HF 019 Hank and Rune With Hank's Parents

[7/8/16, 8:24:31 PM] Hank: Hank drives the carriage

[7/8/16, 8:25:00 PM] DM: Ok.  Clip and Clop know you and you know where to go, so, within a couple hours, you get there.

[7/8/16, 8:25:23 PM] DM: You arrive at Hank's Mother's House.

[7/8/16, 8:25:35 PM] Rune: We can wait outside if you want.

[7/8/16, 8:25:46 PM] Rune: I mean, I assume your mother probably doesn't like tieflings.

[7/8/16, 8:26:15 PM] Hank: Come with me it should be fine.

[7/8/16, 8:26:30 PM] Hank: Hank knocks on the door

[7/8/16, 8:27:03 PM] DM: A woman answers the door, Murob, your mother, looking happy, but a bit haggard.  She says a greeting to you in Orcish.

[7/8/16, 8:27:43 PM] DM: She hugs you, obviously.

[7/8/16, 8:28:06 PM] Hank: Hank greets her back And hugs her

[7/8/16, 8:28:12 PM] Rune: Rune smiles uncertainly and tries to look small, which inevitably fails.

[7/8/16, 8:29:07 PM] DM: Murob notices you hiding in the background.  She gasps, deeply.  "A girl!  Hank, you say nothing of girl!  Come in, come in!"

[7/8/16, 8:29:47 PM] Hank: Hank enters

[7/8/16, 8:30:45 PM] Rune: Rune opens her mouth to say she probably doesn't count as a "girl" in the sense Hank's mum is thinking, but then decides to let Hank navigate that social trap since he probably doesn't want his mum to worry about him either.

[7/8/16, 8:31:43 PM] Rune: Rune follows him in, with Taeral. "And this is my teacher, Taeral. He's on the vitally-challenged side at the moment but we'll fix that eventually."

[7/8/16, 8:32:00 PM] DM: Taeral: "Um...hello Mrs. Hank."

[7/8/16, 8:32:13 PM] DM: Murob: "...talking ball...what a country."

[7/8/16, 8:32:23 PM] Rune: I'm Rune.

[7/8/16, 8:32:56 PM] DM: Murob points to herself.  "Murob.  Charm...sorry...Common...only..." she waves her hand in a so-so fashion.

[7/8/16, 8:33:53 PM] Rune: I speak Sylvan too. But I don't think Hank does.

[7/8/16, 8:34:21 PM] DM: As you enter, you find a surprisingly well furnished house, given the neighborhood.  And you find Hank's father, Detek, on the sofa, a bottle of wine and two glasses on the table in front of him.

[7/8/16, 8:34:29 PM] DM: Detek: "Hank!  Come here you!"

[7/8/16, 8:34:36 PM] DM: He runs up and bear hugs his son.

[7/8/16, 8:34:52 PM] Hank: Hank hugs him back

[7/8/16, 8:35:43 PM] DM: Detek looks over at Rune.  "Hey...um...Hank mentioned you...Rune or Creed?"

[7/8/16, 8:35:58 PM] Rune: Oh, I'm Rune! And this is Taeral.

[7/8/16, 8:36:07 PM] Rune: Rune gestures to Taeral vaguely.

[7/8/16, 8:36:28 PM] Rune: I'm glad you're all right, Hank was worried.

[7/8/16, 8:37:18 PM] DM: Detek: "Aw, you shouldn't ever have to do that.  I'm the dad, I worry about you."

[7/8/16, 8:37:35 PM] Hank: The deal finished I wanted to make sure he kept his end of it.

[7/8/16, 8:38:25 PM] Rune: Rune says, in Sylvan: "I translated the diary for Hank."

[7/8/16, 8:38:49 PM] DM: Detek gives you a look when you say that, Rune.

[7/8/16, 8:41:48 PM] DM: Detek and Rune begin talking in a weird language.  Celtic-sounding.

[7/8/16, 8:42:27 PM] Rune: Rune explains to Hank and Murob, "I'm just explaining that I translated part of his diary for Hank, that's all."

