FE 26

[8/4/2018 7:45:49 PM] The Sea: So!  It's been a few days since the fateful Speed Dating Event.

[8/4/2018 7:46:45 PM] The Sea: Ander's been scarce, and keeps coming back looking like she's been a fight.  she just has that look of someone whi is constantly coming back from a bar fight.

[8/4/2018 7:47:53 PM] Ander: ((With a BIG smile on his face))

[8/4/2018 7:48:56 PM] \*\*\* Kite has made some assumptions about this which, while wrong, are pretty understandable. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 7:50:08 PM] The Sea: Not overly injured or anything, just looking rough.

[8/4/2018 7:50:31 PM] Ander: ((That probably just makes Kite's assumptions more plausible :P ))

[8/4/2018 7:51:04 PM] \*\*\* Kite indeed. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 7:51:28 PM] Ander: ((Are we in the tavern?))

[8/4/2018 7:51:39 PM] The Sea: Yep. You're coming in one morning.

[8/4/2018 7:52:07 PM] \*\*\* Kite is probably already there, eating breakfast and drinking tea. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 7:52:38 PM] \*\*\* Ander comes in, looking rough and a bit tired.  She goes up to Irwin.  "I'll take my usual, Irwin." \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 7:53:34 PM] Ander: "Hi Kite!"

[8/4/2018 7:54:01 PM] Kite: Good morning.

[8/4/2018 7:54:07 PM] The Sea: Canto is actually there, sitting at his normal table, and is in the process of crossbow maintenance.  He eyes Ander.

[8/4/2018 7:54:15 PM] The Sea: Canto:  What the hell happened to you?

[8/4/2018 7:55:18 PM] Ander: "Oh, hi Canto.  Had a long night with Anya, from the speed dating thing.  It was great!  She's really strong and moves like water.  She knocked me into a wall a couple times."

[8/4/2018 7:55:26 PM] Ander: "But I think I'm making real progress."

[8/4/2018 7:55:58 PM] \*\*\* Daneel enters and gets some tea. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 7:56:56 PM] Ander: "Actually, I guess I should start saying 'Master Anya'.  I think that's how this works.  How it's always worked before."

[8/4/2018 7:57:29 PM] The Sea: Canto:   Oh.  So a new mentor.  You told Scribe yet?

[8/4/2018 7:57:49 PM] Kite: … I am not sure "mentor" is the correct terminology.

[8/4/2018 7:58:02 PM] Ander: "No, Canto's right.  She's been training me the past few days."

[8/4/2018 7:58:47 PM] Ander: "No, I haven't.  I keep trying to talk to Scribe, but every time I got to the temple they say he's out of the city."

[8/4/2018 7:59:03 PM] Ander: "...wait...Kite, what did you think was going on?"

[8/4/2018 7:59:38 PM] Kite: Dating?

[8/4/2018 7:59:56 PM] Kite: Given the context.

[8/4/2018 8:00:05 PM] Ander: "...oh yeah, I see that now."

[8/4/2018 8:01:50 PM] Ander: "...oh, also, Anya's a dragon.  ...I don't think she views that as a secret, she's not very subtle about it."

[8/4/2018 8:01:53 PM] Kite: I assumed your partner had informed you of safe words.

[8/4/2018 8:02:07 PM] Ander: "...safe words?"

[8/4/2018 8:02:53 PM] Kite: A code word designed to tell one's partner to stop.

[8/4/2018 8:03:18 PM] Ander: "...........ah....I see."

[8/4/2018 8:03:50 PM] \*\*\* Ander is turning a bit pink.  "Well...uhm...we're not...that doesn't really apply here, no." \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:04:22 PM] Ander: "So, what's going on, Canto?"

[8/4/2018 8:07:53 PM] The Sea: Canto:  Finally have some downtime.  Andar Twinbolt has been getting back on his feet.

[8/4/2018 8:09:40 PM] Kite: Has he seen anything more hopeful?

[8/4/2018 8:10:16 PM] The Sea: Canto:  If you're asking if he's seen any more...…. premonitions:  None he's shared with me.

