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SUMMARY

Feeling unimpressed and put off by the main event of the Midnight Carnival, the party spends some time seeing what else the faire has to offer before turning in for the night. After waking up the next day, they decided to go their own ways to take care of some business before leaving the city. Rem visits an armor smith, Kenina visits the Farren Travel Company, and Ariel and Tempest find a ship named The Iron Cask, before Ariel goes off to find a bait and tackle shop.

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DMs Guild – While coming up with the inspiration behind the Midnight Carnival, I turned to the DMs Guild for some help with getting ideas and coming up with things to keep the party interested. Two specific supplements that I used were Festivals, Feasts, and Fairs by Ashley May as well as Taverns, Inns, and Taprooms by JB Little. These helped me speed up the process and handle mechanics for crafting the shops, food, and events that the party experienced while visiting the Midnight Carnival and even more of their influence is shown in our next episode.

CAST

Damian - The DM

Chris - Rem

Christa - Ariel

Chantalle - Kenina

Caitlin - Tempest

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Fantasy Medieval City – Michael Ghelfi (1:05:14)

Mines – Scythuz Music (1:05:20)

Stables – Tabletop Audio (1:17:45)

Docks District – Tabletop Audio (1:19:19)

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Spooky Spells – Joel Steudler (1:19:46)

Ambience Cello – Monument Studios (1:20:34)

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Transcript

SPEAKER_05 0:00

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SPEAKER_00 0:17

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SPEAKER_05 1:04

I'm Krista and I play Ariel, an Asmar, Divine Soul Sorceress. I'm Chantel, and I play Kenita, a tiefling sorcerer.

SPEAKER_02 1:12

I'm Chris, I play Rim, a human paladin.

SPEAKER_08 1:15

I am Caitlin, I play Tempest, a water genasi ranger.

SPEAKER_03 1:18

And I'm Damien, I'm the DM. This episode, we'd like to give a special shout-out to Festivals, Feasts, and Fairs by Ashley May, and Taverns, Inns, and Tap Rooms by JB Little, both of which are supplements that you can find on DM's Guild. And were used fairly heavily in the creation and running of the Midnight Carnival and the episodes that take place in this area. So thank you to the two of them for creating content and putting it out there for DMs like myself to use while creating our own homebrew adventures. Previously, on Adventures in Aurelia, our group of adventurers returns to the city of Port Noorsal to learn that the midnight carnival is in town. They decide to treat themselves to a VIP room at one of the city's most luxurious inns, which includes booth seats for the main event. A trip through the fairgrounds teases the party with a bunch of food and trinkets, and they run into Eldith, the dwarf woman they escorted along the Norgeld Road a week prior. Though they start off wowed by the performances of the night, the finale leaves them confused and wanting answers. So we will be picking up on night on the fourth of Monanon. The party was just attacked by a red wormling summoned by Amadon, the ringmaster of the Midnight Circus. As it approached them, flying at top speeds, Rem stepped forward, put out an arm, and once the dragon touched him, it shot into the air in red, flashing firework light.

SPEAKER_02 3:11

Unarmed and unarmored, too.

SPEAKER_03 3:14

As the spectacle fades, the lights dim, and as they come up, Amadon is nowhere to be seen. The crowd from the stands goes wild with applause. What's the like immediate reaction from the group as the lights come back up? The arena itself seems to be lighting up fully, and the people that were in the audience are cheering and hooting and hollering.

SPEAKER_04 3:48

I think Kanina's going to be kind of uh she's kind of in a rare grumpy mood almost because uh she came to the carnival to have fun, and to her this was not a uh super fun event, so she'll just be like, Well, I don't really get what the point of all of that was.

SPEAKER_05 4:07

Um Ariel is gonna be looking around as she says that and be like, Where did he go? Because she knows that he can just appear behind her again if he wanted to.

SPEAKER_03 4:18

As Ariel looks around her, Eloin, who is sitting at the back row of things, stands up with a big smile on their face, lightly clapping. Oh, that was a wonderful show, wasn't it? Wasn't that exhilarating as the creature came at us? And you gestures over towards Ram. Are you not fear? In in in fear, you're not worried about being harmed.

SPEAKER_02 4:44

Well, Rim's still out, kind of in the ring or whatever in front of the thing. And he's just slowly scanning the audience, like all the way around slowly, looking both for Amadon and anything else that looks out of place, like people that aren't cheering and looking angry or you know, trying to skate away into the darkness.

SPEAKER_03 5:02

Realizing that they're not getting Ram's attention, they turn to uh Kanina, who had just been talking, and it's like, does he always do stuff like that?

SPEAKER_04 5:11

Oh well, he's definitely one to uh step forward and take the lead, even if he doesn't mean to. Is he okay? I mean, he looks fine to me.

SPEAKER_03 5:22

Understood.

SPEAKER_04 5:23

But I don't know, is is this normally what goes on in the carnival? Is this the kind of show that we can expect to see?

SPEAKER_03 5:31

The show changes slightly from year to year, but the the general way things went is pretty normal. The the the red creature that was new this year. So that was it? Uh what was it? That was the show? I mean that was the finale, yes.

SPEAKER_04 5:48

It seemed to me like the uh ringmaster was just trying to get a bunch of good people killed.

unknown 5:57

Hmm.

SPEAKER_03 5:59

Having seen the show previously, it didn't bother me any, but I'm a little more familiar with seeing the event go down.

SPEAKER_04 6:09

I suppose, but uh uh everybody's taste is different, but uh I'm not really quite into killing creatures for sport, whether they be illusions or otherwise.

SPEAKER_03 6:19

I'm not adept in magic in the way that you seem to be, so I'm unfamiliar on if they are illusions or if they feel pain in any way.

SPEAKER_05 6:30

I hope they were just illusions.

SPEAKER_03 6:32

I'd like to think so.

SPEAKER_04 6:34

Well, I'd be a bit concerned, I suppose, if people didn't think they were illusions.

SPEAKER_05 6:39

I didn't actually care for the show. I didn't like it.

SPEAKER_03 6:42

Well, uh, it it as they say, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I'm sure not everyone comes out of it with the most positive experience. The people, though, looking up into the the crowd as people are starting to s stand up from their seats and start to file their way towards the exit, definitely seem amused and entertained by the spectacle, however. Then again, one of our most common events is the arena, where men and women such as yourselves uh are pitted against each other in combat.

SPEAKER_05 7:18

That sounds fun.

SPEAKER_03 7:20

And yet you think the monsters are barbaric.

SPEAKER_05 7:22

Well, no, I I thought the guy killing possible real monsters was barbaric, because they were all defenseless. It would be a different story if he was trying to fight for his life, you know, creatures coming out of the woods versus being slaves. Hmm.

SPEAKER_03 7:42

Well, perhaps you'll have to come back for one of the arena events in the future. There should be one in about two more weeks.

SPEAKER_05 7:49

We'll see. Maybe.

SPEAKER_03 7:52

It's something that happens every month or so around here. Gets the people excited and something to look forward to.

SPEAKER_05 7:59

Is uh is Amadon also staying at Farin's favor?

SPEAKER_03 8:03

Uh no, he tends to stay with his crew on the ship.

SPEAKER_05 8:07

What's the name of his ship, do you know?

SPEAKER_03 8:09

Um, I just know that it's associated with the Midnight Carnival. It's probably the sails of Midnight or something flavorful like that.

SPEAKER_04 8:18

Okay. And knowing his themes, we may also be able to recognize it simply for its color scheme. Most likely.

SPEAKER_03 8:26

Rem, as this conversation is going on in the booth behind you, what are you doing?

SPEAKER_02 8:31

So, I mean, like, like I say, he's slowly scanning, making sure there's, you know, nothing he seems. It doesn't seem like normal fare.

SPEAKER_03 8:39

Do you still have your was it detect magic that you had?

SPEAKER_02 8:42

Yeah, it's that still ten minutes.

SPEAKER_03 8:44

Okay. As you pan around, you would have points that you're close enough to the edges of the arena that you notice some large poles in the arena have a vague. I don't I'm not sure if it would be evocation or conjuration. Essentially, as you look at these posts, there is a light upon the top of them. Ah, okay.

SPEAKER_02 9:06

So after doing like a scan, he'll walk back to the booth wall or whatever and pop back in.

SPEAKER_03 9:11

And as as you had scanned around, no one seemed in the mix of things overly unsettled or frightened. Um, there are many booths that were also on the floor with you guys, and not all of them are full, but the ones that you do see, most of them, have people that seem cheerful, some of them uh a little inebriated, but you see some some high fives and some cheers from them as they start packing up their stuff in the booth that they are in to start making their way out.

SPEAKER_02 9:45

Okay. As he hops back in, he's actually gonna toss down the fork that he had kind of hidden against his arm and uh look around at the other people in.

SPEAKER_03 9:54

Are you okay? I'm fine. Okay, uh, you ignored me earlier, so I just wanted to make sure that you were alright after that experience. Did that not terrify you?

SPEAKER_02 10:05

Why would I be terrified of a man's lies? You had a large creature flying directly at you.

SPEAKER_03 10:11

Did that not terrify you?

SPEAKER_02 10:13

No. I knew from the moment that he summoned it could not be real. I'm pretty sure the authorities of your town would not let anybody bring such a creature.

SPEAKER_03 10:24

It seems that Amadon's tricks are no match for people as colorful as yourselves.

SPEAKER_02 10:31

Don't appreciate being lied to. I don't think anybody should lie to the public like that.

SPEAKER_03 10:36

Did you know what you were signing up for when you bought tickets to the carnival?

SPEAKER_02 10:40

Tickets came with the room.

SPEAKER_03 10:41

You have a fair point there.

SPEAKER_04 10:44

I like the fire show a lot. I didn't care for the last part of the show quite a bit, but the fire show was fun.

SPEAKER_03 10:49

I'm glad that you got some enjoyment out of some of the event, though. I I do agree that the fire show with the the blinding lights and everything is quite entertaining. Did you enjoy the extra lights that came with everything? That's that's one of the Midnight Carnival's specialties, the sparkling lights that create shapes and fall from the sky.

SPEAKER_04 11:12

Well, they were quite a spectacle to behold. I enjoyed them. But, you know, especially if these fire uh people were not, you know, specifically fire sorcerers or wizards of any kind, you know, and them just dancing around with fire is definitely a little bit more impressive to her.

SPEAKER_03 11:31

You probably noticed a little bit of a mix. Probably depending on how observant you were, some of the people leading would have seemed to have a little bit more magical talent, while many of the troop workers that were involved in the fire portion of the show were just people off the streets, essentially.

SPEAKER_04 11:51

And that's pretty admirable because she knows not everybody has her thick fire-resistant skin.

SPEAKER_03 11:57

You did notice at least two tie flames in the room.

SPEAKER_04 12:00

That's cool.

SPEAKER_03 12:01

Well, um, unless you guys have things that you would like to do here, would you like me to escort you back to the Farin's favor, or do you think you guys can find your way back on your own?

SPEAKER_04 12:12

Uh, we can probably find our way back on our own. Uh, do you think any of the stalls are still open that we passed on the way here?

SPEAKER_03 12:17

Oh, guaranteed. Especially since the show was just now ending, many of the stalls would be staying open to try to catch people as they leave.

SPEAKER_04 12:26

Ah, I see. Yeah, we'll probably stop and at some of those on the way back, I think. And then go back to the inn. Town's game.

SPEAKER_03 12:35

Eloin bows deeply to all of you. Well, if you need anything, then you can reach one of us at the front desk, and we will do our best to accommodate you. Beyond that, good night to all of you, and I hope that you enjoy the rest of the carnival.

SPEAKER_04 12:54

Yeah, thank you so much for your help, Sir Eloin. It was nice to meet you and have you guide us through.

SPEAKER_03 13:00

And they make their way out the little barrier, and you see them kind of meld into the crowd of people walking through.

SPEAKER_04 13:07

So, with that, we'll probably try to make our way out with the crowd, I guess. And Kenny is especially looking to get maybe the billowing cloak that caught her attention. It's a very Nina.

