Galathia stretched again. Bored as she she really couldn´t find anything to
do.
"May as well go down to the bar and blow my last few coins, it´s not as if i´ve got anything better to do......"
Standing up she slid a small dagger into her boot.
"Just incase........."
She slowly walked down the stairs and ordered a drink from the bar. Looking around the room she spied 2 assasins at one table and possibly another looking at them.
"This can´t be good......"
Reassuring herself that if any trouble arised she would have her dagger ready, she looked around the room once more then concentrated on her drink.
"Oh well..... I head off tomorrow then......"
Esmerelda got closer to wormwood when another assain walked down the stairs and whispered "Allright, this is starting to creep me out. When was the last time you saw four players in teh game and it didn't turn out badly" Esmerelda glanced worriedly at the children in the bar.
Galathia looked over at the pair of assassins again. They were either up to something or they were suspicious of her. Regardless of what she had been taught she approached their table.
"Um excuse me but can I ask you something?"
All of a sudden the bar door swung open and a woman in a black dress with a long slit up the right side walked in. She walked towards the bar.
"Who´s ordering the next drink?"
A tall man stood up.
"A pint of the usual, Angela."
As she went to pour the drink the man winked at her. Before the guy tried his pick up line she was holding a large dagger to his throat.
"Try it and you´ll be out that window."
She picked up his drink and through it at him. He ran out the bar and she looked at her costomers.
"Sorry but I really hate him. It won´t happen again. Can you take over Jane, I´m going to my bedroom."
She went up the stairs.
Esmerelda glanced wairly at the girl "I suppose. What is your question?"
Wormwood cocked his head and leaned back in his chair, and listened to what the girl had to say, while attempting to keep an eye on the homicidal woman who had just entered the bar.
"I am at a loss at the moment and i am only asking directions. Are there any large towns nearby because I have no knowledge of this area."
Galathia smiled sweetly ignoring the commotion behind her. She had met the woman in the black dress before and so knew her traits.
"The largest town nearby is Pennbrook, it's about twenty miles from here. If you the take the main road starting outside this town and stay strait on it you should be there is about two days."
Her question answered she decides to talk to the assassins for a while.
"Um... Do you mind if I join you? It's just my last night in town and Im a bit curious as to the strange stuff that's been happening."
Esmerelda cast a quick glance at Wormwood who gave a small nod. She nodded at the woman "Sure, take a seat. I just pulled into town a few hours ago, what do you mean when you say strange things?"
Galathia looked a little uncomfortable, and Wormwood noticed that she seemed to be deeply worried about something.
Inwardly he smiled to himself. Seems like the girl needed help. And those players who knew him well enough knew that if he had one weakness it was for an atractive girl in trouble.
"Well Ive just been doing some quest for a little village just west of here y'know sorta lost treasure type thing....."
Slipping her hand into one of her pockets she brought out a strange talisman and a scroll.
"I also found this in the cavern where the treasure was im kinda worried cos it doesn't sound that nice."
She hands the scroll and the talisman to the assassins.
"Alright Galathia"
Angela was looking at her with a big smile on her face.
"And who's your friends, I've not seen them before."
Galathia answered
"Funnily enough neither have I."
Esmerelda picked inspected the talisman closely and frowned. Wormwood reached out to inspect it and she grabbed his wrist to stop him from touching it. She looked at the girl "You were right about it being bad news. It's of Amazon origins, early ninth century. It's cursed." I pointed to the symbols around the edge "This says 'a curse upon those who would dishonor us'. If you were a man or had done anything to offend Amazon honor you would have burst into flames the second you touched that thing."
"What do you say of the scroll though? I could only make out the first few sentences....the rest is beyond my knowledge."
"May as well go down to the bar and blow my last few coins, it´s not as if i´ve got anything better to do......"
Standing up she slid a small dagger into her boot.
"Just incase........."
She slowly walked down the stairs and ordered a drink from the bar. Looking around the room she spied 2 assasins at one table and possibly another looking at them.
"This can´t be good......"
Reassuring herself that if any trouble arised she would have her dagger ready, she looked around the room once more then concentrated on her drink.
"Oh well..... I head off tomorrow then......"
Esmerelda got closer to wormwood when another assain walked down the stairs and whispered "Allright, this is starting to creep me out. When was the last time you saw four players in teh game and it didn't turn out badly" Esmerelda glanced worriedly at the children in the bar.
Galathia looked over at the pair of assassins again. They were either up to something or they were suspicious of her. Regardless of what she had been taught she approached their table.
"Um excuse me but can I ask you something?"
All of a sudden the bar door swung open and a woman in a black dress with a long slit up the right side walked in. She walked towards the bar.
"Who´s ordering the next drink?"
A tall man stood up.
"A pint of the usual, Angela."
As she went to pour the drink the man winked at her. Before the guy tried his pick up line she was holding a large dagger to his throat.
"Try it and you´ll be out that window."
She picked up his drink and through it at him. He ran out the bar and she looked at her costomers.
"Sorry but I really hate him. It won´t happen again. Can you take over Jane, I´m going to my bedroom."
She went up the stairs.
Esmerelda glanced wairly at the girl "I suppose. What is your question?"
Wormwood cocked his head and leaned back in his chair, and listened to what the girl had to say, while attempting to keep an eye on the homicidal woman who had just entered the bar.
"I am at a loss at the moment and i am only asking directions. Are there any large towns nearby because I have no knowledge of this area."
Galathia smiled sweetly ignoring the commotion behind her. She had met the woman in the black dress before and so knew her traits.
"The largest town nearby is Pennbrook, it's about twenty miles from here. If you the take the main road starting outside this town and stay strait on it you should be there is about two days."
Her question answered she decides to talk to the assassins for a while.
"Um... Do you mind if I join you? It's just my last night in town and Im a bit curious as to the strange stuff that's been happening."
Esmerelda cast a quick glance at Wormwood who gave a small nod. She nodded at the woman "Sure, take a seat. I just pulled into town a few hours ago, what do you mean when you say strange things?"
Galathia looked a little uncomfortable, and Wormwood noticed that she seemed to be deeply worried about something.
Inwardly he smiled to himself. Seems like the girl needed help. And those players who knew him well enough knew that if he had one weakness it was for an atractive girl in trouble.
"Well Ive just been doing some quest for a little village just west of here y'know sorta lost treasure type thing....."
Slipping her hand into one of her pockets she brought out a strange talisman and a scroll.
"I also found this in the cavern where the treasure was im kinda worried cos it doesn't sound that nice."
She hands the scroll and the talisman to the assassins.
"Alright Galathia"
Angela was looking at her with a big smile on her face.
"And who's your friends, I've not seen them before."
Galathia answered
"Funnily enough neither have I."
Esmerelda picked inspected the talisman closely and frowned. Wormwood reached out to inspect it and she grabbed his wrist to stop him from touching it. She looked at the girl "You were right about it being bad news. It's of Amazon origins, early ninth century. It's cursed." I pointed to the symbols around the edge "This says 'a curse upon those who would dishonor us'. If you were a man or had done anything to offend Amazon honor you would have burst into flames the second you touched that thing."
"What do you say of the scroll though? I could only make out the first few sentences....the rest is beyond my knowledge."