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C2 Ep. 161 Slaughterman's Legacy Chapter Four
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Come on Erys, let's go party
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Podcast Introduction
00:00:09
Speaker
D20 Radio, your game is roll.
Previous Episode Recap
00:00:48
Speaker
Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed, an actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. Welcome to another episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time?
Discussion on Eldorin & House Fjirlin
00:00:59
Speaker
Great question. Okay, so seafood. There's apparently an open market for it. There's a niche open. Sean is jonesing for the chicken of the sea. And also other things that are more important.
00:01:17
Speaker
Yeah, we're trying to rescue the four sails. The Highwall has no seafood, apparently. That's just so tertiary. The Verla thing felt important. Yes, Eris talked to Verla, and we found out about Elvinor's son, Eldorin.
00:01:34
Speaker
Oh, that's right. Who is a important figure in House Fjirlin, and if there's a coup against Elvinor, he's either involved or the person best placed to help
Raynard's Meeting Plans
00:01:51
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stop it. He is currently Schrödinger's son. Yes.
00:01:55
Speaker
And so Reynard is going to go talk to him, or at least get him to come meet him and Hob at the consistent bird. Everyone loves more of him. Because we're at the Ebony Vale. That was specifically requested in the Discord, actually, is please have Trevor be forced to make more timely decisions. This time we're going to make you go alone into a social situation. Into what sounds like a goth bar. It's true. It does sound like a goth bar. Are you sure you're going to a goth bar in your gold owl costume?
00:02:25
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to try to talk to her another young scion. This is actually why Raynard is on the outs with his family. He's, you've got, this is like the Adams, the Adamses have a child who wants to be prom queen. That's the Munsters. Right. Yes. Yes. Whatever her name was. Except they're less supportive. They did love their daughter. Yes. Maryland. Yes. Trevor is a mistreated Maryland.
00:02:54
Speaker
That's fair. What a sentence. Yep. Additionally... Wait, there's more. At the end of the last episode. Oh, yeah. Because Eris can't just solve a problem, she has this scheme to see if she can move the entirety of the four sails because we have established that it is basically just Ulfin's original ship docked to a tower permanently.
00:03:24
Speaker
And so can we move the entire thing with short range flight or not?
Goth Bar Preparations
00:03:30
Speaker
And we need special materials for it. I think that was a despair or something. Yes, we rolled something bad and we decided we needed some oracalcum. Oh, that's right. Yeah. And the place where it obviously occurred to us that we could find a super rare ingredient would be to talk to our buddy Harbin Millhatch. Whoo.
00:03:52
Speaker
I wasn't there for that part. Gotta get that guy back. Yeah. We left off with Eris and Milo, so I guess we pick things up with Reynard and Hob. So Hob, are you just headed the consistent bird or are you gonna hang out outside the Ebony Vale, go with Reynard, and just in case you then all of a sudden hear
00:04:15
Speaker
spells, fireballs, swords, clashing, you can rush in. I don't think Hobb would leave Raynard to go there by himself, but I also know that Hobb knows better than to be standing by the door waiting for the... Come with me to the second location. As soon as you walk up, there's a big idiot. What I want to know is, if Hobb put on black jeans and a black t-shirt, could he just fake his way in as a bouncer? Raynard, you have ranks in it. Give me a knowledge society check.
00:04:45
Speaker
Let me just check real quick about that one. Knowledge? Society. I did some range in Streetwise a while ago, if I can roll twice. Okay, yeah. Okay, hold on. How difficult? For Streetwise, it's gonna be one red, two purple. That's a lot. How bad do I wanna know? For Reinhardt, it's just one red, one purple. I don't have that. Yes, you do. Knowledge skills? Knowledge society.
00:05:16
Speaker
It doesn't appear to be on his list. No, it is. In fact, not on mine either. Oh, I'm curious. I have adventuring Forbidden Geography and Lore on Trevor's list right here. Yeah, I don't have it either. I have a stupid amount of different knowledge skills on my sheet, but none of them are... Oh, I do have knowledge society. Thank you, Randy.
00:05:39
Speaker
I didn't say it didn't exist. It's not on Trevor's character. I know that the verse skill like how a lot of the magic skills are tied to your ranks in a certain knowledge skill for verse it's knowledge society which is why I assume that Trevor had it. Gotcha. I can use verse.
00:05:55
Speaker
So since Trevor doesn't have any ranks in it, then it would make more sense for... Okay. Do you have Streetwise? Yeah, what's your Streetwise? What's your Streetwise? What if it can assist mine with a boost or something? Okay, no, I have this one. Where is it, guys? If not, it not. Oh, I have two yellow and a green. Okay, we have the same. So take a boost.