SPEAKER_03 13:19

But yes, as you make your way through, there are still a number of stalls open. Uh, people calling out to the crowd, trying to bring them over. There are people that are selling pies, people that are selling other fair foods, ales, wines, and you also see a handful of stalls that are with the dark and lighter purple banners that you are used to as being part of the carnival at this point. That do sell the carnival's specialty items, which are the wand that emits a purple glow and smoke when a command word is spoken, the dark purple cloak of billowing that has the emblem of the Midnight Carnival emblazoned on it, and the fun candies that snap, crackle, and pop them in the mouth.

SPEAKER_04 14:11

Um, since it was on our way, uh, Kanina's probably gonna stop at the cloak place and see about purchasing some cloak.

SPEAKER_03 14:20

Alright, so as Kanina approaches one of the stalls of the Midnight Carnival, a very cheerful woman perks up and is like, Hello, what can I do for you tonight?

SPEAKER_04 14:32

Good evening. Um, I wanted to inquire about the prices that you have for your cloaks here.

SPEAKER_03 14:36

She turns and gestures. So we have two types of cloaks available. We have this one here. It is our standard cloak of the midnight carnival. It runs about a gold piece, and as she pulls it down, it is the exact same cloak as described, except it is hanging still. And we also have this one, and she reaches towards the back of it, fishes one out, and pulls it out. This one is our enchanted cloak of the Midnight Carnival. And as you can see, she holds it off to the side and it flares out a little bit as if there was wind billowing through it. But you don't feel any wind. And this one here will run you ten gold pieces.

SPEAKER_04 15:23

Yeah, Canina will kind of glance over the uh the still cloak and just be like, oh, it's kind of nice, but color might clash in my skin a little bit, but this one, this one looks like it would be worth the price. It billows!

SPEAKER_03 15:36

As as you say she looks at both of them and says, They're both the same color.

SPEAKER_04 15:42

Yes, but this one billows. It makes up for the fact it might clash.

SPEAKER_03 15:45

It does billow. Is this the one that you're interested in?

SPEAKER_04 15:49

Yes. Um I would like two, please.

SPEAKER_03 15:53

Oh. Thank you. She puts the still cloak up on the rack and pulls out another one of the billowing cloaks of the Midnight Carnival and walks them over to that will be 20 gold.

SPEAKER_04 16:06

Yes, and then um, as we're doing that, she'll make sure that she gets one that's a little bit shorter, you know, made for a more stout person.

SPEAKER_03 16:15

So the ones that she hands you both look like they would fit you.

SPEAKER_04 16:20

Yeah, so uh she'll go ahead and know. Oh, can I get one uh a little bit shorter? I'm hoping to get one for uh a companion of mine. So and she'll kind of like But yeah, she'll uh tell the precise measurements more or less that she can remember. She kind of gestures with her hand at a at a level.

SPEAKER_03 16:36

Okay. Oh, I see. I I should have known that they wouldn't both be for you. Why would you want two cloaks? She hangs one up and you see her like shifting through the rack, it's like, ah, this looks like it'll be about the size that you're after.

SPEAKER_04 16:50

And then yeah, she'll kind of give it a look over, kind of measure it against herself, and kind of just like, hmm, like um, kind of like measure with her hand where the height would be against her body, be like, yeah, I think this'll this'll do perfectly.

SPEAKER_03 17:01

Now I have to ask something for continuity of things. Is the rest of the party there? I would not be in the stall with her.

SPEAKER_08 17:08

I'm finding popping candy.

SPEAKER_02 17:09

That would be at the same stall.

SPEAKER_08 17:11

Is Alan at the same stall too?

SPEAKER_02 17:13

Yes. Then yes, I'm there. Rim's outside on the bench in front of it.

SPEAKER_03 17:18

I'm looking at the wands. So, how attentive are Ariel and Tempest as this conversation is going now?

SPEAKER_04 17:25

Remember, Canina's loud too.

SPEAKER_08 17:27

I mean, I'd probably notice that she was buying two.

SPEAKER_05 17:31

Probably heard her say that she would take two.

SPEAKER_08 17:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 17:33

I think it would kind of go over Ariel's head. She's not used to the whole like, ooh, like and and and that kind of like, you know, girly gossip type of things that like nowadays, like, I would probably be into, but Chris is over there shaking his head at me. So because of Ariel's background, I think she's like, huh, okay, weird. And then go back to looking at the wands.

SPEAKER_04 17:56

Who's the second one for? Oh, I was uh thinking about just getting a memento gift for companion back across the water. Name's Baron. You haven't met him yet. I'll introduce you guys when we get back.

SPEAKER_08 18:09

Tempest just kind of goes, hmm. Oh, him. He's a bit shorter than you then.

SPEAKER_04 18:15

Honestly, how tall is Baron? I don't I don't mean to bring this up, but like uh Kanina's not exactly the tallest either. But he may not be that much shorter than her.

SPEAKER_03 18:24

Being a dwarf, Baron is probably in the like four foot three, four foot five area.

SPEAKER_04 18:32

It's not really a big deal, but it would have uh, I guess, greatly affected how how high Kanina was holding her hand against herself. Also, I'm pretty sure Kanina includes her horns and her height.

SPEAKER_03 18:44

The the woman chuckles a little bit under her breath at hearing this exchange as she hands the two cloaks over to Kanina and her other hand out. So, yes, that will be 20 gold for the two of them. Do you need me to gift wrap them or anything?

SPEAKER_04 18:58

Uh, sure. Can you uh gift wrap the s uh slightly shorter one, please?

SPEAKER_03 19:02

So she nods, reaches under the counter, and she has a fairly sturdy, like dark purple paper that she quickly folds up the cloak, uh, wraps it up, and then kind of ties a dark blue bit of twine around it into a relatively square package shape. And she takes the 20 gold from you, moves it over to a small chest tucked underneath the counter where it's not easy to be accessed from the front, and turns over to Ariel. And how may I help you tonight?

SPEAKER_05 19:39

Oh, I was just looking at your wands here.

SPEAKER_03 19:43

Oh, would you like one of the wands of the Midnight Carnival?

SPEAKER_05 19:46

How much are they actually first?

SPEAKER_03 19:49

Uh, the wand is going to run you five gold pieces. Have you seen what it can do?

SPEAKER_05 19:54

I haven't. Can you show me?

SPEAKER_03 19:56

She picks one up, turns around, you hear a mumble, and she holds it up, turning around you, and it glows purple in black smoke, billows, and falls around her, obscuring her for a moment.

SPEAKER_05 20:10

Ooh. And how many times can it do that? Oh, it does it on command. Just like infinitely? Like, I can just say the password like infinitely amount of times?

SPEAKER_03 20:22

She looks at it, looks at you. I've never heard of anyone making the magic run out, actually.

SPEAKER_05 20:27

Cool. Yeah, I'll take four of them.

SPEAKER_03 20:31

Oh, alright then. She walks over, pulls out four boxes, and hands them over to you in a very nicely presented fashion.

SPEAKER_05 20:43

And I will dig out and pull out That will be 20 gold. I will give her 25 gold as a tip.

SPEAKER_03 20:51

Oh, um, I did only say 20 gold.

SPEAKER_05 20:54

I know. It's just extra.

SPEAKER_03 20:56

I understand. Thank you. Thank you very much. And you see one hand cup over the extra five gold pieces that are sitting on top, and she tucks it into a pouch that is at the back of her hip with a very large smile and a wink at you, and she tucks the rest of it into the chest where she put the money from Kenina in.

SPEAKER_05 21:17

I'm gonna tuck my wands away.

SPEAKER_03 21:19

And she even gives a slight bow. The carnival thanks you for your patronage. And she spins somewhat quickly over to Tempest. And you, my dear, how can I help you? The candy. I want the candy. You want the candy?

SPEAKER_08 21:33

Very direct into the point. How much would you like? All of it. All of it? Not all of it, but enough. A lot. I want to share it too with my friends.

SPEAKER_02 21:44

How much do you get?

SPEAKER_03 21:46

Um, they're bagged in kind of one of those cloth see-through, but purple tone bags, and about five clusters, and she holds one up. Each one of these will run you a gold piece. So about two silvers per can. Have you experienced the candy before? Is it something that you are after? Is it something you are specifically seeking out as part of the carnival? Can I have a sample? She uh opens up the bag that she was holding, pulls out one of the pieces, and hands it over to you. What's it like? What she hands you is a purple crystalline piece of sugar that has veins of blue running through it. And as Tempest puts it in her mouth, it begins to crackle and pop. And Tempest might even attribute it to the feeling of sparks in her mouth. And if your mouth opens, a light purple smoke escapes your lips. That was so cool. Would either of you like to try some? It does seem that you guys are all a group together.

SPEAKER_04 22:57

Canina's probably um kind of in a corner, like trying on her new cloak and just being like admiring the billow. It's probably also slightly uh hard to tell, but she's probably also slightly flushed.

SPEAKER_05 23:09

Ariel's right there because she wants to buy another wand. So she's gonna be like, oh, I'll try one.

SPEAKER_03 23:16

She plucks one out of the bag and hands it over to you.

SPEAKER_05 23:19

She looks at it and pops it in her mouth. Oh, me too, me too.

SPEAKER_03 23:24

Actually, I didn't go over flavor. The flavor is actually going to be an interesting twist of grape and blueberry. So it's it's very grape forward, and as you can imagine, those blue veins are flavored with a little bit of blueberry. And as Kanina runs over saying, Oh, I'd like one too, she hands out another one to you.

SPEAKER_04 23:48

Yeah, she'll quickly pop it in her mouth and like it goes to like try to chew it, you know, as expected with like a candy, like a small hard candy.

SPEAKER_03 23:56

So as Canina puts it in her mouth, the sparking feeling happens. Do you bite anyways?

SPEAKER_04 24:03

The sparking feeling happens, and uh yeah, she's gonna try, but you also kind of see her eyes just kind of light up as they as the feeling like explodes in her mouth.

SPEAKER_05 24:12

Ariel's just next to her giggling at the feeling.

SPEAKER_03 24:16

As Kanina bites down, there is a sound much like when the glittering fireworks were going off before. It does not hurt. And I imagine that the sensation would perhaps cause Kanina's mouth to pop open, and there's just a whoosh of purple smoke. Essentially, it's like you had the entire experience happen in a fraction of a second instead of over a length of time.

SPEAKER_04 24:47

Yeah, Kanina, you kind of see her like definitely, I think, jump a little bit when the effect happens because she wasn't expecting such a like a big reaction because it wasn't like like you said, it didn't hurt, but it was definitely kind of shocking to have just something pop like that in your mouth. And so she was just like, Oh, it reminds me of like the crackling of a dying campfire. Wow, this is amazing! So, how how many bundles would you like to buy?

SPEAKER_03 25:11

It seems that all of you are enjoying the experience. You guys want some? Yeah, sure. Take eight. Eight. That will be eight gold. And as as she tells you, when you start counting gold out, she's grabbing bundles and lays out eight. And you'll probably notice that the last of the bag that she had been giving you guys to sample from, she adds into everything as well.

SPEAKER_07 25:36

And I will hand two to Ariel and two to Kenina. Thank you, Tempest. Thank you so much. Ram! Try this.

SPEAKER_02 25:46

He'll look at it be like, what is this bag of rocks?

SPEAKER_05 25:48

Open your mouth.

SPEAKER_02 25:52

Put one in his mouth.

SPEAKER_05 25:53

He wasn't there for the description and stuff. Nope.

SPEAKER_02 25:55

His mouth closed the whole time. And then exhale purple smoke from his nose.

SPEAKER_03 26:05

Before Rem can start exhaling it, the smoke builds up in his mouth and starts to wisp little tendles out of his nose of purple smoke. And then like what we see with like dragon smoke coming out of his nose.

SPEAKER_04 26:22

And Ken will like look over Rem and be like, oh, that's so cool. I want to try that too. So she'll like pop on and try to like do the same effect. Maybe putting too many in her mouth out of one just to get the extra smoke. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 26:34

And then eat them all at once. He'll look at Tempest and be like, thank you. And then immediately start looking around for children.

