Chat Log List - 2023 06 23 - Intermediate Era - Formatted - Story
On a random day at the tea shop...
Child: Looks in the door of the tea Shop
Raelynn: Hello!
Child: Hello!
Raelynn: Are you here for some tea? You look too young for matchmaking...
Child: I heard you can make people happy
Raelynn: I do love making people happy!
Raelynn: Are you not happy?
Child: I am happy, well except when Willi steals my bread
Child: But my pa is not happy
Raelynn: Hmm, well this sounds important.
Raelynn: Come here and tell me all about it.
Raelynn: sits on the couch and pats the seat by her
Child: Smiles
Raelynn: calls back, "Yout, dear, can you get us some apple juice?"
Youtargim: Of course
Raelynn: Ok. Let's start with your name first.
Irma Hoehmann: I am Irma
Raelynn: Nice to meet you Irma! I'm Raelynn. Why don't you tell me how I can help?
Irma Hoehmann: You have pretty ears
Raelynn: Thank you! And I love your hair!
Irma Hoehmann: Giggles, thank you! I comb it every day with thistles
Raelynn: Well it's very lovely! That sounds like a good routine to keep.
Irma Hoehmann: If Willi doesn't steal my thistles too
Ulrik Ekenberg: sips his milk in the corner
Irma Hoehmann: Willi eats everything
Raelynn: And who is Willi?
Willi: BAAAAAAAAAA
Willi: and BUTTS into Ulrik
Raelynn: Oh good! I was just going to ask if you could handle that Ulrik.
Irma Hoehmann: Willi!
Raelynn: Since you do... farm things?
Irma Hoehmann: I am sorry he gets into a lot of things
Ulrik Ekenberg: fumbles and nearly drops his sword, half-drawing it
Ulrik Ekenberg: Fear not, I will protect you
Raelynn: Oh, I'm sure. Ulrik will handle him very GENTLY.
Youtargim: Comes back with juice and cookies
Raelynn: And keep him BUSY and CALM.
Ulrik Ekenberg: Oh, yes, of course. I'll handle the... Willi very gently
Youtargim: Sets them down and slips one off the plate exagerated stealing it from Irma
Bixi Fizzlebang: You should check with Yout. I'm sure he knows a great deal about how to handle a Willi.
Raelynn: Cookies! Thank you, dear.
Irma Hoehmann: Smiles at Youtargim and quickly grabs a cookie of her own
Nibbling on the edges
Irma Hoehmann: I like these
Youtargim: Oatmeal, it tastes so much better this way doesn't it?
Ulrik Ekenberg: quietly, "In my village, I could use you as a dowry. Or slow cook you and eat you over the course of a week."
Ulrik Ekenberg: Don't push me...
Ulrik Ekenberg: normal voice, "Yes, of course. I'll get Yout."
Raelynn: Do you? Maybe we should add it to the menu.
Irma Hoehmann: You want to add Willi to the menu?
Raelynn: No no, the cookies. I don't think Willi would go well with tea.
Irma Hoehmann: I don't know if Willi likes tea
Raelynn: Is Willi your friend?
Irma Hoehmann: We never have that at home
Irma Hoehmann: just water or ale
Raelynn: This is very close to it!
Raelynn: points to the apple juice
Irma Hoehmann: and a very small glass once of a red drink
Raelynn: We also have milk. Er, if Ulrik hasn't drunk it all today.
Irma Hoehmann: Well everyone has milk, cows, sheep, goats, horses, lots of things have milk
Raelynn: And Bixi makes all sorts of things.
Irma Hoehmann: Makes things with milk?
Irma Hoehmann: Like cheese?
Raelynn: Mmhmm! She's very creative with her cooking.
Raelynn: Umm, I don't think she's made cheese. Have you, Bixi?
Irma Hoehmann: So can you make my Pa happy?
Raelynn: Well maybe. Why is he unhappy? I'll need some details to know.
Irma Hoehmann: He is always tired
Irma Hoehmann: I think it is the dreams
Irma Hoehmann: He says not to worry
Raelynn: The dreams?
