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-----Looking around the corner, they see that the home is connected to a building behind it forming a small alley with a dead end. No doors enter or exit from this small alley. Rinda and Kazel search the small area but find no hidden escape routes or portals.
-----Finally a new day dawns in the village of Olv. The sun rises on the other side of the forest into a partly cloudy sky. A moderate breeze adds a slight chill to the air.
-----At sunrise, the inn is filled with the wholesome delicious smell of breakfast cooking. Tivia and her handmaidens had cooked quite a lot not only for the guests of the inn but also for Adames and his men. The village patrol had begun to gather around the inn at first light. All of the men reported the same thing; there had been no sightings of anything suspicious during the night.
-----Now a lot of people were gathered in the downstairs room of the inn, including the men of the village who were on the patrol and some of the adventurers. Most of the assembled people show signs of fatigue due to the excitement of the night before.
-----With the lighting of the sky outside, the fears of the people subside and a few begin to wonder if the commotion of the night before was really necessary.
-----Seth wanders down into the inn and has a bit of breakfast, generally ignoring everyone. He finds an apple and slices it into pieces. Grabbing some scraps of meat from his breakfast he wanders outside and as discreetly as possible feeds Albert.
-----Sol had spent most of breakfast chatting with Adames and the other villagers, finding out everything about the night before. Which as far as the villagers were concerned, was nothing. Actually satisfied with that, Sol briefly heads upstairs and returns shortly after having collected his belongings, ready to begin a new day's travel.
-----The Dread Pirate blearily staggers down the staircase, scratching himself in various places and rubbing his eyes. He finally sits down to a breakfast of monumental proportions, the eating of which would rival the cleaning of the Aegean stables. Nevertheless he dives in and is soon up to his armpits in greasy sausages and eggs.
-----When finally stuffed to the bursting point, and noticeably rounder, the Dread Pirate unsnaps the top button of his grotesque yellow pants and wanders outside to stretch and prepare for the next leg of their journey.
-----The door to the room where Sarah and Rinda were staying flies open. Sarah rushes out and slams a purple book down on the table where Sol is sitting. "I got 'em!" She says, staring right at him with a look of triumph in her eyes. "My dad gave me this book before we left. It’s got some really, really cool spells in it. I thought it would take me forever to figure them out, but I looked through them this morning and I understood them perfectly! Isn't that cool!" Before anyone can respond Sarah dashes back up the stairs, almost running into Rinda, who Sarah had woken up and was coming downstairs to eat breakfast.
-----Sarah gets back into her room and gathers all her stuff, including Chessie who she places into a special part of her pack showing all the love a mother would show a newborn. She then dashes back downstairs.
-----To Sol and Rinda she says, "I gotta go into town and get some stuff for these spells. You wanna come? Where's Seth?"
-----Kazel listens to the crowd occasionally between bites of breakfast. Finishing quickly, she then looks on somewhat disinterestedly at the surroundings as she leans on the table, cupping her chin. She begins to juggle a few pieces of bread with her other hand and after a few dozen tumbles in the air sends them falling into a small sack.
-----She fills up her waterskin for the trip before she exits the inn for the trip.
-----Raven enters the inn just as Sarah runs down the stairs. At first Raven shows concerns, but then he smiles and shakes his head. Raven says to the group, "Morning all. After Sarah gets what she needs, will everyone be ready to head out?"
-----"Seth was here a moment ago," Sol replies to Sarah, "Check his room, or maybe outside. Um...I'm happy enough to come with ye, but I wouldn't call this a town, though five years ago I would've. I'd be surprised if ye found what you needed here. But if ye say ye can..." Sol gets up to follow Sarah before a look of soft suspicion crosses his face, "Need a pack mule do ya?" Sol sighs, "I'll be with ye in a moment."
-----Tivia reminds those that stayed in the inn that there is no charge for the rooms and breakfast, although she asks everyone to make a small donation as they see fit.
-----Sol looks around for Tivia, then walks over to her. Pulling out a coin from his breeches, Sol hands it over to her and speaks softly to her. He then turns to leave the inn.
-----Seth leaves a small silver coin donation at the Inn and thanks Tivia profusely offering to come back one day and play magical music on his harp for her Inn.
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