HF 033

[11/4/16, 7:03:28 PM] Josh: Ok, let us begin.

[11/4/16, 7:03:58 PM] Josh: Yesterday there was games, music, arch-demons, a dragon goddess, scrolls and dancing.

[11/4/16, 7:04:25 PM] Josh: This might be important, is everyone in their own room?

[11/4/16, 7:04:37 PM] Josh: With the exception of Hank.

[11/4/16, 7:04:46 PM] Anna: Anna is.

[11/4/16, 7:04:49 PM] Quill: Quill shares a room with Rune.

[11/4/16, 7:05:18 PM] Quill: ((Just in general, they share a room anyway.  Regardless of any dancing.))

[11/4/16, 7:05:41 PM] Rune: Rune was bodyguarding Quill, yes. As Lyv is gone.

[11/4/16, 7:06:05 PM] Josh: So, you all awaken fairly early the next morning.

[11/4/16, 7:06:32 PM] Quill: Quill has probably been awake for a bit.

[11/4/16, 7:20:35 PM] Anna: Anna heads out to tend the garden for a bit.

[11/4/16, 7:21:07 PM] Josh: You find Gerald on your way...he looks upset and is carrying a small sack.

[11/4/16, 7:21:15 PM] Josh: He's muttering angrily to himself.

[11/4/16, 7:21:50 PM] Anna: Is something wrong, Gerald?

[11/4/16, 7:22:14 PM] Josh: Gerald: "Oh, Miss Anna...good morning.  Yes...you could say that."

[11/4/16, 7:22:29 PM] Josh: Gerald opens up the tiny sack to reveal a series of coins and gems.

[11/4/16, 7:23:43 PM] Anna: Did one or more of the Kenku happen to "find" these?

[11/4/16, 7:25:01 PM] Josh: Gerald: "No...Mister Max happened to "find" it."

[11/4/16, 7:25:09 PM] Anna: Ah.

[11/4/16, 7:25:51 PM] Josh: Gerald: "My brothers are not responsible for their actions, but I fear the young man is lacking in a strong moral guardian...I have him sitting in his room while I think of the best way to scold him."

[11/4/16, 7:29:50 PM] Josh: Gerald: "...Miss Anna...I try to ask as little of you as I can...but you are something of an authority figure here...so..."

[11/4/16, 7:32:17 PM] Anna: I'm not an expert in raising children, but if you are proposing that I be the aforementioned strong moral guardian, I'll try, I suppose.

[11/4/16, 7:33:00 PM] Josh: Gerald: "Just for this moment...someone to explain...something to him."

[11/4/16, 7:33:28 PM] Josh: Gerald: "Meanwhile, I am taking these to our "landlord" to be returned to their respective owners."

[11/4/16, 7:33:38 PM] Anna: Alright.

[11/4/16, 7:34:06 PM] Josh: As Gerald heads out the door, Rune and Quill enter.

[11/4/16, 7:34:18 PM] Quill: Anna, do you like coffee?

[11/4/16, 7:34:33 PM] Rune: Free coffee.

[11/4/16, 7:34:51 PM] Quill: Quill is holding a magic jug of free coffee.

[11/4/16, 7:34:58 PM] Anna: I am not opposed to it.

[11/4/16, 7:36:23 PM] Quill: Quill will pour her a cup.

[11/4/16, 7:36:56 PM] Josh: It is still hot.

[11/4/16, 7:37:04 PM] Rune: I like that jug.

[11/4/16, 7:37:14 PM] Quill: ANd it doesn't even talk.

[11/4/16, 7:37:19 PM] Rune: We also have a minor problem, though. This wand of wonder is a person.

[11/4/16, 7:37:28 PM] Rune: Rune holds up Waldo. The wand.

[11/4/16, 7:37:30 PM] Anna: I'll wait fo-

[11/4/16, 7:37:38 PM] Anna: What in the what?

[11/4/16, 7:37:41 PM] Quill: Tim's handiwork.

[11/4/16, 7:38:12 PM] Anna: Hoo boy.

[11/4/16, 7:38:15 PM] Josh: Waldo: "Oh yeah, that feels good.  Your hands are so soft.  And, I suspect you've handled your way around wands before."

[11/4/16, 7:38:42 PM] Quill: We will drop you into this pot of coffee if you don't behave.

[11/4/16, 7:38:49 PM] Rune: Rune blushes blue.

[11/4/16, 7:38:59 PM] Rune: I don't think that's an appropriate thing to say.

[11/4/16, 7:39:17 PM] Josh: Waldo: "Hey, I'm just paying you a compliment here."

[11/4/16, 7:40:29 PM] Josh: Taeral: "He was making comments like that all evening."

[11/4/16, 7:41:01 PM] Rune: ... what?

[11/4/16, 7:41:07 PM] Rune: Rune blushes even harder.

[11/4/16, 7:41:10 PM] Anna: Ah.

[11/4/16, 7:41:42 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Less about you.  He found it more hilarious that I had a "stick coming out of my ass", as he said."

[11/4/16, 7:41:53 PM] Quill: Well, maybe we could bury him.

[11/4/16, 7:42:18 PM] Josh: Waldo giggles.  "Hahaha, it's funny...cause...wait...no...no burying, I can behave."

[11/4/16, 7:42:33 PM] Rune: ... oh. But you don't, you're a crystal ball. They haven't got asses.

[11/4/16, 7:44:35 PM] Quill: Anyway.  Any new apocalypses, Anna?

[11/4/16, 7:45:42 PM] Anna: Not as far as I know, fortunately.

[11/4/16, 7:46:54 PM] Quill: Oh, good.

[11/4/16, 7:47:58 PM] Rune: I think we should tell the Witchhunters about the wand, but keep it; Quill thinks we shouldn't tell them.

[11/4/16, 7:49:13 PM] Josh: Waldo: "I agree with the wise and oddly handsome man.  You talk, they take, and I end up melted down for parts!"

[11/4/16, 7:49:34 PM] Rune: They haven't taken Max.

[11/4/16, 7:49:55 PM] Josh: Waldo: "What's a Max?"

[11/4/16, 7:50:28 PM] Rune: A kid who's staying with us here. He's very bright but rather skittish, and I think he's a sorcerer.

[11/4/16, 7:50:40 PM] Quill: Yet.  And I don't feel very confident that they'll recognize the wand's sentience.

[11/4/16, 7:51:23 PM] Josh: Waldo: "Yeah.  You know what rights an object has in this crazy world?  None!"

[11/4/16, 7:51:36 PM] Anna: Tell me about it.

[11/4/16, 7:52:01 PM] Rune: ... that's true. All right, but let's propose legislation on the matter when we can.

[11/4/16, 7:52:56 PM] Josh: Waldo: "WOOHOO!  How about we celebrate with a nice harmless dancing lights spell?  Come on, give me a flick, see what happens."

[11/4/16, 7:53:27 PM] Rune: No.

[11/4/16, 7:53:50 PM] Quill: I am all for your right to exist.  I am also all for your right to learn to not be an asshole.

[11/4/16, 7:54:12 PM] Quill: Let's start that now.

[11/4/16, 7:54:14 PM] Rune: Please don't be an asshole.

[11/4/16, 7:55:39 PM] Josh: Waldo: "Oh, alright.  I'll be so good, you won't even know I'm here."

[11/4/16, 7:56:41 PM] Rune: Good. And don't forget to be nice to Taeral.

[11/4/16, 7:56:49 PM] Rune: Rune pats Taeral.

[11/4/16, 7:57:21 PM] Quill: Anyone seen Hank this morning?

[11/4/16, 7:57:32 PM] Anna: Not yet.

[11/4/16, 7:57:34 PM] Josh: You have not yet.

[11/4/16, 7:57:40 PM] Rune: ... we're going to have to rescue him from the succubus.

[11/4/16, 7:58:59 PM] Quill: Or he just had a good night and he's getting breakfast.

[11/4/16, 7:59:25 PM] Rune: Or she had a good night and is getting Hank for breakfast.

[11/4/16, 8:00:24 PM] Josh: Taeral: "You realize there's a version of what you just said that would still be to Hank's benefit."

[11/4/16, 8:00:56 PM] Josh: Taeral looks at the wand.  "Please, do not feel the need to expand on that."

[11/4/16, 8:01:00 PM] Rune: Yes, but you know that's not the version I meant.

[11/4/16, 8:01:39 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Quill, do you still have Hank's parchment with you.  He gave it to you that one time."

[11/4/16, 8:02:13 PM] Rune: I thought it was destroyed.

[11/4/16, 8:02:36 PM] Quill: I don't know.  Let me go check my room.

[11/4/16, 8:04:20 PM] Quill: Quill goes to see if he still has it.

[11/4/16, 8:05:11 PM] Quill: Quill returns with the parchment.  "I still had it!  It was under my socks.

[11/4/16, 8:05:24 PM] Rune: Oh, good! ... I don't know how it works, though.

[11/4/16, 8:05:40 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Whenever William used it, he just tapped the paper twice."

[11/4/16, 8:05:51 PM] Quill: Quill does that.

[11/4/16, 8:06:01 PM] Rune: Rune watches, sipping her coffee.

[11/4/16, 8:06:28 PM] Josh: The name vanishes in a swirling cloud...one second...two...it shifts into letters.  "SUBJECT NOT FOUND"

[11/4/16, 8:06:50 PM] Quill: Hrm.

[11/4/16, 8:06:57 PM] Rune: Rune boggles.

[11/4/16, 8:07:00 PM] Quill: This message has been removed.

[11/4/16, 8:07:04 PM] Rune: ... is Hank dead?

[11/4/16, 8:07:18 PM] Quill: Quill will go check Kai the Space Horse.

[11/4/16, 8:07:28 PM] Rune: Rune follows him, worrying.