Irma Hoehmann: But I think he should see a priest
Raelynn: I am a priestess, too, if it helps.
Irma Hoehmann: Aunt Snee is nice, but he does not want to go to her
Irma Hoehmann: OH
Irma Hoehmann: I thought you were an elf?
Raelynn: Oh? But Aunt Snee is lovely. Er, most of the time.
Raelynn: Anyone can be a priest or priestess, silly.
Irma Hoehmann: Really?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I haven't made cheese yet, but maybe that should be next... I do love eating it
Raelynn: Mhmm! As long as you are willing to devote yourself to your deity! And not all of them necessarily care if it's forever!
Irma Hoehmann: If I was a priest could I make Pa happy?
Raelynn: Oh, I don't know about that. There's many reasons he could be unhappy. And that might make him happy OR it might make him unhappy!
Irma Hoehmann: I don't want to make him more unhappy
Irma Hoehmann: I can bring you to him
Irma Hoehmann: If you are a priest then you can make him happy
Raelynn: That might be a good idea. Then I can get a better idea of what ails him.
Bixi Fizzlebang: glances at Yout
Irma Hoehmann: The boys in the field always talk about how a pretty girl makes them happy
Irma Hoehmann: You are very pretty
Raelynn: laughs
Raelynn: I can see what I can do.
Irma Hoehmann: I will tell him you are coming
Raelynn: Oh! Why don't you bring him here?
Irma Hoehmann: I can try that
Raelynn: I've never done a housecall...
Raelynn: Although maybe we'd all want a field trip. Well see if he'll come here first.
Ulrik Ekenberg: gives up and just shares his glass of milk with the... Willi
Irma Hoehmann: When can you help him?
Raelynn: I won't know until I see him, but I can see him whenever he has time.
Irma Hoehmann: Thank you
Raelynn: It's a slow day today...
Raelynn: Of course!
Raelynn: Take some extra cookies with you!
Irma Hoehmann: I will try to bring him back
Irma Hoehmann: Oh Thank you!
Irma Hoehmann: Snatches up two cookies
Irma Hoehmann: Waves
Raelynn: waves back
Irma Hoehmann: and calls for Willi
Irma Hoehmann: and goes out the door and up the road towards the center of town
Raelynn: Um, let me get you a fresh glass of milk, Ulrik.
Ulrik Ekenberg: immediately misses his drinking buddy
Youtargim: That is interesting
Raelynn: You don't need to dirnk that one... please don't drink it
Raelynn: What is?
Youtargim: She was not afraid of any of us
Ulrik Ekenberg: Huh... you city folk are a bit hoity toity, aren't you... I mean, of course I wasn't going to drink that milk.
Raelynn: Well I would hope not!
Raelynn: To both of you!
Raelynn: This is suppose to be a cozy, safe place. And that milk has GOAT germs in it, Ulrik!
Raelynn: They make you sick, not stronger.
Youtargim: So goat germs are tougher?
Raelynn: They're as bad as any other germs.
Youtargim: So Ulrik, keep that glass
Bixi Fizzlebang: Some germs are good. They make you stronger
Youtargim: You can throw it at someone and make them sick
Raelynn: I don't think it works that way.
Raelynn: And I suppose so, Bixi. That's how you get some foods.
Raelynn: But NOT with goat saliva!
Ulrik Ekenberg: hefts the glass, miming a throwing action
Ulrik Ekenberg: Huh, I will keep that in mind.
Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't know, seemed like a pretty healthy goat
Bixi Fizzlebang: Maybe he's got the best germs
Youtargim: Winks at Rae as he goes to the back room
Raelynn: Well you do sleep with a boar.
Bixi Fizzlebang: I do not!
Bixi Fizzlebang: He has his own little house out in the yard!
Raelynn: Sure, now, but....
Bixi Fizzlebang: You would know that if you ever bothered to stop by
Raelynn: Well. You should introduce him to Ulrik.
Raelynn: I'll come by soon, promise! Maybe on a cooler day when it doesn't.... smell as much.
