Ep. 125 Plumb the Pockets Chapter Three (C2)

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C2 Ep. 125 Plumb the Pockets Chapter Three

—Philip

Reynard and Arthur leave for their meeting with Calvert, dodging many shenanigans on the way: his cousin stealing his dagger, the Sharn City Watch trying to bring him in for questions about the murder, and falling into a garbage skiff. Calvert is displeased with everything he says and does, but will cover for him. He tells him the family is now working with Solman Calloway, and Reynard has to answer if he calls and report on what's happening with the Boromars.

Meanwhile, Erys examines her new golem. Hob and Milo hang around, and Olive returns from a university. Reynard wanders over after looking for them at the Four Sails. They discuss who might be kidnapping the Milhatch employees. Olive has startling revelations about how violent their jobs are when they start talking casually about how many people they've killed. Hob tries smoothing things over.

Milo pulls Hob aside; he thinks they may have upset Erys too much. Hob talks to her, and apologizes for letting Olive know so much, but also says he thinks it might not be safe for her to be so uninformed.

On the way back, Milo tells Hob about what Cassian shared with him, and says he needs to be taken care of if he's overcome by Xoriat.

## Synopsis

### Reynard's meeting

Reynard is reading the morning paper, when Arthur jumps up next to him with a note attached to his collar addressed to Dranyer. The handwriting is Calvert's assistant, saying to meet at his earliest convenience. Knowing that actually means right now, Reynard gets dressed and grabs Arthur to meet his dad.

On the way, Reynard feels someone bump into him and realizes his dagger on a chain is gone. He gives chase, and glimpses his cousin, Okan. The Sharn City Watch calls out behind him—he's wanted for questioning in a murder. Reynard, not wanting to be questions(he needs to keep his dad's appointment), he flees.

His dagger turns him invisible. Not wanting to do more crimes, Reynard hops into someone's skiff rather than stealing one. The shifter woman who's driving the car feels someone get in, and seeing a flying cat—with an invisible Reynard carrying him—shoos Arthur out of the car. He jumps out, and soon realizes he's made a great mistake as he missed landing on the next skiff and is now falling the thousands of feet to the bottom of Sharn. Fortunately, a passing garbage truck catches him.

A stinky Reynard arrives at his father's and de-invisibles himself. He finally asks the name of the butler, and learns that it's Sebastian, and not his job title.

Calvert is writing in a ledger when Reynard gets there, and is his usual uncheerful self. Reynard gives him a Reynard version of his journey.

*"I don't know what indicated in my note that I was bringing you here for jokes."
—Calvert*

Calvert is displeased that Reynard didn't use house resources to get away from the city watch. He tells Reynard the house has aligned itself with Solman Calloway, so any dealings with the Boromars they need to know about, and if Calloway calls, he needs to answer.

Reynard agrees, internally thinking he'll just turn double agent. Calvert gives Reynard spending money but refuses to give any to Arthur.

### The Cauldron

Erys finally gets coffee. Hob and Milo are just hanging out while Erys looks over Iggrik and figures out how he works. Milo is respectfully watching what she does, and Hob is just waiting for her to explain. Erys looks like she's been electrocuted quite severely, but is ignoring that. Around where lovehandles would be for a person, Iggrik has a mark of making and tracking on his right side, but it's already been disabled. As she's examining him, Olive arrives. She's dressed in university attire, and looks mentally drained. She's startled at the sight of the golem. Erys summarizes what happened. Olive shares that she's been questioned about the disapperance of Norson Milhatch, and is exhausted from it.

As Milo starts sharing about what he read in the paper, Reynard shows up. Hob suggests Cassian might be the one responsible for the disappearances. They discuss if Harbin might be responsible, but think it's probably not him. Axrian Alsois is another suspect.

Erys suggests calling Verla, and at Reynard's reaction, they group pulls the story out of him about his escape from the watch. Olive asks how many murders they've done. Both her and Erys become increasingly concerns as Hob, Milo, and Reynard act glib about the people they've killed. Realizing what they're doing, Hob clarifies that they killed someone as vengeance for him murdering Milo's wife.

Reynard shares that he might be working for Calloway, and Olive learns what family he's from.

After some discussion, Milo tells Hob privately that they might have said too much, and made Erys upset abotu Olive learning everything. Hob thinks the things they talked about were too important not to discuss, but still goes to talk to Erys about it. She's quiet and admits that Olive doesn't know a lot of details about what they do. Hob apologizes for being so flippant about it, and says he didn't realize how little she knew. He understands Erys wanting to keep her safe, but points out that it could also be dangerous for Olive to not know what they're doing.

*I just don't want her to know anything she could get in trouble for. I don't want her to be in danger cause of stupid things we do."
—Erys*

Hob gives Milo a ride home, and Milo shares what Cassian told him in private. He tells Hob that if his connection to Xoriat makes him go insane and try to hurt his friends, Hob has to stop him, whatever it takes.

End of episode.
## Locations

* Phiarlan estate
* The Cauldron

## Quotes

"That was a pumpkin-spiced triumph."
*—Jeff*

"None of us will shelter you from the cops. That is an important thing for you to know."
*—Jeff, about Reynard*

"I am an invisible dumpster boy."
*—Reynard*

"Hey by the way, don't choke on the yellow die that is still in your coffee."
*—Jeff*

"What's his name, your dad's butler?"
"Butler."
*—Eric and Trevor*

"I ain't telling you what to do, I'm just telling you to do this."
*—Jeff*

"Dranyer?"
"Yes?"
"Welcome back. Close the door."
*—Calvert and Reynard*

"Wait, what's my last name again?"
"d'Phiarlan."
"There's too many names!"
"But this one's *yours*!"
"*I* have too many names!"
*—Trevor, Eric, and Philip*

"That problem is for Dranyer, not Reynard. We have two very different people."
"Who's Dranyer?"
"Oh, that's me."
*—Reynard and Olive*