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Rowyn May 6, 2023

#Week4 of #Apothecaria begins!

Day Twenty-Two: Wherein Cassie meets a concerned were-hamster.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.9x7wgp25p7k

Archive of all prior entries is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45587160@N08/albums/72177720307338567

Previous week's thread is here: https://mastodon.art/@rowyn/110237077676902044

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 7, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria: Wherein Cassie overhears a dispute.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.h18gml6w1yyj

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 8, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 2! Wherein Umbral offers options to some adventurers.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.tjwiffjr15oj

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 9, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 3: Wherein Umbral deals with a transgressor.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.t8dkupkf9alv

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 10, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 4: Wherein Cassie is invited again to visit with the Dark Ruler of the Underlands

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.s45g1vhouqzh

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 11, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 5: Wherein Cassie settles down for a nice chat.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.e120qzhlao0t

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 12, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 6: Wherein being a prince was too trivial to bother mentioning.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.9mmtzg33gras

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 13, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria part 7: Wherein Cassie finally manages to draw something other than Umbral.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.5oeu8aifoo13

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 14, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria, part eight: Wherein Umbral is unconvinced by Cassie's claims.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.c3fca3ftwv2i

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 15, 2023

Day Twenty-Four of #Apothecaria, part 9 (of 9): Wherein Cassie may be a little distracted.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.n8gio2nx405t

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 16, 2023

Day Twenty-Five of #Apothecaria: wherein Cassie meets a flamboyantly-dressed and very lost adventurer.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.6k34t8flep9s

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 17, 2023

Day Twenty-Five of #Apothecaria, part 2: wherein Cassie learns a little more of her predecessor.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.3e3t7l37phq7

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 18, 2023

Day Twenty-Six of #Apothecaria: Wherein Cassie's potions continue to work better than they taste.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.nhms62dw01h

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 19, 2023

Day 27 of #Apothecaria: wherein Cassie sensibly searches for more liquid fire in the same place she found it last time.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.r2b9br1hxtwr

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 20, 2023

Day 27 of #Apothecaria, part 2: Wherein Cassie reads a book.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.2db3mq4o7he3

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 21, 2023

Day 27 of Apothecaria part 3: Wherein Cassie meets a friendly animate object.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.uxhku8fha052

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 22, 2023

Day 27 of #Apothecaria part 4: Wherein Peia does something useful.

Jounral text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.577nrpap58o

(image screened for skeletal hand: anatomical, not gory or creepy.)

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 23, 2023

Day 27 of #Apothecaria part 5: Wherein time is too much bother to track.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.fofzvabvoc4v

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 24, 2023

Day Twenty-Eight of #Apothecaria (note: the last two entries were also day 28; I had the wrong date in the header, oops): Wherein Cassie circles back.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.nbq9x2fiymab

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 25, 2023

Day Twenty-Nine of #Apothecaria: Wherein Cassie has a new patient.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.m33mkxfg5wgg

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 26, 2023

Day Twenty-Nine of Apothecaria, part 2: Wherein Cassie diagnoses the cause as Too Much Stubbornness

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.i57t6zu1qmms

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 27, 2023

Day Twenty-Nine of Apothecaria, part 3: Wherein Cassie receives an invitation to use faster transportation.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.2uvymif5fprh

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Day Twenty-Nine of #Apothecaria, part 4: Wherein gathering reagents is effortless.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.rks5t53qcdog

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 29, 2023

Day Thirty of #Apothecaria: Wherein Cassie is mistaken for an adventurer.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.ofc0tbey7pee

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 30, 2023

Day Thirty of #Apothecaria, part 2: Wherein Cassie and Blackpaw work well together.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.i0ihokhjekh1

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn May 31, 2023

Day Thirty of #Apothecaria, part 3: Wherein Cassie takes a stand.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.b7me3sf4gpe2

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn Jun 1, 2023

Day Thirty of #Apothecaria, part 4: wherein Cassie disturbs the rest of some individuals.

(Image hidden for eye contact and well-preserved corpse look, not gory but uncanny valley)

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.fwevqdwls7ve

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn Jun 2, 2023

Day Thirty of #Apothecaria, part 5: Wherein Cassie learns more about the local demon.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.d5qd4ys2gneh

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn Jun 3, 2023

Day Thirty of #Apothecaria, part 6: Wherein Cassie contemplates the inherent biases in any text.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.j8wwjrt0weqs

Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn Jun 4, 2023

Day Thirty-One: Wherein Cassie experiences an unpleasant surprise.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.w31rj011z1t3

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn Jun 5, 2023

Day Thirty-One, part two: Wherein Blackpaw comes to the rescue of someone other than Cassie, for a change.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.movsawt39ac2

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Rowyn Jun 6, 2023

Day Thirty-One of #Apothecaria, part three: Wherein all's well that ends well.