[11/4/16, 8:07:37 PM] Josh: Kai is still in the stable.

[11/4/16, 8:07:42 PM] Quill: IT could be that he's just in another dimension.

[11/4/16, 8:07:50 PM] Quill: Hey, Kai, is Hank dead?

[11/4/16, 8:07:58 PM] Josh: Roll insight please

[11/4/16, 8:08:03 PM] Rune: ... he can't be, the horse would be gone if he were.

[11/4/16, 8:08:31 PM] Quill: (( 8 )). That is definitely a horse.

[11/4/16, 8:08:35 PM] Josh: You think the horse shakes it's mane "no".

[11/4/16, 8:08:55 PM] Rune: Where is he?

[11/4/16, 8:08:59 PM] Quill: Maybe he's on another plane, or is out of range, or something.

[11/4/16, 8:09:23 PM] Josh: The horse nuzzles up to Rune.

[11/4/16, 8:09:45 PM] Rune: Is he in danger?

[11/4/16, 8:10:05 PM] Josh: ((Rune, would you like me to roll insight for you?))

[11/4/16, 8:12:05 PM] Rune: ((Oh, I thought you only meant Quill!))

[11/4/16, 8:12:27 PM] Josh: ((Now I mean you too, but you are not in roll20, so I can roll if you trust me))

[11/4/16, 8:12:35 PM] Josh: Oh, you are, nvm.

[11/4/16, 8:14:53 PM] Rune: ... bother, I don't think Kai can actually understand a word we say. Or can't answer, anyway.

[11/4/16, 8:15:10 PM] Quill: Fantastic.

[11/4/16, 8:15:14 PM] Rune: How are we going to rescue Hank?

[11/4/16, 8:15:22 PM] Rune: What if he's in the Feywild again?

[11/4/16, 8:15:37 PM] Josh: Taeral: "...I just had a horrible thought..."

[11/4/16, 8:15:38 PM] Quill: Quill tries tapping the parchment again.

[11/4/16, 8:15:45 PM] Quill: What?

[11/4/16, 8:15:46 PM] Josh: Same result as before.

[11/4/16, 8:16:21 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Well...um...there is...the bar...which was decidedly...other plane-esque, from Hank and Lady Creed's descriptions."

[11/4/16, 8:16:46 PM] Quill: You think he went back to Tiamat's bar?

[11/4/16, 8:16:52 PM] Quill: After he got turned into a pixie?

[11/4/16, 8:17:09 PM] Rune: He wouldn't.

[11/4/16, 8:17:13 PM] Rune: .... would he?

[11/4/16, 8:17:20 PM] Josh: Taeral: "...probably not?"

[11/4/16, 8:17:45 PM] Anna: I sincerely hope not.

[11/4/16, 8:17:59 PM] Rune: It's much too dangerous for us to go in there and check.

[11/4/16, 8:18:09 PM] Rune: He could be in the Feywild too. Or with the Captain.

[11/4/16, 8:18:25 PM] Quill: Yeah, that could be as well.

[11/4/16, 8:18:31 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Or Death's Realm...or somewhere we're not even thinking of..."

[11/4/16, 8:20:22 PM] Rune: But what can we do about it?

[11/4/16, 8:20:35 PM] Quill: Quill thinks.  "It could just be that he found some way to protect himself from this parchment.  He was never very happy with it.

[11/4/16, 8:21:04 PM] Josh: Taeral: "...for my sake, Quill...maybe third time's the charm?"

[11/4/16, 8:21:18 PM] Quill: Sure.

[11/4/16, 8:21:28 PM] Quill: Quill was gonna keep trying it every now and then anyway.

[11/4/16, 8:22:02 PM] Josh: This time, an image does come up.  Hank stands in the marketplace, outside of the Silver Scale.  He seems unhurt and even a little happy.

[11/4/16, 8:22:02 PM] Rune: What if he's been hamstered again?

[11/4/16, 8:22:20 PM] Rune: There he is! ... and not dead.

[11/4/16, 8:22:23 PM] Rune: Good.

[11/4/16, 8:22:41 PM] Rune: ... she better be a nice girl. Or he better be a nice boy.

[11/4/16, 8:22:42 PM] Quill: Oh, okay.  So he did go to Tiamat's evil bar.

[11/4/16, 8:23:03 PM] Quill: Well, whatever floats his boat, I guess.

[11/4/16, 8:23:04 PM] Anna: Well, that's a relief.

[11/4/16, 8:23:18 PM] Josh: You see a different sign below the Silver Scale bit now.  It reads "The Celestial Palace".

[11/4/16, 8:23:19 PM] Rune: Hmph. Not very smart.

[11/4/16, 8:23:37 PM] Quill: Huh.

[11/4/16, 8:23:43 PM] Quill: Maybe it's a door.

[11/4/16, 8:23:51 PM] Quill: Or, you know, 'Door'.

[11/4/16, 8:24:06 PM] Josh: As he walks, you see him pass and you see the same "Five-In-One" sign on the opposite side of the establishment.

[11/4/16, 8:24:08 PM] Quill: Revolving gateway to different realms.

[11/4/16, 8:24:17 PM] Rune: I don't like that.

[11/4/16, 8:24:36 PM] Quill: Quill puts the parchment away.  "Well, he's alive."

[11/4/16, 8:24:44 PM] Quill: So we don't need to creepy spy on him anymore.

[11/4/16, 8:24:47 PM] Rune: Right.

[11/4/16, 8:25:07 PM] Anna: Anna heads back inside (if we were outside)

[11/4/16, 8:25:35 PM] Quill: Quill does as well.

[11/4/16, 8:25:41 PM] Josh: Kai disappears.

[11/4/16, 8:26:02 PM] Rune: ... good.

[11/4/16, 8:26:19 PM] Quill: That's a handy trick.

[11/4/16, 8:26:35 PM] Josh: A few moments later you hear a whoosh and Hank arrives.

[11/4/16, 8:26:42 PM] Rune: Hank! You're not dead.

[11/4/16, 8:26:53 PM] Anna: [afk]

[11/4/16, 8:26:57 PM] Rune: Is she nice? Or he, is he nice? Or they. Whatever.

[11/4/16, 8:27:06 PM] Quill: We totally weren't spying on you with the parchment to make sure you weren't dead.

[11/4/16, 8:27:10 PM] Rune: ... however many and what kind, they had better be nice.

[11/4/16, 8:28:14 PM] Hank: She was nice , and I left a note. Why would you think I was dead?

[11/4/16, 8:28:20 PM] Quill: It's us.

[11/4/16, 8:28:32 PM] Quill: Weird shit happens to us constantly.

[11/4/16, 8:28:55 PM] Rune: Because you've been hamstered and pixied and charmed and splinched.

[11/4/16, 8:29:40 PM] Quill: Quill pours Hank some coffee.

[11/4/16, 8:29:44 PM] Rune: I'm glad she's nice, though. You deserve somebody nice.

[11/4/16, 8:29:52 PM] Rune: And good, which is better than nice.

[11/4/16, 8:32:31 PM] Hank: Oh Quill apparently bahamut is keeping an eye out for Auril and she is safe.

[11/4/16, 8:32:49 PM] Rune: Oh, my goodness. How did you find that out?

[11/4/16, 8:32:54 PM] Rune: ... did you meet another god?

[11/4/16, 8:32:55 PM] Quill: Oh.  That's good news.

[11/4/16, 8:33:08 PM] Rune: Do they have a bet going on us or something? Is this going to keep happening?

[11/4/16, 8:33:11 PM] Quill: Hah, I knew it.  The Silver Scale is a Door, right?

[11/4/16, 8:33:54 PM] Hank: Two doors one side leads to tiamat. The other to Bahamut.

[11/4/16, 8:34:14 PM] Quill: Oh.  That's pretty cool too.

[11/4/16, 8:34:25 PM] Quill: Though one day I really want to go to Sigil.

[11/4/16, 8:35:14 PM] Hank: And apparently only those who have crossed planar rifts can see it.

[11/4/16, 8:35:33 PM] Rune: Gods aren't safe.

[11/4/16, 8:35:34 PM] Hank: Whatever that means.

[11/4/16, 8:35:46 PM] Quill: We have a planar rift in our basement.

[11/4/16, 8:35:47 PM] Rune: ... but I'm glad Bahamut is helping Aurilandur.

[11/4/16, 8:36:00 PM] Hank: Bahamut was pretty cool I got fruit for breakfast.

[11/4/16, 8:36:27 PM] Quill: That is generally the consensus.

[11/4/16, 8:36:51 PM] Quill: So, what's the plan for today?  More taking in the festival?

[11/4/16, 8:37:27 PM] Josh: Creed reminds you guys that Darksbane wants to see you at midday for clothes.

[11/4/16, 8:37:45 PM] Josh: Cause she's total here to do that.  >.> <.<

[11/4/16, 8:37:51 PM] Quill: Oh, all right.

[11/4/16, 8:37:54 PM] Rune: Oh! What kind of fruit?

[11/4/16, 8:38:10 PM] Rune: ... I wonder what he'll want us to wear.

[11/4/16, 8:38:32 PM] Quill: Well, it's a formal thing, so.

[11/4/16, 8:38:45 PM] Hank: He called it "silver amaranth".

[11/4/16, 8:39:20 PM] Hank: I disagree with us getting any more favors or items from Darksbane.

[11/4/16, 8:40:04 PM] Quill: We're doing him a favor.

[11/4/16, 8:40:25 PM] Quill: He's going to be coming to the parade as our guest.  So in exchange, he's getting us nice clothes, which we need anyway.

[11/4/16, 8:41:00 PM] Rune: We might be able to steer him away from the worser aspects of his trade if we try.

[11/4/16, 8:44:31 PM] Hank: Fine, I still feel like it is a mistake but fine.

[11/4/16, 8:44:42 PM] Hank: ((What time is it?))

