"Amigos! Innocents may be in danger! Who will join me?"

[Pierre]

Antíno saunters into the tavern, head held high.

"I have heard strange tales of the fate of Docksides, our sister city, noble ally in the fight against things that must be fought!  Destroyed, razed to the earth, say some!  Rebuilt, say others.  Invaded by malevolent pigeons who speak as men do and wield terrible magics, say one.  He may have been inebriated.  But still!"

"I propose an expedition to determine the truth of this matter, set right what wrongs need righting, lend what aid is needed, and drink what rum is available!  Who will join me in this noble endeavor?"

[Andrew L.]

turning around in his seat Adarock looks to see who is causing the comotion seeing it is his friend Antino Adarock stretches and replies " depends on what you wanna do and how long it take if not to long or if enough fighting involved then rock go with you"

[Pierre]

"I propose to explore, investigate, ascertain!  If there is buckle to be swashed or villain to be vanquished, that too shall we attend to!  The journey, she will take some time; Docksides is, as nombre indicates, on the coast.  Do you not long to see her, the great ocean, the white-capped waves and whirling gulls?"

[Andrew L.]

hmmmm allright but if rock get seasick its ur fault

[Lizz]

A young Hobbling woman in a big horned helmet comes into the tavern just at Antino is making his valiant and flamboyant speech.  She looks like she has been traveling again.

To Antino, she says,  "Hello.  I don't know you, and I was traveling during the last gather, so I don't know if I have missed something new that may have happened since Docksides was attacked a month ago.  But I used to have a contact at Docksides, that I would really like to check on to see if she is still there, or better yet if she got away before the Fish People started making trouble.  I had agreed to help her find some people who had been kidnapped and might be in Docksides.  It's all kind of complicated and involves a lot of conniving and blackmail.  But they were Hobblings, and I as I said I had agreed to help if I could.

"Also I want to be part of any investigating going on involving the sea and these Servants of the Deep that attacked Docksides.  They have been attacking my people.

"If you are going down to Docksides, I will go with you.  When do you want to go?  At the next gather?  Or sooner?"