The attendant taps her chin for a moment, thinking and then brings you over to several racks and picks you out and outfit of brown dancing pants, green tunic and a grey over vest.

"These all will compliment how you carry yourself, are comfortable enough for dancing all night, and are the current most popular colors for men in Camelyn. These should fit fairly well, but we do offer adjustments for a half-penny per outfit. Most clients wear them to a dance or feast first and then come in if anything felt tight, but some like to be measured beforehand and pay for the alters to be done immediately."

I meant to ask this earlier, but are you carrying any weapons on you when you go into town, and if so which are you leaving visible or keeping concealed.

"Thank you. What do you thing the other set should be?
I'll want you to go ahead and adjust them for me."

I'm openly carrying  my folding knife in a pouch on the side of my belt. Although I would be surprised if these people knew about how to make a folding knife.
if it's a bit cold I might wear my sap gloves along with my jacket.

"I suggest a similar out but of dark blue pants, with a white shirt and a slightly heavier cut grey vest. It'll give you the option of being seasonally appropriate for any season between the two."

The total comes to 12 silver pennies for the two silver outfits, after they're done with measurements in much the same fashion Henrick did, although with a busier mood about them.

It's getting late in afternoon, you probably have about 2 hours of daylight left, but it may take an hour to get home depending on how fast a route you manage to figure out. Is there anything you'd like to do on the inner city before heading back?

It's fairly warm, and most people you see aren't wearing gloves. It's not quite summer yet so not so warm that gloves would be uncomfortable, but would catch the eye of those who are looking for the abnormal.

Then I wouldn't have worn them since it would attract even more attention to me.

I assume that the casual cloths will be ready by tomorrow afternoon?

I'll pay them the silver Mark and two silver Pennies. So I should have two pennies left

No, I don't have anything else to do in the inner city. I'll start heading back home.

If I see something interesting to snack on, I might go ahead and get it. Food shouldn't be that expensive.

Tomorrow afternoon after work I'll head out and get all of my cloths.

Yeah, they'll be ready tomorrow afternoon.

You are correct, you have two pennies left. However you don't see any open food stands on your way back, most of them have packed up already it seems.

You get yourself turned around a little on the way home, and it takes a little over an hour to get there but you get home in time to eat dinner with the Al'Rons. It's some vegetable stew with a side of grilled fish. Mary seems particularly happy with the meal, you presume for the variety the fish adds. Rogosh is happy to see the order from  Henrick, and thanks you for carrying it.

Work goes as normal, you're progressing but are still act under close supervision. After work you head to pick up your clothing, at both locations they are ready with you and wrapped in brown paper with twine. Henrick thanks you for doing business with him in a warm and friendly way, while the attendant wishes you well but feels more automated about it.

Am I forgetting anything you wanted to do/anything you want to do before we forward it to the end of the work week? If you want to skip ahead in bigger blocks at any point let me know, or if you have any overarching goals you want to work on during the time lapses.

I'm Ok with skipping ahead in as large of blocks as you are comfortable with. I don't have any major goals at the moment besides learn Blacksmithing and Fishing; Save money; and figuring out about the world I'm in without letting them know that I'm not from here.

On my days off I'll practice fishing with Alar and ask him to salt the fish. I'll ask for the largest fish I caught and let him keep the rest as payment for salting the fish.

In the afternoon when I have some time to myself. I'll spend an hour doing my stretches and practice some of the movement's for my martial arts.

Once I'm skilled enough to start trying to make the fishing hooks. I'll start working on them and  when I got a few good ones I'll give them as a gift to Alar.

OOC) I believe I'm reading it right that in the 2@ tier it takes 240 hours unaided to raise a point? I'm going to operate on that but will change the numbers if I'm wrong.

Months go by, and you see the bustle of a town stocking for winter, and see a gradual growth in the blacksmithing business. The increased output of having an apprentice has done wonders for Rogosh's business.

Over the year you transition from needing supervision on all projects, to needing it only on hinge work where tolerances are tight, to working on your own for all but the most intricate designs. Rogosh has grown confident in your skill and compliments you regularly on it, and has left you to tend the forge and work while he drums up work on the rare occassion that you get ahead of the backlog. Everything is humming along.


Over the time you learn about the world some. You're in the kingdom of Andor, if somewhat on the western extents. Baerlon is a trade town, and while either a large town or small city, it's important to Andor's commerce. Because of this you regularly see Queen's guards patrolling when you go into the inner city or near the wall.

One of the two large festivals is coming up, to celebrate the good harvest and let the farmers relax after their busiest season. Rumor has it that center square is going to be arranged for a giant dance floor, with a Gleeman coming in from central Andor and some Illuminators coming in for a display. The younger adults and older kids are the most excited on the street, but it seems most people go.