[8/4/2018 8:10:32 PM] Ander: "...maybe no news is good news?"

[8/4/2018 8:12:29 PM] Ander: "...do you know anything about where Scribe went to?  I can't really remember, but I think the temple said he was on an assignment."

[8/4/2018 8:12:44 PM] Kite: I am not good at etiquette.

[8/4/2018 8:13:31 PM] Ander: "We know, Kite."

[8/4/2018 8:14:19 PM] Kite: Fate apparently does not.

[8/4/2018 8:14:19 PM] The Sea: Canto:  nothing he mentioned to me.

[8/4/2018 8:14:28 PM] The Sea: Canto:  I'll ask around.

[8/4/2018 8:15:53 PM] The Sea: At that point, a woman comes in!  She is overburdened with baskets of produce and is carrying than is advisable.

[8/4/2018 8:16:31 PM] \*\*\* Kite takes a couple. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:17:00 PM] \*\*\* Ander will take more if that's necessary. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:18:34 PM] Kite: Mother, you should not try to carry this many baskets alone.

[8/4/2018 8:18:42 PM] The Sea: Behind the basket is an attractive but harried middle-aged human woman who looks familiar.  She wears a bright grateful smile as people help her out.

[8/4/2018 8:19:02 PM] The Sea: Kite' Mom:  I only wanted to make one trip.

[8/4/2018 8:19:09 PM] Ander: "...mother?"

[8/4/2018 8:20:24 PM] Kite: Two trips would be less likely to result in injury.

[8/4/2018 8:20:32 PM] \*\*\* Kite puts the baskets down and hugs her momm. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:22:52 PM] \*\*\* Ander stands there and waits to be introduced. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:23:55 PM] The Sea: the produce baskets end up on the bar.

[8/4/2018 8:24:47 PM] The Sea: a slender black tendril snakes up from behind the bar and seems to start inspecting their contents.  Perhaps looking for bacon.

[8/4/2018 8:26:47 PM] Kite: Mother, this is Ander.

[8/4/2018 8:27:00 PM] Kite: Ander, this is Dierdre, my mother.

[8/4/2018 8:27:22 PM] Kite: And Murr, that is fruit, it is not bacon. It will give you indigestion.

[8/4/2018 8:27:30 PM] \*\*\* Ander bows.  "Nice to meet you." \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:29:16 PM] Kite: You are an obligate carnivore.

[8/4/2018 8:29:53 PM] The Sea: The tendril slowly but surely starts pushing  the basket off the bar.  How dare it.

[8/4/2018 8:30:04 PM] \*\*\* Kite grabs the basket. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:30:12 PM] Kite: Bad kitty. Bad.

[8/4/2018 8:30:19 PM] Ander: "Not cool, Murr."

[8/4/2018 8:30:21 PM] Kite: This is Daneel, and this is Canto.

[8/4/2018 8:31:17 PM] \*\*\* Daneel will tip his hat “ good to meet you” \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:31:56 PM] The Sea: Deidre smiles at everyone.  "It's a pleasure to meet you all.  I've been wanting to meet Kite's company for awhile now."

[8/4/2018 8:32:38 PM] Kite: I am glad you stopped by.

[8/4/2018 8:33:29 PM] Ander: "It's nice to meet you to.  Kite's mentioned you a few times."

[8/4/2018 8:33:53 PM] \*\*\* Kite peers into the baskets. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:34:30 PM] The Sea: Give me perception checks.

[8/4/2018 8:35:35 PM] Kite: ((8. Not Kite's strong suit.))

[8/4/2018 8:35:36 PM] Ander: ((11))

[8/4/2018 8:35:50 PM] Ander: ((Weirdly, Ander's actually very bad at perception))

[8/4/2018 8:37:24 PM] Daneel: ((12))

[8/4/2018 8:41:00 PM] The Sea: One of the baskets falls onto the floor!  There's still a black tendril standing up behind the bar.  The tendril is holding up what looks like a gold bar, the basket that falls makes a noise entirely unlike fruit as it spills gold and gems all over the tavern floor.

[8/4/2018 8:41:30 PM] Ander: "......................................................"

