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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guilt Puppy" data-source="post: 606585" data-attributes="member: 6521">(Sorry, surprisingly busy day today... And it continues, so I don't really have time to work up a really solid post, but in brief<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Aerda/Victus: (It wasn't clear who was sharing Exantrius' room, but I think it defaults to you two since Fendric paid for his own.) The night passes fairly comfortably, although you are roused more than once by fits of coughing from your elder companion. When you awaken (or rise from your half-slumber) you find that he has already slipped out.Fendric: Exantrius wakes you up about half an hour before the crack of dawn to take him to the temple... He's very talkative on the way there, but once you arrive he devotes his attention to bowing in prayer, as do a few others encircling the center shrine -- though none, it seems, except for the old knight, and your own faithful brethren.Niccolo: Assuming you still want that banner, you'll have no trouble waking up with Fendric... At the market, you can get a square yard of good banner-quality fabric for five silver pieces... Craft check DC 20 to get it completed before Exantrius returns (assume ten percent for each point over 10... Under ten is a botched job, and you'll have to start over later.)The book and quills are harder to round up in such a short time, however... You may have to see if you can borrow some pages from Aerda, for the time being.All: The morning is still heavy with fog when Exantrius returns. He rides a proud white horse whose age is clearly showing, becoming a spotted pale grey. Two other horses follow, these far more stout, clearly in their prime. Fendric brings up the rear on a horse of his own, looking quite dignified, although he has to make the occasional clumsy grab for balance when his mount takes an unexpected step.Once you're mounted and ready (I'm assuming Fendric/Niccolo on one horse, Victus/Aerda on the next, and Jalarzi/Merrim on the last) you are led up out the North gate of town, through the shanty-towns which seem still to be sleeping, and up the road to the North. You can hear the waves crashing to your right, invisible in the mist, and almost ominous as the silence of travel sets in.Exantrius is peculiarly untalkative through all this, although he's certainly responsive to any questions or suggestions you might have.</blockquote>

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