Raelynn: and the garden is in full bloom!
BOB Later on in the early evening
Ulrik Ekenberg: ...and that's why sheep are better than goats.
Ulrik Ekenberg: Wow, I feel like I've been talking for hours.
Raelynn: Hmm, you do make a convincing argument.
Raelynn: And they are a bit cuter.
Ulrik Ekenberg: Thanks. I've had a long time to think about this... before I became an adventurer, that is.
Raelynn: Oh, you'll have more time to think about it as an adventurer. Sometimes you get bored on watches, lots of time to think.
Ulrik Ekenberg: Y-yeah, that's been my experience as well.
Farmer/Herder: Hello? cautiously
Raelynn: Hello!
Farmer/Herder: I was.. well, I mean my daughter said I should come meet the pretty lady elf priest
Raelynn: OH! You must be Irma's pa! Come in, make yourself comfortable.
Raelynn: She said you're unhappy, but wouldn't say why. Would you like some tea?
Farmer/Herder: Nods, thank you
Farmer/Herder: I am not sure why she would say that
Raelynn: She mentioned you were tired all the time and Willi eats her bread.
Raelynn: Ulrik is an expert on goats if that's a problem.
Ulrik Ekenberg: I have five different recipes off the top of my head.
Raelynn: Or if you need help sleeping? Irma didn't say too much.
Raelynn: cough
Raelynn: And he's great at herding and caring for them.
Ulrik Ekenberg: Uh... yeah, recipes for... goat food, I mean.
Farmer/Herder: Willi needs a bit more meat on him before he goes in the stewpot
Raelynn: I'm sure Ulrik can help with both! But I don't think that's why Irma thinks your unhappy...
Raelynn: Hmm.... are you married?
Farmer/Herder: Yes
Raelynn: And you're having bad dreams?
Farmer/Herder: Both of my wives seem happy
Ulrik Ekenberg: mouths 'both'?
Raelynn: Ok, so not matchmaking.
Farmer/Herder: I never sad they were bad
Farmer/Herder: I mean
clears his throat
Farmer/Herder: I am not sad
Raelynn: Are you sure you don't have something on your mind?
Raelynn: [SKILL] Persuasion [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 17) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 16]
Leo Pölzl: Well I have had some dreams
Raelynn: nods and leans forward to listen
Leo Pölzl: But I don't think they mean anything
Raelynn: Dreams can mean nothing or many things, but they're on your mind so they must mean something, even if it's just something to you.
Raelynn: Oops! I forgot to ask your name. Sorry, I get so invested sometimes, and I don't know if Irma's Pa is sufficent.
Leo Pölzl: In my dream I hear drums
Leo Pölzl: I am Leo
Leo Pölzl: It is nice to meet you pretty elf priest
Raelynn: Raelynn. Lovely to meet you, too.
Leo Pölzl: Thought I am fairly certain that is not your real... thank you
Raelynn: So these drums. What happens when you hear them?
Leo Pölzl: It is like when I was a young boy
Raelynn: Oh? In what way?
Leo Pölzl: When I was a boy
Leo Pölzl: Out of the Skull Church we would hear drums
Leo Pölzl: it meant raids were coming
Raelynn: Hmm, and when did these dreams start?
Leo Pölzl: About a month or two ago
Raelynn: Did anything else happen in these dreams?
Leo Pölzl: I am looking for something or someone
Leo Pölzl: But that is easy,
Leo Pölzl: Both of my parents were captured by goblins and taken away
Leo Pölzl: When I was a boy
Leo Pölzl: so that must be it right?
Raelynn: Hmm, not necessarily. Do you know why you're looking? Are you looking to rescue someone or looking for someone to help? Do you have gypsy blood in you by chance?
Leo Pölzl: I do not know any gypsies
Leo Pölzl: I just keep looking
Leo Pölzl: Like I do not know what I am looking for but I keep looking
Raelynn: Hmm...
Raelynn: What do you think, Ulrik? You've been sitting there quietly listening.