[7/8/16, 8:44:12 PM] DM: Detek blushes.

[7/8/16, 8:44:41 PM] Rune: You're a good writer, that's all.

[7/8/16, 8:44:58 PM] DM: Detek: "Hey, your mother and I were about to drink and she was gonna share some embarrassing stories from when you were a kid.  Why don't you join us?"

[7/8/16, 8:45:08 PM] DM: Murob: "Not shameful...cute."

[7/8/16, 8:45:34 PM] Rune: This message has been removed.

[7/8/16, 8:45:45 PM] Hank: We should probably get back to the rest of the group.

[7/8/16, 8:46:59 PM] Rune: Rune smiles.

[7/8/16, 8:47:31 PM] Rune: They do seem to get into trouble when they haven't got a wizard around. ...and sometimes even when they do.

[7/8/16, 8:50:03 PM] DM: Murob: "Ok, just safe be.  Everyone need protection."

[7/8/16, 8:50:25 PM] Rune: Rune leans over and whispers in Hank's ear: should we tell them about Lyv?

[7/8/16, 8:50:34 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[7/8/16, 8:50:58 PM] DM: Detek puts his arm around Murob in a very loving way.

[7/8/16, 8:51:42 PM] Hank: Hank whispers back "why would we?"

[7/8/16, 8:52:30 PM] Rune: Rune answers, "He might know any politics she's involved in? Maybe. Or how the court works, better than we do."

[7/8/16, 8:53:30 PM] Hank: On second thought we can stay for one drink or so I can make some tea for you if you want Rune?

[7/8/16, 8:53:43 PM] Rune: Oh, thank you! Yes, please.

[7/8/16, 8:54:05 PM] Hank: Hank goes to make tea

[7/8/16, 8:55:09 PM] Rune: Rune addresses Hank's dad. "Do you know a girl named Lyvhyssa at all?"

[7/8/16, 8:56:00 PM] DM: Detek: "...don't think I do."

[7/8/16, 8:56:17 PM] DM: Detek sips some wine, Murob goes to help Hank with tea.

[7/8/16, 8:57:10 PM] Rune: Our friend Quill, I don't know if Hank's told you, but he's sort of bound in a pact to Queen Aurilandur but some horrible Neifron person is chasing him, so he married Lyv to try to make Neifron see he wasn't into the Queen.

[7/8/16, 8:57:57 PM] DM: Detek: "...That...that is a lot of things."

[7/8/16, 8:58:05 PM] DM: He downs the wine, now.

[7/8/16, 8:58:28 PM] Rune: She's with the Winter Court and she's protecting Quill. She seems all right, I just thought I would ask in case you knew.

[7/8/16, 8:58:51 PM] DM: Detek: "Cause you think I'm fey."

[7/8/16, 8:59:39 PM] Rune: Oh, aren't you? I'm sorry, I did think so.

[7/8/16, 9:00:04 PM] DM: Detek chuckles.  "It's ok.  If you were reading my journal, I see how you could make that mistake."

[7/8/16, 9:00:29 PM] Rune: ... well, it doesn't really matter if I think it, as long as Hank knows.

[7/8/16, 9:00:49 PM] DM: Detek: "I think he does.  We've never had a full discussion, I don't think."

[7/8/16, 9:00:57 PM] DM: Detek: "I only just got back."

[7/8/16, 9:02:55 PM] Rune: He might think you are too. I don't know.

[7/8/16, 9:03:32 PM] Rune: Why was the Marquis holding you, anyway?

[7/8/16, 9:03:43 PM] Hank: Hank returns flustered with tea for Rune.

[7/8/16, 9:04:42 PM] Hank: Here you go Rune

[7/8/16, 9:04:43 PM] DM: Detek: "Hank, so we're clear...you know I'm human, right?"

[7/8/16, 9:04:51 PM] DM: Murob enters.

[7/8/16, 9:04:56 PM] Rune: Thank you.

[7/8/16, 9:05:00 PM] Rune: Rune beams.

[7/8/16, 9:05:38 PM] Hank: You are welcome Rune.

