Yulya frowns
In Eldaths name - Alice put your trophies away you are bothering Master Edermath!

Yet I admit everything about Nezzer was odd. What kind of man was he Master Edermath? What could have been his goal in this mine? He had abducted the 2 human girls from Phandalin but denied doing anything indecent to them. He called them his 'prize' if I remember correctly. He also manipulated the sparks of the remains of  Forge of Spells. What is the Forge of Spells Master Edermath? Nobody told us there was something arcane like this in the mine. Or a Spectator monster protecting it. Yet I must say the Spectator proved useful in one regard. It created a barrier around the mine which prevented Nezzer from escaping. He even resorted to bargaining with us thinking we could lift it. As Alice has reported he was not a fighter at all and teleported to his death. All h did was cloaking himself with invisibility and summoned a few undead before that. Including another girl that mimicked the ones from Phandalin to lure us into a trap. I believe she was sealed similarly to Mormesk and that Nezzer had also broken this seal. Oh and there were also a strange reptilian creature that disguised itself with an illusion to look like a drow. It commanded the bugbears. Would you have any ideas about this?

And then there is this:
Yulya looks around for eavesdroppers - then places the Heart of the Mountain on the table.
Sir Gundrens brothers asked us to retrieve this as proof of clearing the mine. It appears to be some kind of - orb?

To be honest there is another thing that greatly bothers me Master Edermath. The whole story from beginning to end - does it make sense to you? Remember Sir Gundren Rockseeker hired us absolute rookies to escort his cart from Neverwinter to Phandalin with Sir Sildar Hallwinter. He mentioned nothing of a mine - or the valuable map he was carrying. Sir Gundren and Sildar 'scouted ahead' and disappeared. We freed Sir Sildar from the goblin den along Triboar Trail under suspicious circumstances while Sir Gundren was allegedly taken to the Goblin Kings castle because of his map. Sir Gundrens brothers tasked us with clearing the mine 'of sqatters' despite missing the vital map to navigate it while they and Sir Sildar set out to rescue Gundren by laying siege to the castle. I know dwarves are doing dwarf things just like Sir Kingir which I had to revive in the mine - but that approach looks more than foolish to me. If not malicious. The bandits expected us. They knew we were coming. I cannot shake off the feeling that we were sent to our deaths on purpose. We were not supposed to leave this mine alive. And frankly it as a miracle by the Gods that we did.

Master Edermath what is your impression of Sir Sildar Hallwinter - if you have any? Sir Kingir expressed great disdain for this man. I myself - am not sure but I must say everything he was involved with was - dubious. It also appears the dwarves themselves were dealing with the goblins. At least Sir Kingir said so. A most troublesome connection if I my say. The goblins in the cave we cleared were also clearly associated with Nezzer and the Cloaked Wolves bandit organization. I still struggle to make sense of all this. But someone is playing a dishonest game with us here. And this will have consequences!

I presume you made good use of my ring, though I do not see an elf among you yet.

Yulya instinctively grabs the ring on her hand
I-Indeed Master Edermath! This ring has proven invaluable and has saved us countless times. I cannot thank you enough for it! As for Elves - if I may say they do not grow on trees. We have not yet met an elf here let alone one who would join our party. But Summer of Leilon - I believe you are acquainted with her - will at least temporarily join us to subjugate that dragon.

Yulya leans forward and whispers.
Frankly I am worried. This child is a bit reckless - already planning the retrieval of the dragons spoils before we have slain it!

As for the whistle, I would take that off your hands, any fool bandit that comes here for it will get his just reward from me, I'd very much like to ask him a few questions. Rather like if I could entice a field mouse to say more than a few utterances about the weather or his longing for grains."

Yulya is visibly relieved by this statement. She takes out the whistle and almost pushes it on Daran.
Gladly! I am more than happy to get rid of this device! We had similarly planned to lure bandits following it into a trap but I cannot think of a better person to handle this thing than you Master Edermath!
Yulya refuses any sort of payment for it.

I would like to invite you all to my residence this afternoon to speak to him, please come wearing something less... dungeonous, if you can, I can't require it obviously.

Yulya jolts - remembering her size increase due to Ashleys Wild Magic that bulged out her clothing down to her underwear. She thinks to herself:
Indeed I cannot show up like this! I hope we can find some decent clothes here!

Would 14:00 work for you? Daylinn is making something special for the occasion."

It would be an honor - whatever time is right for you Master Edermath! We shall attend in appropriate attire! Again I cannot thank you enough for your help and hospitality.

lol good shit
its a bit slow and more natural at 1.25x but not bad to watch at 1x imho

dang i had everything ready yesterday after Yulya compiled a textwall of all she wanted to say. then i accidentally the browser and all was lost. went to sleep out of frustration. tryin again now but we gotta start from scratch. really gotta compile larger posts in an editor.

There is a rule of 7% but you wouldn't be buying into an ipo with that logic.

Buy high, sell low

Maximum cringe that you have to play at 1.25x because it's obviously slowed down for some reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-MOPg3_NAI