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Tzipporah
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:35 pm
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"Jameson's and soda, and whatever the gentlemen wish. My tab, eh?" she slides a credit card across the table, face-down.
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*Distillery Rose:
Wizened Brewer, Winter Mantle 1
5'4", mousy. long brown hair, lisa loeb glasses, big, shapeless turtlenecks and long skirts. And gloves. Almost always gloves.
*Donna Palmer:
Wolf-blood. 5'11", SL4:Blooming with health. Mid-length dark relaxed hair, brown eyes. Wears form-fitting clothing. Eight months pregnant.
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:05 pm
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"I'll have your finest Irish red," Slade tells the barkeep. From the sound of it, Distillery Rose could handle her liquor. Slade could too, or at least as well as any other guy, but beer was more his style.
"Thanks for the drinks, Rose. Can I call you Rose?" Bill asks rather sheepishly. This sort of small talk wasn't exactly his strong suit.
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Bill Slade, Wizened Smith, Winter Mantle 1
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:58 pm
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"Um, yes, if you'd like. Mister Slade, right?"
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*Distillery Rose:
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5'4", mousy. long brown hair, lisa loeb glasses, big, shapeless turtlenecks and long skirts. And gloves. Almost always gloves.
*Donna Palmer:
Wolf-blood. 5'11", SL4:Blooming with health. Mid-length dark relaxed hair, brown eyes. Wears form-fitting clothing. Eight months pregnant.
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Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:24 pm
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"No need to be so formal, please, call me Bill."
Slade clears his throat. "It's been so long since I've talked with anyone else like us. If you don't mind me asking, how long have you been back?"
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Bill Slade, Wizened Smith, Winter Mantle 1
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:34 am
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"Several months, now. I don't get around much, mostly I stay in and study. It seems safer, especially when I don't know many people. But I know you now, and Benedict, and that Grobbler fellow. So that's good."
She drums her gloved fingers on the table.
"What about you? What do you do when not frequenting popular bus stops?"
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*Distillery Rose:
Wizened Brewer, Winter Mantle 1
5'4", mousy. long brown hair, lisa loeb glasses, big, shapeless turtlenecks and long skirts. And gloves. Almost always gloves.
*Donna Palmer:
Wolf-blood. 5'11", SL4:Blooming with health. Mid-length dark relaxed hair, brown eyes. Wears form-fitting clothing. Eight months pregnant.
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:12 am
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"Well, I've been hiding away in my apartment building for the most part. I'm the building superintendent, so I'm busy with the tenants calling and demanding I fix things. I usually only come out once or twice a month for groceries and tools and such. It's not a bad gig. I stay where it's safe and I do what I'm good at."
Slade sighs. "Lately though, I've been wanting to get out more. I figure if I try hard enough, I can hide in a city just as well as I can in my building."
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:14 pm
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Rose relaxes somewhat- the crowded pub providing anonymity, and Bill's nervousness matching her own, granting them a kind of sympathy.
"I know what you mean. I've been thinking about a hedge-trip sometime soon, I need fruits for my still. I've got an idea, I think."
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*Distillery Rose:
Wizened Brewer, Winter Mantle 1
5'4", mousy. long brown hair, lisa loeb glasses, big, shapeless turtlenecks and long skirts. And gloves. Almost always gloves.
*Donna Palmer:
Wolf-blood. 5'11", SL4:Blooming with health. Mid-length dark relaxed hair, brown eyes. Wears form-fitting clothing. Eight months pregnant.
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:07 pm
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At the mention of the Hedge, Slade gives an involuntary shudder. He hadn't been in since he came back from Arcadia, and the experience had been harrowing, to say the least. It wasn't that he was against going back in, but it would take some time to adjust to the thought of anyone willingly going in without some kind of pre-existing mental condition.
"The Hedge? Sounds dangerous. What makes that mad fruit better than what you can find here? What kind of idea do you mean?"
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:17 pm
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"Hedge-fruit is different. It has properties that no fruit you can get here does. Even in the Chinese market, you couldn't get this stuff. I'm hoping to do some tests to see if distilling or decanting them keeps these properties, makes them stronger or weaker, whatever. And if I can learn enough about them, I might be able to figure out how to booby-trap them."
