<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/02/95/3e/02953ecc18c5b34f1889ca7b7a99f4db.jpg)</div>OOC Scene 3, Post 3<br/><br/>A bit more on the ambiance<br/>Elli, Fairy; Kalinta, Yuan-Ti; and Shade,WTF?; are attracting a bit of attention<br/>Darius, and Frore, who look like Elves, are attracting a bit less attention<br/><br/>Kalinta gets the sense that someone to guide them through the swamps discretely and a group to slit their throats could both be found at Zeke's.<br/><br/>Eli's spectacle with the waters gets some attention but no exclamations of surprise or alarm. Magic is, if not every day, at least known here.<br/><br/><hr/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/0c/a3/c9/0ca3c9f98cf696696debaa114993b80d.jpg)</div><strong>"Very fresh too. Recent harvests?" </strong><br/><br/><strong>"Gator was took today. Vegetables from the garden. Rice and spices is all local."</strong>The small Bullywug responded.<br/><br/><strong>"would this suffice?"</strong>Shade asked, holding out the money, 50 gold in all.<br/><br/>Zeke growled,<strong>"Put your gold away."</strong>He looked to the bloody table and floor around it.<strong>"Dead customers don't pay their bills, and fights are bad for business."</strong>The large figure gestured with his cleaver.<strong>"Sit, eat. No one will bother you in Zeke's. After that is up to you."</strong><br/><br/>The small bullywug took the group to a table and soon returned with a platter baring rice, vegetables, and fried alligator bowls. There is also a ceramic urn and a set of smaller ceramic cups. The ceramic pot contained a fairly potent rice wine.<br/><br/>As the party was chowing down on the food, a Grung, a small frog-like creature, approached the table with a tall stool over its shoulder. The Grung placed the high chair at the table, clambered up, and introduced herself,<strong>"I be Jes. Zeke asked me to take care of you."</strong>the petite Grung looked the group over with her bulbous black eyes.<strong>"I'm assuming you-all wouldn't be out here in the swamp if you could take care of yourselves. However, they say there's an idiot hatched every day."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"The snake person"</strong>she gestured to Kalinta,<strong>"And the fighter,</strong>she gestured to Darius,<strong>"look like they got the backs for polling and paddling, which is good, cause we want to keep the group small. For five gold a day, I'll be your guide and provide a boat big enough for the group of you."</strong><br/><br/>Jes continued,<strong>"Just so we're all on the same page. The Empire,"</strong>she gestured to the Elven side of the room,<strong>"has the Mound people "</strong>she gestured to the Orc side of the room,<strong>"all stirred up. Tempers are running high. There'll be Imperial Scouts and Mound raiding parties. You'll need to be able to fight or bargain depending on who we run into and what they want."</strong><br/><br/>Jes paused,<strong>"Oh yeah, and if I gotta fight, it'll cost you an extra hundred gold per fight."</strong><br/>