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[Pumpkin]

Formalhaut
Locke and Alistair arrive in Lucrecia just past noon.
Alistair is excited about the festival and the performers and Locke thinks about the slums of the city.
They locate an Inn, the Carbuncle's Cave.
Locke lies about Alistair's age to get a free room. Alistair is shocked at his behavior.

*Devore*
Azelin walks down the street with some plump, irritating ladies who are giving him directions by guiding him.
He is surprised by all of the Hyu'mans, as the ones he is familiar with are no longer allowed to rule themselves and are always starting wars and hungry for power.
He spots some Doban who look somewhat similar to himself but are slightly taller, sturdier, and older.
The ladies point him to the Ceiling Cat.

Jiro
Kris, a lady in Naithe, is letting her legs drift in the water as her father checks the crab pots. Today had been a slow day.
They find many empty crab pots and knowing this to be a good spot to fish and having taken care to not overfish, they wonder if something is scaring them off.
As her and her father row back, she thinks of telling him to take the day off tomorrow after seeing the disappointment getting to him.
She looks out on to the sunset and remembers the legend that the more striking a sunset, the more promising tomorrow will be.

AlaynaMae
Jacques sat on the veranda waiting for dinner. He had to wait for his father before he could eat, though.
He was happy his dad had a day off because every day his dad had off he also had off. He spent it mostly whittling.
He notices two dark silhouettes and eventually recognizes one to be Kris, whom he is happy to see.

Jinx
Tala watches the human pace uncomfortably before finally introducing himself as Cohen.
She introduces herself as Tala Aurora and can see many emotions washing over the man when she speaks.
She asks him his name.

AlaynaMae
Cohen is excited about the bear speaking and understanding him. He thinks of shaking hands with her, but decides against it.
He asks Tala where he is.
Tala explains that he is in Lucrecia on Sedorra. The man obviously doesn't understand her and she gets impatient. She is clever and wants to speak to a clever human and not someone slow.
Tala asks what he's wearing and Cohen rambles on about how he woke up here from the University, before explaining he is wearing the Robes of the Order, the robes of a High Priest.
Tala concludes that Cohen must be from a different world and Cohen agrees.
They spot two strangers looking at them.