(G24 10/10/08 BG GF(GM), AP, CH)
Y'an called a family meeting and decided that it was best to abandon the farm for the time
being. They would still work the fields during the day, but live in a town house within
the city walls. He hired a cart to take away everything they would need. Edith seemed in
a state of shock still and very subdued. They took the lizardman warrior prisoner away to
be dealt with by the Azure District watch.
So, Nobby and Eriss immediately headed to the city to do some shopping at Glittermane's Vault.
Raz and Shifty also went through the city, but only briefly, and then retired to the Pie
Shop to get some rest.
In the evening, Bullah answered the door to a young lady called Taffellia 'Taffy' Borollo.
Apparently she used to know Shifty back when they had been children running around the
streets of Sasserine. It had been back when Shifty had been sixteen and she was twelve, but
not five years later she had grown into a very beautiful young girl. She was as trustworthy
as a weasel in a hen house though from what I heard.
She talked to Raz and Shifty about a 'score' she had set up in the city, but she needed
some help. She had discovered that a local wizard was out of town and had left his house
'virtually unguarded'. Shifty was unconvinced at first, but Raz thought that taking a look
at the place at least couldn't do any harm.
The house was in the merchant's district, not far away from Lady V's actually and next
door to a brothel called the 'Minx Market'. It was a four story square tower that appeared
to be well locked up. The streets were quiet busy especially around the brothel and a
nearby inn called 'The Strumpet's Excuse'. They checked the back of the building and saw
a root cellar door.
It was still a busy night though so they went for a drink at the inn. During this time
Raz and Taffy took a liking to each other apparently and started canoodling.
Later they went back to the cellar door and Shifty picked the lock and in they went.
The first room was a food store and they then went into the main cellar area. From here
they found a sort of dungeon area and opened a cellar door out of which a displacer
beast attacked them! But it was soon dispatched. They listened at another cell door and
heard sinister sounds so they left the dungeon area and headed to another room.
Here they found a room with stairs leading down, a carpet, and a skull on a pedestal. By now they
were getting a little edgy because Taffy's informant - the wizard's maid - had told
them that the treasure was all on the second floor. Shifty went to the stairs but
stopped when Raz noticed the skulls eyes started glowing. They blundered around for a bit
and for some reason it ended up with the skull and the carpet at the bottom of the stairs.
Eventually Raz persuaded Shifty to leave it all alone and they continued on.
They soon found the way up to the ground floor. They passed a cosy area that the wizard
used to smoke his hookah and Shifty triggered a door.
On the ground floor they passed through a cloakroom and into the hall and found too trapped
doors that held them back for a while but Taffy helped them figure it out. From here they
went into the central 'well' of the tower. It had a large dining table in its centre and
two doors in each wall. There was also a set of stairs leading up to the first floor
balcony and four statues, one in each corner of the room.
As Shifty stepped onto the stairs though, the statues sprang into life! They quickly
ran up to the second floor balcony and had a little time to prepare before the ponderous
statues arrived. All of the statues were of naked women, two of them had six arms!
As Shifty went from room to room searching for treasure (and either disarming or setting
off traps) Raz and Taffy held of the statues at the top of the stairs. Raz rushed at them
to begin with and pushed them down, then nearly had one of the six armed ones over the
balcony rail. It had six arms though and managed to grab his arm and pull its self back
from the broken railing.
Raz traded blows with the six armed statue and managed to bash two of its arms off with
his axe. Things were getting a bit manic though and they all decided to run for it.
The statues were easily avoided and they left the house the same way they got in. Taffy
took them to a fence that she knew and they sold all the magical loot they had gathered.
They three housebreakers then went to a nearby tavern to count their ill gotten gains
and finally rest, although I think Raz and Taffy ended up doing more than just sleep!
(This I later learned from Nobby)