00:06:19
Speaker
You don't have any talents to help with your street wife? Because I don't... it feels like something you might... I don't believe so. Okay. Here we go. I can't see. Hey! Yo, despair. That's a big success. Yeah. You've got a couple threats. Two success, two threat, but a triumph. Okay. With the success, that it would not be uncommon for somebody of Raynard's position, especially being back in good with his house, to have a bodyguard. Sure.
00:06:48
Speaker
Especially if he's gonna dress like that. You gotta keep him from getting beaten up by all the goth bullies. I was just about to say... I was just about to say this. He's gonna walk in dressed like a prep. Raynard, I suppose, if I am in your employ, should I dress a certain way or look differently? To make this ruse work. Or am I fine just the way I am, he says.
00:07:14
Speaker
that I'm going to pay you. You're not gonna pay me. We sit in my employ. Okay, hold on now. With the two threat. Oh no. If this is a sartorial threat, I'm gonna be mad. Fashion threats. I just make you dress like a goth. No, Hob, your understanding is you would need to dress to match the person that you are employed by to some extent for it to work.
00:07:46
Speaker
of pure joy. Any of us know how people dress at this club? Raynard would probably have a sense of them like being, it's the ebony veil. So yeah, it's like dark alluring, but you're in Raynard's employee, not the ebony veil's employee. Oh no, I know. Just match color. Raynard, how important it is to fit in. Just match color scheme. I'm not saying we have to wear black. I'm saying we shouldn't wear bright gold.
00:08:12
Speaker
I'm more of an autumn. It can be an autumn. It definitely has gold in it. I have some bronze. Sure. Okay. I like brown. We can do brown. Bronze, copper. Are these all still real things in Eberron? Yes. Do you only wear metal? Or is that the entire day? Where is my new leather dye? You ordered it today. No. It's magic. There are magic elements. They can't just manifest.
00:08:42
Speaker
I think they could if you said that they could, but... Okay, so that's the information that you have is the hob that it would not be odd for you to be Reynard's bodyguard, but you would need to match to dress to match him. We'll go with more like browns and subtle and not owls, but still the same color. You all do have a triumph.
Inside the Ebony Vale
00:09:04
Speaker
I have no idea. Triumph on the first roll of the day. It's so hard. It's so hard. It's always. I don't really remember what was said in motion. Harris has to go talk to Harbin.
00:09:17
Speaker
don't waste our triumph on the fact that Eris feels awkward. I would say we would not be the first or last time. But the stakes of Eris being awkward with Harbin are extremely low. True. Like we can control something about the environment. It needs to be something in the club. It needs to be
00:09:38
Speaker
Maybe he's he's alone. I was gonna say one of he's either alone or he's holding court taking all comers There's no barrier to get there. We want to get him out of there. I know you want to get him away to a second location He willingly goes what if He's so important that he does not require a bodyguard because the idea of someone harming him would bring down such a
00:10:06
Speaker
devastating consequences on them. Alternatively, Raynard catches him at the urinal and they just chat for a minute when he's alone in there. That is also a thing that could do. I'm really peasy. I'm really peasy. Trevor is where Raynard is. Oh. Give me your little guy. Okay, okay, try. Yeah, I think he's something like either he's alone if you think that, if you guys think that's the better one.
00:10:36
Speaker
I kind of... The idea of he's just so full of himself that... Yeah, that guy I'm trying to... Yeah, his station. Yeah, Raynard too, but... I... I have qualms with giving Eric full of himself as a prompt for an NPC we need something from relatively quickly. Maybe he feels that same way about his information. I think... Yeah, he's alone because he doesn't need to be protected here. I think that sounds pretty great, yeah.
00:11:08
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. Cool. All right. Go on next. Okay. What am I trying to, what information am I trying to get again?
00:11:17
Speaker
We want to get him out of that club. Okay. We want him. Yes, we want him. Okay. He is either, he's one of two things right now to us. He is either an ally in keeping his mom from getting killed or the mastermind behind his mom's death. And we got to set out which one so we can decide if we can use him or not use him. So this is more that I need to go make a friend rather than I had to get information. Yes. Yes. We are, cause we don't want to talk here. Okay, good.
00:11:44
Speaker
If he's in on it, he's going to know that your dad is the mover behind it. So yeah, you are. You're going in as Raynard, right? So if you are bringing it up. Yeah. Yes. So if you are approaching him about this scheme, either.
00:12:08
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you have valuable information for him or what you're bringing up is something he already knows. Okay. So getting him alone is about we need to talk about this thing and we don't necessarily know where everyone here stands on it. The trick. But where these are going to come in.
00:12:30
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is you can't let on what side you're on until we know what side he's on. You gotta be Switzerland. You gotta be some sort of duplicitous Switzerland.
