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[spitefullight]

[ Elden's been fiddling with this tablet thing for awhile. Want to know how long? Because for the last ten minutes his tablet has been going on and off voice, you can catch little snippets of; ]

Damn it, work you piece of-

For the love of- why does there need to be so many buttons-UUGGGGH-

[Static.....
....

Finally, though he manages to stay on audio; ]

Right, so, hi everyone, my name's Elden. We've been here a few days now and I'm pretty sure everyone's already looking into whatever's going on here.

I mean, it's a big spooky, dark town, who wouldn't want to figure out what the hell was going on. So, there were a couple of things I wanted to bring up.

One is I think we need to start compiling all the info we've found out about this place so far. Even the stuff they told us when they got here. If we're ever going to figure out why this place is perpetual night that's probably what we should do. Maybe we could keep some kind of log book in the Inn to keep us up to date.

[ He pauses before bringing up his next point. ]

Second, if there's anyone willing to go into the forest with me? I'm not sure what's in there but it'd be dangerous to go in by yourself. Especially if there are undead lurking in that forest.

All right, well that's all for now. Thanks.

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[spitefullight]

Honestly, from what I've seen of plans in the past they always end up going south some how. Chaos though,

no one can predict that. [ a pause as he really contemplates what he just said; ]

Not that I want us to go running in chaotically. No, uh, right skills and names first. Then maybe demonstrations on what people can do.

[webshoots]

Sometimes plans work, sometimes they don't. [ peter? sometimes plans. sometimes other people do the plans. normally? things happen and then peter does stuff and it mostly works. he tends to prefer working things out on the fly, reacting to the situation in front of him and historically speaking, it's one of the reasons he prefers working solo than in a team. fewer moving parts, less to worry about. here though? there's not that luxury. ] Doesn't mean they're not worth having as a base, but— [ there's a vague handwave here, despite the fact that elden can't see it. ]

If it helps, this isn't the weirdest thing I've experienced. We'll be fine.

[spitefullight]

[ He won't push much more on the plan thing. Plans going to hell or not it's as Spider said- having solid ground to work up from was never a bad start. ]

No offence, Spider, but how is this not the weirdest thing? Because I've seen some pretty bad stuff too and well...

[ And then he pauses, actually giving it some thought before- ]

okay maybe this isn't the strangest, but it's up there.

[webshoots]

[ there's a noise of vague acknowledgement and minor agreement: is it up there? by sheer longevity, it's possibly up there, but—

there was that time he'd ended up on miles' world, that had freaked him out and it had been weird, but it wasn't really a Weird Thing. there was that time with the fantastic four where they'd—

—yeah, no. ]

Uh—. I recently took an elevator to under New York, rescued an evil ruler's daughter from the evil ruler who had her hidden at the top of an alternate Empire State— it's a tall building surrounded by lakes of fire. [ beat. ] And I got shot.

That was pretty weird. [ intoned with the verbal equivalent of a shrug, because he guesses? look, he deals with weird a lot okay, elden. ]

[spitefullight]

[ That definitely sounded super weird to Elden. ]

....Are you sure you weren't in Hell? Or...a Hell? Because that sounds pretty Hellish and I know a devil.

[ Still, okay, if they were sharing stories.... ]

We once went to investigate why these two farmers were quarrelling and it was because one guy was accusing the other of stealing his crops.

It turned out the corps were being eaten by the Brownies that lived there because the one farmer wasn't giving them any milk.

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[webshoots]

[ hell? devil?





naaaaah that was when he sold his marriage

(but shh, we don't talk about that.) ]

2/4 wait i lied sorry

[webshoots]

Definitely not, although the guy was orange—

[ HMM.... ]

[webshoots]

But no, it was only something like 4 miles under the surface of the Earth, and although they were definitely di— [ ... ] —abolical, that was about it. [ DISMISSIVELY. ]

[webshoots]

—Brownies?

[spitefullight]

...You were going to say dicks, weren't you?

[ Elden is not so naive that he can't read between the lines. But, okay, he'll move on. ]

Yeah, brownies, you know, like faeries? They're kind of a house spirit that help clean up your house and manage things. You just need to offer them milk in return.

We actually had some for our manor before it...got burned down.

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[webshoots]

What? No.

[ absolutely not elden HOW DARE U..... ]

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[webshoots]

Right, of course, those brownies, why didn't I think of those.

—Like, cow's milk? Or do they accept milk alternatives in this age of animal rights and fair farming practices? [ peter this is not relevant. ]

[webshoots]

[ oh, but uh. that thing about elden's manor burning down. that ... sucks. peter winces at the fact that he's inadvertently opened that can of worms, and: ]

Hey, uh—, I'm sorry. Did you get out okay?

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[spitefullight]

Uh huh. Sure, you weren't.

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[spitefullight]

And I think it's just cows milk? That's really the only milk that's around where I'm from.

[ Maybe not relevant but he doesn't mind answer.

Though, honestly, at the apology Elden goes to wave it off. ]

Oh, we weren't even in it at the time. Thankfully, everyone who was still there we had an escape route all line up for them so no one got hurt.

It's just a house. [ Though there is just a hint of pain there in his voice. Though, he'll just walk on by that by saying; ] There were bigger concerns than a house anyways.