[11/4/16, 8:45:05 PM] Josh: ((It's still pretty early.  Probably moving towards 9-ish.))

[11/4/16, 8:45:39 PM] Josh: ((9:15 at the latest))

[11/4/16, 8:46:08 PM] Quill: Well, let's start heading that way, we can take in a bit of the festival on the way.

[11/4/16, 8:46:17 PM] Anna: Anna comes back.

[11/4/16, 8:46:17 PM] Rune: Rune brightens.

[11/4/16, 8:46:36 PM] Josh: Ok, so you guys head out?

[11/4/16, 8:46:52 PM] Rune: I'd like a fried sugary thing now that I've had my coffee. ... but I'd better have a little less today than yesterday, I felt awfully queasy this morning.

[11/4/16, 8:48:07 PM] Hank: Hank keeps Kai just walking next to him as we head out.

[11/4/16, 8:49:09 PM] Josh: You guys see some more booths as you head out.  This day doesn't seem as big as yesterday.  You see ads for various eating and drinking contests being held in every pub, tavern and bar.  And then you see a halfling man running by with hands full of posters.

[11/4/16, 8:49:26 PM] Rune: Rune stops him and picks up a poster.

[11/4/16, 8:50:37 PM] Josh: The poster reads.  "The Rooma Edy Traveling Players Proudly Present: HEIGHT OF THE EMPIRE!  A History of The Draconic Empire's Grandest Moment!"

[11/4/16, 8:51:03 PM] Rune: Thanks!

[11/4/16, 8:51:11 PM] Rune: Rune buys something sugary and nibbles it.

[11/4/16, 8:51:31 PM] Josh: A location is presented at the bottom which leads somewhere in the northern part of the outer-most ring and it states the performance time as about 2."

[11/4/16, 8:51:49 PM] Josh: You buy a sugary treat shaped like a dragon head, it's delicious.

[11/4/16, 8:52:16 PM] Quill: Food shaped to look like sentients is weird.

[11/4/16, 8:52:50 PM] Anna: A little, yes.

[11/4/16, 8:52:54 PM] Josh: Waldo (or, to Hank, a strange voice coming from Rune's side bag): "I can change the shape, if you want."

[11/4/16, 8:53:30 PM] Quill: Shush.

[11/4/16, 8:54:22 PM] Hank: Who or what was that?

[11/4/16, 8:54:34 PM] Rune: A talking wand named Waldo.

[11/4/16, 8:55:22 PM] Rune: He's a wand of wonder, so the effects he causes are completely random. Which is why we aren't using him unless we're in a very dire situation.

[11/4/16, 8:56:09 PM] Josh: You hear a voice off in the distance.  A familiar, old, female voice.

[11/4/16, 8:56:18 PM] Josh: Edwina: "GIN!  I WIN AGAIN!"

[11/4/16, 8:57:03 PM] Hank: Hank will head in that direction.

[11/4/16, 8:57:21 PM] Quill: Oh, huh.

[11/4/16, 8:57:25 PM] Quill: Quill will go, too.

[11/4/16, 8:57:40 PM] Anna: Anna tags along

[11/4/16, 8:57:47 PM] Josh: As you approach you see Edwina, of the Vistani from the undercity, sitting around an overturned basket playing cards with a bunch of scraggily looking gentlemen.

[11/4/16, 8:57:59 PM] Josh: These appear to be regular cards, not the Tarokka deck like before.

[11/4/16, 8:58:35 PM] Josh: Edwina is about to collect some money from the center when the bigger, burlier one of the men grabs her arm.  "Not winning if you cheat."

[11/4/16, 8:58:38 PM] Rune: Hullo Edwina.

[11/4/16, 8:59:01 PM] Josh: Edwina: "Hmph, you hear this, he calls me a cheat.  Just can't handle that he lost to an old woman."

[11/4/16, 8:59:15 PM] Josh: The man reaches for his coins.  "I am taking back what's mine."

[11/4/16, 8:59:51 PM] Rune: I don't think that's a good idea.

[11/4/16, 8:59:57 PM] Quill: That's unworthy of you, sir.

[11/4/16, 8:59:59 PM] Rune: Why do you think she cheated?

[11/4/16, 9:00:04 PM] Quill: Because he lost.

[11/4/16, 9:00:13 PM] Josh: Edwina: "Touch those coins...and you shall keep them...you shall keep every penny you earn, never to trade again for food, nor clothes, nor shelter.  You shall die, unfed, filthy and alone atop a pile of coins.  Such shall be my curse on you."

[11/4/16, 9:00:26 PM] Josh: The man rethinks his actions.

[11/4/16, 9:01:16 PM] Josh: Man: "She still cheats.  I saw her slipping those eights up her sleeves."

[11/4/16, 9:01:27 PM] Josh: He gets up and walks off, without his money.

[11/4/16, 9:02:15 PM] Quill: Hmph.

[11/4/16, 9:02:34 PM] Hank: Dice didn't work out for you Edwina?

[11/4/16, 9:02:37 PM] Josh: Edwina smiles at Quill.

[11/4/16, 9:02:46 PM] Quill: Quill waves.

[11/4/16, 9:02:49 PM] Josh: The other men walk away at this point.

[11/4/16, 9:03:14 PM] Josh: Edwina: "Hmph, the others are being children.  Esther has always been a sore loser."

[11/4/16, 9:03:31 PM] Josh: Edwina: "And Eva's gone off again, anyway.  Meeting with family, she says."

[11/4/16, 9:04:22 PM] Hank: Does Eva go away often?

[11/4/16, 9:04:51 PM] Josh: Edwina: "Hmph, time and again, but never too often."

[11/4/16, 9:05:11 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[11/4/16, 9:06:30 PM] Josh: Edwina: "Thought I'd come see the festival.  Pretty poor if you ask me."

[11/4/16, 9:07:02 PM] Quill: Yesterday was better.  We met Skald and Olidimarra.  And Hank got turned into a pixie.

[11/4/16, 9:07:53 PM] Hank: Do we have to keep mentioning the pixie thing.

[11/4/16, 9:08:02 PM] Quill: And I almost won an arm wrestling competition.

[11/4/16, 9:08:12 PM] Rune: I like the festival!

[11/4/16, 9:08:17 PM] Quill: It was interesting, Hank.

[11/4/16, 9:08:20 PM] Rune: Have you tried the dragonears?

[11/4/16, 9:08:41 PM] Rune: The cinnamon ones are really good.

[11/4/16, 9:08:41 PM] Josh: Edwina: "Hmph.  Stupid name.  Dragons don't even have ears."

[11/4/16, 9:08:57 PM] Hank: Then you go and get pixied Quill.

[11/4/16, 9:09:05 PM] Rune: If they did, they probably wouldn't be made of frybread and sugar and cinnamon.

[11/4/16, 9:09:20 PM] Josh: Edwina begins packing up her cards.

[11/4/16, 9:09:39 PM] Josh: Edwina: "The ale is good.  Can be, anyway."

[11/4/16, 9:09:42 PM] Quill: On to find more victims?

[11/4/16, 9:10:39 PM] Josh: Edwina: "Hmph, I should hope so.  Maybe some who aren't quite so perceptive...but just as foolish."

[11/4/16, 9:11:27 PM] Quill: Quill grins.

[11/4/16, 9:11:55 PM] Josh: Edwina walks away.

[11/4/16, 9:12:27 PM] Josh: Edwina: "Oh, one last thing...the man in the top hat down that way...mildly entertaining."

[11/4/16, 9:12:44 PM] Quill: Thanks for the heads up.

[11/4/16, 9:12:55 PM] Josh: Edwina: "I never knew people to be such masters of satire."

[11/4/16, 9:13:06 PM] Rune: ... satire?

[11/4/16, 9:13:06 PM] Josh: And with that she leaves.

[11/4/16, 9:14:10 PM] Quill: Quill starts in the direction she indicated.

[11/4/16, 9:14:30 PM] Hank: Hank follows.

[11/4/16, 9:14:53 PM] Josh: As you approach, before long you see people gathered around a tent with a sign, hand-painted, above it.  It reads "Silvain the Sight-ful" is curly, fancy letters.

[11/4/16, 9:15:30 PM] Quill: Hmmm.  Fortune teller?

[11/4/16, 9:16:20 PM] Rune: Maybe. Let's see.

[11/4/16, 9:17:02 PM] Josh: You enter the tent as see a tall thin man with a curly mostache and a top hat.

[11/4/16, 9:18:03 PM] Josh: Silvain: "Step up!  Step up!  Gather!  Come, have your future found, your fate figured and your...fortune...fortained...

[11/4/16, 9:18:36 PM] Quill: What kind of divination do you use?

[11/4/16, 9:20:07 PM] Josh: Silvain: "Ah, I am a reader of palms and a guide of the grooves of your scalp.  All you are and all that will happen is marked on your body by the Gods themselves, you see."

[11/4/16, 9:20:21 PM] Josh: Silvain: "Care to try it out?  A mere five gold for a reading."

[11/4/16, 9:20:26 PM] Rune: Does that actually work?

[11/4/16, 9:20:33 PM] Rune: It doesn't sound like it should.

[11/4/16, 9:21:05 PM] Josh: Silvain: "I am student of the art of Phrenology.  I have mastered it after years of study."

[11/4/16, 9:21:41 PM] Quill: I don't like people touching my head.  I'll pass.

[11/4/16, 9:22:30 PM] Hank: Yes and a god gave me a warning of the future just a couple hours ago. But you know what sure I will give it a go.

[11/4/16, 9:22:59 PM] Josh: Silvain seems taken aback by your statement but pulls you up out of the crowd and looks over your palm.

[11/4/16, 9:23:45 PM] Josh: Silvain: "Ah yes, I see...you had a stressful childhood growing up, yes?"

