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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 4771910" data-attributes="member: 34958">"That's right.  They don't know nothing," Ponch mumbled strangely in regards to Hilmdyn's words.  His two comrades seemed to somehow inch further from him despite not leaving their chairs, each sipping their drink and looking nervously towards the door as if measuring their chances.  After a few moments Mario got up and announced his intention to relieve himself in the back outhouse and was surprised that Edvan also got up to follow him.  Edvan and Mario left for the moment, but this only added to the tension in the room.Edvan[sblock]Once outside, Mario turned and shouted at Edvan, "What do you want with me?  I'm just trying to enjoy my evening!"  Edvan made clear that he did not believe Mario's story, and the man started to break down and blabber, "Look, I'm tired of this!  Ponch wasn't home the night it happened and when the news broke out we asked him where he had been.  He begged us to cover for him and said that he had been out drinking at the Mermaid Tavern.  So we lied to old Vernik, but the next day we find out that Ponch had lied to us!  No one here had seen him that night.  If we told Vernik that we had lied to him we might have all been out of a job, or perhaps even arrested, so we kept on lying.  Besides, even with Ponch lying about where he had been, I could hardly believe that Ponch would do such a thing.  But ever since I've seen more of how he treats the women we meet and the fact that he keeps spending extra coin that I'm unsure of how he got..."  Mario trailed off, a great weight seeming to have been lifted off his shoulders.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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