Table Chatter

Wooo HOOOOOO!

Top that one, boys.

Hey guys, sorry I've been quiet recently. Trying to finish up classwork - should be back to normal in a couple of days.

Get your priorities straight, Llama.

*laughs* Tell me about it! On the upside, finished with the Master's in what...a week? Very, very ready to be done with that. So is my wife.

Then to find a job for the spring....

"Finished with a masters in what..."

You mean... you don't know what you're getting a Masters degree in??

Llama wrote:

*laughs* Tell me about it! On the upside, finished with the Master's in what...a week? Very, very ready to be done with that. So is my wife.

Then to find a job for the spring....

Wow, congratulations!

A week is really fast, it usually takes two years. Impressive!

No, the Master's is in classroom teaching, and my courses will be completed in approximately a week's time. Two weeks was in my mind for some reason, but turns out that is just wishful thinking. lol

Took me three years - I had to take 20ish hours of science classes as well. Was getting teaching certified and Master's as the same time...

Congrats on the degree, Mr. Llama!

I end up waking in cold sweats any time I even think about going back to school...

I often have that dream where you're back in school and you find out there's a test today, but you don't remember ever going to the class before.

Yeah, I often feel unprepared.

I have those kinds of dreams as well!

Thinking about a doctorate in a few years. Only 24 more credit hours. hehe

Yeah, well, before you do that you need to make some action updates on the main thread.

Spend some money, Llama! Get some more XP!

While we're at it, you should do the same, Cole! Frivolous expenditure of our hard-earned cash gets us extra XP. So if you do something "more" than just buy gems with it, like what Caby did, that doesn't actually benefit your character in any real way, then you can get to level faster. That means getting your AP back.

ehiker133 wrote:

"Yes, you're right, Jaral,...

lol

hehe... the longer he's gone, the more he's going to say!

I'm back - finished everything yesterday. Will take me a bit to catch up on posts, but I'll get there directly.

Edit: While packing belongings to leave Karl's home, Jaral 'accidentally' loses 5 gold pieces in the room, hidden enough to seem overlooked but easy enough to locate.

There is a House Kundarak presence in Vulyar, yes? If this is correct, might Jaral deposit 50 gold, 450 electrum, and 350 copper? He would also pay for a message to be delivered to his right hand man at the Barrelstout Inn, informing him to use this money to cover expenses, and asking for a business update in a return message to Vulyar.

Jaral's hope is that his business is continuing on without his supervision and that he will be able to use his adventuring money for other purposes before long.

As the party is planning to stay at the inn for a week, Jaral would also like to set a batch of brew, if the proprietor is properly equipped and agreeable to the notion. If not, Jaral still needs to feed his yeast and will do so.

Welcome back, MASTER halfling (get it? MASTER? 'cause you just got your masters degree... and so I called you... master... hehe)

As the momma tomato said to the baby tomato who was lagging behind, "Catch up! Catch up!"

Oh, and be sure to name your new pony!

I think Jaral will be fascinated by the smell of his pony. I always thought horses had a molasses-like smell to them.

I also think I'm going to assault The Burning City in DDO! Arrrghhh!

Llama wrote:

I'm back - finished everything yesterday. Will take me a bit to catch up on posts, but I'll get there directly.

Edit: While packing belongings to leave Karl's home, Jaral 'accidentally' loses 5 gold pieces in the room, hidden enough to seem overlooked but easy enough to locate.

There is a House Kundarak presence in Valyar, yes? If this is correct, might Jaral deposit 50 gold, 450 electrum, and 350 copper? He would also pay for a message to be delivered to his right hand man at the Barrelstout Inn, informing him to use this money to cover expenses, and asking for a business update in a return message to Valyar.

Jaral's hope is that his business is continuing on without his supervision and that he will be able to use his adventuring money for other purposes before long.

As the party is planning to stay at the inn for a week, Jaral would also like to set a batch of brew, if the proprietor is properly equipped and agreeable to the notion. If not, Jaral still needs to feed his yeast and will do so.

Very good! Yes, there is a Kundarak bank in Vulyar. The Guardian Bank is one of the large buildings on the corners of the fountainplatz, the intersection of the main streets where the large fountain is. You are able to send a message from withing the bank, where there is a Sivis gnome with a sending stone. The cost is 5 gold per page. The gnome tells you if there is a return message, it will be held in confidence for you until you pick it up.

Adolf at the Blacktree is happy to provide space in his kitchen for you to work, and even has some old small-scale brewing equipment. It will take some cleaning, but has been kept well. He would like to split profits 50/50 with you from sales of your brew in his inn.

I need to let you guys know I will be getting my cable cut off sometime in the next couple of days. Hopefully it will not last very long. I apologise in advance, and I'll do my best to get back on as soon as possible.

Nooooo!

Are you going to be ok, Mike? Do you need us to get together a care package for you?

(Sound familiar? )

Re: Cable Outage - hopefully it will be over quickly for you.

Jaral agrees to split sales from beer 50/50, but only if Adolf will share the first draughts with the party.

The message to Gatherhold is short: "Grabe, My apologies for leaving so quickly with the contents of the till. I have deposited some funds with the House Kundarak banker. Use them to cover wages and other expenses during my absence. Hopefully this will help to balance the invoices at the inn. I will be at Kulyar for the next week; send a message letting me know how you're doing as an innkeeper! Jaral

Adolf agrees heartily to a tasting session for the first batch! When the time comes he will set aside one of the private dining rooms. He begins suggesting various names for the brew every time he sees you.

"Re: Cable Outage - hopefully it will be over quickly for you."

Thanks

ehiker133 wrote:

Nooooo!

Are you going to be ok, Mike? Do you need us to get together a care package for you?

(Sound familiar? )

I seem to be having a strange sense of deja vu.

Thanks Ethan We'll figure something out, and hopefully it won't be too long. Unfortunately, I get the whole package from them, tv, phone and internet.

Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy Yuletide

ehiker133 wrote:

Oh, and Mitch is the name of my black shetland pony I had when I was a little boy. He had a black saddle with bits of silver in the trim. I'm sentimental like that...

Aha! Very cool!

[still waiting for people to do their next actions.. e.g., all headed to The Swan Inn? so far Caby's in the main room of the Blacktree waiting for people to gather up]