Café de Nuit

Denys Sancerre enters the building, steps over the mangled corpses in the antechmber, and joins the party in the hallway.

''That old man is creepy! Ah! Who are these two? Kidnapping scum?!''

Denys draws a dagger and brandishes at the two men.

''Where is my little girl, you villains?''

Norzak rolls his eyes when the man wets himself. "Ya manly enough ta kidnap an innocent girl, are ya? Ye disgust me. I got more respect fer dirt then you, ya varmint!" Norzak spits on the ground and looks back when Sancerre enters. Looking to the men once again, he approaches the two men, now in very close proximity. His short sword is still in his hand, but at his side. He speaks in a very calm voice to the two men, but his eyes tell different. They say I'll slit yer throat cause I can. "Now listen up here, scum. THat's the girl's father. Ye help us or ye die, understood? He'll do anythin' fer his girl, not counting the fact ye mutts nearly killed her servant, ya bastards. Me sword arm is mighty itchy. And me friend is right, I will cut yer fingers one by one."

Trying a surprise here. Got a 19 for the surprise. 16 to attempt to live up to my reputation and chop off a finger and 4 for the damage. ewan let me know!

ewancummins wrote:The tall man replies:

''For a ransom, why else? We snatch the girl and her father pays us gold for her safe return. From what I heard, it was Pierre Renault's idea, to begin with. Somebody threw him out of a tower window and broke his neck, so he won't be getting none of the ransom money now. ''

The man frowns, then goes on to say,

''It was the Doctor who told the Boss about Renault's plan, now that I think of it. ''

Bennedict's eyes narrow in suspicion.

"What doctor?"

He cocks a glance towards Denys. "We have the situation under control, Herr Sancerre. You may wish to leave these brutes for us to deal with." He looks back to the men with meaning. "I wouldn't want you implicated if this becomes...unpleasant."

Cirdan listens. Calmly. Like a wolf would watch two sheeps.

Denys nods and leaves the building.

The taller of the two captives begins to answer Benn's question about the doctor-
''We call him the Doctor. He's a foriegner, some kind of Southron. The Boss hired him to...''

Norzak's blade flicks out, lightning fast, and takes off the little finger on the left hand of the pants-wetter[ who stands just a few feet from the man Benn is questioning]! The man stares in horror at his bleeding hand, screams, and turns to flee towards the well room.

Bennedict is listening intently as the man speaks, but turns in shock as the dwarf lashes out. "What the hell is wrong with you, dwarf?" He shouts. As the man runs toward the well room he looks at Cirdan "Go get that one, and take the dwarf with you."

He turns back to the tall man and raises his crossbow, leveling it at his chest. "Keep talking."

Cirdan will eye Norzak with disgust, but stay calm and motionless.

Norzak will curse and mumble "Stay still ye dagnabbitted scum!" Taint ne'er gonna get us some answers if ye run off like that ya jackaninny!" Totally oblivious to the others exasperations, he follows Cirdan after fingerless joe.

The man with the missing finger is fast! He makes it to the rim of the pit in the other room, and skids to a halt there. He turns, facing Norzak and shouts,


''Don't you come any closer, you madman!''

Adam wrote:Bennedict is listening intently as the man speaks, but turns in shock as the dwarf lashes out. "What the hell is wrong with you, dwarf?" He shouts. As the man runs toward the well room he looks at Cirdan "Go get that one, and take the dwarf with you."

He turns back to the tall man and raises his crossbow, leveling it at his chest. "Keep talking."

The tall man blinks, swallows a gulp of air, and continues speaking,
''Euh...euh...the Doctor! Yes! He's a strange man. All skin and bones, and looks as if the sun's a stranger to him. He hangs around boneyards, rubbing papers against old gravestones. Dunno why he does that. He stitches folks up when they get cut , and mixes medicines in his workshop. His place is down near the river, near the Court of Crows- you know, where the Great Gallows stand. ''

Cirdan will make a step forward to the man with the nine fingers.

"Sit down, or the finger won't be the only body part you loose today, human.
- I haven't yet decided if you're worth killing. Don't push me."

He says his calmly, but the look in his eyes woould make newborn kitten cry.

Standing near the rim of the pit, the nine-fingered man cries out:

''No, don't hurt me! Stay Away!''

He takes a step backward- and falls into the gaping pit behind him! There is an awful crash as he smashes through the iron grill, followed by a loud splash as he hits the water at the bottom of the tunnel below.


If anyone looks over the edge, he'll see the man lying twenty-odd feet down, half submerged in the stream of filthy water at the bottom of the tunnel that runs beneath the shaft. He is face down and motionless.

Bennedict winces at the sound of the man falling down into the sewer. Saw that one coming.

"Do you know where they're taking the girl? You would do well to lead us to her."

The tall man answers -
''They are taking her to Monsieur Malreux. There's a tunnel route to one of his warehouses. That's the way they are going, down through the drains. I can show you, if you promise to let me go before you go up into the building. I want to be far away when the trouble starts!''

He slowly pulls a hankerchief from his pocket and presses it against the left side of his head to staunch the flow of blood from the spot where his ear used to be.

''I feel awfully weak, though..maybe I should just tell you how to get there, and you can let me go to a leech, eh?''