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22. The Missing Models

May 24, 2026

23rd Sypheros, 998 YK

  • Chantalyn Sarhain (not Rebecca) recaps the previous session and it's amazing. She gets an improvement on all of her themes
  • Damien has just asked Yashira what their first port of call is?
  • "Chantalyn, darling, where is the hotel exactly?"
  • "Oh it's like up tower. It's like, you know like all of these districts are so confusing, it's like Platinum Highlights?"
  • Yashira knows what she means. Platinum Heights.
  • They'll go check there first, maybe they're there, maybe they left a note. That would be really helpful.
  • Then they can go investigate the rest of Sharn. A giant, sprawling city with thousands and thousands of people in.
  • They ask how long they have before the deadline?
  • "What?"
  • Yashira asks again but slower
  • "Oh it's like 6pm tomorrow"
  • That's good. That's basically 24 hours assuming they don't sleep.
  • Damien takes issue with that
  • Chantalyn says that this face is only because she gets like 16 hours of sleep a day
  • Sixteen!?
  • Yashira says she knows predators who sleep less. Chantalyn says that's probably why she's a little dry.
  • Yashira hasn't ever been called dry before, physically. Personality wise, sure
  • Chantalyn says "oh my god no you're such a gaff" (?)
  • Yashira tries to wrangle this herd of cats and get a move on.
  • She's going to make a quick stop first, everybody chill. She walks down to the same café that Chantalyn and Damien both kicked off at, puts down some coins and asks for her regular.
  • "Yes I understand it's 5pm. I understand the regular is a triple espresso. I need it now."
  • She then puts down some extra coins and says "I'm so sorry for them. They're with me, I'll make it right, I'm sorry"
  • Chantalyn leans over to Damien and goes "that guy called me an old hag"
  • Damien says he wasn't the nicest person, he has to admit.
  • Yashira necks the triple espresso, activating the neurons in her brain, ready for detectiving.
  • Elevator, let's go
  • Yashira asks if Chantalyn knows the name of the hotel, Platinum Heights is massive.
  • "It's the Gray Dragon or Red Dragon Inn or something"
  • The Gold Dragon Inn?
  • "No, do I look like I'd stay at a Gold Dragon Inn?"
  • Yashira is embarassed that she didn't immediately remember that there is a Gray Dragon Inn in Platinum Heights. It's where they put the diplomats and delegations from other countries
  • "Minister, was it?"
  • "I won't be offended if you want to use my other titles"
  • "Uhh?"
  • "Silver Blight"
  • "Oh, no, under no circumstances"
  • "Knight-Commander Sarhain also works, but I'm not in the military anymore" with so much vocal fry
  • Yashira asks her how often she visits Sharn? The Gray Dragon Inn is so expensive
  • Chantalyn says she stays there all the time, she's like one of their super elite rewards members.
  • Yashira says oh no, it's a scam. They're way too expensive for what you get, especially if you're paying out of pocket
  • Yashira will recommend other places she can stay that are like half the price for the same stuff
  • Chantalyn says it would really suck if she stayed somewhere that wasn't fashionable
  • Nerys asks if they can ask a question?
  • "Oh yeah I love questions, I'm like really smart"
  • We're losing it, gang
  • Nerys apparently has listened to the Echoers before. They ask if Chantalyn and "one of the moderators" are...you know?
  • "Oh my god Alufi is like the best"
  • "No I meant the other one"
  • "Oh I'm just saying, the dragonmark covers everything, but a girl doesn't kiss and tell"
  • She really obviously winks
  • Scandalous!
  • Nerys won't tell
  • Damien's never heard of the Echoers. Nerys says it's like a newspaper but you don't need to read, they just tell you about it
  • "Oh my god that's my favourite part too" - Chantalyn
  • Oh and there's so much drama, there's like an overarching narrative.
  • Yashira asks if it's like a gossip column?
