The ease at which the crowd was convinced to quiet down put a small smile on Dagnyr's face, he loved when it turned out that it really<span style="font-style: italic">was</span>as simple as asking.<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Stealth-Bunny wrote:</cite> "really big- hic! show?" she looked around. "more drinking?" </div></blockquote><br/><br/>Dagnyr tried to suppress a laugh and grinned practically from ear to ear. It was almost unthinkable that one could come to Crossing Square on the night of the Crossing and simply not know about it. He assumed she had to be a visitor to the city and bet that drinking so much probably contributed. "Much as we love drinking around here, it's not all we do. Tonight is the Crossing Night, where the celestials come through the gates to pay us all a visit. It's going to be an incredible show, one you wouldn't want to miss."<br/><br/>He thinks, then adds with a wink. "Perhaps you might be able to convince one to drink with you. That'd be a<span style="font-style: italic">real</span>story to tell."<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Irthos wrote:</cite>"Of course, of course, sirrah! We were just finishin' up our own private festivities here. If you'll give me just a moment to collect th' fees..."</div></blockquote><br/><br/>"Fortuitous timing it was, finishing just now," Dagnyr comments, nodding slowly. "Feel free to collect your fees. I very much doubt that'll cause a ruckus, so I shall head off to check on the oth-"<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Irthos wrote:</cite>"My coin purse is gone!"</div></blockquote><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">So much for things being easy</span>, Dagnyr sighs inwardly, before slowly sweeping his gaze over the crowd. His eyes weren't so finely trained that he would bet on being able to see the crook in question by some small detail  like an extra bulge in their clothing, perhaps, but he was skilled at reading people. If he was careful or quick enough he would be able to pick out the perpetrator by their body language, few could be calm after stealing something so close to a paladin...<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Sense Motive (1d20 + 9): 14 + 9 = 23</div></div></div><br/><br/>Edit:<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Some additions based on information gleaned from my successes.</div></div></div><br/><br/>The dwarf definitely wasn't lying, or at least didn't think he was lying, and the couple he'd brushed past in entering seemed as if they were leaving all of a sudden, and not only that, but he could see now that the man's coat was scored with four diagonal lines, as if someone had taken a set of claws to his back. To the layman it wouldn't mean anything more than that the man had an unfortunate encounter with something with claws. To someone with a good grasp of religious iconography, however, it meant something else entirely.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">He's either got some real big balls or he's really stupid</span>, the gnoll thought, not seeming to hear Mina as he moved swiftly to follow after.<span style="font-style: italic">Or both. What follower of a god of </span>deceit and manipulation<span style="font-style: italic"> emblazons himself with the symbol? Might as well paint a bull-eye on yourself...</span><br/><br/>"You! Stop right there!" he called out, pointing at the man. "I need a word."