(Loyalty Is,) The Source

[Saber Sloth]

The Hogman squeals again, pudgy hands leaving the spatula he's been using to mix the cooking flesh with the spices on a large pan over a metal rack.

"No trouble! I an't wantn' no trouble!" He great head bobs, the lip pierced by his tusk bleeds as he speaks. "I've just been travelling, needed a break to eat! That's all! Promise!"

To the Smith's eye, the hogman seems to be telling the truth. His cooking meal certainly lends credence to his words.

The Ashen King, sees two bags, one open and obviously less full then the other, he sees a rusty, stained knife resting at the hogman's hip, and he sees a gutted briar wolf.

"Sure, sure, just uh, put the gun down lady, and I'll answer some questions."

  2 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-01-30 12:17:12		hogman rolls 3 to hiding something (10 Again)		8, 10, 1, 1		2 successes

[Circe]

Seraphina was doing good cop. Must be waiting for Autumn bad cops if good cop failed. The Summer was content to listen and wait. As for the squealing pig before them what was he up to?

1 Suxx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-01-30 22:00:09		Circe rolls 6 to What is hidden Wits+Subterfuge 6 (10 Again)		8, 4, 1, 6, 4, 1		1 success

While Mr Pigley was wiggly Circe figured it was on account of all the guns pointed at him. Which she really wasn't going to put away because it'd be a pain to get the rifle up again at this point. Wait? She could have some fun with that.

"My good traveling chef, I already have several put away. This one?," she pats the rifle but points barrel downwards. It isn't aimed at the hobgoblin anymore but could easily be brought up, "My sheath ain't THAT big. I'll just point it elsewhere while the golden girl talks. I mean, ya seem copacetic, being a chef an all even if I don't smell sweet garlic on that roast. But an Iron Side advisor told me not ta trust blood soaked strangers. Unless ya paid them fer cleaning services in advance, then it was okay. Wise words," She nods with a smile.

The criminal underworld had interesting rules.

[Seraphina]

She watches the two Autumns, doing whatever they were doing. Maybe looking to see if the Hog had friends hanging out somewhere. He could.

Circe lowers the gun, which was good. She would be kinda nervous if the Summer put it away. Thankfully, Circe wasn’t stupid.

Moving to stand beside the Summer, she made sure her hands were still visible, well, as much as they could be.

“Thank you. Do you know this area well?” she asks, figuring he might. “Have you seen anyone here lately? Maybe someone who was in a hurry, or maybe didn't want to be seen?”

[Rhodes]

Reasonably sure there was nothing out of the ordinary for the area around, The Dread Lord turns his piercing green eyes on the Beast, watching for holes in his speech.

  2 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-02-02 06:33:04		Rhodes rolls 8 to Watch for lies: Wits+Subterfuge+Spec (9-again from Fairest) (9 Again)		4, 1, 3, 8, 4, 2, 5, 10, 2		2 successes

Well. Everything is fine.

[Saber Sloth]

The Hog squeals again, and snorting oinking sound. Beady eyes, trained on the rifle and the Summer, before slowly moving to Sera, a learned behaviour, eyes moving towards the speaker, even as they keep darting over to the blue elf.

"Fairly well," he snorts, "I've been travelling. Looking for a Market. Heard rumours of the Flesh Market 'round here, but..." his great shoulders shrug. "Can't seem to find it."

  2 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-02-03 11:00:18		Someone rolls 5 to Something (10 Again)		3, 6, 10, 8, 1, 6		2 successes

Perception please!

[Circe]

Crimson and black eyes narrow, pointed blue ears going flush to the skull, as the pig spoke of a Flesh Market. The elf disdained such practices on principal, as most Summers do. She had to look elsewhere to restrain her ire from the pig, instead scanning the clearing.

  Sharp Ears

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-02-03 15:50:53		Circe rolls 9 to Perception (10 Again, WillPower)		10, 8, 5, 1, 5, 3, 2, 10, 10, 9, 8, 1		6 successes

Any hidden threat will find those angry eyes looking at them through her rifle's scope.

[Anatole]

Anatole hears things: the crack and creak of the Hedge.

Anatole sees things: flashes on the periphery of his vision.

He is used to these now and pays them no mind.

He keeps his attention focussed squarely on the Beast kith. Let the Fairest talk. He was the unspoken presence of what their Freehold could do if angered...

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-02-04 05:01:54		Anatole is perceptive rolls 4 to Wits + Composure (10 Again)		3, 1, 10, 6, 2		1 success

[Seraphina]

The mention of a Flesh Market made her blood run cold. Not something she wanted to hear. Especially close to the Freehold.

But what he said, it didn’t sit right. “Pardon me, but if you know the area fairly well, why can’t you find it?” though she wanted to know why he wanted to find it, but she doesn’t ask. Maybe somethings were best left unasked and unanswered. “Where’d you hear the rumors? Here,” looking around, “Or from someone out there.” Her head gesturing towards where the gate was.

  1 success

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-02-04 11:56:12		Seraphina rolls 4 to Perception(Wits+Comp)-1 Clarity (10 Again)		1, 7, 7, 9		1 success

[Saber Sloth]

Circe in the pentacle of her Wrath does find someone hidden, foolishly so, barely hidden behind brush and bramble. Haunches sticking out, painted with matted grey fur. Luminous yellow eyes glow between leaves, darting between the Lost and the Hog.

Sera and Anatole's attentions are drawn more so towards the Hog, the bags, and the gutted Briar Wolf beside him.

"It up and moved." The hog says, heaving another shrug, "I heard it might move on back, but it hasn't yet." He snorts and snuffles, "Here, there. Ya hear things. Ya gotta if ya wanna move 'round the Hedge right? Ain't no good going in blind."

[Rhodes]

Rhodes bristles. Flesh markets were so.... well, gauche. If you could not sway with words were you even deserving of attention? It was a very Fairest way of thinking, but....

  1 success

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-02-05 17:14:09		Rhodes rolls 5 to Perception Wits+Comp (10 Again)		6, 10, 2, 2, 6, 2		1 success

Lost to his thoughts, he fails to spot anything awry.