  • "yeah but in a good way"
  • Charlie says the Echoers is okay but it's never gonna replace the theatre
  • The cat fighting is already beginning oh my god
  • Yashira tries again to get them back on the conductor stones
  • They start making their way up to Platinum Heights, and they have to keep stopping because Chantalyn keeps getting distracted to look at windows and get snacks and stuff.
  • Damien does this too usually, but he's getting annoyed with Chantalyn for doing it
  • Yashira's foot be tip tapping, and the pocket watch keeps coming out


The Gray Dragon Inn

  • Eventually, like an hour later, they make it to the Tower of Gold in Platinum Heights and walk up to the Gray Dragon Inn.
  • Yashira asks Chantalyn to start the conversation, thinking it wouldn't go well if she just barged in and demanded information
  • Chantalyn sashays into the lobby, one hand on her hip and the other on her designer handbag and steps up to the front desk. 
  • "Hi so I don't know the room number of that group of models staying here, I'm Chantalyn Sarhain, but I need to check on them they didn't show up to our dress rehearsal, it's a pun, and like I need to make sure that they're safe and I know it's like against policy and stuff but also I'm paying for this room"
  • She is indeed paying for the room. They just give her another key with the number on it.
  • Chantalyn says she's going to give them such a good review. Yashira scowls at the lax security.
  • "Okay guys I have the key!"
  • Ruckus is getting some looks, but everyone can tell he's obviously Chantalyn's bodyguard
  • Not that she needs bodyguards, obviously
  • "It's like scary dog privilege. He don't bite"
  • Damien says he bites on request
  • Charlie blushes and asks "do you now?"
  • Chantalyn asks Ruckus if those two are like, a thing?
  • "They're just dragging it out for too long"
  • They are shocked that Ruckus knows what's up
  • Chantalyn knocks a couple of times and then just enters the hotel room with an aura of silver light. A mysterious wind billows her dress and she does a little hair flip as she goes "okay guys, buddies, I'm here! Is everybody okay?"
  • The only response is a groan from the bathroom. Uh oh.
  • Chantalyn side steps and looks to Yashira.
  • "You need to like, check the bathroom"
  • "I don't know what your cousin has told you about me but I don't think this is a crime scene!"
  • Chantalyn nods and then picks out Ruckus instead and points at the bathroom
  • Yashira gets flustered and is like "no, I didn't, I"
  • Damien proclaims "Olladra's tits!" and just goes for it
  • Chantalyn explains that they bring morning champagne for morning champagne, afternoon champagne for afternoon champagne and evening champagne for evening champagne.
  • There is another groan from the bathroom and then a voice goes "is somebody out there?"
  • Yashira asks if they're hurt? Are they okay?
  • "Hurt, no? Okay, also no"
  • Nerys asks if they're a model, and after a second of silence they ask who they are?
  • Yashira gets out some lockpicks and looks to Chantalyn for approval. "This is fine?"
  • "Yeah, it's like your job"
  • Yashira pops open the lock and walks into a bathroom that is bigger than her entire apartment. Doubled over the toilet is Tanum Chatting d'Phiarlan, who is suffering from gastric-distress-4
  • Nerys whispers that he's the phiarlan!
  • "Oh, hey Chantalyn"
  • "Oh my god hey, do you need any water?"
  • They ask how much he's drunk, but he says he hasn't drunk that much. Just like 3 or 4 flutes of champagne. He was pre-drinking with the others at The Bazaar but he got really sick.
  • Yashira asks if they would have any enemies?
  • Chantalyn starts to explain that she heard of another designer who's models skipped out because of that bitch CaCo Shanelle and she was so worried that was happening and oh my god Tanum I'm so sorry you got sick
  • Yashira asks if she's crying? Please don't cry
  • "Okay I won't" and the tears stop
  • "What? There were tears and everything, what happened?"
  • "You told me not to"
  • What the fuck
  • Yashira checks out the champagne glasses but it's just the morning champagnes they bring for morning champagne.
  • Nothing hinting as to what happened to Tanum though
  • They ask Tanum where the others were going to go?
