A Wig Does Not Make A Pretty Girl (Dasthar)

[Dimitri]

Spring 42, 511 AV

Dimitri woke up, relaxed and refreshed, looking forward to another day of training. He hopped out of his bed when his intuition told him something was horribly wrong. A heavy pit formed in his stomach, nausea settling in. The stormclouds had rolled in. A single note addressed to him sat atop his shield. A note from Ser Adamal Brinkaas. He grabbed it, wondering what insane thing he had him doing now.

To Squire Dimitri,

I have a challenge for you to undertake. I have taken you sword from you. I'm currently patrolling somewhere in Syliras proper or the fields. You are to hunt me down and regain your sword by any means necessary. You have until sundown to accomplish this. A killing blow from me will force you to resign. Retrieve your pride squire.

-A


Dimitri sighed and left his shield in its place. Where would he even begin? He would have to locate him first. Stationed Knights through out the city would have seen him pass by. He would start at the main gate. If Ser Adamal passed through there, they would know. And that would cut the possible area in half. As he started toward the gates he wondered how he would get close enough to retrieve his sword unnoticed. He wasn't fast enough to snatch it from him. He didn't even know if Adamal had it on his person. Spying might work, but others would notice. So he needed a disguise. He arrived at the gates and the guards confirmed Adamal had left.

"How to make a disguise...?" he said aloud to himself.

[Dasthar]

Dasthar smiled as he had one of his small costumes to represent a character of a story on and he was speaking to the people in front of him near the main gates of the city. The story was no more than something for children but he did his best to make it seem as realistic as possible to get the voices deep resonations for characters that had such a voice. He tried to make his stance fit the soldiers who were part of the story as well. He kept on with this one costume however because it was the main character of the story. It had made him no small amount of business for being able to look like a few of the more important characters but it also brought joy to him. His disguises were always useful outside the storytelling world as well. It didn't take much to throw a few pieces together and claim you were someone else so as not to worry about the situation around you in case you were in trouble.

[Dimitri]

Dimitri stood there dumbly off the side of the road thinking of what he needed to look like. If Adamal was in the farms district then the choice was more than obvious. He had to look like a farmer. The would allow him to approach Adamal anywhere with relatively low suspicion. But still a farmer approaching a Knight like that was likely to get accosted or abused. He needed someone to look like him to distract Adamal. He needed to find a partner. He knew farmers typically wore large brimmed straw hats, typically raggedy long sleeved shirts and pants and boots. He would need to obtain or mimic these. A farmers tool wouldn't hurt.

But who would he get to assist him in this endeavor? He couldn't go to the other squires with such a ridiculous idea. And just an average citizen wouldn't want involved unless bullied, an act he's not fond of. He then heard a voice bellowing over the standard hubbub of the gate, playing different voices. Dimitri looked around to investigate the area. He saw a man about his own height working on voices and stances near the gate guards. At first glance, Dimitri thought the man to be crazy. But as he looked closer, the man appeared to be practicing for something. And whatever the man was wearing it didn't quite seem to match up with the normal attire.

Dimitri approached him, and tried not to appear intimidating. Honey worked better than poison for some people after all. "Sir, would you mind assisting me in a most unusual endeavor?"

[Dasthar]

As the story he told to the people who actually listened was finished he saw the squire approaching the area and grinned. He had never really had a chance to talk with the local knighthood or its squires to learn anything perhaps he could get something out of this one. When the squire walked up to him personally and started speaking he was slightly amazed and shrugged.

"I was hoping to speak with you and since you ask a favor i require a favor in turn if thats acceptable enough and we both agree to each others favors that are required." Dasthar smiled broadly as he took off the costume he had put on over his normal attire. "I am Dasthar Selthyra and you are?"

[Dimitri]

Dimitri was surprised that the man had wanted to meet him too. Dimitri watched the man remove his costume. Seems like he had the right kind of guy. "Pleasure to meet you, I am Dimitri Chenkov, squire of the Order." He motioned for the man to follow him, nodding at the guards as he left. He led the man out of earshot of the guards. "So what is it you need of me? We can walk to the farms and talk along the way." Dimitri intended to lure the man to the farms so as to make it easier to convince him to help.

He began walking, listening at the man's request while thinking of the costumes needed. He watched the other travelers on the road, particularly those hauling grain. He would start from the top down. He needed a straw hat. Shouldn't be too hard to make. Plenty of them around, plenty of straw, surely someone would know how to make it. He looked up at the sun, he still had plenty of time left in the day to accomplish his goal.

[Dasthar]

Dasthar grins and follows for a few feet then stands infront of the squire. He shakes his head and sighs. "I would first like to hear the favor you need and then i will tell you mine perhaps over a drink of ale?"

He keeps his smile as he holds his packs on his shoulders with his costumes and food and other essentials hidden away inside of them. He had made do with many different types of items from his flute and harp to his knowledge of local stories. Of course his favorite had been his costumes to help with the stories and not only that but some of them were useful in a few other situations.

[Dimitri]

"I am looking for a silent partner in a training exercise between me and my Patron Knight. I must reacquire my sword from him, and do so before his reactions would prevent me. I am considering using a disguise and a distraction. If you were to assist me, you would be disguised as myself, I would be disguised as a farmer. I've never worked with disguises however. And I saw you were in costume. If you help me, I'm sure I could assist you."

Dimitri wondered how he would obtain the clothing. Perhaps purchase them from a farmer? Or even borrow. He wouldn't steal it nor would he bully the farmer into giving up what he needed. Maybe he could do a favor for them or something. He turned back to the man, "I must complete my task by nightfall, so will you help me?" Dimitri didn't want to have to do this alone with such low knowledge if all things stealthy. He would manage if the man didn't help but his success would rise with a partner. And his master always said interaction with those the Knights protect often kept Knights level headed.

[Archon]

Illumination of Development Dimtri +1 Rhetoric +1 Persuasion Lores: Talking to thin air doesn't help Care to see more? : Rhetoric experience for the conversation and Persuasion experience for the work on getting help. Dasthar +1 Storytelling Lores: None Care to see more? : Storytelling experience for the vague story told. I would have liked to award you some disguise experience, but you do not own anything to use for your costumes/dsguises, and so your use of the skill is invalid here. Notes: From the title and the start this looks like it could have been a hilarious thread to read. Shame it didn't get there.