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Sat 22nd Jun 2019 03:50

Festive Thornhold

by Nepheri

Finally, we arrive in Thornhold and thus the beginning of the final leg of our journey to Waterdeep. And it turns out our reason to celebrate this coincides with the city itself having a reason for festivities. Lady Stoneshaft, who I understand is a high ranking member of the clan, is about to marry captain Brendan Ironbeater. Good for them, I guess.
 
Meanwhile, my feelings for Ellywick aren't exactly going away from her knowing about them. Rather the opposite. So, yeah... That's fine. Not at all feeling like a melodramatic teenager crying over unrequited love. Not that I ever felt that as a teenager, but a lot of those my age that I conned seemed to. I want to give her time and space... but I'd rather give her kisses. And more, but kisses sounds more romantic than wanting to show her I can treat her even better than Sildar did...
 
Ahem. Back to the celebrations. Besides the chance for a bath, what immediately caught the attention of Ellywick, Fayle, and I was an archery competition. Not that I think I'm much compared to our ranger, but still. Could be fun.
 
Ellywick won the whole thing, of course, but at least I made it past the first round. And had I not completely failed with one of my arrows, I might have made it to the finals. The runner-up, Cendrek Ironbeater, a cousin of the groom with a secret crush on the bride, brought us all to a beer tent where most of the evening was spent. He had also seen Ellywick's cousin come by a month ago. Chained upon a caravan, being nasty to anyone who came by. Charming.
 
Me, I had one more errand before every establishment closed. Which required me to ask for my payment for escorting Myka to Waterdeep early, which they graciously allowed me. I need two platinum rings, made to be a pair, to cast Warding Bond to help protect someone. And since Ellywick has a tendency to throw herself into the middle of things without wearing as much armour as Rupert or being able to just ignore injuries like Phennyr... She could do with some extra protection.
 
I might have gone a little bit too far with the rings, however. They don't technically require personalized engravings. Or the words "mine to protect" written inside Ellywick's... And now I need to come up with a way to present her with a very nice and expensive ring, engraved with something that might sound like a declaration of love; while not making it seem in any way like I'm proposing to her. Even I don't think we're even close to that point. But being able to give her a gift that also allows me to protect her...
 
Having my own room tonight has advantages and disadvantages.

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