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[Swordstar]

"No... No I'm sorry. I should have been more tactful with my comments. I... You have my sympathy."

Her face briefly broke, and she slipped away from the crowd, away from Theo, away from it all. She needed to not be there right now.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Theo's eyes follow Rune as she leaves the crowd. He briefly decides whether or not to leave her to it, or to follow her and see what was up. On one hand, there was still potentially something valuable that the crowd hadn't spoken about, but if they had little contact with the outside world aside from bandits, it'd be hard to see what intel they could offer. In any case, this was a bust; aside from the talk of bandits raiding their village by both the villagers and the shopkeeper, these people, as far as Theo could tell, had nothing to do with them or their mission and just had the misfortune of being in their way.

On the other hand, he owed Rune, and even someone of Theo's ego knew he had to make it back up to her somehow.

He silently and deftly follows her away, keeping at a distance just in case. If she shook him, he'd leave and go rejoin the group, possibly inquire something of Jack; if she didn't, Theo wasn't quite sure what he'd do.

[Swordstar]

Rune heard someone following her and glancing back realized who it was. Someone she was not up for dealing with right now. But best to just deal with it... Spinning around, she crossed her arms and shot him a glare.

"What gives you the right to follow after me? Was it not clear enough that I wanted to be alone by how I left? In case it wasn't, here, let me be clear. Leave me alone."

[IamanElfCollaborator]

"....you couldn't have known that would happen. You shouldn't feel responsible for her loss. Her grief was not your fault."

Theo's smug grin, as Rune can clearly see, is completely absent, replaced by a look of....is that concern? Awkwardness? Pensiveness? Certainly the tone of his voice seems a little less confident, a little more awkward, a little lost, as if he's not quite sure what to say. This certainly isn't the Theo you've grown used to, though you've seen glimpses already.

"I can't know if that's what you wanted to hear, but that is how it is. Don't blame yourself for what our enemies did. I followed you because I felt.....you should know that. It won't come to you as comfort, even if I'd hoped it would, but it's better than nothing. I'll leave you be. If you need a sympathetic ear....a man of my talents can spare a few moments."

After that, Theo nods at Rune, lost, like an actor trying to remember his forgotten script on the night of the performance, and slowly turns away to leave her be. Even his requisite "man of my talents" is rather half-hearted, as if it were an affectation he were putting on, to remind himself of his role.

[Swordstar]

Rune stared at the man for a long hard moment amd then shook her head and walked away.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Theo walks away also, nodding to himself quietly. He composes himself for a moment, returning his usual smirk to his face, adjusting his collar.

Rune had taken it harder, harder than anyone else here would. Theo wasn't sure why, not yet. Maybe she wasn't used to it. Maybe these were her people. Maybe there was something he hadn't considered. He sighs, rubbing the back of his head, looking around for a moment. He had participated in the research of the tomes, the tomes that had destroyed Tselino, the tomes he and the others had to recover. He knew how theoretically destructive they could be; that's why the sheer scale of destruction in Tselino hadn't come as a surprise to him. He knew exactly how they worked, after all; he'd spent years aiding the research effort.

But it did unnerve him. So many people, dead. So many people, just gone. He wondered how nobody else had even needed a moment to process what they were seeing, aside Rune. He wondered how he didn't, until he remembered for a moment.

A man of his talents was unfazed by such meagre efforts. A man of his talents wasn't intimidated by these pretenders.

At least, he was supposed to be.

Breathing in deeply, he heads off to find Jack and then the others. Time to reconvene. Hopefully, they'd be on their way to recapture Joi Hart, before this got worse.

[Sirus]

Keyleth returns to the weapon store and adds the Glaive to the pile of weapons-to-buy.

[I_Like_Pi]

Purchase flash and prelude

[Powder Miner]

Why did Lucette think Keyleth was so heated? Well, she didn't know. Some sort of involvement with indentured servitude and this treacherous hellhole of a country, maybe. Lucette wasn't sure, though. It'd been a damn bizarre encounter, but Lucette had a few words for Keyleth as the wyvern rider walked off:
:"Don't you go getting ideas about doing it yourself, you hear? It... wouldn't be in your interests.”

[Sirus]

: "Fine, I'll let you deal with it. Just keep my offer in mind."

[Sirus]

Quickly hunt for a staff shop!

Also any performance items, maybe.

[Blade Master Model 42]

A staff shop was found in short order. Or, rather, the proprieter of the unstaffed shop turned up. An old man, bent almost double with age, moving around slowly on a twisted cane. "Ah, yes, I have some extra stock hidden away that I could be convinced to part with. Just a moment."

Spoiler: Sundry (updated) (click to show/hide)

Vulnerary: 100 (limit 5)
Concoction: 500 (limit 1)
Elixir: 1500 (limit 1)
Heal: 600 (limit 2)
Antidote: 500 (limit 1)
Mend: 800 (limit 1)
Sleep: 700 (limit 1)
Befuddled: 1000 (limit 1)
Barrier: 900 (limit 1)


Iron Shield: While Equipped, +2 DEF and +1 RES, increases equipped weapon WT by 1: 600
Blade Ring: 750
Charming Flute: 550
War Cheer: 700
Enamouring Step: 600

[Sirus]

Grab Mend and Heal from the Sundry Shop.

Jack purchases a Switchblade.

Any anima tomes for sale?

[Blade Master Model 42]

The tome shop had those too.

Spoiler: Anima (click to show/hide)

Fire: 550
Wind: 500
Thunder: 600
Elfire: 800
Cold Front: 700
Storm: 900

[Sirus]

Get that Cold Front!

Purchase the Charming Flute and all the vulneraries

ACTUALLY purchase 4 vulns. Then get Sleep staff and Iron Shield.