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Sun 22nd Aug 2021 12:35

Plagued Possibilities

by Nepheri

Do you ever get that strange feeling where you hear the bells of the clock towers in Protector's Enclave showing that it's only might night while you could have sworn you've already had a full night? I suddenly have that, but at an intense level. Like, I'm afraid the others will catch me misremembering something from just earlier today. I guess it might be knowing how many months have passed in our own world while we're here that's getting to me. Or maybe it's because we all took the time to talk through our plans again.
 
Our plans for the evening changed from B&E to surveillance of Cedery's house. Instead, the others also want to get into the man's good graces by doing a job for him. I know I was open to doing that job, but the very idea of aiding someone that sure of his privilege hurts a bit. I don't know if he's actually the sort of person Vesper believes him to be, but I am more than willing to listen to her. Most would have claimed I was unreasonable in the same way as her when I insisted the Temple of the Harvest and the Silent House were the ones harming people. Once Cetery's time has come, I wouldn't be saddened by seeing his soul move on.
 
In any case, the potential job for the archmage would include having a diamond pass through the digestive system of an adult green dragon. My suggestion was to feed the jewel to a cow and inject the creature with laxatives, let the dragon eat it and then we could collect the tressure. This might work if such things have any effect on green dragons. Meaning I have no idea. I do feel somewhat bad for the pain we will have to put our bait through, but a merciful death is clearly not its fate.
 
We need some supplies in either case. For instance, it would be of great benefit if we could get hold of something to let us contact each other at a distance. Even something relatively short range would be extremely helpful in many different situations. Thus, that's where we're headed next, after which Dworik is going to seek out some shadier people for contacts. He knows how to move even in the circles I otherwise feel at home in. I might be able to seek out Neverwinter's criminal underworld while avoiding the wererats, but he picked up on the signals in a foreign city in a foreign world. I'm not sure if I should be grateful or envious, but I'll try to focus on the first. I'll try to not mess up too much as back-up to him.
 
I hope we can manage not to be a complete mess by dinner.

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  1. Business...
    11th of Uktar, 1489
  2. I'm ready for you, Raven Queen
    2nd Uktar, 1489
  3. You killed my father, now prepare to die
    2nd Uktar, 1489
  4. Dust to Dust
    1st of Uktar, 1489 DR
  5. Redbrands I
  6. Arrival at Phandalin
  7. Daddy Dearest
    1st of Uktar
  8. Day after
    30 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  9. Lawful Stupid
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  10. Saving private Rupert
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  11. Dead to me
    29 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  12. Close to Harvest
    28 Marpenoth, 1489 DR
  13. Recovery
  14. Insane Plans
  15. By the Book
  16. Dead feelings
  17. Disposed
  18. Dead Necromancers are the Best Necromancers
  19. Catching up
  20. Shipping
  21. Friendly or Not
  22. Unexpected Meetings
  23. Worlds Collide
  24. A very different city
  25. Festive Thornhold
  26. Thank you, my Queen
  27. Friends. Right.
  28. This is awkward....
  29. Landslide
  30. Dangerous Gnoll-age (sorry... the puns are spreading...)
  31. Cenceptions
  32. Seduction
  33. Wave Echo Cave II
  34. Wave Echo Cave
  35. Return to Phandalin
  36. Rest in peace, Declan...
  37. Crisis of Faith
  38. Thundertree II
  39. Thundertree I
  40. Path to Thundertree
  41. Orc hunting
  42. Redbrands III
  43. Redbrands II
  44. Far From Home
    ?? ?? ???
  45. Cold
    Tal'dorei, day 2
  46. Life, interrupted
  47. Hot and Cold
  48. The Dragon's Lair
  49. In the afternoon, we plan!
  50. A Song of Ice and Fire
  51. Celebration
  52. Relief is one hell of a drug
  53. Flight and Flutter
  54. Freedom of Movement
  55. At dusk we... do something?
  56. Pray for a quick end to our deception
  57. Catching up
  58. Fall
  59. Lizards in a hole
  60. Not Today
  61. Released
  62. A broken soul
  63. Skyfall
  64. Acid Falls
  65. Roped in
  66. Faith in Friends
  67. Insight into Emon
  68. A Calling
  69. Hypothetical 1: Healer (Ginny Di video)
  70. Hypothetical 3: Matchmaker (Ginny Di video)
  71. Hypothetical 2: Villain (Ginny Di video)
  72. For my Beating Heart
  73. Hypothetical 4: Prison guard (Ginny Di video)
  74. Hypothetical 5: Bard (Ginny Di video)
  75. Plagued Possibilities
  76. Visits in the Cloudtops

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