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[curseshit]

Rough day, eh? Time to head home to your loving spouse or to the inn to meet with your best mates. Anyway, the day is done. It was a long one too so make you sure you have a good night's rest because tomorrow is not going to be any easier. The duke wants the town to look absolutely perfect for the festival.

If you don't feel like sleeping just yet I hear the inn is running a small darts tournament. The food is bad and the rooms are small, but at least the alcohol is good. Apple cider all around!

[ mission: so about that curse! in order to break out of your curse you'll be needing three triggers or one big one. more information & examples here. hold your horses though, you aren't supposed to break free in just one night. ]

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[cabineyes]

Oh, you know, the usual. Both grooms are too shy for their own good and..

[ lowers his voice and leans forward over the table so she can hear. ]

there's talk that it's an arranged marriage. Tricky business that.

[crotchbite]

[ doesn't move when he leans in, but she does look him dead in the eye when he talks. can't help a little smile at that. an arranged marriage is no different from her own marriage. it's just Useful marriage. the not-dead bitch can die for all she cares ha ha ]

You don't say. [ not very surprised ] How gossipy of you. Just who have you been talking to?

[cabineyes]

[ shh deep inside you love her. leans back on his chair. ]

I always have a little chat with Blind Marge when she pops in. Lovely little lady, isn't she?

[ and a huge pain the ass. ]

[crotchbite]

[ no she really doesn't it's a sham all these marriages are a Sham ]

Your definition of lovely is honestly screwed up. [ smiles at him. why does he always feel so familiar he's just a poor merchant's spouse. thieving merchant's spouse. ] Arranged marriage or not, it's still going to happen. Sergei isn't pulling out at the last minute.

[cabineyes]

[ well speak for yourself, his marriage is truly based on true love!! ]

Would you like to bet on it?

To me he looks like he's planning a runner. A skeevy lad.

[ not that they talk much but it's just a feeling he has. ]

[crotchbite]

[ yours is totally true love yep ]

What a foul thing to say, Mr. Joy. That's how rumours start.

[cabineyes]

These rumours have been flying around for a while. I have nothing to do with them.

[ it was all blind marge. ]

So, has the clinic been busy?

[crotchbite]

A rumour can't start alone. [ takes the bill again and folds it to put it in her white coat ]

As much as you'd expect. [ with a town packed with idiots it's busy yes. ] How is your husband's business.

[cabineyes]

To be honest it could be better.

You wouldn't be in need of a gun, would you, love? We got a whole lot of them last week, who knows from where. If you happen to receive any difficult customers... Oh, I guess the sheriff wouldn't like that.

[ please buy something they're broke. ]

[crotchbite]

A gun? Why would the town's doctor need a gun?

[ arches eyebrows up. she can't even shoot can she. idk. she likes guns but she never used one


OR DID SHE ]

[cabineyes]

[ we just don't know. ]

There are some brand new swords too if the scalpels prove too ineffiecent for you.

[crotchbite]

My scalpels are perfectly fine, Jacob.

[ crosses her hands over the table, entwining her fingers ]

But if you're that desperate for some money, I can buy one or two. Think of it as a favour you'll owe me later.

[cabineyes]

I'd be most grateful for your help, love. And I bet Paul would be too.

If you want we can go take a look at them right now, the store is still open.

[ selling the swords is going to be much easier than the guns. who needs a gun? especially a weird one. ]

[crotchbite]

[ glances at the town big ben clock or whatever and nods ]

I have time before my next appointment. [ gets up, sliding her hands in the white doctor coat ] Come on, then.

[cabineyes]

You have appointments this late?

[ finishes his drink and gets up too. winks at rita as they leave the inn. ]

[crotchbite]

[ should you flirt so much when your true love marriage is what's holding this town together (it isn't.) ]

Personal appointment. [ smiles at him ] It's not just the mayor that keeps busy.

[cabineyes]

Personal? You don't say.

[ yeah you do keep busy. smirks to himself. ]

What kind of, ah, an appointment does this happen to be? Someone having trouble with falling asleep?

[crotchbite]

[ smiles sweetly and speaks like a venomous snake: ]

It's none of your business, Jacob.

[cabineyes]

Quite right, dear, quite right.

[ if it's so scandalous... ]

[crotchbite]

[ rolls her eyes at him ]

Don't be dramatic. [ dusts off the lapel of her collar ] You must be worried about not making it this time. Does your daughter knows of your troubles?

[cabineyes]

Amber? She's very busy with her private classes, but she does what she can.

[ which is like nothing. ]

Having such a lass for daughter, we're quite blessed.

How about you two? Ever considered having children? And do forgive me if the question seems a little rude. The mayor has been away for so long that she might be pregnant for all I know.

[crotchbite]

[ that's what you get when your dads are useless i guess. ]

She's a nice girl. [ doesn't know her very well tho so whatever

face creaks at him. forces a polite smile. she'd vomit. having a child with her mrs. adams. she'd kill herself. ]

We don't really have time for a child. We're so busy, it wouldn't be fair - and with this economy...

[cabineyes]

Surely things can't be that bad. With love it could work. Just look at the priest and their poor lass. The girl can't even talk and yet they're doing fine.

[ as far as he knows. blind marge was quiet about that one. ]

Besides there's that lad helping out the mayor. Norman, was he?

[crotchbite]

[ norman is useless can't even kill the mayor properly bah ]

Love isn't the answer to everything, Jacob. [ she pauses ] Unfortunately, that is. [ no ]

[cabineyes]

What's this?

Do I detect some trouble in the paradise?

[ did she fail to make your favorite food for dinner? ]