they had a curio museum

[lancifolium]

WHO: Lily & you, if you like.
WHEN: Throughout March
WHERE: Ke-Waihu
WHAT: A catchall! Being cursed, blocking cocks, gardening and other adventures.
WARNINGS: None yet


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[unswervingcompanion]

"The merchant." Hendrik repeated softly. "Somehow I can recall a few barely remembered words spoken with someone who held that title here." His greenish blue eyes then closed momentarily before opening them again and focusing on Lily. "I wonder if that is indeed the same man that I had spoken to during my previous tenure here in this place."

Little snippets of conversation ran through his mind like whispers, but every time he sought to snag one of the memories, it disappeared like smoke.

The knight sighed and slightly shook his head. "Then we must be vigilant, and keep our eyes on the merchant and those that we hold dear."

[lancifolium]

"Mysterious bloke? Makes our travel arrangements, always seems to know more than he ought to?" Frowning thoughtfully she gestured at her chin, adding– "I think he's got a beard?"

At Hendrik's show of resolve, Lily nodded in firm agreement. "We must also be careful that we do as little damage as possible here. The Merchant's motives are unclear, no one knows for sure if he leads us to these places for a reason - we do seem to travel with chaos in our wake after all."

[unswervingcompanion]

Since he had no idea what a 'bloke' was, he wasn't going to linger on it as Lily seemed to explain the man that the knight was recalling bits and pieces of. He nodded, all the while trying to fully picture this man. "If it is indeed the same person, I can only seem to recall one conversation."

And during that chat he had plenty of questions and had asked them one after the other.

Of course he didn't like the idea of chaos at all, having dealt with it plenty back home. "Then those are even more reasons to keep an eye on him and see if there is indeed a pattern to his madness."

[lancifolium]

"Each place we've been taken to has fallen to some peril." Even Ellethia, who didn't even have a population beyond a handful, had come to some distress because of their group staying there. Though that time, Lily got the sense the Merchant had been more upset than any of the other times.

"And you? Have you been alright since returning? This village isn't precisely the most conventional place to hang our hats, is it?"

[unswervingcompanion]

The tall knight sighed. This was the report he didn't know he needed to receive until he was receiving it. But he nodded in understanding because that was what seemed to have happened before.

Hendrik then looked at Lily when she asked if he had been alright. There was no way he was getting into the trials and tribulations that had awaited him upon arrival. "Indeed. This whole world seems to be nothing but turned upside down. I have heard naught but tales of ill deeds being committed here."