00:12:44
Speaker
Not even neutral. Not even neutral. You want to talk some more about World War II? We had a very productive conversation before we started recording. Kind of one thing about World War II and it's Switzerland. Didn't get involved. I know a lot of things about World War II. I was going to say surely that's not the one thing. For instance, follow World War I. I'm kidding.
00:13:11
Speaker
Okay, so that's the plan then we are going to go in I'm going to be your bodyguard I'm going to be dressed somewhat like you we are going to discuss what that looks like, okay? Very particular discuss dark browns. Yeah, maybe a little bling not anything crazy on it and and then once We're in there
00:13:31
Speaker
I guess it would not be strange for you to be lying to the guy, especially, yeah. So if he's sitting at the bar, I'm just gonna go to the bar. Yeah. We'll see where he is. You need to understand, if he wants me as the bodyguard or the helper or whatever, he wants me dismissed, you gotta go along with it. And I'll step to the side where I can't hear anymore. But I'll be there. But we can't compromise.
00:13:58
Speaker
No, you can say in front of him and you can say in front of me or whatever. It's not a way to compromise this today. Alright, I'll be left to my own devices then. But believe me, I don't love it either. Let's go! But first! Oh.
00:14:14
Speaker
Hobb's not dressed for the effect. Oh. Let's go shopping. You get a lot of work out of that shoulder, right? Coquettish shoulder. Yeah. I would say, to compromise, you're wearing something very similar in silhouette to what you prefer just in colors I chose. Yeah, I think that sounds great. So dark browns, more of a coppery, metallic flair to it. How many apples, though.
00:14:42
Speaker
There's no owls, no owls today. Shocking. Is that the little pin on mine? That's all I needed. Whatever I'm wearing. Okay, so I've got an ear cuff because he wanted some bling. Can we, wait, are your... I was like, what do you have that I could change? Because I can't change your gauntlet. Yeah, nothing about the magic stuff gets to be changed. I'd put like an owl tattoo on the back of your head. Yeah, you might let that go. Maybe like a belt buckle or like a little...
00:15:13
Speaker
You famously wear a pendant. I could also wear a pendant of your choosing. It's like a necklace with a pendant on it. Great, I have an out pendant.
00:15:23
Speaker
so you all approach the ebony veil where you all know in the upper parts of the city obviously the exterior it fits pretty well in with the towers they haven't done a whole lot of modification like ruska's roost in a full facade shift for the sake of them their identity whereas ebony veil didn't really do that there's just a sign above the door
00:15:46
Speaker
that is black wood like burnished dark wood and it's virtually blank like it's just when the light hits it at just the right angle you see an iridescent sheen it's black and that's really all you can tell out front
00:16:05
Speaker
What time are you all going? Are you going like in the evening when there's gonna be people there? We're going when we know he is most often there, so when is that? He spends a lot of his time there is what he learned. It's just a question of do you all want to be noticed the second you walk in or do you want a bit more cover of there being people? I think if the plan is to go somewhere else, it's probably relatively early in the evening. Maybe a happy hour time.
00:16:29
Speaker
Okay. Okay. Yeah. So a time when there would be more, a higher than average volume of people, but still with plenty of time to take care of things. Okay. So just to be clear with the, with a place like the Ebony Vale, like a lot of the places that you've gone to have been more akin to an inn or a tavern. This is more of a club. Like in terms of the people don't go here for dinner. Like there, there is food and stuff, but if you all roll up at four 30 in the afternoon,
00:16:59
Speaker
there might be a couple of like people there having a drink before their shift kind of thing not a bunch of patrons hanging out seems so it's called the ebony veil there's not a happy power so sorry half off time i'm fine with doing it where there's not a lot of people there and we just go in and he sees us and we see him we go talk to him i'm fine with that yeah okay i think there are benefits to each situation yeah okay
00:17:25
Speaker
so you all walk down the street and see the front of the ebony veil you see the sign and out front very relaxed just very clearly not in full work mode yet you see a fairly tall and
00:17:42
Speaker
relatively extremely muscular elf standing out front. He's wearing a white tunic with like blue accents but it's a short sleeve tunic to cut to accentuate the muscles and the frame and everything. He has silver haircut very short almost a buzz cut and yeah that's who you are standing out front.
00:18:05
Speaker
and very relaxed, keeping an eye out for anybody that's approaching but not on guard. Don't look at me, I'm just the hill, baby. Just walk up and try to enter. That's a lot of liquor. In, dog. I feel like you just described this bouncer as Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Yeah, a little bit bigger, but yeah. Can I help you? Yes, I'm wanting to come in and have a few drinks. You on the list? I guess I should lie.