[7/8/16, 9:05:40 PM] Rune: Rune sips her tea happily.

[7/8/16, 9:06:18 PM] Hank: And I assumed so but was not sure and we have had only one conversation in two decades.

[7/8/16, 9:06:49 PM] DM: Detek's face drops.  "Yeah...I'm really sorry about that.  I...if I could've been here, I would've."

[7/8/16, 9:07:03 PM] Rune: I thought he was fey. And it wasn't your fault, you know.

[7/8/16, 9:07:27 PM] Rune: It would help to know all you can tell us about the Marquis though.

[7/8/16, 9:08:36 PM] DM: Detek: "Your deal is done, right?  No more mark, nothing more to do?"

[7/8/16, 9:08:57 PM] Rune: Rune nods. "I checked his neck, it's not there anymore."

[7/8/16, 9:09:04 PM] Hank: No but I felt him in my mind before the mark went away.

[7/8/16, 9:09:25 PM] DM: Detek: "What about since?  Anything?"

[7/8/16, 9:09:49 PM] Hank: No but it has only been 6 hours or so

[7/8/16, 9:10:25 PM] DM: Detek: "Ok, here's my advice, if he comes again, AND HE WILL...ignore him."

[7/8/16, 9:10:48 PM] DM: Detek: "I don't care what he's got, what he promises, or what he threatens, let it go."

[7/8/16, 9:11:02 PM] Hank: What if he has things we need.

[7/8/16, 9:11:56 PM] DM: Detek: "You cannot need anything badly enough."

[7/8/16, 9:12:09 PM] Rune: I think he's right, Hank.

[7/8/16, 9:12:35 PM] DM: Detek: "I served the Summer King for more than 20 years, and trust me, I learned fast that that is nothing compared to the Marquis."

[7/8/16, 9:13:16 PM] Hank: Do you know anything about Karabas?

[7/8/16, 9:13:27 PM] Rune: Summer King?

[7/8/16, 9:13:27 PM] Rune: Dave with an M?

[7/8/16, 9:13:45 PM] DM: Detek: "Yeah, that's the one."

[7/8/16, 9:13:49 PM] Hank: What did you do for Damh

[7/8/16, 9:13:52 PM] Rune: ((Crap, I've been thinking Janis was Summer and she was Spring. Sorry. Rune wouldn't've fucked that one up. NOT ENOUGH COFFEE DAY.))

[7/8/16, 9:14:27 PM] DM: ((S'ok, lot of names.))

[7/8/16, 9:15:06 PM] Rune: Rune listens.

[7/8/16, 9:15:39 PM] DM: Detek looks up at Murob, who's listening, but seems anxious.  It seems clear that she's heard a version of this before.

[7/8/16, 9:16:18 PM] Rune: ... if you don't want to say in front of me I can go, too, that's fine. Sometimes things are family things.

[7/8/16, 9:17:04 PM] DM: Detek: "Look...for now...let's just say the king and I had...an arrangement.  One I made when I was way too young and way too stupid.  One before I even met your mother."

[7/8/16, 9:17:13 PM] DM: Detek: "And he didn't take kindly to me leaving."

[7/8/16, 9:19:25 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[7/8/16, 9:19:33 PM] Rune: What about Aurilandur?

[7/8/16, 9:20:31 PM] DM: Detek: "Never met her, really.  I got the sense she wouldn't help me if she knew who I was."

[7/8/16, 9:20:53 PM] Rune: Who are you?

[7/8/16, 9:21:39 PM] DM: Detek: "Well, I was First Knight of Damh.  Known as the riding sun."

[7/8/16, 9:21:56 PM] DM: Detek: "Now, I'm just a family man."

[7/8/16, 9:22:19 PM] Hank: Oh I am so glad she did not know that when I was standing in front of her.

[7/8/16, 9:22:28 PM] Rune: Oh, I see.

[7/8/16, 9:22:46 PM] Rune: Does that mean fighting, generaling or paramour? Or all three?

[7/8/16, 9:25:13 PM] DM: Detek: "Mostly fighting.  But I got pretty good at it."

