2. Trouble in the Hood

So, last we left off the Captain of the Guard, Nail, had shown up at the chicken coop. We were in trouble. The chicken lady had flown off, and that weird dude with katanas disappeared. I didn't so much as see where he went. The Captain ushered us to his barracks, telling the dopey guard from the beach that we were in trouble. We followed him into his office, where he started screaming at us. In between shouts and hits, however, he began telling us a curious tale. (Us being myself, the 6'3" paladin and the wimpy wizard). Apparently there had been strange things occurring in the town over the last 20 or more years, the time line was unclear. Apparently a coven or two of hags had been around, people disappearing, and there were strange happenings during the Tidefall Festival each year (much like the fish and birds and the Sea Hag, but worse.) He begged for our help, and I convinced him to pay us 7o odd gold, which the idiots let me take. Upon further questioning we found that he knew little to nothing, as the Mayor and many other higher ups were "part of it." He suggested the only person from the town we could trust was Misuela Mugsack, the local tavern keep of the Sad Beetle. So we made our way there, spent some money and drank, the wizard ordered a "cosmo," whatever that is. It was something stupid like 3 silver. For one drink? What is the economy coming to. After some time the mayor showed up, Mister Hob Brandywood, with a hulking 7 foot orcish bodyguard. The wizard, obviously drunk or stupid, asked the orc if he liked to cook. What a dumbass. Anyway, he essentially told us not to go exploring around the town, as "we'd already made too much trouble." After some time wasting, he went and talked to one group of two individuals, a half-orc like myself, and a dwarf. Rare creatures, dwarves. Eventually Mugsack made her way to our table, and the Paladin, (Barry or something) not so subtly asked what the fuck was going on in town. She gave us the run down, after some cajoling, about the issues in town and the weird conspiracy and the group of adventurers who had been in town 15 years before with only two of them surviving etc, and then she told us to maybe check out the town sqaure at midnight. Following this disturbing conversation, Benjy (or something) went to talk to the individuals who the Mayor was interested in. He seemed confident that he'd convinced them to help. Midnight was getting closer, and so we tried to make our way quietly to the town square. It didn't go well. Once we got there, we noticed some weird doll things, and scare crows, placed around the Square. They hadn't been there before. Elvis (idk, the wizard) went to inspect them, and found that there were dolls that looked like everyone in town hanging up. As this happened, a ghostly creature in a hood appeared and began plucking something whispy from the dolls. I ran and got my doll, and poked it with my sword... nothing seemed to happen. Then all hell broke loose, scarecrows coming to life, the ghost tryna stab me, me stabbing it with the Hag's scimitar (seemed to work but not so well cause of some bitchy spell it cast) and eventually it reached my doll and fucked off. Honestly, I think I scared the fucker. The wizard was surprisingly helpful. And the druidic orc. Flames were unsurprisingly helpful against things made of dried kelp. Oh, and flowers and shit turned up when I got angry. It's like trying to say bubbles when you're mad. It's tough. Mugsack rocked up and took us to the Beetle to hide, cause the dumb half orc cast some thundery fucken spell. Then I spent some time with the sword and figured out it's some kinda magical alarm. Idk. More tomorrow probably.