The Church of Alvis

The party leaves Spintik and walk through the door. The hallway is dark and cold. A claustrophobic fright begins creeping over your body and you have a little difficulty breathing. Infact you realize you haven't taken a breath in quite a while. A bright flash and a thud happen. You notice that the entire party has fallen out of a door into a church gasping for air. Looking back you see it was a confessional booth. Looking around you see confused parishioners praying and taking a very dim view of this surprise. A nun approaches.

In a hushed but stern tone she begins scolding.
"Shhhhhh. I don't appreciate whatever hijinks you lot are up too. This is a HOUSE OF Worship, not some tavern for the criminally dimwitted." She seems to take notice of Ham'mon's tunic. "A man of the order. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Go to the rectory and find Friar Othom to begin your atonement. And teh rest of you get out of Pelor's house before I have the good sense to get my switch!"

Stavis will get up, putting his hood up before it is noticed he is a drow, leaving as requested and will put his mask on after having left the temple. As he is putting his mask on it can be seen that the amulet of Erevan Ilesere has been wrapped around his wrist liken to a bracelet.

After things calm down with give a small prayer for Spintik.

@Stavis you walk outside wearing the mask and see a lot of people. You quickly deduce you are in a city and a major one based on the size of the cathedral you just exited. Something else seems strange. There are a lot of people. Like more than you'd expect even for a city. You are noticing people in blankets lined up against the walls with small fires going. Plenty of city guard walking about, but they don't seem to be bothering the transients who've set up shop like you'r probably expect.

Trinal helps the others to stand and smiles at the nun.

"Your pardon, good lady. We will be on our way. Forgive us the disturbance, please."

Diplomacy: d20+20=16+20=36

He'll then proceed outside with, one assumes, the remainder of the party to follow the drow.

@Trinal
She goes from obviously upset with you Trinal to just disappointed. You are confident that the switch is off the table for you.

Outside you see the same "holy cow what a crowded city" thing that Stavis does.

Victae joins you. Ham'mon however does not join as he is off for atonement.

"Well We wouldn't want that, getting switched could be the death if us!"

Tony gives her a smirk and walks out.

Syric will offer his hand to Ham' and wish him well as he follows his path. For Spitnik, he will consider him coward for leaving the fight and not spare another thought on him. [ooc] I hope he comes back to prove Syric wrong aboout the cowardness!

Syric will follow the others out into the daylight.

Syric looks around at the huddled masses using his skilled eye to find the right source that can clue him in on where they are and what's going on.

Streetwise
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"I'll give you that much! Absolutely not with the barbarian-ness." Trinal sighs slightly. "We seem to be losing companions quickly. I'll miss Spintik, and Ham'mon was an odd bird but quite handy in a fight.

Ah well. I suggest we look for a broadsheet or similar, maybe some references in it will give us a clue to our whereabouts. We know we can't be far from where we, er... left, so it should be someplace at least some of us are familiar with.
"

Joun, do I recognize the place at all? I'll turn around and look at the temple we just left also.

@Syric: You look the crowd over and notice the emblem of Waterdeep on the city guard's uniform. The huddle masses have the look of refugees. You've never been to Waterdeep before, but you know that it is the largest city on this half of the world. You also notice a tavern down the street with a pretty mouthy dwarven bouncer at the door.

Trinal you look at the temple and recognize it from some drawings as the Cathedral of Pelor Waterdeep.

Tony please make a perception check.

BTW Tony's perception check isn't something that will hold up the rest of you doing whatever it is you are doing.

Perception: [dice]0[/dice]

Tony looks around. Yep Waterdeep alright. You can smell the fish market down the hill, the city walls look different somehow. They look higher and more fortified than the last time you were in Waterdeep. It is like they are expecting a seige perhaps?

"Where is a good place to catch up on events, figure out when it is without coming off as a lunatic?" Victae asks.

"A tavern is always a good place to pick up on current events if you can sift through the rumors. The place down the block actually has the Tony Plush seal of approval. Might as well start there."

Tony will start down the street toward the bar

"The bouncer looks interesting too" as he flashes a grin.

The party walks down the crowded street hearing people bickering and some crying. Guards keeping watch on them. As you walk you all take in the air. It is smelly (part fish from the market, part just the mess people make), and you really notice your breathing. Thinking back to Mumford and the minotaur, you felt pain, you even remember shedding blood, but you don't remember breathing. Here the cool (bad smelling) air you feel filling your lungs and it lifts your spirits. You are alive again. You have to be. It strikes you as so peculiar in retrospect that you didn't even miss breathing until you were reminded of it.

At the door you see a grumpy dwarf manning the door.

"Aight. 2 copp'r a peice. If you draw yer weapons inside the boss man will kill ye. Iz dat understood?" he says in a curt and pretty rude tone.