00:18:34
Speaker
How's your deception? He's gonna know if lying in this case means guessing a name on the list. Yeah, no, I'm not gonna do that. Your dad? Yeah, exactly. Super high-placed here. Yeah, pull right, dog. I'm not on the list. I drain your fjarlen. I'm on all the lists. Like, I am the list. I just don't know if this guy's a rude D-word or not. You can make a charm check to try and... Let's do that. I'm gonna say something along the lines of... That's not very charming.
00:19:04
Speaker
I don't know. You didn't say it out loud. Oh, I don't think I need to be on the list. Thank you. That's not charming. Look, it can be and also you will get nicely. Also, you're gonna if you succeed, I add two advantage to it. We haven't done that in a while because I haven't had to loom for a long time.
00:19:21
Speaker
Can't remember if I have any. And then also... That's it. Okay, what's the difficulty? If it comes down to it, I can do a pretty effective coercion check if we have to get in the building, but for now we can try this. It's normally too purple, but Jeff, you'll flip the black axe over for me. Okay. No, I think you probably want to flip one of the other ones so that you still have some points. Well, I only start with one. Oh. Cool. Do I get anything from him? Only if you succeed. Oh, okay. That's right.
00:19:50
Speaker
Which you did not. Wow. Unbelievable. The most x's you can get. So many advantage. Five advantage. One failure, five advantage. So this elf leans back against the wall and smirks at you. It's fine of you to think that. Five advantage, he is on the list. I guess things have changed since the last time I've been here.
00:20:18
Speaker
Hobb steps forward and says, listen, security professional is a security professional. At this point, I just need to get Mr. Fiarlan inside somewhere. If you let us in here, no, hang on, because I have to be coercive. If you don't let us in, move away! Look at him inside, or I can put your face through a wall. Look one way or another, there's going to be trouble.
00:20:43
Speaker
if you don't let us in. Either repercussions from your boss with Castile Fiarlin. Calvary Fiarlin. I do it every time. Here's about this. Or it can be done more quickly. Your dad's Calvary. To Fiarlin? Yes. What's your name? Sorry. He pulls out. Did you not say friend here Fiarlin? I thought you would have said your name. He did not.
00:21:14
Speaker
as a given that we didn't state. I failed anyway. It's okay. Now it looks like a boob and scans down the list. You all have five advantage. Do you want your name to just be on the list? Like I've been added because it would have been taken off at some point. So it's a question of it hasn't been put back on. Yeah, let's do that. Yeah. So he's going to be a jerk to you all because you were a pretentious snooty man child, but yeah, your name's on the list. He's going then. Thank you.
00:21:44
Speaker
Next time, just say your name.
00:21:47
Speaker
Look, I glanced away for a second. I was sure he would have said his name. I hope no hard feelings here. I'm just doing my job. No, come on in, Kevin. I have to go now. So as you walk, I'll walk in. Even though it's still daylight outside as soon as you enter, the bar is dimly lit and the ever-bright lanterns in here have been tweaked in such a way to where it, like, it's like moonlight throughout it. It's not like a harsh light. It's just very even moonlight level lighting throughout the entire bar.
00:22:16
Speaker
The architecture inside is wooden but it's very darkly stained wood with pops of like just regular birch wood throughout and there are tables that you would like
00:22:32
Speaker
It'd be really expensive, but these tables look like they might just be made of straight up obsidian with like gold accents in it, like the bougiest. You do not want to catch yourself on the corner of one of those. They're wrapped. And yeah, chandeliers hanging from the ceiling with the moonlight glow coming off of them.
00:22:50
Speaker
And the scent is, it's interesting because most elves, especially house elves, are elves that are members of the houses, not Dobby. Dobby creature.
00:23:04
Speaker
They're city folk, but there's still like this air of pine like foresty scent throughout that you have. As soon as you enter to the right hand side, there's a bar with a bartender behind it. And then what I described before, you see some people that you would guess are members of the waitstaff, but they're sitting at tables socializing things like that. The bartender is behind the bar though, making a couple drinks and chatting with a couple of other people at the bar.
00:23:30
Speaker
So the, I could give you a physical description of all these people, but as you, as needed. The bartender is a masculine presenting elf with like very sharp, almost fox-like features and radiant green eyes with golden blonde hair tied back behind their, their head. Dressed in all black.
00:23:54
Speaker
Yeah, and a couple people look and see you walk in and note like your attire and clearly They know you don't work here. So it's like why is this dude rolling up? 430 on a Tuesday to the nightclub Yeah, one of the elves sitting
00:24:12
Speaker
She not, doesn't really sigh or anything, but it's clear like she was enjoying her conversation, but it's time to do her job. Why not her? Am her. Maybe you've been her. A young feminine elf hop up with vibrant green hair, hop up, still very much kind of the goth aesthetic, but like with the brightly dyed hair and hazel eyes as she walks up to you all. She has notes of Emerald and Jade amongst the black attire that she's wearing.