[8/4/2018 8:41:51 PM] Ander: "......interesting shopping trip."

[8/4/2018 8:42:03 PM] Kite: … I do not think it is safe to be walking around with this much wealth, mother.

[8/4/2018 8:42:27 PM] \*\*\* Kite starts picking it up, and gently bats Murr on the tendril. "Bad cat. \*Bad.\*" \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:42:41 PM] \*\*\* Daneel helps pick it up. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:43:11 PM] Ander: ((20 insight check on Deidre))

[8/4/2018 8:43:39 PM] The Sea: She blinks, the color drained from her face.

[8/4/2018 8:43:57 PM] The Sea: Daneel and Kite, there is blood on some of the treasure.

[8/4/2018 8:44:38 PM] Kite: … are you all right?

[8/4/2018 8:44:43 PM] Ander: "......Kite, what does your mom do, again?"

[8/4/2018 8:44:53 PM] \*\*\* Ander has her hand on her sword hilt. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:45:54 PM] \*\*\* Daneel will check if the blood is fresh or dried. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:46:06 PM] Kite: We run a small fruit stand. I am not certain what is going on here.

[8/4/2018 8:46:26 PM] Ander: "...Deirdre...do you recall anyone...stabby stopping by your fruit stand?"

[8/4/2018 8:46:59 PM] Ander: "Sorry, can I call you Deidre?  Calling you 'Kite's Mom' feels weird."

[8/4/2018 8:48:32 PM] The Sea: Give me a... um.  Medicine check.

[8/4/2018 8:49:06 PM] Ander: ((Think that's for you, Caleb))

[8/4/2018 8:49:27 PM] Daneel: (( well that’s a 3))

[8/4/2018 8:49:42 PM] The Sea: No idea how old the blood is.  Probably not too old, but not new?  Somewhere in that vast middle space.

[8/4/2018 8:50:01 PM] Kite: I am concerned.

[8/4/2018 8:50:41 PM] Ander: "...Kite, your mother just dumped bloody treasure in front of an officer of the law.  I think you should be concerned."

[8/4/2018 8:50:57 PM] Ander: "Multiple law keepers, actually."

[8/4/2018 8:51:56 PM] Kite: I am certain there is a good explanation.

[8/4/2018 8:52:59 PM] \*\*\* Kite looks at her mom patiently. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:53:07 PM] \*\*\* Daneel will look for any identifying marks or any sign of where it came from on the treasure. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 8:53:33 PM] Daneel: ((9 investigation so ignore that.))

[8/4/2018 8:54:05 PM] Ander: "...I don't think she knows how it got there, Kite.  But that doesn't make it look any better."

[8/4/2018 8:54:32 PM] Ander: "I think someone's trying to frame your mom for something.  Or was stashing something in your supply without her knowing."

[8/4/2018 8:55:52 PM] Kite: Mother?

[8/4/2018 8:56:58 PM] The Sea: She shrugs.  "I... have no idea.  How did I carry that?!"

[8/4/2018 8:57:48 PM] The Sea: Deidre:  I had been wanting to come by for awhile, so I figured I would bring some things from the cart.

[8/4/2018 8:58:05 PM] Ander: "Who else has access to the cart?"

[8/4/2018 8:58:22 PM] Kite: Most people in the marketplace, most likely.

[8/4/2018 8:59:44 PM] Kite: Shopkeepers, not customers.

[8/4/2018 8:59:59 PM] Ander: "Unless the customer was very sneaky."

[8/4/2018 9:01:04 PM] Kite: Fruit theft is rare.

[8/4/2018 9:01:20 PM] Ander: "...we should go look into this.  Canto, you're not gonna arrest Kite's Mom, right?"

[8/4/2018 9:01:34 PM] Ander: "...see, it sounds really childish to say it like that."

[8/4/2018 9:01:39 PM] The Sea: Canto:  WHy would I?  She didn't do anything wrong as near as I can tell.

[8/4/2018 9:02:00 PM] The Sea: Daneel, you'd estimate that there's 1000 gold here all told, or close.

[8/4/2018 9:03:26 PM] Daneel: Someone’s going to come looking for this, no one just leaves this amount of money.

