Reunions and Reminiscence

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**Reunions and Reminiscence** (1x05) is the fifth episode of the first chapter of the first campaign for Shikar.

The gang meets up with a goblin merchant with an allergy problem before finally arriving at Solace Point. They meet Nim's mother, dump some fish in the well, and Ajax meets up with an old friend. Why are the stone masons angry? What happened to Belinda? Who is Marigold?

## **Synopsis**

### **Pluck the Weeds**

We open this episode on a large, quiet, marble-floored room. A large desk sits in the back of the room with a fire crackling to the right. A woman, Sister Seranda, is meticulously arranging flowers at the desk. Her skin is light gray and her eyes are wreathed in gold. Her thunderous hair is pulled back under a funereal hat. A knock issues from her door and Cha Ironside, a confident half-orc, enters.

They greet one another and Cha issues a proposal. Sister Seranda has been looking for people to go on an expedition to Derra Pass. She has been having difficulty finding volunteers due to travel stopping through the pass for unknown reasons.

Cha informs Sister Seranda that he has some "eager" recruits and hopes to put them to productive use instead of destructive. He fills her in on what happened with his willful recruits and the party in the previous episode. He wishes to break them of their headstrongness and as penance they have volunteered to take up her offer to go on the expedition.

She readily agrees and explains that they are cut off from the lake town to the east and Rook's Reach in the north. Most of their business has been uninterrupted but the stone mason's from Rook's Reach can't get home. The masons are getting restless and it is starting to cause issues. She pays him with heavy coin and Cha explains that one of her students almost killed a girl and tells her that the child's power needs to be honed. She says it isn't one of hers as she doesn't take children as students before dismissing him.

### **You Kept Me Warm**

Valym stirs from his rest as something flits at the edge of his vision. He sees a small blue glimmer to the left and he heads after it, following it into the woods. After some time of following, the light, Pular, has grown into a small blue fire and lands upon his nose. The light forms a snaggle toothed face and joyously greets Valym.

Pular thought that Valym missed him, so he came back.

Pular used to keep Valym warm as a child and in return Valym kept the creature dry. Valym asks the creature where it has been all this time. Pular travelled and tried to become one with the sun. It learned many new things and opens its mouth to a cacophony of violins all playing at once. Valym produces a little blue flame in his palm, showing the creature his newest trick.

Pular explains that the Ethos called to him to come back to Valym. The sun showed down on Valym and saw that Valym was sad and sent the creature back to Valym to burn away his tears.

Valym expresses that he missed Pular, who suggests they go and see Valym's new friends. Valym, not wanting to have to lie to his friends, wishes for Pular to remain hidden for the time being and the creature disappears into Valym's chest. Scorpio welcomes Valym back to the camp with a breakfast of sour berry tarts.

### **Asserting Dominance**

Ajax splits the payment he received from Cha Ironside, giving each person in the group a gold piece each. Valym refuses, allowing Ajax to keep two gold. They pack camp and continue toward Solace Point.

After a short time of travelling along the road the group catches up to a small jingling cart. The cart is globular and being led by two horses. A small creature sits in the driver's seat, but it comes to a halt when the driver hears Tootsie's clopping from behind it.

The creatures hops down from the cart and strikes a T-Pose in the middle of the road to assert dominance. Valym, confused by its behavior, returns the T-Pose, followed by Nim and Scorpio.

The creature, a goblin, is short with brownish green skin and an angular bob haircut. She has two gold nose rings and her arms and fingers drip in bangles, henna, and rings on every digit. She wears thin cotton pants that match her high collar mango blouse and simple boots. She looks unimpressed by the group but greets them none-the-less.

### **Hoodwinkle's**

She pokes the cart with a stick and the cart begins to open up as drawers and display cases fold out of the wonderful travelling Hoodwinkle's. Turning back to the group she questions if they even have money as she begins closing the cart back up but stops as they assure her that they do have money to spend at her travelling shop.

She launches herself back into her sales-pitch while she continues pulling new compartments and an entire bar unfolds from the side. The group is amazed and she asks if they are poor again. Valym assures her that they are just strange. She agrees that strange is okay, but poor is not. She is allergic to poor.

Scorpio orders salted eel and she pulls a fresh eel from a bucket. She slaps it down, kills it, and begins dressing it while offering the group some eel while they wait for her to finish. They agree and she places a few pieces on some skewers and fans them over the flames. She prepares ten days-worth of rations and Scorpio pays her his gold.