Ulrik Ekenberg: I think we should take the fight to the goblins... Maybe if we slay the nearest band, that will help bring you some peace.
Raelynn: Have you heard any drums out your way, Bixi?
Raelynn: I mean it COULD just be a dream, but you never know. Maybe we need to ask around?
Leo Pölzl: I have not heard any drums in the village
Ulrik Ekenberg: I'm new to the area. Are there any nearby goblin bands..?
Leo Pölzl: Hourglass is not like that anymore
Raelynn: What village are you in?
Leo Pölzl: Thanks to the Govenor
Leo Pölzl: She is doing a good job of keeping us safe
Raelynn: Govenor Snee has been very effective.
Leo Pölzl: Her and her knight
Raelynn: Talwin?
Leo Pölzl: I have heard of him, but he is always gone
Leo Pölzl: He is a famous fighter right?
Raelynn: Mmhmm. I thought he was also her knight.
Leo Pölzl: Sundown
Raelynn: nearly chokes on her tea
Leo Pölzl: Sir Sundown is always checking on things
Raelynn: Ahh. Erm, yes. Sundown, of course.
Ulrik Ekenberg: We... could travel and see if this Talwin and Governor Snee might have more information. Or we could at least provide information from your dreams to them.
Bixi Fizzlebang: No drums in my area, but I'm not that close to anyone else
Raelynn: Maybe it's a metaphorical dream?
Leo Pölzl: I only hear the drums in my dreams
Bixi Fizzlebang: Maybe Zayden is practicing at night
Raelynn: Hmm, may I see your hand?
Leo Pölzl: What is a metaphorical dream? is that like when you wake up hard?
Leo Pölzl: Holds out his hand to Rae
Bixi Fizzlebang: Sure, but like, sometimes when I'm asleep, some kind of snuffling creature will be coming at me in my dreams, but then when I wake up, it's just Knotty scratching around outside the window
Raelynn: Er, no. That's... well, a different type of dream. A metaphorical is more... like it could mean something very different.
Bixi Fizzlebang: So maybe they are happening in both places
Raelynn: [SKILL] Diagnostics [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 8]
BOB Nothing visible, looks to be healthy hard working farmer hands
Ulrik Ekenberg: How long did you have the dreams for?
Leo Pölzl: Well I guess about two months now
Raelynn: Did anything significant happen two months ago?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Shouldn't you do his chart or something?
Leo Pölzl: I cannot think of anything different
Leo Pölzl: Irma started her bleeding
Leo Pölzl: But that is normal for a girl her age
Ulrik Ekenberg: Oh, bleeding? Is she okay?
Leo Pölzl: Looks at Ulrik puzzled
Ulrik Ekenberg: She seemed fine when she came by. I didn't see any bandages.
Raelynn: He hasn't had sleep lately.
Bixi Fizzlebang: He's new
Raelynn: Just a little slow is all!
Ulrik Ekenberg: looks offput
Leo Pölzl: Shrugs and turns back to Rae
Raelynn: So bad dreams around when Irma hit her moon cycle.. Hmm....
Raelynn: Maybe I should do her chart, Bixi.
Raelynn: Or both? Do you mind, Leo?
Leo Pölzl: What do you want to do?
Raelynn: Oh, just see if the stars can tell me anything about this connection. It might given her moon cycle.
Leo Pölzl: I would have to check with my wives first if you need me to have those kind of dreams
Raelynn: Oh, no no. Not that kind. I wouldn't intrude in such a way. Just a little astrology!
Leo Pölzl: OH you are a witch? I thought you were an Elf?
Raelynn: Can elves not be witches? Hmm, er, well anyways no! Just a priestess who reads stars!
Leo Pölzl: The Countess is a witch, she is very powerful, she has protected us well
Raelynn: Countess Branwyn? Not sure she wants to be known as a witch. She's just a very powerful mage. Not sure that's the same thing?
Leo Pölzl: What are the stars like?
Leo Pölzl: I have never seen them
Ulrik Ekenberg: What's the difference between a witch and a mage? I thought they all did witchy things.