  • He starts to explain that they were going to go to Hareth's Folly but then he messily vomits and misses the toilet.
  • Uhhhhhh
  • Nerys tries to clean it up with magic. It works, but it's disgusting, and Tanum's gastric distress increases to 5.
  • Chantalyn says she's gonna go get a Jorasco healer, okay?
  • Damien says "aren't you a cleric or something? Can't you just like wiggle your fingers?"
  • "What the fuck does that mean?" she responds
  • Damien gets flustered, he doesn't know about magic!
  • "I know I seem really matronly and like the kind of person that can heal people but I heal peoples souls, you know"
  • Yashira asks if she's capable of divine magic?
  • "Yeah I can do magic"
  • "Besides, bro totally needs an infusion. He needs some B12 like really bad."
  • Ban starts to rummage through the kitchen for ingredients so he can throw together something to help. 
  • Ban rolls a fucking 17 in a system that is 2d6 based. What a fucking legend.
  • Ban makes some amazing fries with spices, and a tonic with all kinds of fruit he could find (with the vitamins!), magically infused with love and innkeeper magic.
  • He then presents the tonic first, and asks if he has any allergies. "I do but I rely on other people to know them"
  • They'll hope for the best, then
  • He drinks the tonic and it dramatically reduces his gastric distress to 2!!
  • His mind expands, and he goes "Holy shit Chantalyn you need to keep this guy around"
  • "I'll keep it in mind"
  • Ruckus gives her evils
  • Between them, they're able to deduce that Tanum was either poisoned or ate something bad.
  • "It's definitely poison, the question is why, how, when"
  • Nerys asks if they had a dwarven brew? Not everyone can handle it
  • Tanum says he didn't have anything anyone else didn't
  • Oh no that means they're all suffering like this
  • They ask again where everyone went after the Bazaar?
  • Tanum continues, most went to Hareth's Folly but Linden didn't want to. He wanted to see some new play, Five Lives or something?
  • OH SHIT LUCA
  • Okay Charlie can lead the charge there.
  • What were they doing in Hareth's Folly?
  • "They wanted to see if there were any skychases happening and then they wanted to go to that popular place with the fire"
  • Charlie knows the one, The King of Fire! He has a friend that works there
  • Nerys says it looks like they have some leads!
  • Ban's cousin also runs the King of Fire! It's all coming together!
  • Nerys asks if Chantalyn has ever been to Hareth's Folly?
  • "No never"
  • "Any other follies?"
  • "I've been to Hareth's Folly a couple of times"
  • Nerys.exe has stopped responding
  • Nerys asks if the owners of the King of Fire are nice?
  • "My cousin, Kela, is. The other...hmm, let's just see her. She's lovely!"
  • Hmm
  • "I've just heard some rumours, but it's never good to judge someone based on rumours!"
  • Ban is so nice
  • So their leads are The Bazaar, Hareth's Folly, and the Diamond Theatre. Weirdly, despite being furthest away, the theatre is the quickest to get to because they can just take an elevator straight down and cross one bridge.
  • Nerys asks Chantalyn what her biggest character flaw is?
  • "I'd like to say it's that everyone who I meet loves me, but I think my biggest flaw is that I just love too hard. What about you what's yours? You can't just ask a deeply personal question and not like, answer it in return"
  • Nerys says "but you just have such protagonist vibes and a protagonist can't be perfect, they need to have some flaws so others can relate to them."
  • Chantalyn says she's like, the most relatable person ever.
  • Damien asks Charlie what he thinks they're talking about?
  • "I dunno man, they're hard to read"
  • Chantalyn continues, she came from a middle-class household and learned to like, sow and stuff and it was kinda the family business. She worked really hard for it, it wasn't like a cinderella story cos like the prince would be the War and she killed like, a lot of people.
  • "Which does like, weigh on my conscience a little bit"
  • Nerys says maybe that's her character arc, to address that!
  • "Oh I already have" giggle
  • God she's so fuckin base
  • Nerys says it's just easier to relate to someone when talking them. Chantalyn says they're precious and Nerys says it's nice to be appreciated.
