“-you sure know your drink, kid. Nice to see who appreciates my stuff. Not like those exorcists who’ve come into town.”

“Yeah, my family owns a brewery. It’s not large, but people enjoy the beer. Anyway, you said something about an exorcist? Things have been getting pretty bad around here, haven’t they?”

“Yeah. What with the bandits plaguing the northern route, the infernalists who’ve popped up, the raids from the northeast, and the wolf-men coming from north, it’s not a very nice time to be a simple inn owner. I even heard the infernalists tried to burn down the old Sweetsprings forest. Thank god the mother church is at least looking out for us.”

Hm. These look like rather interesting conversation topics. Some investigation seems to be in order.

>Urge Jameson to ask about the exorcists
>Urge Jameson to ask about the bandits
>Urge Jameson to ask about the raiders
>Urge Jameson to ask about the wolf-men
>Urge Jameson to ask about the infernalists
>Other

>>26600538
>>Urge Jameson to ask about the infernalists

>>26600563

>Jameson, ask about the infernalists.

He nods, just a tiny bit. ‘Yeah, sure.’ Turning his attention back to the innkeeper, he leans forwards onto hi elbow, and inquires about the infernalists.

He barkeep shrugs. “I don’t know much about them That sort of stuff ain’t meant for ordinary people to know about.” His eyes flicker around furatively, and then he leans closer to Jameson.

“They say that the first one killed Lord Moore. An Infernalists assassin. He escaped with his hellbound weapon. After that, we started hearing more reports about the damn demon-bargainers will their hell green flames coming here.”

He leans back again, and slowly starts cleaning a glass. “We don’t talk about them, though. The church doesn’t approve of that sort of talk.”

>Urge Jameson to ask about something else
>Tell Jameson to get a start on shopping for supplies
>Tell Jameson to start looking for ways to make money
>Other

>>26600799
>Tell Jameson to buy another beer and look at dark corners in the tavern, who knows who we might find?

>>26601199
>>Tell Jameson to buy another beer and look at dark corners in the tavern, who knows who we might find?

>>26600799
>>Urge Jameson to ask about the raiders
fuck these ass wholes or rebels/outcasts. well lets look into this and the bandits then take care of it or what ever.

>>26601275
>>26601199

Hm. That’s interesting. So Jameson’s an infernalist now. Or supposedly. You consier asking about the raiders, but decide it’d be best not to appear too curious.

>Jameson, buy another beer. Scan the room.

‘You mean I get to drink alcohol and relax? I like this plan. I like this plan a lot.’ Grabbing another mug of the alcoholic beverage, he walks to an empty table, and scans the room.

You can tell he’s not really registering the individuals, but looking through his eyes, you are. There’s a rather rowdy group in the corner, wear armor and weapons. Mercenaries or the town guard, most likely. You can’t tell. Three people in cloaks are huddled in a corner, discussing something. You catch a glimpse of something shiny on one of their cheeks before one of the hoods that they’re all wearing obscures it. A strange four are counting gold or something. Foreigners. A fighter, a rogue, a priest, and a wizard, it seems. And then scattered here and there are solitary figures, eating their dinners and merchants with guards standing by watching them.

Jameson takes another sip. You can’t understand why humans love this mind altering toxin so much.

>Inquire about work with the mercs.
>Watch the cloaks a bit more
>Talk with the foreigners
>Get up and go explore the town
>Other

>>26601743
>>Get up and go explore the town

The mercs and foreigners are interesting, but I don't really want to move on too far before we wrap up that thing in the forest with the spirits.

>>26601743
>Explore town
Im sure we will run into one of those groups again later

The cloaks are kind of worrying but there's not a ton to be done right now without drawing attention. To explore.

>>26603694
Woah is this dead?

>Jeez, it’s dead today

>>26601804

Right. That’s enough lazing about for now. You still have things you intend to accomplish. You direct Jameson to get up.

