Iris looks to the lawyer, "Can you do us a favor and send a message to the Palace that the Goblins are planning an attack and are probably already on the move? Tell them to watch for red smoke."

The lawyer nods, "I'll get right on that."

Turning to face the others, Iris says, "I don't know about you all but I think I'm set for a bit of a walk. I don't want to walk for 4 days though, and get there right as the battle starts, so I think I'll see if I can't find a horse or something." 

With that she walks from the room, and wanders over to some vendors who appear to be selling horses just across the street. A portly man with a scraggly beard stood near several horse stalls. He, and the entire building, smelled of horse manure. 

"How much is the cheapest horse you have?" Iris inquired of the man. 

He looked her up and down. "My cheapest horse is 3 gold." He smirked, his browned teeth showing through slightly. 

Iris grimaced, knowing that was all the gold she had. [url=http://orokos.com/roll/160742]"Would you be willing to go any lower?"[/url]

He bobbed his head from side to side considering it. "Perhaps."

"What if I pay you full price later? I'm off to help the palace with a goblin attack, and I need to get there quickly. But once I do I'll probably be rewarded and could pay you well then. How's about it?" she offers. 

He ponders this for a moment and nods. "Sounds good to me. Rog, bring out the gray one!" 

Roger, the stable hand, brings out a small gray horse and hands it over to Iris. "Here's your horse, ma'am." 

"Thank you," she smiles, nodding to the both of them, and then goes to wait outside the lawyers office for the others. She knows a single horse won't put a dent in their travel time, but if the others could haggle some off of him too, or pay for some, they could probably get there faster. If not, a horse was at least nice to have around.