  • The others notice that
  • "I'm just really happy that we're helping you with this"
  • "I'm really glad you're helping me too and we found...umm...Tanum, and like, I don't want to cry because you told me not to but"
  • Yashira says "you can cry, I didn't mean like you could never cry again"
  • Tears in her eyes, she goes "oh my god really?"
  • Damien says he's in Khyber right now, oh my god
  • Yashira says "you think you're in Khyber!? Look at me! I've got my reputation on the line, my mental health is like ash in the wind, look at this!" as she gestures at Chantalyn and Nerys
  • Damien says his mother always used to say that the universe likes to test us
  • "You think!? Who sent this one then? Drego Sarhain? Is he the devil"
  • Damien blames Drego, this is his fault
  • Yashira was joking but then something dawns on her and she goes "oh, Sovereigns, this is"
  • she goes quiet
  • "I hate need to think about things. I hate this man. I hate him deeply. It's okay"
  • Nerys has another question about the case while Yashira is "thinking and being brilliant". "Is there anything provocative about your designs? A reason someone would want to take it down? A political statement, is it offensive?"
  • "I don't like, think so. The show is about like, looking hot, you know? And like, umm, it's kinda just like all about how like, combat should be beautiful and your day to day life is also combat and we can wear armour that is really pretty. And like how we can go about this is in our daily life."
  • "That's so deep"
  • "yeah and it's also about like, the horrors of war and how war is ugly, cos like I feel bad about killing a lot of people"
  • That's probably a good thing
  • Nerys wasn't in the war. They ask if anyone else here fought?
  • No
  • Nope
  • No
  • No
  • "My dad tried"
  • "Yashira, knock knock"
  • "What, sorry?"
  • "were you in the war?"
  • "Oh, no I never fought"
  • Chantalyn is the only one here who fought in the war. She does a little hair flip.
  • Yashira asks what made her want to sign up? She was from a middle-class tailoring family?
  • "Life was like really easy for me, and my parents had all of these plans and decisions and I knew that I had the sparkly silver flame in my heart and I knew that like I didn't wanna do what they wanted me to do, and the last thing they wanted me to do was join the war effort, so that's what I did."
  • "I'm like a little bit of a rebel"
  • Becca's throat must be struggling with all of the vocal fry. What a champion.
  • Yashira asks about the "sparkly silver flame"?
  • "The sparkly silver flame in my heart, yeah"
  • "Is that something you're born with? How does one get one of those?"
  • "No, I think that like, I know that people who worship the Divinity Within believe they have a spark in them, and I think it's the same thing but also totally different. Host worshippers also have this totally awesome divinity, and it's totally the same and totally different, it's not something you have to be born with but like everybody has it."
  • Charlie says "so it's like every religion?"
  • "Yeah, in the end we're all like, the same"
  • Nerys thinks that's beautiful.
  • Yashira asks if Chantalyn can see the sparkly silver flame in their hearts?
  • "Oh you can't like see it unless you call upon it, like this!"
  • She summons a sparkly flame in her hand
  • Oooh, pretty!
  • Yashira presents a counter argument, does the same gesture and nothing happens
  • "It's different"
  • "How is it different? I did the same motion"
  • "It's like, magic"
  • "But then not everyone has it!"
  • "Everyone has it but you have to call upon it"
  • Yashira doesn't follow, but that's okay
  • She keeps doing the motion, but nothing's happening
  • "Yashira are you like a flamist or like a vassal or like a seeker or like agnostic?"
  • Yashira hasn't really given it much thought before. Agnostic, she guesses?
  • "Okay cool yeah, that's not gonna work cos you gotta find like, something that triggers it for you. Yours might not be a sparkly silver flame, cos mine and Drego's are sparkly silver flames, but other peoples it's like based on their beliefs. It's like your soul but like not, like totally"
  • Damien says "so by your logic, if you have beliefs in something you can do magic?"
