William Jones
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True to his word, Ben let everyone know about another batch of bar-b-que late in the evening. Mostly it was the original crew, but Ozzy saw a few from Layla's or Sammy's groups. He walked back and forth, now and then moving one of the large pieces of meat around with his tong, but the pit seemed to be cooking the meat evenly. Mostly he was just waiting to see if he got another notification from the pit when the time was up. He was a little leery of jumping in to haul out a chunk of meat from a pit that…-
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"/HELPQuery" Skill.Crafting.Tinkering Available as a crafting skill. Subskills: 3 ERROR: CRAFT = 0. You may not take this skill "/HELPQuery" Skill.CraftUtility.Lockpicking Available to Rogue class and sub-classes Subskills: 3 ERROR: CRAFT = 0. You may not take this skill "/HELPQuery" Skill.Crafting.Locksmithing Available as a crafting skill. Subskills: 3 ERROR: CRAFT = 0. You may not take this skill "/HELPQuery" Skill.Crafting.Clockmaking Subskill to Tinkering, Mechanician, and…
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The hayloft outside of Ben's small hidden room had undergone a few changes. Ben liked the idea of having a hidden place to keep his gear. He spent too much time away from Sedgewick. The small door to his room was built in such a way that unless you got close, it appeared as part of the back wall of the barn. He had further hidden it behind the oldest of the bales of straw, leaving just enough room for him to get in and out. With most of the hay on one side, that left him some good space to set up an area…
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Ozzy woke up as usual with the rooster crowing. It was pretty easy to get up at 6am when four hours of sleep felt like getting eight. Sun was pouring in the eastern window, which was odd as that was Suzette's side of the room. That window was usually blocked off by a heavy black drape. Barmaids worked late hours and slept in. But she was already getting up. "Look at you, getting up with the dawn. Sure, it won't burn you like a vampire?" Suzette stared at the sun but continued getting dressed "It does…
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"OK, Shut the hell up and listen! We're going in. Form groups, then I'll send raid invites to group leaders. " It took another twenty minutes to sort things out. Allowances had to be made for a drunk healer and a tank that had left his heavy gear back at the inn. Plus the idiots who kept starting up the chant of But eventually, Timmy could bring up the raid interface. This was new to him. He'd been given the option to buy the As soon as he had seen the door to the dungeon, he'd received a message…
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Ozzy was doing his best to ignore the two dozen drunken adventurers sitting in the basement of the tavern demanding to be let into the dungeon. He was just as glad to be out of it. He was applying all of his attention to a pile of food in front of him. Aliester had told him the best way to recover from the massive life drain he had taken was a lot of food and rest. Food came first, since he didn’t trust this crowd and Suzette might need help. It had been sort of fun though to come back from their little…
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Ozzy came to with a pounding headache. No, scratch that, everything ached! His mouth tasted horrible, like something foul had crawled into it and died. His eyesight was hazy and he felt weak and achy. It took a few seconds to realize what else was wrong. It was quiet. He sat up and looked around. Two alchemical lights were glowing in the room, probably provided by Aliester. The alchemist was sitting with his back to the wall, lightly dozing. Zephyr was stretched out next to him. One leg was splinted and…
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Suzette awoke, at first disoriented to be waking up in a strange bed. Seeing the bandages on her arms reminded her of the events earlier in the day. She needed to get moving and see what the hell is going on. She was only wearing bandages and a nightgown. Her own clothes had been hauled off to the wash, but she spied a pile of clothes on a chair with her shoes nearby. Thick cotton paints, and a simple tunic were laid out. She blessed Adrianna for leaving her clothes that were easy to put on. As she was…
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Zephyr looked at her father, but he just kept smiling at her. He was actually serious. Taking a deep breath, Zephyr asked the others, "OK. Status check - is anyone injured? Ozzy shrugged. "He hit me with the flat of the blade; just bruised me for 10 points." "No one injured - then I need to know how prepared everyone is. I have a full load of concussion bombs, fire bombs, acid bombs, and a couple of sleep bombs. A dozen basic healing and mana potions, and 4 stamina potions - plus, various buffs and…
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Centurion Marcus Aurelius waited until the supply wagons were a mile down the road from the village before he motioned for Legionnaire Gustuvus to move up to where he was walking a dozen yards in front of the lead wagon. "I owe you an apology Gustuvus. I really hadn't thought that any village could supply this much meat to the Legion." Gustuvus just nodded. "They certainly are taking their contract seriously, sir. " "That they are. It was refreshing to talk to people dedicated to their work. The…
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