[8/4/2018 9:03:31 PM] Kite: Indeed.

[8/4/2018 9:03:48 PM] The Sea: Deidre:  What do I do?

[8/4/2018 9:03:53 PM] Kite: What was meant to be in this basket?

[8/4/2018 9:04:13 PM] The Sea: Murr is currently chasing a small gem he's batting across the floor.

[8/4/2018 9:04:13 PM] Kite: Sit and have some tea.

[8/4/2018 9:04:38 PM] \*\*\* Ander snatches the gem away from Murr.  "No!" \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 9:04:50 PM] The Sea: Deidre:  Just fruit!  That's what I thought was in there?  And it looked like fruit, right?  Do you think someone put a spell on me?

[8/4/2018 9:05:12 PM] Daneel: Or an illusion on the basket.

[8/4/2018 9:05:39 PM] Kite: What type of fruit? What was its source? It is possible the basket was not tampered with.

[8/4/2018 9:05:44 PM] \*\*\* Ander tests that theory by putting the gem back in the basket. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 9:06:02 PM] Ander: ((The one she took away from Murr.))

[8/4/2018 9:08:02 PM] Ander: ((Does it look like fruit again if I put it back in the basket?))

[8/4/2018 9:10:48 PM] The Sea: Nope!

[8/4/2018 9:10:58 PM] The Sea: It stays a pile of treasure.

[8/4/2018 9:11:16 PM] Kite: If it was a spell, it may have been disrupted.

[8/4/2018 9:11:35 PM] Ander: "Is there a way you can check for something like that, Daneel?"

[8/4/2018 9:13:23 PM] Daneel: Nope, probably not at least.

[8/4/2018 9:13:42 PM] The Sea: Detect Magic could tell you if there's an active magic effect.

[8/4/2018 9:13:44 PM] Kite: I wish Answorn were here.

[8/4/2018 9:14:11 PM] The Sea: You could roll Arcana, too, to figure out what kind of spell.

[8/4/2018 9:17:02 PM] Ander: "...I mean...Answorn could be here.  You know how to get in touch with him, right?"

[8/4/2018 9:17:53 PM] Kite: I usually visit him at his lodgings.

[8/4/2018 9:18:11 PM] \*\*\* Daneel will use detect magic on the basket. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 9:18:32 PM | Removed 9:18:42 PM] Ander: This message has been removed.

[8/4/2018 9:18:48 PM] Ander: ((Sorry.  Cheating))

[8/4/2018 9:20:19 PM] Kite: … I wonder how much progress Barrad has made with his wizardry.

[8/4/2018 9:20:31 PM] Ander: "Who?"

[8/4/2018 9:20:45 PM] Kite: Barrad Carrick?

[8/4/2018 9:20:50 PM] Daneel: Illusion magic fading on the basket, transmutation magic on the treasure

[8/4/2018 9:21:16 PM] Ander: "Yeah, I don't think of him as actually having a name.  Carrick's first name is Lord."

[8/4/2018 9:21:34 PM] \*\*\* Daneel will grab the gem Ander took from Murr. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 9:21:37 PM] Kite: That is his title.

[8/4/2018 9:21:51 PM] Kite: I am not sure what his first name is.

[8/4/2018 9:21:54 PM] Daneel: This is magical and not fading.

[8/4/2018 9:22:01 PM] Ander: "...Barrad's a title?"

[8/4/2018 9:22:06 PM] Kite: Lord is a title.

[8/4/2018 9:22:17 PM] Kite: I am not sure if Barrad is a first name or one of likely multiple middle names.

[8/4/2018 9:22:35 PM] Kite: … it is also possible that it is a title used as a familiar name.

[8/4/2018 9:22:49 PM] Kite: ... but less likely.

[8/4/2018 9:22:57 PM] Kite: How is it magical?

[8/4/2018 9:24:33 PM] Daneel: Evocation magic I think.

[8/4/2018 9:25:18 PM] Ander: "...what's that mean?"

[8/4/2018 9:26:02 PM] The Sea: Canto:  Fireballs and stuff.