SPEAKER_04 26:41

Kenina's bouncing up and down at her feet like that on her back.

SPEAKER_05 26:45

Ariel's still standing there. Was there something else that I could help you with? Yeah, I actually needed one more wand. I miscounted what I wanted.

SPEAKER_03 26:53

Oh, okay. Uh, we do have plenty more, so. And she reaches underneath the counter and grabs another one. Awesome. That'll be five gold.

SPEAKER_05 27:02

There you go.

SPEAKER_03 27:03

Thank you very much. Thank you.

SPEAKER_05 27:05

And she stashes it with the others.

SPEAKER_03 27:07

You have a wonderful rest of your night.

SPEAKER_05 27:09

Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 27:10

And there are children nearby. Uh, you see a couple of them running around with like wooden swords and shields, chasing each other and hitting each other with sticks, essentially.

SPEAKER_02 27:20

Well, Rim, once Tempest isn't looking, he'll like wave them over and then hand the candy to them.

SPEAKER_08 27:25

I only gave him one bag.

SPEAKER_02 27:26

There's how many in the bag? Five. There'd still be four pieces left. We'll give them the four pieces of candy. And they can.

SPEAKER_03 27:33

Oh, what do you want, Mr.? What do you want? He'll just go, shh. What?

SPEAKER_02 27:36

And then he'll stand up and walk away.

SPEAKER_03 27:37

What?

SPEAKER_05 27:37

What do you do? He just hands it off to them and walks away.

SPEAKER_03 27:40

Ooh. All of a sudden, four kids running around.

SPEAKER_05 27:43

Smoke blowing everywhere.

SPEAKER_03 27:45

And Ram hears he walks away. He's like, I'm a dragon.

SPEAKER_05 27:51

Uh, Ariel wants to go check out the stand that Eldith was working at just to say hi again and stuff, just in case she's gone the next day.

SPEAKER_03 28:00

Um, the rest of the party notices as Ariel wanders off. Should probably follow her.

SPEAKER_05 28:06

Oh, Ariel, wait for us!

SPEAKER_04 28:08

And yeah, Canino's gonna trot up.

SPEAKER_05 28:10

I just wanted to go say goodnight to Eldith. Oh, good idea. I got her a cool wand. She probably already has one, but just in case she didn't. Ah, good idea.

SPEAKER_03 28:18

And you guys make your way around the ring of the arena through the vendor area, and you do come across Eldith Stall, who once again. She seems to be starting to put things away for the night, but she sees you guys approach and is like, oh yes, what can I do for Oh hi guys, how are you tonight?

SPEAKER_05 28:37

Hey Eldit, how'd you Did you enjoy the show? Uh, some of it.

SPEAKER_03 28:41

Oh, only some of it? The fire dancers were cool. Yes, the fire dancers are really cool. I've gotten to see them a couple times before.

SPEAKER_05 28:48

Anyway, uh I wasn't- A are you gonna be here tomorrow or when are you leaving?

SPEAKER_03 28:52

Yeah, I'll be I'll be here through through tomorrow. You know, the big show was tonight, but tomorrow there's a bunch of other things uh going on. There's a couple competitions that they set up, and it's kind of the big vendor day.

SPEAKER_05 29:04

Oh.

SPEAKER_03 29:05

For all the people that were busy at the show tonight to come in and get anything that they were missing, or things that they want to pack up and take home. Uh, because a lot of people do travel to get here for this.

SPEAKER_05 29:16

Oh, so it's gonna be even more vendors tomorrow?

SPEAKER_03 29:18

Like different stuff, or like the just the same it it'll be mostly the same people, but there's a lot of vendors around here if you hadn't noticed. Um it's it's mostly that the uh the travelers, you know, they don't want to take a bunch of stuff to their room or have stuff that that's gonna have an extra day to go stale before they take it home to their families, because sometimes, you know, they can only afford to have one person come out to to enjoy the show, or people that just want to stay home and take care of things there. Like my husband, he's he's at home taking care of the the farm, so I'm just here by myself, so I'm gonna pick up a couple things before I leave tomorrow to take home to him.

SPEAKER_05 29:57

Ah, good to know. Might have to uh come by tomorrow too, then.

SPEAKER_03 30:01

Yeah, there's all sorts of events tomorrow too. You know, today's mostly the performance, but tomorrow that's like audience interaction sort of things.

SPEAKER_05 30:09

Oh, we'll have to check that out, see what's going on. Yeah, sounds like fun. Uh, so and Ariel reaches into her pouch that she had and pulls out one of the wands, little toys. So I don't know if you like this or if you even have one already, because it's kind of one of the common things, but I got this for you as just a little friendship gift. It does a cool thing. It actually I don't even know the password.

SPEAKER_03 30:35

Oh, it's one of the wands of the Midnight Carnival. I've always wanted one of these, but you know it's kind of an expensive little trinket, so oh, this is too much. You can't you can't give this to me.

SPEAKER_05 30:45

No, I wanted to give it to you because the lady she did something, she said something. Uh-oh.

SPEAKER_02 30:52

Are the directions in the box?

SPEAKER_04 30:54

Can you give us check to see if we actually remember? Because I do remember you mentioned it as we're walking past, but it's been a lot of events since then.

SPEAKER_03 31:02

Eldith is rolling the box around in her hands and it says, Oh, well, it's it says right here on the box. Speak abracadabra.

SPEAKER_05 31:10

Oh, okay. Abracadabra- Yeah, so it is like this cool opens it up.

SPEAKER_03 31:14

Abracadabra?

SPEAKER_05 31:17

And it makes her go away for a little like. Oh, that's pretty. So it kind of like hid you for a short second. So it could be a little neat tool when you're also traveling, maybe.

SPEAKER_03 31:27

I don't know what good it would do, but yeah.

SPEAKER_05 31:29

I don't know.

SPEAKER_03 31:30

It's cool. Abracadabra. Yeah, this is cool. This is fun. Thank you, Ariel.

SPEAKER_05 31:35

Or you're welcome. Or when you're traveling and you're bored, you can just play with it. As you're I don't remember her donkey's name.

SPEAKER_03 31:41

She points it over at Ariel. Abracadabra. Hey, now you disappeared.

SPEAKER_05 31:47

I'm like waving through the smoke.

SPEAKER_03 31:50

This is cool, thank you.

SPEAKER_05 31:52

You're welcome. So we might see you again tomorrow, then, if there's some more cool stuff going on.

SPEAKER_03 31:56

Yeah, there's there's gonna be plenty of cool stuff, and I'm gonna come in with some fresh bread. Oh, breakfast. And she she leans over towards Ariel. Did you leave some stuff earlier?

SPEAKER_05 32:07

What? I don't know what you're talking about. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 32:10

Well, um, I'm sorry that not all of you guys were super thrilled with the show, but I'm glad you like parts of it. Maybe the stuff tomorrow's gonna be more your speed.

SPEAKER_05 32:19

Yeah, it sounds like it, and I'm excited for the other vendors and stuff too.

SPEAKER_03 32:23

Okay, well, it's starting to get late. I'm gonna start packing up my shop. You I mean, you guys are fine to hang out here if you want and talk some more, but I gotta get start getting stuff packed up so that I can get back to back to where I'm staying here, because I gotta get some some bread made and ready so that I can sell again tomorrow.

SPEAKER_05 32:42

Yeah, I think we probably should get back and have some dinner.

SPEAKER_03 32:45

And you see her like loading up baskets and stuff into her cart. Pretty sure you've been eating non-stop since we got into town. So as Eldith starts picking up her stall, what do you guys plan on doing now? You guys are getting too very late in the night, sitting around 10 to 11 p.m. at this point. Um, as you look around, a lot of the stalls are starting to close up their panels, pack up their goods that they have on hand with them.

SPEAKER_08 33:17

Tempest will do big yawn and stretch. Yeah, there's a little crackling in the you know back of her molars where the candy's kind of stuck. It's time to head back and hit the hay, especially if there's gonna be more of this going on tomorrow.

SPEAKER_04 33:36

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. We got a little bit of shopping in, and there'll be lots more to see tomorrow, so we'll need lots of energy. Best to get to sleep soon. Are we gonna wake up and work out? Can I pass? Well, I'm still gonna wake up and work out, but if you wanna sleep in, I won't wake you up this time.

SPEAKER_03 33:51

Yeah, if I hear you, I'll wake up, but And as the party makes their way out, Ellith just like, bye guys, I'll see you tomorrow, maybe.

SPEAKER_05 34:01

Ariel wave back. Bye, see you tomorrow, probably. Have a good evening.

SPEAKER_03 34:05

So do you guys head straight to the Farron's favor then?

SPEAKER_01 34:08

I believe so. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 34:10

Unless something happens. No, nothing, nothing big happens. You guys make your way to the Faron's favor, kind of milling into the very obviously dying crowd at this point, though none of which are peeling off into the same direction that you guys are. None of the VIPs. And you enter Farron's favor, and you see Tariel standing behind the front desk. They give a little bit of a head bow to you. I trust that you guys enjoyed the Midnight Carnivals event tonight. Would you guys be needing anything before you retire to your rooms for the evening?

SPEAKER_05 34:46

Can we get some more meats and cheeses?

SPEAKER_03 34:49

Your complimentary plate has already been refilled.

SPEAKER_05 34:53

Oh, awesome. And can we get some honey juice?

SPEAKER_03 34:56

I still don't know what you mean when you say that.

SPEAKER_05 34:59

What's it called again, you guys? Mead. She means mead.

SPEAKER_03 35:03

I will see what I can do. That's not something that we specialize in here, but I'm sure that I could reach out to one of the dwarven establishments nearby and see if they could send a cask over. How much is it that you would like to acquire? A bottle of it. Oh, one bottle. I will send a runner out to uh get one. Given everything, that's probably going to run you about 12 gold.

SPEAKER_05 35:27

Okay. Do I do that now?

SPEAKER_03 35:29

It would uh help expediate the process.

SPEAKER_05 35:32

Oh, okay. Uh, she's gonna mess with her coins while he keeps talking. And she'll pull out 13 gold.

SPEAKER_03 35:40

And Tariel reaches the handout. Thank you very much. I will send a runner out uh right away. Also, the armor that you guys had left for cleaning has all been taken care of. You will see that up in your rooms. I'm not sure where any of you individually are staying, so it you'll find it in the common area. And we'll talk about the cart in the morning, but we have done some work on that.

SPEAKER_04 36:06

Oh wow, thank you.

SPEAKER_03 36:07

And if that is all, then I will get things prepared for you, and I should have your bottle of mead up in about 10 minutes or so. And Tariel grabs a tiny crystal bell, shakes it, and you see a what seems to be an actually young elven boy with bright blonde short hair uh run out, and they whisper to him. He takes some of the gold that you had just given to Tariel, and you see him excuse me, pardon me, excuse me, make his way through you and out the front door.

SPEAKER_04 36:45

So I think uh Canina will go ahead and uh head upstairs. Yep, me too. Yep, Tempest as well.

SPEAKER_03 36:51

Alright, as the party makes their way up the stairs into your guys' room for the evening. Everything looks like it has been tidied up and put together while you guys have been away. And as was stated, the snacking platter has been refreshed.

SPEAKER_05 37:10

Once we get up there, Aero's gonna wander over, grab some of the cheese and meat, and start snacking on it, and go, oh yeah! And then reach down into her bag and go, I got everybody one of those wands. I thought they might be amusing. If not today, but like, you know, when we're bored on the ship and she passes them out. Oh wow, thank you, Ariel. Yeah, you're welcome. We can make each other be invisible. Or kind of as invisible as a sparkly black puff of smoke. Yeah. I wonder what the captain would think.

SPEAKER_03 37:38

You guys have yet to secure a ship.

SPEAKER_05 37:41

We have yet to decide when we're leaving.

SPEAKER_04 37:43

Well, we we kind of spent the day traveling and decided to kind of uh take it easy. Well, get we got in kind of a little bit.

SPEAKER_03 37:50

We got in way too late to secure a ship today.