00:24:42
Speaker
and she walks up to us like, hi there, can I get you a table or would you like a private room? Do I know what the person looks like that we're looking for? Probably. Yeah, it would make sense that you would have met Elder in at some point. Corporate picnics. So obviously he's
00:25:01
Speaker
A male elf with... He's the bartender. No, he is not the bartender. So he gets off a ship, so... He's posing as the bartender, so someone will fall in love with him for who he really is. He has silver hair, like long silver hair, stands around six feet tall, really lean, athletic build. So I'm taller. Very sharp features, chiseled jawline, high cheekbones, like just...
00:25:25
Speaker
Porcelain, flawless skin, and in an obnoxious way, and emerald green eyes. But yeah, you would be able to spot him out of the crowd. Okay. And I see him. No, you do not see him. I don't see him. No, he's not in the main room. Oh, okay. I would say if we've established that Raynard has been to the Ebony Vale before, right? I don't think
Visit to Millhatch Industries
00:25:43
Speaker
we did. Draneir? Sure. Okay.
00:25:45
Speaker
Yeah, we've been there. I've been there. We've been there since you people I am. It's been a while since you've been there, and you probably weren't a regular, but you would recognize the hostess that walked up to you. Her name is Luthien. Alright. Hello, Luthien. Long time, no see. I'm sorry. Who are you? Drennier. Oh. Drennier.
00:26:11
Speaker
Nice to see you back here. Yeah, just so lovely to be back. And who's your friend?
00:26:16
Speaker
Oh, do I give a fake name or a real name? I don't know. She's careful. I said that in my voice. I feel like Junior would think he needs to protect you for some reason. Okay. So this is a hulking person. And this is my bodyguard, Glob. Yes. It's me. Glob. Glob. It's nice to meet you. It's me. Hi. I'm the Glob. It's me.
00:26:45
Speaker
She looks at hums. Oh, dressed very nice for a bodyguard. Nice to meet you, Glob. Yes, Mr. DeFjarlen likes to represent a certain aesthetic in the world. It's up to me, Glob, to be consistent with that. Okay. So, Jren, what can I do for you?
00:27:10
Speaker
I was wondering if you had one of the other rooms or more. A private room? Absolutely. We can get you a private room for the evening. That'll just be, since it's a weeknight, just 60 gold pieces. Oh lord. Of course.
00:27:29
Speaker
Oh, guess why? My father's a cow. Oh, you put it on the house tab? Yes, please, thank you. And she, like, at the little house to stand and makes a note. All right, follow me and I'll show you and glob to your private room. Yes, one glob. Yes, yes, I will. Here glob comes. She, as she's walking with you all, just speaking to Draneer, just haven't seen you around for a while. Did you go out of town or?
00:27:57
Speaker
Oh, I've just been exploring some business ventures and financing some theatrical productions. Interesting. Okay. Very good. Well, you know, we'll talk after all the business that happened. So I've just, it's good to see you back. Yes. Ugly business, but I'm back. How's your brother? Oh, wonderful. Good old Alistar. Just ready to
00:28:25
Speaker
help whenever he can, that'd be really vague. Luthien gets you to adore, it's a curtain, and she pulls it back and you see a circular booth with a round table. It says, this is where we're gonna put you for the night and Thalia will be by to take your orders and yeah, just get you all settled. So if you need anything, don't hesitate to shout, but enjoy your night. Thank you.
00:28:46
Speaker
In my mind, hum does not fit in this boot. If it were a halfling bar, maybe. So yeah, you all get settled into the boot. Alright, so as starts go, not the worst one. We've definitely had worse. Yeah, we're here.
00:29:10
Speaker
But now that we're here, what's your plan for getting over in here? When I said private room, I was hoping just like a different room. And yet. And here we are, 60 gold out. That really, not us. I won't inherit it. All right, while you all wait for a door that somehow Raynard still imagines that after what we are about to do, he is going to inherit money from his father.
00:29:40
Speaker
while you all wait on Thalia to come take your order. Cut to you. Okay, gang. So you all had realized working on the ship that you need this Oricalcum? Oricalcum? Yep. And AerisLastExpress that the best place to go would probably be Harbin. And Milo agreed. Yep. So I guess that's where we're going. You're headed to Millhatch Industries? I am Millhatch Industries.
00:30:09
Speaker
Okay. So you all head to Millhatch HQ in the upper part of the city where presumably Harbin would be working. Walk in through the front doors and you find a reception area. You all potentially smirk as you see that there's a very clear line where the wall has been patched and repaired recently.
00:30:34
Speaker
Did we blow something up? Tasha crashed into Posey when Posey was... That seems like a long time ago. I didn't think that was the headquarters. I thought that was lower division. No, lower division. That was where the giant lizard guy was. I didn't remember that being at the upper part of the city, I'm sorry. Yeah, that was when Mill Hatch first turned.
