Location: The Underdark
Party makes camp for the night, Jimjar offers card game to pass the time
- Zaz hesitantly agrees to join, as long as no bets are involved
- Jimjar goes over the rules of poker; Zaz doesn't understand, but pretends he does
- Eldeth offers to share a hand with him, but just ends up helping him learn as they go
- Eldeth offers to share a hand with him, but just ends up helping him learn as they go
Sarith lays down and Junior hovers close by, restless
- Sarith figures that Junior is lonely and encourages it to go watch the card game
- Sarith pretends to trance so no one will disturb him
the group plays a round of poker, which Buppido wins
- Mylz notices Junior joining the group and decides to follow it
- Zaz complains and insists they play something else, using Junior as an excuse
Mylz sets up tiddlywinks for Junior while poker continues in the background, this time with bets
- she and Zaz watch it play while Zaz grooms his feathers
- Dibrael joins them
- Zaz tries to make casual conversation to get to know everyone
Ront joins the group and rambles about his weapon collection back home
- they discuss a bit of orc culture and how he received his first weapon at age 3
- Zaz gets too excited and overwhelms Ront with questions, who snaps at him and scares Junior
Mylz asks where everyone is from and Eldeth talks about Gauntlgrym with pride
- Mylz explains that her father, a blacksmith, learned his skills from a dwarf
- both women reveal that they were captured by the drow while out on a job
Zaz is asked about who he is and what he does, making him uncomfortable
- Mylz takes the hint and turns her attention to Dibrael, who's been dissociating
- Dibrael shares that he's from a town called Glade's Fall, which Zaz recognizes
- Zaz storms off to the other side of the cave, takes his hearing aids out, and begins preening aggressively
- most people are confused, and Dibrael is concerned but decides to leave it
Mylz grills Dibrael about how he never leaves his village and hasn't been to his hometown in ages
- Dibrael assumes she's an ally of his father and knows of his reputation
- the card players are pretending that they're not invested in the clearly private conversation happening right in front of them
- Mylz finally realizes they have an audience and drags Dibrael to the other side of the cave
- Mylz tells Dibrael that his father is claiming he killed his sister, which is a lie
- Dibrael is shocked and panicked, vowing to look for his sister on the Surface; Mylz offers to help
- Dibrael is shocked and panicked, vowing to look for his sister on the Surface; Mylz offers to help