[8/4/2018 9:26:27 PM] Daneel: Yeah blasty elemental magic.

[8/4/2018 9:26:41 PM] Ander: "...........ok, we are keeping that one far away from Murr."

[8/4/2018 9:26:43 PM] Kite: ... do not let Murr have that piece again.

[8/4/2018 9:27:04 PM] Ander: ((Both Ander and Kite had the same thought.  That's adorable.))

[8/4/2018 9:27:28 PM] Daneel: It won’t go off by accident.

[8/4/2018 9:27:54 PM] Kite: He could swallow it by accident.

[8/4/2018 9:28:29 PM] Ander: And that's the only magical piece in here aside from the basket?

[8/4/2018 9:28:29 PM] The Sea: Murr is currently giving Ander a glare.

[8/4/2018 9:29:01 PM] Daneel: Aside from the fading spells on the treasure and the basket. Yes.

[8/4/2018 9:29:05 PM] Ander: "...that cat is so gonna leave me something nasty in my bed later."

[8/4/2018 9:29:23 PM] Kite: .... likely.

[8/4/2018 9:29:40 PM] Kite: Felinoids are not known for forgiveness.

[8/4/2018 9:29:56 PM] Ander: "So, in addition to smuggling out a bunch of bloody treasure, someone was also smuggling a boom-boom rock."

[8/4/2018 9:30:29 PM] Ander: "...I hate to say it, but we do know of a group with these kind of tactics who kind of hate us right now."

[8/4/2018 9:31:16 PM] Ander: "What if this is The Dusk Lily getting back at us through Deidre?"

[8/4/2018 9:32:02 PM] Kite: That is possible.

[8/4/2018 9:32:15 PM] The Sea: Deidre:  The Dusk Lily?

[8/4/2018 9:32:25 PM] The Sea: Canto:  Possible.

[8/4/2018 9:32:42 PM] The Sea: He stands up.  "Deidre, where do you usually set up?"

[8/4/2018 9:32:52 PM] Kite: The people who abducted Barrad and kept him in a crystalline prison for apparently months.

[8/4/2018 9:33:03 PM] The Sea: ((That wasn't the Dusk Lily.))

[8/4/2018 9:33:05 PM] Ander: "And who tried to kill Answorn."

[8/4/2018 9:33:09 PM] The Sea: ((That was the demon.))

[8/4/2018 9:33:27 PM] Kite: ((Didn't we find him by going through a Dusk Lily cave, though?))

[8/4/2018 9:33:47 PM] The Sea: ((True, but you passed through a door that, according to Li, shouldn't have been there.))

[8/4/2018 9:34:17 PM] Kite: ((I will in that case let Kite be wrong. :) ))

[8/4/2018 9:34:24 PM] The Sea: ((Fair!))

[8/4/2018 9:34:54 PM] The Sea: Deidre:  I'm usually set up outside of Crescent Market Court.

[8/4/2018 9:34:59 PM] Ander: ((They did try to kill Answorn, though, right?  I think that's why we got involved in the first place.))

[8/4/2018 9:35:12 PM] The Sea: Canto:  I want you to move your cart to the Market Square, right outside, so I can keep an eye on you.

[8/4/2018 9:35:17 PM] The Sea: ((Yes.))

[8/4/2018 9:35:38 PM] The Sea: Canto:  I'll make sure the permits are squared away.

[8/4/2018 9:36:14 PM] Kite: ((I don't think Kite is as offended by that, given how many people probably try to kill Answorn on a regular basis.))

[8/4/2018 9:36:35 PM] Ander: "I can stand nearby as a guard too, if needed.  I'm not gonna be super helpful with the investigation."

[8/4/2018 9:36:49 PM] Kite: He may be attempting to use her as bait.

[8/4/2018 9:37:11 PM] The Sea: Canto:  Oh, no, I just mean for the forseeable future.  You guys should absolutely go and check out the cart.

[8/4/2018 9:37:18 PM] Ander: ((Did they also steal the artifact stuff and the painting from Varia?  Or was that someone else?))

[8/4/2018 9:37:34 PM] Kite: ((That was "Carrick."))

