easily cheated, low wages, too stupid to care??"

Jaheira furrowed her brow, and steped behind Hellocthul, and pursed her lips...

Jaheira: Urm, no, I am afraid not...I guess its just how you look...

Hellocthul hid a smile as she watched Jaheira's eyes dance in mischief for a second...she has been serious for too long...since Khalid...

Hellocthul: It sure was funny how you told off that cowled con man...accept before knowing the conditions...I don't think he appreciated being compared to an earthworm, or a Otyugh backside...

Minsc: Minsc wonders, does otyugh have a backside? It seems to Minsc that Minsc has never kicked the back side of evil otyughs, though Minsc has introduced sword to otyughs before...sword, meet otyugh, otyugh, meet sword!!!

Hellocthul: Urm no, Minsc, Elminster's ecologys state that otyughs are unique in their digestive tract, they regurgitate their wastes thru their mouths...

Minsc: Well Minsc not know what those words mean...oh, Boo says I don't want to know...but this is making Minsc angry and happy at the same time...this makes Minsc angry since evil otyughs are hiding their butts to be kicked by the mighty team of Minsc and Boo...but it makes Minsc happy since Minsc and Boo have kicked so many backsides that evil tries to hide its butt, so it cannot be kicked...

Jaheira: You have read Elminster's ecologies? Yet you have made your disdain for his work clear to me on several occasions, calling him that "rip off artist" and "cheap hack"...

Hellocthul: Well, Jaheira, Elminster practically copied out huge tracks of "Vvarnell's Beastiary", a work that predated the first copies of his ecologies to make volumes 3-7, so when I had my test for "Vvarnell's Beastiary", rather than translate old elvish, which I had a hard time with at the time, I simply read volume's 3-7...and did very well on my test...its all due to growing up in candlekeep, being surrounded by all those books...and having to listen to scholars chat about work every day for all those years...

Jaheira:What is our next move, oh omni present authority figure? (a small grin)

Hellocthul: (grin and a wink) Well, I think its time to get some of those high paying jobs...lets hit the Copper Coronet, like Yoshimo said, once we get a good high paying contract, we will know what equipment we need...I could use a fighting robe, and katanas, and you and Minsc should get some plate, and Yoshimo could use better leather armor, more weapons for everyone...and depending on the contract we find, whether we should invest in mounts or camping gear...

At the copper coronet, they are accosted by a young man named "Nalian"...

Nalian: Will anybody please help me??? I need tough, qualified mercenaries for a high paying short job...

Hellocthul: Hello there, you mentioned high paying job?

Nalian: Yes, I did, my father's keep has been invaded, its a 4 day ride from here...can you help me?

Hellocthul: What kind of enemies will we be facing, and numbers...

Nalian: I don't know...my father sent me off when they first appeared, and I and my escort were far out of sight of the keep by the time the enemy hit the walls...my escort was killed by bandits on the road here, but I managed to escape them by fast and dangerous riding....you all look like professionals, have you experience in assault of a keep?

Hellocthul: Yes, I am Hellocthul, a sorceror, this is Jaheira, druid and warrior, Minsc the ranger, and Boo, of course, and this is Yoshimo the bounty hunter...

Nalian: A sorceror!!! Oh my...are you at least journeyman rank??? and Jaheira and Minsc look very tough and competant...and you look skilled, Yoshimo...but please oh please say you are a powerful sorceror....I asked if you were a journeyman rank since I don't know how sorcerors are ranked...

Hellocthul: I am of journeyman rank...how much does this job pay? you see, my little sister was stolen by cowled enforcers for breaking the laws governing using magic on the streets...and I won't leave her to the tender mercies of the cowled wizards...

Nalian: I can offer 10000 gold...lets go!!!

Within 4 hours the equipment is purchased, thanks to Ribald at the Adventurer's Market, and the party is moving in a ground eating pace across the verdant hills of Amn in high summer....

At first, Nalian was all chatty and frequently asking questions, and even responding in kind to Hellocthul flirting with him...but as they drew nearer and nearer to his home, D'arnisse hold, he became more quieter and quiteter...the night before they were due to arrive, Nalian asked to talk to Hellocthul privately.... Hellocthul wrapped her fingers around Nalian's fingers, and holding his hand, they passed from the welcome glow of the fire, and with the light from Nalian's little witchfire, they found a quiet place to talk...Hellocthul carefully wrapped her arms around Nalian, who started to tremble....

Nalian: Hellocthul, I have something to tell you, and I am so ashamed and so afraid to tell you...I've been lying to you....I am really...

Hellocthul: hush, I know...you're a girl...

Nalian: Oh my...how did you know???

Hellocthul: Your elbows...men's elbows can't move like ours can, they are meant to hold babies, I noticed the first day when you were testing out that new bow we got for you...

Nalian: You knew the first day???

Hellocthul: I suspected...after the first night, Jaheira and I cast a detect alignment, reveal magic and a mage sight spell on you while you slept...we do this with every party member, we have had some encounters with doppelgangers in the past before...unlike the combat version, true sight, mage sight won't dispell the illusion, but will show the glamour and the true form underneath...

Nalian twists the bezel of her family ring.

Nalia: Oh my, its good to be myself again...I most humbly beg your apology, Hellocthul, I can only hope that someday you will forgive me and I can find some way to atone for...

Hellocthul: For what? For being so worried for your father's safety you were willing to risk your life to get aid? For taking the highly sensible and smart precaution of making yourself look male, so you will have less trouble on the road? For trusting me enough to reveal your secret?

Nalia: For taking 4 days to trust you...and for another secret....you see, I haven't told you who we will be facing...a mixed force of umber hulks, yuan ti, and trolls...

Hellocthul: Oh Nalian, I guess you are actually Nalia (she nodds) that is the one thing we should have known before hand, we could have stocked up on fire and acid arrows...I did notice when you were buying arrows at the adventure market you were buying all fire and acid, so when I sent Minsc off to get some enchanted sling bullets for Jaheira? You remember? (Nalia nodds) I had Minsc buy several extra quivers of fire and acid arrows...

Nalia: Oh my...how clever you are...and you haven't deserted me....(a couple of tears falls from her eyes) not like those others I tried to hire first, who demanded payment up front for trolls...thank goodness for those adventuring stories my father told me when I was growing up....

Hellocthul: When you mentioned your father , you had me hooked and landed...Immy and I lost our father and our home in one day....(Hellocthul takes Nalia's hand, and kisses her palm gently)

Nalia: (giggle) Hellocthul, its ok, you don't have to pretend I'm a boy any longer...and that you are attracted to me...I am so grateful and happy I have told you everything, and that you are not mad at me...and you are such a wonderful person for still helping me...

Hellocthul: Think nothing of it...and tomorrow, several hours before dawn, we will crawl into that secret tunnel you mentioned, and hit those trolls before they know we are here...and urm....Nalia.....Nalia, I was flirting with you because you are a girl, remember I knew you were a girl the first night???

Nalia blushes deeply: Oh my...oh my...(she holds her hand over her mouth...and her eyelids are fluttering like crazy...)

Hellocthul: I'm sorry, I'll stop if you want me to...

Nalia: Urm....urm....urm....its ok, if you want to, its ok.....(she barely mumbles, and only due to elven hearing can Hellocthul make out what she was saying)

Nalia turns away, her skin still flushed, and walks back to her bedroll...

Hellocthul smiles into the darkness for a few minutes, until she walks back to her bedroll, with a spring in her step...




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