<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">"The Comedian"<br/>
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Having observed that the people brought to this 'cathedral' were younger than himself, Toby Turner didn't take offense when a new arrival, a forty-ish looking woman with soft copper colored hair in a Tinkerbell cut (<a class="username" data-user-id="2453" data-username="@Zulma" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/2453/">@Zulma</a>) addressed him as 'old man' while he inspected the tree of golden leaves.  Her clothing was 'modern' but they might still have come from times decades apart, he thought before he answered her question.<br/>
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"Call me, 'Toby', miss," said Toby, thinking she might either take it as a compliment or a retort for the 'old man' remark.  It generally didn't hurt to tell a woman she looked younger than her years.  "And yes, I think I've found where the music is coming from in this tree."<br/>
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He took a step back and looked up at the hole that he knew he couldn't reach.  Then he looked at the woman, again.  She seemed to be a business-type, judging from her clothing.  Having admired women over the years, for looks he gave her a 'seven'.  He might have given her an 'eight' before that first night at Dion's this year, where he met Thalia.  His mind told him to be charitable, goddesses weren't exactly mortal women so as far as humans go, she might have been a 'nine' or 'ten' if he'd met her last year.<br/>
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"There seems to be an opening in this tree," he stated, "but it's much to high for me to get a good look at."  Then Toby considered his strength and the woman's apparent size and weight.  "If you're willing, I might be able to help you get up high enough to see."  Toby then interlocked the fingers of his hands and bent his knees enough to offer Tinkerbell (<a class="username" data-user-id="2453" data-username="@Zulma" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/2453/">@Zulma</a>) a means of climbing up high enough to peer into the hole in the tree.</span>