Joanne/Supports

* **Chase**: Josh hooked me up with some really cool books as a gift and now I'm giving them a read.

* **Joanne**: Oh, how nice of him! Are any of them any good?

* **Chase**: Yeah! This one I'm reading right now is a romantic comedy. It's got some hilarious antics, sends some good messages and really enjoys leaning on the fourth wall without getting too obnoxious about it.

* **Joanne**: Sounds like Josh has good taste in books.

* **Chase**: More like encyclopedic knowledge of every book the Shepherds own. I don't know how he feels about them.

* **Joanne**: I see. Well, I like books, so maybe I'll check some of these out.

* **Chase**: Feel free. I, uh, kind of made a mess of the place.

* **Joanne**: Oh, what's this one?

* **Chase**: That one's....not very good. According to Josh, it's a book Joos wrote.

* **Joanne**: Oh, really? Well, he's good at tactician...in...ing, so I'm sure he's a good writer.

* **Chase**: Eeeeeh, you'd be surprised.

* **Joanne**: Well, I'm gonna read it. Might as well do something with this down time, right?

* **Chase**: Ha ha, you go for it. In fact, sit here with me and read it so I can see your reactions.

* **Joanne**: You know what? I could use some company, so thanks for the offer.

### B Support

* **Joanne**: Hey Chase, let's have a seat.

* **Chase**: What are we doing?

* **Joanne**: We're gonna read that hilarious Joos book again.

* **Chase**: Why?

* **Joanne**: Because it's been a long couple of days and we need the cheering up, I think.

* **Chase**: But I've already read it and gotten a laugh out of it.

* **Joanne**: Then do I have good news for you, my friend.

* **Chase**: Hm?

* **Joanne**: He wrote a sequel!

* **Chase**: He did not.

* **Joanne**: He did! And it's about the kids meeting in the same weird "internet" place. It's pretty good.

* **Chase**: Pretty good as in actually good, or pretty good as in hilariously bad?

* **Joanne**: Take a wild guess.

* **Chase**: Oh yes, we're reading the hell out of this. How'd you figure out about this, by the way?

* **Joanne**: I may or may not have connections with a certain very skilled thief.

* **Chase**: Thank you, Dakota. Let's jump right in!

## Joanne and Grace

### C Support

* **Joanne**: Hey Grace, can you help me out?

* **Grace**: What do you need? You don't look injured.

* **Joanne**: Nah, I'm not hurt.

* **Grace**: So what do you need help with? I'm not good for much else, unless you want to use my axe to cut firewood.

* **Joanne**: Ha ha, nah. I just need help keeping my mind off of things.

* **Grace**: Sounds like you need a friend.

* **Joanne**: Yeah, sounds about right. Everyone else seemed busy, so I came to you.

* **Grace**: Well, I was actually just about to get to the sick tent to help some people with their illnesses.

* **Joanne**: Oh...Okay, I guess I'll leave.

* **Grace**: No, no. I prescribed you a friend and you can't ignore doctor's orders. Why don't you come with me? Maybe I can show you some of the ropes of being a healer.

* **Joanne**: You would do that?

* **Grace**: Of course! Let's go take a look at some sick people.

* **Joanne**: Okay! Thanks so much.

## Joanne and Knifez

### C Support

* **Knifez**: Hey, you don't seem to be doing anything.

* **Joanne**: Oh, is that a bad thing?

* **Knifez**: Not at all. I just felt like wasting some time and it looks like you could use the same thing.

* **Joanne**: Uh, sure. Why not?

* **Knifez**: With new recruits I like to hit them with some rapid fire question.

* **Joanne**: Like a job interview?

* **Knifez**: Yeah, like that.

* **Joanne**: Okay well, fire away, I guess.

* **Knifez**: How'd you end up working for the Frar royal families?

* **Joanne**: I used to be a mercenary, but very soon I realized I much preferred the jobs where I protected people versus the ones that had me just killing people, so I started looking for something else to do. Two years ago, after the Exalt of Waydrn died, word spread that Frar was accepting a whole lot of applications in an effort to step up the royal guard.

* **Knifez**: Ah, I see. Everybody seems to have gotten the same idea, then.

* **Joanne**: So yeah, I became a cavalier and swore to protect the Frarian royal families.

* **Knifez**: You ever see any action?

* **Joanne**: Not really. Sometimes, somebody would make a scene or threaten someone for some dumb reason, but it wouldn't be anything major.

* **Knifez**: So these expeditions are a welcome change of pace, I guess?

* **Joanne**: A bit, yeah. I feel better about killing people when they're undead zombie things, so there's that.

* **Knifez**: Yeah, that one's a perk I've heard a lot. Okay, cool. It's been fun chatting, but I gotta get back to work.

* **Joanne**: Did I get the job?

* **Knifez**: Ha ha, you already have the job, you dork.

## Joanne and Rachel

### C Support

* **Joanne**: Rachel!

* **Rachel**: That doesn't sound good.

* **Joanne**: Oh Rachel, thank the gods I found you.

* **Rachel**: What's wrong?

* **Joanne**: Something went wrong. We had a training accident. Oh it's terrible!

* **Rachel**: Oh no. Show me the way.

* **Joanne**: Thank you, Rachel!

...

* **Rachel**: Okay, now what's the...uh, are we not there yet?

* **Joanne**: Oh, uh, I guess this is where I come clean. There was no training accident.

* **Rachel**: Excuse me? I could have been spending this time helping someone who needs it and you trick me into thinking there's an emergency?

* **Joanne**: I can explain, I promise.

* **Rachel**: This better be good.