[11/4/16, 9:24:07 PM] Rune: Rune watches interestedly.

[11/4/16, 9:24:25 PM] Hank: Yes, very hard to tell that with me being a half-orc and all.

[11/4/16, 9:24:45 PM] Josh: Silvain: "But...you made it through, with the help of a dear and close friend...yes?"

[11/4/16, 9:25:23 PM] Hank: No.

[11/4/16, 9:25:53 PM] Josh: Silvain: "...not a friend...but someone close to you...a parent?"

[11/4/16, 9:26:19 PM] Hank: Yes.

[11/4/16, 9:26:23 PM] Rune: ... I think you need to practice your cold read skills.

[11/4/16, 9:26:49 PM] Josh: Silvain grabs Hank by the face now.  "Yes...just you and your...mother...father long gone...I see it all now..."

[11/4/16, 9:27:23 PM] Josh: Silvain: "You joined the guards young, and you are a talented young fighter, yes, I see."

[11/4/16, 9:27:43 PM] Quill: The sword and armor didn't give that away at all.

[11/4/16, 9:28:08 PM] Josh: Silvain: "And fear not, for that talent shall be rewarded!"

[11/4/16, 9:28:29 PM] Josh: Silvain: "I see into your future.  Yes.  That promotion WILL BE YOURS!"

[11/4/16, 9:28:37 PM] Josh: The audience oooohs and claps.

[11/4/16, 9:28:51 PM] Quill: Quill eyes the crowd.  "Really?"

[11/4/16, 9:29:56 PM] Hank: Well that was a waste.

[11/4/16, 9:31:06 PM] Hank: Hank tosses him his five gold and walks away.

[11/4/16, 9:31:47 PM] Quill: Good news, Hank.  Congratulations!

[11/4/16, 9:31:58 PM] Quill: That gum you like is coming back in style!

[11/4/16, 9:32:34 PM] Anna: I kind of wonder what he'd say about me, although I'd rather not place my hand in his, on account of the leprosy.

[11/4/16, 9:33:14 PM] Josh: As you walk out, could everyone make a perception check.

[11/4/16, 9:33:18 PM] Hank: You want an actual future portent than how about Great change is coming centering around Havenfall.

[11/4/16, 9:33:59 PM] Anna: [8, also afk again. (sorreh.)]

[11/4/16, 9:34:23 PM] Hank: (( 3 ))

[11/4/16, 9:34:39 PM] Quill: ((11))

[11/4/16, 9:35:05 PM] Josh: ((Nice work everyone))

[11/4/16, 9:35:16 PM] Quill: ((We are on it.))

[11/4/16, 9:35:28 PM] Josh: Well, it seems just lovely out.

[11/4/16, 9:36:59 PM] Quill: Let's move on.

[11/4/16, 9:37:17 PM] Hank: That was at least told to me by an actual god, so as vague as it is it actually means something.

[11/4/16, 9:37:42 PM] Quill: Is that what Bahamut told you?

[11/4/16, 9:38:41 PM] Rune: I hope it doesn't mean we're going to permanently slide halfway into the Feywild or something.

[11/4/16, 9:38:45 PM] Hank: That's why he and Tiamat are here at least in part he was particularly vague.

[11/4/16, 9:39:27 PM] Quill: Hmmm.  Maybe it's something to do with Argesh's display?

[11/4/16, 9:40:34 PM] Hank: You think Argesh has set something up big enough to attract the attentions of deities?

[11/4/16, 9:41:03 PM] Josh: As you guys walk, eventually, you hear some muffled cries and cruel laughter.

[11/4/16, 9:41:21 PM] Josh: It seems to be coming down an alley.

[11/4/16, 9:41:34 PM] Hank: Hank will head to the alley.

[11/4/16, 9:41:42 PM] Quill: Quill follows!

[11/4/16, 9:42:02 PM] Rune: Rune sticks with Quill!

[11/4/16, 9:42:27 PM] Josh: As you turn you see a group of dragonborn children around a dragonborn girl, tied to a pole.  She has a sign around her neck saying something in draconic.  Her scales are a mixture of black and gold in uneven patterns.

[11/4/16, 9:42:51 PM] Josh: The boys around her are chucking rocks at her as she cries.

[11/4/16, 9:42:56 PM] Quill: HEY.

[11/4/16, 9:43:06 PM] Josh: They stop and look over at you.

[11/4/16, 9:43:14 PM] Quill: Quill creates red dancing lights around his head

[11/4/16, 9:43:29 PM] Quill: STOP THAT.

[11/4/16, 9:43:37 PM] Rune: Rune runs over to the little girl and cuts her free.

[11/4/16, 9:44:30 PM] Josh: One of the dragonborn boys, a tall bronze one looks over at you.  "She's our prisoner!  She's a witch!  We're gonna take her to the witch hunters so they can burn her like you're s'posed to!"

[11/4/16, 9:44:48 PM] Quill: Leave her alone or I will poison you and feed you to my spiders.

[11/4/16, 9:44:54 PM] Rune: ... that's daft. The witch hunters don't even burn witches.

[11/4/16, 9:45:13 PM] Rune: And how you look doesn't have anything to do with whether you're a witch.

[11/4/16, 9:45:35 PM] Quill: Quill advances on the boys threateningly.

[11/4/16, 9:45:39 PM] Josh: As you untie and ungag the girl, she keeps crying.

[11/4/16, 9:45:57 PM] Josh: The other boys run, but the bronze dragonborn stands his ground.

[11/4/16, 9:45:59 PM] Rune: Rune takes the sign away and pockets it, and then tries to pick up the kid.

[11/4/16, 9:46:23 PM] Quill: Quill points at the boy, and makes his hand glow a deep red, and then he starts to talk threatingly in Undercommon.

[11/4/16, 9:46:41 PM] Josh: Bronze: "She is so a witch!  I saw her!  She can move the wind with her mind!  Like Tiamat!"

[11/4/16, 9:46:54 PM] Josh: Quill, roll intimidation.

[11/4/16, 9:47:02 PM] Rune: Half the mages in the city can do that, it isn't even special. You're being ridiculous.

[11/4/16, 9:47:04 PM] Quill: ((15))

[11/4/16, 9:47:35 PM] Josh: The boy screams now and runs.  "I'm telling!  I'm telling them all about you!"

[11/4/16, 9:47:39 PM] Rune: Rune tells the little girl quietly, "It's all right, we're with Aegis. We help people."

[11/4/16, 9:47:43 PM] Anna: Anna uses druidcraft to make a slight breeze. Wooo, spooky.

[11/4/16, 9:48:06 PM] Josh: Girl: "I didn't do nothing!  They all hate me!"

[11/4/16, 9:48:07 PM] Anna: [darn it, slow typing.]

[11/4/16, 9:48:35 PM] Rune: I know. They're just being holy assholes, that's all.

[11/4/16, 9:48:38 PM] Anna: Well, they seem like ignorant buffoons.

[11/4/16, 9:49:20 PM] Josh: Girl: "Not my fault.  Both my parents colors got mixed in.  I can't help it."

[11/4/16, 9:49:36 PM] Quill: You're alright now.  Where are your parents?

[11/4/16, 9:49:57 PM] Josh: Girl: "I...I dunno."

[11/4/16, 9:50:11 PM] Quill: Where did you see them last?  We'll help you find them.

[11/4/16, 9:50:24 PM] Rune: I have stripes, you know. Some people think they're pretty.

[11/4/16, 9:51:05 PM] Josh: Girl: "My dad was at the tavern.  He was judging the pie eating contest."

[11/4/16, 9:51:18 PM] Rune: Which tavern?

[11/4/16, 9:51:19 PM] Quill: Well, let's go find him.

[11/4/16, 9:51:31 PM] Josh: Girl: "The big one in the marketplace."

[11/4/16, 9:51:32 PM] Quill: I'm Quill, this is Rune, and Hank, and Anna.

[11/4/16, 9:51:54 PM] Quill: The Scaled Stallion?

[11/4/16, 9:51:57 PM] Rune: Just point us to it when we go by it.

[11/4/16, 9:51:59 PM] Josh: Girl: "I'm Zenys."

[11/4/16, 9:52:03 PM] Rune: Rune offers her a handkerchief.

[11/4/16, 9:52:21 PM] Josh: Zenys takes it a gives a loud sniff into it.

[11/4/16, 9:52:30 PM] Josh: She does lead you to the Scaled Stallion.

[11/4/16, 9:53:03 PM] Rune: If you really are a mage, you ought to make sure to let the Mage's Guild know so that they can teach you a little bit. But you don't have to be one just because you have speckles.

[11/4/16, 9:53:21 PM] Rune: A lot of humans have speckles too, and they don't even seem to notice.

[11/4/16, 9:53:52 PM] Josh: Zenys: "I'm not.  I don't do anything."

[11/4/16, 9:54:23 PM] Quill: That's okay too.  But if you are magic, that doesn't mean you're wicked.

[11/4/16, 9:55:05 PM] Rune: ... people used to throw rocks at me all the time when I was little too, but when you get bigger, they won't anymore.

[11/4/16, 9:55:07 PM] Josh: As you enter you see a large black-scaled dragonborn in the golden draconic armor cheering on as people gorge themselves on pie.

[11/4/16, 9:55:27 PM] Quill: Me too.

[11/4/16, 9:55:46 PM] Josh: Zenys: "OPSOLA!"

[11/4/16, 9:56:26 PM] Josh: The gold scaled dragonborn turns and his expression changes instantly as he sees his daughter, dress torn, scratches and bruises all over her.

[11/4/16, 9:56:34 PM] Josh: Gold: "Zenys?"

[11/4/16, 9:56:41 PM] Josh: He reaches down and picks her up.

[11/4/16, 9:56:55 PM] Quill: A bunch of boys were bullying her.

