Darik may not be the bore I thought he was. Most of today was spent trying to acquire the supplies necessary for our upcoming pilgrimage. We had to keep a close eye on the merchants, as most of them would rob you blind if you weren’t on your toes. We actually had a merchant try to sell us a push cart for 20 Firebirds! After some serious negotiation we were able to get her to come down to 10 Firebirds – which is still on the steep side if you ask me. I hope we got everything we need – it seems like there is always one thing that we didn’t think about and that usually ends up being the cotter-pin, so to speak, that would have kept everything together.

Back to Darik and his status as a bore – after getting all of our supplies, we went to get a drink. Lady Olivia, being intent on having an adventure, accompanied us. I have to say that I believe she wants to have an adventure that does not inconvenience her overly much, or at least she seems to think that she can choose her adventures – rather than the other way around. In an effort to help expand Olivia’s experiences, and to get the adventure off on the right foot, I ordered three shots of Groot. Groot is probably the most vile substance known to man. The guy that decided to ferment that milk out to be taken out and beaten to within an inch of his life, but I can never let Olivia know I said that, though. Anyway, I ordered the three shots – I took one and downed it (I’m proud to say I handled it very well), Darik took one (he downed it, but for a minute there I was concerned that we were going to see it again, along with the remains of his lunch and breakfast), but Olivia wouldn’t touch hers. She claims to have tasted it, but I don’t she did. Someday I will get her to down a shot of Groot. I’m actually fairly proud of Darik for trying the stuff – he may turn out alright, yet.

All in all, it was a rather successful night – I think I won back most of what we had spent on supplies playing at a few games of Mahjongg. I let the others win the first game while I felt out their strategies, but after that, I took every game. I had to cut the evening short before I made more enemies than friends. When I got up to leave the game, the table was looking pretty ugly, so I had to spend some of my winnings on buying drinks for the table – that seemed to placate them.

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