Talking Points

[Circe]

Circe eyes the knife from behind her visor. That'd make the visor useless for viewing, but probably blade be stopped by it. "Good reflex," the Summer approves. "Didn't know you were that close."


Circe does not follow Sonja's request. She follows quietly. And what did the monkey find? Bloody bandages. Someone had a bad time. She doesn't have the medical training to know more than that. Maybe she should fix that? Something for later, lest a hob wanted to sell a skill pill. Tracking was somewhat easier. Trail sign?


"Tracks, breaks, or blood trail anywhere?"

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-14 22:47:25	Circe rolls 7 to Wits + survival (10 Again)	10, 8, 7, 1, 8, 6, 8, 3	4 successes

Stats & Equipment

Equipment: Riot Gear, gas mask, Colt 45 with 3 clips, 2 AP clips, 3 Dream-a-Drupes flasks, hedgespun multitool, machete, knife, Wrist watch, wallet, pack of bubblegum. AKM (30) 4 clips (30), light mount and rondel bayonet. LED shoulder flashlight. A backpack: second gas mask, 2 water bottles, a lighter, 2 small LED flashlights, 3 boxes of shelf-stable bacon, 3 duct tape rolls, 4 protein bars, 30 spare colt rounds, 70 spare AK47 rounds, 8 small bungee cords, 6 glow sticks, entrenching tool, tear gas cannister, a bottle of Disaronno, a bag high end coffee grounds, a 1 lbs bag of M&M chocolate candy, a 16 oz bottle of grated Parmesan, and a paper padded packet. Packet has 8 oz bottles of 2 each minced garlic, ginger, mustard, cumin, cayenne, oregano, saffron, and mint.)

[Saber Sloth]

Sam's quiet for a moment, nodding to Kray, a breath taken to answer, then raising a brow to Sven. "This a gift. No strings 'xcept goodwill? Or do ya want something more for it?" he asks, almost like a reflex, gesturing to his Winter 'fruits.

Only taking his eyes off the Lost, when his lids fall closed as he heaves a sigh. Three rapid fire snowballs had thudded against the slats of the fence.

Since this isn't Ultra Serious Plot of Super Seriousness, I'll hand wave Sven's missing stack of presents, since I also forgot about it too, lol

...

It takes a bit for Circe to find Sonnie, but she does. Now the party's only split in half and not in thirds.

Sonnie after getting snuck up on, tries to make her monkey eyes see. Maybe it's luck, maybe it's that her own presences has been erased by Smoke to not subconsciously distract her, but Sonnie Sees All The Things.

How the Winter and not-Winter sections seemed modular Hedge weather puzzle piece shenanigans waiting to happen. How it's easier to see tracks in the snow, but it's the impressions in the leaf litter that draw her eye first. Heavy, confidant steps bruised leaves, and broke through the underbrush. In the near snow patches, lighter smaller steps have left their mark. Perched higher on the lower branches, clear to Sonnie's Simian Eyes are traces of another traversing overhead of the other two.

Further along the path, caught between the shoots of a fallen branch is another bright white bandage, and also something shiny. Metallic, clearly how it's catching the light, and from this distance Sonnie thinks it might be fiber? Thread?

She'll need to get closer to make sure.

Lol was typing up my reply at the same time as when Circe posted, so I didn't see it right away.

Circe as Sonnie is engaging in her Simian Search, finds the snow patch's lighter, smaller tracks first, they're almost as light as an unarmoured Circe could make her steps if she was in a thieving mindset.

And, through all of Circe's searching there isn't a blood trail. She does see what could be another bandage further out, caught by a fallen tree branch.

[Kray]

Sven begins offering out the gifts which was good, Sam had given them warning after all so a little reimbursement only made sense. The ogre shifts the handle of the hammer resting over his shoulder to rustle his own similar bad at the end of it. "Hm. So. Mr. Crow what can you tell us about this other changelings that you've become aware of?" Because no nothing was free the ogre's sack of offerings would come for answers, he only only hopes the fruit farmer is able to put that together.

stats and equipment

Defence:2
Armour: 1/0
Speed: 12

wp: 0/4
Glamour: 6/11








Bullet Proof Clothing 1/2 Denium overalls and Leather trench coat


Bowie Knife 2L
Sledgehammer 2B (9-Again)
Machete 2L
Dragon knuckles 0L
Strangle Wire 2L (Requires Grapple, then apply wire (Strength+Weaponry-3, no Defense))

x4 bags of books
x8 bags of ice
1 nice bottle each of: Bourbon, Brandy, Gin, Port

A bunch in infected coup nettle from harvesting the plants and the hob goblin's tribute (Hedge Patrol IX)



Hedgespun Fedora (0 dot)

[Svelte Sven]

"My gifts are merely a means of goodwill and introduction, sir." Sven said pleasantly, though shooting a meaningful look towards the Ogre beside him. "However, my fellow King has already made your acquaintance." It wasn't quite Good King, Bad King, but there was some value to playing off the difference in their demeanors. Sven was predisposed to being polite, Kray was a massive slab of meat that probably ate people. There was no sense in both of them trying to be intimidating and needling.