[11/4/16, 9:57:06 PM] Rune: Stupid ones.

[11/4/16, 9:57:31 PM] Rune: ... I think your scales are beautiful.

[11/4/16, 9:57:34 PM] Josh: He hugs her.  "Thank you.  I...I thought she'd rather go enjoy the festival than stay here with me."

[11/4/16, 9:57:46 PM] Josh: He speaks to her in draconic.

[11/4/16, 9:58:40 PM] Josh: Gold: "I...begging pardon.  I am Lt. Sukris Kr'bor."  He extends his free hand.

[11/4/16, 9:59:08 PM] Quill: Quill shakes it.

[11/4/16, 9:59:17 PM] Quill: I'm Quill, this is Rune, and Anna, and Hank.

[11/4/16, 9:59:22 PM] Rune: We're with Aegis.

[11/4/16, 9:59:24 PM] Quill: We work for the guard.

[11/4/16, 9:59:48 PM] Josh: Sukris: "Ah...for the time being so do I.  Me and my partner."

[11/4/16, 10:00:01 PM] Quill: Quill nods.

[11/4/16, 10:00:22 PM] Rune: ((IS THAT A BABY I HEAR??))

[11/4/16, 10:00:31 PM] Josh: You now see another dragonborn, a red woman, female, in similar armor, stand up.  He face is covered in pie as there is a cheer from the crowd.

[11/4/16, 10:00:50 PM] Josh: Hank, you know this dragonborn from last night.

[11/4/16, 10:01:11 PM] Josh: The bartender cries: "The winner!"  And place a tinfoil crown on her head.

[11/4/16, 10:01:25 PM] Quill: Quill applauds!  He likes pubs.

[11/4/16, 10:01:34 PM] Quill: ((Pubs are his favored terrain.))

[11/4/16, 10:01:56 PM] Josh: ((Is that your nephew?))

[11/4/16, 10:03:53 PM] Quill: Is that your partner there?

[11/4/16, 10:04:35 PM] Rune: ((NO. MY MOM TRICKED MEEEEE. :( ))

[11/4/16, 10:04:35 PM] Josh: Sukris: "Aye.  Reason we're here and not on patrol right now."

[11/4/16, 10:04:53 PM] Quill: Pie eating contest?  Seems fair.

[11/4/16, 10:04:57 PM] Rune: ((She played a video of my nephew and I shot out of my room like a good auntie and then it WAS ONLY YOUTUBE.))

[11/4/16, 10:05:07 PM] Rune: Oh, I like pie! What kind of pie?

[11/4/16, 10:05:30 PM] Josh: Sukris: "First round was berry, then fruit, and this last round was meat."

[11/4/16, 10:05:40 PM] Anna: Judging by the debris, as many kinds as you can name.

[11/4/16, 10:06:03 PM] Anna: Except maybe chocolate.

[11/4/16, 10:06:03 PM] Rune: ... is that dream berry?

[11/4/16, 10:06:14 PM] Josh: The red dragonborn steps forward, pie still all over her face.

[11/4/16, 10:06:30 PM] Josh: Red: "Well, hi."

[11/4/16, 10:06:40 PM] Quill: Congratulations!

[11/4/16, 10:06:43 PM] Josh: Red: "I see the little one is...what happened?"

[11/4/16, 10:06:56 PM] Rune: We found your daughter.

[11/4/16, 10:06:58 PM] Josh: Red: "Oh, yeah, thanks."

[11/4/16, 10:07:08 PM] Quill: She was being bullied in an alley.  I threatened a bunch of children.

[11/4/16, 10:07:21 PM] Josh: Sukris: "Uh, no.  My daughter.  This is my partner, not my mate."

[11/4/16, 10:07:39 PM] Josh: Sukris: "Joxra, care to introduce yourself."

[11/4/16, 10:07:39 PM] Rune: Oh! in Common partner can mean mate. Sorry.

[11/4/16, 10:07:52 PM] Anna: Welp.

[11/4/16, 10:08:07 PM] Josh: Joxra: "Well...I don't need to introduce myself to everyone."

[11/4/16, 10:08:10 PM] Josh: She smiles at Hank.

[11/4/16, 10:08:25 PM] Rune: Oh, are you the girl?

[11/4/16, 10:08:36 PM] Hank: Hank will smile back "hello again".

[11/4/16, 10:08:51 PM] Quill: We're Hank's partners.

[11/4/16, 10:08:58 PM] Rune: But not mates at all.

[11/4/16, 10:09:00 PM] Quill: No.

[11/4/16, 10:09:11 PM] Rune: ... except "mates" can sometimes mean "friends."

[11/4/16, 10:09:38 PM] Anna: Common can be weird like that.

[11/4/16, 10:09:40 PM] Quill: Common really is a mess of a hodgepodge language.

[11/4/16, 10:09:52 PM] Anna: But yes, we work with Hank.

[11/4/16, 10:10:01 PM] Rune: Yes. Anyway, Hank is really wonderful.

[11/4/16, 10:10:23 PM] Rune: And so are you! That is a very impressive amount of pie.

[11/4/16, 10:10:30 PM] Josh: Sukris: "Hey, Zerys...sia moxt naushindcal, want to go see the play, yes?  Feel better."

[11/4/16, 10:10:54 PM] Rune: I wish I didn't have such a weak stomach.

[11/4/16, 10:11:24 PM] Josh: Joxra: "It can be helpful, at times.  During hazing especially."

[11/4/16, 10:11:37 PM] Josh: Joxra points over at Sukris.  "The things he made me eat."

[11/4/16, 10:11:38 PM] Rune: Hazing?

[11/4/16, 10:11:47 PM] Quill: Did a pie once wrong you?  Is that what gave you this capacity?

[11/4/16, 10:12:11 PM] Anna: Oh, boy. That takes me back.

[11/4/16, 10:12:57 PM] Josh: Joxra: "You're a soldier, that explains it."

[11/4/16, 10:13:03 PM] Anna: If you can help it, never cross the equator while in the employ of the Davos military.

[11/4/16, 10:13:20 PM] Josh: Joxra: "I'll keep that in mind."

[11/4/16, 10:13:57 PM] Josh: Sukris: "You guys going to the play in the North section?  We're on patrol, but maybe you can safe-guard Zerys there."

[11/4/16, 10:14:09 PM] Josh: Sukris: "We'll be nearby if anything happens."

[11/4/16, 10:14:16 PM] Rune: I want to see the play.

[11/4/16, 10:14:17 PM] Quill: We had an appointment of our own at midday.

[11/4/16, 10:14:33 PM] Quill: ((Where are we supposed to meet with Darksbane?))

[11/4/16, 10:15:05 PM] Hank: ((His bar I believe))

[11/4/16, 10:15:08 PM] Josh: ((His bar down south, but I am moving the schedule around since Creed's not here and I don't know if he wants to be present for that))

[11/4/16, 10:15:36 PM] Creed: (( I hath returned!))

[11/4/16, 10:15:43 PM] Anna: [yaaaaaay]

[11/4/16, 10:15:44 PM] Josh: ((Or...))

[11/4/16, 10:15:57 PM] Anna: [also, that was ludicrously convenient]

[11/4/16, 10:16:14 PM] Josh: ((I think he was lying in wait for his cue))

[11/4/16, 10:16:17 PM] Creed: (( A convenience among conveniences.)

[11/4/16, 10:16:34 PM] Quill: When is the play?

[11/4/16, 10:16:46 PM] Josh: Sukris: "About 3 hours."

[11/4/16, 10:17:05 PM] Rune: We've got plenty of time, then.

[11/4/16, 10:17:23 PM] Quill: Yeah, we'll go take care of our business, then swing back here.

[11/4/16, 10:17:35 PM] Josh: Sukris: "Sounds good, we'll be here."

[11/4/16, 10:17:48 PM] Josh: Joxra gives Hank a peck on the cheek.  "I'll be waiting."

[11/4/16, 10:20:24 PM] Rune: Rune smiles.

[11/4/16, 10:20:36 PM] Quill: We'll be back.

[11/4/16, 10:20:38 PM] Hank: We will be quick, see you shortly.

[11/4/16, 10:20:58 PM] Josh: So, off to DB?

[11/4/16, 10:21:06 PM] Quill: ((Yep.))

[11/4/16, 10:21:53 PM] Josh: Ok, after walking to the familiar bar and the familiar alley and speaking a familiar phrase you are greeted with a familiar half-orc face you haven't seen in a long time...Doreth.

[11/4/16, 10:22:11 PM] Rune: Doreth! You're not dead!

[11/4/16, 10:22:14 PM] Rune: Rune hugs him.

[11/4/16, 10:22:37 PM] Josh: Doreth hugs back.  "Thank you...why would I be dead?  They just gave me vacation."

[11/4/16, 10:23:43 PM] Rune: I didn't think criminal empires were big on benefits.

[11/4/16, 10:24:09 PM] Josh: Doreth: "Oh no, great benefits.  I even get dental."

[11/4/16, 10:24:27 PM] Quill: Yeah.  Often vacation means "vacation".

[11/4/16, 10:24:34 PM] Quill: Quill makes quotation fingers.

[11/4/16, 10:24:56 PM] Josh: Doreth: "Nah.  Probably just wanted to spook ya.  Part of his thing."

[11/4/16, 10:25:21 PM] Josh: Doreth looks over at Hank.  "So...you're new."

[11/4/16, 10:25:29 PM] Quill: And the disguises.  What's with the disguises?

[11/4/16, 10:27:42 PM] Hank: I have been here twice before, just never met you.

[11/4/16, 10:28:32 PM] Josh: Doreth: "Ok...so...Mr. Darksbane is dealing with some business inside.  But he asked I guide you to the wardrobe downstairs and he'd meet you there."

[11/4/16, 10:29:20 PM] Rune: ... as long as you're not him pretending to be you.

