Talking About the Weather (OOC)

Only you know how much you have saved. :)

Is it also enough to 'add a little' to 'sweeten the pot' and smooth over any bad reactions to the strange interaction? Or is there an difficulty we need to deal with?

Maybe, if you still have more cash in the box, it might attract thieves? Do we want to deal with a little bit of casual street-crime as we leave? (The fact that they think you went to your car, but you actually ran all the way to the station and back will confuse 'them' a bit too.:)

We can do that, but that is only about the reputation and future visits.

We are trying to avoid having an indecent right now. If we don't want it to be a social faux pas with the shop we can go with the crime? Give Emma and Bev a chance to see how a vampire deals with clueless thugs?

Yes. I was worried about that as part of her being disappointed with how this turned out [ref].

Having him imply he will claim back from Elliot might solve that?

Let's see what Benji does. The Pinko's teller is not at all pleased to be messed around like this. They were not happy to have your class of clientele browsing, and now they are even less happy about the strangeness, feel free to incorporate what you do. :)

Not unless they’re interested in antique coins :)
Sure, I’m open to that, if you like, although I’m not sure how they would know the shoebox has cash in it unless they were watching this whole interaction through the window... and if that's the case, then they also saw a bunch of spiders crawl out of the box so one would imagine they might think twice about grabbing it :P

Fair enough.

Finish up any remaining shopping and chatting, then, when you are ready, we can set the scene for the ball.

Good question. Where is the party? Is it in a fancy hotel, or a ball room, or a modern conference center, or a lush estate a ways out of town? You guys can add as much or as little detail as you want, describe the place, or merely name it, or whatever.

Maybe (if it is not close) Elliot sends a car (or carriage) for Emma?

Castle in the countryside! Castle in the countryside!

Here some options: Castles near London

Castle in the countryside it is! :)

Excellent!
OK. Elliot will definitely need to send a car, Arundel is two hours away from London.

That seems like it will cause some friction for Emma getting back before midnight, but it might actually free her of that obligation if David knows she needs to travel for hours each way. :)

I assume we don't want Emma to spend that time with Elliot (could be awkward, even if she thinks she wants to).

And it might be most simple if we each arrive on our own? Unless we want to play out some of the travel together?

When you are ready, go ahead and show us how you arrive there. (A car from Elliot is only a suggestion, Emma can take any option you want, of course.)

Jacob can offer Benji a ride in his car, in exchange of him being so kind to share the invitation. Benji would know about this proposal already, so it's up to him if he wants to offer a seat to Emma.

(just another option, in case somebody didn't want Elliott 's car)

Completely available. But if you don't want to use Elliot's car you are welcome to get there however you want, including with Benji and Jacob [ref] (or train if you want to be 'independent':).

'Nightfall' is around 20:00, so you would need to leave before 6, especially with the rain. Do you guys arrive before dark and get a look around the beautiful grounds?

I have tossed some dice and it seems that someone placed a protection around the castle that is keeping the rain out. So we can use the grounds outside if we need them (you guys probably don't know this fact, it is raining right down to the coast, so you might not think to bring clothes appropriate for outside? Up to you, if it comes up:).

Jacob hates people who are always late, so he would have proposed Benji to leave at 17:00