SPEAKER_04 37:53

So that might be tomorrow's tasks as we decide to enjoy the fair.

SPEAKER_03 37:57

I yeah, I think Canina would go ahead and bring that up too, I guess, uh, since So the party kind of gathers in the common area.

SPEAKER_04 38:05

After getting back to the uh common area and kind of settling in a bit, uh, Canida will make sure to put away the gift-wrapped cloak in a careful spot for later. And uh she will probably break out like some of the bread that we got from Eldith and snack on the meats and cheeses as well, and then we'll bring up. Well, uh, we kind of got back a little too late today, but perhaps tomorrow we should uh secure a ship for our way back and then enjoy the rest of the festivities and a little bit later.

SPEAKER_06 38:31

That sounds like a good idea. I feel like I just got off a boat.

SPEAKER_04 38:37

Yeah, journey by sea is definitely uh quite the long, arduous journey, but it'll be well worth it to be back home. You'll get to see the guild. Yeah, you'll get to see Riven and our guild, and we'll get to introduce you to everybody. I can't wait for you to meet Mistress Beerie. She's my mentor. And your best buddy, Baron. Well, yeah, I don't know about best buddy, you know, but yeah, we're we're we're pretty we're pretty close, and I I do miss him. It's been a long time since I've seen him. I hope he's doing well.

SPEAKER_02 39:03

That's an interesting shade of red.

SPEAKER_04 39:07

After snacking and partaking with the group, uh Kenina might uh go ahead and duck out and bid everyone goodnight. It's like, well, I hate to cut the festivities short early, but uh I should get the bed so I can get up and do my exercises. There wasn't enough beds for everybody, right?

SPEAKER_03 39:23

So the penthouse suite of the Faron's Favor has three separate sleeping quarters in it. And each one would have a large bed, but still only a single bed. There is a large, actually, there's two large, comfortable couches in the common area, if there are people that would choose not to share a bed for the night. There is also the balcony that does not have a bed, but does have some comfy chairs out on it as well.

SPEAKER_04 39:51

Is there a couch near the fireplace?

SPEAKER_03 39:53

There is definitely a couch near the fireplace.

SPEAKER_05 39:57

Okay, I'm gonna go draw stuff and write stuff in my journal and listen for a knock on the door. And then she's gonna walk away to the room.

SPEAKER_02 40:06

Rim goes to bed.

SPEAKER_08 40:08

Did you want the bed or you want the couch?

SPEAKER_04 40:13

I'll I'll just take the couch by the fire. I like it uh nice and cozy and warm here. So but take your time. Feel free to enjoy the food and the warmth for a bit.

SPEAKER_08 40:22

Uh Tempest will grab a bottle of something off the counter and head to the last bedroom.

SPEAKER_03 40:32

And roughly two minutes after Tempest heads into her bedroom, you hear a small voice kind of calling up to the stairs. Hello, can I come up? I have your drink. Yeah, come on in. And the small elven boy walks up and is like, I was told to bring this straight up to your guys' room. Um, it came from the Dwarven alehouse across the way. I don't know why I felt like you needed to know that, but I guess just in case you guys like it and want to get more, here you go. And he bows quickly and turns and kind of scampers away.

SPEAKER_05 41:14

Oh, he didn't stay for a tip.

SPEAKER_04 41:16

So you're not out here to give away.

SPEAKER_05 41:18

I was gonna be like, should I go out there?

SPEAKER_03 41:21

And officially he's giving this to Kenina because she's the only one out there.

SPEAKER_04 41:25

Uh yeah, so I'll go ahead and go over to Ariel's door real quick and just give it a light knock and just be like, Ariel, your meat's here. Oh, sweet, thank you. You know what I'm saving this for? When we're on the ship. Oh, good idea. Have a good night. Good night. Canina will turn in for that night and kind of plump up the cushions on the couch and maybe nudge it a bit closer to the fire.

SPEAKER_08 41:49

Make sure the fire is well stoked.

SPEAKER_04 41:50

Exactly.

SPEAKER_03 41:54

And it is now early morning on the fifth of Monanon. The sun rises over the city square, and just as it's peeking up over the horizon, light filters in and brushes across Kanina's face, signaling that it is early morning.

SPEAKER_04 42:15

So as the sun like creeps in and kind of wakes her up, she'll she'll kind of roll out of bed, maybe not getting the best sleep in the world, but still fully refreshed, you know, because we're in a nice fancy place. I imagine the couch was.

SPEAKER_03 42:26

This is probably the most comfortable couch Kanina has ever been on. It's probably comfortable than half of the beds Kanina slept on.

SPEAKER_04 42:35

It's like it's not outside, it's not cold, hard ground, it's it's warm by the toasty fire, and it's not on the ship that we're gonna be stuck on.

SPEAKER_03 42:45

Considering the travel arrangements of the last couple weeks, it's probably the like second most comfortable sleep that you've had. Only beaten by the sleep that you would have had in the locket and key inside of Sterengeld.

SPEAKER_04 42:59

It's also probably the first time I don't think she's uh shared a room with anybody in a while, too. So it's kind of just like maybe a little bit odd to be just waking up like solo uh without someone else nearby sleeping that she can visibly see. So yeah, so she'll go ahead and uh maybe poke the flames a little bit, coax them back into life if they've died down at all.

SPEAKER_03 43:20

And the weird thing is, is it seems that the flames have stayed exactly as they were when you went to sleep. The wood doesn't seem to have burned excessively. While it had been many hours, it seems that they have only burned about a single hour's worth of what you would expect. And I don't know if you would have spread them out to let them die down a little bit as you went to bed or just left them to burn on their own. But as you wake up, you are waking up to the fire largely in the same condition it was as when you went to sleep.

SPEAKER_04 43:57

I think Canino find that a little bit odd and kind of a She'll have a passing interest in like what kind of if this is magic or if this is like a special type of wood or something that's burning. Because longer fire means good things for Canina. But after that, she'll start doing some warm-up stretches and she'll try to be careful not to disturb uh everybody else because she she is trying to be somewhat conscientious that others may want to sleep in and are comfortable sleeping arrangements and enjoy their lazy morning.

SPEAKER_03 44:26

Okay, how long do you imagine Kanina would be spending kind of working out in the room? Good hour, hour and a half. Ariel, when do you think that you would wake up?

SPEAKER_05 44:38

Okay, so I did roll perception to see if she would have woken up because she's so good.

SPEAKER_03 44:46

I did sleeping.

SPEAKER_05 44:47

I rolled disadvantage and I got an ape. So if she did hear anything, it was just very quietly and she's turned over and went back to sleep. So she's gonna take advantage of it and not wake up till she starts to hear Rem talking.

SPEAKER_04 45:04

I think even with uh the waking up part would be more to do to your internal clock rather than I gotta pee!

unknown 45:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 45:13

Tempest, when do you imagine that you would be waking up on your own?

SPEAKER_08 45:17

Um, she normally sleeps fairly late, like uh always kind of one of the last ones to wake up. If you were to put like a number on it.

SPEAKER_04 45:27

A number. Um, so I'd probably be done with my exercise about seven.

SPEAKER_08 45:31

So Tempest would probably wake up at 8:39. And when does Rem think that he would wake up?

SPEAKER_02 45:38

Rem would probably wake up at like six o'clock, just because they went to bed so late.

SPEAKER_03 45:42

Alright, so Kinina is doing her her morning exercise and stretching until about seven. So a little before halfway through, Rem starts to rouse from his sleep. I imagine that you would be noticing the sounds of someone out in the common area, but you know that Kanina likes to wake up early and had said as much the night before.

SPEAKER_02 46:06

So he'll probably like wake up, stretch a little bit, you know, work the geeks out because he's not used to sleeping in such a soft bed.

SPEAKER_01 46:13

Too soft.

SPEAKER_02 46:14

Yeah, and then he'll uh he'll probably, you know, look out the window, see that it's you know a little later into the morning, but still very early morning. And then he'll walk out to the common room, see what Nina's up to, doing ankle hanging sit-ups or whatever.

SPEAKER_04 46:28

Is there anything feasible for Kanina to hang her body weight off of so she could do some pull-ups?

SPEAKER_03 46:35

Given the way that I described the architecture of this place with being a lot of almost woven branch work, there would definitely be somewhere that Kanina could find that would bear her weight.

SPEAKER_04 46:47

She'd probably do that after getting warmed up enough and it being uh late enough in the morning for people to start being awoken. Like I said, she's not trying to be loud about it, but she's definitely getting her morning's worth of exercise in. She spent half an hour warning up, and now it's a hardcore exercise time.

SPEAKER_03 47:04

So as the morning nears to about seven o'clock or so, everyone except Tempest is starting to get up and mingle together. You are hearing through the uh balcony that the city square is starting to come to life. You're starting to hear the call of merchants trying to draw people in to sell their wares because, as you had seen the day before, this large event also serves as a bit of a public market. So there are many people that are out in the city square, some are traveling merchants, some are merchants that just do their own craft at their homes and then take advantage of these market days to try and make a little extra gold on top of what they normally get from their wages. At some point, someone would enter the stairwell below and give a call for if anyone would like to have breakfast in the morning and let you know that if you would like it brought up to you, then someone will have to come down and place an order for it.

SPEAKER_05 48:14

I think Ariel will offer, because I imagine I got up when you're still working out, so I'll be like, hey, you guys want me to go get food? I'm gonna at least get bacon to try to wake up Tempest.

SPEAKER_04 48:23

Well, Canina will kind of be wrapping up her exercises, so she'll go ahead and look at Ariel and just be like, I think I'm gonna save my appetite for fair food. I'll snack on what we have here already, and then I'll take a look and see what we have.

SPEAKER_02 48:35

Rem will probably be like, Yeah, grab us some fruit, some milk or cream, uh, bacon, and uh some oatmeal.

SPEAKER_05 48:44

I'll just eat Shannon. Ariel's writing it down in her little journal thing that she's got. Alright, and then she'll go down.

SPEAKER_03 48:52

Okay, standing at the front desk is Eloin and Tariel. Good morning to you. I hope you slept well. Will you be joining us for breakfast this morning?

SPEAKER_05 49:03

Um, she's gonna look straight at Eloyn and be like, yeah, um, I was gonna actually get some food to go up.

SPEAKER_03 49:11

Yes, that is an offer that we have for you. Uh, what is it that you would like?

SPEAKER_05 49:16

Um, I was wondering if we could get, and she looks at her journal, some fruit, some milk or cream, some like lots of bacon, and some oatmeal.

SPEAKER_03 49:32

And what sort of quantities are you are you looking for? Do you want a plate for everyone?

SPEAKER_01 49:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 49:40

Okay. Um, that will run you guys 14 gold for breakfast this morning.

SPEAKER_05 49:46

Okay. And she's gonna fork it over.

SPEAKER_03 49:49

And we will have that up to you in just a few moments.

SPEAKER_05 49:52

Thanks.

SPEAKER_03 49:53

And like, as you had been talking um to Elwyn, Tariel was over writing down your list. And as you make your way over to the stairs back up to your room, you hear the tingle of that little crystal bell. And if you look, you would see Tariel hand the little note off to one of the serving people. And within a few moments of Ariel returning up to the room, you do hear called up from the stairway below. Oh, we're coming up with your food now.

SPEAKER_05 50:26

Great, thanks.

SPEAKER_03 50:27

And two people walk up carrying platters of food and a pitcher of like half and half level of a cream, and on the platter has you know, bowls of oatmeal, bunch of fruit, half a platter of bacon.

SPEAKER_05 50:44

Nice. Does he scurry off and leave again?

SPEAKER_03 50:48

And yes, as the two people place the food down in the table of the common area, they turn and just politely walk back to the stairs and head down.

SPEAKER_05 50:57

At that point, she's gonna take the tray or whatever that has the food for Tempest, and she's gonna walk into Tempest's room.

SPEAKER_04 51:05

The entire platter of bacon.

SPEAKER_05 51:06

Oh, yeah, put a bunch of the bacon on her, like about half of the entire platter onto Tempest's tray, and then bring it over to Tempest to wake her up with the smell of bacon.

