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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Telsar" data-source="post: 1712082" data-attributes="member: 18837">Flashback, Madame Brie’s whorehouseIn the large bathtub, both girls seem more relaxed now, their simple apologies to one another having undone their tension.  Loni says “Do we dream of being free of Brie?  I honestly don’t think about it much.  If it wasn’t her, it would probably be someone else.  I mean, unless I found, um, something else to do.  Like what you do, Accalon, seeking adventure and new challenges.  Except I think the monsters might be a bit much for me.”  She smiles at Accalon and puts his strong arm around herself.Beatrice thinks for a moment, then says “I guess Loni’s right.  Not about the adventure part, I imagine wandering around the world would leave one’s hair a mess.”  She laughs a bit, then “But if it wasn’t Brie, someone else would take her place, I guess.  I could try it on my own again, if she was gone… but someone else would probably decide they deserved a cut.  Of course, if I’m really dreaming, then my prince will come, tell me he’s been looking for me all his life, and offer me love and riches and a kingdom.  If I get to dream.”  She smiles too.  “What do you dream of, Accalon?”Current, In the forest north of Taeirn, heading deeper withinGirdra puts her relatively small hand over Alicia’s own when she touches her shoulder, apparently happy with the bond they’re forming.  She says “Well, we should be careful of the ‘pretty’ ones.  It’s the prettiest berries with the deadliest poison in them, you know.  And my Brie is a goblin, too.  Unless ‘Brie’ is very common in goblin society, it’s probably the same one.  Once a month I sell her a few potions, and perform some other services.  I normally detest goblins, but she’s more civil than most.  Richer than most, too.  But you don’t have to come with me there, if you don’t want to see her.  I know she can be mean to her girls, so I guess she was mean to you as well?”After a short walk, the two come upon a clearing, with a large grass and weed-covered mound in the center.  Girdra says “I didn’t expect any visitors quite your size when I made my home, so you’d probably be more comfortable waiting right here.  I shan’t be long.”  The dwarf moves to some particular tall weeds, spreads them apart, and disappears through them, apparently going through an entrance into the mound.  Alicia looks around and sees something she recognizes; at the other end of the clearing stands the ‘wicked’ man.  The ‘stick puppet’ is standing next to a large bush, with a tree with hanging vines next to them.  For a moment, Alicia thinks she sees the creature move again, but in fact, it’s the vines hanging down that are moving, acting like very slow moving tentacles, breaking off pieces of the bush to add to the stick puppet, apparently replacing the branches torn off by Alicia’s sword the previous day.Current, Outside Boone’s AntiquesAligor yells his threat, then moves to the corner of Boone’s opposite where he saw Hectaras, hoping to cut him off.   Bane follows, growling, really wishing Aligor would find someone he cut put his teeth in.  A man, at the corner of the next building over [on the map M3, at postion 021] sees Aligor moving his way, and draws a longsword, looking a bit scared but ready to defend himself should Aligor come closer.  Peering around the corner of Boone’s, Aligor doesn’t see Hectaras at all, even looking up on the roof.  It’s possible Hex is still at the backside of Boone’s shop.The two men T’aria is following have yet to spot her, and they continue moving slowly, quietly, down the alley towards where all the fighting is taking place.[The men took double moves at half speed, so now 45 feet from T’aria.  If T’aria does the same, no penalties to her stealth checks, and she’ll still be 15 feet away from them.  Or move normal speed and take –5 to Move Silently, allowing a ranged attack (or any other standard action).  Or charge with no stealth and attack.][Characters by initiative, damage:T’aria, unhurt (probably; she’s at HPs: 5/13 with no healing)Sundilar, unhurtLydia, HPs:10/20Hectaras, unhurtAzallin, hurtAccalon, HPs:29/32Aligor, HPs:27/37Bane, unhurtMen with short swords, unhurt]</blockquote>

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