[8/4/2018 9:37:37 PM] The Sea: ((That was "carrick'.))

[8/4/2018 9:37:45 PM] Ander: ((Ah, right.  Ok.))

[8/4/2018 9:37:59 PM] Ander: "I hope it's as simple as them using her as bait."

[8/4/2018 9:38:11 PM] Ander: "Then we beat them up and it's basically done."

[8/4/2018 9:38:20 PM] Kite: I was referring to Canto.

[8/4/2018 9:39:39 PM] Ander: "Should we leave the gems here, in the meantime?  I don't wanna bring trouble to Irwin."

[8/4/2018 9:40:17 PM] Kite: That is an excellent question. Perhaps we should go and see Answorn.

[8/4/2018 9:41:20 PM] The Sea: Canto:  I'll make sure they're secured and manage the guards.  You go check out the cart, see what you can find.

[8/4/2018 9:42:34 PM] Ander: "Ok, let's go!"

[8/4/2018 9:43:33 PM] Kite: Right.

[8/4/2018 9:43:38 PM] \*\*\* Kite heads that direction. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 9:43:44 PM] \*\*\* Kite does hug her mom first, though. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 9:43:56 PM] The Sea: Deidre is a bit stunned!  But she hugs back.

[8/4/2018 9:44:07 PM] The Sea: ((Let's take a ten minute break, if you guys don't mind.))

[8/4/2018 9:44:27 PM] \*\*\* Daneel heads out with the others , pocketing the small gem as he goes. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 9:44:33 PM] Daneel: ((Sure))

[8/4/2018 9:44:47 PM | Edited 9:44:54 PM] Ander: ((Ok.  I wanna go get ice cream.  We got Oreo saucers!))

[8/4/2018 9:45:48 PM] Kite: ((Ooh.))

[8/4/2018 10:07:48 PM] The Sea: ((BAck, sorry it took longer))

[8/4/2018 10:07:59 PM] The Sea: So yeah, Deidre stays with Canto in the Unicorn.

[8/4/2018 10:09:03 PM] \*\*\* Kite brings the others to where the fruit stand is! \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 10:09:31 PM] \*\*\* Kite does get a bit sidetracked once they reach the market, waving to people, saying hello and getting hugs from merchants. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 10:10:03 PM] Ander: "So, Kite, this seems like your thing, so I'll let you take the lead.  What should we look for?"

[8/4/2018 10:10:50 PM] Kite: Suspicious persons?

[8/4/2018 10:11:58 PM] \*\*\* Daneel will cast detect magic once we reach the fruit stand. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 10:12:40 PM] Ander: "...I don't think the suspicious persons are gonna still be around the cart, but I'll keep an eye out."

[8/4/2018 10:13:23 PM] The Sea: You are surprised to see someone working the cart, though, a halfling woman, elderly.

[8/4/2018 10:14:26 PM] \*\*\* Ander leaps forward, sword drawn.  "HEY!  YOU!  WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?!?" \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 10:16:05 PM] The Sea: She drops the tomato she was holding and puts her hands up.

[8/4/2018 10:16:23 PM] The Sea: Woman:  TAKE THE MONEY THERE'S ONLY THREE GOLD IN THERE

[8/4/2018 10:16:36 PM] Ander: "...................Uh........."

[8/4/2018 10:16:45 PM] Ander: "...Kite, do you know her?"

[8/4/2018 10:17:13 PM] Daneel: Congratulations Ander you have almost committed armed robbery.

[8/4/2018 10:17:51 PM] Kite: No.

[8/4/2018 10:19:05 PM] Ander: "...This cart belongs to Deidre!"

[8/4/2018 10:19:40 PM] Daneel: And she may have asked someone to watch it for her.

[8/4/2018 10:20:23 PM] The Sea: Woman:  She hired me to help out!!

[8/4/2018 10:20:37 PM] The Sea: Woman:  My name's Eliza Tatterball!

[8/4/2018 10:20:44 PM] The Sea: Woman:  Please don't kill me!

[8/4/2018 10:21:16 PM] Ander: ".......I may have come on a bit strong."

[8/4/2018 10:21:18 PM] Kite: No one is going to kill you.