Raelynn: Oh! I mean the ones in the sky! That light up the night.
Raelynn: shrugs at Ulrik, now confused, too.
Raelynn: Er, although I suppose you can't really see them, here. You have to leave the Mist.
Leo Pölzl: I heard that the Inn has a fancy place like that with no Mist
Raelynn: Yes! It's easy to see the stars there!
Leo Pölzl: I heard that the Inn has a fancy place like that with no Mist
Raelynn: Well, anyways, if you can just give me some details.... (lists them off)
Leo Pölzl: Sure, I can tell you that
Leo Pölzl: For Irma I know most of it, I think I know that stuff about when I was a kid
Raelynn: nods and listens
Leo Pölzl: But I never knew that I was supposed to know which way my mother was facing when she gave birth
Leo Pölzl: I never asked
Raelynn: It's okay. I might still be able to figure it out.
Leo Pölzl: Hmmm But Irma's mother was in the bed, it looks to the north when you are sitting in it. So does that mean she was born to the North? or to the South?
Raelynn: Let me see.....
Raelynn: [SKILL] Astrology [2] [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 9]
Leo Pölzl: I always thought you had to have a hard egg ready for the mother after she gave birth
Leo Pölzl: Isn't that what the midwives do?
Raelynn: I haven't heard that one. Did you do that where you came from,Ulrik?
Ulrik Ekenberg: My ma always said it was sa sheep's bladder
Leo Pölzl: At least they always send me out for water and to boil it
Bixi Fizzlebang: Like a boiled egg?
Leo Pölzl: and then boil the egg
Ulrik Ekenberg: In the bladder?
Raelynn: Wait do your people do that, Bixi??
Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean, we boil eggs occasionally
Leo Pölzl: That always seemed to be the time the mother is screaming the loudest
Bixi Fizzlebang: But it's not related to birth
Bixi Fizzlebang: Ohhhhh
Bixi Fizzlebang: They were just trying to get you out of the way
Raelynn: Ooooohhhh
Ulrik Ekenberg: Oh... I wish I had known that before I killed Bessie
Ulrik Ekenberg: Poor Bessie, she had the softest wool
Raelynn: Er, what did you do with the bladder?
Raelynn: At least you can eat a boiled egg.
Ulrik Ekenberg: Tried feeding it to my ma, of course
Ulrik Ekenberg: She refused, but thankfully my brother survived
Leo Pölzl: We blow them up and let the little ones bat them around
Leo Pölzl: They bounce a bit for a while at least
Raelynn: Well we all certainly lived very different lives...
-> Raelynn: You can guess... maybe it is that Irma is now the same age he was when his parents were captured by goblins
Raelynn: Hmm....Leo, what age were you when you lost your parents?
Leo Pölzl: I was about 10 I think?
Raelynn: Around Irma's age?
Leo Pölzl: I guess?
Raelynn: So maybe you're feeling a little extra protective of her?
Leo Pölzl: I was taller than she is now
Leo Pölzl: She is a good girl, she does what her mothers tell her to do, she herds the goats
Raelynn: Yes, she does seem like a lovely little girl! And a growing one. And one you'd want to protect at any cost.
Raelynn: Maybe she's reminding you of that.
Leo Pölzl: She seems to like Jermias, he is Nat's son
Ulrik Ekenberg: Herds the goats? Where exactly is she supposed to be herding them?
Zayden: Somebody's gotta herd the goats
Zayden: they say
Raelynn: Oh! Hi Zayden!
Zayden: Hey Rae!
Raelynn: Zayden, this is Leo. He's come to the shop to find out why he's unhappy.
Zayden: Oh hey Leo, sorry to hear about your unhappiness
Leo Pölzl: I am not sad
Leo Pölzl: Irma says I am, my wives did not say anything about me being sad
Zayden: Nothing wrong with being sad, I mean if you were sad
Raelynn: Well, she is getting to that age, Leo. She's growing up.