She stops for breath, then stays quiet, realizing with amazement that she spoke enough to need to stop to take a breath.
"I'm not comfortable going in alone, though. Last time I was there was when I came out. Been more or less housebound at the Boardinghouse since."
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*Distillery Rose:
Wizened Brewer, Winter Mantle 1
5'4", mousy. long brown hair, lisa loeb glasses, big, shapeless turtlenecks and long skirts. And gloves. Almost always gloves.
*Donna Palmer:
Wolf-blood. 5'11", SL4:Blooming with health. Mid-length dark relaxed hair, brown eyes. Wears form-fitting clothing. Eight months pregnant.
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:09 pm
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"I don't blame you for not wanting to go in alone. I'm not sure there are many brave enough to do that. I'd offer to go with, but I'm not entirely sure two are much better than one. Maybe if there were more of us."
What was he saying? The prospect of going back into the Hedge was just a little terrifying to Slade, but he always seemed to have trouble saying no when someone needed help, even if they weren't explicitly asking. Come to think of it, that's probably why he was so well suited to his repair work. People always needed something fixed, after all, even if it wasn't something physical.
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:58 pm
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She half-laughs.
"I definately wasn't suggesting we jaunt over right away. Just something I've been thinking about. A way to stay safe, having bottled hedge-fruit handy."
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*Distillery Rose:
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5'4", mousy. long brown hair, lisa loeb glasses, big, shapeless turtlenecks and long skirts. And gloves. Almost always gloves.
*Donna Palmer:
Wolf-blood. 5'11", SL4:Blooming with health. Mid-length dark relaxed hair, brown eyes. Wears form-fitting clothing. Eight months pregnant.
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:44 pm
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If it weren't for the shiny, brassy color of his skin, it would be obvious that Bill's ears were bright red with embarrassment. He coughs, a nervous habit and another way to tell that he is feeling sheepish.
"Heh, sorry, I probably knew that's what you meant. I just get a little... eager to help sometimes. If you ever do go out though, need a little company out there, the offer is still on the table."
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:11 am
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"Thanks. I, uh, appreciate it, Bill."
A slight greenish tinge flits across her cheeks also.
"And you. Um, what are your plans, now that you're out and about?"
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5'4", mousy. long brown hair, lisa loeb glasses, big, shapeless turtlenecks and long skirts. And gloves. Almost always gloves.
*Donna Palmer:
Wolf-blood. 5'11", SL4:Blooming with health. Mid-length dark relaxed hair, brown eyes. Wears form-fitting clothing. Eight months pregnant.
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:40 am
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Benedict enters with them, yes, but he holds himself aloof, sipping his beer, letting his face get lost in the crowd. But now he speaks. "I am pretty good in the Hedge," he says slowly. "It's sort of a second home....I've heard of people messing around with goblin fruits, too, though I've never dabbled in much, myself."
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I am Edward Benedict, Courtless Wizened Soldier/Woodwalker and Baron of the Lesser Ones, and at this time I am nobody else. Except myself.
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:03 pm
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Slade's brow furrows before he begins to speak. Though the embarrassed tone does not quite leave his voice, it is now edged with a kind of sorrow.
"I have some unfinished business to attend to. Who doesn't, right? There was someone I escaped with. I don't know where she is now, but I'd like to find her, if I can. God only knows how long such a thing will take, so I'll be doing what I can for the Freehold, and for my Court in the downtime. "
He almost doesn't catch Benedict's comment, but when it strikes home, Slade's eyes widen.
"You mean you've been there often? Isn't that dangerous? What is it like? All I've ever heard are horror stories about the Hedge!"
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:14 pm
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Rose's eyes share Slade's worry, but shine with interest nonetheless.
"I've heard of people carving out spaces for themselves in the hedge, places safe. Can you do that?"
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*Distillery Rose:
Wizened Brewer, Winter Mantle 1
5'4", mousy. long brown hair, lisa loeb glasses, big, shapeless turtlenecks and long skirts. And gloves. Almost always gloves.
*Donna Palmer:
Wolf-blood. 5'11", SL4:Blooming with health. Mid-length dark relaxed hair, brown eyes. Wears form-fitting clothing. Eight months pregnant.
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