[8/4/2018 10:21:25 PM] Kite: I am Kite.

[8/4/2018 10:21:34 PM] Kite: Prior to our arrival, has anything strange occurred?

[8/4/2018 10:25:58 PM] Kite: How is the farm?

[8/4/2018 10:27:02 PM] The Sea: Eliza:  … well, thank you.  Say... you're little Kite, aren't you?

[8/4/2018 10:29:36 PM] Ander: "She is.  There was an incident with her mom that we're looking into."

[8/4/2018 10:30:54 PM] Kite: Yes.

[8/4/2018 10:31:01 PM] Kite: … although I am not very little anymore.

[8/4/2018 10:31:20 PM] The Sea: Eliza:  Nothing happened at all.  Deidra just wanted to bring some baskets down to a tavern.  To you, I thought.

[8/4/2018 10:31:50 PM] Kite: She did.

[8/4/2018 10:32:03 PM] Kite: There were some unusual items in the basket, however, and we need to find their owners.

[8/4/2018 10:36:50 PM] The Sea: Eliza thinks.  "Well, I brought the baskets fresh from the farm this morning."

[8/4/2018 10:37:02 PM] The Sea: Eliza:  What was in them?

[8/4/2018 10:37:18 PM] Kite: Not fruit. All the baskets?

[8/4/2018 10:38:12 PM] The Sea: Eliza:  I came with my son on his cart from the farm, we restocked the stall, then she set off with what was left over and headed to you, I presume.

[8/4/2018 10:38:38 PM] Kite: Your son. Who is that?

[8/4/2018 10:39:06 PM] The Sea: Eliza:  Rodger, of course.

[8/4/2018 10:39:25 PM] Ander: "Who's Rodger?"

[8/4/2018 10:39:29 PM] Kite: Where is he now?

[8/4/2018 10:39:54 PM] The Sea: Eliza shrugs.  "My son, like I just said?  Back at the farm, I assume."

[8/4/2018 10:41:00 PM] Ander: "...how far is the farm from here?"

[8/4/2018 10:41:16 PM] Kite: I feel we should go. And pick up Cedric on the way.

[8/4/2018 10:41:23 PM] Kite: If he consents.

[8/4/2018 10:42:15 PM] The Sea: Eliza:  In the Arboretum. Little Kite here should know the way.

[8/4/2018 10:42:50 PM] Kite: Where in the Arboretum?

[8/4/2018 10:43:34 PM] The Sea: She gives you directions!

[8/4/2018 10:44:47 PM] Ander: (to Kite) "...remember what I said before about how I'd follow your lead?  ...yeah, I think I'm gonna go back to doing that."

[8/4/2018 10:44:55 PM | Edited 10:45:22 PM] Ander: (To the old woman) "Sorry for pulling a sword on you."

[8/4/2018 10:45:17 PM] \*\*\* Kite nods. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 10:45:34 PM] Kite: Very well. Let us inquire to see if Cedric is at home first.

[8/4/2018 10:47:38 PM] \*\*\* Ander nods and follows her to Cedric's. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 10:48:01 PM] The Sea: You go to the boarding house Answorn is staying at, but he's not present!

[8/4/2018 10:49:39 PM] \*\*\* Kite leaves him a note, and then heads for the Arboretum! \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 10:52:34 PM] \*\*\* Ander follows \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 10:54:13 PM] The Sea: It takes a couple hours to get out to the farm, but it's still before noon.

[8/4/2018 10:56:20 PM] Ander: "...you don't seem to be especially bothered by any of this."

[8/4/2018 10:57:06 PM] Kite: I am not sure whether I should be bothered. It does not seem likely that my mother is involved in a crime; she was likely in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[8/4/2018 10:57:11 PM] Kite: And she is safe with Canto.

[8/4/2018 10:57:31 PM] Ander: "Yeah, but that means someone is taking advantage of your mom."

[8/4/2018 10:58:59 PM] Ander: "I just think, if it were me, I'd be in kind of a rage right now."

[8/4/2018 10:59:49 PM] Kite: We are not yet sure it was deliberate.