Leo Pölzl: Yes she is
Raelynn: Hmm, well, I think you should see how that makes you feel, make sure both you and your wives and her all feel safe at home. Maybe your dreams are just reminients of your past bothering you again. Maybe it's forcing you to face something you didn't realize still bothered you.
Raelynn: And know you can always come here for help. Even if it does end up being goblins.
Raelynn: Ulrik has a lot of experience with those!
Ulrik Ekenberg: Yes, I've killed one or two.... hundred.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Maybe it's time to think about a third wife, another baby... that kind of thing. Keep the family line moving
Leo Pölzl: We have not had problems with goblins since the Governor came
Raelynn: Yes, it is the fourth century after all!
Ulrik Ekenberg: One or two hundred of the goblin menace. In fact they call me the Goblin Slayer where I am from.
Raelynn: And Govenor Snee is very well adapt.
Raelynn: I thought you were a Stormblanket?
Leo Pölzl: I will think about that, I would need more goats for a third wife
Ulrik Ekenberg: I am... I am... Ulrik Goblin Slayer of the Stormblanket Society
Leo Pölzl: Thank you for your help
Raelynn: You know, I do matchmaking if you decide you want help with that as well.
Leo Pölzl: OH?
Raelynn: Of course! I hope it helped some. As I said, you are always welcome back here.
Leo Pölzl: I have never thought about a Elf wife
Raelynn: smiles
Leo Pölzl: You are pretty
Ulrik Ekenberg: sputters
Raelynn: I don't think Youtargim would agree, but I do know some elves back home.
Raelynn: Not sure which are the farming type... but I can see what connections I have.
Leo Pölzl: I guess I would need more trees for that too
Bixi Fizzlebang: They don't all sleep in trees
Raelynn: You never know. N'laea is probably up in one now, but the elves I know, like myself, prefer a comfy bed.
Raelynn: Bixi has heard me complain enough about it.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Too bad Licornah isn't here. She could do with some socialization with the locals.
Leo Pölzl: Nuts and berries are easy to find for the most part
Ulrik Ekenberg: Maybe plant a tree just in case... Handier to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Maybe they'd be a match!
Raelynn: Maybe. I've never heard her talk about what she wants in life.... does she want a farm with two wives and a husband?
Leo Pölzl: Nods and ducks his head, Thank you again
Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't know, but she did say her family used to be farmers
Bixi Fizzlebang: So she has experience!
Leo Pölzl: and heads out and up the road
Raelynn: Anytime. Good luck in life, Leo!
Raelynn: We can ask her later. Always worth asking!
BOB tonight is Zayden's opening night show in the new theater
Ulrik Ekenberg: Comedy? In... front of other people..? Ah.. Uh.... I'm more of a fighter than a speaker
Raelynn: Oh, fine. I can help be the opening act, Zayden.
Zayden: Do you know any magic tricks that may entertain?
Zayden: Oh wonderful Rae!
Ulrik Ekenberg: No, I'm not a witch. I don't think men can become witches, anyways
Raelynn: I would love to see what Ulrik could do besides slay dragon maidens.
Ulrik Ekenberg: Oh, yes, dragon... maidens.... the worst kind of dragon, you know
Bixi Fizzlebang: I think it's called hag when it's a man witch
Raelynn: I thought that was a type of food?
Ulrik Ekenberg: Dragon maiden...? Well, I suppose you can eat it if you would like
Bixi Fizzlebang: No, that's hog
Raelynn: Knotty?
Bixi Fizzlebang: No, that's boar
Raelynn: I thought he was a pig.
Zayden: so hard to keep track
Raelynn: Well that's confusing. So what else do you want for your opening night, Zayden?
Raelynn: We got your groupies and opening act. Anyone else special you want to invite?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Hard to keep tack, too
Raelynn: Are you singing? Dancing? Both? all of it?
Raelynn: Do you want decorations? Glitter?? Pyrotectics? We'd need to see if Bran could do that... I don't know who else is good with fire.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Lot of maintenance for boar tack
Bixi Fizzlebang: Oh, I do have a new glitter I've been working on!
