[pnpgm] Game Update #106 - File #412 - Interrogation prep
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HT Aliaver/Player DS Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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R1.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar .. Ma
--.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe
R3.Mark Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma
R1.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma
R4.J H Hooten........YN..Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human....Ma
W4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe
R1 John.Stowman......YN..Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe
-- Npc...............YY..Etain.............Teacher.Normal/Elf......Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Squirt (Ferret) Kell, Wolf - Will
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Game Update #106 in sequence (file #412)
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[Recap]
From Kiet on actions: [Re: Actions]
All,
My problem is that I have been in Israel for over 6 weeks and
have several more to go. I am here doing some consulting work.
I do not have a great deal of time normally to do much else than
work, eat, and sleep. I have not spent a lot of time examining
what the groups separate from Kiet have been up to. I scan over
them...at best. I have little idea, for instance, as to what
Arawn is up to.
For the sake of the game, it would be great if you people that
are with us in the barn would just have a conversation with Kiet
about what precisely you need to know from our trussed up friend
Or even just a list would help. The conversation form could be
made into part of the narrative, though. Easier on Scott.
Literally, I wake up, go to work, get home...to a hotel...try
to find a place to eat...then come home to sleep. Sometimes
the internet here at the hotel doesn't work...like yesterday.
So my time to search for your questions is limited. Restaurants
here usually take over two hours to have a meal. The only reason
I'm here now is because I'm skipping dinner (just not hungry).
Time is tight this trip.
GM: Ack. I understand. Two hours? I know those folks over there
like full meals not just one plate but full courses. But
two hours? :)
Basically Arawn is meeting Jordi to learn info on the plant
that might help Fremea and other info for future and current
events. Now he is playing diplomat about to settle a
diplomatic crisis :)
Fremea sought out her ex slaver Grosis who she escaped
from. He was very abusive and mean. Now it seems he has
been removed from the industry and taken down in status
in the underworld likely due to her escape. They found
his place which is a very small lower middle class place
with a few coins and some papers. Fremea is it seems
interested in any stash he may have and information on the
current slaver network.
Unali/Kell captured Mavac the city guard Captain who is
now seemingly in the industry. He is probably on the
front line not upper management. So Unali wanted
to know where his place is, any stash or wealth, info
on the network as well as much details. I believe
Unali CCed you a email on this.
Basically that is the gist of the situation. Two
prisoners. Both current/past slavers. Needing info
on wealth and industry.
Hope you enjoy your stay as a masad spy...err I mean as
work there. :) j/k
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Gazing dispassionately at the prisoner Z'leyra asks (in a
language the prisoner will likely understand) those nearby "Does
this fellow have more information that is needed? I can try to
wrest it from his mind, of course there is no guarantee that his
mind will be much use afterwards."
If given any positive answer she will slowly and carefully
(giving the prisoner plenty of time to talk) start the process
of drawing a circle for a Sidh Purification EL1 which she will
cast if he hasn't talked sufficiently, then loop the spell chain
over the prisoners wrist and hers then casting through her staff
she will cast an EL0 Fascination spell on the prisoner. After
the spell is cast she will tell him to tell the party of
anything that we would be interested in or would help us,
starting with the most important things first.
When it is obvious that he is under her control she will have
him released and after the most important info has been told
she will tell him to assist the party in any endeavor that we
ask.
GM: Ack. You and Kiet need to decide who will interrogate.
Kiet has the skills and you have magic. Either you
decide or Fremea can do so as leader. Course there
are two prisoners.
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[New Stuff]
[Sepes 29th, 1634TH]
[Location: City of Samma, Donara]
[Kiet/Unali/Kell/Fremea/Raban Group]
[Time: 11:40:00 am - Samma city, Donara]
Kiet gathers the group to ask what exactly what he is to do
here and what questions. it is always good to ask without
the prisoner knowing so it can be a surprise. Kiet has
learned in his training that surprise gives the best reaction
and body language.
Z'leyra finishes her examination of the naked man and then
Grosis. Grosis is in better shape with just a few scraps
and bruises.
