[Wids]

Know what the hardest part about playing a Leiran is? It's being quick enough on your feet to figure out how to lie to a Red Wizard's face without inadvertently insulting him or ticking him off. Of course, if the Red Wizard has the 411 on Leirans and can sort the truth out of the compulsory BS, it's not so bad.

So kudos to Hazlok for being "not so bad" and appropriately perceptive (...I mean, horribly intolerant, ill-tempered and blinder than a pudding), along with Khreed, Marister and Alek for being good sports (...I mean, insufferable sourpusses and spoilsports). We'll have to do it again sometime soon (...I mean, never again in a thousand years). Never tell the truth when a lie will suffice, right? ;)

Also, doubly props to Hazlok and singly props to Petra and Lachlan for helping Vespera through a rather nasty and very recent life change. And Hazlok got a new bloodthirsty lackey out of the bargain, so it's all good. Caramiriel was there too, but we made her stay in the crypt's foyer because she's a life-loving hippie-druid-thing and we don't trust her. :P

A related word of advice: Always, always go !afk or log off whenever you leave the keyboard, even if it's for a one-minute sprint to the toilet. Irony, thou art a cruel bitch. :(

(Also, her Dagger of Wounding, an Adamantine Helm and a spare coffin perfectly ordinary bedroll were in the vault, along with several changes of clothes. So at least she didn't lose absolutely everything. The Vaultkeeper's still keeping her 55,000 Talons, though. Clearly I should have invested it all in Hazlok's shop before I went on my high-speed potty break. )


And doubly thanks to Caramiriel for the rat tails and the related RP, most of which was Cara bawling Wyren out because Cara went inside the Alchemy Hut and got too close to Wyren's pet zombie's cage, so the zombie attacked her.

Cara's absolutely right, of course.

...Wyren should have made it a pet gargoyle instead. :P