Posts from Pursuit of the Sun 1.2

-- What's there to find out? It's good work, worth at least gold, -- comments the merchant, not understanding the question.

Decorated Amulet of the Northerner
???
5 silver

-- Is this real, or is it made up? -- the slave wonders. -- Northwest of Legran.

again, those impenetrable fat guys will take all the prizes...

I suggest we play a social game in parallel so that we don't have to wait for Girich and Nebo.

Finding the merchant insufficiently knowledgeable, Sandar and Aidan leave the shop. We return to the northern merchants and inquire about the amulet.

-- Want to know what will happen if you wear it? I would tell you if I knew. Even the same amulet behaves differently with different owners.

Let's count the turns in the Castle with Artz... and then send Girych and Astral.

-- Yes, sir... -- Amalia said in a voice as gray as stone, but her slightly more relaxed posture shows that she was already expecting the worst.

Cassius patted the woman on the back.
- Don't be upset. If you had ended up with another of Nebk's perverted characters, you would have already been passed around by a couple of dozen men, and he would have been watching from the sidelines. Wouldn't that have been better? Although, who knows, maybe it would have been. Well, if we survive this expedition and you work diligently on my estate, you will secure a good life for yourself, compared to the rest of the rabble, of course.

The Knight and the slave girl head to the bathhouse, where Cassius rents an elite room, and they wash up.

-- What expedition are you talking about, Lord Cassius?

A small, elite room will cost him two silver coins. Whatever Cassius demands, the slave will fulfill – perhaps not with lightning speed, but as accurately as possible. Amalia shows no embarrassment whatsoever; she knows her way around the baths, and she is only slightly less indifferent to Cassius's scars.
-- Lord Cassius, may I have a beer? -- she asks casually. -- And I would recommend oil and a juniper branch. It helps... well, it helps.

- To the west. Into the sea. Can you swim?

Cassius thought he would make sure Amalia washed properly, but it seems she knows her way around a bathhouse, so his observation skills won't be needed.
- I allow it. But don't get drunk. Oil and a whisk? Alright, go ahead. I see you know what you're doing; did you work in a similar place before?

-- Unless it's in a lake or a bath... Otherwise, your two gold pieces might end up at the bottom.

-- Why did she work? Her family had their own business.

Cassius receives +2 to charisma and etiquette and immunity to sanity damage until the end of the day
Cassius receives +1 to accuracy and evasion

For the woman:
Decent clothes
1 silver
Traveler's boots
6 silver
+1 SP
Fur coat
8 silver
+1 to resistance, -25 damage from cold

For himself:
Traveler's boots
6 silver
+1 SP
Fur coat
8 silver
+1 to resistance, -25 damage from cold
Leather gloves
5 silver
+1 to reflexes