The next morning, the PCs wake up to find an angry mob outside the Inn of the Slumbering Serpent.
Looking out their windows, the party sees about a hundred people armed with pitchforks, sickles and other farming implements who are surrounding the inn. Le Gendarme and a dozen Gendarme Adjoints are there as well, though they seem to be mostly preoccupied with their own heated conversation. Among the crowd, the nameless Thief sees the people who attended the secret meeting at the General Store, including the owners of the General Store who are bandaged up for some reason.
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Looking out their windows, the party sees about a hundred people armed with pitchforks, sickles and other farming implements who are surrounding the inn. Le Gendarme and a dozen Gendarme Adjoints are there as well, though they seem to be mostly preoccupied with their own heated conversation. Among the crowd, the nameless Thief sees the people who attended the secret meeting at the General Store, including the owners of the General Store who are bandaged up for some reason.
The PCs begin by speaking with Gendarme Wiggum, who says that he and his men are busy arguing about which is the tastiest type of donut. When asked about the crowd, Wiggum blanks for a moment and continues, saying that the someone broke into the General Store the night before and that the owners have blamed the PCs for the break in and also have started saying that the party is responsible for the strange things in Orlane.
Making a spot check, in the crowd the party sees that a couple of the people who attended the secret meeting at the General Store have bruises on their knuckles. Figuring out who's trying to set them up, the nameless Thief casts Ventriloquism, and says in the voice of Le Gendarme, "Those guys with the bruised knuckles must have beaten up the owners of the General Store! Arrest them!"
Le Gendarme blinks for a moment, trying to remember if he actually said that, then shrugs and orders the arrests!
While the guys with the bruised knuckles and the owners of the General Store protest, the crowd looks confused and disperses. Once the coast is clear, Monsieur Le Mayor visits the party:
Monsieur Le Mayor is concerned about the disappearances and paranoia, since, if Orlane becomes any smaller, it will mean that he can no longer collect bribes and will have to get a real job, which would be a tragedy. When asked about the dark forces at work in his village, Mayor Quimby doesn't have any answers but suggests that the PCs consult with a hermit who lives just outside of town, Ranme the Half-Insane Wizard.
As they make their way out of town, the PCs notice that they've become the center of local gossip and that everyone is looking at them. Approaching the location provided by Monsieur Le Mayor, the party walks up to a disheveled and rundown hut that has a yard filled with odd junk and some half-starved chickens.
Suddenly, a bedraggled man with wild eyes bursts out of the hut, waving his hands. The PCs feel a spell coming on as the hermit screams, "You can't fool me! I know you're minions of the Cat Dude!"
Making a spot check, in the crowd the party sees that a couple of the people who attended the secret meeting at the General Store have bruises on their knuckles. Figuring out who's trying to set them up, the nameless Thief casts Ventriloquism, and says in the voice of Le Gendarme, "Those guys with the bruised knuckles must have beaten up the owners of the General Store! Arrest them!"
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Le Gendarme blinks for a moment, trying to remember if he actually said that, then shrugs and orders the arrests!
While the guys with the bruised knuckles and the owners of the General Store protest, the crowd looks confused and disperses. Once the coast is clear, Monsieur Le Mayor visits the party:
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Monsieur Le Mayor is concerned about the disappearances and paranoia, since, if Orlane becomes any smaller, it will mean that he can no longer collect bribes and will have to get a real job, which would be a tragedy. When asked about the dark forces at work in his village, Mayor Quimby doesn't have any answers but suggests that the PCs consult with a hermit who lives just outside of town, Ranme the Half-Insane Wizard.
As they make their way out of town, the PCs notice that they've become the center of local gossip and that everyone is looking at them. Approaching the location provided by Monsieur Le Mayor, the party walks up to a disheveled and rundown hut that has a yard filled with odd junk and some half-starved chickens.
Suddenly, a bedraggled man with wild eyes bursts out of the hut, waving his hands. The PCs feel a spell coming on as the hermit screams, "You can't fool me! I know you're minions of the Cat Dude!"
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