I'm adding this post for the benefit of Josef and Kazimir, to give them another place to post their actions. But since they are, as near as I can tell, still in the foreign quarter, which I described yesterday, I have little left to add.
The foreign quarter of any period city is much the same; a mashing together of temporary housing, varying culture-focused taverns or shops, offices for obtaining privileges to begin business in the city or own land as a foreigner, and people who tend to spend much of their time waiting between opportunities to do casual labor.
What time is it? Evening I think...
ReplyDeleteYes, you may presume it is six bells.
ReplyDeleteI would like to loiter in the general vicinity of the Gospoda to see if it is very active.
ReplyDelete(Kazimir? Are you with us?)
Perhaps Kasimir and I will stand and talk casually nearby.
Gospoda has become quite active by this time. However, as you've chosen to loiter instead of entering, you're harassed after a short time by both the town watch (made up of local landlords and their kin) and by one of the tapmen of the tavern. Neither demands that you move on your way, but that is coming.
ReplyDeleteYou are able to tell that Gospoda seems to be a meeting place for foreign (largely Silesia/Polish) mercenaries.
I'd like to into the Gospoda
ReplyDeleteBut of course. You find some forty men within, generally equal to your stature, quite familiar in their behavior--some of them remind you of your taskmasters when you were trained at the use of weapons ages ago. There is much more noise that at the Pig, much pounding at tables, much more rough-housing. You must jostle yourself to the bar to get something to drink--a bottle of ale will cost you a s.p.
ReplyDeleteI'll reach in to my belt pouch and pull out 6 coppers and my holy symbol, and open my hand to the barkeep - turn to Kasimir and say, "Ach! Silver! You buy this round?" while replacing my coins - turn back to barkeep "Perhaps you have some simpler fare?"
ReplyDeleteKazimir considers, but (until he says otherwise) he doesn't come across with any money.
ReplyDeleteThe bartender seems about to tell you to leave, when a patron being struck in the face behind you lets out a bellow. You're just able to get out of the way before the patron slams face first into the bar. He lifts himself up again, looks towards the fellow who's hit him and shouts, somewhat in pain, "Criminy, Leo! You've broken my tooth!"
I will leave the Gospoda
ReplyDelete(I feel a little hesitant to 'get-into-it' w/o some input from Kasimir)
ReplyDeleteWell
Are there sounds of large fighting from the inside?
(!)
ReplyDeletewell what's done is done.
perhaps I can come back tomorrow and offer my services as unskilled laborer...
I'd like to wait for Kasimir before taking anymore 'turns'
Perfectly fine.
ReplyDelete(OOC: Curses. I had a busy morning and missed the opportunity for fist-a-cuffs)
ReplyDeleteKazimir is feeling restless and leaves the Gospoda with Josef somewhat reluctantly. Are there any places in the foreign quarter that might contain places of interest for someone of Kazimir's ancestry?
of course, we could engage in a little practice-bout, between friends, you and I, and I could then heal whichever of us came-off worse for the wear - I'd wager that would be me, had I the means to back a wager...
ReplyDeletemaybe then, we should instead wander off to the beerhouse that our companions occupy?
"Aye.. to the beer gardens, then."
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