Pathfinder: The Swallowtail Festival

[Part of the Party Time journal] 

A week after returning to the town of Sandpoint from Raven's Watch, Merisiel the rogue (mom), Kyra the cleric (Rose), Ezren the mage (Juris) and Valeros the fighter (me) are convinced by tavern/inn-keep Ameiko to participate in the Swallowtail Festival which commemorates the completion of their newly built cathedral. There is food, speeches, butterflies, and a fun assortment of games including archery where Merisiel beats runner up Valeros, a gauntlet where Valeros gets the furthest, riddles where Merisiel does the best and a go-cart race where Merisiel and her partner the local priest are the fastest beating the other teams of Valeros and Kyra as well as Ezren and Ameiko. Strangely all the prizes won suit Kyra though (healing wands), but that works for us! :P

Of course it can't all be fun and games as crazed goblins attack during dusk fall. As Ezren and Kyra were missing consistently and possibly setting fire to more things than the goblins, it is mostly up to Valeros and Merisiel (with her omg flanking bonus) to put down around a dozen of them before the singing green raiders retreat. The very next day the sheriff asks them to investigate disturbances at the local graveyard where after dealing with some ghouls and skeletons they find the remains of the previous priest taken from the clerical crypt, but the team think nothing of it (probably the goblins anyway) and instead accompany a nobleman whom they rescued during the raid and is infatuated with Merisiel on a boar hunt nearby. Odd timing but sure. They all get horses and some nice roast pork for their trouble.

Valeros too gets some attention from the very forward daughter of a local store owner and only thanks to a lucky diplomacy roll does he manage to sheepishly escape an awkward situation when the store owner discovers them in states of undress in his cellar (well, the daughter was half undressed anyway - Valeros fell for her trap!). The morning after the team deal with a lone goblin leftover hiding out in someone's house and then are basically deputized by the sheriff to look after the town while he travels to the next city over to get reinforcements as the local scout just gave word that the usually warring goblin tribes are for some reason working together.

There's no time to worry about that right now though as upon returning to the tavern a staff member reports Ameiko has gone missing...