SPEAKER_04 51:17

In the meantime, while uh Ariel's getting breakfast and stuff ready, uh Canina's probably gonna go like finish up her excesses and uh take a shower and stuff and use the commons to kind of get ready for the day.

SPEAKER_05 51:27

Oh, Tempest, I got you bacon. Time to wake up now!

SPEAKER_08 51:35

Yes, she wakes up with no fuss when you present her with a platter of bacon.

SPEAKER_03 51:41

Okay, so uh does the party have anything that they want to talk about over breakfast or anything? Or do we want to advance time along to you guys entering the city square?

SPEAKER_08 51:52

I'm fine with advancing time.

SPEAKER_03 51:54

Advance. Okay, so as the party makes their way down to the front room, this is now we're getting to about 10 in the morning. Tariel looks over. Um, will you guys be checking out with us this morning?

SPEAKER_04 52:10

Uh, not quite yet. I think we're going to browse the fair a bit today and see about getting some uh travel arrangements set up for our return to Riven. So we'll probably be staying at least for another night.

SPEAKER_03 52:20

Okay, so you would like just to hold the room for you for one more night?

SPEAKER_04 52:23

Yes, please.

SPEAKER_03 52:25

Since you guys have already paid for the carnival tickets, uh, your extra night will only be another hundred gold.

SPEAKER_04 52:32

Okay, um, I can help cover this one this time since you guys got the last night's fair. Alright. Do you want me to help chip in too? Only if you wish. Sure. I'll pay for most of it since you pay for breakfast too. So I'll fork over, I don't know, 80 gold.

SPEAKER_05 52:46

I was gonna say I just reach in and grab whatever and throw it there.

SPEAKER_03 52:54

Yeah. Um before you guys leave for the day though, I do believe that we have a bit of a situation to bring up involving your cart. Oh yeah? We noticed, since you did ask us to uh work on cleaning and mending that over the previous day, that the cart appears to have been a loan from the Farrin Travel Company. They sold it to the card. It's ours, fair and square.

SPEAKER_05 53:26

We have a letter.

SPEAKER_03 53:27

You have a letter?

SPEAKER_05 53:28

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_03 53:29

Because how by chance did you guys end up with this? I I can understand how you ended up with it in your possession, but the uh bit of awkwardness is the condition that it has ended up with while in your possession.

SPEAKER_04 53:42

Uh, we were attacked by gnolls on the roads, and we had to fight back, so some damage occurred. Um we're friends with the king.

SPEAKER_03 53:51

The king. Dwarven king.

SPEAKER_05 53:52

The dwarven king.

SPEAKER_03 53:54

I understand. The dwarven king doesn't have much purview over the Farron Travel Company and their dealings. However. One of you has a letter.

SPEAKER_04 54:05

Well, yeah, I can go and get the letter. It's upstairs in my things.

SPEAKER_03 54:08

That would be wonderful. Um, unfortunately, given that we are the Farron's favor, owned by the Farron family. Same as the Farron Travel Company, it does create a bit of a conflict that we are covering up misdeeds with their property.

SPEAKER_04 54:25

I mean, the misdeeds weren't exactly our fault, though. We can't uh we can't help being attacked on the road.

SPEAKER_03 54:30

I would like to see whatever letter that it is that you guys have.

SPEAKER_04 54:36

Well, uh, here's here's the letter. Uh, we got it from Ulian, the captain of the Black Guard, over in Starin.

SPEAKER_03 54:43

I see. Okay. They take the letter from you and open it up and read through it really quickly. Hmm. Alright then. And they fold it back up the way that it was and hand it back to you, and you can see a little bit of a sour look on their face. The dwarf is overstepping his bounds a little bit. However, he has taken responsibility for this. And at this point, I believe that the issue lies between the travel company and himself, and you guys have been absolved of things. I recommend keeping this on you until you return to the travel company where you originally picked it up so that they can handle things on there, and they are going to need to reach out to Ulian.

SPEAKER_04 55:32

Alright, that sounds good. We'll we'll probably stop by there at some point today. So thank you for your understanding. She'll make a mental note that we probably should just go visit them today and take care of that business. So, uh, Canina will take back the letter and fold it up neatly and put it back in her uh vest of some sort. And yeah, she'll bid Toriel and Eloin if he's there a good day. And we'll see about entering the fair.

SPEAKER_03 56:08

They both bow to the party. We bid you a good day. Your room will be ready for you tonight. And please enjoy the rest of the carnival.

SPEAKER_05 56:17

I have a question.

SPEAKER_03 56:18

I may have an answer for you.

SPEAKER_05 56:20

How are our horses doing?

SPEAKER_03 56:22

They seem to be in decent shape. We made sure that they were fed and groomed last night.

SPEAKER_05 56:27

Is it at all possible that maybe I can buy a carrot or two off of you and I can go say hi to them?

SPEAKER_03 56:33

I suppose that could be arranged. The stables are right outside where you originally brought them in.

SPEAKER_05 56:39

Okay, where can I get a carrot or two?

SPEAKER_03 56:43

Tario leans down to the little elf girl that runs out, and you hear a brief mumbled conversation, and a few minutes later, uh, a carrot is brought out to you.

SPEAKER_05 56:55

Hey, Nina. Before we go off to the um carnival, I just want to go say hi to princess and no name real quick.

SPEAKER_04 57:04

Uh, at this point, would I know if the uh cart is like stashed in the same area?

SPEAKER_03 57:08

As far as you guys know, everything is in the stable area.

SPEAKER_04 57:12

Uh, yeah, that sounds good, Ariel. I'll actually join you. I'll take a look to see what uh kind of repairs they're able to do on the carriage, and then we'll head out after that. Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_02 57:21

Rem doesn't go with them to the stables, she's gonna talk to the people behind the desk, but later.

SPEAKER_03 57:26

Okay. Uh, I guess to clarify, does Tempest follow Ariel and Kanina? Does Tempest stay with Rem? Or does Tempest go off and do something on her own?

SPEAKER_08 57:37

Tempest would follow Ariel and Kanina.

SPEAKER_03 57:39

Okay. So as the three of you make your way out to the stables, then you are greeted by one of the stable hands. Ah yes, I remember you from yesterday. Are you here to pick up your carton horse and take off for the day?

SPEAKER_04 57:55

Uh, not quite yet. We were just visiting in, and uh, my friend Ariel here wanted to say hi to the horse, and I just wanted to see what kind of repairs you guys are able to do on the carriage. We're gonna stay for at least another night while we secure travel for ourselves across the water.

SPEAKER_03 58:08

I see. Uh, do you guys plan on leaving tomorrow then, if you're staying one more night? Or would you like to have more time? Just if you let us know that you are planning to leave tomorrow, then we can have things hitched up for you in the morning.

SPEAKER_04 58:21

Uh, we'll probably have to get back to you on that. We're not sure when our boat will be leaving, so.

SPEAKER_03 58:25

Understandable. Yes, right this way, and they lead you over to uh one of the the stable stalls, and princess and no name are in it. They look comfortable, well groomed, recently hydrated, and very well rested.

SPEAKER_05 58:42

So at that point, Ariel's gonna say hi to both of them and then be like, hey Tempest, I know you like seahorses, but do you like like land horses? We don't have a ton of experience with them. Okay, cool. Me either, but I've been feeding them, so I've kind of learned a little bit. And she she snaps the carrot in half, and then she gives Tempest the bottom part of it that's skinnier because she wants to keep the girthy part for princess. Okay, so hold your hand out flat like this, like don't let your fingers curl at all, and then hold it out to them, and then its lips will like tickle your hand a little bit and it will take the carrot, and then she shows Tempest how she's doing this for a princess, so she could see princess take a bite, and she hands Tempest the other part so she can feed no name.

SPEAKER_08 59:34

Tempest holds it flat in her hand, but tips her hand a little bit too far and it rolls out of her hand, and then Ariel just giggle of like, it's okay, we'll try again another time.

SPEAKER_03 59:46

And the stable hand uh gestures at Kanina. And if you would like to see the cart, then it is over stored in the back right now.

SPEAKER_04 59:55

Sure, yeah. Lead the way.

SPEAKER_03 59:57

And he walks you back to the cart, and you see that it looks like it has been freshly washed down. A lot of the things like the wearings and the upholstery and stuff has been repaired. However, there's still a couple nicks. Oh, the scorch marks are gone. Um, so all the scorching has been taken care of, uh, washed over and in some way mended. However, you can still see nicks and dings and gouges where arrows and spears had previously hit the sides of the cart. It adds character.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:36

Now we know it's ours from the scars of battle.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:39

And on the side you still see emblazoned quite boldly is the Farron family crest.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:45

So can you look it over and just be like, wow, you guys did an impressive job.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:49

The stable hand taps his hand on the side of it. Yes, this was our big project for yesterday. It gave us something to do.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:57

I'm sure it must have been an unusual request, so I thank you pretty greatly. And uh she'll go ahead and slip him a tip.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:04

Alright. I thank you very much for that.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:07

Yeah, I don't know. I'll go for like, I guess, five gold and just be like, ugh, for you and anybody else who worked on it. So thank you very much.

SPEAKER_08 1:01:15

We're really gonna need to replace the the design on the side.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:20

Yeah, um, I think once we go and take care of business officially with the trading company, we'll be sure to get it removed so we don't uh misrepresent or anything.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:28

Someday maybe we'll have our own name on there.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:30

Oh, we could always put the guild logo on there. That'd be fun. Then we could represent the Adventurers Guild. Or maybe our group if we stick together.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:38

Alright. Rem. While the rest of the party is off in the fairns favor stables, what are you doing at the front desk?

SPEAKER_02 1:01:45

So he turns to the whoever's there currently and asks, I'm looking for a smith. Specifically an armor smith. What would you suggest?

SPEAKER_03 1:01:56

How much is it that you are looking to spend, and you have a preference for the type of craftsman?

SPEAKER_02 1:02:03

I'm looking for the best armor smith I can find. Money would be negotiable for now, but I was going to look. Uh I'm not looking for ornamental, I am looking for practical.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:16

Hmm. Give me a moment. And you see Tariel reach under the desk that they work at, unfold a scroll, and if you peer over, because it's it's not really hidden, you notice that it is a map of the city of Port Noorsal, and they're scanning over it. I'm not someone that deals in combat myself, so I go largely off of the words that I hear from those around me. I think the best recommendation that I could give to you, based on the things that I've heard, is over in the workshop district, there is a older middle-aged uh dwarven smith by the name of Dern Blackhammer. I would suggest that you seek him out.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:03

So Rimmel nod and then look down at the map that he has unrolled and be like, where would be the area that's best to look for him?

SPEAKER_03 1:03:09

Atarial points on the map. So we are currently here, and they're pointing at the the town square on the one side of it. The workshop district is over here, and I've never been there myself, but I believe that Dern's shop is going to be right about here.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:30

Rim would make the quick, you know, mental trap in his head. Like thank you.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:36

Is there anything else that I could help you with?

SPEAKER_02 1:03:38

No, that would be all, thank you.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:40

And uh thank you for your patronage these last couple days. We are here if you need anything.

SPEAKER_02 1:03:45

Rim would begin making his way to Derns, or the area in which Derns should be.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:50

Rem, you travel your way through the city square, and as you know, at this point there are a bunch of stalls uh popping up around you. You're getting close to midday, so things are in full swing as you're walking through. You're getting the smells of people that are cooking, you're being shouted at from various street vendors, just Hey you! I have what you need. I don't know who you are, but I have what you need, and I know it from right here. Remember, basically ignore the various people heckling you, trying to get you to come over to their stores and just I would anyone like to buy something? You there, you look like a man that wants to buy something. Come over here to the store. I have all sorts of things. But things do die down as you make it through the city square because the event is centraled around the arena, so even as you transfer into the next district, you walk through the big wall that separates the central district from the more common districts, and weave your way over to where Tariel had pointed around on the map. And as you you near, you do hear the clinking of a hammer on metal. From there, you're able to walk around and you see a uh shield hanging off of a very like open-faced building, and that shield just engraved into it is an anvil that coming straight out of it, is a hammer that is enameled in black.