OOC) Blacksmithing is up to 2@1 (from a variety of new uses and having a teacher), Eli's Style gets goes from 2@1 to 2@2 (it's been roughly 180 days of training at what I'm estimating an hour a day. I think I got it right but feel free to correct me.

OOC: It would take that long if you are doing it with practice time alone. I'll give you a PM about it.
Edit: I've been working in a Blacksmith shop. Wouldn't my strength and stamina improve a bit?

I'm glad everything is going well for Rogosh.

When I hear that a festival is coming up I decide to do something for fun.
I'll talk to Rogosh and his wive Mary.
"I've noticed that a festival is coming up... My problem is that I'm not familiar with the local dances. And even at home I wasn't good at dancing at all. Do you know some one I can go to to teach me how to dance? I don't want to embarrass myself at the festival."
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OOC) Good point, you get +@1 in both strength and stamina, next increase in them will be come spring. and Eli's Style will be 2@2, as I'm assuming you'll have a way to make it more difficult for yourself to cut the time, perhaps the fact that you're working through it while muscles are sore from a full day of labor.



Mary replies "Well the best way  has always been to go dance, you have a couple of weeks yet and some of the inn's frequently have bands or a gleeman. They're always to have people come in and dance, even ones who aren't staying there, as long as you're drinking. There really isn't a formal style of dance here like there is in some of the southern regions, it's just dancing to enjoy life really. I could talk to some of my daughters friends and see if any are willing to teach someone to dance if you like?"

OOC: 180 days means that it has been about 25 weeks, right? Or is their week longer? So does that mean that I have approximately 25 Silver Marks?

I reply to Mary
"I would really embarrass myself if I got on a damce floor without knowing what I'm doing. It would really help me out if you could ask one of your daughters friends to teach me to dance."

Ooc) Weeks are 10 days here, and two weeks have earned you a bonus for extra large orders that week. So you have 20 silver marks 2 silver pennies.

Mary says she'll ask around tomorrow, she's sure she can find someone who's willing to teach.

The following night at dinner Mary mentions her friends daughter is in town from Camelyn and is willing to teach you so long as she gets first dance at the festival. She asks if that is ok, with an expectant look in her eyes. If you say yes she'll mention that you're expected at the Lions Eye tomorrow before dinner to meet her.

What do you intend to wear/ anything you want to do beforehand?

When Mary asks me that.
"Sure. I don't mind giving her the first dance at the festival. Thank you for finding some one to teach me."

I'm going to wear the dark blue pants, The white shirt and the heavier gray vest. That should be appropriate to the season. I'm planning on buying her dinner afterward so I bring 3 marks with me. It shouldn't be that much but I want to be prepared.

I'll ask for directions to the Lion's Eye and head there early to make sure that I get there on time.

Ooc)this is one of the area's where your age will change how the world will react in a situation. I've been acting under the general assumption of young adult, guessing between 25-30. I'm happy to continue with this assumption but didn't want the reactions to be wrong and detract from the game.

OOC: Yeah. I'm currently 26.

OOC)Ok, I was just worried because I have a tendency to assume everyone is fairly close to my age and have been substantially wrong before. 27 here by the way.


You get directions to the Lion's Eye. It's on one of the major streets going down the center of Baerlon. When you get there it's exterior is impressive but welcoming. When you enter there is a man in a multicolored patch cloak playing the flute and about a dozen patrons at tables drinking or eating. A red headed woman in her early twenties in a white dress embroidered with pale blue snowflakes that match her eyes glides over to greet you at the door. "Are you Master Bumbalough? My name is Susan Eila, My mother says you want to learn to dance? I arranged for us to have a backroom that should still be able to hear the gleeman's music well enough and has room to learn."
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OOC: No Worries. I'm Going to be 27 in a few days. And Technically The Character is already 27.


"Yes, My name is Eli Bumbalough. It's a pleasure to met you Susan Eila. Yes, I would like to learn how to dance. How should we start?"

About how tall is Susan Eila?

OOC) Happy Birthday in advance then :)

Susan is about 5'8" give or take.

"Just follow me and I'll walk you through some basic leads for non formal dances first."
and with that she leads you into a back meeting room that's had all the tables pushed to the edges to make a make-shift dance floor.

"We'll start with footwork, and then to spins. Lets leave footwork variants alone for a while. I'll try to cover all the dances both formal and informal that I know."

With that she takes your hand and drags you to the center of the floor. She takes your left hand in a traditional waltz like hold (hands clasps with palms facing your dance partner) and places your right hand on her upper back.

She starts going on about the importance of a firm lead, but never forced. She has a million small tips on the topic. Anytime you look at your feet she says stop that firmly, and reiterates it's a bad habit to better never pick up. Always either spot on a location in a room for avoid getting dizzy, or look at your dance partner.