[11/4/16, 10:29:43 PM] Josh: Doreth: "Maybe I was always him.  Maybe there is not Doreth."

[11/4/16, 10:30:07 PM] Quill: OoooOOOOoooo.

[11/4/16, 10:30:09 PM] Josh: Doreth holds a straight face for a second, then laughs.  "Sorry.  He told me to say that.  Follow me."

[11/4/16, 10:30:21 PM] Quill: "But he died three years ago!"

[11/4/16, 10:30:35 PM] Creed: "Of course he told you that."

[11/4/16, 10:30:43 PM] Rune: Rune makes a face.

[11/4/16, 10:31:18 PM] Josh: Doreth guides you into the bar.  There is a band playing a swing/jazz tune as people dance and play cards.  The mood is very jolly compared to last time.

[11/4/16, 10:31:31 PM] Josh: The fat man who was DB before is now playing piano.

[11/4/16, 10:31:37 PM] Rune: He must be in a good mood.

[11/4/16, 10:32:10 PM] Josh: Doreth guides you into a side room and you feel a whoosh...and suddenly you are in this massive chamber full of clothes.

[11/4/16, 10:32:49 PM] Josh: The walls are all lined with mirrors.

[11/4/16, 10:33:10 PM] Rune: ... wow.

[11/4/16, 10:33:49 PM] Josh: As you turn a corner you also see a familiar face.  A green-skinned Tiefling.  Flare.

[11/4/16, 10:33:57 PM] Quill: Hi, Flare.

[11/4/16, 10:33:59 PM] Josh: He's dressed in a canary yellow suit.

[11/4/16, 10:34:24 PM] Josh: Flare: "Hello, hello.  Isn't this a treat?"

[11/4/16, 10:34:26 PM] Rune: ... oh, thank evil.

[11/4/16, 10:35:08 PM] Josh: Flare: "So, I will be your guide through this magical tour of my projects past."

[11/4/16, 10:35:51 PM] Quill: ((11 to make sure it's really him.))

[11/4/16, 10:37:07 PM] Quill: Good.

[11/4/16, 10:37:34 PM] Josh: It's then that you hear panting and footsteps running down a corridor.

[11/4/16, 10:37:35 PM] Rune: I was afraid he was going to make me wear something skimpy.

[11/4/16, 10:37:52 PM] Josh: DB then rounds the corner, he looks a bit a mess.

[11/4/16, 10:38:04 PM] Rune: ... what happened to you?

[11/4/16, 10:38:12 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "Sorry I'm late.  Someone say something about skimpy?"

[11/4/16, 10:38:20 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "A business meeting."

[11/4/16, 10:38:30 PM] Anna: Ah.

[11/4/16, 10:38:39 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "It went well."

[11/4/16, 10:39:15 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "Now, before we start, the Duchess said she wouldn't need my help, right?"

[11/4/16, 10:39:34 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "I'd hate for her to feel like she was taking charity."

[11/4/16, 10:39:56 PM] Creed: "Choosing isn't hard, I'll have a look."

[11/4/16, 10:39:56 PM] Quill: I have some pretty nice clothes too, but I don't know if they're appropriate for a formal VIP type event.

[11/4/16, 10:40:20 PM] Anna: I've pretty much just got this.

[11/4/16, 10:40:21 PM] Rune: The wedding dress?

[11/4/16, 10:40:31 PM] Rune: I have formal robes.

[11/4/16, 10:40:32 PM] Quill: No, for performing.

[11/4/16, 10:41:21 PM] Josh: Darksbane turns to Anna.  "I may be able to help with your problem."  He presents a raven pin, similar to the one Hank wore on his stake out.

[11/4/16, 10:42:34 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "You know, if you want it."

[11/4/16, 10:45:11 PM] Anna: Anna gently takes the pin, if it is being held out to her.

[11/4/16, 10:45:13 PM] Quill: Quill is looking through some clothes.

[11/4/16, 10:45:28 PM] Rune: ... I don't know what to pick.

[11/4/16, 10:46:50 PM] Josh: Flare: "Well, we have some ballgown style decor, but that may be a bit difficult to move around in if it's outdoors.  We have something with some more slink in it."

[11/4/16, 10:47:09 PM] Quill: You could wear anything and be pretty.  You could just wear formal robes, if you'd be more comfortable in them.  I mean, you are a Wizard and part of the Mages Guild.  And there's like a 75% chance that it'll all devolve into a battle, so you want to be ready for that.

[11/4/16, 10:47:13 PM] Rune: ((REAL BABBY))

[11/4/16, 10:47:46 PM] Quill: I might just wear nice performing clothes.  They're colorful and I'm used to them.  I use them for upscale gigs.

[11/4/16, 10:48:27 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "I have a magically enhanced outfit for one of the ladies, if someone wants it."

[11/4/16, 10:48:52 PM] Creed: "As long as it doesn't get in the way of running."

[11/4/16, 10:49:02 PM] Josh: Darksbane holds out a dress that seems to be just black with some sparkles in it...then you notices the sparkles are swirling...and that they are stars."

[11/4/16, 10:49:10 PM] Josh: It is very slinky, though.

[11/4/16, 10:49:15 PM] Rune: Enhanced how.... oh, that's perfect for Creed.

[11/4/16, 10:49:39 PM] Rune: Quill, you'd look nice in anything.

[11/4/16, 10:49:45 PM] Josh: Darksbane looks at Creed.  "It's not a royal outfit, I'll grant you..."

[11/4/16, 10:50:19 PM] Creed: "I'm sure there's something we can change for that."

[11/4/16, 10:50:46 PM] Josh: This is the dress I am thinking of, incidentally:

https://i2.wp.com/static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale\_super/6/67173/1754989-zatanna\_dress\_made\_of\_stars.jpg

[11/4/16, 10:51:01 PM] Creed: ((Knew it))

[11/4/16, 10:52:26 PM] Anna: Anna fastens the pin somewhere on her person, to check what sort of form it has programmed in.

[11/4/16, 10:53:05 PM] Anna: [sorreh, was distracted by meatspace nonsense]

[11/4/16, 10:53:32 PM] Josh: As you fasten the pin, your form shifts and changes and you look...the best way I can describe it is a form-fitting burqa.  It is bright pink, but tasteful, and has heels that make her height no longer seem as massive.

[11/4/16, 10:53:50 PM] Rune: ((I don't think you mean burqa.))

[11/4/16, 10:53:53 PM] Quill: That is a lot of pink.

[11/4/16, 10:54:28 PM] Josh: ((I probably don't.  I simply meant it covers all of her body and face, but is still dress-shaped))

[11/4/16, 10:54:54 PM] Josh: DB: "We can modify the color however you want.  I figured the full body cover would help you maintain the leprosy story."

[11/4/16, 10:55:03 PM] Rune: ((Hijab, maybe?))

[11/4/16, 10:55:40 PM] Quill: "Story"?  That seems insensitive, Darksbrain.

[11/4/16, 10:55:55 PM] Creed: "It works."

[11/4/16, 10:56:01 PM] Rune: ((With an abaya?))

[11/4/16, 10:56:42 PM] Rune: It's a very bright pink. Softer might be better. Or silver. Silver might be better?

[11/4/16, 10:56:57 PM] Josh: ((I am now googling all the things Josie is bringing up, so the ads I see online will be women's clothes for a while))

[11/4/16, 10:57:04 PM] Creed: "Ironic if it's silver."

[11/4/16, 10:57:19 PM] Anna: Hey, it saves me the trouble of cleaning and enameling my actual suit.

[11/4/16, 10:57:25 PM] Rune: ((Sorry! But a burqa proper is like wearing a trash bag without any eyeholes and just a mesh there for you to barely see through. Also they're usually robin's egg blue.))

[11/4/16, 10:58:12 PM] Rune: (( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types\_of\_hijab ))

[11/4/16, 10:58:21 PM] Josh: ((Hijab probably works better))

[11/4/16, 10:58:53 PM] Josh: The eye holes are mesh, though, you cannot see any facial details here.

[11/4/16, 10:59:16 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "I'll ask the artificers to adjust it for silver."

[11/4/16, 10:59:29 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "Maybe work in some celestial designs."

[11/4/16, 11:00:16 PM] Rune: Rune nodnods.

[11/4/16, 11:00:16 PM] Anna: That would be lovely.

[11/4/16, 11:00:29 PM] Josh: Darksbane turns to Hank.  "Not interested.  Or just nervous?"

[11/4/16, 11:00:56 PM] Hank: Not interested.

[11/4/16, 11:01:18 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "Already got something?  That's fine."

[11/4/16, 11:02:05 PM] Quill: He doesn't trust you.  I mean, none of us really do, but he's just a lot more overt about it.

[11/4/16, 11:02:14 PM] Rune: He could wear the thing he wore to Quill's wedding.

[11/4/16, 11:02:21 PM] Rune: That showed a lot of chest.

[11/4/16, 11:03:00 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "Well, good to know where I stand."

[11/4/16, 11:03:04 PM] Quill: I'm sure he can just wear fancy armor.  It would not be a bad idea to be ready for denizens of the far realm to come and kill us.

[11/4/16, 11:03:22 PM] Hank: I have some dress armor that should work. And yes Quill I don't trust Datksbane at all.

[11/4/16, 11:03:30 PM] Quill: Look, you've been helpful,, and I think we have a decent working relationship.

[11/4/16, 11:03:53 PM] Quill: But you like lying way too much to be trustworthy just yet.

[11/4/16, 11:03:54 PM] Rune: I don't think any of us do. We should use a different name for him though, Darksbane is ...

[11/4/16, 11:04:10 PM] Rune: ... well, it's like an alias a thirteen-year-old boy would come up with.

[11/4/16, 11:04:38 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "Ok, now that, that's just hurtful."