00:30:55
Speaker
Eris does not smirk. My little mind. I don't know. Eris is not charmed by this. No. A dwarf woman behind the desk as you will walk in and she looks up. Hi, welcome to Mill Hatch Industries. How can I help you? Yes, we are here to visit with Mr. Harbin Mill Hatch, please.
00:31:15
Speaker
No, but I believe he would be interested in visiting with us. She pulls out a ledger and begins slipping through the pages. I'm afraid that Mr. Milhatch is terribly dizzy. I don't know if you've seen the papers or everything that's been going on. Excuse me, I'm sorry? Eris is like touching her communique. I'll have something wrong with your friends. Should we just... I'll have... Should we just tell them who we are and if he would be willing to... You hear it. What's us, I'm sure. Eris, are you okay?
00:31:44
Speaker
Are you Carmen? Hold on just one sec. Yeah, I'll be there in just one second. Yeah, what's up? We're in the lobby and there's this scary dwarf lady who won't let us in. You're in the lobby. Okay, just one second. And you're communicating with Silent. Yes, I'm afraid that he won't have any available office hours until, hmm, next week. That's okay, there may be somebody else who can help us then. We'll wait. If anyone.
00:32:15
Speaker
After a couple minutes, Olive, wearing a Milhatch Industries lab coat, walks out and waves at the dwarf woman and walks up to you all and says, Hi! What's going on? I have a really weird request to make and I have to talk to Harbin about it. Okay. Let's go outside. And Olive steps out in front of the building. She sees you all, or walks outside with you all and goes,
00:32:44
Speaker
We... you can't see Harbin here. The... the people that are actually in control of Millhatch Industries right now have basically locked things down in terms of outsiders coming in to talk to Harbin, but we can... What? Wait, do I know that Harbin is not in control of Millhatch Industries? He is ostensibly learning how to run the business, but... They're like, holding him hostage?
00:33:08
Speaker
No, he's available to go spend time socially with people and things like that, but he has handlers, for lack of a better way to put it, that keep tabs on him. After what happened to his dad, there's a lot of concern about Harbin's safety and where he spends his time. Is that concerns about safety? It sounds like people are infantilizing and babysitting him.
00:33:34
Speaker
Yeah. That's accurate. I... There is an avenue.
Gala Preparation and Invitations
00:33:42
Speaker
You're gonna hate it. We're already there. There is a... My sister, somebody burns down the four sails. Oh. Guess we're here. I'm trying to remember if.
00:33:53
Speaker
No. Yeah. Somebody's gonna burn down the four sails? I think so. Who? This is that thing where, like, consequences of more actions catch up to people I care about, but it's round two and it's more extensive. Gotcha. We can either try to orchestrate some situation where I can try to get Harbin away from his handlers to where you can speak to him, try to get him to the cauldron or something,
00:34:23
Speaker
or somewhere else that you would like to speak to him. That might be a bit more dangerous and involved. The other option is that tonight there's an event that Harbin will be at. I know. That's why I said you'd hate it. But I could get you tickets easily to that. And then you could find your moment to talk to him. What's the event? It's a gala. It's a gala to dress up.
00:34:53
Speaker
Yes. You already had the clothes though. Am I allowed to wear those again? It's not the sort of thing where I wore them to a party once and now they have to be burned or something. No. Harris has opinions about rich people. But no, I can, that would be the easiest and safest way for Harbin is you can come to the party. He's talking to me dangerous for Harbin.
00:35:18
Speaker
No, I'm just saying that if we were to try to orchestrate a way of getting him away from his handlers, that might cause problems for Harbin. Yeah. So, him being at a party that they want him to be at would cause less problems. Maybe not be dangerous. Okay. I'll go to a party. Okay. How many invites should I get? Two? Three? Four? I guess Eris looks at Milo. I don't think it's good for you to go by yourself, so... If you take nobody else, at least take Harp.
00:35:48
Speaker
but I would be willing to go and Reynard would be all about going. Hobb and Reynard are dealing with the coup in the house thing. Yes, so probably not available. Olive just plugs her ears as you all continue to talk. Probably not available, of course, so just be you and I. Invite Sana or something. Yes.
00:36:16
Speaker
would be like something for her to do. Probably needs a break. She would call this a break, right? She would consider this thing a break. Yes, I would definitely say yes. Something to get away, like you said. Can you get free? Are you going? Oh, Aeris. I love unplugged her ears as Aeris waves. Are you going? Yeah, I'll be there. Okay, now I guess we need free.