Journal text: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yk-EGhVTykvq4pQqytfiyNJjylBRFOTyPT1GlCgU8iY/edit#bookmark=id.uxilreu5k8wa

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Cassie's Journal (public)

Spring, Week One Day One The old witch apologized for the state of the cottage, but I’m just glad to have a place to start over. One that comes with equipment is a bonus! It’s a lovely cottage. I’m still not sure if I should do the Calling. Maybe if I’d done it sooner I wouldn’t have to start ov...

Google Docs

Kelkyag Jun 6, 2023

@rowyn
... you weren't kidding about people lucking into rescues. Any idea who besides Cassie & Blackpaw are on the incidental rescue squad?

Possibly with help from the Priest-Queen and/or Umbral, Cassie can figure out who the books belong to (her majesty?), and get permission to either move them somewhere safer for books or alter the current location soas to arrest the decay?

Rowyn Jun 6, 2023

@kelkyag Cassie: "I run into adventurers on most trips, seems. When they don't need rescue themselves, there's nothing they like better than rescuing folks."

Kelkyag Jun 6, 2023

@rowyn
Even the occasional ones who don't want rescuing.

The kobolds, too, apparently, if for a different subset of folks who might want rescuing.

Rowyn Jun 6, 2023

@kelkyag Cassie: "I'm surer there's kobold adventurers running about too, for that matter."

Rowyn Jun 6, 2023

@kelkyag Cassie: "Good point, I should talk to folks about the moldering library. Not that I need a project moving moldering books from one room to another."

Kelkyag Jun 6, 2023

@rowyn
You're in the Hollow looking for reagents quite often, and seem to run out of snacks & things to find rather than carrying capacity most trips. Would adding a book or three to what you bring out each trip add a lot of overhead? With the shifting passages it's hard to guess how much of a detour the library is likely to be on your way out on any given trip. (Rescued adventurers can carry extra books.)

Rowyn Jun 6, 2023

@kelkyag Cassie: "It's a library. One or three books carried off every few days wouldn't make a dent. Also, what would I do with a half-rotted book once I carried it home?"

Anke Jun 6, 2023

@rowyn @kelkyag Do you have a recipe for a potion that undoes book rotting, or at least stops it from rotting further?

Ann-Mi Jun 4, 2023

@rowyn I genuinely laughed out loud at this one! (Sorry to Cassie.)

Rowyn Jun 4, 2023

@Annmie Cassie grumbles. "You know, it's one thing when I stumble into a trap while exploring. Setting off a trap because I'm CLEANING is just WRONG."

Tuftears Jun 4, 2023

@rowyn @Annmie Poor Cassie! To an adventurer, that ring might be worth a lot, but for her, it's just inventory clutter. Maybe she can use it to distract someone annoying...

Rowyn Jun 4, 2023

@Tuftears @Annmie Cassie: "Meh. If it were worth a lot to an adventurer, I'd sell it to one. There's no functioning magic left in it now."

Tuftears Jun 5, 2023

@rowyn @Annmie Ah, well, it might still distract a kobold!

Tuftears Jun 4, 2023

@rowyn Look, a snowglobe-- wait no, probably a bad idea to pick it up and shake it. Still, it's a nice picture. ^.^

Rowyn Jun 4, 2023

@Tuftears Peia: *flaps wings, looks annoyed at being shaken* "Just in case being bound here wasn't punishment enough, I suppose."

Tuftears Jun 4, 2023

@rowyn One probably shouldn't agitate even apparently securely bound demons, no. ^.^;;

Kelkyag Jun 2, 2023

@rowyn
Backstory!
That certainly explains the all-present light in Peia's prison.

Rowyn Jun 2, 2023

@kelkyag Cassie: "It certainly does."
Cassie: "Might explain why I've had such a hard time taking my own advice and avoiding the creature, too."

Tuftears Jun 2, 2023

@rowyn @kelkyag It's probably safe enough... Probably. ^.^;;

Rowyn Jun 2, 2023

@Tuftears @kelkyag Cassie: "Optimist." 😑

Tuftears Jun 2, 2023

@rowyn @kelkyag Look at it this way, you're not a king or royal messenger, so there probably isn't a lot of point influencing you, and if she were to do something untoward, she might lose the only person who's willing to *read* to her!