‘Actually could we stay here a bit longer?’ He pops his joints as he stands up. ‘I like this activity.’

>No. I have no desire to accommodate your taste of alcohol, and we have things to do.

With a sight, he ambles out the door, after tossing a couple of copper onto the innkeep’s counter. The sun makes him blink, as you walk outside. ‘So, where are we off to?’ You tell him, and you’re off.

First off, you and Jameson start purchasing the supplies that you two need. A whetstone, some oil, extra clothing for Jameson, camping gear, a lantern, and some armor (or at least a shield). Jameson runs errands rather speedily, hitting the blacksmith, general store, and tailor, and you two manage to grab all of your supplies in good time. That’s good news.

The bad news is that purchasing all of these items practically drained your momentary supplies. In other words, you’re broke, or very close to is.

“two…. three. Three copper, and one silver left over. Shit. The last pay didn’t go very far.” Jameson finishes counting your remaining coinage. ‘Where do we go next?’

>Check the flea market
>Head to the church
>Head back to the forest
>Look for odd jobs
>Other

>Check the flea market

>>26603841
Look for odd jobs, we need the cash.

>>26603841
Im busy clicking cookies
Go to the message board in town and check for wanted posters, more specifically troublesome animals/grunt work

>>26603841
Odd jobs.

>>26603933
We're probably on there.

>>26604140
Thats why we take it down along with something else

>>26603841
You there buddy?

>>26604101
>>26603924

>Well, we should probably earn some more money before we go exploring the town. Maybe check if anyone’s willing to pay for work?

It turns out not a lot of people are willing to pay for quick work. The town’s very well entrenched, and everyone in it knows everyone else in some way or fashion. It’s much easier to simply ask a old friend or family for help.

Jameson plays a couple of shell games with a con-man, winning a few rounds, losing a few rounds. He makes a tiny profit, before the con-man scowls at him and tells him to shove off.

Eventually, you two end in front of the wanted poster in front of the guard station. There’s a couple of posters there, including what looks like a poorly scrawled impression of Jameson, himself.

>You should probably tear that down.

‘Yeah, probably.’ He slides it into his pocket, and just as he does so, a guardsman walks by. He and Jameson stare at each other for a few seconds, before the guardsman’s eyes light up.

‘Shit.’ Jameson says. You agree with him

>Shit

Jameson turns on his head getting ready to run, and you prepare to be drawn for battle. Both of you are surprised, when the guardsman, instead of running for calling for help against a dangerous infernal fugitive, instead steps towards Jameson with a friendly expression. “Are you taking a bounty? That’s great!”

“…huh?” Jameson voices his confusion in the most eloquent manner possible.

“We’re a little bit short of guard members these days, and any help would be appreciated!” The guardsman is almost annoyingly cheerful. “Actually, we could use some more help in the guard.”

“….huh?” Jameson’s broken. It looks like you’re going to prod him into action.

>Wat do?

>>26605189
"Quick, ask for any pressing contracts

>>26605189
"Thanks for the offer I'll think about it."
Book it outta there no chances

ask about getting some information on where these bounties could be found.

>>26605189
J-Man: "Well, I'd be glad to complete any high-pay job around here."

>>26605189
gib jawbs

>>26605189
Tell him we're just here for the bounty.

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Going to gone for a bit. Post update when I get back.

>>26605189
There's probably bounties out on those bandits, or other criminals who would harm innocents. This guardsman should be a useful source of information.

>>26605189
ask about other bounties

>>26606185
>>26606698
These two, and hurry back!

Have a free bump!

>>26605703

When will that be?

5 hours....

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>>26605265
>>26605261
>>26605237

>Don’t just stand there slack jawed like an idiot. Ask him for info on the bounties.

Jameson twitches, then jerks into action. “Um, so are there any bounties that have quick cash rewards? I need to make money fast.”

The guardsman natters away at him cheerfully. “Oh, well, if you’re looking for money, you might want to try some of the larger bounties. Those are usually groups of men, though, so you might have to split the bounty with whichever group you join up with.”