Gazing dispassionately at the prisoner Z'leyra asks, in Donaran,
those nearby "Does this fellow have more information that is
needed? I can try to wrest it from his mind, of course there is
no guarantee that his mind will be much use afterwards."
Before Raban leaves to do the blacksmith's work for him he
eyes the prisoners and the group. He is surprised at the
way Z'leyra acts as she is supposed to be the healer. Those
who do no harm. But if Arawn was here he'd try to act nice
and just talk with out any violence. "I suspect that the
naked guy will know who is in charge. We need to know the
chain of command and then how best to take down his friends."
He shrugs and then heads out of the barn.
Unali asks Kiet to extract information to hurt Mavac and the
slave trade organization in the region as much as possible. "I
know that Fremea wants everything possible to put these bastards
out of trade forever. Not that others won't jump up in the gap
he will leave, but it might just help for a short time. And no,
slave trade is not something that I have compassion for, so he
is free game."
"And as he was smart enough to spill that he is not the head
guy for the province, we might get some leads to follow up. See
what you can get."
Unali informs Kiet of all what Mavac said and what else she
might could ask. She then pats the acrobat and leaves the
barn to walk back to the tavern.
Kell looks grim as he finds torture a need but he rather
buy information from a person not beat it out of them. He
does not have the stomach either for it. "I think I agree.
We need to find as much details on the organization as we can.
Locations, names, slave hold outs, safe houses, details on
slaves where they might be and such. I would help out but
the sight of things being cut of bodies and such...not my
thing. I think I'll join Unali and head back to the tavern."
Kell looks back before leaving. "Could you use a blanket?
There is one there in the corner. I don't think the blacksmith
will enjoy a barn full of blood and body parts on the ground.
So a cleanup might just be good courtesy."
So this leaves Fremea, Kiet and Z'leyra to witness the
questioning.
[Time: 11:45:00 am - Samma city, Donara]
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[Arawn/Jordi's Tavern]
[Time: 12:15:10 pm - Samma city, Donara] - Arawn
The group stares at Arawn as he considers his reaction
the slight mishap of words. Arawn didn't realize the
humans did not know of the flying ships. That secret
could cause some serious issues. But it also could
lead to a rally if treated in the right way.
---Ending Time---
[Current time for each group]
[Time: 11:45:00 am - Samma city, Donara] - Fremea/Raban
[Time: 12:15:10 pm - Samma city, Donara] - Arawn
Actions? Comments?
Next Update...Friday...
GM: Ok. A short update. I wanted to give folks time to
ask questions for Kiet to ask. Anyone can ask what
to ask from Z'leyra, Will (would give me a heart
attack if so :)), Fremea even Arawn. Arawn isn't
there but as a player could give suggestions. I will
give another few days for folks to post this stuff.
I will work on next update Thursday afternoon so
would need posts by noon EST Thursday. So I can
get it out by that night. Kiet I know your busy
so I can do this two ways. I'd prefer a role playing
session but I know your busy. If you even want
I can wait till you are back in two weeks if need be
since this is such a rare thing for you to do. If
so let me know. If not I can try to do a semi role
play session with Q&A and with what you sent in email
for the fun stuff. So let me know if I should stall
and let you return back. I can let Arawn and others
do stuff if need be. In fact I could do some stuff
not planned to but thought of today to extend things. :)
Just let me know. If no good role play session I'll
do a quick Q&A with what is known already from previous
updates. Up to you. To all others ASK what you need
to know. For Fremea I need to know what the bottom
line is here. Torture to kill? Torture to get the
info then kill? Torture to pain to point of death
or knock out. What after with the prisoners. That
kind of things to consider.
So this gives everyone about 5 days to reply and
ask stuff. If Kiet wants me to hold till he gets
back I can plan with Plan D and add stuff to get
things moving still active. :)
Unali did post the updates to Kiet and sections
of what she did. I know our master of deep note
taking - Arawn :) - could read and skim and get
a baseline of questions and answers. but it depends
on how busy he might be.
From Wout's email:
Unali will tell what she gotten earlier from Mavac.
