Cat do you think we should move to the upper level? Suspended in this elevator we might be safe from attacks from the side and below but not from above. If someone tampers with the elevator we have a serious problem! There is one more issue! We have a tent for 4 persons but we are six people now, five if we subtract Alice. In any case, too many to sleep in the tent. If we encounter a snowstorm in an area where we cannot dig a snow cave this will be bad!

Cat thinks for a bit.
Nya depends when the sleeping beauties will wake up Nya but you're right Nya. Let's move the elevator to the middle floor and collect our loot there Nya!

"Count me out if you're worried, I never liked tents, too hot, and certainly not with young maidens!" He laughed.
"I'll be fine sleeping out in the open with all these layers."

That still leaves one of us keeping watch outside Nya. We'll manage Nya!

"Not that I wouldn't in return for your help, but I daresay I can barely walk let alone scout ahead, it'll take days for me to recover."

Nyaa we wouldn't send you ahead in this condition Nya! Telling us if we're on track is enough Nya!


Do you know anything about those strange reptilians we encountered Nya?
Cat describes the creature that disguised itself as drow and commanded the bugbears to the dwarf.
And wasn't there some weird undead Nya disguised as one of the Phandalin girls - at the forge Nya? What was that Nya?

Elon does one thing well, cause unsustainable stock prices.

A shlub like me couldn't get any ipo, they gave them to brokerages. I got it 20% over ipo price but it's free and clear and I don't have to hold for 6 mo.

I got plenty, looking to make a mil in 10 years or so as our currency continues to be devalued.

Honestly I used play around money I had. I got some set aside for the crash if that ever happens.

Nice, how much SpaceX did you buy? I tried but IPO shares were unobtainium here. The price rose sharply on the 1st day then plummeted. Should have bought then before it went up again. Ah well, its too volatile for my taste and a meme stock.

...Harbin...

The dwarf listens, unable to eat much from his revival sickness. "Harbin? Yes, he's a bit expensive, so I never buy from him but he bought out our initial ore prospects a couple years ago. Hobby used to give us a good rate while the Triboar trail was open."

...Daren...

"Eldermath, that drow what sells apples? His cider is great, but he himself, I'd rather not say."

...orcs...

"Of course they'd think orcs, we had to chase the orcs out when we first returned, and we had to fortify the entrance to keep them back. The goblins don't bother me, they keep to themselves, they'll even trade occasionally, but the orcs are a real menace!"

...monsters...

He hears all the creatures you had to fight, "oh right, those bugbears, never even heard of them till that drow tried to squat our mine, fume drakes? He opened a portal to the underdark then, at that point all bets are off. Otherwise, the usual things except the spectator, you mean the watcher of course, a hideous thing; he scared us off and that's really the only issue. You say he's gone? Then we're golden! Mormesk? Never heard of a lich in the mine, we're not stupid enough to blow open seals though. Sounds like we're clear now though. I would bet the Rockseekers didn't know about Nezzner or his shenanigans and only thought you needed to negotiate with the watcher. As far as undead and ghouls, I blame Nezzner and him opening the underdark for all them. Those bandits got what was coming to them."

...octopus...

"I guarantee no one asked you to snoop around the dark waters; that was an obvious trap."

...Forge...

"The Forge of Spells is a myth; it's been centuries since it was here, so now it makes sense because it's always been a rumor that the Forge of Spells is still in the mine and all you're going to find there is death, especially with that watcher protecting it." He thought for a moment, "I wonder if there's any good tools left over."

...Alric...

"Alric... nay but I'm no adventurer, so I stay out of their business."

...body...

He hears about how his body was left. "All I can think of is for a bargaining chip to get the map."

...clothes...

He isn't too keen on wearing old bloody clothes stripped from dead bodies but says he'll look through the old mining outfits. "Better stiff leather than leather off a stiff!"

...travel...

"Aye I'll gratefully accept escort to Phandalin, I don't expect I'll get far without my pack and penniless. Maybe Hobby can loan me some supplies."

...suspend...

Kingir looks through some barrels of supplies and gets enough to stay warm. He also grabs some for the girls when they wake. He's is a little nervous about being suspended but doesn't argue.

You know a thing or two about geology, right? Have you encountered any gold or gem ore? We were told to bring back samples for that noble from Phandalin! I guess we're looking for some hydrothermal quartz vein for the gold. As for the gem - do the crystals here count as gems?

Alice's off-putting appearance seems to be changing slightly; she seems to know how to appear more human, and the dwarf takes her for a human child or half-ling, "nay the crystals in that cavern are mana-infused sphalerite; it's dastardly in that it's beautiful but worthless because of the mana infusion, you can barely mine it even with mithril and Harbin couldn't figure even how he'd get the iron out of it. As for the other veins, I couldn't get you there without a map."

He overhears Cat talking about barrels, "I hope you're not trying to take more than your immediate needs. The Rockseekers likely won't mind a few things missing, but if you're planning on selling mine assets, they'll figure it out. Just a friendly warning." He puts his hands up, "not that you're not owed more than they offered."

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