SPEAKER_02 1:05:27

So Rim will make his way over to the shop and kind of look around for whoever's inside.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:31

And as you because it's a big open-faced building, as you kind of walk through the front of it, you get a big whoosh of hot air because they do have a forge set up in one of the back corners, and there is a stout black haired dwarf, quite a bit shorter than you. The hair is like it's very frazzled, but it's it's pulled back into a large ponytail and a burly older. Middle age, like human age equivalent of around the 55 area area, but being a dwarf, you would imagine they're like 170 or so hammering away on an anvil, and you can actually tell as as you walk around, there's a couple anvils over with various carts set up, and you can see a handful of things in the forge at once. And almost without looking up from under these big black bushy eyebrows, you just hear a what can I help you with?

SPEAKER_02 1:06:31

So in dwarvish, this brim knows dwarvish. Alrighty. He's gonna ask, are you Dern?

SPEAKER_03 1:06:37

And as Dwarvish comes out of obviously a human, like mid-hammer stroke just stops and responding to Dwarvish. Ah, so you know Dwarvish.

SPEAKER_02 1:06:48

A little, enough to get by. Dern would be who you're speaking to. Alright. I've uh heard that you're a a master smith. Armor smith.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:57

He walks over, throws the work in the uh forge again, and kind of puts a hammer his hammer down on one of the anvils and uses it as like a palm rest. So the people are talking, huh? Well, when asked. Do I want to know who's throwing my name out there as a master?

SPEAKER_02 1:07:15

Well, it was uh I can never remember their names. The front desk people at the uh the Hoity Toidy hotel over there in the square.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:23

The Faron's favor is putting my name out there, huh? Yes. Well, I don't think that they know what an armor is from their asshole, but probably not. Something's putting my name out there for 'em. Yep, you're speaking to Dern. What is it that you need? You look like someone that's been through a lot.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:44

That he's gonna pull out a bundle that he has that's actually the cleaned mail that he had, and I'm looking to upgrade. He's gonna roll out the mail. It's just, you know, standard issued chain mail.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:53

There's a big, heavy steel like workbench table up against one of the back walls opposite where the forge is. Well, why don't you come in? And he kind of grabs the bundle of mail, brings it over to the workbench so he can lay it out. Well, it's no wonder you're looking to upgrade. Some of the rings are due to be replaced too, even if you were to keep it.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:14

It's seen some seen some wear recently.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:17

Yeah, certainly not dwarven made, I can tell you that much.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:20

Uh, and I didn't get a chance when I was in your fair city close to here to actually talk to New York Smiths.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:25

Fair city close to here?

SPEAKER_02 1:08:27

Huh. Three days.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:29

Oh, you're talking about Sterngeld. Yeah. I suppose Fair City's a good way to describe it. I haven't been there in decades myself.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:37

We met with uh a jewel smith and leader of the Black Watch and the King. All very nice people.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:44

An audience with the king, even you what are you surrounding yourself with all of these big, powerful types?

SPEAKER_02 1:08:52

Um, we were requested to help take care of a problem. It's kind of what we do. We, I only see one of you. Ah, my party's back, uh, I think still at the inn, probably resting and getting ready for some of the fair festivities, so not so interested in those.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:08

Alright. Well, when you're saying you're looking for an upgrade, what are you after? You looking to go over to a uh a plate mail, or are you just looking for a remake of what you got?

SPEAKER_02 1:09:19

Well, I've been in chain for a long time and appreciate the the uh protection provided, though in this last adventure I did come across the the difficulties that this many rings can cause, having to stay back due to the you know the noise.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:35

So it's the way it kinks, I understand.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:38

Yeah, I could uh possibly upgrade to a breastplate, maybe something a little better. Depends on what you have to offer.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:44

Uh breastplate, let's see. Walks over to uh up against one of the side walls, looking up. Come over here. Let's see what I got that's close. There's only about five different breastplates up there, but you can tell that Dern knows his general clientele, so only one looks fitted to a dwarf, and the rest are fitted to various human sizes. And by the third one, uh, this one's one that I could work to be close to uh Vitcha. Does it how does it feel right now?

SPEAKER_02 1:10:16

You know, wiggle around. I mean it's tight in a couple places, but it's not bad.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:19

Let's see, and he helps you strap it on as as if you were to wear it, and uh you see him go over to the bench, grab out like a wax pen, start putting a couple marks on it that are to help him fit it to get it closer to your shape. Uh talking price and everything. How quickly do you need it?

SPEAKER_02 1:10:42

Well, I believe we're looking to leave tomorrow-ish, but if you think it takes longer, I wouldn't mind leaving an address it could be sent to.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:49

Tomorrow-ish, let's see. He walks over, looks up at the sky. I can spend some time on it today. We'll see how close it fits. If you want to come by tonight, I can put some time into it. I can do that. And then hopefully it'll be close enough that I can get some final fitment done for the morning, and uh hand it off to you. If I'm going to be putting some work into this now, though, are you okay to put a d deposit down? And how much would it cost me? Uh, this here I could uh I the the full price I can give you about 420 gold. Um, let's say a hundred gold as a deposit early.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:31

What if I wanted the the dwarvish special? I'm willing to put down a little extra coin.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:37

Dwarvish special, huh?

SPEAKER_02 1:11:39

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:39

What what flavor of dwarvis special are you looking for? Are you just looking for a little bit uh more time and effort, or are you looking for me to uh maybe put this one back on the shelf and make you something custom, perhaps out of something a little more than just iron and steel?

SPEAKER_02 1:11:58

I'm always up for the protection. It is armor, after all. So I'm willing to wait the time if you think that's what you need. Again, I said I can leave you an address to send it to.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:08

Tell me what you think of this. And uh he pulls a leather flap back in the back of his shop and he walks back there and uh comes back out holding a separate breastplate. It's designed a little bit different than the stuff that he's got on the wall, and he holds it out to you with one hand. Take it. As you take it, it is significantly lighter than the breastplate that was just demonstrated to you.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:36

I'll look at it and kind of feel the thickness between my fingers. And you say this offers the same protection as the other one.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:42

It does. Takes a lot more to work with, harder to find the materials, and it takes a lot more time to shape it the way that it needs to be.

SPEAKER_02 1:12:53

Any other specials you got back there?

SPEAKER_03 1:12:55

Or is this your top of the line? I have some other things that I could do, but I don't have anything in a state that would do you any good right now. It's gonna cost you more. Oh, I figured it's much. It's gonna cost quite a bit, and if you want to go truly top of the line, and uh he he leans back into the back room and comes out holding a brick and hands it out to you. I could work with this if uh if you want, but I'm starting from scratch.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:26

Well, look at the brick.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:27

He hands it out to you, and your arm almost falls into the ground with the the heft of it. It's gonna be a lot heavier though.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:36

It's got some weight to it. Well, I think I'll go with this lighter variety, though I do appreciate the fact that you dwarves could make such a stout armor.

SPEAKER_03 1:13:45

He grabs back the other chunk of metal, and you hear him slide it onto a shelf in his back room. So you want the lighter stuff? How quickly do you want it? Do you want me to to get the mithril turned out for you today? Or tomorrow before you leave? Or do you want me to maybe take another week or so and get it sent off to where you are?

SPEAKER_02 1:14:09

Well, what are we talking about for prices, I guess, would be my next question. Well, I was telling you 420 for the the breastplate. Yeah, that was the standard one.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:20

I'm gonna do the mithril for ya, then we're gonna be looking at 650 gold.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:25

Alright, and if you were to take the extra time.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:28

If you want me to spend some extra time and really get it fitted to you, get the padding all done nice and everything, make sure the buckles are top quality. We're gonna be talking 750 gold pieces totally.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:41

Rim will think about it. Be like, alright, you got some paper?

SPEAKER_03 1:14:45

Yeah, yeah, we've got we've got some paper. Goes over to the bench and pulls out uh some parchment and a charcoal stick.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:54

Rim will take it and he'll write down the address or location of the guild and his name.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:59

Yeah, I mean, a duft would just be Riven, Guild of Adventurers, Rem. Guild of Adventurers, huh? That's right. And he'll What you doing all the way up here?

SPEAKER_02 1:15:10

We were uh looking into something, and it led into other things as much usually does.

SPEAKER_03 1:15:16

I'm just proud to see the guild actually getting out there and doing stuff.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:20

Trying to spread the name, I guess. If you need help or know somebody that does, don't be afraid to ask us. And as he's doing that, he's gonna be rummaging around in his coin pouch and place the 10 platinum that he has, as well as another 200 gold on top of the paper and slide it across to you. I believe this will cover your deposit.

SPEAKER_03 1:15:36

He counts it all out real quick. Yeah, I I can work with that for a deposit.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:41

Alright. That would leave me with uh 450 gold pieces left for the work. And how about another 10 gold for the delivery?

SPEAKER_03 1:15:49

I I can accept that. That that sounds good.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:52

And of course, once it arrives, I'll make sure to tell every every one of the warriors and heavily armed people where I got it from.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:00

So before you before you uh you take off, let's get the mithril fitted on ya so that I can do the same kind of markings, given that it sounds like you're heading back to Riven tomorrow.

SPEAKER_02 1:16:11

Possibly, that's uh not quite sure, but that's what I've heard from my party.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:14

Then I'm gonna want you to come back again tonight.

SPEAKER_02 1:16:17

Can do that.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:18

And I'm gonna want you to come back again in the morning. Around now, like mid-morning would be good.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:23

Sure.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:24

Just so that I I need to get as much time with you as I can, because once you leave, I don't have you to check the fit anymore. Not a problem. I appreciate this. This is this is big. This isn't something that I normally get to break out and work with often. So pretty happy with being able to to work work some special armor for you. Is there any special specifications you need? Any engravings or any extra trim or anything?

SPEAKER_02 1:16:54

I'm gonna kinda reach up and grab his holy symbol, think about it, and he'll look at it and be like, How about one of these? It's just a palm open silver hand.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:02

Okay, he pulls out another piece of uh parchment and he's sketching out an idea. Kinda gives a couple markings and how's that look for ya? I'll I'll make it a little prettier when I'm engraving it in, but that's pretty good. General idea for ya. Looks great. Alright. I appreciate the business. Uh looks to Rem. And he holds out a holds out a hand. Take it and shake it. And he does a big mighty forearm, just hearty grip with ya. I'll be getting to work on this right away.

SPEAKER_02 1:17:34

Like I said, once I uh once I receive it, I'll make sure to spread your name to the adventurers kidding. I appreciate it. I appreciate the the prospect of future business.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:42

And if you like it, baby, I'll see you again later. Very possible. So back over to the group at the stables. What are what are the girls doing after they kind of see to the horses, check out the work on the cart?

SPEAKER_04 1:17:58

I think uh since the horses in the cart are are kind of on the forefront in our minds right now after just seeing them, I think Canina will look to go to the Farron Trading Company to take care of this uh little misunderstanding once and for all. Okay. Canina will go ahead and dance on. Well, I think I'm gonna go ahead and do what uh Elowin suggested and go over to the Farron Trading Company and uh show them this letter so that we can claim ownership of this cart and get their symbol removed.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:26

Okay, and then after that, do you think we should go see about when we could get a ship and figure out how much it's gonna cost to get Princess on the ship?

SPEAKER_04 1:18:34

Yep, that's the plan. I just want to make sure that we uh clear up ownership first. Yeah, I'll go with you. Or you two could always head down yourselves and try to barter for a ship passage. It's up to you.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:44

I could head down to the docks and start scouting. I'll go with you then, because I want to make sure Princess can I'm just gonna assume that she's coming with us and get prices. Okay, I'll uh meet you guys up in a bit.