[7/8/16, 9:25:57 PM] DM: Detek: "When I got dragged back, I got a different job though.  Let us not discuss it, please.  And it would seem the Marquis, prompted by you, convinced Damh to release me."

[7/8/16, 9:26:43 PM] DM: Detek: "And, frankly, I think that will come back to bite us.  I don't know how, but it will.  So, I say again, let whatever else is going on go.  You do not want in on this.

[7/8/16, 9:27:27 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[7/8/16, 9:27:56 PM] Hank: Do you know anything about the ruler of the autumn court?

[7/8/16, 9:28:19 PM] DM: Detek's face grows very, very stoney.

[7/8/16, 9:28:39 PM] DM: Detek: "You met with the Winter Queen, right?  I'm guessing he didn't get talked about."

[7/8/16, 9:29:28 PM] Hank: No even though the Marquis was there.

[7/8/16, 9:30:19 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[7/8/16, 9:30:23 PM] Rune: She seemed uncomfortable with him.

[7/8/16, 9:30:36 PM] Rune: Which I think probably means she's not stupid.

[7/8/16, 9:31:41 PM] DM: Detek: "For the time being, The Marquis leads the Autumn Court, in a "temporary" role he says, until someone of higher blood can be found."

[7/8/16, 9:34:02 PM] Hank: Ok I think that is enough serious fey conversation for one night.

[7/8/16, 9:36:17 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[7/8/16, 9:36:55 PM] Rune: I'm going to be helping our boss with some of the paperwork starting tomorrow.

[7/8/16, 9:37:20 PM] DM: Detek: "Oh yeah, this William guy.  Hank mentioned him too."

[7/8/16, 9:37:50 PM] DM: Murob: "All things is guard.  Guard is this, Guard is that.  Never anything else.

[7/8/16, 9:38:10 PM] Rune: He's all right, mostly. For a sneaky, lying, spying person.

[7/8/16, 9:38:24 PM] Hank: It's my job.

[7/8/16, 9:40:02 PM] Rune: And mine too, sort of.

[7/8/16, 9:40:17 PM] Rune: I've also been working on a levitation spell, that might be fun.

[7/8/16, 9:40:36 PM] DM: Detek: "That does sound fun."

[7/8/16, 9:41:17 PM] Rune: I'm a wizard. Not a very good one yet, but Taeral is teaching me.

[7/8/16, 9:42:08 PM] DM: Taeral: "Whenever I can.  Somehow we never find the time."

[7/8/16, 9:44:41 PM] Rune: Your books are helping too, you know. ... not always for magic per se, but the Undercommon primer was very helpful.

[7/8/16, 9:46:13 PM] DM: Taeral: "I never got the hang of it myself.  I never had enough phlegm for proper pronunciation."

[7/8/16, 9:46:42 PM] Rune: And Hank's learning all kinds of things too. He usually drives the carriage when we go out, which is nice.

[7/8/16, 9:48:22 PM] DM: Detek: "A good skill to have in this city, I bet."

[7/8/16, 9:48:37 PM] DM: Detek: "Not to push you out, but weren't you meeting with someone?"

[7/8/16, 9:49:27 PM] Hank: Yes we should be going have a good night.

[7/8/16, 9:50:11 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[7/8/16, 9:50:12 PM] Hank: Hopefully they are still at the pub.

[7/8/16, 9:51:24 PM] Hank: Hank hugs his parents and leaves the house.

[7/8/16, 9:51:33 PM] DM: Murob and Detek hug back.

[7/8/16, 9:51:56 PM] DM: Murob: "Hurry back.  I tell about time Hank cover himself in paint.  So cute."

[7/8/16, 9:52:03 PM] Rune: Rune smiles and waves and follows Hank.

[7/8/16, 9:52:13 PM] Rune: I definitely want to hear about that.

[7/8/16, 9:52:34 PM] DM: Ok, it takes you a bit, but you can get to the tavern.

[7/8/16, 9:52:47 PM] DM: Just announce it in the main chat.