Nim asks her to turn his gold piece into a necklace. She knocks the center out of the soft metal and pockets the small piece as payment for the service before handing Nim the remaining gold looped with a leather cord. He asks Ajax to buy him some string and Valym slips Ajax a silver piece without the child seeing him.

Scorpio offers some items to sell and she flips up a gold monocle up to her eye and begins examining Belinda, recognizing blood magic, before turning her attention to Valym's staff. Valym refuses to sell and she turns her attention to the amethyst that Ajax has produced from his bag.

She examines it in a matter of minutes, offering them 3 gold. She produces a gold punch card that she marks with her teeth. The card reads Harriet Hoodwinkle's and she explains that filling out the card scores you free breakfast and a discount on their next purchase.

Ajax purchases a spool of thread for Nim and the child guilt Scorpio into buying him some lodestones. Scorpio begins to search his pockets for loose change and Valym sneaks him a silver piece. Valym purchases a cloak of hide-like fabric, bow, and two sets of arrows. One set is finely made, meant to break when they hit bone to cause a larger wound, and the other a simple set. Nim points at a dog treat and Harriet throws it in with the eel.

Nim, wanting to bring his mom something pretty, is shown a cactus that he immediately agrees to have Ajax buy. The fighter then purchases two sets of bolts similar to Valym's arrows. She ties it all up into a bundle and tosses it to him.

Valym tries to convince Harriet to give them a discount in exchange for a massage from Ajax. Not that she wasn't opposed to the idea, but she carries herself as a business woman and declines the offer.

The half-elf druid asks Nim how much further Solace Point is and Harriet cuts in, explaining that it wasn't far as she had just come from there. She had heard that they were having some troubles recently and felt she owed it to check on them. The Pass has been closed and Solace Point has not been receiving trade from the north. They have sent word to Harriet's people in the west to look in on it but three expeditions had not returned from entering the pass. She guesses that there may have been a collapse.

They bid her safe travels as she applies fourteen punches to their loyalty card. As she boxes everything up and begins closing the cart Valym decides to purchase a saddle for Tootsie and she stops to apply four more punches to the card. Nim takes Ajax's hand and they head for Solace Point.

### **Arrival at Solace Point**

Around evening time the group arrives at Solace Point. The town is nestled into the side of one of the three mountains on this side of the world. The lowest terrace, The Warrens, houses unmarked graves for those that could not afford nicer property nearer to the town. The graves lie next to a quarry that is used for granite and marble for the headstones. The buildings are Gothic in design with stone angels and religious emblems adorning the grave sites.

The second terrace, Meadowford, contains a well-tended English style garden at its center. On either side are two large greenhouses with some homes. The graves here are better tended to, appearing clean and lined in neat rows. At the top terrace, Marblehead, stands a few multi-tiered buildings where the clergy live. The church and mausoleums are kept here.

A guard nods at Ajax and Nim, saying that Nim's mom will be glad to see him. Nim leads the group to his beautiful cottage in Meadowford. They pass a few funeral rites and processions as they make their way to the cottage. They come up the steps leading into Meadowford and Nim leads them to the Residential District and Nim scurries up a stone path to his mother, who is sitting on the porch.

#### **Warm Welcome**

Nim's mother, Bryndalin Grimwillow, has long dark hair that has been pulled into a french braid and she is wearing a simple flannel headband. The house dress she wears is reminiscent of a Mumu. Her kind eyes pass over the group when Nim calls out to her.

She greets Nim with a hug, and the child has a hard time letting go. He introduces the friends he had written to her about. She invites them in to the warm interior of the home. They are met with the smell of baking and Ajax apologizes for taking so long. Bryndalin admits that she thought they would be gone longer, Betsy having told her that the roads had become tougher and that they had gone to the Furious Farms. She asks Nim if her got any autographs and Scorpio gleefully exclaims that he did.

Nim fishes the cactus out of his bag and proudly displays it for his mother. She fawns over it, asking if it is one you water or not. Valym informs her that she doesn't need to water it as she places it near her chair.

Ajax asks her about the trouble Solace Point experienced in their absence. She explains that the stone masons haven't been able to return to Rook's Reach and are getting mad about it. The town council said they would be put up in accommodations but they have been making due in tents in the meantime.

Nim asks if his friends can spend the night and explains that he has to do a service in the morning. He pulls the toy soldier that Tracy gave for him to bury and clarifies the situation for her. She thinks it is a bit childish but Nim disagrees, saying that it matters because it is important to Tracy. Nim regales her with the groups heroic deeds at the Furious Farms, dealing with the ghost dog, and saving some puppies.

