Journal of Rollo Lavius 1

Entry #13 - Back in Sasserine

(G13 20/06/08 BC)

(This is me writing again!)

Did some writing in the early evening. Just a little something I am working on.

Later on, Raz went into town to pay a visit to the Gull's Nest and I decided to tag along.

The boy is an eating, drinking, fornicating machine. I don't mind admitting that I got up to some hi-jinx back in Waterdeep when I was a student, but Raz takes it up to a whole new level. I suppose it is the barbarian in him. Suffice to say I found it all rather intimidating and my performance with the 'ladies of negotiable virtue' was less than exemplary.

In the end I left him too it and wandered back home.

DAY 15

I went into town today and looked around some of the interesting buildings in the Noble District, including the Highway House. the Cartographers Guild, the Actors Guild and a good tailors.

I have commissioned a suit of local clothing that a local might wear. Was at the tailors for over two hours getting measured up and discussing designs and patterns. I am very excited! I think I will look quite the bee's knees when it is ready!

In the evening I did a little taxidermy. I think the Rhodessa is nearly done. I also spent some time watching Raz. He seems to be quite taken with that flute he found in the Vanderboren vault.

Always tootling away on it. It's a bit like someone putting a bag of cats through a mincer at the moment, but I must admit he seems to be improving a little.

Nobby and Shifty were moved to the house today from Lady V's. I checked in on them before bed.

Nobby seems fine, but Shifty is still a little under the weather.

DAY 16

We decided to go along to the taxidermy guild today to see what was going on. Penkus' letter suggested that the Dragon Lotus gang (or whatever they are) that Vanthus is so interested in is situated below the guild house so it seemed an obvious place to begin our investigations once more.

In the morning I packed up my stuffed stirge as it was the most portable item I had at the house and took it along, with Raz and Nobby. Shifty stayed at home as he was still a little poorly.

We went into the showroom or shoproom as you might call it of the guild and rang the bell for assistance. A man called Namien arrived and myself and Raz engaged him in conversation while

Nobby snuck around in the back.

As part of the ruse, Raz broke and paid for a stuff parrot. We talked about the stuffed dragonling that he had, and he tried to sell me various things. We kept up the pretence until Nobby snuck back and we told him we would be back later and left.

We went for a drink at the Shivering Cat nearby and formulated a plan. Just then I noticed that a note had been slipped into my pocket, presumably in the street, that warned us that the Dragon Lotus was watching and that we should just let things happen as they will. If we were to interfere then we would end in 'tears.'

We discussed things further but decided to go ahead anyway. The plan was to wait for the front room to be empty. We passed a few times but Namien was attending to customers each time so we decided to go into the next district for lunch.

On the way we noticed that a man and woman were following us. We tried to catch them, but they were too slippery and got away.

Raz persuaded us to get a bite at the Gulls Nest again. We had a pleasant meal, the food at the Nest is actually very good, considering it's a brothel. Raz snuck off for a short while - is there no limit to his ardor?

Anyway, after that we went back to the shop and found it empty. We snuck in and shut the door then captured Namien. At first it looked like he might fight us, but between Raz's threats and my reasonableness we persuaded him to tell us what we wanted to know as long as we let him go.

He showed us to a secret door in the building and then packed his bags and fled.

The door lead to a trap door, which lead to an underground tunnel. Here we found a door and a passage. We followed the passage to what looked like the edge of an underground lake. We then decided to go back and check the door.