[11:37:58] <zoofphone> okay, since this might influence him slightly, heres a few things that also went on.
[11:39:59] <zoofphone> Anna got really mopey and hung out by the bar a lot of the night, drinking and talking to Kiara.
[11:59:41] <Terriblerer> Well, with the other two things, Saryx would've definitely stopped by Anna that he caught her being mopey and tried to cheer her up some, figure out just what her deal is since she seemed pretty cheery before the contest.
[12:35:22] <zoofphone> anna seems rather inquisitive about you and alice. where and how you met, how long youve been a thing, ect.
[12:56:50] <Terriblerer> ... Okay, yeah; Kain was right, she totally wants the D.
[13:14:08] <Terriblerer> Talking to Anna, Saryx does tell her that she and Alice met at the Gathering a year and a half back and they had a lot of fun together at the festivities then, but, they... Well, after a very awkward attempt at flailing about with trying to come up with something, he just says they drank a lot and forgot to exchange contact info; so when they ran into one another in Venomtalon, after catching up and circumstances already leading to the two travelling together, it just seemed like a "Well why the hell not?" kind of thing. If Anna's got even the slightest bit of intuition she'll be able to tell something's fishy with the story. He doesn't go into any of the specifics about afterwards that night.
[14:06:07] <zoofphone> Anna totally presses the issue since you seem awkward about it, but more in a 'is there something bothering you or not right?' than TELLLL MEEE
[16:19:07] <Terriblerer> Saryx gives Anna an "I'll explain it later, okay?" type of response;

[11:39:59] <zoofphone> Alice spent a lot of time talking to Trice, including some dancing in a more friends sorta way.  at some point you got roped in to talking to her about alchemy and stuff. Alice seemed to want you two to get along.
[12:37:38] <zoofphone> trice seems fairly interested in seeing more of your craftsmenship. she more dabbles in potions and consumables. she actually needed help from a smith to make the blades themselves, for example, she just enchanted them.
[13:14:11] <Terriblerer> As per Beatrice seeing more craftsmanship, he passes the scepter he carved up right over to Beatrice to look over, though goes on to tell her more about his metalworkings and that sort of thing; maybe pulls up some pictures on his phone since he took pictures of his more recent works, and had images from past works uploaded onto it as well.
[14:08:12] <zoofphone> Trice seems pretty impressed, though she wonders whats up with the unown sword you gave Doyle if you got a pic of it. you get the impression shes not up to date on the situation in the region quite yet

[11:59:41] <Terriblerer> Alice would get a bit of reluctance from Saryx to come over with her to talk to Beatrice at first, but once he's there, he really does get engaged in alchemy talk and asks Beatrice about her exploits and craziness in the field beyond the Shadowblades.
[12:00:58] <Terriblerer> ... That she and Thomas (... Wait, Thomas helped?!? ... He helped Saryx?!?!? What the hell did Emile do to Thomas that he actually would've gone along with such a thing? The kid's like normally nofunallowed to the max) helped Saryx get his shirt back probably ascertained that she was the last person he saw before shenanigans, though.
[12:27:57] <zoofphone> thomas isnt as big of a jerk as you think
[12:28:13] <zoofphone> and short guys gotta stick together
[16:19:07] <Terriblerer> as per Trice... Well, he does have it with a before-and-after, as well as a video of him performing the alchemizing (... Whiiich I can't believe I picked earlier today of all days to delete the little note I had for that particular alchemizing process in case I needed to on-screen that and Ctrl+Z isn't working; I mad), actually done in one of the rooms of her guest mansion. If she meant the alchemizing process, he'll run off the details of the commission. If she meant the Unown embedded in the sword, he tells her that it, along with several others, were the spoils of war after they went on an Explorer Mission; he'll probe at Beatrice asking how much Roland might have told her about his work and such before possibly mentioning that they got tangled up with the Sons of Grant, but he does offer to let her see or even have one of them if she wants; they're kind of just extras laying around the shop for him to use in experimenting with alchemy before applying it to finished products.

[Remembered what the thing with the routine was if that matters any; the video, of webcam quality, starts with Saryx on the floor and his knees, sitting before his layout; the jar of ectoplasm, freshly opened and probably oozing some gaseous substance, is positioned adjacent to the hilt of the sword, the sharp end of which pointed at a Cleanse Tag. All three are basically in a line. Saryx rests his off hand on the hilt of the blade, his main hand hovering over the ectoplasm, as he starts. "I call upon the wisdom of those who came before me..." He starts running his main hand over the blade of the sword slowly; a trail of ectoplasm follows, coating the blade. "To guide my sword..." Once his hand's gone across its length, he grabs the Cleanse Tag in a smooth motion, before swiftly slamming it down upon the blade. "And banish the spirits to whence they came!" The Cleanse Tag burns on impact, and with a brilliant flash of light coats the sword in violet embers before dulling to a mere glow.

[11:42:00] <zoofphone> Gigi was trying her damn hardest to keep Thomas's attention between Chichi bugging him, but at some point he got drunk enoigh to get Trice to help and the three of you stole the shirt back from Emile
[11:42:46] <Terriblerer> Three of us as in Thomas and Trice helped?
[11:57:38] <zoofphone> yes
[12:38:08] <zoofphone> emile stole one of thomas's lockets, but he wasnt aware of that till after the fact
[16:20:08] <Terriblerer> Also, that little guy Thomas... Saryx was quite pleased that he hopped on board with helping out in getting his shirt back, and because of that he was also happy that Thomas got one of his stolen lockets back. ... This wasn't lesbian lip locking, was it?
[16:26:09] <zoofphone> of course it was!
[16:26:19] <Terriblerer> Oh God, that's embarassing.