After a busy day of shopping you return to meet up with the rest of the party. When you arrive you see Ids Ke, Worple and Tag Chi' Git sitting around a fountain looking towards Saru. Saru, standing almost completely nude, seems to be speaking to a group of Harmonium officers.
(Striding with confidence, her satchel lighter, but now bearing fine gifts for her companion, her eyes a little tired from the day of shopping. She scans the area ahead looking for the rest of her companions who know the way forth to our place of much deserved respite. Her face freezes a fright mask of a pleasant day. Her jaw clenches and her smile slowly fades, the calm resolve tainted by a look of madness recently acquired falls onto her face) "Form up, as a retinue. Calm heads, calmer tongues." (Her pace increases as her steps aquire purpose)
Harmonium Officer 1: Listen, you can't prove to be a citizen and you can't prove to be working here. You have to leave NOW! If we have to ask you again, yer gonna be scragged. Can you wrap your bone box around that?
Saru: Oh no no no, Sir, it's you who doesn't understand. I am on a mission from my God, and now we wait for our friends. We will move when they arrive.
Harmonium Officer 2: Will ya jus' scrag the berk already. I'm sicker than a Gehreleth of him talkin' us in circles.
Harmonium Officer 3: Listen you sodding sod, we've given you a chance to move an ya haven't. Now ya gonna learn who runs this town, you will comply!
Harmonium Officer 1: [removing shakles from his belt]
Tag Chi' Git: [stands up quickly, staff in hand] I wouldn't touch him if I were you.
Ids Ke: *smack* Ya... know... My friend.... Saru *smack*.. is a.... saint. It is.... my... duty ta... pro..tect him.
Worple Lemon: [walking away]
Brilligh: [stops in her tracks & looks at Clym. Her mouth opens & closes, and then] Err... say something... Priestess.[!]
Snatch (to brilligh): A GOOD THING WE FOUND THEM! IT SEEMS THEY WERE ABOUT TO CAUSE A SCENE BY FOLLOWING ORDERS. (walking over to the group standing near the harmonium officers, keeping an eye on the quick pace of Clymestria, and taking in the edges of the scene. no new guards coming up... it seems they were asking for papers... we don't have papers ourselves... again with this slavery madness! we will not become new found prey here!)
Clymestria: [Makes meaningfull eye contact with Worple, and a nod, raising her eyes to indicate her needs. She ads to her voice the tenor she uses so often heard from her during her more righteous extemporations with a hint of aristocracy.] WORPLE, what is the meaning of this? Your mistress sends you all to find us lodgings, and you stir up trouble.
Worple: uhhhhhh. I didn't tell them to....
Clymestria: [Shouting ahead] Saru, Git, sister IdsKe, please stand down. [Moves foreward, her pace never quickening to a jog, keeping her head aloft her shoulders, her priestly countenance projected for all to see]
Saru: [To Clymestria] These thugs think they own the fountain. Vishnu's flame will temper their attitude.
Ids Ke: [looks at Saru then at Clymestria confused]
Tag Chi' Git: Don't listen to that bimbo. We can take these sods!
Clymestria: [to Harmonium patrol]Sirs, please... I found myself longer indesposed than i had anticipated, and my retinue, be they as rural as I and unsure of the ways of your city, have made a miscalculation.They were to meet me here, but i take it they have too long been at it. We accompanied a trade caravan into your fair Ward, but yesterday eve and have now rejoined to make way to our lodgings.
Harmonium Officer 2:[looks long and hard at Clymestria] Stand down boys.
Harmonium Officers point their weapons to the ground.
Harmonium Officer 2:[looking into Clymestria's eyes] It's a violation of the Law to loiter in the Lady's Ward. Normally we'd scragg ya especially when none of you are employed or have any connection to this area. Tell me what your business is here in the Lady's Ward.
Clymestria: We'd not been properly informed good gendarme. We came to these parts to deliver our previous employer yonder, (Moving her hand up with priestly gentility, her fingers dragged accross the air as though the surface of a pond, to motion at Interplanar Importers) and arrived late in the day, and were provided board there. This contingent of our party was to find us lodgings for tonight, and this was the most obvious meeting point, it being such a splendid and serene location. (Turns to Git, and her eyes burn into his, hoping he remembers her sword at his throat well) We will be imediatly on our way, and i wish you a pleasent night.
The Harmonium officers record the names of the present party members.
Harmonium Officer2: Well, Kleymesstreea. I like the cut of your jib. The Harmonium are allways looking for new members. Athena's ideas are much like our own, ye should come to a recruiting station some time. [elevator eyes] Good day to you Miss.
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