Jameson nods. With you by his side, he probably has nothing to fear from large groups. “So, where would I find these bounties?” Glancing sideways at the board, he makes an observation. “It looks like most of these are… bandits.”

“Well, if you stick with the merchant caravans, you’ll probably get attacked by some sooner or later. I actually heard that can be quite profitable, because the merchants also pay you for escorting them.” He shrugs. “But I’m just a guardsman, so I’m not so sure about that. Most of the caravans travel through the forest to Hellensburg to the east.”

Jameson nods. “Well, thanks for the info, mr….”

“Robert Rorickson.” He waves to Jameson, and heads off to continue his rounds, or whatever he was doing before.

Jameson turns back to the board. ‘Which one do you think I should pick?’

>Rickety Riks, a bandit leader in the forest (5 gold)
>Bad Johns, a murder/rapist who’s attacked and killed 3 so far (15 silver)
>Jet Jordan, a bandit leader in the forest (5 gold)
>Rioting Rodney, a horse thief (20 silver)
>Bully, a burglar who’s broken into 17 houses (16 silver)
>Forget the bounties, do something else

>>26611767
Rickety Riks or Bad Johns

>>26611767
>>Bad Johns, a murder/rapist who’s attacked and killed 3 so far (15 silver)

>>26611767
>Bad Johns, a murder/rapist who’s attacked and killed 3 so far (15 silver)

>>26611767
>>Bad Johns, a murder/rapist who’s attacked and killed 3 so far (15 silver)

>Bully, a burglar who’s broken into 17 houses (16 silver)

>>26611767
>>Rioting Rodney, a horse thief (20 silver)

I think for a bit more spending money before we head into the forest we should go after

>Bad Johns, a murder/rapist who’s attacked and killed 3 so far (15 silver)

For his victims he needs to stick around a town. So he is probably the closest.

>Rickety Riks, a bandit leader in the forest (5 gold)
>Jet Jordan, a bandit leader in the forest (5 gold)
We can pursue at our leasure.

>>26611767

>Bad Johns, a murder/rapist who’s attacked and killed 3 so far (15 silver)

Since Rodney is a horse thief, and thus is likely on a horse, we're probably best equipped to deal with him.

Also, we have a spirit of the forest and a spirit of fire on our side so the bandit leaders might be fun to take down.

>>26611767

Gotta go with high risk, high reward...
>Rickety Riks, a bandit leader in the forest (5 gold)
and
>Jet Jordan, a bandit leader in the forest (5 gold)
>>26612257
Other men may get them first. and being paid for escorting a merchant also means free food and travel. It's in our best interest.

>>26611767
>Bad Johns, a murder/rapist who’s attacked and killed 3 so far (15 silver)
he needs to be brought to justice the soonest

>>26611767
>Bad Johns, a murder/rapist who’s attacked and killed 3 so far (15 silver)
sodomize the rapist with our justice boner

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>>26611838 >>26611844 >>26611979 >>26612070

>Bad Johns. This violation of justice cannot go unpunished.

Jameson tears off the poster for Bad Johns, reading it before sliding it into his sack.

>Bad Johns
>Cunning and sneaky, will run away if alerted
>Reward: 16 silver
>Suspected location: In a nearby hamlet, or hiding out in the sewers

Underneath all of this is a hastily scrawled line drawing of Bad Johns. He’s a shaggy looking guy, thin and wiry. His eyes are sunken in, and he has a hunted air around him.

It’s appropriate given you’re about to hunt him. As Jameson starts to turn around, he bumps shoulders with someone. He turns to apologizes and stops.

It’s one of the cloaked figures from the inn. He’s rather short and slender, now that you have a chance to observe him up close. He tears off three posters and turns around. Jameson calls out to him.

“Are you sure about that? I mean, maybe you should just take one at a time.”

