<strong>Just outside the Magna Sophia chapter house: Lazerette</strong><br/><br/>The men glanced among themselves guiltily at her question. Whether or not her tone had held any hints of accusation, they evidently found it in her words. Eventually, after non-verbally passing the responsibility off to each other for an obnoxiously long, one of them spoke up, his tone somewhat defensive. "We're just enjoying the morning. There's nothing wrong with that. Don't get new people in town much, so it's always exciting when we do. We were planning to take wagers about what all'd come off the boats, but the arrival time made it a bit hard to do that. So we're doing it now." He paused for a moment, as though trying to come up with something else, then added, "And there's a group at the Sons of Igni chapter house, too! Nothing wrong with it."<br/><br/>Though (willingly or not) the informal face of the small crowd, the man obviously wasn't looking for trouble. Still, with the weight of the crowd behind him and their no-doubt long term anticipation of this betting opportunity, it'd probably take a<strong>good</strong>argument to dislodge them all. Some of the crowd looked uncomfortable already, having been confronted, while others had set their jaws in determination against anyone who'd deny them their fun.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">The roll had been meant for the people inside, as it's a little harder to see out of a few windows than it is to just look straight ahead of you on the street. You made it, though, either way!<br/><br/>There are only a couple of hard-core delayers, here, all of their cooperative resistance only measures up to a Good (+3) challenge. Social skills are applicable, here, naturally.<br/><br/>Also, to those inside of the chapter house: don't bother rolling to detect the crowd, anymore. It's quite obvious now that Lazerette's drawn attention to it.</div></div>