Bixi Fizzlebang: It's very, very fine. If you blow it out of a tube, it stays in the air for a REALLY long time
Raelynn: Oh, nice! Do you want to use it, Zayden? You need to tell us how to help make this night memorable for you!
Bixi Fizzlebang: I thought it would be better for lotions, but it could work for this too!
Zayden: Oh I don't think we need anything too fancy
Zayden: I'll stick to singing for tonight, of course if Bixi wanted to do some interpretive dance I wouldn't object
Zayden: Ohhh that's a great idea Bix!
Zayden: is there any chance people could inhale it and choke though?
Raelynn: What if we do some fancy lighting? Would it make the glitter extra... glittering?
Zayden: If it's so fine I mean?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yeah, definitely. It seems to like, hang in the air, and then any time the light hits it, it's all shiny
Bixi Fizzlebang: The air will look like it's just glitter air
Bixi Fizzlebang: But just maybe... don't breathe it in...
Raelynn: claps with excitement
Zayden: Hmmm, let's make sure it's not over the stage, could make singing tricky
Ulrik Ekenberg: Do you have robes or such? We always wore fine robes when we sang back home
Raelynn: Oh! Good question. You DO need to look fancy that night, Zayden.
Zayden: I agree on looking fancy, but I feel like robes have a more monkish vibe
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yeah like, if you have some sort of accoutrement that kind of covers your mouth and nose but still lets you breathe... you might think about wearing that
Zayden: and cover up my face?
Zayden: my beautiful face?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Unless you want your face covered in glitter for a few weeks
Raelynn: I agree, your face needs to be on full display. But we can zazz up your clothing.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Bixi turns, and the light hits a little bit of glitter in her hair
Ulrik Ekenberg: is thunderstruck
Raelynn: I meant to tell you, your hair looks fabulous today, Bixi!
Zayden: Good idea Bix, we can just glitter up my hair without throwing glitter everywhere, then I can perform unhindered
Ulrik Ekenberg: Uh... that looks good
Ulrik Ekenberg: I mean, that sounds good
Bixi Fizzlebang: visibly relieved
Bixi Fizzlebang: That's a great idea
Ulrik Ekenberg: Good... girl... Good idea, I mean
Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm not saying there's such a thing as too much glitter but... why test the limits hah
Raelynn: Because we'll never know unless we test!
Zayden: That's fine, just maybe not on opening night?
Raelynn: Okay. It is your opening night, after all.
Raelynn: You get to call the shots!
Zayden: ohhh shots are a good idea
Raelynn: After show party at the inn?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Like with a crossbow!?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't know how your audience would like that
Zayden: Like lil drinks of hard liquor
Raelynn: I think he means alcohol.
Zayden smiles
Bixi Fizzlebang: oh
Zayden: Hey Rae, I'm thinking of doing a duet, care to join me?
Raelynn: I would offer the tea shop but... well, it's not a great place for drunks. Inns are better equip for it.
Raelynn: Oh, I'd love to!
Zayden: Open to all, we're not an elitist organization
Zayden: we could put flyers up all over town?
Zayden: Knotty can come too Bix
Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't think he'd really like the noise... PTSD from the circus... but I appreciate it
Zayden: as long as he doesn't poop everywhere, poop is a real vibe killer
Ulrik Ekenberg: Poop?
Ulrik Ekenberg: Why would he... nevermind
Zayden: everything living thing poops Ulrik
Ulrik Ekenberg: ponders this
Zayden: every living thing
Ulrik Ekenberg: PONDERS
Bixi Fizzlebang: Plants?
Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 10]
Bixi Fizzlebang: There are lots of living plants that do not poop, Zayden.
Zayden: Well that's true, I suppose all living things that aren't plants then
Zayden: Knotty definately poops, he's no plant
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yes, and it makes great fertilizer for the plants that I grow!