  • "Not necessarily, I'm saying everyone has magic inside of them"
  • "But you don't mean like, literal magic? You mean like a sensation? Something metaphysical, not tangible?"
  • "Yeah but mine is"
  • Yashira.exe has stopped working


The Diamond Theatre

  • "Oh hey I think we're here"
  • The skycoach has been idling outside the Diamond Theatre for like 10 minutes.
  • As they get off the coach, Damien makes sure nobody is watching him and then does the same motion Chantalyn did. There's no fire, but a tiny little Clarence appears in his hand and he shoos it away
  • Charlie takes point, he knows the staff here. Security asks him what's up, he was only here a few hours ago?
  • "Official business. We're looking for, ugh, Chantalyn?"
  • "I don't remember why we're here"
  • Oh my god
  • "Oh it was Linden! They're like, a dwarf and they have...hair, and they really like gold accessories and have gold rings on their fingers all the time and umm, like, umm, they're like this tall"
  • Charlie asks if the staff have seen anyone with that description. They ask around, and Charlie learns that somebody matching that description was here, they were warned about flaunting their wealth. When they left, they seemed really sad.
  • "Cos it's a superior art form"
  • We like bitchy Charlie
  • Linden didn't speak to anyone about where they were going.
  • Charlie relays it to the others. They were here, wearing a lot of gold, in not the nicest of districts
  • Yashira says "so they got mugged"
  • Probably
  • They aren't throwing up in the bathroom though, so whatever happened to Tanum didn't happen to Linden.
  • Was it the same play they saw earlier? Charlie goes back to John and confirms it was indeed, they were at the same show
  • Charlie tells the others, Linden was at the same as them. They probably haven't gone that far
  • Where do they go from here? Maybe check some local bars?
  • Chantalyn says she thinks she's got this
  • "Oh yeah?" says Yashira
  • Chantalyn goes outside, flags down the shadiest looking person she can see while the others panic. She walks up to them, and then slings her designer handbag over her shoulder, puts one hand on her hip, and says "oi bloke, have you seen a posh dwarf around these parts, he owes me money. Got gold rings on"
  • Yashira and Damien are tripping over each other to intervene
  • "Oh yeah I saw them down this alleyway!"
  • "Oh my god thank you so much"
  • "CHANTALYN NO!"
  • Chantalyn follows them down the alleyway
  • Yashira sprints
  • Chantalyn is now face to face with 5 rough looking halflings in an alley, with the person they just spoke to behind her blocking the entrance
  • "Wait none of you guys are Linden? I thought you said you knew where they were?"
  • "Are you going to beat me up? Is this a mugging?"
  • They're so taken aback by this.
  • "Yeah...we're going to beat you up and take your money"
  • "Oh my god this is my first mugging! Am I allowed to fight back?"
  • "Ideally, no"
  • "Okay I'm going to anyway but I'm going to go easy"
  • Chantalyn's handbag becomes wreathed in silver flames as she uses it to beat the piss out of the thugs. 
  • Yashira arrives just in time to see the last mobster hit the floor whilst one of them flees down the alleyway.
  • "Oh my flame you guys this was so fun!"
  • Yashira is appalled. "No, not fun! Are they dead?"
  • "No I didn't like, kill them"
  • Damien checks their pulses, they're not dead.
  • Nerys compares Chantalyn to a superhero.
  • "Oh my gosh"
  • "No she's a soldier, we know this already"
  • Damien is impressed nonetheless.
  • Sarhains will be the death of Yashira.
  • Yashira puts down some ground rules. "I would like if we didn't get into fights if we can help it."
  • "Okay but they literally said it was a mugging and they were going to beat me up"
  • "Did you consent to the mugging? Did they?"
  • "I asked if they were mugging me and they said yeah it is and I asked if I could fight back and they said they'd rather I didn't but like, obviously I was going to and then they attacked me"
  • Yashira is surprised by how that went, yeah, okay. Fair enough.
  • "I told them I was gonna go easy on them and I did, there isn't even any blood!"
