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The man looked an Aendell "No, you may not. Now get the hell out of my way, or suffer the consequences." His hand went to his blade.

Aendell

He sighs and places one hand on his own blade while the other grasps the mans wrist preventing him from drawing his weapon. "I would recommend you take your hand off your blade, unless you are willing to have your hand separated from your arm." His voice is measured and even, more of a promise than a statement. He calmly stares at the man's eyes as if he is a bug.

The man parses his lips and gives a very high-pitched, shrill whistle. "You have no idea what you are doing. Let go before you end up in a hole you can't dig yourself out of."

Aendell

He simply continues to stare at the man, not bothering to answer but also not letting go of his wrist until he releases the hilt of his blade. Hopefully, at a minimum, he is buying time for Selaim to find Cat. He'd wanted to warn her himself, but things change he muses.

Should this man, or the allies he is calling, say what they are doing, he is ready to use the argument that he has already arrested Cat as an officer of the Court and so she is under his protection, but until that topic is mentioned he can't.

The man's hands shift, and his offhand grabs a knife at his belt and strikes quite quickly.

[OOC:
Initiative Cards
Thug - AH
Aendell 7C
Seliam AD - Though inside so technically not involved this round

Thug
Thug Quick strike with knife
Pandemonium rolled 1d6 and got 5 a miss

Aendell's action]

Aendell

Not wanting to escalate things, even though the man stabbed at him first, he removes his hand from his sword hilt and punches the man in the face.

Aendell Unarmed strike
Zeim rolled d8,d6 and got 8, 3
Aendell Unarmed strike - Ace
Zeim rolled d8 and got 5
Total = 13

Aendell Unarmed strike - Damage (am assuming a Raise for a 13)
Zeim rolled d8,d6 and got 1, 3
Aendell Unarmed strike - Damage Benny
Zeim rolled d8,d6 and got 7, 2
Total = 9

Aendell cold cocks the man, who collapses unconscious.

Aendell

**Huh, Glass jaw.** He muses, quickly bending down and searching the man's pockets and pouches to see if he can find anything useful. He keeps an eye on the street for whoever the man whistled to as he does so. As he searches, he removes all weapons he finds, swords, daggers, knives, and other and puts them to one side.

[OOC: Give me a Notice roll.]

[OOC: Sorry yesterday was a much longer day than normal]

Selaim

Selaim walks with Risa to the quieter room. As they go she glances over her shoulder toward the door thinking "I need to get Aendell in here somehow. Guess Risa is the gatekeeper right now."

Once the door closes Selaim moves away from the door so their is a smaller chance that they are overheard.

"Risa, we need to find Cat. Yes we. Aendell is with me." Selaim hoped that Cat had opened up later and told Risa why she was so upset. Possibly using names.

"Aendell is outside making sure that a group of thugs that Magnimar sent to arrest Cat don't come searching the tavern. We didn't see any on the way over but Villian, their leader sent his people to scour the town. So they'll likely come here looking for her." Words were not her strong suit. Her mind still slightly jumbled from coming across Villian.

"But all of this is a long story and we don't have much time. We just need to find her."

Risa

She laughed. "This old goat is not afraid of any thugs from Magnimar. If they come in, they will walk out naked," her smile was wide and serious.

"Don't you worry about Cat. She can take care of herself. I understand she was sleeping it off and will be back at work with the Sheriff later this morning." She did not indicate that she knew where Cat was, nor did it seem she would share that confidence.

There was a quick knock at the door. A man's voice said, "Risa, there has been some trouble outside. But it is handled for now. I thought you would want to know."

She smiled. "See, taken care of. Why don't we go out and see what all the fuss is about." She proceeded Selaim out the inner door and started across the common room towards the main entrance. As she moved several men and women stood and began to walk along behind her towards the door, their brightly colored clothing contrasting their stern visages.

Selaim

She followed Risa with a little trepidation. Knowing Villiam he didn't bring a bunch of pushover. She moves a little ahead of Risa hoping to check on. Aendell before Risa's crew took him to be one of the vermin.

Poking her head out tge door she spies him rifling through the thug.