The figures in the cloak stops. “It’s my duty to help the townspeople.” His voice is quite higher than you expected it to be. “Besides, I can handle myself.”

Jameson seems shocked for some reason. “Are you quite sure… miss? I could help.”

>Jameson, I though miss was a female dimunative.

He blinks, rather rapidly. ‘…but she is a girl.’

>…but he shows none of the sexual dimorphism that you humans possess. Although his shoulders are small, his hips are also not noticeably larger, and his chest is flat.

‘….okay, not all-‘ Your mental conversation is interrupted by the cloaked stranger.

“Do you mind not staring at me? I already told you, I don’t need any help.” He seems upset. With a huff, he stalks away.

Jameson seems to want to go after her.

>Let him go after her
>Convince him to go hunt Johns instead
>Other

>>26612549
>>Let him go after her
we can get johns latter

Rolled 57

>>26612549
>>Let him go after her

>>26612549
>Let him go after her
Jameson knows human customs more than us. Also, it would be very nice to get Female Knight in our party

>>26612549
>>Let him go after her

Hope she's going for the bigguns...
A rapist at a nearby hamlet? Bah..
15 silver? Bah.

Say, OP.. What's the conversion? Is it a hundred silvers for a gold?

>>26613083
Yeah, it's about that ratio. It's pretty consistent across different types of coinage.

Rolled 50

>>26613184
remind me, how many vote do we need to get the ball rolling?

I'm assuming just majority in a couple of minutes based on gm's discretion. That said, let him go, it'll be interesting f to see where it takes us.

>>26613083 >>26613001 >>26612650 >>26612649

You almost stop Jameson, but you decide to let him go chase after the guy. You sort of trust his judgment after all that you’ve been through together, even if his gender recognition is shot to scrap metal.

He’s out of breath by the time he catches up. “Hey, wait!” The cloaked boy turns. “You can’t just be taking that many because you can handle them all! Otherwise you’d take them on after another.”

“What if I just don’t want to waste time?” The boy just keeps on walking. “I mean, I can’t be coming back every time to just to get a new contract.”

“…an reason for everything huh? Now I understand what people felt like talking to me when I was little.” Jameson chuckles a bit. “Just hear me out, alright? I think I know why you took all of those.”

The boy stops, and turns around. “Well?”

“When bounty hunters take posters, it shows they’re taking the contract, but also that they’re going at the reward, and that no one else should get in their way.” Jameson pauses to take in a breath of air. “You took all of the highest pay contracts. You were scared that someone was going to take them before you.”

“One hundred and fifty gold. What do you need that much money for.”

The boy seems surprised at Jameson’s explanation. Either Jameson was really astute, or it was so stupid, he didn’t even see it coming. “Ah… I- my groups’ in a lot of debt. We’re just some nuns from down south, you see, and we didn’t really know how things worked up here so close to The Wall… and one thin led to another.”

“Nuns from the south… determining distance by The Wall… who are you?”

[1/2]

The boy stops to curtsey. “We are nuns in the service of the Lone God, the Solitary God, the Unconquered Watchman, who stood at the last bulwark of order.”

Jameson’s eyes widen, in some sort of realization. “You’re…”

“We’re exorcists, sent out to hunt down the spear wielding infernalists. My name is Charity.”

You go over what she just said, and then you come to a startling conclusion.

>Wait a minute…. she’s a girl!

>And I think that's a good stopping point for today

>As always, you can follow this quest on https://twitter.com/Jemnite

>I'll be back next week give or take twelve hours

>Could some archive this for me? Thanks

>>26613762
>Spear wielding
Gee, are we in her kill list?

Rolled 19

>>26613797

Such a shame, I just got here.

>>26613797
And archived.
I'm sad to have just join right now. God damn, I have the worst luck.
Haha, what a coincidence that I end up archiving this for you again

>>26614040
Here they all are, so link this next thread

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=steel+quest

>>26613831
We are for now, but I think we can sway her to our side if we play our cards right, and a powerful ally is always a good thing.