  • Damien thinks one of them is bleeding internally
  • "Yeah but there's no blood on the outside so it's fine"
  • They're no closer to finding Linden but they did clean the streets up a bit.
  • Yashira checks the downed halflings over to check for gold rings or anything. She doesn't find anything, they are truly no closer than they started.
  • They might have to leave Linden for now, go after the others? They have so little to go off, it might be a wild goose chase.
  • "I like, trust you"
  • "Oh don't say that"
  • Chantalyn puts a hand on Yashira's shoulder, gives a gentle, reassuring squeeze and looks deep into her eyes and says "Girlypop, I was told you're the best investigator in Sharn, and I believe that."
  • Yashira's player groans and goes "oh it's so over"
  • Yashira.exe has stopped working.
  • Damien comments to Charlie that Yashira is breaking again
  • Ruckus says she always gets like this around the Sarhains
  • "Oh was she like this with Drego too? But he's like, so easy going"
  • "No he's not. When did he tell you this comment, out of interest?"
  • "Oh, in our letters"
  • "Best detective in all of Sharn?"
  • "yeah"
  • "!...that's so nice of him. You're...so nice. Are you hurt after your alleyway scuffle? Is your hangbag okay? Does it get injured?"
  • Oh Yashira
  • The hangbag is still wreathed in flame. Chantalyn shakes it and the fire goes out.
  • "They didn't even get anything on my dress, too. Like I said, no blood!"
  • Damien says one of them has a concussion
  • "Oh noooo, should we call Jorasco?"
  • "No, it's fine"
  • "Okay!"
  • Bit quick there Chantalyn
  • Yashira begs Ban to save her.
  • "I think you're asking a bit much. I can't help you with this one, sweetheart"
  • Yashira has been betrayed
  • Ban takes Yashira's hand, and Yashira gently removes Chantalyn's hand from her shoulder.
  • "Next clue, please. We have so little time. We have 23 hours but that is so little when we have to factor in the 16 hours of sleep you need."
  • Nerys asks if Yashira needs a break or a power nap?
  • Ban suggests a snack?
  • Yes, please, a snack
  • Ban gives her a protein bar
  • Yashira waits until Chantalyn has strut in front and then she scoffs it down when she can't see her
  • Okay, Hareth's Folly. The Bazaar is pretty crazy at this time (it's always crazy)


Hareth's Folly

  • They flag down another skycoach and head up to Hareth's Folly
  • They have two possible leads here. Tanum said they were going to see if there were any Skyblade matches, so that would be The Hollow Tower, otherwise The King of Fire
  • Do they want to split up?
  • No, they don't
  • Yashira asks Ban about his cousin, will it be okay?
  • "Oh it's..all good."
  • Yashira's never seen Ban deflect like this??
  • He's so uncomfortable
  • "I'm sure we can probably find some other leads if you don't wanna go there?"
  • "No I'd love to see my cousin, it's fine. It's not too far from here, we can grab something to eat too while we're at it."
  • "Yeah I've like only had cake, I could use some protein" - Chantalyn
  • They arrive at the King of Fire, and are stopped by Korrla, who asks if they're drunk?
  • Nope, none whatsoever
  • "Okay you can go see your cousin, Ban"
  • "Thank you so much, Korrla. Tell your sister hi for me"
  • Kela d'Ghallanda is behind the bar, his husband is nowhere to be seen. Ban sighs, typical
  • Nerys is confused, "so the cousin is here but the husband isn't?"
  • "Oh it seems that way, too bad, ey?"
  • Ban goes over to speak to Kela. She comes round the bar and gives him a hug.
  • "What's going on, you don't usually come down here?"
  • "Oh we're on a detective case! We'd like to ask some questions!"
  • Ban describes the models they're looking for, and Kela confirms they were here but she doesn't know where they went
  • Ban looks around to see if they're still here, and notices a woman with black hair and striking green eyes watching him. She's playing a card game. He's seen her before but he doesn't know her, she's a gambler.
