Ep. 171 Cursed Legacies Episode One (C2)

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C2 Ep. 171 Cursed Legacies Episode One

—Hob

With Ace late for work and Sana absent, Milo steps in to help Ulfen during brunch rush. Hob gathers Erys and Olive for breakfast at the Soaring Spirits, and then they head over to the Four Sails, where they see Ace's new bike parked outside. Erys examines it, and finds that it's powered by Fernia and Daanvi. Inside, they question Ace about the bike, putting him on the defense. Erys is worried about Ulfen, and Hob tries to stress that he's worried for Ace's safety—both assuming he stole the bike from someone powerful.

## Synopsis

### Four Sails

Milo gets up a bit late after his light drinking the night before, about 9am. He wants to help Reynard get his new armor, but he's waved off, so he just takes walk instead. Sooner or later, he ends up at the Four Sails. There's a bit of a breakfast rush. Ulfen is rushing around the dining around, and Milo realizes Sana and Ace aren't there.

Milo follows Ulfen to the back room, and offers some help. Ulfen gives him some plates to take to table four, the table made up of really drunk, annoying brunch people who are loud and abrasive. One of them gestures wildly and knocks one of the plates out of Milo's hands.

*"You just dropped my omelette."
"That's not how I ordered my omelette."
"I'll eat it, I got it."
—Loud customers*
Milo apologizes and gets them a new omelete—the best omelette of their life. It was worth the wait.

Brunch rush doesn't go great, but Milo is trying his best. As it starts to die down a little at around 11:30, Milo hears a loud rumbling noise from out front. It stops, and Ace comes rushing in through the doors, apologizing to Ulfen and saying he slept late. Ulfen gestures to the back, and Ace rushes to start his job.

According to Ulfen, Ace isn't usually *this* late, but he doesn't seem worried. Milo goes to check what the loud noise was, and finds, parked in front of the Four Sails, a vehicle similar in shape to Hob's, but without the side car. The wood on the bottom has been intentionally burned, like it's been driven over fire.

He starts helping Ace, and asks about the bike. Ace says the cab fees are getting ridiculous around Sharn, so he decided to get something. Ace thinks maybe it's a fire elemental propelling it, since sometimes fire spurts out. He says he got it for super cheap.

### Soaring Spirits

Hob call Erys, who is highly disturbed at being awake. He asks how she is, after having fought a friend last night. Erys's head hurts from the bottle of korluat she and Olive drank last night. Hob offers to buy her breakfast—get something greasy in her to see if it makes her feel better. They'll meet at the Soaring Spirits. Hob gets into his bike and flies over. Olive is tinkering with the arms. Erys is surprised to find her upright, and Olive comments that it's drinking water, instead of exclusively kaf and alcohol that allows her to function. Erys invites her to breakfast, and Olive takes the dragonshard out of the housing on the arms, setting it in a little case. She affectionately taps it and tells Cinder she'll be back. Erys opens the door and immediately pulls the goggles up over her eyes, because the sun is right outside. Olive comments that the garden will be open in a couple days. Erys mentions the statue, and admits that Reynard and Milo were "threatening" her with one. At that moment, Dirgoth walks past, carrying a couple of clay pots under his arms. He confirms that there's no time for a statue. At least once when crossing the street, Erys accidentally activates her mag boots, and falls.

When Olive and Erys get there, and Yorlin spots them and gestures them up to the second level. He tells them Hob beat them there and has a spot already.

Erys's collar is up, and she's got her cup of kaf. Part of her hair is stuck straight up, from whichever side she slept on. Hob has a spread ready on the table; he takes breakfast seriously. He asks to be filled in about the orichalcum. Erys says she needs it from Harbin, but she's not sure how that'll go, since he's mad at her. She tells him what Sana said after the fight. They talk about what Sana's temporary departure from the group means; Hob admits that she has people other than them, but says Erys's wellbeing was the first thing he thought about when he woke up.

They see Harbin come up the stairs, carrying a case. He's in some sort of flight suit; one piece attaches up the middle, with little bits of metal accenting it. He gives them the orichalcum, and says they should let him know if they need anything else. Seeing the conveniently located balcony, he hits a button on his wrist, and a soarsled appears. He hops onto it and takes off. Despite Olive's assureances, Hob suspiciously puts his forearm between the case and his food. Yorlin asks that they don't exit from the balcony in the future.

### Ace's bike

They leave to meet back up at the Four Sails, and Erys investigates the bike. She sees that it's powered by something different than what powers Tasha. It's not an elemental of any sort. She tries to examine exactly what it is, and finds that it's not born of artifice, but that it's in the realm of some other school of magic. It's very potent, and very powerful. It looks like the body is built traditionally, but that it's been powered by something else entirely. Hob is annoyed that it looks faster than his, but it's not cooler, at least. The inside of the wood is lined with arcane markings, and Erys can tell the markings originates from two planes: Fernia and Daanvi.

*"That's really weird. I don't know why this works."
Erys*
They enter the Four Sails, and Erys laughs when Milo says Ace bought it. The moment Ace walks out of the back room, Erys snaps at him that if he steals things, he shouldn't park them outside the Sails. Ace, immediately on the defense, insists that he didn't steal it. The seller wanted 25 gold for it, and Ace had some money from his savings and from working here. Erys thinks the person he bought it from has someone trying to kill them, and that murderous person will now be after Ace. He doesn't want Erys looking over the bike (she already did); Hob told him to get a different job that he was skilled for, and he did that, and now he's getting questioned about it. Hob isn't worried about Ace buying a bike, he's worried about Ace getting screwed. (Erys was worried about the Four Sails.)

*"I'm not upset you bought a bike!"
"It seems that way!"
—Hob and Ace*
End of episode.

## Locations

* Four Sails
* Soaring Spirits