The apparent consternation caused by the hobs caused the Darkling to crane his head to try to get a look at the wyrd hooligans. "How long have those ne'er-do-wells been bother you, sir? Would you like me to see if they will disperse?" He asked gently. Even if they weren't being forcibly dispersed, it would soothe the Winter Sovereign's mind if the hobs were put away while they conducted business.

Stats and Equipment

Defense: 4 (3 + Coat)
Armor: 0/0
Speed: 12


Glamour: 6/12
WP: 5/5
Health:


Hedgespun Raiment - Coat (+1 to Defense); Switchblade - 0L

[Sonnie Wu]

"Oh, what have we here? The Unknownables?" Excited monkey poked at the tracks on the ground. "Two down here. One light, one thicc."

"Annnndddd...." Simian eyes scanned. There, above.

The Steepscrambler did what Steepscramblers do best!

7 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-16 18:16:22	Sonnie Wu rolls 12 to Climb! Str + Athletics + Climb Spec + Kith Bonus (10 Again)	10, 5, 9, 10, 5, 9, 10, 3, 1, 4, 7, 2, 8, 5, 8	7 successes

"Up here!" Despite her excitement of discovery, she kept her voice low. The shadowed Beast waved at Circe. "A third. Moving through the branches!" Another Beast like herself? Or a nimble Hedge Beast? Sonnie was interested.

"Another bandage?" The Blue Elf probably saw it too, right? But what was... what was that? Further on?

Shiny!!

Monkey moved through the trees, quietly, but making a beeline towards the metal object. If there had been jungle vines in these trees, she'd be swinging!

WhatisitWhatisitWhatisitWhatisit???

Monkey Stuff!

Equipment: Hedgespun Boots (+2 SPD), Hedgespun Coin Pendant (+2 DEF), Hedgespun Staff (+2B), Hedgespun Armor (+1 Armor). Messenger bag with monkey motif, smartphone, bottled water, bag of M&Ms, 3 throwing knives (concealed), Goblin Fruit (2 healing, 1 coupnettle tea), plastic keychain of a cloud, lighter.

Contracts: Beast's Keen Senses (Fang and Talon 2): +4 to all Wits-based Perception rolls for a scene.
Nevertread (Smoke 2): No traces of passage left behind. -2 to attempts to track.
Shadowpatch (Smoke 3): +3 to all Stealth rolls for the scene.

[Saber Sloth]

The hobs shriek, laughing after another round of snowballs, some hitting each other, though most hitting the fence.

"Then, for the goodwill, you can put it there." Sam nods towards the porch. "ne'er-do-wells" a scoff, "If you'd like. They're just annoying. An' if they're annoying me, they ain't gettin' into worse mischief elsewhere."

Focusing more on the Ogre, "King Kray. S'why I sent the note, figured unknown Lost roaming near to your backyard is something I should pass on, if I want them well wishes to keep comin'." rolling his shoulders, "There's four. Summers each and all." he begins, "Ya want anything else from me, we're gonna behave like civilized Lost, and trade for it." he says, knowing King Kray surely had something to barter tucked away.

...

Sonnie's up and away! Zip! Zoom! She takes the branches like she was born to - made to. But that doesn't matter! There is a shiny! A gold shiny! And it glitters nicely in the sunlight.

A beacon!

Which calls Sonnie in, monkey-moth to shiny-flame.

She gets to the bandage (meh) and the s h i n y ~ it's like a thread. No, a string. Also no. Oooh tassels. Part of something's tassels. A something that feels weirdly like Nimbus.

[Circe]

"There was--" and she is cut-off as the simian sleuth detects multiple things. "Okay, they got fucked up." Circe summarizes if everyone is leaving bandage trails. "There was a Fairest too. Used Tread Lightly or maybe Phantom's Glory to get extra light," she points back towards the barely visible track. She'd left such herself in the past, else she'd probably not notice them. "I've done that."


That much wounds meant either these unknowns were eager brawlers or incompetent fighters. Possibly both. "Is...is that a tassel? They best no be dressed like an extra from The Nutcracker."


Circe moves to be, well not beside Sonja but at least close to beneath her. She continues to look around, just in case.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-17 19:32:38	[01] Circe rolls 8 to perception (10 Again)	10, 5, 5, 9, 5, 8, 7, 3, 4	3 successes

She has a large gun, so she might as well get to use it if she can. Though given how things usually went, she'd probably end up using the bacon first.