SPEAKER_03 1:18:57

So, given the the location of everything, the three of you are actually going to be making your way through the city square, off into the the district over and heading out to the wharf, essentially together, because your destination is all in the wharf area. That is where the Farron Travel Company was based, and that is obviously where they're going to find ships. So you guys get to where the main road opens up onto the wharf and over by the pier, and that is where Canina peels off and heads over to the Farron Travel Company while Ariel and Tempest go off to find a ship. The pier itself, because it would stand out and it was kind of made note of the day before. There is one very large purple wooded ship sitting straight like the road goes up to the pier, and there is a dock straight in line with the road, and out on the end of this dock is a large purple ship with midnight blue sails that has the midnight carnival's logo on them.

SPEAKER_04 1:20:11

I think as Kenina's peeling off of the group to go talk to the uh guild just to be like, see what I tell ya, color themed.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:19

And there are tons of people milling about on it. You see a bunch of performers practicing on the deck and on the uh pier in front of it. And of course, there are a number of other ships. But let's start with Kanina making her way over to the Farin Traffic Company.

SPEAKER_04 1:20:38

So she'll go ahead and she'll make sure she has the letter at the ready and uh present herself in the office. And uh, hello, good morning. Well, hello there.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:46

What can I do for you today?

SPEAKER_04 1:20:48

Hi, I'm Kanina. Um, I'm with the Adventurers Guild in Riven. Uh, we have secured a one of your carts on our way here when we first arrived a while back.

SPEAKER_03 1:21:01

Uh, are you uh returning the cart, or do you need some amendment to the services, or what what can I do for you?

SPEAKER_04 1:21:11

I guess it would be an amendment of sorts. I have this letter here from Captain Ulian of the Black Guard in Sterin. And uh, we did some services that involved some damage to the cart, unfortunately. We were attacked on the road, and uh, through some of our efforts we were able to vanquish the knoll problem. But uh, in doing so, of the black guard.

SPEAKER_03 1:21:33

Interesting. Can I see the letter? Hand it over. What was this about the knoll thing? He's unfolding the letter in front of him.

SPEAKER_04 1:21:42

Uh, yes, we are attacked by um some gnolls on the road and learned uh in our later adventures in Stern that there was quite a problem, so we scouted it out and took care of the so-called gnoll leader, uh, Grimfang, he was known by in the local area. We uh defeated him and a large number of his group that had banded together and seemed to have dispersed the problem.

SPEAKER_03 1:22:05

I see. And who did you say the letter was from again?

SPEAKER_04 1:22:08

Uh Captain Ulian of the Black Guard.

SPEAKER_03 1:22:11

I see. That does that does match up with uh what was written on the letter. Uh well, it's not typically how we do things, but it does appear that this is now a problem between the Fair and Travel Company and uh Mr. Ulian of the Black Guard. Uh, they have taken full responsibility for the cart. Um essentially this letter here claims that they are purchasing it outright, regardless of what the uh cost is going to be. Um, one moment. And they walk away from the counter, and you see them go over to a small safe, pop it open, and from inside they actually grab a small cylindrical case and they hand it over to you. This here will officially transfer ownership of the cart from us to you. It is actually a minor enchantment scroll. It will remove all branding of the Fair and Travel Company, as well as included in this is the deed to the cart, and uh looks like two horses as well.

SPEAKER_04 1:23:15

Ah, I see. That's much appreciated, thank you.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:17

Unfortunately for you, this does mean that the deposit that you left is going to be null and void, and it will go towards part of the payment for the transfer of ownership that Ulian has instated for you.

SPEAKER_04 1:23:31

Ah yes, I see, of course. That makes sense. Uh I I apologize for the inconvenience, and uh I thank you for your time.

SPEAKER_03 1:23:38

It it's not something that you would know, so I do not hold it against you. I appreciate the letter, and uh good travels to you.

SPEAKER_04 1:23:46

Good travels. With that, Canina will take her leave and she'll tuck the uh D to the cart and the minor enchantment to remove the uh logos of the Farron family off of the cart into her vest to be dealt with when they return back to the inn. But for now, she'll try to go find Tempest and Ariel.

SPEAKER_03 1:24:03

Alright, Tempest and Ariel. As you guys cast your gaze out along the pier, you see before you a number of different ships. Of course, there is um the sails of midnight, as you were told about before. It would seem fairly obvious to you guys that that ship is relatively well taken at this point. There are a number of ships off on the west side of the pier that actually appear to be more combat-ready vessels that seem to be a part of what would function as Port Noorsal's navy. Far over to the west side, you see a bunch of smaller ships and ships that are much more geared for sailing. However, in the more central area that you guys are in, there are a number of ships that appear to be smaller merchant ships, uh, ships that appear to be more geared for taking passengers. And one ship in particular stands out to the two of you immensely. It's off a couple docks over, but it is a large, relatively flat, square vessel that instead of being made out of wood, appears to be propped up on a couple of metal tanks. One thing that also stands out to you guys having arrived on it is you do not see the whispering winds.

SPEAKER_06 1:25:30

Didn't Canina say that she came in on a metal ship? Yeah, actually, I think that was something that she had mentioned. Wonder if that's it.

SPEAKER_08 1:25:39

I mean, I can't imagine they're very common. Do we want to talk to them? Could head over there?

SPEAKER_05 1:25:45

I don't know anything about ships, so this is all you. I just want to make sure Princess can get on it. And no name. Wonder how it handles waves, like big ones. It's square. Good point.

SPEAKER_04 1:25:58

Do uh ships have like the names carved into the sides like they would like for us nowadays, like printed on there, but do they have them printed or anywhere on there, or are they just known as their name?

SPEAKER_03 1:26:07

A lot of the smaller ships don't, but especially the ones that seem that they're more accustomed to carrying travelers do. Along the back and sides, if you were to look, the sails of midnight does have its name carved upon it. And as Tempest and Ariel approach the dock that this ship is on, they do see a pretty industrial-looking plaque attached to the back of it, only sticking about three feet out of the water is a name. The Iron Cask. The Iron Cask. Hmm. And as you guys make your way to it, there are a bunch of dwarves milling about the ship. You see what appears to be a large crate of coal sitting on the dock next to it. The dwarves are working to cart onto the ship. You see another handful of dwarves on the other end of the ship carting off a bunch of cargo. And standing in between the two sets of ramps is a middle-aged leaning towards the older side, probably about 150 in dwarven years, with long red hair standing over in the middle. Just kind of eyeing things.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:28

Would Ariel think that this is a big enough ship to put the cart and the two horses on? Does it look huge?

SPEAKER_03 1:27:33

It definitely looks big enough to carry that. It sits low in the water, but it is large enough that you can see there are probably three decks to it, at least based on what you can see for how much of it is in the water versus how much is above the water. It looks like it's sitting about half of its overall height in the water.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:52

Should we go talk to these guys?

SPEAKER_03 1:27:54

There is a large stack of pipes that juts out from. The somewhat rear center of the ship. Um, the ship itself is pitched up right now and sitting idle, however.

SPEAKER_05 1:28:08

Alright, couldn't hurt to talk to him. You wanna talk to him? I don't know the ship lingo.

SPEAKER_03 1:28:14

Is there someone that looks like they're in charge? Seeing the two of you kind of mumble to each other looks over and be like, Can I help you girls? Ahoy! Ahoy!

SPEAKER_08 1:28:27

Tempest will uh walk over and uh We're looking to charter passage. Where are you looking to charter passage to? Where is it again? We need to go to Riven. To Riven.

SPEAKER_03 1:28:40

Riven, well you're in luck. That'll be the next destination as we sail south down the coast. Oh perfect. Uh it's just gonna be the two of you.

SPEAKER_08 1:28:50

No, the we have two others in our party, um, as well as a cart and two horses. Is is your vessel large enough to accommodate these?

SPEAKER_03 1:29:03

Looks over at the side of the ship. How big's the cart? Standard cart size.

SPEAKER_05 1:29:11

We describe the cart carriage.

SPEAKER_03 1:29:13

Well, this here old ship is definitely meant to carry a bunch of cargo. I think it'll do just fine. Wonderful. And at this point, Kenina had probably seen where Ariel and Tempest were heading already, makes her way over to them. How fast is she running?

SPEAKER_04 1:29:32

Well, I imagine she's definitely going at a brisk pace to try to catch you guys in the middle of uh negotiations, but upon seeing the metal ship, which will look quite familiar to her, having spent many long weeks on it in Travel to Riven, she will beeline it toward that ship whether or not she sees you guys.

SPEAKER_03 1:29:51

Ariel and Tempest, as the dwarf in front of you is looking up at the ship, looks over at you guys as you're describing the cart. He stops, looks past you guys. Nina!

SPEAKER_05 1:30:04

Thursday! She's like waving both. She knows the name.

SPEAKER_03 1:30:10

He he runs over and gives like a big bear hug around Kenita's waist and picks her up. What the hell are you doing here, girl?

SPEAKER_04 1:30:18

I left you in Riven! Yeah, it's been so long. I I've joined the Adventurers Guild. We're here um about the- said you were doing. Yeah, I've been successful. I've gotten a lot better at controlling my powers now. And uh these are my companions here, these two, and uh I have another one who's uh off doing his own thing right now, but Do they know about the powers because they're uh looking to get you a metal ship again?

SPEAKER_03 1:30:45

I think they've they've probably chosen wisely, I mean I guess you did make it here, so apparently the standard ships are doing it for you now. You should see our cart. I should see your cart. Oh no.

SPEAKER_04 1:30:58

What are you talking about? There's there's no damage on that cart whatsoever, Tempest.

SPEAKER_03 1:31:04

What did you do to the cart, Nina? We're already making sure I could put it on the boat.

SPEAKER_04 1:31:10

Oh, there was just an incident with some gnolls, and I may have, you know, lit myself on fire, and the cart may have been what I was standing on when I was on fire. It's fine, it's fine, it's all it's all better now.

SPEAKER_03 1:31:20

He like clapped you on the thigh. That's my girl. You know, I miss having your energy on the ship.

SPEAKER_04 1:31:27

Yeah, I miss seeing you. It's been forever.

SPEAKER_03 1:31:30

It's been a couple months now. You know, I didn't think I'd ever see you again.

SPEAKER_04 1:31:35

I didn't expect us to be meeting so soon, but it's felt like it's been so long, too.

SPEAKER_03 1:31:40

Especially like I said, you're here. Port North Salt. What what are you guys doing? What are you doing here? I left Jun Riven!

SPEAKER_04 1:31:46

Uh, we basically came over here. Um, uh Riven was under attack by a bunch of kobolds, and just it was a big mess and whatnot, so we all gathered together and we raided their encampment and took care of that problem, and then we are able to uh retrieve some stolen artifacts that were from Dwarven Make, and we tracked them down to being sourced in Sterngeld. Dwarven Make, you say?

SPEAKER_03 1:32:14

Mm-hmm. So you came all the way out to old Sterngeld for that.

SPEAKER_04 1:32:18

Yes, it was it was important to us to make sure that people who had lost family that it was important for them to know. Oh boy, it sounds like you've been on quite the journey since I left ya. Yeah, I've learned lots, seen lots, and we've lost some people along the way, unfortunately, but I feel like the whole experiences definitely make me grow it as a person.

SPEAKER_03 1:32:38

And at this point, Thorstag turns over to like some of the crew working on the working on getting the ship loaded and unloaded and being like, Hey, you guys remember Nina, right? Hi guys! And she'll- Looks like we're gonna be taking her home uh again. Back to Riven again. It's a little weird, but sh she needs the ride, and well, we're here and we're gonna be heading out tomorrow, so why not take her with us? And her friends, look, she's got friends too now.

SPEAKER_04 1:33:08

Yeah, and then she'll like go through and make the introduction. This is Ariel. I uh I'm helping her become a sorceress, and this is Tempest. She's new to the party. We just recruited her fresh off of a ship. And then uh you you'll see him later, but uh our friend Ren is here too. He's he's been uh a great leader to us, and I'm hoping to be just like him one day. A grumpy old man.

SPEAKER_03 1:33:28

And you know, a couple of the dwarves that he's calling you out to are just like, die!

SPEAKER_04 1:33:35

Oh, so you uh you mentioned that we're you're leaving tomorrow. What time tomorrow you're leaving?

