After a pretty quiet week, the Red Dragon Inn was at least a bit busy Friday night. Rumor of these beasts has everybody a little bit antsy and we’re hearing that more than one mage is taking the opportunity to lay low. As many know, the interns and I aren’t exactly without a bit of magic ourselves. We’ve decided to hunker down in the Den of Gossip until this whole thing blows over. Rest assured though, loyal readers! We will never abandon you without gossip!
One of the heroes we were hoping to see hasn’t abandoned the city showed up in the Inn Friday night! We hear that Awesome Alain was seen hanging out catching up with some friends with his girl, Sophie. They were heard discussing the issue only briefly but we’re told both of their companies have been pulling back operations in the city and sending their mages into hiding. Our sources say that after the Shamrock Shindig and the actions of a certain someone in his House, he’s decreasing his presence in the city in part at least to keep the city from turning on them over the incident. If he’d like to keep public opinion in his favor he should find a way to destroy all the beasts! Back to his love life, though, for a minute. We’re starting to get reports that this thing with the Rhovnik girl may not be passing. Her family’s already pushing for marriage so if anybody wants one last shot at him they better do it quickly!
Ethan had a brief conversation with Alain that seemed to leave him a bit off kilter and was later seen in a booth catching up with Doc Eva. He definitely seemed a bit uneasy. Anybody else feel like Ethan’s hiding something again??? He should really just be completely honest because he doesn’t seem like he’s great at hiding stuff. They chatted about their significant others and how happy they are in their relationships (boooooring!) and also addressed Ethan’s brother (so sad!). It was certainly good to see both of them hanging out. It sounds like Ethan’s going to try to spend more time in the city so that he can see Maeve more often. He definitely seems to be putting the effort into making their relationship work. Good for him!
It seemed the night for Eva to catch up with her male friends as she was later seen congratulating Lil’ Boy Blue Locke on his Madness win. Eva seems to have an awful lot of “platonic” male friends. ANYWAY! Locke was in quite the good mood and celebrating his victory over Napoleon as he had been down quite a bit but turned things around to win the match. Don’t let it go too much to your head, Locke. You just beat a rat who likes to have his belly rubbed and will do anything for candy.
Another night, another woman whose life Lucky Lawyer Lucien must fix. The kid version of Taneth was in the Inn munching on apples dipped in peanut butter. Lucky was overheard asking her if she has seen any of the other Taneths recently. She said that she hadn’t but couldn’t narrow down when it was she saw them last. What’s happening to her just gets sadder and sadder! Eventually it’s all got to work out alright…. right???
Crazy Train Tara was spotted for the first time since our return to RhyDin in typical C.T. Tara fashion. Our sources tell us she was wearing some sort of very revealing bikini. She, of course, was her usual self. She evidently was instructing kid Taneth on the finer points of capturing a butterfly and ripping off its wings. Nice. When the cute new girl, Aliss, showed some interest in being nice to kid Taneth, C.T. Tara let her know just how ancient kid Taneth really is. We hear that Aliss was a bit floored by the news. Poor girl. This is a strange town. C.T. Tara didn’t bother cushioning the blow because she was too busy arguing with Collie over which of them was the last to have set the Inn’s kitchen on fire.
Just another insane night in the Red Dragon Inn!
Things got started early in the Annex as dueling kicked off for the night with a challenge! Tormay faced off against the squire of the Old Temple district, Kalinda, for a shot at the Old Market barony! In an odd turn of events, Tormay actually decided to use the one match format to face down Kalinda. She kept her nose to the grindstone but in the end Tormay’s experience was able to bring the match home. So, unfortunately, we’ll have to go another day without an exotic dancer as a baroness! Such a bummer! But congratulations to Tormay!
…uh, does somebody want to tell us at what point Rowdy Rekah and Dawn became friends??? Sin and Sal disappear from public life and all of a sudden Rekah is dating Cas and is besties with Dawn??? Sure, we’ve said in the past that Sin and Sal aren’t exactly the world’s greatest role models but…. PLEASE COME BACK! You guys can’t let this happen to Rekah! Our sources report back that Rekah and Dawn were discussing horses over drinks. We’re completely icked out by this news.
Kalamere was overheard making dinner plans with yet ANOTHER baroness. This time it was Maria who he was showing interest in. It’s only a matter of time before he’s bagged all three baronesses. It’s a bit risky of the former Overlord to set his eyes on the current Overlord’s girl, though, no? We don’t think Tical will be as understanding about Kalamere banging his girlfriend as Pslyder was. After all, Jaycy is sort of community property. On the other hand, maybe Tical is getting used to losing his girlfriend to over the hill duelists. Yep, I went there!
We have a pair of candidates for this year’s most ridiculous newlyweds! Harold and Scotty! After their antics Friday night, they may take the hands-down win! Our sources claim that there was quite the ruckus in the Marketplace and when people began to investigate they saw a pair of young strapping men having sex on the roof of one of the buildings. Yep. You read that right. Our sources tell us that it was, in fact, Harold and Scotty. To follow up their naughty evening, they showed up in the Annex with their clothing in a state of disarray to partake in some violence…. because who needs cuddling when you can beat on people???
Edited: March 21st, 2010