00:36:45
Speaker
three tickets okay I'll get this for you and I'll just bring them to the cauldron once I'm done here for you okay do you want me to I'll let Harbin know that yeah you need to talk to him and what is it regarding if you want to tell me if you feel I want to know I'll tell you the cool part I want to move I need to get off in
00:37:13
Speaker
away from where he is and I guess that cat and ace and I just had an idea that maybe it's not like it's
00:37:29
Speaker
building exactly so maybe I could just move the whole thing but to get to work I just need some materials I can't really get from anywhere else and okay it harvins like my only contact in the corporate industrial world okay I'll give him a heads up that you're gonna be there and you want to talk to him
00:37:59
Speaker
Okay. But, yeah. Where is this gala? It's at Moorgrave University. Ah, Moorgrave. They have a bunch of new artifacts from Zendric that they're wanting to show off, so. That sounds safe. I don't think they're magical. At least that was the indication that they're just statues.
00:38:27
Speaker
are pieces of statues. Statues are very big down there. He starts to say something about statues and galas and remembers this. Cool. All right, the gala is at about gala starts at eight o'clock, but Harbin reasonably won't be there until 9930. So you can wait until about then to arrive.
00:38:48
Speaker
Okay. The only person to be concerned about is Harbin's main handler is the head of the house staff. He oversaw Norsen's home affairs and was his right hand essentially. And he hasn't been fired? No.
00:39:13
Speaker
People wanted to have a sense of continuity because this man has been in the house for the entirety of Harpen's life. You did a really good job. It might not be a bad idea if I could possibly magically disguise us. And if we would like to do that, then lighting carbon should definitely know. Is that necessary? I don't know. Do they like know who I am? I can't see why they would. There may be people there who may know who we are.
00:39:41
Speaker
Let's just go. Why don't you have to dress up? I should get back, so I'll see you all at the cauldron. Milo, good to see you. Farewell. And she goes back inside. Alright. I think, as she said, this is probably the best and the safest way. Even though you're going to hate going, I don't know. But it'd be the safest way until Pyros attack the Gala again. They'll at least be interesting, I don't know.
00:40:09
Speaker
Surely this time it will be more mundane. You're right, yeah. Just regular bathing. Just as our lives are, regular and mundane. Yeah, yeah. I was almost killed last time I went to a gala. It's not like I'm just... Go till sauna. Eris stomps back to the skiff.
00:40:29
Speaker
Milo follows, just kind of shaking his head. Alright, so you all head back to the four sails. It's mid-afternoon, not crazy busy, but Sana's still... You see the blur of Sana rushing into the back room as Ace is cleaning some of the tables and Ulfin's back doing some prep work. Aeris goes back into the kitchen and finds Ulfin. Oh, I'm sorry. No, I'm sorry. When we can catch Sana to invite her, I'll...
00:40:56
Speaker
take over for her and help, and then you can have the opportunity to speak with her and slow her down. Okay. Yeah, Ulfin is walking in between the kitchen, the food prep area, and the bar, and so right up near the front, so he sees you all walking. Oh, Eris, my though. Welcome back. Can I take Sonna tonight? Sure, yeah. You won't break the system or anything? No, should be fine. Ace is
00:41:25
Speaker
getting more competent so he should be able to cover Sana's ship tonight. If also, if you're gonna be spending some time with Sana. If it comes up, if you're able to maybe convince her that I should be allowed to pay her for working here. Just, you all are friends. Be nice. Every time I try to I find a coin purse.
00:41:52
Speaker
in my bedroom, which is creepy, and I would like to pay her. Okay. I don't know if I'm gonna be very good at that, but yeah, okay. Yes, we could chat with her, surely. Alright, yeah, she's somewhere around here. I'll go find her, yeah. As you all cross the dining room, Ace sees you all. Hey! What are you all up to? Just the usual.
00:42:20
Speaker
Eris goes looking for Asana. No, what that means. I see Eris. I'm sure you don't. So like, what's the job? There's no job. We're just going to go to a party and relax for a while. What's the angle? No angle, Ace. Give me a deception check. So far, Milo has told at least two lies. I was wondering if it was going to come up. Oh, Milo might relax.
00:42:47
Speaker
You can finesse what the angle is, we need to meet someone there. But he didn't. Nope. That's a really hard move. Difficulty is going to be... I find it hard to believe bases are red. I was going to say, there's no way he has adversaries. No, that man is not half...
00:43:06
Speaker
You guys haven't noticed he's extremely astute based off perception. You actually get two boosts die. What? You actually get two boosts die. I do. If we need it. There's that too. How bad do we not want Ace to find out about this? Because he's annoying, we don't want him to know. Two red.
00:43:24
Speaker
He has two yellow perception! That is remarkable. Why do I get two boosts die? You don't. We were making jokes at his perception that he's so bad at this that you get boost dies. Yeah, because currently he's perceiving that Eris wanted to talk to him for a while. His perception can't be that great. I think the stakes of this are relatively low, but I'm okay if you spend a point. Let's just go with it and see what happens.