OOC) I dance quite often, and thus know how classes go. I can go into detail if it's going to be interesting but don't want to be boring. The intro gives the idea of how the class is starting, and at the end of the first night you'll know 2 dances basic steps, one formal and one non formal, and an inside and outside turn in both. Let me know how much detail you want and if there's anything in particular you want to do.

OOC: It's up to you how much detail you want to go into.

I'm blushing a bit during the lesson.
I try to keep all of her advice in mind. I'll try to make keeping my eyes on my partner into a habit
I end up thinking that this is kind of nice an that this was a good idea.

At the end of the lesson, I'll ask Susan if she would like something to eat.

She smiles when you blush, in what can only be interpreted as an approving way. Towards the end of the sessions she has to take considerably less time instructing and starts to be able to focus on her dancing and flourishes more. Her spins become fancier and she replacing some of her basic footwork with variants that look impressive.

After the practice you're both quite tired, hungry and thirsty.

"I would love to, dancing always builds an appetite. Did you have any place in mind, we could eat out in the general room, or in here, or if you know a place you'd like to eat that works for me."

Wherever you decide to eat, during the meal she'll say "You picked up a lot of the basics quickly. You should be able to get through a night of dancing without any worry of embarrassing yourself. Did you want to continue practicing though? I have to tend the herb shop for my mother during the day, but I'm available to practice any of the nights leading up to the festival." She's all smiles during the meal as well.

The festival is 2 weeks away for reference.

"I'm not very familiar with the places to eat around here. Where would you like to eat?
I would say, let's eat in here to save us from a bit of walking for a while."

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I reply to her question with
"When I decide to do something, I prefer to give it my all. I would like to continue learning to dance. Who knows, Maybe We'll steal the show for that first dance I owe you.
Where do you want to met for tomorrows lesson?"

"The food is quite good here, I'm happy with that." and with that she moves to sit at one of the tables.

The meal goes well, there's pulled pork with some crisp vegetables and mashed potatoes. It's not quite as good as Mary's cooking, but it's clearly aimed at making travelers feel like they're eating a home cooked meal and it makes a good interpretation of it.

She smiles at the comment of stealing the dance and comments "I would enjoy that a lot. Lets continue our lessons here. It saves me the trouble of finding another inn with a second room that's not in use and that has an adequate dance floor."

The meal costs 2 silver pennies for the two of you if you decide to have wine with it, 1 if you go with water and the meal.

OOC) I forgot to put you're at 1@4 Dancing, rolled 1@2 and rolling each largely different style you're taught is going to be a new use and each substantial aspect of dance will be a new use (foot work variations, spins, tandem styles all would be examples. You got a new use for learning the basics of partner spins)

Anything you want to do before the next dance lesson?

I'll let her decide if she wants wine or not.

Not really. I'm ready for the lesson on the next day.

She comments she'd rather have water after practices, otherwise her legs tend to get sore the next day which won't do for teaching you again.

The lesson the next day goes well, with Susan teaching you a formal slow dance that focuses on straight backs and linear paths. You take to it quite easily, drawing parallels to similar movement patterns in martial arts, and she starts teaching you footwork variations that keep the same patterns of weight changes but introduce flashy kicks and flourishes.

After the practice she'll ask you about your life, how you met master Al'Ron and what village you came from before moving to Baerlon. She inquires about your fathers craft and what your plans are for once youre done with apprenticeship. She's started openning up and talking more in general compared to the first night.

Water is fine for me too then.

This next time I'll only take 4 or so pennies with me.

I have to work on making sure my kicks don't take on a martial edge. Since I'll have to kick in a way that is different than how I'm used to. She'll probably notice that I have to concentrate on the kicks a bit.

After the practice I'll offer to pay for dinner again.
I'll response to her questions as they come up.
"I met Master Al'Ron when Alar the fisherman recommended trying to find work with him. The next morning I presented myself to him and he took me in as an apprentice. I was very lucky to find work with him.

I'm from a village that is very far away. So for in fact that you've never heard of them. Sparta and Livingston. In the state of Tennessee. A plave where the plants are so green it'll hurt your eyes. That is the past though. I'll never get to see my family or friends that are there again... anyway my Father was what you would call a courtier.  Carrying mail to people for money.

As for my plans... I'll probably work for Al'Ron for a while then I'll go out on my own if I don't find something else I need to do."

She pays special attention to walking you through the kicks when she notices your concentration. Kicking with your heal if the most common practice is seams, and for social dances where you don't have a ton of room the kicks are always small.

She thanks you again for dinner and avoids the topic of your family after that, although she mentions briefly that being at court must have been very exciting,

After you mention your plans after blacksmithing she talks about hers for a bit. "I personally want to travel, I want to see the really big cities. I hear Caemlyn is beautiful, some say it's stonework rivals Tar Valon itself."