It will rain again tomorrow (RP)

- Mark -

"Sure." Jena says, sounding slightly intrigued. "I have never been to those places."

- Jacob -

You learned afterwards that the item you found for the Night Sisters had the potential to be dramatically devastating, on one of those 'end of the world' type levels. The Sisters went into hiding after they got it, and you would have been justified in fearing the worst, but months passed and nothing happened, eventually 'the appointed time' and 'the alignment' (portents related to that item) also passed, and still nothing. You don't know what happened to prevent that catastrophe, but if the Night Sisters are active again that can't be coincidence.

What do you do?

"Are you certain that they wanted that lion in order to use it? A friend of mine was quite insistent that whatever this artifact is, it needs to be destroyed, and she suggested that the Night Sisters might be working toward that goal or, at least, that they might be open to the idea. Perhaps the reason nothing happened is that they are collecting these objects in order to destroy them?"

- Mark -

The man behind the bar is young and attractive, with an Australian accent. "Can't complain." He replies in defiance of the emptiness of the cafe at this hour.

He eyeing you suspiciously. You are not dressed like his usual clientele, even during the day, and he does not want any trouble with angry parents. You can almost see him forming an excuse along the lines of 'she looked 18 to me' or 'of course I checked her ID', but he clearly knows enough to keep his mouth shut.

He also looks tired, like he has been up all night and is ready to finish his shift soon, this suggests he was likely here last night.

What do you do?

- Mark -

"Oh yes, Josephine." He readily agrees, supping her name if you did not. "She was here last night, sure. Always the center of attention.

"When did she leave?" He seems quite happy to talk at length, even when he should be asking you why you are asking. "I am pretty sure she was here till after 5. That's the usual time those sorts of parties start to break up. I didn't see her leave, but there is no one else here." He gestures around the mostly empty cafe. "You are free to check upstairs if you want, but we have not cleaned up yet."

What do you do?

- Mark -

He shrugs at your question of who Josephine hangs out with, apparently she is a diverse social butterfly.

"Today?" You are taxing this man's brain with your questions. "Man, I work nights, it gets confusing. She was here from just before midnight, so that is 'yesterday', right? She left, I think, around 5 in the morning, so that is 'today'? Does that help, you, dude?"

It seems he is happy to keep talking.

What do you do?

"She doesn’t? Well, that makes things tricky. I’ll ask her about what happened while she was in custody once she’s had a chance to rest. Presumably, the people who had her arrested are the ones who took the artifact…" Benji says. "I’ll take her back to my apartment for now. She should be safe there, I think. Thank you for taking care of her in the meanwhile."

- Mark -

When you arrive home and make to head in the direction of your Sanctuary, Jena hesitates before saying. "Do you want me to wait for you." She leans towards your home across the street, clearly preferring to go that way instead.

She also clearly wants to help. A girl in danger and being searched for feeds right into her particular fears.

What do you do?

"Hm? Oh, yes. That friend I mentioned, Boadicea, suggested that I ask ‘the Horse’ about the situation, so I tried to talk to Still Water— You know that big disembodied horse head at the edge of Hyde Park? The one near Byron? — but I think it was shy because it wouldn’t talk to me. Or maybe it was the wrong horse? There’s an awful lot of horse statues around… Anyway, I was thinking maybe I might play something for it later to properly introduce myself."