  • Ban asks Kela if she remembers when they left?
  • Kela is sorry, she thinks they've been gone for a while
  • Ban suggests they get some food and maybe ask around. He asks Kela if there's any specials today?
  • Kela rattles off some spicy food options, and they order.
  • Ban suggests they go with her recommendations. "Kela doesn't own the place technically, but she's the most capable person here"
  • Yashira is confused, Kela doesn't own it?
  • "No, the husband..."
  • right
  • "Without meaning to pry, Ban, you've always been such a rock for us. I can't help but notice something's bothering you"
  • "Oh it's nothing, don't worry about it"
  • "You know, it's not a sin to harbour ill feelings towards certain people. You can say mean things sometimes"
  • "But what good does that do? I'd rather not dwell on it"
  • Chantalyn chimes in. "Okay that's like, so good for you, but also like, girl, you've gotta vent. Like, genuinely, you can't bottle up all of the emotions inside of you, you have to let them go or you're just going to suffocate in your own anger and depression and sadness. We're like, all friends here, we're best friends and it's okay if you wanna talk about it"
  • Nerys is nodding vigorously. Yes. Best friends!
  • "Oh it's really fine, it's just, I think Kela could do a lot better to be honest. But as long as she's happy, I'm happy"
  • "Yeah...okay, we won't press the issue but maybe you can tell us a bit more after this job."
  • "...sure"
  • The food comes out and it's bangin'. Chantalyn says it could use a little more thrakel spice, but it's pretty good.
  • They mishear her, "charcoal?"
  • "No, thrakel. Sorry, I have my mouth full"
  • Yashira pushes over a vial of chilli flakes.
  • "That could add like a little kick, sure"
  • Yashira says it's mostly for the mouthfeel, but she hates that word
  • Damien compares it to the word "moist", which his sister used to say to annoy him.
  • They reminisce about their sisters. Maybe they'll meet one day.
  • Charlie's dying from the spice, he thinks milk is spicy
  • Damien gives him a little pot of yoghurt.
  • Yashira finishes her food, dusts herself off, and says she's going to start asking around. She asks Ban if he recognises any regulars?
  • Ban points out the green eyed woman who was staring at him. She's always here when he is, but they've never spoken. She was staring at them when they were speaking to Kela.
  • Nerys says maybe she has a crush on him!
  • Ban gets all bashful and is like "oh no I'm sure it's nothing like that"
  • Yashira asks if Ban wants to lead the conversation? He's a little embarassed he can't remember her name.
  • Ban looks over to her table, and it looks like she's just won whatever game she was playing.
  • Ban walks over and is captivated by the woman. She's so beautiful, what the fuck? He asks Chantalyn if she's sure this woman isn't one of the models?
  • "Oh, no, but she's like, really pretty"
  • The woman smiles at him and his heart explodes
  • Ban is so flustered!
  • "Yashira what did we need to ask again?"
  • Yashira gets snapped back to reality and goes "oh umm, the models? We were gonna ask if they'd seen any?"
  • "Oh right, of course, aha"
  • "Are you okay, Ban?"
  • "Never been better"
  • The woman interrupts them and says "hello", and its the most angelic voice he's ever heard.
  • "Oh, hello, do you know any models? Sorry, that's not what I meant, excuse me, we are looking for these models that were here before, maybe you know them? I mean, you kinda look like you would get along with a bunch of models aha"
  • "So umm"
  • The others are losing their shit at Ban being so flustered. He just stops talking.
  • She reaches across the table and offers her hand to Ban. He goes for a shake and she grabs his hand with both of hers, and holds his hand for a second as he looks down at his feet.
  • "I might have"
  • "Oh thats great, aha, Yashira a little help here?"
  • "Yes, Hi! Nice to meet you" as she puts a hand on Ban's back. She's a little suspicious, even
  • She's never seen Ban like this!
  • Yashira starts to explain what happened, who the models are, what they look like and that they think they were here. Did she see them?
  • The woman looks at Yashira and she gets a little light headed. Hmm.