The child pointedly looks at each member of the group when his tale comes to a close, silently hinting to not bring up his kidnapping. Ajax tells Nim that they need to find a place for the fish he won at the fair. She asks if Nim has fed them and Nim looks bewildered, not realizing that they need to eat. She suggests putting them in the well and Ajax shoots the idea down immediately. Nim, mustering his nerves, agrees that the well would be a good place for them so that they can keep his mom company.

Bryndalin asks for Ajax to help her with dinner while Nim, Valym, and Scorpio take care of the fish. Scorpio looks at Nim, assuring him that they are there with him the whole way.

#### **"Normal"**

As soon as the door closes Bryndalin drops her practiced motherly calm, asking Ajax what the fuck happened. She heard from the mayor that Nim almost killed a woman. Ajax wants to know exactly what she heard and she relays that she heard from the Sister that her son almost destroyed a woman's mind in self-defense. That doesn't make it better and she reminds Ajax that he knows her son is "normal".

Ajax, confused by her statement, questions her use of "normal". She backtracks, explaining that the well thing messed him up. She reminds Ajax that it was her kid that died that day, and she is pretty messed up to. She hasn't been allowed to forget it for a single day since she died. She doesn't know if she should take Nim to a priest at this point.

Ajax assures her that Nim is fine, despite her wishes for wanting the child to move on and grow up. She wants him free of the memory and from the influence of his father, who is not a good person. In some ways, she feels that Nim is being punished for her younger indiscretions. Ajax tells her that none of it is her fault and that Nim needed to experience the last few days.

Ajax tells her that Nim has grown in the last few days and has made friends and defended himself. She wished that Nim would defend himself like Ajax, and not resort to magic. Ajax thinks that Nim is confused right now, and is trying their best to navigate these new situations.

Bryndalin does not understand why Nim lied to her about it, or why Ajax backed him up by not telling her. Ajax was concerned about how to bring the subject up because he knew this argument was coming. She trusted Ajax, and she had to hear about her child's kidnapping from one of the Sisters. She is torn with having to act like nothing is wrong, for fear she would look like a terrible person. She wants Nim to go out in the world, wanting him far away from the death of Solace Point.

She ponders if Nim has just decided that he is cursed; she doesn't hear voices from a well, even though she lost a daughter too. Ajax assures her that he wanted to tell her in private, but didn't know when a good time would be to bring it up, because he didn't know how to explain the events to her without her worrying.

Bryndalin doesn’t feel like she knows her own son anymore. He wouldn't have lied to her like he did just then before leaving Solace Point. Ajax tells her he only lied to her because Nim is always worried for her and wanted to shield her from that truth. He questions how keeping his father from him helps the child.

She expects Ajax to teach her son to be better, not to be a liar. Ajax admits that he doesn't know where Nim learned to lie, but knows that staying here won't help him. She tells Ajax that she will need to reevaluate who she chooses to mentor her son. Ajax understands her perspective. She tells Ajax that he needs to learn to assert himself because she wants Nim to learn right from wrong.

She reveals to Ajax that her neighbors suggested sending Nim off to a school, so that he could learn around children his own age. Ajax thinks it is a bad idea, saying that while being around kids his age would be good for Nim, a school would not. He admits that Nim is different and deserves more than some system to care for him. He just wants Nim to be happy. They make a deal that Ajax will mentor Nim, but Ajax is not allowed to lie to her when it involves her kid. She leaves Ajax to finish making dinner as she goes to collect Nim.

#### **Marigold**

Nim, Valym, and Scorpio approach the well. Nim's vision tunnels, focusing on the well as he heads for it. The voices don't assault him this time. He speaks to the fish, hoping that they will keep Marigold, his sister, company before dumping them in the water. Bryndalin appears and reminds that Marigold isn't in the well, explaining that she is energy all around them. Nim nods, subconsciously moving from the well without showing his back to the edge. They head inside for dinner.

The dinner conversation is made awkward by long pauses in conversation. They waffle through small talk until Scorpio asks her if she still sells flowers. She informs him that she retired after Marigold passed away. She reevaluated her life and decided to focus on raising her remaining child, so she sold the greenhouse.

Nim wonders if there is anything else his mother could do, now that he travelling and being mentored by Ajax. She entertains the idea, expressing her desire for a big oven and the city didn't have a baker, but admits that she doesn't know how to bake bread.

