(What is Canary currently wearing)
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âThat is reasonable,â Drakor nodded. âWe were attacked by boggards on our way here. In fact-â
He broke off as Arius spoke.
âŚ
Once the exchange concluded, Drakor looked back at the bookseller. âHave you had issues with bandits and thieves recently?â
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(Also she doesnât want to carry around the clothes she has on.)
(Brown leather boots, a bit-too-large belt, a cotton shirt with frills at the neck and cuffs, and a big cloak with a hood.)
(Now also wears a black-grey overcoat with plentiful buttons and trousers to match. The overcoat is a bit small on Canary.)
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Bennadettaâs bookstore is also outside the walls, but on the other side of the walled area of the city from Janâs. Like Janâs, itâs below her residence; unlike Janâs, her bookstoreâs sign is painted in several extremely bright colors. She greets you cheerfully as you enter. âHow can I help you today?â
Bennadetta is a half-elven woman, dressed in a bright yellow tunic and a matching yellow skirt with beads sewn into the waistband. Her hair is mostly short, but sheâs got a tiny braid extending much further down her back.
(no, the hood does not especially match with the overcoat or trousers. it mightâve matched with her previous outfit, but that time is no more.)
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âIn my bookstore? No, not yet. But I hear some of the traders have been having trouble, and thatâs who I buy from, you knowâŚâ
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âI do not come with foul intentions.â
He exhales.
âWhat is going on here?â
Drakor nodded sympathetically. âA tragic thing. A pity that His Lordship hasnât done anything about it.â
He watched Janâs reaction closely.
(Is this sense motive still?)
(to the granitehill team: no it didnât match then either)
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âWe took the kids out for some air,â she says, gesturing at the two children. âItâs not good for children to grow up in big towns like this, you know. I figure, even if they get drizzled on, itâs better than spending the whole day inside with the bad inside airs.â
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Drakor watched intently.
(Will get to this when they are not stopped outside of a fabric store)
Paprika narrows her eyes at Canary.
âThis isnât charity. Status is everything when youâre dealing with people like this. Did you see how that jeweler changed up his act when I stepped in? You can more than make up the cost of an outfit in negotiating power alone.â She lowers her voice. âWeâre investigating a baron. Right now, I can enter his residence as a respected guest. I can sit near the head of his dinner table. Extending that privilege to you expands our options substantially and makes us look less suspicious. Itâs five crowns for materials and a few eveningsâ worth of work. Itâs well worth it.â
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ââŚâ Canary awkwardly grabs onto her left arm with her right for assurance.
âItâs not a few evenings. Itâs several weeks⌠If you do it for everyone.â
Sheâs moving the goalpost.
âIâm sure heâs doing his bestâŚâ
(You get the impression that Jan basically doesnât think of âwhat things youâre willing to say in public about a nobleâ as necessarily having any connection to the truth â heâs lying, in the sense that he doesnât think itâs a given that the baron is doing his best, but to him it feels less like heâs deliberately telling a falsehood and more like heâs just saying the thing that Of Course you say, like how someone in the real world might respond with âIâm doing greatâ to âhow are you?â even if in fact they were not doing great. He treats it as sort of a fact of life that if he criticizes a noble and it gets back to them, they might ruin his life; itâs unlikely that it would, but why risk it?)
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He nods.
âTo be bereft of the opportunity to explore is one I wouldnât wish on any. Itâs good to give them time outside, even given the conditions.â
He tilts his head to the side.
âI assume this is a stay you wish to be temporary.â
(ten crowns for materials (unsure if your character is Lying here), 30/3 = 10)