  • The woman says she's struggling to remember, maybe if they sat down and played a game? Do they know how to play King of Fire?
  • Yashira does, but asks for a rules explanation anyway. The woman explains the rules, and they all sit down to play.
  • Yashira says she'll probably have to let go of Ban's hands. "Oh, right, I'm so sorry"
  • Oh he's so sweaty
  • The woman puts down five gold coins. Yashira matches it. Chantalyn puts a cheque book down, and says she doesn't carry cash. Yashira puts another 5 gold in on her behalf. They all put down a wager, except Nerys who isn't going to play. 
  • Once they're all sat down, she apologises for her rudeness, "I was so distracted", and introduces herself as Lakashtai
  • Ban introduces himself. "I'm Ban, well, Banazir, but you can call me Ban"
  • Nerys introduces themself and says they're the "golden girlies"
  • Hey, no, we didn't agree to that!
  • Damien introduces himself
  • Nerys says Ban is their leader, and Ban says no he isn't!
  • Damien says they don't have a leader
  • Yashira agrees they'd all be dead without Ban though
  • Damien admits that he ate cold mushrooms once and shat himself, and then he has no idea why he said that??
  • They start the game. Lakashtai is not cheating
  • Why would you think she's cheating?
  • We're all friends here
  • Seriously, why would you think she's cheating?
  • It's just five gold
  • Charlie gets read like a book
  • Ban too, he's in the trenches. He basically just tells her his cards
  • Nerys is watching this like a hawk, but Lakashtai isn't doing anything suspicious. She's so cool though. She's so beautiful. So distracting.
  • Nerys is writing a story in her head with Lakashtai as the protagonist.
  • Damien has the best chances of any of them so far, and she still calls his bluff
  • Yashira is so sure that Lakashtai is cheating, but she can't prove it. She's also cheating.
  • Yashira wins the round, but Lakashtai gives her a very knowing smile. Oh no.
  • Chantalyn provides some advice to the others at the table. "Two cards in the hand is worth three on the table"
  • What the fuck does that mean!?
  • Chantalyn loses the round
  • Ruckus also gets his ass handed to him, Lakashtai wins another round
  • Yashira is the only one who won a round
  • They end the game with Yashira with five gold, and Lakashtai with the rest. Yashira still lost money because she put Chantalyn's wager in. She slides the coins over to Chantalyn.
  • Lakashtai thanks them for indulging her, and tells them she saw the models. They were talking to some locals, getting drunk. She overheard them talking about some art gallery in Granite Halls, the Allaris Gallery? Lakashtai's never been
  • "Oh my god an art gallery is so them"
  • "They didn't seem drugged or anything when they left"
  • "It's weird that you said that though"
  • "Well, you're a detective and they're missing"
  • Chantalyn puts her hand over her heart. "I'M a detective!?"
  • Damien shuts that down, no no you're not
  • Yashira asks for more details on the people they left with. Lakashtai says they weren't regulars, she knows all the regulars (as she makes eye contact with Ban)
  • Yashira thanks her for indulging them, she thanks them for the gold. Ban says "anytime"
  • Yashira asks if this was her deck of cards, or the establishments?
  • "I have my own deck of cards, but for this we used the establishments"
  • Hmm
  • "Maybe we'll see you around, Lakashtai"
  • "I'm sure you will, detective"
  • They leave, and Chantalyn asks what the point of an art gallery is?
  • "Oh my god, it was a date! That's the only reason to go to a museum, is for a date. They were on dates with a bunch of guys or girls"
  • Charlie argues, that's not the reason to go to an art gallery
  • "Oh, right, you go to an art gallery to buy art!"
  • No, Chantalyn
  • Yashira asks when she last went to an art gallery?
  • "I don't like changing the theme up in my house so maybe like two years ago?"
  • Charlie is confused, she only goes to art galleries to buy the art?
  • Chantalyn explains that Siyar doesn't have an art gallery yet but it's on the docket
  • Okay! Next time, art gallery!