Ep. 128 Eberron Reduced "Look Who's Coming To Unity Dinner!" (C2)

## Listen

C2 Ep. 128 Eberron Reduced "Look Who's Coming To Unity Dinner!"

—Philip

The time has come for another Unity Dinner. The gang gathers their food and drink, and head to Kath and Sana's house. Erys heads straight to the bar to open her korluat after noticing both Olive and Do'orla are there. Hob waits around for someone to talk to him, Milo mingles, and Reynard talks to Solman Calloway.

They learn that Drauthr is letting Calloway be an investor in a new project he's cooking up. Calloway threatens Reynard unless he learns something to share about the Boromars.

At the end of the night, Calloway returns to Milhatch Industries, to find dead bodies and a masked figure escaping.

## Synopsis

The Loaded Dice try to see Saidan, but he's out for the evening. Hob reminds Erys about the Unity Dinner that Kath and Sana's family are hosting, which she has completely forgotten about. Milo is bringing his mother's fancy rabbit pie. Reynard brings a bottle of win. Hob puts a shirt on, and Erys swings by the Cauldron and gets her jacket from the gala instead of her greasy, oversized one she usually wears. Hob stops by Savia's and asks to take a distilled wine. Erys grabs her bottle of korluat from the Four Sails, and sees Ulfen, Arthur, and Ace loading up food into a car.

They pull up in Tasha, and see some familiar faces at the party. Maylan and Drauthr mingle, and Olive looks academically dressed up. More surprisingly, Do'orla is talking with Kath. Erys is relieved that at least Harbin isn't there, but upon seeing Olive and Do'orla, heads straight to the bar to ask for a bottle opener. The bartender is not a hired one, but just someone who enjoys making drinks and needed something to do at the party. Erys gets a glass and leaves the bottle, which the bartender sniffs and makes a face at.

Milo greets Katherine and takes his dish to the kitchen.

After gaining the dwarven crowd at the gala, Hob thinks he's entirely interesting, and awaits and audience.

Reynard heads to the appetizer table and finds some jalapeno poppers, which pair perfectly with his flaming wine. Olive walks up to him and asks how they are; she's never made them for other people before. He thinks they need a dipping sauce.

*"The fact that you're avoiding telling me how you like these is very disheartening."
—Olive*

Kath and Dor'orla approach Hob. He tells them about dealing with Erys's water issue.

Solman Calloway walks in with a casserole dish, and Erys makes a swift U-turn back to the bar. She checks that the dart launcher in her gauntlet is loaded. Drauthr takes the dish from him and welcomes him.

Kath says since Sana has been helping Ulfen a lot, she's been doing other random things like helping out in the Lower City, talking to Grum here and there. Hob asks about how Do'orla is doing, and she says things are disconcerting. Hob agrees, and they agree to meet up tomorrow at Savia's to talk about it.

In the kitchen, Sana and Milo chat. Sana repeats many time that things are "good" and "great." Milo can't pick up on what's bothering her, and he helps Ulfen and Ace unload the food.

Drauthr and Solman approach Reynard, who shares his jalapeno poppers. Solman comments that they need sauce. Drauthr breaks away from the conversation. When they can speak without being overheard, Solman says he heard Reynard and Calvert made up. Reynard is coy about it, and Solman takes his bottle and pours them each a glass. Reynard stumbles through conversation, getting nothing back from Calloway, who has been looking at him pointedly. He asks if he has anything to tell him, and Reynard says he hasn't had a chance yet. Calloway is not pleased.

*"Well, Reynard, the next time we have a conversation like this, if you don't have anything to tell me, then I'd suggest you go ahead and start drinking again. Start enjoying life, worrying less about tomorrow."
"You are far more fun over brunch, I'm just going to point that out."
—Calloway and Reynard*

Seeing Erys standing by herself with a drink, Olive joins her. She asks what people usually do at these things—she's never been to one before. Erys says she usually tries to avoid people, or gives Maylan fun linguistic trivia. Tonight, she drinks, cause Calloway and Do'orla are here. She tells Olive she got Do'orla's mentor killed on a job, and also she got electrocuted this morning. She wants to ask why he's here, but assumes she's not supposed to. Olive takes care of it; she waves Katherine over, and politely asks about him. Katherine says he's been interested in Drauthr's work, and has insisted on helping out. Drauthr doesn't need his money, but likes when people are interested, so has let him help. Erys tells her to be careful of Calloway; he's involved in a lot of bad things. To break the awkwardness, Katherine asks about Erys's new living conditions.

Ulfen, Ace, and Milo set the food up. Mile sees Calloway walking away from Reynard, and asks what happened.

*"I think he insinuated to kill me."
"That probably wasn't an insinuation."
—Reynard and Milo*

Erys makes a beeline to Kath and says she's gotta keep Drauthr away from Calloway. Kath has talked to him before, but Drauthr doesn't think she knows what she's talking about. Hob agrees with Kath that there's not much they can do about it, and Do'orla suggests they can kill him. Erys storms off to the bar. Hob follows her. They talk about what to do with Calloway.

Hob tries to heal Erys's critical injury, but doesn't quite manage. She feels a little less drunk, though. He suggests she don't immediately get drunk again. Calloway goes home shortly after this conversation.

Milo mingles his way over to Drauthr. They talk about his retirement, and Milo asks about Calloway being there. Drauthr wanted him to make an appearance. He was shopping around for different materials for a project, when Calloway heard about it. He wanted to invest, and while they didn't need the money, it's good to have an important name attached. Drauthr is convinced the stories about him are coming from Cannith, who were behind Milhatch Industries, until Calloway took over. He says they don't like how he's breaking up their hold on the industry. Drauthr's invention is only in the early stages. He's working on making a device that will combine things like sending stones and spell shards, which will carry information and be able to communicate in real-time. Maybe even some more features.

At Milhatch Industries, Calloway arrives. He walks in, and sees half a dozen bodies strewn about the lab with slash marks like four cuts across their bodies. One of the windows breaks, and a figure in all black with a featureless mask and a purple cloak looks at Calloway, and leaps out the window. They use their clawed gloves to scale up the building.

End of episode.

## Locations

* The Cauldron
* Four Sails
* Milhatch Industries
* Savia's

## Quotes

"I do not drink anymore—unless it's in a vase, but that is a very different party. Um…under very different circumstances. You know, I once kissed a police officer."
"What is happening?"
*—Reynard and Philip*

"Why are all the men in my life scary?"
*—Reynard*

## Trivia

* Erys has made a device to keep dishes warm for travel.