00:43:51
Speaker
I think you have failed with two advantage. Oh, one advantage, yes. Ace kind of looks at you and says, come on, Milo. You gotta be like that. Ace. I can help. I understand from often you're doing a fine job here, and you need to continue in that way. Who knows? You may be a restaurant tourist. This is what I want to do.
00:44:19
Speaker
I took the job so that I could afford to chase my passions and stuff, and nobody's letting me do that. Your passions... Welcome to adulthood, Ace. You gotta find your own time to find your own passions, guy. We're not spoon-beating that one. If those are your passions, your passions could very well get you killed. And the way things are going in our life right now, I would not wish that on you. But shouldn't I be allowed to make that decision?
00:44:48
Speaker
Not today. I'm afraid you're too dumb to make that call. You have one advantage. What would you like to do with it, Frankie? Milo has a fair amount of strain, I believe, so you could always heal a strain. Are you all slept? So no, you wouldn't have any strain. I don't think I shouldn't have. I said six, but I shouldn't have any. Then Ace just accepts my not today and leaves it alone.
00:45:13
Speaker
Okay, yeah, he won't further press. He's bummed, but yeah, he won't further press on it. He goes back to cleaning another table. But you know what, though? There may come a point in time, soon, where we might could use an assist. Now it's nothing, it wouldn't be anything dangerous at all. But, we may need some help from you at some point. Sure thing, Milo.
00:45:35
Speaker
Chris, while this is happening, you walk back into the, it's like food storage and dish washing area. Sana pulling some clean dishes out and begins like going through them and making sure that they're actually clean. And she looks up, it's like, hey Urs, what's up? I have a ticket to a gala. Okay. Life for you. Oh! I don't know if Ulfin can... When is it? Tonight.
00:46:02
Speaker
Milo finds them in this conversation and takes over. There's a bit of an overlap though while you're talking. So yeah, I'll let you know when the timeline ends. So there. Just a second. I think Ulfin needs me tonight. No, he said it was okay. Oh. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I'd love to go. What time? What's the attire? What's the theme? What is the gala that's happening at Moograve University?
00:46:30
Speaker
for artifact artifact yeah sauna let me take over what don't you go for a nice little chat with errors here and while I help take a break we're having it take a rest let me do this let me do this while you converse okay what's the dress code Morgrave University gala okay so not like
00:46:56
Speaker
Really fancy, but pretty fancy. Yes. Who else is on the guest list? Milo. Yeah. And Harbin Milhatch. Are you going to see Harbin at the gala? Yeah, he's going to be there. Is that why you're going? Yeah, I have to talk to him. Okay. Why are you looking at me that way? No reason.
00:47:24
Speaker
Okay, yeah, I'd love to go. Yeah, I'm going to see him at Harbin. It's like the way I don't know, there's this whole thing where it's hard to see him right now. And so I'm going to this so that I can see him and I can't just yeah. He's still looking at me that way. I'm not looking anyway. That's not true. I'm happy to go to the gala with you. Okay.
00:47:47
Speaker
Do we need to go shopping? I don't have a dress. Do you have the dress that you wore to the last gala? That's what I said, and others said it wasn't the sort of thing where you can't wear a dress twice. Okay, that's... That is true. You can wear it again if you want, but when it comes to things like this,
00:48:11
Speaker
I, and it's on as like, clearly doing some mental calculations on how to best say this, all of this is much smarter than me about a lot of things, just like you are much smarter than me than a lot of things. When it comes to galas and social events, I feel like that's like the one area where I might have more knowledge and insight than the two of you. And so... Punching.
00:48:32
Speaker
I do punch well. The evil of the back of the forces. I, for one, think it's a fine idea. And as long as you can help me with my attire as well. Of course. It's Eris, I think it's a great thing for us to do. And we've already done it before, so it won't be as painful this time. Let's go. And she grabs Eris's wrist and goes out of the back room. Come on, Milo. We're going now? Yep.
00:49:01
Speaker
We only have four hours before we need to get there. This is such a tight timeline. Very well. And she rushes you all out. Do you resist Eris? Rick is still just standing in Tasha. And Eris, I don't know if Eris would notice this, but I'm just going to say that it is a thing that happens. You can determine whether or not Eris notices. Ace does not say anything as you all walk back through the dining area. Yeah, I don't think Eris notices that. Milo might notice that.
00:49:31
Speaker
Yes, but Milo knows the reason. Then as you all rush out, it says, have fun. I'm still waiting on the thing. Yep.
00:49:40
Speaker
And we'll call the episode there.
Episode Conclusion & Plugs
00:49:42
Speaker
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00:50:28
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