She pivots the conversation to how the group met and Scorpio reveals that it involved alcohol. Valym quickly interjects and explains the full breadth of how they met at the market during the festival. Ajax tells Bryndalin that he and Nim went to Valym's stall to pick up an order for Betsy. She was worried that Nim would drink and warns him that it will stunt the growth of his horns if he starts drinking too early.

Valym realizes that the horns adorning Bryndalin's head are fake and he avoids looking at her as best he can. The adults in the group exchange a knowing look. Nim asks Ajax to come with him to Marigold's grave after dinner so that he can check on the flower.

Valym suggests that he and Scorpio stay behind to converse with Bryndalin. She begins to chat, but Valym cuts her off with the pointed question of whether or not Nim is adopted. She drops the plate she is holding but Scorpio snatches it before it can shatter at her feet. She assures Valym that Nim is her child, even though the horns she wears are fake.

The druid reasons that Marigold was named after a flower, but Nim is not, and he finds it curious. She tells him that Nim actually was named after a flower, but children started calling him Nimrod in school so they shortened it. She continues, explaining that she raised Nim with the impression that he doesn't have a dad. When Nim was a baby, a lady at the market suggested she wear some horns so he wouldn't get confused and it made sense to Bryndalin at the time, as Nim was only two.

Valym is not sure how much he can say without overstepping, but asks if she ever plans to tell the child that she is not a Tiefling. He formally introduces himself while explaining that he is a blunt person and wants to ask her a blunt question. She agrees and he asks her if she knows that Nim's entire foundation has been based on a lie and what effect that will have on him. She tells Valym that is exactly what she is afraid of. She doesn't know how Nim is going to react and if she tells him now, he would feel like a fool.

She thanks him for his perspective, mocking her conversation with Ajax a few hours previous. Valym admits that Ajax leads with his swords and means well, but he has also had his ass beat by two women in the last week. Bryndalin admits that it is about to be three.

She opens up about raising a child that looks different from you and the challenges involved. Valym empathizes with her, comparing her troubles with the troubles of a human raising injured animals. He reveals that Nim has not shut up about her since they met, and that the child won't care if she looks like him. The child just cares about his mom.

She wanted to raise Nim so that he wouldn't feel like he needed a father. She doesn't want the boy to meet his real father because he is a piece of shit. Valym explains that Nim was kidnapped by a man that pretended to be his father. Nim put up a bold front, but he is still a child. If a child *has* to be brave then they will never learn that they don't always have to be.

Bryndalin grabs their hands and says that she will tell them who Nim's father is, and when they feel that the boy is ready or he wants to know, they can take the child to him. She forbids them from telling Ajax because he will want to kill Nim's father. Scorpio tells her that he has a memory issue but trusts that Valym will be able to retain the information. She warns that Nim's dad will kill Ajax, and she does not want them to get hurt.

She gives them a card for a barge, revealing that this is where Nim's father works. The front displays a barge and the back shows the cycles of the moon as points along a river.

Scorpio assures Bryndalin that he is a monk, not an alcohol salesmen, and a lot of his teachings deal with living in the moment. A lot of people suffer from regret and the best time to take action is now. He thinks it would be good if she were truthful with Nim. She admits that she was unnerved by how Nim had lied earlier. When she was younger he was incapable of lying to her.

Valym supposes that Nim might be afraid that she will look at him differently. She admits that it is hard not too since the boy is growing up, but Valym thinks that Nim doesn't know that it isn't a bad thing. He marvels at Nim's power, telling her that magic is strange. Nim won't listen to anyone more than his mother.

The druid explains that he learned more about magic sitting alone in the woods and he isn't proud of everything he has done, revealing that he doesn't want Nim to be like him. He wants Nim to be better.

#### **Catching Up**

Nim and Ajax walk through Meadowford, heading towards the bluff where Marigold's ashes are scattered. The bluff overlooks the River Lurie. They arrive at an empty headstone with a vase for flowers. Nim talks to the memory of Marigold, telling her about his adventures with Ajax.

Ajax watches as Nim buries some items in the dirt. He buries the dog bone he bought from the vendor as he tells her of Mojo and her puppies. He tells her about Tracy and the toy soldier and tells her that he wrote a sermon for Sir Reginald. He wants to send the sermon to Tracy, but wants to make sure they follow through on the symbolic burial instead of paying lip service.

