LU 12 - Space 4

I was tinkering with the radio I got from Hallthor, y'know just trying to figure it out since it was entirely new to me, and I found a button that could let you speak to other people with radios. I ended up speaking with Hallthor, who seemed surprised to hear from me again. We had a nice chat, and I was gonna hang up on him but something dawned on me - this is that bee guy Thornberry was experimenting on right? Didn't we have a deal where I had to bring this guy to him for some tech? After some inner debating, I offered Hallthor a plan to get revenge on Thornberry and told him to meet me at spawn. He reluctantly agreed to, and we met up. He was unsure about all of this, but I assured him that he would be just fine (spoiler alert, he won't be fine very soon). We got to the lab, and I quickly turned on Hallthor; Thornberry seemed eager to help me lock the poor bee up, and asked why I helped him so spontaneously. I explained that we still had that deal going, which he apparently forgot about. Whatever, I reminded him and we chatted a bit about his work and what he’s been up to recently. We got talking about the wither, and I brought up soul sand. Somehow this concept was new to him, but he said that he could very effectively make cool things with that stuff since it was loaded with souls. After our chat, we went back over to Hallthor and I left the two to talk. Then, just my luck, Koratai began to talk through the radio and asked if I knew where Thornberry was. I asked why, and apparently Viktor told her about Thornberry so she wants to help him sue the doctor. I said that since I was "at spawn", I would go over and chat with him. She seemed content with the plan, and wished me luck. After hanging up, I went back over to Thornberry who was being condescending as hell to Vallthor.
I sat by as the two talked a bit more, then pulled Thornberry aside. We began to talk strategy, and I pitched the idea of conforming the top half of his lab into his therapy office since it was a sore thumb anyways. I also suggested putting Hallthor somewhere underneath the lab so that he couldn't be heard, and he actually had a room under the lab. It was a small, obsidian box built just for a lucky captive; I began to panic, since it reeked of what the shard used to look like. I begged to leave the room, and Thornberry clamored to help me out. Once out, I apologized for the emotional outburst and lied about being claustrophobic. He apologized for the freak-out, but I told him he didn't have to be sorry about anything. I was gonna sit and watch Thornberry talk with Hallthor more, but I had to get to the kingdom to chat with Koratai. Before I left though, I offered to work with Thornberry, since he seemed like he needed it; he didn't think to strip Hallthor of his armor, he didn't know about the nether at all, and did he consider hiding his extremely risky laboratory. He agreed to hire me, which I was ecstatic about. I haven't had an opportunity like this since... Illios and her necromancy. The difference here is that I won't be banished to some bullshit, op, life-threatening, traumatizing puzzle for hearing about the cool powerful shit. Anyways, I wrapped up my conversation with Thornberry and wished him a good night, then made my way back "home". When I eventually got to the kingdom, Koratai was waiting for me outside of the castle. She asked how my chat with Thornberry went, and I said that it went extremely well. I explained that we talked about his therapy job and about his tech, as well as the fact that he's not as bad as Viktor made him out to be. Koratai seemed iffy, but trusted me; she also talked about her day, which I enjoyed listening to her talk about; sue me for enjoying the simple things in life. We went back to her place, and I caught some z's.