Brea: "YYEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!! Let's DRIIINK!!"
While a few Apprentices accepted the Alchemist's fun-filled fungi experiment, the rest began drinking... a lot. The Apprentices, Brea, and Hilde were drinking so much ale, the tavern keep had to crack open a new barrel, and then one more! Eventually Mavie the Traveling Merchant joined in the fun, even though she was a bit of a lightweight. However, it was all fun and games until someone shouted out, "there's a naked lady outside!"
At the announcement of an alleged unclothed woman, the entire drunken rabble of to would-be warriors shoved their way out the front door, knocking over everything and everyone in their way. Like the wildebeests of the Great Grass Sea, a sudden stampede of Apprentices flooded the streets of the benign town of Brindle. With such a drunk and disorderly crowd crowding the streets, you could probably guess something bad was about to happen. And then it did...
It wasn't the beautiful bare boddess of a woman that met the Apprentices outside, but quite the opposite. A group of armored guards led by the famous Knight of a hundred quests, Sir Quintus himself.
While you would have been starstruck by the sight of such a renowned hero, you were moon-struck by seeing him holding one of your fellow apprentices stark naked.
Sir Quintus: "You think streaking through the streets is funny? Since you lot are all companions of this one, you boys are going to spend some time in the Fort Isaac cells till you can learn to control yourselves."
Forcefully shoved into a meat wagon and carted off. The last thing you see before blacking out due to an overconsumption of ale is Brea, Mavie, Hilde, and Janessa's sad faces blowing you kisses goodbye.
After an indeterminate amount of time, the Apprentices wake up in a dingy, dark and damp cell with an enormous hangover. A few remarks of, "my head hurts" and "I'm going to throw up" later, the Apprentices sober up enough to begin inspecting the cell.
Aside from a few rags and some buckets that have been used in a way I will not go into about, the Apprentices find a pathetic looking goblin sitting in one of the corners. Even though the Goblin remains silent with an obvious expression of, "what do you want?" on his face, the silence did not remain. Sneaky, suspicious and slightly snarky, a whisper escapes from another corner of the jail cell...
Mysterious Rogue: "You boy's looking for a way out? Well it just so happens I'm a Rogue and breaking out of Jail cells is my specialty. I'm supposed to meet someone at Stars Reach. What do you say we help each other? I'll help you out of this cell and you help me get into the castle?"
Goblin: "It-sa trap! Don't you-sa listen to dat person. Dat cat will only gets you-sa into more trouble if you-sa try to escape. Guards say they-sa going to release us soon if we-sa wait. They-sa said that, they did."
Mysterious Rogue: "Ha! Are you really going to trust a goblin to his word? I heard the Guards talking about you, Apprentices. They're jealous you were hanging out with the Stars Reach girls. Let's get out of here before they make up another charge to keep you in here for longer."
Goblin: "No! We-sa should wait here. Me-sa pinky promise me-sa telling da truths."
With both voices seemingly untrustworthy, the Apprentices are met with a difficult decision on whom to listen to...
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