See update #98, #99, #101, but the important bits copied
below to...other stuff cut out from here but in
Kiet's email. I'll attach it to the very bottom. It
makes a very messy update but he did do all that
work to find the sections. :) It is not formatted
I guess due to email. Oh well. Stay tuned!
GM: Tasks to do -
* Find mysterious Mage - Upcoming updates
* Sell loot if possible Upcoming Updates
GM: Teams -
Jordi's Inn - Arawn
Barn - Fremea, Raban, Kell, Kiet, Z'leyra
Inn - Etain, Will
GM: Loot -
2766 BB From Grosis's place divided up.
That is 307 BB or basically 3 Silver per person.
Remainder of 3 BB will say given to the beggar
Raban told to go raid his home.
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Unali will tell what she gotten earlier from Mavac.
See update #98, #99, #101, but the important bits copied below to
#98
Unali waits till Mavac wakes up and starts asking questions.
She warns that she wants the truth from him or the consequences
will be severe.
Mavac starts to stir and opens his eyes at the constant
slaps.
This insane man above him talking about a pearl and a man's
short comings or something very odd. Kell removes his gag and
warns. "Scream and only the birds hear you." At least that
is what he meant to say in Donaran but Unali hears rocks
instead
of birds. Unali stands and moves over toward the city guard.
She draws the man up to a sitting position and twirls her
dagger.
She uses the dagger to quickly remove the insignia from his
chest
and sleeves. No man should represent a city and be a scum like
him. But Mavac just stares at her. "The city will not pay
any ransom. Let me leave now and you won't hang."
Unali glares at Mavac and throws down the insignia to where
dried
horse droppings are. "I don't sell **men** into slavery, but I
have sold horses. I always found that they become far more easy
to handle if you cut some pieces first from a stallion. But
then, they are not a stallion any more, are they? Or men."
Mavac glares at Unali then Kell and realizes that this may be
something bigger. He knows he has been setup before by family
of those he "obtained." The weak people couldn't even do
anything
to him then. But this one with the dagger seems at least
visually
able to threaten. But a woman knows her place. Mavac decides
to
remain silent to see what will come next.
Unali sits back still holding her dagger in her lap while
Kell
circles around them. Kell realizes that his language here
will be
a bit hard without Unali helping.
Unali asks, "Who are you. Where do you live. Who do you
report
to. Who are your man. How did you get into the slave trade.
Where
do you keep your slaves. When and how do they get slaves. Who
did
you sell to. Where do you keep your records. Where is your
profits stashed."
Mavac grins now and realizes these people know nothing.
Thanks
to his father's beatings he could handle a simple beating with
no problem. He stares at the wall not answering.
Unali asks who he is knowing the answer but a control example
has to be set. Aren's palace spies taught her that. It only
takes a step in the door to move further. She asks the
question
again. This time she takes the dagger and slices it from his
chin down to bellow button and rips his uniform shirt off. She
then sees scares on his shoulder, ribs and inner chest. She
isn't sure if they are battle scars are more. But from the
looks
they seem to be some burn scars.
Unali draws the dagger down his arm drawing a thick line of
blood
to fall to the ground. But Mavac remains silent. "Who are
you?"
She asks three more times. Starting at his left foot she
places
the dagger under his big toenail and twists. Mavac grimaces
and
shows sign of anguish but remains silent. The now broken
toenail
falls to the ground. Unali moves up the leg cutting both legs
from ankle to thigh. Then places the dagger around his waist
cuts the rest of his pants off. Now sitting with only
underwear
she notices more scares on his leg. Looks like the right leg
must've had some stab marks.
Mavac turns and spits at Unali. Kell kicks him in the ribs
forcing
him to move slightly to the left. Unali twirls the dagger in
hand
and hovers it over his groin. Then with eyes staring at his
eyes
she moves it down and makes contact with a testicle. She
forces
the dagger down a bit each blink of the eye. Now the dagger is
pressed deep on it and his eyes water.
"Mavac! Captain Vilos Mavac you bitch!"
Unali smiles and then proceeds to cut the remains of his
underwear off. Best to get to the equipment. Now naked, Kell
seems a bit awkward seeing how Unali has done her work. He
crosses his legs tightly and makes mental note not to piss her
off.