SPEAKER_03 1:33:39

Uh well we were gonna be ready to head out early in the morning tomorrow, but uh I don't know if we if if you're looking for us to take it and need us to hang out for a little bit longer, you know, I'll give you guys a good deal on it on getting back home. But, you know, we're gonna be spending most of today getting the the whole ship unloaded, getting fuel back in the ship, getting it reloaded again, and well, you know, gotta at least spend a night in port. Make up for all the time that we spend on on the open sea.

SPEAKER_04 1:34:11

No, of course. There's uh the whole carnival in town and whatnot, too, so that'd be fun to.

SPEAKER_03 1:34:15

Ah, fuck the carnival.

SPEAKER_08 1:34:17

There's an alehouse right fucking there. So Tempest, something caught her attention and she's just kind of been brow furrowed. I'm sorry. Did did you say fuel? What what Yeah, the old iron cask here.

SPEAKER_03 1:34:32

You notice points up. You see any sails up there?

SPEAKER_08 1:34:35

Now that you mention it, I do not.

SPEAKER_03 1:34:38

Yeah. Hole shape's not real good for that either. The the uh the old iron cask here. It's got a uh a special type of uh propulsion system powered by by coal. It uh it turns a big prop in the water. You know, it's it's a little slower to get going. It's not as fast sometimes as the sailing ships, but boy is she reliable. You know, once we get it going, we don't stop. We're don't we're we don't rely on the winds like you do with the big the big sails. We just we plow forward and once it's moving, she ain't stopping. Needs a little bit of refining still to get some widespread use, but the benefit that we have of this is we can load her up and she can just push through. Well, this is intriguing. Uh, you'll be on the ship tomorrow. You'll get to see how things are when we get going. I look forward to it.

SPEAKER_05 1:35:37

Speaking of, do we need to bring our cart and horses to you tonight for loading or tomorrow?

SPEAKER_03 1:35:43

Do you want the carts and horses for the rest of the day? Because I'm willing to work with what you've got. I'm loading up the ship anyways, but we'll we'll make room for it tomorrow if if you want to keep it for the day.

SPEAKER_05 1:35:55

I don't think we really need it, but I think the horses might be more comfortable in their stable tonight.

SPEAKER_04 1:36:01

Yeah, that sounds like a plan. We'll bring them over first thing in the morning and uh let them get their rest on solid ground while they can.

SPEAKER_03 1:36:09

Well, Nina, Nina's friends, look forward to seeing y'all tomorrow. Uh, it sounded like you need us to hold back a little bit. Around when do you think you'll be down? When do we need to not be drunk and hung over?

SPEAKER_04 1:36:24

Well, how about nine? Does that sound like a plan?

SPEAKER_03 1:36:27

Nine, I we we can make nine work, I think. I mean, really, we were planning to leave right up at sunup, so you just bought us a couple extra hours.

SPEAKER_04 1:36:35

Well, there you go. I'm certainly, certainly glad to see you again, Thorstag. It's it's wonderful that we're going to be traveling together once more.

SPEAKER_03 1:36:42

Yeah, I still can't believe we ran into each other just now, but it's gonna be fun. Just like the good old times. I look forward to it. Hey you! Get back to work! See, they're still lazy. And you're still as strict as ever.

SPEAKER_05 1:36:59

Uh, nice to meet you, Mr. Uh, this is uh yeah, Thorstag Stonewind. Nice to meet you, Mr. Thorstag. And then Ariel is gonna go looking for uh a fishing for sale.

SPEAKER_03 1:37:12

Nice to meet you, friend of Nina.

SPEAKER_05 1:37:14

She's not staying to wait for the rest of the conversation.

SPEAKER_03 1:37:17

So, as Ariel heads out to go try and find somewhere to procure a fishing pole. What sort of direction are you heading? At this point, we're we're nearing past midday, about one-ish in the afternoon.

SPEAKER_05 1:37:31

Um, she's looking along the pier because people fish in the water.

SPEAKER_03 1:37:36

So are you just looking for like a person that's got a fishing pole?

SPEAKER_05 1:37:39

Yeah, like a shop that's got bait and fishing poles for sale.

SPEAKER_03 1:37:44

That's what I mean is are you looking for like a person that's fishing? Someone to ask, or are you looking like are you gonna wander until you find a shop?

SPEAKER_05 1:37:52

I wanna find a shop that looks like that's where you would buy.

SPEAKER_03 1:38:03

As Ariel makes their way along the wharf, you do come across a shop that is built right on the pier out into the water. In fact, part of the shop goes down onto the water as a dock and is a large netted area filled with live bait. And the sign hanging over the shop is a fish hook with a piece of bait on it.

SPEAKER_05 1:38:27

I am going to head to there and I'll go in and play Hi there!

SPEAKER_03 1:38:33

Hey, what can I do you for?

SPEAKER_05 1:38:35

I'm looking to buy a fishing pole for my friend.

SPEAKER_03 1:38:38

A fishing pole for your friend, eh? What kind of fishing pole are you after? What? I don't know. Well, I got a basic starter pole right here. Or if you're looking for something a little bit more advanced, I could set you up with something right there. And if you're looking for uh does the friend that you're buying this for have tackle and everything? Because I could get you a tackle kit from right over there. Do you need bait? I got bait outside too. Well, honey juice.

SPEAKER_05 1:39:02

Um, we're gonna travel to Riven, and my friend last time when we were coming here from Riven really liked fishing. So something that can handle fishing on the way back to Riven.

SPEAKER_03 1:39:14

Okay, I think I can get you something for that. Turns around and grabs a small crate with a handle on it. Okay, so you're gonna want one of these. You're saying he doesn't have anything, right?

SPEAKER_05 1:39:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:39:25

Okay, so we're gonna want one of these. And um, let's see, let's see. Something for for fishing off of a ship, a ship, uh, a cake grab this one here, and here's a net. And uh, let's see, a fishing pull, you're gonna need something a little big. Let's go with this one right here. This here will be good for fishing off a ship. You don't want something too short for like fishing off of a pier, because you're gonna be on a ship, so you're gonna be up higher in the air. And the longer net's gonna help with getting down to the down to the sea when you're, you know, up in the air like that. And of course, because he doesn't have anything, you're gonna want this tackle kit here. What's a tackle kit? That's what this box here is. What's in it? Pulls it open. Well, it's got all your fish hooks, got your fish thigh, it's got some lures in here, and it's even got this little area here, somewhere that you can put some uh some ice so you can keep the bait cool.

SPEAKER_05 1:40:09

Um, well, uh this is supposed to be a gift, and he's kind of a grouchy old dude, and I don't know if he's gonna like how get me giving him all this stuff. I was just thinking of getting him a fishing pole, but the the net's cool.

SPEAKER_03 1:40:26

Well, if you just want the pole, I can just sell you the pole if that's what you're after. You don't have to take the whole package.

SPEAKER_05 1:40:31

But no, does I guess the pole's not just gonna So he needs hooks? I'm very oh it's hard to catch fish in a ball.

SPEAKER_03 1:40:40

Let's see, this package here for a good good sailing ship package. I can get you this for five gold.

SPEAKER_05 1:40:45

Wait, what? Five gold. Okay, if he doesn't like it, he'll just leave it.

SPEAKER_03 1:40:49

She's gonna give him five gold. It was a pleasure doing business with you. Make sure you let your friend know that you got it from George's Bake and Tackle. George's bacon Georgie's bacon tackle. George Georgie. George's Bait and Tackle!

SPEAKER_05 1:41:03

She's gonna try to avoid copy what he says. So then she's gonna lay the she's gonna lay the spear and like try to like tie the pole and the net.

SPEAKER_03 1:41:12

Oh, that's cool. Package you got there. Is that got a fish and pole in it too for you? Nope, don't touch it, please.

SPEAKER_05 1:41:17

And then she's Alright, I'm not gonna touch it. So she's gonna tie the pole and the net to that, and then put that back on her back, and then carry this crate out and try to find everybody. And if she doesn't see them, then she's probably just gonna go back to the inn.

unknown 1:41:35

Shw.

SPEAKER_03 1:41:36

What did Canina and Tempest do after Ariel left?

SPEAKER_04 1:41:39

I imagine I would catch up a little bit with uh some of the familiar dwarves on the ship, but she wouldn't stay too long because she doesn't want to take care of some other things during the day. So she'll make sure she gets things uh smoothed out for travel and uh probably gonna head back into town more toward the inn. If she sees Ariel on the way, you know, she'll stop, but and Tempest.

SPEAKER_08 1:42:00

Tempest is going to find lunch and then head to the carnival.

SPEAKER_03 1:42:05

Is Tempest looking for lunch at Carnival? Something seafaring from the piers where you're at.

SPEAKER_08 1:42:12

No, I don't want to eat my brethren.

SPEAKER_03 1:42:14

Alright then. So it sounds like there's kind of a large staggering where all of you guys are making your way back to the city square where the carnival is, but staggered like a few minutes apart from each other. So eventually the three of you are going to make your way to the city square where a lot of the public market sort of stalls are set up. Rem. What is Rem doing after he finishes up with uh Dern?

SPEAKER_02 1:42:44

So after he would have stayed as long as Dern needed him to that time and then made arrangements to come back later that day.

SPEAKER_03 1:42:50

Yeah, how about you come over about uh seven o'clock, you know, six, seven hours from now.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:57

Alright, I can do that first. And then he'd basically kind of wander back through town, maybe stop and grab something very simple to eat.

SPEAKER_03 1:43:04

Same question. Are you look picking something up like out where you are or heading back into like the carnival area?

SPEAKER_02 1:43:12

Somebody selling something like a hand pie.

SPEAKER_03 1:43:14

You'd find someone, you know, as you're walking by, there'd be stalls selling like a couple simple hand pies. Uh around here, you're gonna find mostly like a fish hand pie or a sandwich. Um, you might even find someone that's doing like a little grilled fish that they've carted in from the wharf, possibly even someone that catches their own and comes in to sell it.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:33

He'd probably just grab something quick, you know, something that he can eat on the go.

SPEAKER_03 1:43:36

Yeah, being in like the workshop district where a lot of these people are craftsmen, yeah. Yeah. More of what you're finding outside of like specialized stalls are going to be quick, easy to grab food to eat on your lunch break kind of thing.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:50

Yeah, he's and he's gonna try to grab something that's you know, something he can eat while walking. He doesn't want to sit down with a plate or anything else, and food. Um, what that cost him? A couple silver.

SPEAKER_03 1:43:58

Actually, at the carnival, I do have 10 silver for a fish pie. Being out on a side street, uh, we'll we'll say six silver. All right.

SPEAKER_02 1:44:05

Uh, and then he'll eat that as he basically walks back to the inn. So we'll go inside and either catch everybody as they're coming back in or meet him upstairs.

SPEAKER_04 1:44:13

I would imagine that Kenina's probably doing much the same as Ren at this point as like getting a food on the way back to the inn because uh she's she's basically probably also getting hungry since she kind of nibbled the breakfast, but didn't really have breakfast, breakfast. So what is it, ten silver for a meat pie or something?

SPEAKER_03 1:44:29

Would you like to get a fish pie, a lamb and leek pie, or spinach and grape leaf pie? Spinach and grape leaf? I am it's very leafy. Uh picking one of those up at one of the carnival stalls is gonna run you seven silver. And so Kinina is also making her way back to the room at the inn. So we'll say that Rem arrives first, heads up into the room, followed within the next 10-15 minutes by Kanina. After that would have been I think Tempest. And is Tempest making her way back towards the room as she doesn't run into anybody, or is she looking to hang out at the carnival area?

SPEAKER_08 1:45:08

I wanna go to the carnival.

SPEAKER_03 1:45:10

And then Ariel ends up making her way over to the city square.

SPEAKER_05 1:45:14

Well, I'm going to my room because I have things to drop off.

SPEAKER_03 1:45:18

Alright, that makes sense. So, Tempest makes her way into the arena to find the rest of the carnival instead of just the street fair, while the rest of the party makes their way up to the room to kind of drop off their stuff and take a few moments to decompress. And I think we're gonna go ahead and wrap up this episode right there. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:45:54

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