Silva listened more intently now as the woman continued telling her more about the mission “Hmmm, sounds intriguing…” Silva nodded as she replied.<em>Now the more I hear about this job, the more interesting it becomes… Could be that there’s some excitement to be had after all!</em><br/><br/>The Butchered Goat – it didn’t sound like one of the city’s premiere taverns. She could tell she was going to have to tread carefully. Who knew who could be meeting below the tavern or where this basement could lead.<br/><br/>She couldn’t help but smile as the woman explained the Guild’s rules around dealing with the law – plausible deny-ability? Is that what they called it?<br/><br/>“Some adventurers working for the Guild work outside the law? Now, I suppose you’re right. Some adventurers are less…<em>honourable</em>than others, or so I hear.” the sarcasm creeping into her voice as she feigned innocence. “However, I’m sure some of your “clients” do the same…”<em>hence the anonymity, no doubt. </em>Silva thought to herself.<br/><br/>“Well, thanks for all the information and your assistance. Your Guild is clearly well run, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever encountered such a… professionally run organisation in my travels! Thanks again.” Silva turned and left the Guildhall. Although she would have liked to socialise and meet some of the other adventurers working in the city, that would have to wait as she was too keen to be underway. Outside the building Silva stopped to read over the additional information the clerk had handed her. After scanning over the map to get her barings, Silva cast her eyes over the descriptions of the individuals seen coming and going from the tavern.<br/><br/>A plan formed in her head. If she were to disguise herself and gain access to the tavern, even by getting a job as a barmaid there, she could then move about more easily, speak to the locals and perhaps get an idea what was going on without standing out from the crowd and giving away her identity. She knew one thing for sure, she wanted a better idea of who these people might be before trying to get into this ‘mysterious basement’ to have a poke around.<br/><br/><strong>OOC:</strong><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Silva is going to relocate to a different tavern, The Copper Cup this time, paying for a room there and staying her gear. There she’s going to talk to some of the locals about the Butchered Goat, using her Diplomacy skill of +4 to gather information (maybe visit a few other taverns to ask abut it, if need be). She's willing to pay small (up to 10gp) bribes for any useful information. Then she’s going to disguise herself as a pretty young peasant woman (using her disguise kit, total skill of +12) before setting out for the Butchered Goat in the afternoon to seek employment as a barmaid. I’m happy to skip her initial information gathering and move things forward to her arriving at the Butchered Goat in disguise, if you like? If so, if you could give me an overview of what (if anything) she finds out during her discreet initial inquiries, that would be great.</div></div>