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Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

To the West

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As Sir Shane left the inn, he could see from the corner of his eye that Elaine shook her head with a disappointed face. She didn't have much faith in the knight, whatever were her reasons.

Outside of town everything seemed normal, folks were working the fields, or cartwheeling the produce into town, and nature behaved like every day, as well. And when the noise of Barleytown faded away, it was, in fact, an idyllic landscape, peaceful physically -- and socially for the young Shane as well. No creature, human or animal, bothered him at all.

OOC

Please make a perception roll, involving sight.

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

Angry-3

"Well, words are words and deeds are deeds. We'll see. Anyway, west of town there are some barley fields, and over the fields the lands becomes ragged and tangled, that's where I felt a certain ... malice in the air. I did not see anything specific, it was more a general feeling. The farmers who live near there in their farms started to lock their doors and windows a few months ago. And you won't get into any house if you arrive at night, they won't let anyone in during the dark hours. Have a look around there, knight, if you want to discover the source of the worry." Her tone lost some of its edge, but not much, by the time she finished. Sir Shane had touched something sensitive earlier, apparently.

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

Elaine now has the Angry-3 status.

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

Angry-3

As the huntress was listening to the knight's explanation, her expression went cold, and when he finished, she didn't answer for some seconds. The tension was visible building in her, and when she spoke there was clear anger in her tone.

"Imports flowing into the city? That's the only thing Stormhelmers are worried about when dark things emerge in the country? How about the common people? The peasants tilling the earth to make the food, the owners of the inn to take care of you when you visit the countryside, the craftsmen who make the tools you use in your everyday life? Do they matter at all for you?"

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

Yeah, that's ok. It's a success with consequences, then.

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

To make our first roll, I'd like an 'insight check', to decide how well Sir Shane reads Elaine's reaction. Nothing very dramatic, but sometimes I like to branch in the narration based on chance.

Before you make the 2d6 roll, do you see any of his tags that would help or hinder him in this? Also, you can decide to use one of your weakness tags (Socially Inept would be appropriate here, for example); if you do, you get -1 to the result but mark experience with Personality: Shy.

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

"That's much better, Sir Shane." She smiled at him encouragingly. "Indeed, I've heard rumors, now and then. Rumors of shapes moving in the forest, otherworldly sounds coming from dark corners where no person's supposed to be. Even if we discard the notorious attention-seekers, there's just too much of this talk to mean nothing. Something's afoot in the Dales, and it's probably not a friend of us common people."

She took a sip of the very light ale in the jug. "Would you tell me why you're asking?"

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

I like the way you portray him, but it's time for some confrontation, I think!

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

The woman's face showed obvious annoyance. "You know, shy or not, I don't like talking to a helmet. If you want to, we can go to a dark corner where no-one else can see your face, but I don't talk to someone without being able to look them in the eye."

Sir Shane's Story (Legend in the Mist)

Is he talking to the huntress with visor down? I can't decide from the post.