City Dwarves: Episode 08

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==Synopsis==
The sisters try some solo projects during down-time, but they all fail. Then they work together to invent the Bounder-Holder. They decide they want a floor safe in their home, so they travel to their dwarven cousins in Denton to ask about having one made.
The cousins agree, in exchange they get some boulder holders, as well as some grave deployment sacks.
Afterwards Boundara gets 2 messages from her ex, Bethany. One wanting Boundara's help, the next asking to never see Boundara again. Pebble thinks that Bethany could be brainwashed or the victim of a love potion.
==Experience==
500 exp each
==Recap==
===Failure of a Downtime===
The subplots from last episode are solved off between sessions, and the sisters are paid 200 gold 500 silver (after expensives). The sisters find themselves in some downtime. 
Bouldara tries to make armor for the 2 cats out of leather but they turn out poorly. Bouldara is in sorrow over the Bethany situation. 
Lazuli is working on her music, working on new songs, but they don't quite work out.
Pebble is working on her karate and hangs out with Proton. The martial arts training doesn't go well. 
Proton is busy making shoes and everything is successful for her. Pebble talks with Proton, trying to convince her to stand up for herself and demand payment for all the work she does. Proton however says she is the happiest she's ever been in her life, and just gets back to work. Pebble is jealous how happy & fulfilled Proton is. 
===Floor-Safe Project===
Pebble wants to install a floor-safe under the a carpet, but they need someone to install it.
The sisters want to contact some cousins who are limestone cutters up in the mountains. Lazuli knows them well and they are trustworthy. Before they leave, they need a gift. They decide to make a Bouldara boulder-holders. Bouldara boulder-holders was invented when she wanted to carry a boulders. But the prototype that Bouldara made is inadequate as they are conical.
The sisters get to work on making a better version of the Bouldara boulder-holder. Pebble works out what is the average boulder size. While Lazuli works out color schemes. The process goes well. They end up making 8.
Once the Bounder-Holders are made, the sisters set out on the road, past Ignition, to get to Deton, the mountain dwarf home in the west.
===Falling Star===
The sisters go into the road. While on the road a meteorite falls into the forest. The sisters leave the road and go investigate in the forest.
The sisters come across a red squashed-sphere stone that has landed, the size of a small boulder. On the surface are hexagon shapes. The landing has created a small crater. Bouldara picks up the red stone and carries it with her boulder holder.
Lazuli investigates and finds another red stone in the ground. Bouldara picks it up and a 3rd stone is revealed. Bouldara ends up carrying all 3 red stones and gets possessive.
Lazuli investigates the stones. The hexagons on the surface are all identical-sized. The stone-type is very rare that the sisters cannot identify. Lazuli think they look like giant eggs, but don't slosh like normal eggs.
===Deton===
The sisters arrive at Denton. The dwarves have taken to moving underground for convenience near the mine. The stone & mud huts outside the mind are decaying and abandoned. A gravel-road is being made from the mine entrance into the forest. The new underground homes are still plain & without decoration as the expansion occurs.
The sisters search for the Bastian Clan in Denton. While asking for directions, the sisters advertise their boulder-holders.
The sisters then reach the Bastian Clan Hall and come across a cousin named Scuttle. Scuttle is busy carrying food to the dinner hall. 
Later on the sisters meet with the rest of their cousins. After greetings are made, they show off the Bounder-Holders, and hand out them as gifts.
The dwarves then inspect the red stones. Aqua tries to take a red stone from Bouldara, but Bouldara blocks her.
The dwarves then share dinner. The sisters talk with their cousins over dinner. The Bastian Clan is now 98 Dwarves Strong. Eventually the sisters ask about getting a floor safe installed. The clan agree to help them with the project.
They talk about the gravel road being created. They want something that would spread the gravel at a controlled rate. They talk about designing a sturdy leather holder that could give then a controlled rate of flowing gravel, attacked to the back of pack animals. They call it the pebble pusher. Pebble asks if it is named after her, and Lazuli lies and says it is.
The safe will be made here at the mountain, then be taken and installed in the Cobblefeet Sister's home.
===Back in the First City===
The sisters arrive home with their 3 cousins. They get to work installing the floor safe. Proton is introduced to the dwarves, but the dwarves are more interested in the 2 cats. 
Proton asks about the Red Stones and the sisters explain how they got them.
Dwarf cousins approve of Proton's adoption into the family. They talk bout the legend of how dwarves were helping the god Sayor make the world. In the legend a group of dwarves were annoying and asking incident questions. Sayor swatted these dwarves in frustration with his hammer, turning them into tinker gnomes. Later on another god took the tinker gnomes and made some forest gnomes. Halflings were lazy dwarves who didn't want to help out in the forge and were also swatted away the same way.
The sisters work on the pebble pushers while the safe is being installed. When the safe is done, the cousins leave with the pebble pushers. 
Boundara wants to hang onto the 3 red rocks, but decides to put them in the safe for practical reasons.
===Message for Bouldara===
Bouldara is given a message that came while she was out of town. It was from Bethany who visited twice 14 days ago.
On the first visit Bethany came and was talking about having an argument with her wife, Francesca. Bethany accidently broke a decanter, and Francesca went into a rage and was cruel. Bethany had tried to visit Bouldara for comfort, but Bouldara was out of town.
The next day Bethany returned and told Proton not to tell Bouldara about it, and never wants to talk to Bouldara ever again.
Bouldara wants to run into action, but the sisters convince Bouldara to talk about it more calmly. 
Pebble suspects the nightcaps that Francesca insists that Bethany drinks could be a short-term love potion, or it is just a couple's healthy ritual.
The sisters agree to investigate and learn more. Pebble agrees to sneak and spy to gather information in exchange for partial ownership (Mon to Wed) of one of the red stones. 
==Experience==
No experience given for the events of this episode.
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