Such a Quiet Village
Our motley crew finds themselves standing alone in the streets of a village, pies in hand after their meeting with the elderly pie merchant. Anet and Thixian eat a serving of their pies while the rest of the gang opt to wait before eating any. They decide to continue into the town, finding most of the houses dark and boarded up. Few houses have light emitting thru cracks in windows that are also boarded up. A heartwrenching wail is heard drifting thru the street from the distance. Light shines from a building with a sign that says "Bildrath's Mercantile". They decide to visit the mercantile to see what they might find out from the owner. They meet a rather no nonsense type of man who stands behind the counter. Kodiac inquires about replacing some of his arrows, which he's told they are groups of 20 for 10 gold pieces. Not having enough gold, Kodiac offers the man his pie in exchange for the arrows. "I don't think you heard me -...