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hey hey!!!
howve you been?
things getting a little tense up in your neck of the woods, too?

[ It's...got him a little worried. ]

More than a little. I've seen two fights break out so far, though those are the exceptions, not the rule. Mostly it's idiotic chatter-- the sort where one person says something and the entire crowd responds 'oh, yes, me too' without thinking about it.

I trust you've been keeping well?

yeah thats basically how it is down here too
guess everyone got over those nice "make peace, not war" vibes from the gala pretty quick huh?

anyway im great!
practicing magic, keeping it real
i can make guns appear in my hand now
so thats cool

We even had a survey. It was particularly leading and idiotic, but there it was nonetheless.

What magic? Beyond summoning guns, and please do elaborate on that.

oh theres a survey huh?
good to know
good to know

[ He's definitely not going to try and fill it out next time he's in O-town??? ]

i didnt tell you about it?
i got some sweet magic from that whole magic ritual up on the mountain awhile back
the summoning guns thing i always had
well sorta
back home i could

I cannot overemphasize how leading it was. There's little point to them issuing it, save for wanting to inflate false numbers.

You told me about your summoning guns, yes, though not in details; we rather got side-lined by our mutual friend. Will you demonstrate the next time we meet?

sounds like they want some kind of backup if they decide to move against Wyver
i got a bad feeling about this

anyway id be happy to show you next time im up your way!
its a pretty mad skill if i do say so myself

[ And it's...a part of home, which is the bigger thing. ]

We'll see. I've been in a city before a war; it takes a little longer than you'd think. Though I worry at the similarities from then and now.

I may have a job for you once you come up as well, if you're interested in making a few extra silver.

[ It taking longer isn't all that reassuring if that still means it's going to happen at all. She's not the only one who's been in a city before a war.

But as to not dwell on that - ]

oh really?
what sort of job are we talking here?

this isnt going to involve Ardyn this time is it

It does not, no. And that was a favor, not a job.

I have a few jobs, but the one I'm most interested in . . . you'd be eating something, and I'd be recording your response.

okay so you want me to be your guinea pig
not sure if i should be flattered or offended
what kind of somethings are we talking here?

Hallucinogens, primarily.

wait
are you serious???
i thought you meant like
sick to your stomach
what sorts of things are you cooking up Ros????

Nothing. I've been hired to deliver a package of "cookies" from a rather notorious bakery. I believe I've dealt with them before, and I'd like to test their products to see what happens.