Rowyn Jun 2, 2023

@Tuftears @kelkyag Cassie: "The thing is, if a demon's manipulating you into doing something horrible, you probably won't notice."
Cassie: "Although having random strangers say that's not happening yet is somewhat reassuring."
Cassie: "But when it does happen, I probably won't trust you if you tell me it is." 😐

Tuftears Jun 2, 2023

@rowyn @kelkyag Don't worry, I'm sure Umbral will keep an eye on you for us. ^.^

Kelkyag Jun 2, 2023

@rowyn @Tuftears
Well, Cassie didn't fall for lying to Peia about how long it'd been between visits. If all Peia can do is observe her immediate environment and talk with visitors, and Cassie is aware of how she's reacting to Peia and whether she's bending her own ethics ... that doesn't mean Peia can't talk someone else into making Cassie's life difficult if Cassie annoys her or turns her down. Hrm.

Tangentially, are we-the-readers "random strangers" to Cassie? We know too much.

Rowyn Jun 3, 2023

@kelkyag @Tuftears I haven't figured out a formal way to work "Cassie talks to readers" into the narrative. I kind of think of it as a substitute for her chatting with characters in the setting, but it's clearly not a one-to-one thing where whatever she says in chat will get reflected in a journal entry somewhere.

Tuftears Jun 3, 2023

@rowyn @kelkyag That does seem pretty reasonable. ^.^ Like she talks to some villagers about her recent happenings, and they commiserate with her, or go 'Oh, that's bad' when she mentions Peia, etc.

Rowyn Jun 3, 2023

@Tuftears @kelkyag Yup! Or pixies or penpals or whoever.

Tuftears Jun 2, 2023

@rowyn Casie, making a good impression on everyone except, maybe, the Baron. ^.^

Rowyn Jun 2, 2023

@Tuftears Cassie: "The Baron made a very bad impression on me, so the feeling's mutual there."

Tuftears Jun 2, 2023

@rowyn Well, can't win them all. ^.^

Anke May 31, 2023

@rowyn oh. Yes, that may have really annoyed him.

Rowyn May 31, 2023

@Anke Cassie: "...yes."
Cassie: "Giving him back his sword after he ran at me with it unprovoked just didn't sit right, you know?"

Anke May 31, 2023

@rowyn Yeah... maybe negotiating him down to not attacking YOU and then giving im back would have worked, but then maybe it wouldn't.
Good luck, anyway.

Rowyn May 31, 2023

@Anke Cassie: "At least he'll have to wait until he finds another sword before he can do it again."

Anke May 31, 2023

Tuftears May 31, 2023

@rowyn @Anke Swords are passe! Axes are the new hotness, because now he has an axe to grind with Cassie. ^.^;;

Satsuma May 31, 2023

@rowyn kind of wondering if he was so worried about the sword breaking bc he’s tied to it somehow, in a way thats more important than just haunting the armor is

Rowyn May 31, 2023

@Satsuma Cassie: "Hmm. Perhaps? He was sentimental about it, at a minimum."

Anke May 30, 2023

@rowyn Great idea!

Rowyn May 30, 2023

@Anke Cassie: "Oh, thank you! I've no idea what I'll do if I run into the Baron again, to be honest."

Anke May 30, 2023

@rowyn Here's to hoping he'll recognise and not attack you

Rowyn May 30, 2023

@Anke Cassie: "...I'm a bit concerned that I have annoyed him more than I intimidated him." 😓

Tuftears May 30, 2023

@rowyn Awww Blackpaw, so FIERCE! ^.^

Tuftears May 29, 2023

@rowyn Hey, hey, Baron, don't make Umbral remind you about CONSENSUAL ADVENTURING.

Rowyn May 29, 2023

@Tuftears Baron: "If someone didn't want ADVENTURE why would they come HERE?"

Tuftears May 28, 2023

@rowyn That's gorgeous! And Blackpaw is really good with his paws if he can catch echoes with them. ^.^ 90% magic indeed.

Rowyn May 28, 2023

@Tuftears Blackpaw: *purrs*

Kelkyag May 28, 2023

@Tuftears @rowyn
Indeed!
What does one store the echo of a baaaaa in?

Much appreciation to Penny for the tour-with-errands. :)

Rowyn May 28, 2023

@kelkyag @Tuftears Cassie: "An echo bottle is best."

Tuftears May 28, 2023

@rowyn @kelkyag Not a baa-ttle? ^.^

Rowyn May 28, 2023

@Tuftears @kelkyag
Blackpaw: *purrs*
Cassie: *scowls*