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NPC 011: Petre, Stable Caretaker of Trinsic
[+bye +job +name]
The peasant looks at you as if he has seen a ghost! "Iolo! This <woman|man> did appear from thin air! Help me!"END
You see a distraught peasant. "Art thou really the Avatar?"
yes{
Petre bows before you. "<Mi�lady|Mi�lord>."
}else{
Petre looks confused. "Thou shouldst not make fun of me!" He turns away.END
}
"What is it, <Mi�lady|Mi�lord>?" Petre asks.
[+footprints +murder +Spark +Klog +Fellowship]
"Look in the stables! 'Tis horrible! I will answer thy questions, but first look in the stables!"*
name{
"I am called Petre," the man sniffs.
}[-name]
job{
"I am the stables caretaker."
}[+stables]
stables{
"I have worked here for years. I can sell thee a nice horse and carriage if thou dost want one. The animal and the carriage are located in a small shelter just outside the north gate of the town."
"Right now the place gives me the creeps!"
His eyes are wild with fright.
"The Mayor did not let me clean in there until twenty-four hours after thou didst leave Trinsic. He thought we had to keep the place of the crime unsullied. Well, if thou dost ask me, I can tell thee that it still stinks like the end of the world in there!"
}[-stables +carriage]
murder{
"I discovered poor Christopher and Inamo earlier this morning. I did not touch a thing. Made me sick, it did!"
}[-murder +Inamo +Christopher]
Christopher{
"Nice man. He made the shoes for mine horses."
}[-Christopher]
Inamo{
"He worked for very little money. Did basic chores around the stables and the pub. I let him sleep in the little back room. He must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time."
}[-Inamo]
carriage{
"The horse and carriage combination sells for 60 gold. Dost thou want a title?"
"Very good. Nothing like a little business transaction to take my mind off the ghastly scene in the stables."
"Oh, my. Thine hands are too full to take the title!"
"Oh. Thou dost not have enough gold to buy the title."
"Some other time, then."
}[-carriage]
footprints{
"They doth lead out the back way, yes? They must be the tracks of the murderer!"
His eyes widen a bit more.
"Or... murderers!"
}[-footprints]
Fellowship{
"I do not want to join them, but they seem all right."
}[-Fellowship]
Klog{
"I do not know the man too well. I have no dealings with him."
}[-Klog]
Spark{
"That be Christopher's son. Nice lad."
Petre ruffles the boy's hair.
"This here is Christopher's son. He's a good lad, is Spark, when he's not pilfering things from honest shopkeepers."
}[-Spark]
bye{
"Goodbye," the man sniffs.END
}