A year has passed and you're back in college, though it's not as much fun as it was when you didn't need to worry about where your tuition was coming from or having something like a job.



Finding time to study while running the inn is difficult, but fortunately your mother picks up some of the slack when you really need time. You've also managed to re-establish some old contacts with people you were "friends" with before your "break". Most of them are ahead of you and some are getting ready to graduate. While none of them bothered to stay in contact with you (so much for education breaking down class distinctions) a few of them are still willing to help you out by selling you books for cheap or giving you some of their old notes. Every little bit helps.



As for the inn, it's doing well, but you constantly worry about its future profitability. You've got a much broader customer base and even classed the place up a bit, but this isn't without its drawbacks. Namely the Flying Griffon Inn has stepped up its efforts to get back its customers. This has so far involved an aggressive advertising campaign, hiring a bunch of sexy barmaids and special deals. So far it has helped them a lot and if they continue to succeed, your inn is going to start losing money and you can't have that. It doesn't help that your place isn't in as good of a location as the Flying Griffon



So first things first, you need to figure out how to deal with Flying Griffon and you call a staff meeting in the hopes of getting some other ideas on how to deal with them.



"Why don't you just hire someone to cut up their slutty barmaids? I mean that's what's mainly getting the main draw right? Seems like you could easily solve the problem by getting rid of them." Rita says. Naturally this doesn't go over well with the others.

"That's horrible!" Eliza says

" What? I didn't say kill them, they'd still be able to work and shit. They just wouldn't be pretty anymore."

"Have you gotten so jealous that you've gone completely barmy? By the gods, we're not doing that, we're not the Crimson Talons!" Wendy shouts.



As much as disfiguring Flying Griffon's staff would solve some problems, you hesitate to resort to such measures.



"Maybe we could offer deals to traveling merchants like Flying Griffon does, like they get a discount on their rooms?" your mom suggests.

"Not sure if that's going to help us a lot, unless we make an addition to the inn. It's not like our rooms aren't being used. If we start giving discount to merchants we might attract them, but we might not have enough rooms to accommodate them or we'll be accommodating them, but won't be accommodating adventurer types who are paying full price." Wendy says.



"Well if you're so knowledgeable Wendy, what's YOUR solution?" Rita sneers.

"We have a lot of Klyton Milita that come here to drink now don't we? Why don't we get some of them to help us? Seems like some very public investigation during heavy business hours would help out a lot and ruin the reputation of Flying Griffon. Hell, maybe they'll even find something and we'll really get lucky."



You take all these suggestions into consideration, but you can't help notice that Eliza looks like she wants to say something.



"Eliza, do you have a suggestion?"

"Huh? Oh. Um…yes…but I... Just forget it. It's silly anyway. The rest of your ideas sound better."

"Eliza, just spit it out!" Wendy demands.

"It's okay, just tell us." You say with a lot less intimidation.

"Well okay, but it's silly. I was going to suggest getting someone on the inside to spy on the place and finding something to use against them. It seems odd that they are managing to attract that much attention with just pretty barmaids when we have our own. I think maybe something else is going on there, like an illegal brothel or something."



Most of you are surprised that Eliza came up with something so complex.



"Well, that's a very elaborate plan Eliza, but I think we could accomplish the same thing just by sending in our militia buddies to harass them. Like I said, if they do find anything actually incriminating, then its even better."

"Yes, of course. That sounds like a more efficient idea." Eliza says.

You your Staff (Current status)

Mom: Owner/Cook



Mom's still around, but it's mainly to help you out in your effort to put yourself through school. She's made it quite clear that ever since your father died, she doesn't really feel the desire to live in Klyton anymore, and would eventually still like to move back to her old home of Teckleville.



Rita: Hostess



Rita's ego has only gotten bigger since becoming a hostess (You're still questioning the name of that position) but she's still popular with most of the male folk and it at least keeps your old miner customer base still around who sometimes find a lot the inn's changes a bit discomforting. Rita still claims she's going to live in a mansion one day and is still looking for that "one guy" that's going to take her away from all this.



This would be more of a concern for you if most guys that were into her weren't just looking to fuck her a few times and then toss her aside, because if anyone really was interested in more than just her body, they probably wouldn't put up with her personality for long.



Wendy: Head barmaid



Along with serving food and drinks, Wendy tends to help out with the cooking or running the bar when you or your mother need it, but she always lets everyone know that she has the most thankless job out of everyone. Not entirely true, but you're reluctant to piss her off any further since she keeps things running smoother. She also balances out Rita's ego. She always says she's going to quit, but that's probably not likely due to her having a couple of children to support.



Eliza: Barmaid



Eliza's still your model employee; she's still the quiet one and doesn't make waves. She's about the only one that hasn't mentioned any plans on potentially leaving. Wendy wishes she'd take charge a little more, since it would help her out at times.



Flameflower & Sunshine: Barmaids



These are your newest employees and the pair of them are half-elves which means it's amazing that they even got jobs considering how full blood elves are notorious for avoiding real work. Still, their human mothers (naturally their elven fathers are absentee dads) seem to want them to learn the value of a copper so here they work. Fortunately Wendy's a good task master and keeps them from being lazy, but she gets at her wits end at times. Still, the pair of them are pretty and can be good workers when they aren't goofing off so they do their part for the inn, though Rita obviously doesn't like either of them since they draw attention away from her.