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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 5006386" data-attributes="member: 21938">Rain falls in the night; heavy, persistent rain that battesr the shutters on the windows of the narvinda, hammers off the roof and pours down off the overhanging eaves. Although Mystal still frets about the possibility of revenge by the spider shaman, at least he can take some comfort that he is not out in the forest on a night like this, and that even spell-casting giant spiders may prefer not to get wet.The next day dawns and the rain has stopped, although low grey clouds threaten more to come. Breakfast is steamed bread, jams and dried fruits, and the Vashti mutters a sutra over Shakou, who feels the weakness leave her body. Refreshed, and prepared, you head for The Court of the Shading Willow.The court is not far from the narvinda, about 5 minutes walk through the streets of Cormondal. It is a square of old buildings, mostly 4-5 storeys tall and built in the elaborately carved Old Imperial style. The carvings have weathered away to vague outlines of gods, humans and animals, and more than half the buildings are boarded over and crumbling.The eponymous willow tree stands in the centre of the courtyard, overhanging a paved drainage culvert running north to drain into the Leng River. Except that the culvert was made with insufficient pitch and so the rain water doesn't drain, but sits in a stagnant puddle pilled with rubbish, human waste and leaves from the willow tree, a festering miasma. This open sewer is crossed by small footbridges either side of the willow.Perhaps, long ago, the court was a bustling hub of commerce but there are only three businesses in evidence today. A tinker is setting up his small pitch for the day in one corner of the yard, just a blanket on the ground arrayed with tools and various bits of metalware that he is still working on. On the ground floor of the building next to him is some kind of general store, an old lady and a young girl setting out their wares - anything from vegetables to cooking pans - in front of the shop. Across the square from these two is a scruffy-looking tea house with a dark interior. Two old men are playing dragonscales at an outside table. All the inhabitants of the square are Nekuuese, and impoverished-looking.[sblock=OOC]Lesser Restoration on Shakou, who is now restored to full Strength. Anyone else with Health damage is healed as well, so you are all at full hit points, with all spells returned.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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