* **Joanne**: It's just that you spend all your time in the first aid tent and hardly ever come out to socialize, so I wanted to get you out somehow. This was the only way I could think of, unfortunately...

* **Rachel**: Joanne, that's not okay. I have important things to be doing in the first aid tent!

* **Joanne**: But there are so may other healers! Hell, even Anna would take your place for a day if you asked nice enough.

* **Rachel**: Nah, I much prefer doing what this army needs me to instead of just talking about nothing to people all day.

* **Joanne**: But getting to know the people you're fighting alongside is so much fun. Maybe you should go listen to some people's stories. Tell your own. Get to know everyone! I think you'll have more fun than you expect.

* **Rachel**: No thanks. Now I'm going back to first aid. Don't come see me unless you're actually hurt.

* **Joanne**: Oh, alright...

### B Support

* **Joanne**: EEEK!

* **Rachel**: Not falling for it this time.

* **Joanne**: Somebody help! I've been attacked!

* **Rachel**: ...That sounds bad. Joanne, wait up!

* **Joanne**: Oh Rachel, thank the gods you're here.

* **Rachel**: What happened?

* **Joanne**: This bandit snuck into camp and got the drop on me. He got my back real bad. I managed to strike back, but the damage was already done. It hurts really bad.

* **Rachel**: Oh gods. Alright, I'll fix you up.

…

* **Joanne**: Thanks again for the fix, Rachel.

* **Rachel**: no problem. You're lucky I came to help you. I almost didn't believe there was trouble, considering your red herring last time.

* **Joanne**: Oh, that...I'm so sorry about that. Are you still angry at me about it?

* **Rachel**: A little bit.

* **Joanne**: I promise to never do it again. Swear on my life.

* **Rachel**: I believe you.

* **Joanne**: Whew. I can't believe I almost died because of my own foolishness. I need to reevaluate how I do things.

* **Rachel**: It's probably not that big of a deal.

* **Joanne**: No, if you think it's a big deal, it is. I promise to do better by you in the future!

* **Rachel**: Er, alright...

## Joanne and Signele

### C Support

* **Joanne**: What is this mess here?

* **Signele**: Whoa, hi there! W-what are you doing in my private quarters?

* **Joanne**: Wasn’t aware you had private quarters.

* **Signele**: …I don’t.

* **Joanne**: So then what’s with the mess? Surely this isn’t a thing that’s allowed.

* **Signele**: I’m writing a story!

* **Joanne**: A story, huh? I happen to be a fan of stories. What’s it about?

* **Signele**: It’s about little humans and Taguels and everything I like.

* **Joanne**: May I see it?

* **Signele**: Yeah! Here, take a look!

* **Joanne**: …This page is nothing but scratches and chewed corners. As is this one. Are you REALLY writing a story here?

* **Signele**: I am, I swear! Ugh, where’s the part where the little human climbs onto the brave rabbit’s back and rides to freedom?

* **Joanne**: I doubt it exists.

* **Signele**: HERE! Take it! Look at it!

* **Joanne**: Er, this is still scratches. Why don’t you collect your thoughts a bit better, and maybe I’ll ask again sometime.

### B Support

* **Joanne**: How’s that story coming along?

* **Signele**: Perfectly! Here, it’s the newest version of the manuscript!

* **Joanne**: Er, Signele, I think we need to talk about your penmanship. This is literally just scratches. Can you actually write, or are you just playing pretend?

* **Signele**: I’m not playing pretend. I guess silly man-spawn eyes aren’t trained well enough to read the language of the Taguel.

* **Joanne**: You’ve been asking me to read something written in a different language?

* **Signele**: …No. I lied.

* **Joanne**: Here, give me something to write with. I’ll show you how to write.

…

* **Signele**: THERE! Can you read that!

* **Joanne**: Yes, actually, I can. And it’s a lot neater than how a lot of people write. See what putting a little effort into your craft can do?

* **Signele**: A little effort? I put all sorts of effort into my story. It’s not my fault you can’t read it.

* **Joanne**: Maybe if you took the time to actually write the letters of the words in your story out, things would work for both of us.

* **Signele**: I do write the letters. Just like how I was taught.

* **Joanne**: You aren’t writing in any language I’ve ever read then, because what I see on all your sheets are scratches. What you wrote here, those are letters.

* **Signele**: Yeah, letters. What you write on the messages for the big fancy royal people. I can write my name forwards and backwards thanks to letters. I don’t need my name for stories, I need STORIES!

* **Joanne**: You have fun with that, then. Just try to have something I can actually read next time I swing by, please. I’m really curious about what stories you have.

## Joanne and Taylor

### C Support

* **Joanne**: Hm? What's this, then? What's wrong, Taylor?

* **Taylor**: Oh, nothing, only the fact that I'm having the worst day ever.

* **Joanne**: What happened?

* **Taylor**: I got a letter from home and things aren't looking too good for my family's farm.

* **Joanne**: Oh no! What's wrong?

* **Taylor**: Storms have been ravaging our crops, so this entire season has produced no crops. My family's not gonna make enough money to sustain themselves.

* **Joanne**: Oh no...

* **Taylor**: So yeah. That sucks.

* **Joanne**: Well, maybe I can help you out?

* **Taylor**: You? Why? How?

* **Joanne**: Well we get paid for being in the Shepherds, right?

* **Taylor**: Yeah, and?

* **Joanne**: So you can give your family some of that money. And I'll be able to spare some gold as well.

* **Taylor**: You would do that for me?

* **Joanne**: Absolutely! We're all friends here, aren't we? That's what friends do, after all.

* **Taylor**: Thanks Joanne. You're a life saver!

* **Joanne**: Don't mention it!