Idum Tan Tosath 15305

An Ape and an Asshole
Following Urmmek's declaration re: bringing impressive magical knowledge to the Legendary Library, the party decided to hit up Thrinarv and ask him about his existence on one of the kill lists collected from Dimia's dead body. Figuring it was just going to be a (joyless) conversation, they walked across town in the middle of the night, still wearing their dinner garb. What they found when they got there, however, could only be called joyless conversation if that happened to be the name of the giant ape wrecking the place.

After dispatching said ape, the party found Thrinarv cowering in a corner of his own shop. Using a combination of impressive intimidation tactics and Zone of Truth, they got it out of him that he'd been approached by a half-elf woman and asked to join the Covenant, and when he turned it down citing a complete disinterest in joining any organization whatsoever, she loosed said giant ape on him and disappeared.

He was very grateful for having been saved, evidenced by the fact that he didn't curse Noose out very much, and only sneered like, once or twice.

After that joyous encounter, the party had a long night's sleep, then set out in the morning to go shopping. Although Ana seemed preoccupied with getting the mages armored--having discovered firsthand that fighting without armor on is terrifying--the rest of the group had the time to start a flash mob in the main square of Finethil's Rest.

While knives and rapiers were purchased from a gnome swordsmith named Jofyx, Ana asked her for a recommendation to a jeweler who could bedazzle the pommel of Ana's handcrafted sword, Patience. Jofyx directed her to a half-elf named Harold, who took the day and one of Aislinn's emeralds to do up Patience all fancy. When he accepted the sword, he bemoaned wistfully about the heads that could be cloven off with such a weapon.

The party duelled with rapiers while taking lunch in the park; all of them had some skill with the weapon, but Aislinn and Noose were the ones taking the fight more seriously, although they seemed to come at it from completely different fighting styles.

After collecting Patience, the party returned to the Restful Drink, where they near-drunkenly propositioned Fabian to come along as their personal adventuring chef. He sort of patted their heads and walked away, but notably didn't actually answer.

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