Unali repeats the questions. This time she hovers his groin
and moves the dagger up and down his most prized part.
Mavac gets the idea and decides it might be best to talk for
now.
"I live in the city. Owww!" Mavac grunts at the pain of the
dagger
against the most sensitive areas. "East side of town. I
report
to Colonel Darkem. My men? Slave trade? I'm a simple
guard. Slave
trade is-" Unali forces the dagger in the inner thigh causing
the
man some intense pain. "You....You are a idi...the money of
course.
Money is power and slaves bring money." He turns to Unali and
smiles. "You could bring a duke a nice prize." At that Kell
kicks him in the ribs hard enough to fracture one rib.
Stubborn
to the end.
"I captured some slave traders and found they were quite
willing
to share...in everything. Where do we keep them depends on who
buys them. Most go to their owners right away. But mostly we
keep them at an estate outside of town. When we get them is
when
demand is needed. You be surprised how many foreigners need
our
poor help as city protectors. The nice runaway girl needing
food
to avoid jail." He grins and then Unali places the dagger in
his
shoulder collar bone. A trick she learned from the palace
guards
in Maren. Twist is in such a way and causes great pain but
does
not break his shoulder.
Kell grunts, "ah. We may need him alive?" He states his in
Marentian.
Mavac grunts in clear pain. He glares at her and considers
his options. Tied up. No weapons. Naked. He sighs and knows
that they need info and will keep him alive likely for a bit.
"Crews from ships. Passengers that did not pay their tavern
bills. Many ways to find desperate folks for our purpose. We
don't select based on one thing. Even the old sea sailors who
no longer can climb a sail make good mine workers until they
die. As to selling we don't simply auction them out in public.
But anyone with power and money knows how to find us. From the
moderately rich merchant to the nobles." then he realizes this
is bigger than just him. "You want to stop the trade?" He
laughs.
"Stop one person and ten take their place."
Unali asks about profits and records. "How much money/gems/
stuff is there. Who are your former business partners. Did you
betray him. Tell me about the thief. Tell me about the
faerries."
"The winged creatures? You feel for them?" He says the word
feel with great disgust. "They are not in much demand these
days. They do make good thieves and killers though. With
the right influence." Mavac considers his words. Betray?
What do these people know? "Grosis? The fool? He got to
greedy. Too open. Had that one creature in a cage and sold
admission! He deserves what he got. As to your other
questions
I will not betray others. Kill me now and they will find you.
But I will not betray them."
#99
Inside Mavac looks at Unali and sizes her up. "You could go
far in our organization. I could even find you a boy or two
if you-" Unali slaps the man with the back of her dagger hilt
causing a massive bruise. The man laughs, "fine. Not into
that
sort of thing? How about money. We could set you up for life.
My people are rich beyond what you can imagine."
#101
As he quipped to be rich enough to buy her, she responds to
that "So you have enough wealth to buy me off. Prove it. "
Mavac smiles and his newly found eye bruise from her beating
wrinkles. "I seem to be missing some coins on me." He glances
down at his naked body. "You really think I keep my stuff
at a home? I'm not stupid. I'm not some thief or poor slob
who keeps his money under the mattress. I've been in the
city guard enough to see homes robbed left and right. To
prove it you are welcome to my place." He gives his address.
Then adds some directions. "Key should be in those pants
there."
Unali checks an sure enough there are at least 15 keys. Being
a guard for the city he is bound to have some stack of keys.
Probably a store or a garrison thing. "The silver one with
the brown stripe. That one. Be my guest. Enjoy the rum. I
get it from Xan monthly." Then he becomes serious.
"My stuff is all you want? You're just a common thief? No
better than the scum I arrest daily." He shakes his head.
"My stuff is with a friend of mine. He is a moneylender. Do
you think I wouldn't keep my stuff in a secure place?" He
smiles and leans back on the pole he is leaning on and closes
his head. "You won't get to the stuff. Quit now. Let me
go and I'll see about hiring you. Better than my friends
coming
to hunt you down."
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