He asks her if it would be okay if he buried Sir Reginald here, with her. He misses Marigold, and tells her that he lied to their mother. He thinks that she didn't mind if Nim left, and he is confused because all he wanted to do was come back. He doesn't know if their mom felt the same.

The child leads Ajax to the less-tended gravestone of Belinda the Bold. The flowers in the container have died and weeds have begun to sprout. Ajax sits in front of the grave and sighs heavily. He talks to Belinda aloud, supposing that he is the last of their crew that still visits her. He doesn't even know if they are dead or not at this point and he doesn't know how much longer he can keep coming back.

He thinks he has lied to himself about visiting her and hoping to be able to forgive himself about what happened to her. He doesn't believe that the guilt will ever leave. He thinks she would have hated Valym but her and Scorpio would have been best friends. Valym reminds Ajax of her, and he thinks that is why they clash a lot. He misses her and sometimes he thinks she is still there.

#### **Bindy Copperpitch**

A voice from behind them tells Ajax that she isn't there. Ajax turns to see a goblin girl with thirty-two flasks on her belt. He knows her as Bindy Copperpitch, a woman he ran with a long time ago. She tells Ajax that she comes to visit Belinda all the time and Mollesh had been there last week. Ajax could have been fooled with the state of the gravesite, but Bindy tells him to move so she can clean it up.

Ajax helps her pull the weeds, even though she tells him that she hates him. She admits that if there wasn't a child present, she would commit violence upon him. She and Mollesh wouldn't even bury him next to Belinda. She pours tinctures on the grass to make it grow and tells Ajax to polish the headstone.

Ajax asks about Mollesh and she reveals that he is running a brothel and selling narcotics on the side. She tells him that she is still in the business but she thinks that everyone else they ran with is dead. She thinks that Mollesh has been cursed. His hand has begun to rot and it is travelling up his arm, making him crazy. She tried to help him, but it was beyond her ability.

She tells the fighter that she got paid a lot of coin to blow up a tunnel in the mountain not long ago. Ajax questions her but she accuses him of being untrustworthy. She reminds Ajax that Belinda was killed because he trusted the wrong people. Ajax wonders how long she will hold that over him, as if he isn't guilty enough.

He tells her that he has been lost since he left the crew. He is trying to find some kind of peace. She tells him that he sought peace without them and that was why they hated him. Ajax tells her that they aren't any different and they are all just trying to get by.

She tells him that she bought herself a house in the nice part of The Stacks and invites him to stop by if he is ever in those parts. She notices that Ajax still has blood on his shirt. She pulls an ornate gold pouch from her belt, struggling to lift it. She opens it to show gems and gold and hands Ajax six gold pieces. Ajax questions her source of revenue and she assures him that the gold isn't marked.

Nim wanders over and tells her that Nim saved his life the day before. She congratulates Ajax and wonders if the job paid or if Ajax had another angle. Nim catches on to her meaning and confirms that they are talking about his mom. Ajax tells Nim not to let her get a rise out of him and tells Bindy that if he wanted gold from Nim's mom he would have asked for it.

#### **Schtupping**

Nim and Bindy butt heads when Nim tells Ajax that he is better off without her in his life. She informs Nim that they have been friends longer than the child has been alive. Nim replies that it isn't impressive because he isn't even that old. Ajax properly introduces the two.

She asks Nim if Ajax is schtupping his mom to Nim's horror and Ajax cuts her off with a sharp no. Nim immediately storms away. She thought that the kid already knew as she drinks from one of her flasks. She offers it to Ajax and he instantly becomes inebriated.

He asks her what she gave him and she reveals that she isn't too sure. She found some dragons blood running through an underground channel and she wondered what would happen if you crystallized it and then crushed it up to snort. From there she started adding it to other things like stump water and frog toxin to come up with the concoction she gave him. She thinks it tastes like cherries but Ajax disagrees.

Ajax asks her if he were to need simple work on the side, something light like extortion would be agreeable to him. She tells him that she does have some work lined up and will keep her ear to the ground. She thanks him as they go their separate ways.

Nim bursts through the door of his home to see his mother teaching Valym and Scorpio how to crochet over a plate of ginger cookies and tea. Ajax follows him in before passing out on the floor. Nim angrily asks his mom if Ajax is his father. She laughs at the thought, saying that she hasn't known Ajax for that long before offering the child a ginger cookie. Valym offers to help Ajax but Nim tells the druid to leave the half-orc and that he would be fine. He sets some ginger cookies on a plate and sets it beside Ajax.