[11/4/16, 11:05:04 PM] Rune: But it's also accurate, isn't it.

[11/4/16, 11:06:16 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "...maybe it was an inheritance."

[11/4/16, 11:06:48 PM] Rune: Rune eyes him.

[11/4/16, 11:07:22 PM] Hank: Still especially if you will be with us in public we need a normal name to refer to you by.

[11/4/16, 11:07:39 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "...ok...How about Jamaros?"

[11/4/16, 11:07:58 PM] Josh: Darksbane: "It's Cindarian."

[11/4/16, 11:08:01 PM] Creed: "That sounds familiar.."

[11/4/16, 11:08:08 PM] Rune: I like that better.

[11/4/16, 11:08:18 PM] Rune: Jam for short. Everyone loves jam.

[11/4/16, 11:08:20 PM] Creed: "Not sure why."

[11/4/16, 11:08:22 PM] Josh: ((Is it familiar))

[11/4/16, 11:08:29 PM] Creed: ((Is it???))

[11/4/16, 11:08:37 PM] Creed: (( x files theme plays ))

[11/4/16, 11:08:45 PM] Josh: ((...I don't think I used it in this game before))

[11/4/16, 11:08:56 PM] Creed: (( I've seen it as your skype name before ))

[11/4/16, 11:08:59 PM] Quill: Jamaros.  Much better.

[11/4/16, 11:09:02 PM] Josh: ((Oh))

[11/4/16, 11:09:07 PM] Josh: ((Ok, that makes sense))

[11/4/16, 11:10:29 PM] Josh: Flare holds out a green outfit to Quill.  It's a colonial-era suit.  "This might go well with your hair."

[11/4/16, 11:10:37 PM] Rune: It's sweet and fruity and delicious.

[11/4/16, 11:11:02 PM] Josh: Jamaros: "I already regret this."

[11/4/16, 11:12:12 PM] Quill: Quill looks at the suit.  "I do have a nice set of clothes already.  But thanks, Flare."

[11/4/16, 11:12:30 PM] Josh: Flare: "Whatever.  I get paid either way."

[11/4/16, 11:12:33 PM] Rune: Green will look nice on you, Quill.

[11/4/16, 11:13:40 PM] Josh: Should I fast forward at this point?  We can work out who does or does not get what later.

[11/4/16, 11:13:51 PM] Quill: ((Works for me.))

[11/4/16, 11:13:55 PM] Hank: ((Sure))

[11/4/16, 11:14:03 PM] Quill: ((We can just do the trying-clothes-on-montage.))

[11/4/16, 11:14:26 PM] Josh: So...we can either stop now or go off to the play.

[11/4/16, 11:15:08 PM] Quill: ((I can keep going, yay west coast!  It's up to everyone else.))

[11/4/16, 11:15:40 PM] Hank: (( I am ok with continuing))

[11/4/16, 11:15:54 PM] Creed: (( we can keep goin ))

[11/4/16, 11:15:59 PM] Rune: ((I can keep going!))

[11/4/16, 11:16:05 PM] Josh: ((...ok then))

[11/4/16, 11:16:30 PM] Rune: ((Sorry, Skype on my comp died but it's working on my phone, I'll just be a tiny bit slow.))

[11/4/16, 11:16:37 PM] Josh: You guys stop by and pick up Zerys.  You also meet Joxra (Hank's Date Last Night) in her civvies as well.

[11/4/16, 11:17:08 PM] Rune: Rune compliments Joxra.

[11/4/16, 11:17:12 PM] Josh: Joxra: "Turns out my shift is being covered.  I can just take her, if you want."

[11/4/16, 11:17:16 PM] Josh: Joxra: "Thanks."

[11/4/16, 11:17:28 PM] Rune: I'd like to go!

[11/4/16, 11:17:33 PM] Quill: Well, we were going to go to this play anyway, so we can just all go together.

[11/4/16, 11:18:01 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[11/4/16, 11:19:05 PM] Josh: Joxra nods and you guys head off.  As you head to the north side, again, you see it is overwhelming more human than the south side.  You also notice, while still a clearly poor district, a bit cleaner and nicer.

[11/4/16, 11:19:29 PM] Josh: You approach a stage set up in the middle of a closed off street.

[11/4/16, 11:20:14 PM] Josh: A hush falls over as trumpets blare and the curtain is drawn back.

[11/4/16, 11:20:23 PM] Josh: A man stands center stage.  The backdrop is bare, but a fancy looking recliner sofa and side table is arranged (clearly showing signs of age and misuse, though).  The man is dressed in robes of gold and red and his body has been painted a more metallic gold color.  He wears a strange hat/mask combo that resembles the top half of a dragon’s head.  You realize he is meant to be a golden dragonborn, of some regal station.

[11/4/16, 11:20:26 PM] Rune: Rune watches raptly!

[11/4/16, 11:20:46 PM] Josh: Another man, Halfling it looks like, but dressed in a dragonborn servant costume enters.

“My emperor, the people are revolting.”

The emperor responds in an overly foppish manner.  “Ugh, I know.  Have you seen them?  Those rags were so last season.”

[11/4/16, 11:21:06 PM] Josh: There’s a slight chuckle around the audience.  People seem more confused than amused, though.

[11/4/16, 11:21:28 PM] Quill: ((Whoops))

[11/4/16, 11:21:49 PM] Quill: ((Did not mean to roll, there, I am not trying to see if the play is lying.))

[11/4/16, 11:22:11 PM] Josh: Servant: “N…no, my liege, I mean they are marching towards the castle.  They claim they have no food and their families are dying of illness.”

Emperor: “Ooooh, they can be so needy some times.  Very well, prepare a response.”

Servant: “Immediately sir.  What shall I tell them?”

Emperor: “Tell them?  Nothing, of course.  Call my most trusted advisor on the people.  General K’Vorn.”

 Another man, painted black, dressed in a soldier’s uniform and wearing a sinister dragon mask (the whiskers on the front are even curled into a sinister moustache) enters.

[11/4/16, 11:22:45 PM] Josh: K’Vorn: “You sent for me.”

The audience reaction is immediate, as a series of joyful boos comes up from the human viewers.  They have gotten what’s going on.  This isn’t a history, it’s a mockery of the empire and especially their most infamous historical figure, The Fiend King.

[11/4/16, 11:22:48 PM] Rune: Rune blinks and whispers to Quill. "Can dragonborn have mustaches? is that racist to ask?"

[11/4/16, 11:23:38 PM] Quill: I don't think it's racist.  But they can't really grow hair, can they?

[11/4/16, 11:23:44 PM] Josh: Emperor: “My general, oh, my dearest general.”

The emperor prances over and kisses K’Vorn on both cheeks.

Emperor: “My most loyal servant, you would never allow any harm to befall me.”

K’Vorn: (stage mutters) “Well, not before Tuesday, anyway.”

Laugh.

[11/4/16, 11:24:06 PM] Josh: Hank, you can see Joxra tense up at this point.

[11/4/16, 11:24:13 PM] Quill: Quill eyes the Dragonborn.

[11/4/16, 11:24:18 PM] Josh: A lot of dragonborn in the audience are tensing up.

[11/4/16, 11:24:22 PM] Quill: This message has been removed.

[11/4/16, 11:24:58 PM] Hank: Hank will whisper "do you want to leave?"

[11/4/16, 11:24:59 PM] Quill: Oh good.  Simmering cultural tension.  Perfect subject matter for a play.

[11/4/16, 11:25:07 PM] Josh: Emperor: “Oh, mighty K’Vorn, what shall we do?”

K’Vorn: “Well, I say we begin with a fiery assault.  Blast them back, show them who’s in charge.”

Emperor: “General, general…I haven’t even told you the situation, yet, please.  Now, our very own subjects, my subjects are marching on my beautiful palace demanding gold and food and such.  How shall I respond.”

K’Vorn: “I see… well, I say we begin with a fiery assault.  Blast them back, show them who’s in charge.”

Emperor: “Brilliant!  It worked on the humans, and halflings and gnomes.  Surely this is how I’ll earn their respect.”

[11/4/16, 11:25:18 PM] Creed: Creed arms are crossed, she's tapping on her own arm

[11/4/16, 11:25:26 PM] Josh: Joxra: "Yeah."

[11/4/16, 11:25:36 PM] Josh: A lot of Dragonborn are leaving at this point.

[11/4/16, 11:25:41 PM] Rune: ... I think we had better stay because something bad might happen.

[11/4/16, 11:25:49 PM] Rune: But I don't want to watch it. That's not funny.

[11/4/16, 11:26:13 PM] Quill: We should get Zerys out.

[11/4/16, 11:26:22 PM] Quill: She doesn't need to see this.

[11/4/16, 11:26:34 PM] Rune: Good idea. Joxra, can you take her with you?

[11/4/16, 11:26:51 PM] Quill: Quill makes a face at the stage.

[11/4/16, 11:27:02 PM] Hank: Hank gets up and starts leaving with Zerys and Joxra.

[11/4/16, 11:27:02 PM] Josh: Joxra nods and takes her.  The two are saying something in draconic.

[11/4/16, 11:27:13 PM] Quill: Quill conjures up an Unseen Servant in his seat.

[11/4/16, 11:28:04 PM] Josh: The rest of the play goes on for a while.  The humans in the audience laugh along to every beat.  They laugh as The Fiend King unleashes his army and enslaves his people.  They laugh as his plans fall.

[11/4/16, 11:28:27 PM] Rune: Rune is just kind of permanently horrified.

[11/4/16, 11:28:31 PM] Josh: They stop laughing at the last act, though, when the perfect, chiseled, gorgeous humans show up to save the day.

[11/4/16, 11:28:34 PM] Josh: They cheer then.

[11/4/16, 11:28:44 PM] Rune: Rune rolls her eyes so hard.

