[ Fjord remains where he is for a half-hour, then carefully extricates himself and leaves a kiss on Molly's head, a flower beside him on the other pillow, and sneakily steals the oil for his boots as he creeps out. With Molly cosily tucked in to catch up on the sleep he needs, Fjord heads down to sit on the back porch of Marion's private wing, rubbing the oil into abused boots so they don't crack from the sunshine once dry. The Nein are mostly awake by now, returning and heading out for bits and pieces while the morning is theirs.
Fjord takes a walk with Caleb, the Wizard left alone to find some extra magical parchments while Veth is saying goodbye to her family. They sip black coffee on the wharf and in the little craft shops they stop in to find different coloured inks, Fjord finds a cute little jewellery-making kit of multicoloured glass beads that reminds him of Molly, prettily enclosed in a hand-held trunk, the memory of Molly dismissing his own jewellery coming to mind as his gaze drifts to a more expensive version including real gems, tiny rubies and emeralds, little sapphires: it runs up the price by ten times as much but since the gemstones aren't magical it's not enough to break the bank. He dithers as Caleb haggles at the desk, then picks up the tiny trunk with the real stones.
It's just a gift. He gets their other friends knick-knacks all the time. Doughnuts count, right?
Fjord buys it and once they're back at the Chateau hides it in his cloak, spending the early afternoon chatting with Marion, the Nein describing the Xhorhaus in detail for her to imagine. She tentatively accepts an invitation to dinner, as long as Caleb can transport her back to the Chateau the same night, and that's a plan for the future which elates Jester beyond the telling. Something she desperately needs to look forward to in the months to come. Fjord catches Beau mooning over the blue tiefling spinning around with joy and gains a scowl for his trouble, grinning back.
Fried shrimp is on the menu for lunch in the main tavern and he debates going upstairs to find Molly to see if he's hungry. ]
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Fjord takes a walk with Caleb, the Wizard left alone to find some extra magical parchments while Veth is saying goodbye to her family. They sip black coffee on the wharf and in the little craft shops they stop in to find different coloured inks, Fjord finds a cute little jewellery-making kit of multicoloured glass beads that reminds him of Molly, prettily enclosed in a hand-held trunk, the memory of Molly dismissing his own jewellery coming to mind as his gaze drifts to a more expensive version including real gems, tiny rubies and emeralds, little sapphires: it runs up the price by ten times as much but since the gemstones aren't magical it's not enough to break the bank. He dithers as Caleb haggles at the desk, then picks up the tiny trunk with the real stones.
It's just a gift. He gets their other friends knick-knacks all the time. Doughnuts count, right?
Fjord buys it and once they're back at the Chateau hides it in his cloak, spending the early afternoon chatting with Marion, the Nein describing the Xhorhaus in detail for her to imagine. She tentatively accepts an invitation to dinner, as long as Caleb can transport her back to the Chateau the same night, and that's a plan for the future which elates Jester beyond the telling. Something she desperately needs to look forward to in the months to come. Fjord catches Beau mooning over the blue tiefling spinning around with joy and gains a scowl for his trouble, grinning back.
Fried shrimp is on the menu for lunch in the main tavern and he debates going upstairs to find Molly to see if he's hungry. ]