#### **Sobered**

Valym picks Ajax up from the floor and takes him to find a tree. He tells Ajax to close his eyes and Wild Shapes into a Giant Wolf Spider before webbing Ajax upside down from the tree. Hoping that Ajax is sober, Valym reverts back into a half elf and opens the webbing covering Ajax's mouth. Ajax demands to be let down and Valym convinces him that a Giant Wolf Spider showed up out of nowhere and Valym couldn't stop him.

Valym calls to the rest of the group, who come to marvel at the sight of the restrained half-orc. Valym tells her he was sober now and invites Nim to tell Ajax anything he wanted to say to him. Nim approaches and tells Ajax that if he ever gets involved with his mom, then he needs to tell Nim. He also admits that he wouldn't be upset of Ajax were his dad.

Scorpio helps Ajax from the tree by cutting the cord, dropping him to the ground below, and out of the webbing. Bryndalin suggests that Nim gets ready for bed and Ajax asks the rest of the group to remain back for a few moments of privacy. As he bathes, Nim asks his mom if she would be okay with him travelling out again. After meeting his friends she can get used to the idea, but doesn't want Nim to change too much or too fast.

Ajax sits beside the tree and thanks Scorpio for getting him down. He admits he got drunk with an old friend they had met among the graves. He tells them that Bindy showed up when he was visiting someone from his past. It had put him in a bad headspace and he doesn't think he can be a good father figure to Nim. He doesn't think he has changed and that he isn't ready to be a dad.

Scorpio tells Ajax that nobody has experience with parenting and that they are all just figuring it out as they go along, but Ajax is doing a good job from an outside perspective. Ajax admits that he didn't have a dad and doesn't want to mess it up. Valym tells him that he is going to mess up but his job is to be there. He needs to stay and take responsibility when he messes up. Nim's dad is not part of his life, but Ajax is and Nim likes him.

Valym thinks that Ajax is much different than he used to be because he can't even tolerate a basic amount of alcohol for the half-orc's previous persona. Ajax supposes that Valym might be right.

#### **Well That's New**

They decide that they need to rest before they perform Sir Reginald's burial in the morning. Nim's mom pulls a map of the city out and points them to an area in the Warrens where they wouldn't have to pay any fees for permits. She asks them to seek out a weird lantern-wielding groundskeeper to show them the way.

As they bed down, Valym asks Ajax what "schtupping" is as they watch a glass of milk float by and head up the stairs. Bryndalin remarks that this was new to her and that he takes after his father in that regard.

This is where our tale winds down, until next episode.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Player Characters**

* Scorpio - Played by Xander Jeanneret
* Valym - Played by Gabe Hicks
* Nim Grimwillow - Played by Josephine McAdam
* Ajax - Played by Lord Balvin

### **Non-Player Characters**

* Sister Seranda - Mysterious religious figure in Solace Point
* Cha Ironside - Owner of the Blue Swallow Meadery

* Harriet Hoodwinkle - Travelling goblin merchant that's allergic to poor people.
* Bryndalin Grimwillow - Nim's mother
* Marigold - Nim's deceased sister
* Bindy Copperpitch - Old crew member of Ajax's gang

## **Locations**

* Moonblush Valley
	+ Solace Point
		- Nim's House
		- Marigold's Grave
		- Belinda's Grave

## **Quotes**

*"I don't take children, definitely not as students. Besides, I only take a pupil every ten years, so mine are easier to keep track of than yours that grow so unruly, like weeds. I pluck the weeds from my garden, Ironside, so please pluck yourself from my office."* **-Sister Seranda**

*"Strange is okay, poor is not. I am allergic to the poor."* **-Harriet Hoodwinkle**

*"Don't want to be hoodwinked, you want to be Hoodwinkle'd."* **-Harriet Hoodwinkle**

*"Jasmine….if you make me see Bobert one more time."* **-Gabe Hicks**

*"Who looks their mom in the eye and lies like that? I feel like I don't even know my own kid anymore."* **-Bryndalin Grimwillow**

*"Use the lavender soap! It's not girly, it just smells good!"* **-Bryndalin Grimwillow**

## **Trivia**

Jasmin rolled a Natural 20 Insight check into Nim's lie to his mother, but Josephine, by the luck of the dice gods, managed to skate by with a retaliatory Natural 20 of their own.

Nim's birthday is revealed to be the same day as Episode One!