Back in Waterdeep

So, Bree gave us a lift to Mirabar so we could drop of The Weevil/Snailman and get our reward. I have not seen so much money in my entire life! Or, maybe I have, but I have not owned so much money! Apparently I’m rich now. Should see if I can send some to mom. From Mirabar we teleported back to Waterdeep to seek out the old Amarath location. It feels nice to be in a city again! Ok, Mirabar was a splendid city, but dwarves have a tendency to make you feel unwelcome. Waterdeep feels more… accepting.
 
We made our way to the house, which turned out to be an old tavern. It hadn’t been a tavern back when Amarath owned the place, apparently. The neighbor, Fala, an elvish herbalist told us the last owner of the tavern had died some 20 years ago. Apparently drank himself to death. Someone had tried to open it later, but didn’t dare because of ghosts and sold it to Volothamp Geddard.
 
I teleported inside just to check it out, and it seemed indeed to be haunted.
 
We went to Waterdeep palace to see if we could sort out the ownership thing. It was so boring I can’t remember what was being said, but we went to seek out Volo at the Yawning Portal. I’ve been there before a long time ago, but the place haven’t changed a bit (or maybe it wasn’t that long ago, I’m not sure anymore). Volo agreed to hand over the ownership to us if we helped him figure out some information of the ghost. Volo was accompanied by Raenar Neverember, a rather handsome and jovial fellow. I followed him home for some much needed sex. He wasn’t half bad either, and the sheets were really nice.
 
Next day we set out to do bureaucracy. It was immensely boring, but now Daar owns a house and we are also allowed to use magic in Waterdeep. Jay said a weird thing, something in the line of “I don’t use magic, like normal people.” I know I’m pretty weird, but I felt called out. It’s something else to be called “not normal” by someone you actually like. It kind of stuck to me, and I might have been drinkin a bit too much when we went back to “our” tavern and got served drinks by the ghost there. Apparently it’s the ghost of the former owner, Lif, who was a workoholic and thereby abandoned by wife and kids, after which he supposedly drank himself to death. It seems he wants to keep the tavern open at all costs and we’ve been discussing if we could hire someone to run it. I’ll ask mum if she knows of anyone trustworthy who would like to move to Waterdeep and doesn’t mind ghosts.
 
After Daar stole my intoxication we went to the temple/library of Oghma. They have a talking floor, but that was the most interesting part. We spent weeks reading (Jay claims it was hours but I’m pretty sure she was pulling my nose) and I haven’t been so bored since XXX had me read “The history of Neverwinter”. Anyway, I had a chat with Jay as well, and called her out on the “normal” thing. She apologized, and explained she thought the world deeply unfair since some people had magic and some people don’t. I think the world is unfair in general, so why get stuck on it? Some people live centuries and some decades. But I believe she meant no harm. She is very young after all.
 
When I had almost died of boredom we continued to read a bit more, and then went to check out Jays old hideout. The writing she had found there was gone, but apparently something called Xanathar’s guild had been more active lately, a fact Daar’s brother confirmed.
Then we went to seek out a contact of Jay’s, at “The Hanged man” - a bar I think I have visited at some point long ago. He was obviously distressed, cornered by a bunch of card players. I sat down to play with them while the others tried to stay inconspicuous. I messaged Chase and told him I was with Jay and tried my best to flirt with him so he would have a good reason to leave. I might have overdone it a bit, but the man’s got gorgeous hair.
 
Anyway, there was a lot of talking then. Smiling Chase didn’t know much about Jay’s friends, but he knew where we could find some Xanathar-people and how we could get to Skull port, which apparently is a hidden city(?) beneath Waterdeep - how cool is that?
 
I couldn’t fail to notice Jay mention some “ship business” to Chase. I had the strongest feeling she didn’t use accurate wording, maybe particularly in my company. I think I need a long talk with her about what I think of sabotaging seafarers.
 
During the talk Daar really tried her best not to divulge any information or ask any questions. I thought she might explode at some point, and I could bet my boat on that she turned blue trying to constrain herself. She really is adorable.
 
Something hit me as we were walking - I feel more grounded when in the city. My friends don’t look at me weirdly as often, and I feel more like the person I was before I met Denyeses. I miss him though, I miss him so much it hurts. He’s been a part of me for so long, and it feels odd not having to think of what he would want. I’m not sure I like it or not. Both mother and Jay have expressed our relationship might not be very healthy. I can see why they would say that. But I love him very much, and he loves me fiercely, there’s no doubt about that. Sure, I might have agreed to doing things I’d rather had skipped, but how can something be wrong when it is done out of love? And he always kept me safe.
 
Oh, and Narvi found his way back to us!