The Four Treasures

I was surprised they were going to leave me with Diz. My chioce wuold have been Croak to aviod Diz and because Croak seemed to be the most trusting.
Morrgana and i walked over to Diz who had finished talking to Alex. "lets go" i simply said. There was a award silence as we walked, i was both acutely aware of him and the villagers staring at us, but mostly me because female Drow are rare above the surface.
I finaly cuold not take it, "you know just because i don't want to kill you anymore does not mean we are back where we were 30 years ago. People change."

I walked into the nearest pub one of my companions had not entered.

Dropping a few coins on the counter, I said to the bartender, "Give me a pint of your stoutest."

Taking my drink, I sat in the corner and started drinking.

"i know, but then again some people never change" i said walking along lireal with firerunner at my side looking for a good inn to stop at while ignoring the frequent stares.

Croak turned as he heard the slight padding of silenced feet. Most people would never have heard the sound, but Croak had had a great deal of experience in listening for slight noises, as well as being silent himself.

"'Ey kid," he found himself face-to-belt with a tall, lanky man in a dark cloak, smiling visciously. His eyes glinted slightly from beneath his hood. Croak looked up, listening for more theives; he heard none.

The thief frowned. "'Ey, you ain't no kid." Croak nodded as he punched the suprised thief in the stomach. The tall man, hardly more than a boy and obviously a novice to theiving, doubled over.

Croak knocked the man to the ground, then sat upon him so that he couldn't escape.

"Well, 'ow convenient," Croak grinned wickedly, "I don' suppose ya c'n show me the way to the thieves' guild, can ya?" The man, still astonished at the strength of this hideous creature--probably a demon or something--nodded vehemently. "Good! Then you'll show me the way, wontcha?" The man nodded again. Croak nodded his own head, then jumped off, holding his knife at the ready.

"Now, you be good an' lead me there nice-like," Croak advised his hostage as the man stood up slowly, "I've got more tricks ta show ya if ya don'." The man nodded, and walked briskly toward the Dancing Goat.

"So. How have you been? What exactly have you been doing up here." i was at a loss for words so i changed the subject. 'What do you think?' i telepathically asked morrgana who replyied, 'that looks like a good inn' i knew she knew i was not asking about inns.

"I've been ok, can't complain much; mainly i was just wandering around up here just living life as it came; lets try this inn, looks respecable enough in a place such as this." i said scraching firerunner behind the ears.
"what do you think about what has been going on latley firerunner?" i asked him telepathically.
"its all quite interestingand very strange at the same time."
"I know what you mean" i said outloud not realizing it.

"what? Well ok lets try there." When we walked in the inn the loud happy bustle suddenly hushed. We walked to the counter where i asked the inn keeper for two rooms. He regarded us then the doggs and then said, "we don like youws kind aroud here. I won' be sullyin my reputatio' to surve stupid drow." I was shocked at his insolence, didn't he know we "stupid drow" were known for being great fighters? "lisen, you better give us rooms we are hungary and tired like everyone else!" my nerves had been scraped raw and i was ready to fight but then i remembered my curse. "two rooms" i said between clenched teeth.
Diz was not as calm as me because he did not have to worry about a curse. He snatched the inkeeper by the collor without being violent but just threatening said, "we need rooms." it was as if a signal was given. All the men at the bar got up and began to walk towards us menaceingly. One man took his beer bottle and treid to break off the bottom for a weapon but only suceeded in cutting himself all over. All four (dogs included) of us found that very funny.
"you tink dats funny? Well madam i will show you funny." slured one burly man aproaching me. Suddenly they were upon Diz i backed away wanting to help but woryed about the pain from the curse. i was so preocupied with the battle i did not see one man sneek behind me so my reflex took over. I spun aruond then spun him aruond and broke his arm. I was delighted when no pain came and threw myself into the fray. All for of us madesure not to give out fatel wuonds.

Drawing my kukri, but not trying to kill anyone i just bashed the hilt into their fleshy bodies. one heavy arm swung harmlessly past missing me by a great distance. i retallieated by breaking his nose, and and fire runner set his pants on fire, the drunkard ran around the room holding his nose until he ran into a post holding his bloody nose and burning pants. "drunk bastards, is that all youve got?" i said to the inn keeper, he just repleid with a shrug. Feeling one of the bouncers hands on my shoulder i twisted around breaking his wrist and hitting him with the hilt my kukri in the back of the skull.
Another man picked me up by my foot hanging me upside down, making me even more angry, just to play with his head i set farie fire all over him, he imeadiatly dropped me slapping and the purple flames. i turned towards the door seeing how lireal had everything undercontrol i asked the bartender "so how about those rooms?"

~Thaden Ma'lar~

We walked down the street.
"Driz and Lireal should have accomadations for us by now."
"Say, where do you think the Inn is?" Alex asked. Suddenly, two people were thrown out the windows of one two story place.
"I have a feeling, just a feeling." I broke into a run and came to the door. I grasped it with my talons, but the door knob was made of a fancy metal, not a wooden handle. My talons slipped as I tried to grasp for the door. Alex came up beside me and flung the doors open.

The entire place had been torn apart. Several drunks were on the floor, crying out in pain. Lireal was currently engaged in trying to keep a drunk from stabbing her with a broken bottle. I opened my mouth and roared. For a moment, they stopped fighting and all eyes were locked on me. The drunk with the bottle dropped it.

"Accomodations for six please," I said. I looked at the drunks.
"I haven't eaten in 36 hours, so the next person who even thinks of moving without my permission is my dinner." This, I thought, would surely deter further action.

I quickly went to a dark corner, and looked at my arm it was beginning to get hairy. I made up an excuse and went outside to look for a cure of some sort.

taking advantage of the stilness of the inn, i ran up and hit the last drunk on the back of the head hard enough to knock him out. "now can we get somthing to eat, and somwere to sleep?"

"you-your just in luck we have two rooms availible, last ones" stammpered the inkeeper.
"k, i will share a room with Diz and Croak," i said and gave Diz a meaningful look that i hope he knew meant we are only shareing a room beacuse we need to talk.

~Thaden Ma'lar~

I noticed that the service of the inn, since my arrival, had become more efficent. Within minutes, I had three plates full of meat in front of me and the drunks were as quiet as lambs. Many of them were having their wounds tended by the innkeeper's wife, who appeared to have done this before.
"Where's Seraph? Shouldn't he be here by now?" I asked Driz.
"He should, but I haven't seen him," Driz responded.
"I'll take a look for him after this inn closes the bar," I said pointedly at the innkeeper. He announced last call quickly, and inside ten minutes, the drunks had retreated to their homes or to their beds.
"Keep an eye out," I said, finishing the last of the meat. "I'm going to look for Seraph."

understanding lireal's intentions i sat down for a meal then after i was done went up to the room; when i got there i climbed up onto the roof looking out onto the town/city. I looked towards the balcony as i heard footsteps.

*3 hours had passed*

Alex had been walking about for hours he could feel intillgent disappearing thought by thought he had been many places they all had shook thier head sadly and offered to kill him. Why had it come to this once a proud Paladin of Lathander now a monstroity he feel down and cried not caring about his fate.