[11/4/16, 11:28:52 PM] Quill: Quill would like to, over the course of the play, use Unseen Servant to to mess with the actors.

[11/4/16, 11:29:05 PM] Josh: Ok.  Roll a stealth check.

[11/4/16, 11:29:11 PM] Anna: Anna would roll her eyes, if she could.

[11/4/16, 11:29:17 PM] Quill: ((23.))

[11/4/16, 11:29:54 PM] Josh: It's subtle, but a series of strange occurances keep happening in the show.  Actors trip, props go missing, costumes tear open.

[11/4/16, 11:30:29 PM] Josh: Eventually, the play ends and people leave, except one.  A figure dressed in red robes heads backstage.

[11/4/16, 11:32:10 PM] Rune: Rune follows.

[11/4/16, 11:32:13 PM] Quill: ((Was he one of the actors?))

[11/4/16, 11:32:19 PM] Josh: (( No ))

[11/4/16, 11:32:31 PM] Quill: Quill follows Rune.

[11/4/16, 11:33:07 PM] Anna: Anna follows, as a particularly scraggly looking calico cat.

[11/4/16, 11:33:18 PM] Josh: As you go backstage, you see the man handing gold to the actor dressed as the servant.  "Well done.  Couldn't ask for a better presentation."

[11/4/16, 11:33:31 PM] Josh: As he turns, you recognize him.  It's Zharn, son of Sarron.

[11/4/16, 11:33:41 PM] Josh: Were you guys hiding?

[11/4/16, 11:34:00 PM] Quill: ((I wasn't.))

[11/4/16, 11:34:04 PM] Rune: Rune isn't.

[11/4/16, 11:34:06 PM] Rune: You.

[11/4/16, 11:34:18 PM] Josh: He freezes as he sees you.  "...what...what are you doing here?"

[11/4/16, 11:34:33 PM] Rune: I should have known an obvious pathetic loser like you would do an obvious pathetic loserish thing like this stupid play!

[11/4/16, 11:34:55 PM] Josh: Zharn: "I wasn't even doing anything to you!"

[11/4/16, 11:35:18 PM] Quill: This whole play was basically an attack on good taste.

[11/4/16, 11:35:28 PM] Rune: Oh, and trying to foment some sort of ridiculous VIOLENCE against dragonborn in our actual CITY, the city you ACTUALLY LIVE IN, isn't doing anything?

[11/4/16, 11:35:45 PM] Quill: Quill points at the actor he handed the money to.  "YOU.  What's your name?"

[11/4/16, 11:35:50 PM] Anna: Anna mrows judgementally.

[11/4/16, 11:36:03 PM] Rune: ((Man, now they're really going to think you're an actual cat.))

[11/4/16, 11:36:17 PM] Quill: ((Yeah, that's pretty much how cats meow.))

[11/4/16, 11:36:17 PM] Josh: Actor: "Um...Norzu?"

[11/4/16, 11:36:33 PM] Quill: You were terrible.

[11/4/16, 11:36:45 PM] Josh: Norzu: "...everybody's a critic."

[11/4/16, 11:36:49 PM] Josh: And Norzu walks off.

[11/4/16, 11:36:53 PM] Rune: You were fine, the material was terrible.

[11/4/16, 11:36:58 PM] Quill: And eeeeeveryone's gonna know.

[11/4/16, 11:36:59 PM] Rune: Rune glares at Zharn.

[11/4/16, 11:37:15 PM] Josh: Zharn: "I was just providing a counter-argument."

[11/4/16, 11:37:41 PM] Rune: And I'm sure you won't object if they do the same thing during your ridiculous human ethnic festival?

[11/4/16, 11:38:25 PM] Josh: Zharn: "We don't have one.  Not one we do here.  Certainly not one like this, devoted to genocide and tyranny."

[11/4/16, 11:39:07 PM] Rune: That's because their best days are in the past and humans' aren't. And everybody who isn't daft already knows that.

[11/4/16, 11:39:15 PM] Rune: You don't have festivals like this when you're doing well.

[11/4/16, 11:39:17 PM] Quill: I'm pretty sure the entire human-centric government movement is your year round nationalist festival.

[11/4/16, 11:40:35 PM] Josh: Zharn: "Oh, pardon me.  We should feel bad for the people who rode their death monsters over our fields and killed our people, BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET TO DO IT ANYMORE!"

[11/4/16, 11:40:45 PM] Rune: No, you shouldn't.

[11/4/16, 11:41:01 PM] Rune: But you shouldn't be an asshole about it. You can afford to be magnanimous. You won.

[11/4/16, 11:41:40 PM] Rune: Death monsters over.

[11/4/16, 11:42:44 PM] Quill: C'mon, let's clear out.

[11/4/16, 11:42:59 PM] Josh: Zharn: "Yeah, sure.  Run off."

[11/4/16, 11:43:00 PM] Quill: This is stupid, he's stupid.

[11/4/16, 11:43:19 PM] Quill: And sitting here and yelling at him isn't going to convince him he's stupid.

[11/4/16, 11:43:23 PM] Rune: I'm not running off, I'm trying to get it through your thick head that if you keep fomenting some kind of ethnic supremacy you're going to start riots.

[11/4/16, 11:43:32 PM] Quill: He wants riots.

[11/4/16, 11:43:44 PM] Quill: Because he's rich.

[11/4/16, 11:43:50 PM] Quill: He won't be affected.

[11/4/16, 11:43:50 PM] Josh: Zharn: "I'm not talking about supremacy!  I'm talking about recognition!"

[11/4/16, 11:44:07 PM] Rune: That doesn't make any sense, rich people own property. His will be the first house they burn down.

[11/4/16, 11:44:36 PM] Quill: But he'll be safe with all his money, and all the poor people,, the people he's trying to get to riot?  They'll have even less.

[11/4/16, 11:44:59 PM] Josh: Zharn: "I don't believe this."

[11/4/16, 11:45:02 PM] Rune: Then do something to get recognition. Start your own festival! Celebrate the human rescue of the poor benighted dragonborn who were tricked into supporting a complete arse.

[11/4/16, 11:45:32 PM] Rune: Then you'll get some dragonborn on your side as well and still come out looking like the heroes. Don't you know anything about politics?

[11/4/16, 11:48:03 PM] Josh: Zharn: "What I know is that this city once resided in Kumati territory.  I know that if you go south for a hundred miles, you'll still see where my ancestors livelihoods were burned away so they could grow sugar plants.  I know that now that they don't do it anymore, every year they have this festival to talk about how great it was when they could.  No, how great it was that they could."

[11/4/16, 11:48:45 PM] Josh: Zharn: "You can talk all you want about how what I do is right, or wrong, but you can't tell me there isn't something massively fucked up about how they celebrate that."

[11/4/16, 11:48:46 PM] Rune: They're assholes. I'm not even arguing that! I'm just arguing that you could burn down the city this way.

[11/4/16, 11:49:08 PM] Josh: Zharn: "Well...that's not what I meant to do."

[11/4/16, 11:49:30 PM] Rune: Good! Can't you just... write a nasty editorial in both newspapers, or something?

[11/4/16, 11:49:43 PM] Rune: Buy a big ad in both of them. A whole page, color.

[11/4/16, 11:50:06 PM] Rune: Then everybody will see your point and you'll start a conversation and not riots.

[11/4/16, 11:51:02 PM] Josh: Zharn: "The son of an ambassador doesn't go out to get his name printed in the newspaper.  Even on the byline.  It's...not becoming of him."

[11/4/16, 11:51:25 PM] Rune: Then use a bloody pseudonym! If you buy an ad you can put whatever you want in it!

[11/4/16, 11:51:42 PM] Josh: Zharn nods.

[11/4/16, 11:52:17 PM] Rune: ... just be more careful next time. People could get hurt. ... sorry I yelled at you.

[11/4/16, 11:53:22 PM] Josh: Zharn: "...are you really?"

[11/4/16, 11:53:30 PM] Rune: Yes. I lost my temper.

[11/4/16, 11:53:51 PM] Josh: Zharn: "Right...thanks...I should go, there's still a restraining order."

[11/4/16, 11:54:32 PM] Rune: Oh, right. ... sorry. Just... pursue your agenda more carefully next time.

[11/4/16, 11:54:35 PM] Rune: Rune departs!

[11/4/16, 11:54:43 PM] Josh: Zharn does as well.

[11/4/16, 11:55:12 PM] Josh: As you guys leave though, there is, sadly, one last familiar face in the crowd.  A man with rounded sunglasses, writing in a notepad.  Herman Masfield.

[11/4/16, 11:55:32 PM] Quill: ...and that's why I wanted to leave.

[11/4/16, 11:55:41 PM] Josh: Herman: "Interesting performance, wouldn't you say?"

[11/4/16, 11:56:06 PM] Josh: Herman: "I'm betting Cunningham's readers will find it very...inspiring."

[11/4/16, 11:56:40 PM] Rune: Commenting on performances isn't really part of AEGIS's ... er... aegis.

[11/4/16, 11:57:08 PM] Rune: But if you'd like a statement, I would encourage you to speak with William.

[11/4/16, 11:57:16 PM] Josh: Herman: "I think I'll live without the quote, this time.  If it makes you feel better, my original draft was far more in your favor."

[11/4/16, 11:57:51 PM] Rune: Rune nods, and does not speak further!

[11/4/16, 11:58:20 PM] Anna: Miu.

[11/4/16, 11:58:38 PM] Rune: Rune departs!

[11/4/16, 11:58:48 PM] Quill: Quill leaves.

[11/4/16, 11:58:48 PM] Josh: Herman does not follow.

[11/4/16, 11:59:06 PM] Josh: And I guess that's our night, at least, for the main section.

[11/4/16, 11:59:22 PM] Josh: No better way to end than on...growing racial tensions.