"I can't leave you alone for a second can I?"

Aendell

He stands up from the prone thug and shrugs. "This is one of the ones from the Thieves Guild in Magnimar posing as Law Enforcement. I asked him for a warrant, just to check, and he couldn't produce one. He wanted to go inside and I....., dissuaded him."

He glances at the pile of weapons, then to the man who has a quickly forming bruise on his jaw. "He tried to stab me in the gut before I hit him." He seems a little defensive about making sure people know he did not strike first.

"As I mentioned, Cat is under my protection, whether she wants it or not, and I take my oaths seriously."

(OOC - If he found anything of note on the man let me know and I can edit.)

[OOC: Aendell please give me a Notice roll.

And very technically he chose not to produce a warrant, you don't know if he could have produced one. Depending upon the Notice roll, we will see what you find.]

Selaim

"Likely story, princeling. But we need to be quick about that and get inside. And it does us no good to have him here." She does a barely passing check on the unconscious man as she moves to move the unconscious man into a nearby alley.

"You going to help?" She asks looking at him.

Yes you asked Zeim for one but Selaim is grabbing his arm to help move the man so did one too just in case.

Selaim Notice helping Aendell
Miales rolled 1d6,1d6 and got 1, 3

… and they will both see Zak approaching quickly, presumably with Coral.

Aendell Notice
Zeim rolled d6,d6 and got 5, 6
Aendell Notice - Ace
Zeim rolled d6 and got 4
Total = 10

(OOC - Miales - Note you said Selaim was grabbing an arm to "help Aendell move the man to a nearby alley". Aendell has not said he was doing that or made any move to move the man from where he lies.)

Ooc: Sorry. She and I were assuming Aendell would help. Misworded it. Realized just now how it reads... retconning it.

When Aendell was going through the man's pockets, he located a pouch with a warrant for Cat's arrest. It is hand written in a hasty scrawl, but it does have an official seal from Magnimar. The man has a dozen gold pieces, four knives, a short sword, and a vial of dark liquid. Seliam thinks it might be a poison from the way it moves, though of what kind will take more investigation.

Coral

"Are you robbing the man, Aendell?"
Coral asked, loudly from across the street.
"I thought you were a good man."

Zak:

“Coral. I’m quite sure that isn’t it. That man wouldn’t have anything worth robbing even were he so inclined. Which he isn’t.”

Aendell

Taking the vial and the scroll he leaves the gold coins in the man's pouch but piles the weapons to one side, out of his reach when he awakes. He hands the vial to Selaim gingerly, as if handling a viper. "No judgements, Selaim, but do you know what this might be?" Seeing Coral and Zak approaching and hearing Coral's comment he frowns, not sure whether she is joking or not.

"No", he replies sternly. "He is a member of the Thieves Guild of Magnimar, come to try to arrest Cat. He attacked me with a blade without provocation when I asked him for proof of his claim." He muses for a second then says to Selaim. "Cat is a member of the Town Watch here, isn't she? I think I would like to press charges for attempted murder of one of the Heroes of Sandpoint not to mention an Officer of the Magnimar Judiciary. That could delay them long enough for us to decide on a course of action. Plus, if Cat arrested him the irony would be entertaining."

Coral

She took the rebuke silently. She was having a morning where she was misunderstanding situations and decided that silence was the best option.

Selaim

Selaim takes the small vial and examines it closely.

Selaim Examine Vial
Miales rolled 1d6,1d6 and got 4, 4

"That would be funny indeed. But first we need to get off the street. I think we are drawing attention to ourselves standing around an unconscious man while going through his pockets and all. Did he call out to anyone before he attacked? Are his friends nearby?"

She steps back toward the door to Risa's place and beacons them to join her.

Aendell

"Why do you care if we are drawing attention? I am an officer of Magnimar and we are Heroes of Sandpoint. I was attack in broad daylight by this man who refused to identify himself or state his business. I want to draw attention. I want this man arrested and confined."

He looks at Selaim curiously. "I think your experiences with the law have affected your thinking. If you are not doing anything illegal you should not be afraid of the Constabulary."