(G141 21/07/2012 - sat - KT - JF(GM) , AP , ON)

DAY 141 (Midsummer - Feast Lethander)(August) cont...

Oz soon put his plan into action and went into the market and purchased
a barrel and some waterproof canvas.

Next that morning Cavu came to the OJB and talked to Oz and Alduin about
their plans and also gave them five hundred gold each as their reward for
bringing back the clue from Hommlett.

He also told them about Zoltan:

''
He is in a room, chained to the wall by his left ankle and wrist. He is
brought food and water three times a day and goes to the toilet in a bucket.
The room used to be a bedroom but the furniture is all broken and dusty now.
There is a mattress on the floor for him to sleep on. The windows are boarded
up but light filters in through the cracks during the day. He has tried to free
himself form his chains, but he is just a boy and cannot pull them out of the
ring on the wall. It may be that a strong man could pull the chains from the
wall as it is wooden.
A woman with curly black hair always brings him his food, she has a scar on her
face and an evil look but she does not harm the boy. Only one other time did
someone come and see him, a short weasel faced man dressed in black who talked
for a while then made the boy cry by threatening him with a pair of pliers.'

In the afternoon Raya talked to Fatima and discovered that the water supply for
the house was a pump in the kitchen, so spiking that was ruled out.

Gharlie was summoned via the 'flower drop' method and arrived in the guise
of 'Bernedette' the flower girl, or women rather, as she was in her thirties.
She joined the increase group of plotters and planners as they tried to come
up with a viable scheme for taking on Wathuss and Jesker in their house.

At two o'clock Corum arrived with his sewer report and told them that there was
indeed a major sewer tunnel running under the street where the house was.

Later they interrogated the 'man-in-a-barrel' again and got some more details
from him. The man made a bargain with them to tell them everything he knew
in return for his freedom. Everyone agreed to it. He told them where all the
traps were that he knew of and who was in what room is as far as he knew.

But when everyone else left, Oz waited until they were all next door
and knocked the guy out before chopping his head off!

He then dragged the body out and nailed it into his other barrel. He made a
bit of a mess on the wall and on his shirt though. He managed to keep the
murder quiet, but later, when it came to moving the barrel with the body
in it, Corum and the others largely deduced what had happened.

In any event, Oz paid a dungsweeper to take the body away. Gharlie assumed
the features of the dead man and went to try and infiltrate the house
of Wathuss and Jesker.

At three o'clock three more unfortunates were burned in the Market Square.
These were Leben - a dwarf, Vixen - a woman, and Paul Treeman, the very
same devil chicken breeder that Oz and Alduin had had previous dealings with.

At seven o'clock Sylvia turned up at the OJB, having been summoned earlier.
At midnight Cavu turned up again with more information.

DAY 142 (Shieldmeet (Leap Year Day))(August)

In the night Raya was sent to recheck the windows and do another count to
try and match them up to the room descriptions given to them by the dead
assassin and Cavu.

First thing in the morning Oz went to the Shrine of Nature to attempt to
send a message to Jaroo. He had to wait a couple of hours until a massive
bear that was sleeping at the Shrine woke up and turned into a druid.

This man was Hample Stridelong and was not very helpful. He had never been
to or even heard of Hommlett so could not send a winged messenger.

Later that morning Corum, Oz and Alduin went to the Thunderstaff Villa at the
summons of Elsdon, the father of Zoltan.

He told them that Wathuss had given an ultimatum. If they didn't get Jade by
(day 147) then they would cut off one of the boys fingers and then a finger each
day from then on in Elsdon said if there was no other plan, he wanted to know
the address of the house and he would send in a troupe of mercenaries and hope the
boy survived.
While they were there they also met Shallerim who was introduced to merely as
another member of the family. They also arranged for a supply of Gaseos Form
potions to be sent to the OJB to aid in the rescue of the boy.

In the afternoon, back at the OJB Alduin saw Corum talk to a dwarf for a while,
one that he hadn't seen before. When questioned though, Corum said it wasn't
important.

At tea time, Oz gave Liamae some flowers, then went around his various flats.
At his first flat he found that it had been broken into. He arranged another
room.

DAY 143 (1st Eleasis)(August)

In the night, Gharlie returned to the OJB and reported that she had made it
into the house and confirmed where Zoltan was being held. She had also learned
that the man she was impersonating was known as Malles.

She was sent back and told to await the attack. The plan was now made. To
take the boy out via potions then assault the place via the front door. They
would do it at two o'clock when the rogues within would still be asleep.

When the days newspapers came in Oz read that there was a rumour going around the
city that the Lords of Waterdeep where planning something big to
'sort out all these diseased beggars in the city'