Stats & Equipment

Equipment: Riot Gear, gas mask, Colt 45 with 3 clips, 2 AP clips, 3 Dream-a-Drupes flasks, hedgespun multitool, machete, knife, Wrist watch, wallet, pack of bubblegum. AKM (30) 4 clips (30), light mount and rondel bayonet. LED shoulder flashlight. A backpack: second gas mask, 2 water bottles, a lighter, 2 small LED flashlights, 3 boxes of shelf-stable bacon, 3 duct tape rolls, 4 protein bars, 30 spare colt rounds, 70 spare AK47 rounds, 8 small bungee cords, 6 glow sticks, entrenching tool, tear gas cannister, a bottle of Disaronno, a bag high end coffee grounds, a 1 lbs bag of M&M chocolate candy, a 16 oz bottle of grated Parmesan, and a paper padded packet. Packet has 8 oz bottles of 2 each minced garlic, ginger, mustard, cumin, cayenne, oregano, saffron, and mint.)

[Kray]

Well it seemed the trading of past encounters had sent the right message. Keeping on good terms with the freehold was a good idea for him and them all. "Huh. Four summers is nothing to ignore." Not all of them were as easy to get on with as Circe, some could be rather war hungry. "Oh. I see we've come to that stage already have we." His terrible grin spreading wide. His does enjoy this part. "Hm. Alrighty Mr. Crow how about this." And a large grey hand rummages in a pocket and pulls out the infected coop nettle leaves. "Oh. Now these got a healthy does of dust that makes you fall asleep if you eat it." The effects of coop nettle itself he doubts need explaining. "Hm. A skilled farmer like you could do something with that I reckon. Experiment a bit." Waiting to see how much the idea took, how much convincing he had to do.

Sven offering to handle the hobs was unexpected, but the ogre doesn't contest or comment. A little more goodwill there way never hurt. And it left the dealing to him which was quite fine by the ogres preferences.

stats and equipment

Defence:2
Armour: 1/0
Speed: 12

wp: 0/4
Glamour: 6/11








Bullet Proof Clothing 1/2 Denium overalls and Leather trench coat


Bowie Knife 2L
Sledgehammer 2B (9-Again)
Machete 2L
Dragon knuckles 0L
Strangle Wire 2L (Requires Grapple, then apply wire (Strength+Weaponry-3, no Defense))

x4 bags of books
x8 bags of ice
1 nice bottle each of: Bourbon, Brandy, Gin, Port

A bunch in infected coup nettle from harvesting the plants and the hob goblin's tribute (Hedge Patrol IX)



Hedgespun Fedora (0 dot)

[Svelte Sven]

Sven bowed slightly to the farmer and turned away with a smile, nodding slightly at the Autumn King as the Ogre continued the negotiations. With an easy, unhurried gait he approached the troublesome hobs and offered the same chilled smile he usually offered someone who had something he wanted. "Hi there." He greeted simply, trying to sound ever-so-mischievous to the Hedge-dwellers.

"What games are you playing? Is this the best spot for them? Can I join you?" He peppered them with questions in a false-enthusiasm that he hoped would give the impression that this thin, spindly little Darkling was just as interested in getting up to no good as they were. From a certain point of view, it was true. But the questions also probed at a real curiosity from the Lost. Why here? What were they up to? They might've just been simplistic, instinct-driven hobs. But it was always worth checking to be sure.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-20 23:55:42	Svelte Sven rolls 7 to Manipulation + Subterfuge + Kith & Seeming Blessings (9 Again)	7, 7, 2, 3, 10, 10, 3, 9, 4, 3	3 successes

Sven was the picture of coy, showing just enough interest to hopefully pique their curiosity without completely giving the game away.

Stats and Equipment

Defense: 4 (3 + Coat)
Armor: 0/0
Speed: 12


Glamour: 6/12
WP: 5/5
Health:


Hedgespun Raiment - Coat (+1 to Defense); Switchblade - 0L

[Sonnie Wu]

What's this? What's this?
There's snow everywhere
What's this?
There's a tassel where I stare!

But what waaaas this? Monkey poke at tassel. What an odd and not-at-all-mesmerizing shiny thing to find lying here. Did it belong to the Lost/Hob/Horrifying Nightmare who lost those bandages? Looking over her shoulder, she says to Circe, "You know what these bandages mean, right? There's a naked Mummy out here! Call Brendan Fraser!"

Back to Tasseltown. Why was she thinking of Nimbus? He didn't wear tassels. He was just a chubby little cloud. Hmmmmmm....

Monkey tugs at tassel. If there's resistance, like it's attached to something, she pulls the whole thing up! That's called archeology!

Shiny! Minemineminemineminemine!

Monkey Stuff!

Equipment: Hedgespun Boots (+2 SPD), Hedgespun Coin Pendant (+2 DEF), Hedgespun Staff (+2B), Hedgespun Armor (+1 Armor). Messenger bag with monkey motif, smartphone, bottled water, bag of M&Ms, 3 throwing knives (concealed), Goblin Fruit (2 healing, 1 coupnettle tea), plastic keychain of a cloud, lighter.

Contracts: Beast's Keen Senses (Fang and Talon 2): +4 to all Wits-based Perception rolls for a scene.
Nevertread (Smoke 2): No traces of passage left behind. -2 to attempts to track.
Shadowpatch (Smoke 3): +3 to all Stealth rolls for the scene.