[8/4/2018 11:00:04 PM] Ander: "I guess."

[8/4/2018 11:00:54 PM] Daneel: ...Yes accidentally magically hidden bloody treasure is a common occurrence

[8/4/2018 11:01:56 PM] The Sea: It's a pretty unimposing farm!

[8/4/2018 11:02:14 PM] Kite: It is not common.

[8/4/2018 11:02:18 PM] Kite: But it also may not have been deliberate.

[8/4/2018 11:02:44 PM] The Sea: Farmhouse by the road, and the farmland itself stretching behind it.

[8/4/2018 11:02:46 PM] Ander: "I am really not seeing other options here."

[8/4/2018 11:05:02 PM | Edited 11:05:08 PM] Kite: I am not either. But it is possible.

[8/4/2018 11:05:14 PM] \*\*\* Kite heads toward the farmhouse. \*\*\*

[8/4/2018 11:05:29 PM] Kite: Perhaps a dragon became inebriated and misplaced part of his or her hoard.

[8/4/2018 11:06:23 PM] Ander: "...this place seems nice.  The farmhouse is...quait?  Is quaint the right word?"

[8/4/2018 11:07:27 PM] Kite: Yes.

[8/4/2018 11:07:50 PM] Ander: "Kwant - Quiant."

[8/4/2018 11:08:52 PM] Ander: "This like your home, Daneel?  You're a farmer too, right?"

[8/4/2018 11:09:29 PM] The Sea: There's a dog on the porch that eyes you as you approach.  The dog is smoking a pipe.

[8/4/2018 11:09:50 PM] Daneel: Similar enough, never got the hang of farming myself.

[8/4/2018 11:09:52 PM] Kite: Hello.

[8/4/2018 11:09:55 PM] Kite: We are looking for Rodger.

[8/4/2018 11:10:18 PM] Daneel: Usually the farm dogs don’t smoke where I am from though.

[8/4/2018 11:10:38 PM] Ander: "Yeah, that one's new to me, too."

[8/4/2018 11:13:44 PM] Ander: ((Is Kite talking to the dog right now?))

[8/4/2018 11:15:10 PM] The Sea: The dog squints at Kite, giving her a sniff, then he becomes a very old halfling, laying on the porch and smoking a pipe.

[8/4/2018 11:15:12 PM] Kite: ((yes.))

[8/4/2018 11:15:33 PM] Kite: Eliza told us he was here.

[8/4/2018 11:15:46 PM] Ander: ".........I remember when I would've found this stuff surprising."

[8/4/2018 11:19:20 PM] Kite: I am not sure that I ever would have.

[8/4/2018 11:21:48 PM] Ander: "We did have druids in my tribe, but they didn't really...hang out as animals.  ...at least, not while I was around."

[8/4/2018 11:22:56 PM] Kite: Answorn is very often a cat.

[8/4/2018 11:23:18 PM] The Sea: The old man looks at kite.  "WHAT."

[8/4/2018 11:24:34 PM] Kite: I am looking for Rodger.

[8/4/2018 11:24:54 PM] The Sea: Old man:  Robbers?

[8/4/2018 11:25:34 PM] Ander: "RODGER!"

[8/4/2018 11:28:46 PM] The Sea: Old Man:  Stop yelling!

[8/4/2018 11:29:12 PM] The Sea: A younger, middle aged halfling man comes out.  "What are you on about, Grandad... oh, hello."

[8/4/2018 11:29:55 PM] Kite: Are you Rodger?

[8/4/2018 11:31:29 PM] The Sea: He nods.  "Aye, what can I do for you folks?

[8/4/2018 11:31:51 PM] Kite: What was the source of the fruit that you helped Eliza bring to the market today?

[8/4/2018 11:38:29 PM] The Sea: Rodger:  … nothin' strange, just part of the harvest.

[8/4/2018 11:38:37 PM] Ander: ((INSIGHT CHECK!))

[8/4/2018 11:38:38 PM] The Sea: Rodger:  Kite?

[8/4/2018 11:38:48 PM] Ander: ((23))

[8/4/2018 11:39:16 PM] Kite: Yes.