Bixi Fizzlebang: But the concert scene isn't really his vibe
Zayden: circle of life that is
Ulrik Ekenberg: Would it help if we had a bunch of pooping plants?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean, if you could get the treant to show up that would probably be a big hit
Zayden: Oh that would be cool actually
Ulrik Ekenberg: Oh, those are real?
Raelynn: Valoris is in the woods. He's probably asleep, though.
Zayden: You can't ask that of the ladies Ulrik...
Ulrik Ekenberg: O-oh.... I-I'm so sorry
Zayden: Just jokin with ya Ulrik you good
BOB As soon as you are ready we start
Shislif (Zayden): Open to all, we went over that, Bix will glitter up my hair. Maybe Zay should just wear something of Rae's? Like Bowie style kind of thing
Raelynn: [SKILL] Artistic Ability [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 15] [d20 = 1]
Carissa (Raelynn): oh he'll look AMAZING
Shislif (Zayden): Yes Ulrik, perhaps you have some sweet moves you could show off? We could put a little background music too
Shislif (Zayden): I'm sure we oculd find a watermelon or something you could chop up?
BOB so Act number one
Youtargim: [SKILL] Whistling/Humming [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 12]
BOB Youtargim provides some harmonies for Rae as she dances
Raelynn: [SKILL] Dancing [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 17) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 5]
BOB so the first act of Rae dancing with some vocal accompaniments is a sucess
Ulrik Ekenberg: [CHECK] Strength (vs. Target 9) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 7]
BOB For the intermission Ulrik entertains with a bit of a show of strength
BOB and in the end SLICES throuh smashing open the gourd
Zayden: He's so strong!
Raelynn: Maybe he really can fight!
Ulrik Ekenberg: ROOOAR!!!! ULRIK SMASH!!
BOB and glitter pours out courtisey of Bixi
Ulrik Ekenberg: coughs violently
Zayden: As the glitter floats, the lights dim, and with a sudden flash Zay and Rae appear on stage, as if by magic, the glitter sparkling the entire room
Zayden: (LINK)
BOB The crowd cheers
Zayden: [SKILL] Musical Instrument [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 11) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 11]
Raelynn: [SKILL] Singing [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 17) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 12]
Zayden: [SKILL] Singing [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 6]
BOB As Zayden and Rae finish and bow the crowd gives a standing ovation
Zayden points are Rae, and bows to her directly
Zayden at Rae
Raelynn: drinks in the attention before doing the same back to him with extra pizzazz
Zayden then does a sexy man pose
Raelynn: whispers, "I think that went fantastic!"
Zayden: Returns whisper; It did! Thank you Rae, couldn't have done it without ya
Raelynn: Anything for a friend!
Raelynn: To more shows!
Zayden: The first night of many
Raelynn: gives a backstage toast
Youtargim: Cheers!
Raelynn: Don't forget you have groupies, too!
Ulrik Ekenberg: still coughing
Zayden: Ah yes, an artists work is never done
Raelynn: And you did great, too, Ulrik! You really can fight!
Raelynn: Or, you looked like it! And Bixi did AMAZING with that gourd!
Zayden: Yes I was very impressed
Youtargim: Takes Rae by the arm, gives her a flower from the garden
Ulrik Ekenberg: gives a thumbs up from where he is slumped against a wall
Raelynn: smiles and takes the flower
Youtargim: Almost as lovely as you
Raelynn: kisses him
Raelynn: You had some good tunes as well.
Youtargim: Warm smile
Youtargim: You are inspiring
Raelynn: Good! I do try to be. You made it easy to dance to.
Youtargim: Let me take you home and inspire you more
Youtargim: We can go inside the Inn so you can spend a night with the stars
Raelynn: kisses him again and lets him lead her away
Youtargim: Brings her up the street and turns down the path by the tea shop and then holding her hand crosses out of The Mist into the courtyard of the Inn
Youtargim: deep night, glittering stars with the moons overhead
Youtargim: Leads Rae up through the Inn and onto the balcony out back of the main chambers
BOB leaving Rae and Youtargim off stage right
BOB Everyone in town the next morning is still talking about what Zayden looked like, how dashing and handsome
